| 单词 | sang |
| 例句 | There was no dirge, no incense, no requiem, although hymns were sung in the small church. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Mom immediately started singing along—sounding even better than when she sang to herself in front of the bathroom mirror. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He bathed and dressed her, took her to be nursed four times a day, and even sang to her at night the songs that Úrsula never knew how to sing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Toward midnight, coyotes on the western mesa sang their falsetto tunes and were answered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Taryn’s mom stuck a few candles into Ivy’s giant stack of pancakes, and they all sang “Happy Birthday.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Once he stood at the guardhouse door of a quarry, and some ladies dressed in warm heavy coats and boots came and sang Christmas songs. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she sang to herself, a little couplet Bod had never heard before. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “We got the contract, we got the contract, we got the contract, we got the contract,” my father sang. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z As he stood in the paddock, a reporter’s voice sang out from the crowd. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Tie your knots, she sang again and again, enchain! — enchain! — enchain me! The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Later that night they passed a harp—not the old Shaper’s instrument, no one touched that—and the queen’s brother sang. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The soft sounds of the prayers being chanted and sung make me feel loved, like you’re there, watching. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We just sat here and waited and sang some songs. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z After that, Pedro Tercero picked up his guitar, rested it on his knee, shut his eyes, and sang with his velvety voice the song about the foxes and the hens. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if they always sang at the market or was it unusual? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Once he sang what he knew, which was half of the song, he quickly started the song again, hoping that it would continue to work because that was all he knew. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z C.P. had heard this one often enough so that, against his will and much to his dismay, he anticipated each line before the lyrics were actually sung. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Do not dare hold hope that any woman could burn as brightly as the voice that sang the part of Aloine. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I haven't sung a note since the day we were liberated. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Did you see the Sears Portrait Studio out there?” she asked, then sang, “One of these things is not like the other...” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It hopped to a higher blade of grass, preened, and sang its morning song. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Rymund the Rhymer sang through all the courses, sparing her the need to talk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then the whole squad of cheerleaders sang, “Oh my dollar, Oh my dollar, Oh my dol-lar Valentine!” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Mother stepped on the gas, and the wheels sang still louder and the engine roared like a truck. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The wind sang on the hilltops and the puff-ball clouds hurried eastward. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z It sang again, lifting its head to the ceiling. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Somewhere in the house the voice- clock sang, “Time, time, time, time ...” ever so gently, no more than water tapping on velvet. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I itched to be away from the bar to find the voice that had sung Aloine with me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At first she invented rhymes about the tundra and sang them to tunes she had learned at school. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman full of fun and life, she sat in the back pews of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church congregation on Sunday mornings and whistled the hymns while everybody else sang them. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was the very first time I’d ever sung a solo in public, and my leg was shaking at first, but once I powered through it like Imam Malik taught me to, I felt electric. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z She became carried away by their spirit of self-sacrifice as they sang, “For the flag we are ready to die....” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Birds sang in the bushes, a bumblebee droned past, everything was surprising in its normality. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z For hours and hours he sang these folk songs he had picked up over there; really significant songs that proved my theory that music should basically be an instrument of social protest and expression. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Hare was given a heavy piece and as he carried it along he sang under his breath a song which told all about a clever hare who had fooled a stupid lion. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “It’s a whole new world of pretty. Taylor sang over the walkie- talkie. “ Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z We were frozen by fear of the strap and frozen by the Jackson Five and the most electric song ever played, sung, or danced to. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It's the most pristine place I've been to in years—since the children's choir sang for the Dutch queen in that marble and gold-leafed hall. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I spent three or four months making up and learning songs for the elders, then I sang them when I was home for vacation. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Stretching out my arms in farewell, I sang, Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Birds sang in the leafing hazel bushes along the crooked rail fence. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Jimmy sang along with Waylon as he took the turn into the plot of land that held their trailer. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t tell him I also wrote my own music and sang. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They sang so sweetly their voices enchanted sailors and lured them to their death. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The weather box on the front door sang quietly: “Rain, rain, go away; rubbers, raincoats for today . . .” And the rain tapped on the empty house, echoing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z When we sang “My country ’tis of thee,” we’d yell our heads off. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Assembling all her children beneath the branches of the tree, she sang out to the trunk and the leaves: A selfish man stands here. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “I’m not afraid,” he sang as his knees knocked together and his breath came in short gasps. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z No matter how much we asked, Fern shook her head no, clapped her hands, and sang her song: “I saw something.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ess,” she sang, tousling the girl’s hair in the usual way. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z There was a kind of raw energy to the music, not like the polished songs she sang, in which every note was carefully planned and orchestrated. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Everyone knew a story or two about them, and every child at one point has sung the silly rhyme about their signs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Merry sang songs—all to the tune of “Jingle Bells”—and took little catnaps on a pink blanket under the pecan tree by the downstairs kitchen door. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The last words of this man who had sung to life were: “They’re going to shoot them! They’re going to shoot them!” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Singh sang the praises of the quality of the goods at the market. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Winnie counted carefully, while behind her counting, her mind sang, “Stone walls do not a prison make.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z And Milkman memorized all of what they sang. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A honeycreeper sang from the bushes outside the window. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Merchants sang out the names of what they sold. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Margaret sang a pretty, wordless melody in her high voice; her natural squeakiness sounded conveniently like the scratch of a fiddle. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “I’m up!” sang Ess, sitting up straight, but with her eyes still closed. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The baby had settled on one of Mama’s shoulders as Mama sang to it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Somewhere off to the right, another voice sang counterpoint to hers, some baker’s boy shouting, “Meat pies, three pence, hot meat pies here.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When they had sung many songs, and talked of many things they had done together, they toasted Bilbo’s birthday, and they drank his health and Frodo’s together according to Frodo’s custom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In the smoky darkness of their hall, that night, the bard sang them the old songs. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z We sang at the campfire and raced chariots and played practical jokes on the other cabins. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z We sang the words of the Riding Song and the Bluebird Song as we circled about the camp. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z "A bit left, a bit left," he sang out. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I stood back a bit while he sang, knocking his rattle against the air and rocking on his heels where he rested. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z She stood up and sang with all her might into the deep, solid blackness. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I want my dinner,” sang Bunny, “and conversation, and...something, dum-te-dum.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Oh, the music of evil sang loud in Kino’s head now, it sang with the whine of heat and with the dry ringing of snake rattles. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Bran and Meera made up names for those who sang the song of earth: Ash and Leaf and Scales, Black Knife and Snowylocks and Coals. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Would it not have been better for him had he lived in that world the music sang of? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But this Sunday in church we sang no “onward” hymns and needless to say, I didn’t listen to Dr. Car- hart’s sermon. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Every so often the women also sang together in little shouted bursts of call and response. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z That was a woody hill with live oaks dark green against the parched grass where the coyotes sang on moonlit nights. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We had sung it like that when we were children. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And as the sun’s rays peeked out of the horizon, turning the sky into an amethyst haze, the canoe people sang in a language I’d never heard before. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He said I sang like one of God’s own angels. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She sang loud and proud, and Ivy loved that about her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We built a fire and sang campfire songs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We sang camp songs about the gods and ate s’mores and joked around, and the funny thing was, I didn’t feel that anyone was staring at me anymore. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They sang about hearts quivering and pilgrimages ceasing. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z We sang nonsense songs together when we churned butter. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here comes the Lord of the Sun and Moon, the Lion that prowls by Night!” they sang to the sounds of hand pianos, iron bells and the shell anklets of the dancers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z His eyes never left my face, but I sang softly, carefully, proudly. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard sang louder than anybody and, personally, I thought it was a little embarrassing, but nobody else seemed to pay him any mind. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Would you ever give us a verse of that song you sang the night before you went to America? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They sang protest songs and listened to community leaders who assured them that after hundreds of years spent wandering in the desert of segregation and oppression, the Promised Land was at last within sight. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But if it pointed directly to another child, that was when they fell to their knees and sang Pilate’s song. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z We all stood up and sang it for Tom Yew. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “I know what they are,” Clayton’s mother sang flatly—but not in the flat notes that gave the blues its funk. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z At sunset he played on the mandolin while she sang. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z One girl from a working-class family—Katie Brindle — sang in a choir after school. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I picked up the album cover and studied the photo of the woman whose voice sang out from the speakers. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He sang with his trio and gave his speech. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The bonfire was enchanted, so the louder you sang, the higher it rose, changing color and heat with the mood of the crowd. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I remembered as a child that they always sang this hymn at somber moments during church services, on Communion Sundays, and Good Friday. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The boys and girls stood from the pews, turned over the paper where they’d copied the words, and sang the promises of the Founding Fathers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Birds in their little nests agree,” sang Beth, the peacemaker, with such a funny face that both sharp voices softened to a laugh, and the “pecking” ended for that time. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z So Nina taught her the words, and they sang together, fumbling through the verses, hopelessly out of key, until the lanterns burned low. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Who baked cakes, wore a bonnet, and sang him songs at night. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Softly, privately, she sang to Hagar the very same reassurance she had promised her when she was a little girl. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z One of them played the piano--strictly lousy--and the other one sang, and most of the songs were either pretty dirty or in French. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Grandma wiggled her body as she sang along with the chorus. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He forced himself to sing a lullaby that his mom sang to him when he was sick. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A pair of blind children peeled potatoes and sang lustily to the gathering people. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I realized then that Jaja had been tapping his feet to the beat of an Igbo song that Aunty Ifeoma and my cousins sang at evening rosary. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Kind of. How was the show? Tab says Em sang. I’m sorry I missed it.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes it sang, sometimes it did not, but from then on I always called it the singing tree. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He sang along softly with the faraway singers: “Making the light for the lamps of Ember, Older than anyone can remember, Faster than anything anyone knows, The river comes and the river goes.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Each time I sang, the words felt more natural coming out of my mouth. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Yes, she was sure that he had sung. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your papa came with me one day and sang a song.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked on his toes and sang to himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And a group of men sang about what a sad Christmas it would be now that their love was away. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They sang with all the strength that was in them, and clapped their hands for joy. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Some of you, my grandchildren, have had Blessingway sung for you. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The breasted girl with white makeup who sang from Madama Butterfly and got honorable mention. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They drank healths, told stories, sang songs, ‘reminisced’, as the old folks say, and had a thoroughly good time. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z So Charlotte sang a lullaby, while crickets chirped in the grass and the barn grew dark. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I thought of the words to the song we sang in church. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He changed a few words to fit the tune and the tune to fit the words, and then we both sang it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The venom sang in him, and he was something more than human. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I tried joining in, to forget about my terrible, awful, absurd idea, but when I sang, “Great Is Thy Faithfulness,” my voice splintered in my throat and came out a garbled, high-pitched mess. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It is possible, though, to reconstruct, to some extent, the chants that were being sung in churches and abbeys from around the fourth century onwards, from manuscripts of various kinds. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They sang, drank, laughed, and sang some more. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I’d dragged his desk into my room, and while the choir sang I would settle into his chair and study, just as I’d seen him do on a thousand nights. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She sang: Go away, royal wolf, Go away, do not follow. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Djo, we sang and prayed for so long it seemed the whole night—time to find and lose bravery many times. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But I'd played the xylophone okay and sung White or black or yellow or red, Come see Jesus in his shed okay too. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z They sang, carrying their nets and the animals—mostly porcupines and deer—that had been caught on their shoulders. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about a thing,” we sang, “’cause every little thing gonna be all right.. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Ugwu sang along and wished, again, that he could join the Civil Defense League or the militia, who went combing for Nigerians hiding in the bush. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Imet, hardly more than a boy, who never sang and killed swiftly without tears. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I felt safe hearing my name sung with hers and my father’s, my brothers’ and sisters’, her anger at children who hurt themselves surprisingly gone. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As I softly sang the song, I thought, Dr. King is free now. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Here I am,” he sang loudly, “In the middle of a terrifying wood. Trada-la!” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He sang sincerely, as though he really believed the words of the song. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In that land, there was no snowfall nor much winter nor any storm of rain; but from Ocean the West Wind sang soft and thrillingly to refresh the souls of men. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She sang, “Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z As I sang, I kept my eyes closed, too afraid to see the faces looking back at me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Mr. Lucas and Papa always sang “Old Man River” and other songs on the porch in the evening. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z They sang high praises of a black waiter named Max because of his flawless performance at formal dinner parties at their homes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z So I sang, starting with the couple of Congolese lullabies I could remember and soon transitioning to hip-hop. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Another of Dad’s favorites is “Come What May,” which my mother sang to him and womb-me during a shower they took together before her water broke. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I mentally sang my melody while performing my other duties. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He remembered the last verse he sang and began again. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “She’s the girl that sang along with me. My Aloine. I was just hoping to find her to pay my respects.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When she came the beauty of the llano unfolded before my eyes, and the gurgling waters of the river sang to the hum of the turning earth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z For centuries, ballads, and epics were all sung, as were Biblical chants and Vedic hymns. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Very faintly, on a downstairs radio, a sprightly female voice sang a song about yogurt, backed by a chorus of mooing cows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The sad singing started again and they sang the same sad verse twice. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Across from the elevated platform where Anderson was to stand as she sang was another platform for the film crews that would record the event. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z In this case, both the music and lyrics are highly informative, as is the situation in which the song was sung, lending itself to integration through three areas: music, language arts and social sciences. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “Oh, I admit that I liked the way he danced, how he sang a song...the way he looked...” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As the Hitler Youth marched through neighborhoods, they sang hateful songs with lyrics such as, “When Jew blood spurts from the carving knife/ Oh, it’s that much more okay!” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But when the voice sang out again—and I realized it was coming from the abandoned church—I told myself that a church was an unlikely place for evil spirits to abide. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He raised the volume and sang along with words he had memorized from a lifetime of listening—“La la la la life goes on!”—smiling wide and clapping. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I haven't sung at all since the day of liberation, but actual singing? What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The musicians played and she sang, and this time the audience sighed and sat forward, a few of the men stood up in surprise, and a winter chill moved through the amphitheater. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes this short, straight-backed young girl hummed under her breath, or sang, while she hoed the com or tugged on the reins when a refractory mule refused to budge. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z As their eyes met, a bird sang aloud in the branches of the tree. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But it seems there is more to it, more things to be memorized, more songs to be sung, more nickels to be donated, before he can be truly appeased. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes refilled the mosaic-lined fountain with sweet water and built an aviary in the garden, stocking it with toucans and cockatoos, parrots, a macaw, and canaries that sang in high octaves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At first the boys just stared at him as he sang; then they began to glance at one another, then to snicker, and finally to hoot and holler. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They, all of them, all of the people took it up and sung it over and over until it was wrung dry, and no further innovations of tone and tempo were conceivable. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z This was a song they all sang together, but each of them sang it his own way, holding the notes and words he liked best. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I sang as if my life depended on it. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Dancers danced; musicians played queer tunes with bells and squeaks and bladders; singers sang ancient love songs in the incomprehensible tongue of Old Ghis. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Throughout my childhood, he sang me a song about my famous Pashtun namesake. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He sang as loud as he could until his throat was sore and dry. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes Robin told them tales, or sang songs, but he spent most of the time in the chamber where he slept, working on the Saxon harp. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The tip of the hazel switch sang through its arc, leaves and stems flew apart, but the cheers of the crowds were harder to summon. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I who had promised nothing, who knew even less, whose body was as confusing as the rock and roll lyrics accompanying the trucker’s hand pumping up and down to words yelled, not sung. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They sang to the stars, to the waning moon, to the waving grasses. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The moans of agony amongst the clank of chains made a chorus as familiar as the dreary work songs they sang all day. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z His mother used the witch-woman cures, the poultices and root potions, and sang to him every night, crooning in their cabin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Dicey would have said no, but after Maybeth had sung through one verse of Momma’s song about the cherry that has no stone, she joined in, and James did too. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “I sang a solo for our convicts on Alcatraz. I sang ‘Silent Night’ for Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, Roy Gardner and the others. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They went up, up, up, trilling dew from their wings, and busily rested, and sang, and sang. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z My fidgeting continued when the congregation sang along with the choir, songs like the ones blasting in Gran’s house and car. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She ignored the warnings of a priest of her people who begged her to return to her gods; and she sang an aria of love for the Spaniard to the accompaniment of the flute. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Back to his desk, where he sang “This Land Is Your Land” while the lizard darted out from his rock den to feast on Egyptian clover. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z There was a hymn they sang in church that he liked. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He would never forget the time he was working out in the fields with a hired hand, an elderly black man named Ivy, when the man set down his hoe and sang “Dixie.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z When he thought of how his sisters always sang “O Holy Night” on Christmas Eve, he teared up. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Then he sang Katie songs to the tunes of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” “America the Beautiful,” “Kookaburra,” and some songs I didn’t recognize. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z In the Pollard home, books were always open, old Irish songs sung, jigs danced, long stories spun. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And Mrs. Owens sang all that before she discovered that she had forgotten how the song ended. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Her children did not laugh, but eventually sang along when she left her tent to sit by the winter campfires, ringed by barbarians. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Again the owl sang; Ultima’s spirit bathed me with its strong resolution. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z On the fourth day, when she reached the edge of the river she dropped her calabashes on the ground and sang the song that she had made for her sister. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Special Julius brought a bottle of whisky, and the guests sang and shouted drunkenly about the might of Biafra, the stupidity of the Nigerians, the foolishness of those newscasters on BBC radio. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After that, they fell quiet and gazed up into the boundless starlit expanse while the owls and crickets sang their night hymns all around them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She sang her the alphabet at tooth-brushing time, and also in bed at night, but the girl just didn’t seem to be getting it. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Well, I’ll be seeing you,” she sang out over her shoulder. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There were many stories this night; several recounted in tongues I knew not to groups of four or five; a few sung; some ancient tales told. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Dareon, I am told that you sang at many a high lord's table and shared their meat and mead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He had turned the radio to an oldies station, and he sang along with a song I’d never heard. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Radar played a snippet of one of his songs—a high- pitched scratchy voice sang about unions. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Strangely, no insects sang; all dogs and coyotes were quiet. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she sat by the candlelight and sang as she worked the wet clay. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The choir sang two more songs, each better than the one before. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Luna, Luna, Luna, Luna,” Fyrian sang, spinning a pirouette in the air. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The sound was almost overwhelming, but it faded appropriately when I sang the first verse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This was even worse than the nerves I felt when I sang. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes Mom stuck a few candles in some ice cream and we all sang “Happy Birthday.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Cicadas and crickets sang farewell to the sun slipping toward the west. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Edie sang the song quick and cruel, with sharp metallic sounds from her instrument. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He sang in a low voice at first, but Master tapped his pen on the table and said “Louder!” so he raised his voice, and Master kept saying “Louder!” until he was screaming. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The Syrian brothers vied for her attention as she sang the heavy blues that Bailey and I almost understood. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I sang as I went down the trail to the beach and along the beach to the sandspit. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z His poor taste in music reached me before he did; the car vibrated from the bass, and Marcus sang loud and proud. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z A farmer played a one-stringed harp like a hunter’s bow and sang to himself as he waited for someone to buy his chickens. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Master Chanter had sung the Deed of the Young King, and all together had sung the Winter Carol. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z As Buck sprang to punish him, the lash of François’s whip sang through the air, reaching the culprit first; and nothing remained to Buck but to recover the bone. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z As he had said, his voice was hoarse, but he sang well enough, and it was a stirring tune, something between Clementine and La Cucaracha. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The fragments of melody he could make out were strange and tantalizing, but she sang so quietly he could hear next to nothing at all. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I sang nonsense to him as my terrified mind skipped around. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Shalimar left his, but it was the children who sang about it and kept the story of his leaving alive. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t let your heart get upset,” I sang to myself. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They ate the last of their packed food, and Eunjoo sang songs to their grumpy brothers. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Money makes the world go round,” he sang. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Later, he held the girl and sang her to sleep. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She hummed the chorus as the vocalist sang it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The song my mother sang for my father the first time they met. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was the lament sung at a funeral—a death song. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Katie had married Johnny because she liked the way he sang and danced and dressed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing underneath the tree, Sibanda raised his head and sang loudly into the wide branches above him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z So Mama took him for walks and made up stories and sang to him. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I went to a voice coach and sang until my throat was raw. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “We have a television set,” JimmyTrotter sang to Fern, all the while smiling at Miss Trotter. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She did not use the word “I” as she sang. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z She sang very softly: ‘‘Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z As I stepped through the door, the Negro woman sang out: “All we got left’s beans and rice, honey.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She quoted to him from Rumi; she sang what she knew of "Mary Had a Little Lamb," mixing it up with "Baa Baa, Black Sheep." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Back in New York for the next phase of the contest, she sang “O mio Fernando” again for the judges, along with two English songs she had prepared. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Piper could hear Coach Hedge above deck singing “Blow the Man Down,” except he didn’t know the lyrics, so he mostly sang, “Blah-blah-hum-de-dum-dum.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She looks back at me, and her mouth moves—one word, sung over and over. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Agnes took her vows at Pentecost, and seemed a veritable angel as she sang in the choir. But she deceived us. By the Feast of All Saints, she was heavy with child.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The two of them sang and touched the earth with their arrowheads. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He was simply one more in the pile of creatures who sang the national anthem in the schoolhouse and stood in line to receive their Christmas presents. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We set off with lanterns and sang carols on the way. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Paris will always be Paris,” Maurice Chevalier sang, if pleadingly, in 1939—but the City of Lights was rarely illuminated. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The top was down and the volunteer’s heart was buoyed up; he sang along with the rock ’n’ roll on the radio. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nana, on the other hand, sang and hummed when she wasn’t talking, which almost never happened, because she always had a new story to share. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Silly, she said to herself, but nevertheless she sang Kapugen’s song of the Bird Feast. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as he sang, the old man took an arrow from a young man’s bow and shot it toward the singing bird. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z We joined her as she sang “Happy Birthday” to us in the lunchroom. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I had to play a song of course, and Ben sang with me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The tree was decorated with ribbons and beads, and the villagers danced around it while they sang old Slavist songs. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “All along this Christian journey,” I had sung so many times, “I want Jesus to walk with me.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Komla knew every story, every proverb, every bit of tribal history ever told or sung or drummed by her people. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z What had he done and who had tied him and why had they plucked him and why had we sung of his fate? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In the back of the room three boys sang a jíbaro song about coming from the mountains to the city. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Caroline sang a different one this year, Mother.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “He does everything that way, quick as a whip, hardly ever makes mistakes. I’ll bet he knows every song you’ve ever sung to him. He knows more about what’s in my wagon than I do.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Tonight, after he sang the song without Pond’s help, they would start on the second song. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Without the sound of rain, I could just make out the quiet song floating from the car speakers, and Liam’s deep voice as he sang along. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He sang “The Colors of the Sun” along with his class, and he solved a math problem. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Everything in his gut sang “move, move, move.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Some wood- pigeons sang drowsily their Take Two Cows Taffy, and, on the other side of the musical water, there was an enormous knight in Mack armour with his tilting helm in position. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Likewise the keyboard music of sixteenth-century English composers Thomas Tallis, William Byrd and John Redford, which was originally intended to be sung, was soon adapted, by them and others, into music tailor-made for the virginals. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He sang all the revolutionary songs, usually loudly and out of tune, until Mam would tell him to be quiet, that the babies were sleeping. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He sang when the visitor was someone he knew. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z And after a performance, when she went back to her hotel room, she would look over the music to see where a certain song, or a passage in a song, could be sung more effectively. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z From across the road a bird sang “Whippoorwill, whippoorwill!” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “And when Angela, that little Puerto Rican girl, sang ‘Precious Lord,’ everybody was crying.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave orders, sang, whistled, threw remarks at the silent Ralph-remarks that did not need an answer, and therefore could not invite a snub; and still Ralph was silent. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Tell time, take a licking, and keep on ticking,” Fern sang. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Nathan sang the Change song again, and then, instead of ice, he thought of fog. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Around us sang the chorus of insects which had just worked their way out of winter nests and cocoons. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Luke sang, in a nasal monotone, emphasizing each word distinctly: The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z She noticed a lark who swooped down to the same rock and sang the same song every afternoon. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She’d told me once that she sang in church, and I believed her—she had a voice that made me think of warm milk and honey. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve heard people try for their talent that were really good. Early this term an old man sang a song about... about this woman whose husband had gone off to war.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He spoke with hope, projected hope, almost sang with it, really. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z At the end of the day they sang together as they marched back to the airfield. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The ash trees creaked and the stream sang. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Jojo sang along with the popcorn as the kernels exploded into delicious bits of fluff. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Alyce sang and rubbed, calling the cow Sweetheart and Good Old Girl as she heard Will do, and the boy pushed and pulled and worked as hard as the cow. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Sang that silly song until Mom said if I sang it one more time her ears would fall off. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Harriet sang: Of all the whole creation in the East or in the West, The glorious Yankee nation is the greatest and the best. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The Shaper sang things that had never crossed his mind before: comfort, beauty, a wisdom softer, more permanent, than Hrothgar’s. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He sang out to the person at the door, “One second! It’s lo-ocked!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z In the evenings Kapugen sang and danced with the old men, and all of their songs and dances were about the sea and the land and the creatures that dwelled there. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat on the front steps and played his banjo and sang quietly to himself. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Yet in among his mumbling there were words of what the bird had sung and what the water had said falling. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A robin sang from a nearby branch into the disapproving silence of the abbey. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But she could not help—as she dug in the dirt, and sang to the worms, and prayed with the mantises—comparing this garden, this field, with her other gardens, with Sean’s garden. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “The shadows come to dance, my lord, dance my lord, dance my lord,” the fool sang on, swinging his head and making his bells clang and clatter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We sang as we drove to the Long Island Expressway. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He and Amaka sang as we drove; the undulating road made the car sway from side to side, and I imagined that it was dancing. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He kept saying, Rasheen, Rasheen, mavourneen mean, and the song made no sense because his father dropped him on his head long ago and every time he sang that song he had different words. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He looked up from his crossword puzzle and sang—to the tune of “Oh! Susanna”—“Oh, Peas-Anna! Don’t you cry for me...” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At the opposite end of the building a five-thousand-voice choir sang Handel’s “Hallelujah” chorus to the accompaniment of five hundred musicians. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Depending on the level of the class, the switch to singing the song with all of its ostinati can be done all at once or by using a combination of spoken and sung. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z We returned to my father's house and I put on my gayest clothes and sang and danced before my father and pretended to for delighted with the marriage which he had prepared be me. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z In the woods, they built hideouts and sang forbidden songs, making up irreverent lyrics for the Hitler Youth songs. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They sang and shouted in unison as they fought. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A sparrow with a streaky breast arrived and sang. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z My sisters hugged and kissed me and sang me ditties of praise. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The double band drank, the Shaper sang, and then they drank again. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood up and sang his old school song, amid great applause —but forgot most of it and bad to make a humming noise in his moustache. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Peekaboo!” she sang, her ghastly smile stretching wide. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I skimmed through the obituary as the choir sang. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She loved music and had talent, and she played the piano, sang, and performed, in school and at home. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z In Cuban son it is not just the melody, whether played on a trumpet or sung, that pushes ahead, but also the bass line. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z As if we picked up the signal from Mrs., we all sang, “Pleeease.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z We circled and sang a school yard rhyme: When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Piper sang a few more lines, then she risked another question: ‘The giants’ defences, the underground passage to the Acropolis - how much of what you told us is true?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As Maybeth soaped and rinsed, and the boys dried, and Dicey put away the glasses, dishes, knives, forks, pots and pans, they sang. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl sang her answer in three different tones. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But no matter what they sang, always they finished off with one of Brooklyn’s own folk songs: “Mother Machree,” “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling,” “Let Me Call You Sweetheart,” or “The Band Played On.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The derisive smiles soon faded as, pair by pair, the heirs heard their code words sung. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z They were standing on the roof; Big Henry had just sung eleven. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And then wonder took him, and a great joy; and he cast his sword up in the sunlight and sang as he caught it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A stranger to the music could not have made a distinction between the songs sung a few minutes before and those being danced to in the gay house by the railroad tracks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She started off the “Happy Birthday” song but soon was drowned out by the boys, who screamed it rather than sang. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Margaret hesitated, then added, “You'll be sure to tell him that it's not over yet. Be sure that he knows that that the fat lady still hasn't sung.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Just to make sure I knew, Vonetta and Fern sang the first three words to “Dry Your Eyes” on cue. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, on his way to town, little Willy sang at the top of his lungs. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Me like Beeg Bug,” said Boots with satisfaction, and sang the song again with the roaches. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He sang alongside them for a few minutes. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They had boyfriends who played guitar and sang in bands with names like Liquid Courage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “And here he was singing me ‘Your Song,’ which he said you sung too. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Then Dvorah sang the same melody Mama sang, the same melody Anya had been singing since she had become a bat mitzvah. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Different bands sang different songs: a melody of wind. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The speakers crackled loud and scratchy while the Archies sang “Sugar, Sugar.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He sang “From the Halls of Montezuma” while he worked. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Momma sang three songs all on her own before the duet with Brent. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z The national anthem, I later learned, is what he had sung every morning as a schoolboy in Japan. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pretty girl you got, Suna,” sang a waitress with curly sunray hair. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z In London they sang for Queen Victoria and the Prime Minister, William Gladstone, who invited them to breakfast with him. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And as he did so a great fear fell on all, defender and foe alike; and the hands of men drooped to their sides, and no bow sang. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Up on the sundeck, the first-class passengers drank champagne and sang as well. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z While they sang, I opened my eyes and stared at the wall, at the picture of the family at Chima s baptism. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z They sang and I brayed into the morning air, and the pebbles of the path rang as we raced with time towards the bridge. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But all the while her heart beat in rhythm to the poignant sadness of the song the children sang while walking around in a ring with hands joined. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So I carried him like a human baby, his body heavy in my arms, singing the same lullabies I’d sung to him back when we’d first started knowing each other. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Betty Jean Boyd sang the solo for “O Holy Night,” and I hardly flinched when she went flat on the first “shining.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One girl played a guitar and sang as people dropped dollars into the box at her feet. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Together, they hummed the melody to warm up and then sang the song. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “I could not record what she sang; there was no notation for it, all the peculiar...” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But each day, the teacher’s voice sang out with hope and each day the negative response was given. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Snapping drums, a flexing of sound, and a high threading of guitar over a smoother cadence and then the man sang. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z As she moved back and forth she sang, a hymn. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z "The shadows come to dance, my lord, dance my lord, dance my lord," he sang, hopping from one foot to the other and back again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Over me, to bring me “through,” the saints sang and rejoiced and prayed. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z This morning, however, Clayton neither sang nor played along when the class sang “You Are My Sunshine.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z They laughed riotously at the man as he stumbled and sang, at the way his head rolled and lolled, and this on less than a drinking-horn of mead. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The brown swirling waters lapped at my feet, and the monotonous chirping of the grillos as they sang in the trees mixed into a music which I felt in the roots of my soul. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had drunk enough beer, Frank would sing the song his father had sung, in a baritone deeper than his normal voice, the alcohol slurring the words in the darkness of the park. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z And afterward we finished off the brandy and sang a little. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She sort of did this thing where she spoke and sang at the same time. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Sometimes as they lovingly patched and painted, they listened to Bill’s records or sang, Leslie and Jesse teaching Bill some of Miss Edmunds’ songs and Bill teaching them some he knew. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Psalms sung by the priests of King David, who united the kingdoms of Israel and Judaea in 1003 bc, are riven through with references to instruments and to singing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking Eke cowards. Remember how Lancelot hid in Joyous Gard for months, while we sang songs outside.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Sit there like a little kid being babysat while they sang scales? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Even Septa Mordane was helpless before him; when he sang his little song about the High Septon, she laughed so hard she spilled wine on herself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And what is more, the words of the song also came back—words, I am certain, which were sung by the animals of long ago and have been lost to memory for generations. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z One of the uncles brought his guitar and everyone sang and ate, and the cousins played in side and outside, blending the indoors and outdoors so it all seemed like one. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z When the song reached its peak in sound and passion, a tall, thin man who had been kneeling behind the altar all the while stood up and sang with the audience for a few bars. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They sang exuberantly and with a mocking tone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad drove fast and sang really loud, and locks of his hair fell into his face and life was a little bit scary but still a lot of fun. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I walked back from chapel and found Finny in our dormitory, blocking the staircase until the others who wanted to go up sang A Mighty Fortress Is Our God under his direction. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Its tremendous chords held all the sorrow and all the strength of the people of the city. sang the hundreds of voices, so powerfully the air seemed to shiver. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And it sang in him as he ran, his heart pumping blood joyfully through his body. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother and Ultima sang some prayers, part of a novena we had promised for the safe delivery of my brothers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Osage elders sang the traditional songs for the dead, only now the songs seemed for the living, for those who had to endure this world of killing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "To death. I sang until she died," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Or when a woman with a baby on her shoulder and a skillet in her hand sang “Turn to my pillow where my sweet-man used to be...how long, how long, how long.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They sang songs, including one that Nate had never heard before. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z I only spoke German before, though I sang in many other languages. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Out here the sun heated and the wind cooled, and the waves sang their constant song. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She sang with volume and pitch and a heartbreaking wail that echoed through her relatives’ bones, rattling them in the ground under the school itself. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Bones sang, and Horse quit the job and we had to persuade him all over again. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have been a refrain; each time she sang it, the audience broke up laughing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good to know. Three little maids from school are we. . .” sang Adina. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Pop and poke,” she sang in an off-key, slightly panicked voice. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We sang a song that Mai Thi taught us about bananas—though it could have been about elephants and we wouldn’t have known it, since we only knew two words of Vietnamese. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The essence of that originality was to take what composers normally did in symphonies - long, abstract, streams of ‘pure’ instrumental music - and turn it into a sung drama on stage. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Father Amadi sang for a while; then he lowered the volume to a whisper again. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z People in across countless cultures have chanted or sung poetry for all types of human rituals, ceremonies and for entertainment. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The introductory psalm to the Grace was sung together, and then Reb Saunders began the Grace. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Be sure to have them learn the song very well before adding a sung ostinato. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o’clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o’clock! as if it were afraid that nobody would. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Down down down,” he sang, so deeply that the windows rattled. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Tornait ran over her skins, flitted to her head and shoulders, and sang when she sang. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A bird sang a sad, clear song she had never heard before. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I sang until my voice was hoarse, and I was shivering so hard, I couldn’t go on. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z He addressed a few short sung syllables to the boys on the ground, and they both smiled up at him and waved their sticks in the air. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Behind her, the Beatles sang of Father McKenzie, walking away with the dirt of a grave on his hands. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z A popular song across the country in the late 1950’s was Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons,” where he sang about a miner owing his soul to the company store. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I slipped out of school, Daddy. I marched with all the students from the church. We sang ‘Freedom! While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve been told the good old-time Negro sang and danced and was content.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to whistle, but nothing happened, so she sang out loud instead, a song her father had made up for her when she was a little baby and which had always made her laugh. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z “She probably doesn’t. I mean who would have thought that some supernatural being was going to show up and save us because we sang her a song?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It was a marching song, one soldiers sang when they returned victorious from battle. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z He helped May Belle wrap her Wretched little gifts and even sang “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” with her and Joyce Ann. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z When he had conversations with Perry Como or other white television hosts, when he sang on their shows, they all seemed to respect him. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Everyone stopped dancing and sang a farewell to the soldiers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We sang it around and around in our warbling voices somewhere between youth and where they would settle, like bees around a single flower. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The few days inside had done her well, and she sang under her breath and into the top of her sweater, a nursery rhyme about a fiddle and a cat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z And they sang even stronger but the guards did not come in, for they had learned that there is no way to avoid the unavoidable. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z On the stage Luba Luft sang, and he found himself surprised at the quality of her voice; it rated with that of the best, even that of notables in his collection of historic tapes. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The vault of daybreak filled itself with heralds, and this is what they sang: You turning world, pouring beneath our pinions. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was easier to remember when I sang it, similar to a child reciting a lesson in song. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Fiddles, lutes, and drums, everyone played and danced and sang as they wished. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The girls sang: “There’s a Quaker Down in Quaker Town.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Fred played the guitar for her, and sang, his voice husky, and told her how his dream was to be a lead singer in a folksy band. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I have a little dreidel, I made it out of clay,” sang Laney, off-key and very loud. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z We sat together around the fire and sang songs—songs about our girlfriends, bravery songs. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z To one of the redheaded Jewish boys we sang: Red head Jewish bread Five cents A Jewish head. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a piano at the audition but not at the show, so he got up onstage and sang a Brian McKnight song a cappella. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The men sang as they lifted their tacclas, their foot plows, straight above their heads. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The air smelled of flowers and birds sang everywhere. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “All right,” I said as I walked to the door, “Who sang ‘Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting’?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z May sang the song in the kitchen when she rolled dough or sliced tomatoes, and August hummed it when she pasted labels on the honey jars. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps they gave us some kind of resolve as we sang them—and also the courage to face our own death someday, if that’s what was necessary for freedom. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z With the fire shining in his hair, he sang “Tinker Tanner,” more verses than anyone had heard before, and no one minded in the least. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Hitler’s followers sang Nazi songs as they marched straight-legged, goose-stepping in military style. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Francie and Lee held hands and sang, even though neither was quite certain of the words. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Even where the primitive notation used was crude or unclear, the same chants continued to be sung without significant alteration into the period when reliable notation did exist. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “He sang for friends’ bands, and he was a roadie for my uncle’s band. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The marchers sang as they moved along, ignoring hecklers along the route who shouted racist slurs and held up signs with handwritten messages such as “Yankee trash go home.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahmad, who was the most religious member of the family, sang the azan in his baby sister’s ear and blew in her face three times. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Her spirit sang as she fought, and when she dropped the dog’s lifeless body to the ground, she howled with purest ecstasy. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But I liked it best when he sang, in his deep bass voice, some of the silly nonsense songs he and Mother used to make up when they were children. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But now she sang in the ancient tongue of the Elves beyond the Sea, and he did not understand the words: fair was the music, but it did not comfort him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But now when the chickadees sang, Roz heard “Oh, what a lovely day it is! Oh, what a lovely day it is!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “You can kick me for a quarter,” he sang, looking impishly at the white man out of the corners of his eyes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to fall into the groove of things, so he sang “This Land Is Your Land” along with his class for glee. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z It only happened when he was singing or when someone else sang a song that moved him. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Ged sang aloud the Winter Carol, and such cantos of the Deed of the Young King as he remembered, for those songs are sung at the Festival of Sunreturn. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z One pretty African girl sang “Blue Moon” like Sarah Vaughan. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She sang for the snake people, for her friends’ safety. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But there weren’t any babies in the songs my mother sang. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “But not till you’ve sung for Abel. He’s waiting for you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was so desperate he almost sang a few of the words. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Josquin was the first composer in history for whom the meaning of the words being sung was paramount. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “To quote Cleopatra,” Miss Volker sang out, ‘“The enemy is at the gate.’ Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She looked up and saw a brightly coloured bird, which sang to her the exact same song that it had sung to the uncles. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z People sang and danced and the women ululated as I was led away. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, most ballads are sung legato, and most marches are played fairly staccato or marcato, whether they are marked that way or not. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z At die moment, their choir coach, an enormous woman in tweeds, was advising them to open their mouths wider when they sang. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Thank God for the Big APE radio in Jacksonville that sang to Ben with the same dispassion it sang to every other car in the Shack. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then slid his right hand down the cord and plucked it, so the taut gut vibrating hummed and sang a swallow’s note. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She sang an aria from Verdi’s opera Don Carlo along with four spirituals. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Safe in Kira’s quarters, Matt perched on the bed with his bare feet dangling and told them about the girl who sang. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I sang against him my most perfect backward-forward hymns, because I have no other powers of my own. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She was standing on a chair, and she sang, “Beat me, then, beat me.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sinking into a simmering sea!” she sang happily, and I could hear these suns sizzling and crackling in death. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z For a number of weeks our two groups sang as we worked, adding songs and changing lyrics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As I drew closer, the voice sang out again. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The wind chimes on the door sang gently, and Rishi found himself nervous. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Only the Nigerian Reverend Sisters sang, teeth flashing against their dark skins. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “But oh,” they sang together, “But oh, both day and night, My heart’s delight, Must one day leave foredone All might, all gone.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Africa swallowed the conqueror’s music and sang a new song of her own. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since Miss Love started playing for preachin’, folks had sung out good, patting their feet and generally getting in shape to shout and amen during the sermon. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She sat on the edge of the bed and sang an odd little song to Poppy—something about rock-a-bye baby, in the treetops. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He could have heard us coming last Tuesday the way the prairie grass sang as we whipped through it. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Yet we sang in church “Tata Nzolo”! Which means Father in Heaven or Father of Fish Bait depending on just how you sing it, and that pretty well summed up my quandary. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The ocean sang and spit; it threw itself on the deck. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Each note had its own identifiable blob, a mark on the page, and they were placed in the order, from left to right, in which they were meant to be sung. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Everywhere she walked the color shouted and sang around her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z They sang about gathering by rivers, beautiful, beautiful rivers, with bright angels and crystal tides. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The plane sang in a deep tenor and Bull decided that it was an F-8 in the morning sky, though he was not certain. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached the top of the tank and three shots sang past his head. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Nearby, a woman sang a lullaby to a baby. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z People stopped to watch as he sang: “There once was a ravel named Kvothe Whose tongue was quick at quipping. The masters thought him clever And rewarded him with whipping. ” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They were so delighted with the song that they sang it right through five times in succession, and might- have continued singing it all night if they had not been interrupted. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z But Mama held him and rocked him and sang songs that Hanako had not heard since Akira was a baby, songs about falling asleep and moonbeams and angels. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And then, on cue, I sang like I’d been singing in my head and in whispers for days now. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The white petals spun down around them, covering the grass and speckling their fur, while thirty feet above a thrush sang, “Cherry dew, cherry dew. Knee deep, knee deep, knee deep.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course,” sang his mother, spinning him around. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z As she swung along the village road, Alyce, with good feelings tumbling about inside her, hummed and then tra-la-ed and then sang, as loud and clear as a swan. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally he led his team to Joe’s door while he sang in creative German, “We are the world. We are das Welt.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “A, B, C, Vitamin D,” he sang to himself as he worked. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I listened closer and I realized it was a song being sung by a child. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “America! America!” he sang, “God shed his grace on thee.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z And now there was an acrimonious madrigal, with parts sung in all quarters of the car. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire filled their mouths and they sang songs of power. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The organ lady played “Happy Birthday,” and we all sang, and Sally blew out the candles. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The flag was run up and Beasts of England was sung a number of times, then the sheep who had been killed was given a solemn funeral, a hawthorn bush being planted on her grave. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I hope they sang together, as they so often did. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They shouted at the trees and shook their fists, but the birds just sang and paid no attention to the people below them. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z On weekend evenings they gathered around the old upright piano in the club’s parlor and sang for hours as Don Hume tore through jazz tunes, show tunes, blues, and ragtime. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Shorty sang in a low mumble, smiling, rolling his eyes, looking at the white man roguishly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually, it wasn’t “Auld Lang Syne” they’d sung, the night the Titanic went down, but hymns. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When we sang as loud as we could, my mom would pick me up and swing me over her head and I would scream and we’d both near fall with laughing. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z TJ and Jasmine went to the same church, where they sang in the youth choir together. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z There was little to entertain the island youth, so we sang. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Do not fear! the Trementinas danced and sang, we are on the holy hill and we are saved. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank sang the blues, and he drank too much. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The rubber tires sang over the flat asphalt. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z People sang and danced and called out, and their joy was infectious. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To occupy her mind she sang as she gathered caribou droppings and put them on her drag: Amaroq, wolf, my friend, You are my adopted father. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z One says he knew a guy Michael sang Kevin Barry but he died of the drink which he had because of his war wounds. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The girl then sang a short song, which the boy listened to. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He asked what was happening and the girl immediately sang him the same song. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z We listened—well, Nan and I listened while Wynn sang—to classic country music. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z None of them knew how quickly as they sat around again that night, as Daddy sang once more about the foxes, as the fire burned and the miracle of the cream happened all over again. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He sang the prayers at his synagogue and never missed a service. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z My father pulled me in with that remarkable voice -but I haven't sung much since he died. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We sat around the crackling fires and sang Lithuanian songs. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The ringing bell sang through the quiet night. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Kelly sang along when she knew the words. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z As I listened to the final notes sung by the Boys Choir of Harlem their song’s message still lingered in my heart: “All black boys are bom of heroes.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The creatures in the drying ponds sang louder every night; the creatures in the grass and in the fields sang louder every day! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Then a Navajo song, similar to those Nali sang in the cornfield, came on. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In Old Goblinish, it was a lament sung by the hero Walgund in the days following the destruction of his city by King Degravaunt of the Elves, when the elfin armies overran the forests. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Dreaming is better, dreaming is brighter,” she sang. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z That afternoon lapsed in peace and harmony; and in the evening Bessie told me some of her most enchanting stories, and sang me some of her sweetest songs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z "They sang better than they fought. Herps would have done them as much good as their lances did." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I sang each of them home when I poured them out. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Sir, she never sang these songs to me, in my memory. I was an infant. You are the only one who heard them.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But the parts have basically the same rhythms, so that the effect, when sung together, is of chords being sung. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I sang this song and the crowd joined in, and when the song was finished, I pointed to the police and said, “There, there are our enemies!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Come to think of it, he hadn’t sung since that night either. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He had sung when he was by himself in the old days and he had sung at night sometimes when he was alone steering on his watch in the smacks or in the turtle boats. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We sang songs, told continued stories, played spelling games and riddles, and had pillow fights. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The three of them sang earsplitting drinking songs the whole way and only stopped when Theo turned into Downing Heights. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z They were so elated by their own hospitality, and by all the goodies waiting inside, that they did not take a good look at their guests while they sang. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The singer sang good songs, "Iron Lances" and "The Burning of the Ships" and "The Bear and the Maiden Fair," but only Hodor seemed to be listening. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She had been welcomed at the White House, where she sang for the president and first lady, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z As he made the fire, he sang a special song, of the sort that cannibals sing, in which he told of how a poor hungry cannibal had found a fat girl in a cave. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He played the opening notes, and then my mother sang Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘I’m Beginning to See the Light.’ Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Woody, Chizu, and Mama knew the tune, so they hummed along while Papa and the other woman sang the words. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z My granddaughter and great-granddaughter even sang a song special for me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice rang out happily as she sang and followed the birds and her compass. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking at that trestle, I felt like I was being sung to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The daughter standing at the back of the chapel, the mother up front, they sang. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadrach sang the last lines over again as if searching for a completion. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Deo gratis,” the choir sang back and the people stood to leave. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We had nothing like this in Classon Avenue where Mrs. Leibowitz sang in the lavatory while we clutched ourselves in the hall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Beneath an arch of twining stone leaves, a eunuch sang their coming. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Our parents didn't speak to each other, but Ma served tea, sang that Tagore song, and—according to Baba's version—fireworks exploded and a thousand sitars burst into music. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Lady,” he sang, “don’t insult me today just because I’m poor. You don’t know what my future holds...” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Never heard the words, despite the thousands of times I had sung them. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The Moon Lady held her arms out to embrace him— “O! Hou Yi, my husband, Master Archer of the Skies!” she sang. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The fiddle sang as it had never sung before. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I recognized the words sung by the chorus. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z There was unhappiness in both houses, and the gossip fence gleefully sang with it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But as they sang something disquieting came among them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d never seen this side of my father, but I would see it many times after—every time I sang. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Marian was so nervous when she arrived at Boghetti’s studio that she sang her single song, “Deep River,” without once looking at him. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Wishbone stuck his head out the window, his ears flapping like crazy in the wind, while me and Howard sang Bible school songs. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Forms leaned together in the taxis as they waited, and voices sang, and there was laughter from unheard jokes, and lighted cigarettes outlined unintelligible gestures inside. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Beautiful, beautiful money,” sang Ear, looking over his shoulder. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Even while they played the game, the older little girl started to sing a toneless song, one children sang when they chose sides for games. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He sat up and said, “What other songs are sung up here?” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z And, as if she could hear him, Emily opened her mouth and sang. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The council had extended his curfew; it was death to be taken on the streets after the evenfall bells had sung. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z So he sang—or intoned, with the harp behind him— twisting together like sailors’ ropes the bits and pieces of the best old songs. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z On the bus, kids who knew me sang that sultry song people sing when they’re pretending to strip. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She sang the next verse in a whisper and then said, “When Toby’s up, pick out your best school clothes.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Kaira, under a single spotlight, seemed especially alone and vulnerable as she half sang, half whispered the very last words. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Oh, Lord of Light, we thank you,” she sang to the hungry flames. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So we moved all the furniture around the living room and Dad sang along to “Three Little Birds” while Mom and I danced. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I can hardly recall a time when Caroline was not playing the piano well enough to accompany herself while she sang. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Up in the bell tower the pigeons ducked and bobbed at each other and sang their soft couing song. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As Mrs. Taylor and her companions left the Street, she sang quietly to herself, “My Country Tis of Thee,” like a frightened child easing past a graveyard. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But her face did not brighten, and later, when we said the rosary, her voice did not rise when she sang. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Without a pause after the last “BOOM-de-ay,” she burst into a chorus of “I’m Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage” and then sang “It’ll be a HOT time, in the OLD town, to-ni-ight!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Everyone sang along, and if you didn’t know the words that was okay because they were all right up there on the Jumbotron for you. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The fire sang in Bigger’s ears and he saw the red shadows dance on the walls. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A place like the meadow in the song I sang to Rue as she died. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Afterward they all danced around me in a circle and sang “Happy Birthday.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Close to a hundred women softly sang with her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z A collection of lunatics who made wine and sang in the streets “like common street women! Just like common street women!” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z But when sung, the very precise-looking rhythm notated above is not what is heard. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The Vapostori sang and prayed until the flames died down to coals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “After it got dark, we told stories and sang around the fire—it was a glorious night with the moon making fairyland of the lake.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z They did, and together, we danced and sang along with the song. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z After we sang a welcoming song from the Catholic Hymnal, Mother Lucy read Matthew chapter five up to verse eleven, and then we sang the national anthem. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He sang for me, literally, like this”—and here Kallman gestures with his hand to indicate a space of no more than two feet—“face-to-face.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Finally she smiled and he sung middle C, put his guitar under his arm and walked on back to where she was. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z On Sunday mornings the whole family attended Central Christian Church, where Nellie was the principal pianist and Harry sang in the choir. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Lettie, half asleep, sang, “Once I hit the tracks, my burdens at my back, I hopped that train in the pale moonlight.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The British Army and Navy sang a rousing song called “Heart of Oak”; the rebels had writ one to counter it called “The Liberty Song.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I was grateful that he did not say anything about Amaka’s statement, that he talked about the sweet-smelling rains instead and sang along with the robust Igbo choruses coming from his cassette player. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It was Hillari’s name at the end of the song, but true to her word of the day before, she did not sing it to Hillari—she sang it to me. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Gary Drake sang out of the mist by the Black Swan. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z As I sang the ancient tune quietly to myself, I realized it was the refrain Mamá had sung to us to soothe our nerves on dark, rainy nights when we were very young. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z When God had made The Man, he made him out of stuff that sung all the time and glittered all over. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z She sang for the sheer joy of singing, and her uniquely beautiful voice delighted everyone who knew her. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z He looks at me like I’ve just sung the question to him in falsetto. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I think of the day we sang together, and what she said about wanting to help her country. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z They sang, “Mary, star of the sea, Mary, brightest moon, Mary, comb of honey.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up what remained of the loaf of bread and the music sang of surrender, resignation. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, Lancelot,” she sang as she stitched at the shield- crown. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I actually downloaded The Breakfast Club after that. My mom loves that movie, so she watched it with me. She sang along to the credits. That was embarrassing.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Ifemelu’s mother began to sing a church song—“the Lord has given me victory, I will lift him higher’’—which was often sung at collection time. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Lillian and Mary Anne both sang “Happy Birthday” as Ben blew out the candles that flickered over his breakfast meal. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And as he walked and sang the valley grew green with grass. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The Oklahoma boys did some of their dancing, too, and the Zuni guy sang a kind of honoring song for everyone. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I sang All the little duckies and hooked one arm around a metal railing on the deck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Let it be, let it be, like the Beatles sang. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Watson in the larboard chains sang out, “By the deep ten.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They sang so joyfully loud that Ms. Katz from across the hall tapped on their door’s window and motioned for less volume. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I sang as if the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio was smiling at me. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I knew the first song: Mama sang it sometimes when Jaja and I brought our report cards home. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t do awful, but I didn’t do amazing, either, not like Maggie, who sang her opera song. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z We sang the highs and the lows with Michael, whose voice was big and filled with pain like he might know what he was singing about. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Ah yes, all day, every day,” he sang out, then pirouetted gracefully around the platform. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead of tasting a Domishman’s wife, he sang of tasting a northman’s daughter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With eyes on the floor, he waited while the weigher sang out the measure to the scribe, then took his bowl and hurried out, leaving Rekh still frowning after him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The songs they sang were full of it Some were vulgar, some were sagas, some were light-hearted to a degree. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I sang too loud again, although not so much as before. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I had been angry the first time he had sung it over for us. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt the warm wind and smelled newly cut grass, and a bird perched on a branch of the ailanthus and sang for a long time before it flew away. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Mom played the pop station and sang along softly. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z In between times they told stories, laughed and told more stories and sung songs. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “I was a boy of twelve then. I sang in saloons for the drunks and they threw pennies at me. Then I started working around saloons and restaurants...waiting on people....” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "My lord, my lord," he sang, tugging at her wrist, "here's the weasel who made the soup!" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then Babe would wade along in the shallow part while we played our flutes and sang. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Melisandre’s fire was shivering; the flames huddled down in the ditch, crackling softly as the red priestess sang. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One of his rangers, a big ugly man, sang a bawdy song as he saddled his garron, his breath steaming in the cold morning air. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On the day when I estimated it was Mother’s birthday, I sang “Happy Birthday” to her out loud. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A flitty-looking guy with wavy hair came out and played the piano, and then this new babe, Valencia, came out and sang. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “Hello, hello,” he sang, lurching inside and shedding his jacket in the same fashion. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “He worked in the mines and sang baritone in a barbershop quartet. After he died, my mother changed our last name. She thought it would make things easier on us.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z My ankle sang a terrible song like my toothache had sunk to my foot. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Red silk and blue flesh sang against each other, the colors seeming to vibrate. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Then when they had laid their fallen comrades in a mound and had sung their praises, the Riders made a great fire and scattered the ashes of their enemies. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Finally, campfires dwindling, they laid out sleeping rolls for us and sang a lullaby in a lilting foreign language, and I felt pleasantly like a child. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We had spent the minutes before the bell rang dancing around it while Holly sang that old song about having a hammer, I’d hammer out danger, I’d hammer out a warning... Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z We sang, told stories, reminisced about this or that. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I haven’t done a blessed thing this whole morning. You’ve been the Amen Corner, you sang a solo, and you took up collection. It’s my time, now.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “When Miss Anderson sang the simple spiritual ‘Hear de Lambs a-Cryin’ in her deep, hollow, subterranean register . . . you felt it up and down the spinal column,” wrote New York Herald-Tribune critic Alan Rich. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z They talked loudly in the language his mother spoke to him, and one man sat with his back against the bank and sang songs until the wine was gone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z All the way home, we sang Christmas spirituals like “Go Tell It on the Mountain” and “Silent Night.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Later, as they ate and drank together, and sang regimental songs, their reunion would also become a memorial service to their dead: an act of remembrance. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He had a rich voice, and being from Alabama, he had a soft way of drawing out his vowels when he sang. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I was just remembering what he used to say as I got off the bus every afternoon when the man before me sang it out: “End of the line, Portman!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Every day Elya carried the little piglet up the mountain and sang to it as it drank from the stream. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z A whippoorwill sang out over and over again. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z When the singers returned to the chorus, he sang along with them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Suddenly the words of the song Daddy sang sometimes came back to her. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z We always sang hymns at the end of services, and I think Father Hughes visited us so frequently just to hear us sing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He sang of battles and marriages, of funerals and hangings, the whimperings of beaten enemies, of splendid hunts and harvests. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Once when she came to visit, Mom sang a song about how God lifts people from the garbage and cleans and dresses them. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He sang a little bit of the Spanish part. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z The Beatles sang in their English accents about the sun coming out after the winter. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Alumni draped arms over one another’s shoulders and sang fight songs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When he got to Hannah, he pointed his finger at her and sang: Pretty girl, with faraway eyes, Why do you look with such surprise? The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He loved when Nate sang shanties—the songs sailors crooned as they did their work. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Two cantors, one of whom was David’s sister, Shari Preston, stepped forward and sang. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama and Doc sang “Happy Birthday” to us and Doc cut one huge slice and put it on a plate between me and Jay. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It seemed as if the trees whispered the tunes of the songs he had sung. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It was a violet, and it chinkled and sang as he held it, making a noise similar to that produced by wetting a finger and rubbing it, gently, around a wineglass. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The second time that Pond sang, Nathan concentrated on the words. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The director, Emma Azalia Hackley, wanted to make sure that Marian would not be lost in the crowd, so she had her stand on a chair whenever she sang a solo. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z My bow stuttered across the strings; flew; landed; sung to my fingers; and thus, with a final thrust, a final parry, a final stab, I was done. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The old songs he played, and new ones he'd made himself, and he played and sang so well that when he was done, the lord offered to let him name his own reward. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One day they sang a song about her, again and again. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew it was coming, but Alex still winced as Nunu sang out her favorite line, just like she did every single solitary stupid night. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z In chorus today, we sang a song from My Fair Lady. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I sang and thought, What did little Michael Jackson know about love and loneliness? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I gathered this had to do with fufu, the food staple, not yet knowing Kikongo is a language that is not exactly spoken but sung. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At last he saw the first of the dawn, like light faintly perceived round a corner at the far end of an unknown burrow; and in the same moment a yellowhammer sang. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “We sang this morning about somebody calling our name. That song is about listening to the voice of the Lord, about being ready when we are called.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z His accent was slight—he'd lived in San Francisco since he was nine—but when he sang, he became unmistakably Irish. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The godswood there was a garden, bright and airy, where tall redwoods spread dappled shadows across tinkling streams, birds sang from hidden nests, and the air was spicy with the scent of flowers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As Joe sang, dogs sat on their haunches on the wooden sidewalks watching him idly, scratching their fleas in the rain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, Dad,” he sang, his voice like spilled syrup. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z To comfort them, Julie Andrews put them all into her clean bed, and sang them a clean song about a few of her favorite things. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll bet his mama sang him the same song she sang to Rocky. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They sang “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands,” as Marian Anderson, standing at the podium, wept. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Since black performers were not welcome at most of the country’s concert halls, he sang mainly at black churches and colleges. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Now every Saturday morning, we put on our latest album and sang along. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She sang with those inside the castle walls and those without, sang with all the city. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was as if, when I sang, Dad forgot for a moment that the world was a frightening place, that it would corrupt me, that I should be kept safe, sheltered, at home. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Uma nursed the baby, tucked him into their furs, and softly sang him to sleep as the fire began to die down. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaira sang, “I like your style/and the way you smile/just drives me wild.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z In the chase his blood sang and glowed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And for our part, we sang some pleasant songs and acted out some of the stories about Monkey, which we had done once for a guild banquet. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He sang with his whole body, phrasing each verse as naturally as he walked, his voice rising above all the others, blending with that of the lucid horn. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z So we sang and prayed until the news cameras left. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was in a lonely place, and so Sibanda sang to make himself feel braver. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z As the water struck the children, they sang one word over and over: “Freedom!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Sibanda sang these lines only once or twice when he heard a sound in the leaves above him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z She had told him stories, sung him songs, fed him bananas and corn bread and, on the first cold day of the year, hot nut soup. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When the two women got to the chorus, Hagar raised her head and sang too. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They sang their compliments, their abuse, and only Alice confined herself to a thin smile, a closed look, and did not join the comments with one of her own. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I knocked again, but she turned up the volume, and the Beatles sang about all the lonely people and wondered where they all came from. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “And the way Papa sang when he helped us get the tree up the stairs,” recalled Neeley. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She folded her legs beneath her, smiled, and sang, “That's what friends are for.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Whenever he saw a rowan-tree he halted a while with his arms stretched out, and sang, and swayed as he sang. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Yet, unlike the music itself, the echoes from the hills sang less of fear than of grief. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Em nodded, dropped her shoulders, forced a smile, and sang to the back wall. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “Come right in, please; we’ve been expecting you,” sang out two sweet voices in unison. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know white people sang songs like that.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Like the other slaves, she made up the words and the melody of most of the songs that she sang, never singing them exactly the same way. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no limit to his power when he played and sang. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A robin sat on a blossoming apple tree and sang continuously. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The Germans sang lustier and more voices came in until they killed the parody even as they had killed “Auld Lang Syne.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And the people sang in all the ways of the City. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Why why why, they sang, the mothers who staggered down our road behind small tightly wrapped corpses, mothers crazy-walking on their knees, with mouths open wide like a hole ripped in mosquito netting. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The young women of the 586th all sang together, as they’d done so many times before over the past four years. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Donna sang well at the recital; she looked good and she sounded good. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go in and out the windows,” she sang, and felt her hands taken as she danced. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “The creak of wood and the softness of moss and the rustle and whisper of green and green and green,” the Beast sang. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z We ran for hours, Chi-Boy and Miig taking turns carrying Minerva like a child on their backs while she wailed and sang and mewled in cycles. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z No matter how fast it was sung, “Sunshine” wanted to be happy but underneath felt blue. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Normally, the crickets and birds sang in the evening before the sun went down. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The motley conglomeration of joyful, tanked-up ruffians outside laughed until tears came; they continued to imitate animals; they sang songs and gestured obscenely at the livid dog. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I sang that my bologna had a first name. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Hello, Dad,” she sang, tickling beneath his chin as she circled him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A man sang that he would never forgive the ungrateful woman he once loved because she had abandoned him at what was supposed to be the happiest time of year. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z This is another reason that modes sounded very different from each other, although that particular difference may be missing today when chant is sung using equal temperament. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Next to an alto she sang alto, by a soprano, soprano. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Paqo gently revolved the arm in the other direction, and we sang our thanks to the gods for allowing us to help the boy. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I mean, my mom never actually said anything like that, but I could just feel it in the way she held me, in the way she sang. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z When Nathan led them to the chorus, they were in time and sang the exact words. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z First they cooked parsnips with sugar and spices and yeast and poured this into casks, where the fermenting mixture sang loud and sweet as it turned into wine. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And while I sat there and looked out on the still trees and dim lawn, to a sweet air was sung in mellow tones the following strain:— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I sang as Sir Savien, and I felt the audience begin to love and fear me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Sarah changed the words of the pig lullaby so that they rhymed, and every night she sang it to little Stanley. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Then Legolas laid his hands on his eyes and sang some words that went soft in the gloom, until he suffered himself to be led, and Legolas passed in. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Somewhere nearby a meadowlark and a redwing blackbird sang their bright, cheery songs. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z For those in the audience, Obama’s speech was an old tune sung by an exciting new performer. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Gran pursed her lips as Parliament sang “Give Up the Funk.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Light shined down all day on the potted trees and the birds sang to each other. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She threw her arms around his neck and sang with him. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Having sung his song he would say no more. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Polyphony is a word that refers to multiple independent lines of music sung at the same time. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Lightning sang and hissed around our shoulders, and the thunder bellowed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was seldom moved to make song or rhyme; even in Rivendell he had listened and had not sung himself, though his memory was stored with many things that others had made before him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The rest of the song came to me, and I sang it, quietly, almost whispering it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I sang the Rabanito song, about a purple radish flower standing tall and proud in the wind. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He played his woodharp and sang of the Imp's daring deeds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She sang along with grizzled old serving men and anxious young wives, with serving girls and soldiers, cooks and falconers, knights and knaves, squires and spit boys and nursing mothers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He sang of Odin, the all-father, who was sacrificed to himself as bravely and as nobly as others were sacrificed to him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Tab meant the Em who sang to the wall while her legs shook. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “Yes, indeed: and not only for her beauty, but for her accomplishments. She was one of the ladies who sang: a gentleman accompanied her on the piano. She and Mr. Rochester sang a duet.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z ‘And now to bed! And now to bed!’ sang Pippin in a high voice. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z On the car ride down, we sang along to the radio. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Beyond one door, a drunken tenant wailed and sang in the firm grip of either gladness or grief. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “And in truth, could we but—” “Horsewhip!” 03-01 sang out gaily, holding one aloft, and the company silenced itself. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then from his sack he took out a music pipe—a recorder, he called it—and began to play the same melody, after which he sang the verse again. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The sun peacefully sailed through the white clouds, birds sang from treetops, the trees danced to the quiet wind. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But at the time of Granny’s funeral, Miss Effie Belle had sung a different tune entirely. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We sang at the top of our lungs, and it kept our spirits high. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadows passed across his eyes in the mango grove during play, while his mother sang, during his father’s teachings, when with the learned men. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s not the song it sang when it Sorted us,” said Harry, clapping along with everyone else. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And we sang the whole song, from beginning to end, as quietly as if we were praying in church. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z And as she told and as she sang, Xan’s step grew slower and slower and slower. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z As his voice rose and fell, the other adults sang out and the puppies yipped and bounced. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z So all that day and all that night, I stayed by Jill and sang: “God restore thee, thou heavenly sheep, Hark to my music and heal in thy sleep.” Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z He half sang it, like the song lyric. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z A black weekly in Richmond, Virginia, sang Durham’s praises even more fervently: Go to Durham...you need the inspiration. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A scratchy Victrola was playing guitars and trumpets; a man sang sad Spanish words. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Garfield invited them into his parlor, where they sang several spirituals for his family and neighbors. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z So I sang the la-la-la part with Fern, making a nice wall around us, to keep that laughing Ankton girl on the outside. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to Stella that the walking went a whole lot faster as they sang. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t ever forget your history,” she sang, “or any wicked soul can lie to you and get away with it.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I sang through All the little duckies in my head. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Then the choir sang, and the preacher gave a rousing sermon. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She sang in the choir in a clear beautiful voice like an angel. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice cracked a little when he sang that his heart was closed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “I can just see you and Imogen, standing together. You were the tiniest girls in the ninth grade. You all sang carols, and the Caraway girl had the solo. Do you remember?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Where the sun shined all day long, and at night, crickets sang song after song. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “It was in poor taste, Chancellor, but I didn’t expect it to get around. I only sang it on one occasion, in fact.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z According to plan, the barbershop quartet of optometrists, “The Febs,” sang while people drank and Billy and Valencia put their arms around each other, just glowed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But the woman sang so tunefully as to turn the dreadful rubbish into an almost pleasant sound. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z And because we sang every day and Mr. Rice was a gifted teacher, we sang surprisingly well for children who had known little music in their lives. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “At the Villa Rossa. It was very edifying, baby. We all sang. Where have you been?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z And he had stooges or frightened kids like David Caroni who sang out their reports in the classroom as Leon basked in the totals. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I no longer remember exactly what he sang. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Not only did we listen to them, we sang with them, imitated them, and rolled back the rugs and danced to them. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z She sang just as beautifully as she had at her audition, with that same twist of nakedness and power. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z But little did we know, as we ate and sang and the older men told stories about the fire, that our good fortune would soon bring trouble to Ghalas-at. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Her laughter sang out like music trailing in the wind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Francie sang Mr. Morton’s words to the song in her mind. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The meadowlarks sang like water, and the wild doves, concealed among the bursting leaves of the oaks, made a sound of restrained grieving. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Although dubious and afraid, Shin listened and sang with Park, but quietly. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Marian, tall, slim, and elegant, with her assured stage presence, sang ten songs in German, an aria in Italian, and several spirituals in English. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z They sang without instrumental accompaniment—or, more accurately in their case, without any interference. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He always sang it coming up the stairs so that everyone would know he was home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I sang the song I had heard so many times before at my grandfather’s church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “She was the one who sang my harmony last night. She had a lovely voice and I was hoping to find her so we could do a little singing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As he approached the cave, he sang the song which she had taught him: There is a rock here and the cave is dark. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I doubt Khalil cares what songs are sung or what the preacher says about him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The third time Pond sang, Nathan hummed the melody and picked up more words here and there. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z People sang on the deck of the barge. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Bob Dylan sang about a hard rain that was going to fall, and Shadow wondered if that rain had fallen yet, or if it was something that was still going to happen. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z All night the townsfolk danced and sang around the burning fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Lolo sang along to the radio as he drove. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Special for you. Watch I don’t pinch, though,” she sang. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I pick out a purple faja for around the waist, in honor of the rabanito flowers standing tall in the song I sang for fresh rolls as a little girl. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I sang with my fingers crossed but still I felt like a traitor. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In this technique, each phrase is sung by the teacher and then immediately echoed back by the students. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The birds sang only gray songs and the road wound back and forth in an endless series of climbing curves. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s okay. Mom can’t believe I sang. She wants me to take voice lessons this fall.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z If the children are not ready to sing the song with a sung vocal ostinato, begin by chanting the song as a speech piece and adding one or more speech ostinato patterns. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Each time, the Nazi flag was raised in front of Haus West at the end of the race, and each time the crowd sang “Deutschland iiber alles” a little more loudly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The song that fisherwomen sang to the sad young bride as they braided her hair and prepared her for her wedding to a man she didn’t love. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She stepped over spongy leaves and moss, into the woods where the sparrows sang nesting songs in delicate relays. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Because he was hungry, the first words that came into his mind were about food, and so he sang: I must have food. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He sang what the people wanted, ‘Sweet Adeline’ and ‘Down by the Old Mill Stream.’ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "It was a good song, and they sang it bravely." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She held Coyotito in her arms and sang the song to him, to keep the evil out, and her voice was brave against the threat of the dark music. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z They sang softly, in case it might bother their grandmother, sitting alone downstairs at the empty kitchen table. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s where we administered the sodium pentothal. Commonly known as truth serum. You sang like a bird.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I altered my voice and sang the man’s part: Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I smiled, strummed my imaginary guitar, and sang, “I’ll be a fool for Christ, not just once, but twice.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd, frozen in place, their thousands of arms outstretched, sang along lustily. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Old MacDonald Had a Farm,” “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” “The Itsy-Bitsy Spider”— all sung by children who could not sing, the type of music grown-ups think is all kinds of cute, but it’s awful! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The tune that Hamilton sang, called “General Wolfe’s Song,” was supposedly written by the great British general on the eve of his glorious death on the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec in 1759. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Yes, madam. The robin was perky today. He sang quite a trill against one of the blackbirds who was greedy.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing a little apart from the choir, Ivy sang the dark sweetness that Pauline could not name; she sang the death-defying death that Pauline yearned for; she sang of the Stranger who knew . The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart sang and my feet were light as I went about my work, getting up at sunrise and going to sleep content. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Nathan sang the words a little louder and the ice became thicker. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She sang, “I got it, I got it, I got it, OW!” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z When they set off again, they sang a song about marching to Pretoria and pretty Peggy-o running down the stairs, letting down her golden hair. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z In a moment the great portal swung open, and, as it closed behind him, a gentle voice sang out: “Right this way; I’m in the parlor.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z They carried her up and down the stairs, sang her songs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They sang softly, though, so that their music would contribute to the quiet, not destroy it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z You were shivering and coughing, but you started stringing beads while we sang out, “Bead necklaces, pretty bead necklaces!” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I think I sang most of the program with my eyes squinted. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She sang about the wolves, her house, and the little feather flower on her table; and when she had no more to say, she crawled to her door and looked out. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But Nelson has gone somewhere and his mama dead; I wonder where and I can’t remember the song we sang to the chickens. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw the simulated spacecraft and sleepily sang, “The itsy-bitsy spider dropped on the yellow moon.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I went to a British school and every morning we sang “God Save the King.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The great sword swung a glittering arc, the flashing blade sang above Gwydion’s head. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Same as mine but probably sung like a real boy, with friends. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The songs “This Old Man,” “Skip to My Lou,” “Shoo Fly,” “Bow Belinda,” and “Sandy Land,” for example, are all able to be sung simultaneously. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z She also sang when she was sad, and I had those memories too. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z That was what she sang as she sauntered through the woods, and her voice hardly trembled at all. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He told her he thought she was lovely, she sang like a bird, and someday he would kill her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z All around us the noise level rises and falls, punctuated by choruses of alohas sung out by greeters and families alike. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Birds sang in the bare trees and children played out of doors barefoot and naked to the waist. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Home sweet home,” Mom sang off-key as the Toyota chugged into the driveway. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z We carried poster board signs, sang “Oh Freedom” at the top of our lungs, and enthusiastically clapped our hands. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We sang as we walked, all of us, singing a hundred different songs, and the Nazis let us sing. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Kapugen’s voice was resonant and warm and seemed to come from the seashore at Nunivak where the birds sang and the sea was framed with the fur of his parka. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Nana was playing show tunes on a weathered piano while a pair of older men—one a gravelly baritone and the other a timeless tenor—sang along. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z My quiet, unassuming father, whose voice could hardly be heard in church, stood there in his oilskins, his rubber-gloved hands on his tongs, and sang to the oysters. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She sang along: “The corn is as high as an el-e-phant’s eyyye ...” She did not insist on folding all her clothes, but used the closet too. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice was hoarse and deep, and the sound of it sang in her blood. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She sang when she was in the fields or working in the nearby woods. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy was alive again, whispering in the next room, and the ghostly bird sang once more. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She sang the Miss Teen Dream theme song as she worked. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z My palms start to sweat thinking about the one last year, where I played the piano and then sang my first solo. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “My whole family loved him. We all loved music, too. My brother and sister and mother sang really well. My dad just sang really loud, loud and happy, though always out of tune.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The fruity voice said that their beloved country was being encircled by a horde of filthy Other-neater*—at which the wireless chorus sang: When Other blood spurts from the knife, Then everything is fine. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Sticky and giddy from their successful trip, they sang made-up Junior Patrol songs, complete with arm motions, all the way back to the boat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She sang the first two lines over and over to the complete tune. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Very soon the moon shone and the nightingale sang over two horses and two human children, all fast asleep. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z We clasped hands in a circle and sang “Auld Lang Syne.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I sang for her the parts of songs I had memorized that day. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Ancient Greek, but just as old—Minoan, maybe, or something like that I could understand what she sang about—moonlight in the olive groves, the colors of the sunrise. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Mary Anne sang with false joy, “What a perfect description of me. Yes. That’s how a dictionary would define me.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They lived their lives, sang their songs, and died under the changing moon. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The other animals sitting round her took it up, and they sang it three times over—very tunefully, but slowly and mournfully, in a way they had never sung it before. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Meanwhile the harper in the great room sang a song. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When they had sung this altogether after him, he clapped them each on the shoulder with a laugh, and taking candles led them back to their bedroom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I would have liked to hear what Amari sounded like when he sang. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “You can be bloody glad you sang today,” he said. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A song she sang, ‘Night comes, and colors fade away; sky fades, for blue can never stay Startled by the familiar lullaby, Kira murmured the words with him. “ Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And the longer and more beautiful the Lion sang, the harder Uncle Andrew tried to make himself believe that he could hear nothing but roaring. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Then she accompanied Miss Goodacre, who sang “Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes” in what I considered to be a completely indifferent voice, all the while emoting heavily in Harry’s direction. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She had a really pretty voice, and she sang about hanging on when you felt sad or alone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z At night I sang to them glorious songs that came out of the sky and into my head. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Naka sat up and together they sang the song of the wolves. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And they all sang together, led by Colonel CuDy at the top of hia voice, ail belling triumphantly hi the terrible moonlight. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As time dragged on, she sang to pass the hours. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We joined in and sang as if we were having one of life’s most glorious moments. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Then spinning as they ever did, twirling the distaff and twisting the thread of destiny, they sang, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I whistled and sang, forgetting that my brothers had to take a bath too. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you tell me Dale sang? When you were first engaged, Lee, I remember you said how beautiful his voice was.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she, too, sang, All along this Christian journey, I want Jesus to walk with me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Dill sang along with the music as they entered the city limits of Murfreesboro, with its strip malls and chain restaurants. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z This round, which is about the arrival of summer, actually has two “melodic ostinati,” which are known as “grounds,” at the end, which can be sung along with the melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z She said that he once dressed himself in a suit and tie, got down on one knee, and sang “Three Times a Lady” to her. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Crickets sang in the grass at their feet; cicadas buzzed in the trees overhead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "And she never sung you the song o' the winter rose?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then we sang the hymn that goes All God’s gifts around us are sent from heaven above, so thank the Lord, thank the Lord, for a-a-all his love. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z In the black alleys, under the torches, the children sang: “—and when she got there, the cupboard was bare, And so her poor dog had none!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z But whenever my father sang, all the birds in the area would fall silent and listen. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They sang the whole song through until Dicey spoke the last line. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We rose again and sang the song, after which we recited the pledge of allegiance. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The young man waved back and sang out with a smile, “My gorge fills with hate for you, you ancient, decayed sack of manure!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She sang with us children, and, of course, she made sure we did our homework. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Together my parents sang what they had written, then let me rest. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a well-worn tune, one that she had sung before without much consideration. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The music had a frantic, tribal rhythm; a chorus of falsettos sang insinuatingly about loving all night long. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Except when he sang that stupid dolphin song at me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I have not sung “The Hanging Tree” out loud for ten years, because it’s forbidden, but I remember every word. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He whistled and sang while we cleaned offices. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z These were the hours in which she sang a little; breathed however she wanted; and simply kept quiet — more important now than ever, as she had a hunch she might be pregnant. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In the darkness he sang of his leadership, but, too weak to run, turned wearily back to the tent. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z This bird, which usually sang in the morning, became mute, and as this surprised him, he went up to the cage and looked inside. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The bard sang “Iron Lances,” then “The Winter Maid.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I told her about my iPod and how I sang for Joey the last time I ever saw him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Miss Peregrine sang out, and no sooner had she said it than another concussion jolted the house, throwing a framed picture off the wall behind me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z There where the lonely wind of the llano sang to the lovers’ feat of your birth, there in those hills is your innocence. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She helps the mother keep the promise she made in the peekaboo song she once sang to her son. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z My Maxim laughed and sang, threw stones into the water, took my hand, wore no frown between his eyes, carried no burden on his shoulder. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I sang with them, and for a moment everything was wonderful. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There is also often a mood associated with a raga, such as a time of day the song should be sung, or a season of the year like monsoon season, hot season, or winter. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Then she sang backup while he sang hits from all his albums, but he had her stand right beside him. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She sang about social issues like the environment and criticized beauty standards! The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Louder and louder I sang, and when my sisters shook the fogginess from their own minds, they sat up and joined me in the chorus of Mamá’s lullaby. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Now this is something,” he said to her, holding fast to the tiller as it fairly sang with speed-vibration. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “It will be sung,” he whispered, then paused again to get wind. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I will not repeat it here, as she sang it to me, not to you. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A man was pushing a load of tarts by on a two-wheeled cart; the smells sang of blueberries and lemons and apricots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But we sang our songs and brought them to the streets and into the classrooms—classrooms we built on our own lands and filled with our own words and books. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Oh boy, I’m happy; yes, sir, I’m happy,” he sang, off key. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He sang like the Holy Spirit had descended on him with a cleansing fire. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Dreams are better,” Esther sang, her voice breaking on a high note. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat, unmoving, while she sung, and then, without excusing himself, 13-04 rose and rushed above-stairs, and sought her out along the corridors. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They drank to the death of Bull Meecham and they sang. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And they sang: “Oh, Lord, Lord, I want to be ready, I want to be ready. I want to be ready to walk in Jerusalem just like John.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Cradle mentioned an officer friend who had just returned from a package tour to the Virginia attraction and sang its praises. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Crickets sang all about us, as they had in the glade beside Champlain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Such songs are not sung anymore in public, especially the ones that use words likefree. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Armpit: “I’m gonna take you someplace you never been before ...” They sang the last line together. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Even the women at prayer meeting who cried when he sang “In the Sweet By-and-By” never tried to get him to participate in the church activities. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They argued, they laughed, they sang, they argued again, and they knitted. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It sang to me the night my brothers came home from the war, and in my dreams I sometimes saw it guiding their footsteps as they stumbled through the dark streets of their distant cities. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was very peaceful and quiet: a chickadee sang his poignant little piece for them, and the inevitable whisky-jack arrived on soundless wings to pick up cooky crumbs from within a few feet. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It worked by making impressions on the paper, which had been blackened by an oil lamp, using a stylus that vibrated when someone sang or spoke into a large barrel-shaped horn. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He put a hand in his pocket, turned away from her and sang. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Beverly was silent, listening, while the janitor and the yellow bird sang to each other. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Did they murder each other more gently because in the woods sweet songbirds sang? Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The women who were older and more experienced not only clapped several times before they caught their pestles but also made elaborate “thank you” gestures, all in harmony with the songs they sang. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z We danced around the kitchen and sang along with the songs on the playlist while we waited for Dad to come back from the store. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Hrothgar himself did not boast, but his poets sang his praises all over the land of the Danes, and men came flocking to join his army. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z But ever since the night I sang on the roof with Zohra, words to my own song—fragments and phrases—have been dancing through the back of my mind. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Lucky break—the Beach Boys were singing “California Girls,” and we sang along with them because, after all, we were California girls. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “We are Young Pioneers, successors to Communism. Our red scarves flutter on our chests,” we sang over and over, trying to get the timing right. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I sang a few more notes, giddy with anticipation, until I came upon a smudged symbol which I did not recognize. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Malcolm wandered about the grass, looking at the little trees with glowing blossoms and listening to the birds that flew and sang in the branches as prettily as nightingales. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “That will do,” said he, when it was finished, thinking aloud—“you have sung quite enough for one evening—now be quiet.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Jasper sang, “Jump up, the redeemer said! Jump up, jump up if you want to see His face!” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Her voice cracked when she sang “No, not I!” because it was on a note too high for her. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The radio was no good tonight—somebody sang popular songs that all ended in the same way. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z We sang a hymn and ended the services holding hands and saying the Twenty-third Psalm. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The kinglets, who were just back from the south, sang their vespers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Jamie nuzzled himself further into the corner of the bus seat and sang, “Twenty-four dollars and forty-three cents.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z How her lips moved almost imperceptibly as she unconsciously sang along with the music. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I stood in the middle of the children and sang the words. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “Beat me, then, beat me,” she sang again and again. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain sang its gentle song against his wide windows, and outside, the lights of Brooklyn made a blurry haze in the night. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z But when she sang or told stories, her lips were rolled out, big and warm and soft. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The cab driver sang loud and free, clapping his hands and rocking his head back and forth. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The smile drew them closer still, and I sang. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “My grandfather swore in his first language. It drove my grandmother crazy, because she didn’t speak it. But she sang in Italian when she cooked, so...” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Dennis was a deacon and he sang in the church choir. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yup. I mean, I sang for the team today and everything.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “We shot air rifles. We had campfires and large bonfires and sang patriotic songs. As we got older, we learned to read maps.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z As I trotted along, I whistled and sang. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z After Stanchion introduced her, she sang an aria in a voice so clear and pure that I forgot my anxiety for a while and was ensnared by her song. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Miyax found the names so nice that, as she took her cooking pot from the fire to offer her guests hot ptarmigan, she hummed and sang. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When the chorus came on again, we sang along. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The congregation sang along with the choir for an eye-rolling half hour. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It also sang, without pausing for a moment between the songs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When she sang for composer Jean Sibelius at his home in Finland, he threw his arms around her, said “My ceiling is much too low for your voice,” and called for champagne. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Every time the youngest one sang, “Can you remember?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z They kept their voices down, just in case, but they sang eagerly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I sang that tree’s glory, its solid, unhurried purity, its slow beauty. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Then from down the hall I could hear Mary singing, her voice clear and untroubled, though she sang a troubled song. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Each box represents a group of songs that can be sung in pairs as partner songs, or even layered as three or more songs. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z She also had a crush on a tall, very handsome and popular Nisei boy who sometimes sang and danced in the talent shows. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She sang to the spirit of Amaroq in her best English: The seals are scarce and the whales are almost gone. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the words were out of his mouth, an arrow sang past Doli’s head. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Paul McCartney was mindful of the advice when he sang, “So may I introduce to you, the act you’ve known for all these years: Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band!” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In heterophony, there is only one melody, but different variations of it are being sung or played at the same time. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z A brightly colored finch landed on the windowsill and sang so sweetly, Luna thought her heart would break. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She sang of flowers and gardens and sweet, sweet nectar oozing from every petal and leaf. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “He is singing me the songs his mother sang.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Speaking the words without the least bit of a tune, he sang for the lady. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And I sang them silently in my head during lunch while the band goofed around. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Forgotten names sang through my head like forgotten scenes in dreams. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She handed him to Hassan and he handed him to me and I sang the prayer of Ayat-ul-kursi in that little boy’s ear. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Under a large tree not far away, he practiced the song which the boy sang. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z She sang: Bright star, still star, Lead me to the sea... Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I hugged the pack and sang songs to Halinka in the darkness. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Birds sang from the branches of the fruit trees growing near the curb. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He recognized the song that sprang forth - the same wistful melody Calypso sang for him on Ogygia about homesickness and longing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Matt discovered he could re-create the songs Celia sang to him, using one finger. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Never sang a song to me, or held my hand. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When the whistle blew dismissal, she ran out of the factory, reached the corner before Hildy did and sang out, “Hello, Johnny Nolan.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey told her how Maybeth had talked to Stewart and sung with him. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt embarrassed to sing in front of him now, so I just sort of mumbled along, but then Dad joined in and we sang softly together until Teddy fell asleep. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I sang like Fern, “Lucy, Lucy goosey,” in time with the record playing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z When she held a well child on her lap and rocked back and forth, she sang. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled at his chain and sang louder. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She sang to herself until she spotted him. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z In my mind I invented snmyhymns, as I call them, my own perverse hymns that can be sung equally well forward or backward: Evil, all its sin is still alive! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When she sang this time, he nearly flinched, so fierce was her high, clear voice, so glittering her eyes; but he sat without moving, and let the spell go on. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mother sang a song to keep me calm, “Look for the Silver Lining.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z This raga is meant to be sung in the evening, and has a mood of devotion. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z And for a few bars the pure sweet tone of the horn and the old man's husky baritone sang a duet in the hot heavy silence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was pleasant to think that men still sang, even in the midst of butchery and famine. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The beams may connect notes that are all in the same beat, or, in some vocal music, they may connect notes that are sung on the same text syllable. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z That song Vetch sang aloud now as he held the boat westward, going before the cold wind of the winter night that blew at their backs from the vastness of the Open Sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “I sang naturally, as free as a bird,” she said. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The poet Carl Sandburg had sung its praises just two years before: “Hog Butcher for the World, / Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat..../ Stormy, husky, brawling, / City of the Big Shoulders.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z If she had known about soft sweet songs, she might have sung to him. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Another, Marilyn Hall, earned some college money at an audition in which she sang “Lot’s Wife,” a challenging, highly emotive song from Tony Kushner’s Caroline, or Change. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z As Prince sang about controversy, Moss began to pull out shirts and flannels. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z His shoulder sang, and he bit back a yelp as the door flew open. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Then she sang: “Faith and hope and charity...” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I sang it over and over and the stars came out — “Do not forsake me, my sister, my sheep, Slumber ye gently and heal in thy sleep.” Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z And just as she sang this, the Master Archer pointed his magic arrows and shot down nine suns which burst open with blood. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When all the steaks were gone, they sat and sang and talked and told stories. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z But he did not sing the words he had sung when Ma was making cheese. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They sang at the top of their lungs, and swayed back and forth and cried and moaned and beat on tambourines and chanted. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z So, he sang the protection song, which he hadn’t been able to fully learn. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He hummed the tune first and then sang the words. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Then, when the time for songs came and everyone had sung their favorites and still wanted more, Kote led them from behind the bar, clapping to keep a beat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Remembered notes filled his head, and for a moment he could almost hear Tysha as she'd sung to him half a lifetime ago. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z After that, Lizzie always sang the hymns she knew, and Turner cut down on the high churchy tunes to accommodate her. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z His voice was a mellow tenor and he closed his eyes as he sang. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z To put him to sleep, she sings him the Bengali songs her mother had sung to her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Summoning up her courage, Shanti sang an Eastern-influenced riff and broke into a rap about living on an island, eating grubs, rescuing pirates, and eating weird berries. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z "Oh—the angel sang it to me," I say nonchalantly. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Who wants to see the new addition?” she sang out, pouring herself some chardonnay before marching a troupe of relatives up the stairs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He sang the Change song and turned the water to ice. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Walking home, the noisy women shook their old heads and sang a folk song that made them laugh uproariously: Marry a rooster, follow a rooster. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The crowd sang “God Bless America” and the military band played. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Vonetta and Fern traded off between the high Michael parts while I sang the lower background parts. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z But what she brought back was familiar, the dried fish even saltier, and she sang, with an amused expression, the song the women sang at the center. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Very softly, she half sang, half hummed a song that her grandmother used to sing to her when she was a little girl. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z After I finished speaking, the group sang a hymn to end the session. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Presently a voice blent with the rich tones of the instrument; it was a lady who sang, and very sweet her notes were. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Even the minstrels who came in the back yards and sang were sad, too. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Far below, like the blood of the earth, From the center of nowhere rushing forth,” he sang under his breath. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z This time as I sang it I looked out into the audience, hoping at the end I would hear a voice answering my own. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The funeral director’s wife played some songs on the organ and then Angela sang her heart out; there were real tears running down her face. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A lock of banshee hair that sang them to sleep whenever the moon was full. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He drove downtown in the old Franklin his father had left behind and parked on Washington Street, where he sat on the hood and played his banjo and sang, hoping for spare change. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As we talked and sang Great-great-aunt Florentine to heaven, a little bit of heaven opened up and came down to us. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Miss Lulu started to play, and I opened my mouth and sang. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The wharf began to sing the same song, and then the honeymooners’ headboard sang, too. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She went on to say that she wanted all her children to absorb the meaning of the words they sang, not just mouth them, like silly-billy parrots. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z When Francie held it to her ear, it sang of the great sea. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Marian sang an English song, again all the way through. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Baby Kochamma sang with him, her thin, quavering voice thickened with peanut paste. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We all played the dart game, and we laughed and sang “I’ll Sex You In.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see that Mother's plan was working because I started to get excited when I heard the songs that were on Hit Parade and the singers that sang them. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Nathan started to hum the melody for the Change song and then sang a few words, but the ice did not respond at all when Nathan instructed the water to melt. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z At the time of the vote, with the city’s pride at stake, all Chicago had sung with one voice. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Father sang the song in such a mournful voice that he always made me laugh. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I sang it again and again, and every time Grandma would allow me to crank her Victrola, that's what I would play. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He sang like a river of fire flowed in him, like music was the only beautiful thing he owned. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z When the day finally came, he drove us to the airport, the radio tuned to the American radio station, where Brenda Lee sang her regrets. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z But when she finally spoke, they were warm and soft as when she sang. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “This will be burned, by the tree where the witches dance—” she sang and swiftly put the evil load into the sack. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He increased the volume and they sang along; there was an exuberance to the song, its rhythmic joyfulness, so free of artifice, that filled the air with lightness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He didn’t remember too much about his father, only the way he had heard his father sing sometimes when he came home and sang to his mother. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The only fountainhead which had once been near and which had once sung loudly within him, now murmured softly in the distance. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z He carried him back and forth across the room and cried tears of joy as he sang for him. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “Out of the way, out of the way!” sang Mrs. Weasley, coming through the gate with what appeared to be a giant, beach-ball-sized Snitch floating in front of her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Part of it was the discoveries—who would have believed that my father sang while tonging? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And so she barked with foxes and sang with birds and hissed with snakes. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Today I'm in a park kind of mood,” she sang behind the closed door. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z His family belonged to a Baptist church, and he sang in its choir and believed in the doctrines. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The elder’s wife sang in the choir and I fell in love with her as only a twelve-year-old can worship a distant and unattainable woman. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It may well be imagined what emotions passed through my breast when I saw Dr. Trefusis’s goal: the comely girl who sang such exquisite arias. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Then Harry sang “Beautiful Dreamer” while Miss Goodacre made googly eyes at him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z When Brenda and the Tabulations sang “Dry Your Eyes,” my sisters and I imagined they sang about a mother who had to leave her children. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “We ate the crackers we’d left there. But after a while the candles burned down and went out. It was so dark. And cold. We told each other stories, we sang songs...” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z They swayed as they sang, and Olanna imagined that the mango and gmelina trees swayed too, in agreement, in one fluid arc. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A young man burst out from the side of a stage and told the crowd, “And now the Moon Lady will come and tell her sad tale to you, in a shadow play, classically sung.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Off to the east was a football game, and from the same direction came the feeble sound of a hymn being sung in unison, then fading. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But Joseph didn’t sing—maybe because he never sang, or maybe because he didn’t know the songs. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z That night, he laid out a feast for them, and they danced and sang until dawn. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I said every prayer Amma had sung that I could remember. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z There was even a song people in the book sang, and soon everyone all over the messed-up, invaded, and cannibalized planet began to hear the song constantly in their heads. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z In the spring, the little flowers came out obethently in the meads, and the dew sparkled, and the birds sang. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Some students were snickering and pointing at me as they sang the word “black,” but I didn’t care. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She sang to every person in the room. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z And I remembered the song he had sung. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z They cradled her head and sang lullabies to their lost children through her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Hamlet held out his arms to me and sang, “Come to me, my Rosalind, I am a hart that lacks a hind,” but I drew away. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Most were songs for one voice—though perhaps in their native land, they would have been sung by many. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z On the drive out, Dante and his dad sang along with the Beatles—not that either of them had good singing voices. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Finally, the Dawn Songs were sung, and then one more song for all those songs that had gone before. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the owl cried; it sang to the million stars that dotted the dark-blue sky, the Virgin’s gown. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z To keep our morale up, we sang with discordant enthusiasm. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Nathan ran over and sang the first words of the lullaby. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Descants can have text, but are also sung on neutral syllables such as oh, or ah. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z As soon as Nathan sang the first chorus, the ice block melted into a wide pool. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The cool air calmed my heated heart Butterflies darted among the daisies and teasing birds sang from their hidden nests. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She smiled and sang little bits of songs all the day. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A song of victory they sang with clear voices; and then they fell silent, wondering what would chance, for their eyes were on the trees and they feared them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Just set everything on the big table outside, girls, and thank you kindly,” Stella’s mother sang out. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We sang along, even though we didn't know what some of the words meant. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z On the first and last repetition, the melody is played or sung, and soloists improvise during the other repetitions. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z As they sang, they clapped their hands, and John saw that Sister McCandless looked about her for a tambourine. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It sang “Money Musk,” and “The Red Heifer,” “The Devil’s Dream,” and “Arkansas Traveler.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She sang and talked to herself, playing and pretending while she ate, and I couldn’t tell how much she understood about what had just happened. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They sang in True Tongue, so Bran could not understand the words, but their voices were as pure as winter air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The birds sang, the proles sang, the Party did not sing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z On the walk back to Ida Nee’s, Louisiana sang “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” twice in a row. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z His heart sang every time he heard news of her. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “I’m hungry, Mister White Man. I’m dying for a quarter,” Shorty sang, drooling, drawling, humming his words. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z While we walked, she quietly sang a song she used to sing to me when I was a kid. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It was the only time she sang aloud at home. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “The Spirit will move in them the way it moved in our congregation when you sang and played. And when I get out, our congregation will have grown tenfold.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She recited poems to herself and sang softly all the songs she’d learned at school and all the songs Daddy sang. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z We make our way through the underside of the tables, with ballads and drinking songs sung above us, screams and whispers in the air, and the soft footfalls of dancers echoing around us like rain. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We sang “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing,” and the music made my feelings about Miss Brown thaw. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The room sang, its air electric with the ringing; surely someone would hear and come help. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's worth a king's ransom, this bottle. It cost me two large blue-white diamonds, a mechanical bluebird which sang, and a dragon's scale." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z We played silly games, sang nonsense rhymes—and pretended that, at least for those few hours, there was no Taliban. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When they sang, it always seemed to warm everyone up. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But the child who screamed at that moment in the churchyard had cursed, and sung, and been silenced forever before God gave him a sign. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Besides, he frequently went to Wednesday-night prayer meetings and sang with the sweetest hill voice imaginable “In the Sweet By-and-By.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They were a social activity in which young people sang songs while clapping, incorporating drama, and some swinging movements. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I headed inside as a deep male voice sang another sad song. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z It was a lullaby my mother had sung to me when I was a child, but it sounded like it was being sung by a choir. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z As they sang, the ground in the clearing began to undulate. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z For the rest of Marian Anderson’s life, wherever she traveled and sang, people would come backstage after a performance and say, “You know, I was at that Easter concert.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z At night she crooned soft songs similar to the ones Amari’s mother had once sang to her as a child. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z They knocked together, and a bird sang nearby. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He has sung whole love songs to the cynical crowds, told tall stories of courage and honor, doing all this without any mythic display, without savvy, almost embarrassing the urban throng. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z You will stand there and think, I am in the center of the universe, where everything is sung to life. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have a bold tongue in the king’s solar, boy. In the yard you sang a different song.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And her mother had said, “Ha! Your father is so far off in left field that he wouldn’t recognize love if it stood up in his soup and sang.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z We were lying on our backs side by side as we sang, and made our arms and hands dance in sync above our heads. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I sang them to Arthur as we swung back and forth, going as high as we could. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Skylarks sang in the fields around them, but every night the air raid sirens wailed in the darkness as the Luftwaffe planes tried to bomb the nearby city. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Nanny half sung, half sobbed a running chantprayer over the head of the weeping girl. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The singer, I thought, sounded like me talking, yet everyone said, “Oh, beautiful. Beautiful,” when she sang high. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My voice went up and sang in the sky. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “On, on, green and white,” the cheerleaders sang weakly, one looking at the other. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Across the country, people built bonfires, organized parades, fired guns, shot cannons, and sang patriotic songs. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Michael and Sasha were both obsessed with the song and sang it at every opportunity. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Lift Him Up”—one of my very favorite hymns that we always sang at Granddaddy’s church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z That was wrong, because my stepdad sometimes sang in the shower, and the acoustics didn’t stop him from sounding like a dying coyote. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Queenie always sang her daddy’s African words, but you knew by the wailing and moaning that they meant death. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I began to sing to the questions, and they sang back not answers, but more questions. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They sang as they worked, sometimes in harmony, sometimes all singing melody. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow I was Buckeye the Rabbit . . . or had been, when as children we danced and sang barefoot in the dusty streets: Buckeye the Rabbit Shake it, shake it Buckeye the Rabbit Break it, break it . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman sang that the man she loved had betrayed her, so she would spend the holidays dreaming of what might have been. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He would make them up as he worked, and he sang them beautifully. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, preoccupied with her work, she sang the refrain very low, very lingeringly; “A long time ago” came out like the saddest cadence of a funeral hymn. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She laughed as she told him about the motherless baby who still clung to life, about the young girl that Inatimi was falling in love with, about the women who sang in the evenings. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z "Under the sea, smoke rises in bubbles, and flames bum green and' blue and black," Patchface sang somewhere. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But I was happy to get a glimpse of the oldest one and wished he sang the love song. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Maybeth sang the song about the man who sang for his dead friends. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She sang to the ancestors and to the other slaves. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z When Papa Andrew translated her compliment into Krio for us, we all giggled because we thought that we had sung in English. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He sang softly under his breath, “There’s a rose that grows in no man’s land and ’tis wonderful to see—” On Friday Cal brooded the whole day long. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There were tears streaming down his cheeks as he sang, louder and louder: Glory to God and Jesus, too, One more soul got safe. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Alleluiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!” they sang, releasing the “a” only when those around them began to stare. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Together, he and Baba sang their way across the moonlit waterway. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He also was a good singer and sang in the Metropolitan Baptist Church choir in Harlem. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z People yelled and sang and pounded their fists on the sides of the van as the vehicle crawled out of the courthouse exit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she sang a second song while accompanying herself on a half-harp. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It is an unlucky time for travelers and for the sick; children are not given their true name during the Fallows, and no Deeds are sung, nor swords nor edge-tools sharpened, nor oaths sworn. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “She was perhaps fourteen when she sang them for me,” he said, his voice unsteady. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He quickly and quietly sang the requested number a capella. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Mr. Howard,” he sang out, “that horse can win the Santa Anita!” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the owl sang its dark questioning to the night, and I slept. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The harp sighed, the old man sang, as sweet-voiced as a child. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Moss acted as if we sang together daily. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z She sang quietly to herself as she cooked, in a voice like a thousand old women all singing at the tops of their voices at once. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Anita Baker’s soothing voice filled the car, and my mom and I sang the lyrics together. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z In the overwhelming stillness, between our echoless footsteps, the pulse sang thin and fast in my ears. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The incredible thing is that, for the first few hundred years of the first millennium ad, before a universal notation system emerged, all of the chant that monks and nuns sang was memorised. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They sang at the top of their lungs, “I’m Going Back to Indiana” even though we were in the heart of Alabama. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z After a few words—mainly a repetition of what the principal said —from several of the senior teachers, a hymn was sung and a prayer said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Jimmy King had translated the “Marine Corps Hymn” into Navajo and we all sang it together. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve danced onstage. I sang onstage. It totally changed me. There’s more parts of me than I realized before.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong!” he sang out, knocking the boots around. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Luther accordingly had collected numerous popular contemporary folk tunes, given them holy words, and encouraged these hymns, or chorales, to be sung in Lutheran churches. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I sat on his lap and sang songs with him, but Luke—who really had no memory of him—would not join in. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z We sang along, pointing as she did with our sharpened pencils, rubber end out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Through her tears, she sang a sad song, about how a girl who lived in a cave was captured by a wicked cannibal. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Nathan sang the Change song again and instead of thinking of water solidifying, he thought of it liquefying and transforming into mist. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z When an airwoman for the 587th gave a concert for her companions, her comrades made her a white silk dress out of parachute fabric to wear while she sang. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He never sang them, just wrote them down diligently as if he had been assigned to or something. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z As he drifted into sleep, Stanley softly sang him the song that had been in his family for generations. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z So I always sang, not that there’s any proof of it. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Marian’s aunt Mary sang in the senior choir. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “Didn’t seem like it to me,” I sang back. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z A few verses of “Auld Lang Syne” were sung and some had imbibed enough brandy that much of the event will be “never brought to mind.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Once more around the floor, then the vocalist sang the chorus again, this time varying it slightly in honor of the soldiers present. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I sang, clutching the microphone so hard, my hand hurt. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Ugwu took the sheets of paper from Mr. Richard and, as he turned to make Baby’s dinner, he sang under his breath. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When we sang those songs, we believed them, we internalized them, and we were ready to act on them. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Dad had a fine baritone, with strength and timbre and range, and despite being tanked, he sang that hymn like the roof-raiser it is. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Our song was easier and snappier to “Happy Birthday” song we sang at parties and in school. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z ‘Ah, then I think it is likely that Gimli’s eyes do not deceive him. Strange songs have been sung of the draughts of Fangorn.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “A monster, a maiden, a sylph of the ice. You kissed me, whispered stories in my ear. You sang to me and held me as I slept. Your laugh chased me into waking.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She sang it to her Plane Geometry class. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Apparently they sang an ironic twist on traditional human comedy song “One-Eyed, One-Horned, Flying Purple People Eater.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As they entered the room, Matthias skipped about and sang his ditty. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They were somewhere near Conover when she turned up the music and sang loudly, then looked to see if Toby was laughing, a dash of embarrassment in her eyes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The crowd clapped along with the singers, laughed at the comedians, and sang folk songs and songs of the movement. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I sang a couple of lines quietly under my breath for her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The next verse was sung with deep, growling passion. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She sang “His Eye Is on the Sparrow,” and when I say she sang it, I mean she sang it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The dark world was rushing by and the wind sang loudly in his ears. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A woman’s voice sang out impatiently: “Bigger, shut that thing off!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z "He had a fight with a top contender, an Italian kid, and lost. The next day, in the papers, the contender said he won because he sang along with opera." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you remember,” he said, “the thrush that sang to us, that first day, at the edge of the wood?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “When she sang the song. While the little girl died.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Tom sang most of the time, but it was chiefly nonsense, or else perhaps a strange language unknown to the hobbits, an ancient language whose words were mainly those of wonder and delight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It had come about almost magically, as if the threads had spoken to her, or sung. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whattup,” he said, and then sang very sweetly: “I’m dreaming of a Black Christmas.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z For it was an odd and a frightening and a strange song this woman sang. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere else a phonograph, scratchy and faded, was hissing out a record of “Roamin’ in the Gloamin”’ sung by Harry Lauder. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept them warm under electric lightbulbs and sang Greek songs to them, but the silkworms weren’t fooled. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Dad sang along with the song: “Andy would bicycle across town in the rain to bring you candy.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z And now the world would forget his name too, Sansa realized; there would be no songs sung for him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was Sister McCandless who led the song, who sang it nearly alone, for the others did not cease to moan and cry. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z A weird, bright courage sang in him as he turned back to Eril-Fane. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Deen had told her he sometimes sang to Sam at night, but it felt odd to just start singing at the new girl. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In the evenings, when I sang this song with the Lansman family, those words seemed like ancient history. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I can hear the twelve Hogan Songs that began the evening, those songs that Talking God sang about the home of Changing Woman, those songs that were sung around the Mountain Where Traveling Was Done. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She had decided she would be accepted by white students if she could just show them how beautifully she sang. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Gustavo sang to her beauty mark, the lunar by her mouth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then to the accompaniment of the synthetic orchestra the First Solidarity Hymn was sung. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone sang the regular birthday song to me and then my sisters and I sang our version just before the wishing and cake cutting began. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She raced over to Caleb, who sniffed and licked all over her and sang his sad dog song. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z We children were overjoyed; it had been ages since we last had fish and chips; we danced and sang with delight. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Anderson sang the Schubert “Ave Maria” and two spirituals. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z He even sang when he bathed her in the tub full of water scented with Baby’s bath foam. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z June and August, sopping wet, stooped on either side of her, while mosquitoes sang in our ears and the river went on about its business, coiling off into the darkness. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, Kino’s people had sung of everything that happened or existed. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z We were embarrassed by the earthy harmonies they sang, but since the visitors were awed we dared not laugh at the crude, high, plaintively animal sounds Jim Trueblood made as he led the quartet. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Smell Factor was dreaming while a fun-site with talking giraffes sang him songs and showed him wonderful things in different shapes. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the martial strains of “Anchors Aweigh” blared out, followed by “High Hopes,” sung by Frank Sinatra. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They burnt the great thighbones and feasted at their ease on fresh roast meat, as in their midst the godlike harper sang— Demodokos, honored by all that realm. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat at home all day and held Sarah Ruth in his lap and rocked her back and forth and sang to her; on a bright morning in September, Sarah Ruth stopped breathing. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Still in the grave, he and Nettle sang tunelessly for Turner’s benefit. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The song its engines sang was a very low organ note. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I sang you a song about a rat.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The coils I had dropped on the rock hopped and sang as they ran. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z No bird sang in the trees, no wing flew overhead. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z They walked on and sang as they walked. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stop giggling as he waltzed me around the record store and sang along. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z At the top of the bank, close to the wild cherry where the blackbird sang, was a little group of holes almost hidden by brambles. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can flush the toilet,” he sang, his voice taut-tense, though trying to be reasonable and sunny even if on the verge of hysteria. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was following a mockingjay through the woods. For a long time. It was Rue, really. I mean, when it sang, it had her voice.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The highlight of that day were the first words that she sang.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z After that, it sang Home Sweet Home and The Old Rustic Bridge by the MOL "Come,” said the Wart, "you can stop that I won’t bite you.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind sang softly to him, like a whispered lullaby. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z In the dark he made up rhymes and sang songs, and one of the reasons she hated his new American music was that he sang it exclusively to himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Kira listened to the Singer’s voice as he sang the serene melody of plentiful harvests and celebratory feasting. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They sang all the silly songs they knew until darkness had gathered around them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the one who sang lullabies to me and made me blueberry pancakes on Saturday mornings. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She sang this to me in her Jamaican way, then picked up her cigarette again. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z On an impulse, Francie picked up a plate and held it over her heart the way Johnny held his hat when he sang. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I sang to try to keep my spirits up, but it did not help much. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she repeated the last line real slow and soft, except this time she sang, “Yes, sir, it’s my baby...yes, sir, this house is...my baby...now-ow...” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But the honeyguide flew over his head and sang, ‘Leave it, O hunter. Better things are ahead.’ A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I sang as if he knew my name, too. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She drove fast and sang loudly, only looking at Luke when she took a turn at light speed and he instinctively grabbed the seat cushion below him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z One night, I sang him a lullaby in the obscure dialect of his homeland, and he slept very peacefully. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about her. During the night I sang to both of you, and you’ll accept me more because of it, especially her. I know what the shock is. Wait till she comes, you’ll see.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps he had sung when that other barber played the mandolin. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The song of Here still feels like it’s being sung, even if I can’t hear it, even if it’s miles away back on the plain. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Several of my aunts sang in church choirs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Deep stone flues where the water dripped and sang. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Without turning around she sang out, “Come in.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry sang slowly and with great sincerity and conviction. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Tempo: Beats per minute; how fast, medium, or slow a piece of music is played or sung. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Poets sang at the feast, and the guests had so much to eat and drink that some of them could hardly walk. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z They ran out, as had her mother, and sang the same song that her mother had sung, telling her to go away because she smelled so bad. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Benny played the opening notes of the traditional song, and the four of us sang a slow, bellowing chorus. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Even when it is not yet night, I sing to them the lullaby that Mami sang to me: Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z When I finished telling her, she sang an Ayorthaian mourning song. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z As she and her friends sang, Lily said, it was as if the music drifted up into the sky and hovered over all of LA. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “How many nights till frost?” sang the crickets. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “I hear a w-w-waming sound Every time you c-c-come around ...” She was dancing around Armpit and Ginny as she sang, and kept looking at Armpit as if he was the one she was singing about. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Pong and Manit both held still and listened, Voices, thousands of them, sang together. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Occasionally they sang softly; occasionally they turned cartwheels down by the moving streak of phosphorescence. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He sang a foolish sentimental song in a whisper as he washed it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Some churches in Soweto and Pretoria sang freedom songs as part of their liturgy, in open defiance of the authorities. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, as everyone sang the chorus again, I moved to another table and did the same thing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was sung at a faster clip than the usual one in the C.M.E. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t gloat, but he grinned and sang one of his favorite songs about hard work. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She sang it over and over, to a tune of her own. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z We sang the old gospel songs of our people. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A steady, hissing rain had turned the ground to clinging mud. birds sang. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He sang it again and again, smiling when the inmates stared at him as if he were crazy and smiling when I stared at him in admiration. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She held a sharp sword in her hands, and she sang to herself as she stood. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z After dark, these people settled in alleys, where they built cook fires and where they sang and danced. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Both songs blustered of freedom; but both were sung to the same tune. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “You can come in now,” Angie sang and opened the door a crack. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They saw, they smiled, they sang, they smelled, they moved. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A lark went twittering up into the brighter sunshine above, soared and sang and came slowly down, ending with a sideways, spread-wing glide and a wagtail’s run through the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind sang up in the oak trees on the block and banged the blinds against the side of the house. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Last year, the fifth grade sang here near the holidays. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Lee Wei, the queen who sang “Jolene,” saunters out the back door. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z That night they sang to keep their spirits up, and when they grew tired of harangues, discussions, and songs, they settled into little groups to get through the night as best they could. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z During that time, small groups of women sang and prayed and forced almost three thousand saloon owners to close their doors. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Wanda had a great voice and sang in the school choir. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He found that it helped somehow if you sang your sadness. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t come to Chorus, so I sang the soprano part for Miss Violet of the Very Spiky Heels alone at our stand. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Praise the Lord,” we all sang, including Pa. We meant it in a joking way. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I knew that a black neighbor of mine was stealing bags of grain from a wholesale house where he worked, though he was a stanch deacon in his church and prayed and sang on Sundays. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Olive danced a little jig and sang, “The Bird, the Bird, the Bird! Emma and Jacob saved the Bird!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z They sang beautifully—no one was more able to appreciate good music than Matt—but they didn’t understand what they were singing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It will be sung year on year and age on age that Unferth went down through the burning lake—” he paused to pant “—and gave his life in battle with the world-rim monster.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I see myself in the back of the truck, singing with the girl, though I’ve never sung before, laughing when I am off-key, climbing trees to pick the apples, always peaceful and always safe. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “You know, back in slavery times, our people told stories and sang songs to pass on information when it was dangerous to say things out loud.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He tapped on my door, sang a verse loudly just outside. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “She came down this big, long staircase, singing. When she finished, the place went wild. She stopped the show. So she just went right back up the staircase and sang the song over again.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The musicians kept on playing, and the lady on the stage, when she saw the penguins, sang all the louder to show how angry she was. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z At the meetings, the children sang songs, played games, learned slogans, listened to readings, and read propaganda leaflets—all intended to teach them how to be good Nazis. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “His Grace has seen victory in his fires,” Foxglove said, “a victory that will be sung of for a thousand years in lord’s castle and peasant’s hut alike.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He sang through all the verses and wagged his foot to the time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Against him, quietly, I unlocked my voice and sang in the forest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z So they sang rival songs at the same time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d sung along with any group or singer who joined us through speakers as the bass boomed low and the treble pined high. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I knew she had told this story over and over because she sang it more than she plain-spoke it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Then he sat them in a circle and told them stories, and afterward they all sang until they were hoarse. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s the lady from the departmental presentations who sang that guy out of a coma. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z That old blues song Pilate sang all the time: “O Sugarman don’t leave me here,” except the children sang, “Solomon don’t leave me here.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The air sang to her just like the walls and floors in her house. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Though she had never sung professionally, she had had the talent to—I learned she could sing folk songs, ghazals, even raga, which was usually a man’s domain. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “It’s actually you. Not a butt-dial. I get everyone’s butt-dials. Always have. Always will. Unless I change my name. Identity change seems like a good idea since I sang you a song about a rat.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z We sang together in Chorus for Miss Violet of the Very Spiky Heels, and when it came time at the end of the day to clean the board, we did that together, too. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z In the beginning, Shirley only listened politely, hunting for the tune, because all too often each instrument sang its own song and confused her. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Plato, who was small like his father, sang out with mock censure, “Shame on you, Callie. What did you do?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They waved cheerfully and sang, “So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Joffrey sang for her as they rode, his voice high and sweet and pure. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We sat for a while around the fire and Dadi sang, her high-pitched voice winding around the air like a butterfly. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We sang Igbo chorus songs from his cassette player. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z There was no wind; not a bird sang, not a leaf stirred. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Used to sing too, over the hissing of the iron, sang old Hazara songs about tulip fields. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They pressed inside the two rooms and sang “This World Is Not My Home” while others quietly shuffled in and out to pay their respects. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Her icy sled jingled over the wind-swept lakes and she sang as she traveled. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She carried her head proudly as she sang. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When I sang a song on stage by myself, I was totally in charge. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Petra rolled her eyes and sang, “Let me shave your legs tonight, girl. Let me show you how it feels when your man ...” “Your man!” the girls sang. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z How the black people hollered, cried, and sang. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z When in English, ‘twas thus: “No, sir, this, this—Aye, you, this”—There was much negotiation, and a tune played or sung, taken up by others, learned by those newly hearing it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The newspapers liked to impress the fantasy of the happy plantation and the contented slave who sang and danced and loved Massa. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Four veterans emerged from the crowd, stood in front of the Wall, and sang the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song “Find the Cost of Freedom.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Omakayas rocked and muttered, shushed, hummed, and sang an old lullaby her mother used. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The way Caleb sang, loud and sad, I couldn’t tell if he was baying at them or if he wanted to be with them. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “This is your night, Mateo. Seriously. You sang to your dad earlier and stopped when I came in. No one is judging you. You’re holding yourself back and you have to go for it.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I have some friends before me gone,” he sang quietly, but the sound seemed so lonely and lost that he stopped before the chorus. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z They danced and sang and there was a partyish air about the gathering. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z For more advanced groups, try dividing into three parts, with the melody in one part and sung ostinati in the other groups. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Bull sat with Lucy leaning against his leg and Edward balanced on his right knee and he sang from somewhere deep inside himself. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Grandma sang out again as people started looking over at the table and smiling. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She and Dill sang: “Amazing grace how sweet thuh sound That saved a wretch like me; I once was lost but now I’m found, Was blind, but now I see. A-men.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Larks rose from the meadow, straight up, as if from pure joy, and they sang, Robin thought, as if it had been the first day of the world. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The opera that evening — sung, not acted, so as not to oflend the sensibilites of the town — was a Peruvian love story, an entree by Monsieur Rameau. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z So once again she turned her back upon the distant hill and closed her ears to the song of flight and freedom that the wind sang as it played amongst the hill’s stony ridges. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then from down the hall I could hear Mary singing, her voice clear and untroubled, though she sang a troubled song. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew the rhymes they sang, but no one would ask her to join. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Voices sang out and corks popped and a wild celebration began. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z No angles angels showed up in the sky, and nobody sang any pretty carols. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z If you think the four of us huddled together under blankets like the pioneers and told stories and sang old western songs in front of a roaring fire, you’re wrong. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He listened to the radio loudly as he passed exit after exit, casually noting the number on each glowing sign as he sang along and snapped his fingers wildly. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z A little radio was up on a shelf blaring out some song in Spanish, but their voices drowned it out as they sang along. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He sat down on the ground, and taking the dagger-hilt laid it on his knees, and he sang over it a slow song in a strange tongue. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They had never yet sat on a rock and sung a song to the moon. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The sky was blue, almost cloudless, and a mockingbird sang from a fence post. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Low she sang in her beguiling voice, while on her loom she wove ambrosial fabric sheer and bright, by that craft known to the goddesses of heaven. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “We told you, Ghost, that we would come after you,” sang the women. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They sang at their work and in the evenings sat together making music, singing and playing instruments. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It's basically Tiny's slightly fictionalized life story, except it is sung, and it is—I mean, I don't use this adjective lightly—the gayest single musical in all of human history. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Instead they sang, their lyrics timed perfectly to the rhythm of the bombs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Juana sang softly an ancient song that had only three notes and yet endless variety of interval. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Then all the sky was clean and blue and birds sang in every tree. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Near the thatched-roof cooking huts, women sang while they pounded rice in mortars. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z When he got too tired to walk, he sat in a folding chair and played songs on his guitar and sang. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z This whole entire time, Pond had sung only one song! Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The chickadees sang alone, not in a winter group, and the skunks and minks and foxes found food more abundant in the forest than at my tree house. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He not only talked, he sang, and if he felt like hitching up his trousers, he just took his hands off the wheel and hitched. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The singing filled the synagogue, and Reb Saunders sat back in his leather seat and sang too, and then Danny was singing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The choir was summoned and sang a modern arrangement of “Onward, Christian Soldiers,” with new words pertaining to graduates seeking their place in the world. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He lifted his face to the sky and sang, “Swing low, sweet chariot, comin’ for to carry me home….” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Some of the songs they sang, the songs Momma had sung, their grandmother knew. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they all sang "Happy Birthday" to me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She too had poetry at her command, knew words that sang and were spells and beat drums. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And I sang, “‘How many friends have I really got? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It sang with yearning and sadness, flowing towards its goal. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as I know, she and Grandpa never sang together, just the two of them. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Nathan immediately sang and froze the wave before being pushed into the water. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He sang, “Oh she’s the cutest little thing,” but it came out “coot”—and the name stuck. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z People talked, or fought, or sang boleros while they showered, and every sound was amplified in the cul-de-sac where Abuela’s house sat. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He had sung many a song about ships and going down to the sea in them with a heave ho and a heave to. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They had to be careful which songs they sang. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the departing soldiers stood in a group and sang the song. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “And now it is sung only at Yule?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The dirty, get-on-down music the women sang and the men played and both danced to, close and shameless or apart and wild. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The Chandrian obviously didn’t kill everyone who gathered stories or sang songs about them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z |
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