A little flame started, flickered and wavered for a moment, then bloomed suddenly and leaped high with a roar. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were low hums and high-pitched shrieks, roars, and the occasional click of something above him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And Amelia’s mom is vacuuming upstairs, the clunky machine roaring across the carpets. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A loud roar sounded in the palace below. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He roared, he shouted, he slammed his fist against the table so hard that a flagon of water overturned and spilled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As she beckoned, a wall of flames roared upward, licking at the snowflakes with hot orange tongues. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, a dust cloud swept toward Nyame’s palace, and the faint sounds of screeching and rattling carried over the roar of the chaos in the bay. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They didn’t hear, but Iorek did, and when he roared they stopped at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Day and night the wind roared across the valley, knocking over old cottonwood trees and driving people crazy. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t even make out what the sound was that roared into his ears. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The little ship taxied away and turned, and down the field it roared and staggered into the air, and Olive was looking straight ahead and probably her eyes were closed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the world turns quiet, and the audience’s roar and analysts’ voices lower to a muffled din. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The roar becomes loud enough to separate membranes in the middle ear. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Strange noises filled the night, mixed in with the steady roar of the fire. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the gyrating objects developed huge mouths and began laughing at me, a roaring, crazy laughter, which split my head in two. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glance up from our conversation as my teammates roar with laughter about something. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A jazz album roared from the home-built stereo shelves in the dining room, and we dined on a potluck brought by loved ones—baked ham, Jell-O molds, and casseroles. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Stop!” the man roared, as a buzzing arose from the crowd. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Tobias’s voice roars over the sound of our cries, our chaos. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

More and more often Lem topped off a roar with a grin. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His red satin cape was patterned in gold thread; fifty roaring lions to one side, fifty prancing stags to the other. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Edwin yanked the starter rope, and the outboard roared to life. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I jumped just before the locomotive roared past, its wheels shrieking as one car after another rumbled by. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes the signal fire was roaring, and I ran to south beach where I would be able to hear the aircraft without hearing the crackling fire. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Gandalf could hinder him he thrust the brand amid the fuel, and at once it crackled and roared into flame. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was thunderous applause—or Dimple’s ears were roaring. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Now a little, now more, a great roar began, an exhalation of breath that swelled to a rumble of voices and then to the howling and clapping and stomping of men gone mad on art. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he looked around for the corporals, there was a roar from close by, like the bellowing of a speared bull. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Charley raised his head and roared a warning without bothering to get to his feet. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In all fields of music, the do-as-you-please freedom of the roaring twenties gave way to more organised, ordered forms in the 1930s. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

You’d hear the roar of that cannon all through the city in those days. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a roar as if great spears were breaking in battle, and in the red light of the sun the spray that flew around them looked like blood. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our amphibious boats turned around, roared back down onto the beach, and churned their way out into the water fifty yards or so. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red roared, and pressed another egg into my hands, so hard this time that it broke. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teeth Marks are pink, His arms brown, And his roar red as a lion’s With a paw swiping at air. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roaring of the brutes on each side was horribly close and they seemed to be keeping up with the galloping horses quite easily. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Leopard roared again and again, and High John frowned. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They heard the roar of voices and the thudding of the rams; and then in a sudden flash of light they beheld the peril of the gates. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A roar of approval went up from the crowd. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The father gave an infuriated roar and grabbed the paper from his son, seizing it with such force that he fell backward into the lake, shattering the reflection of the moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

A mysterious roaring in his ears at times made it difficult for him to attend to conversation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The rain falls so softly, almost soundlessly, but to Werner it roars. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And the last thing Conor remembered was the monster’s mouth roaring open to eat him alive. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The crowd roars and she calmly hands the delighted patron his hat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The sound died away in the roaring storm. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A murmur, then a roar: “I hate being me.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Inside the gas-mask my head booms and roars—it is nigh bursting. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blood roared again in Ralph's ears, confused images chased each other through his mind. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The song ends, I catch my breath, and I breathe in everyone’s roaring applause, I breathe in their love, and it energizes me to grab Rufus’s hand while he’s bowing. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As the motor roared to life, Cole helped push the bow off the rocks. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The oakwood fire roared up past an open damper to heat the oven for the bread, which lay white and rising in the pans. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our swords met in midair and the crowd roared. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“NOT IMPORTANT!” roared the Dodecahedron, turning red with fury. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The newly formed throng haints stretched long, spiny arms to either side and roared. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The crowd roared approval and brandished their weapons. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In the Parthenon, the giants roared in triumph. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The roar of wheels turning into the station, the stench of exhaust fumes, the sudden bustles of people unloading told me it was time to go. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them calls out, “Forty- seven!” and the others roar with laughter. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Their piercing cries were drowned in the roaring of the river as it carried them away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as I have three perfect avocados, an announcement comes over the loudspeaker and roars in my hearing aids. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Said she was going,” he yells over the motorbike roar. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The engine roars as we accelerate around a bend. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The knight roared and came after her, but she slid be-tween two wayns, wove through a crowd of archers, and jumped a latrine trench. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And then, around dinnertime, a huge roar went up, a volcano of cheers. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

This unseemly conversation, luckily, couldn’t be overheard because of the deafening roars of the vast crowd, which had begun as Caesar’s party entered the box and didn’t die down for long minutes. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The wind buffeted them as the train roared past. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The mane had been delicately cut, as had the wide-open roaring mouth and the wrinkles in the folds of fur. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Culebra burst back in as one: guitars, bass, drums, and keys a single, relentless electric roar. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The Hanged Man, the village pub, did a roaring trade that night; the whole village seemed to have turned out to discuss the murders. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I thought I would go deaf from the roaring. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I still go from entrance to entrance, banging and yelling, hoping that Mr. Kennedy is close enough to one of them to hear me over the roar of the polisher. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

"I most certainly did not knock it over myself!" roared the Trunchbull. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The plaintive wail which succeeded the passionate roar went to Meg’s heart, and she ran up to say beseechingly... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am not a God of forgiveness! the Voice roared. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the lions roared once, and I was asleep. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were no Swiss clocks, but the lions could be counted upon to roar their heads off between five- thirty and six every morning. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, there was a noise like fifty chainsaws over our heads, and we ducked as a plane roared by, the wind whipping our hair and blowing up a sandstorm. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They roared and bellowed when another male came near their harem and offspring. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

His men roared their approval, banging their fists on the long plank tables. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Monsters stood in the grass beside the road; black iron dragons with jewels for eyes, roaring griffins, manticores with their barbed tails poised to strike, and other beasts she could not name. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The engine started quickly, to my relief, but loudly, roaring to life and then idling at top volume. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The roar from the crowd was almost deafening. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A stronger gust blew, carrying with it a faint roar. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then at last it began to be mixed with another sound, a vague, disastrous noise which sounded first like the roar of a distant train, and then like the crash of a falling tree. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

And then it filled up with people and another train came with the same roaring. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

All the loud yells I had wanted to make now came rushing out of my mouth and I gave a huge roar that made the magistrate fall over. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth contorted as he summoned all of his strength to roar one, single word. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

As if in reply, the Sea King straightened and let out another roar, this one long and thunderous. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

All I saw was a river of trucks; all I heard was a roar of motors. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of the flames was the only thing he heard now, a constant roar like the ignited thrusters of a thousand Bergs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The engines were roaring, and snow was swirling up from the ground, and the faces of passengers showed in the cabin windows. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

When they announce our squad, Terrell gets the biggest cheer by far, although I get a hearty roar from the Irish section. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t hear him breathing over the roar of the approaching flames. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The engine roared, but the truck was motionless. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I shook my head in disbelief as Abiyoyo roared another challenge. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The first time I tried, Richard Parker bared his teeth, rotated his ears full round, vomited a short guttural roar and charged. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Likewise, as the Turkish jets roared over the sea, they were also hidden. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

White mist hung in the air like frozen spiderwebs, and the roaring flames of the Burning Sea faded as a blanket of eerie silence covered us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It lets out an earthshaking roar, then lunges toward the closest player. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Up in the emperor’s box, Piper cried out, but her voice was drowned in the roar of the crowd. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For a while Tyrion could still hear Benerro’s voice growing fainter at their back and the roars his words provoked, sudden as thunder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the wind rose roaring in the grass. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

When we finally stopped roaring, tears were running down my cheeks. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Again trumpets rang, and a press of roaring men leaped forth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I went to bed, but I was still awake hours later when I heard a pickup roar up the hill. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The roaring of the wind didn’t seem as loud. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

From behind them came a muffled roar, like from a crowd. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The roar of engines interspersed with rolling, cranking sounds like chains hoisting machinery in an old, grimy factory. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Harry saw himself in robes that had his name on the back, and imagined the sensation of hearing a hundred-thousand-strong crowd roar, as Ludo Bagman’s voice echoed throughout the stadium, “I give you . Potter!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A car door slammed, an engine sputtered up a roar. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It's the unmistakable roar of a crowd cheering. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When he roars into the compound in his pickup, all four of us run down the driveway to greet him with kisses and hugs. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The man grunted and flung himself sideways, but Will hung on even tighter, and his opponent roared with pain and anger. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shots roared then whined away down the river. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their ears were filled with the roar of thousands of tons of rock tumbling and rolling down with them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some of those lucky guys, like my friend Georgia Boy, waved to us as our bus roared through the gate. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stand down and surrender!” he shouted over the roar of the storm and even if his voice wasn’t clear, the gun was. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The old man roared with contemptuous merriment at Nately’s look of embarrassed surprise. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Ron roared, seizing his bag as Crookshanks sank four sets of claws deep inside it and began tearing ferociously. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She tried to roar, but the sound was choked. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He roared louder than the thunder and arced high and back toward us. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The truck came struggling and roaring up the hill. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

A seismic voice, a volcanic breath, the roar of a cataclysm broke out in the center of the crowd with a great potential of expansion. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The roar of the waterfall was all she could hear for a moment. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

While the machines hummed softly in our hospital and white-soled shoes whispered up and down the halls, a catastrophe was roaring down upon this child of a mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as they rounded the clump of trees behind which Harry had first heard the dragons roar, a witch leapt out from behind them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The seats were tattered, and there was an awful smell of chemicals and oil and the loud sound of the engine roaring as the bus pulled away from the curb. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He staggered a bit with a smoking crater on top of his misshapen head, but he roared in anger and kept advancing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Father roars with laughter when he tells this tale. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The roar got louder as the wave filled with wreckage. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

The noise hit me like a roar—the slot machines clanging, people laughing and hooting, some lame calypso band mangling a Jimmy Buffett song. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Generally his roar sent whatever creature was facing it scurrying down the tunnel. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

For five days the previous October the “power fire,” as it was called, had roared across these mountains, consuming seventeen thousand acres of pine and cedar. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Only a hissing roar came from the loudspeaker. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For years, the Mustang’s eight cylinders roared to life every morning, rousing me from sleep. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The crack of the guns is heard long after the roar of the explosions. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once El Patron would have roared with laughter when Tam Lin described how his enemies in the U.S. and Aztlan governments had been disgraced or met with strange accidents. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angry roars changed suddenly into pained squeals and yelps. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The air is suddenly very still, and a moment later the rain roars down. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire got closer, crackling and spitting and roaring. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The boys in both boats could now hear the roar of the crowd down the lake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“There is no time, little mortals. The drakon is returning. I fear its roar will draw the others—my brethren, hunting you. They will be here within minutes.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The man saw my father holding the paper and gave an inhuman roar and leaped in the opposite direction. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

"You lost it! It was a paper?" the magistrate roared. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He roared so loudly that the crystal in the chandeliers tinkled, and every bird in the great room shrieked, and Lyra’s ears rang. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

For the roar broke out again, this time on their left from the direction of the forest. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Over the roar of the engine, I told him I’d found a job but that I would drive the crane in the afternoons, until he could hire someone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Shaba Province, incidentally, roars with waterfalls, more than enough to generate its own electricity. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dummy suddenly lifted both its hands and let out a roar, which made everybody start back. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a white crust around the broad crescent of its mouth, and when it opened its jaws to roar again, something wet, white, and foaming dripped from its pointed teeth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I told him about the cinders hitting my back, the smell of hot creosote, and the huge roar as the train straddled the rails above me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Her heart galumphed along with their roaring stomps, and their combined grit and determination pulsed through her. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He cut her again and again, into a plunging gallop, while Ben’s hoarse agony roared about them, and swung her about to the right of the monument. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a huge, powerful voice, roaring at the top of its lungs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had to raise her voice to be heard over the roar of a stove fan that had been switched on in the kitchen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I heard the rumble of the buses, the hooting of taxis, that inevitable tireless London roar, but I was not part of it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A tiger roared as it bounded to the bottom of the stairs. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Deafening roars and bone-rattling growls come at me from all directions. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Neither one of them heard the discordant sound of a jet engine coming near until it roared right above their heads. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

BaiMa gave another roar, one so thunderous that the ice cracked behind them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Rising on its hind legs, it bared its teeth and bellowed out a thunderclap of a roar. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

I roared as I gave the refrigerator one final, desperate push. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“How dare you?” he roared as he became more aware of what they had done. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squint and my heart gives a familiar leap as the invisible roar of viewers drowns out everything. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The room was unbelievably loud, roaring with the sounds of his classmates and all their screaming and yelling and fighting and laughing. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Kids in the back banged their desks and roared. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I slammed the bonnet shut, leaned in the driver’s door and yanked the choke on, and the engine roared into life like a zooful of happy lions. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The roar in the street died; the siren stopped; but the circling columns of yellow continued to whirl. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what it is!” she seethed, still trying to keep her voice down, even as the pain in her head turned into a thunderous roar. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Barely hearing her, not quite understanding, he yelled out a roar and charged ahead to take advantage of the Grievers moment of weakness. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He called for bread and meat until he was sated and threw the unfinished scraps to the dogs who slept by the fire that roared in his hearth. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I heard their rumbling roars and ran through the pear clumps toward the sound. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally stumbled forward, utterly exposed in the middle of the street The roar of a hovercar seemed to pass right over her head, and she instinctively ducked, dashing toward the cover of the forest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There was a roar of approval from the crowd. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

From all about, the roar of cannons and shouts of orders reached our ears; the water itself which nestled the hull spake of the battle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She became aware of Orion, still roaring in pain as he staggered across the surface of the water. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Wiping his streaming eyes on his jacket sleeve, Hagrid swung himself onto the motorcycle and kicked the engine into life; with a roar it rose into the air and off into the night. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The roar of the bombers has hardly faded when an artillery shell whistles over the house and makes a dull crash as it explodes not far away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

With full power roaring, it was Nadya’s turn to caper around in the searchlights while Marina climbed out of view, then idled her own engine to glide silently back to the target. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

From the roar that follows, there’s no doubt that that’s exactly what they plan to do. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The air smells like wet grain and hedge trimmings; in the lulls between their footfalls, she can hear a deep, nearly subsonic roar. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was the roar of a zeppelin’s engine, and it wasn’t far away. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"He hit me in the face with a yard of chitterlings!"—bending double, roaring, the whole room seeming to dance up and down with each rapid eruption of laughter. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He disturbed nobody and would never walk round roaring. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Why can’t we go and see the hanging?” roared the boy in his huge voice. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In a little bit, the fire was roaring. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, well—any help I could get,” she says, and a siren roars outside. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The roar of the falls is loud enough to eat you, but I still hear it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s the other Blackcliff students, pounding on their stone seats and roaring with a mix of pride and envy. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then came a blast of savage wind, and with it, mingling with its roar, there came a high shrill shriek. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The only thing better than the owl’s hooting was the roar of my mother’s engine as she pulled into the campsite. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The crowd roars in delight as a great gray mass passes the edge of the risers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

From somewhere above him now, he could hear animal sounds: an occasional lion roar, the yelp of the cheetah. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Those on the ground could hear the roar and crackle as the volatile hydrocarbons flamed high above. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“And another old comrade!” he roared, hurrying to the bard and flinging his arms about him with such enthusiasm that Taran heard Fflewddur’s ribs creak. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The halls and classrooms of the old schools still hum with the excitement of youth, and the football fields yet roar with celebration on cold fall Friday nights. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Something outside roared, a thunderous bellow of bestial ferocity. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He sat next to me as I drove and tried to shout instructions over the diesel roar. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I stood my ground, and I stood my ground, and I stood my ground, until the howling and the roaring and the slobbering were about on top of me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

For a moment, the roar of applause drowned out the rough surf. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The roar was a warning, and the men hurriedly paddled their canoes toward the shore for safety. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

And far away in the distance, from the heart of the great factory, came a muffled roar of energy as though some monstrous gigantic machine were spinning its wheels at breakneck speed. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mary Poppins’s voice sounded above the roars of laughter like a trumpet. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

A bus roared by on the road outside. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Blackjack is on his way. But if Silena wasn’t able to convince Clarisse, I doubt Blackjack will be able—” A roar shook the ground. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Beyond the castle walls, a roar of sound went up. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I pulled the rope again and the motor hesitated, popped, and then roared to life. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Tally called over the roar of water rushing through the dam’s gates. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It threw its pale head back blindly, and opened its mouth horribly wide, and it roared its anger and frustration. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

When the interior support framing of a building had been eaten through and weakened enough, parts of the exterior brick walls would fall with a ground-rumbling roar. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The driver slams it into gear and we roar into the dark. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was lifting a ninety-pound case when he heard a “deafening roar” and felt the entire ship rock violently. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Legionnaire jerked the propeller and the motor coughed twice, then roared. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Edward turned the key and the engine roared to life. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They beckoned him to throw himself under their passing weight, inviting him to be chopped into pieces and left bleeding as the train roared on. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

At last they roared into the city, Mr. Levy’s speed increasing as he felt himself getting closer to the Reilly kook. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mother!” he roared, and she felt the blast of his frustration radiating out from him like a bonfire. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rain and the roaring wind in the trees, the sound of Peach screaming and Dismay paddling and me yelling Let him go! and the sight of Dismay tumbling and swirling away from me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The drops pelted the canopy, filling the forest with the roar of water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

People roared and cheered around me, teammates slammed and hugged me, even Coach O, who’d donned his own skates for the moment, carved an arc around me, pumping his fist in the air. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed and made the engine roar and demanded to know where all his boys were, he wanted to show those yogores what a real car looked like. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t hear it because of the heat storm roaring through my body. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The roar of machines covered the slap of their boots on the wet snow. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this monstrous roaring thing—he wondered if anyone understood how it worked. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Distant but deep there came up on the wind a roaring sound like the roll of thunder heard far away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We howled, we roared, we rolled on the ground, and before I even found out the dude’s name, I knew we were going to be best friends. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

They were hanging on the walls all around her, sitting, roaring, grim-faced, along with peaceful lions with and without wings. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the spell was broken as great numbers of people, stirred by their own emotions, roared their acclaim and rushed toward Anderson to offer congratulations and good wishes, threatening to mob her. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The roar was all he could have hoped Ah', the tumult so loud that the two old shields tumbled from the walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The onslaught of Mordor broke like a wave on the beleaguered hills, voices roaring like a tide amid the wreck and crash of arms. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

His eyes fell on the groups of other officers gazing at him in mute appeal, and, with righteous belligerence, he roared: “Give everybody eat!” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The thruster was so close now, just below and to his left, its roar the loudest thing Mark had ever heard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

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

The news anchor is asking him a question, but I can’t hear it because the blood is roaring in my ears. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees roared and danced as if they were on fire in the pouring rain, telling me to go on, go on. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The leaves behind you were shaking, and there was a load roar.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Scott roared like a dinosaur and shook his wheel in the air. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The two vehicles were roaring down the highway as if they were attached to each other. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The motor gives one short cough, then roars back to life. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The roar of lorry engines would be suddenly cut, then his neck muscles relaxed, his head drooped, and he would wake with a start and a swerve to his step. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Third time this week!” he roared across the table. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He fell back under the breaking curve of darkness and sound and smell, his ears roaring. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got to my feet and gasped as the pain in my head roared louder, like someone had turned the volume knob as far as it would go. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It seemed louder than the roar of the wind or the skeleton-like rustling of the tall swaying cane. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out here the roar is fainter, barely a murmur. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But the men’s voices, loud as they were, were completely drowned out by the deafening roar of the tank tearing apart. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He starts laughing again, a loud, forced roar. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was half lying across the child as the ground shook to the unbelievable roar. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The truck’s doors slammed shut and the engine roared to life. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the Warrior Mouse lay upon the ground, the rat roared and stabbed downwards with the spiked railing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Riker’s tyrannosaurus roared and leaned forward, chomping its huge jaws and sending Magdalys and her trike stumbling a few steps back. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The gargantuan monster trying to crush people on the upper floors looked around and let out a roar. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He roared out songs at the top of his voice, some of them highly objectionable songs, and behaved himself in a way that was nothing less than indecent at the time of a funeral. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can have no priest who has golden idols before him, God answered, and the flames roared and consumed everything. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the mouth of the inlet, the turtle roared. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A tremendous KABOOM! roared out of the crawl space, followed by a cannon blast of dust and debris. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The voices grew louder until nearly all fifteen hundred of them created an angry roar. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tiger roared furiously and the girl cowered. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias whirled the sword above his head as he roared out his battle cry. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was a deep, powerful, huffing roar, amazing for an animal normally as silent as a giraffe. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had time to scream—sound lost in the roar of water—and throw himself on Derek. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny did not care for Molineaux because he bellowed and roared so loudly. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead are beetling rocks and dark blue glancing Amphitrite, surging, roars around them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Palms stinging, I reeled back, the alarmed voices merging into a dull liquid roar. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“TODD HEWITT!” we hear again, faint over the roar of the water but loud as the whole entire universe. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Nailer clutched the rail as the monster roared in. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now Brian sat, looking out the window with the roar thundering through his ears, and tried to catalog what had led up to his taking this flight. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sky and sea boiled together in a roaring mass. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He gave Harry a shifty grin that Harry did not return, as the newborn monster inside him was roaring for Dean’s instant dismissal from the team. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

On a golden breastplate, the lion of Lannister roared its defiance. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I listen as the fire below roars in delight. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

McManus had just begun speaking into the phone when right in front of his eyes the top of the molasses tank blew straight into the air, then fell with a roar to the ground. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

When he arrived at the Street of the Crooked Dog he found Gebu in such roaring good humor that he knew the beatings, at least, were over for a while. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

There was a tiny drone but as before it didn’t register, then suddenly, roaring over his head low and in back of the ridge a bush- plane with floats fairly exploded into his life. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once the lights flickering ahead of him merged together, the roar of the forest rose to thunder and a tall bush directly in his path burst into a great fan-shaped flame. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The birds, which had risen in a flurry at his roar, squawked and swooped around overhead before settling again on their nests. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But her stomach spoke instead, with a loud grumbling roar, and there was still a whole afternoon left of school. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“And now it turns out you only called us here to try and blow us up!” roared the Death Eater, and there was a volley of bangs interspersed with squeals of agony from Xenophilius. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The steel door of the incinerator went up and the muted hum of the eternal fire became a red roaring. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of activity increased, a cacophony of shouts and whistles and jeers and laughing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Captain Short!” he roared, mindless of her headache. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The only sounds in the kitchen are our Big Ben clock chiming the half hour and the incinerator roaring four floors below. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I feel the roar of the river in my chest. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When they sat down, May Belle was still screeching about her dadgum Twinkies over the roar of the motor. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

There’d been a sudden onslaught of light, and then a roar had torn through the air. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They were little more than halfway across the lake when Miss Katherine heard the loud roar of the engine. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She gave Nico a big hug and the crowd roared with approval. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

On our next to last day on the trail, our sixth since setting off from Rockfish Gap, we were walking along beneath dull skies when there came an abrupt, cold roaring of wind. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the wriggling, screeching domovoi out of the air, and his roar turned into a triumphant laugh. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A train roared by above us, its tiny square windows full of shapes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Minutes later, gigantic tidal waves roared across the land. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

But no sooner were they next to each other than the palace roared to life. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Next to me, Kilorn cheers and the other villagers roar with him. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was late, they were both ready for bed, and outdoors the rain was coming down in a great wet roar. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The question caught them by surprise, for there was a moment’s hesitation; but then a full-throated roar filled the hall, and hands were clapped in the air, fists shaken, voices raised in excited clamor. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Yeah, if I remember correctly, on that springiest of Friday nights, the roar was deafening. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The roar remains, the buzzing of a thousand bees, very close. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

With a roar Jerome rose up, sending me backward. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ugwu heard the sound just before they cut their cake in the living room, the swift wah-wah-wah roar in the sky. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One minute more, and the feral roars of rage were again bursting from the crowd. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Can you believe him?” roared Ron as one of the remaining pixies bit him painfully on the ear. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The draff roared loud now; the air passage was completely clear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They said everything quietly, even though everyone else on the bus roared, even though you'd have to shout into a megaphone to be heard over all the cursing and idiocy. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The Anvil-Breaker had once been a roaring giant, fearsomely strong, fiercely loyal, utterly without fear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was now half across the street, but the roar from the beetle's engines whined higher as it put on speed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time he tapped the green button and the Berg lurched off the ground, the sound of thrusters filling the air like the roar of angry lions. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And then Pima was dragging him up into the trees, scrambling through the whipping branches and the roar of the storm. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Following the briefing and a moment of prayer with Reverend Wright, Barack walked out to greet the audience, his appearance met with a roar I could hear from inside the capitol. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The box fan roars, but it’s too hot to sleep without it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Somewhere over the ridge, a crowd roared in approval, like spectators in a coliseum. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Gibaut roared, “What in blazes did you think I was talking about?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

From below there came a roaring, rushing sound, like the crash of surf on a stony beach, but he knew it was the wind tearing through the leaves on the trees. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then opened the roar of loose declaration in favor of 'Squatter Sovereignty.’ Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“STUPEFY!” roared twenty voices — there was a blinding series of flashes and Harry felt the hair on his head ripple as though a powerful wind had swept the clearing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The rain beat down and the black river roared while Roosevelt shivered under the towering trees. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

When Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared on the platform before them, his cigarette holder angled jauntily upward, the crowd roared its welcome. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The crack raised the soldiers’ heads as they climbed toward him, but a second later the engine suddenly roared and then just as suddenly seized and died. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bloodbeard, the savage commander of the Cats, was a roaring giant with a ferocious appetite for slaughter who made no secret of his disdain for “old greybeards in rags.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The preacher tossed back his head and roared with laughter, but my mother was angry and told me that I was to have no dinner because of my bad manners. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the left and right, sixty thousand voices roared. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I began to hear his hoarse roaring, that aaonh cry as rich as gold or honey and as spine-chilling as the depths of an unsafe mine or a thou­sand angry bees. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And within ten minutes, Ireland had scored twice more, bringing their lead to thirty—zero and causing a thunderous tide of roars and applause from the green-clad supporters. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Conor roared, and the monster roared in return and pounded at the remaining walls, knocking them to the ground. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

For a minute there, I think that I’ve tripped into the land of the truly insane, but then a crowd roars. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

A semi-truck roared by, sounding a long honk as it did. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He gave a deafening roar that bellowed, filling the sky with thunder. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“And the same to you, sir!” roared Sir Cadogan as the painting swung forward to admit them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

All through the night the fires crackled, and once there was a great roar and a crash that made the earth jump under his feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The ice thundered and boomed, roaring like drum­ beats across the Arctic. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She called out something else, but Mr. Levy’s roar drowned out her voice. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the firemen sitting at the card table had just finished dealing a hand when that thunderous noise John Barry later described as a “roaring surf” filled the room. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It roared so loudly, the entire valley shook around them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It surveyed the glade, then let out a high-pitched roar that made my teeth hurt. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

That’s enough for me. 8TH JUROR: If he heard anything at all, he still couldn’t have identified the voice with the el roaring by. 3RD JUROR: You’re talking about a matter of seconds here. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A deafening roar engulfs the dark city streets. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

But he continued to approach the lion with the roars ringing in his ears like thunder. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

There is not the welcoming roar I am expecting. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And I also have an Inner Stickler that, having been unleashed, is now roaring, salivating and clawing the air in a quite alarming manner. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

He heard the roar, the screams all around him, and he watched Johanna fold the paper in her hands, without ever once looking at him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Telemakhos’ frenzy struck someone as funny, and soon the whole room roared with laughter at him, so that all tension passed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Shut up!” roared the Corporal, trying to keep his voice under control. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was swept by the memory of his humans’ car roaring away in its stinging spray of gravel. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Then the clicks came more and more rapidly,” said Anderson, “and after a while they began to merge into a roar.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Retrieval Squad roared military-type affirmatives, coaxing as many metallic noises from their weapons as possible. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He starts to speak — I can’t hear the words over the shouts, the clapping, and the roar of the band, but I’m a good lip-reader. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 8:23:55 Prince Humperdinck rose roaring, the veins in his thick neck etched like hemp. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Under its multiplied roar could be heard a mighty sound of grinding rock and timber and a wail. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Over the roar of the flames, she could hear shouts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The fire roared, at least ten feet wide with its tongues of flame licking far up into the air, almost threatening the lower limbs of the trees surrounding it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Papa’s voice had risen above the roaring waves, above the screams of the people all around them. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

You never heard such roaring and teeth-popping, as they kept circling the tree and rearing up on its trunk, trying to get to me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went down in a wild, roaring tangle of twisting bodies and scrambling feet and slashing fangs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made the mistake of roaring at me, and I got an ice-cream sandwich in its throat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

As we reached the door of the cellblock, I heard an angry roar. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The unbidden thought was so strong the second time that he may have said it aloud, into the night, into the roaring sound of the turbulence. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He set his fingertip upon my thrumming pulse, and I knew he must feel the same blood that roared in my ears. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

On straightaways, the locomotive roared as we flew down the track, the man-trip rattling and shaking. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going anywhere, Your Excellency!” he roared. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sargon roared and swatted the guy out of the air with a casual swipe. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Hie huge red carcass was suspended over a roaring fire, skewered on a spit the size of a small tree. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was hilarious to see them start the engines and roar away, terrified. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

And then the roaring turned into a clattering and a squealing and it got slowly quieter and then it stopped and I kept my eyes closed because I felt safer not seeing what was happening. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

What a sound the water made as it roared around them! The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The roar of applause came from thousands of shimmering purple ghosts, the Lares of Rome brought back for an encore performance. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Because,” the emperor said with the beginning of an ominous roar, “I think you...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He roars and spits all over us every day. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Hab shook in the roaring wind as the astronauts huddled in the center. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This sent the rest of the animals into a panic—the chimps screeched, the cats roared, and the zebras yelped. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They can only hear the roar of our cheers or boos, as well as the referee’s calls. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the carriage turned down F Street, it approached a roaring, angry mob of thousands of people swarming in the street in front of Ford’s. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bellatrix’s gloating smile froze, her eyes seemed to bulge: For the tiniest space of time she knew what had happened, and then she toppled, and the watching crowd roared, and Voldemort screamed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I hear the garage door open and his car engine roar to life. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When he crawled into the boat, he gave the starter rope a sharp pull and the engine roared to life. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When I can see her again, she’s left her can behind and is coming down the stairs, looking this way and that in the roaring noise of the train. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The dragon came down between the Domishmen and the door with a roar that would have sent a hundred lions running. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As I sat secure in the silence, a jeep scuffed to a stop on the road and good Charley left his work and roared. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and went out to the verandah; the sudden hot air, the roar of his neighbor’s generator, the smell of diesel exhaust fumes brought a lightness to his head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He taxied away without looking back and as soon as he was clear of the reeds he gunned the engine, increasing speed until the plane was roaring across the lake. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Behind one of the bookcases, something growled, then roared. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The two men stood there hammering at each other until the army got to its feet with a roar, and no decision, wanting it both ways. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enormous roaring sound coming from the crowd just beyond the door made me wonder whether or not they had waited too long to get us into these cars. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then there was a terrible roar, and he was sucked right off his feet. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Brer Fox roared before he disappeared beneath a wriggling pile of iron monsters. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then a Tyrannosaurus rex roared and stomped through the leafy jungle, causing a leaping herd of Velociraptors to screech and flee. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

From the hole in the ground came a rumbling, gurgling sound, and the workers began to run, their screams smothered by what had become a roar. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The roar of the blast was curiously muted. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“To the dungeon, ” said a mouse in the front row “Silence!” roared the Most Very Honored Head Mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Now, with the thought of the burger, the emptiness roared at him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roar that rises from the assembled paper-chainers very nearly raises the roof. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He says he means to use the fat that slowly accumulates in the tin-lid for polishing his boots, and roars with laughter for half an hour at his own joke. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thump of a thousand Jackboots was now the shuffle of ragged shoes; instead of the roar of tanks, the crickety click of cart wheels. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

As the vast crowd broke into shouts and roars—of astonishment, delight, and approval—Aurelia jumped up. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

With a roar of the big motor, the bus lurched through the intersection, missing a dump truck by inches. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

How he heard me over the roar of the wind, I don’t know, but he was out on the porch before I reached the house. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my own head, I hear a roar growing louder and louder as the seconds pass, and I try to quell the churning in my stomach. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She’d stand there on her hind feet, hunched over, and take a roaring swing at him with one of those big front claws. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the muffled roar of the battle becomes a ring that encircles us, we creep in upon ourselves, and with big eyes stare into the night. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pull in my gut, a roar in my ears. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They came at Old Yeller with their bristles up, roaring and popping their teeth. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sounds of our blades clashing and an occasional roar filled the room. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he lumbered forward off the throne, making her skip aside, and roared an order to tire other bears. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Will heard a change in the sounds from outside: there was another note now as well as the roar of the zeppelins. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Occasionally it stood up like a giant, but mostly it roared in the agony of sleepiness. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s my voice, roaring inside me, Be loud, Amelia! Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The cannon roared a salute that shook the town. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd roared, and a few people started hurling whatever they could find—pebbles, garbage, crumpled paper, even their own hats. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a roared response from the great audience’s Muslim seating section. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when he came in earshot he heard the trampling roar of sea on rock, where combers, rising shoreward, thudded down on the sucking ebb—all sheeted with salt foam. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At six, the massive presses would roar into action, rolling out 200,000 copies of the Times every hour. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Lanning found his voice and let it out with a roar. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Rhaegal roared in answer, and fire filled the pit, a spear of red and yellow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The airplane comes clattering and roaring through the sky, and whatever might be lurking secretly up there in the great cloud-mountains goes running for cover at its approach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

With a roar that shook the castle, the ridderak ran for her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then came a sound that stole the breath right out of me—the roar of a giant bear. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It roared into the courtyard like a sudden storm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

With the fire going and sending up black smoke and a steady roar from a pitch-smelling chunk he put on, he turned once more to the pack. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus shuddered, and the engine roared back to life. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The wind roared once in the forest and pushed their rags against them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And then he lifted his blades, arms raised in a V, and roared. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Eager to leave, they roared out of the village on the narrow dirt road. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But soon I was cold enough to need the heater, so I turned the key and the engine roared to life. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My ears roaring, I dart out the other side of the table and scurry through the double doors back to Ms. Parker’s music room. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

With their goal in sight, the riders’ hair stands suddenly on end as they hear behind them the ferocious roar of a charging tiger. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The hyena’s roar filled the higher range of what my ears could hear, Orange Juice’s bass roar filled the lower range, and somewhere in between I could hear the cries of the helpless zebra. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Whether Richard Parker skulked up in masterly tiger fashion before landing upon them in a thunder of roaring, or slouched by indifferently, it was all the same to them. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I screamed louder then, knowing I could never get to my feet in time to escape the rush of angry hogs roaring down upon me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Draughts blew through the room so that the fire roared. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My brain was roaring from all the color and orchestrated metal movement. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cop from earlier shoved Moss to the ground, and the roar from everyone around them seemed deafening. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The roar of a train meant bad wind and it was coming for him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

A gleeful roar went up from the poster wavers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Nergal roared as he flung another car at his sister-in-law. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

By the time they reached the edge of the trees they could hear the fire, a deep and greedy roar. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of her whistle was lost in the roar from the crowd as fourteen brooms rose into the air. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Fritz rushed outside, and she heard the car start with a roar. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

My first night at the camp the two groups gather around a roaring bonfire to listen to the latest propaganda. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day the lion would walk about the bush, roaring. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I inhale, peering at black clouds, hellish flames raging, roaring inside and out the two towers. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

We run to the Pit, and the roar of the river follows me up the paths. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of the wind made it impossible to communicate from one tent to the next. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

They were flanked by three incense burners whose basins were surmounted by animals nearly alive in their detail—roaring lion, fierce dragon, wise tortoise. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I moved with the crowd, the sweat pouring off me, listening to the grinding roar of traffic, the growing sound of a record shop loudspeaker blaring a languid blues. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A voice of overbred brutality roared from an invisible source within the building. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of the truck roaring to life frightened me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The master roared his orders hugely, and Shadow was untied and towed clear of the docks by two laboring rowboats. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

A brownish-green earth dragon roared from within a dark cave, and a white air dragon cut graceful spirals above its earthbound cousin. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

And then, as they both took a fourth piece of chocolate from Madam Pomfrey, they heard a distant roar of fury echoing from somewhere above them.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A roar went up in the arena as the name of the highest scoring junior gymnast lit the screen. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It’s loud in the Pit, and not just because of the river’s roar. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of a vacuum drifted down, threading through the faded drilling. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It roared into the pool, sweeping away the spiders. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Water roars in her ears, the sound of it like a distant faucet. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We all put our heads down as that red-dog white man yelped and roared. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It roared up the street like a tsunami, a boiling swirl of dust and smoke blown out by the falling building. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

However, as they got closer, he heard the quiet roar of rushing water. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They ducked under barbed-wire fences and scrambled in and out of ditches that crisscrossed beneath the freeways, ever aware of the frightening, oceanlike roaring over their heads. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

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

He roared—she could see right down his pink gullet—and snapped his teeth at her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood, transfixed, unable to see, my body quivering with the roar. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys joked and said the botdes would freeze our things off and the master roared, Any more of that talk and I’ll warm the bottles on the backs of yeer heads. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But if the first sentence had been A tank came roaring around the corner, which refers to an atypical example of a vehicle, a reader would have had a harder time making the connection. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

So I jumped in my truck and roared the forty miles to Wasilla, then on down near the town of Palmer, slid into the parking lot at the shelter... This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My voice was swallowed up by a roar of air from the doll. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It did not roar but grumbled, cracked, shushed, sucking the air from our throats and all speech with it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dull ache in my back and shoulders roared to life. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Another hovercar roared over them, and he pulled her around the comer of the building and down behind a drum that collected rainwater from the gutters. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Olmsted was nearly seventy, his mouth aflame, his head roaring, each night a desert of wakefulness. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He heard the limousine start up, the distant slam of a door, the fading roar of the engine. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other tried to grab Tyson, but Tyson knocked him into a pile of luggage and roared at Luke. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then every wind roared into hurricane; the ships went pitching west with many cries; our land was lost. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down and kissed the top of her head as the guns roared, a loud volley that drowned out birdsong and wind and screams. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a roar that seemed to make the pavement heave; a shower of light objects pattered onto his back. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The crowd roared when it learned that Germany was in first place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Two young men in plain brown kaftans were running across the lawns and toward them with purpose, their silhouettes blurred against the blood-orange glow of the roaring fire at their back. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The roar is back again; stones are shattering the house. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I was just hauling a wheelbarrow full of dirt around the side of the house when a huge man roared up the driveway on a motorcycle. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Each time one passes, it is like the roar of The Beast. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The lion roared so loud it parted my hair. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Soon, Joseph had a beautiful fire roaring in the fireplace. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As the sound of the wind tapered off, a ferocious roar echoed across the yard. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We roared up the road, plastering our faces to the car windows, looking for any sign of our wayward Auk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Where is it, boy? Where is it?" roared the giant "boss" creature, his hulking, fly-infested body bent over so his head wouldn't scrape the ceiling. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I saw a gush of blue flame rise high above the rooftops and heard it roar again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Shut up a minute,” he roared back at them, “and I’ll sing you a good song.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The voice had roared out of the shadows, giving both the unsettling feeling they were about to be pounced upon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The roar made Mark’s temples throb and the inside of his forehead ache. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He let in the clutch with a roar and leapt up the narrow street. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The maelstrom roared around him, up and up like the walls of a green well, with the bright eye of the sky and the silhouettes of the Crux and the Current circling far above. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then Mark heard the roar of the thrusters and a warm wind blew across his face. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As if her words were an invitation to prove her wrong, the wind whipped around them, ruffling Shae’s short hair and making the flames roar. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They roared and popped their teeth and dared me or Old Yeller to try to catch one of the squealing pigs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of voices and the smell of closely packed bodies were overpowering and unremitting. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the sun came up through a milky, fiery mist, a blue pickup truck came roaring down the highway behind them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

As The Beast roars on, my wounds become warm. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he tilted his hat farther forward, got in the car, waited for Ramón, and drove off with a roar. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

One afternoon I was playing in the yard when I heard a frightening noise coming from the fields, like the sound of twenty leopards roaring. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

It rose, flared, roared, crashed, and crumbled in on itself almost before anyone noticed it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No hero is above fear, Percy. And you have risen above every hero. Not even Hercules—” “POSEIDON!” a voice roared. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Trucks roared by and the sun grew hotter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chaos erupted—screams, gunfire, shoving—though I could hardly hear it over the roar of the insects, which seemed to fill not just my ears but every pore of my body. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But then he thought of Trina, and at the same time his hunger pains roared in his belly. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I hear The Beast roar before I see it. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Let go o’ me, you bloody crows,” he roared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And a long, sustained roar went up from the tens of thousands standing along Sheridan Beach as the Husky Clipper crossed the line three lengths ahead of the California Clipper. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He tipped his head to the ceiling, and roared. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, an infinitesimal veering of the canoe, and the line of his body would break, the soaring arms collapse, up shoot an uncontrollable leg, and Phineas would tumble into the water, roaring with rage. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But between the seventeenth and eighteenth radio transmissions, without a warning, die engine coughed, roared violently for a second and died. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its big bird wings circling and the roar of its engine getting softer. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The words roared in my ears like a storm wind. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he saw the mud on his legs, he roared in anger and asked Hyena why he had behaved in so selfish a manner. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

One by one, we wade into the water as they grow even closer, the hum even louder than the river’s roar. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Up in the press box, the California contingent roared. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

From somewhere, as in a dream, I heard a scream and looked back just as the big smoking engine roared around a bend. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Hestia opened her hand and the fire roared. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Where she kneels on the sixth floor alone, as a dozen American bombers roar toward her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Joffrey was prominent among them, his raiment all crimson, silk and satin patterned with prancing stags and roaring lions, a gold crown on his head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He throws his hands up in the air and roars with laughter. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of a vacuum drifted down, threading through the faded drilling. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Hulking, menacing, with eyes of blazing silver, Abiyoyo stomped around the stage, roaring silently at children he spotted. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Behind them, a mighty roar echoed through the swamp—a sound Annabeth had last heard in the Battle of Manhattan. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And then the long roar as of the whole vast rumbling earth beginning to open. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but you didn’t fall off, did you?” roared Amos genially, slapping his son on his back. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then came a roar of flowing air, and her suit bloated up, fat and hard, and a whiff of dry air cleared away some tiny beads of sweat that had collected inside her faceplate. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The giants are stomping and roaring to life, hurling their colossal bodies into each other’s arms, fed up with spending eternity frozen, always a breath away from their heart’s desire. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I protest this mockery!” he roared, in a voice that silenced every whisper. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Kayak roared into Santa Anita with guns blazing, staging an overpowering performance to win a handicap prep race, just missing a track record, running with ears up, tail fanned out behind him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went through the basement, pausing to look at the roaring furnace, and then went to the kitchen door and stepped in softly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Montag felt himself turning in a great circling roar and buzz and hum. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a roar, the fire turned emerald green and rose higher than Fred, who stepped right into it, shouted, “Diagon Alley!” and vanished. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

From somewhere behind the UN compound, an angry roar shook the city—the sound of a drakon waking. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

A roar of muskets came from one side, followed by another. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Push the green retractor butt—” He was cut off when the Berg’s engines roared to a higher pitch and the vehicle vaulted into the air. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"A criminal mistake? Or just the mistake of getting caught?" the judge roared back. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The sound rose to a roar that deafened him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The roar of the draccus was like a trumpet, if you can imagine a trumpet big as a house, and made of stone, and thunder, and molten lead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All of this had the effect of making a monstrous chute where the water fought and roared to get through, smashing around the rocks in huge sprays of white water. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

A sea dragon roared up from the waves with a maiden of extraordinary beauty by its side, her arm extended as if she had just caught something. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He turned and went back to the main room and its roar of voices. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A roar of voices and weird birds lombarded my ears and filled my head to the brink. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A muffled roar of approval rose from The Vigils. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now whenever her father—or really, anyone—challenged her, she roared back. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

All three of them climbed on the dactyl as the flames roared to life behind them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Day after day Nat heard Lem roar his orders and bellow his abuse. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a roaring, ripping downpour of water that almost drove them into the ground. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He’d never known how loud a fire could be; its roar was thunderous. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He pulled the lever and coal rattled against the sides of the tin chute and he saw the whole furnace blaze and the draft roared still louder. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

So I ran on, my breath roaring in my mouth and my legs getting so weak and trembly that a few times I almost stumbled. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the roar of the crowd, Piper could barely hear herself think, but she replayed Enceladus’s words: these two would lead the assault. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In the perfect absence of any human sound, the locusts in the leaves above us roared in my ears. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped down onto the pavement and the bus belched black smoke and roared away. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

With the spray hitting her face, the roar of water all around her, Tally could almost imagine this was one of her expeditions, back when she was a carefree city kid and not a... Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Grandfather roared with laughter and slapped his knee. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night had been roaring with frog song and then suddenly it was silent. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A merciless fusillade the machine gun laid down, and the troops regrouped and joined the fire and the roar of war did not cease until the eraser was dead and cut to ribbons. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

As if he and Alec were communicating telepathically, they roared and charged the small group at the same time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

For a split second a roaring noise in his ears blotted out sound. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Enough!” the king roared, rising from his seat, his voice thick with irritation. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They clapped and stamped and roared for more of Popper’s Performing Penguins. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You will mock the Lord's assembly with such frippery,” he roared. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It moved with a deafening roar from its rusty motor, spewing smoke and bolts from its exhaust pipe. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few moments later we all lifted our eyes in awe as a spectacular array of South African jets, helicopters, and troop carriers roared in perfect formation over the Union Buildings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured them surging into the little cove and breaking with a roar upon the rocks, then running swift and strong to the shelving beach. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A helicopter overhead swooped in with a roar over the trees, hovered above us for a moment, then darted back the way it had come. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She said something in reply, but it was muffled by the layers of wet cloth and I couldn’t make it out over the roar of the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Catch them!” shouted Matt, but the roar of the storm was so loud, Chacho probably couldn’t hear. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To whites, social transformation was a firestorm roaring through Durham and obliterating the familiar landscape. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

What in the name of sense, he wondered, had set Prince roaring that time? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire caught and in a moment was roaring. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then with a roar and a blur of snow both bears moved at the same moment. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Hatred would fill him like an enormous roaring flame. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The world trembles from the roar of the invisible audience, and the clouds in the sky start to move rapidly. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Salva woke often to the sound of roars in the distance and sometimes to the death-squeal of an animal under a lion’s claws. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flames roared within ten feet of Junipers tree, and Juniper and Grover were going nuts trying to save it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The black waters roared and echoed, and a wind screamed over them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Finally, the Green Tiger gave one last roar and . . . leapt into the well! Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I applied the gas, and the car went roaring up the embankment and back onto the macadam. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

At noon one day Will Hamilton came roaring and bumping up the road in a new Ford. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in folksy tones, he went on to use the business of political expenses—he argued that the slush fund actually saved the American taxpayer money—as the basis for a roaring ethos appeal. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The crowd roared with approval, but Percy suspected Ephialtes was only stunned. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The rippling thuds of machine-gun fire in the plowed earth and the engine roar flashed past them. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My hands shake, and as I read, the world narrows to a pinprick of light, all sound fading away until only the roar of my heartbeat fills my ears. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Bless my tail-feathers—listen to them!” shrieked the Starling, as he put his wings on his hips and roared with mirth. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“And now,” roared Ludo Bagman’s voice, “kindly put your wands in the air . . . for the Irish National Team Mascots!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My heart pounds so hard that, despite the roaring of the crowd, I am aware of blood whooshing through my ears. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Flames leaped to the cobwebs and roared down the corridor in a flash fire, roasting spiders by the thousands. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sprawls on the ground for every inch to a delighted, roaring crowd. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly his followers scrambled into the bushes as their Chief ripped the tapestry into shreds, his mighty claws rending and tearing as he roared madly: “It’s a fake, a copy, worthless trash. Aaaaaarrgh!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if she heard me over the roar of the flames, but regardless, Fela understood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The rumble rose to a roar, and then cries flew into the darkness from everywhere. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Far beneath them, the trees of the forest sighed, then roared. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The water roars and tumbles below us, sending up a soft spray that nurtures mosses and maidenhair ferns where it falls. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They broke against the rocks and roared into the caves, sending up white sprays of water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

This gets a tremendous roar from all the moms. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The Bus roared on, wildly lurching and bounding. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“WHO IS THIS?” he roared in the direction of the mouthpiece. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Give me those disks!” he roared, pinning Foaly to the operation’s shuttle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The roar still echoed around us and was joined by a cruel, deep, and hungry growling. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It came from across the fence in the farmyard, a loud, sputtering roar. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The crash and roar of the water has been muted to a mumble at this distance, the waves are so far below. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was a bonfire roaring in the ruins of an old house, little more than two crumbling stone walls. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The roar came again, if anything with greater intensity, momentarily drowning out all the other commotion. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They stepped out onto MacArthur Boulevard, the sound of traffic on the nearby freeway roaring in their ears. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When he heard these words, the lion roared again— a louder roar than the hare had ever heard. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The tank roared; the sound was thunder trapped in a metal drum, clamoring to be let out. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was the only time I had ever seen a lion, and the only time I had heard one roar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Three of Chiron’s arrows sprouted from Kampe’s chest, but she just roared louder. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They were such words as might have been roared before battle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Prince broke out in a roar of laughter that brought Collins below. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

After two minutes, she roared at the giggling girls, “You want to talk, go talk in the rain. This is the library. We read in here.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Fortunetellers were in great demand, and saloons did a roaring business. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The giant gave a roar of pain and jumped high in the air. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not a roar or a boom or a whoosh. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Just then, I heard the muffled roar of approaching spacecraft and knew it must be the Sixers. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As the ferret’s drum thundered out he roared madly, “On to Redwall! Smash the gates! Kill, kill!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When I was among the crowd I raised my right fist and there was a roar. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hit-hit-hit was the mantra shouting in the back of my mind, a deafening roar. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Above the roar and crash of battle, no one heard him but Matthos. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She could only hear her own thrashing and the dull roar of the rapids. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My father got in and we roared away. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the flickering light, a chicken coop tumbled past, all the birds already gone, every one of them lost to the gray roar. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They chanted “No Light! No Water!” and “VC is a Goat!” and found themselves carried along with the roaring crowd that settled, finally, in front of the vice chancellor's house. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It roared across the cay again, seeming even lower this time because the rush of wind from it was hot I could smell exhaust fumes. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth to roar, but not a sound escaped. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coffee was barely ready when Charley let out his lion roar. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clang of bells and the sound of pounding hooves could be heard above the roar of the fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had known boys who were unpredictable and short-tempered, who roared through life like a whirlwind and never once looked back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was halfway across when the planes came roaring, demolishing the sky over the Severn Valley. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

This time when he cranked, the motor roared. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“And be sure to get out at the right grate. “The right what?” said Harry nervously as the fire roared and whipped George out of sight, too. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She banged her chest and roared wild, angry sounds. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And a tiger with its mouth still open in a roar. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My heart pounded, for I expected everything: jungle flowers, wild roaring beasts. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then listen,” roared Mr. Popper, now completely outraged. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the canoes were flying down the river, bouncing and bumping over very rough water, and in the distance the sound of a roar grew louder and more thunderous. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

It continued to roar into his consciousness as he pedaled slowly home. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel the heat of the flames on his face, but he still couldn’t hear its roar or anything but the ringing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A sudden roar of anger brought him to the doorway. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Scent of his blood made them madder, and they roared louder. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them sat in front of the roaring fire, slowly turning the pages of dusty volumes about famous cases of marauding beasts, speaking occasionally when they ran across something relevant. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It takes me a while to notice the roar of the audience’s cheers thundering all around the landscape. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The days of them spending leisurely afternoons in the library before a roaring fire and dinners in the dining room with friends and family were long gone. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“He hurt himself, and I thought the doctor ... the doctor—” “You idiot! You need a vet for this little beast!” the man roared. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” he says over the roar of machine guns, “I got you an iTunes card if you want to listen to some Taylor Swift or something. It’s on your bed.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They slept late the next morning and were awakened by the roar of a racing motorboat as it headed down the river to the bay. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the streams that roared with water two months of the year and were dry as a bone the rest of the time. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You disgusting little Squib, you filthy little blood traitor!” roared Gaunt, losing control, and his hands closed around his daughter’s throat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The roars grew louder as they headed straight for our mound. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

At Chanting Falls, we stood on the pavement as the bus roared off. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was more like a monster deep in the bowels of her belly, roaring and clawing to get out. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

A roaring cheer spilled out of the building. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Maniac stepped out of the gusher, the water roared on to the opposite curb. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I say he does!” roared the man, slamming his fist on the picnic table. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We started to snicker and then to roar. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he opened his mouth, feeling, as he watched his father, the darkness roar behind him, and the very earth beneath him seem to shake; yet he gave to his father their common testimony. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Shamika roared with laughter as she passed Moss a fresh glass of water. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The roar of the audience abruptly returns, followed by the announcer’s shocked voice and the jumble of my teammates’ voices all ringing in my ears. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A ripple of applause turned to a roar as they began to play “God Bless America.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

BaiMa opened his mouth and, instead of nickering, gave a loud roar that echoed across the ice. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m not nuts,” Dobbs roared furiously back in the ward, in what he imagined was a furtive whisper. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You are going to kill your first pig today,” Angelo shouted over the roar of the engine. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Protego!” roared Harry, and the Shield Charm expanded in the middle of the Hall, and Voldemort stared around for the source as Harry pulled off the Invisibility Cloak at last. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Men were shouting up ahead . . . then came a deafening, earsplitting roar. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

At 0630, the guns of our support ships began to roar. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the women who sat in front of roaring fireplaces, drinking tea incessantly from silver trays full of scones and crumpets. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d been like this for over an hour now, and she pulled her blanket tighter around herself, the heat of the roaring fire not adequately reaching her seat by the window. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I looked up and saw the lion roar—inside its maw, a pink tongue and throat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so!” roared Moody, pointing his wand at the ferret again — it flew ten feet into the air, fell with a smack to the floor, and then bounced upward once more. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It filled her suit with a roar like a subway train coming through a tunnel. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember that line I wrote, ‘Only when you open yourself to the heart’s silence can you hear its roar’?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A police car, followed by another police car, roared along the main road. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could almost hear her father’s angry roar echoing through the main room, the chorus of wailing ghosts on the balconies. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was a roaring furnace under all his layers of wool and straps and canvas. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the storm, Dad took us to the arroyos, and we watched the flash floods come roaring through. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As we went outside to the walkway in the back of the school, I could hear the roar of the crowd in front of the school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the distance, I could hear motorcycle engines roaring just like in a Tupac Shakur video I had seen online. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

For what they now saw, swirling and twisting directly over their heads, was an immense black cloud, a terrible, dangerous, thundery-looking thing that began to rumble and roar even as they were staring at it. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Scream at the mangled leather carcass lying at the foot of the stairs, and my parents would roar with laughter. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Olmsted’s teeth hurt, his ears roared, and he could not sleep, yet throughout the first months of 1892 he kept up a pace that would have been punishing for a man one-third his age. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then it backed out, seemed to hesitate momentarily, and returned with a massive roar; a roar that took his ears and mind and body. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them, Reyna heard Orion roaring in pain, Greek fire exploding. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

So here am I. Here is The Beast come alive again with a roar. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he finished, with a last plug for John Kerry and his running mate, John Edwards, the crowd was on its feet and roaring, the applause booming in the rafters. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And then I’d enjoy every minute of the sweaty spectacle before me—the leaping and charging, the rippling and roaring, the pulse of maleness and all its mysteries on full display. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Days later that roar was still ringing in my guts. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of the crowd swelled up to the ceiling—a terrible thunder of shouting and stomping and mad laughter—and then it broke across the room like a flood. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Bring em down,” she roared “And don’t forget the churn.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But no roaring crowd forced their doors or trampled their flowerbeds. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sleek, mahogany motorboats roared by, on their way from Lake Washington into the Cut, coeds in bathing suits perched on the rear decks waving at them as they passed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Wood roared as Harry swerved to avoid a collision. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The great creatures and their greater shadows, with a mingled roar or squawk of triumph, flung themselves upon him. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They sat together on a ledge next to a roaring fiery waterfall. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

With a roar, he leapt to his feet. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like some outlandish sporting event: everybody screaming from the sidelines, rooting me on — a loud stadium roar. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the crowd roared, I felt the rumble deep inside. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was furious; she could see the muscles of his face taut beneath his white skin, and he roared at the fairy woman in their foreign tongue. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see his lips moving in reply, but I can't hear him over the roar of the crowd in the Capitol that they're playing live over the speakers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Iron clanged on iron, teeth crashed on teeth, breath roared harshly, feet thundered on the hard-packed ground. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Aaron’s Noise roars up in red and black. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

With a graceful leap, he jumped onto it and gave another roar, one of great joy and satisfaction. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

His words were lost in the sudden roar of the engine. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was angry at being tricked, and the people heard his roars from many miles away. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the bridge collapsed under its own weight and plunged into the water with a hissing roar. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

His proclamation was met with a deafening roar of shouted threats, insults, and colorful profanity. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But before it got there, a great typhoon roared out of the Pacific and sank every ship. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We climbed higher still, and soon the roar of the burning rip in the sky filled my ears. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The engine roars and pops; the truck rarely accelerates past walking speed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Are we good to go?” roared Root into his mike, as though it wasn’t whisper-sensitive. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Cars roared by behind us on Thirty-eighth Street. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

But he is a good watch dog—has a roar like a lion, designed to conceal from night-wandering strangers the fact that he couldn’t bite his way out of a comet de papier. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some tattle told her I was roaring drunk. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in daylight a wall of anger pushes me in a different direction, roaring that I must leave Father behind me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fireplace is roaring with wood crackling, logs shifting and bursting with yellow-red flames. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Outside the storm roared and dark night came. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roars of the crowd in the Royal Square taper off, like the winds of a storm drifting out to sea. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The Welsh Green has an easily recognisable and surprisingly melodious roar. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had not helped matters that he had come during the time of the troubles, when the demons had roared through the Tang people’s town claiming the Tang people took jobs away from them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, from behind us, another light appeared—this one accompanied by a gust of hot wind and a thunderous roar. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The wind and icy snow created a deafening roar of white noise. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Other Salamanders were roaring their engines far away, and police sirens were cutting their way across town with their sirens. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

His bright black eyes saw beyond the hospital room to the streams that roared with water two months of the year and were dry as a bone the rest of the time. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Lion’s roar was now like the whine of a mouse. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Who dares attack the Great Santini?” he roared from the floor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A noise thundered to life on Tally’s left, unmistakable even above the roar of the fire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When the car reached its highest point, 264 feet above the ground, Mrs. Ferris climbed onto a chair and cheered, raising a roar in the following car and on the ground. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The weather was dismal, but there were roaring fires in every room. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

After a while she said, “Call Estella!” so I went out on the landing and roared that name as I had done on the previous occasion. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Holly couldn’t hear the roar, but she could imagine it. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

And other sounds came to them on the pummeling wind—the roaring beat of an engine, the creak and howl of great masses of wood being crushed together, human cries. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

You could hear the roar of the party from end to end of Cannery Row. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was alarmed, it was not like Hooper, he had expected a roar of fury, and then the tale-telling, and the punishments. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

From every side, the roar of conflagration; the air was mobile with sparks and gentle black ghosts of ash. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

While the Gryffindor common room and the Great Hall had roaring fires, the drafty corridors had become icy and a bitter wind rattled the windows in the classrooms. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

A roaring, billowing noise behind him gave him a moment’s warning. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She remembered a small pond, the sound of warriors whooping, and then a roar. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He roared at us, but as we trembled to the ground I cried out, "Do not eat us, Beast! We belong to the Great Green Tiger!" Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then, all at once, I became aware of an overwhelming roaring, rushing noise. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ash had loved the roar of the fire — it sounded like a wild beast, crackling and growling and hot as summer. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We finally taxied out to the runway and the pilot said, Flight attendants, prepare for departure, and then two tremendous jet engines roared to life and we began to accelerate. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

When the silver subway train roared into the station, the car before him opened and he stepped inside, found a seat, and looked dreamily ahead while the car took him on his adventure. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The classroom fell quiet, a long heavy silence that roared in Roy’s ears like a train. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The engine roars to life and the brakes screech as he maneuvers his truck down the steep drive. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“KILLING TIME!” roared the dog—so furiously that his alarm went off. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sea swallowed him in churn and roar. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A mighty roar from the shore splits the night as a dozen men burst from the darkness. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at him in blank resentment for a moment and then tossed her head back and roared appreciatively with hearty laughter. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The flames roared higher, leaping from one window to the next. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The sea was remarkable only in that it sounded like the tiny sweet roar of Tootsy, the conch shell. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the sight of them, a roar rose from the giants’ stands. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

With a roaring crackle and snap of blazing timber the siege tower leaned crazily to one side. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He heard a gathering roar and realized that the crowd had caught sight of his rally and was shouting him on. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the roaring plane with no pilot he was alone. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was nothing but a loud rotating roaring and hissing noise which rose to such a tornado that he felt that he could not stand it any more. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway across he looked down and stuck his tongue out at the roaring below. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Monstrous roars echoed in the gloom, but Annabeth couldn’t tell where they came from. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He gave a roar of rage, perhaps cursing himself for his own lack of vision. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then, over the screams and the roars and the thunderous stamps of the battling giants, Hagrid’s yell came loudest of all. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Instead, her whole being was a vortex of roaring fear. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The voice of Rauros was a mighty roaring mingled with a deep throbbing boom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They had not gone ten paces before the entire slope, weakened by the downpour, collapsed with a loud roar. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned and her hoverboard climbed away toward the river, and Tally’s next words were lost on the roar of the water. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The crowd was roaring deep in its gut, ocean waves that lapped at the ring, that drowned all pain and all feeling, drowned all sound but the drumming of leather against flesh. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t make out any individual words, just a deafening roar of...more anger? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Within moments, the roaring rapids had sunk both canoes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The presents were makeshift, the wind was roaring, Papa was drunk. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled through the three other stop signs in Casavilla, and we were a mile down Pennsylvania Avenue before we saw a cop car roar past us with its lights on. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Their voices faded in and out of focus, dissolving into a din like the roar of the ocean. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Magdalys commanded, but the whole world filled with Missy’s roar, her hunger for destruction, her gnashing teeth. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Toby Smythe, who, by the way, is wearing a sleeveless athletic jersey even though it’s the middle of January, raises both his arms in the air, makes a stupid roaring noise, then sits back down. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And the crows flap harder, a roar in my ears. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Is that an elf?” roared one of the older goblins, pointing a wicked, curved sword at Spurge. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Ten thousand throats roared out their thanks; then twenty thousand; then all. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Drogon roared full in her face, his breath hot enough to blister skin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I heard the shredder roar to life I knew he wasn’t going to, so I stomped across the house and locked myself in the bedroom. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Nailer woke to the roar of storm on bamboo walls. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sounds— clashes, clangs, screams, moaning wails, roars of engines, spinning saws, snapping blades, the screech of spikes against the floor, hair-raising pleas for help—it all grew to a crescendo, became unbearable. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I let the roar of the crowd fill me like rocket fuel, powering me past my teammates. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The warrior made a sound like a mountain cracking in half: a roar or a laugh, Percy couldn’t be sure. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A deafening roar shook the surface of the water, creating thousands of waves. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A handsome fire was roaring in the fireplace opposite him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Every little bit, I’d stop to listen for the front door to open and Papa to roar out, “Will, you come ’ere!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Above was nothing but blood and roaring red and choking smoke and the screams of dying horses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“No?” the man roared, his face so distorted with anger he looked more like an animal than a man, his teeth glittering in the flickering torchlight. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

As Håkon pulled his bloodied tail free of the net, Sigurd roared. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

"He hit me in the face with a yard of chitterlings!"—bending double, roaring, the whole room seeming to dance up and down with each rapid eruption of laughter. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get her, you twit,” Marcus roars at his brother, who has just emerged from the tunnel. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The engine of the old car he’d borrowed roared, but Guitar spoke softly to her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind is roaring in my ears now but it doesn’t keep me from feeling the awkward silence against my skin. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I really wanted to hit the gas and roar away from him. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then a hoarse roar split the air and fairly shook the rigging, and Nat found he was yelling, too. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I approached, a great surf of traffic engulfed me, waves of station wagons, rip tides of roaring trucks. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olmsted watched, deadpan, as he listened to a roaring in his ears that would not subside. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“What was that?” roared General Dreedle incredulously, and whirled around in a murderous rage upon Major Danby, who staggered back in terrified confusion and began to quail and perspire. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"How dare you take a bite of my peach!" the emperor roared. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He roared in anger and tried to get away, but it was too late. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just when I was about to give in, the roaring stopped and I felt myself break through the surface. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Pima and Nailer huddled through it, watching the roar and rain and holding close as their lips turned purple and their skins pimpled with cold. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A fireplace opposite the bed roared with a warm and inviting fire, and a memory came to him of a strange, dreamlike week visiting his grandfather in America when he was six. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His face turned in my direction, and as the huge truck roared past, he engaged the brakes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He came across the one he sought almost at once, the young Dumbledore and his handsome companion, roaring with laughter at some long-forgotten joke. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They flew so fast that their flight sounded like the roar of a hurricane. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Coughing, chest heaving, he looked back at the devastation he’d just escaped: one tower continued to burn; smoke and flames still roared from the upper floors. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

It began as a whisper, but soon Salva felt as if it were a roar in his ears. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the roar of the wind, I heard a distant bellow, an angry, tortured sound that made my hair stand on end. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I loved the roar of a fully engaged audience, and the crowd in Brazil was one of the best. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As I climb the hill and shift down, the motor roars with effort. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, the girl saw a man coming at her with a roaring animal on a leash, its baglike stomach swelling up as it devoured the grasses between them. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

There are Violas, too, frightened and looking to me for help, and Spackles with my knife sticking outta their chests and there’re all talking at once, all talking to me in a roar of voices. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He roared at the monsters, and they edged away. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then Dad roars, “Isabella! Get in my car! It is my custody week!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Knowing my tendency to panic in the roar and crush of traffic, I started into Chicago long before daylight. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some continue to have roaring, stadium-sized collections of critics and naysayers who will shout I told you so at every little misstep or mistake. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The roar of the distant train whooshed into the station. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The Emperor’s arm was still extended, but as the people’s chanting roars battered him in waves, the sinews twisted, the fist slowly reversed itself. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Once the stove was roaring, she set the eggs and wedges of fruit on top, and sat to wait. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We stayed in bed with the fire roaring in the stove and watched the snow fall. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But a different reply roared to life inside him, loud, insistent, and unwelcome. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The moment the play ends, the audience in Connellsville bursts into a thunderous roar, then a sustained standing ovation. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

As he peers inside he smells the smoke of a roaring fire, and a hint of snow and roasting chestnuts. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was the coughing roar of a charging bear. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to scream, but the forest’s pained roar drowned me out. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It had what looked like rays of light bursting out of a roaring tyrannosaurus in the center, and the words “K of the G C” were scrawled around the circumference. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Her mind roared protest, but her legs could hardly carry her to the privy. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The deafening roar rattles the metal under my feet. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The cavern reverberated with monstrous roars—dozens, maybe hundreds of enemies coming from every direction. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Harry rose a few more feet, and she let out a roar of exasperation. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Jinny hefted her bag up over her shoulder, and then she noticed something—that the rushing, roaring wind that usually swirled around the cliffs wasn’t as loud as usual. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Wind mightier than anything the onlookers had witnessed still roared through the veranda. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As the men roared in approval, I carried the tray loaded with the dirty supper dishes down the stairs. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some boys giggle and he roars at them that if the giggling doesn’t stop it’s not Holy Communion they’ll be getting but the Last Rites and what is that sacrament called, McCourt? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The roar and rush of the toilet was so loud I thought it would swallow me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The boy continued reciting his lines, his voice rising to a man’s grieving roar. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Liam went on to say something else, with a lot less disgust, but I couldn’t hear him over the roar in my ears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Thinking any moment the plane would dive and I would hear the roar of its engines across the cay at low altitude, I stood with Stew Cat a few feet from the sloshing surf. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel steered us away from traps, but we had no destination in mind—only away from that dark mountain and the roar of Kronos. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Overhead, the helicopter was engaged in its roaring flutter. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shay shouted over the roar of the river. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I like to think that the colors and sounds and words have nothing to do with him, that they’re all me and my own brilliant, complicated, buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, godlike brain. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was just a little roar, but it worked. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a forest fire the flame roared on, and burned your flesh away. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little stove was roaring; it was redhot, and the chocolate in the tin sizzled and sputtered. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cries came again, and nobody seemed to hear them but me, not over John Henry’s roars, so I kept running. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He stood in the darkened basement with the trunk upon his back and listened to the roaring draft of the furnace and saw the coals burning red through the cracks. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two, three minutes, ten minutes, the plane roared and Brian listened but heard no one. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart applauds inside my ears, first like a roaring crowd, then slows and slows until it’s a solitary person, clapping with unbridled sarcasm. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Only a saber fencer roars like that. I thought you were a meek little person, but you obviously have something else going on in there.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Even before the front door was opened, he heard the faint roar of voices. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed one of his arms and pulled him aside, where the roar of the water would hide our words. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Bernard’s laughter is so loud, it’s like a lion’s roar. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

When the car proceeded at a moderate speed, which was hardly ever, the whistle sounded no worse than an hellish roar. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

One started to say something, but her words were drowned out by the roaring laughter from all around. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, in the darkness, I felt hands grabbing me and heard a monster roar. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it roars, more explosive than ever, and leaps. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a speeding car came roaring up behind us. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He was rolling down a mighty corridor, a kilometer wide, full of glorious, golden light, roaring with laughter and shouting out confessions at the top of his voice. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was wind, wind like the sound of a train, with the low belly roar of a train. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

A look of fear flitted across Candless’s face, an anxious thought; then the captain roared, “Reynolds!” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A vanity table held a washbasin, and a fireplace always roared with light. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

"Loras'll do for that blue—" a companion answered before a roar drowned out the rest of his words. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The wind howled in agony, the forest roared in pain, and a chasm ripped open at the foot of the tree. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There was an angry hum, followed by a slight explosion that caused something to rattle, and I could hear a low roaring begin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth started forward, but the Sphinx roared, showing fangs in her otherwise human face. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He pushed the pedal on the right, and the engine roared loudly. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was too large to be felled by salt concentrate alone, but as it tipped, a dull roar emerged from the gaping black hole beneath it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His classmates roared with laughter, but his forehead smarted. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

And the beautiful bursts of light across the harbor, the roar of the cannons giving the men an excuse to put their arms around their frightened sweethearts!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A wave of gold roared away from her, sparking with whitecaps. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dropping the lifeless thing, Constance plunged with a terrifying roar into a pack of weasels. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The subway was cool and I leaned against a pillar, hearing the roar of trains passing across on the other side, feeling the rushing roar of air. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His frantic hand found a stone on the ground and his cold control was burst through with a red roaring wave. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But gradually Tally grew accustomed to the darkness, the roar of water below, the unexpected slap of cold spray against her face. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The floor began to vibrate as the engine roared into life. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The car’s engine roared to life, and the fox skidded to a stop at the edge of the road. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The South was starving, its railroads and seaports gone; Grant was only a few miles from Richmond; Thomas was in Tennessee; and Sherman was roaring up through South Carolina. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like being swallowed, this rushing through the dark, with the river roaring like a thousand voices. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She stumbles, and the crowd roars with laughter. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

A roar of rage echoed from the Gryffindors below — Marcus Flint had blocked Harry on purpose, and Harry’s broom spun off course, Harry holding on for dear life. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

A cherry-red speedboat went tearing past the beach, then made a tight circle and roared back in our direction. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We ran through the dark tunnels, listening to the roar of the Sphinx behind us as she complained about all the tests she would have to grade by hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He appointed Major Major squadron commander and roared away in his jeep as abruptly as he had come. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Each time he raced past a katobleps, it roared with outrage and joined the Kill Frank! The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I vomited on a tangle of weeds, my retching and groaning drowned in the deafening roar of the MiG. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This was to Michael, who had suddenly risen from the floor and was swooping through the air, roaring with laughter, and just grazing the china ornaments on the mantelpiece as he passed. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The tethered dragon let out a roar, and a gush of flame flew over the goblins: The wizards fled, doubled-up, back the way they had come, and inspiration, or madness, came to Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There followed drowsy days and nights that ran together, a ceaseless roaring in the ears. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a roar of noise from the hundreds of chatting, laughing students and the clang of utensils. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed, or gave his roar, then opened the medicine cabinet and took down his razor. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Another dull roar filled his ears, but this time it wasn’t from a fire. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A miasma of cinder-flecked smoke blackened its streets and at times reduced visibility to the distance of a single block, especially in winter, when coal furnaces were in full roar. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Typhon shook and roared and yanked at the chains, pulling some of the Cyclopes off their mounts; but there were too many chains. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The demon sprang forward with a roar like a thousand cannons firing together. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Every pore was open to the action swirling around him, every vibration, every stirring, every cheer, every carnivorous roar. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And from this freedom came laughter, roars of laughter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then at last over the miles between there came a rumble, rising to a deafening crash and roar; the earth shook, the plain heaved and cracked, and Orodruin reeled. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then he heard the draff, this time a long low sucking of air that grew gradually to a drone, then a roar. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A hulking tiger stepped toward a cluster of demons, and its roar sent them scurrying behind Nergal. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The water roared so loudly they had to shout to be heard. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kneeling down, I put my ear close to the icy ground in hopes I could hear my dogs, but I couldn’t hear anything above the roar of the blizzard. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he persists and at last has a good roaring flame. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They loved to point Adah out when they saw us, pantomiming a lion’s roar, which didn’t help us to put the affair behind us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tiger roared, a whistle blew, and Mr. Lemoncello entered the room, accompanied by Clarence, Clement, and what looked like a rare Bengal tiger. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Mother stepped on the gas, and the wheels sang still louder and the engine roared like a truck. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She thought it was red, but it was hard to tell in the night, with the fires roaring all around. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The crowd roared as the gavel cracked against the podium. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He swept away, roaring with laughter, his partner in his arms. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

No blue sea would be lapping the shores of Barrow; instead the Arctic Ocean would be a roaring white cauldron forming ice that would join the land with the polar cap. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A great noise accompanied the pictures in his head, a loud, roaring wind, and above it all, Joseph said, “Okay, then, tell me! How do you know the stories?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And now the softer roar of musketry began opening up behind him; the popping wave of an infantry volley came down from above, from the other side of the hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded and she took a deep breath and let go of his arm, and with the wind roaring and blowing hard, she slowly walked the rest of the way by herself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was a great roar from the motorbike, and Harry felt the sidecar give a nasty lurch: He was rising through the air fast, his eyes watering slightly, hair whipped back off his face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then, as I enter the main space, the roar turns deafening. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The child is above in the bed bawling and roaring for his milk and you’re drinking the pint. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Muslims roared it, as they settled to listen. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around her, the crowd roared its approval. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Its roar turned into a shriek of pain. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The crowd, invisible but possessing a huge, menacing voice, roared its approval of a Calhoun girl’s basket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was even their own voice, too soft to be heard in the rumble and roar of the mob. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, up above, a military helicopter roars past at a low altitude. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The hall was a roar—voices, the clink of cups, the shuffle of feet. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loud jeering, roars of laughter, and drunken yells were drifting toward them; then came a burst of strong green light, which illuminated the scene. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There was a roar, and she felt Adiah push past her, and when she opened her eyes again, the end of her bottlebrush tail was already disappearing up the square opening above. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, after what seemed like hours, the roars began to quiet and the old woman raised her head. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was another snarl; a deeper, wilder roar that rang with fury. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He touched the horn and a great roar of sound echoed from the rocks of the bay. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Mama Ya-Ya is outside using her senses: sniffing for sea salt, feeling hot wind, listening for the roar of water. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

All around our fire was darkness and wind and the mad, roaring river. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Past the roar of blood in my ears, I discerned a faint crackling. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The stem was coming now, roaring past, and the turbulence caused by the tanker’s screws bounced the Frog this way and that, though not as severely as he expected. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then shouting; and Chapter Eleven uttering two words to Milton, one beginning with f the other with y; and more shouting, and Chapter Eleven’s motorcycle roaring away, with Meg on the back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing here?” he asked the first soldier, a menacing, low roar beginning to sound in his throat. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Numerous inmates shouted back their disagreement at me, but rising over them all was the roar of Grandma. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave a coughing or husky noise in his chest, like a young lion making its roar. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait, wait, I—” “I said shut up!” he roared, now rushing me, grabbing me by the arm. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Cuz knowledge is dangerous,” he says, as serious as I’ve ever seen him and when I look into his Noise to see what he’s hiding, it roars up and slaps me back. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

One shivering second of silence, the shock of the moment suspended: and then the tumult broke around Harry as the screams and the cheers and the roars of the watchers rent the air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The wind rushed all around the cliffs there, creating a roaring, blustery sound that kept most birds and animals away. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dusk had faded to darkness by then, but when his servants came to light his candles and start a fire in the hearth, Tyrion had roared at them and sent them running. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

With another roar, he bounded over to Hyena and killed him with one swipe. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Then, despite the clatter of forks and the roar of hundreds of conversations all around me, I rest my head on the table and fall asleep. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of cannon shook the kitchen just after midday and made me near jump out of my skin. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Stone Crows roared and stamped their feet, Shagga hooting loudest of all. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There was a picture of one standing on its hind legs with its paws outstretched, roaring. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She put her foot down on the gas then, making the engine roar, and drove on and away. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He roared in challenge, then sprang from the middle of the monster herd and landed eight meters away, on top of the old stone well. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The roaring fire made beads of sweat break out on my forehead, but in her chair Miss Avocet lay shivering. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I’d been out of that place more than thirty years, but one sight of this kid, and it all came roaring back in a tsunami of Day-Glo ponchos and organic lentils. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

In the fall of 1959, the television and newspapers were filled with stories about American rockets roaring successfully into the sky. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The clouds broke and boiled in the sky, and the ship’s master roared out ragefully, “This fool’s gale blows all ways at once! Only a magewind will get us through this weather, Lord.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The door opened, and the roar of the crowd flooded the room. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll teach you to leave snails in the spinach!” roared the cook. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A roar went up from the crowd as a helmetless red-bearded man with a griffin on his shield went down before a big knight in blue armor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“This baby’s a powerhouse!” he roared, stomping the accelerator and flying up Interstate 95 as I watched Daddy’s headlights through the back windshield grow dimmer and dimmer, then disappear altogether. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around people began to roar with laughter. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

With an ominous roar we leaped out of the yard. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A roar cut through the melee: a booming growl, a noise that might come out of a she-bear protecting a cub. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The machine roars to life, creaking like a rickety carriage on a cobblestone street. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His screams were answered by a thunderous roar as the huge black she-bear crashed through the bushes and rushed to the cub. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd sat in shocked silence for two heartbeats, and then they jumped to their feet, roaring her name. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The ad ended with the sound of a plane roaring across the sky. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The land was aflame with the roaring heat of a blacksmith’s fire; there was no solid earth, no sky. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

If you think the four of us huddled together under blankets like the pioneers and told stories and sang old western songs in front of a roaring fire, you’re wrong. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The room was filled with roars and howls and snarls and bleating—but only Arm could hear it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then footsteps pound down the hall as the black wave roars past the building. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The words tumbled out, faster now, as if a dam inside her had broken, and the story was roaring through her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The guys roared and pushed me around between them. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Filch roared, flinging down his quill in a transport of rage. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m as strong as can be,” he roared, lifting an enormous boulder over his head, “and I’m as weak as can be,” he gasped, staggering under the weight of his hat. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the stream that roared with water two months of the year and was dry as a bone the rest of the time. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard the music of rainfall, the cry of the wind, and the roar of the sea. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I heard his roar, and I had to run while pulling up my pants. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

His voice was low beneath the roar of the flame, but the man in the gray suit seemed to hear him fine. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“What the devil is this?” the redbeard roared when he saw the merry-go-round. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A wave of purple capes roared in the audience as House Hyacinth celebrated their champion. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The sounds echoing off the walls were a cacophony of terror—human screams, metal clashing against metal, motors roaring, the haunted shrieks of the Grievers, saws spinning, claws clasping, boys yelling for help. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The resulting roar from the students jerks Barrius out of his stupor, and as the legionnaires tie him to the whipping post, he writhes and bucks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He made it to the shelter just as the clouds completely opened and the rain roared down in sheets. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at him now, though, a fire roared up inside me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The sun was a ponderous circle without edges, a roar without a sound, a blazing glare so thorough and remorseless that even in the Fosters’ parlor, with curtains drawn, it seemed an actual presence. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m looking at her, but I’m not really seeing her, not seeing anything but darkness, not hearing anything but a roaring in my ears, like the sea, or a plane right overhead. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The master's body!" roared the butler into the mouthpiece. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The tide of loam reached the Pomerian line and roared straight into the city. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The motor roared, and Mr. Levy sped away within a few seconds, leaving a settling cloud of blue exhaust. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above them, the door rattled and the sky roared. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

To Wenamon he added in an undertone, “Though it is of small importance now, eh?” and burst into a roar of laughter. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It came, a twitter, a coo, a subdued roar that seemed trying to tell me something, give me some message. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Merlyn took off his spectacles, dashed them on the floor and jumped on them with both feet “Castor and Pollux blow me to Bermuda!” he exclaimed, and immediately vanished with a frightful roar. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others roared with laughter as they headed above. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A roar of pain and rage rose from the Antlered King’s throat. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Now he’ll be out there when the crowd is roaring, and the cameras are flashing, and the game is on the line. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care two wits about your feminine complications,”the Grand Elder roared as he marched into her study. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The rain roared on the oak trees in the home draw and the wind disturbed their high dignity. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“DO SOMETHING!” she roared at the orb, all her panic focused like a laser. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The butcher sat by and roared with laughter at the frantic children’s tears and cries. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The business was a roaring success, he explained. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In the back of her mind, Sigurd roared with cruel laughter. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

There was a roaring sound in her ears as the horses surrounded her, and she squeezed her eyes shut, afraid of what she might see. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within the universe, I felt like a speck, but within myself I felt gigantic, the salt air filling my lungs, the roaring of the waves rushing in my ears. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

From within the house there came the sound of the lion’s roar. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The monster paused for a moment, and then with a roar it pounded two fists against the house. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Good girl!” roared a figure running through the dust toward them, and Harry saw Aberforth again, his gray hair flying as he led a small group of students past. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The news of the battle was confused at first, incoherent, sometimes contradictory, but one thing was certain: here was a clash that roared with a violence and terror such as the country had never known. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the fourth side the nightfire roared, lashing at the darkening sky with swirls of flame. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, they climbed back into their trucks and roared away. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After they went out of sight a great roar came from the bull-ring. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Behind me, a car blows its horn in abuse, and a man roars out the window. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Nergal tightened both hands around the haft of his spear and roared as he thrust forward. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

In the room there was a roaring sound. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to be locked down,” Carlos roared at the remaining boys. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Raizel called after me as I merged with the crowd, but her words were lost to the strikers’ roars. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Thundering cheers and high-pitched whistles roar through the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The crowd behind the barrier roared and cheered and pounded one another with joy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

His teeth were bared and fury flared in his eyes and the Song of the Enemy roared in his ears. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clutched its slippery top with both hands, releasing Buck, and above the roar of the churning water shouted: “Go, Buck! Go!” The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few sparks jumped out beneath the train as it roared and rumbled overhead, and I made a wish on those lucky train sparks. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He lowered a shoulder, let out a Marine-style roar, and crashed out of the trailer, snapping the door off its hinges. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The noise swelled to a steady rumbling roar, a great heady stew of sound. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The General roared, “What is this? Cute cuddly kittens? Where did you find those teeth?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Zooey gave a genuine roar of laughter, as if he clearly relished seeing any affectation brought to light, his own included. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

With a roar of rage, Morfin leapt out of his chair and ran at Ogden, brandishing his bloody knife and firing hexes indiscriminately from his wand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We burst into peals of laughter, and the roar of the guns bothered us no more; our fears had all been swept away. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t mean anything, Ginny —” said Harry automatically, though the monster was roaring its approval of Ron’s words. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I was getting so tired that I started to forget to duck in the bushes when a car would roar by. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, hidden from the teachers, a roaring trade in talismans, amulets, and other protective devices was sweeping the school. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Inside, the hall was immense and drafty, even with a fire roaring in its great hearth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I grew up in Florida, where it’s a miracle if it gets cold enough to need a hoodie, but Christmas just doesn’t feel right without snow and hot chocolate and a roaring fire. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Flames roared up from the statue’s severed neck. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

All the time there’s the roar of kids and cars and neighbors and dogs barking. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He stood smiling, his eyes gentle above the roaring waterfall of his beard. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In these places there are flush toilets, white and alarming, where things vanish in an instant, with a roar. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins came roaring back into the clearing, laughing as they jumped into the body of the plane like there were incoming missiles. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly with a deep-throated call a great horn blew, and the blasts of it smote the hills and echoed in the hollows, rising in a mighty shout above the roaring of the falls. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Down from the gates they roared, over the causeway they swept, and they drove through the hosts of Isengard as a wind among grass. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the Emperor, who had kept his voice down till now, let out a roar of rage. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Zeppelin banked to the left, and roared away in a wide arc before making again for the group of bears working swiftly beside the apparatus. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The girl, boy, and Minli stood frozen as the air filled with roars and the sound of splashing water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He heard another roar come from Alec and then the man tackled one of the people holding Mark. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The crowd lets out a roar of cheers and boos. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“What?” the Sea King said, and began to laugh, a deep, roaring laugh. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I just wondered,” he said, looking away and raising his eyes to the sky where a jet was roaring over. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Business isn’t exactly roaring,” he said, “but I could use some help.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger tiptoed up the steps, one at a time, hoping that the roar of the furnace and the men’s voices and the scraping of the shovel would drown out the creaking sounds his feet made. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A loud roar howls through the kitchen, imposing a kind of silence. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

By the time the noise of the river had faded to a dull roar behind them, it felt like a plank of oak under her arm. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I dropped my loop around him, gave it a quick yank, and lifted him, squealing and kicking, up out of the shuffling and roaring mass of hogs below. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wide as the widest street in Ember, churning and dipping and swirling, the river roared past, its turbulent surface like black, liquid glass scattered with flecks of light. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of the chasm ensures that we won’t be overheard. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

One day we got a roaring fire going, but even then we could still see our breath, and there was ice on both sides of the windows. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then Frodo felt himself falling, and the roaring and confusion seemed to rise and engulf him together with his enemies. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The tiger’s roars still echoed in her ears and she could still see his cruel claws and eyes. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I bite my nails, trying to remember all the things I wanted to buy, but the dreams are lost in the roar of gunfight on TV and clanking dishes in the kitchen. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Above the wind tumbled the voices of animals: yips and barks, growls, bleats, caterwauls and roars. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fat Cheeks, who was lounging nearby, rose to his feet and roared a counter threat: I am the chief here! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the cheers die I away into roars of laughter and she saw that they had only been making fun of her. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

This action on my part led to a rather loud and defiantly boorish roar of protest from the collective workers, who began to regard me with sullen eves. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of the river fills my ears. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The roar of a hovercar passed overhead, the shock wave of its passage almost throwing Tally from the board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There was a crack of gunfire and the roar of an explosion. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Malcolm roared, struggling against the fat arms and the reek of alcohol. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The engine coughed and sputtered at first, but then, in a sudden roar of effort, turned over. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A fire roars in the hearth, warm and bright and comforting, splashing coppery beams across a large, gauze-draped bed. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then there was a deafening roar.The pigeons swirled into the air, and all the animals, except Napoleon, flung themselves flat on their bellies and hid their faces. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Something huge shattered and the roar of engines filled his ears; there was a loud crash, followed by an explosion. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“That’s what happens when you let women get involved in men’s affairs! ’ he roared. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

On April 27, Mariam’s question was answered with crackling sounds and intense, sudden roars. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if they had exchanged natures, as though she had become the machine, perfectly tuned to the roaring, clattering beasts in her care. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Pope was delighted and had the book read aloud to him at table, roaring with laughter at the digs at the Jesuits. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The roar of the Berg was coming from their right, muted by the dwellings and rows of trees in between. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The doors closed, and I roared off, driving for several hundred feet before I realized I was headed down a dead-end street. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The Weasleys roared with laughter and Harry settled back in his seat, grinning from ear to ear. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Our legs refuse to move, our hands tremble, our bodies are a thin skin stretched painfully over repressed madness, over an almost irresistible, bursting roar. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, the expectant crowd, chaotically loud a moment before, fell silent as Caesar’s party appeared through the back of the Imperial Box, and then burst into concerted roars of adulation. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The enormous creature roared pleasantly, rattling all the blank video screens in the game room, then disappeared back into the floor, which closed up around it like a collapsing ring of tiles. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Therefore, the el train had been roaring by the old man’s window for a full ten seconds before the body fell. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire roared and the flames winked yellow behind the little isinglass windows in the front of the stove. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mother had dropped the blow-dryer and it had struck the floor, its roar now doubled as it rebounded off the exposed concrete. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The ancestor balanced his weapon, feeling how it became part of his arm, and he touched the ndoro to send a prayer to the spirit world— “You fool!” roared the She Elephant down the tunnel. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of the great falls drew nearer. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The prisoner cast them aside into the sand, and a second later Nina heard it—a roar that carried even over the excited baying of the crowd. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But as soon as it did so there came two more lions' roars, immediately after one another, one on the right and the other on the left, and the horses began drawing nearer together. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The roar of a hovercar passed slowly overhead, and Tally imagined the Specials’ machines searching every crevice in the rock for signs of their prey. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Trucks as long as freighters went roaring by, delivering a wind like the blow of a fist. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wide mouth began to open and close, and out rumbled a series of gravelly roars, some long, some short, none of them bearing much resemblance to music. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He saw a little glow ahead of him, and then without interval a tall flame leaped up in the dark with a crackling roar, and a tall edifice of fire lighted the pathway. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him, shouting it in the roar of the furnaces. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just in time Lyra tucked her head down, and then Iorek bounded over them, roaring orders to his bears to go left, go right, and crush the enemy between them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Jon,” he shouted above the roar of the storm, “I’m concerned about the tent. Do you think it’s going to be O.K.?” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was in fact not very like the lion's roars he had heard on the night when they met Hwin and Aravis, and was really the cry of a jackal. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The flames roared up to greet it, and wreathed about it; and a black smoke swirled in the air. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And was immediately greeted by furious barks, toothy snaps, and terrifying roars! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was sure the roar of my truck would scare me, whenever I got to drive it again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The bus driver didn’t say anything at all, didn’t even give us a glance before cranking the doors shut and roaring away. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The king threw back his head and roared. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With his face burning and his head bowed, he walked through court after court, hearing that voice roaring ahead of him, hearing tinkles of laughter on every side. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It swivels its neck and blinks its yellow eyes and in her head roars a single thought: You’ve come for me. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He roars even though he has your address in his pocket and knows very well where you live. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A roaring filled his ears, and every one of his senses went haywire. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“The lion roars, but the ant scurries into a hole. The lion can’t find it. He’s too big.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of the crowd grew louder and louder. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trucks roared up and down the streets, and planes and helicopters constantly landed and took off right overhead. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

His blood was roaring in his ears, and had he not been strapped onto his saddle he might well have fallen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I type back: “My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery-always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He followed his ears to where the roar was loudest and sneaked through a doorway. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel the Sirens’ voices vibrating in the timbers of the ship, pulsing along with the roar of blood in my ears. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’ll stand at the top of the lane and roar in the voice that converted the Chinese millions, Where is the house of Frank McCourt? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was throbbing full of horror and roar, and there was only one thing that was louder—the need to reach the anchor. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“We’re not finished, young Todd,” he calls, over the crackle of the burning bridge and the roar of the water below. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But that didn’t stop the roaring in her ears. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The wind roared over the hilltop, seeming to gather beneath the wings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The giant exploded into a roaring hurricane of insects and rammed the front windows. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He heard the dull roar of the draft going upwards and wondered if she suspected anything. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We’re standing at the beginning of a tunnel with one wall made of rock and another made of pure falling water, roaring past white and clean and so fast it looks almost solid. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The sound of the machine had grown suddenly louder, changing from a whir to a roar. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance a bulldozer coughed into life, then roared down on a battered Ford Taurus, its metal claw smashing through the window to scoop up the vehicle and carry it away. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Brute roared, the fur on his shoulders erect, his lips clear of his fangs. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The roaring in my head was the sound of a low-flying plane. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A fire roared in the fireplace, but did no good. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry roared; the night was full of hideous yells and blows as the giants wrestled, and he seized Hermione’s hand and tore down the steps into the grounds, Ron bringing up the rear. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The vendor spooned blobs of batter into the pot of oil, where they hissed and bubbled with a satisfying roar. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I would roar into the far corners of the house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of the chopper shrieks loud and low until I think it will tear my head off. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She could not hear anything except the roar of air in her helmet. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hate and fear of his fellow prisoners, the bloodletting and the terrifying roars of the crowd above, had become part of him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

And now as I struggled through the lines of people a new world of possibility suggested itself to me faintly, like a small voice that was barely audible in the roar of city sounds. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cut away all paper bags!” roared the owner. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes she worked out that most of the planes seemed to fly in a kind of pattern, taking it in turns to land and roar away again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I hear Viola scream but my Noise is roaring way too loud for me to hear it as more than a whisper. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Seamus gave a great roar of delight and ran to hug his best friend. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was a low sound, a low roaring sound that came from wind. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another it was military night maneuvers—roaring motorcycles with sidecars, trucks with glowing green night-lights in their cabs, caissons carrying field artillery—all rattling past under the streetlamps. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I ran over to the corner and shouted in Joey’s ear over the roar of the crowd, “What’s Zed doing here?” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sounds beyond the sluggish inner roar of the blood. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He roared and shook to be free, to crawl away, to escape into the ruins of the night. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had to raise her voice to be heard over the roar of a stove fan that had been switched on in the kitchen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When they charge, tigers put out throaty, coughing roars. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But out on the drive, after loading the terrified Mate in the wagon, he gave a signal and the driver roared away, leaving Mama standing on the road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In helplessness and terror he strained his eyes, but he could see nothing except the dark and scarlet waves that roared hungrily over him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I grabbed Thalia’s arm and we ran along the rails while the boar roared behind us, slipping and sliding as it tried to navigate the steep hillside. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He heard the shouts of guards, and then the roaring of a great cat, the trumpet of an elephant. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A bunch of young men in tattered coats and hats were pelting each other with balls of ice, roaring with laughter like kids having a snowball fight. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to say “Sure!” but suddenly my stomach growls—no, roars—with hunger. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

On the breast of his tunic, the lion of his House was embroidered in gold thread, roaring its defiance. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A huge rift opened up, the ocean rushing in with a roar that drowned the seabirds’ cries. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Down below he could hear the roars of the Gryffindors in the crowd. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The world vanished in a red roar of pain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A roar radiated outward as successive strata of the crowd learned that the key had been pressed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They’d shout, speak their piece, make a suggestion, and then sit down, the crowd roaring to life whether they disagreed or agreed with whatever someone said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The jet roared and dropped a bomb just over the clearing. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Voices spoke to me in the roar of the water, in the hissing snow: “Lie down,” they whispered, and “Turn left. You’ll be sorry if you don’t.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

With a final roar, the giant splintered into a million tiny fragments of darkness. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Ten o’clock!” roared Jackson from just outside the door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The roar coming from the front of the building made me glance to my right. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up and down they roared, louder than a passing train as they chewed through iron as thick as a man’s arm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When the fire is roaring hot, I rake the burning coals to one side, put the squash on the large sandstone slab at the bottom of the oven, and close the door. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a joyous roar, the dragon jumped up and the figure became clearer and clearer. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dora leaped for the kitchen and came roaring out with a meat grinder. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all sat around a roaring fire on blankets and sleeping bags and they seemed to all be Native, like me. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then she dangled there, gently swinging as rocks roared past her on their way to the forest floor. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Amari was glad that it was not the rainy season—the small streams they crossed would have been roaring rivers. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Congratulations, Citra,” said Rowan, beneath the roaring approval of the crowd. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The insects, possibly excited by the smell of blood, have increased their clicking until it’s a continuous roar in my ears. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere far away a rocket bomb exploded with a dull, reverberating roar. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

By the time we eat dinner, the Battle is roaring at full pitch. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect,” roared the Humbug, waving his cane furiously. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I would rather hear the sound of roaring buses, zooming cars, and blaring music over my sisters’ constant cackling—and Mama’s too. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Still they went right on with their roaring bloody battle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually the lions’ roaring lulled me to sleep, but they were silent tonight, as quiet as the halls of Central would be tomorrow. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

To our right, the River Styx gushed from the rocks and roared off in a cascade of rapids. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then the sleeping leviathan breathed out, the waters rose, the weed streamed, and the water boiled over the table rock with a roar. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A harsh war horn sounded, and as the dead soldiers formed up ranks with their guns and swords and spears, an enormous chariot roared down Fifth Avenue. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the runway itself was my most frequently used spacecraft, the Vonnegut Max had already powered up the engines, and they emitted a low, steady roar that filled the hangar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The whistling in her ears turned into more of a roar. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Everyone roared with laughter when the stitches finally broke. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, almost the same instant, the guard screamed and I roared like a bull gone mad to drive him off. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s words and his own echoing roars set the Green Tiger off into a frenzy. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

When the thunder came, it tore the sky apart with its roar, and as it came, she pulled herself through, and dropped to the cot inside, unharmed. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he heard the shouting ... and a roar so loud it seemed to shake the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I heard a roar of laughter from the back of the class. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the roaring of the lions couldn’t break the silence. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Look in particular at the awful goblin women—brutish, roaring things. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The sound of children screaming, wood splintering, and life departing roared from behind. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Stag!” roared the barman, and he pulled out a wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I was about to when her phone roared like a lion. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, except for the roaring of the smoky flames, everyone went quiet. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“This baby’s a powerhouse!” he roared, stomping the accelerator and flying up Interstate 95 as I watched Daddy’s headlights through the back windshield grow dimmer and dimmer, then disappear altogether. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rubbed my bruised throat, recalling the rustling of many wings and the low roar of the Atlantic. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They shoved at the door as the smoke continued to billow through the floorboards, and the fire spread wider, roaring as it went. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

They fitted the bubble over his head, and his blowers started to roar. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At three o’clock that afternoon, the current suddenly picked up its pace, and the men again heard the ominous roar of rapids. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

A bus was coming up the block, the roaring of its engine like a bear waking from its sleep. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The roaring, crackling, spitting forest fire, still safely distant but getting closer, and the occasional hoot or holler or laugh of their new unfriendly friends. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Only Nature: the crackle, pop, roar of the forest burning and the thunderous pounding of falling water. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He bent down over the fireplace; they couldn’t see what he was doing but when he drew back a second later, there was a roaring fire there. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Not over this roar, not if I don’t shout in my Noise.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A roar swept through the crowd as I flew in low over the shield and rocketed to a halt above the others. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“It will get better with practice,” she said gruffly, anxious to get the stilled looms roaring once more. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’d wave the toy furiously and then there’d be an awful, blinding, roaring flash that shook the room and deposited a fine ash all over us and the floor. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lightning was so bright and near that it seemed to flash through the heavy canvas of the sail, the roaring and cracking enough to wake the dead sleeping in the depths of the water. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked out onto the pitch to tumultuous roars and boos. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The men roared above us as we struggled. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat beside the water listening to the confused rush and roar of the Rapids hidden in the mist; they were tired and sleepy, and their hearts were as gloomy as the dying day. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her father turned in a kind of roar. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

There was a roar and a great confusion of noise. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I’d jump in the Jeep and roar off into the countryside, my foot pressing heavily down on the gas as if speed could set me free. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He roared and took his stand by my side. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel the Cycling roaring up in my brain. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Clytius roared so loudly that a half dozen stelae fell from the ceiling and shattered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Twinkle lit a cigarette and began to smoke it with relish, waving it around Sanjeev’s head as if it were a conductor’s baton as Mahler’s Fifth Symphony roared from the stereo downstairs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Get him up, you idiots,” he roars at the guards. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The men all roared, none louder than Chiswyck himself, who laughed so hard at his own story that snot dribbled from his nose down into his scraggy grey beard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A dozen feet down the tunnel she heard the sound, like the roar of some monstrous beast, and a cloud of hot smoke and black dust came billowing up behind her, smelling of hell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The roar from eleven hundred throats combined shock, disbelief, happiness, and even love. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t tell if the train was an express, coming from the center track, or a local train, which would roar inches away from him. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Jason waited with dread for the sound of an explosion, but he heard nothing over the roar of battle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The roar of the approaching train drowns Mateo out a little at the end there, but it’s fine, I get what he’s saying. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A shiny medallion punctuated his long black magistrate robes: a roaring tyrannosaurus inside a circle with some writing around it that Magdalys couldn’t make out. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The crowd roared in approval and Miller stood with his arms raised, victorious, then leaned forward and helped his laughing opponent up. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Check,” I said, as the wind roared with laughter. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The traffic on the 580 parallel to him roared, a patchwork of red and white lights. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

With a roar, the Huntsmen renewed their attack with even greater ferocity, dashing themselves against the struggling companions in a surge of fury. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

They had made a horrible roaring fire in one end of the church. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the day ended, I hazily remember hearing Richard Parker roaring in the distance, but sleep overcame me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But I am no ordinary prisoner, madam, let’s get that quite clear!” he roared. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And again the roar of the crowd deafened Julius and defeated Caesar’s intention. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The roar of police sirens behind them reminded Finn that even if that had been true before, it wasn’t true now. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Russ gets the biggest roar by far when they announce the starters. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could still remember how the roar of the engines made his insides rumble. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He roared and his dog jumped away from him in alarm. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A drone, then a scream, and then a second bike appeared in front of him, roaring toward him, cutting a swath through the grass. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When the lion saw the hare coming towards him, he rose to his feet and let out a mighty roar. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Sam was standing by the pony, sucking his teeth, and staring moodily into the gloom where the river roared stonily below; his desire for adventure was at its lowest ebb. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was a roaring in Lee’s ears that had nothing to do with the conflagration in the forest below, or with the laboring drone of the zeppelin trying to rise again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Magistrate Tiger roared for the stone, his subjects brought it without delay. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The roaring got a lot louder after that. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He felt as if he were standing on the edge of the sea cliff with the green waves roaring in and their yellow froth churning at the tops—and he was ready to leap. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The women listened to the wind as it roared in the chimneys, to the ripping sounds of torn thatch, and to the whimpering of frightened children. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Their mate, a male with a magnificent mane, reclined atop Lord lywin's greathelm, one paw raking the air as he roared. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, Chongo charged, pounding the hard- pan with his feet and roaring his mightiest. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her she heard the continuing roar of the engines, the confused shouts, the powerful voice of the President trying to impose some order on the scene. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"Who dares to disturb my game?" roars a voice from the other side. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then, wouldn’t you know it, a car came roaring up the road and whizzed past us and that dog darted off into the woods. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Clay roared and slapped her so hard that her head bounced back against the tree trunk. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They leapt from the path as the tank roared past them, then came to a gear-grinding stop. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The engine of the truck began to roar. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped through the roar, giddy and vacuum-minded, sucked under and out into late afternoon Harlem. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Derby captains walked with a swagger and roared commands. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a cyclone roar, the big tree crashed to the ground, and then silence settled over the bottoms. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rushed in on us, two squad cars with headlights off and cops in the front and back, engines roaring, tires squealing, while we scattered like flies into the junkyard nearby. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lets out such a roar of a laugh I think he’s going to collapse. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The roar of an engine interrupted our game. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He landed on the cabin roof, so heavily that the Shy Maid seemed to rock, and roared a word down at them in a tongue that Tyrion did not know. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I would have thought, even over the pounding rain, I could have heard the engine’s roar. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And then came the sound of a distant roar, like a lion just sprung from a trap. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the engine roar comes a loud crack, followed by a scintillation spreading underfoot, as the Packard hits a dark patch on the frozen lake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mareth pushed him down on a stool by a roaring fireplace. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The crest of the wave passed under me and roared on toward Coral Cove. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought he was pulling my leg, but he moved the lever, and I heard a muffled roar kick on in the basement. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His father’s Roman and Greek personalities screamed back and forth in Frank’s mind with the usual soundtrack of battle noises—explosions, assault rifles, roaring jet engines—all throbbing like a subwoofer behind Frank’s eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His ears roared as he tried to listen. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the boys from the stables were tossing stones to make the bear roar and grumble. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I imagined the roar of helicopters overhead towing flying banners of congratulations— something—anything. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A light meal it shall be,” roared the bug, waving his arms. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had gone only three paces when the musket went off with a terrific roar. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roars of the crowd got louder and louder as Don took the ball and headed for the goal line. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bells of the ice-cream truck jangled across the street, and a sudden roar burst from a dozen transistor radios. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abiyoyo strained, and with a wrenching twist and another roar, he pulled free of the sap. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As they paused in front of the fountains there was a sudden roar and a propeller-driven cargo plane dipped down over the roof of the house and landed on the runway. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Now the lightning flashed so often that the sky stayed fit for several long seconds at a time and the thunder came in a continuous roar. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

As soon as the driver pulled up, I hopped out and looked at all the people clustered around the giant bonfire, which was already roaring. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At Piper’s back, Festus roared and blew steam, but Piper knew he couldn’t breathe fire again without hitting her too. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The towering figure roared: a creature so large that a man could have bathed in the soupy spittle of its mouth and sat curled up in the chambers of its heart. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

A roar of celebration erupted from the hole behind her. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then the wind roared in the forest, there was confusion in the darkness and the creature lifted its head, holding toward them the ruin of a face. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Jake roars at them as he steps forward next to me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The roar from the reef became very distant. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Pollard’s face was a rictus of agony, his lips peeled back over his teeth, and gusts of pain were rolling through his body and escaping through his mouth in deep guttural roars. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my dragons are roaring in the darkness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But Roosevelt insisted, as they heard an ominous roar in the distance. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

After the train had roared by, the massive wheels churning, we’d run to get our newly flattened, hot and shiny piece of metal. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The rumble was followed by a loud roar that shook the entire neighborhood. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

And we happily sounded that military drum roll, the twirling roar of the Spanish r. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The creature in his chest roaring in triumph, he grinned down at Ginny and gestured wordlessly out of the portrait hole. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the clear sky and listened to the low roar of cars and semi-trucks headed to places I didn’t know, driven by people I had never seen. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no you are not,” said Akimi, shoving her way to the front of the crowd to join Kyle near the roaring fire pit. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then, with a roar loud enough to rattle the change in a person’s pockets, the jets shot off in different directions like an exploding firework. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

That moment it breaks out behind us, swells, roars, and thunders. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all they had time to say before Mr. Marsden stepped on his stool and pulled the cord that set the room to roaring and shaking. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The engine of the helicopter roared louder as we descended the stairs. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After another hour, I started to hear the roar of a river. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The only sound that reached them now through the heat of the morning was the long, grinding roar of the breakers on the reef. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I led the way to the main road, where buses to and from the city roared through our village. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He told the senior forester, who roared with laughter, then asked him if he had seen any elves skipping around toadstools too? The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bahumat kept roaring and swinging and biting, but the ropes were beginning to tangle him up. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The waves roared in toward us and then silently pulled back again, slipping over the shore. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

At the same time, they heard two enormous splashes, two voices roaring with pleasure. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The giants roared and bellowed, but there was nothing they could do. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew my family was among the roaring fans, and I hoped they could tell I was smiling at them, sending them my thanks for lifting me up. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Six blocks away at the telegraph office, Marie-Laure’s father presses his face to the window to watch two German motorcycles with sidecars roar through the Porte Saint-Vincent. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He threw back his head and roared his laughter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It appeared facing the Imperial Box, so that its open, roaring mouth looked like a red wound with small, sharp, deadly bones glistening in it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Why is it so dark in here?” he roared in his earthquake of a voice. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss laughed at that, a full roar that ended when he clamped his hand over his mouth. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sam and I roar till tears stream down our cheeks. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Blood roared between her ears in protest, her heart pounded harder, but she refused to let the breath go. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Head Buster roared and charged up the hill again. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of the crowd began to engulf the oarsmen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I. .. own ... stores,” he roared, one word at a time, thick tongued. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was roaring now, wide open, and it was the first time we had ever seen her that way. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hosts of Isengard roared, swaying this way and that, turning from fear to fear. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The roar from the fishermen’s laughter shakes the place. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The engines roar to life and the plane skips and then breaks into a sprint. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

"Lion alive!" roared the Dwarf as soon as he had heard the news. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The riptide was roaring after them, threatening to engulf the three puny boats with a deluge of ice and slush. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Though I could not hear his jokes, I heard the king roar with laughter and cough until his face grew purple and he began to choke. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Yin Lan-lan jumped up from the balance beam and roared at me. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As each Keeper flew up to the goal hoops, the crowd roared and jeered in equal measure. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He plunged Riptide into the giant’s belly then withdrew it and vaulted away, leaving the giant roaring in pain. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

As the ambulance speeds away, he lifts one muff to say so only I hear, “My Amelia Mouse roared.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

There was skating on the moat, which roared with the gliding bones which they used for skates, while hot chestnuts and spiced mead were served on the bank to all and sundry. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Colonel Cathcart had roared away as abruptly as he’d come, whipping the jeep around with a vicious spinning of wheels that sent a spray of fine grit blowing into Major Major’s face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I got her keys and ran out to the car and started the engine with a roar and fishtailed out of the driveway and onto the Norvelt road. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He hopped back onto the tractor, started it up, and roared off with the roller in tow. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A moment later Roger fell on top of her, and then a mighty noise halfway between a roar and a growl made the very ground shake. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Colonel Hawkins let out a roar in the study when the news was delivered and hit the unfortunate messenger on the head with a rolled-up map. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our crowd roared, and Hodges’s kept trying and trying, but nothing was going their way. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ve got their hands full now!” she shouted over the storm roar. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We all listened to the powerful roar as she ground her Hupmobile into gear. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do not stop and think! If you think, we will drown!” shouted Fjalar over the roar of the waves. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

An enormous wave crests high on the hill, topping the trees and roaring down the slope. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The burst of flame shoots across the fog, the guns roar and boom. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she could worm no farther, she roared in frustration, a strained, throaty cry. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Looking down, Harry saw Grawp the giant meandering past, swinging what looked like a stone gargoyle torn from the roof and roaring his displeasure. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Leftover cigar smoke drifted from men’s suits, and at each stop the roar of frogs and crickets filled the car. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Rooster Jim came roaring up on his motorcycle, flags flying everywhere. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The winds roared so loudly about us that Father had to shout to me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something that had been moored against the roaring tumult. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

There was a momentary—part of a second—hitch in the roar of the wind, a tiny hesitation and the full force of the storm hit the Frog like a giant sledgehammer. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Enough,” the black brother roared, prying the stick sword from her fingers, "you want to kill the fool?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, ma’am,” boomed Duke over the roar of the raging rapids. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Once there, she jerked open the door, and the thudding beat exploded into a roar. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Yet Alice Manfred swore she heard a complicated anger in it; something hostile that disguised itself as flourish and roaring seduction. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma roared out, “Rest in peace, you old—” Then she let fly with the other barrel. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Annie roared out of the parking lot, oblivious to Ms. Hoffman’s finger wagging. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The giants roared as the Death Eaters rose together, and there were many cries, gasps, even laughter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I could feel the whole tunnel shake as Kampe pounded against it, roaring furiously. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He’d carve notches on our stick with his knife, one notch for each loaf of naan he’d pull for us from the tandoor s roaring flames. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a roar, which I suppose was me, and then Nataniel was here with us, bloodying a clean white shirt of Anatole’s and an old, soft pagne printed with yellow birds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When Ambrose broke your lute, it roused your sleeping mind. Like a great hibernating bear jabbed with a burning stick, it reared up and roared the name of the wind.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure listens to the house timbers creak and the gulls cry and the gentle roar breaking against the window. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The bus roared to life as I panicked. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“English history!” roared the silver-maned senior Senator from his state indignantly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The floor vibrates below his feet and the rumbling sound gets louder, becomes an outright roar. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

This is darkest Africa, where life roars by you like a flood and you grab whatever looks like it will hold you up. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Windblown were too late to get out of his way, Viserion let loose with another roar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the roar of the crowd, Lavinia muttered, “That was a perfect opportunity. Why didn’t your boy kill him?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

With an unmistakable bellowing roar, dragon fire burst from the exhaust, white-hot and blue, and the motorbike shot forward like a bullet with a sound of wrenching metal. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The waves rose in growing fury, each overtopping its fellow, till in a very few minutes the lately glassy sea was like a roaring and devouring monster. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

There was an unholy amount of noise in the background, the kind of dull roar you’d expect at the height of a raging frat party. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She has to shout over the roar of the sea to be heard. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Then the shockwave hit him, a metallic groan that quickly became a roar. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The golem stretched and let out a groan to rival the roars of the banished demon. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Percy,” she called, “whatever you’re going to do—” The lion roared and swatted her like a cat toy, sending her flying into the side of a Titan rocket. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I would come up through a roaring and confusion, like surf boiling. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See for yourself!” roared Chroma, and he raised both hands high over his head. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I roared like I hadn’t in over a year and it felt good and filling and free. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As they went deeper, he began to hear a low roar, so low he seemed to hear it more with his stomach than his ears. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment, not in the room itself but from somewhere very close, there came, first a rumbling, then a creaking, and then a roar of falling masonry, and the floor shook. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Bernd climbs in beside him, rifle in his lap, and neither bothers to close the back door when the Opel roars into gear. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But Jess ignored the pain and the thirst and the volcano’s roar. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

With one foot jamming the brake pedal to the floor and the other just as resolutely stomping on the gas, Durham’s civic engine roared deafeningly—but it did not budge from the starting line. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” repeated Harry weakly, while Dean and Seamus continued to roar with laughter. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Behind them a battle forklift clattered up the stairs and roared through the lobby, a mob of Amazons behind it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She thought the roar in her ears was her own dying heartbeat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, sir, I am no plow horse!” she roared at him, and slammed her resume on his desk. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hephaestus roared and spat a few curses and swatted the can away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Each took a turn and at the end of each the crowd broke into howls and roars and whistles of applause. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was thinking out his first touch for her—a kiss, one hand to her long, soft hair, the other to her waist—when a thundering roar filled his ears. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sigurd’s horse was on the other side of the flat area, tethered to a live tree that grew beside the river that roared over the cliff’s edge. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

We would hear the rushing roar of water coming, and my dad would lock up the house and get us all out of there to head for higher ground. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I half hid behind a coconut palm and watched as truck after truck, filled with men wearing fatigues, roared past me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

For a while he stood in thought, silent upon the threshold, while those outside heard the greedy roaring of the fire within. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The droning sound that had begun coming from overhead turned into a roar as thirty Grumman TBF Avengers came swooping in. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, they followed Tantalus’s lead, and Tantalus roared with laughter. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

We roared back down the mountainside on motorbikes, and a bus eventually rolled up, crowded with dozens of people. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As we got closer to the monsters, the sound of Charybdis got louder and louder—a horrible wet roar like the galaxy’s biggest toilet being flushed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Already an excited voice was gabbling from the telescreen, but even as it started it was almost drowned by a roar of cheering from outside. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

To her right were more old cells, but light poured into the tunnel from staggered archways on the left, and through them she glimpsed a roaring, rowdy crowd. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

You can hear the roar of the crowd. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Thunder roars above my head, and I scream as a flame touches my fingertips and pain shrieks over my skin. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Trying to shout her name above the roar. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We were approaching the lighted square of the opening when the roar began. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“OUT!” roared Uncle Vernon, and he took both Harry and Dudley by the scruffs of their necks and threw them into the hall, slamming the kitchen door behind them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

When Woodhull took the stage, the crowd roared for more than five minutes, waving handkerchiefs and cheering. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The dragon descended on him, roaring, and all at once the poor beast was aflame, yet somehow he kept on running, screaming with every step, until Drogon landed on him and broke his back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden there was a half groan, half roar that moved through the crowd until it reached Hanako. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Its eyes were pools of molten magma, and when it opened its mouth, the flame came roaring out in a hot jet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The tyrannosaurus growled, then opened its huge mouth and let out a roar. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Sometime in the night a thirty-foot wall of water came roaring through the valley and swept the house away. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“If you do not tell me the truth, I am going to have these men tie stones to your bodies and throw you in the river,” he roared. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

That evening the fire roared over the rubble of Howard’s dealership and reached Van Ness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flash and roar smothered him, and he staggered back and fell to the floor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of Peach roared through her ears as she cried out. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was good to sleep where the village dogs didn’t bark all night and where the only sound to disturb their dreams was the pine trees sifting wind in a lulling roar. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And he would be, if Pierce’s voice were not roaring in his ears. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tunnel sloped down and I could hear a loud roar, like a river of metal. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A rumbling, a roar, he could hear it with his bones. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Prince selected the location—the farthest corner of the castle grounds, away from everything, so the roars wouldn’t bother the servants—but the Count designed the entrance. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the plane took off, the engines roared like a beast. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The music is beginning and I see the wide doors opening for the first chariot, hear the roar of the crowd. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stops reading abruptly and the static roars. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A roar comes from the audience, and her opponent shakes her hand grudgingly. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Leaping, roaring to climax, then the strength taken from fury, a quietening. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roar and chilliness of the dark water awakened my senses, and my heart constricted in my chest as I came up for air. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Impossibly, the shamblers answer our defiant roar with one of their own. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The roar and clatter of water, the great swirl against the horses' fetlocks, the cool, stirring air and the darting dragon-flies, filled Shasta with a strange excitement. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Even over the river’s roar, his frail words make my heart sag. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But tonight, her heart was pounding, and she could hear the roar of blood in her ears as the gilded facade came into view. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Posting on the website was like giving testimony in church; the echoing roar of approval revived her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I tear a dagger from my chest, and my blood roars as my fingers touch the cold hilt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And here beyond the tree line, the waves crash and roar. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I can hear the roar of the audience as the players dart into motion. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Powders to turn fire green or blue or silver, powders to make a flame roar and hiss and leap up higher than a man is tall, powders to make smoke. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Boiled,” a small word, meant twenty minutes over a roaring fire on a stove that resembled the rusted carcass of an Oldsmobile. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The firelight magnified our shadows, glinted off the silver, flickered high upon the walls; its reflection roared orange in the windowpanes as if a city were burning outside. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When he could not, he gave a roar, twisted his head back as far as he was able, and spat golden flame at the wall behind him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Other guys on the team roared into the room behind him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed curled up till the roar of the Harriers finally sank under the hum of distant cars and nearby trees. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The more that Lion roared, the more did Hare laugh and call out how clever he had been. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Then it threw back its head, opened its jagged maw, and let out a piercing metallic roar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I recognized the sounds of a carnival in the distance: the arrhythmic wheeze of pipe organs, the dull roar of a crowd. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The roar becomes thunderous, filling up the world with itself, almost like a physical thing, but not in a bad way. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone suddenly stops what they are doing to watch the trucks roar into our city. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It began as a soft growl, like distant thunder, and finished as a roar that shook the trees and the rocks of the valley and the sky. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Begin!” he roared, and Celaena shook her head, trying to clear her blurry vision. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Cluny roared with pain as it severed the tip of his tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There was a tremendous roar as the courthouse doors opened. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then the screen glowed in bright, wide Technicolor, the lion roared, and the title of the excess flashed on the screen before his miraculous blue and yellow eyes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the men made a run at the cage, and instinctively, Emma flicked out her hands and sparked a roaring fireball between them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As the sky began to grow light, Tally heard the sound of the sea in the distance, a faint roar coming from across the horizon. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was warm, even with the air-conditioning roaring, but I felt like I might break into a fit of shakes. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Then he took two long pieces of chalk, stuck them into his mouth like fangs, and went howling and roaring and slobbering out into the hallway. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Chase had filled not one but two buckets with chips and had the stove fire roaring. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was the same savage roaring and snarling and squawling that he’d done the day he fought the killer hogs off me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daoud slammed his foot on the gas pedal and roared away. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The man roared with pain and staggered sideways, dropping the gun to grab at his leg. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I heard that roar all the way from the other room,” he said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

His laugh roared, and Axel could feel the words as they hit Frank. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As the audience roars with a cacophony of confusion, cheers, boos, and incredulous shouts, the power-up finally wears off on me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There rose a roar of voices all round them, and suddenly they were aware that Farmer Cotton was not all alone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She looked different, quite definitely The train roared by outside the window, and Petra stood still, watching her earrings tremble with the vibrations. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

With its roar and its dazzling display of blue fight, it almost seemed so. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Lucky Ruiz arrived in his red car with a roar and a screech. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

From the Glittering Side, Border Patrol guys roar, “Go back! Go back!” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

A roar like leaping flame, like thunder after lightning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She grappled with the heavy wooden chair, lifting it a few inches off the floor and heaving it with some difficulty across the room until it was next to the roaring fire. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then, roaring with rage, he tried to leap to his feet, only to be wrenched back painfully by his nailed tail. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Narciso roared and pushed at the door, but it was held by a chain inside and would not budge. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, just mere feet from entering, they recognized it as the low roar of many voices speaking at once. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Matthias sprang up, roaring at the top of his voice, “Stop that rat! Stop that rat!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The king was clad in a gilded breastplate with a roaring lion engraved upon its chest, as if he expected the war to engulf them at any moment. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

With the steady roar of The Beast, I become less watchful for danger—or maybe just more exhausted. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

A jeep started up with a backfire directly outside and roared away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Ron roared, trying to get a clear shot at Ginny around Harry, who was now standing in front of her with his arms outstretched. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Minutes passed like hours before he finally recognized himself as the source of the turbulent roar that was overwhelming him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The noise was deafening—now a full-throated, throbbing roar that filled the water and air. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roaring sound instantly fills my vision with brown streaks and slashes, and I look up to see the familiar markings of my father’s chopper. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

First a rumbling roar, followed by a humming, and then a softer sort of whistling noise, piercing enough to make Thor’s head ache and his teeth hurt each time he heard it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

A roar of outrage came from the conclave. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Residents who lived near Langley complained about the sleep-disrupting roar of the tunnels. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The sixties roared through my house like a tidal wave. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below them they heard the roar of the crowd in celebration. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Missy hardly noticed, just hurtled forward full speed, a magnificent roar issuing from her wide-open maw. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Behind us I hear a huge roar of cheers as one of the fighters goes down. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“When we first moved here, the roaring used to scare me. But now, I find it...” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eggs had awakened it fully, roaringly, so that it tore at him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lived along that coast now every night and in his dreams he heard the surf roar and saw the native boats come riding through it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop poking me!” they would roar, except for the girl with the cold hands and feet. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an angry roaring behind them and looking back Shasta saw a great, shaggy, and terrible shape crouched on the water's edge; but only one. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t noticed that the predator’s roar had stopped. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And as the Irish team performs a lap of honor, flanked by their mascots, the Quidditch World Cup itself is brought into the Top Box!” roared Bagman. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then he sank the knife in with a mighty push and his huge mouth roared a laugh so big I could see all the way back to his gold teeth. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roar frightened the horses to such an extent that some galloped off in panic, dragging the ploughs in different directions, and others collapsed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The river ran at the base of the ravine behind them, its roar bouncing up to them at the top. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The tree transformed into my truck, full of merchandise—piles of blouses and skirts and shoes, and I bounced on the limb, beeping and roaring my engine to far- off places like Quito and Colombia. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air shimmered like a mirage, and Percy heard the roar of a crowd above him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She dreaded the roar of the ignition, and placed her hands over her ears to block out the sound as she pressed her slippered feet to the gas, revving the engine. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Similarly, the small birds in the rest areas began to learn that the automobiles and trucks that came roaring in brought with them a wonderful smorgasbord of insects caught and carried in their radiator grilles. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The wind was strong and the roar of it in the trees was like an ocean. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

With an angry roar, one of the barrows broke the ring to charge him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they stop, the crowd roars again, and the father waits. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her dark blood splattered, staining the dirt as she roared. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He had roared with laughter and told me about the time he had run away from home. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her command was emphasized by the roar of thunder somewhere out in the distant sky. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

"Come on back here a minute," he called, his voice cutting sharply through the roar of the furnaces. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another car roared down the street, and the street was suddenly deserted, but the Negroes appeared again shortly. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roz was about to unload a whole armful of annoying pinecones when a distant roar echoed through the forest. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps if— The draccus roared then, deep and powerful as before. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A giant’s laughter could put to shame a dragon’s roar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The audience roared when the quartet took the stage, and I leaned back and shut my eyes, pretending the applause was for me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then Roy would calmly climb off, waving to the roaring crowd. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The engine’s roar pierced my eardrums anyway, making awful pain. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And then, after about fifteen minutes, Harry heard the deafening roar that could mean only one thing: Cedric had gotten past his dragon and captured the golden egg. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Outside in front of the station the stream roars alongside the street, it rushes foaming from the sluices of the mill bridge. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whirlpool roars in my ears like a freight train. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I let go of her and raise my arms over my head and feel the audience roar louder. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The tires screeched as they hit the ground, then the plane roared to a stop. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The roar of a car engine drowned out her reply. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The principal then shouted: “Hip! hip!” at the top of his voice, three times, and the assembly roared “Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then a few of them started to roar, then more started to screech, and then more started howling and chirping and grunting. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s impossible not to feel a rush as the noise fills your ears, throbs and swells, pulls you into motion, so you’re not flexing your own muscles as much as riding the roar. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

With a roar, the trickle of fleeing theatergoers suddenly became a stampede. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Just when he was about to tell them he needed to rest, Gregor heard a familiar roar. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Under the roar of the heater, the buzz of dial tone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Zizmo roars again, and now the engine is whining, the ice is whizzing by underneath the car. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

All feared his wrath, and when he roared his orders the people trembled. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday, our beloved village of Perchance managed to roar.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She had bled considerably on a rug, while Dad tried to fashion a tourniquet and roared inquiries about whether there was a doctor in the house. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smelt the scent of coal and ashes and heard fire roaring. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

America was a river, roaring along, unmindful of the past. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Rhaegal roared, a gout of yellow flame turned darkness into day for half a heartbeat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Against all logic, on the second try the bird lifted off without mishap and with a certain elegance, accompanied by the creaking of its skeleton and the roar of its motor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“PRECIOUS STONES!” he roared, even louder than before. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

We built a roaring fire and propped the can up over the coals. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, suddenly a whole party of them appeared, and Teddy, the dog, rushed forward roaring out a challenge. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Charley roared his warning and I opened the door and sprayed the road with light. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their roar mimics the roar of the water. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

‘I is having early suppers today!’ he shouted, holding the poor squirming soldier at arm’s length and roaring with laughter. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the reflection growled back, the tiger gave a furious roar. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of his ruthlessness, he felt a pang of grief as he watched the maiden placed on the funeral pyre and the wild flames roar up. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get the physician,” I roar at a nearby Cadet who cheers with all the others. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t insult me with your excuses!” roared the commander. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There must be terror in my eyes because he starts to laugh, he roars with laughter. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The swift roar of planes and the sharp ka-ka-ka of antiaircraft gunfire came from above and from below and from the sides and made her teeth chatter. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

From my room upstairs, I can hear the 1962 engine roaring half a mile away. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Viola shouts, her voice small in the roar. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Most terrible of all was the roar coming from the center of the earth, that hard-breathing giant that was heard at length, filling the air with fear. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It roared for several seconds and then stopped abruptly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He comes home late roaring and singing.The twins cry and Mam shushes them and cries a long time herself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The right-hand side of the stands, which was a solid block of scarlet, roared its approval. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The plane is silent around me except for the steady roar of the engine. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was a roar and a blast of fire. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Then came the roar of the airplanes, and the bombing began. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the roaring, piling thunder of the river he had no control. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I ask you, how did I earn this?” we heard him roar in their bedroom, through the closed door. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd never noticed till I saw him roar by my hiding place. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Sorry!” yelled Harry, as Dean and Seamus roared with laughter, and Neville picked himself up from the floor, having fallen out of bed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Death they cried with one voice loud and terrible, and gathering speed like a great tide their battle swept about their fallen king and passed, roaring away southwards. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She was knocking sheets of water high in the bright sun, charging with her fur up and her long teeth bared, filling the canyon with that awful coughing roar. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minutes later, I was roaring away in the Jeep without a word to Mama. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His angry roar rolled across the plains like a nuclear blast. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I waited, expecting to hear the painful roar of the chainsaw engine. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Here in Kinshasa we have a “city kitchen,” with the stove right inside the house, but it’s only a little bottle-gas burner, maddeningly sluggish after my years of cooking over roaring wood fires. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex looked up, his fingers still in his ears to dull the roar of the jets. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to—” Anger roared in my ears. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A black-haired baby was zooming in and out of the picture on a tiny broom, roaring with laughter, and a pair of legs that must have belonged to James was chasing after him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The volume of the infernos roar also died down enough that he could hear the crunching sounds of his footsteps again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There was a roar and a steady chugging noise. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The plane went roaring down farther and farther. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Narciso roared, he was now nearly out of his mind with the deliberateness of my father. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two more times, and the car roared off with a screech of tires. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He roared at her to stop, and she yelled insults back. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The end of my sentence was drowned out by another roar from the crowd. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was hard to hear his faint voice above the roar of the fire, the shouts of the men, and the snorting of the horses. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a roar of laughter from all sides. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Outside Hagenback’s Animal Show, the most famous traveling zoo of the day, handlers prodded four trained lions into full roar. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then the cannon fire swept on, hurtling down the column, chased by the fighter’s roar and the flicker of its shadow. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But now the roar and clapping of hands became a song and I saw Brother Jack break off and bounce to the door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

From backhoes, cranes, cement-mixing trucks, and men in hardhats came a roar of clanging metal, grinding gears, sliding gravel—and the occasional whistle at a passing woman. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“FIRE!” the whole world seemed to scream at once, a sudden, deafening roar of terror. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And from somewhere close by, an engine started up and roared off headed south. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Eisenhower worried about the impact of military spending on the budget of the US government and feared it could crowd out other priorities and eventually stall America's roaring economic growth. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was being dragged downward, the roaring growing louder... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But on the edge of a roaring creek, swollen with rain, she slipped. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

No use of a growl, a whoop, a roar, in the presence of that beast! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

As each person took their own shoe out of the basket, there was a roar of laughter. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was monstrous, shaped like a roaring, fanged mouth, a blazing fire burning within. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Within the roaring current, thousands of voices cried out—shrieking in agony, pleading for mercy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Seconds, mere seconds for the building to squish, squash, layer by layer, with tumultuous roaring, everything and everyone. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She made the empty rooms roar with accusation and shake down a fine dust of guilt that was sucked in their nostrils as they plunged about. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment my audio kicked in, I heard the ear splitting roar of engines coming from somewhere directly overhead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There was no sound now except the roar of the storm. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A roar went up from the woods on both sides as every tree, rode, and bush seemed to sprout a spirit. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He could see only a band of light around the edges of his eyes and only a muffled roar of sound came to his ears through his father’s hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

On winter evenings it roared in sheets against the pavements and made Amity Harbor invisible. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A storm was gathering ahead of them, a vast dark roaring lashed by lightning, but somehow they could not see it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was talking to Arthur Bauer, but he was staring at me when he roared, “Shut up, Castor!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He roared, rearing high, slashing with huge paws at the rider. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It roared, and the smell of fishy water made my stomach heave. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As they roared past the streetlamps, people emerged from their houses to see what was happening. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Who’s in charge here?” roared Greyback, covering his moment of inadequacy. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then the roar of the rain filled my ears. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sound seemed to roar up in waves. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cars roar past the covered bazaar, through cheering throngs in the Turkish Quarter where every street- lamp, door, and window streams red cloth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We were forced deeper and deeper underwater, the devastating roaring receding into a dull, faraway drone. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It took off in the mightiest roar ever witnessed at Cape Coalwood, tearing out of a caldron of flame and smoke. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t slow, but Magdalys felt something different about Missy’s roared reply. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a roaring sound came from the ruins. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z