And on the third day, He rose again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see how it would burn, but the Fates must’ve been helping out The metal melted in the fire and turned to golden smoke, which rose into the sky. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I watched the spot in the water where he entered the quarry until he rose up and his head broke through. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A single wild rose tossed farewell, bursts slowly, its petals drifting snowlike upon the reluctantly lowered coffin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

So if the celebrity says “tulip, daisy, rose,” the contestant would say “types of flowers.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

In the distance, loud booms resonated and sudden plumes of smoke rose to the sky. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her own eagerness rose at the sight of the two eager faces so close to hers. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was strong and fine as silk, rustling at the edges, and it rose over them as the pyre floated into the fog, fire and black smoke melting into the mist. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He rose unsteadily, the cage in one hand. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A tile in the floor popped open and an empty goldfish bowl atop an ornate column rose up about three feet. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Its edges are decorated with tulips in the spring, roses in the summer, and mums in the fall. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Despite increasing committee interference and intensified conflict between Burnham and Director-General Davis, and with the threat of labor strikes ever present, the main buildings rose. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I regret to inform you,” said Mr. Milgrom, “that you are not a rose garden yourself these days.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

My skirt rose with every pedal push, and I almost wrecked three times trying to hold it down and steer one-handed. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He did not want to ride in her car, did not like how her voice rose above Master’s in the living room, challenging and arguing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Today, he reported, as the family moved inside to escape the twilight mist that rose from the river, he had overseen the carpenter who was splitting the white oak for the clapboards. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Werfel nodded, looking at the baking sun as it rose higher. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Then he blinked, and the Illuminated world rose around him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The shadows rose up in the dimming light and began dancing their soft circles around the arc of the living. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It hit the base of Drum’s tree and rose so fast that Drum was forced to fly. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

In anticipation of victory, he had broken his strict mourning and placed a red rose in the buttonhole of his lapel. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking around the footprint, I see white roses sticking out from the grooved letters. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Before the sun rose, though, I’d have to find a place to hide and sleep. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond, waiting, rose a titanic heap called Moxie Bald Mountain. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The glass rose above the level of the water, far out of his reach. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When we came into the forest, the landscape changed and it grew cooler; the trees rose up before us in narrow rows that barely let the sun in. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clouds of birds rose from the tree-tops, and something squealed and ran in the undergrowth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Yet she rose to become one of the most formidable code breakers in the world, the scourge of gangsters and spies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

David Herold rose from the brush and aimed his Spencer carbine at him. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Partway up she stumbled and fell, rose, then fell again ten yards farther on. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The land under the castle swelled—it rose and rose and rose, and great plumes of smoke and ash came billowing from its center. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

An angry yell rose from behind me, and I turned to see two humongous guys in hot pursuit. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He rose to his feet, stretched, yawned, then came romping toward me, wiggling that stub tail and yelling Tow! Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

James Madison rose to assume his customary role as the vigilant voice of cool reason. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ahead rose a number of high boulders and he warily guided the Crochan past them. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

At either end of the house, a stone chimney rose from the slanted rooftop. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But soon his hunger left; soon he was taking it a little easier; soon his mind rose from the desperate call of his body and concerned itself with the danger that lurked about him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I put the rose in the vase with the others. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of furry ears rose up behind a log. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It bounced off his chest and clattered to the floor as the man rose. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But her heart, her treacherous heart, rose up joyfully inside of her at the sight of him. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The other dangles a porcelain teacup full of Belle-rose tea, an anesthetic drink steeped from the roses that grow on our island. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I rose early in the morning and made my way through the quiet, dawn-lit streets to the rink, where I laced up my skates so tightly my feet throbbed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

With trembling legs, Bigger rose, feeling in the grip of a nightmare. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped his hands, rose to his feet. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

By 10:00 P.M. the water seemed relatively clear of ice, and their spirits rose: so far, so good. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I asked, grimacing while she dusted something on my face that smelled like roses. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The zippy whir of the trashman's small orb motor rose in pitch as he steered the boat out into the central channel of the river. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The forest trees rose all around them like prison bars. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The ground underfoot was dry and crumbly, and although they tried to hurry, it was difficult because the furrows rose up to trip them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after the sun rose he saw land ahead, but he was making little way towards it. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

A crest of golden roses ran down the center of his helm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Flames rose at once in the fireplace, crackling merrily as though they had been burning for hours. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He watched the spoon as it rose to his mouth. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The full moon of the harvest rose in the east and bathed the llano in its light. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice rose on the last word, as he made his best attempt at a proper British accent. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In what became known as the War of the Roses, the antis slipped red roses into the legislators’ lapels. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He put down the paper and rose and disappeared into the pantry. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sickly yellow vapor rose from his ears, his beard, his blind eyes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Once more before it disappeared a white puff of smoke rose from the deck. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached flat land and picked her way forward, through snow that rose and fell like frozen waves. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then he hooked Bull’s arm around his neck and together they rose, and began staggering toward home. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not until she began laying her eggs into the hole that Toomer rose, and with his strangely graceful limp, made his way down to the turtle. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose to his hind legs, took a step backward, tripped over a low branch and fell flat on his back. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The spicy-sweet aroma that rose from freshly split cedar was the same scent that often filled the shell house in Seattle when Pocock was at work up in his loft. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

With a gloved hand she tossed the little bouquet of roses into the grave. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The voice rose and fell in a rhythmical, dreamlike recital-part enumeration of earthly trials undergone by the congregation, part rapt display of vocal virtuosity, part appeal to God. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Toomer rose again to face Red his expression had changed and his eyes seemed akin to those of the pack for the first time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman’s figure rose up from behind the wooden chest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The towering structure rose a good live stories tall, topped by a weather vane in the shape of a bull. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Isabella’s T-shirt is a swirl of peach and rose with a hint of pale blue. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Here, huge growths of thorny furze rose up. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

They rose and left the chamber, making their way to the kitchen. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The smoke from his censer rose and curled, fragrant with antiquity. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Off to one side rose a feeble column of smoke—a thin, wavering distortion. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

One after another they rose up on my hands like small white marbles. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun rose, the men stared bleary-eyed at the coast of South Georgia. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The yellow sun rose, a giant balloon filled with prayers and hopes and promise. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose and pulled up his cowl so his face was hidden once more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I rose and took his plate, little entertained with jests on matters of such gravity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He rose to go, & said farewell & thanked me for all I had done for him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

And when at last the sun rose out of the sea and the great silver-plated dome of the temple flashed back its light, he was almost dazzled. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

They were still looking at him with consternation and unbelief when the minister rose and introduced him in rich, rolling tones whose very unction served to increase the visitor's insignificance. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose up and went to Mr. Sharpe’s body; with a flourish, he drew' forth a set of keys and, from another pocket, a handkerchief. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The moon rose in the sky as Montag walked, his lips moving just a trifle. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officer in the back—his face blocked by the opaque black visor on his helmet—rose, and when he spoke, his voice was clear and sharp. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the moon rose I left the cave and went off through the valley and over the three hills to my home. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the juice boiled, a foul scum rose to the top—which a slave had to keep skimming off with a long-handled ladle. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Her skirt rose up in a perfect circle around her. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I rose just after first light the morning she was scheduled to leave. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It was nice of you to bring the rose. It really brightened the room.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black-guard of crows rose from the pine trees on the dunes with merry cheers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was no worse than getting up at the hours that they rose and it was very good against all colds and grippes and it was good for the eyes. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His body tensed; the veins rose to bursting on his streaming forehead. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tender freshwater shrimp garnished with cream and rose leaves, devilled barley pearls in acorn purée, apple and carrot chews, marinated cabbage stalks steeped in creamed white turnip with nutmeg. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She rose and brought her schoolbooks to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The molten stone poured out in a stream of dazzling incandescence across the road; the asbestos rollers came and went; at the tail of an insulated watering cart the steam rose in white clouds. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mountains rose up on her right, tall enough that snow capped their tops even in the early autumn chill. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Beyond rose a sizable cliff, topped by trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their voices fell into whispers then rose again in laughter. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The chant rose ritually, as at the last moment of a dance or a hunt. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But Denethor rose and looked on the face of his son and was silent. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Doc lay up there with his rough, dark-skinned feet pointing at me while he folded and braided corn husks into the shape of a rose. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The huge moon rose and the smaller mold-colored moon and they were joined by a ruby-red moon, and the grey wolf ran at a steady lope beneath them across the desert of bones. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The Captain rose, pulled the bathrobe together, and followed him. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they finished pruning the rose bushes she washed her hands and took the package to her bedroom to open it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

As I stood there, staring, he put the rose in an envelope. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The baby’s screeching rose and fell like a cleaver on meat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

A lump rose in her throat, but Tally decided that under no circumstances—special or not—was she going to cry in front of Dr. Cable. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The goddess Aphrodite floated around them on a small white cloud, strewing rose petals in the giantess’s eyes and calling encouragement to Piper. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His eyes were lakes of molten gold, and smoke rose from his nostrils. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Seven’s fear rose with every second that passed. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

And Lotus was still angry with her, and she rose and went into her room without a word. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Golden goblets, sad-looking women dressed in old-fashioned dresses, and roses that cry. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivan’s face flushed and his eyebrows rose up so far that Anya thought they might just melt into his hair and be gone forever. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I rose to my feet and followed him from the room to give us some privacy. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sapo opened the car door and a terrible odor rose from inside. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Dill’s mother sucked in her breath and rose from the recliner, holding her mid-back, taking a moment to straighten, and grunting with pain. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

A deep fear froze his heart as the shadow rose to his neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Cersei rose when he entered and kissed him lightly on the cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I rose from the chair and went over to the web. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As the enchanted ceiling overhead began to fade from blue to a dusky purple, Dumbledore rose to his feet at the staff table, and silence fell. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He unzips the front pocket, digs around for a moment, and then pulls out a rose made entirely of green duct tape. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

But all of that was dashed to hell two days after I was born, when the dead rose up and started to walk on a battlefield in a small town in Pennsylvania called Gettysburg. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The driver nodded, and the glass rose up again. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Slowly, he rose from the bench and stared down at Brother Ugo. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then he was on his knees and then he rose slowly to his feet. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their silver light is ethereal, impossibly beautiful as it spills over every rose and blooming gardenia in the temple’s sky garden. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As the girl scooped up her finds, the boy rose to his feet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Arya could see a wisp of grey smoke drifting up off the torch, writhing like a snake as it rose. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As the sun rose higher in the sky and the air became warmer, they began to look for shade. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Soon enough, my sisters’ wedding plans turned to arguing over how to throw rose petals. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She rose and drew about her her loosened garments and fastened them closely about her throat and waist, fitting them to her body with a slow writhe and twist. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

As the train came on to the Williamsburg Bridge after leaving Marcy Avenue station, Francie noticed that many people seated in the car rose as if in accord and then sat down again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobbing blue ice and crumbling floes rose and fell with the waves all around them as they brought the boats back onto a course for the northwest. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Moss laughed, but it was cut short by the sound that rose sharply from in front of them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, a voice from outside rose above the crowd. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Sit here,” Bridget said as she rose from the toilet lid, flapping her hands before taking her spot in front of the mirror. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I hated him at such times, with a hatred that rose straight up out of the death that lay within my spirit. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the starter rose to speak, clearing his throat for effect, Pollard abruptly stood up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Positioned on my dresser, that white-as-snow rose is a personal message to me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The students and even the Director himself rose automatically to the tips of their toes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes rose to Aunty Em’s hands, which had turned gnarled and warty, with sharp bronze talons for fingernails. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you know your papa used to make the sechach out of the roses? It was so pretty.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Jason rose on the wind, but all around him monsters and demigods alike started to sink into the ground. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

White Harbor’s walls of whitewashed stone rose before them, on the eastern shore where the White Knife plunged into die firth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I half rose from my seat to give it to her, but Negroes behind me frowned disapproval. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His finger rose six inches to the knobby beginning of a branch. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun finally rose I stayed on the floor, eyes closed, breathing slow, deep breaths, while my parents ransacked my mini fridge and discussed me in hushed tones. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Colonel Cathcart rose slowly and began drifting about his office again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He rose to his full height, as if she, about the size of Mama, were the general of some invading army, and said, “Too young!” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

As another hour passed and the Brahmin could not sleep, he rose again, walked up and down, left the house and saw the moon had risen. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the very same way the Spirit long ago became manifest in the Body of Christ, the first cabbage rose began to materialize on my tablecloth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked for all the world like miniaturized rose petals drained of their color. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“He smells of honey and roses and milk,” she murmurs, a look of ecstasy on her face. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She rose from her spot underneath their oak tree. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

I rose to my feet, and a calm swept over me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He stood gazing up at the sundari trees, and Baba rose to greet him, with Neel following close behind. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment of silent prayer, the man and woman rose again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Pipe smoke twirled while voices rose and fell. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Her feet were bare, and the cuffs of her pajama pants rose past her ankles as she sat in the grass, settling the book in her lap. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Back at Ford’s Theatre, the manhunt for Booth almost ended before it began when one man, an army major, rose from his front-row seat to pursue the assassin. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the river flooded and the water rose as high as the treetops. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the castle, King's Landing rose on its hills behind the encircling walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After an hour he rose up and came over to Pippin. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When we arrived on the island we’d see cracks in the rock where steam rose up. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind stopped as suddenly as it had begun, and although the waves continued out of rhythm they were not wind-tattered, and the tide rose higher and higher. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Kabuo had finished telling his story on the witness stand, Alvin Hooks rose and stood before him insistently working on a hangnail. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When his mother shuffled up to Dawit’s, Moss rose without a word, let her pull him into an embrace. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They swooped those long necks low, glancing back and forth, and then rose back up to their full, terrifying height. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

From the northern end of the avenue rose the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon, each as big as the biggest Egyptian pyramids. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The ocean was ruddy, as were they, and some passed into the sea from the shingle, and others rose from the sea and waded to shore. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Through sweet and smoky air, great columns rose to dizzying heights, while enough multicolored light poured down through stained glass so as to turn the hard stone floor into pools of liquid hues. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

After his auxiliaries were routed at Ravenna, the Swiss rose up and chased out the victors, to the surprise of Pope Julius as well as everyone else. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Capricorn uncrossed his legs and rose from his chair. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Hulking towers rose up, cast- ing jagged shadows, their human-made shapes obvious against the plain of treetops rippling in the wind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then, as she rose swiftly, “Just one little minute—these particulars, your maiden name, age and so on, they are correct?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others speculate that the name was chosen for its obvious symbolism: White often represents purity, and a rose often symbolizes love, peace, or the beauty of nature and life. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The whole jumble of loose pack hissed and rustled as it rose to the swell. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Sylvanus rose off the bench and took the chain ’way from me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Far down the island the skyscrapers rose tall and mysterious in the thin, pastel haze. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The glow of it rose above the trees and shone reflected in the haze of the sky. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we passed Mr. Barley’s door, he was heard hoarsely muttering within, in a strain that rose and fell like wind, the following Refrain, in which I substitute good wishes for something quite the reverse:— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She had pressed roses from the blue cross-stitch counterpane on her cheek. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning, Jack rose at five A.M. and reported for work, never knowing where he would be assigned that day. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne scratched Red’s face as he tried to rise and re-enter the fray, but Red shoved her down as he rose to his knees, stunned and uncomprehending. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d taken a small tin of tar, and as Celaena rose from her crouch in the windowsill, her sticky, black hands and bare feet easily gripped the stone wall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was a scream below, and snarling, and Celaena’s stomach rose in her throat as she hurled herself upward. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My house was narrowly fitted between two mountains and a creek, but there was a small clearing behind Mom’s rose garden. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A street car rumbled forward and the pigeon rose swiftly through the air on wings stretched so taut and sheer that Bigger could see the gold of the sun through their translucent tips. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She grew it in the crags that rose behind her kitchen, up the hill from the latrine. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

Occasionally a pigeon flapped into the air and stayed there, feathers intact, not only stayed there but rose higher and higher into the gray cloud, then above it, above the treetops, into the sky. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The mother’s feet, plump and polite, descended like white pigeons from the sea of pillow, across the linoleum roses, down down the wooden stairs, over the chalk hopscotch squares, 5, 6, 7, blue sky. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held tight to that hope through the dark hours of night, until the sun rose and I fell asleep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There, all but obscured by its preserved cousins, is a fresh white rose. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A bevy of guests wanders into the hall from the dining room, sending the cascade of rose petals adrift once more. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A fox appeared in an open spot and rose on his back legs—on two back legs?—and looked straight at him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He wondered where the animals would go if the water rose over the foothills. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Voices rose and fell in a nearby room, and from another direction someone coughed. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The flowers? Oh, yes. The roses for Mamá,” I yelled back. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When his son was done talking, the king rose heavily from his seat, looking like a man who wanted to be anywhere but here. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The sound of the explosions stung the air and the birds rose unseen from the woods around the house and made an echo with their clamour. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Harry stared down into the water, looking for the vanished hand, and a sick feeling rose in his throat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her eyelids flutter closed and the rose petals around their feet begin to stir. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Corinthians continued to make roses, but she hated that stupid hobby and gave Lena any excuse to avoid it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bree brings the teapot over, lifting the lid to show me the swirling rose petals in the hot water. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The flower garden, as always, was thriving and well tended, with late roses in bloom and fall asters fat with bud. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

When the highlight film showed Crow scoring the two-point conversion, the crowd rose to its feet and gave the former hero a standing ovation. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the summer, the temperatures inside rose as high as 115 degrees, which is why prisoners would later call Leavenworth the Hot House. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But as she rose and made her way back to her cabin, she knew that wasn’t a promise she could keep. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His boy’s father laughed again, then rose and lifted the tent flap. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Most other large Polynesian islands are volcanoes that rose from the sea, have never formed parts of a continent, and may or may not include areas of raised limestone. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stood transfixed, and the wind rose, buffeting her in cold gusts. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Now out of the terror rose another desire, thick, urgent, blind. "Kill the beast! Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

One morning she poured the contents of an inkwell over the boy's head thinking that it was rose water. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He rose to shop foreman and then had quit the previous summer to start his own company, Brazos Door & Hardware. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning in August 1886, as heat rose from the streets with the intensity of a child’s fever, a man calling himself H. H. Holmes walked into one of Chicago’s train stations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The death scream rose higher in the night. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She would come walking down an aisle of rose petals, wearing a white rayon suit with frog closings that Mabelee was sewing for her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Miles rose from his seat and dragged Cliff out of his, slamming him back against the table. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“When Rome rose to power, we were invited here,” Hagno said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ekon didn’t know exactly where the words came from, only that they rose from within him and left his mouth before he could stop them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A pale sun rose and set and rose again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There were plants like green rubber roses in clay pots, but they weren’t rubber. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

And the sled itself seemed to be poised at the top of a long, extended mound that rose from the very land where he was. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The silk lifted and waved, and the hundreds of thousands of grains of rice rose into the air. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When the young Dawn spread in the eastern sky her finger tips of rose, the men and dogs went hunting, taking Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hot cakes rose like little hassocks, and small volcanos formed and erupted on them until they were ready to be turned. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looks around the room, taking in the swags of green, the holly berries, red roses, and dried magnolia leaves set as centerpieces on all the tables. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A little puff of dust rose from the bedcovers as she sat down to read the clippings. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In the morning, the sun rose and the cricket song gave way to bird song and an old woman came walking down the dirt road and tripped right over Edward. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I rose stiffly and staggered to the window, pulling back the drapes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

"And she never sung you the song o' the winter rose?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If perhaps it was a secret hour in which men rose like giants from dragon’s teeth and, while the women slept, clustered in their kitchens. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music rose from the tabernacle once again. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Louisiana pulled on the velvet curtain, and another galaxy of dust rose up and swirled around them. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Dawit rose and called in his direction, and he ignored him, too. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And as the Captains gazed south to the Land of Mordor, it seemed to them that, black against the pall of cloud, there rose a huge shape of shadow, impenetrable, lightning-crowned, filling all the sky. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

On the ship’s starboard side, another part of the monster rose from the water like a submarine. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Knocking the platter of food aside with a swipe of his arm, he pushed off the blankets and rose from Ned Stark's bed naked and angry. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Undertaker did a handsome job and Tea Cake slept royally on his white silken couch among the roses she had bought. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I stare at everything I might never see again: the dangling plants, the crocheted doilies, the cross-stitched roses that I know so well. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew now that the club was nearing its end, and I rose and stated my gloomy conclusions, recommending that the club dissolve. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this the wife of the eldest son rose in dignity and withdrew herself into an inner room. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Gimli rose and planted his feet firmly apart: his hand gripped the handle of his axe, and his dark eyes flashed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Its window boxes were always bursting with climbing white roses, and their scent clung dense and sweet over this portion of the canal. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her body rose against his, her head falling back to expose her throat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The tension in the room rose at a steady pace. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When the fat moon rose the next night, I planted the mystery seeds I had taken from Momma’s jar. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ingold led them, the same who had admitted Gandalf and Pippin less than five days before, while the sun still rose and there was hope in the morning. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

"Come with me, Gertalein," she says, and I follow her into her bedroom, which smells of powdery roses and that musky smell grownups give off when they sleep. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Dark mountains rose out of the horizon—angry, sharp peaks that chewed at the sky, a mouth threatening to devour the glistening jewel in front of it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And up from the quiescent, waiting land a faint mist rose, silver as moonlight, and clung about the tree trunks. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

There was an old quiet smell about the room, as though the air in it was little changed, for all the sweet lilac scent and the roses brought to it throughout the early summer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When the time came, he rose, walked to the starting line, bowed forward, and waited. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

And then suddenly new strength rose in him, and his voice rang out, while words of his own came unbidden to fit the simple tune. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The walls expanded away, and the ceiling rose. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He rose, said farewell to the mango tree and the pleasure garden. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Finch rose and thrust his hands into his pockets, drew them out, and cradled his arms behind his back. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The robot rose, “If you say so, boss.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

But I rose and went to the bank, and began to walk out into the stream, for I was drawn towards it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Her hands rose to my cheeks but stopped just shy of making contact. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon Cathy rose listlessly from her bed and spent a long time in front of the mirror. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just then, a piteous little cry rose from the sack nearest my feet. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose slightly to sit farther back; but when he sat he sank down so suddenly and deeply that he thought the chair had collapsed under him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the corner, where it should have been, rose four round wooden legs. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a regular rose garden and I started trimming in that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time rose up a little higher on its insect legs. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The coroner rose, lifted his hand for silence and read a long string of words that Bigger could not understand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kate peered closely at him, and a curious spasm shook her—an aching twist rose in her chest. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Something he had not known was there rose in him and compelled him to make the point, loudly and again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Steam rose from the bowl before me, and I caught the scent of cinnamon. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Susan Calvin rose to her feet with a vivacity almost girlish. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

And Lee sat and watched helplessly as the zeppelin flew on directly into a scarp of the mountains that rose up before them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers open, and the young woman with the rose waits patiently as the statue gradually closes her hand around the stem, releasing it only when it is secure. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His heart cried out within him the way a brach with whelps between her legs would howl and bristle at a stranger—so the hackles of his heart rose at that laughter. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the little Hupfers were jumping up and down, too, and Danny was still waving his shirt, and Meryl Lee was waving her rose—which was losing its petals—and Mrs. Baker was screaming. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

When they were quite certain that the meal was finished the birds rose with one grand, fluttering movement and flew round the Bird Woman’s head, copying in their own language the words she said. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

We were suspended in the water, but ten meters on each side of the Nautilus rose a shining wall of ice. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

At that, Miss Love rose to her feet, tears streaming down her cheeks. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

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

Her mother rose from the table and walked over to Siobhan. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tennessee hills and mountains rose around Cora like the sides of a black bowl. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Today she had on a blue dress with yellow roses, and her honey-colored hair was loose around her shoulders. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then in rage the old Dragon of Pendor rose up breaking the tower with the writhing of his body, and beating his wings that spanned the whole width of the ruined town. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She rose slowly and walked toward the dark stream, her face stately and cold; she entered the water and walked on until the water reached her shoulders, her chin; then it covered her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, don’t mistake me!’ he cried, as Frodo rose from his seat, and Sam jumped up with a scowl. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The shadow of night rose, dividing the eastern sky into pale blue above and gray below, with a rosy border where the sunlight still shone on a haze of dust in the air. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her gardens are full of roses—sprawling, old tangled bushes, quite a few of them autumn-flowering damasks with their last flowers still nodding and drooping in the rain. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The Dawn soon took her throne of gold, and Lord Menelaos, clarion in battle, rose from where he lay beside the beauty of Helen with her shining hair. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twenty rats strained on the cords, and the block rose an inch. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

More sand poured from the wound, but again the earth rose up to cover him. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He rose at two-thirty to run a three-hour paper route, and deposited ail his earnings in the bank, which would swallow every penny when the Depression hit. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

It rose up, a sparkling diamond breeze fit for a queen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her great rose window looked down like a dark and malevolent eye. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then all the men went grieving to assembly and being seated, rank by rank, grew still, as old Eupeithes rose to address them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they rose, to come together over a great basin filled with water. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Like ripples on the water, half-formed plans rose and died in the currents of their thoughts. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The sun rose high enough to shine into the pit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road rose again, to a scene like a painted backdrop. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man in rubber boots rose in the bow and started tossing a cast net. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The concierge left a dozen roses in Rosie’s room. faux pas. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

From hundreds of voices rose the first notes of “The Song of the City,” deep and strong. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They gaped at it the way they might have gaped at a sudden apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe spreading roses around the Body Shop and Pipe Queen buildings. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the days passed and the mice stayed healthy, our spirits rose, and finally, on August 10, 1969, the flight of Apollo 11 ended and we were released to the world. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead she reached out and held his hand tightly as the elevator rose to the ninth floor in a single great swoop. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late in the afternoon the doctor rose to his feet. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was accompanied by a woman with delicate hands who took out one rose and put it in the child's hair. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She also said Macon’s body rose up from the ground at the first heavy rain, and that the Butlers, or somebody, dumped it in the hunters’ cave one summer night. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rose garden, salty ocean wind, burning cordite—the tower could convincingly re-create them all. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

That’s what she calls it every time; her answer about how it feels has to do with the scent of beach roses mixed with roller coasters and fireworks. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Miss Love stood up and moved toward us, and all the men rose, polite but stiff. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The Horned King paused, a growl of savage joy rose in his throat, and he took a firmer grasp on his weapon. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The road was dark, but a distant light rose over the familiar cliffs of the river valley. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Kit choked suddenly on a giggle that rose unexpectedly from nowhere. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Two dragons like the first rose up from the base of the highest tower. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The water rose to midchest, a deep greenish brown, almost hot. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I rose from my bed to mix a calming draught. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Avoiding the mirror, I step into the shower and scrub the roses from my hair, my body, my mouth. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Whereas the church rose high, this building seemed to cling to the earth with a weight and bulk that bespoke earthly power. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the wastebasket poked the blood-red buds of a dozen long-stemmed roses. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

As they got closer to Atlanta, they rose higher into the air so that they wouldn’t bump into buildings. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Reynolds came running to the door and I rose. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we rose over the rooftops I caught my breath— well, if you can catch your breath underwater. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

That night she went to bed with a few Polaroids of the wedding photos and the roses by her bed. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Tears stung her eyes, and the whip creaked as it rose again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The woods were at the top of the hill that rose behind Hailsham House. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea gets trimmed down to the rose in the spotlight for a minute and a mention in the play bulletin. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Blood pumped through my chest and rose up my neck. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Harriet Monroe’s Aunt Nettie sat on a step high on the dark upper curve of the stairway that rose from Root’s living room to the second floor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The winds all met in a mad hurricane, and the waves rose up mountain-high. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Bunny’s voice rose stridently above them. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Desert mallow spread out peach-colored blooms in pockets of soil, and everywhere late- blooming cliff roses swarmed with bees. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole crowd of boys rose and thundered off the bleachers, white shoes shining and voices raised in a high-pitched whistle as the layup line formed inexpertly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new sea ice hissed and creaked as it rose on the swell. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

A murmur of sound rose just beyond the level of his hearing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The birthmark over her eye was getting darker and looked more and more like a stem and rose. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Moss, baby,” said his mother, and she rose as more people streamed by. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I buy the roses, and I come home. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His name was Burden; he was a tall, brown, stooped man and when I was introduced to him I rose and shook his hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sleeping soundly, and his heart rose and fell with regular respiration. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He looked down at me, reaching out to hand me a dozen roses, my first roses, just like in the magazines and on Stella Dallas on the radio. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her own voice rose in exasperation she was ashamed, remembering Mercy’s unfailing patience. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Capricorn rose from his chair, his face still as cold and blank as if nothing worth getting excited about had happened, and clapped his ringed hands graciously. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

One of them is chintz, in dirty rose; one is maroon velvet, with doilies. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke rose from thatched-roof kitchens, and people would start arriving from farms carrying lamps and sometimes lit firewood. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

One of Gebu’s fists rose more swiftly than Ranofer could dodge, and struck him a glancing blow across the mouth which nevertheless felt as if it had loosened half his teeth. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

None of the three tall windows would open because their frames had warped long ago, and an aroma of warmed dust from the Persian carpet rose to meet the diners as they entered. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Laying his ears flat in the fanned draft, he stared up at Kehaar as the gull rose, rather heavily, into the air. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The color drains from the rose as I add deeper red and white pigments to the makeup. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The rose in my hand seems such an awkward gesture now, I lay it down on her bed rather than handing it to her. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The town was afire, black plumes of smoke roiling and tumbling as they rose into a hard blue sky. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Out on the Blackwater, three of the king's war galleys moved in formation, gold-painted hulls splitting the water'as their oars rose and fell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I saw your husband out here last night. And the cookies. And the rose clippings,” she said, talking faster as Aunt Rose’s indulgent smile melted into a disapproving frown. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The empty mouth caught the chill breeze and a hushed muttering rose from the cauldron’s depths, like the lost voices of the tormented dead. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

With a broad sweep of robes, the Grand Elder rose to his feet. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“When you see me do you think of roses?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then his right hand rose slowly to the side of his face and with his thumb and forefinger he gently caressed an imaginary earlock. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were bright and angry, and a blush rose to her cheek. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I pick out a single yellow rose in a plastic vase because I know Erin likes yellow and the arrangement is the cheapest they have. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the sun rose the next morning, a hunting party that had special skills in tracking lions began to follow their path. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore pale blue silk, his belt a linked chain of golden roses, the sigil of his House. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At every few moments the fury of the crowd boiled over and the voice of the speaker was drowned by a wild beastlike roaring that rose uncontrollably from thousands of throats. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It rose three storeys with a front entranceway that stretched out the front as a long corridor. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“And we’ve been to Brooklyn to see the roses at the Botanic Garden.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What if I can’t?” she asked, and a bubble of panic rose in her stomach. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes fixed on my hands and then rose to my eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Under Fina’s gaze, Ruby seems to wilt like a thirsty rose. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

At eight o’clock, the sun rose, and as they continued tramping steadily upward toward the great range of mountains in their path, the only sound was the crunch of their footsteps in the snow. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

"Grant me your blessing, and a knight to ride beside me with your banner. Let the stag and rose go to battle side by side." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh!” she seemed rather taken aback, but rose promptly. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

And still the elevator rose, above all the other buildings in Harare. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Eril-Fane released a message falcon and it rose through the ranks of them, screaming a raptor’s warning before striking out for the Cusp. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He rose up to his full five-foot-four-inch height and poked a finger into my chest. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Once you got into the teens, your intelligence was in question, especially as the numbers rose to the high teens. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

How many would there be time for, as he rose and walked through the castle for the last time, out into the grounds and into the forest? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The panic in her voice only seemed to spur Runt on—he rose again to get her position and then loped in joyful bounds toward her. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And the sky was empty and barren, and the stately sun rose each morning and made its march and set solitary each night. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The hills on the other side rose from the lake like giants emerging from the depths. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He rose; then, just as he was about to run, he saw a head bob up in the hole. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Across the lowland downriver plain Grand Trunk rose before Milton’s Cadillac. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

TimeStar rose, wincing, rotating his right shoulder so it made cracking sounds. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

By the time the men rose to leave, I knew what I had to do. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if on cue, a sound like a rolling drumbeat rose from the north. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Four was probably wandering around the rose bushes, wondering why nobody was talking to him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weston caught sight of them the minute they rose above the masking tufts of long grass and retired inside the house to wait. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

On his right, Pierre, with a startled look, rose from his seat and moved to the stage. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

When they woke they found that the light of day was broad upon the lawn before the pavilion, and the fountain rose and fell glittering in the sun. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A chorus of oohs and aahs rose as Mapper, Two Step, and Sabeen pulled open their folders. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When the judge took the bench, the crowd of black faces noisily rose as one and sat back down. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The hair on her arms rose as she watched the flame of her candle bend forward, pointing to a darkness that seemed blacker than all the rest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He rose from his chair and put his stringed instrument on the shelf where he kept it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

As he rose to his feet he had another in his hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And one by one they rose and buckled on their swords and donned their warm black cloaks and strode out into the cold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The heat rose in the clear spring sky, and all was silent. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi had considered bringing a long-stemmed flower—he knew this wasn’t a date, so maybe a carnation rather than a rose?—but had nixed it at the last moment. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The red stream circles the glass and bathes the little roses. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The whole situation with the roses was really bothering me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then I rose from the table, passing round to the side where the nurse couldn't see me below the waist, and behind the Negro, who was clearing the dirty plates. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Yes. We have roses for you,” I said, turning to look at Mamá. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Spluttering and cursing he rose, and without a word or a glance at the hobbits he crawled away on all fours. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The carcasses of burnt and butchered animals dotted the ground, under living blankets of carrion crows that rose, cawing furiously, when disturbed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After my last song, they stand up and cheer and shower me with rose petals and flowers and everyone is begging for my autograph, even the Doctorita. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cross-stitched roses in plastic frames hang from the walls, and crocheted doilies are draped over every surface. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then rose and, lifting his glass, he said with feeling, “Gentlemen, the President of the United States.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left the next morning, well before the sun rose, with his wife and child still asleep in the bed. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then he rose, and set out bread and cheese and wine on the table, and they ate together. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

From the depths of the building the Prophet’s voice rose. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She lifted the cover from the pot of rice, and steam rose like a thick smoke, veiling her face. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Terror rose to the top of the ANC hierarchy in the general section, and was soon teaching ANC policies to other prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long time passed; when at last I rose, my limbs were stiff and prickling, and darkness had given way to the first grey beginnings of dawn. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When sunset was down to a faintly glowing ember in the west and the moon rose in the east, I went forth on my bicycle. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He rose and gazed out eastward, shading his eyes, as if he saw things far away that none of them could see. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She rose slowly up the side of the centaur; when she was level with its chest she reached into the branches for the ball, but it was stuck deep inside. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It was only a few miles to where the faint line of smoke rose from the forest, but we made bad time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The gulf would only grow wider as his stature rose. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Books on shelves that rose to the high ceiling, books in stacks on the floor, books holding up a potted violet in desperate need of water. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a rose in President Snow’s lapel, which at least suggests a source of the flower perfume, but it must be genetically enhanced, because no real rose reeks like that. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Beatrice’s stepbrother rose stealthily, tugged off his new sneakers, and crept forward. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red dust rose up around them, sending a plume into the air to alert people the king was approaching. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The slope of the hill rose gradually into the hills of juniper and mesquite and cedar clumps. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reach the terrace, Celia glances back at the garden, where the roses and lanterns have reverted to dirt and stone. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He stopped wiggling, and another mound rose up. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Storm clouds rose up behind her, dark and threatening, but a powerful sun peeked through, sending coppery rays through the whole drawing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After each victory, Ser Loras would remove his helm and ride slowly round the fence, and finally pluck a single white rose from the blanket and toss it to some fair maiden in the crowd. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The hearts of the hobbits rose again a little in spite of weariness: the air was fresh and fragrant, and it reminded them of the uplands of the Northfarthing far away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Now the rainbow faded and the balls of light reunited and merged; they had formed a great shimmering sham-rock, which rose up into the sky and began to soar over the stands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Behind him, a huge black cloud of smoke rose. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of himself there rose in his mind the image of a golden-brown bulti fish, crisp without and succulent within, served on a platter and giving off fragrances sweeter than the lotus. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Daisy watched him and laughed, her sweet, exciting laugh; a tiny gust of powder rose from her bosom into the air. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He saw a white swirl of seagulls as they rose and sank along the Gulf of California. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose and bowed low to Frodo, and drawing the curtain passed out into the cave. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He did so for a few more minutes and then the helicopter rose, tilted, and drifted off. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The congregants rose and came toward the rear of the synagogue. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

These ancient roses, it has lately been asserted, were so constructed that the five sepals did actually stick out beyond the petals—just as they are represented to do in the heraldic rose. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the first course arrived, the headwaiter brought a dozen red roses and presented them to Mary Anne. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry said, spotting Sirius as they rose up beside the window. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She pictured the way Old Chao’s ears rose when he grinned — they literally perked up, she’d never seen anything like it on a human; Old Chao hadn’t believed it when she told him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shape emerged from the forest, a long spine that rose and fell like a frozen wave. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

April and Melanie rose to their knees from their deep bows before the double altars of Egypt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun rose the next morning, Amari looked with horror at what was once her tribe’s village. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blind nauseating terror rose in her when she thought of that. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny rose to carry the crabmeat to the pot, but she couldn’t bring herself to laugh at his joke. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The stairwell rose in a black spiral behind them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The Italian woman had a mass of tight black curls, starting at her forehead, that rose in a mountainous pompadour and cascaded down her back. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it seemed to be a person dragging something, for little puffs of red dust rose in sulfurous clouds at every other step. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said the card looked sincere, but I guessed that she liked it because it reminded her of her mystery rose. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

They were good-natured, outgoing, and respectful, and they always rose to the high standards their parents had set for them. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

When breathing was easier and the pain of effort but a dull ache, Robin rose to go on. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

But she had sixty varieties of roses, and most everybody in Cold Sassy was beholden to her for nursing a relative back to health or laying out the body for burial. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The fragility of old age was new to her then, and it had still startled her when she rose in the morning with her bones aching and stiff. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A tight knot collected in his chest and rose, rose, rose until it pushed its way to his eyes, which pooled with tears. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The smell of roses and blood has grown stronger now that only a desk separates us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Adaon rose in the saddle and swept down with his sword. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

A space has been cleared and the love seat has been moved in and surrounded by vases of red and pink roses. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His hand rose and the ice pick snapped into his heart. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the sea crashed around him and the deck rose and fell beneath his feet, he had seen Dagon s Feast and Red Tide slammed together so violently that both exploded into splinters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The midnight blue Eldorado rose above the accident on the bridge. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She dreamed of gardens full of white roses, their perfume intoxicating. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flames rose a hundred feet into the night sky and cast their gleam far out onto the lake. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Her chest rose and fell with her breath. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the ridge, the grasses rose around her, tall and supple. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A great sigh rose up from the audience. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

But she walked without regard to burrs or thorns, for as she stepped forth the ground beneath her became carpeted with fluorescent rose petals. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

"I don't know whether you like flowers, sir," the count said, "but I took the liberty of just bringing these roses." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The mourners were all up front with the corpse—admiring the roses that framed her head, I expect. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They swiftly rose on Fortune’s turning wheel, and then as swiftly fell to their ruin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She used it to sweep the ground around her, to create a huge cloud of ash that rose up like a smoke signal. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew Wood pushed back his chair and rose to his feet. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And when the water rose, what would happen inside the mine? Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The music in the hall rose to a crescendo, the beat of drums and the whine of the nadhaswaram so loud, we could catch the sound. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Thanks to Ma, we rose up out the subway on the wrong side of the street. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Some tried to count flowers to determine which side was going to win, but the room seemed evenly divided between those wearing red and yellow roses. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Communal sing-alongs had a faintly coercive quality—that way strangers had of catching each other’s eye as their voices rose—which she was determined to resist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Behind him stood his house, great and rambling and very new, and in the kitchen his wife, a beautiful woman, made breakfast, and the smoke rose out of the chimney, melting into the morning air. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Stop it, now,” he said to Chaol as his friend rose from his spot near the ring. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Our dad is holding a red rose and cackling into the webcam. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I shivered and rose quickly from my place of concealment, worried that somehow the path would have disappeared with the rain. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As they walked, brushing their way through bush and herb, sweet odours rose about them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was the scent of jasmine, she remembered, and night-blooming roses that had never felt the touch of a human hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the trail, the moon rose round and pale through the leaves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He woke endlessly and sat and slapped himself or rose to put wood on the fire. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He rose from his chair and began to unwind the chain from the box. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The door opened and then several other of the Klansmen’s voices rose in celebration. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The smoke rose up into the air, drifting toward the masts of the few ships at anchor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose and took a pot from the hearth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

When the distant church bell struck the quarter hour, Reynie finished his sandwich and rose from the park bench. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

By contrast, plans for Y-12 kept expanding even as the plant rose from the valley floor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They sat, unmoving, while she sung, and then, without excusing himself, 13-04 rose and rushed above-stairs, and sought her out along the corridors. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Whatever their story, these wives were appendages, roses climbing on the trellises. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lots of hymns, and the Catholic priest saying Hail Marys, and the first-class salon which had really looked a lot like this: dark wood, potted palms, rose silk lampshades with their swaying fringe. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He stumbled over a root and the cry that pursued him rose even higher. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Heat rose in her cheeks when she realized how alarmed she must have looked. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Tool’s doglike face rose from the shadows. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The city walls rose in the distance, high and strong. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Fowl’s face disappeared momentarily as he rose from his chair. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But there was still the small matter of getting to shore before the sun rose. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He swallowed the bile that rose in his throat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then she and her sisters rose on their bats’ wings, fluttered into the smoke-filled sky, and disappeared. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

His chest rose and fell so slowly and gendy that it seemed that during the intervals when it did not move he would never breathe again. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sour taste of panic rose in my throat. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rose from the ground, traveling up her legs until she was filled to the brim with it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A few wisps of smoke still rose from the blackened stones of Hazdar, twisted like ribbons by the wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was beautiful, but too solemn: I half rose, and stretched my arm to draw the curtain. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A wave of murmurs rose through the room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached the very bottom and the wall rose frowning above them, Lasaraleen was shaking so that she could not unbolt the gate. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Around them, the city seemed to yawn and stretch, waking gradually as the sun rose over sauropods and swooping dacytls, brownstones and church steeples and municipal domes. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

That night, Ma got a delivery of roses so red that they didn’t look real. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

From the threshold to the beginning of the stairs she counted fifteen roses, sixteen snowflakes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At that moment, the old woman’s mastiff rose from its sleep and growled, a sound like the rumble of thunder. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Throughout October attendance at the fair rose sharply as more and more people realized that the time left to see the White City was running short. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But a part of me lies buried in lace and roses on a river-bank in France—a part of me is broken off forever. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

They marched toward the entrance of a huge superstore, where two columns of stacked dog food sacks rose like lumpy towers. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Gigantic stone blocks, green with ancient slime, rose higher into the mist than they could see. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

She rose gracefully and looked down at him from the lofty height of five feet or more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The snow whispered down in the stillness and the sparks rose and dimmed and died in the eternal blackness. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

And now the day was quite definitely done, and most of the stars were out, and still the Horses thundered on and the children rose and sank in their saddles, miserable with thirst and weariness. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

In the shadowy hall a low sound rose—of suitors murmuring to one another. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Joe cut the water back into the river and sat for a moment longer while the sun rose higher and water seeped into the ground around his bean plants. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s sniffed every rose, every carnation, and has analyzed every exotic bloom. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

What slopes rose on above us I never looked up to see: nothing to see but rain falling. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He rose to his feet, and the rest of the guard rose with him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Lit by the pale glow from the nearly full moon, Horn Rock rose like a giant gray tusk from the edge of the bluff and jutted up into the night sky. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

To their left, a hill rose to its peak, the forest broken up only by a few rocky outcroppings. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She spent her days in the garden, tending to her roses, geraniums, potato vines, and orchids. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds of silence, he slowly rose from the chair and began limping toward the wall. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I swung the binoculars back toward the burning house at the moment when the roof caved in and the final golden crown of flames rose up through the air. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You don’t smell like roses anymore,” he said, then wanted to kick himself. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The morning of that day, as Gabriel rose and started out to work, the sky was low and nearly black and the air too thick to breathe. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It died away for a moment, then rose with more urgency. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

At some displays he took more time; the potters’ hopes rose a little higher with every second he examined their wares. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I rose and stretched, enjoying the coolness brought by the night. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sign out front had a single red rose painted on it, and the words reviving the spirit to recapture the vision, proverbs 29:18. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

That familiar sick feeling of being left out rose up in Anya, and she managed to push it down before she said, “No.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

On the mantel there was a vase of red paper roses. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He rose halfway up in the saddle, holding Seabiscuit back, his leg straining under his weight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then came the cavalcade: mounted policemen and a large open motorcar in which was seated a genial, kindly-looking man with a wreath of roses around his neck. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silver towers of the partially completed Bay Bridge rose dramatically from the water before them, elegant spires stretching with surprising grace across the bay toward Treasure Island and San Francisco. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And the oddest things were the ones like violets and roses, named from a color, so you had to call yellow and white and red ones violets and roses. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Unbearable smells from the sewers rose up to my second-story window and the stink had nowhere else to go but into my nose. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the east, the ancient church spires and peaked rooflines of central Berlin rose above a sea of trees turned red and gold in the crisp autumn air. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He willed himself to step up into the helicopter, pulled the door closed, and they rose skyward. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes giant bubbles of unburned gases rose within the column and then exploded high in the sky. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Duke rose up off his poolside lounger and stood on his wobbly legs. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It is tempting to assume, therefore, that Eratosthenes rose from humble origins. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

The fiber I tore from my skirt and pushed into the crack held back most of the water which seeped in whenever the canoe rose and fell with the waves. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama rose, tightened her wrapper, and then waited for Aunty Ifeoma to lead the way. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The scent of rose and ice and sugar. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Blanca cleaned her face with Harem Cream, a pinkish grease that smelled of roses and was supposed to perform miracles on women’s skin. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odin screeched as he flapped his wings, and the mountain doors opened, and he rose into the skies. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

At first he was a silent effigy of sorrow; but then the lamentation rose out of him, loud and sustained as the conch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Jinny rose and leaned over Loo, towered above him in the shallows. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The room filled with a warm golden glow, and huge shadows rose against the walls. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He rose while the boy slept and pulled on his shoes and wrapped in his blanket he walked out through the trees. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She rose unsteadily from the floor and made another attempt at the chair. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

After Uncle Clark and Aunt Jody had gone to bed, I rose and crept into the front room and slept in a tight ball on the sofa, without any cover. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smokes were pouring from it, and while those that rose into the upper air trailed away eastward, great rolling clouds floated down its sides and spread over the land. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He rose and standing in the dark he began to chant in a deep voice, while the echoes ran away into the roof. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Orléans archipelago is a string of islands stretching like a rose with a crooked stem out into the warm sea. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In the wavering firelight Gandalf seemed suddenly to grow: he rose up, a great menacing shape like the monument of some ancient king of stone set upon a hill. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We stood at the end of a long fountain, and that fountain led to a huge eight-sided mansion, and out of that mansion rose a baad gir. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Arletta sat in an overstuffed armchair covered in a country rose pattern. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

You could see the color moving like a slow tide down the hills that rose on both sides of stupid Marysville. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My teacher’s voice swirled around me and rose into the endless above. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Each time they passed, Ana and Alba sang with the strength of their despair, and female voices rose from the other cells. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of cooking chicken rose faintly on the air. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rose carefully, adjusting the now much heavier bag on her shoulder. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She rose in a flutter, like a partridge while the hawk is over, and plucked at her skirt. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anger rose inside her — she would not let this girl stop her — and she glared at Ana. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were laughing, Lena and she; collecting the roses, looking up at the man, and laughing from fear, embarrassment, and giddiness. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they heard him preparing to go first into the depths of the enemy warren as calmly as though he were looking for dandelions, his officers’ spirits rose. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the people rose, as if they were hypnotized, but the biker waved his hand dismissively and they all sat down again. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He got the little oillamp lit and left it sitting on a rock and he rose and shuffled out through the leaves wrapped in his blankets. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He put the grain away carefully in the granary, then he rose. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The river narrowed and the banks rose higher, growing into dark limestone cliffs with sides too steep for the jungle to cling to. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The full moon rose as the sun set. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hurriedly hung up, rose, and shortly thereafter stood before Inspector Bryant’s office door. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Their prayers rose from the pavement like the din of inseas on summer evenings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enrollment at churches and synagogues rose as never before, the requests for wine overwhelming some priests and rabbis. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Pollard dropped his head as if to smell the roses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The companions were in midstream now and the water rose only to their waists. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He rose to his feet slowly, wiping his hands on the front of his jeans. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” he said; gratitude—undoubtedly because of the bourbon—rose up inside him, constricting his throat. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Up the climbing streets of Minas Tirith they clattered, while the noise of war rose behind them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

With the aid of the marigolds the roses flourished; in the control beds they were sickly and drooping. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The water was cold and in flood and many things passed that had been floated off the banks when the river rose. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Horrified, Harry watched as a fine trickle of dust rose into the air at Wormtail’s command and fell softly into the cauldron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Over my shoulder the moon rose from the east and lighted my way. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just as the moon rose in the darkness, Minli felt a sudden jerk on the string. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He ran his hand through the blocks of wood while the image of blue glass shattering over white roses swept him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The old dog rose too, now, somewhat stiffly, and followed. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her whisper rose in pitch, an angry sound. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They yelled and one rose squatting and sprang among them. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Memory of her crossing the lawn toward the house in the early morning in a thin rose gown that clung to her breasts. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

In its second minute the Hate rose to a frenzy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Embarrassed, irritable and a little bit ashamed, Nel rose to go. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Before the sun rose, Nok walked up the road to the village, the fresh smell of green herbs and steamed fish rising up from the dish. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The island was about the size of two tennis courts side by side, and no part of it rose higher than the height of Malcolm’s waist above the flood. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

No one would ever find me there, either, behind all those roses, and just to make sure I would plant oleanders by the road. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He fastened about the throat of each a chain of roses wrought in soft yellow gold, from which hung a golden disc with the lion of Lannister picked out in rubies. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The bus shelter in front of the school had a flowerbed with the toughest roses in Bakersfield. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

At the sight of me, Horatio rose and took his leave. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Grace Wexler, recovered from a world-record hangover, draped a white cloth over the liquor bottles and set a spray of roses on the bar. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun came out from behind a cloud and then disappeared again, and the smell of ketchup melded with butterscotch rose with a gentle persistence from the seats of the car. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The smooth wave rose, tightening her throat, making it impossible to speak, and then, as she held on, tensing her lips, it fell away and she was safe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the dark of the early morning, I rose and went above-decks to watch the city’s continued destruction. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

There is even a single black rose amongst the blossoms, though no one knows its origin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They raised their glasses: “A rose by any other name...” they said, and sniggered to hide their rising panic. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He woke in the night with the cold and rose and broke up more wood for the fire. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

In the first dull light he rose and walked down the beach. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

A tall balding man with an ample belly stood behind a woman carrying roses. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

As DePreist left the stage, Marian Anderson’s recorded voice rose up and filled the hall with the words of the spirituals she loved. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Several hundred bats and humans sat on elevated bleachers that rose up around a central stage. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Quite a few single poles and blackened tree trunks stuck up from the ground, and here and there a skeleton of a building rose forlornly. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin suddenly rose from the huddle with El Patron in his arms. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad used the word “inflation” to explain why we no longer ate bread, which rose in price overnight from two to five dollars. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

If I planted watercolor roses in your garden would you laugh then? Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena’s right leg could barely support her, but she gritted her teeth and rose. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Beginning in the 1960s, crime rates rose in the United States for a period of about ten years. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Guenever was the next person to find Lancelot in the rose garden. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the fountain which rose near the middle of the garden made only the faintest sound. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Just then a chorus of voices rose from behind the door of Eiddileg’s throne room. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Tori rolled her eyes as she rose from the table. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But he slowly rose to his feet and followed us out of the cell. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mornings rose, nights fell, but he did not move from the bridge. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Whitewashed stucco walls lined with balconies rose three storeys high. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She threw down her book, rose from the stale comfort of the old brown sofa, and scrambled for the door. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Wes slowly rose again, this time making it to his feet, and shuffled along, trying to get his bearings. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The scythes all rose and lined up before two basins, one on either side of the rostrum. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was sliced right into the rock—or rather, into the melted, heat-rendered bones—which rose in high walls on either side, keeping the sky at a distance. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He rose from the edge of the bed. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Behind them, a mile or so away, mountains rose up to a sharp blue sky. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He helps me choose the brightest blooms—not just violets, but daisies and roses and lilies and others I can’t remember the names of. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He half rose from his seat, and a guard pounded the king’s back until ale spewed from his mouth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Smoke rose beyond the rooftops, as if giants were puffing cigars. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

And suddenly they all rose up like ravens frightened from carrion and wheeled away, flapping, silent, in the direction that Serret in her gull-shape had flown. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Pickers were scattered among tomato plants that rose up from the tops of furrows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lawyer for Hale rose and demanded to confer privately with Burkhart. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Ranofer stopped so abruptly that a little cloud of dust rose from his skidding feet and he almost lost his balance. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Behind them stood low crumbling cliffs, and chimneys of grey weathered stone dark with ivy; and beyond these again there rose high ridges crowned with wind-writhen firs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then he rose and went to a tiny night table with a drawer, from which he took paper and a fountain pen. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I love to see you at my table, Nick. You remind me of a--of a rose, an absolute rose. Doesn't he?" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The cry that rose up pierced through Moss, forced Johanna to stop for a moment. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And the sky like an overturned bowl of rose gold above them. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Red crocheted roses on bright green petals hemmed the doilies on the side tables. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth led her siblings out the first-floor exit into the main hallway of the brownstone, where the stairs rose to the other two apartments. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The rest of the goblins at the table rose, and Werfel could not tell whether it was out of politeness or menace. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“The late rose is starting to flourish anew. Eat to your heart’s content.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I do not remember much of this time, except that many suns rose and set. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A yawn rose up in her so large she could not hold it back. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung rose, dismayed in his heart but upon the surface of his face and voice courteous. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When Sapo walked in the guy sitting behind the counter quickly rose to attention, like he was in the army or something. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Climbing roses covered many of the trees, their prickly vines making the forest look like it was covered in armor. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

What’s more, the workshop’s stone floor rose and fell in a gentle pattern of peaks and troughs to guide the spills toward those drains. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Half blinded, he rose and stumbled after her. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Good thing we all showered up in the storm this morning. My pits smell like roses. Go ahead and get comfy.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His red cape rose and fell in a crimson wave. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She rose, smiled goodbye, and said she would be coming back soon. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Bigger rose and faced them, holding his hurt hand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead rose the baleful crags of Dark Gate, its twin slopes blazing crimson in the dying sun. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

By the time the sun rose the next day, the attacks had ended. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since large portions of Amsterdam were shaded in, our first question was what we should do if the water in the streets rose to above our waists. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Gently, as if he were unfolding the petals of a rose, he peeled open my fingers and dropped something into them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He half rose; I half sat; and hung thus between earth and air we grabbed at each other’s fingers—and he cackled a laugh, and clasped me to him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

If the rose is picked, the plant grows another one. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Murphy gestures toward the rose velvet sofa and he sits down heavily, like an elephant I once saw in a picture book, his large stomach protruding from rounded thighs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The two scholars climbed up on the stone railing, quivering at the cold draft that rose up from a half mile below. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Each island rose as much as sixty feet above the flood- plain, allowing trees to grow that otherwise could not endure the water. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then Kira replaced the cloth in her pocket and rose from her chair. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From her seat at the table, she could reflect on her roses and bird feeders through the picture window the company carpenters had installed for her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

More cloud bubbles rose, floated around us, and burst into joy. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The cheers rose above us as we moved farther and farther from Father’s stage. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I collect my bow and at the last minute remember the rose, glistening in its glass of water. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As they watched, it rose higher and higher, blazing in a haze of greenish smoke, etched against the black sky like a new constellation. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As they passed the roses she wondered if there really was anything she wanted to tell him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He rose and looked across to where I stood. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ralph rose obediently, and Piggy, and they went to the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As soon as the principal walked away from the podium, the noise level in the room rose, like a boiling kettle that suddenly started to steam. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

In my heart, some kind of answer rose up. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I lay on the bed and looked at the tiny bunches of wild roses sprinkled over her dress. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last Tom and Goldberry rose and cleared the table swiftly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But then, when I stopped to swipe dripping hair out of my face, the Rock of Nisir suddenly rose before us. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Obsidian towers and spires rose out of the walls at an angle. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Rus’s growl rose from his place underneath the table. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He rose, lifted his wooden chair, and moved it over beside the couch where he had napped that afternoon. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Nina loved luxury and this was expensive—roses and something else, something his pauper’s nose didn’t recognize. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But then it suddenly rose and flew away. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

He rose to his feet as though aware that remaining seated made him vulnerable. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The snow-white angel alone remains, hovering over Tara Burgess’s fresh grave, holding a single black rose in one hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The woman smells of roses—like the lush white blooms along the lane at my gram’s house. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Dad followed, and for an hour their shouts rose up through the floor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ahead of them there was nothing but mist, though they could see from the darkening of it that a great wall rose in front of them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I can see through these houses, to what they used to be; I can see the colors that used to cover the walls, dusty rose, muddy green, mushroom, and the chintz curtains no longer there. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Goose bumps of terror rose on my arms. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Pollard rose up as if in the saddle, yanking at the pulley holding his arm. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mary Anne rose and ran for the stairs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ladders that rose from one level of scaffold to the next had all the substance of matchsticks and imparted to the structure an aura of fragility. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

His chest rose and fell steadily, and his heart thudded regularly. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As sure as anger rose up in me, a sick feeling took it sliding back down. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

One by one, the men of the Golden Company rose, knelt, and laid their swords at the feet of his young prince. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On each disc is a shell or a star, an orange maple leaf, a white rose. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he rose and went in to the inner court. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Me and Winn-Dixie stood and stared at the tree, and the hair on top of his head rose up a little bit and he growled deep in his throat. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bucket rose from the water, rope, bail, and sides dripping white fire. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rumbling below him rose in volume with the passing seconds, but he could not tell if the men were coming closer or receding. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Keeping my eyes on the rose, I say, “I vote yes . . . for Prim.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He tells of the history of Panem, the country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once called North America. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The steering wheel was as big as a Hula-Hoop, and the shifter rose up from the floor like a baseball bat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They set the tree up in the front room after spreading a sheet to protect the carpet of pink roses from falling pine needles. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t disagree with her, exactly, but the same faction members who rose up against Edward yesterday won’t remain quiet after this, either. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

All eyes went to their bodyguard, who had left off tending the roses and was oiling the gate hinges. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ida rose from behind her desk as Lucia showed Esther into the room. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

At last, when he considered he had received his due, Caesar rose and held up his arms. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Jaime gave one of his deep laughs that rose up from his stomach and that, since he was a taciturn man, she rarely heard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon rose, heavy and round as a ripe squash, over the tops of the trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He shoved the box farther away, so that the unsettled dust rose up, making him sneeze. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Slowly Pong rose up on his toes and reached for the bridge railing. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The masons put together the pieces of the rose window and installed the tympanums and voussoirs over the doors. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

A knight rose up from nowhere to hack at his shield with a two-handed greatsword, again and again, until someone thrust a dagger under his arm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was inspired by all the ordinary people who rose to the challenge of 9/11. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I linked my finger through his as we rose higher, higher. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They exchanged a few brief remarks, and presently the girl rose and went back to her compartment. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Staring at him all the while, Kate rose unsteadily to her feet. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When his voice rose in a crescendo, flames leapt from his fingers with a sudden whoosh and made the crowd gasp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But a few moments later he rose to his knees and peered at the darkness beyond the bridge. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I fold the note in half and stick it between the stem and the white cotton-looking plant they stuck in with the rose. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tulips, dandelions, daisies, and poppies were favorites as they came into season; roses were prized. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Dad opened the pizza box, and the warm smell of baked crust and melted cheese rose up, but my appetite had disappeared. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The driver slowed, weaving his way through narrow alleys toward the crumbling buildings that rose in the distance. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The architecture was more elegant too, more modern, and I saw parks where roses and jasmine bloomed in the shadows of trees. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Deciding it would be better to stand the rest of the way than risk bloodying my nose, I rose to my feet and offered him my seat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He touched the molten gold that was creeping down his face, and smoke rose from his finger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Everybody in my family thought life was beautiful. We grinned at each other morning, noon, and night. We had real-life Pepsodent smiles. Nobody ever got angry at anybody else. Life was a bed of roses!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I said”—the Owner rose from his chair, his feet two inches above the ground—“where did you get this peanut butter?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The lady’s face was hidden by a fancy straw bonnet, the brim decorated with roses that matched her gown. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The feeling of freedom rose in me so fast that I had to chase it down to squash it along with my swelling heart. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was only thirty miles from Serd to Roke, and they sailed on; and when the wind still rose, they still sailed on. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hope, so long crushed, rose up in my breast. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When they finished eating, they rose and went outside to sit in the dooryard where a soft breeze gave them comfort after the heat of the kitchen. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Huge stacks of newspapers rose up to the ceiling. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The wind rose then, taking the brown leaves in a whirl from the trees, and smoke wafted from the chimneys of cottages as fires were fed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, as the moon rose in an indigo sky, he got to his feet. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone rose to their feet at Gregor’s appearance and bowed in unison. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly the sun rose and everything changed in a moment. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The cliff rose in front of me and though the rocks were slippery with sea moss I found a hold for a hand and then a foot. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were still a moment longer; then she rose. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She mouthed a few words I couldn’t hear, then threw a rose made of woven palmetto leaves into the water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A nauseating smell rose and smacked me in the face, but I toiled as fast as I could. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t mind the smell of mustard gas and roses. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter, loosening the cramped way some roses had been bunched into a vase, saw that Lyra wasn’t moving and glanced pointedly at the door. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

As they approached the top through a copse of chestnut trees, the lowering sun dropped below the cloud cover and caught the scene, dazzling the three soldiers as they rose into it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

All that long night, until the pale winter sun rose, Nat tossed and turned and hunted for an answer. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There, there,” said Slughorn, waving his wand so that the huge pile of earth rose up and then fell, with a muffled sort of crash, onto the dead spider, forming a smooth mound. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was all light blues with white furniture and a white fireplace with small stone lions on either side and another vase on a dark table filled with pink roses. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She took Kaede’s hand in hers and put it on her skin, and gooseflesh rose at the touch of her fingers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I waded into the pond, shivering as the cool water rose higher on my legs. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The last garden roses are blooming in the corner of Gram’s yard, forming a little crowd of pink, cheerful faces to welcome me through the white gate. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The engines rose to a deafening, agonized, ululating bellow each time McWatt changed direction. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The white wolf rose and rubbed against him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

From the opposite end, a huge, blond woman in a starched white uniform was coming toward him, carrying a vase of longstemmed, red roses. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

A burning sensation rose in my chest and stomach, the fractured ribs sizzling. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The broad concrete walkways curved in and around the massive yellow buildings that rose taller than anything else in the neighborhood. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The phantom breeze flowed through her room, smelling of roses. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Lazlo rose up on his elbow and gazed down at her in wonder. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Jealousy rose in me like a pain as I heard them talking terms. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The mist rose and rose and then became a hovering gray cloud above both their heads. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They just wanted to get away from the elfin camp before the sun rose too high. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Fred needed to be onstage when the curtain rose for the first act. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Within a few years, their incomes rose 20 percent and their English improved greatly. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

A light breeze stirred the ground and a mist of dirt rose up, coating our faces, hair, and the inside of our noses. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

When he was strong enough to stand without support, he rose to his feet and wiped his forehead on his sleeve. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Upriver the land was more rugged, die dense forest giving way to a series of bare stony hills that rose high and wild to the north and west. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The hair on her arms rose as the voice became clearer. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Anger rose in my chest as I saw that Mama was not going to change her mind. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

As I rose from my chair, my head was still swimming some. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, there’s one you’ve never seen before!” said the Match-Man proudly, pointing to a painting of a mountain covered with snow and its slopes simply littered with grasshoppers sitting on gigantic roses. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Nobody came, and a fear rose inside Jinny, bubbling up in the back of her throat. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I rose to get my hat; I wanted to visit some friends and tell them what I felt, to talk. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The principal rose from his seat, took two steps to the door and closed it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I could pick up traces of her usual rose- water scent deep in the fabric of her shirt. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I stuck the needle into the outline of a rose. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Its radiator was boiling over, and clouds of steam rose from under the hood. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He watched as the man rose and moved first to the wall where the speaker was. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I cut my roses and took them back into the morning-room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of being alone on the island while so many suns rose from the sea and went slowly back into the sea filled my heart with loneliness. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for their mother, untypically she rose to the crisis, free of migraine and the need to be alone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had my dinner in a restaurant, and when I had settled in with a drink and a comfortable chair and my bathed bare feet on a carpet with red roses, I inspected Charley. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

His chest rose and fell with angry breaths. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Hours later, the moon rose and made the gloomy python surrender what it had swallowed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flash flood of forgiveness rose in my chest. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Whenever Periboia tried to strike, doves rose up from nowhere and fluttered in the giantess’s face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The scent of lilies is stifling and when Celia can no longer tolerate it, she transforms all of the flowers into roses. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Their golden hair was braided on their shoulders; the sun was blazoned upon their green shields, their long corslets were burnished bright, and when they rose taller they seemed than mortal men. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Goose pimples rose on her pale skin as the coldness crept up her thighs and kissed her lower lips. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then I rose, put on my hat and coat, and went out. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red-brick Georgian rose next to English Tudor, which gave onto French Provincial. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His color rose again as he said it, unable, it seemed, to hold in his resentment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A lump rose in her throat, and she felt the ache of tears threatening. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It has roses on it and maidens cavorting in the glen. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They both stood and watched it floating there for a moment, before a large tentacle rose out of the water and scooped it beneath the surface. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Buds and then yellow roses appeared on the bushes by the porch. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The cry rose up from the crowd, in chirping voices and bellows: “We will.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

From the pyres of the dead rose black columns of smoke and white-hot ashes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Theon drained the last dregs of his ale and rose reluctantly to his feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Just as it had two months ago, a cold, damp breeze leaked through the cracks, but it smelled nothing of roses. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The young man was still standing several feet away from her; now one of his eyebrows rose. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Alys spoke in a calm voice while she rose, prodded the fire, and reached for her clothing. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I walk through the doors of the atrium, noticing a vase filled with white roses. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

A fine mist rose out of the jar, higher, higher, straight into the air vent above. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Their laughter and cheers rose up around George, and the fear he’d felt in the baggage hold faded away. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Down along the river was a pile of roses, a huge pile of damask roses, the autumn-flowering ones. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“One for you and one for you,” Chacko said with his roses. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hard lump rose in Ekon’s throat, making it hard to speak. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“And are all the little roses as red as blood?” said the Abbot. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The servant looks at all the dead roses on the ground. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A red tide rose from the collar of his shirt and his shoulders crept up, like a kid expecting a cuff to the back of the head. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Hairs rose on the back of my neck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She rose up beside her chair—glaring down at me—and swung. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

As the sun rose higher in the sky, Sefia grew more and more nervous. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A natural leader, Hans Scholl rose to command a squad of 150 Hitler Youth, earning the rank of Fähnleinführer, a leader of a patrol that has its own flag. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up the flowers—two dozen dark red roses on a sheaf of ferns. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose to his feet, soberly confronted Rick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ekon rose more slowly and looked around again before zeroing in. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The big snowy mountains rose above them in every direction. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Something new rose in my throat, and it tasted strongly of acid. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The coach’s voice rose up angrily, letting us know that our response was not yet good enough. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scent of sunscreen and roses floated by on the warm air. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Something rustled in the mountain of cotton, and a withered hand, with nails black and sharp, rose feebly out of the white fluff. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He became restless when anyone looked at it, and fury rose in him if any question was asked about it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted her hand in mine and looked down, hiding the roses blossoming on her cheeks. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Thick fog rose from the whitecapped waters and engulfed the bridge’s towers. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then Longstreet rose and walked out to the edge of the trees, out into the open, for a look at die Union line. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But most importantly, he loved, his way,” she said, her face starting to melt as the water rose up in her eyes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

J. J. Ford crumpled the clues in her fist and rose in anger. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like it was made of beaten gold, complete with delicate roses and a glittering butterfly whose wings reminded Aru of stained glass. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You aren’t. Possibly aiding and abetting, a little conspiracy to commit, followed of course by receiving stolen money, but trust me, you’ll come out of this smelling like a rose.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

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

His breast rose and fell a little faster. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

As soon as this murder occurred, the people rose up and killed all the Canneschi. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Stheno, you fool!” she gurgled as her half-made face rose from the mound of dust. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Tears of misery rose in Lupita’s eyes as she sensed a dark truth. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He rose to his full height and took up his trident. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But when he tried to eat the flesh of his ox his gorge rose and he could not swallow it and he drank only a little of the soup. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I found a bright card with yellow roses at the store. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The contents of her tooled leather purse with the rose designs had spilled all around her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She blew it out, the smoke rose and dispersed, and Father Stylianopoulos broke the candle in two. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It featured the lush tulips, roses, and lilies that had filled her childhood home and were still so popular in European society. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The boy at the desk was dressed in a creamy velvet suit, a white rose in his buttonhole. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I began leaving two white paper napkins by him every time I served him more coffee, and the rose worked when he sometimes scribbled on the napkins, which I retrieved when he left. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took Ignatius over to the mantelpiece and showed him a bud vase containing one red, one white, and one blue rose. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We rose and fell over the swells of a larger boat, but I kept my eyes on the trees. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

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

He rose from the floor on his own, and although Rowan felt not an ounce of gratitude, he said, “Thank you for letting me stay.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

A thin wail rose from her throat, sharp as the blade of a knife. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In response Luce’s right eyebrow rose from behind his glasses. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Without further ado he rose and marched off with great strides. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Massive columns rose to a domed ceiling, which was gilded with moving constellations. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She lashed out with her right hand, focusing all of the raging spirits inside her, and caught the demon haint full across the face as it rose toward her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The Christmas tree beside their table rose a few inches off the ground, drifted sideways, and landed with a soft thump right in front of their table, hiding them from view. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the cobblestones was a bit of well-manured earth where a lovely rose bush grew and a row of bright red geraniums. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A faint but distinct voice rose from the tree. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He rose and followed her out of the kitchen, down a narrow stairway at the end of which was the basement. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bright, white flames had erupted around Dumbledore’s body and the table upon which it lay: Higher and higher they rose, obscuring the body. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The rocks are sandstone and shale, which were laid down layer upon layer in an ancient sea that existed before the mountains rose. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We picked way too many roses,” I said, yawning. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Their faces were shining and dedicated and their voices rose in chorus and it was never any time but evening. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rose, and built up the fire in the hearth, and returned to sit by Estraven. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I spent that night in a boardinghouse in town, rose early, and was joined for coffee in my room by two local chiefs to discuss their role in the new Bantu Authorities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia half expects him to pull pink tea roses from behind his back as he used to when he returned from his trips to distant provinces. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the sixth Sunday the gentleman appeared with a yellow rose in his hand. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Have a good day, children. And if you’re late to class, don’t worry about it. Take time to smell the roses...and whatever else might be rotting in the hallways.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

On the seventh day of Passover, the curtain finally rose: the Germans arrested the leaders of the Jewish community. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice sounded as though it rose out of the earth. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We had been there about an hour, perhaps less, when Ammu rose. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The banks rose up thick with weeds, and the water seemed to suck in the sun rather than reflect it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The front and back rose up high, holding Anya in place. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Straight on, a tilted stairway of pale marble rose up out of the dark water in a graceful spiral, ending abruptly ten feet above their heads. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Once, when a vicious dog tried to attack, Cheetah hurled herself in front of me and rose to her hind feet. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As her eyes moved along, she saw that out of the pale sea, near the grazing land, rose other land, and on this land appeared men. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lancelot,” said the King, finding him one afternoon in file rose garden, "you have been looking wretched lately. Is there anything the matter?" The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ice fell away from his hand, which rose up to tremble in the air for a moment, afflicted and blue, before coming to rest on my arm. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Smoke rose from the forges, and hammers rang as kids made their own weapons for Arts & Crafts. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The next morning, as the sun rose, the gods stood to watch the man work. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The machine rose a couple of hundred metres, then headed eastwards, and as it turned, there before Bernard’s eyes, gigantically beautiful, was the Singery. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her gigantic head rose out of the water, jaws spreading, and everything around them seemed to tremble, like Missy herself was a singular aquatic earthquake made of flesh, blood, tooth, and bone, and utterly unstoppable. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Her voice rose with every question until she was shouting too. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Gathering momentum, I run into the living room, swipe the photos off the table, rip the framed cross-stitched roses off the wall. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than a dozen dried beach roses spill out. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She entered without knocking, as she always did, and immediately noticed the scent of roses, even though they were not in season. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came straight to them and all three men rose to their feet. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presently he rose, and, completely under the influence of his own thoughts and language, began to pace the room with short strides, speaking to himself in a low voice and with great emphasis. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

The plane lifted its nose and rose into the air. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The rose mark over Sula’s eye gave her glance a suggestion of startled pleasure. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Gosh, Grandpa. You mean you don’t think Jesus rose from the dead?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As the curtain rose at Ford’s, the coachman and Lincoln’s servant Charles Forbes were on top of the carriage. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tension rose still further over the next few months as a routine decision about the placement of new public housing escalated into a battle over ghettoization. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Next day I rose early and headed for Ellis Park. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl hurriedly rose to her feet and bowed. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her right shoulder rose and fell faintly with her breathing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They say that’s why he wears the roses that reek of perfume. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As his wife’s voice rose, he hurried to join her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls a rose down from a hanging branch, closing her eyes as she inhales the scent, the petals velvet soft against her skin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe the roses were a token from the Virgencita, a small light in her otherwise gloomy existence, a gift to brighten her spirits. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

There were overexposed shots of roses, hands pressed together in prayer, more selfies of Maya and Claire together. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t even seen that all the other girls got roses to carry. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I rose from my chair and started to move around the desk toward the lieutenant. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The applause was louder, and cries rose, “Right! Right!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a big heart made out of red and white roses, a “K” made out of calla lilies, and an arrangement of flowers in orange and green, his favorite colors. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Then he opened the second jar and rose and carried them back into the kitchen, holding the glass in his other hand with the candle rolling about and sputtering. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

A rose was one of the few flowers, he said, that looked better picked than growing. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Our neighbor Mr. Sera was cutting yellow roses from his garden. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Our voices rose together as one, proclaiming faith, joining in grief. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As her right arm rose, the dark green silk of her robe’s wide sleeve fell back, exposing the sage’s mark on her forearm. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A young man in a similar state of quick-dress rose next to her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In his chariot drawn by coal-black steeds he rose up through a chasm in the earth, and grasping the maiden by the wrist set her beside him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his hands, then shook his head in disgust and rose to his feet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then he rose quickly to his feet and blocked Falconer's path. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“This cloud of smoke rose up from the ground.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking his seat on the smooth bench again, Eumaios ate and drank his fill, then rose to climb the mountain trail back to his swine, leaving the megaron and court behind him crowded with banqueters. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last the woods rose; the rookery clustered dark; a loud cawing broke the morning stillness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

As he rose from one political office to another, he never once distinguished himself. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

As the cutter slashed out the items, throwing the discarded paper to the floor, a sea of newspaper rose as high as her waist each fifteen minutes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went through a white gate, past a row of rose bushes, up the stairs to the house. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere but on the north-facing slopes and in the shadowy ravines, the snowpack had melted down to bare ground, exposing the previous seasons rose hips and lingonberries, which McCandless gathered and ate in great quantity. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heart was beating like a drum, and his voice rose to a frightened squeak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Behind that rose an expanse of grassy dunes and weathered boulders. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

According to the old legend, she lurked in the dark forests that covered the slopes of St. Helens, the mountain that rose up over this whole valley. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Piper didn’t know, but she watched herself in the vision, alone and thrashing in the dark, until the water rose over her head. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“He had a rose on his shield, the man who gave this to me. I scratched my hand on a thorn.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With visible effort he rose on his haunches. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I ducked a leaping fetterling and sent an uppercut into its middle as I rose. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

On the way back I picked some flowers, some wild roses that grow beside the road, and at home I put them in a vase and took them to his room. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

It wasn’t exactly as if silence fell all over the room, but the volume did dip significantly, and then rose again. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But one by one, each woman rose to compare her work with the original, shook her head in defeat, and abandoned the hall. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

During the war itself, William had to stand by and watch as his colleagues and assistants became military officers, then rose in rank. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As he opened the heavy door and stepped out of the porch into the sunlight, two magpies rose up from the gate, and flapped through the air above his head. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And then she realized that it was late and she had to return home to wait for her stepmother, and she rose from the table so quickly that she banged her hip on it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The person rose, and he stood out for one reason only: He was one of the few white men in the room. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The din that rose around Moss was overwhelming. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She likes looking at the walls, at how neatly their corners meet, the linoleum roses on the floor, the ceiling smooth as wedding cake. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brian rose to his hands and knees, stiff and with great slowness, and crawled across the floor of the shelter to where Derek lay. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

While the dew was still on the roses, the road outside Grandma’s house was thronged with people coming in from as far away now as Argenta and Farmer City for the parade. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I rose at six o’clock to prepare for work, Yakov’s bed was still empty, the blanket smoothed and folded. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As they passed Stinson Beach, he pointed inland, where a single mountain rose above the green hills. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sister Berenice rose from her desk when Dicey came into the long room. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the music of the pearl rose like a chorus of trumpets in his ears. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt rose from the floor and saw that the room had been darkened. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rose and ran to the women’s room. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entire scene, from the scent of the roses to the warmth radiating from the lanterns, is astounding. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The corporals’ snores rose and fell in counterpoint. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She rose and tentatively picked up one of the slender, pliable saplings from the pile. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a few mild threats, the manager quieted the front rows and then glanced down the row in which the isolated figure of Ignatius rose like some great monster among the little heads. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the dust figure rose from the end of the hall and rushed him, raising its dead hand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The grownups rose from their work pounding rocks and drifted over, too. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weather was shifting fast, and you couldn’t see your breath anymore, not even in the hour before the sun rose. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

From the prison’s courtyard it rose, a yellow silk bubble escaping the earth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed in a good safe thirty feet, until the saplings rose up taller than he was, until his anxiety let him breathe right again, before turning to parallel the road. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

One day when the tiercel was brooding the eggs and Frightful was looping and gliding, she heard Sam whistle from the mountain that rose above the river. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Half a mile west rose the fortifications of Camp Jupiter. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

About a block away from the peak of the hill, a hum like a massive swarm of bees rose above the distant sounds of traffic. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

His voice rose suddenly to a scream, and he sat up, still asleep, drumming his legs. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

They rose again slowly, circling and recircling over his head, mocking him with their cries, and they flew at last into the darkening sky. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The sun rose and shone through the ravine. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kira rose suddenly from her chair and pulled a window closed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Six plumes of smoke rose from the land below. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Around 8:00 P.M., not long before the curtain rose at Ford’s, Stanton left his house to visit his friend William H. Seward at his sickbed. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stone dens rose before them, walls slick and wet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

From his seated position, Seth shifted to his knees and rose unsteadily to his feet. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

And so he rose and faced the congregation. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m off,” she said brightly, and she went back up the spiral stair as the closest Sister rose and unlocked the door marked “5.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

When he walked into a room, members of the staff, including white principals of the training and secondary schools, together with the black principal of the industrial school, rose to their feet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand rose to Celaena’s forehead and she drew an invisible mark. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When the visitor rose to speak he sounded like a white man. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water rose and rose; and he began to fear that he would lose the tide altogether. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Fred rose up on his hind legs and hopped around the cage. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As I closed my notebook, the nausea hit me: a green, rolling wave of sickness that started deep in my belly and rose up toward my throat. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Impossibly, like roses blooming in the heart of December, she said, “That’s past.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

In colors of rose and lavender and purple it moved and pulsed against the night, and the frost-sharpened stars shone through it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mountainside rose sheer and impassable ahead of them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day the hills rose still higher and steeper before them, and they were forced to turn away northwards out of their course. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The nearest peaks rose ten thousand feet higher than the valley floor, with Whitney, the highest, just off to the south. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worshippers at the temple brought garlands of jasmine instead of chrysanthemums, and roses had disappeared from the feet of the Gods. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then on an impulse they all rose to leave at the same time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

At once the image of the man in the yellow suit rose up. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to the main computer, during the blast, the internal pressure spiked to 1.4 atmospheres, and the temperature rose to 15°C in under a second. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bedlam in the street rose higher; more men climbed through trapdoors to the roof. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the sun rose higher in the sky, he felt drawn thin and tight as a fishing line. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It gave me the creeps, helping Grandpa slip his pillow sham of roses under Granny’s head. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The way he avoided looking at me reminded me of Jesse at the end—the odd hesitation before each smile, the sudden silences that rose between us. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

His flat chest rose and fell, rose and fell, and his stomach muscles rolled with each breath. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The left wings rose leisurely until they were almost straight up, and then Dragonwings leaned forward and burrowed nose first into the hillside. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Qhorin came and stood over him as the first flame rose up flickering from the shavings of bark and dead dry pine needles. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She rose to her knees and slid off the side of the bed, but at the moment that her feet touched the floor, a great concussion thoomed in the street. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Finally he rose, made awkward by his weight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Abraham Lincoln rose from his chair and walked toward the podium. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour later, Zeitoun heard the guards footsteps again, and again Zeitoun rose up to meet him as he passed the gate. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The boy would not tell her that the teacher had told him that dog days got their name from the Dog Star because it rose and set with the sun during that period. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dragon laughed and Minli clutched his neck with her spare arm as he rose into the air. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He rose to shake hands, then waved them to sit on two rickety wooden chairs, speaking to Liyana in a careful, formal voice. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke rose from the front of the yard, along with the delicious smell of oregano and garlic, rosemary, fennel, toasted annatto. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Far in the distance, a creature of titanic proportions rose from the water. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The hair on her arms rose, and she grabbed a fur blanket from her bed to wrap around herself. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Yutar rose and addressed the court: “My Lord, I call the case of the state against the National High Command and others.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the melody rose, her voice broke up sweetly, following it, in a way contralto voices have, and each change tipped out a little of her warm human magic upon the air. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Rome rose to power in the second century BC and swallowed up Greece, but Rome's power did not extend as far east as Alexander’s had. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The zeppelin rose with a lurch and moved over the rim of the mountain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It only makes sense: If these roses have been around this long already, they are pretty sturdy. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyebrows rose a little at the sight of the telegram. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morgant’s riders had been slain or captured as Gwydion’s voice rose in command to cease the combat. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Roy rose from the table, hurriedly dabbing his mouth with a napkin. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The booing rose and died again as Piggy lifted the white, magic shell. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then the horse and rider reached the dry ground, and other men, who looked like the rider, rose out of the earth. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

When I realized who he was, my heart rose and fell and I considered going back inside before that flaming marshmallow could be weaponized. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And then—a miracle!—the bird’s chest rose, then fell, then rose, then fell. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Yes, let’s carve it,” Mr. Pirzada agreed, and rose from the sofa. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“We sent a yellow rose in to her with a note,” I say. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fireworks streak across the night sky, creating the emblem of the Belles—a golden fleur-de-lis, with a red rose twisting around its center like a ribbon of blood. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

As the waters rose, they fled first upstairs and then into the attic, but to no avail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Radishes made into flowers, roses or tulips, bob in it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black smoke rose for miles across the valley. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At night we slept in a loft beneath the eaves, where on cold nights the smoke from the kitchen fires rose and hovered beneath the rafters, warming us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Your Majesty,” the voice said again, and Minli could hear the shuffling and swishing of silk as the group rose and took leave of the king. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I said, ‘Love, you could at least throw out that old rose,’ but she didn’t answer me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In front of the doll, there are three fresh candles, a pack of cheap cigarettes, an open can of Tecate, a bowl of apples, and a white rose starting to brown at the edges. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The njuzu girls rose to the surface of the water and looked expectantly to the east, from where the storm clouds would come. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around eleven, Mrs. Rooks buys some roses and snacks for her bridge club meeting. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

My mother rose and settled her dress about her. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It rose and fell, and ended on a high piercing note. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Fresh bouquets of lavender and white roses are in the living room and the dining room. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A couple of them rose from their chairs to demonstrate their willingness for immediate action. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She is wearing her American-made flannel nightgown with the pale blue roses. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I remember the rose on my dresser. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Then the music rose up angry and with excitement underneath. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But she rose and looked down now from the edge at the top and saw nothing but darkness. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Piper grabbed her sword and rose, prepared for a flood of monsters. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His son, too well bred to hear the hint, rose immediately also, saying, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Everything is coming up roses,” said Miss Forcible. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I buy some roses, take them over to her house, which is up on 153rd and Broadway, give her the roses, and ask her to the dance. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A column of dust rose from a mound of rubble, which I realized was a collapsed skyscraper. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The steam rose thickly from a vat of boiling water which no one was attending. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When my father finished he rose and stretched his back in several directions and then moved to the side. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the cricket cage, through a grate in the sidewalk, the chirping rose up to the street. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Gwydion rose and went to her, Taran glimpsed a shadow dart behind a bush. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The same hostile roof now again rose before me: my prospects were doubtful yet; and I had yet an aching heart. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

From it a thin line of smoke rose. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I rose up suddenly, terror-struck at the solitude which so ruthless a judge haunted,—at the silence which so awful a voice filled. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

My breath caught in my throat, and the hairs on my ears rose. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the morning Zeitoun rose with the sun, prayed, and then checked the freezer. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The flies began a strange, repetitive drone, which rose and dropped with a harsh, military rhythm. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He dry heaved three times, controlled it, and rose to his feet, rubbing his eyes to see what had happened. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

How was it possible that such effort, such plain virtue, could overnight be reduced to this—smoke, thinning as it rose and was received by the big, annihilating sky? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The electric lights detracted, but when the sun rose the display would show at its best advantage. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Near the Northern Canal, sprouting up like toadstools, rose the squat shacks of rough boards and turf with only a tiny window and a few holes to let in light. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Father rose slightly, as if to end the visit, but Yawar placed a hand on his shoulder. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Dust rose smothering the air, as from nearby there marched up an army of Easterlings that had waited for the signal in the shadows of Ered Lithui beyond the further Tower. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A thunderous, rolling BOO instantly rose from the crowd. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It was changing its shape in a complicated way, thinning at the base as a vertical column rose five or six feet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A crazy paving path climbed up to a bench under a trellisy arch of roses. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The mound rose at the south end of a rectangular, hundred-yard-long pavilion that was bordered by two knee- high berms. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry, my friend,” he said, and his shoulders rose a little to indicate that the misfortune was no fault of his. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

His chest rose and fell and rose again. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Even now, though obviously not hunting, it had a crafty, predatory look that made the watchers among the dog roses shiver. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is eager to leave, to escape this place where her brother was murdered and she rose to prominence only to be thwarted by a factionless woman who wasn’t supposed to be alive. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know yet if she was rose or thorn, but one thing I knew for sure. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I felt her gaze pierce through the white clapboard and the pink wallpaper roses and uncover me, crouching there behind the silver pickets of the radiator. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We did not speak in the morning Wind which rose with the Sun. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the moment of darkness, Taran lost his footing as the ground rose steeply on one side. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

They rose with surprising speed into the clear North Carolina air until the din of Lakewood was a distant murmur and the entire city of Durham lay beneath them. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Papa always used pruned lengths of the roses that climbed the little house, weaving them into a very loose topping, but those roses had burned when the old house had last year. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Before I could answer, something rose out of the sea, and out of my nightmares, too. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

In some places the wall rose straight out of the water and in others it stood behind a thicket of reeds. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Poirot rose, uttered excuses to the Swedish lady and followed the man out of the dining car. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shut the book, and clutching it to my person, rose to my feet. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her perfume was close and heavy; breathing it was like swallowing big red roses; it choked him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But they rose again, bringing friends this time. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was a howling wind as the moon rose and its powers pulled at the still waters of the lake. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jib rose slowly and hung flapping at its stay. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Kate stood up from the bed and a wave of dizziness rose in her head. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My gorge rose at the reek of rotten meat permeating the air. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then the water evaporated and the earth rose, so that not even a small depression marked the terrain; and nowadays nobody knows in which field the befuddled sheepherder dug his fabled hole. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this cue from the musicians, all the guests rose from their tables and arranged themselves in two long lines in the center of the dance floor, men on one side, women on the other. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He rose, holding on to the edge of the table, his knees trembling so that he thought that they would buckle under him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The little fish rose to the surface to feed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aru held her breath as the puddle rose, growing higher and higher until it was about the height of the seven-headed horse that had carried her across the Ocean of Milk. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sounds of shouting and laughing rose from the crew’s quarters below deck. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A muezzin gave the last call to prayer of the day over a loudspeaker from the nearby mosque and all the relatives rose up in unison and turned their backs on Liyana’s family. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Arguments rose quickly and fell just as quickly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The swineherd rose in surprise, letting a bowl and jug tumble from his fingers. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Tell me, do I still smell like roses?" he asks Caesar, and then there's a whole run where they take turns sniffing each other that brings down the house. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Clean as he had ever been, he rose, dried himself, and clad himself in whites. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A collection of moans and gasps rose up. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Afraid to refuse, Esme reached out and placed her hand in his, and rose from her hiding place. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The need to simply run out of there and just head south, south, south rose up in a frantic pulse through her body. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The air was now dusky rose and cool enough for a sheet. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Polly rose from her place by the fire, went to the window, shaded her eyes from the light, and stared out into the mist. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could still remember how the heat rose from the ground and pressed into our skin during the warmer months and how we shivered under our chadors and sweaters when the temperature dropped. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The solid, contourless body, like a block of granite, and the rasping red skin, bore the same relation to the body of a girl as the rose-hip to the rose. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

So, when I got home from school and there were a dozen red roses for me on the kitchen table, I tried my best not to be cynical. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

One clear voice rose now above the others. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A glimmering chest rose into the air, spinning slowly and opening to reveal an emerald-green glow. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Outside the house, a shadow moved, an autumn wind rose up and faded away But there was something else in the silence that he heard. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Salt tears rose from the wells of longing in both men, and cries burst from both as keen and fluttering as those of the great taloned hawk, whose nestlings farmers take before they fly. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A roomful of maidens rose, curtsied, then resumed their seats. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He raised the shade; the pigeon’s head rose with it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It rose steeply and was covered by prickly bushes, vines, and bracken. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Frith sent them strange singers, beautiful and sick like oak apples, like robins’ pincushions on the wild rose. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he caught the whiff of rot and decay, his hackles rose and he whined. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

A microphone rose from the ground, and Tia went over to meet the announcer in the center of the arena. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The wood smoke rising from the home-hearths rose from his heart. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the moon rose above the grasslands, Dany slipped at last into a restless sleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Only her Dad’s face rose up above the boys’ heads as he smiled and dished up the punch into the little paper cups. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tire way I gather, with roses, the older the better. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water was falling apart as it rose. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early that morning, Mama wove palmetto leaves into roses for us to wear at the funeral. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Nixon’s approval rating rose to nearly 60 percent. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His room was high up indeed in the tower that rose like a sharp tooth from its hilltop. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He rose when she appeared and looked her over critically. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In response, there rose another storm of hooting and stamping. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He leaned to the fire and blew on the coals and he put on more wood and rose and walked away from the camp as far as the light would carry him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He ran backwards and forwards along the cliff, his face always to the sea, and his voice rose insanely. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I walked up to the house and stood on the front porch holding Mamá’s roses, waiting for them to start walking up the driveway. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Jesper shook his head, trying to blink the rain from his eyes, muscles bunching in his back as he rose higher. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Finally, her hand rose to take the book off her face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ruthanne shoved me behind a rose trellis that didn’t provide much coverage, as there were no blooms to boast of. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Not when it amounted to a hundred bucks’ worth of roses and a date in three hours. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Little patches of dust rose at his feet. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The tower rose to an overall height of 423 feet, making it the tallest building in the world at that time. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

After a while she rose and smoothed the front of her cotton dress. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smoke rose in spirals from their cigarettes as they sat perfectly contained, waiting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something calming and familiar about the queen’s face, something that reminded Celaena of the rose smell. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I felt the darkness, but nothing else, and my head rose, feeling it, like the head of a worm. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The walls were painted cream and rose and pale green. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the answer rose to his lips easily, without effort. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But as soon as our dorm leader leaves again, Elsie says, “I can’t wait to get my badge tomorrow. My overall potential rose really high on the Badge Tester, so I feel pretty good.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

And when I was younger, I tried to lighten my skin with honey, rose water, and buffalo milk. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My legs buckled beneath me, and the floor rose up to meet me at a sickening speed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Like most of the ladies, this lady could he particular about her roses. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twilight deepened as great vapours rose in the East and crawled above them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But the Everest region lies at 28 degrees north latitude—just beyond the tropics—and as soon as the sun rose high enough to penetrate the depths of the canyon the temperature soared. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The bird swooped toward him and then rose up over the building, high, high into the air, over the alley and the train tracks and the dried-up creek. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But even with the knowledge of the special care those ladies took with the flowers, I could tell these white roses were not grown in one of their own gardens. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The blades started up, and a few seconds later, the helicopter rose back into the air. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

As we rose out of the highway trough, we could see the condemned houses, many burned, as well as the stark beauty of all the vacant lots, gray and frozen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And I was nervous too when Mama rose from her chair. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

For suddenly, up out of a wash ahead rose a flurry of flapping wings. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind me rose steepsided mountains of amber, on which had been carved words of great power to try to bind the creatures who lived within. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

More cheers rose up to meet them as Cain waved the flag for everyone to see. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The words from the poem that Tootie had recited rose up inside of him. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

In the stygian gloom he saw the late rose. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Above the cry of the pack rose the long, clear notes of a hunting horn. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Its colossal curtain walls rose beside the lake, sheer and sudden as mountain cliffs, while atop their battlements the rows of wood-and-iron scorpions looked as small as the bugs for which they were named. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The waxing moon rose earlier each night, though Xan did not pay it much mind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Scythe Faraday rose to his feet as if launched from his chair. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The sun had returned to the sky after a fortnight’s absence, and to the south the Wall rose blue-white and glittering. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A considerable interval elapsed before it again rose. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

East, west, north, south, everywhere he looked, the clouds rose up like black mountains, their tumbled slopes and collossal cliffs alive with blue and purple lightning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Frolic yawned and rose from the blanket where he’d been napping. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then as a red sun rose they rowed out on the Osskil Sea, into the northeast winds that blow unhindered from the islandless vastness of the North Reach. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The living room has a sofa and two chairs and matching drapes, all of a flowered rose and beige material Carol says is chintz. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A roar of pain and rage rose from the Antlered King’s throat. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

President Snow must be wondering how that blood-splattered floor and his roses are affecting me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The moon rose and made a glittering path on the water. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bridge rose up over the river in a graceful parabola, its steel cables strung with red lights. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Nelson now rose to his feet, and all the penguins formed in a row, and bowed to the manager. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rose higher and higher in the cold wind. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

That mountain rose like the shadow of a monster against the dark sky. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Class of ‘fifty-seven, sir,” the young captain, who rose to attention, answered. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The christening gown rose up and swirled around my hips, the warm water hitting me at my belly button. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

All eyes were turned southwards, and soon a murmur rose: ‘There is dust away there! They are coming!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

That particular breed of white rose, the only one hardy enough to survive the wet weather of Ketterdam, had no natural scent. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And as she called, two of the largest people the children had ever seen rose from behind the counter and shook hands with Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She reached up and tugged on the curtain and studied the dust as it rose up in the air and swirled and swooped. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The roads on the map twined and twisted round each other, hesitating, then they rose up off the paper, no longer roads, but thick eels with amber eyes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half the crowd seemed to have realized what was happening; the Irish supporters rose in another great wave of green, screaming their Seeker on . . . but Krum was on his tail. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And where was the rose once it was gone? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He rose to his feet with a stupid grin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

To Mrs. McCullough, she looked impossibly tiny, impossibly rose colored, impossibly glossy and smooth, like something blown from pink glass. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And the path rose steeply now, so that he panted a little as he went. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, to the right of the car, in the east, rose the Wasatch Range of the Rocky Mountains. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Aunt Addie rose slowly, her eyes on the knife, then she turned and walked out of the kitchen, kicking the door wide open before her as she went. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rose and slipped across the dark space to the wall mirror. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ululation rose behind him and spread along, a series of short sharp cries, the sighting call. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then, as the sun rose higher, there was maize to pound into powder and the yard to sweep. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Having cried all night, they rose the next morning feeling as if a weight were off their shoulders. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

A wild look raised his brows—crossed his features: he rose; but he forebore yet. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But at 81st, just as Mia rose to leave, the door at the end of the car opened and in came the man with the briefcase. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And yonder, across the court, Gebu rose slowly from the bottom stair. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Our spirits rose as we realized the soldiers would not follow us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they went forward the hills about them steadily rose. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Trees danced and swayed, dust and leaves rose up around us in boisterous swirls, and our jackets and outerwear took on sudden lives of their own, leaping and flapping about us. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

If the children were made to scream at the sight of a rose, that was on grounds of high economic policy. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several hands rose tentatively into the air, including Ron’s and Hermione’s. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The flint hills rose higher and wilder with each passing mile, until by the fifth day they had turned into mountains, cold blue-grey giants with jagged promonto-ries and snow on their shoulders. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Bill raised his wand, and the pile of earth beside the grave rose up into the air and fell neatly upon it, a small, reddish mound. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The teacher called upon me and I rose, holding my book before my eyes, but I could make no words come from me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hundred thousand witches and wizards were taking their places in the seats, which rose in levels around the long oval field. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As land values rose, landowners sought ways of improving the return on their investments. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A wave rose and crashed on a nearby island. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When given the opportunity, Alfred Frick rose to the occasion and seized the path of the hero’s journey. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Wet winds howled around them and waves rose like the fists of drowned giants to smash down on their decks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tall apartments rose overhead, their open windows overflowing with orchid plants, laundry, and chatting neighbors. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then he swam into the blue velvet of the night, glittering as he rose towards the stars. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Then he rose and moved around the flames, eating berries off imaginary bushes and catching fish from an imaginary stream. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

His cracked red skin oozed fluid, and fearsome blood blisters rose between his fingers, big as roaches. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is and how raw the sunlight was upon the scarcely created grass. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Nor did Sam find any nook or hollow to shelter in: only bare stony slopes frowned over by the cliff, which now rose again, higher and more sheer as they went back. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Now Elisha ceased to speak, and rose; now he sat at the piano. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A low rumbling growl rose from Summer's throat, and there was no play in it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The crowd of fourteen thousand five hundred, sensing the kill, rose to its feet on almost every play, the cries of “Mojo! Mojo! Mojo!” louder than they ever had been, almost scary. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Swifts roused by the volleys rose and called in darkness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Day followed day; the river rose steadily toward its banks, growing broader, fuller, swifter. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The empty taxi rose, and the Russian watched it go, absently. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The night had barely ended; the first streaks of dawn rose above the glade. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

A wooded hilltop rose out of the water, a little island all on its own, brightly lit by the low-lying moon. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

From my seat I could look down on Thornfield: the grey and battlemented hall was the principal object in the vale below me; its woods and dark rookery rose against the west. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She reaches for me and holds on so tight, I’m reminded of the hug she gave Lucinda the day El Jefe’s roses arrived. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The castle rose from the shores of Cape Wrath, on a lofty crag of dark red stone surrounded on three sides by the surging waters of Shipbreaker Bay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After a time the ground rose sharply, forcing him to clamber on hands and knees up a wooded slope. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

His voice rose with the conviction of his chapel speeches. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A spectrum of roses ranging in shades from natural to the unimaginable sits in the golden lap of the elephant-headed statue in the foyer, petals cascading down whenever anyone moves by. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The icy trenches rose around them, knee high, then waist high, then higher than their heads. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You may keep your stolen rose," said the figure, “but in exchange, give me the first of your possessions you see upon your return." We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

And indeed, even as she spoke, Mr. Benedict’s eyelids fluttered open, and he rose abruptly from the chair and said, “Ah.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then a bouquet of roses, some peonies and a potted plant. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"Ding have we awaited you," said a woman beside him, clad in rose and silver. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A strong quaking was in his stomach and a sickness rose up against his eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A few moments later I rose from my chair, where I had been reading, and was on my way down the hall when I heard Uncle Tom scolding his daughter. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long tree-clad slopes rose from the lip of the dingle, and away beyond them, above the fir-trees of the furthest ridge there rose, sharp and white, the peak of a high mountain. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I rose up into the air and flew out the window. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we finally finished our meal and stood up to leave, the diners around us rose to their feet and applauded, which struck me as both kind and unnecessary. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Between the rose bowls the books were duly set out—a row of nursery quartos opened invitingly each at some gaily coloured image of beast or fish or bird. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those closest to the fire jumped back as a spray of sparks rose up like demonic fireflies, but the bucket brigade pressed forward again as soon as the embers settled. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That paradox developed because human population densities rose slightly more steeply than did the availability of food. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, Meggie saw something like fear on Capricorn's face, a nameless fear without beginning or end, and behind it hatred rose like a vast black shadow. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Hugo kicked free of Mendigo, sending the wooden puppet skidding across the floor, then rose to his knees and reached for Muriel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In horror the girl buckled and knelt down with him, and in answer he rose and lifted them both. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then she would look into the shop window just to make sure the hat was still there and that the pink roses on it had not turned into common flowers like marigolds. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Catcalls rose up around them like flames—the voices crackled and snapped—and Archer released her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He follows her around trees and topiaries, through coils of vines and roses, chasing glimpses of her red hair. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I write what I remember: There was one point when he was forcing me from the car, that he had both hands pinned above my head and my shirt rose up. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Standing so close, odors of her body rose up to me from her white uniform, a mingling of hickory-smoked flesh, gardenia talcum and sweat. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rose from the table, adrenaline pinching my calves to action, stopping long enough to hug him. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Bigger rose and looked vacantly round the cell. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever was happening in his distant body now, he could not change or stop; his chest heaved, his laughter rose and bubbled at his mouth, like blood. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Now hearing these things said, the boy’s heart rose in a long pang for his father, and he wept, holding his purple mantle with both hands before his eyes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third morning Caradhras rose before them, a mighty peak, tipped with snow like silver, but with sheer naked sides, dull red as if stained with blood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Once I even rose and began to dress, thinking that the most prudent course might be to run away. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Again my world would be suddenly transformed, fixed like a rose with a nail through it, space hurtling coldly out from me in all directions. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

About a block away from the peak of the hill, a hum like a massive swarm of bees rose above the distant sounds of traffic. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Some were leaning over the long bar that separated them from the cages, some were standing on the seats that rose in tiers opposite. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

But her chest rose and fell with even breaths; her skin was full of color. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It rose, leveled at a high note, and hovered there for a long moment. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hills rose in front of us, and dipped, and rose again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At once, birds rose up in alarm from the bushes, and flew off through the wood.'Are you O.K.?' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

As it rose, he began to feel ill and nearly fainted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Where Thalia had made her last stand, a tall pine tree now rose. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She uncoiled from the great stone seat and rose to her feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Chaol stretched and rose, finishing his apple as he strode from the dining hall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She rose to return her emptied plate, to get herself a piece of pie, and looked over to the table where the boisterous young boys were sitting together. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The icy peaks rose up higher and higher above. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The sun, as it rose, tinged the quick-silver of the creeks and the gleaming slime itself with flame. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sweet smell of liquor rose from the sticky cement floor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He rose and took the pistol from his belt. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then their hearts rose, for it seemed plain that they had come further already than they had expected. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He watched as it rose, carried higher and higher by the breeze, into the trees where the monkeys now sat, solemnly observing the scene below. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The curtain rose on Fern Arable holding a blanket in her arms, cooing to a pretend piglet, and the audience applauded. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He turned the knob to the chamber above, allowing a few drops of water to hit the cubes, creating a gas that rose to the top. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had replaced the drooping violets this morning with white and pink roses. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They rose up and returned to it, and were subsumed by it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Its legs rose like pillars beside Cole’s arms, and mist glistened on its white hair. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Citra and Rowan rose to a rumble of whispers in the assembly. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Then the wail rose, remote and unearthly, and turned to an inarticulate gibbering. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As I wept, Horatio rose and stood apart from me, near the fire. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As his coffee was brought to him, M. Bouc rose to his feet. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalys and Mapper rose before dawn with the rest of the newly named Dactyl Hill Squad. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Representatives from the Deep South rose to express their outrage that the forbidden subject was again being allowed into public view. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Still another speaker rose and described the domestic situation in the United States and linked it with the world scene. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether you make it a grave or a garden of roses is not the point. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thin column of smoke rose in the air from one of the chimneys. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Among others, my mother rose and stood proudly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood poised on her stand; an arc of wire rose over her head and looped through two needle-holes in her fists. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

In it the bomb squad found one dozen long-stemmed roses and a note: For no reason at all, just love, Jake. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

But other than that, life was coming up roses. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

For Jesse the fear of the crossing rose with the height of the creek. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

As we rose, the temperature dropped down into the thirties and a frozen rain began to pelt the windshield. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

A puff of vaporous spume rose from the back alley like an Indian smoke signal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They rose proudly out of the water, each with twelve sparkling white sails gleaming in the sun. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’s gorgeous in a navy-blue suit and a tie that, upon closer inspection, is patterned with little yellow roses. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My voice rose an octave, my heart pounding against my ribs. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And now the fighting waxed furious on the fields of the Pelennor; and the din of arms rose upon high, with the crying of men and the neighing of horses. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Clouds of coal dust rose from the open cars, invading everything, seeping through windows and creeping under doors. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He rose and wiped tears from his eyes, still laughing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the night, however, a gale rose, and by morning a drenching rain beat into the cleft. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Population rose, as has happened time and time again when human societies make the transition from foraging to farming. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was squatting under the long briars of a dog rose and did not turn his head as Hazel came up beside him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Light faded and the moon rose, and the woman and her dæmon fell asleep. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A round turret rose from one comer of the structure. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Odum rose from his seat, walked around the table, grabbing a fresh cigar as he went, and pulled up a chair in front of Brannon. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went through a demented phase when I thought that roses should cover everything and pink was a great color. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She holds the roses up to her nose, smells them. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The smell of Snow’s roses mixed with the victims’ blood. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He rose from the bench and laid his hand on the hilt of his sword. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The grass is damp beneath my feet, the air cool, heavy with the scent of rain and roses. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if a magician’s wand had touched him, the garland of roses transformed him into a vision of Oriental beauty. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Slowly, as if lifted on a magic carpet, the four of us rose to the upper reaches of the car’s interior. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When Lorena realizes that Bailey has no red, she surreptitiously removes a rose from a nearby floral arrangement to tuck in his lapel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then the people of the Hearth rose up against the other brother and drove him out of Hearth and Domain, laying the shame of the suicide upon him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly rose from the floor and pulled a small manila envelope out of a pocket in her sweater. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max rose to speak, but the judge lifted his hand for silence. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I kick away the roses and make my way to the balloon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

You’re sitting by the window watching a guy with a bucket of roses set up shop near the subway station. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Automatically, she rose as tiny, familiar flickers of golden light formed near her fingertips, then ascended to bob almost playfully through the air before her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He rose and rolled two of the bales across the floor and let them fall into the bay below. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then Uncle Katsuhisa stepped forward and gently picked up the rose and threw it into the right place. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Fresh anxiety rose in his throat, and he found he couldn’t swallow it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"The roses support the lion, as the might of Highgarden supports the realm," proclaimed Joffrey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Marco waves at the woman behind the bar, who then brings them two glasses of Bordeaux, leaving the bottle on the table next to a small vase holding a yellow rose. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Heil Hitler,” I responded, swallowing the bile that rose when I spoke the phrase. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"Ignition sequence start." "... three . . . two . . . one . . ." Clamps released, the booster rose amid a plume of smoke and fire, slowly at first, then racing ever faster. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry hadn’t really meant it, but when the words were out, feeling rose in his gut. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Max rose, ran his hand through his white hair and went to the front of the room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the first light of dawn a dusky rose in the east, the sun coming up from the direction of the enemy. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rose bowl dulled and sent down a warm gray drizzle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But above the commingled scents rose the one he craved more than any other. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He whispered his pet’s name once more, but without hope of answer, and tears rose in his eyes. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

As the sun rose hot and dry, it burned off the rain droplets that had hung from every green shoot. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I saw the sparks striking against her and burrowing into her and she screamed a horrible howling scream and a puff of smoke rose up around her. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

His chest rose and fell and then kept falling, like it could carry us both straight down through the earth. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear heard the swish of fine heavy fabric as the emissary rose to his feet and went to the door. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

A number of scythes applauded, but several rose up and shouted their grievous discontent at the issue being tabled. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The long, smooth triangle of his back rose and fell with deep, even breathing as her moth fluttered above him, looking for a place to settle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Outside, the sun rose and the soft light streamed in. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The debt rose from one hundred eighty dollars to eight hundred under him. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rose to my knees, listening for sounds in the darkness outside. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

At last a pair of heavy iron doors rose before them, rust-eaten and forbidding, closed with a length of chain whose every link was as thick around as a man’s arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The General rose from his chair, and I got my first look at him. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A moment later someone rose from the car. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The familiar hot wave rose in him, and he wanted to grab a handful of his father’s nails or pot shards and throw them against the wall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jet’s shoulder rose and fell with his deep, heavy breaths. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When he spoke, his voice was even, flat almost, and barely rose above the background noises of the restaurant. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The swineherd rose at once, crossed to the door, and halted by Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nope, I didn’t meet anyone’s eyes as I placed one foot ahead of the other, following the curving street until the dented gold marina spire rose out of the bay in front of me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She rose to her feet, starched skirts rustling as she started across the room. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The word flickered and danced as steam rose up like shadowy breaths released from the ground through the snow. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Just as he had throughout the trial, Nels Gudmundsson rose with a geriatric awkwardness that was painful for the citizens in the gallery to observe. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a brief hiss and a thin line of smoke rose from the black glass. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His name rose from the deep and I didn’t want to say it, as if uttering it might conjure him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“A tincture of bayberry juice and oil of roses may relieve the pain, so that the sensation of Christ’s sweetness becomes even greater,” I say. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then it rose high like pulling in a trombone. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Once the thieves cleared the door, these few quickly rose to their feet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We rose up out the Fordham subway station in the Boogie Down Bronx. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Her head reeling, Kit stood helpless as, one after the other, they rose and made their complaints, these men and women whom she scarcely recognized. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

A numbing silence followed, and then a riotous din rose from inside his tent. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The rose was now more affected by the wind or the rain or even the hot sun. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Their song rose and fell in gentle crescendos that matched the waves lashing along the sand. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Favor was like a rose, glorious in bloom but fleeting, and hiding the thorn below its flower. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

On the coffee table a dish of rose jelly reflected light from the sparkling glasses of wine the adults were drinking. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At first I was terrified, shaking with the cold and the panicky flight of my heart, which seemed to be drowning as the poison rose up in my chest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose to his feet and walked a few paces to his left. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Steam rose off the hot pools, fragrant with the smell of moss and mud and decay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Near noon, the sun blazing directly overhead, Lupita rose for yet another drink. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

You submerged it in a bath of water, and then it rose gradually up to the surface, on a stream of bubbles. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

All through the late spring and early summer the water rose and at last it lay like a great sea, lovely and idle, mirroring cloud and moon and willows and bamboo whose trunks stood submerged. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

One of the men rose and said, “No, sir.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And I myself could not breathe; I choked; I rose; I could not find air in that clenched tunnel, that throat of stone. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I have a suggestion,” he said shyly as Mother rose to go. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thereupon Father Nicanor rose six inches above the level of the ground. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

From behind the closed door, the terrible howl rose up again. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Every morning, before the sun rose, Minli, her mother, and her father began work in the fields. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The roses were hers and I cut them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I rose and instead of calling my first witness, I declared quite matter-of-factly that I was not calling any witnesses at all, at which point I abruptly closed my case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet made soft clangs on each stair, and soon the answering clangs of her friends’ footfalls rose behind her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

A cold current rose out of the depths. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

A dulcet chorus of voices suddenly rose from the inside of the tent, beautiful and harmonic. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The boat moved steadily and when the first edge of the sun rose it was on the old man’s right shoulder. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose to his feet and without another word was gone, walking with long, quick strides and stooping a little as always. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noise of a growing stir rose from the lobby below. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

An enormous boulder rose up in the center of it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shoot him a look that could wither roses. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then, with me on one side of the tub and him on the other, we toted the rest of the roses to the barn and finished out there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She rose up to stand in the center of the quiet room. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wisps of their clothing rose and fell with their rattling breaths. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dill’s efforts to disentangle himself with dignity were only moderately successful: he rose from the pool like a small fantastical water monster, covered with green slime and dripping sheet. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

One morning I rose and my mother told me that there was no food for breakfast. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the heart of it, magnified by the curved surface, there was a strange, pink, convoluted object that recalled a rose or a sea anemone. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

With blooming roses—yellow, red, white—planted in their yards. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Soon, the jumbled spires of the Uglyville art school rose up, and Tally brought the two of them to a halt. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But Aunt May gardened, and when she said it your mind would see some lovely person in a yellow-flowered hat snipping soft pink roses, little robins landing on her shoulders. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He rose shakily, washed his face in the stream, and walked slowly back to the house. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Next to the books are two pink roses in a glass. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A cliff frowned upon their right; to their left rose grey slopes, dim and shadowy in the late night. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Social workers, businesswomen, and librarians were to wear blue; artists, actresses, and musicians were to wear rose; and so forth; so that the marchers would form a kaleidoscope of color and professions. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

No moon rose beyond the murk and there was nowhere to go. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Setting down my buttonhook, I rose to my feet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Shadows rose behind and reached out long arms from the East. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A full moon rose again in the starry sky: it had been a month since he had set forth from the oasis. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On April 26, Duma Nokwe, the first African advocate in the Transvaal, rose in court and made the sensational announcement that the accused were instructing defense counsel to withdraw from the case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heat had mostly dried it already, and it rose into the air at her command. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Abbot Mortimer rose and solemnly spread his paws wide, encompassing the festive board. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She rose, knocking the chair to the floor, and clumped toward the kitchen door. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her turquoise eyes glittered as she stared at his hand, and his heart quickened when her gaze rose to his face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Bull rose up on shivery legs, and staggered back to the bar, his eyes uncomprehending and dulled with alcohol. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Florentines made Paulo Vitelli their captain, a very able man and one who rose from being a private citizen to achieve great prestige. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then, seizing what seemed a suitable moment, I rose to my feet, saying: 'Please excuse me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes later, he came to the foot of some worn stone steps, which rose out of sight above him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As the sun rose, so did the familiar haze of heat and dirt. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Huge white stone cliffs rose up before them. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

At that moment the rising sun’s rays reach the rose window above the altar, bathing the sanctuary in blue, red, and gold light. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The girls head turned and she half rose, listening to the murmur of the sea, but she did not answer and the old woman did not urge her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A howl rose up behind him as he flew down the road. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes, willing herself to be rooted there, in that chair, and she gripped the armrest until the pattern carved in it rose up to meet her fingers, solid and reassuring. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being called to stand to arms again, we rose, stooping, and took up our muskets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I rose and hurried to reach him before Hattie could pounce. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The graduates seem to have been looking elsewhere when they pinned the rose, zinnia, or chrysanthemum on their precise black dresses. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rose like water; I heard a roar in my head, rain in my ears. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The path is paved with cement, and there are wild roses on either side, so long that the thorns threaten to scratch my arms. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

February in their small town of Darling, Georgia, was chilly, but the sun still rose every morning to remind everyone that spring was on its way. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Taking care not to breathe its scent, I plucked it and placed it next to a rose. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A tree rose out of the uneven floor. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Alexander,” she says, dipping her head in acknowledgment to the man who has appeared behind them without a sound, not even disturbing the rose petals strewn across the floor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The crown of golden roses girded his temples, jade stag's head rising over his forehead, long black hair spilling out beneath. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Please tell me, late rose, where will I find the sword?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Peonies and roses sat lining the flower bed, almost equidistant from one another. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He rose to his knees facing her and tried to tie her ribbon. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel polished off a complete set of dinner napkins in the time it took me to fill in one pink rose. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She only rose early in the morning because Mrs. Caruthers liked to have her first cup of tea with the dawn, and now that Ophie lived in Daffodil Manor that task fell to her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But further south the sun rose higher and hotter, and we ran out of food and water. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The high- backed chair in front of the fire moved suddenly and there rose up out of it—like a pantomime demon coming up out of a trapdoor—the alarming form of Unde Andrew. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“He charged that the roses I used to decorate their party tent ruined the hem of the bride’s dress and caused her aunt to trip and break her leg. “I got threatening phone calls daily. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Don Joaquín’s voice rose in timbre and pitch, until he seemed to disappear and only his words remained, reverberating against the cement walls, piercing the assembled into delirious convulsions and ecstatic trances. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Their blue cloaks rose snapping from their shoulders, caught in the sudden gust of wind that came howling through the open door. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I rose and went to the door; a comrade shook his head, warning me that I could not leave until the trial had ended. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, Van Helsing rose up and said with all his sternness, his iron jaw set and his bushy eyebrows meeting:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She rose to go, her mind filled with what he had said. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the sun rose each morning, the fifteen roosters quit heralding dawn and started their mortal combat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rose high over my head and seemed to melt into the murky sky. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Their laughter rose up around George, but it didn’t bother him, because right then he realized that it didn’t matter what they thought. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was a tiny, beautiful restaurant with white tablecloths and bay windows opening onto a cottage garden—hedges and trellised roses, nasturtiums bordering the flagstone path. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As if roused by a sudden bell, Frodo rose quickly, and stood up and looked away southwards; but when his eyes beheld the Mountain and the desert he quailed again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The charred smell of the burning would remain in the air even as the new cotts rose. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Great statues of the gods and heroes of Calormen—who are mostly impressive rather than agreeable to look at—rose on shining pedestals. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Then he rose—his smile was as engaging as ever. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

On all sides the booing rose, and a man cupped flabby hands around his mouth and yelled, "Ya sissy, I cut myself worse shaving every morning." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Y’all best hang on,” High John called back, and then the crow gave two powerful flaps and rose in the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He rose and hurried down the narrow path to where it joined the broader track leading around the hill. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the east, where Pong had thought the sun was rising, a black column of smoke rose above the rooftops. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then, as she rose, and the others rose with her, she stopped. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, a familiar landmark rose above the industrial wasteland. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Trees rose as ghostly masses in the diffused light. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mind was all on him, and she didn’t see the confusion behind her, the fear and the anger that rose up safely when he was gone. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

More crashes and screams rose up from below. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She rose until the rope around her waist went taut, then hovered ten feet off the ground, held by the two boys. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

In the silence and the stillness, horror rose inside him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A bell tower rose from the long roof, making the building seem even taller and more forbidding. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a dark, primal place, three acres of old forest un-touched for ten thousand years as the gloomy castle rose around it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then he rose slowly to his feet and stole toward the gate. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Ron’s eyebrows rose so high that they were in danger of disappearing into his hair. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the warm months, a foul odor rose out of its dark depths and permeated the whole of the castle. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I fought back the panic that rose in my throat and tested the strength of each board that ran from the top down the sides. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grover stood in the middle, facing three really old, really fat satyrs who sat on topiary thrones shaped out of rose bushes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her score on the cognitive test rose, what little it could. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

More than six thousand American soldiers had been killed, and as the fighting intensified that year, the death toll rose sharply to nearly one thousand a month. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Downtown the firemen pulled on their greatcoats, but when they arrived at Mercy, Mr. Smith had seen the rose petals, heard the music, and leaped on into the air. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose clumsily and bowed in dwarf-fashion, saying: ‘Yet more fair is the living land of Lórien, and the Lady Galadriel is above all the jewels that lie beneath the earth!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A great, full-clawed paw rose in the air and cuffed my shield. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His chest rose and fell as he took a deep breath. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

When we rose once to move, we saw instanter a Boat not three hundred Feet off, in which Redcoat Guns were leveled at both Shores — and we sank again for Hours. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Above the cricket, towers that seemed like mountains of light rose up into the night sky. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their chests rose and fell hard, and her expression asked a thousand questions he didn’t want to answer. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A ragged cheer rose up below as the captives below saw her fly past and realized that someone was making an escape. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

So I fought against my weariness and the sun rose higher. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It shimmered pink, and the perfume was indescribable—rose, or mountain laurel. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have kissed you, or made you a tire swing, or given you roses. I shouldn’t have told you how beautiful you are.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Miniature roses are etched into the molding, and it fits in the palm of my hand. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

After an in­tense stare at Orange Juice, the hairs on its neck and shoulders stood up and its tail rose straight in the air. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A memory rose up in me, and I bolted upright. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As the white rose petals caressed her face, I held my breath, waiting for that glorious moment, the moment when she would become more than ordinary, when she would be touched by the divine. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Black roses bloom in the moonlight, born dead and brittle. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The sun finished the last rays of its lingering good-bye, and the moon rose in awful majesty over the silver tree- tops, before he dared to stand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten feet of soaring, plunging sailfish, it leaped, arched like a rainbow, dived, sank deep, tugged the line taut, rose, flew, fell, rose. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s got a garden laid out with spring water running through it, and he’s set a place apart for flowers, roses and the like, and some of the bushes are coming clear from Boston.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bitterness rose in me at the thought of his rash deed, stabbing blindly at a curtain on the mere hope that it concealed the king. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She wore a garland of pale blue roses, and her eyes wept blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My footsteps kicked up dust, and it rose in puffs around my boots. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke didn’t do anything, but the tattooed sumo dude sitting next to him rose. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The water rose so fast that our Nanabozho ran to the top of a hill. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And she can’t go backward because there is The Taker on Valentine’s Day, standing next to her locker with two roses. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The roses in the bathroom come to mind. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

On this he rose and placed the bed of balsam near the fire, strewing sheepskins on top, and skins of goats. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They caught these in their hands just like people, rose to the surface, and ate while treading water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason had learned to live with that and even rose to the top. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

D’Ath rose from sleep to follow after, but Robin touched his head and whispered a command for him to stop. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The roses twist and reveal their message—BLOOD FOR TRUTH. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Her honey is waiting with a red rose. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the fourth night, guests waded through rose petals a foot deep as they crossed the deck to feast and frolic in Cleopatra’s company. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

A steady current of heated air rose all day from the mountain and was thrust to ten thousand feet; revolving masses of gas piled up the static until the air was ready to explode. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As they went south the fume of Rauros rose and shimmered before them, a haze of gold. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Near the tap there were a dozen pink and white soaps, shaped like swans and roses, resting in an ivory-tinted shell. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It growled low and long in the back of its throat, and its hackles rose. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The smell of breakfast soon rose from the German boy’s bowels. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They rose and put away their cups and the rest of the crackers. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The horse stood calmly, serenely, plucking the roses off the blanket as souvenir hunters yanked hairs from his tail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before dawn, men rose to exercise the horses, polish weapons, or move out with bows in search of deer. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because it was nearly dusk and suppertime, blue smoke rose from every chimney pot in the village they had left, and in the low places mist began to rise. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I walked by window boxes and tiny front yards crowded with bright flowers—tall zinnias, yellow daisy-like blooms, and pink roses had exploded like rashes on fences and arbors. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She showed me the shapes they held: a rose, a harp, a waterfall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“This is one of the Six Kingdoms that rose up after the goblins fled from the forests.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Mercifully, for a moment, it was lost to view in the cloud of dust that rose up. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

By afternoon the wind rose, and she realized it would be impossible to sleep in the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white rose among the dried flowers in the vase. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Odd, irregular lumps rose and fell despite the fact that there weren’t any other rocks nearby. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A black fist rose from the bottom of each sheet and called for justice. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At Jesus’s feet, people had thrown piles of change, wilted daisies, and two roses —one fresh with thorns, the other cloth with plastic dewdrops. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She rose from her crouch and stepped into the hallway. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The bridge had long been abandoned, and when he finally reached it, the Bashe immediately rose from the water. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Out of the river rose the river god with his Naiad daughters. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The terrified Beetle huddled in the corner as the woman rose from her bed to find more weaponry. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The head rose out of the twisting arms like a giant stalk. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a yell and a leap, the gentleman rose from his reclining position, left the barber’s chair, and fled into the street, not even stopping for his coat and hat. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She rose from her stool and lifted me to my feet, embracing me with a surprising strength. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They were standing on a flat paved surface and buildings rose all around them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a flurry of feathers, the sweet smell of roses, and a beat pulsing through the ground as we march. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He brings his hand to her face, petrified that his fingers will pass through her as easily as they had with the rose. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

With a meaningful look in my direction, Raizel gathered her things, rose to her feet, and left the room. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And the elevator rose up off the floor and shot through the hole in the roof, out into the open sky. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

One afternoon she rose from her desk and walked down the aisle and stopped beside me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was making a stage curtain, and it was the moment before the curtain parted or rose. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Adiah was able to take that volume of splendor into her body nearly a hundred years ago, during the Bonding, when it rose to the earths surface in a greater magnitude than usual,” she said. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

An impulse to speak rose in me and died with the realization that I was facing a wall that I would never breech. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

So little did I know her that, while details of her face sometimes rose to my memory, I could not conjure up the whole of it. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I like roses,” she said vaguely, and then peering closer at me with her dim blue eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I rose from the bath and stepped into the robe Mandy held for me, I was no longer a scullery maid but the equal of anyone at Char’s ball. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly the thing inside that had kept me focused all these years rose in my throat like vomit. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

More snarling rose, and then a scream, high and animal. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the half-light I could see Grandpa out in Granny’s rose garden. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I looked about the silent room, then reached for my hat and rose. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

South of them, the ground rose gently away from the brook. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them the spires of New Pretty Town rose from the center of town, and around them was the greenbelt, a swath of forest that separated the middle and the late pretties from the youngsters. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Cassie picked poisonous berries and cut a rose from her mother’s garden. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The sun set, and the woods grew darker, but before the last of the twilight was gone the moon rose. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Water sprinklers rose tall among the green trees like skinny metal weeds. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marco lifts his hand to a nearby rose and his fingers pass through its petals with only a soft resistance, as though they are made of water rather than ice. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

To hear people talk, some of these roses are old, I mean really old. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mountains rose like a rounded wall between them and the Union Army. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bloom rose and approached to get a close look at us. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hiccupping and crying and her little nose is red as a rose. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The mask was a human skull; from it, the great antlers rose in cruel curves. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

We were in a residential area, driving past bungalows in wide compounds with rose bushes and faded lawns and fmit trees. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter wanted to say more, to ask the dozen questions that rose to her lips, but the king had moved on, unwilling to keep his commander waiting, and she had to follow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Naked, I rose and ran out of the room, screaming. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of straw, chicken feathers, and chicken droppings rose up to my nose. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The others rose from their seats around the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"The roses will bloom in early summer," 1 told Sarah. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

As the water rose around her, Piper felt it affecting her too. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As Pollard and his horse moved past the grandstand, hundreds of men spontaneously rose together and doffed their hats to him, their eyes shining. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His smile and laughter vanished like he’d blown a fuse, and an impenetrable wall rose between us. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The noise in the street rose in a flood of strange joy. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He rose and mounted the pulpit steps, and took from the small opening at the bottom of the pulpit three tambourines. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The sun rose bright the next day, catching in the icicles that hung from the eaves and jumping off the snow like a mirror. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls of fences and unpassable hedges rose around him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The woman’s butterfly dæmon rose into the air, casting about to left and right, and fluttered down to whisper something, at which Adèle Starminster said, “Come to the window seat.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Before them rose Bree-hill barring the way, a dark mass against misty stars; and under its western flank nestled a large village. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Words rose in me, filled my mouth, pushed against my lips. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She took Luna’s hand and rose to her feet. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She had made the roses grow in a barren, rocky hill, a hill much like ours. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard him crying out to the birds as they rose higher, like ten thousand hot sparkles, so many red-yellow fireworks in the heavens, tugging the canopy like a flower petal, burning through the wind. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

His enormous voice rose above all the din. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My arms came up and crossed over my chest, and some mangled mess of anxiety and guilt rose up from deep in my guts. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A huge groan rose from the Irish seats. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Before the wall’s foot the dead and broken were piled like shingle in a storm; ever higher rose the hideous mounds, and still the enemy came on. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Just then, twenty, thirty gulls rose from somewhere on the island coast and turned to face the sea breeze, screeching like broken promises. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then, shaking, he rose from the table and walked slowly to the window, looking out. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

We pass an indoor garden, a marble bathing onsen, and a series of offices, until we stop before a white door marked with a white rose snaking through a four-pointed crown. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Many a loud prayer rose from my chaste pink lips, some of thanks, some of supplication. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, he rose every morning and set off on his mission, often dressed in the same tattered and soiled clothes he had worn the day before. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“There, it’s that one. No, no, that one, on the left—there. With the roses by the fence. That’s where it happened.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piles rose to the low ceiling and leaned against the walls, blocking all but a small space in the center. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, Cole waded in, gasping as the icy water rose around his chest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Guilt and impotence rose in a bilious duet. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond rose Middle Mountain, just 2,500 feet high but acutely angled and an entirely different experience on a hot day with a cumbersome pack sagging down on tender shoulders. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

At last the big Greek ground his teeth and rose from his chair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Before she got down, Wielaf ran up with lengths of rose vines in his hands. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Thandiwe gasped, then gasped again when Old Familiar rose into the air with High John on his back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z