Then the rocket went up that meant the steers had gotten the bulls out of the ring and into the corrals. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The doorbell rang and I leapt up, grateful for the distraction. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Gendry was quieter, but the swords he was carrying rang together as he moved. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My father remembers church bells ringing before that moment. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, I tell the others I have to do something, and I follow Esther out. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I rang for the porter to bring glasses. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was going to ask to see the rubies when the phone rang and Gatsby took up the receiver. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Representative John Page, for example, seemed to offer one of the most ringing endorsements of the petitions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

This ring, she told me, drew coveting stares from women and made them inattentive to the children they guarded so jealously. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone in their kitchen rang its loud trill, and Seven’s heart dropped. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The ring of the telephone pierces the air, making me jump. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was no longer a slave!—with the people’s plaudits ringing in his ears, knew that he might still be a dead man. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her voice rang clear above the hum of the mounting lift. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A round of gunshots rang through the air, signaling that curfew was about to begin. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang and everyone collected their things, James shuffled down the aisle and out the classroom without a glance her way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Afterward the sailors stripped the dead corsairs of boots and belts and weapons, divvied up their purses, and yanked gemstones from their ears and rings from their fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I thought—But now the song was ending and the building rang with applause, yells, until the chant burst from the rear and spread: No more dispossessing of the dispossessed! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I stood outside and waited, I could hear my phone ringing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tablet beeped once, then the line started ringing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Integrity is one of the most important qualities in a leader,” Daddy’s voice rings in my head. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“Katie,” he said, “how many times does your mother have to tell you to wipe the ring in the bathtub?” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I just returned from Winter Conclave and have been given this ring so that I might take on an apprentice.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Lustig went to the door, rang the bell, and called into the cool dim rooms: “What year is this?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Mr. Longridge would call Lintola 29 ring 4 tomorrow at noon she would try and have the child there and he could talk to her himself. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and ring the doorbell. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She lowered her knife to Percy’s necklace until the point rested on the silver ring. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

There were wedding rings, baby bracelets, radios, televisions, necklaces, engraved watches, old- fashioned spoons and knives, scarves, pins, coins, and other junk that was left behind for Doiia Ramonita to resell. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

There was a ringing in my ears now. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Turning quickly they saw ripples, black-edged with shadow in the waning light: great rings were widening outwards from a point far out in the lake. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The third bells were indeed ringing as he spoke; and honour was allowed to move. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the silence was broken, and they heard below them cries and the ringing of swords: such sounds as had not been heard in the hallowed places since the building of the City. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was lacing the latigo through the cinch rings when there was a small stir behind him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We step onto the porch of the next house, ring the doorbell. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“We’d better be getting along,” said Tock, whose alarm had begun to ring again, “for there’s still a long way to go.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the wheel did not ring out, for Encanis was truly frightened. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They made a grim display in their ring- mail, iron halfhelms, and black cloaks, with tall spears in their hands and swords and daggers on their belts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, it was ringed with sharp-peaked mountains that changed from blue to brown to violet at different times of day. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

But lately we’d been getting on good as ever, and I believe she was about ready to wear our ring again. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let it go over the side and then made it fast to a ring bolt in the stern. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knelt and kissed his ring, and her DNA was read and was transmitted to the Scythedom’s immunity database. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was just as bright and just as black as the scintillations on the spangled ring, which was now close enough to be almost out of sight behind him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her voice rang out happily as she sang and followed the birds and her compass. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also had a stud in his nose and two rings—small metal ones pinching his right eyebrow. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The red-faced man took a big iron key on a ring as big around as the boy’s head and unlocked one of the iron gates. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cloths are brightly printed and worn together in jangling mixtures that ring in my ears: pink gingham with orange plaid, for example. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten rings were bolted to the wagon floor, two rows of five, enough for the occasional big haul. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Slowly they crawled up to the edge of the ring again, and peered through a cleft between two jagged stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

By the time we emerged a ring of soldiers had gathered and were looking on in hostile silence. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of them spoke, and in that pocket of silence, the phone on the desk rang. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth and directed a jet of noise right in their faces, so that their heads rang and they nearly fell backward. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

My head is ringing, and I am scrambling for my knife. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He threw Alfred away, across the ring, and rushed after him, swinging. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I took the ring to Billy Deel’s house. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I still didn’t believe them but the bell rang and lunch was over. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t noticed before, but a line of identical statues ringed the city at intervals of about a hundred yards. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I like the idea of my parents holding hands, being brave, and exchanging rings. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She promised me that we won't sell anything that was in the Strong Shoulder jar, and she gave me my mother’s whale ring to keep. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The German woman’s voice rang out from a speaker somewhere above his head. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Hazel forced it to twist into a giant, lumpy ring. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He bent and pulled the ring of the trapdoor, which swung up and open. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I pulled in the oars, took hold of an iron ring, stepped up on the wet stone and was in Switzerland. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She was like a white deer caged, like a white bird wing-clipped, like a silver ring on an old man's finger. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It was worth a diamond ring to get you out of there. Drawing a crowd and getting ready to draw flies,” said Hagar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Opening the jewelry box, she rummaged through the compartments of glittering pendants, brooches, and rings. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

While the tree rang with the bat’s blow, the tall dark one sprinted away and disappeared into the brush. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She did take the nose ring out for Jack, but the truth is, she hasn’t been in a hurry to put it back in. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was a metallic crash of rings, bracelets, and cuff links as some of the guests pressed together in a comer. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He counted: twenty-six rings, and then it stopped. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, he didn’t lose his grip on the suspension ring, and Lee could see him safely poised, ready to swing himself clear. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each ring moved in a different direction until a dizzying black-and-silver spiral swirled around us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And for a city that had been so poor before Hitler's rise to power, the sound of work, of hammers ringing along the docks, building ships and U-boats, is beautiful, too. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She took in his patent-leather shoes and his gold pinkie ring. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Slughorn’s eyes lingered for a moment on the ring too, and Harry saw a tiny frown momentarily crease his wide forehead. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He slipped the hammer into a cloth ring on his pants, then picked up his level and measuring tape. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Outside, children's voices rang out over the soccer field. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Cooter said, “A hundred sound like way too much rings.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Farther on the fishwives were crying the day’s catch, and a boy was beating time on a drum as a shabby old bear danced in a circle for a ring of river runners. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Billy hadn’t heard the bell ring but walked back to his own corner. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We bumped along past an oblong pond fifty yards across, ringed all around with tall cattails. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I called to the coachman to come, for it seemed to me that our only chance was to try to break out through the ring and to aid his approach. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The inmate was stripped, his hands were tied to the rings, and then, to use a modern phrase, it was payback time: The keeper he had offended administered blows to his back. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came across to the fireplace and rang the bell. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

More tears fall as Daddy closes my hand around the ring. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I stood in the hall and rang the bell. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was keeping it, she explained, to replace the wedding ring her mother had given her, the one Dad had pawned shortly after they got married. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The salesman bustled around and lined up six rings on a velvet tray. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

American cities are like badger holes, ringed with trash—all of them—surrounded by piles of wrecked and rusting automobiles, and almost smothered with rubbish. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his ears rang his mother’s sweet remembered accents. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he turned away from the disturbing news reports and forced himself to stare at the phone, trying to make it ring. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Faith was fumbling with the button on my jeans when the phone rang. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As soon as Team USA put out a press release announcing me as the first United States athlete in hijab to qualify for the Olympic Games, the phone didn’t stop ringing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Ser Barristan suggested a tourney instead; his orphans could ride at rings and fight a melee with blunted weapons, he said, a suggestion Dany knew was as hopeless as it was well-intentioned. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I had about two dozen, which I had clipped onto a huge key ring that was attached to the outside zipper pocket of my backpack. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The cold does not detract from the area’s beauty: Tiwanaku sits in the middle of a plain ringed by ice-capped mountains. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I crowd into Cradle’s office and look for my keys—four separate rings of the big, heavy “bit” keys, which work cell doors, with center-gate, end-gate, and fire-alarm keys thrown on for good measure. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I was sipping my first glass of beer—I have never really cared for cold beer in midwinter, but I accepted the glass to have something solid to hold on to—the doorbell rang. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Dancing, his bells ringing, the fool neither saw nor heard his approach. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The telephone rang and the pretty receptionist answered it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He pressed the bell and waited for the buzzer to ring. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Fig’s pupils were so big that only a thin outer ring of lime green remained. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Momma rings the doorbell at Just Us, and Ms. Ofrah lets us in. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“He put the ring in a doughnut. He’s in law school. I won’t have to work unless I want to.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After the bell rang at the end of the day, the generals went onto the floor and played trading games. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, he says, “I’d like to .. . talk to you, Violet.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The ringing clash of steel on steel jarred Catelyn back to the present. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Life rings sailed over the side, splashing into the swirl and froth. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He would deliberately turn the affair into a three- ring circus. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another man moved close to us as somewhere a piece of heavy steel rang down. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like we were ringed by cherubim, smiling at our antics. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He searched the ring for the key to my metal cuffs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Listen. I’ll give you a ring after dinner. Are you doing anything special tonight? Maybe I can come over.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Nico pointed east to a hexagonal building ringed with freestanding columns. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When the doorbell rings, I usher her in and hug her and congratulate her on an amazing season and tell her I’m sorry she’s bummed. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They tore necklaces from women’s necks and cut off their fingers to get the rings. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

After we finish reading Lord of the Flies, Chapter Ten, the bell rings, and on my way to lunch I find Jenny Flick at my locker with Bill. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She hit the video call button as she headed for the door, and it rang once before the call got rejected. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The explosions ceased, the bells stopped ringing, the shriek of the siren died down from tone to tone into silence. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

What they wanted was to get away themselves: but Polly couldn’t get at her ring and of course Digory couldn’t go without her. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, we stuff our notebooks and pencils into our backpacks and file out of the classroom door. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

It was a heavy ring of watery blue sapphire, with a star in its center so pure that I never ceased to look at that ring with wonder. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he reached the school grounds, he had to navigate the rings of vehicles parked on the lawn. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My ears were ringing, like when I stood under the railroad bridge while a train went by overhead. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My thumb brushes over the missing tip of my ring finger, my nervous tic. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a boy would rush at a bishop and ring a bell at him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the leader of an international crime ring. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel relaxed till we heard the blacksmith’s hammer ringing out from somewhere ’head of us. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

A pile of necklaces, bracelets and rings from her pockets was heaped at the side. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Turtle climbed the stairs, rang the bell, and waited. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also had an eyebrow ring, a little silver thing that the stroke judges made her remove before she could compete. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Most of the homes had flat roofs and were made of burned brick, some of mud the same dusty color as the mountains that ringed the city. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I noticed she didn’t wear a wedding ring. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

They had only just finished when the bell rang for the afternoon’s double Potions and they beat the familiar path down to the dungeon classroom that had, for so long, been Snape’s. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He walked through the yard, slipping on a loose piece of bark, picking himself up and stomping on the treacherous thing, then sniffing the ring of ashy stones where the man’s teakettle had heated. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sheriff was laying hands on things—rain gear, rubber gloves, floats, lines, hose, life ring, deck broom, buckets. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Elston Hubbard was already in the ring, flexing his forearm muscles so the Marine Corps emblem jumped on the smooth bronze skin. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed a seat next to Njemile just as the first bell rang and the students all slowly assembled into their seats. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The bell rings for the end of sixth period and we start to get up and Kristina stops dead in her tracks. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He rang the bell and waved, making sure she saw the strip of white gleaming around his wrist. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Putting the jesses, leash, and ring in my belt pouch, I follow Tenmile Creek to the bridge and climb the abutment. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words rang out over the sweating congregation, and Beto’s pulse pounded in his ears. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Billy came to the center of the ring and snapped a glove out. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to speak, and could not, for the joy that rang in him this morning. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She reached out to touch it, and saw the moonstone ring still on her hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, the ink began to dry, leaving brown rings in the bottoms of their pewter bowls, and it was time to clean up. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I go to ring the doorbell with my elbow, but Windy opens the door before I get a chance. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The phones have stopped ringing and Marie is cashing out the part-timers who came in to help. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“With a bracelet or another ring. Or maybe some coin.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Full description of every article, garment, weapon, letter, ring, or trinket is to be sent to Lugbúrz at once, and to Lugbúrz only. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Filled with pricey dolls in fancy costumes, it didn’t look like the headquarters of a spy ring. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She went and rang the bell before Beverly could change her mind about helping. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I can’t get my throat unstuck; it’s like there’s a ring of ice around my neck. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt comes marching up, a ring of keys dangling. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But while the regular officer, a fat, powerful- looking cigar chomper named Orrico, was at pains to explain the job, he was not handing me the ring of keys. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyler was still reeling from Dad’s threat when his phone rang. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The town was ringed by the river, the creek, the lakes, and numerous other springs. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and ring her doorbell. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Trash and old charred fire rings peppered the bottom of the never-filled lake. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You know, it rings a sort of bell,” said Ron slowly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When I get back to Miss Leefolt’s, the phone rings off the hook the rest a the morning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He had three rings on the hand he waved in the air. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edd and Emmett crossed the room, their footsteps ringing on the stone floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At precisely eight o’clock the front bell again rang, and again Hanson answered it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

After the chief issues us our meal bowls and spoons and assigns us our hut, we have only minutes to settle down before the 6 p.m. bell rings, signaling mealtime. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is sleeping, his head resting on the branch, and his bushy, ringed tail dangling beneath him. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Just then, a man walking down H Street wandered up the front steps of the house, knocked on the front door, and rang the bell. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push the car door open and run to the small yellow house’s front porch, ringing the bell before Grammy is even out of the car. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

So quietly that even old Ork cannot hear me, I tiptoe out of the ring and hide behind a fat stone image of a god with a skull in his lap and a blacksmith’s apron. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She followed Sister Clara to the canteen, where a dozen round white tables were covered in crumbs and the sticky rings where drinks had been carelessly put down. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I was watching one ringing a bell and throwing the secondhand clothes he was selling up in the air to attract passersby, when our car stopped at the hospital where I was to be examined. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She got her hands free, took off her engagement ring with its tiny diamond, and handed it down to Mary. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our street echoes with shouting and knocking and ringing. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She froze, knowing she was caught, knowing that putting the ring down now wouldn’t change that. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I noticed he had his rings back,” I mentioned eventually. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My heart rate soared as I stood there fumbling with the key ring while more and more officers shouted at me to hurry up. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the phone rang at two o’clock, waking Lexie at last, Mia was back at the table sketching with a pencil on a scratch piece of paper. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“While Love Simpson wears an engagement ring for Pa?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, leaving Curtis no chance to crack back. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She tells her about the dozen foster homes and the nose ring and the argument with Dina and finding out on the Internet that her mother’s in jail. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And then there was the clasp of the key ring to wrestle with, and the perpetual risk of the hail, which for a Gallivespian was deadly: blocks of ice as big as his two fists. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The echoes rang through the dark-ness, and all around them the dead of Winterfell seemed to watch with cold and disapproving eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang and the children hurried outside, my brothers and I met. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

They wondered why he never rang their doorbells, or climbed four flights of double-flight stairs to deliver anything to them. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He buttoned up his coat jauntily and Francie saw that he wore their father’s signet ring. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded gratefully as the bell rang, chasing away that image of the sandy-haired paramedic with the green eyes. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

By the time the last bell rings, I make up my mind. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

His voice rang against the stone walls, and Bran was suddenly afraid. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And she rang her C.O. to let him know she had been asked to taxi one of her usual passengers from RAF Special Duties to an “Undisclosed Location.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The sharp edges of several rings grazed my flesh. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Skilled interrogators from MI5 invited Fuchs to meetings over several weeks, gradually eliciting different details of his involvement in the Soviets' espionage ring. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I try again, and it only rings three times before going to voice mail. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Chaol glanced at her ring, and she hid her smile as a faint line of color crept into his cheeks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Locked glass display cases held rings and necklaces and brooches, and a few guitars and banjos hung on the pine-board-paneled walls to diversify the merchandise. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I waited almost till the end of the game before I swiped the two yellow keys I needed from the ring and put it back real quick. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve barely had time to read it when the phone starts ringing. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I remembered I had promised to take Bill's friend Edna to see the bulls go through the street and into the ring. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

As for Bilbo Baggins, even while he was making his speech, he had been fingering the golden ring in his pocket: his magic ring that he had kept secret for so many years. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if it only likes iron because it’s made of iron,” she mused, touching her silver ring to it with no effect. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In whatever dream she faced, the fear of Henry was there and Wash’s ring was not. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Into the envelope he slipped his golden ring, and its fine chain, and then sealed it, and addressed it to Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The tambourine shook and its metal disks rang out. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He moved heavily up the little garden in front of the brick house and rang the bell. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sonia shows off her ring, six tiny diamonds surrounding an emerald, to the mashis, who wear their red and green saris. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I still walked around with my mother’s advice ringing in my ear: Make the money first and worry about your happiness later. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then the tardy bell rings and everyone falls silent, waiting for Ms. Rucker to speak. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I loved school, but I was envious of the children whose parents walked them to the classroom door in the morning and were waiting outside when the bell rang each afternoon. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

By the time the final bell of the school day rings, I’ve made up my mind. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

There was a click as it flicked on the light switch, and then the soft ringing of its voice. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

"Don't answer the phone, Bobby. If Dad isn't around or if I'm not home, just let it ring. Do you understand?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps many stars have planetary systems rather like our own: at the periphery, great gaseous ringed planets and icy moons, and nearer to the center, small, warm, blue-white, cloud-covered worlds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone rang once more and then fell silent again. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I let it go, and it rings again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out in front, beyond the red fence, the sand of the ring was smooth-rolled and yellow. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

And when the bell rings at the end of the day, I take my butt home, close my door, and dream of a place far, far away from here. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A big carp rose to the surface of the pool, gulped air and then sank mysteriously into the dark water again, leaving widening rings on the water. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black phone in Dad’s room was still ringing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice rang, playful yet deeper than he would have expected. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The number of rings indicated the location of the alarm box. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loved all of it: smoke rings and lonely squids and giant donuts and Flora Belle Buckman’s round head and all the wonderful thoughts inside of it. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Hearing the ringing, a steward yelled into the office, asking Farrell if he would pick up the phone. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew better than to eavesdrop, yet once more it simply could not be helped, for the voices rang out strong and clear. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He ordered Tallmadge to set up a spy ring that would provide such important secrets as the size and location of British military supplies and “the health and spirits of the army, navy and City.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That has an awfully nice ring to it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

His mind was still absorbed by the spangled ring. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The phone is ringing when I fling my door open. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The chattering marketplace voices hushed as the ringing continued. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she fluttered down to Elowen’s waist, where she pushed aside the folds of the fur robe to reveal a silver key ring. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But before I think of something nice to say to Madge, the bell rings and she packs her trombone away. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

It clattered on the fireplace stones and fell to the stone floor, ringing. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speakers were always turned up so high that the music blared, causing my ears to ring so loudly afterward that the high-pitched drone would actually keep me up. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice rang out through the church at twice its usual volume. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

That day’s program opened, as usual, with a parade around the circus ring. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

To the boy, the sounds were alarm bells ringing off the bricks of the school building, making his stomach ache as he forced down his lunch of a browned biscuit smeared with lard. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It's another Monday morning, and after three full weeks at home, a ringing doorbell is a major event in my life. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The night you went to the movies, you asked Clara to marry you, and gave her this tortoiseshell comb until you could buy her a ring.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He had arrived, as was his custom, shortly before the first bell rang, the bell that warned everyone that the museum would close in five minutes. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we heard the bells in Southwark ringing vespers, we. were reluctant to return—not just the country boy, I think, but all of us. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then she lined heavy soot- encrusted iron skillets with the pineapple rings for rich upside-down cakes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stuff in the yellow rings had the power of drawing you into the wood; it was stuff that wanted to get back to its own place, the in-between place. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds without any noise on the other side, she pounded again and then rang the doorbell. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

While the battle went ahead, ranging from the heights of the parapet to the depths of the ditch, the Joseph Bell rang out over the carnage. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The phone was ringing when he stepped out of the bathroom. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

A low growl comes from his throat and a chorus of answering screams ring through the dining room as everyone realizes that there's a shambler in their midst. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The phone rang again, but he didn’t answer it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my ears pop, I grab hold of the iron ring on the inside of the back door. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, some of the boys shouted and ran out even as the teacher scolded them, but the rest of the kids walked outside in an orderly fashion. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Now let’s see how long it takes Rowan to go for the ring.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The telephone rang as he inserted the key in the front door. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bells were ringing far below, and all men fled before the face of Aragorn; but the Grey Company in their haste rode like hunters, until their horses were stumbling with weariness. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“People have been ringing the phone all morning. But when I try to get more information, they just hang up.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted her graying black hair away from her face and left the ring of firelight. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Every night Smith drifted off to the sound of raindrops ringing off the barn roof. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remembering myself, I kneel and kiss the heavy jeweled ring that squeezes his wide finger. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The sound of pursuit still rang out from behind, but it had lessened, as if even their deranged pursuers understood it was crazy to head into a forest fire. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Each night, the sinking sun, like a ring on a window shade, pulled night down over the neighborhood. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She put a hand to her nose and sniffed, her slim fingers thick with silver rings. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It raised her stature to the royal lady which she was, to a straight-backed dowager whose rheumatic fingers flashed with rings, who had ridden the world successfully for fifty years. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kissed her own ring, getting just the slightest bit of Rowan’s blood on her lips. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

By the time the late arrivals straggled in at 7:52 and the bell for first period was ringing, the hallways were crammed with gleeful students, bewildered secretaries, and furious teachers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was pretending in those days to be a young widow, and she wore a wedding ring. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The song stops as my ring tone goes off. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Betsy promised, and read on, though her voice grew raspy with fatigue, until the bell rang for curfew. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She rings a second time, and I make my voice sound kind of weak, and I call out, "Hello? Who's there?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and the crowd pulled us apart. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The special policemen were coming into the ring for the next fight. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sudden silence in the hallway rings in my ears. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“And both have bells that ring to tell you when to move.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The first two times it rang out and went to his voicemail, and I started to panic. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“If I were you,” said George, “I should bend a hairpin in the shape of a fishhook and tie it onto a piece of string and try to fish the ring out with it.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“There it is. That’s what I was listening for. Let it ring. I’m not going to be led around by feelings. Let it ring.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was back in London only two days before he rang up to say that both he and Rosy found that their X-ray data strongly supported the double helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Once all had gathered, the bell ceased to ring. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

A lightened ring in the leather around the first four syllables where someone had made several attempts to erase the writing looked like a halo. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Indian was gone, but there was a young rider with long black hair who wore a similar ring of trophies over his hide vest. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I stilled the ringing bells with a clammy palm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Whenever she rings it, he covers his face with his glove. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“It has the ring of the Scriptures about it, Jeth,” she said. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get to school, the tardy bell for first period is ringing. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When the telephone rang I ran for it and picked up the receiver. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, but it was far away now. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

For just as he ran he put his hand in his pocket, and the ring slipped quietly on to his finger. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Their medals and weaponry clanged like wild bells ringing out. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the bell rang, and about a dozen kids lined up behind me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I am already married” she remarks to the empty air, twisting the ring on her right hand that covers an old, distinctive scar. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This rich girl with her diamond nose jewel and her gold rings and fingers all intact, with her dark glittering eyes alive instead of dead. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a school ring, like the kind you get in college, and it looks old and worn and has a red gem in lite center. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The bells rang merrily as she took the last few steps at a run and plopped down on the ground. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The final bell rang and he had thirty seconds to get to class. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t stop ringing now, he said, don’t stop ringing. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was 1:10 before I had the list completed and rang off from the secretary. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I went around the block and rang her front doorbell. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly the ring had an unwholesome power that set to work on its keeper at once. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

My name had lost its ring of familiarity and I had to be nudged to go and receive my diploma. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could tell how good the doughnuts were because they left a clear ring on the paper. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the bell rang and my classmates lined up to resume the school day, I tore up all the notebooks on their desks. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

At one minute past seven, after a brisk cold walk, she rang the bell of a large, comfortable-looking villa in one of the roads a little way north of Jericho. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

His ear was ringing, and his mouth was full of blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A new sound cut through the ringing in Lazlo’s ears—or was it a feeling? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

On the night of the governor’s speech, the phone didn’t stop ringing. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every step he took set him to ringing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Come on then,” he said, taking a ring of keys from a hook on the wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Last night you began to tell me strange things about my ring, Gandalf,’ he said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He remembered how much it had hurt when Lord Ramsay had commanded Skinner to lay his ring finger bare. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her interface ring remained on the bedside table, and Tally carried nothing but the survival knapsack and Shay’s note. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He crept to the lean-to and stood in front of her—not a ring, not a pin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And he still kept secret the ring that he had found. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, they evacuated the whole building, called the bomb squad, the police, the lot. The bomb squad arrives and opens the box when it starts ringing.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

All their arms were out, their hands prominently displayed, their rings gleaming in the sunlight. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

When the phone rings at Doña Tatica's, she feels the sound deep inside her sore belly. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It can be imagined how Greece rang with the praises of the young man who had cleared the land of these banes to travelers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, but neither of them heard it, grunting, straining, slugging, and then everyone was in the ring pulling them apart, grabbing their gloves. ". . . by unanimous decision . . . Elston • Hubbard." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment the wizard stood looking at the fire; then he stooped and removed the ring to the hearth with the tongs, and at once picked it up. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At midmorning, Officer Birch told me it was time for the lock- down inmates’ interviews with the mental-health staff, and he handed me a ring of keys. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the phone rang, I raced to pick up the receiver. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five minutes after I hang it up, Miss Celia’s phone rings. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

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

Sometimes Mr. Richardson’s cell phone—a cell phone!—would ring and he would extend the antenna as he stepped out into the hallway. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He saw a ring of silver and turquoise, a Navajo design; he saw it clearly and he recognized it as his own mother’s. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 21, the phone rang in my hotel room and Sister Betty said, “Just a minute, please—,” then the deep voice said, “How are you?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and I splashed water on my face. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, Annie gave Luke a kiss and hustled out of the cafeteria. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

While he was updating the day’s events on the computer, the telephone rang. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time he flicked the lighter his gold rings blinged in the sun. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He swept the boards clean and knelt and hooked his fingers in the ring and lifted the trap door and swung it open. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Mom’s goes straight to voicemail, but Dad’s rings a few times first, which lets me know that at least it’s on. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I run to the egg-timer, grab it off the table, and ring it and ring it and ring it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we’d play on a swing set, which was more like a tetherball machine, with rings we could swing around on. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings at three, you’re free to go home. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t do nothing,” Pete cried in a voice that rang without hope. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick raised his hand first thing after the bell rang and said, “Mrs. Granger, I forgot my frindle.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We saw a low ring of stones built up with cement and wondered who the mason was who knelt there and studied the shapes before fitting them to-gether. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three separate rings of fencing surrounded Aberdeen Lake State Penitentiary. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The phone rang and Ma picked it up. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She lay down in the mutarara ring with a nice, warm feeling that everything had been done properly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waited for the dust to clear, her ears ringing badly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Carefully he took it off and held it up, and the gems on it glittered like stars, and the sound of the shaken rings was like the tinkle of rain in a pool. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Before any of them could answer, they heard the unfortunate ring of the bell that signaled that they were indeed going to be late. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

On my belly I crawled, pulling myself along, to the edge of the dust ring. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was a brief pause, then joy burst forth and rang throughout the brownstone. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I saw a trickle of blood coming down from where Erik's ring had struck him beneath the ear. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Josh, don’t you hear the phone ringing.? she says. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I had left the ring on top of the bureau, but it wasn’t there. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He was the first one out the door when the bell rang. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

They did not even need to put the rings on. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was hard not to look at the fighting men parading before them and wonder which of them was destined to face the ferocious beast in the ring before the show was over. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The bell rang three times, announcing that we were about to be let down. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The tiny silver bells in his long braid rang softly as he rode. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His hands were ringing with the hits, and blisters were starting to bubble up. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It took a few rings before the video call connected and Redemption’s face appeared on her screen. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They heard the phone ring, and Roy’s mother hurried inside to answer it. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We steal both my ma’s and Ritchie’s barbecues, I ring up and book a jumping castle, and we borrow one of those karaoke machines from one of Marv’s mates who works at the pub. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Terupt,” I said, before we got into a serious discussion, “did you know that Miss Kelsey doesn’t wear a wedding ring?” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The word alone rang like a broken bell. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I moved here from New Mexico,” Emily finally replied as the tardy bell rang. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The moment I do, the ringing gets louder, and the two women turn around and look at me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her voice rang with feeling and her dark eyes snapped. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Deep bags ringed his eyes and both hands scrubbed at his uncombed black hair. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

There were noises from the crowd as Vegas backed across the ring. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the three of them waited in the checkout line, one of the unsavories grabbed Scythe Faraday’s hand and kissed his ring before he could stop him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

High tide came too late now, so each afternoon, Turner waited for the bells of First Congregational to ring three times. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Her jeweled rings sparkle like tiny stars caught between her elegant fingers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

If I take you off the ring, will you do as you’re told?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He studied her jeweled nose ring with his yellow eyes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever the ringing stopped, she held her breath, believing, Now he is going to come storming upstairs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

His cellular phone rang and he picked it up. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I’m about to reassure her when the doorbell rings. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alex hated taking wedding rings off bodies, but they needed food for one more week. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The bells rings, but you can hardly hear it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The Hunt had dismounted, too, and the riders were ranged around the three of them in a loose ring, as if to prevent them from running away. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He also kept his leather necklace with the beads, the silver ring, and the probatio tablet, and of course he had Riptide in his pocket. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When the telephone rang, we were sitting at the kitchen table planning a trip to Scotland to celebrate my parents’ wedding anniversary. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the fight ring, a few women sold iced drinks and tickets to the Dominican lottery. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He knew what he would have to do when the bell rang the following afternoon. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day, every night, ham-mers rang along the Street of Steel, and the great chain grew longer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We thought it was a great joke, once the black rings had been around for a few weeks, long enough for us to get used to them and make them the subject of jokes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We were still laughing when the bell rang. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I stared down the hallway at the closed door and counted the rings. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was taking a shower, his hair full of jasmine-avocado shampoo, when the phone rang. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

A phone rang somewhere in the shed and the guard turned around to answer it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

At the end of a long day of aggressive flying, everyone was in bed and no one wanted to get up to answer the insistently ringing telephone. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We move three together in a ring and sit down comfortably. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t like there would be some crime ring going around kidnapping kids from any family who had a second grader, a fourth grader, and a sixth grader. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Before I could aim, shots rang out from the other side of the road and the van screeched to a halt, the long whine of the horn like a solid alarm. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The mechanical ring drilled its way down the hall, and I held my breath, hoping it wasn’t a wrong number. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then, as the crowd around them got denser and more agitated, Goddard pulled back his hand, removed his ring, and handed it to Rowan. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Emily desperately hoped the bell would ring or someone would pull the fire alarm as she watched Mr. Quisling transcribe the note. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Vice,” Bull said in a voice that rang through the dining room, “Corps and Country.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My ears ring, and my feet scramble for stability on the dead guard’s hack. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was the one from October 11 that rang a bell. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The phone rang and I could hear Derek going for it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The phone rang and I leaped off the sofa. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As the phone rang, I began to think about what I would say in five minutes to convince my mother to let me back home. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Gandalf, however, disbelieved Bilbo’s first story, as soon as he heard it, and he continued to be very curious about the ring. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The phone rang once, twice, and then a groggy male voice answered, “Hello?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was pinching the gold college ring that hung with the beads. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

We were about ten feet out of the ring now, and the guys opened a gateway for JP to run through so he could get to the score. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Old makeup rings her eyes and lingers on her cheeks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We would stop to wipe the blood off our lips, arms, and legs only when the bell rang for mealtime. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Together the boys aimed the staff at the ring of keys hanging on the peg. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Your limbs ache and your ears ring, as if you were right back in that awful place you tried so hard to forget. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A gruff voice rang out from the darkness. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Tally pulled on a jacket, clipped her sensor to her belly ring, and opened the window. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The shaved-ice guy would stroll through, pushing his cart and ringing his bell right next to the mango lady, who sold peeled mangoes on sticks. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Raymie pressed the button and heard a bell ringing somewhere deep inside the building. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Some people said that girls who were tempted to enter fairy rings lost all of their humanity from the ecstasy of the dancing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun caught the ring in his ear and blazed as he tipped his hat to me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she said, “Look. It’s only an exam. I can ring the school. We can get it postponed. You can take it some other time.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the handbell rings we line up in front of GIRLS, two by two, holding hands: Carol and me, then Grace and Cordelia back behind us because they’re a grade ahead. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the ring was a picture of a girl with her hair in her eyes and her bust popping out of her dress. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t, because in the gloom beyond the oil lamp, in the shadows, there were metal folding chairs arranged in a ring and on the chairs there were people, with slanting rhinestone sunglasses, watching. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The matter in all the satellites and the planets themselves may have been originally distributed in the form of rings, which condensed and accumulated to form the present moons and planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang at that point, and they had to line up in their classes and go in for the long, dreary afternoon. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

‘She had already nearly curdled me. Honestly, I nearly tried on Bilbo’s ring. I longed to disappear.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, everybody scrambled to line up. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Two bells rang through the mess hall, signaling the corps of cadets to leave lunch and head back to barracks for their afternoon classes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The world was completely quiet except for the ringing of the Fūrin—the Japanese glass wind bell—that hung in a tree. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

For instance, if a black hole is spinning or has an electric charge, mathematicians have calculated that the singularity is not a point—a pinpoint hole in space-time—but a ring. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He began tapping his fingers together—thumb and forefinger, thumb and middle finger, thumb and ring finger, thumb and little finger. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The second bell rang, and Radar and I raced to calc. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She rang Tom and he came home and sat with her in the living room. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rang and no one came to the door. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The remainder of the fairies assembled above the basement, floating in an enormous ring. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Instead her mother cleared her throat and straightened the rings on her fingers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Eventually I make my way back to the ring stock car and settle on the bedroll. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I had never been able to stay up until midnight, but the Courters allowed me to ring in the New Year. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And that’s when I see it, hanging from a wire ring looped into a zipper: my lucky rabbit foot from Libby. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He went to the security door on the nearest apartment building and tried to ring the bell. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Possibly,” said Coraline, who was not going to be diverted, “but I am ringing to report a crime.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Vega was in his room, playing quiet, when I rang, or even if he had come to the door and eyeballed me through the peephole. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

A plump red cherry lay in the middle of each pineapple ring. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The announcers’ voices ring out reassuringly as they try to organize the audience. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A golden ring inlaid with a diamond flashed on his finger. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I look at the phone, pray it never rings again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I remember how he used to slip the ring on and off his finger easily as if it were greased, and the things he did when it was off didn’t count. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Trek had just unlocked the supply room when her cell phone began to ring. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

That rang a bell in his recently reassembled cranium. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Lingeringly Biff turned the ring on his little finger. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Al Ulbrickson’s “no smoking, no drinking, no chewing, no cussing” dictum always rang like a bell in the backs of their minds. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She turned around and the light hit her and I could see how gray her skin was and how dark the moons were ringing her eyes. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The kick sent him flying, and his body crunched as it hit the floor and slid out of the ring, instantly eliminating him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mummie has on her pearls, the napkins are neatly rolled in the napkin rings instead of crumpled in under edges of the plates. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The two walked along the bank and watched frogs jump into the river until the bell rang at the end of recess. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

No more pencils/no more books/no more teachers' dirty looks/when the teacher rings the bell/drop your books and run like hell. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Polly knew at once that it was the Cabby’s wife, fetched out of our world not by any tiresome magic rings, but quickly, simply and sweetly as a bird flies to its nest. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Fridays seem like the longest days, counting every minute till the school bell rings at the end of the day. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Most of the chicks were all decked out for the evening, poured into hip-hugger jeans and strappy T-shirts with their navel rings and thong underwear proudly on display. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Some are vaguely familiar from the hallways at Fenway, but most don’t ring a bell for me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

All sham marriages, all of them rang in Obinze’s head, finally the registrar looked up and pushed across a form. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The bell in his braid rang softly as he dismounted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She clutches her white plastic ring under her arms, eyes fixed on the flaking blue paint on the far wall. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No, she doesn’t know; I doubt she’d understand anyway. But the pictures would get her too worked up. Listen, I should probably ring off, in case he tries to call.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Every so often, I glance over at the empty ring. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The ring was to hold my neck in one position, and I was to wear it twenty-four hours a day for three months. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every afternoon when the school bell rang we ran across the schoolgrounds and over dusty streets and alleys to the church. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder how much the ring would be worth out in the world. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She glanced around, saw no sign of any lurkers, and then stepped up and knocked twice with the big brass ring. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

That’s when I begin to understand that the phone isn’t going to ring. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A church bell rings, shaking down the leaves of the maple tree. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The littluns screamed and blundered about, fleeing from the edge of the forest, and one of them broke the ring of biguns in his terror. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I took the ring, and as I searched the rest of the counter, I found the guy's packed lunch. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

In the ring Woody’s smile looked sly and crafty; he hammed it up. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rang, and there was C. J.’s voice on the line: “Get out of there, and let’s go see the commander!” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘The pass, Sam!’ he cried, not heeding the shrillness of his voice, that released from the choking airs of the tunnel rang out now high and wild. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Justyce doesn’t remember hearing any rights, but his ears had been ringing from the two blows to the head, so maybe he missed them. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He let it ring until it went to voice mail. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Evangelical Christians would ring the doorbell to ask blundy whether or not I was ‘saved.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above them, the ship’s bell rang for dinner. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A gunshot rang out, but I didn’t know which direction it came from. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

So I told her about the ring and the ruined letter that had come with me in the skiff. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Halt!” the voice rang out, its speaker starting to run. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It does ring a bell,” said Reynie, who didn’t like where this was going. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I knew it was because I hadn’t wiped the ring around the bathtub, but I didn’t say anything. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I come in the side door, and the phone's ringing. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a call box to ring individual apartments to ask someone to unlock the door for you. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Though she wore gloves, he glanced at her hand—where the amethyst ring always sat—and the spark died from his eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After hours of gluing, stuffing, and tying, we hear the doorbell ring. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

At once the hawk screamed three times, so loud that Lyra’s head rang. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some camps were orderly, with the tents arrayed around a fire pit in concentric circles, weapons and armor stacked around die inner ring, horse lines outside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They contain endless pages of glyphs and symbols, ringed in text ripped from other sources, affixed to one another and inscribed over and over. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My heart thundered through the ringing in my ears. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The bells were ringing, the sirens were sounding. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When they finally got home, Grandma had no sooner sent Ernie upstairs—with the beer bottle containing the half tooth—to lie down with a double dose of pain reliever when the phone rang. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I keep a tight lid on my temper but let my voice become as loud and ringing as my soul wants it to be. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Okay, forget that. Let’s stick with the ring.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She grabbed me, shaking the ringing from my ear. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The hoof-beats came to the door and passed, and rang, while they listened, ever more faintly away. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Rather than ring the bell right away, Werner laps the block three times. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The second bell rings, and I’m about to go inside without her when I see her sprinting down the hallway toward me with Tim at her heels. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At last, Joe’s job was done, and the ringing and roaring stopped. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed a brass button and a bell rang and the cage came up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I muscled through it and rang the doorbell, and Maddie answered wearing a gorgeous pink halter dress and wedge sandals. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Around his neck was a halter, trailing a chain to an iron ring by the door.—And that was all he wore! How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A woman of any age past thirty answered my ring and said Bailey Johnson was at the top of the stairs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath the ringing in my ears I could make out frantic voices shouting, “Go, just go!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I touch my pants pocket from the outside and feel the ring there against my leg. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“At any rate, I was jealous. Instead of confronting them and finding out the truth, I shifted the wind and sent a heavy metal ring right at Hyacinthus’s head and...well.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The phone rang at seven fifteen, and his mom answered it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Baba goes up to the attic and brings down a strongbox full of gold jewelry I’ve never seen before: heavy necklaces and chains, watches and rings. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

While he’s thinking, I wait for the phone to ring with the news that there’s been an accident. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My ears rang with the gun sounds, my body ached, and my index finger was sore. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Once when I walk past a soldier interrogating a girl my age on the street, and once just before I ring the doorbell. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The cauldron rang like a deep bell of doom, but remained undented. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Congratulations!” he exclaimed bitterly, the thinnest milk- white line enclosing his lips tightly in a bloodless, squeezing ring. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But by the time the first musket shot rings out, theIndians are already leaving, creeping away silently on hands and feet like bears. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The swords flew at each other, and their steel song filled the garden and rang off the white tbwers of the Eyrie. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The sixth was white as milk, with golden rings through her nipples and her nether lips, the seventh black as a squid’s ink. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The kitchen light shined warmly on the gold and jade rings that gave her hands a completeness. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had only come out just before the bell rang to saddle. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The day stretches longer than an Alabama road and I do my best to pay attention, but I’m really just waiting for the bell to ring. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The cries of his victims rang out as barns blazed, and ships foundered on a stormy red sea. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“No. I used to. Sort of,” Mary Lou said, playing with her purity ring. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The rings of coffee staining my father’s desk. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Between meals, a ring for the porter would bring anything the heart desired, and late at night, the athletes raided the galley. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Finally the dismissal bell rang and I hightailed it to the bus. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Beyond Bo’s head, hanging on his doorknob, is an oversized ring full of keys. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The crowd continued to boo as Donatelli and Bud each grabbed one of Willie's arms and dragged him down the ring steps and up the aisle. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I am slicing the lemon cake Mrs. Malloy baked, the phone rings. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My eyes dart around the rooftops that ring the square. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Believe me, you were. You and Bruce and Darryl and Don were all in that center ring,” he says, naming my three closest high school friends. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The next morning, they’d gone to see about the ring that could contain her curse. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They put on the green rings, took hands, and once more shouted, “One- -Two—Three—Go.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Odile promised to ring Pop to see if lessons could be arranged, and I cycled back to college with the hope that soon my stomach pains would have reason to vanish. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Then I see it—a flickering flame on the ground, a ring of stones around it. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Then, if there was still the understanding, he’d ask her to accept another kind of ring. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slides it onto her ring finger, though it is too loose for her slim fingers, keeping his other hand around her wrist. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Across the hall from the bedroom was a bathroom with a baby blue sink, a toilet ringed with rust, and an upright shower stall with neither a door nor a curtain. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Surely he won’t give her a ring! He just said he wanted us to know, not the whole world!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When you rang me at truly shocking hours of the night, I loved you. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It's so good to know that it's not me or the ring or anything else. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He made that promise so easily, alarm bells rang in Hazel’s mind. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She was interrupted in the midst of these uneasy speculations by the sound of the telephone bell ringing in the other room. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and they both looked toward the school, already late. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Bob went up to the kitchen when he heard the bell ring. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some sell virtual Warcross items laid neatly out on tables, everything from gold rings to glittering capes, leather boots and platinum armor, healing elixirs and treasure chests. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The mercenary brought up his injured hand and grabbed the tip of the sword, moving with such sudden speed that the metal rang dully with the contact. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Listening, he could hear Mrs. Richardson’s telephone ringing in the adjacent office. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and we marched to our assigned class, filed in in pairs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Two iron rings had been fastened to the wall; hanging nearby were a number of the whips, known as the cat-o’- nine-tails, and—according to one inmate account—a gag. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two rings, then a hang up, then two rings again. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He reached for the bell, but before he could ring, Mrs. Coulter spoke. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There’s a child these colors in the ring of children on the front of the Sunday school missionary paper, yellow children, brown children, all in different costumes, dancing around Jesus. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I didn't think the moon had rings," I say. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later, I've got my mouth full of English muffin and the cell phone rings. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So,” said Harry, “the diary’s gone, the ring’s gone. The cup, the locket, and the snake are still intact, and you think there might be a Horcrux that was once Ravenclaw’s or Gryffindor’s?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Oh, the music of evil sang loud in Kino’s head now, it sang with the whine of heat and with the dry ringing of snake rattles. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all the stock is loaded I retire to the ring stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When the last bell rang, she stood up from her desk and got so dizzy that she fell right back down. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Instead, we wore massive silver rings with brightly colored jewels and plenty of marcasite. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The spangled ring was growing larger, as it always did. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

On Monday when the dismissal bell rings, convincing my feet to walk to the library feels impossible. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I rang the doorbell and prayed my mother or brothers or sister would answer the door. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He also had me remove my brand-new belly ring; I’d had my belly button pierced just two days before. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Just before another blast, clear as a foghorn on a stormy sea, Old Dan’s voice rang loud and clear. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His speech and clear ringing voice left no doubt in their hearts: the rider was of the Elven-folk. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I made it inside just before first bell rang. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He always had to ring the bell after that, and sometimes it took a long time for her to answer, and at other times his ring was not answered at all. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alone in the observatory late one night, I heard the telephone ring persistently. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a long knife in his left hand and a club in the other he made a rush at the ring, trying to burst out back towards Hobbiton. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Motorcycle Mac was alternately whimpering and cursing when Ernestine joined the ring around the cherry tree. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes the telephone began ringing again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up his wooden napkin ring and thrust his forefinger through it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The name Cougar followed Pollard from the boxing ring to the races and stuck with him for good. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when the bell rang, I took Leaves of Grass from my bag and then zipped it back up slowly while everyone raced off either to home or to extracur- riculars. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It did. Unfortunately, it rang when everyone was outside, taking part in the fire drill.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and the teacher began to talk, and Hazel’s brain identified her voice as background noise and moved it to the rear of her consciousness. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“What to bring into the ring, what to leave out of it. It’s a good way to think about life.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Once the dismissal bell rings, Sam and I do our usual stop at Mrs. Parker’s office for our candy fix before we head home. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He comes to a trail, climbs into the Bronco, and drives, opening and closing gates with keys from a ring that holds scores, given to the agents by ranchers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was wishing I could sign a peace treaty with my parents when the telephone rang. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The bells of the church kept ringing and calling, but I did not go. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother’s silver ring with the secret compartment inside, a painted hand mirror, one of her father’s old sweaters—anything would have done. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The porter rang the bell, then knocked on the door, then he opened the door and went in. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

At recess we had the school to ourselves, and also we could roam as far as we could go—downtown, Chinatown stores, home—as long as we returned before the bell rang. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point a group of them formed a little ring around Mr. Das and the children. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

"With rings on your fingers and gold in your pockets, you can take to the roads like gentlemen. You'll be traveling about in fine coaches. But first you've got to lay hands on the treasure." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fingers curled around the drinking horn were heavy with rings, gold and silver and bronze, set with chunks of sapphire and garnet and dragonglass. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He used to give me the blues in the ring, so bad, but I still liked him. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Tai is short with long hair and two sets of silver hoop earrings in her ears, and a small hole in her nose where she puts her nose ring when she ain’t at work. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then, from the direction of the Chrysopoesium, came the ring of boot heels. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

After a deep breath to psych himself up, Mark sprinted for the left side, wondering if shots would ring out or soldiers would rise out of the darkness in the gap, waiting for them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

All up and down the hallway the sound of locker doors slamming rings out. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Before I rang the doorbell, I sent Mom a text to remind her I was hanging at Joe’s. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It was Nox, actually, who surprised her most, with three bull’s-eyes into the nearer targets and the two final shots along the border of the inner ring. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Finally after a few days, the kitchen phone rang while me and Bertha were out on the porch eating egg salad sandwiches for lunch. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When the phone rang at 3:25, I startled again. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“See, Blanca, let’s just give them what money we can”—diamond ring included —“and let them go to Chicago.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

As she always did before going into Level 4, she took off her engagement ring and her wedding band, and locked them away in her desk. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Eleanor in Accounts, right, she did her test. Looped my weddin’ ring through a strand of my hair and hung it over my palm. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It began to dissolve, leaving only scraps of bone, meat, hide, and a new drakon skull whose open jaws ringed the oak tree. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On the skeleton’s finger was a ring, dirty and tarnished but unmistakably gold. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She paused, drawing a ragged breath, and took the moonstone ring out of her pocket and put it into the palm of his hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re all fat and waterlogged. None of the rings come off.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pollard was lying on his hospital bed, chatting with David Alexander, when the phone rang. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Running away was briefly discussed until a gunshot rang out, followed by screams near the front of the train. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Not ten seconds after we choose our new leaders, something rings—one long pulse, two short ones. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The night rang to the clash of steel and the cries of the wounded and dying. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Just as you have decided “Bother the Prime Minister!” and are looking forward to spending another dreamy afternoon with Anton Walbrook, the phone rings again and You Are Operational. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She wondered if the woman was the huntress who led the hunting party she had heard in the Wood that morning, their bugles ringing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood watching her, thinking of the many times he had watched her before, when her walk had been so different and her laughter had come ringing back to mock him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

At the four-o’clock show, Stella can only get as far as the entrance to the ring. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Standing with his friends in a defensive ring, surrounded by giants, then looking up at an impossible vision in the sky - Jason could very clearly picture himself fifty years in the future. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Finally the phone rang and the conversation had to end. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A silvery laugh rang from a corner of the chamber. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The bell rang for class to start, and my happy mood sank. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The warning bell rang: One minute to make it to class. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

At cruising altitude, he takes the chain off his neck and slides the ring on next to the old house key. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There is a special light in the hallway that blinks when someone rings the doorbell. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then we got out the appropriate three-ringed binder, added the new photograph, and snapped the rings shut. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

You told me to trust every vision, every tingling of my skin, every ringing in my ear, every itch in my palms. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She loved Ms. Hussey’s questions and her long ponytail and the three rings in each ear. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Presently she rang a small clear bell, then in the kitchen Luster heard Mrs Compson and Jason descending, and Jason’s voice, and he rolled his eyes whitely with listening. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ring is gone, but there is a bright red circle burned into his skin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“What do you think those are?” said Polly, pointing at the colored rings. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

When I could actually sit down to supper with my family, the telephone would ring and I would be called away. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not as beautiful as the ring, but I did make it for you.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There might even have been bells somewhere far away now ringing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, a loud bell started ringing. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ring of a telephone, any telephone, anywhere, invariably caused Mrs. Glass’s lips to tighten a bit. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Someone was ringing the church bell and not doing a very good job of it; it clanged unevenly to and fro like a bell at a seance. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Outside of the prizefighting ring, violence made Mr. Levy ill. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not until almost fifteen minutes had gone by did the bell ring again, just as softly as before. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And the policeman said, “If your husband turns up and causes any trouble, just give us a ring. Otherwise, you’re going to have to sort this out between yourselves.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On Friday I arrived early and waited by the picnic table, and again JT arrived just before the bell rang. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose you have a seal, or ring or anything like that?” she asked as she smeared the wax across the top of the bottle’s stopper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Shots rang out as he was leaving the little villa. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time was to see if he had my ring or knew where it was, and to tell him to stop carrying on about Dorcas because maybe she wasn’t worth it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glass took off the heavy rings she was wearing and slid them into her pocket. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He sat back in a corner of the basket while his dæmon perched on the suspension ring, her claws dug deep in the leather binding. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just jittery until the phone rang. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She rang the door of Miss Spink and Miss Forcible’s flat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She had a large amber ring on her middle finger. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He planted his lips on the ring, pressing hard, feeling the edge of the setting catch on his lip. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But the ringing persisted, and the ringing meant that the phone worked, but no one was there to answer it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Finally they reach a gate, and he sets her down on a curbstone and pushes an electric buzzer, and she can hear it ring deep within a house. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her children did not laugh, but eventually sang along when she left her tent to sit by the winter campfires, ringed by barbarians. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has three rings in three different colors, green, yellow, and red, so it’s easier to tell where the bullets hit. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The river rang to the sounds of their combat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I said sure, but I wasn’t going to. The hell with the ring. But the Thursday before, I thought about the way Mr. Trace looked at me and the way his wife said ‘me.’ Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This early evening I was in this place when at the usual time, the phone in the booth rang. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doorbell rings, and Jenna and her dad come in, followed by an older couple who have recently moved in next door to the Roths. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

From afar off there was the soft, silver ring of church bells. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he placed a ring on his finger or put a necklace around the neck of a maid who happened to take his fancy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I’ll ring for some. You understand there is nothing here, now there are no people.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

His ears rang with the metallic bellow of the saa-horn up in one of the temple’s towers, rattling his bones from head to toe. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Right. And the ring the one on a chain around your neck. Is that your wedding band?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dark purple rings under her eyes make her look like someone punched her out. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

During the next couple of weeks, Saleem made several more attempts before the handkerchief disappeared and he stopped ringing the rickshaw bell. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was too far from Washington to hear the ringing bells of the city’s churches tolling in mourning. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his slippered feet up on a long, low coffee table, a chess board inset in the middle, cigarette burns and mug rings on its surface. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Come on, ring again! Come on/” He had never thought there might be others left on Mars. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And God was amused; my prayer did not ring true with Him. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Rowan looked at Citra’s ring, which was covered with his blood. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Boromir hauled the eastern door to, grinding upon its hinges: it had great iron rings on either side, but could not be fastened. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I try to think of anything Peeta ever said that might give me an indication as to where he's hiding out, but nothing rings a bell. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When there aren’t any obvious signs of trouble, I return to the ring stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Pa gives him Ma s ruby bracelets, her diamond rings, and much more in exchange for a few pounds of uncooked rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than a year’s profit in one of the rings, let alone all of them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Their loud cries rang out like the barking of dogs. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Snape was looking right at him, and the bell that rang ten minutes later could not have been more welcome. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

If you stretch out a bullet, it begins to look like a length of rope, and if you coil the rope into a loop, it becomes a ring, like Marburg. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pounding on the front door, and from upstairs she heard a bell ringing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They told Manny to have Billy leave from the corner without stairs and he had to jump from the ring. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my bag when the bell rang, ready to run for my life, when he said my name and only the very basic rules of etiquette held me in place. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He walked out and started down the stairs, her voice still ringing in his ears. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone rings and I run for it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The alaunts went uncoupled as the exciting notes of the menee began to ring through the forest, and then the whole scene began to move. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man produced a ring of keys, selected a large one, applied it to the lock and pulled the door open. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The house rang with silence, but I didn’t dare suggest music, so I listened to the song my peeler made. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and he started to walk off. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end it feels like the ringing of the mallet comes from deep inside my bones. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, I would don overalls and begin working at one of the factories ringing Alexandra. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They’ll be saying—” A single high metal ring on the phone broke off what people would say about the new minister. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mohammed’s mother looked unchanged, too, with the ring in her nose and the silk scarves around her head. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pulling on his flight gloves, he noticed he was still wearing his wedding ring. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Cardan holds out a fisted hand and opens it to reveal a royal ring gleaming in the center of his palm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When I walk home, feet and shoulders aching, ears ringing from the noise, the sun has already come and gone. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Into the suitcase went the cameras, the leather wallets, the rings, the belt buckles. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But here’s where Alexander’s study gets interesting, because it turns out that neither of those explanations rings true. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Another draft of warm air swept up the escarpment, struck her open wings, and ringed her up again. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The voice rang out sharply from on high, where the diminishing crags were balanced one on another. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Down the street, the school dismissal bell rang. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was something in the core of that ring, but no one knew what it was. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Then she went off to answer a ringing phone. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Rasheed sat on the bed beside her, made a great show of slowly undoing the ribbon, of opening the box and plucking out the ring delicately. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He fished in his own pocket and his fingers grazed his key ring, but he stopped. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Deliberately turning away from the cloak, she laid the herbal in her trunk beside the broken mirror, and she did her best to ignore the phantom presence of the moonstone ring on her hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rings the bell in the carriage, and the thing lurches forward like it’s drunk on rotgut. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When they had gone a little distance, the old man put his mouth so close to Digory’s ear that it tickled, and whispered: “Now, my boy. Slip on your ring. Let’s be off.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

They rang for higher wages, they rang for better food, they rang for open revolt, for patriotism, for common sense, and for a wholesale return to Japan. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others said that only a girl who was mad would enter a fairy ring in the first place. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mobile started ringing with the theme music of James Bond. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Certainly. Go, dear, I forgot that you have any home but this,” and Mrs. March pressed the white hand that wore the wedding ring, as if asking pardon for her maternal covetousness. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

A volley of bullets whistled past the basket, one striking a spark from the suspension ring and making Lee’s hands sting with the impact but none of them did any damage. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a real relief to throw the plastic ring away. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, my right ear can hear again, although it's still ringing. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I worry when Mack takes Ruby into the ring. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I have been here before choking in solitude, but this time when all the earth is hollow as a bell, I hold one end, ring it, and you come— a pale-skinned surprise, a friend. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It started ringing, so I got up and walked a few steps away from the house so Grandma definitely couldn’t hear. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Parker was awakened by the phone ringing on his nightstand. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She waved her free hand at Ivy, her nails painted to match a rainbow—red thumb, orange forefinger, yellow middle finger, green ring finger, blue pinkie. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The bell rang again, a little louder this time. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls up a ring in the center of the floor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He retrieved his ring, set it back on the nightstand, then handed her the empty glass. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He holds a key between his thumb and first finger, letting the others slide down the ring. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He pulls on the bell to ring it, flicks on the lamp that sends a beam into the yard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“There are rings of calcium in each vertebra. You can count the rings like a tree to find the age of the shark,” she said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She gulped huge breaths as she rang June’s doorbell. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Before I could say anything else, though, the bell rang for class to start. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her phone rang, and when she saw the number calling, she picked up. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The last bell rang, and I started to head out for the bus. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge and Emily were in the living room with Em’s mom, eating peanut butter crackers and watching TV, when the doorbell rang. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

But the same mob mentality that propelled their escape now pushed them toward those lifesaving rings. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The doorbell rings and I run to get it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I yelled, my ears still ringing as they peered into our slack-smudged faces. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I rang the office buzzer, and an old woman with brown wrinkled skin like a well-used pirate map opened the door and flicked a cigarette butt over my head. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the doorbell rang and Aunt Jody admitted the next-door neighbor, the owner of the house in which we lived and its former occupant. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like to watch the “regular” kids as they play four-square while they wait for the bell to ring. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Then she offered the bird the ring sewed in the side of her gown. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each voice has a unique tone color that is described using adjectives or metaphors such as “nasally,” “resonant,” “vibrant,” “strident,” “high,” “low,” “breathy,” “piercing,” “ringing,” “rounded,” “warm,” “mellow,” “dark,” “bright,” “heavy,” “light,” “vibrato.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The boyish king of the ring came over to my motel. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have yet to wash your own underwear, spread a bed, wipe the ring from your tub, or move a fleck of your dirt from one place to another. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hammers rang faintly in the distance—workers banging away at the ship, all unaware of his emergency. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“If he calls, can you just say I’m with you, that I’m in the loo and I'll ring him straight back? Then you call me, and I call him, and it’s all cool.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

About four in the morning the phone rang. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, Francis would look disgusted when my daydreams kept me from observing that he needed my help to keep the model from collapsing as he rearranged the supporting ring stands. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He caressed her cheek with his fingers, and she covered his hand with hers so that the ring was touching him, too. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air flashed with so many coarse expressions that my ears were ringing with “Anne’s bad this” and “van Daans’ good that.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The great bell rang, sending waves of sound that went out over the hills and came echoing back into the stone of the bell tower, which trembled with the vibration. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

When the bell finally rang, I hightailed it out of there and headed for the bus. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They waited at the ring steps as Jackson stumbled down, his eyes half-closed, and then they went up, into the pool of hot and blinding light. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tess wasn’t outside, so they took the porch steps two at a time and rang the doorbell. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They would form a ring around him, holding each other by the hand, trying to suffuse him with their healing fluids, but that too failed to endow Nicolas with mental powers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lying in wait and ringing the bell in the house for their companions to come. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Shay smiled and shook her head, and pulled off her interface ring. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was as if the ringing in my ears was so loud that noise became silence. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I caught her in the hall by the front doors before the bell rang as she headed toward homeroom. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ringing in my ears becomes louder, making me disoriented. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Marcus would look up from the lock instead of fiddling with his huge ring of keys, he’d see everything that happened between Bo and me because in this moment it is so obvious. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I thought it had a nice ring to it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The man grumbles and hands him the key ring. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His actions had been so deliberate and yet so wasteless of time that he came to the house while Mrs. Tiflin was still ringing the triangle. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drags open big, low drawers; he jangles dozens of key rings. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His narrow eyes were puffy with crying and as he sniffled, dozens of rings tinkled along the lobes of his ears. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It laid hold of the iron ring, and then it perceived me and my spell. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And not twenty minutes later, the phone rang: a reporter at one of the local TV stations had heard about our story and wanted to know more. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, James and I walk out together. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Mom’s ring dangles from a golden chain around her neck, and the stage lights make the diamond twinkle. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Enjoy life while you can. Nothing’s gonna happen for maybe five, ten, fifteen, twenty years. But lemme give you a piece of advice: Whenever the doorbell rings, have somebody else answer the door.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘The ring! And look! You’ve got one on your finger. And so have I.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

In a blink, I'm pushing my way through the ring of adult bodies. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Thor held the haft of his hammer with a hand that was covered with golden rings. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

And now the moment was at hand, the kids arriving, the air crisp and cool, excitement shivering through the crowd—and Renault and Janza there in the ring, glancing uneasily at each other. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My ears ring from the gunshot, but it’s preferable to being dead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

If he’s not home when the Angelus rings at six o’clock Mam knows he had a day of work. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Roommates were forever stepping out of showers, and waitresses appeared out of nowhere to deliver the onion rings and breakfast burritos that stained the pages of the manuscripts. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

At seven the next morning the telephone rang. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

For graduation, Papá gave him an old ring that belonged to my grandfather. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The captain had a fist like a sledgehammer, and on it he wore four vicious jeweled rings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was three in the morning, and the telephone rang again. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dug into his pocket and pulled out a turquoise and silver ring. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And we both end up giggling until the bell rings. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice rang out over a loudspeaker system, neither male nor female; emotionless, inhuman. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I never told her that I wished they’d ring our doorbell. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A voice rang out again in the darkness, distinctly low and male. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

At that moment, the loud clear voice of a redbone hound, bawling treed, rang through the river bottoms. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond those, ringed by bare dirt, stands a pretty cottage with a thatched roof and stucco walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It certainly seemed like an inappropriate time for the bells to be ringing, some in celebratory fashion. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The ringing comes harsh and loud, making me totter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“If my aunt doesn’t want the ring, the right thing to do is to give it back to the man who bought it for her.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Victors’ children have been in the ring before. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then all the voices rang out, “Be it so!” and “Well spoken!” and “Let our friend make sail!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh. The old patriarchal chastity belt. Now in convenient ring form,” Adina snarled. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Ollie gave me your address but not your apartment number. I didn't know which buzzer to ring.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The rings of her left hand cut into my fingers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another time, as the train slammed itself to a slower speed, Tool almost crushed them, his whole bulk smashing them against metal and leaving Nailer’s head ringing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She woke up gasping, her arms outstretched, the sound of Peach still ringing in her ears. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The note rang softly in the music room. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I threaded my baton through its ring on my belt, trying to imagine a scenario in which I might have to wield it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pencil woman had a hand to her forehead, as if perhaps all the bell ringing had given her a headache. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He shouts something at her, something angry, and before Tess can apologize, I see him shove her roughly into the ring's center. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But the next morning, Saturday, he rang our doorbell. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the wall, a loud shout rang out. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Reyna sent us! Your sister! Look at the ring on his necklace.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, and the three of us walk in together, swapping stories about our old schools. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Today is Sunday and throughout the valley the church bells are pealing dong dong la-dong, that most warming of sounds ringing in the air, dong dong la- dong. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Through the silence of the desert, their hard, young voices rang: “Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could be sort of like that dating service that introduced Tía Inés to the guy with the pinkie rings and toupee. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the night, my phone rings. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The sound of the sheriff’s dogs barking and growling still rang in his ears. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He wore a black T-shirt, black jeans, and a new silver ring shaped like a skull. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Take it to the hoop.As we're about to leave for the final game the phone rings. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Until that day, Ash resolved that she would not wear this ring that chained her to him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cleared his mind and dropped his hands—loose, low—and as soon as the coach’s whistle rang out, he smiled. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

With her little lacquer brush, while the phone was ringing, she went over the nail of her little finger, accentuating the line of the moon. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Never one for the long good-bye, she lingered over her children in the house on South Main only until the bell rang at the front door. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Isabella nods and I give her a hug, and then the bell rings. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t say another word until Emily gets up to put her tray away and go to the bathroom before the bell rings. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The Titan army ringed the building, standing maybe twenty feet from the doors. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t hate the hustle,” Sneaky says, zipping up his pack as the warning bell rings. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“So I keep on knocking and ringing. Sooner or later she have to come out and then I can talk to her.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I said I did not know. I had no statement to make. And I should be obliged if he did not ring me up again.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

With earliest day, I was up: I had my advertisement written, enclosed, and directed before the bell rang to rouse the school; it ran thus:— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as Dad drove into the backyard, we could hear the black phone ringing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It's ringing again, but it sounds far away. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ringing of cell phones, the beeping of Game Boys, the traces of far-off rap music escaping the ear buds of a hundred iPods. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Harry hurried over to the door leading to the spiral staircase, but his hand had only just closed upon the iron ring of the door when he heard running footsteps on the other side. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The combined sound of bells tolling and sirens wailing seemed not just a cacophonous way to ring in the new year, but a sound that symbolized a new era in our freedom struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The empousai emerged from the rocks all around them—five of them forming a ring. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In a well-run spy ring, people do not know each other’s real names. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet I even know what ring Yule May’s talking about—Hilly’s mother gave it to her for her eighteenth birthday. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Her skin was as pale as clean ice, and dark circles ringed her eyes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the grey suit nods and pulls a handkerchief from his coat, picking up the ring without touching it and placing it in his pocket. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then she knelt there, her eyes fixed on the ring. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I think for a long time that I must be dead, that this is some ring of hell I’m walking. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The phone rang the second he hung up with X-Ray. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Grammy's voice has a happy, ringing sound to it, like a buzzer on a game show. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She wore a gown of white silk belted with a gold chain, and her fingers were covered with jeweled rings. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But as soon as he steps into the hallway, the doorbell rings. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

His phone rings and he turns away from us to answer it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Chaol and Dorian pushed off from where they both leaned against the wall, coming closer to the ring. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then he buttoned up his coat, took a deep breath, and picked up the ring. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She takes her hand, the one with Worm’s dad’s big basketball ring on it, and smacks me across my face. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He gave me an odd look, then shrugged and ran a length of rope through an iron ring above our heads. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I rang the doorbell and heard Myrna Mountweazel’s paws scurrying on the hardwood floors, and then she was barking like crazy, staring at us through the sidelight glass. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The smaller boy had the ring of iron keys. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As if on cue the doorbell rang, and she went to the door with Brian following. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Halsey wasn’t kidding when he said he was a crack shot—every time his Springfield rang out, a cry and thud sounded from across the yard. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The first day, just as he was taking off his coat, the phone rang. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The girls went around the ring slower and with lowered heads. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped them with a thump as the voice rang out behind me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little bell rang as she did so, and a gentleman who was seated on a high stool behind a slanting desktop looked up at her over his spectacles. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I tried the key in the lock, but it didn’t work, so I rang the buzzer, which was exactly where our buzzer was. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then the telephone rang and she forgot him as she went back to work. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

His excitement was contagious, but before I had a chance to start the microwave, my phone rang. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The sound rang out piercingly shrill and sweet, and almost before the echo rebounded a joyous, answering bark rang around the surrounding hills. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he left as he had come, boot heels ringing on the marble floor and all eyes following. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As expected, the phone rings again, but I lift it and put it straight back down. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t see the paper ring from a White Owl cigar that sticks to the crown of his cap. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rang out, and I was sure even the kids in the back could hear her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

While I was simmering the onions and chilies, the phone rang. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But the hall was bare, with only a few stragglers rushing to class before the bell rang. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When I again unclosed my eyes, a loud bell was ringing; the girls were up and dressing; day had not yet begun to dawn, and a rushlight or two burned in the room. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Ophelia, run downstairs and tell Cook to ring the doctor. Ma’am, let me help you back to bed before you catch cold.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Halt!” a voice, harsh and commanding, rang out above the sound of BaiMa’s striking hooves. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He stared at the phone, hoping it would ring back. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Aaron gave me a few bucks to get the seltzer, but just as I was opening the door to go out into the world, his buzzer rang. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and streams of students filled the hall. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marco reaches up to a branch above his head and passes the ring through one of the burning candles until it glows, white and hot. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

DVDs and cases orbited in a ring around it, mostly Farsi-language dubs of Bollywood movies. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

His moans rang off the barn walls and worked on everyone’s nerves, but no one gave in. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taryn’s own phone rang, belting out the theme song to Star Wars. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The ankle bells grew louder as she approached me until it seemed as though they were ringing inside my head. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The sky is a sheet of purple and pink and gold, and giant planets are suspended against it, their rings curving past the horizon. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The bell rings before I can ask Lorena to go downtown with me after school. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was no time to talk until the customer’s order was complete and the bell rang, signaling her departure. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Most startling of all, a splendid dark cartoon of a black eye was stamped in a ring on my eye socket, in the richest inks of Tyrian, chartreuse, and plum. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It could be something I might actually want, like a silver ring with a moonstone. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Weary creases ring the queen's eyes, and sadness slopes her shoulders forward over the sleeping princess. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

At Ro Leap, when the sun hovers directly over my head, the lunch bell rings at one P.M. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings and I skip out, barely resisting the urge to give Mrs. Newman a hug. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When the second bell rings, I run to Miss Saunders’s class like somebody set my shoes on fire. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I remember thinking that if I wrote slowly enough, the bell might ring before I could finish. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

One boy in particular, Ronnie King, is sweet on me and gives me a promise ring. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

At five minutes past seven, the phone rang. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

And then he picks up the ring and walks out. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He got up and dressed and stood beside the window, forcing himself to count his breaths up to ten, in and out, waiting for the alarm to ring. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

A tinkling bell rang somewhere in the depths of the shop as they stepped inside. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And the whole time I’m struggling, I can hear the phone ringing on the other side of the door. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I completed the game by picking up the wizard’s magic ring, claiming it for myself. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We tried using mine to call her back, but his wife’s phone kept ringing. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and church bells all over ring out the Angelus and Nurse O’Halloran weeps for the waste of a dress, that child still in there and me in me finery. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Palmer had just finished supper on Monday when the doorbell rang. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I noticed their voices didn’t have that solid ring. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he produced from one of the many pockets hidden in his robe a scythe’s ring identical to the one he already wore. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Mama said to ring the doctor round, Mrs. Caruthers is having a fit of some kind!” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to ring his doorbell and just ask him to give you this book?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Metal rang, and a falcon's wing collapsed with a crunch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The bell rings and we pack up for sixth period. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then there was a noise outside and the doorbell rang again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Longtime residents have not forgotten 1978s infamous Night of a Thousand Flames, when KKK groups from all over the West gathered in the county and ringed the foothills around Chokecherry with burning crosses... Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The words rang hollow in her ears even as she said them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Like Citra, Rowan had stood beside Scythe Faraday as the man held out his ring to each member of his family, offering them immunity. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In her palm w'as a ring of watery blue sapphire, a gift from her mother, who had died many years before. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The city of Tenebrion was built in rings, with tall walls separating them. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

So Stuart slipped into his old pants and prepared to go down the drain after the ring. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her husband took a drink of orange juice as the bell rang again. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Orienting herself from there, she locates another, gently pushing open the paper door to find a ring of tiny chairs representing her own performance space. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Once she comes, she won’t be able to leave, because I’ll have poured a ring of salt that she will find impenetrable, and she’ll have no choice but to stay and speak with me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Why did she have to be married to receive a ring that was hers? Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I guess my parents don’t see all that much of each other anymore except when Mom rings for Dad. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one will know'.” “God will know,” she said, taking her eyes off the ring to glare at me as if I had personally ripped the ring off God’s finger. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“The library is a place for reading, not eating,” Mr. Yardley says in a disapproving voice, just as the bell rings. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The bell rings and the boy stands up and looks at me with his Bambi eyes. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced up at the balconies ringing the atrium. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Suddenly several gunshots rang out in quick succession. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe, he thought, the diamond ring and the gun could buy Bri a safe way to get to the convoy. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have any pictures around his desk, and he didn’t wear a wedding ring. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Through the anteroom door, just ajar, she and Benjamin X heard the applause diminishing, then the familiar ringing greeting, “Asalaikum, brothers and sisters!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside her, Nox swore colorfully when his dagger hit the third ring on his target, and her smile broadened, despite the shredded corpse that lay somewhere in the castle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You still have about fifteen or so minutes until the first bell rings. Stay as long as you want. But can I ask you two what’s wrong?” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, I sprang to collect my bag and join the others moving into the hallway. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

As soon as I could hear the number ring once I hung up. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then both of them were on him, a blur of ringed fingers and cowboy boots going to work. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A minuscule part of Tally still expected her interface ring to warn her that she was leaving Uglyville. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Remora held up a ring of keys and jangled them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The alarm finally rings, and I get ready. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Sky Witness’s strategy was to ring Mutal with a chain of client states and allies and then strangle it, boa constrictor-style. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the sand by the water. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Two, three, five rings, and the answering machine picks up. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jule was wearing pajama pants and a camisole when he rang the buzzer. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

‘There hasn’t been a ring at the bell for the last hour.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

His associate shackled Cora’s ankles, and then ran the chains through a ring in the floor of the wagon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Lifting weights was a struggle with poor results; sets of twenty pull-ups became sets of four, on good days; and his coach pulled him out of the ring indefinitely because fighting would be impossible. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He gave two more prim rings of his handbell. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She wanted to make sure that she had a place to put Wash’s ring. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kaz tracked Nina’s gaze to the top of the ring wall, high above the courtyard, where five men had been impaled on spikes like meat skewered for roasting, backs bent, limbs dangling. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The door chime at the Chili Bowl so rarely rings, which means I always find myself startled when it does. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Lyra had planned to leave the way she’d come, banking on another few minutes before the Steward’s bell rang. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And I hear the bell on his collar ring. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Adults listen to you with half an ear, while the Biblical prescription “Physician, heal thyself!” rings in the other. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the afternoon the telephone in the hall had been ringing, each new ring making him more nervous and anxious. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about ringing Tara—I knew she’d come running—but I didn’t think I could stand it, she’d be all clingy and over protective. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monkey rings that would split in two and send a swinging child hurtling through space. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his phone and called him back, and Javier picked up on the second ring. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She caught the edge of Ash’s lip with her signet ring and Ash knew that she had drawn blood, for she tasted it as it ran into her mouth. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to crawl up to my top bunk and turn on the Black Panther soundtrack when our doorbell rings. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I spun the spiral phone cord around my finger, tighter and tighter with each ring. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When the bell to end recess rang, Ms. Udell met her class in the playground instead of waiting for them upstairs as she usually did. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Amara coaches me as if we were in the boxing ring. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He sat back in his leather aviator jacket, his black T-shirt and jeans, that wicked silver skull ring on his finger, and the Stygian sword at his side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said, “that name doesn’t ring a bell!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then reached forward again and gently took the ring. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I’m shaking as I ring her doorbell, and as I wait for Mae to come. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I prayed Mr. Kennel would ring the bell, so I could walk across the yard without everyone staring at me like they were watching a two-headed pig at the country fair. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was in the garage painting the identification numbers on his J-3, and so when the phone rang there was no one to pick it up but me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Doyle claps and claps until the gym grows quiet again and the boom of her hands rings out. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He prints messages on bits of paper, slips them through metal rings on the pigeons’ legs, then kisses each bird on the head for good luck and lets it loose with a whoop. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You line up the symbols on the different rings in the right order, and that opens the door.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The captain wore striped pantaloons tucked into high boots of purple leather, a white silk shirt, a vest of golden rings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I consider ringing Marv for a lift, but I manage on my own. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“And get caught by Uncle Andrew and have our rings taken away before we’ve had any fun. No thanks.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

A bell rang to call them to class. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her words ring in my ears as hate pulsates through my body. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the phone rang I shouted out, “Tell her I’ll be down in a minute. I have to brush my teeth.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lee grabbed at the suspension ring; Grumman was holding it too, and his dæmon had her claws tight around it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the rocket and I knew I could not get into the ring in time to see the bulls come in, so I shoved through the crowd to the fence. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The phone rings and I leap up to answer it. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The man slowly rings up each item on an antique cash register and then places it in a paper bag. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone knows not to buy a girl a ring. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone rang, so I leaned over the coffee table and grabbed the portable. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the stuff in the green rings is stuff that is trying to get out of its own place: so that a green ring would take you out of the wood into a world. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I had to ring the Master and tell him,” he said. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Mr. Lemoncello’s voice boomed out of speakers ringing the rotunda. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But I couldn't let them kill Needles, so I had to hope the training worked better outside the ring than inside. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Captain Picard was delivering his first monologue of the episode when the doot-doot klaxon of Mom’s computer rang through the house. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In perfect rhythm, their jackboots rang out against the cobblestones. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Less than a minute later, though, it began ringing again. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its grip consisted of brass knuckles, was a chain of rings through which Weary slipped his stubby fingers. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon all the embassies were ringed with barbed wire and machine guns and it was impossible to continue taking them by storm; but then there were other needs to keep her busy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone in the Settlement that hears the ringing quits doing whatever they’re doing and conies to the schoolhouse to welcome the new people. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Another door closed in the face, but I’m sixteen tomorrow and I ring again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I think back to him standing in his private box as the announcement of my number one draft pick status rang out. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once they were outside, Emily grabbed his arm and swung it like she was ringing a giant bell. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I hopped up into the makeshift ring, which was a circle of our friends and classmates. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice made Will’s head ring; he had never heard such a cry. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Still, every day at the ringing of the three Congregational bells, Turner left his kindling and set off to Mrs. Cobb’s house, and every afternoon Lizzie would be there. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The cries of seabirds rang in her head. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The old clock began ringing so wildly it shook itself around the shelf in a mad dance. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ring up Jean and tell her I’ll pick her up at eight. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he came to the valley’s brink, he set to his lips a great black horn and blew a ringing blast. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Mama! Mama! It’s me, Frankie. I was in the bathroom and didn’t hear the phone ring!” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Now, at the ringing of the telephone, these two selves merged and became one again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In imitation, Pollard took the ring name “Cougar.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The table’s legs, crossing through the ring of brass balls, were now pointing to the ceiling. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She kept her silver ring in her pocket and slipped it on every day as she left school. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I notice the strength in his arms and the signet ring gleaming on one long-fingered hand, carved with the symbol of the Greenbriar line. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and Miss Taylor rapped on her desk. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled a ring off and tossed it to Pima. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell finally rang, they hurried out into the corridors toward the Dark Arts classroom and found Professor Moody leaving it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She rang them up from police headquarters in Jerusalem soon after they had entered the house and flicked on lights in every room. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“She simply must have her own tent. We’ll put the seats in a ring or something, keep the audience right in the middle of the action.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The lift bell rang twice, and the men shuffled aboard. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The ring on her finger flashed a feverish reminder. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Raymond Andrews was a short fellow with small hands, nails perfectly trimmed, wedding band on the ring finger. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was amazing that as sick as she was, she could still be interested in something as small as the ring of a phone. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

While the pirates body-search everyone onboard, other pirates ransack our small boat, taking diamond rings, sapphire necklaces, gold nuggets hidden in sacks of clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had never owned a telephone before, and whenever it rang, we kids all scrambled for it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We brought the ring home and showed it to Mom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now, faced with the reality of him, and of the silver ring on his finger, she was frightened of becoming used to him, of drowning. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His voice rang clear as he chanted in the tongue of Rohan a call to arms. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Tim bangs the rings together and makes them pass through each other. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Her head spun, and her ears rang all the time. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He wore a gold ring on the third finger of his right hand. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood apart in a knot and watched them strap on their lamps and gather their tools, and then a bell would ring, a warning to get in the cage. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could not stop looking at the ring. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s still that ring. That letter that came with it. This...” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

If the name rings a bell, the bell’s in a vacuum. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Again the hellish scream rang out over the mountains. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one more argument for Rowan to earn the ring. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Pete, Otis, and I unload and water the ring stock, camels, and llamas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Picking up the telephone I called Clifton's number, hearing it ring on and on. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something diabolically sweet in her tones—something of the tingling of glass when struck—which rang through the brains even of us who heard the words addressed to another. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I heard a bell ringing dimly in the distance and it occurred to me that my shift in the Medica would be starting in an hour. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Also, she had an antique ring on her finger, with real rubies in it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Gasps ring out from the agents around me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The only way I knew him was that hat, nearer brown than red now, with a rip through the brim, and the ring in his ear. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Identifying the true diamonds that were worth more than the fake gold ring that held them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The sphere was constructed from five concentric rings, each inscribed with zodiac symbols—the bull, the scorpion, et cetera—and seemingly random numbers and letters. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When the final bell rings, I just about fly out of class so I can get to track practice. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It screamed its way into the cave and rang like a blacksmith’s anvil against the rock walls. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, at the end, was Stuart, with the ring safely around his neck. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Finally I rang her number, hearing her voice, delighted, gay and discreet; but no mention of the night or the man. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suspecting that Lim was actually running a vast smuggling ring, they raided his shop. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The following Sunday, however, die phone rang again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I count the minutes, the seconds, the milliseconds until my phone rings. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the doorbell rang, bringing me back to my birthday party. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dark rings of sweat made circles under my arms and a V that pointed at my belly, down from my neck. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“The school bell is going to ring in less than five minutes!” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The other thing that happened in the hospital was that the phone rang at the nurses’ station and it was for Raymie. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

In some worlds there will be many suns in the daytime sky, many moons in the heavens at night, or great particle ring systems soaring from horizon to horizon. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing radical, no hothead stuff, just ringing a few doorbells for Gene McCarthy, composing a few tedious, uninspired editorials for the campus newspaper. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever it would ring, I’d scream, “The phone’s ringing!” because I didn’t want to touch it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could say more, a bell rang, and Jo flew up, exclaiming with alarm, “Mercy me! It’s your grandpa!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone rings four, five, six times before Pilar answers sleepily. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t offer me any argument as I climbed onto the stone bench beneath the pole and stretched to reach the iron ring. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After school, I'm on the couch reading a book for homework when the doorbell rings. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

This time, as Kit drew near Blackbird Pond, she was startled by the sharp ring of an axe. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

For a night and a day Selitos stood helpless beside Lanre and could do nothing more than watch and listen to the screams of the dying, the ring of iron, the crack of breaking stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Genie slipped his hand into Grandpop’s pants pocket and pulled out a set of keys on a key ring. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

This proved, by the way, another thing about the rings which Uncle Andrew hadn’t told Digory because he didn’t know it himself. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

As the last bell rang, Miss K hurried into the room with a worried look on her face. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo stumbled off—the music still made her ears ring—and squatted in the shadows nearby. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone rings next to me, but I ignore it and the red spirals that it causes. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She has her ring finger crossed over her pinkie. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“You should stand and be ready to jump clear. Hold the ring and swing yourself up when I call.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had not gone far when he heard a sudden clear horn-call go up ringing into the sky. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The speed and openness of the medium is something that runs rings around the old process... The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Children were warned to stay away from strange flickering lights at midnight, for if a person once set foot inside a fairy ring, he would never be able to leave. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Labeled Downloadable Cognizance: Defective, rows of Cogs sit lined in tiny holders like rings in a jewelry store. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

His calling her Cleo rang false: Obinze sensed this from the way he said it, and from the way she heard it, the slight surprise on her face. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Citra took the ring, her hands shaking so much she almost dropped it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t go out for inclusion classes all day—I wanted to study until the last minute—but as soon as the last bell rings, I grab Catherine’s arm. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Rogers, switching to civilian clothes, claimed to be head of a ring spying on the British and got Hale to admit that he also was a spy—with members of Rogers’s “spy ring” as witnesses. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lena held the ring in her palm, clutching it close to her heart. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But the night was not silent; the little tree frogs that lived near the stream twittered like birds, and the high metallic ringing of the cicadas filled the mountain cleft. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to the phone ring, then heard a crisp woman’s voice say, “James Cook Center for Biodiversity, can I help you?” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He walked up the stairs and rang the doorbell. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The doorbell rang, which is odd, on an October evening. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The girl named Kaede tilts her head at me and grins as we face each other in the ring. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Melyngar’s hoofs rang on stones as a courtyard opened before him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

But when the phone rang, and the line clicked when he picked up the phone, and his voice said, “Hello,” my mouth opened and I spoke calmly. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The crack of the gun rings loud and frightening in the hills. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, raising his head high in the air, he made my eardrums ring with his deep voice. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The oddly shaped ones sat on top, and the tiny bones, like fingers and toes, went into her pocket with the gold ring. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But one night after dinner our doorbell rang. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Guardian rang the doorbell for me, but before there was time for someone to hear and walk quickly to answer, the door opened inward. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The beast, whatever it is, is hauled up to the floor of the arena and released. Can’t get back down, has to rush into the ring, and then—look out, whoever’s in its way!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Each phone ring sounds like a long breath in my ear. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doorbell rang and Dad called, “Can you get that?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“As soon as I put the phone down, it rings again. People are complaining about the stink and smoke. I want this stopped. Do you understand me?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same ring all scythes wore. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He remembered the mangled remains of the diary, and how the stone in the Horcrux ring had been cracked open when Dumbledore destroyed it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mama stopped playing with her ring and rubbed her hands together. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Finally, by six o’clock, the house redolent of enticing smells, Viola rang her bell at the back door and pounded the gong. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

One last time it was shut off, and then, apparently, the OIC gave up: The bell just rang and rang, unanswered, jangling my nerves and no doubt many others’. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before they had a chance to ring the doorbell, Mum flung open the front door. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have one set of people constructing the ring ditches and another set of people constructing the causeways and mounds,” Alvarez told me. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

By evening, he had made calls and sent e-mails and texts and the news had been passed on, and his phone jingled and rang and beeped, with responses from people saying they were on board. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now I go only at night when all is plainer: plain-lit shapes inside, his face and radio ringed with bright devil halos in kerosene-lantern light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drops her keys down on the counter, and there are at least twenty-six key chains on her key ring with all of two keys. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

An echo rang back from the palace walls and startled birds out of their nests. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

They circled each other like fighters in a prize ring. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A chirping ring that was almost impossible to hear under the screaming of the fire alarm. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

So I stand there awkwardly until the bell rings to signal the end of lunch and fidget with the straps on my bag. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They were strong, as the poet rings, and it was weak—one day they would be weak, and it strong. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you will be. The moment you get your ring and kill that pretty little girlfriend of yours, you’ll know there’s no turning back for you, either.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Chester rang the silver bell to get their attention. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big man Archer had helped on the stairs pushed through the ring of sailors—Horse, the ship’s carpenter. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He wore gold rings on them, three on each hand. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The mmuo making its way down the road was surrounded by a few elderly men who rang a shrill bell as the mmuo walked. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could properly sulk about it, the doorbell rang and Pa was smiling and springing up out of his chair. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Calmly Biff picked up the money and rang it into the till. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They lit no fires, for they were uncertain of events; but they set a ring of mounted guards about them, and scouts rode out far ahead, passing like shadows in the folds of the land. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And then she laughed, a true laugh that came from deep in her gut, rushed out her mouth, and rang through the clear night air. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The glitter of the rhinestones was answered by the glitter of the diamond in her engagement ring. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

East End and West End, black and white would begin only when the alarm clocks rang. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his hand and found another hand with two rings on the same finger about to go astray in the darkness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The phones ring, one in every room in the house, ding-dong caroling bells. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I’d looked at Kat’s little finger, and imagined Dad going around it, in miniature, stretched and pummelled into an odd-looking, living ring. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, they managed to avoid other guards for the remaining minutes until the bell rang. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nods and rings a small bell, probably to summon a servant. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Char blows a fat ring of stinking gray smoke in my face. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The ring in her pocket seemed to whisper to her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I play games with my sisters and make a ring of hands with the rest of my family when it’s time to say grace. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It would soon be the ringing of four bells. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was more to this ring than mere ornamentation. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you imagine what he’s going to do once he realizes the ring and the locket are gone? What if he moves the Hogwarts Horcrux, decides it isn’t safe enough?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Bells rang, whistles whistled, and chaser lights blinked. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

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

He stopped shoveling and gave me a long, black stare, then returned to the pile, his scoop ringing on the floor. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d better ring him later and tell him I’ll play Hopefully someone will break my neck in the middle of a giant nettle patch. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She had a fleeting sensation of eyes on her — Sidhean’s eyes — but when she blinked the feeling was gone, and the ring was only a ring. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our group finishes the map just as the bell rings. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When the phone rang, I returned to the front room, a little ashamed of my behavior. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Beetle blades—it’s how the Creators watch us. You better not—” He was cut off by a booming, ringing alarm that sounded from all directions. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His gaze fell on the ring in my palm. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Boseman slid her chains through the ring in the floor and secured them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“And I get a cuff that makes my ears ring all day. He won’t even let me learn his craft, much less the one I want.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“On the bench. Where we met and you gave me the magic square book. I saw a football jacket and some beers, and I think there was a ring of keys.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings and from TV on the Radio last night to this moment feels like one hundred years. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Why my father bought Miss Marva Hendrix a ring but he didn’t buy one for my mother. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The square itself is ringed with run-down storefronts, most of which are abandoned. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin strode up to the front door and raised her hand to knock, her knuckles ringing on the wood. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A cry rang out, the voice of a man in agony: “God! I am struck! My death blow—” and silence again. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To the future of Faerie,” I say, tapping the globes together, making the glass ring like bells. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then he started turning his wet empty glass around and around on its damp ring on the table. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all sit there for a long time, nothing else to say, when the landline phone begins to ring. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Every morning, I call up to her window, Come outside or she rings our bell, Come outside. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

And when once in a while over the long years the phone rings—he doesn’t answer. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little black Adélies, with a shocking white ring around their eyes, made a comical sight for the crew as they tobogganed off the icebergs into the water. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She wished the bell ending recess would ring. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The Queen’s words rang in Con’s ears, and he felt a chill spreading over his skin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then, from high above and some way off, a deep bell rang three times. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In his immaculate and expensive black suit with gold signet ring and brightly polished black shoes, he looked like a scaled-down model of a multimillionaire businessman. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I saw her grow paler and more asthmatic, with dark rings under her eyes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We... girls read her all the time,” I say, and again we stare at each other long enough for a distant telephone to ring three times. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My mouth is open; I am screaming his name, but I can’t hear myself over the ringing in my ears. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

An instant before he rang it, Specify lunged forward. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waved his hand, and next to us a pool of water appeared: a pond ringed in black marble, big enough for the Ophiotaurus. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

There was the boom of a bass drum, and the voice of the orchestra leader rang out suddenly above the echolalia of the garden. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

But there were more people behind us on the platform, trying to push into the car, and a few of the soldiers who’d been ringing us had to break away to stop them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The whole time I’m fiddling with it, I can hear the phone ringing inside. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It had only one room, and there wasn’t even a lockup—just a metal ring they could handcuff people to. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

This is what Ms. Byrd told herself when the phone rang. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“It rang once for both of us. She couldn’t reach anything from here, anyway. Besides, I dont think she would. Would you, sister?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a step back and Mark gripped the right portion of the ring with both hands and hung on it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Chris gets there before the bell rings, headphones draped around his neck. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The shrill ring of the telephone upset me even more now that I had seen my enemies. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the midday break the boys separated to different tasks; but Ranofer’s head rang with the words all day: “Thank you, thank you, thank you!” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mercifully, a beep rang out from above, allowing me to scamper off to biology class. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She looked down as she went to twist her wedding ring and realized it wasn’t there. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

One day soon after Brian was born, we were short on cash, so Dad pawned Mom’s big diamond wedding ring, which her mother had paid for, and that upset Mom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Where have you been?” she cried, anger and relief both ringing through her voice. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, Bones said, the principal very slowly lit a cigarette and smoked it, blowing rings of smoke in Bones’ face all the while. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the bell rang, and Mrs. Jacobs motioned everyone into the building. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Illyrio waved a languid hand in the air, rings glittering on his fat fingers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Here, quit your biting, or I'll ring your bells," the woman in the window said to the man behind her, push-ing him off with an elbow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Near Bovina she got onto a thermal and ringed up and up. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“What could possibly be so important that a person could let the phone ring twenty-seven times?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A second road block diverts us to the ring road. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had seen many kinds of antelope: waterbuck, duikers, bushbuck, reedbuck, and a few large kudu, whose harsh bark sometimes rang through the forest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the bell rang and everybody ran out shouting, “Merry Christmas!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was ringed by thick walls of silence which hissed in her ears, rising and falling in volume to some pattern of its own. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She raised her voice so it carried down the length of High Hall of the Eyrie, ringing off the milk- white walls and the slender pillars, so every man could hear it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was comfortably under the covers, the phone rang again. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Because they came in the late evenings, she was surprised to hear the doorbell ring one afternoon, a week later, when Odenigbo was still at a lecture. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yet she could hear, and the valley rang with echoes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were hidden in the changing rooms beside the sandy beach, where they’d left their interface rings and a spare set of clothes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He had hardly finished speaking when they were summoned to the hall by the ringing of many bells. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Esther rang the bell to Ida's house, a round, surly-looking nun opened the door and silently signaled Esther to follow her. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were beds ringing, docks smiting in belfries, standards floating—until the whole air above them seemed to be alive. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, she seemed to notice the black smoke and the ringing fire alarms. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“God be with my ring,” she said, “as I am with it” Lancelot turned away and went to the door. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first bell rang, meaning five minutes to class, and like Pavlov’s dogs, people started rushing around, filling up the hallways. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

"These heights will be easy to defend, if need be," Thoren pointed out as he walked his horse along the ring of stones, his sable-trimmed cloak stirring in the wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“First the telephone was ringing and then I hit my leg on the dumbbell and then I failed English, see?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing Toby heard was the faint sound of the bell ringing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He lifted up his staff, and Gimli’s axe leaped from his grasp and fell ringing on the ground. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Whether Neptune has a ring is a problem high on the agenda of planetary scientists. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His captor paused only long enough to light a tallow candle before securing Tyrion’s chains to the ring. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They sang and I brayed into the morning air, and the pebbles of the path rang as we raced with time towards the bridge. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as the bell rings, with her encouragement, Emily dries her tears, takes deep breaths, and prepares to walk back into the school as if nothing happened. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He took one look at Smith and instincts rang in his head. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I twirled the spiral phone cord tight around my finger, my confidence thinned with each ring. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Once the Angelus rings at six in the evening the day is over. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Several dozen warriors lowered their spears and made a ring around them, wisely keeping out of striking distance of Percy’s sword. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And she was always telling Cilia that she needn’t jump so fast when the bell rang for her. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though we’ve seen Dad wear it many times, actually holding his glossy championship ring in our hands is more than magical. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, you just go on and take this then, okay, hon?” she told me, handing it back without ringing it up. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The phone rings around seven o’clock, and my dad tells me to pick it up in the living room. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a mechanical sound like the ring of a holophone but a real bell with a metal clapper. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Great rippling rings formed on the surface out beyond where the stone had fallen, and they moved slowly towards the foot of the cliff. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They kept reading what other spy rings sent, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Garbage, I told them, biologically I’m twenty-two, I could run rings around you any day. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while the phone would ring, and he'd have a long, laughy conversation with somebody about a car or a deal or a bet. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I slip the small rubber ring off the inside of the handle. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her key did not fit the lock and she was obliged to ring the bell. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Bit leading the way, the Low Cuts beelined up her obstacle course of a driveway and rang the doorbell, which chimed a melodic yawn, like an old man just waking up. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The Elderclock ceased its ringing, and in the silence that followed, she shut her eyes in relief. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The ring has been smuggling precious national resources over the border into Canada. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spectators, staring up at the Wonder Dome, were seated at the four rings of tables. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I watched it move like a snake—a slow, casual snake hand—with a gold varsity ring on one finger. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Follow me,” he said gruffly, jangling his key ring. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang the fighters came out of their comers and took a stance in the middle like they were going to box. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

To get hold of us, Mom rings a huge bell that Dad found in the abandoned shipyard next door. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the animal myths have the ring of contemporary biologic theory, if you allow for differences in jargon. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our doorbell is going to start ringing any minute. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Blue-gold tinged with pink, each dewdrop turned into a scintillating jewel, spiders’ webs became glittering filigree, birdsong rang out as if there had never been a day as fresh and beautiful as this one. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

From far off, it looks like hundreds of beetles ringed around a single dome of light. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His phone rang then, and he waved her away. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Set into the floorboards was a large metal ring. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Just then, I heard the black phone ring and saw Dad through the living-room window as he ran to answer it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In position B the comparatively paper- thin rings disappear as they are seen edge-on. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept looking up at the clock, praying the minute hand would strike 1:40 and the bell would ring. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Hugo yelled out, and to his horror he dropped the mechanical man, which landed 011 the ground with an awful ringing crash. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

At that point, the bell rings, and we all begin to shuffle off to lockers and homerooms. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then he tapped the pestle on the ringing edge of the mortar, dislodging the final grains, and took a brush and ink and wrote some characters on a sheet of paper. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Harry still hadn’t decided what he was going to say to Professor McGonagall when the bell rang at the end of the lesson, but it was she who brought up the subject of Hogsmeade first. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Just as I slipped on my penny loafers, a phone rang and disturbed the quiet stillness of the house. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He could run away through the gray-tinged mountains that ringed the oasis. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gunshots rang out, and one of the white boys hit his mark, wounding Lieutenant Browning in his leg. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Pattie is adding up something on a calculator when the phone rings. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I found Captain Snow. Actually I was led to him by Squire Julian Gingivere. Does that name ring any bells?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

At the highest point of the arch, she got her first real view of the White Island and the inner ring. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When she opened her eyes, I showed her the ring. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Hers are the brittle gray of broken glass, but Elias’s, with their ring of dark lashes, are a deeper hue, like the thick heart of a storm cloud. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, the professor approached my desk. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Every lunch is your official favorite,” I say, grabbing one of his onion rings. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

He put the ring back in his pocket, and after a moment, held out the picture to her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Words rang in Bigger’s mind: This is a cop! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was still staring out my window, thinking about the Polish widow, when the phone started ringing. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“This one’ll do,” I said, and I got the hotel operator to ring through for me. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Another one rang out, even closer, and then the shriek of a raptor. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Coach, with the key ring now on his middle finger, spun the keys like cowboys do with their guns on the old movies Mr. Charles was always watching. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Surprised, Archer touched the ring of white skin around his neck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I investigated a nearby pockmark and saw, in the ring of impact, the fat coil of a caterpillar. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were two girls showing each other their tattoos and belly button rings. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was moving in the same direction, ail in a hurry to see what the ringing was all about. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were flying over the six kilometre zone of park-land that separated Central London from its first ring of satellite suburbs. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that how geniuses spend their time? Picking up toys and ringing bells?” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

"Your lack of imagination is going to make you absolutely a sitting target. A criminal of the imagination of U. N. Owen can make rings round you any time he—or she—wants to." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Paul told them what had happened: how he smelled smoke and heard the alarm clock ringing. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its three spindly fingers became five slender ones with jeweled rings on each. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The phone kept ringing, relatives from the old country calling with congratulations for the old man. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

One of the corpses was so fat that the ship’s cook had to cut his fingers off with a meat cleaver to claim his rings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was a hollow ringing sound in my ears. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They spread ringed hands and mixed the ivory tiles click-clack for the next hemp-bird game. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drogo's braid was black as midnight and heavy with scented oil, hung with tiny bells that rang softly as he moved. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

This veteran decided to take his car into the basement, and he closed the door and started down, but his wedding ring was caught in all the ornaments. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his evil eye blazing down the rifle’s barrel he aimed at my forehead and I heard the shot ring out. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ring was directly in front of the passenger seat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Between the ringing doorbell and the booms, she had managed time for the beauty parlor and the sunlamp. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard Festus clacking and whirring, the reactivated alarm bells ringing. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her small right hand with the signet ring on the middle finger was stuck out too, but it made no move toward Aron’s hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

After we snarfed our burgers and fries and onion rings, I told them, “Okay, let’s go meet a friend of mine.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition, one of the cipher rings had twenty-seven spaces, instead of the usual twenty-six. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The ten o’clock chime rang out from the clock in the kitchen. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wish I could just walk up Kristi’s porch steps and ring the doorbell like nothing happened today at the park. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang at Brookshire Boys Academy, and an ocean of testosteronies crashed into the hallway, green ties swinging like polyester tails coming from their throats. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

By the time I’m out, it’s ringing for a fourth time, and I answer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was about the length of my arm and about a third that in width; and it had a cunning metal clasp with a ring at the end. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, he left it like a shot. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You ain't work today, so if you want this, you gotta come fight for it, and this time in the ring, tough guy." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I get that ringing in my ears, the kind you get when all the blood rushes to the anger center in your brain. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It rang four times, and then I heard my mom’s breezy voice telling me to leave a message. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Capricorn rose from his chair, his face still as cold and blank as if nothing worth getting excited about had happened, and clapped his ringed hands graciously. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

‘Yes, now I’m back,” she said softly, and then took off her engagement ring. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It was ringed by hurricane fencing; a padlock sagged from a chain wrapped around the gate. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They sat quietly for a few moments until a bell rang in the distance, and someone knocked on a door that wasn’t there. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He started up, then changed his mind and sat down again while the air rang. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

If you haven’t been keeping the tree suspended in memory, the word islands, which is ringing in your mind’s ear just before you type the verb, will contaminate the number you give the verb. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

At some point Kevin’s parents would worry about him, he realized, as he walked toward the diamond ring and the body wearing it. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Percy showed them the silver ring on his necklace. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Gaskill rang this morning, just as I was leaving the house. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still there when I looked outside as the bell rang for first class. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The world will give you that once in a while, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I cleaned myself, a gong rang out. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

About a dozen similar sites are known, of which the Ouachita ring is the oldest and biggest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

More shots rang out from the rogue Transvice; more people disappeared. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

By late afternoon the ringing phone, the hot weather, and my confinement were driving me nuts, so when the phone rang, I grabbed for it. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Y’all got some kinda crazy sweet tooth or something?” he asks, ringing everything up. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

When she rang the Wilkinsons’ doorbell, Mrs. Wilkinson led her into the den, where Mr. Wilkinson sat at a large desk typing something on a cream-colored typewriter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m a scythe’s apprentice. If you tried to glean me I would just be revived, and you would be disciplined for not checking your ring first to see if I had immunity.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to ring the doorbell because she’s sitting on the porch steps, all bundled up in one of those puffy coats with her breath fogging the air in front of her face. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The phone rings, and when I check caller ID, I see that it’s Fiona’s cell. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Now as the bamboo steamer gets going, and Pattie has me chopping up green onions, the buzzer rings. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Earlier in the night, on the other side of the ringing, she could hear women’s voices talking. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, and everyone gets up to leave Mr. Davanzo's class. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

As he stood over the body, someone caught him from behind with an axe, but his helm turned the Mow, and his skull was left ringing when it might have been split. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They played tag, ring- around-the-rosy, and hopscotch, and danced around the field singing until Grandpa Tommy yelled for everyone to go to bed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She laughed disagreeably, squashing her cigarette in the butter, and went to the telephone to ring up all her friends. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was back on his feet immediately, but Donatelli jumped into the ring and grabbed Alfred's gloves. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the warning bell rings, I pack up my things and Rosa says, “I can help you anytime.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Kathleen awoke the next morning in her own bed in her ordinary house, and she longed to be back in that fairy ring so much that her body ached with the memory of it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the bell rings and we head to fifth period. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Instead I walked down the hall to hang out with Max before the bell rang, listening to him go on and on about that phone game he was playing with Jared. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He made sure no one was around, and then he tried all the keys on the key ring until he found the one that opened the booth. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

With the ring and the gun and the watch in his pocket, Alex began the long journey back uptown. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But as the bell rings, and the students rise collectively from their desks, Mr. Lawson holds up a hand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, and the warm feeling leaves me with a whoosh. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

About four in the morning the phone rang. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one side of the ring of spears, the dolphin warriors parted to let someone through. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Elxa Dal struck a nearby brazier with the flat of his hand, making it ring softly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Close-up of the cash register ringing open and closed; of Milton’s hands counting money; of Lefty putting on his hat and leaving unnoticed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“They finally towed the Jeep back from Cutler Ridge. Two hundred bucks—I had to pawn my promise ring to pay for it,” she said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They withdrew from the ring, carrying the caparisons. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Billy knew that the money he was able to pick up in the ring meant more to him than to his wife. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stools and chairs ringed tables throughout the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He crouched down at the cut ends and peered at the annual growth rings, trying to get a nuanced read on how tight and regular the grain within was likely to be. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know, the late bell is ringing. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Dusty stood off to the side, blowing lazy rings of blue smoke. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Pretty necklaces, ugly bracelets, fake diamond rings, and so on. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She watched as he rang up the return, expertly flipping the tiny egg in the frying pan like he was actually cooking it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Jinny cleared her throat and looked up at the other kids who ringed the fire, their faces flickering in the flames, with their foreheads hot and their backs cold against the breezy night. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But whenever he tried, the sound of the phone ringing endlessly played in his ears. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They simply cannot remain silent while we die rang in his head. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just then the bell rings for next period. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then, as the bell rings for us to go inside, someone touches my shoulder. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Alice filled it for him from a copper pot that hung over a fire that crackled in a ring of stones. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

We couldn't see them from outside the prison, but their voices rang out just the same—the voices were haunting because they were disembodied, but they were full of excitement and hopefulness. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I get up to fill the kettle, but a brash alarm rings across the camp, vibrating through the trailer. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Something suddenly fell out of the hole at the base of the skull—fell through her fingers and rang as it hit the floor, and she nearly dropped the skull in alarm. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Cain began laughing, and she felt the reverberations of his steps as he walked around the ring. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, while Mrs. Popper was still away at her meeting, and Janie and Bill had not yet come home from school, there was a loud ring at the front door. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

If the shades were drawn full, and no lights were on, and there was no answer when one of the girls rang the bell, we would take the chance and go in. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We only have five minutes left until the bell rings, and we still don’t know what to do with the hidden sentence. Quick”—Emily nudged James—“ask Raven about that.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone rings our doorbell, except for Louisa, who always knocks her regular knock. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She heard church bells ringing somewhere in the distance, and more and more people came running. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Donatelli's fingers were on his arm, pulling him back across the ring. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes her ring from her finger and leaves it on the mantel, resting between the two hearts emblazoned on the playing card. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"Look, Mr. Donatelli, remember how you said the only way you'd ever know is if I got hurt, really hurt in the ring?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“With my uncle. He wanted to get married, and there was a goldsmith he knew. He thought maybe he could still make him a ring. You wouldn’t believe what the SS do in there.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The top of the oval was ringed with bleachers. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Darlene took off her pea jacket and showed the manager the tiny rings attached to the side of her slacks and blouse with safety pins. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kochu Maria’s laugh had that slightly cruel ring to it that young children’s sometimes have. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doorbell rang a few minutes after the kids returned. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But when he speaks, his voice rings out across the amphitheater with a force that makes everyone sit up. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And then, down the length of the pond, a voice rang out. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can keep Bridge company until the bell rings.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“A gold ring with a sapphire flanked by two diamonds.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The bell rings and startles both of us. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Seated in a ring of branches around her were four females, one of whom was nervous Banalia. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

By then the grove was ringed by rangers, sliding past the bone-white trees, steel glinting in black-gloved hands, poised for slaughter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I told Cassius, “Do you think Allah has brought about all this intending for you to leave the ring as anything but the champion?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rings of concentric circles along its barrel fluctuate through a rainbow of glowing colors as the weapon powers up. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In the morning Tree-ear presented himself at Min’s door before the temple bell rang. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Merchants offered bags of coin, silversmiths rings and chains. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I saw my mom do this once to get off a ring that was too tight. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

On the fifth finger of his calloused hand there was a woman’s wedding ring. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They were leaving the dining room when the phone rang. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

On that July morning, her weekend bag already packed for Massachusetts, she was making scrambled eggs when the phone rang. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And though she wants to apologize, to make things right between them, she’s afraid that anything she says now will ring hollow. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

If there is a ring particle in the way, the proton or electron is absorbed by this small snowball. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As tight as the chains were, Tyrion found he could see out the latter by leaning sideways and letting the iron ring support his weight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as she hung up, the phone rang. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Or when I heard the azan ring out across the city. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Light flashed as she was yanked back, and her eyes bulged as Cain threw her to the ground near the edge of the ring. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“That one,” she said, pointing, and Red chained him to the ring her captors had used for Jasper. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The phone rang: a sergeant, telling me that members of the executive team might be making a spot inspection soon, and to let out my porters for a quick cleanup straightaway. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its materialistic analysis of economics rang true to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I heard was the ringing in my head. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

As Frodo did so, he now saw fine lines, finer than the finest pen-strokes, running along the ring, outside and inside: lines of fire that seemed to form the letters of a flowing script. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Before they were taken away, the few Reds and Oranges lived in the next rings. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was still ringing with the day’s excitement when his mother arrived home. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The pain is bright and hot as the ring burns into his skin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When the hour was over and Denethor again rang the gong, Pippin felt worn out. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You know which animal in the ocean is a real fighter? And your mom’s favorite, Delsie?” he says, pointing at the ring on my finger. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton makes everyone sing like this until the bell rings. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Did you tell her how Kasim always falls in love and wants to buy wedding rings for his girlfriends?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He let go of an oar and reached his crooked hand up to the iron ring set in the post at the corner of the jetty. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The plan was for all of us to meet right after school as soon as the bell rang. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had a nice gold ring and shiny glasses. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She handed me a gold signet ring, and I didn't need to be an archaeologist to know it was ancient. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Despite my suit, my haircut, and my height, every time I went into a men’s room a shout rang out in my head: “You’re in the men’s!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She opens the door before I ring the bell and grabs the present from my hand as I’m about to yell happy birthday. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I was still going when the phone rang. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She yanked the reins hard, pulling Missy off to the left just as another blast rang out, bursting through the water just inches from where they’d just been. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Next he moved through the hidden passageways to the ring of clocks around the train platforms, and then to the backs of the smaller clocks that faced the interior offices, including the Station Inspector’s. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Racetracks are ringed with poles that tell riders what fraction of a mile remains before the finish wire. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is naked except for a ring of bones around his neck. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

My wife Betty put down the phone after taking one message, and it was ringing again. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door was scarred; the bell-chain was dangling loose, and the bell would not ring. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I dial their number, the land- line, and let it ring a couple of times, then I hang up. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each clock had a little metal hammer that rang its alarm bell. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry for popping up on you like this. I tried calling, but the phone rang and rang.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She started walking to the inner ring of reading desks. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Exactly the issue,” said the tallest of the frock coats, twirling the rings on his fingers. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“If you let it ring, they get their kicks. If you answer, they hang up and still get their kicks. And then start all over again.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It’s going to ring, and it’s not going to be good. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The ring announcer introduced the fighters and we cheered like crazy. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Our guide pushed a doorbell and we heard ringing on the other side. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was distracted then by the sound of a phone ringing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was the kind who showered daily and wore clean clothes and answered the phone when it rang. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her voice rang out its reminder: “A few minutes of disgust to save us all.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Ruby looks at her pleadingly, but after a moment, she follows Mack to the ring. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, as I was scrubbing the toilet and doing my other chores, the phone rang. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were no bigger than ordinary rings, and no one could help noticing them because they were so bright. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

So paranoid he even felt like every clock was actually a giant eye, and every time the bell rang he imagined it was the building laughing at him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

A small click cuts the silence: Henry has taken his signet ring off and set it down on the mantel. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When the doorbell rings, I pinch my cheeks and smile big so I look excited to see her, and when she smiles back and steps inside, I hug her like it’s been forever. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He spied the drawn window shade on the east window, with its shade cord and ring, like a trapeze, and it gave him an idea. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Just the sight of i hat gun made my ears ring. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Sierra’s voice rang out from the overhead speakers. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Send him over to stand by Colonel Cully while we ring three times,” said the other merlin. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fresher, and far more ominous, a whole series of victory scars gleamed on his chest, showing all the men he’d broken when he’d been a ring fighter. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The girls would get into houses to case them by ringing bells and saying they were saleswomen, poll-takers, college girls making a survey, or anything else suitable. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stuck her finger in her pocket and pinched the ring between two fingers. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He rang for room service and a tired bearer came to take away the plates and bones. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will both learn the trade. But in the end, only one of you will receive the ring. The other may return home to his or her old life.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He took the long way out, his steps ringing loud against the floor and echoing off the bare stone walls. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If I am lucky, she thought, I will not have to trade the heavy gold bracelet and jade ring. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked beneath a huge billboard with a larger-than-life picture of a woman decked in gold jewelry—not just bangles and necklaces and earrings and nose rings, but even golden hair clips. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She just placed her hand on his lower back as Moss rang the doorbell, and the moment of comfort washed over his thorny nerves. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Lockton took a key ring out of the blue china snuff jar on the corner of the desk. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he just looked at his hands, which appeared bare and wounded without his rings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I awoke the next morning to my phone ringing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But the third night he calls out to us, telling us to ring, he thinks he has a haemorrhage. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each day, Mr. Kennel read a poem before he rang the bell. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Well, Big Ma threw her Bible at him because he rang our doorbell the third time that week while she was studying the Old Testament. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The outer ring consists of trilithons, or 𝚷-shaped rocks like gigantic doorways. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

My ears rang with faint noises I couldn’t place—crackling and hissing, the groan of wood, indistinct voices that sounded like screaming but were so far away they might as well have been whispers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He remembered his mother’s statuesque body bending over the gas ring to stir at something in a saucepan. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, Ivy didn’t stick around to see if June might talk to her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At the same moment, the bell in the tower above the roof began to ring. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

While sitting in class one day I was startled to hear whistles blowing and bells ringing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ring was not exactly flashy, but the shine coming off it told a short story: the kid had some money. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It was a good thing he didn’t have his rings yet, or that would’ve been the end of Captain Reed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But I have yet to lay eyes on their exotics or ring stock. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Rubbing my ears in an attempt to stop them from ringing, I lurched over to the back porch and waited expectantly for one of my parents to come down off it and kill me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The phone rang as Jule came out of the tube near the hostel. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Let’s get over there before the bell rings. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I rang the doorbell next door, and rang it again, no one answered. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to see the most unusual ring you have for sale,” Immie said. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As though long ago someone—a man with rings—had hit her across it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, and I go to my locker. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Just as I was about to break and suggest maybe not pairing purple with orange, the phone rang. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

We had spent the minutes before the bell rang dancing around it while Holly sang that old song about having a hammer, I’d hammer out danger, I’d hammer out a warning... Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

At first only two came, then five, and soon I had a ring of large-eyed white-tailed deer waiting at my tree at twilight for me to come out and chop off limbs. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as suddenly as it had begun, the ringing of the bell stopped, leaving an empty silence. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Seriously, I tried that once with your glasses. For the first time, I saw the rings of Saturn.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about those things a little more, but I was distracted by the sound of a bell ringing inside the buildings. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I reached the edge of the glowing green ring and jumped in. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was soft gold, a ring of roses exquisitely wrought; at the front lifted a stag's head of dark green jade, adorned with golden eyes and golden antlers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In that half-world between sleep and wakefulness, I can almost hear the ringing of a hammer on steel and the dry hiss of the arc welder at the little machine shop by the tipple. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The first night the dogs came and stood outside the ring made by the fire. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rang his surgery and spoke to a receptionist, asked for him by name. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the bell rings, Mr. Fabian passes out math worksheets. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Nanna gave him a linen robe for Frigg and a golden ring for Fulla, Frigg’s handmaiden. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Exactly, Eliot, exactly like a wedding ring. Only with no fear of losing it in the dishwater.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It has a weaker magnetic field and radiation belt than Jupiter and a more spectacular set of circumplanetary rings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lexie herself was back at school, wan and somewhat subdued and with dark rings under her eyes, but upright. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The phone rang,” he says, rubbing his eyes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with every blow I land I feel another equal to it ring my own ears, my neck, the back of my head. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There it was still, so that they could hear the voices of people up in the town, and a bell ringing, and only far off the hiss and roaring of the storm. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But I turned away so that I would not see what Gimpy rang up on the cash register. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was past midnight when Victor heard the phone ring. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She rang the little silver bell on the desk in front of her. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, we wait for Dr. Newman to dismiss each class by row. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A magnificent fire burned brightly in a fireplace, and a sparkling chandelier ringed with candles hung from the ceiling. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow let's all bring decoder rings and we can send each other secret messages.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Other idiophones, though, like xylophones, are designed to ring at more particular frequencies. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

So many blows landed upon me that I wondered if I were not the only blindfolded fighter in the ring, or if the man called Jackson hadn't succeeded in getting me after all. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says something else, and they turn and step up so their front hooves are on the ring curb. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

These last words were more than he could bear, and bursting into the middle of the ring, he strode up to his master’s side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

After a considered time he walked around the corner on Central Avenue and rang the bell of Adam Trask’s house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Yeah. I guess I would. Every time the doorbell or the phone rings, every time anybody steps up on the porch, something in the back of my mind thinks about that man.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“But I’ll keep the ring I wear about me member. Much bigger than those little things. On you it’d be a torque.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I rang the bell and ordered away the tray. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted badly to tell her about the letter and the ring, but not now, not here, and not when Osh was with us. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The ten-minute bell rings, and everyone begins to gather their things. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Said U.P.I. reporter Stanley Scott: “Shots rang out. Men, women and children ran for cover. They stretched out on the floor and ducked under tables.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have slept through the bell that was to ring at two. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The ring is so far down I can’t fish it up.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The house phone rang about two hours later. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She let the phone ring, willing it to stop, to be interrupted by her husband’s voice. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I watch Ruby plod around the ring in endless circles, going nowhere. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“The milk. You rang it up twice, Starr.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The air rang with the whistling, and the crack! against Roy’s flesh. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Lourdes lines the display cases with paper doilies and organizes the croissants and coffee rings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among these walls, all that remains of the fallen is the emptiness of where they walked, the silence where their voices rang. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her red eyes perched above dark rings from a sleepless night. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

General Moncada then gave him the glasses, medal, watch, and ring and he changed his tone. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I rang for the tea, and the waiter, reappearing with his magic clue, brought in by degrees some fifty adjuncts to that refreshment, but of tea not a glimpse. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It looks just like the woodcutters'. Did you see the man with the tiny gold ear- *V> rings? “He’s a chamois hunter,” I said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Hugo rang up my donut on the register, and I pulled my dollar out of my pocket. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I took stuff from little kids. I pushed them off swings. I got a detention at school because I wouldn’t stop laughing. I rang doorbells.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the house heard the ball thumping against the concrete and its hard ring as it bounced off the rim. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid, who had been married for almost fifty years, did not wear any rings. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt, now, as though he made more sense to her, as if the ring were binding her to him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

One shrill ring was all it took to get me into the kitchen. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Alarm bells were beginning to ring faintly in our ears. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cats darted away as their footsteps rang out on the paving stones. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I crumple onto the ground, my fingers clutching at the cold linoleum floor as I hear my mom’s scream ringing in my head just like it did that morning. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

For a split second, the world seems to tilt on its axis, like it’s about to roll right off its designated ring in the solar system and float aimlessly into outer space. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I waited a moment at the desk and then rang a call bell. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bull picked another man running in front, but the man disappeared into the crowd, and the crowd was through the gate and into the ring with the bulls behind them. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

But then the bell near the sink that connected to the string in Mrs. Caruthers’s room set to ringing, and Ophie’s break was over. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Black calla lilies and roses burst from pots and line trellises that ring the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, he grabbed his bag, and hurried to the dungeon door. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dr. Zamborska got out of the car, walked up the steps and across the front porch, and rang the bell. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shot rings out as loud as a cannon blast, tearing through the parrot’s chest. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The hallway had filled with an assortment of costumed kids now that the first-period bell was about to ring. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I go sit in my stall in the bathroom until the bell rings. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“He’s off the ropes, ladies and gentlemen. He’s moving towards the center of the ring.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each in turn knelt respectfully and kissed the ring, transmitting their DNA to the worldwide immunity database in the Scythedom’s own special cloud separate and apart from the Thunderhead. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

His footsteps rang on the stone, and then were muffled as he came on to the red carpet by the altar rail. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

At his side, like a useless appendage, is his wife, twenty-seven years younger and equally poor, whose arms and legs are loaded with real and fake bracelets and rings left over from more prosperous days. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Relay race by Culper spy ring delivers “news of the greatest consequence” from Townsend to Roe to Woodhull to Brewster to Washington. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands were pale, with green veins and fingers that were like parasites, and he wore a solid gold ring with a round sunflower opal on his left index finger. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

At first I pointed the finger at everyone else—my family, my friends, the gang of backstabbers that I worked with in the smuggling ring. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Up close, though, these warring hues were offset by the brilliant ring of gold around her pupils. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Someone must have been in the office where Mr. Elliot made the announcements, because a young voice rang out in shock. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

AT eleven o’clock the next morning, the phone rings. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mohammed rang a bell and asked a steward to bring some drinks. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She smoked long cigarettes in a silver cigarette holder and learned to blow perfect smoke rings. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder for a moment if he had any other motives, but his words have a ring of truth to them, and I begin to pace. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

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

He tied another knot—another loose knot—around the ring and kept a length out long enough that he could hold on to it—which he did, for dear life. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She went to the village goldsmith and had her heavy wedding ring melted down and made into a thin bangle with snake heads that she put away for Rahel. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls flocked around her desk during short break, their laughter ringing out often. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the ring, after the bull-fight was over, you could not move in the crowd. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

And the lid clattered to the stony ground, ringing an alarm in the quiet night. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang and everyone collected their things, James shuffled down the aisle and out the classroom without a glance her way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Ngoma placed one hand behind his neck and blew smoke rings at the ceiling, “It was a little off.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The first day he rang the doorbell to ask about a room she had looked a long time into his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘The Acropolis is ringed with great siege weapons — onagers.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She had only to wedge a pot into the grass ring and climb the fig roots. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told Bilbo often that such rings were better left unused; but he resented it, and soon got angry. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It was one of my father’s rings that did that,” Celia says, but Tsukiko does not confirm or deny the statement. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Before he could ask questions, a bell rang inside: not a modern electronic sound, but the old-fashioned buzz of a hammer on metal. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But a sword rang, and a demon fell. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“All men must die,” said Hizdahr, “but not all can die in glory, with the cheers of the city ringing in their ears.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He leads Maxine up the flagstone path, ringing the bell because his parents always keep the front door locked. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

This is the same floor that Nora lives on, so I’m tempted to ring her doorbell. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

That night, after whiskey has rendered Camel dead to the world and Walter is snoring on the bedroll, I leave the little room and stand looking over the backs of the ring stock. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Umm, well,” Molly stammers, beginning to wonder the same thing, “I rang the buzzer a few times and then I just let myself in.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She is opening her mouth to state the obvious fact that the ring, though very pretty, does not fit, when she realizes that it is shrinking on her hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A veterinarian went in the stall with him, and a ring of stable hands watched from the door while he worked. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hullo,” he said to the microphone, “hullo, hullo ...” A bell suddenly rang inside his hat. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one answered the door when I rang, so I used my key. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“How about you let him ring a bell while you’re at it?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, on Tuesday, January 29, Charles, with the ring, and Emma in a green silk dress, went to the church at Maer. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

You only would hear the birdies twirping and the church bells ringing. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was about to close my notebook when Matt Sloan reached over and ripped the photo out of the rings. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

There lay on the dirt a ring of keys. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

This time, after the bell rings at the end of the day, I am not standing outside alone. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I stared up at the ring light on the ceiling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The ring of mist that surrounded the island was looser somehow, so the sunrise blurred rather than creating its usual clear pictures. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I saw the sweat in rings under her eyes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a jade snake on her right ring finger. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I fell asleep, only to waken at the sound of ringing bells. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I thanked Miss Maestas for her help, and when the last bell rang I ran home. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted up her hand and from the ring that she wore there issued a great light that illumined her alone and left all else dark. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A black rim of algae rings the toilet bowl where the water has slipped away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A large portion of the building’s north end collapsed, which in turn caused the failure of an elevated gallery designed to ring the interior of the building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Like a diamond ring in a lucky bag. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Here comes the mare,” said Joe, “ringing like a peal of bells!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

While she did not wear a ring, Citra was given an armband to identify her as a scythe’s apprentice. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The nucleus looks like a raspberry, the electrons and their rings look like the' planet Saturn. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I went to look for my ring and there is nothing crazy about her at all. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Encanis’ body arched painfully at the sound then hung limply from his wrists as the ringing of the wheel faded. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My room was on the first floor, and the window, a short distance above the pine-needle-padded ground, overlooked a wooded yard ringed by a red brick wall. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“That could be ring stock, baggage stock, or menagerie. So which is it?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He gave her the ring to bind what he called their understanding. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

For everywhere the dance of maidens swayed and the clear call of the lyre sounded and the ringing notes of flutes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to the clock on the mantel, Henry’s ring still sits. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Remembered ringing another bell four years earlier, with Miracles for Breakfast clutched in his hands. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When the phone rang, the stewards were tied up in meetings. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t come back into school the minute the bell rang after their long lunch. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the telephone rang, her head felt as if it would explode. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Too restless to sit still with Titid’s voice ringing in my ears, I stood and walked to our door. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear a bell ring in the background. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

As the bell rings and everyone starts filing out to class, Soojin grabs my arm. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

As the bell rang someone else was sweating. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Obinze called her at Ranyinudo’s house; she would arrive minutes before he was due to call and sit by the gray rotary phone, waiting for it to ring. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When the doorbell rang that evening as she climbed out of the bathtub, she went to the door wrapped in a towel. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She could only hear his fear ringing in the air. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Belle had to ring up a few kids buying their after-school junk food, so I wandered around the store. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I too crept away, my mind aswim in ringing phrases, magnificent, golden, and all of them, incredibly, lies. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin was the color of polished copper, his thick mustachios bound with gold and bronze rings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Lady Seymour’s bell rang upstairs as the door closed behind him. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sounded as if he’d been up for hours, just sitting by the phone and hoping, hoping, hoping it would ring. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I toss the ball up in the air and catch it just as the four o’clock bell rings. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone rings and I answer it, but it’s for Pascagoula. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We’d form a ring around her and offer her what encouragement we could. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he clicked, his mobile phone rang with its James Bond theme tune. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guy behind the counter rang him up. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The queen touched his hand where her ring still blazed on his finger. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the phone rings again, Annabelle answers, cringing as if the despicable creature is wadded up in a paper towel in her own hand. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

For some reason my words rang a little hollow. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Each thunk of the knife rang out loud in the silence of the kitchen. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took the ring of keys, left the house, and walked back to the train station in the dark. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Wedding rings? He’s only…Wait. He’s seventeen, right?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Under the pelt he wore brown leather stiffened with iron rings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then she plants the first brackets around my back molars, metal rings that hug my teeth and bite into my gums. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

If you managed to put your point through the ring, the thread broke, and you could canter off proudly with the ring round your spear. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And those same old basketball rings without any nets- -just the backboards and the rings. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“We only have five minutes left until the bell rings, and we still don’t know what to do with the hidden sentence. Quick”—Emily nudged James—“ask Raven about that.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z