Rosie stands in a trampled vegetable patch, running her trunk lazily across the rows. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I want to know what you do when you’re not at school or work or running jobs. Where do you even live?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I heard my dad on the phone saying that the hospital bills were running about $2,000 a night, so I knew our financial picture wasn’t getting any rosier. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped off the porch, running as his feet hit the ground. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they were running and I came to the corner of the fence and I couldn’t go any further, and I held to the fence, looking after them and trying to say. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But none of it lasted long, because Winn- Dixie came tearing back out of the preacher’s room, panting and running like crazy. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Viola calls, running thru the door of the mill as she grabs her own bag. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He began running to and from practice each day to get in better shape. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

No, he was running — running — where the Pickwells themselves, where every other kid, had only ever walked — on the steel rail itself! Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the little girl and started running toward them. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I saw it turn again, but when I got to the back street it was just disappearing, running like hell. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a big dog with her, and the dog was running right beside her. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

You never had to worry about running out of stuff like food or ice or even chewing gum. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Weanling herds stampede around their paddocks several times a day, running all-out to beat one another. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just hit the border at high speed and crash through and keep on running. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For this reason and because I wanted him to help me gather roots and not go running off, I said nothing about the shell I saw or the gull with folded wings. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then we were running up the aisle. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know, one of the dogs is running away from us, back into the park, with the leash trailing behind. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Armistead saw Pickett running up through the trees, a note in his hand, his face flushed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t laugh, don’t call them jerks, don’t take off running,” she said. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Katie was running awkwardly, not balancing well on account of having both hands clutched under her apron. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colonel Korn was an untidy disdainful man with an oily skin and deep, hard lines running almost straight down from his nose between his crepuscular jowls and his square, clefted chin. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Their delicate song surrounded her, running in waves though the leafless trees. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

During one of the early morning practices in the gymnasium, he was pushed while running with the ball. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crossed the field easily enough, Dandelion running ahead. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d scrambled over the embankment and was running around and barking, usual stuff. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Rocky and Other-Emma bounced along behind him, half running, half dragged. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I grabbed an apple in each fist and tore off running. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the last several days running full diagnostics on everything. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A police car, with its motor running, was stationed outside the hotel to whisk him down Suderlansbraut Boulevard to the hall, should he change his mind. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the shadows a little girl comes running. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I reach out and touch the green rail, running my thumb across a ridged section where the paint is chipped and flaking. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes were on the football field, on Father Amadi s running legs, on the flying white-and-black football, on the many legs of the boys, which all looked like one leg. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some cries were long and full of panic and the labor of running, others were cut off almost as soon as they began. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Drum so on the box, and the customers will come running.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Puzzled and disappointed, the terrier sat listening to the crunching sounds inside the bushes, saliva running from his mouth. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He probably brought down a dozen curses on himself, but he didn’t feel them right away, so he kept running. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I just kept running until I got to the safety of the school office. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And so the second night after Farbranch passes like the first, running in darkness, using flashlights when we need ’em, trying not to think. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The prince grinned, running a hand over the prickly ends of his black hair, now barely half an inch long. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Flossie was always running after men and they were always running away from her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad fiddles with the TV and all the cords, and manages to get the ancient DVD player up and running. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I’m actually running out of stationery, which is funny. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Our mule was running in circles, the cow was running toward the barn, and even the chickens took notice when the dust swirled around them. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The regrets piled thickly on one another until Matt’s thoughts were running around in his head like a hamster on a wheel. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I thought I heard noises in the distance—the sound of the tractor running, the sound of hammering—but I could not be sure. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We’ve started running the stairs together on campus, and even though I haven’t known her as long as my other friends, I think she and I speak the same language too.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The wide, humorless smile reappeared, made macabre by the blood running down his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I start running faster, and now it feels exactly like Bernard is chasing me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

"I'm taking myself out of the running to be one of Sophia's suitors." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The scuttlebutt was that the trains was running on regular routes in the morning. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was happening was that the clock was still running, like Goldy had said it would, and we had to keep on keeping on the best way we could. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Inside was a white paste, thick and heavy, with dark red veins running through it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was running away after all, but she was not alone. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Last I heard, your father was running a bank in China.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Suddenly another group of people came running toward us, as fast as they could. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And then I collapsed into a puddle of sorrow on the couch and told Howard about Wishbone running off. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

"Where are you running off to?" a voice says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I was already running in the opposite direction, across a rolling green field that stretched out behind the school. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was all he could do to keep himself from running all the way back to the bridge to tell Crane-man the good news. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

She left the captain’s table running but threw up before she passed three tables. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if I can make Dad eat the most disgusting foods of every country we visit, as penance for his running off to Colorado. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

My younger brothers adored running the machine and begged to take a turn, but you had to watch them—they were murder on the crank. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then Emma took my arm and yanked me away—down another hall—into a kitchen—out the back door—into an ash-dusted garden—down an alley where the others were running in a loose group. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She turned around and ran back in the other direction, head down, tripping once and scraping her knee badly, then up again and running, bolting past the women. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mama rises shortly after for the dawn prayers, and I also hear Thaya Jaan running the water in the hall bathroom. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

People were crowding in, running from the war, and many had no way to live save by robbing and killing each other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I went through it, page by page, studying all the pictures and running my fingers lightly over the caterpillars and the bright wings of the butterflies and the many patterns on them. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what they told everyone to keep them from running away out of sheer terror,” said Matt, echoing the words Celia had used. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father Amadi said nothing else until we got to the stadium and he quickly scanned the few people running on the tracks. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The giant crow landed near a familiar forest with the golden fence and gate running around it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The medicine man was running, and his assistants followed behind him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But there were some cities that must have buses running to them: Salisbury, Cambridge, Easton. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I got to the drugstore, I was running. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isa’s eyes followed Jessie as she walked slowly around the basement, running her fingers through thick, nubby carpets hung on the wall and gently touching delicate silver stars strung above. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We kept on running, even though I recognized the voice. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still didn’t know why any of this had happened; I’d been running on pure adrenaline. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It fell not in drops but in sheets, and the ground was running with it, so that you couldn't see anything solid: just flowing fields of bitter cold water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it is!” he said, running down the hallway. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

On July 5, however, the Teklanika was at full flood, swollen with rain and snowmelt from glaciers high in the Alaska Range, running cold and fast. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am running along this path and I will not be able to stop, will not be able to think of anything, until I reach the end. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

You tell me when it comes on and I will come over, she yells over the noise of running water and clanking dishes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

When I come back to my room, breathless from running down the hallway, I notice Nutmeg and Cinnamon are in their cage again. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was running out of tolerance for the pushy young cop. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lived in an area just outside of town where many people did not have running water, so whenever she came over, she filled big jugs to take home. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Harry went restlessly back to the bed and sat down on it, running a finger over his scar again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But it's as if he's some kind of mind reader, because he says: "I'm going to start running. Tomorrow is my first day." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m running low on hearts as it is, and it takes a right lot of ’em to rise up a human being, even for just a minute.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They take my valise and herd me toward the running car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My cousin TJ comes running into the living room, feather boa in one hand, pen and sketch pad in the other. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I can sense his thoughts, glimpses and glimmers of his hands against my skin, running along bare thighs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some of it was meant to keep the camp itself running: cleaning the barracks, the guards’ houses, the hospital, the kitchen. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out.You should be running to the priest and confessing your sins. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I had to run in regular tennis shoes in Conditioning class because of what I’d done with my running flats on Bainbridge Island the day before. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s you. But Ifem, seriously, Don is a good man o. Not like many of these useless Lagos men running around town.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Creatures they’d never seen, snapping their teeth and running their claws against a stone floor. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

About the booze hound running around the house naked, with Jane around. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He ran down the gravel to the main road and then started running west away from Washington and Millsburg—and the old Perkins place. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Given that he wasn’t winning, or even running passably well, it’s very difficult to defend it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dream I’m running along the street outside the school. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now there was chaos—music blaring and everyone running and panicking because of the gunshot. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Soon Luma was running herself sweaty, pleasantly lost in a game with strangers. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Only she was running already when I heard it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Britten walked away from the trunk, running the fingers of his left hand nervously through his hair. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She carries the vase into the bathroom, and he can hear water running in the tub. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I sit on the couch, I can't help running my fingers over the fabric repeatedly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was a tear in his shirt in the center of his back and blood was soaking through the cloth, but sweat was running off his pale face and he was breathing hard. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, he couldn’t spare even a moment to congratulate himself—time was running short. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It is not that I am running away. I shall come back again. But I must go to England as quick as I can.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

People running between homes in little groups; a few fires in yards and smoke coming from half-crumbled chimneys; carcasses of dead animals that had been stripped of meat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

No running, no cursing, no playing, no yelling, no staying up late, no this and no that. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Jacob goes running back over the bridge toward Doctor Snow’s house. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And she was right, once that gun commenced shooting, all the folks in this town would come running. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

PIH brought in engineering teams to stabilize the capital’s badly damaged general hospital, restoring its water and electricity; when medical supplies were trucked in, twelve operating rooms were quickly up and running. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

With a yell, Matthew leaps forward, running the length of the barn toward me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Here. Here. I’ll get her mirrors,” said my mother, who had come running down the mountain into the clearing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came along the path quickly and easily, not running, but moving like an athlete or a hunter. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Auntie Alice sent me an animated GIF of kids running free from a school bus, with the caption School’s out for summer! The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

With slow, deliberate strokes, he began running his thumb over the crystal’s faces, once across each plane before rotating it and beginning again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They were running so fast they seemed about to explode. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

On one occasion I drove to the eastern Cape to resolve a dispute involving Alcott Gwentshe, who was running the campaign in East London. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every head in the theater turns upward to find men and women in gray suits running across the walls. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then we walked to Bennie’s with Candy, who was running low on Starbursts. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In the morning Hanako woke to a huge commotion, people running out like there was a fire. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There’s a scar zigzagging across his left cheek and one running from the base of his nose into his lip. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Sierra saw a cement walking path ahead, aimed for it, and came down running. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Mr Loomis, running in a groping kind of way, as if he could not see well, had not gone to the tent but to the trunk. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

That had been decided about ten years previous, so of course it was me climbing onto the running board and yanking open the passenger door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“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

The soldiers had begun running their hands over the floor as if searching for a trapdoor. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It didn't even sound like rain, it sounded like a tap running. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He’s used to being an accomplice in my plans, so he doesn’t question me, just starts running along the sidelines toward the goal. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was there one day when a woman, the mother of another student, approached her, gesturing at the busy road running past the courts. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Spender was being gathered in by a loose, running net of men. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and started running back to her house. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I always went for the clothes first, running my hands along the seams to see if anyone else had had the same idea as my mother, and once found a pair of diamond earrings. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stood straight up, shaded her eyes with her right hand, then threw the rake to the side and commenced running at me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The engineer in the pit kept the wheel running until the failing light made continued operation a danger, but even then thrill-seekers clamored for a chance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Since the school closed, I had been running loose, and yet not running very far at all, sticking closer to our barracks now than ever before. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

After a minute, Ginnie Sue came running out the door and climbed into the front seat. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He was expendable because we had a heck of a running back.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jeff Brown was lynched in Cedarbluff, Mississippi, for accidentally bumping into a white girl while he was running to catch a train. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Darlene’s my chill spot: a place to share the lyrics in my head, the words crawling through my bones, the latest gossip running through Grafton Hill. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The crew scattered to their jobs, running to release the lines on the ship and raise the anchors. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were running up and down the court and I knew we weren’t going to run with them. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When Bunny saw the stream of blood running down over my lips and dripping off my chin she nervously pounded her fist in her glove. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He watched Matthew and Mark running in the sunlight, the tops of their hog boots thumping against their knees. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

And the Federals running, no guns set up, nothing but one battery and one regiment in line.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finally grabbed it, running a long, smooth finger along my hand when he did. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They were running out of time and running out of options. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then, instead of galloping away, he nudges his heels gently into the horse’s flanks and trots casually down Fifteenth Street, with William Bell running behind him, shouting “Murder!” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

But no one gets there by freaking out or sulking or running. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Moments later a man came running down the path; behind him someone followed more slowly, bearing a torch. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Without himself he would have died, for which else, of them all, would not have stopped running after such punishment? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had somehow persuaded a woman to come into the laundry room of the house, and then sit up on the gas dryer, which was running. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some say he just got tired of running. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the sound of running water again, but this time it’s from a faucet and not from the chasm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Rohin exclaimed triumphantly, and began running in larger and larger circles. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

With man’s instinct to capture anything running, flying, swimming or crawling, they gave chase, throwing their ragged caps at it in advance of their coming. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stumbled through the thick grass with Lyra running ahead to see, and then back to help, and then ahead again, until they reached the stone pavement around the temple. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evelyn is sitting on her bed, running her hands over something on her bedside table. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Dusk had faded to darkness by then, but when his servants came to light his candles and start a fire in the hearth, Tyrion had roared at them and sent them running. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The ants were everywhere, angrily running around looking for an enemy—us! Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could just forget that it and everything else she was running from had ever happened. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Coach shouted from his window as me and Curron started running faster. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

"My father doesn't know I'm here. I'm running away." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Laleh had finally switched back to English to provide a running commentary for me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The silly girl was running around behind the house to the place where the fire-eater had given his performance. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He used to make me do laps in the local community center pool when it was too cold outside to go running. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

While everybody was running from the house, I cast around in a frenzy trying to think what to save. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parents were starting to show up, running through the building, grabbing their children. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Last of all came a crowd of people on foot: all very hot with running, but obviously enjoying themselves. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s so good of you to visit us. But you needn’t trouble yourself to come in person. We know you’ve more important things to attend to than running errands.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

White hospital sheets, white walls, white lab coats, all running together. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Mom and I look at real ones on house tours, and I love running my hand against the wooden railings, even though you’re not supposed to touch anything. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Megan came running down the stairs carrying bottles of nail polish. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

She was about to go to bed when the horizon quivered and she saw her pack running the bank. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Momma will buy me running clothes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Percy was trying to join up with Galahad, according to instructions, and Galahad had ridden off, so the poor old fellow just went running after him shouting out, I say!’ The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept running her hands over the domed top, and finally I glanced at her. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Within an hour, the satyrs were all running around agitated, asking where the nearest espresso bar was. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Lady was with her, and they were running together, and . . . and ... trying to re-member was like trying to catch the rain with her fingers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I still held my uncle in my arms, tears running down my face. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The account, with Turner’s running translation, had taken almost an hour. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He told the lady running it that he had a rare medical condition and couldn’t eat cooked meat so he’d like to buy a raw hamburger. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had not stirred from his seat, but in his mind he was running, swiftly running, he was with the crowds outside, cheering himself deaf. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The peach-faced Lombardy, who wasn’t in the running for the title, was playing the venerated Reshevsky, and the Old Fox stood at 9½ points. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The corridors were full now: children running this way and that, vivid with excitement, for the word escape had got around. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her maids came running at the sound of her voice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Leo could sense the Celestial bronze running through the workshop like arteries from a heart—ready to conduct magical energy from this spot. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I would do no more running downtown, nor would I accept any program that they sent up without consulting the Harlem committee. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together we took off running through the brush, and then made a sharp turn toward the parkway. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I left the equipment running when I returned to the Hab. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The running boy was way ahead of him, but Roy figured he could stay close enough to keep him in sight. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yep,” said Bunny proudly, running his finger along the edge of his glass. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Didi would come running the way she always did, leaping into his arms like a child. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They came running down the stairs, both of them still holding their backpacks. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

While he was gone we saw a man running across the dunes. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweat was running down my forehead and my back. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other monsters went crazy, charging the convenience store, then running away as the rainbow light burned them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“And it is the first step to running again.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

An apple, sweet and rotten at the same time, honeyed juice running over my tongue, tasting of sunlight and pure heady, stupid joy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A long pause, then, “There’s something about our running away that I forgot to say into the tape recorder.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was started several years ago in the town of Stratford, which has an Avon River running through it, and swans of both colors. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “Dad, have you ever seen any of the Lake Windsor High football guys out running?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has a split lip and a cut running through his eyebrow. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When the tree was done, Bando had discovered that the sap was running in willow trees and the limbs were just right for slide whistles. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the whistle blew, and we started running, what I didn't know was that one of my shoes had come untied. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The driver was down in an instant, and the driver of the other cart, seeing what was happening, was running to the king, too, his sword drawn. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The television was off and the sound of water running came from the bathroom. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Outside the door sat four army jeeps, engines running, in case a quick getaway be- came necessary. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found out later that Grandpa and Miss Love knew about the train running over me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. I knocked it off the dresser and stepped on it in the dark. It’s still running though.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all four had tears running down their cheeks when Beth died in Little Women. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got done, Luke was ready to spend a little extra time running when he heard shouting in the hallway, followed by laughter. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When they were gone, I climbed down, and all of a sudden a couple of enormous pigs came running at me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

There was rain on the boy’s face, running down like tears. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Here I come running all the way so he wouldn’t bust a gut lifting one of them chairs, and all he got to say is ‘put some water in the bucket.’ Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

So you saw horses soaring and preening on rooftops; you saw birds by the thousands running through the streets and along highways. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

C.P. paced the floor until the food arrived, at last running out of excuses to sit down in a public place with two black people. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fern came running out of her room but Big Ma told her to get on back to bed. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She came running up and stood so we could both see her. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Two young children came running into the hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then everyone starts talking, laughing, with children running and playing, and everyone getting up from their mats. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Barely a day ago, Nate had been running for his life. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was facedown, caught while running from the chaos he had caused. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Turner came running in out of the kitchen. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Under his hand there was a dial with a lever on top and figures running round the face. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Immediately he was running back towards his friend. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the White House announced that the enemy offensive was running out of steam, that casualties at Khesanh were light, that we would never give up the marine base there. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“And I told you to leave. If you don’t, I’ll scream and . . . and my father will come running with his . . . guns and things!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly everyone was moving, reaching for weapons, running to their mounts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Across the field, Vanessa is making a show of getting into her blocks, running through her psych-out routine. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Katie and Jean called, already climbing down over the side of the truck and running for the sidewalk in front of Montgomery Ward. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like I’m running away from my thoughts. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then stop running wild in the streets,” my mother said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mother, she just looks at me real serious and says, ‘Jean, running only works if you’re moving towards something, not away. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Parker pulled into a gas station parking lot but kept the car running. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then it occurs to me: The least logical thing to do is stop running. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The view was lovely—the rolling swell of the Cohutta Mountains, brushed with a bluish haze the color of cigarette smoke, running away to a far-off horizon. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She drove him out of the room and out of the house; and Digory came running down the stairs just in time to see the front door dose behind them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Tears and snot are running down my face. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m sick of being chased and tired of running. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can just imagine why ye were running.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Throughout the day, Elizabeth and I keep running into each other in the hallways. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later Luke’s arm was gashed to the bone and he was running toward the house, blood spurting. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He checked every bone and muscle of her body by running his hands over her, noting flaws or bruises. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robert came running out of the hall carrying a raincoat, and I struggled into it hurriedly, fumbling with the collar. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My dad hadn’t been home for a few weeks, and my mom was really angry and kept yelling at Smell Factor, and he kept running all up and down the carpets. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore, as women of the Upper East Side do, narrow black pants and a long cashmere cardigan—but instead of heels, she had on a pair of bright blue running shoes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I knew a bunch of the seniors had already qualified, but it never occurred to me that I was in the running. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I turned to the door and saw that two of my friends were running into the store. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She studies for tests early, and keeps a training log of her running, and her nail polish bottles are arranged in an orderly rainbow in her bathroom drawer. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Jane takes off running ahead of me and I don't know whether I'm supposed to follow her or not, but then she turns around toward me and starts skipping backward. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I wiped my eyes, and then I saw blood running down my leg and onto my saddle shoe. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Individual black men and women protested their enslavement in every way imaginable—running away, stealing, killing themselves rather than living in bondage. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bits remained silent as Moss picked at the concrete, pulling tiny bits of it off and running it in his fingers. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Rumors of my death have been running rampant, so they send in the team to film me in my hospital bed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He felt the water running down his back. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

And then we were both running across the foyer to the door near the kitchen, and then down the stairs to the basement. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The old brickmaker broke in to say, “No. That was the work of healthy men, running to escape the flux.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I carry the box over to the popcorn counter, and while everyone gathers around, I unwrap my running leg. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Him. I know y’all moving, and I’m glad, but the neighborhood still needs more men like you. Even if you just running a store.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Along the beach, everyone else was running for the cove. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was as if today, which was nothing but the Friday before Christmas, had gone running ahead over the calendar, and it was already Christmas Day. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Before Sam could reach him, he was off, running with amazing speed back towards the tunnel. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Or are they just happy to see the girl they read about in the paper—the one they saw peg-leg around on TV—running again? The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

These intellectual guys don't like to have an intellectual conversation with you unless they're running the whole thing. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The boy Matt appeared, running past with some others. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stuff. I don’t know. College essays. It’s like a running joke. We talk about the strangest possible essay questions and—” Miguel rested his forehead on the handle of his shovel. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I reach this conclusion only seconds before I hear someone running down the slope toward me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cillian comes running up but before he says anything to us, Ben cuts him off and says, “Don’t think it!” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I, uh, I didn’t see you. Sorry for running into you.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of running, a new barrack. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear water running, and steam wafted out into the hall. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His chest was still congested, and he was running a low fever on and off. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“She was running—like she was in a hurry! She ran right in front of me! I didn’t see her. I swear I didn’t see her!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was poised for running, as though she were going to sprint off, im-mediately, to wherever her father was. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were still running along, deeper and deeper into the mountain, back towards the tower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She had probably guessed my moves from the instant we began, maybe the moment I started running toward the streetlight. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Louisiana was gone, running down the hallway, her sequined dress glowing and glittering in a purposeful way. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Dad came running down the hall from one direction, and I came running from the other. us When we entered Abbey’s room, my mother was standing there with tears in her eyes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The sound of running water faded behind her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I slid over this wall and began running along it, parallel to the road. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to guess which one is yours,” Tab said, running in the wrong direction. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t even known I was in the running. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“The fire escape fell apart. All those people running down the rusty old steps pulled it right off the building, trapping the other folks inside.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

One girl shared a soldier's bed three nights running; the Mountain picked her on the fourth day, and the soldier said nothing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sound of my ten-year-old brother running about his room pulled a cord within my consciousness. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

His car was still running, and when the oil alarm light became hysterical again it was almost joyfully that Herbie tended to the motor’s gluttonous needs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Quit that running. Quit that shouting,” Mrs. Trepid yelled. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he let go and whirled away, running toward me, but running slow. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Pulling down table-cloths, screaming, running away. Do you know that your aunt and uncle have been thrown out of their hotel?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mandy is screeching and running for the water fountain, waving both hands in front of her mouth. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

An egg-shaped clearing beneath high pines rounded out a bend in a running stream. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Stripers are running, but somehow it don’t seem right, taking time off for fun. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’m practically running down one street and then the next, barely pausing for breath. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Prince had Tears running down his Face; he walked forwards in utter Regularity; & Shun, it was as if he had no Body & no Substance to slay. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I asked, watching Cotton jumping onto a milk crate in the yard with orange Popsicle juice running down his chin and onto his bare stomach. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

All those years of running from city to city one step ahead of the Usurper's knives, pleading for help from archons and princes and magisters, buying our food with flattery. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Beyond him, in the semi-darkness, running across mud flats, was the one road which connected Boston with the mainland. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear water running somewhere, down under the ice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m calling to ask you to FedEx me a new pair of running shoes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But it is true, I had been considerably distracted during the last hour or so of motoring prior to the petrol running out. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The air is cool and moist from a light fog—perfect running weather. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The engine was running and the garage door was opening. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They tried to turn him around, but he told them to just hold on a minute; he wanted to stop home for a quick drink, then he’d go running with them. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Terrible. Hospital food is running straight through me. I been up all night too, but I been calling on God and releasing the devil!” he howled out, his staticky voice popping in my ear. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

“He’s in no shape to go running through the city.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know if you were running it so much as monitoring it,” I say. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Nguyen would scowl like Lee Majors, pretend he was running in slow motion. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment Sam came running back from the edge of the dell. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A few were running into the walls or each other. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But now I’m afraid of running out of possibilities, with so many years left to go. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like no handing out flyers for people running for president. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still, my life remained absorbed by school and play and chores, running to the bakery to buy a loaf of bread or to the cobbler to pick up shoes that had been mended. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

But I did quit, partly because I got tired of running, and partly because the little ache I had known as a boy was no longer a little ache when I reached thirty. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dark cloud has formed between me and the dream of running again. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The newspaper is up and running, and we'll have our first edition out in a few days. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Other boys would wake up and start choking whoever was in the bed next to theirs; they would then go running into the night after they had been restrained. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Kids running down the aisle with hatchets and axes and saw blades. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it started, which is good, but we’ll need to keep the battery running for a while. Why don’t you hop to the back?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Sweat dripped down his brow, but he couldn’t be sure whether it was from the heat, the running, or fear. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

So here she is on a late spring afternoon in her SUV running errands in the old neighborhood. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

There are fewer Circus Dinners now that the circus itself is up and running properly, gaining its self-sufficiency, as Chandresh phrased it at one dinner not long after opening night. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Later, Hazel had said that there was nothing for it but to cross the open pasture and under Silver’s direction they had crossed it, with Dandelion running ahead to reconnoiter. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a half second, Luke thought about running back to the apartment and forgetting all of it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I remembered running across Broadway holding my big Mysteries of Science poster, and seeing Sal on the other side, and yelling for him to wait up. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I say I’m afraid he can’t spend the night here. I’m not running a hotel.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I would advise you to start running now. I would suggest you go south toward the swamps because when I find you, I’m going to break every bone in your body.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hot tears began running down Petra’s cheeks, blurring her vision of the woman’s familiar face. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The running theme of January seemed to be to make Celia’s time a living hell. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He was breathing heavily, since principals and dictators of small countries aren’t used to running. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“With the running like hell and hiding all night.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Other than running around in some orange groves, I have no memory of my time with her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They could hear the diesel engine out on the road, running on God knows what. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much left to do here, he was running low on food, and he missed Kathy and the kids. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Jinny spent the next hour combing the beach, with Loo running ahead on the dunes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A plump little girl, dressed in brilliant red, was running toward the tiger! Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But running beneath them is a quiet rumble, inconsistent in its intensity. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“There’s a trolley running out of control down a track,” he said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I did not sleep that night, but lay awake rebuking myself for running away in fear. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Physical education meant running around outside and playing on iron bars in the schoolyard. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

There was no joy in the running this time, but there was relief that his body served him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It’s the pace of a sprinter, not the pace of a person running sixteen miles a day. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The water pelted windowpanes, running down the charred west side where the house had been burned evenly free of its white paint. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw him running and asked him if he wanted a ride.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He used to say to me when I was young that his gohpsul muh-rhee showed the great vigor of the blood running through him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My face is officially a five-spout faucet: tears pouring from both eyes, snot flowing, bit of drool running down, the whole deal. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Did you call Travis to tell him you were running late?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They were always exploring, going places I couldn’t go and getting there in ways I couldn’t—on their bikes, or running. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Elephants running around in the jungle, a whole bunch of them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It even pushed into southern Alabama and Georgia, and soon the livestock industry of the southeastern states was faced with annual losses running to $20,000,000. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And even though there is no more sound from the running needle, I still hear it in my heart and it hurts. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The people ahead of us had made a path in the grass with their running, so we followed that, but sometimes we had to scramble through thorny bushes that scratched as we passed. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had doubts about my decision, if I sometimes thought about turning back, running back to my parents and the Clinic and giving in, what stopped me was this private ecstasy between my legs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The paper flew in two directions and I turned and said, “Sorry!” but kept running toward Big Ma, whose arms weren’t outstretched like mine. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The worst bore down upon the Irish in the 1840s, when the potato crop, their food of life, rotted in the ground for four years running, and landlords heartlessly threw their tenants into the streets. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Before then, I never even thought about running. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It may be I must spend my life running from sea to sea and land to land on an endless vain venture, a shadow-quest.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Crack—I loved the sound of the bat hitting the ball. Loved running ’round bases and sliding into home.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

From below came the gurgle of running water passing through the Stockyards’ sewer system. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And with all Wang Lung’s pulling and running before his ricksha and with all O-lan’s begging, they never could gain enough to cook rice daily in their own hut. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“After that we had the worst time of all. If it hadn’t been for Bluebell’s jokes and chatter we’d have stopped running for certain.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nibble on a carrot stick as Emily talks about how her dad owns his own construction business and Soojin shares her parents’ challenges running their deli. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

"Why did she keep running from the places she was safest, Christoffel? I just need some of these pieces to make sense." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I knew he was running out of strength, close to death, and yet I had abandoned him. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon he had completely lost his bearings, but Riccio kept running as if he knew the way through the maze of alleys and bridges by heart. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the door behind her burst open, and a huge guard with a bushy black beard was suddenly running toward her. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Shin hit the road, defectors themselves, many of them former North Korean military and police officers, had taken over the trade and were quietly running for-profit operations. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Or, in the aftermath of Boobie’s knee problems, had he just become the new star running back of Permian High School? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he was running simply to save his life, and that at a speed he had never touched before, a speed he knew he could not keep up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’d think he was running a whole fleet of ships, single-handed, to hear her take on.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mere sight of her grimy right hand with its black fingernails digging an ounce of Chocolate Fudge out of a jar would have caused a starving tramp to go running from the shop. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He noticed two kids running up late . . . and he stopped to let them get on. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to running the mosque, he also owned two small restaurants in Newark. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She admitted being disciplined by standing in the corner, squatting, and running laps. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone could see, too, when the Senior 2 boys went on their fields run, Tommy was the only one without a running partner. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Call 'em up, and any one of them will come running. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Rushing through the bam doors was like running into a furnace. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Johnny kept on running up Long Wharf and the short length of King Street. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Refresh me again as to our relationship, Cinder,” the shadowed man said, a deep sliver of anger running through his patient tone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My streak was running low and I was getting nervous. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But by then, I was already running down the hill, trailed by screams of rage. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Um ... no. Me running the world would kind of be a nightmare.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

A man leaped up from the ravine when the wagon was midway across the bridge and, running up beside the team, laid a long whip across the backs of the horses. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dragon descended on him, roaring, and all at once the poor beast was aflame, yet somehow he kept on running, screaming with every step, until Drogon landed on him and broke his back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Hank ignored my sister and me and picked up my brother and was already running through the hospital doors as Lynn and I stepped down from the truck. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The truck made a long screeching noise, and then the driver came running out and shoved me away from Sal. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, as we all came running to the front door, he’d start by being stern. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Horace was dazed but conscious, a trickle of blood running from his temple. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was no running water, no electricity, and nothing to buy but the pipes and wires needed if you wanted to live with plumbing and electricity. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They were both running a little late so that they could spend time with me on my first day of school. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Avoid over-quick motions of any kind—running, jumping, climbing. The bandage may come off in two days. Do not get it wet.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As he ascended the steps, two at a time, he saw Kyle Keeley and his entire entourage running down a staircase from the third floor. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It’s nearing the end of the month, and money is running out. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Alarmed, they sprang to their feet and looked out the window to see frightened people running in the streets. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Suddenly one of them, a boy, popped out of the knot and came running toward us. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs to get ready for bed, and a new obsessive slogan started running through my mind. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might want to put sixpence on a horse or have a pint and if all the women start acting like Mam the horses will stop running and Guinness will go broke. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He starts running, which is how he gets everywhere. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emotions were running high at the Marine Quarantine Hospital on Staten Island. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Luma figured she could devote a few hours a week to a soccer program and still keep Ashton’s running. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It seemed perfectly possible that people a half-block away had heard it and would come running. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Periphescence denotes the initial drugged and happy bedtime where you sniff your lover like a scented poppy for hours running. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Not unless he stabs himself in the back. hit the ground running. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is running down a rocky hole in France. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I also had to fetch large pitchers of water for Gertrude’s bath and empty the tub afterward, until my feet were swollen from running to the well and the latrines, and my arms ached. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be there in a few minutes,” he started to say, but she had already turned and was running across the bridge. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m as fast as can be,” he announced, running around the island twice in no time at all, “and I’m as slow as can be,” he complained, waving good-by to a snail. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, ‘Why are we running?’ Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Most boys are out running around all the time.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of running away, but I’m not allowed outside. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of running home for a rope or for my father, but I knew she couldn’t last until I got back. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We position ourselves at the back of the pack, near a group of men wearing grass hats, with hula skirts over their running shorts. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He had a clear, high-pitched voice, like cold running water. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Police sirens were wailing, and cops were not paying one bit of attention to all the black teenagers loitering outside the school, running down the sidewalks and the middle of the street. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

All around I hear the cries of internees running to their trailers, searching for some air to breathe. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And so I thought of a way for Nelson to be in the capital, under supervision so he wouldn’t be running wild with women or his rebel uncles. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is one long room running almost the length of the ship, though one can hardly walk for the barrels and crates that are taking up most of the room. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of people mill around, running, trailing children and baggage, waiting in lines. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then they were both running to the circular opening, climbing through. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His voice was like a razor blade running over my skin. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ve tried that,” Piper says, running her fingers through her long hair. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When the creek goes down, we’ll help you look for your stuff,” he said, running his hand through his wet hair. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When we came to a bridge with water running beneath, we decided we would pick our way down to the creek bed and rest for the night. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This move is called the running man,” Junior said. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Urgency to see Ivan forgotten, she backtracked to the miller’s shop and went behind the row, running to the smithy’s back door. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I continued to walk as quickly as I could without actually running, focusing on the right-hand turn that was only a few yards away from me now. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was running before he was even aware of it. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee Scoresby was attaching a coil of stout rope to the leather-covered iron ring that gathered the ropes running over the gas bag, and from which the basket itself was suspended. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was hounds on the trail of a man running through slimy swamps. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And everybody else began running round and round too—Ellen and Mrs. Brill and the children. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I didn't like the way he dropped us off, staying behind the wheel with the motor running while we lugged our stuff out of the car. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“You’re supposed to all line up and start running nonstop for twenty-five minutes—no walking,” she said by way of greeting. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The boy gulped, then bent down and grabbed his books before running off, back to the school gates. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Was running back to my regiment today from a rendezvous with command. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Beyond it, the ditch and trees curved back again in a re-entrant, so that the field formed a bay with a bank running all the way round. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a few more feet, but it feels like running a mile. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A lot of them were time-sharers like stewardesses or nursing students, or guys running dispatch for gypsy cabs and escort services or telephone rigs like astrology or phone-sex parlors. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other kids heard the ruckus and came running. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd, running, went out the gate with him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I thrust the book back into his hands, and half running, lead the cow away in the rain. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were three dark-purple jagged lines running down his cheek where the Warden had scratched him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Next thing you know, you’re running around in a bathrobe and pink bunny slippers, chasing chickens with a weed whacker. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t make up my mind about women with big mouths running for president or about Miss Marva Hendrix. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

You just don't go running a little short man like that against a tall man. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ll get their chance. Now if you are refused three times in the course of running from the tower to the river, you go all the way back to the tower and start over. Naturally.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was walking with purpose, running, really, but Larry had no difficulty keeping stride. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the Coast Guard’s radio network was still up and running, and it continued to intercept encrypted messages on the airwaves. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Not because my bus was running behind schedule, or because my knee was flaring up again, or because of any other reasonable explanation. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Winded, I kept running but no longer had breath to call out. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

We got to the south corner of the lake and started running along the shore. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

At 5:30 p.m., with Fischer’s clock still running, Chester Fox’s lawyer in Reykjavik agreed to the suggestion that the cameras be removed just for the one game, pending further discussion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Because Abel had started running an unlicensed business in a residential area, one of the neighbors filed a petition to get rid of us. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I weaved through groups of kids running and playing in the yard. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’m happy just to be running, and I will work up to competing. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I’d nodded, hot tears running down my face, and I ran down the stairs as quickly as I could. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I felt guilty, because I’d been running the pegasus for half a day, nonstop, trying to keep up with highway traffic. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But when I turned to him and opened my mouth to speak, I saw tears running down his face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Marines running through fire to hurl grenades into pillboxes. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her main skills had been running and finding them places to hide. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And he ran, lots of running, pretty much daily, often a loop of seven or eight miles that took him from the house to the McDonald’s. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

At their feet, pools and streams of glacier melt came running forward to meet the ocean. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Robert Kennedy, then running for President, telegraphed: “By your actions in support of employees who seek recognition for their bargaining rights, you set a standard that all should emulate.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But she was screaming, and I heard the running footsteps on the darkened path. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t cry here—not in front of everyone—so before any of them can even blink, I’m gone, running across the field and back in through the school doors. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

His procrastination would have disastrous effects, if you believe in that sort of thing, which, some days, when the old Greek blood is running high, I do. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The river running through the middle of town was slow and muddy. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Martina would call for help, and the Recruiters guarding the computer room would come running. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I decided it would be really fun to set a five-year-old on a bar stool at 6:42 a.m., take a running leap, and knock him down like we were trying out for theWWF. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, she struck all the right poses, but she also kept up a running series of rude remarks. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I went into a state of flight, running to get away from the unearthly landscape. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another zeppelin, meanwhile, had found a clear space farther down the valley, and the crossbow men who disembarked from it were now running up the path to reinforce those already in action. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There were advantages to Zeitoun and Kathy running a business together—so many blessings, too many to name—but then again, the drawbacks were distinct and growing. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I never told you I’m sorry for, you know, my running off at the festival,” she said. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Behind the man, she saw Finn running for her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Still, I knew it to be sheer folly to go running Dockside for the sake of a story. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dangerous or not, it was our only lead, and time was running out. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Uncle Kufa was telling one of his favorite stories about a willful girl who insisted on running off with a strange man her parents didn’t like. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu and Ginika arrived together, the party still at its dawn, the dance floor bare, boys running around with cassette tapes, shyness and awkwardness still undissolved. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then he ran into the forest They threw stones at the child with no nose, now, but Walt was supposed to be in the forest still, running on all fours and dressed in skins. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take me long to wash up and Mom had already laid out all my clothes, so I was dressed and running down to Miss Volker’s house in no time. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I watched her launch herself into the air, do a double twist, and come down running, a big grin on her black muzzle. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

After all their walking and climbing and running, they were little more than halfway there. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Except when I glance at him, I see that his face has bricked up and I can tell running away is not part of his modus operandi. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I took off running, scrambling through the narrow passage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Gregor knew he was sweaty from running through the tunnels, but that was pretty rude. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of them turned to look at us, then they both took off running. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I sat awake all night with little more than these thoughts running through my head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had felt like running away, but I remembered my father and Narciso standing firm for Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around the next corner, they were nearly knocked down by a group of people running in the opposite direction. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Anyways you won’t go running off without a needle valve,” said Gay. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched them take turns running oiled swabs through the barrel. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought for a second, running through some scenarios in his head. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He held Seabiscuit a half length behind him, keeping just far enough out from the rail to give himself clear running room. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peach was running in my direction, waving his skinny arms in the air, his head bobbing on his thin-as-a-noodle neck as he ran. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The words beneath the horizontal half-moons had a line running through them that ended in a squiggle. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Because people often ask, I’ll say it here directly: I have no intention of running for office, ever. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The two-legged animals were running about over their heads and making loud noises with their mouths. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I washed my hands with running hot water and closed the bathroom door kind of loud. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Barely two minutes later, the castle doors flew open yet again, and Snape came charging out of them, running toward the Willow. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Tolstoy, of course, as an omniscient narrator, also provides a running commentary, establishing what it was that the combatants were all, willy-nilly, conspiring to bring about. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Another was Samuel Smith’s Negro slave, Ned—the same one who’d first come running to report that the British were coming. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a pup under each arm and running as fast as I could, I lit out for the house. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Boss was running away with some old magazines. Maybe he escaped.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Hideo murmurs, running one of his hands along the length of my tattooed arm. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We sat kicking our heels impatiently; the strawberries were waiting to be rinsed, but we stuck to the house rule: “No running water when strangers are downstairs—they might hear the drains.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The resulting conflict left two dead: a federal agent and Sammy, who was retreating, running up the hill toward the cabin, when he was shot in the back. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Time was running out—could I save it? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s honest-to-goodness cinder, you know? It’s so much better than running on our lumpy dirt road. On that white school track, I feel like an eagle or something.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The black-mustached man was fingering something in his belt; Harry looked and saw that he was running one broad thumb along the blade of a shining axe. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He stood there for a second—belt in one hand, book in the other—tears and sweat running down his cheeks, facing down his father, who glowered at him, ruddy and panting. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And now, years later, Bodega and Nazario were running an entire neighborhood. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I sometimes closed my eyes and it was like running while asleep. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was another scream and the sound of running feet. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Every day we played a game called prisoner's base, which was all running and shouting and shoving and catching. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he began slowly stroking her hand, running his fingers along hers. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Right when I was ready to push the covers off of me and start running or stabbing, whoever it was that had been watching jumped right on top of me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

There were also dogs running, in between the crowds of people, who were still running, even though far away from harm. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I yelp as something furry scurries up my arm and jumps off my shoulder, running out of the cave. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Because Wells is going to drive us to Target, so he can keep the car running while we run in.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I need to see Professor Dumbledore!” said Harry, running back up the corridor and skidding to a standstill in front of Snape instead. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I look like my own grandmother,” Valley said, tears running down her face. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was running by the time he hit the doors. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He saw her memories of childhood—roughhousing with her brothers, running around their courtyard home, begging their mother for rock sugar. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until he finally got to the Deuce’s parking lot that he started running. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

You’d find the freelance thugs pushing off for rebounds, and the A students, quietly showing off silky jump shots and then running back downcourt eyes down, trying not to look too pleased with themselves. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Glerk was running up the mountain, moving faster than Luna had thought it was possible for him to move. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“We have enough of a head start. Keep running, it won’t take us long to get there.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They had decided to use the kotatsu only for dinner, as they were running low on coal. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We played red-light- green-light, tag, football, Red Rover, or nameless games that involved running hard, keeping up with the pack, and not crying if you fell down. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or leading power down from it; for there was a wire running off a huge reel on the sledge, a wire that ran directly upward to the sky. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The store was running low on plastic sheeting, duct tape, rope—anything that would protect windows from the winds. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I went down the steps and walked toward the gate, not running, but pretty fast. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We've been running obstacle courses, and have to swim long distances on the lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The water seems no more than an inch deep in most places, straight across the wide bay, running in shallow currents, crested by delicate foam. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And when I was running, running to hide deep in the crowd up there, I saw someone I knew. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the screen is an image of me, knocked out, mouth open, drool running. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“This slinthead comes up in the Box, acting all confused and scared. A few days later, he’s running around the Maze with Grievers, acting like he owns the place.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The Nemean Lion’s skin was wrapped around my back like a cape, and I was running somewhere, being pulled along by a girl who was tighdy gripping my hand. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I came running after you! I called you! I begged you to come back!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“And tell me one more time,” I say, “what my New York catchphrase is? It’s—uh—Gosh, that A train subway sure is running local again. Right?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was out of my bed and running before Osh was properly awake. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She seemed to be running out of energy for her anger. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She realized that the manufacture of herself to please Imogen—it was like running, really. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Pandemonium erupted, with people running in all directions to escape the cold blasts of water. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t wait for an answer ’fore I take off running to school. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I’ve never been able to get past the meaty pink of it, so similar to human flesh, the white stripes of fat running through it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Still, when she saw June near Annie Demetrios’s drippy neon painting of a ballet dancer in a leg cast, her stomach flipped and flopped and then started running a marathon around her body. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, Mrs. Reilly screamed to the two gentleman, “You know what? Ignatius was running the water in the tub when I left, and I bet he forgot to turn it off.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dogs came running to greet her, barking loudly in the early morning stillness. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I could hear Jasper Jr. running after us. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But soon a group of men dressed in white came running in with a stretcher. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the rest of the day double-checking my numbers and running more tests. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m running on the Salami Party ticket,” Ice said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And that boy should have been running and playing and jumping off those swings. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s the only lead we have left. And we’re running out of time.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He went back to the basement, dragged the trunk to the door, lifted it to his back, carried it to the car and fastened it to the running board. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I figured out that running for office is a lot like being in a beauty pageant. Look good. Smile and wave. And tell the people only what they want to hear.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Could get a real job instead of running a wine house. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s vibrating,” Sheed said, his teeth chattering from the tremor running up his arm. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

What he heard first were the footsteps, running towards him through the grass outside, and then a bump, and the click of the padlock. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Pinch was no silent sufferer, and yelled so loud that Omakayas thought the whole camp would came running to his side to see what was the matter. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

A man was running across the training ground. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I am not running through the streets of the city or the corridors of Dauntless headquarters. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In his imagination he had seen his mother running, her arms outstretched to enfold him as he stepped smiling from his sturdy little vessel. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Just then, loud voices and the thumping of running footsteps were heard outside the door. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

My brother said I looked like a squirrel running up a tree. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Some did double takes when they saw TysOn, but most just walked grimly past and carried on with their duties—running messages, toting swords to sharpen on the grinding wheels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Anya didn’t realize she was running until she was around the edge of the balcony. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The bull picked another man running in front, but the man disappeared into the crowd, and the crowd was through the gate and into the ring with the bulls behind them. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, I was too busy running for my own life.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They should be yelling at me for running away and lying. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He gets up slowly like he is a very old toy running out of batteries. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground was passing me faster, but it wasn’t me running. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The discussion, running on sensible lines, went on until it was nearly dawn. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Alex exhales a shaky breath, running one hand through his hair. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I'm lying on my bed, microwaves burning up my brain, running up a killer phone bill. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The street was crowded and loud, kids running up and down the block and people sitting on stoops talking. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

"He was running with us for a time," Tyrion said, "but I don't know what became of him after that." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We are each given our own chambers that have a bedroom, a dressing area, and a private bathroom with hot and cold running water. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He fought and twisted away, and started running, in the midst of them, toward the exit. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Was my grandfather really running from the Nazis when he came here?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There is a big difference between a coherent passage of writing and a flaunting of one’s erudition, a running journal of one’s thoughts, or a published version of one’s notes. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Lee sat again, holding the ring, running his fingers over it again and again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth was he was holding her there, the same way you hold a dog by the scruff of its neck to keep it from running off. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone in town’s attenshun is behind us so there’s no one to stop us from running. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

More hobos were running along the train and coming on. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to go check out the old building with the broken-down bull. One of the workers told me they peeked in the window and saw a bunch of mice running around.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There’s a gash about six inches long running from his shoulder blade to below his ribs. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It made the cost of getting the sanctuary back and running higher and higher, but if she debated whether it was all worth it, she didn’t let on. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

David had wanted to go sooner but while they were running tests Owen had asked him to wait. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a trip wire, barely thicker than a human hair, running the entire width of the room, and the French windows were alarmed. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But now all the singing and talking stopped, replaced with frightened whispers running from the front line toward the back. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

One rumor actually had it that Cap might take revenge on the team by running us over with a school bus. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

They seemed normal except for faint reddish streaks running through them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And all the time the men running with the wagon over the debris. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without thinking, Jule pulled off her running shorts and then her bleached, frayed Stanford T-shirt. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I took three running steps, leapt into the air, and then I was flying. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Once you start running, I said, it’s hard to slow yourself down. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, you can stop running away now, little warrior. Come back here. I want to talk to you.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The path had been running parallel to it—logically it still would be—and at least that way she’d still be going in the direction the raven had told her to. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I walked around Stagecoach Pass all morning, trying to be useful, running errands for anyone and everyone, delivering messages, and making phone calls. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The door down the hall opens again, and I can hear my dad running water in the bathroom. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Men burst out of the woods—dozens and dozens of American soldiers running for their lives. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had hoped Gurgi would have overcome his fear, but he could not blame the creature for running off after his ordeal in the whirlpool. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Her mother sweeping her into her arms, giggling, fingers running like spiders over her tummy. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The SS were running as well, weapons in hand. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was far across the field, running, his head held low. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I flee to where I left Chou and Pithy, and see their figures running toward me, axes over their shoulders, faces full of worry and fear. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then the bombs started to fall and everyone started running.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Soon she was running five miles a day and riding a stationary bike for another 20 miles. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I even said hello to a rat that crossed my path, running from one garbage heap to another. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I spent the following days eating and drinking and bathing and observing the meerkats and walking and running and resting and growing stronger. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mind rolls forward and backward, running over the things I’ve been told. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max watches intently, turning over the sheet when Volkheimer turns it over, matching his folds, wetting one finger, and running it along a crease. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I nodded, but there weren’t any words and the silent tears just kept running down my face like there was a river inside me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Tommies came running from trenches all around when they heard the news and they gave him any amount of money if he’d let them boil water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It is your friend, though!” the boy had muttered before running off. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Thank you, God," Jacob murmurs, his throat thick, his nose running. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I feel like ants are running all over my skin, like I know I’m in a nightmare and I’m clawing to get the ants off me, but all I’m doing is hurting myself. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A few, the most successful, worked for themselves, running a grocery or a barbershop. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She had begun running in her mother's womb, and never once stopped. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He felt trapped, and thought he could solve his problems by simply running away. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The sound of running and falling water was loud, and the evening was filled with a faint scent of trees and flowers, as if summer still lingered in Elrond’s gardens. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Trader Horn’s running again at the Regal. They’re bringing a lot of old pictures back.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was hollering about how they were late because she had to make a sign to hold up when I was running. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Tears and snot are running down my face, but all I can do is lie in the dirt and spit out pieces of sweet, fleshy pulp. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

These men, taken by surprise, spun around, saw whom he meant, then began running in my direction, shouting, knocking down anyone who stood in their way. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello, hello,” he would say, stepping in, running both hands through his disordered hair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the mornings a few times a week he gets up early and goes running before work with Gerald along the Hudson, down to Battery Park City and back. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had the disconcerting sense that if he looked through the glass he would see himself running drills in the training rooms, seated at the long table in the dining hall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Surely they've paused the service now, since we all went running after her. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Here in Oklahoma, I understand why—why humans would sit behind a glass window and look in the faces of families running away from danger and dead sheep, and not feel anything. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The Memory turns panicked now, the world blurring around us as Hideo spins in place, looking one way, then the other, then running to another section of the park. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before Jacqui even throws the car in park, Garrett and I have jumped out and are running to the front door. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn't until he took up running, an activity that re-wards will and determination more than finesse or cunning, that he found his athletic calling. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He studied it anxiously, running his tongue over his lips. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“You know how you ask me about running? How you talk about the finish line? How it’s some mystical thing that you wish you could experience?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He swerved as a spear flew past and then was silent, running. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

His heart skipped a beat when a boy unexpectedly appeared around a corner up ahead, entering the main passage from one of the offshoots to the right, running toward him and the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I had yanked myself out of the shoe he had pinned to the ground, and now I was running, bouncing off people. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

His head bounced against the steps making a sound like a series of gunshots as they ran dragging him by his ankles, like volunteer firemen running with a hose. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they took their positions, the lion surged forward and took off running. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sudden movement almost made Thomas stop, his brief moment of insane courage washing away, but he kept running. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He comes running back with a big smile. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, okay, Mom. We can’t have a little addict running around, now can we?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He kneads his hand into his side; he's been running and now he has a cramp. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her aunts seemed to be running back and forth with quick short steps and their voices came in short sentences. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His car was still running, the door left open. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The shouts of triumph become infectious, and I lift my voice to join in, running toward my teammates. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The marshal spotted two distinct sets of car tracks running between the road and the gulch. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I think she's running with some man works at the shipyards, anyways. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard Lyra’s running footsteps from some way off. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe run out of the cafeteria and just keep running forever and never come back. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I looked at the distance and in my head counted, one Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi, and pictured myself running. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But the mere act of running cheered up The Goober. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She keeps me company when she can, but she’s been busy running errands for my dad, plus keeping the books and doing the billing. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Nae-Nae, wait,” I start to say, but I'm ignored as my sister brushes past me and goes running after him. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Junsoo came running out of the bedroom asking for his mother. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Just like he has every morning since I started running with him. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“The main event was the baby,” Axel says, running his hand down Ray’s spine. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was a woman in a pink running outfit jogging around the lake. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Then came the Irish, running from the potato famine. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she starts to get close, I start running with my itchy hand stuck out behind me, hoping and praying we’ll connect. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He hated running, but the applause was intoxicating, and the prospect of more was just enough incentive to keep him marginally compliant. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The next day, Mom said she heard a light knock on our front door, and when she opened it she saw Calvin running off. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then he saw Prince Brat, his face lobster-red from running, at the edge of the clearing. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

She has been running a half marathon every day for nearly a month since Chicago, and her body is suffering. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he just woke up and said, ‘Screw it,’ and hopped on a train to, I dunno, New Mexico or something,” Ada suggested, running her fingers lightly through my hair, my head in her lap. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

My heart beat rapidly—from the performance, from running up the hill, from whatever it was I might have just seen. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He comes running back to the fort with arrows sticking out of him and dies soon after. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“And although she’s trying hard to do something about her situation, running again will not be an option if she doesn’t get a prosthesis designed specifically for running.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Everyone on the bus was smoking pot and listening to the same Crosby, Stills, and Nash album continuously, on a tape player running on batteries. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Caroline is already bugging me to be her running mate when she goes for eighth-grade president next year. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Those were the thoughts running through my head after waiting thirty minutes for Marcus to show up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“You know that’s not the way it works. It doesn’t matter what he believes. It’s what Mississippi believes. He’s running for the U.S. Senate this fall and I’m unfortunate enough to know that.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She was responsible for running an entire camp all by herself. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, will you tell me from there why you’re running away?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She would read for the first five minutes of class to give us a running start, she said, and then she would call on the next alphabetical victim to read for the next seven minutes. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Cieza de Leon once came upon three different highways running between the same two towns, each built by a different Inka. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He is running his hands over his face, and he says, “I’m okay. I’m okay. Is everyone okay?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Rafe was the kind of running partner that she liked: quiet. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“About me running away, about my mother, about everything.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The peanuts were running low, and the water and chips were long gone. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I got to just sit and watch to see how races really went down, since we weren't running relays. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They had no heat, no toilet, no running water. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweat was running down his forehead and into his eyes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The building came alive with rushing men, shouting and asking questions, running for their horses or their wagons. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

During all its long hours of cloud and fitful sun they hardly paused, now striding, now running, as if no weariness could quench the fire that burned them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“He foretold my parents’ end,” said Luxa sorrowfully, running her fingers over part of the wall. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a shout from beyond the thicket and then Ralph was running with the swiftness of fear through the undergrowth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The sun was beating down on us, and I thought it might be nice to stay there forever with him just running his finger along my palm like that. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I hoped whoever was doing that part was just running late, but there’s no way three or four days could pass. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And when all three of us stood before her, grinning and ready to lick the bowl, she declared us “a bunch of wild hyenas running loose in the jungle.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The news cuts to footage inside the crowd of people running and screaming. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Another is jogging, or running, and that is the method I prefer. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Newt!” he called out, running to catch up. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

All planes, as they approach their destination, are by definition running out of fuel. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The cookhouse crew gets right to work, and in no time at all, the boiler is running and the scent of good food—real food—wafts across the lot. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Things were running in favor enough to add, with a straight face, “Hidden microphones?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

That is why I have been practicing my running every night. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“So there I was running as hard as I could, losing, and then, wham!” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

When he comes running back out, a tall, red-headed woman wearing a frilly apron stands at the door waving hello to me. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

School™ is not so bad now, not like back when my grandparents were kids, when the schools were run by the government, which sounds completely like, Nazi, to have the government running the schools? Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I love the morning air on my face—it’s one of the best things about running. The rest of your body’s warm, but your face is cool.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Think it’ll come as a surprise to him that I’m running late?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It’s also hard because I try not to hold her hand while running the brush over each nail 3 times. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The first time Sandy appeared, running across the stage being chased by the dog catcher, the audience broke into spontaneous applause. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

After she heard the extent of our story, she sat still, quietly blinking away the tears, a lifetime of pain running down her pretty face. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Yet now I felt best when I was out there alone, working in the garden or running the tractor. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I learned how black parents would warn their kids to be careful around the officers, because a black kid could get shot for simply running down the street. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They had to be very careful about running into goblins. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The new goat, he’d be running headfirst into every fence post. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the while I was running my eye over the young woman's letter, she sat there at the table before me, looking down at her hands. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He can't talk, all he can do is look at me and try to say something with his eyes and then I'm running to get the nurse. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’d recovered quickly, and ran now with almost no effort, despite nearing the end of his second hour of running. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It had taken more running and leaping and sliding than he had imagined. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” Momma admits, running her fingers through my hair. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Sir Fabian is brandishing his sword above his head, running at William and Jacob. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Just don’t go running off with any Brazilian soccer players.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Riccio was running eagerly after the cabbages while the signora, cursing loudly, bent over to pick up the apples. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They still have the heat running full-blast even though it’s warm enough to crack open the windows. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Neil climbed into his car, and suddenly June came running with tomatoes in her hands. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if the cow-boys saw me running, they could easily catch me in the open fields, and ride me down if they wanted. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had his hand pressed against his forehead, trying to stop a trickle of blood from running down his face. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are shouting for the fun of shouting, running for the fun of running. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The award-winning poster included ten tips for running a successful lemonade stand, a profit-and-loss statement, business definitions, and a chart that tracked franchise profits. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

And one of my favorite games was to make a running start and grab on to their outstretched arms to see how many pull-ups I could do before I’d drop back down and keep running. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You know, it’s my fault you’re not already pretty. I messed up everything by running away. I owe you.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Go back to Bluebell! Go back to Bluebell!” repeated Silver, running from side to side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they were running toward the bam, Arya spied the crying girl sitting in the middle of the chaos, surrounded by smoke and slaughter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was quiet, and she kept running her bottom lip through her teeth, making it go white, so that you could see that her lips had freckles, too. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They turn and begin running again, water now sloshing across their feet. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Turning towards it, he saw, beyond an arch of boughs, the road to Osgiliath running almost as straight as a stretched ribbon down, down, into the West. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He figured it was some smart aleck poking fun at the man running along the road with a bike over his shoulders. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We are being looked at, assessed, whispered about; we can feel it, like tiny ants running on our bare skins. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started running again, toward the shot, but the crowd thickened in front of him. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never liked the ‘look at me’ part of running for president.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“A few times a year. Next time I go, it’ll be around Christmas. Assuming our junker car is still running by then.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

We got running water now, and indoor plumbing, but my dad never seen no reason to tear down the old outhouse with the half-moon carved in the door. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mama puttered around doing whatever she usually did on Sundays: preparing her lesson plans, ironing a few shirts, running lots of water in the bathroom for some reason. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Now, instead of running a gauntlet of bullies and drug addicts on my walk to school each morning, I went straight to my hideout and stayed there all day. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It took her a moment to process the sting of fresh pain, the warm trickle running down her forearm as beasts and beastkeepers alike yelped in surprise. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She was the one running for class president. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Vaults was a narrow hallway with three deep cracks running across the floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then she whirled and made her exit, running down the steps as fast as her feet would take her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I could see the blood running out of him, spilling over his hands and onto the car seat. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

My brain couldn’t process everything I saw, but I knew if I were the enemy, I’d be running. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Standing there in the dark with the music running through me, propped up by a thousand other bodies, I disappeared into the greater, wilder, more joyful whole flooding the Palace, the perfect place to be. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He has me visualize smooth running, which in some mysterious way seems to help. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She's on her back with a pair of pale green tubes running from a clip under her nose to a panel on the wall. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Listening behind the summerhouse, Eleanor heard their laughter and the sound of their feet running down the path to the house.“ The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I made it just like the others, with folds running lengthwise. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with that he turned and strode from the hall with Pippin running at his side. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was all dim and obscure in his mind, the gebbeth, the burning staff, the running, the whispering, the gate. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of all these people reminded me of a few villages I had passed through while running away from the war. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She felt singled out for extra work and didn’t appreciate all the additional running her coach made her do. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“We cannot keep this circus running for thirty-seven years.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In truth, realizing that I would eventually be caught, I had stopped running and offered my hands to be tied. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Worry and joy mingled there like two colors running into each other. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s a soft job for him, running little errands, doing little favors, and there’s no way he’d want to jeopardize it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point she came running to find me and asked, “How do you feel about the possibility of reality TV? Camera crews will follow you around and you’ll be a prime-time series.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured the same things were running around in Bianca’s head right now. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He waves his hands around before running them through his hair, and there’s something about watching a man talk with that much passion that makes me sit up and take notice. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, but I’m running real late for school.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, the girl from District 2, ten yards away, running toward me, one hand clutching a half-dozen knives. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They were running and shooting at South Vietnamese troops on the other side of the road. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Dominick yelled from the dark before running into the spotlight and turning to face us as he backflipped into the quarry. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

If they were dowsing for my blood, it would seem like I was heading south, running. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of ants running around on the side of the highway looking very busy and pleased with themselves. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“A poor lot, I’d say—skulking underground, and some of them running away in the night. I don’t fancy we’ll have much trouble.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I ripped it while we were running from that ogress.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Quentin walked downrange to operate the far theodolite, while the rest of us piled inside the blockhouse after running up our flag. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her spear caught between two trees and brought her to a jolting halt before she wrenched it free and kept running. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a road running through it, and a lake. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I thought I heard a squawk, and I started running after her. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Would they be curled in furry balls, or would they be running joyously through the first storm of the winter, following their noses to game? Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dari raced downstairs to inspect our fallen egg—Dari, our calm, collected, studious Dari, running over to our egg like a doctor to his patient. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Out there, with clear running water on each side, it was deliciously fresh after the smell and heat and noise of Tashbaan. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

This biography always set racing a stable of emotions—self- pity in the lead, love and hate running evenly at first, the latter ultimately pulling ahead. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

So while his mother sat there, her hand running up and down his back softly, he cycled through his memories. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Walking up the driveway to the house, stepping over potholes full of rainwater, Joe noticed his father’s Franklin, its engine running, plumes of white exhaust billowing from the tailpipe. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I considered running down the highway, back to Florida. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The small children came running from all directions, with oyster shells, or pieces of shingle, to scoop up the mush. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It comes out in a lightning-fast bit of speech, and then I'm running full tilt along the wall. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Jermaine went in one direction—staying out more, running the streets—and Steve went another way, spending more time in after-school and art programs. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She nodded to me in friendly fashion, and sauntered off to the edge of the cliff, the little boy running at her heels. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But perhaps she could give her granddaughter a running start. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They stopped running when they realized they had no inkling of where they were headed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Hands slicing air like we were running a race. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

As the men struggled out of their tents, they saw two cracks running through their floe; the edges rose and fell in a strong swell. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Taking up one strip at a time, she taped the cuffs of her gloves to the sleeves of her scrub shirt, running the tape around the cuff to make a seal. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s leaning on the table I’m wiping, wearing a gray T-shirt, old jeans cut off above the knees, running shoes with no socks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As for the ghosts of the kids, I guess Chelsea's brother saw Diana and Georgie running around in the woods the way they always do. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t so bad at night with the engine running,” the man says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, hopping out of bed and running to my closet. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I wave to the security guard, who peers at me suspiciously as I rip the balloon off the vase, struggling to catch my breath, my lungs protesting all this running. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He was exhausted; the fear and the running from that day and from the night before had left him weak. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When they return they make bathroom jokes, quips about wetting your pants and running out of toilet paper, eyeing me cunningly while they do so. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Arriving at Medicine Tail Coulee, they saw the soldiers running away. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

A woman ran out of one of the trailers and tried to grab the black dog while the skinny dog snapped and growled and then suddenly just took off running. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I was in the principal’s office, or with the nurse, or I was helping out in the library or cafeteria, or running laps out on the playground. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you come running all together, you will probably be able to scare any ghost away.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of running upstairs and telling Mr. and Mrs. Little about the accident, Snowbell did a very curious thing. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then he was up again, running faster than ever, then the dogs were gaining on him again. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The tears were running down her cheeks now. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Roy tried to be polite and keep up his end of the conversation, but his mind was swirling with what Beatrice Leep had told him about the running boy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you come over,” Mom told the neighbors, “don’t start the rumor I’m running a liquor joint.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“ARGH!” it shouted, spinning around before knocking itself unconscious by running headlong into the wall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I leave the car running for the heater. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The police don’t usually come running when a kid’s only been missing a couple of hours. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As the sphere expands, an astronomer in any galaxy will think all the other galaxies are running away from him. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was off, running silently into the front of the house, from which the stairway led up two flights to the attic. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sooner or later he would have to sleep or eat-and then he would awaken with hands clawing at him; and the hunt would become a running down. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In running pants and hot-pink sneakers, she doesn't look much like a doctor. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as I stepped outside, Max came running over. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jaimito called Lio a troublemaker, accusing him of cooking up plots and then running off to some embassy for asylum, leaving his comrades behind to rot in jail. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls napped on running boards, or dipped to get a tire iron out of the trunk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Line is running out of the tub, over the side of the boat, and straight down into the water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’d been too busy gloating over the twins’ delight at the neat little oil camp house with its running hot water, electric lights, and fancy appliances. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Riot sniffs her out for a second before running off. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Johnny’s feet, running down the stairs from Clairmont to the boathouse. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Where does she think she’s running to, I wondered, still laughing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand underneath a series of endless, glowing neon signs running along the buildings overhead. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pinmei watched as Yanna hollered and the soldiers began to chase her, a single running figure in the night, like a rabbit being chased by wolves. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Only one person gets to be vice president, right? If there are a lot of people running, then you can’t take it too much to heart if you don’t get it.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Burr was then running for governor of New York and Hamilton had attacked his qualifications. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like I’m sneaking out in the middle of the night and running away from home. I just want to go to Twig’s for a couple hours.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The driver must have signaled Mom and Dad, because the U-Haul slowed to a stop and Dad came running back with a flashlight. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she came back from her Day Out, Jane and Michael came running to meet her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

For months the chimps had been running off when they saw me—now one had actually visited my camp! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The support team was taping her now, running brown sticky tape around her ankles and wrists, and her blowers came on. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she weren’t running this whole show, and she was just my mom, what would she tell me to do? Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Tracy wasn’t sure—she was a country girl and didn’t want to move to a big city like Atlanta—but she kept running into Luma through Paula’s family. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Colin, of course, did not believe in running when walking would suffice—but here and now, walking would not. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

More people were rushing from the flagpole and running into the group, discovering the wall of other protesters and bystanders. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“But, Jamie, we did have a schedule. Sort of. The best that I could manage under the circumstances. That wasn’t the most fun part of running away.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could tell she was running the name over in her mind and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“We have enough of a head start. Keep running, it won’t take us long to get there.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In January 1960, the newspapers ran small articles about the arrival in Charleston of a senator from Massachusetts who was running for president of the United States. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like no one really caring that I'm running a mile—1600 meters—faster than they can probably run a block. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Emily counted to one hundred in her head and then, when she was certain the men were gone, turned to her brother, her face hot from running and growing hotter with anger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He told them a long story about running away one morning when he was afraid to go to school because he was short and skinny and somebody was waiting there to beat him up. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next game was the longest ever played in the history of the World Series—over three hours of hard hitting and fielding and running at Ebbets Field. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Half the fleet was spread out before him, running hard for the fishing grounds at dusk and throwing wide silver wakes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I'd met prosecutors who dressed and presented like they would rather be out hunting ducks than running a law office, but Chapman was professional and courteous and approached me with a pleasant demeanor. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Everyone would know about Mark running away, of course. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was constantly running errands, or taking a nap, or in the shower, even when I didn’t hear any water. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Stanton later recalled that when it came to running the meeting, she and her friends “felt as helpless and hopeless as if they had been suddenly asked to construct a steam engine.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A forlorn, jailbird’s face with a nobby forehead running back into a bald scalp, a crooked nose and battered-looking cheekbones above which the eyes were fierce and watchful. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Before we could make our way through the crowd, a heavy man in a navy blue uniform came running toward us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I think this: Well, he sure has been running today. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Taking her hatchet and running through the swamp as her wretched mother had done. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“When it’s humid and I’m running or whatever, my rib cage aches where the bullet cracked it. Other than that I’m okay.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Quick! Quick!” cried Malcolm, and led them running down the slope towards the other side of the inn, towards the front door, towards safety. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Dad tries to block my view, but not before I see a swarm of dark shapes running toward the ship from the forest. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I stop running and stand about fifteen meters in front of him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

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

Johnny Villani made the announcement: The schools were open, but the buses weren’t running. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he saw us, he came running, throwing himself on us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Tonight after dinner, I was taking the trash outside when I heard footsteps running up the street. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She starts quietly singing some funny little song, about a mouse running up a clock. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up, saw that the direction we were running was opposite to the one the kite was drifting. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This time the sound had “a different color,” alarming enough to bring him running. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I go get it, sit out on a stump, running the whetstone over the blade. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It strikes me that all of us everywhere are running. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There was some cursing and scuffling, and then most of the Northerners broke away and dashed off, over a hundred of them, running wildly along the river towards the mountains. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Terry, meanwhile, had once been a Pullman porter on one of the overnight passenger rail lines running in and out of Chicago. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

British soldiers looted a burning house, running out with arms full of silver, and forks and spoons sticking out of their pockets. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning I was laying out some clothes to dry in the sun when Selvam came running in, his face hot and excited. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The memory of running, climbing, even dancing, was alive and throbbing within her, but frailty made her hobble and limp. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When we arrived, Mary Lou's brothers were running around like crazed animals, jumping over the furniture and tossing footballs. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She’d left his house an hour ago but now she was running back, against the wind. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There will be drills and running lines and scrimmage matches and laughter and gossip. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

In the sky above the clearing, Orion had fallen over the south edge; he was running out of night. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She nods as I straighten, running for the door like she’s popped from a spring. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The tinkerer sighs, running his hand through his hair, and I see the telltale glint of a bracelet on his wrist. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The road now turned south and went quickly downwards, running out from between the arms of the dale. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The concrete is mottled salt-and-pepper, stained from the sediment of old storm surges, but Santiago Creek hasn’t had running water for a few years now. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

My mom and I kept running, down the staircase into the street, breaking into the darkness with death chasing behind us. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And Harry felt the ground shudder under his face as the brother and sister and the enormous Death Eater obeyed, running toward the gates. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I’m hoping he’s fat and short-legged in case it comes to running, but he’s not anywhere close. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was never sure later just when he left the old Perkins place, but he remembered running up the hill toward his own house with angry tears streaming down his face. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The hand, running high on its fingertips, scrabbled through the tall grass and up onto a tree stump. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Jinny stood up, and then slowly she walked, running her hand along the undersides of windowsills, staring up at the ceiling, trying to imagine that there was some corner of the room she’d never considered. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was too big, of course, and too long, but there was no time to change it, and we set off together across the lawn to the woods, Jasper running in front. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had the ball and was running downfield when I got caught up in a tackle from a flanker who was playing on Seanie s team. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My grandmother came running in from the kitchen. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

After nineteen years of running after good marks and prizes and grants of one sort and another, I was letting up, slowing down, dropping clean out of the race. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Standing over six feet tall, Nation called herself “a bulldog running along at the feet of Jesus, barking at what he doesn’t like.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He stared at the crumpled form, the great overturned animal—in an instant he and Marcela were running blindly, pushing through the crowd. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was running a finger over a flower petal. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But once they passed into the spot where she couldn’t see them, they stopped running and began to walk. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Already Kate was on the table at Muller’s with the formalin running into her veins, and her stomach was in a jar in the coroner’s office. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now I was standing on a semitransparent running track, a curved looping ribbon suspended in a starry nebula. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Likely as not it was Sunday,” she laughed; “and I was running away from prayers, from the Presbyterian service, read in a spirit of gloom by my father that chills me yet to think of.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

An answer to running away, and also to going home again, lay in Angel. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mo looked out through the raindrops running down the pane and said nothing. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There is Paolo, strutting along the alleyway and up the stone drive, running his hand along the wall, casually peering into each of the holes. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

More screams came from outside as more doors and windows were being busted by the police; the vicious barking of dogs escalated, as did the thudding of running feet. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nearly gave up the idea of running away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’m fast, but I was running with the chicken crate. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur and Erik had quit their mud running and driven around from the perimeter road to our driveway. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they all came in, the little house was full and running over. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

During Easter break I did not think about running for student body president. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“We started running at the same place, but you left me behind back by the jetty where it was like you pushed a turbo button or something. You run like a machine. It’s crazy.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The electric lights in the windows of the hospital, men and women running in and out the front doors in a hurry. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He averaged 38.3 miles a day, with ten or eleven hours of running. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was quiet now without the engine running. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

"I read how they got some tribes running loose over there and—" "Thought you had your mind set," said Wilson. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid considered his options, then followed Tad as the message from the emergency line repeated, accompanied by the sound of running water and the buzz of broken electrical lines overhead. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He had to avoid the men, women, and children who were also running. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Conventional racing wisdom holds that a horse’s natural running style cannot be altered. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leapt out of her tree and hit the ground running, flashes of green flitting along at her side. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Just when he thought Alec might’ve lost his marbles after all, the man suddenly made a sharp turn to the right, running parallel to the expanding fine of flames. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And Nelson and Pedrito, seeing the conflagration and fearing for Patria and the children, came running down from the hills, their hands over their heads, giving themselves up. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And of course Sam wouldn’t go running home. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Manchee’s running on ahead of us, his nose to the ground, barking, “This way! This way!” as if he knows any better than us where we’re going. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The class went crazy with chairs scraping and kids running, colliding, and laughing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

When they got up the hill they even started running, which seemed weird, but then I thought how Flaca’s girls were still scared about what happened with Rondell at the party. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And there was what seemed like a whole army of Winn-Dixie employees running around waving their arms just the same way the store manager was waving his. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

His short dreadlocks are bed-tousled, and he’s standing yards away with the city at his back, holding his knees like he’s been running. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The Bull darted between the trees, not laughing anymore, just running with Virgil’s backpack in his hands. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s kinda interesting, I guess. Beats running from rooftop to rooftop on stinky of dinos.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Twenty-five yards behind him came my dogs, running side by side. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he realized that he was indeed, running toward Faber's house, instinctively. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t leave me,” he says, running his hands over me; always before, not after. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t say a word and starts running the water for the dishes as she clip-clops up to her office because, you know, “someone has to work around here.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Face it, my dear, your husband and I are running a firm of shysters,” a takeover attorney explains to the wife of his law partner. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He walks along the shelves on the right side of the room, running his fingers over the book spines. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It's made from bone, she realized, running a thumb carefully along its pale white edge. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They went, as quickly as they could without actually running. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He was running for his life, but seemed to the Mudds not to have a care in the world. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But such splendid running was achieved not without great trouble and vexation on the part of François. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of him lights sprang out in the gloaming; dogs barked; feet came running. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had played second-string quarterback during the 1957 season, but he threw a mean pass and had a great running game too. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Luke’s body slumped, and even though Toby knew he’d won, he still stormed out of the restaurant, already in the car with the engine running when Luke and the twins came outside. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Been running for two or three hours and now it’s down to fumes. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

After an hour or maybe even more of running, the rebels gave up the chase and returned to Mattru Jong while we continued on. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

How to Survive a Blizzard, Part One had been last night when I was outside playing in the snow and Byron and his running buddy, Buphead, came walking by. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel cold sweat running down my back. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He just couldn’t see himself spending four years running rats through mazes and checking human responses to blinking lights and buzzing sounds, he told me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

From the yard she heard kids’ voices and the sound of water running. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Barksdale was going straight for the guns, running, screaming, far out in front, alone, as if in a race with all the world, hair streaming like a white torch. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is running around finishing up her last room of the day. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

"We kind of need a break from running a business, because of school starting." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I had not told them I was running for queen. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told them,” Vanderbilt continued, “‘You’re not running for the money, you’re running in the most popular race you could have now.’” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she was running, her booksatchel swinging and jouncing behind her. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I was running my fingers over a length of thick blue cotton cloth, something caught my eye. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Even though it was empty, something felt exhilarating and wrong about running across a road that big. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We sat on the running board of his car and drank,” Ramsey recounted. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Instead of running up to her and trying to start a conversation, I test out a wave to see what her response will be. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The running men shouted louder, but no louder than we laughed. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Riding uses different muscles than walking, and riding at a gallop is just as hard as running unless you want to make your horse work twice as hard for every mile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I say again, running down the road, fast as my feet will carry me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was running the water and I was on my way out when the phone rang. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I keep running and zero in on that camo trucker hat. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But then he takes a running start and slides down the lane about six feet. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But I managed to keep running after the bus for a long way and I crossed 6 side roads before it turned down another street and I couldn’t see it anymore. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

All of my brothers came running when I struck up the opening bars to “The Maple Leaf Rag.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

All three need to be running at all times, but the rover's batteries can't handle that load for long. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flash surprised both of us, I think, and he blinked at me through the darkness for a white-hot moment before running off into the night. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He tried to keep his mind from running ahead, tried to keep it absolutely motionless. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they always said it when they weren’t over a block and a half from a grocery store, usually in a room with lights and cushions on a couch and running water. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You want to go running in the morning?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was in the yard and Dinky came running out of the house screaming bloody murder. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There are remnants of landslides running down the inside of toilet bowls. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked to Celaena, and it was all the assassin could do to keep from backing out of the tomb and running away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Suggs, who had set up their canning apparatus in their front yard, saw her running, dancing toward them. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at his watch and found that it had stopped running; he had forgotten to wind it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t worried about running into the Sixers, because there was no way they could have barricaded the Second Gate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The policeman with a bad stomach—all unrelated, irrelevant details and yet all running in one direction. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were running, all four of them, Cari shrieking foul play even though she’d pulled the same trick herself a hundred times. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Licking my lips, electricity running through my fingertips, I drop my sweater again. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The only exceptions were shorts with matching tops for summertime running around. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I burst through a door onto deck six and kept running. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He’s running alongside the train, ducking to look between its wheels. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Returning to Kabul was like running into an old, forgotten friend and seeing that life hadn’t been good to him, that he'd become homeless and destitute. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Henry was the nearest he had to a partner now, and Henry would never know how good it could feel when a running wind chilled the sweat in your hair. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A brave one would take a few steps forward, hold out a hand and scream, “Cadeau!!” before running away in horrified giggles. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked a little farther down the road and saw Old Flapjack had decided he waren’t too fond of running. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

One day that summer, Volpe came back into his house from running errands and Marcy handed him an envelope from the school district. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Kendra knew that Grandma had taught history at some college, and that Grandpa had traveled a lot, running a small importing business. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

"Your dad is up for a visit and we just thought we'd take a crack at running down here and seeing you." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

When the trains were running properly and she’d saved up enough money, she would go back to her family in Kraków. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

About ten million roaches running all over everything—you see them crawling around now. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach the bottom of the hill and I hit it running. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I grab the paper-wrapped book with an illustration of a criminal running away, holding an oversized playing card, a heart: “Heart Stealer.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’m not in control; my nervous energy is running the show. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The school day was long, starting at seven in the morning and running until four or five in the afternoon. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s been almost two weeks since the Tap-Out officially ended, and it’s taken that long to get things up and running again—not just here, but all over Southern California. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She always did that in open spaces, running until she got to the thick shade of trees that would give good cover in case of an air raid. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I can feel blood running down my temple but I know it’s from the sugar bowl cut that’s split open again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The truck braked just in time to avoid running over Hitler’s car and crushing him. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She loved finding things out, and she loved running. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I'd shout, and start running past women selling tomatoes or mangoes on the side of the road, dipping beneath the clotheslines that crisscrossed between the dozens of identical wooden slab shacks. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The ground we’re running on is getting a bit steeper side to side, taking us thru leafier, lighter trees and first closer to the river and then away from it again as we run. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Ernie came running over to Genie to catch as much of the show as he could. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“This is the last I want to hear of this. I’ve not said much as you’ve gone running around with Lydia and Travis all the time. But now? I want you to honor me.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When we were getting ready for bed, I became annoyed because Luke kept running into my room. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He’s always running off to Mass with his mother, who is known for her holiness. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In my father's study there was a large globe with all the countries of the world running around it. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slowed only when he reached the stand of Australian pines into which the running boy had vanished. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hurled ourselves across the Ford, waist-deep, & the Current running thick and strong with the Tide — & I slipped & almost dropped my Musket — had not Prince been standing by & seized my Arm & guided me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"So when Vaigo Hoat's the lord, he's going to cut off the feet of all the servants to keep them from running away. The smiths too." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I watched women seemingly fill every available space, running, stretching, fencing, warming up for this, the first World Cup of the season. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Every time she said it, she spoke of going North, of running away, following the North Star. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rats running electric motors that ran belts that ran small circular saws, lathes, drills, grindstones, and other tools Mrs. Frisby could not name; rats hammering, welding, cutting. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Then lock the door and don’t open it again for anyone but me,” he said, running his hand over my tangled hair before he went to take Miss Maggie home. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Fischer then pointed to the camera aperture he’d complained about the previous day, and quickly left the stage with his clock running. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Pasha’s Favorite won the Harare cat show three years running,” the woman went on. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear the water and I kept wondering what that sound was, and then suddenly I saw it, running down the hill and over some rocks. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then I know Matt and Lance and Corey must be running away. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Alexandra stood up and smoothed the various whalebone ridges running up and down her person. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

No one from the paper had come to talk to me or let me know they’d be running the article. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When someone flushed you could hear the water and other matter, which the children named, running inside the big pipe above the drinking spigots. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed at my bag and said, “You running away from home, Elijah?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He was running so fast his black cloak was streaming out behind him like the wings of a bird. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearby, in the playing field, children were running around with a ball that they passed back and forth; he could hear their shouts. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Of all the too-cool knuckleheads running around this neighborhood, Jazz picked a good one, and I wanted to believe that was because she had a good example in me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, we were running for our lives from the Death Eaters, weren’t we?” said Hermione. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When Marshall saw April he slid down off the desk and came running. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It advised that a knife should be “inserted into the neck” to sever the arteries and veins running through it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Along a road running perpendicular to a river, the traffic thickened, bogging the ambulance down. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, no neatly arranged rendering of the running argument Adams had with Jefferson after 1813 can do justice to its dynamic character. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They passed along and up the street toward the bull-ring and behind them came more men running faster, and then some stragglers who were really running. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She got up, walked around the table, and gave him a lingering hug, running her fingers through the back of his hair. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Dad joked I was as slow as molasses running uphill. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So I was running, chased by myself you might say, and I turned a corner and was suddenly flat on my back. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

S.Q. cried, hurrying to check on her as the boys came running up. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m actually running a bit late. The hospital called this morning — Dr. Snow is taking a sick day. Besides, you know the stories as well as I do,” he added, grinning at Edward now. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I advanced toward Hyperion, running over the top of the water. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Thursday, when I get there, Judd’s meanness has got the best of him again, because I can see he’s running out of work for me to do, just giving me work to make me sweat. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the screen, a man was pacing in a bedroom, running his hands through his hair and muttering to himself, reminding her of, well, her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was the first time Roy had been permitted to see the running boy up close and face to face. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were running across the street in the rain to those boys’ house.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They say the Youns marched into Cambodia only three weeks ago, on January 25, and through their artillery power and army defeated the Khmer Rouge, sending Pol Pot and his men running into the jungles. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought back to the water truck, and wished he'd at least stopped and filled his canteen before running off. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

My mother could be running late—she sometimes had problems with her car or not finding her way. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He sat there for a long time, running his fingers over the symbols, wishing his skin were porous enough to let all the knowledge and history of the world in. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Aru was running out of days, and if ever there was a time to cry, it was now. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ivy peered through the sheet of rain and saw a bobbing flashlight and a girl running. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We mus’ not lose it” I sat there in theshade, running sand through my fingers, wondering where, among all those many islands in the Caribbean, we were. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear the running and I realized something: right then, at that moment, I was dangerous. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Staying because for them, time is running out and I am their last chance. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The feeling of their spit striking me, running down my neck, and their germs accumulating on my face, felt disgusting. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

That’s when I saw the matchmaker’s servant running from the room, scared as a chicken about to lose its head. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound grew louder and she poked her head into the night to see a man on the river running beside his sled and team of dogs. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I've just started to say the T in Tiny when he comes running out of his room, one black leather loafer on and the other in his hand, shouting, "Go, Grayson, go go." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

But what with the juice running down my hand and me near about drunk on the butter smell, I am lost in a peach-peeling reverie. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As soon as I got it, I turned around and started running down the other side of the hill, toward old Spencer's house. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I finally stop running, double over and pant pant. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was fifteen and I felt it, felt the race I was running with time. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Devon jumped off the steps and came running over to me saying, It’s okay. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like he had noticed how much she did to keep things running for him and the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed himself to his physical limit, running miles each day to stay fit, tag-teaming with fellow astronaut Scott Carpenter to practice water egress from the capsule in the Back River on Langley’s East Side. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Getting farther from the boat because I’m running out of chum. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Enrique knows that is futile; the last time he tried running from the police in the cemetery, he was caught and deported. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She saw her son come running, his uncle after him with a black bag in his hand. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can see the men and women of Farbranch running back down that hill. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Tyson came running across the forum, Ella fluttering behind him with a scroll in her talons. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Coach didn't tell us how far we would be running or anything. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

While the little boys ran around pretending to shoot each other and fall dead in the road, it appeared that little girls were running the country. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It beckoned him, lilting and insistent; delicate music, played by delicate instruments that he could not identify, with one rippling, bell-like phrase running through it in a gold thread of delight. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of answering, Alec started running to the right, back in the direction of the huge, pivoting landing pad of the Berg. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

May Belle screamed with delight and started running for the road. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She was running up the aisle with her jacket over her arm—and there he was. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The gun clattered to the ground, and I heard Liam take two running steps in my direction, but somehow I was faster. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He had been running a cooperative store in the Transkei which he was soon to give up to become an editor of the weekly New Age. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell by the dogs’ voices that they were running side by side, and were hot on the trail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for the tip,” I said, and once I started running I could not slow down. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Miss Maggie took a half step closer to Osh, who bowed his head a little, the gathered mist running off his hood in a stream. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But when Sneaky’s running back fumbles a few minutes later, and I scoop the ball up and run for a touchdown, I forget all about Antwan and jump up screaming. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

They came running out with Dad’s arm around Mom’s shoulders. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rumors about exactly how he had died were running rampant, but no one had actually been witness to his demise. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Just wondering why you’re running around the parking lot, screaming your head off.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

On a sort of terrace running round the mansion were jugs of lemon and orange squash just left there, on trestle tables. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He picked eight logs, each running close to eight inches thick and roughly eight feet long. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I took off down the track running as fast as I could, legs pumping, arms pumping, heart pumping, until I got to the finish line. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

One day we were visited by the head of prison, who was responsible for running all of Robben Island and had come to hear our complaints. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the minute I walk on my new leg, I forget about the running leg—at least for a little while. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Some dropped balls here and there, and nobody throwing or running as confidently as usual. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“Tell me I didn’t just skin my knees running from nothing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, I could hear the water running in Baba’s bathroom. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So I got out my whistle, the one my mom insists I wear everywhere, and I gathered every bit of breath I had left after running and screaming, and I blew that thing. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Getting the plane ready to blow to blazes took a long time—and a lot of running around in the moonlight. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He lifts the book from where it lies on the bed between them, running a hand protectively over the cover. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When was the last time I saw kids running and playing, not a care in the world? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And then Patrick started running after the sunset. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I drove the Ford, these raggedy girls came running after me, holding out their hands, calling for mints. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At some point during the prep, each of them bursts into tears at least twice, and Octavia pretty much keeps up a running whimper throughout the morning. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They slid downhill toward a road running along the top of the gorge. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had bitten his lower lip and from this, too, the blood was running. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman kisses the child good-bye and surrenders him to my mother; then she bolts off, running on the cemented stretches in the park. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Outside, Johnny could hear shouting, yelling, whistles, the running of feet. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus I kept running into my old friends, who were getting into bigger and bigger trouble. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's forgotten that he's running and started letting his body do what it was built to do, and now everything is a little easier. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She offered him her piece of ice and before we knew it, he was running toward us. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two guys were running on the uptown side of the street but the Mustang came over, facing the wrong way in traffic, and a dude leaned out the back window. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his face so close to the surface of the sea he imagined he could smell the salmon running. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She pulled down her shorts and stumbled forward, running the last few steps to the counselors' offices. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It had no lights, not even the red and green running lights, and it slipped off with a nocturnal and stealthy velocity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Tears blinded my eyes, but the running got rid of the sick feeling inside. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Falling over and finishing last in a running race and bashing my way out of buildings after space stations crashed on them were all well and good. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Though it’s chilly today, there are several people walking and running, some with strollers and dogs. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Now that they were as wet as they could get the boys stopped running. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the blood’s running too hot in my head to stop now. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Far off, Liyana could see a girl with red hair running at the refugee camp, carrying something large in her arms. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It shows the silhouette of a girl at sunset, running up a steep mountain path, and it’s all clouds parting and God rays shining down and purple mountain majesties. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Tipped by colored turncoats, the white enforcers organized elaborate ambushes, decimating the insurgents with gunfire and running them down on horseback, reinforced by the might of the United States Army. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Crazy or not, the woman standing over him had a wall full of hatchets and scythes behind her, and he was one foot short of a running pair. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ishmael remembered running the press with his father every Tuesday evening. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Rad Lab was starting to operate on an industrial scale, with graduate students working in shifts to keep the cyclotron running round the clock. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

We dashed around the building, into the woods, running until we were sure we wouldn’t be caught. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled me on top of him,running his hands up the back of my shirt, holding me like the last note of a song. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Nothing sounds so pure and sweet as a motor running when you’re all alone in the middle of nowhere. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It's running through about ten emotions a second. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom was totally scared, and eventually the whole village was running around asking, “Have you seen him? Have you seen him?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon of January 7, 2013, more than a month after running away from the group home, he was shot multiple times while driving a car near Hegenberger Road and Hamilton Street. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was a tear running down his cheek. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He looked at her, twitching, tears running down his cheeks. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They’re running a makeshift school for the younger kids, but as of yet there is no Mobius High giving out diplomas. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

At length a silence fell, and they heard the music of the waterfall running sweetly in the shadows. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Something like Mirjam running away from a safe place to try to find a boy she liked? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then Alex took off his belt, held one end tight, and gave the other to the dog, who grabbed it in his mouth and took off running. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Everything about her tells me she's running away from something more than overbearing parents. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Way down, there was a man playing with two little kids, running in circles and making them chase him. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Food is running out. We line up for hours for clean water. There are no schools. Alan hasn’t had physical therapy in months. And today, two of them almost died!” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

His skin was a volcano, with sweat running down every valley. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

When I found a few potato peels, I would dry them on steam pipes running through the factory and share them with David. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She was running water into a canning pot. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Bo started sobbing so violently that Prosper came running back to him in spite of Scipio's angry glare. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

His elbows pumping, he is running faster than any of the marathon runners I saw today. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“It was all over, and all the shrews and raccoons were running everyway, trying to get out.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of awkward lingering, a large woman in a tight leather dress and red mask comes running toward us. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“See what I care. Just remember. When your Turkish wife takes off her mask, don’t come running back to the village!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“We were running down the fields, beside a little stream,” Holly went on. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not hear the sounds from below, of a chair being overturned, of a door opening, of men's feet running up the stairs. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Maribel running at the hammock, flipping it over her head, laughing wildly. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

By the way, the car was running on gas mixed with ethanol. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

His fingers have a thorn at each knuckle, and thorns ridge his arm, running up under the cuffs of his shirt, visible when he and Dain urge Madoc over. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Nope. What he did was sit there on the fence, with a piece of straw in his mouth, and he said, ‘I seen a red cat running through the yard. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I stare in disbelief before I walk inside, running my hands along the hangers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The two horses drew together again, running stride for stride with Seabiscuit’s head still in front. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I talked a blue streak to keep from turning tail and running back to our safe house. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Kids were running everywhere and pushing each other. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m on the stoop outside my house flapping my wings and running with my heavy talons and going nowhere. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I lean forward, my gaze running over the surface of the cube. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Things about their fathers and their fathers’ fathers, things about justice and honor and lawful revenge—their throats swollen, their eyes rolling like a newborn colt’s, sweat running down their shoulders. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t keep back my tears when I saw her struggling with the pen and then ruining her signature by running the ink with her tears. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I take it only for that, before I notice the tiny lines running across it, tiny lines that seem to indicate moving parts. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then I heard the sound of running feet. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No running around and sweating it out, and tonight I have to roll it up for you. I’ll use sponge rollers so you can sleep on them.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The next morning, amazingly enough, I got the tractor running. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Some camps and centers have no running water, electricity or medical aid. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was not running or cheering any longer. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

All the while he was running through the streets in bad weather I thought he was looking for her, not Wild’s chamber of gold. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lu would be so salty, frontin' like he wasn't impressed, which didn't matter because running ain't mean nothing to me anyway. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Because I hear everything at once as if I have sensory organs running down my sides, like goldfish.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I've put it all together now—the half bowl of cereal, the running to the train station, the panic of being in what looked like the world's busiest train station. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

That night, I dream of running on top of giant egg rolls, swimming in steaming egg-drop soup, and battling a giant dragon. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Unlike the custom of rampaging religious mobs or conquering armies running riot, that morning in the Heart of Darkness the posse of Touchable Policemen acted with economy, not frenzy. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think I’d leave my team behind? After surviving Fleecy’s wheat germ, running from cannibals, and hiding under blue giant butts in Alaska? Come on!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes these looks end in screams and kids running away. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got an experiment running. I have to check the computer periodically.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It whips around Mars so fast it actually rises and sets twice a day, running west to east. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It ain’t no different than running a con; you got to get your mark off balance and keep him that way till it’s too late for him to do anything ’cept say, ‘Oops!’ The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

One way or another, she had been running risks all her life. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept running the stick over his chin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The fox and the rat stood looking at each other, their thoughts running on parallel lines. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Running in the night running in the night running in the night running. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The parents of a black teenager who had been shot and killed by police told me that their son had been stopped for a minor traffic violation after running a red light. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Even now Mitch was running wild with our cousins somewhere outside. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I could not stop my tears from running down. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We dropped the bananas and began running in order to avoid the open hillside. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The courtyard with its benches and cracked cobblestone ground is spattered with black-and-white bird droppings and filled with green-and-white uniforms and brown legs and shiny loafers, running and screaming and pushing and jumping. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

One of the teenagers, Dan Daniels’s son Scott, took a three-step running start, threw out to sea, then pitched headlong into the salt water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Saying this was miles more difficult than running across people's back gardens. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

My money was running low so I decided to cash some traveler’s checks before leaving. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they thought they were far enough away, they took off running as fast as they could while we stood there motionless in the sun and Raymond clutched at his arm dripping with blood. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He and Pancha acted out running into each other in the grocery store sometime in the distant future. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In distance running in the 1930s, it was exceptionally rare for a man to run a last lap in one minute. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Directly across the river is a shaded grove of trees running along its edge. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The running knot had pulled tight and was buried in the fur behind his ear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And too noisy. Mob mentality is running rampant in there.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I see,” the woman said, running a cold finger down Hazel’s cheek. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

In the mist, in the hectic turning, running, turning, hiding, she could not tell whether or not she recognized any of them. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

What he did was start screaming, “Mrs. Rouse! Mrs. Rouse!” and running toward the front of the room. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

So did his grip on my ankle and shirt, and in a burst I was out the door and running, my shirt rent down my back. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wondered what they would say if I suddenly announced my intention of running the whole affair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Kids were running down the halls with their fake birds. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the Art Lesson came running from the house, Doña Charito leading, cousins on stockinged feet, the old woman in tow, towards the muddy heap in the yard. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“The Word is the Word, Sonny,” he said, running his finger along a random passage. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I tried to get my eyes open, a girl pushed Bunny toward the door and he went half stumbling, half running away. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When you look around at 24/7’s call center, you see that all the computers are running Microsoft Windows. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Kathy and Maya made a quick dash for the car, running ahead while Mommy and I followed. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was something else to think of: the matches were running out, and so was the naphtha for the stove; she must keep the fire alight day and night from now on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

One particularly creepy lady had dingy dark hair and sharp fangs, and instead of running appeared to be riding a bed of fog that zoomed around all the others like a hoverboard. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I frown at the mess of long brown hair and try to smooth it down, running my fingers through it over and over. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I glance down at Natalie, who is sitting on the floor, running her hand over the spines of the books. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps as a result, every year more than a hundred Americans inadvertently turn their homes into gas chambers and execute themselves and their families by running generators and combustion heaters indoors. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, the running. The garbage bag is new. I’ve never been heavy before. They say this will work.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But all I saw were the horse tracks running on and on. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Manchee’s sniffing away like mad, running from building to building, and I’m doing my best to calm my Noise but there don’t seem any chance of that. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Waves of heat caught him, and his legs and lungs were vapor without sensation; only his memory of running and breathing kept him moving and alive. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined himself getting up in the moonlit quiet, leaping out, running until he got back to the yard in Umuahia and greeted Master and Olanna and hugged Baby. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Milkman stood up and grabbed his flashlight, pointing it in the direction of the sound of running feet. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes raced over the ceiling of the subway car, and I imagined the icy river water that was running way up above us. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I loved running and playing outside, even sinking my feet into the marsh’s pluff mud, which was warm and soft as cake batter. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was running at top speed when someone stuck out a foot and tripped me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Poppins bowed towards the Hamadryad very ceremoniously, and without a backward glance at the children went running towards the huge green square in the centre of the Zoo. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mushie had gone from tenderly soliciting affection from Anastasia to standing on his hands and falling into her, running away, and shrieking his head off when she responded angrily, then starting all over again. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, after what seemed like miles of frantic running, they stopped by a shallow river to rest. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Rob was deliberately running other stories and links ahead of my columns, in order to get some information out before the site went down as readers rushed to respond. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pantomimed running instead, inching away until Gloria found herself running after him as he dodged her narrowly, forcing her to veer in helpless circles, little arms outstretched and fanning at the air. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

But the old man’s blood was running backward in his veins and God wouldn’t reconsider. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The news spread from the prison as fast as it had spread from cell to cell: The rebels had attacked instead of running. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the carriage clipped along, it passed men and women running crazily in all directions. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I later found out that after the bomb exploded, Kirk took off running outside. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The wood’s light-colored, with soft gray grain running down it like pathways. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

There was a man on the beach, a fisherman perhaps, in long boots and a sou’wester, and Jasper was barking at him, running round him in circles, darting at his boots. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I caught a cold. Probably from your grandmother because she’s always running around.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

"Just like Superman. Grandma was scandalized and demanded a divorce there and then. He got the water running, though." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Some guys were running a full-court game but there was too much arguing and cursing going on. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The bear was reaching into the pen to grab the pig, and the pig was running and squealing. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed the stream of people already running in that direction, along the northern perimeter of the stacks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“If I were running a big house like the CIA,” Hoagland said to me once, “I’d breed agents by raising white kids in your standard Asian household. Discipline farms.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, in a louder voice, “Negi, why don’t we hear water running?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Because it’s meant to be tropical, my mom keeps a heated fan running and a slightly too-warm breeze fills the room. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A handful of them had seen the Berg now—some were pointing up at the ship, some running for cover. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The raw patch on the bullock I had noticed had begun to fester, more skin had been eaten away and trickles of blood were running down the edges. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few of her claws were chipped, and Magdalys could count the ribs running along her torso. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The Giant had definitely slowed down and was now running more normally, although normal was a silly word to use to describe a galloping giant. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Permian went ahead 35-0 in the third quarter Gaines started to substitute liberally because he didn’t believe in running up the score. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain deluged, flooding the girder and running into the aerie. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They looked like kids running a little wild during the summer. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among them I see Pithy running through the door. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped the spool and took off running, the hem of his green chapan dragging in the snow behind him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was running as only a pig can run, but the dogs were close on his heels. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

"You mean spend the next thousand years running a deli?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Elinor was right; there was no point in simply running off at random. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was like running downhill in a way; the momentum carried me through all sorts of experiments, big and small. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

You always see twins dolled up together as kids, but you never see two grown women running around in identical outfits, holding hands. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he opened the door that morning Mackenzie had seen a flight of mallards going down in the direction of the small lake fed by the creek running through the farm. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The disabling methods were, as always, simple—a bullet in the radiator, and the engine left running until it seized up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Thanks to the power struggle between Ptolemy and Cleopatra, resources and supplies were already running low. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Five minutes must have passed before I heard water running from the direction of the Franklins’ bedroom, though it felt like days. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Howard yells at us as we pass the nurses’ station—“Kids! Kids! No running on the floor!” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Tears began to blind her, but she kept running, unsure whether she was being pursued. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he drives to the university, parking behind his father’s department, running along the campus roads, through the confined, picturesque universe that had been his father’s world for most of the past twenty-five years. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The more I look, the more shapes I see—faces, cars, flowers, trees, babies, clowns—and then, for some reason, I start imagining Lorena as a cheetah running through a forest. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Pa said, “You near ’bout caused my heart to jump clean out my chest with all that running. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Guitar must be running, from the police, maybe, and decided to run toward his friend—the only one other than the Days who would know what it was all about and whom he could trust. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yelled over my shoulder, and kept running toward her house. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Mr. Tushman! I see you’re running a little behind today! Did your car get rear-ended again? What a bum rap!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I feed them stick after stick of metal, running back and forth, and by the middle of the day, I’ve learned how to repair a water pump. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“More has been going on than just running across the country.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We accept the theory of the big bang by watching a movie of expanding space running backwards. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mlungisi screamed, and my mom came running into the yard in a panic. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We sheltered there for a while, and every so often a student would come running out of the fog and in through the doors of the house, but the rain didn’t ease. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least she could tell herself there was a brave reason for running away. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Gryffindor House, meanwhile, largely thanks to their spectacular performance in the Quidditch Cup, had won the House championship for the third year running. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

We walked through the greenhouse aisles, running our hands along the petals, stopping only when we reached that one empty spot. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And here you got me worrying myself sick about you running away and getting in trouble over me, and you would’ve run off anyway. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We also began what was to be a running debate—and joke— on the subject of whether or not Jesse was intense, a word that came to mind. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push the ridiculous thought away as I head toward the café’s entrance, shifting my thoughts instead to the running checklist of tools in my backpack. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Ah,” I screamed, running in circles trying to escape it. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She pulled on her jacket, peeked through the glass in the front door, then hurried out onto the porch, almost running around the house to the car. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They got tired of running and they gave up.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The windshield on the Bomber wasn’t like the new 1963 cars, it had a big bar running down the middle of it, dividing it in half. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

So that is how I end up running a full sprint through the school, sliding to a stop in the front yard just as Miss Duncan is closing the armored carriage door. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A cloud of white dust billowed over us, and we kept running. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It had been such an incredibly long day that started way back when she came into my room while I was still in bed and we went running in the rain together on Bainbridge Island. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mom spent the whole show running her fingers through my hair. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I hesitated, torn between running outside and staying with Lissa, who was already at the top of the steps. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it seems like I reckernize it but when I listen close, it’s voices changing over voices, running around itself. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And here's the thing, I've been running the eight hundred for three years straight. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The hacienda accommodations had electricity and running water. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“All clean, no lice,” she said after running a fine comb through my hair. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, don’t bother coming over here tonight. Lolly and me ate up all the supper. We finally caught that ghetto chicken that’s been running around here.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Abby rounded the corner, nearly running smack into a nurse as she sprinted back over to us, a very small, very thin, brown-haired boy wearing an oversize Colombian national team jersey trailing behind her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But when he saw Gram running in the meadow, with her long hair as silky as a filly’s, he was the one who was trying to do the catching. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“You were the one who scared her, Finn. She was running away from you.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was evidently very pleased, for she kept running the skin backwards and forwards through her fingers and looking at it admiringly. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Huh. Well, maybe he’s asleep. Or he could have gone running.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I appreciate his support, but I sincerely hope that he's not running this show. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I yell before running into my closet and slamming the door as hard as I can. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I started reading the poem more closely, figured out you weren’t running probably, just holed up, planning. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The one with the scriggly yellow lines running lopsided across the dark-blue field. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I did better at the ones where I could at least run around, because I was not bad at running. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t forget it’s the outhouse. Because there’s no running water—” his father started to say. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Only in the country, her skin tanned by the sun and her belly full of ripe fruit, running through the fields with Pedro Tercero, was she smiling and happy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my mom always says that running away never solves anything. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It’s probably not something they’re used to seeing, a girl in running clothes coming down this empty road in the middle of nowhere. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I say all of this through tears and snot running down my mouth. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

To promise the girls that she could get it up and running? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The paralysis spread lower, until it felt like I had a metal rod running the length of my back and into my skull. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I have to meet with my father,” he said, running his gaze along the body of a particularly pretty lady. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The train moves more slowly than usual, and when he looks at his watch he sees that they are running well behind schedule. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I put my arms around her, running my hands over her body to make sure she was all there. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

I rush into the bathroom and jam a toothbrush into my mouth, running a quick comb through my tangle of rainbow hair as I go. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Didn’t know how long she had been running. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A good, ugly, makeup-smearing cry, with tears and snot running down her face. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But Lord Eddard was a thousand leagues away, a captive in some dungeon, a hunted fugitive running for his life, or even dead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had long since turned over the running of the family business to his only son, my father, Alfred Tate, and spent his days engaged in “experiments” in his “laboratory” out back. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“What the—” Mr. Ray whipped around after hearing the belching and hacking sound of spit-up, along with my chair sliding back from the under the table and my footsteps running up on him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Inside were several guns on racks and he looked at them thoughtfully, running his fingers lovingly down the smooth grain of the hand-rubbed stocks, and finally lifted down a beautifully chased and engraved double-barreled gun. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fox had the better vantage point, but Lac saw a boy about his age scoop up a slight, black-haired girl and go running past them down the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They nodded, and another one said, “See there where it grows up out of the trunk? Sap running all over.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hen Wen had either stopped running or had outdistanced him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

It’s no big deal for somebody to go running past our house; half the people in town seemed to jog around. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The brass radiator and the Prestolite tank on the running board were blinding with brass polish. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Inside school everyone is running and playing with toys. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Some children were running up and down the aisle, laughing and shouting, and a number of younger men lounged near the door, talking loudly and gesticulating with their hands. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was going to sea with only its running lights on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would be in the dream, sometimes with her father, sometimes not, running from house to house, unable to find an unshattered mirror to hold the fragments of her terror. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man knelt beside him and reached out a hand gingerly, running his fingers over the thick links of the chain. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

So we ran through layups and three-on-three weave drills and free throws and pick and rolls, and then the evil Wellpinit five came running out of the visitors’ locker room. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The whole time I tried not to think how much it was killing my back and shoulders and hands, the streaks of dirty sweat running into my eyes and stinging. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A student led him into a system of tunnels running beneath the campus. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I'm running past buildings of tan bricks, five stories high with black fire escapes and windows with bars. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly everyone seemed to be running across the square. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why he is running with me except maybe because I’m slow and he is slow. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Come tomorrow morning, would they all realize what they had done and come running, begging to erase their names? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The look in his eyes made Meggie shudder, as if someone were running cold fingers down her spine. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A boy came running out toward the car, leaping and waving his hands. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They camped at a river and he sat by the fire listening to the water running in the dark. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

No light switch, no water running free and clear after a turn of a tap handle. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt like he couldn't breathe, like a stone wall was sitting on his chest with the bricks running through his veins. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After letting him squirm for a while, Pollard released the rider, who had blood running from his nose and tears streaming down his face. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know that with everyone running around armed and scared right now, it could be anybody. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu was watching the children running around the breadfruit tree, taunting and shouting, when Nnesinachi arrived with a baby on her hip and a sparkle in her eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Myrcella came running after her brother, and the dwarf picked her up by the waist and spun her in a circle, squealing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Soon people began running after each other to deliver a mouthful. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Kids were yelling "Fight!" and running from every direction. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Even Boori Ma was urged to rinse her hands under the clear running water. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mama knew what he was up to, and raced to the door after him to stop him from running straight out onto the ice. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Having decided to return home, he was striking down the middle of a side street, almost running, when he heard the phone. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the spring, when the sap was running, it jetted up out of the stumps three or four feet into the air after the trees finally toppled over. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"I like it all right, especially the running and the workouts. I like the guys at the gym. But sometimes in the ring. I'm not so sure." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I brought him his breakfast tray, he said: “Is the tractor still running?” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lurz asked, running his finger down a list of names written in careful script next to page numbers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t look like she was running from anything. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Canton asked, done running down the better-than list in his mind. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Well, say you leave the tap running while you clean your teeth, or leave the house with a light burning, or drop a piece of litter and can’t be bothered to pick it up. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the day running full diagnostics on every system in the Hab. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forget running a gate or being an escort or doing construction supervision or transportation or manning a wall tower—a good robot might almost do those. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked down the street and began to run, stumbling awkwardly, falling, picking himself up, and running on. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had no running water in our cells and instead of toilets had iron sanitary buckets known as “bailies.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How could I forget? You barrage them with snowballs while I run out and gather all the ones they’ve thrown, so as to keep our pile from running low.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me get this straight,” Lily says, running a hand through her hair. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Ready to go, sport?” he calls, though David is already running down the steps, headed for the car. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they were running deep into the jungle with a phalanx of black shirts behind them. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Ob kept running the car off the road as he tried to drive and look at the same time. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean to spend your whole life running away?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The picture showed Lassie, all bones and wet fur, running along with a dead rabbit in her mouth. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I heard a swoosh to my right and realized that Ema was running away. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Another had a brown smudge running across Mahatma Gandhi’s face. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She felt as if she had been running away from this for days, and she had only the last of her strength left. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We could have you running point on policy. This means a lot of research and a lot of writing.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of his eye, Ralph saw Piggy running. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Perfectly okay,” commented Finny, running forward at top speed, “perfectly okay for the ball to touch the ground when it is being passed.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

About fifteen minutes later, I heard voices and running foot­falls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bent over with snot running down her face, not even bothering to wipe it off. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She was hysterical, running up and down the bank and whining. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been running for more than a league,” he said. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Giles, the make-up running on his face, poor fellow, and stifling in his Arab blanket, came up to me and said, “Come and watch the fireworks on the terrace.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At any moment, I’d hear him running through the fallen leaves, calling my name. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then he remembered what Natalie had said the day before, thinking that Mom was running away from a dangerous boyfriend. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I waited while Roy Lee leaned on the fence and had a bout of general fidgeting, clearing his throat, squinting, running his hand through his hair, and so forth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t notice the grime and dirt, or the long, brawny rats running across the track—he was too elated by the success of his plan. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The clock is running—the crowd is counting—ten seconds, nine, eight... Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifteen seconds to go against Powell Academy and me running toward the basket and then missing the shot. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After doing the test—which takes only about five minutes—the students were instructed to walk down the hall and talk to the person running the experiment in order to get their next assignment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t taught me how to turn, but I turned the handlebars hard to the right and just missed running into the bushes. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Watching the soles of their sneakers running away, I push my hands into my pockets, touching my pencil, the business card, and the flat-topped buttons of Jason’s mother’s cell phone. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was running through the living room when he saw someone he had never seen before. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Ex-mayor Carter Harrison, again running for a fifth term, strode about shaking hands, his black slouch hat raising cheers from supporters in the crowd. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

This is the first time I get to dance Tinikling, a folk dance that mimics a tikling bird hopping between stems of grass and running over tree branches. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

It meant drop everything and come running—or risk dire consequences. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shove them all into the bin, pushing them down and closing the lid before running to the sink. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Whatever it is sends you running out of the cafeteria just as the volcano of butterflies in your belly erU pTS After Soccer Practice Go wash up. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mark was finally catching his breath, and the four of them started running across the dusty yard, angling toward the street that would lead them back to the Berg. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

This woman comes running into the doctor’s office, stripped to the waist— 8TH JUROR: That’s not what we’re sitting here for. 10TH JUROR: All right, then you tell me. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was kindness running beneath all of it, a genuine love of country that I will always appreciate and admire. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It looked as if it was running on its side, the way dogs run when they think they are chasing a cat in a dream. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Zuckerman and Mrs. Arable stood on the running board of the truck. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The backstage area was in complete pandemonium—a word which here means “actors and stagehands running around attending to last-minute details.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

On Monday through Thursday, I would do stationary running in my cell in the morning for up to forty-five minutes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Ruby and Aunt Docia and Ma left the dance and came running. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to know,” Cara says, running her hand over her face. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was a sound like crunching glass, just loud enough to hear over the bathroom’s running water and the buzz of the drink coolers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The Nightbeast was running alongside the water, snapping and growling viciously, trying to grab them from the clutches of the freezing river and into its own. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Someone’s going to have to come pick up the mail until the fifth. The new man should be up and running by then.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Yanna almost shrieked, the words trailing behind her as she burst forward, running faster than a flying dragon, to meet the visitors. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The children had strung a few naked lightbulbs running on batteries throughout the large room, and even in their dim light you could see the plaster coming off the ceiling. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Al-Bir’s walls were made to stop strangers from entering the orphanage as well as boys from running away. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Degalis threw his sword against the stone wall with a clang, and began running back towards the tower by the moat His iron feet threw echoes down the yard. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometime in the late 1920s, after extraordinarily heavy rains, swollen streams running off the nearby mountains backed up into a ravine, then exploded over the banks. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pauses again, thoughts running across her face. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has a real old car, one that he fixes up himself to keep it running. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was glad this one was still running. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Except for space, it has everything a regular game has — running, passing, blocking, tackling, kicking. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d come up behind her and drop a pile of leaves on her head, running away in surprise when she snarled back. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She went quickly, almost running, and didn’t look back at me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Not that anybody was running against him, but we still had to make it look real so Mr. Kasigi wouldn’t get suspicious. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Some random older kid came running up to the street, she stopped and got off, and he climbed on and rode away. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

What if while he was running away after hearing the thunder, he fell down and hurt himself? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The boys reluctantly climbed down from the running board; only their eyes looked over the door. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

By middle of the week, Grandpa was coughing and running a little fever. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

By the middle of November, it was pretty obvious that November in stupid Marysville, New York, is about the crummiest month there is for running. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It had been running along the ridge of the fence and she’d been mesmerized by the undulating arc its body and tail had traced as it ran. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’d drive further and further out, pretending to myself that I was running away to the capital. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kids rush around me, running up the stairs, chatting as they maneuver down them. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, after what seemed like a forever of running, someone yelled: “I think we lost them!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Looks like she likes him a lot,” he said, running a hand through his hair. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In an instant the rabbits were running in all directions through the bean rows, each one tearing by instinct toward holes that were not there. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even here—running for our lives, sleeping exposed, facing death—even here, in her arms, I was able to find some measure of peace. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

On more than one occasion he was seen running from the activities room in a full-blown panic. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He was running away because he wanted to get away from Hooper – it was the only way. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

After a little bit, I could hear my mother running a bath. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They were just little kids then, running away from older boys, like Major, who tried to hold them up for nickels on the street. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this time Kyla and Larisa were giggling nervously, and I can only imagine what the audience must have thought at the sight of me running in circles behind the podium. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When he came to the path that led to the grove of trees, he stopped running and walked toward the plane. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There were people running, harsh words, and a lot of shouting. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Times are a little desperate, and we were running on fumes for a while yesterday.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I kept running, as if the farther I went, the farther I could leave my destiny behind. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Her papers all have high marks on them, and she kept a running tally of her grades compared to everyone else's. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Arya whirled, felt leather catch and tear as a huge fang nipped at her jerkin, and then she was running. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Soon afterward he was running everywhere, devouring drape fringes, Oriental rugs, and all the table legs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us went running down the carpeted walkway toward the terminal. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

But my mother gasped, and then she was running. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

By the time Mrs. Wheeler hit the ground, he was off and running for home. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I even think of running upstairs to change and fix my face, Kasim is standing in the kitchen with a smile and a bouquet of flowers. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“And they take bath, two three times every day. Running the water, running, running, running, never stop!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Johnny ran out and got the morning American and read the news to her, with running comments, while she cleaned up their rooms. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were Vietnamese, mostly women and old men, running for their lives. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just when he finished his sentence, here came Winn-Dixie again, running to save his life. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

People really are running and shouting now but neither of us look. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

There were so many scenarios running through my mind, I was completely overwhelmed by them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I put a nose and two paired indentations for lips and a neck running down. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Not just like a white kid, but like I was a...a part of everybody running and jumping and playing all over America. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I have a great many plans for you, Silvertongue, believe me,” he said, putting his hand into the sack and running the coins through his fingers. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They were just about to spin the glass door and go out, when they saw coming towards it from the pavement the running, flickering figure of a child. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, son. I’m sorry,” Grandpop said, running his hand across his own forehead. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Here and there, in rooms all over the building, some of the animals stared from glazed eyes in masklike faces, and some of them had blood running from their orifices. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sal was in the street, still running and looking back over his shoulder. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I—I’m sorry,” he said, his breath coming in short gasps, and then suddenly he was leaving the patio, running down the street, sprinting away from them, trying to escape. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But Heidi edits herself, running into a girls’ bathroom just beyond. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

“We saw video footage of the attack. You were running the attack simulation,” says Jack. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When longing squeezed, then tossed her before running off promising to return and bounce her again like an India-rubber ball? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is quiet for a while and I think I hear Arthur listening to the radio and the boys’ footsteps as they’re running around. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We chased and wrestled each other in the sand, played somersault and running games. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Andy was still running alongside, holding on to the door handle, but as I sped up, he had to let go. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned toward the swamp, where there were gunmen running, trying to cross over. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The running boy’s camp was gone— cleaned out. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama was out first, in her nightgown, running so fast that she was across the garden before Anya could blink. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Later they would beckon me to fetch fire or water for them, or to tell the women they wanted tea, and in those early months I was too busy running errands to follow their conversation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The spike had to be an inch in diameter. Was clear through your wrist. There wasn’t much blood, just a trickle running from the wound to the curve of your elbow.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

All the aunts and uncles brought their spouses and children, which meant the house was full of cousins of all ages running in and out. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But running away was the last thing on my mind. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The Walasi-Yi was run by an Englishman named Justin and his American wife, Peggy, and we fell into a running conversation with them as we drifted in and out through the afternoon. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Boys and a few girls stumbled out going “Aggg, my eyes!” and tearing, and running for water, but that didn’t stop the ones lined up after them. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She was always the glass half full type, but something about the way she looks at me now tells me that her optimism is running as empty as her pool. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The close-up faded and the next scene showed only the girl’s legs running over the sparkling sands; they were followed by the legs of the man running in pursuit. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The water rushed past the car’s running boards so fast, it looked like we were in a motorboat or something. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure what I was running from, unless it was people. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I picture him running toward the ships, with arrows flying all around, and him with no armor. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

We were expected to master “running writing,” or cursive. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Behind her, the guards kept up their shouting, and she knew that if other guards were nearby they would come running. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean they were running around acting black. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But her time was running out, and everyone knew it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They walked outside, and there, on a level piece of ground, was a track, perfect for running. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Like I said, it must have been the Lord’s tongue in my mouth because back then, I was running scared. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ginia is smiling, her hands on her knees, still panting from running. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

After the excitement of getting lost, running into the water monster, and seeing Devin, Nathan had completely forgotten about the horned toad that stole his seeds and very rudely called him fat. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The other figure was that of a woman—a white woman, young and pretty with long, wavy hair and a small, delicate nose—running to escape the black brute’s outstretched arms. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen here, rich boy. You think it’s fun running around with these guys? This isn’t play-play anymore. Just tell me the truth about your friends and the gun, and I’ll let you go.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Why, come August, didn’t he try once more to cross the Teklanika, when it would have been running significantly lower, when it would have been safe to ford? Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was something of a running joke now. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Except for what enters streams directly as rain or surface runoff, all the running water of the earth’s surface was at one time groundwater. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The seas, as it turned out, contrary to all plans, were running high and choppy. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’d grown used to running the Maze, but this was completely different. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Lifting my head, looking past him, I saw her running across the room. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words are in running writing, and I can’t decipher them. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And while I was running up the hill, my dad stayed and got stung, to give me time to run away. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She felt the movement of the day and knew that the tide would be running in soon, covering the Zerubabels. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Matt filled them again from a pipe running out of the Gulf of California. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiles when I come in, running his hand over the rough, weathered wood. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Are the migrants hiding in clumps of yellow flowers between the tracks innocents traveling north or dangerous men who are running from the law in their own countries? Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The last thing Nailer saw was Sadna’s shadow plunging into the wind, running down the beach, surrounded by lightning strikes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry is, of course, but he’s not in the running.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Harrison and Ikejide had run out of the house; Harrison threw himself flat on the ground while Ikejide kept running, his body arched slightly forward, his arms flying around, his head bobbing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Water had to be flowing constantly into the borehole to keep the drill running smoothly. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A three-day strike that is canceled on the first day is only a one-day failure; a strike that fails three days running is a fiasco. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe in the soap smell, the disinfectant smell, and stand in the white bathroom, listening to the distant sounds of water running, toilets being flushed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obviously, there were teachers running around trying to figure out what was going on. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She said no, she wouldn’t have me running about like a shorn savage. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The running had done him in this morning. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Pilots were running to their planes with their shoelaces still un­tied, such was their hurry. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom began running her hands over their faces, as though she could identify them solely by touch. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The rabbi wants the Zoom connection to be online and running before the service starts so no one has to fiddle with electronics during a Sabbath service. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then when she learned, as she certainly would, that the boys were running away, going North, she would try to detain them, would create such an uproar that the entire quarter would know their secret. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, in the way of dreams, the picnic was done and they were playing in the meadow, running and shouting and tossing a glittering ball from one to another. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

When the ant finally came out at the other end, the thread, of course, was running clear through all the twists and turns. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Academic types drifted down from Boston, looked around, began explaining things to each other, and the place was off and running. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sylvie may have got a full portion that time, but when Laura got caught running through the rhubarb patch, Miss Emily just snapped: “Shouldn’t be here, girl. Off you go,” and walked on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But although small and slight and lacking in physical strength, he was an active boy who enjoyed running and jumping. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

In his not terribly clean uniform, wearing knee-high Cretan boots, Captain Kontoulis scrutinized running lights, stacked deck chairs, lifeboats. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Mother returned his glare. ‘Our supplies are not running out! Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She came hard upon my heels and I scuttled into the back yard, running blindly in the dark, butting my head against the fence, the tree, bruising my toes on sticks of wood, still screaming. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had curiously soft, curving, almost feminine lips, and as he spoke he kept running his little finger along them as if to retrace them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The sea is cold, but my blood is hot, running down my neck. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When he finally looked up, he cursed, twisted away, and took off in the other direction, sprinting like he was running a race. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Gets me moving into that plane between dreaming and reality where only running seems to take me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

In the bath­room, the water had stopped running. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I still feel like such a coward for running away. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

All about Crickhollow there was the sound of horns blowing, and voices crying and feet running. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was watching the rats running for their lives. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, man, remember me?” he exclaimed, and began doing the running man and singing “Here Comes the Hammer.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I swiped it up, running my fingers over the rough surface. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It would be like meeting someone else running away from the police in the opposite direction—you would both be caught! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sprinters jogged by, running slow laps, taking care not to turn an ankle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

One young man who had not done particularly well in my class came running up to me on campus. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I took three running steps and jumped, firing my jet boots in midleap. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

That was enough, they eased their feelings by beating him and running him off. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“And we only have one more bucket of water. No more running water until four A.M. tomorrow.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I'm not running, but when I glance at a wall clock, I feel like I should start. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Supposedly he was transferring in during the middle of a term as punishment for running away. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

"If you want to run away, go ahead, start running. I'm not going to stop you." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She heard church bells ringing somewhere in the distance, and more and more people came running. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We dream of running away to California to join the Black Panthers the organization Angela is a part of. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She went after him, stumbling and running and half falling down the next steps, which went to a little dam, and then streaking over the meadow. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

My favorite denim dress—with pockets big enough to hold my doll, a peach, and anything I found out in the marsh while I was running around—was ruined. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, not yet. But it’s getting easier. It can be like running up the side of a building sometimes. I get so tired. But I am doing better.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

With the jerking of the train, it seemed like he was running a race, his arms pumping, his knees hitting his chest, the train chugging. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Lacewing flies, leeches, fluxweed, and knotgrass,” she murmured, running her finger down the list of ingredients. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

If this cave is still open, with the machines and lights, the carpets and running water still here, there will be a terrible temptation to give up and move back to the soft life. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He could see troops running; he could see the blue flood, the bloody tide. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s a possibility,” he says, running his hand along my headboard. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

We could hear her running on the stairs. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a clan system or union contact or a family, Nailer and Nita were left with the dreg work, running messages, hauling small items, begging. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gabriel stood up and, though he thought about running for the door, he fell to his knees, clasped his hands, and began to pray. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

We hit the dock running and never looked back. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Swim lore was his vacation talk from the workaday talk of running a zoo. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank God. Thank God,” she repeats, tears running down her cheeks. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I want to ask my mom for help so bad, but if she knows I'm running for president of the class, she’ll get excited. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I could see her running after us through the back window. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His amiability to the crab, I feared, was merely a pretense to stop our running. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He filled his days with calisthenics, weight lifting, and running, often with a load of rocks on his back. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a great addition to the story, but I know I didn’t mention children running or playing in orchards. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Before Dicey could answer, she heard running feet and the little girl caught at her arm. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I do, I clap twice, bringing Sherlock running back to me, and we both head up the walkway. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She moved backward to get a running start. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Georgia’s eyes filled with tears, and some escaped, running down her blotchy cheeks. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pinmei did not know how long they wandered, half running and half staggering through the piles of snow and frozen stone streets. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Eleanor, running and laughing, came around a curve of the veranda to find Theodora going in another door, and stopped, breathless. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss K locked the door,” Brad reminded him, “and you shouldn’t be running around the halls where you can get stepped on.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Moments later he came running back to the rocket. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

We go out to buy new, expensive running shoes and better socks. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Forgive me,” he said, clearing his throat and running his fingers through his unkempt hair. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

All these thoughts collided in my head: Money was running out. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe he has—he did spend a lot of time running simulations. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mother came running out, Deborah and Theresa trailed after her. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“O.K., but you do the shooting and I’ll do the running.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take care of yourself, man, so me and you go to the same college,” said Clifton Monroe, a running back from the opposing team. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m a three-year-old in Italy, running through a field of daisies. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And just as I began to smile thinking about Laura Fish running naked into the river, a truck came speeding up beside me and stopped. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Where are we going and how long will it be before some of us stop running for good and all?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear a car door and running feet. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The crab moves sideways, running for the edge, but hits Ronan’s foot. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The cop raised a hand to his head, running it through his hair. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The tide was running in from the ocean, and schools of finger mullet were holding in the still water behind the pilings. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Exactly,” Tess said, running the white cloth over each key, spreading the strange scent of cooked flowers. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Their books prevented them from running with grace and abandon. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank God Ade is safe,” Mama said, running her hands over the newspaper. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

They kept running, and they didn’t stop to look back at the big truck or the corrals until they were a quarter mile away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Aru swiped the bow and arrow from the ground and took off running. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was back in less than two minutes, with Ramona running ahead of her. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Seriously, she should not be running in this part of the city at night. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then someone said “Look, look!” and, still running, I swiveled to see a great white bird fluttering high above the street. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

By the time Mr. Grin had walked around to the passenger door, Alex was once again up and running. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Hazel looked deep in thought, running her hands along the stone archway. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The rear car door swung rustily open and a bursting desert boot stepped down onto the running board. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came back to the subject of Macún, how things seemed to be better now that we had electricity and running water was weeks away. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then sent a long swell running under a norther to bear the prince Odysseus, back from danger, to join the Phaiakians, people of the sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z