I bowed my head to this final tribute, and now walking away in the sun I tried to erase the scene from my mind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a scene from a horror movie, but also classic Richie. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Our truck inches on in the streets, allowing us a safe view of the scene. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the picnickers had eaten to excess and now sat heavy and dulled in the sun, which poured over the scene a clear, clean radiance, a piercing island summer light. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Consuela pressed a button, and a door slid open to show a scene so unexpected, Matt wondered whether he was dreaming after all. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order to provide the clearest, most complete idea of the scene, the Egyptian artist treated each element as an entity unto itself. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ikner's description of the scene contradicted the assertion that Myers had made at trial about seeing Morrison near the front counter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The scene was so comic the people walked into die road to make sure they saw it all. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Folks who meet me for the first time like to feel that they're being brought behind the scenes. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The scene is dark, because of the hour, but I see people alighting like a flock of birds around a building I don’t recognize, their movements synchronized. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of scene repeated every day in American classrooms—with one difference. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The blurred tree towering overhead consumes the sun; the ground is dead; I gasp for rain and wind. scene: The Queen BesideHrothulf’s Bed. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pauses the fight scenes and quizzes me on the best techniques. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The scene verified what we have all heard about fabulous Texas millionaires. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had topped a low ridge now, and below them the whole scene suddenly opened out; a little, many-towered castle with its gate towards them. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

There was a biography and picture of the author and steel-cut engravings illustrating scenes from each play. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next scene shows me walking out of the library, carrying all those books. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Hammered into the bronze were pictures in Ancient Greek style, scenes from our adventures this summer. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not to mention, Needles is such a shy dude, I figured he'd most likely find a corner to sit in and knit while Noodles and I scope the scene. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The last scene depicted the slave on his master’s doorstep, having once again run away, this time from the false promises of the Free States. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I revised one chapter and added a new scene. Slow and steady wins the race. But enough about me. Tell me about this project.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“This year I’ll be paying special attention because I know the scenes so well. I’ll be listening especially for this scene, with the buildings falling.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Goebbels himself—a failed novelist and playwright earlier in life—had taken to reviewing the scripts of nearly all films personally, using a green pencil to strike out or rewrite offending lines or scenes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The giant woman wouldn’t stop talking about it, describing the scene in morbid detail for the others. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A shot of her Doc Martens ends the scene. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

At first glance there’s a cheerfulness to this scene. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Purebom heard her pleas from the great wooden seats of their ancestors, rising in curved tiers from a marble floor to a high-domed ceiling painted with scenes of Qarth's vanished glory. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Nearly every one of them had done some time, and had come back on the scene, and since had worked as top runners for the biggest bankers who specialized in large bettors. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, they kept Marquette and his mother and his brother at the scene too long. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Also, a necklace was found at the scene of the crime that had Wes’s DNA on it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I would,” Nora says, “but I want to work on my screenplay before I do my homework. I came up with a good idea for a scene today. During gym, actually.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t decide what part of this scene I represented: the plants about to be rescued from the bugs or the bugs about to be murdered by the spray. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You might want to put on a little skit or a scene from a play,” he said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She turns her rollator so that she can sit facing the scene by the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She’d made such a scene, bursting into the café to whine to Mamá that the girls were picking on her again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The scene resembled the ticket counters that served flights to Haiti, or to any other poor country in the world. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I felt the same way, and it seemed as if everybody were now coming up, like gawkers at the scene of an accident, to see what parts were actually missing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I doubt the crime scene photographer was so rushed that he would take such a bad set of photos. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It suddenly occurred to me just how absurd this scene was: a guy wearing a suit of armor, standing next to an undead king, both hunched over the controls of a classic arcade game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His arms folded, he seemed to have been watching the scene at the campsite through a gap in the trees. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When the screen blinks on, I’m awaiting the famous scene in Cool Hand Luke when Luke finally breaks and everyone deserts him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I had sketched her a few times in the first week she was living with us, and the third week, I used those sketches to paint a whole scene with her in it. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The broken-down bed ceased to be the scene of wild activities and was changed into an intimate refuge. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Because in the snow scene, one of the dancers raised the wrong arm and stepped on the wrong foot,” I answered. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d think of romantic scenes from movies and try to play them out, climbing out on the roof to look at the stars. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When all this had been accomplished, Mr Tibbs stood near the centre of the Ballroom casting his expert butler’s eye over the scene. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The actress and storyteller Awele Makeba transforms the auditorium into a packed city bus, the scene of a tense standoff between a determined black girl and several uniformed white men. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Nhamo’s eyes grew wider and wider as she took in the unbelievable scene. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I dreamed that scene from the movie but with Irene and me instead. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

But the whole scene reminds me of my conversation with Uncle Phil, about the salmon that didn’t return, the empty nets that last year he worked as a fisherman. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The burden fell away, leaving me afloat, and I was a spectator witnessing the nearest to a love scene I would ever see between them. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment the captain shot my mother plays over and over in my head, like a movie stuck on the same scene. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Pax followed and took in the scene below him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nervous, feeling as if I’d stumbled on the scene of a crime, I searched the rooms quickly, my footsteps ringing loud in the silence. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Quoting a passage from one of Dickens’s food-eating scenes, he carved the blackened steak. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They clashed like some sort of weird Christmas combat scene—the red versus the green. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The big rat laughed insanely and ran faster: on and on, past scenes of desolation and destruction wreaked by him, Cluny the Scourge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Adams never forgot this scene; nor did he forget the friend who was standing beside him when it happened. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

When Bobby looks at the script, he notes a scene in which the stage direction says, Justin is electric in this scene. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Before Manzanar, mealtime had always been the center of our family scene. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the police radio calling them away to another crime scene. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I tried to picture the scene: the drunken old father, in a three-piece suit, swishing his Scotch or whatever it was he drank around in the glass. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The scene was inevitable: One Saturday morning I entered the kitchen where my parents were talking in Spanish. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents and Thomas, however, had been erased from the scene. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The scene in the orchard had delighted him with its poetry; but the sentiments expressed had made him smile. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Prince said nothing about the scene on deck. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arnold was very laid-back and had a way of making the incredible sound almost sane, so I felt good about how that scene would most likely play out. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The noise, the slaughtering and slaughtered demons black against the flames—what scenes then have been in Sherwood, where now the oak trees crowd into a shade! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s act out the piano scene from Pretty Woman.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

But it’s slightly awesome, because it means I’m the tallest person onstage during those scenes. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The commentator at the scene was hit by a powerful weapon, his entire body charred. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Jason saw a dozen more scenes like this from Nico’s point of view....And they left him stunned, unable to move or speak. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, her sister, Arsinoe, was up to her usual tricks, working behind the scenes to sow dissent and confusion. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Vincent is painting scenes from their neighborhood—parks, street scenes, almost all of them within a short walk of the apartment. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The yells of Sir Meliagrance brought the hurt knights hobbling to the door—the commotion spread—tire-women and serving maids, pages, turf boys, a couple of grooms, all came with excitement to the scene. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The top half was a black-and-white photo of a tropical scene, full-bodied girls with enormous bangs and vintage-looking swimsuits smiling on a beach. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Inge and I sat together with his brother Desire that morning beside a fence near a highway, looking out over the eerie scene. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I felt like I was in a movie scene—a ten-year-old girl sitting in the center of the frame, while war raged around her. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Our house might as well be wrapped in yellow crime scene tape—that’s how much of a big deal she’s made over the years about keeping people away. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The scene on the other side was completely unexpected. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this moment, the scene inside the peach itself was one of indescribable chaos. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Is she willing to know what’s beneath the surface, behind the scenes? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Einar hadn't minded that she stood watching when she came upon the scene. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

These ladies-in-waiting of the imperial court were forced to sell flowers and other favors to the fishermen near the scene of the battle. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was trying not to make a scene, and she dreaded her heart. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is reason to believe that recollection was an ex post facto elaboration; those on the scene recall a sensation more suggestive of relief and euphoria in the air. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The Catholic church, first on the scene and deeply dug in, sat in comfortable tradition while the missions were gradually abandoned and their roofs fell in and pigeons roosted on the stripped altars. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The actual writing of the book began with the scene in the pool room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I played out scenes in my head where I declared my intention of living as a boy and my parents, at first protesting but then breaking down, accepted me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The next day after the abolition of the apostrophe, imagine ±e scene. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

The only really difficult part was not laughing myself, especially when Art3mis started doing note-perfect recitations of all of Carol Cleveland’s lines in the Castle Anthrax scene. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Matt felt as though he were floating over the scene. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is egocentrism, the inability of children to imagine a simple scene, such as three toy mountains on a tabletop, from another person’s vantage point. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t time to reflect upon the pleasing scene. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I remained frozen against the wall, watching the fearful scene. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have already exited the stage. Now you must bear this news to him. Tell him that I had knowledge that could have aided his revenge, had he come sooner on the scene.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

My heart beat in my chest as I zipped up and followed the wall back to the glowing red scene. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

From across the river, he saw a beautiful scene: a looming moon, high over Washington, with the great dome glowing in the moonlight. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I rejected the idea of Bigger battling a rat in his room; I was afraid that the rat would “hog” the scene. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if he left the scene, she would never know he had been there. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, curious townspeople gathered along the edges of the field, fascinated by the absurd scene, eagerly awaiting Pendejo’s arrival. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guys had vacated the place as if leaving the scene of a crime, strangely subdued. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meeting was held in secret, and the parliamentarian, who spoke perfect English, having been educated at Oxford, asked for anonymity, which he believed would enable him to better work behind the scenes. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As Miranda imagined the scene she began to cry a little herself. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Near the start there’s a scene where Clint Eastwood doesn't know if he has a bullet left in his gun to shoot the baddie. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Some scenes would have me punching out Mr. Parrish. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The professional wildlife biologist on the scene is certainly best qualified to discover and interpret wildlife loss. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I’m going to Eisenhower Park, the scene of Hannah’s first kiss. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They were enjoying the snowy day, just like everyone else — only they looked more like a scene from a movie than the rest of us. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But obscurely, behind the scenes, was a white boss—a president, or board chairman, or some other title, pulling the real strings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch the scene unfold in slow motion. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They were in good spirits, and Ruth in particular seemed determined to make up for the bad scene earlier on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than fleeing the scene, he decided to stay with his workers in spite of the danger, cooling the plant using seawater. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was still a couple of scenes before Frank ’n Furter enters. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

We were scared, on the very edge of control, at once trying to think of what was right to do and hating the scene about us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, Stan’s body had been removed, but still, I felt sick just looking at the whole scene. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I'm about as safe as I can be, here at the crime scene. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Because Sien is still recovering from the birth of her son and not yet able to pose, Vincent is working on landscapes, scenes from around The Hague. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The conductor, now on the scene, asked Goetz if he was a police officer. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt knew the scene before him was important. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene looked like something out of a war movie—only there was no enemy fire. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The scene isn’t quite like it was back at the beach, where the evidence of panic and violence painted a chilling story—and yet the abject nature of this abandonment is just as disturbing. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn't decide if it were from watching some similar scene in the movies, from books I'd read, or from some recurrent but deeply buried dream. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could write the scene three times over, from three points of view; her excitement was in the prospect of freedom, of being delivered from the cumbrous struggle between good and bad, heroes and villains. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the morbid effect of living in a crime scene, but I imagined him drinking blood. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was reliving a scene from long ago. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at a scene where someone leapt off a building, and he could tell that Javier had erased one part of El Gran Misterio’s leg over and over again, trying to get it right. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His stomach twisted for different reasons, taking in all the little things that just weren’t right about this scene. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The scene shifted, and I saw something even more terrifying. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But she knew very well that if she had not stood when she did, the scene would still have happened, for it was not about her at all. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The whole scene with Joey flashed back into my mind; I started to feel sick I looked over at the patio doors. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found four men inside, and something about them and the scene seemed amiss. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

None of the gathered men looked at her as she passed, skirting the edge of the scene, and getting a better look at the body in the process. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Without pausing to reply, he dashed up to the loft—the scene of the disaster—and shoved Mouschi, who was squatting beside her soggy litter box, back to the right place. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

At that moment a slender man with heavy gray eyebrows came out of Sillington House, holding his knuckles to his hips as he looked over the scene. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go, Tansy. I told you, this floor is off-limits. Entering a crime scene before it’s cleared is evidence tampering. It’s against the law.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Annabeth passed her hand in front of the shield, and another scene popped up: FDR Drive, looking across the river at Lighthouse Park. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Being in the pulpit was like being in the theatre; I was behind the scenes and knew how the illusion was worked. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

They just go to other planets to check out the scene and pick up a few ferns. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was reaching under my bed for my binder and wondering how to approach the scene where Minerva doesn't get invited to a schoolmate's party, when I heard loud voices coming from the front porch. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Police were on the scene quickly but did not find any leads. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As the sky brightened, George gaped at the scene around him. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was cunning and apparently vicious and I did not know what kind of scene he might start. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was then that she noticed the beams and ceiling of the corridor were painted with hundreds of scenes from different stories. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The scene was too unexpected to be true. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Amidst this sordid scene, sat a man with his clenched hands resting on his knees, and his eyes bent on the ground. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now Paul and the other witnesses were convinced that Kelli had been a crazy, firebomb-throwing cheerleader, while I had simply been an innocent bystander who’d panicked and ran from the scene. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

One slaver wore a tokar of maroon silk fringed with gold, one a striped tokar of teal and orange, the third an ornate breastplate inlaid with erotic scenes done in jet and jade and mother-of-pearl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I tried not to make a scene, but my valve got the better of me. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Volpe’s challenge with some of his actors is to get them to project, to come out of themselves and show anger, sadness, joy, bewilderment, dismay—whatever the scene and part demand. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

A knot of others, standing round with glasses in their hands, were watching the scene. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was a big change from the tidy American scene I’d left two days before. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I know what I said earlier about goodbye scenes and how it’s best if you can just walk away and move on. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Is there something else you can do instead? Maybe behind the scenes?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There were a few camera phones out, one of them pointed directly at Officer Hull, who watched the scene with a muted horror on his face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

All those scenes I had admired on the candy boxes were even more impressive in reality. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

As I wrote, for some reason or other, one image, symbol, character, scene, mood, feeling evoked its opposite, its parallel, its complementary, and its ironic counterpart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

About twenty purple-and-gilt chairs stood in two rows here, and Harry, filing into the front seats with the Weasleys, looked down upon a scene the likes of which he could never have imagined. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Harry thought hard, picturing the scene on the night of Halloween. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The finish photo captured the scene: a dense cluster of horses stretched out for the wire, ears flat and lips peeled back in extreme effort. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teachers swarm the scene, and I’m carted in the opposite direction. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was a scene that was to repeat itself with variations many times in those first couple of weeks. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

They are scenes he has carried within him, buried but intact, scenes he has never thought about or had reason to conjure up until now. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She'd had to keep them alive—four babies in her care, inside a crime scene of corpses and ghosts, and herself just a traumatized child. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“They don't need to come to the airport and make a big scene,” he said. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You know,” he finally began, “every time we get a call, Brady, a car accident or a hunting incident—and somebody dies at the scene—it’s very distressing to us.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was hard to connect this torture scene with the priest in the rectory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tapestry shimmered like it was three dimensional—a waterfall scene so real I could see the water moving and clouds drifting across a fabric sky. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mark felt like he was observing the whole scene through a fog. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I waited in the chimney, shivering, still tormented by the departure scene on the dock. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Was the scene of our wedding in the woods a false dream? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The two black soldiers, who had been watching the scene with what appeared to be indifference, now looked stricken. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The mischief-makers planned to return to the scene of their tricks the next night, Halloween, dressed in costume, innocently asking the neighbors for treats. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’m unusually calm and direct, which is almost the most shocking part of this entire scene. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Like a cinematic mantra, a mystical trailer of memory, I replayed the scene of all those boys standing in the grass about the spontaneous creche of his death. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the boys were too taken with the scene before them to notice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

When June suggested acting out that scene, I didn’t want to at first. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“We ought to rehearse tonight. Come here, Amy, and do the fainting scene, for you are as stiff as a poker in that.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like the idea of seeing behind the scenes. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It's a quiet scene, as Tiny tells his parents he's "probably kinda gay." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I’m frozen for a few precious moments, taking in this horrible scene, watching the inexorable march of the shamblers, when a strong grip on my arm jolts me out of my shock. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Williams immediately set about repositioning engines, hoping to halt the fire’s advance until all the missing equipment could get to the scene. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

In one dream, I visited the remains of the refugee camp at Gatumba with Mom, and I sobbed at seeing the bloody scene. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Lorch, for instance, once reedited an episode of Sesame Street so that certain key scenes of some of the sketches were out of order. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

America arrived on the scene first, closely followed by Little Giant. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a sad scene when the choppers came to take us away. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right over the town is the ruin of Whitby Abbey, which was sacked by the Danes, and which is the scene of part of “Marmion,” where the girl was built up in the wall. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had pictured that scene Hestia showed me—of himself in the good old days with Thalia and Annabeth, when he promised they would be a family. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She had eaten chicken hundreds of times, but she had never witnessed this scene before. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Until Frank saw that scene in the rainbow, the memory had been so hazy, he thought he’d dreamed it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He nods to Captain Smith, then looks over the scene around him with an air of confidence and authority, as if it were his kingdom. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Adina surveyed the scene desperately, looking for a possible exit strategy. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“DJ Ren first made headlines as one of the hottest names in France’s underground music scene. Now, Warcross will make him an aboveground name!” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Chomsky had arrived at the scene, and he and Volta reached down from the pool’s edge to haul Xenocrates out of the water. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, when we pictured the scene, he was conscious,” said Fred. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He stumbles onto the scene, his beer belly hanging over stained white briefs, the only thing he’s wearing. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I think I made a scene,” she said apologetically. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a recurrent scene from those dinners that surfaces again and again, like an obsessive undercurrent in a dream. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a scene you wanted the other boys to see, for sure. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a wedding scene near the end. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

A dust devil twirled eastward from the sage across the flat deserted fields, catching tumbleweeds, bouncing them along and letting them go, weaving among the crumbled houses and rusty car hulks—a truly desolate scene. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had replayed the scene in my head so many times that I knew it by heart. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my mind I was running over and over again the scene of me and Vega walking down 125th Street. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It all astonished me for a while, sure, but then it became part of the scene. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lynn found the scene so distasteful he never went back, and in my whole life I never saw him on the mountain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I got behind it, anything to blot out that heartbreaking scene. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found the Veranda Cafe, its walls painted with Venetian scenes and featuring a large elliptical dance floor. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There may have been elements of luck in the emergence of chloroplasts, but once these things were on the scene, the evolution of the sky became absolutely ordained. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nicolaus Copernicus came on the scene at the end of the fifteenth century. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He looked happy to be back in this familiar place, scene of so many adolescent wanderings. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

To Jess and the boys, his stories were like scenes out of a thrilling action movie. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Grainy scenes, but no less terrifying: grocery stores ablaze, smoke billowing from their rooftops, walls gnawed to studs by flame. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

These two clashes are enough on their own, as in the Herrmann shower scene, to be unpleasant, scary and painful to listen to. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Our neighbors in room 205 are awake, and they are watching an action film with car chase scenes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The worst scene in the movie came when the commandant gave a dinner party. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In the old days there had often been scenes of bloodshed equally terrible, but it seemed to all of them that it was far worse now that it was happening among themselves. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Volpe talks a lot about “stage pictures,” the way actors arrange themselves in scenes. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes, a car would pass slowly, gawking at the scene. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As both ladders fell there were scenes of mass chaos. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

All the way to the bus station, I rehearsed heartfelt goodbye scenes in my head. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women belonged behind the scenes, not enthroned and in charge. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The fade-out scene, the one that had Dad actually wringing out his handkerchief, showed the old woman, shivering in a worn and inadequate hug-me-tight, limping slowly up the hill to the poor house. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were already dozens of people at the house, and the entire scene took on the aspect of a celebration. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could imagine the scene all in my head. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The organ player, a plump man who scrambled to keep up with the action on-screen, appeared relieved when the love scenes came. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a scene from my old kitchen, where my mother treated the dying, multiplied by ten, by fifty, by a hundred. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

While there was still a class divide in the black community, the cooperation among all levels reached an all-time high, but much of the interaction fermented behind the scenes where whites couldn’t see it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Did you know it’s part of a big battle scene? Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Action shots flash across the screen: cowboys on horseback, pistols gleaming at their hips; quiet villages of tepees; violent war scenes; a kiss between a cowboy and a Native girl. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

This scene played night after night, all summer long. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

An early scene from the Wells’s novel also included a steadily ticking observatory clock. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I had played the scene a thousand times in my mind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They drove past the capitol dome of Madison, another perfect snowglobe scene in the falling snow, and then they were off the interstate, and driving down country roads. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It was a thriving scene, cosmopolitan and liberal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If I could stop dreaming up a deathbed scene where his hospital blankets are crisp over his stomach and his hands are holding mine. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mother only drew the line once at Dad’s scenes in Foolish Carriage. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light from his hard hat lit up an astonishing scene. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some were carefully constructed scenes; one or two had attempted something artistic: a silhouette of a girl backlit by an enormous movie screen; a close-up of a tangled telephone cord wrapped around a receiver. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He could visualize the scene—the large voluble Italian, and the snub direct administered by the gentleman’s gentleman. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this was his first scene in the film. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Emerging from one of them, the jittery holographic scene of an old man in a turban speaks to a young boy with tattered clothing. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the car, in reflection, I played the scene back. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Sophia chauffeurs us away from the scene, we crack open the seal on a pilfered bottle of rich man’s Scotch whiskey. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when he wasn’t hanging out at the scene of the crime, Genie was down at Tess’s, using her Internet, obsessively looking up other ways to capture birds. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She is remembered, not for her talent as an accomplished actress or her lifetime of performances onstage, but for the scene she staged in the president’s box. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clouds of tear gas obscure the scene as troopers rout the marchers and drive them back over the bridge. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

This kaleidoscopic variety of scene, this abundance of growth and color, seemed somehow connected with his friend. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I patted him and was glad to see him, but that was all I did—I was still intent on watching the scene below. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The walls of Jean de Satigny’s studio were covered with distressing erotic scenes that revealed her husband’s hidden character. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It does seem suspicious. And sad, don’t you think? These magical scenes that no one will ever know more about.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

An injured marcher is carried from the scene. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull replied, “You may get your wish if you don’t cut the weepy scene.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got the scene where she approaches her teacher for the recommendation while Chet waits in the hall. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Turning her back on the scene, Mom stared into the street as the butcher plunged his hand into a cage toward one very upset white chicken. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise she might have overlooked a small scene that, once noticed, she would never entirely forget. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The house in question burned to the ground before the neighboring fire departments arrived on the scene. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Call the DA! This is a homicide scene! Judges, what y’all think?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then, as I fought against it, the scene came back—not of the death, but of the dolls. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if the nurses catch up with me right now, I’ll make a scene. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It described how one man went to prison for armed robbery, but more than one person said they saw him somewhere else, not at the crime scene. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

There’s no way they would ever let Kalinda sit anywhere else after that scene. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The monster in the scene threw their roof after them, barely missing them as they ran. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

All in all, she created sixty life-size scenes, depicting ninety new insect metamorphoses and fifty-three species of plants. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Your mother is on the scene, and everything is under control. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He later wrote about his experiences and commissioned artists to depict the scenes he described. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

By the second of the street scenes, attention dropped to 80 percent. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped for a minute, imagining how that scene had gone down, with Anansi only looking out for his own butt. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The scene was all worked out in her mind. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, the next in a long line of talented collaborators was already on the scene. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There was still an official vehicle on the scene, but what was left of the pickup and the box truck had been taken away. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

As the last scene faded and the segue music played, my heart started to thunder. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

By the time I reached the final scenes of the movie, I was starting to get twitchy from exhaustion. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

This was a truly thrilling scene, though some persons might have thought that the sudden tumbling down of a quantity of long red hair rather marred the effect of the villain’s death. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so fixed on the scene that I have failed to realize what’s going on in the house. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Long past: lipstick on the collar, perfume on the cuffs, a scene, late at night, in some kitchen or bedroom. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petrosian introduced an innovative move not normally used, and probably provided by Soviet theorists working behind the scenes. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her nausea returned with redoubled violence when she remembered the scene in the courthouse, but she had nothing left to part with. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The scene as described was a macabre picture — something that might have been created by a surrealist brush. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine the scene in his mind’s eye just then, the little movie replaying, the recalcitrant inmate being “encouraged” to return to his cell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually this Zeus displaced the others, until he occupied the whole scene. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

American Muslims are a diverse and growing population with a thriving social and cultural scene catering to their unique needs. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But like a parent, she knew not to make a scene. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The streetlights made the scene look artificial, like a stage set. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, but such a...such a violent scene must surely have been carved by goblins. Since that is—what your people—what you like. Brutality. Bloodshed. Evil.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Tell me, if you can, a sadder irony than that St. Augustine, Florida—a city named for the black African saint who saved Catholicism from heresy—was recently the scene of bloody race riots. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For two years, Hamilton had been issuing directives to Adams’s cabinet behind the scenes. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The drama sponsor, a woman named Joan Mott, a “very nice person” and his colleague on the English faculty, was staging a scene and blocking the actors. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The scene was pitiable—the violence earnest, but with all the lassitude of the starving, peered down upon by triumphant rebels, Olympian in the dusk. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Volpe gives them a scene from near the end of the play, with Philippi taking the role of the golden boy who has made the sex tape that caused the scandal. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Bryan recalled that a week after the shooting he had returned to the scene of the crime with Mollie and her family to identify Anna’s rotting corpse. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I was at the scene in a few minutes,” he recalled. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Quetzalcoatl staggers across the desert, reenacted in this weird dream just like a scene out of a librex. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I scan the scene of blood and bodies and prisoners. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The wood was old and the paint was cracking, giving the Nativity scene a poignant look of absolute poverty. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Things do not change with a change of scene. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In recent years, the scene was a weird mix of drunks, derelicts, and the occasional college students who showed up because the risk of getting a knife pulled on you sounded fun. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Anyone who watches even the slightest amount of TV is familiar with the scene: An agent knocks on the door of some seemingly ordinary home or office. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She swiped back and replayed the scene of Faraday walking toward the station. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I was happy with the community of black and Latino students I’d found through the TWC, content to remain at the margins of Princeton’s larger social scene. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There were several symbols and scenes etched into its frame. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If a scene calls for screaming, don’t scream. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

As she mentions each person who has wronged her, the audience sees a scene revealing a slice of their lives. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She went over the evening in her mind, moving from scene to scene like a sniffing animal. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My heart goes out to all of us who in those afternoons at Small’s enacted our scene with Fewclothes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I witnessed this scene or its variant at least a score of times and I felt no anger or hatred, only disgust and loathing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The director of the movie, Byron, didn’t like the way the scene was going and made the carp redo it over and over again. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hypnotized by the image of the fallen president, Keene imagined a scene with herself at the center of it. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after that, Nazi entrepreneurs arrived on the scene in the hope of making their fortune off the misery of Jewish factory owners who were no longer permitted to own a business. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and the scene became vivid. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

On the manual’s cover was a painting depicting a scene from the game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The church building, scene of our recent feast, resides at one end of the village. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when there was a useful scene, it was difficult to see it more than fleetingly because there were usually twenty others in the room watching with you. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a year Gnadenhütten would be the scene of one of the most outrageous war crimes of that period. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

For Ophelia, the scene would become a fixture in her memory. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But the mother seemed not to notice the subject of the poems, or if she did, to ascribe the love scenes to her Yoyo's great imagination. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The cat from the animal shelter, Clarence, would be in the first day’s scenes too. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

These chaotic, tormented scenes were a thousand times more disconcerting than the scandalous mummies she had expected to find. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene would be reenacted countless times on the racetrack in the next few years, and it would become Seabiscuit’s trademark. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s why he was at the scene so quickly, presenting himself to the tenants as if he were Christ. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“From the scene I just witnessed, your madness makes you feared by Denmark’s powers.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Police cars and ambulances lit scenes of chaos in flashing blue and red. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It is a scene of peasants sitting around a table eating potatoes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But it was the Gothic chapel, three hundred feet long and a hundred feet high, a stone mountain, that dominated the scene. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Michael Kahale took in the scene - his boss’s robes tangled in the trigger rope, Octavian’s jewellery fuming from proximity to the Imperial gold ammunition. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Denise will hate me, of course, for making a scene that made her uncomfortable or maybe just for slowing down the work. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I start to think of my room like it's a crime scene. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up the scene where he had left off: “ ‘Yeah? Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

When he turned to sit back down, I was far from the scene if the crime, circling around the rear of the room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone on the scene—a conspirator or even the killer—must have swiped it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The same scene played out all over the world, in parks, bars, civic centers, living rooms, classrooms, and offices. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

One scene remains to be described in this portion of my life. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Out of their inner circle, the clutch of kids at the top of the social scene. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Who thought it was a good idea to mold plastic Nativity scenes that light up at night? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He surveyed the scene and smiled at a private joke. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As he entered he recognized the music: Mozart’s The Magic Flute, the first act in its final scenes. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

By then, some townsfolk had gathered near the scene of their battle, the fire from the cucos’ charred and lifeless bodies creating a smoke signal. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Ever since she’d handed over cooking duties to my mom, her oldest daughter, Abuela took her place on one of the sofas in the lounge area, smiling and surveying the whole scene. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Okay, whatever our feelings about Psycho, can we just focus on Dracula right now? Now, Maddie has a point. Some of those scenes were pretty hilarious.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was hoping that Denna would be impressed by my ingenuity, but she seemed distracted by the scene below. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Antietam had been the baptismal battle for the young schoolteacher, and the letter to Jenny reflected the agony of a man new to the scenes of death and suffering. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in 1350 they were still an unimportant part of the political scene in the central Andes, and newcomers at that. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I exhale my aggravation and look around the room, taking in the whole bizarre scene. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He painted it from the heart: the scene harks back to his time in the Borinage, and it reflects his attachment to his own family and to the idea of family, to the ideal family. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She could imagine the scene—the manly punches to the shoulder, the horseplay. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At any rate, after that April interview, everyone, including Eva, agreed that she needed a change of scene. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“One of the homeboys saw you, Lisa, and your baby girl getting out an ambulance at the crime scene that night,” Tim says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She therefore decided to uproot the family and relocate to Godric’s Hollow, the village that was later to gain fame as the scene of Harry Potter’s strange escape from You-Know-Who. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Evan surveyed the scene and picked his spot, right in the center of the green where all the paths met. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I couldn't decide if it were from watching some similar scene in the movies, from books I'd read, or from some recurrent but deeply buried dream. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In another scene, an actor angrily slumped in a chair. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The next minute the shadows melted into a new scene. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t take in any details of the scene. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

In a way this was Finny’s view, except that naturally he saw it comically, as a huge and intensely practical joke, played by fat and foolish old men bungling away behind the scenes. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The hands of the watch pointed to 1:15—the exact time when the intruder actually left the scene of the crime.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

There followed an unpleasant scene in the Manager's office with the Manager, my grandmother and me. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Papa was not one to make a scene in public. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

From the middle of May to the end of July he paints almost forty scenes of parks full of bright colors and thick paint. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

One night while watching an old Marx Brothers movie on the Late Show, he was held entranced by a scene where the brothers were searching for a missing painting. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Authorities were called to the scene at 4:43 a.m. by the motel employee who found the body. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Sahil’s and my notes about scene blocking have more chemistry than that set of e-mails, honestly. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They’re a little confused by the mob scene at the gym entrance. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As Neel and Ajay walked home, Neel imagined a detailed scene of the mother tiger leaping through the school window and pouncing on Headmaster. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was that weekend too at one of our lingering departure scenes that I learned where he'd gotten his odd, ornate name. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Trooper Rindlisbacher pulled a quick turn and headed for the scene. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then the scene disappears, and I am on my hands and knees on the floor, grinning. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The best way to rectify the situation was to avoid a barber until I merged with the Cambridge scene. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The walls were plastered with posters and newspaper clippings and photographs, bombarding me with scenes from the life of the Panthers. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I met white writers who talked of their responses, who told me how whites reacted to this lurid American scene. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Regardless, the panoramic scenes are the same from any neighborhood: red-orange sunrises, blue-black moonlit nights. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I take in the scene in my tiny foyer. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Dominating the scene was Hagrid, wearing a helmet and goggles and sitting astride an enormous motorbike with a black sidecar attached. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The scene was so unreal, I just froze. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I did not understand these scenes of strife. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The market-place was an avalanche, like a scene from the Wild West. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

At three A.M., the scene is so horrible that Mary is no longer admitted. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

My aunt fled the scene, leaving us alone in the study, where we’d been sorting through a mountain of old financial records. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Then the scene switches to a young Hideo on his knees before his parents, sobbing, begging forgiveness, hysterical, inconsolable, even as they try to make him get up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That was the scene on my mind when I walked home with a fourth-grade companion and heard him say that his parents read to him every night. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had feared some terrible scene of jealousy or recrimination. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was seeing a scene from back in the days when they were on the run, before Grover found them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

"Honestly, Daddy,” said Ernestine, "it’s so embarrassing to go riding when you always make these awful scenes.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand up to get ready to push her off before walking back to the hatch, to get away from the scene of the crime. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

These scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old Major first stirred them to rebellion. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Forgotten names sang through my head like forgotten scenes in dreams. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I visited the area the next day and witnessed scenes I have never before seen and never hope to see again. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene inside me is one I don’t want to replay, but the remote control is not in my hand. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Zane craned his neck ever so slightly, pins and needles soaring up his spine as he did so, to take in the scene. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t like it when two or three people would be talking at once. That’s the producers’ natural instinct, to hype a scene by creating confusion. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene dissolved, and before Harry knew it, re-formed around him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Since Henrietta Lacks died decades before I began writing this book, I relied on interviews, legal documents, and her medical records to re-create scenes from her life. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ivy looked at the paintings of flowers and mountain scenes already hanging on the walls. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I call out hoarsely, but he has already turned from the scene, already continued his retreat from the fog. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I was rolling my eyes and harrumphing on the inside until the first scene when a tousle-haired, smiling young man filled the screen. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Within an hour, their divisions are on the scene. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Hot shame flooded him as the scene in the car came back; he felt again the pressure of Jan’s fingers upon his hand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm’s meteoric eruption on the national scene brought him into wider contact with white men who were not the “devils” he had thought they were. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They got out and surveyed the scene, looking to me for guidance. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone in scenes with her is off because she is either skipping chunks of dialogue or speaking them without conviction. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

From the start, they were fighting an uneven battle, and the conflict got uglier as new players came on the scene. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I ran my hands over the books on my shelf, looking with pride at the dioramas I’d made of scenes from my favorite stories. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Then the Memory ends, and I find myself in my own room again, jolted back into a peaceful scene. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That’s the stupid thing I see over and over in my head: the scenes from my brother Muhammad’s extreme hockey moments video when the players slam into each other and lie tangled on the ice. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The hubbub and confusion of the scene was a welcome distraction, and during the next ten minutes buses one, two, and three filled up and pulled away with their noisy loads. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Apparently something is rotten in the state of super couplehood. I couldn’t hear what they were saying, but Lisa made a huge scene of stomping out of the gym during a slow dance.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

In my wildest daydreams there was a scene taken from the dreams of Joseph. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jan and Miep came in and were met with a delightful scene. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The symbolism of the scene was poignant, dramatizing as it did the passing of the prototypical American and the cause of gradual emancipation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Like I said, that scene came back to me today. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although it felt dangerous to hope, he allowed himself to imagine the scene. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It’s from a scene in the book after Jack and Sarah reach the Dimwood. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She had been imagining the scene of a crime, a Gothic cathedral, whose flamboyant vaulting would be flooded with brazen light of scarlet and indigo from a stained-glass backdrop of lurid suffering. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And thus from aloft we survey the scene. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the president’s vantage point the scene was festive and crisp, but at ground level there was water and mud and the mucid sucking that accompanied any shift in position. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Kathy made lunches while the three girls sat at the kitchen table, eating and reciting, in English accents, scenes from Pride and Prejudice. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is The Wicked Wizard War-related, and he’s opening up a freshly written sex scene to inspire us. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Front loaders and trucks flitted in and out of the scene like ghosts caught unawares. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m instantly caught up in a scene playing behind my lids, and I feel cool drops of water on my forehead. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I thought I would never forget that scene as it replayed in my head. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The peaceful scene had changed into something no longer beautiful. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

When I think of that dinner, the scene comes back to me clearly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She should not even be encouraged to master oil paints, or paint figures or city scenes. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Your thoughts are coming in loud and clear. You’re afraid. Don’t be. You’re going to be great in the train scene tomorrow.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Theo stood, turned to the man he was about to accuse, and saw the scene in the soup kitchen, saw Otis Amber cooking soup for the dirty, hungry men. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never looked at the title of a picture before going into a movie, and no matter what was showing he watched each scene with equal interest. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Other scenes would have me being put out of school, or getting arrested. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He clucks at the scene for a few moments and then turns to me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shorty would take me to groovy, frantic scenes in different chicks’ and cats’ pads, where with the lights and juke down mellow, everybody blew gage and juiced back and jumped. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our breeches were our own, and varied, and did we walk without shoes, we could pass as a miserable coffle being led back to captivity or to some new scene of degradation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

We set up a scene with Moms and Derek playing like Derek was a customer and Mom was a used car salesman and they were bargaining over a car. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to these were assorted scenes from daily life, of hunting and trading, of deer being killed with bows and arrows and marching warriors holding swords in their hands. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Stories are also divided into paragraphs, chapters, stanzas, scenes, or episodes, each with their own endings, to help us keep track of things and understand what is going on. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

As I started spotting recognizable landmarks, I felt as though I were watching an all-too-familiar horror movie, but the creepy scenes still made me jump. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“But, honey, the truth of the matter is we don’t really do anything that folks can see. Our contributions are behind the scenes.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I take in the hallway scene in the blink of an eye. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The scene came back to me today on the way home. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shrank back and away from the scene, watching it grow smaller, and smaller, and smaller until the dark, cloudy haze of Rob’s mind swallowed it whole. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Dude #3: It ain’t like Bugs Bunny—go down and splash, next scene he’s up running around getting chased again. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a bell that, given the block’s acoustics, echoed loudly off everything and lent an aura of night-mare to the surreal scene. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was pitch-dark, and only the floodlights illuminated the scene. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon entering that house, I discovered a pathetic scene that moved my heart: The room now was filled with merrymakers and roustabouts upon the trestle-benches, calling toasts to one another. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

And I have projected future scenes, just as complete and convincing— scenes that will never take place. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waiting for my baggage, we witnessed a touching family reunion scene as part of which several cherubic little children romped and played, exclaiming in another language. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In an instant, the hissing, burning gas vapor lit the grotesque scene. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as I watched the scene, it happened again. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor could only be in that scene where the actress pinches an inch, then looks at the camera like the world is going to end. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

However, the only swimming scene left intact by the English censor was an inverted reflection from a pool of water. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The invasion at Redwall continued throughout the night, the whole scene illuminated by a bright summer moon. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The prisoner blinks down at the scene as if from a very high perch. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

At least for the moment, it was also important that this aid remain behind the scenes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to say sorry. For the other day, when we were filming that scene? I pitched a hissy fit with you guys and Lewis and it wasn’t cool at all.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It’s another village scene, and the camera is angled to show several women seated around a bonfire. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s not supposed to leave the scene of a crime, though, is he?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was like the scene from Alice in Wonderland where she drinks the tea and then grows so quickly, she busts out of the house. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But the children soon came back, unable to resist the scene of such a spectacle. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene within was not at all what I had expected. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The windows’ forest scene fades away, leaving the glass clear. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And now the scene of confusion had reached its height,” Chamberlin observed through the folds of the blanket. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sign over the door said Snohomish High School—David’s school, and the setting of the next few scenes in the movie. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Many of the scenes were torn out as I reworked the book. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Each questioning the scene before them, what is told and what is not. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In another window, the museum arranged a harbor scene, where white colonists dressed like Mohawk Indians hurled crates of tea over the side of the ship with exaggerated glee. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“We’re here at the scene of a serious attack of vandalism and arson at the Islamic Center of Greater Milwaukee,” the woman says. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

My mother, who was no doubt waiting for me after a long day of unexplained absence, takes in the scene. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t take my eyes from the horrifying scene. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was like a scene right out of one of your movies. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The other walls flickered, showing scenes from above deck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We could never regain the old intimacy with those scenes. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The peaceful scene was almost enough to lift Leo’s spirits. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The university’s enormous mainframe computers stood in the middle of a vast white room, looking, as one faculty member remembers, “like one of the last scenes in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Maddie kept beaming at various scenes, her eyes shining in the darkness, like she was so utterly proud. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At that point, I think I was just relieved she’d finally found the tape and not made a huge scene about it, and so maybe I wasn’t being as careful as I might have been. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not many German artists painted domestic scenes at the time; this is from Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The snow had turned the street scene into the interior of a snowglobe, perfect in all its details. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

As I entered the living room early one evening, Grandma was setting up the manger scene, gingerly placing each of the crudely carved wooden figures that had been handed down from her mother. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cut the final scene and went back to worry about the beginning. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Presently a hulking, crazy-eyed man toting a stiff lariat appeared on the scene. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was the tragic scene that had played out between my grandfather and me about to play out again, this time between Miss Peregrine and her teacher? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

In my imaginary scene, Father has forgiven Anatole and encourages his friendship with our family. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole scene was so familiar yet so completely alien that it gave Annabeth vertigo. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In 1301, Giotto, one of the founders of modern realistic painting, witnessed another apparition of Comet Hailey and inserted it into a nativity scene. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fellow officers were putting up crime scene tape. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Because you can't have scenes without crying, and then you pity yourself so much you can't remember what the other person's said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

How would Hamlet treat me, coming upon this unexpected scene? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In a house I would have run to another room, but in the tight little world of our cubicle there was no escaping this scene. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

But stretching ahead of them into the white horizon was a scene of utter devastation and chaos. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I was observing the scene over the rim of the soap pot, and I was all eyes. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A life-sized Nativity scene has been set up on the lawn below the towering statue of El Jefe on his horse. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and look back down at the scene. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looks at a screen on the wall on which is projected a highway scene, the setting she is supposed to steer a virtual car through. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

On the middle two pages are the order of the scenes and the names of the cast members. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I hear the new one at the Alhambra is first-rate. There’s a love scene on a bearskin rug; they say it’s marvellous. Every hair of the bear reproduced. The most amazing tactual effects.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Police apprehended a person of interest, Jack Franklin, who was present when Johnson was shot but left the scene in a borrowed vehicle shortly afterward. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She wakes up in the morning and sees with perfect clarity a string of small, well-lit scenes. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Rondell finally admitted he didn’t even remember Speedy, I explained every single scene from all my favorite episodes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

After a good long swig of lemonade, she observed the scene. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I would have never guessed,” Stockdale would say many years later, “that commodores in charge on the scene of action are sometimes not allowed to blow the whistle on a screwup.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Gracious me, this packet is thick; I’ve got less than ten minutes to prepare all the scenes and I’ve barely made it past the character descriptions. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Traffic noise and all. It’s the only crowd scene he knows, so he uses it to answer whenever he hears a crowd. You know, to get somebody in here to pay attention to him.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I told the police what I saw—Johnson running from the scene of the crime. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"When I get stressed," Tiny explains, "I get crafty. Okay. Okay. I'm gonna go to the auditorium and start blocking out some scenes, see how the new stuff looks onstage." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Beautiful,” murmured Arm as he watched the scene. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Only an idiot would return to the scene of the crime. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She also helped him very much behind the scenes with plans for the church and the community. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

At the scene, we found the high metal gates to the township locked and our volunteers waiting patiently outside, demanding entrance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this scene was long ago, long before her father, long before any of their people. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A scene has just passed of such uncommon interest that, although it is highly probable that these papers may never reach you, yet I cannot forbear recording it. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there in the mist was a scene I did not expect. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A candle or torch may be depicted as the source of light in a dark interior or night scene. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He realized he wanted to search the scene for a glimpse of Jean. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, his first scene with Bobby, when the shirts come off, causes the same reaction it had back at Truman, only louder—with perhaps six hundred high school girls shrieking. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Another son entering the scene from stage left. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He strode around the table and hugged Harry; the scene in the basement of Grimmauld Place might never have happened. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Somebody blundered. Boston should not have been left defenseless last night...it was a sickening scene and no hand was available to arrest the unlawfulness.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Apparently, Simon’s dad asked the tour guide at Duke to “please elaborate on the campus gay scene.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He leaned forward and saw that now, in the embroidered scene, at the bottom, two tiny people were entering Forest. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

A new generation of agents would have to come on the scene, more than a decade later, before the United States was ready to make its next move against the KGB. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean like an adoring dog. And just as soon as Ratignolle appeared on the scene, then it was like a dog. ‘ The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

I found a chair near the door to the suite and sat alone, surveying the scene in front of me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Because, well, whoever is looking at this scene, you, me, I don’t know, that lady Claudia James, my friends, my family, Mrs. Fitzgerald—” “Who?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Such a shame you couldn't do a scene with more participants.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I was going to re-create the scene, what had happened to me, what was playing constantly on the news, on the page. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Several nights later, the scene was identical except that the moon had waned to a sliver and the siphon was pouring liquid back into the jugs left half full of Velma T.’s elixir. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had spoken peace and confidence into their troubled souls, had set a star before them and we were passing on to other scenes, still carrying the message. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

For months the small city of Selma, Alabama, had been the scene of mass meetings, protest marches, arrests, and violent confrontations between black voting rights demonstrators and white law enforcement officers. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Holy Gods,” one of her guards muttered as they left behind the throng at the crime scene. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Because no matter how deadly his failure, he was always back in the next scene, as if there were a revival center just beyond the edge of the animation cell. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

A man with a horse and cart now appeared on the scene and the man dismounted from his cart and walked across to our car and leaned over the rear door. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horrible scene of the preceding day was for ever acting before my eyes; the females were flying and the enraged Felix tearing me from his father’s feet. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of Christmas scenes or birthday parties there always came a moment when Milton’s eye would fill the screen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I'm sitting behind Ma, so I see her profile as she surveys the scene. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Using costumes, sets, and props, the participants arranged themselves to depict some recognizable scene—a famous painting, perhaps, or a well-known fable. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

But when they told of the coming of love and light the early storytellers were setting the scene for the appearance of mankind, and they began to personify more precisely. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

This, I thought, was what my father had been envisioning all those years ago when words had failed him, not necessarily this scene, but something equally capable of provoking such wonder. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was a plan that had been hastily concocted after Louisiana’s grandmother left the scene. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She was going to cry; she was going to make a scene. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Prior to that, he had worked selflessly behind the scenes at PIH, sometimes doing critically important things, sometimes the menial stuff. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But if you stand back, you see that they make this whole nice park scene, with people walking around in old-fashioned clothes. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The scene is a denouement, ugly and raw. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’d spoken to police at the scene—it was clearly my fault. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Osage Tribal Council issued a resolution, protesting that “anyone convicted of such vicious and barbarous crimes should not be freed to return to the scene of these crimes.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Captain Cook quickly got up on his feet again and strutted to the street ahead of Mr. Popper with many quick turns of his head and pleased comments on the new scene. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had watched many scenes like this since his return, with Papa acting so crazy sometimes you could almost laugh at the samurai in him, trying to cow her with sheer noise and fierce display. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

When that did happen, they—the dogs—sheepishly excused themselves from the scene and slunk out of reach under the porch. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Actually, she'd have to lose weight to be in that scene. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My voice came out in a whisper, as if I didn’t want to interrupt the painter who was creating the scene below. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Delia yelled, her face stained with tears as she backed away from the scene. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The invariable reaction to a scene with Gebu had begun to set in, a fatigue so deep it penetrated mind and body alike. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Behind the scenes, Eisenhower set into motion a secret plan, dubbed Operation Mongoose, to discredit Castro. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of music that made a chase scene even more exciting. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When I came out of the subway, Lenox Avenue seemed to careen away from me at a drunken angle, and I focused upon the teetering scene with wild, infant's eyes, my head throbbing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d always been impressed by the scenes of factories building planes and guns for the war effort—hundreds and hundreds of weapons coming off the line every day. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t really a scene for high school kids. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Most of them stood up hastily, or waved from their chairs, like Radine’s dad, a big, ruddy Texan, just as unfamiliar with this scene as Papa was. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment before the lights went out, he turned away from the platform, disgusted with the scene, the kid Renault being pummeled by Janza. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peeves was bobbing overhead, now grinning wickedly, surveying the scene; Peeves always loved chaos. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

So, cautioning myself to allow the rat scene to disclose only Bigger, his family, their little room, and their relationships, I let the rat walk in, and he did his stuff. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It might have been a comical scene in a film, but at the time it was nerve-racking. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a horrifying scene of fear and blood and screams. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And then it was the big goodbye scene for me and Rondell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I thought it was now time to end the scene, which was becoming too comically grave, so I went towards the door, simply saying:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The other two are now on the scene, the door opens and the light floods over us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

One held his magazine high before his face and for an instant I saw a vivid scene: The shining rails, the fire hydrant, the fallen policeman, the diving birds and in the mid-ground, Clifton, crumpling. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Combined with wedge-shaped cuneiform writing, scene after scene of these wall carvings scrupulously detail military exploits. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

I can only half watch the scene, because I keep wanting to see Jane's smile as she watches. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Across the street a crowd of reporters, photographers and TV cameramen from all over the country watched the tense scene as they stood clustered behind a police barrier. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked out at the scene now from far back in my despair, seeing the platform and its actors as through a reversed telescope; small doll-like figures moving through some meaningless ritual. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s strange,” said the boy, as he tried once again to read the burial scene that began the book. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After viewing this scene, Frear and his nephew left the restaurant and hurried off quickly to search for his sister-in-law’s children. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a landscape scene, a calm blue sea and a distant land. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

So the producers went back and reshot all of the street scenes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene would unlock with the quick, heavy thud of a body on a hood, then warp-speed into a scrambled collage of bent limbs and black pavement and broken glass. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Back home in Amsterdam, she desperately needed a change of scene. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Before the three of us could get back to the car, the cops pulled up beside us and arrested my dad for leaving the scene of a crime. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I kind of slide over to the chain-link fence, get a better angle on the scene. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Zach’s next scene does not go off without a hitch, and what occurs will repeat itself in each successive performance. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

That sobered him, and he continued to regard the scene without the hint of a smile. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The whole scene resembled one of those engravings from the Middle Ages entitled “A Quack at Work.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Caputo shoved his sleeves up farther on his forearms and said, “The penthouse is a crime scene. It’s off-limits until I say otherwise. Are we all clear?” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The scene switches yet again to Hideo lying in bed, curled up, silent, listening to the faint crying of his mother coming from his parents’ bedroom. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some kids backed up when Fake Leo burst onto the scene. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The book was one-half finished, with the opening and closing scenes unwritten. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

There the School’s history had unrolled, the fabled riot scenes and Presidential visits and Civil War musterings, if not in these buildings then in their predecessors on the same site. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Now, that's nice to hear," I.said, aware now of another bullfight scene further down the bar in which the matador was being swept skyward on the black bull's horns. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d evolved this system where we called for particular favourite scenes to be played again—like, for instance, the moment the American jumps over the barbed wire on his bike in The Great Escape. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, and then more quickly, they turned and walked away and then started running, scattering from the scene. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He continues to do this throughout the scene. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the girl showed up in history, Mr. Sanderhoff didn't make a scene. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Like they weren't even in the same scene as his. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

So the first real hero of the atomic age, if not the first personage on the scene, was Ernest Rutherford. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Things only got worse when, in the midst of the frenetic effort to track down the causes of failure, an incensed General Groves arrived on the scene. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

How aptly the verses suited the forest scene, I thought. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As he does, the living room fades away, and the scene shifts again. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Sasha stood bright-eyed onstage, looking at first like she couldn’t believe where she was, as if she found the whole scene dazzling and unreal. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then I’d woken up, and the scene had vanished, leaving me in a strange, dark, quiet house. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Leo stood in the doorway of the mess hall, taking in the scene around the dining table. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But given the scene around me and my own tender wrist, I wondered whether his study wasn’t valid after all. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That made me think of origami, which reminded me of another moment from Blade Runner: One of the final scenes in the film. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The scene outside turns from suburbs to city. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I kept having flashes of scenes go off in my mind. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The scene on the tarmac at the airport wasn’t as feverish as the one at the parking lot of Ratliff Stadium, where Permian fans had been lined up for two nights to buy tickets. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next time the sky opened, the two-legged animals found a scene of carnage, with only two dogs left alive. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

In Wyoming, a group of the wives of elected officials had worked behind the scenes to convince their husbands to support female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We don’t have time for one of your big insecurity scenes here, Steven. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw a scene that looked like an angry mob was ready to strike at anytime. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

As we left the scene of this massacre behind us, my thoughts were engrossed with visions of Bono, known to me since before my breeching, and our desperate feud, our tussle in the dark. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The defenders of the police, on the other hand, invariably take refuge in what Fyfe calls the split-second syndrome: An officer goes to the scene as quickly as possible. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Billy drove through a scene of even greater desolation. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm afraid, anyway, that any kind of emotional scene with Gale might cause him to do something drastic. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The suspect then chooses between doing things the hard way and doing things the easy way, and the scene ends with either gunfire or the gentlemanly application of handcuffs. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The scene was swarming with police and rescue workers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her parents are out of town at one of their French country homes, and she said she thought her living room would be the perfect setting for the scene we were doing. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

To recoil against such direction is to imply that a monologue or a scene is finished. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Metias’s crime scene returns to my thoughts—but as I replay it in my mind, I see his face turn into that of Day’s mother. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t in love with the book—I thought it was overly dramatic—but I liked Hemingway’s writing, and I thought the scenes of the sea would look good on a wide screen. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He could not stand his home, his job, the town itself—he could not endure, day in, day out, facing the scenes and the people he had known all his life. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want a scene to occur,” she said. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

There are no scenes, no breakdowns, no epiphanies. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

When they woke up, the natural scenes had gone. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I stood in a trance and stared back at the ghastly scene. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lid was decorated even more intricately than the sides—with scenes of carnage and power. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I even weigh in on scene blocking and storyline issues. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And back to me, “You’re going to get to Union Square, and that’s going to be awesome—” “—because an entire scene in Ragtime took place there!” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was standing there, taking in the scene, when Oprah walked in, glowing in a long green dress, surrounded by an entourage. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Sahil and I set up the scene and the camera and told them to take their places. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I look for something incongruous in the scene to confirm my analysis, and I find it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Good! I only have a few more scenes to write, but then I have to go back and fix a lot of stuff.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I admit that the edible stuff gave me a nice break from being the microwave Hot Pockets poster child, but the whole scene was kind of bizarre. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some kind of action where there’s a scene of the crime, a sequence of events with anomalies or gaps you can see, and empirical proof laid out on a white-clothed table. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When Mary stood to cut the cake, Tony was struck by the absurdity of the scene. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“If I had but the pen of a Balzac! I would depict this scene.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, the scene shows Hideo turning around a few seconds sooner and calling Sasuke back before he can go into the trees. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

All they needed was a stage, and they could perform one of those dark, savage little scenes from the Komedie Brute that the Kerch seemed to find so hilarious. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He also confessed to being at the scene but said that he was not the one who pulled the trigger. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The word is a symbol and a delight which sucks up men and scenes, trees, plants, factories, and Pekinese. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She can spend weeks arranging spots of color on a canvas or re-creating a desert scene. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If I tried to impersonate a British person, like that, Libby would tell me I’m working too hard and ruining the scene. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Kira followed the scenes with her hand as larger and greater cities appeared and larger, greater destruction took place. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I had no choice but to play out my scene here. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Times and scenes like that put Janie to thinking about the inside state of her marriage. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Chet walked about twenty feet from the scene of the attack, searching for it. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She was not meant to be a nurse, and after two years she confessed it: a hospital’s realities—scenes, odors—sickened her. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Preferring the less glorious and supposedly less influential position of cihuacoatl, head of internal affairs, he ruled from behind the scenes, dominating the Alliance for more than fifty years and utterly reengineering Mexica society. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The scene was worse than she had imagined! The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lily glanced toward her parents, who were looking around the platform with an air of wholehearted enjoyment, drinking in the scene. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The pilot continued to work the controls, ignoring the chaotic scene behind her. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

No feature in the scene was extraordinary, but all was pleasing. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"We'll be enlisting you prentices for battle scenes soon. Your weapons will be blunted, but there will be no protective tips. So, lest you die too convincingly, you'll wear a metal plate." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were giant crystal bookcases along one wall, and like a scene out of one of Seven’s dreams, black planters with every kind of plant and flower you could think of hanging from the ceilings. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Once the plane was safely aloft, Salva stared at the scene outside the small window. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the stupefied high-schoolers were leaving the scene, they looked back. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sarcophagus, engraved with Ancient Greek scenes of cities in flames and heroes dying grisly deaths. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

When it comes alive, the scene is dark and I see the feet of some young men. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We watch as the scene on TV changes from the happy couple in the wildflower meadows and sunshine to the dark, dreary cellars in the castle’s dungeons. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

That is, to objectify in words some insight derived from my living in the form of action, scene, and dialogue. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is my final moment, the scene that leads to my death. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The scenes and events were beautiful color spots in her memory. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wing sprang back softly from his mouth as he gazed transfixed at the scene before him. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But part of her shuddered at the scenes on the television screen. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I waved my arm at the scene below. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the best part was the scene with Janet where we had to touch each other. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was an unwilling player but could not choose to quit the scene. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But her absolute favorite scene was the part when Alice grew too big to fit inside the White Rabbit’s house. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I stood frozen, watching the deadly scene, unable to do anything. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Now let’s not make a scene. It’s time to leave. I don’t want to have to call the authorities.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if I could take a murder scene. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I see it as a night scene by El Greco: a hundred houses, at once conventional and grotesque, crouching under a sullen, overhanging sky and a lustreless moon. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Small traces of blood were found in the car and near the scene of the wreck, but there were no other signs of the missing Jacksons. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He watched as it rose, carried higher and higher by the breeze, into the trees where the monkeys now sat, solemnly observing the scene below. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I cursed myself for losing control and creating a scene, and I tried not to look at the boy as I paid my check and walked out without touching my food. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the scene was empty; the wet patch on the ground where Cecilia had got out of the pond was the only evidence that anything had happened at all. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

On Saturday, when they shot the train scene for real, Fred was on his best behavior. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

If that’s identification, if that places these men at that scene”—he paused a moment, then shouted each word—“then none of us are safe!” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Riffling through the book, she found the scene she was thinking of. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

His reaction to this scene was so strong that it made the rounds of the family gossip: Emma Wedgwood, Hensleigh’s sister, wrote to her sister-in-law with amusement how struck Charles was by Hensleigh’s juggling. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reminded Benji of the scene in Cinderella when Prince Charming put the glass slipper on her foot. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She shifted in her seat, uncomfortable, but obviously not wanting to make a scene. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A friend told Burnham, “The scene burst on me with the beauty of a full blown rose.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And then she said, “I love this white dress you got me” and “This scene is so incisive!” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Six years had passed since then: I was a wreck, but nought had changed in those savage and enduring scenes. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

But right now my only job is to make sure this absurd scene doesn’t turn into some ridiculous faux girl-gang turf war, so I pull Violet away and step in front of her. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“May I ask what that cretin nemesis of a policeman was doing on the scene?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Levy ran the risk of getting into a public scene with these wild people. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have almost total recall, every face is there, every hill and tree and color, and sound of speech and small scenes ready to replay themselves in my memory. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene was reminiscent of Birmingham, only on a smaller scale. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I got the feeling he didn’t want to make a scene, but Annabeth was really pushing it, sitting at my table so long. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I had to face reality: The crime scene had been destroyed by the police, and there could be no useful evidence whatsoever still inside. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I saw that once again he’d covered the whole seat with his cat hair, and I chuckled to myself, picturing the scene tomorrow. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

To have them show up at the murder scene meant something. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But the scenes continued to play in my mind: The severely angled deck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I left behind that scene and sought our accommodation further. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

One showed a pastoral scene so three-dimensional, it could’ve been a window. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was one scene, sure enough, when I thought the hero was gonna slap it to her right before my eyes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my night shift I've begun to act out the final scene, where Martin Eden pushes himself through a porthole and dives into the dark water and intentionally drowns himself. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He recalled—or was almost convinced he recalled—the scene at the cemetery perfectly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Somehow, the scene appears even worse on camera and almost unreal, like a war zone. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

These were appalling scenes, compounded in January 1944 by the retreating German armies looting and destroying the historic galleries, mansions and palaces of the tsars. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Unlike last year, when all the tributes were practically glued to their chariots, the scene is very social. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bryson chewed his lumpy oatmeal slowly, choked it down, replaying the scene. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The death of Violetta was meant to strike shame into Verdi’s audiences’ hearts, as it did the meddling father of her lover in the final scene. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It’s a picture of New York City—a street scene with yellow cabs. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“There seemed to be a lack of enthusiasm suddenly pervading the scene,” Alvarez recalled, “and we were worried about . . . whether it was a change in climate in Washington.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

According to the Washington Post, the women “practically fought their way foot by foot up Pennsylvania Avenue....No inauguration has ever produced such scenes, which in many instances amounted to little less than riots.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine the scene, how it must have wounded Ashley to hear those laughs. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The secretary and I were like Hamlet and Laertes in the final scene, where, because of harm done by one ancestor to another, we were bound to duel to the death. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene transitions back to Grandpa in his red sweater. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The wipers smear the street scene into grays and smudged lights. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

If the sea had been frozen at the height of a tempest, and every storm-tossed wave locked into place, the scene could not have been more jumbled and uneven. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And after each scene she described, she would ask, “Remember?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

All Rhonda felt was a sudden tingling in her extremities and a dreamy disconnect, as if she were watching a scene from someone else’s life. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There are no revisited scenes of discord with her father or her teachers. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She planted her hands on her hips and stared at the crime scene. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

If I attempted to account for scenes and characters, to tell why certain scenes were written in certain ways, I’d be stretching facts in order to be pleasantly intelligible. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As a young couple Herbert and Florence made the Harlem party scene. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But in their approach to the scene they were terrible, scoring just 15 percent. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then he makes a huge scene out of smiling at everyone except Abby. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

But now in June 1895 it was becoming increasingly apparent that Holmes had not faked the death of Ben Pitezel, he had killed him and then arranged the scene to make the death seem accidental. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I also knew he was a silent witness to the horrible scene. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

OPERATOR: Is the shooter still on the scene? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

For years scenes from that movie have haunted me, and the images still bubble to the surface whenever I remember my time at the Pottses’ house. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In the morning I arose from my bed intent on revisiting the scene of our meeting. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In order to create a flawlessly real world, you don’t need to draw the most detailed, most realistic 3-D scene ever. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Genie’s head was still on the swivel, scouting the scene for model sellers, when Grandma touched his shoulder. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He stroked his toy poodle, Henry, as he took in the scene. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Patricia’s calendar was tiny and dumpy, and for each month there was a stunning little pencil sketch of a scene from Hailsham life. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had taken two finger bowls of champagne and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental and profound. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The overall effect, he wrote, “is thus to be in some degree of the character of a theatrical scene, to occupy the Exposition stage for a single summer.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t know about that. I heard about the scene, you know...the love scene.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

This was to become a recurring scene in the Leep family chronicles. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He enjoyed the scene of fear and apprehension before the skinny dame yanked her shade down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Had it not been for this hint of grace, Kit’s anger might have erupted in a scene that would have spoiled all her chances on this first morning. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Rubies, emeralds, diamonds, and sapphires—the scene sparkled around the two girls. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If we give chronology the decent respect it is due, it is clear that Madison's thinking began to change before Jefferson returned to the scene. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

On the advice of Dr. Golan, who thought it would be good for me to “confront the scene of my trauma,” I was enlisted to help my dad and Aunt Susie sort through the detritus. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I think every teen movie does end in a prom scene,” I’d told her. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He did not like to watch this little scene between the two Greeks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was replaying the tire-biting scene in his mind when he heard the policeman say, “Can I ask you something, young man?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like it out here, this Queens scene. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When the police arrived a few minutes later, they found the American kid’s mother at the scene of the shooting, picking up the shells that had discharged from her son’s weapon. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I think how amazing it would be if I wasn’t behind the scenes, but just one of the throng out on the floor. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to conjure other scenes in which she and her father were of two minds. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In detective stories, when the sleuth revisits the scene of the crime, he nearly always finds a clue that has been overlooked by the ordinary police. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why would Hamlet stage scenes that rubbed the still-raw memory of his father's death and his mother’s remarriage? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The intricate scenes on it had been there for centuries, and the robe had been worn by each Singer and passed from one to the next. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I am going to be cast in any plays, one-acts, improv scenes, or staged readings, if I have to play any of the following, I will not "act like a black girl." Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Officer Tison was not on duty at the time of the shooting and was taken into police custody at the scene. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The scene changes to another mansion, then another, all overrun by hybrids. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, the whole thing doesn’t really strike me as your type of scene, but if you ask me, you’re overqualified for the job.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There was a scene of a dark forest with a tiger peering out from some trees. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The hall outside the gym is crowded with a mix of volunteers and spectators, and when I make it to the doors, I can see that the inside is a mob scene. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They pitied the poor woman, but the scene was embarrassing. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He mostly stayed behind the scenes, preferring not to draw attention to himself. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was the man before I got on the scene and he was looking to make a comeback, or maybe he was just looking to prove something to himself. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

A good chase with a few near misses added tension to the eventual crime scene. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Several little boys, on their hands and knees, watched the scene around Kino’s legs. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

We quitted the scene, leaving behind us a toppled parlor on the dirt street, table flung with arms wide, clock facedown, chairs jumbled on the ground. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The whole scene with her replays over and over again: the hurt in her eyes and the noise she made as she fell. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

This musical verandah scene is straight out of a cheesy Bollywood film, I think. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The poisoning and stabbing scene was okay, but I still think that Romeo is a jerk. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

According to Plutarch, one of the guards on the scene rebuked her, saying angrily, “A fine deed, this, Charmion!” Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

A jungle scene is painted on one of my domain walls. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

This seems the most appropriate closing scene in our attempted recovery of “The Duel” as a famous and eminently visual story. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Carefully holding the egg, she moved through the forest and away from that sad scene. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I finish, I rush to the kitchen, only to find a scene so melodramatic that for a second I think I have walked out of Ousting, the videotape, and into an entirely different movie. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His laughter filled the cavern, and suddenly the scene changed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Wow, it’s like a scene from a movie,” she says. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Onstage, as the scene plays out, Zach has tears in his eyes. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You can teach me, and then when we play Hamlet, you can be Laertes, and we’ll make a fine thing of the fencing scene.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith worked mostly behind the scenes but occasionally came into the ring to hold relay horses for Irwin’s daughters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what made it worse was that, instead of tactfully ignoring it, Bernard proceeded to make open comments on this revoltingly viviparous scene. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately afterward, the clearing slaves rushed out from the side gates with grappling hooks and rakes and ropes, and began to clean up the scene. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Harry dried his hands, impervious to the beauty of the scene outside the window and to the murmuring of the others in the sitting room. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But wording should be varied when an entity is referred to multiple times in quick succession and repeating the name would sound monotonous or would misleadingly suggest that a new actor had entered the scene. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I looked anywhere but at the judge, hoping there was some way to leave the room without causing a scene. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Still another speaker rose and described the domestic situation in the United States and linked it with the world scene. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I must leave Adèle and Thornfield. I must part with you for my whole life: I must begin a new existence among strange faces and strange scenes.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Obinzes mother walked in and glanced at the TV “You were watching this scene when I left,” she said quietly. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I felt that what I wanted that scene to say to the reader was more important than its surface reality or plausibility. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This was smart on my mom’s part because my brother is the only person who can get my grandfather to stop making a scene because he’s really direct about it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The weather drove upon her flesh, harsh and minute, but the scene was empty of all else that moved. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beidleman, who had lingered at the South Summit to inventory oxygen, arrived on the scene to see Fox plunging the syringe into Pittman, stretched out face down on the snow. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

We’d also shared hilarious moments behind the scenes, trying on each other’s makeup, giggling about boys, and coming up with spur-of-the-moment games on long, boring afternoons. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Even craning my neck backward, I didn’t see how that scene ended. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

A land of glamour was spread over them and the scene and they were conscious of the glamour and made happy by it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She even gave me her cell number in case I wanted to text her scene ideas for her character. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She bought enough room for our entire family and a bed; she would stay days and nights, not missing even the repeating scenes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has this theory that every teen movie should end in a prom scene. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Lily recounted this dramatic scene for me just as she’d heard our father recount it to our mother. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I realize I started this fight, I started shouting, making a scene in public. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Krause gave Mariela a handbag suited for a wealthy woman doctor, which she was supposed to have over her shoulder in one scene when she enters the living room after returning from work. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I am not saying we should never show the emotion of anger in a scene but to paint us as angry beings—just because? Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Bono looked from one of us to the other, taking in the full dimensions of this scene. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

And in my heart, I agreed with her, for it was a lovely thing even if the scene it depicted was all wrong. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

These scenes between Trotter and Mr. Randolph made her insides curl. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He paints outside, scenes from their neighborhood in Montmartre, buildings, people strolling in nearby parks. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The picture is of the same scene as the others: scared people carrying suitcases. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“This suspense is a thousand times worse than the most horrible event; tell me what new scene of death has been acted, and whose murder I am now to lament?” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined, of course, the bedside scene behind the curtain of that euphemism. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remembering the chickens, I wondered at the plausibility of Caravaggio’s scene: no one had that look on their face—that tranquil, disinterested expression—when taking off something’s head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Vincent isn’t yet an artist when he writes those words to Theo, but he paints the scene perfectly, with color, light, composition, emotion—a landscape of memory. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

If there was any justice, the scene would be carved into a monument of demonglass and placed here to commemorate the salvation of Weep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I thought I would vomit and I wanted to run away, but the frightful scene held me spellbound. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They flicked restlessly from scene to scene and spent a lot of time studying boring places, like the spaces behind pillars or curtains. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then, it was nearly time for Charlotte’s next scene. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of my eye, I catch Darius shaking his head, as if this whole scene is nonsense. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

What happens if it can’t be fixed isn’t clear.They can’t play a scene in what is meant to be a school locker room against a backdrop that looks like a living room. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Jinx was intrigued by the romantic scene developing before him, but was even more enamored with the catfish wriggling on the hook. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

My feet carried me over on their own, and I saw golden scenes glimmering on top of the chest. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A tear gas canister exploded, spewing a gray cloud over the scene. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents believed in telling a person bad news in public so they couldn’t make a scene. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

WHO had the idea that the answer wasn’t off in theoryville, that the place to begin was at the scene of the crime! Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This idea plunged me into a reverie so despairing and frightful that even now, when the scene is on the point of closing before me for ever, I shudder to reflect on it. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like the satisfaction I just got from a scene I wrote, where an old nemesis of Ben-Jamin unexpectedly popped back in and is making things extra tense. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Imagining that scene, Curly felt his stomach knot. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I block the scene so when we kiss, faces around us blur, a filtered lens diffuses the light, and a smoke machine blows gauzy wisps of gray across the floor. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Following these dire scenes of correction, the house was grim. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Several gunter clans were already on the scene, and they were making their first attempts to bring down the shield by launching high-yield nukes at it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

This scene played every day, sometimes several times a day, for the rest of the trip. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh...” said Harry, as the scene in his mind’s eye imploded. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I pull out my phone too and start to record the scene. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

What a difference daylight made to the sinister nighttime appearance of the scene below! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The character I was playing changed from one scene to the next, switching to whomever had the most dialogue. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was like the scene in Jurassic Park when the children turn and the T. rex is right there. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Even if they didn’t find an answer to Mr. Griswold’s Gold-Bug puzzle, now that she was here, she craved just a peek behind the scenes where Book Scavenger was created. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The sense of shock returned; it was as though I were invisible in the room, observing a scene in which I had no part. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t been able to see another crime scene to determine if Wyrdmarks had been painted in blood there as well. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Just a fluffy m/m retelling of the school concert scene. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I watch as he surveys the apocalyptic scene before him, then raises his arms like a conductor and in an instant every power tool goes silent. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I had read descriptions of scenes like this in books and it all seemed like a game to me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

As long as I had known him he was hip to the whole drug scene. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

At Hoover’s request, Agent Burger had even written up fictional scenes, which were shared with the program’s producers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Grandma stood with her hands on her hips, taking in the scene. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It would be inappropriate for me to document the scene for you. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Because there’s only two ways to treat a door in a scene: Slam it shut or fling it open. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The policeman and the fire inspector visiting the scene agreed that it was nothing more than a gas explosion. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene at the jail wasn’t as laid-back as before. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He watched the scene, fascinated, not wanting to move. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, Kaylene had the police report, including the pictures from the accident scene. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“La, no Miss, but he’s had a scene with Mr. Laurie, who is in one of his tantrums about something, which vexes the old gentleman, so I dursn’t go nigh him.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together they spread the fabric across the table, turning it, unfolding its pleating and cuffs, examining the intricate stitches and the scenes they created. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I play the scene through in my head over and over. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“We just heard from Mr. Espinosa. We need to shoot some new scenes. Right away.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The scene fades, but from that time Norma spent all her free moments with her friends, or playing alone in her room. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Swell ladies and gentlemen that Terrance had met on his travels, as well as a newspaperman from London come to report on the American scene. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The sheriff scowled at the scene, then abruptly disappeared inside the office. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There is absolutely no evidence in the trial record or the recantation testimony that places Ralph Meyers somewhere other than the scene of the crime at the time it was committed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He had five steamers at the scene now, plus three hose carts and a hook-and-ladder wagon, all of them pumping water into the fire at various locations. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

One of them is a scene behind the windmill, with fenced-in gardens, the city down the hill in the distance; the other is of vegetable gardens in Montmartre, with the windmills sails in the distance. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

While writing that scene, I knew that it was unlikely that so many people would ever be allowed to come into a murderer’s cell. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She would never know what scenes were driving this turmoil. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I looked across the dock, imagining the scene. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Thank you,” I say, stopping to cough, “thank you for seeing me today, and I just want to warn you that I haven’t memorized these wonderful scenes yet.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Production of the film adaptation brought Gregory Peck to town for the infamous courtroom scenes; his performance won him an Academy Award. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Guys,” said Fred, “meet Tater. He’s here for the helicopter scene.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I’ve never seen her act—those of us who work behind the scenes don’t have time for that luxury—but this time nothing could stop me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He rarely got angry at him unless my grandfather said something mean about my mom or sister or made a scene in public. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I thought, I must somehow put a scene like this in my novel. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In other parts of the city, directly in the path of the fire, the scenes were very different. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Compared with the desolate scene outside the car, his eyes look like the dancing flame of a lit match. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Wendle was one of the first on the scene after the crime was discovered. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blurry hospital scene shifts, and I realize I'm staring up at a similar fluorescent light and that a doctor is hovering over me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Mariela had made a wrong turn exiting the stage in one scene, then sort of U-turned and scampered off in half-light. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was, essentially, a first draft, laid out in a picture book that roughly corresponded to the way the actual episode would unfold, scene by scene, on television. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which is to say that by the time I found him, he’d been briefed in detail on the graphic, horrid crime scene at Sandy Hook. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As he reached the far wall, a strange scene confronted him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And even if these scenes of our youth were given back to us we would hardly know what to do. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the traffic was moving around the two stationary vehicles, and as they went past, the drivers looked curiously at the little scene, as people always do. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the end of his life, he remembered that scene and how it struck him so forcefully. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The funeral parlor vanishes, and the scene changes once again. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was like the makeover scenes in my American movies, where they take the dorky guy or girl, fix the hair and change the clothes, and the ugly duckling becomes the swan. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“It is a real jungle scene,” I said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after Kenna’s success opening for No Doubt, his manager got a call from the Roxy, a nightclub in Los Angeles that is prominent in the city’s rock music scene. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how I hopped on my board, how my foot found the pavement again and again, how I wheeled right up to the death scene with Fang, pretending I didn’t have a clue. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But Tom would relive that scene all his life. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Reba sat on the ground, her arms around her knees, staring through her unswollen eye at the scene as though she were at a picture show. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He managed to get some breakfast and sleep, but was back at the scene of that fire to supervise the mopping up of embers in the early afternoon. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was tired of wandering about alone, and Amy’s familiar presence seemed to give a homelike charm to the foreign scenes in which she bore a part. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first glance the scene looks chaotic, but by the time Camel has lit his cigarette, several dozen teams are hitched and moving alongside the flat cars, pulling wagons toward the runs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The frantic search for the umbrella was a familiar scene. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Varying versions of the same scene played out in offices at the Pentagon and State Department. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I—I don’t—” The schoolyard dissolved into a different scene. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The director is understanding—it’s Hamlet and Xavier is playing Laertes, so there are plenty of scenes that can be run without him there. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we should. Or maybe we could just make an official report on the whole scene—like, for current events tomorrow morning.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few scenes appear to be combinations of her own observations and faulty information collected from others. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And with no controls—no aperture control, no focus—she learned to be creative in the ways she manipulated her camera and her scene. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the kindergarten class led the singing of carols, Shirley captured the scene for her memories. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The fencing scene in. the play had displayed this same measured pace. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I think of the scene I walked in on this morning. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The former paintings in the lobby—landscapes aglow with Manifest Destiny, scenes of Indians being slaughtered—had been carted down to the basement. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The waste mart man lumbered out of his shack and took in the scene. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Hazel tried to clear her mind and imagine the scene through Sciron’s eyes—what he desired, what he expected. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Anything but that. My father was a director of an Insane Retreat, and first and last, having been professionally employed and behind the scenes in several, my dread of such places is intense.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The scene which met mv eyes was at once compelling and repelling. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jenny had been working her hard between train scene takes. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I had elected, in my fevered search for honorable adjustment to the American scene, not to submit and in doing so I had embraced the daily horror of anxiety, of tension, of eternal disquiet. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she stood in the nursery waiting for her cousins’ return she sensed she could write a scene like the one by the fountain and she could include a hidden observer like herself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was alone, isolated in a bubble of resistance, watching this surreal scene magnified beyond comprehension. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Thus a fingerprint left at the scene of a crime is an Evidence-Index, an indication, or token, that someone in particular has been there. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Strange scenes swam before me, first in light, then darkness, then light again. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aurelia and Marcus were unashamedly clinging to each other, their eyes, huge with suspense, fixed on the scene being played out directly below them. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I sighed, not making sense of it, but understanding enough to know I had to get to Miig and relay the scene. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore had arrived on the scene, followed by a number of other teachers. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Doubt-less those nearest us who had witnessed the strange scene were perplexed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you do the scenes again? Did they ask you to read the sides?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She was sitting cross-legged in the chair and evidently had been watching him as he observed the scene in the kitchen. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the final scene, Gavin was saying goodbye to one of the kids he had coached that season. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After the court scene, I tried to forget my father; I did not hate him; I simply did not want to think of him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guardsmen had a strange, pale look, to their faces as they took in the scene of slaughter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In those long hours, she could not keep from devising cruel scenes, arranging her own Museum of Terrible Wonders. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to be analyzing the crime scene . . . but I can’t concentrate. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She is, after all, a young woman, and anywhere else this would be an everyday scene. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Marti privately took some pleasure in imagining the scene in KGB headquarters on Monday morning. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just weeks ago, it had been the scene of Lincoln’s inaugural ball. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As her father assessed the scene, Stella could almost read his thoughts. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I think there’s less of a chance I'll be expected to cry in the audition if there’s, like, fewer people in the scene. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The moment my foot hits the smooth black floor of the prison, the inside of Moreau’s glass cell transforms into a scene of a fancy party full of people celebrating. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I wanted to create a scene, to bang on the door, to break it down. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled again, and I calmly wrapped him in a hug, trying to minimize the scene as much as possible. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, here’s the setup. We start the scene with Tater looking up at Duke, Nala, and Scruffy with his big brown eyes. ‘You have to find Cha-Cha!’ Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Beiderman quietly surveyed the scene, and then he took a deep breath. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Love it. Love. It. This is exactly what we need for our first scene today.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

More scenes appeared, and they swirled around my head, just like the wind, and…. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And now the scene, their slow and deliberate gathering actions, broke apart insanely as the two men began to pelt Linda and the five children in deadly earnest, aiming their rocks, trying to murder them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He described scenes of devastation—forests turned to deserts by American chemicals, villages burning, children wounded by American bombs. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A scene like this, a ransom scene, calls for a noirish mood: shadows, sinister silhouettes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Let me tell you what I did today...I start to describe the Eiffel Tower for him, the sculptures, the painting in the Louvre, and even the scene where Lou and I laughed. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She set up a Nativity scene with hay inside her house. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Then we come back and shoot the grandpa scenes with Buster.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

This scene happened to be set in one of the firebreaks at Manzanar. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine a man walking amid such a scene, a part of it, and yet knowing that it is not for him! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the years to come they would replay this scene in their heads. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lined up to board the bus while the scene in my head began to go off on its own, to stop taking my directorial notes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But as the scene replayed itself in my mind, my bitterness relented. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

There are no individual scenes, but fragments, shards that show the constant progression of time. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He’d been thinking about the accident and about the scene where it happened. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Kit and Judith stood a little aside, enjoying the bustling scene. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It’s all the scenes that were really cool to me and I wasn’t sure if they would be cool to anyone else. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Gradually it grew darker and darker, and then a pale three-quarter moon came up over the tops of the clouds and cast an eerie light over the whole scene. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I can imagine the scene now: Mrs. Walton cruises into the projects in her fancy pastel-blue Chevrolet Celebrity with chrome rims. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then I give up and see over the scene. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

He told Zach and Bobby to stop acting in their scenes together. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was not disappointed in the scene outside. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The passing of the regent removed from the scene an enlightened and tolerant man who achieved the goal that marks the reign of all great leaders: he kept his people united. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scenes speed around the world, from secret labs to commando raids to street-corner spy meetings. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down in the city, the buildings were stone, intricately carved with scenes from the natural world and the mythic one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A blaze of glittering lights brightly illuminated the water and the grotesque scene. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

As the Vonnegut streaked through hyperspace, I pulled the Director’s Cut of Blade Runner up in a window on my display, then jumped ahead to review two scenes in particular. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She had no idea if crime scene investigators looked at that sort of thing. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My silence, at this point, was total; any scene which tended toward scrutiny, demonstration, and display was deeply repugnant to my current spirits. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Bongo,” I whispered, “I’m an official crime scene.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Joe walked away from the murder scene, dropped the knife in a nearby alley, and headed to a pay phone to call his father, but the police had beaten him to it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

We were laughing our heads off, and I swear I saw him smile as he shook his head at the whole scene. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

My little story reenactment stopped, the sandy scene falling to the floor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The first white-hot flash from her mind came and went so fast, I saw the scene like a photo negative. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I need tennis shoes” is how I end the scene. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Next loomed the problem of leaving my job cleanly, smoothly, without arguments or scenes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the next rehearsal, Charles asked Sadie about a scene, and Shawn saw them talking. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The debate behind the scenes had focused on Lawrence’s role as the quintessential pioneer of Big Science. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I know I don't have to, but I want to. I’m never going to be that crazy eighteen-year-old party animal, you know? It's just not my scene.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In addition, there was no evidence that the effects of the celebrating either slowed the initial response or made the men less energetic once on the scene. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was no maid; if she could look on the grey wall's scenes of slaughter, why should she avert her eyes from the sight of men and women giving pleasure to one another? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The doctor crept slowly to the bloody scene, observed it all, but made no comment. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron ran to pick up Hedwig, who was causing such a scene that there was a lot of muttering about cruelty to animals from the surrounding crowd. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Nothing in all my hooks about foreign places had described a scene like this before me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Sugar work in Hawaii brought the same scene as took place in the Caribbean —the foreman on his horse, the gangs of workers harvesting the cane. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in big Hollywood movies they’ll have these crazy chase scenes where somebody jumps or gets thrown from a moving car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Given how things turned out you might wonder why we didn’t make more of a scene about staying together but at the time we figured we could survive a week or two apart. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they acted out the scene, George surprised herself. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I tried to slow the scene down, to relive it frame by frame. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having arrived only the night before from Chicago, Barack was hoping to ride all the way to school with the girls, but he knew it would create too much of a scene. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In Anna’s case, the doctors had not reported any indications of this, and from all the descriptions of the crime scene there had been no trail of blood from the car down to the creek. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There were policemen at the scene, hovering around the lifeless body of one of the passengers. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The scene there was one of wild disorder and panic. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was far too surprised by the scene inside. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I realize with a shiver that the scene upstairs is likely happening in many of the homes around us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The bus exploded on an east New Jersey roadside shortly after Jackson fled the scene. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I completed Holy Grail's final scene, my display went black while the silly organ music that ends the film played for a few minutes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We have been for months constrained in scenes of prodigious sickness and desolation; we cannot but feel gratitude that we exchange these sad prospects for new views. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

At the distance of a long bowshot from the village, the scene was terrifying. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He braced himself before entering his dad’s room, fearing he might have relapsed, but when he went in, a happy scene awaited him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could write the scene where Minerva's mother takes Minerva to her real father's house and her father's wife gives her lemonade, but she has to go around the back to get it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Some people were born to inhabit such scenes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The close-up faded and the next scene showed only the girl’s legs running over the sparkling sands; they were followed by the legs of the man running in pursuit. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She liked the campus, grave with knowledge, the Gothic buildings with their vine-laced walls, and the way everything transformed, in the half-light of night, into a ghostly scene. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Thousands of them rustled behind the tapestries, making the woven scenes move like wind. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Malcolm X’s decision to enter the mainstream of the straggle heralds a hopeful sign on the sickeningly dismal scene of brutalized, non-violent, passive resistance. ...” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Act One, Scene Six is the pickpocket scene, right?” asks Taylor, because she's also the kind of person who pretends to ask a question just to show off what she already knows. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She knew only one song, so she played happy carnival-style music for every scene, even when characters were getting shot and dying. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They went down to the beach to take a moonlit walk, and I was happy for them, though the scene reminded me of Silena and Beckendorf, which made me sad. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I had sat with Inge on the morning after the massacre, paralyzed by the bloody scene before us. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Up close, I saw that the engravings on the gates were scenes of death. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Falconer seemed to take no notice of the scene. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Like she wasn't even in the same scene. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

We had a small tree and we got clothes for presents, but the most important thing was going to visit the Nativity scene at the church and going to la misa de gallo, midnight mass. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We meet back in the auditorium after lunch so Ms. Albright can remind us how awesome we are, and then we head backstage to put our costumes back on for the first scene. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

But in my own head I was working it all out: it was a movie scene that became suddenly, terrifyingly real. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Okay, now what’s the scene everybody talks about, the single moment that stays fresh for you and me and the masses? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She drew colorful illustrations to help even Precious Coins picture each scene in the school play. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I scan the scene: shaking hands, nervous smiles, grim faces, a group kneeling in prayer a few feet away, their hands cupped in front of them. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

So I grabbed my cousin and I put my arms around him and told him, “Come on, don’t make a scene like this.” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Away from Loo, from the scene of what had just happened. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Overhead a lone petrel circled, watching the scene. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Please don’t make a scene. My psyche wall crumble entirely after the assaults it has recently received.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re dressed and posing like the photo from the opening scene of the movie. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“And what—” He stopped and studied the scene. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I pointed at a flat scene, this one with just a regular moon. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Emergency personnel have been dispatched to your location. Can you remain at the scene?” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Each part of the house is treated as a separate pocket of space and as a design element that is integrated into the scene as a whole. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In those scenes, dialogue is either deduced from the written record or quoted verbatim as it was recounted to me in an interview. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Cordelia is a serving woman, and also a soldier in the final battle scene. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looks at the kitchen scene I have made mostly of paper, including a working light over the sink that Travis helped me make. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Even if they didn’t find an answer to Mr. Griswold’s Gold-Bug puzzle, now that she was here, she craved just a peek behind the scenes where Book Scavenger was created. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning, after several hours of listening to Jenny and learning his moves, Fred was ready to shoot his warehouse scene with Cha-Cha. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The scene shifted again: the Jersey shore, right at the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Each time Naima cleaned the rickshaw, she imagined scenes the rickshaw painter might invent once these panels faded. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

The scene would’ve been almost funny, except Frank knew he was the main course. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In exactly six minutes and thirty-three seconds, there’s going to be a scene. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark, with thick closed curtains, black couches, dim lights, and deep brown wood-paneled walls lined with religious scenes on blacklight posters. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

At the scene of the student protest, Lonna Leep had pitched a weepy spluttering fit and demanded to be reunited with her son. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moody could see through Invisibility Cloaks. . . he alone could see the full strangeness of the scene: Snape in his nightshirt, Filch clutching the egg, and he, Harry, trapped in the stairs behind them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Others I wrote down—the scenes and dialogue. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Specifically the famous, terrifying scene from The Shining where Jack Nicholson’s demonic smile and bulging eyes appear through a splintered door. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It is pleasant to picture the scene: two hard-drinking alpha males in serious trilbies smacking a big desk and barking at each other over the niceties of punctuation. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Annabeth hoped she never had to see such a gruesome scene again. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The memory had lingered with Mollie, but only now could she fully comprehend the scene: Bryan was standing near her, staring down at his victim while feigning grief. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He sends studies for paintings to Émile Bernard: haystacks, fishing boats, a row of cottages, a sower with the setting sun, a harvest scene, and washerwomen at a canal with a bridge. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She would always remember his expression, him looking at her as if he could never have imagined this scene and so did not know how to think about thinking about what to say or do. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fadi closed his left eye and imagined the scene through his camera’s viewfinder. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The final scene of the vignette showed him pulling into his driveway that night and being arrested in front of his disbelieving wife and kids. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ho hum. If you are going to stage one of your hysterical scenes, I shall have to return to the living room. As a matter of fact, I think I will.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That 1 was dragged back to the place from which I had fled; back to a scene of the utmost degradation and horror, was a fact constantly before me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It looked like the sort of post-bender scene that only lived in movies. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I expected Twig to make a scene, like she had a few days ago, but she took a deep breath and stayed silent. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Can you even imagine the scene? To have the people of Chattana holding their own light? What a statement that would make!” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Instead the victorious force simply quit the scene, hoping that any remaining problems would disappear in the ensuing chaos. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I stand there scopin’ the scene for a minute and tell him: “How ’bout over there, D? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I let out a wild laugh, almost choking over the yam as the scene spun before me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As with the celebrity chef in the immaculate television kitchen who pulls a perfect souffle out of the oven in the show’s final minute, the messy work has been done beforehand and behind the scenes. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Before either of the friends could decide what to do, a rat appeared on the scene. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Annabeth seemed to realize she was making a scene and pushed me away. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The pirate leader finishes his speech, there’s a break in the scene, a cut to the commercials. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The scene before me was a hollow pretense of grandeur and gaiety. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A regiment of National Guard troops, on hand for the inaugural parade, arrived on the scene and pushed back the crowd at one intersection. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Looking at those green pastures that afternoon, I thought the only thing missing from the scene was a happy shepherd. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Entirely on its own, a scene came back to me: I remembered another bus stop. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I expected a leftover hippie scene from the 1960s. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

When she grins at my discomfort, I know we’re not in for some warm reunion scene. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When the blizzard subsided, a scene of destruction stretched from one ice-white horizon to the other. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She had herself witnessed a scene whose disclosure could cause trouble. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe the scene outside the computer lab has something to do with it, but nobody else does anything mean the rest of the week. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Slowly, she took in the scene before her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was a funny scene, Dana hopping up and down in his baggy boxer shorts, but Roy wasn’t in the mood to enjoy it. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

About fifty yards away, a miniature cyclone three stories tall tore across the tops of the sunflowers like a scene from The Wizard of Oz. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I have a rotten habit of picturing the bedroom scenes of my friends. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Soon, numbers and letters appear in random places around the dome, highlighting the areas where the code is generating bits of virtual reality over the actual scene. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We push through without a break today, but I’m not in every scene, so I actually have quite a bit of downtime. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

There is a scene in Act 2 that is the most emotional in the drama. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I racked my brain, trying to mentally replay the rest of the scene. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Over and over I shouted out the scene of the murder. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two giants sat on the outskirts of the group, casting massive shadows over the scene, their faces cruel, rough-hewn like rock. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It isn’t the vast mob scene I’d been hoping for, but there must be forty kids, maybe fifty. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“The morning of the election came, but did not bring out the usual scenes around the polls,” a circuit judge said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I have a feeling you do, based on the little scene that has just unfolded here. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I draw sailboats bobbing on summer waves while Mom reads aloud a scene where a spell goes wrong for Harry. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few years he became the brightest new star on the tennis scene. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four days passed, without the ground or the scene changing much, except that behind them Weathertop slowly sank, and before them the distant mountains loomed a little nearer. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At nine o’clock, the previous Sunday’s scenes were repeated. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley played the scene over and over again in his mind, each time watching another boy from Group D beat up Derrick Dunne. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I was there a full fifteen minutes in the freezing cold before Wilberforce arrived on the scene. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If she chases me any harder, she and I will wind up playing a scene from that Bible she reads. The scene between Potiphar’s wife and Joseph.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A haze of greenish smoke was hovering over the scene. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

As I did this, it reminded me of a scene in Blade Runner, where Harrison Ford’s character, Deckard, uses a similar voice-controlled scanner to analyze a photograph. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Its second rising displayed a more elaborately prepared scene than the last. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He believed that as we walked, the world of objects unfurled before us like the painted scene for a play, turrets, and moats, and topiary aisles slapping down into place just before we would arrive. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once again the Abbot’s room was the scene of a late repast. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Come now, let’s not make a scene,” said the spider. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t changed a thing—same scenes from old episodes, same light country music. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He’ll paint landscapes, still lifes, scenes of cafes at night, furniture, rooms, flowering trees, flowers—he is about to begin painting his favorite again, sunflowers. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The bodyguard seemed to be reading, but his eyes flicked up and back again as he took in the scene before him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew Brady, who had photographed Lincoln many times, now photographed the scene of his murder. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The quiet urban scene was a carefully staged KGB setup. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then someone else, and before she knows it, the scene is total chaos. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Behind her she heard the continuing roar of the engines, the confused shouts, the powerful voice of the President trying to impose some order on the scene. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She laughed and laughed and laughed because the present scene, the past weeks, suddenly seemed fantastical. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But as the animals outside gazed at the scene, it seemed to them that some strange thing was happening. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Behind us as we came up the stairs was a large room in which a group of players were rehearsing some scene. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the lunch break was over, Abby and Jenny led the dogs to the new location for the alley scenes. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The writer must work to keep up the impression that his prose is a window onto the scene rather than just a mess of words. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Meggie that he was watching the whole scene as if it were a play performed especially for him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They watched Max place a circle of yellow crime scene tape near my trunk, using metal stakes. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Every transport terminal on the planet has been spitting out avatars since last night,” he said, motioning to the scene around us with his Gundam’s massive hand. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I did not want to get Mrs. Danvers into trouble or make any sort of scene. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The scene of the encounter was an Esso station on the dark outskirts of Jacksonville; the date was the night of May 29, 1961. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Onstage, there were four scenes left before the end of the play. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they skirted the western edge of the camp, Reyna took in the scene. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He catches my eye, nods, and takes long strides to a black-suited man who has been watching the scene unfold from a short distance. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I think we—Faith and I, anyway—were thinking about Stan and his contribution to the scene outside our windows. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

So I started telling her the story of my book, not reading it to her, just telling her about it, starting with the first scene, where Meg wakes up at night, afraid of a thunderstorm. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I thought on Bono; I thought on his final scene with me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Behind the scenes, Princess Arsinoe was making mischief of her own. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The whole scene was an unutterable mixture of comedy and pathos. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

We were filming one of our final scenes after school at Victoria Lyons’s house. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Cameras flashed at such a blinding rate, the entire scene seemed to be lit by strobes. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As little as I wanted to be a part of the coming scene, I didn’t want to be left out of it either. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My goggles wash most of the color out of the scene. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Even an amateur lawbreaker like me knows not to return to the scene of the crime. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If someone says to me, “Christopher, tell me what your mother was like,” I can Rewind to lots of different scenes and say what she was like in those scenes. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Councilman Kwang tells the officers on the scene—who arrive at the accident immediately and then in swarms—that he wasn’t even traveling very fast, maybe thirty-five miles per hour. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those were the scenes she decorated in blood when awake. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The scene could have been painted in watercolors, so pale was the green of the grass, so subdued was the blue of the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignoring everybody, he loped through the scene without so much as an hola, veered into the bar door, banged it open, and plunged inside. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Close examination of the scene revealed the blown-apart body of the terrorist, who had evidently tripped and fallen upon the bomb just as it went off. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I glance at the scene before us and gasp. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The silent kitchen seemed to hum with the shock of the recent scene and with Ron and Hermione’s unspoken reproaches. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Twenty or thirty times I tried and failed; then I argued that if I could not write the opening scene, I’d start with the scene that followed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was certain he had witnessed that same horrible scene sometime before. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When the M.P.’s arrived, they discovered the classic scene of pilots hovering around a bar, drinks in hand, enjoying the fellowship and camaraderie of their fellow officers. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every one of them imagined the scene, each according t» his own predilections—Sula underneath some white man —and it filled them with choking disgust. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The scene before me is sideways and bobs up and down. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He had been watching old films of the Allied liberation of Nazi concentration camps, which included scenes of bulldozers unearthing corpses that Adolf Hitler’s collapsing Third Reich had tried to hide. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, but the scene had served as my small act of revenge. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He was startled that this should be the scene of his brother’s daily activities. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene was too strange and anxious for her, though, and she made a stream of whispered murps. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Please. Not another hysterical scene. You’ll dislodge all of the thoughts which are developing in my mind in connection with the lecture.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pax’s fur ruffled in a shiver at the scene Bristle conjured then: wind, cold and howling and heavy with the threat of snow. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

For years after, those scenes of horror replayed in my mind. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

They were to “run” the social scene once the senior yearbook girls graduated, though seniors cared less about the social hierarchy the closer they got to graduation. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

People ran in all directions, afraid that the police would be the next to arrive on the scene. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In between revolutions, communes, epidemics and wars, Paris was the Vegas of the nineteenth century, and the grandeur of its opera productions stood at the pinnacle of a glittering high-society scene. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The scene in the ruins almost made her cry aloud. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Waiting for some long- dead, long-forgotten scene to come back to life. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The loveliest scenes, he found, were comprised of the simplest, most natural juxtapositions of native plants. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Stanton was determined to preserve the scene of the crime. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eight-oared rowing sequence is still among the most dramatic action scenes in Olympia. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

While there were no witnesses, police determined from evidence at the scene that Smith, crazed with grief and rage, then turned the gun on himself. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But they move the harvest scene of yellows and greens and blues from Arles and hang the baby’s almond tree in the most prominent place in their flat, above the piano in the drawing room. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They got DNA evidence from the crime scene tested again, and the results showed it didn’t belong to this guy. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

With Myers back as the primary witness and Bill Hooks ready to say that he saw Walter's truck at the crime scene, the district attorney believed that he could proceed against McMillian. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But Vincent enjoyed the landscape from the train; it reminded him of winter scenes by Japanese artists. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

If me and Diego were watching this scene in some movie we’d be laughing for days at how mad gay it was. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But looking around, I could see that to get away I would have to fight against the crowd and make a scene, something else a colored man knew not to do. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chekhov’s first rule of playwriting goes something like this: “If there’s a gun on the wall in act one, scene one, you must fire the gun by act three, scene two.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

During these days, in visions or dreams, scenes of home float up to me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a swirling blue blur, like an underwater scene. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than create a scene, the Gestapo spoke calmly, assuring their victims that they wanted to help them. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I learned later, some moron had driven his truck into Salem Harbor and that Dad was called to the accident scene to help fish him out. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I had truly not expected such a scene; at most, I had imagined that there would be several dozen people, mainly the warders and their families. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the door ajar and peered inside — and a horrible scene met his eyes. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He never looks at George at all, so the entire emotional meaning of the scene is lost on him. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But what about the fairies and the goblins suddenly stumbling around the scene of Capricorn’s festivities? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Rescue crews were on the scene in minutes. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I ran over to Mama, whimpering with relief that this ghastly scene was over and she had been saved, yet aching with a great sadness I could not at the time find words for. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, carefully, the boys approached the scene of suspended destruction, where things that were crushed, thrown, or knocked over took their sweet time hitting the ground. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He knew that the scene must be even lovelier than it now looked to him, viewed as it was through a fog of exhaustion that blurred his senses and his mind. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The camera in my brain lets me run all the scenes of my life in slow motion. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Then let us close the curtain on this scene,” said Hamlet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“He described this scene to me. I recognized it when the automaton drew the picture.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Now he is the first physician to come upon the crime scene. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

As the Singer moved toward the stage, the folds of the robe glistened in the torchlight; the colors of the threaded scenes glowed in their subtlety. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no regrets about missing a scene like that. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

My parents came into the room then, and we had the whole obligatory hugs-and-farewells scene. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faces appeared at the windows on either side of the street, while a little knot of prosperous-looking passersby gathered their robes about them and broke into gentle trots, keen to vacate the scene. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He loved Maer, too: “My life has been very happy and very fortunate, and many of my pleasantest remembrances are mingled up with scenes at Maer, and now it is crowned.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have been discovered at the scene of the crime!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The walls were covered with plaster on the outside and a village artist had been hired in a good year once to paint upon the white plaster a scene of hills and bamboo. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Then, a new scene is created, inspired by the body positions of the actors. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

At the same moment, the dancers and the gymnasium behind him vanish, and the scene around him suddenly changes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I think Shakespeare said it best in act two, scene two of his play The Merry Wives of Windsor: ‘Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.’” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

A storm raged outside, but in the house it was warm and safe.Then the scene faded, and he was back in the kitchen. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene around him was so different from his dream, he wasn’t sure which was real. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Now a gigantic statue of black stone dominated the scene. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There’s a whole Christmas scene with a train riding around a snowy track. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Yet behind the scenes, the NSA was quietly growing more and more powerful. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I flush the toilet and wash my hands, and return to the pathetic scene. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

From his throne, King Hamlet beheld the scene, his queen beside him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then he went quiet, and in the silence I could feel him dreaming it: scenes from a life that might’ve been. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In a happy daze I float upstairs and lie on the red sofa feeling soft as gelatina, playing the scene over and over and over again in the darkness. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene kept surfacing in my memory like lightning on a dark rainy night, and each time it happened, I heard a sharp cry in my head that made my spine hurt. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Some acted like a bunch of rubberneckers at the scene of an accident and asked a lot of questions. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She feels that things might have gone along well enough if I’d just done something about a fifteen- or twenty-minute scene in which she blows her nose several times—snipped it out, I gather. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mark imagined the scene, all while holding his hand out and trying to look calm for Deedee. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In this scene that I unwillingly played, I understood nothing of my role. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I got the whole scene fixed in the corner a my eye. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I was reminded of the scene from Daeonica where Tarsus sells his soul. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She felt them at the core of her, every image and scene of fright and foreboding, of shame, shock, and misery, of bloodshed and agony. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It is a bad scene in a movie, because the microphone makes the throat-clearing sound like a rocket lifting off. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A typical show consists of at least forty distinct segments, none more than about three minutes — street scenes with the actors and Muppets, animation, and short films from outside the studio. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s no need for an ugly mob scene.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I could hardly, by myself, start shouting for rewinds just to see sex scenes again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene in the Tennessee State Capitol as the clerk tallied the votes on the suffrage question. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

One picture showed a scene in which the people of the city greeted her when she arrived—the first person they had ever seen to come from elsewhere. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The whole scene was an assault on my senses. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

His attention riveted to the scene, he for once noted some details. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As Lilienthal recorded the scene, the thought of the Super made the Pentagon officers’ “eyes light up.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

To be able to understand the perspective of a scene, you have to know what you’re looking at and where you are standing. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The scene whirled, the darkness became complete; Harry felt himself falling and, with a crash, he landed spread-eagled on his four-poster in the Gryffindor dormitory, Riddle’s diary lying open on his stomach. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

A dreadful scene lay below her as they left the airfield. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“No, I cannot leave until I have acted my scene. Do you not remember our plan and your part in it?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

However, when the scene is reenacted many times under comparable lighting conditions by a court investigating the case, the victim correctly identifies the race of the assailant only about 80 percent of the time. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we exited the highway, you can bet I pretended not to see the old Red Carpet Inn, scene of my latest, greatest mistake. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Nothing in this scene is unfolding as I had planned. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baxter and I had painted our nails beriy pink a few days before, and for the first time, I didn’t cry remembering the scene at the park. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But for some reason, the cameraman left the film rolling, and a final scene was caught on tape. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run forward with my mech along my bridge, look over at the scene, and get ready to activate my Freeze power-up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mia’s head tilted this way and that, framing the scene below in her viewfinder. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There’s a rumble in the pit of my belly, and I let the next scene play out in my head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I am a trouper to my bones, and when the scene is set, I know how to make an exit. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He went on to say a good deal more, but it seemed to Turner that a muffling silence had descended on the bright late morning scene. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Most of the chickens were up in the rafters of the barn, screeching at the scene on the floor below. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I remember thinking two things as I sat by the fire, watching this scene play out. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She’s also a mariner in the first scene; she can get away with this because of her height. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One is not supposed to laugh at other people’s misfortunes, but I could picture the scene in my mind so perfectly, it caused me to laugh until my sides hurt. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene was almost too much, too beautiful. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I turned my back on the church and snuffed out that scene. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When reporters reached the scene a half hour later, they found the young marchers in the yard singing freedom songs. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had just come from a house in which men sat in a lit kitchen talking in loud excited voices, only to meet an identical scene at home. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We go now to Rick Dobson, live on the scene.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The idea, the scene, the things that happened in the next minutes, the next hour, were so bad that I do not like to think about them. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

His mind automatically stopped the scene and played a different one. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, I had that familiar, unsettling feeling of being in a movie where the film has been broken and then spliced together a whole scene later. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes her fingers quivered with the desire to make those scenes. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lawmen went down to the creek, scouring the murder scene. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He looked around, trying to blink the scene into focus. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He died of head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He loaded the photos from his personal camera to revisit the scene. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I felt disproportionately terrible, like I had just been caught fleeing the scene of a murder. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Every wall was covered with tapestries: hunting scenes, court scenes, pastoral scenes. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But both Caroline and I obeyed, leaving the little scene on the dock behind, making our slow progress up the narrow oyster-shell street between the picket fences that enclosed each house. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene was a gruesome one until I arrived. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Moreau and the chair vanish and a different scene emerges inside the cage—a fancy living room with plush chairs and a large fireplace. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When one is lying on the floor of his bedroom exactly ten weeks and three days after his brother has vanished off the face of the Earth, he begins to imagine quite a grandiose scene. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“But really—I can’t help it. What a scene! What a scene!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The church’s windows were of colored glass, each window a scene with Jesus and his cross. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Until he pulled the stuff out, I’d forgotten that Bobby Gene had rescued the backpack from the moped seat at the scene of the accident. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They looked like a movie that had been paused in the middle of a fight scene. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But with all the scenes, the birthdays, the lessons, the practices, the ordinary events that should have been left alone, what I remember most are Jenna’s eyes, flickering, hesitation, an urgent trying. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He had scouts everywhere—the moment a larger circus showed signs of trouble, Uncle Al would get a telegram and race to the scene. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what you’re feeding Duke these days, but keep it up. He nailed every scene on the first take.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The scene from the day before flashed in Thomas’s mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The scene at the jail wasn’t as laid-back as before. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

However, as they had left their cars blocking the road a harsh discordant din from those in the rear had been audible for some time and added to the already violent confusion of the scene. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I was still wiping my face and squinting at crude Biblical scenes painted on the windows when two old ladies came up to me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Warning: The rest of the scene is a bit graphic. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Two weeks later Arnold returned for another photograph and captured a very different scene—one of devastation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Two people are pacing around in the third room, a man and a woman practicing a theater scene. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the scenes unfolded his interest was caught and he leaned forward. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined the scene inside the gym—circles of kids, hopping up and down to the beat. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But it’s hard to even get near Michael without causing a scene—even at lunch. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Catiline’s attempt to reply was shouted down, and he fled the scene—just as Cicero intended. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Redfern runs down to help, and I cross my arms and watch as the scene unfolds. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We must now go back a bit and explain what the whole scene had looked like from Uncle Andrew’s point of view. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The rules would be different, too, and I would have to work harder to fit in with the academics and with the social scene. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Calpurnia was standing shyly in the hall, giving her grudging approval to the scene. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Not one of the horde dared go near the gruesome scene lest they be found in a position of blame upon Cluny’s return. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

This was a scene I had long forgotten, and thinking of it made me unbearably sad. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The Muppets, then, were only seen with other Muppets, and the scenes filmed on Sesame Street itself involved only real adults and children. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact of having witnessed that scene was excruciating. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Each time my mind replayed these scenes, I increased my pace. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I looked away from the fence, but Frankie continued to stare at the scene through an opening at the bottom. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It’s creepy, like I’m looking at a crime scene. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

How is it right to slip free of an old skin and walk away from the scene of the crime? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The video then transitions to a montage of scenes with Grandma coming over to feed Grandpa, taking away his salty nuts or candy, bringing him his medicine and vitamins, laughing at him, nagging him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Let us leave this scene of shame and seek out a quieter place.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Definitely a close second to the whipping scene. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In my mind’s eye I would see sparks of flame, flashes of scenes I had witnessed, and the agonizing voices of children and women would come alive in my head. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Although Dad’s driving was fraught with peril, there was a strange fascination in its brushes with death and its dramatic, traffic-stopping scenes. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aech and I both froze in our tracks as we stepped off the plane, gazing in wonder at the scene around us. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The fingerprints on the ID tag are the same prints found just last month at a crime scene finked to Day, prints that don’t match any civilian the Republic has on record. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as Kim showed up on the scene, everyone assumed we’d be best friends just because we were both dark, quiet, studious, and, at least outwardly, serious. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing out of sight, she peeks into the room and surveys the scene hopefully. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Without my camera or a functioning phone, I look out the door, etching the scene in my mind. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The aroma and the scene reminded me of my school days in France. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the writing of scene after scene I was guided by but one criterion: to tell the truth as I saw it and felt it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The chariot was inlaid with obsidian and gold, decorated with scenes of painful death. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The temple walls are decorated with magnificent detailed carvings of people, cows, wagons, daily life, and battle scenes from long ago. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she followed Grandma Sorenson into the spacious basement, the implications of the scene began to register. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

If an IV solution normally used in hospitals and at the scene of accidents was now being used during the halftime of a high school football game to ease complaints of exhaustion, so be it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene was apocalyptic, but...it was a calm apocalypse. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He is taking in the scene, I think, but without seeming to. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Q: Can you confirm that an Egyptian passport was found at the scene? Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Trust Grandmother to take the glamour out of the scene, thought Nhamo. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, Leila mustered the courage to return to the scene of the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Miss Palma gave me a sad, sympathetic look, and Annette was studying me like she was Sherlock Holmes and I was a handkerchief at a crime scene. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And once I had them fired up with slavery, I would shift the scene to themselves. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about the scene in Jaws when Hooper and Chief Brody slice open the shark, releasing a river of foul, grayish fluids. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I played my scene of madness to its end so that my seeming death would not be doubted. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They didn’t even photograph the crime scene, which, in any case, had already been contaminated by the many observers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The lanterns swinging from the carriage ceiling cast a bright light over the scene: Harry could read every word of Crabbe’s comic directly below him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She looked around in bewilderment: she was standing in the middle of the strangest scene. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a scene where George is about to lose his temper,” says Warren Jones, who worked with Klin on the experiment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Whatsoever, it was like entering a scene which, because of some devious circumstance, I had hitherto watched only from a distance. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you like that!” he whispered to me in a wondering voice during these scenes. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Fridays, he would often show slides of his trips to Europe, pausing lovingly over pastoral scenes in England. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt braced himself for a stormy scene, but she was dry-eyed and grim. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the scene as they walked down Main Street didn’t help matters. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There have been five mass extinctions since jellyfish showed up on the scene. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Let’s take a break and do this scene over tomorrow.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The whole scene starts out again in the vivid colours of the moment, down to the drops of April rain on the windows of the court, glittering in the rays of April sun. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

As if it were a scene in a play, she had a sudden fore-image of what might happen. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

On the day after the accident, two detectives had gone out to inspect the scene. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Q: Do you have any more information on the white truck that was at the scene before the bombing? Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The scene shifts from the campfire to me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Two of the station operators stood outside their booth, their eyes locked on the scene to the south of them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The scene was at once idyllic and hallucinatory. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dussel calmly observed the scene, his hands on his hips, while the rest of the audience roared with laughter. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He did not secure the house on Claiborne as a crime scene. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Two boys step forward to read a scene. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

All the memories, funny moments, and unforgettable scenes living inside me, things I’ve been thinking about and writing about in my notebook, are parts of me that they know nothing about. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The ' dirt-smeared windows looking down into its basement were right where the crew was setting up to shoot the next scene. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The scene left Art with the ominous impression of an extreme, too-silent tidiness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was something else, the solemnity of the scene, the complete silence, the absorption. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But when she arrived at the market, she forgot her fatigue and simply stared at the scene before her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Willoughby was rare—his preference to remain behind the scenes implied the absence of vast personal conceit, a trait essential for two-penny despots. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They watched television, a drama, predictable and filled with brightly shot scenes, one of which featured a young girl in a short dress. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The office was cramped, with filing cabinets the proctor had to squeeze through to get to her desk, but she kept it pleasant with samplers on the walls detailing farming scenes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We did the balcony scene together as nearly as we could—until the guy behind the counter began to look like he wanted us gone. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The two actors involved in this scene quickly became very frustrated. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Bobby adds, “I think that scene loses all its power if you move it.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The scene was so entirely a realization of her worst fears that she sensed that her overanxious imagination had projected the figures onto the packed spines of books. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It is one of three things the defendant hasn’t counted on—the body itself, the bloody fishing gaff, and the mooring line he’d left behind in his haste to leave this scene of murder. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When demonstrators set fire to a coffin as part of their protest, the firemen at the scene doused the flames and then turned their hoses on the crowd. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It strikes me now as a typically Christian scene. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As you would have loved him, she tells the photo of her husband, who seems to be watching the scene gravely. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Escaping their teachers long enough to sneak into a girls’ bathroom, the girls’ bathroom, moreover, right next to the scene of the first attack, was going to be almost impossible. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Yo, I wasn’t just on the scene, I was the scene. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I sketch this scene in faint, careful lines. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

By now everyone has put down their forks to watch the scene unfold. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Once these facts had been absorbed and lamented, Briony was gently returned to the scene itself, to the events on the lake island. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The whole scene glowed in a warm, buttery light. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Culebra was in full swing when Sierra walked in, and instead of the usual laid-back El Mar scene, a sweaty mass of punks, teenyboppers, and hipsters pulsed and churned to the music. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Spare me no part of it for kindness’ sake, but put the scene before me as you saw it. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene in which Brandon first meets Cheryl Moody at the mall food court is written as a flashback near the end of the play. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The scene was of a river and lots of trees. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She showed me another scene—a New Jersey highway. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was as though I were acting out a scene from some crazy movie. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was a soft-focus love scene, and Ignatius began to lose control. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were scenes of the Houses of Parliament, Lambeth Bridge and the Eye, from different angles. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sir, I found a piece of a shirt at the crime scene—a shirt that’s way too small to fit the Matherson boy.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another February 8 motion was aimed at disallowing the prosecution from using anything in the trial that Reggie had said to Rindlisbacher at the scene of the accident, and en route to the hospital. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Moreau waves his hands and the scene inside the cage changes again. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Indeed, there were no other pictures—had been no others, except for the accustomed scenes of Lothian, since they were born. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He captures it from different perspectives, from many points of view: up close, far away, in the center, just part of the scene. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

First we danced the party scene, and then we danced “Waltz of the Flowers.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Other driver suffering mild concussions, being treated at the scene. Parents DOA. Boy, approximately seven years old, just behind us.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay flat in the tall grass and watched the scene in the street. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scene after scene from their childhood played in his head until he was in the parking lot of the complex. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Though the rest of the countryside is, say some, a scene of riot, we are strongly placed here in Norfolk, with excellent approaches by sea and a control of all approaches by land. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

People gathered around the car record the scene with their phones and throw rocks at the windows. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Ralph had watched the water fight with sadness in his heart, never guessing the scene would one day hearten him, as it did now. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene was unlike the train station when we were deported. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The thunder and wind made it feel like a scene out of a really good movie. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

People accustomed to reading comparatively dry rehashes of events were now enthralled by vivid scenes rolling across the new Movietone newsreels. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a dreadful scene, like something acted in a tragedy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to renew my acquaintance with her in another scene like that. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Like she’s the next actor in a scene of a play, Anastasia bustles into the kitchen not a minute after Dad leaves. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It gave him a sense of life and time passing, and he enjoyed the pleasant normality of the scene. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve remembered the stories that were my favorites, and sometimes I’ve even been able to remember the exact words an author wrote in some special scene. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Leo had designed the mess hall’s walls to show real-time scenes from Camp Half-Blood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The scene repeated itself through the course of the week and marked the beginning of the end for Valencia and me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

No one pursued him when he fled the scene and no one at the Seward house saw or could identify him. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a scene much like the one I had just left at the university, except here no one was studying, and some of the people wore dressing gowns. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

What I am paid to do is to observe him in a rigorous present tense, as a subject dynamically inhabiting a scene, as a phenomenon of study. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This particular visit with my mother is encased in my mind like a scene in a snow dome. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The divining party again laid their heads together: apparently they could not agree about the word or syllable the scene illustrated. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The staffs living standards would improve in time, but not until the appearance on the scene of an especially well-heeled patron, the United States government. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

How to resist making a scene when someone told a racist joke. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Palmer looked over the peaceful scene: people playing, walking in the park, the trees, children’s shouts. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

A scene of total devastation met their eyes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She was growing old ungracefully, and she cried or made scenes like a fishwife. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another legal option for officers frustrated by a motorist’s refusal to grant “consent” is to bring a drug-sniffing dog to the scene. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The flat portion in the middle always reminds me of the racing scene in Grease. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was a ridiculous scene inside—an underwater recreation of the hovering garbage at Aberdeen Lake State Penitentiary. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The sky glowed a Persian blue, and the black silhouettes of the buildings gave the neighborhood a fantasy quality, like the chimney-sweep scene in the Mary Poppins movie. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Knife sullenly peeled potatoes while Fist watched the scene uneasily. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ivette s mom probably thought I really was sick, but all I was doing was replaying the entire scene with Manuel over and over again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But why had she shown me those scenes? The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, the typical illustration portrays a happy family scene, father and son smilingly preparing to apply the chemical to the lawn, small children tumbling over the grass with a dog. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The blade cast a faint bronze light over a very sad scene. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Levy pushed past his wife into a scene he could never have imagined. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was impossible, he was told, as a scene that required the full stage was being performed and there was nowhere to hide from the audience by creeping behind the scenery. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she had her own landmarks and scenes to remember. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A German chambermaid named Caroline Klausmann had tended the children’s room and observed the same wrenching scenes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The scene reminded Leo of the invisible wind spirits that had served him lunch at Camp Jupiter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As the cricket chirped, the whole scene came back to Mama: the still, warm night, the moon shining down on the velvety Bay of Naples, and Papa singing to her. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all claims about what had gone on behind the scenes are conjectural. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He had stumbled upon a private scene that belied everything he thought he knew about the golden godson and his charmed life, and it broke something in him to see the other boy brought low. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone over this scene in my head,” he finally says to me in a soft voice. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We ride along with a scene of sunflowers and sunrise playing on the windows. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the end of the dream, he was forced to flee the scene with “my clothes torn from my back and my skin lacerated from head to foot.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You and the director can work out the blocking and stunts. We’ll shoot the train-hopping scene on Saturday. I have a feeling America is going to love our new Duke even more than I do.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The New York Times subsequently reported that the two had performed well in class, but remained far on the outskirts of the social scene. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silently parting the ferns, they gazed in horror at the dreadful scene around the base of the elm tree. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I was playing several small roles, my most dramatic being that of a soldier who dies a bloody death in one of the battle scenes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Soon riot police stormed the scene, pushing against the crowd with riot shields as if they were going to push everyone into the sea and drown them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was a .12-gauge Savage shotgun, Model 300; a delicately etched scene of pheasants in flight ornamented the handle. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But little Fifi could not be distracted from the scene at the end of the table: she stared wide-eyed at the bickering Fannings, and then over at Mami with a serious look of oncoming tears. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was a sweet scene, a courtyard filled with students clad in white and blue. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She isn’t finished with her survey of Merryweather’s social scene, but she thinks the International Club and the Select Chorus will be a good place to start. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a scene to warm the cockles of your heart. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just used that scene in the beginning of Romeo and Juliet when those guys were dissing each other and then the scene where Romeo was talking his stuff to Juliet. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

In 1905, Edward Elgar, a fervent admirer of German music, described the British music scene as ‘vulgar, mediocre, chaotic and insipid’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I stood in front of the wall and replayed the scene in my head. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were painted with scenes of a banquet: a robed man with a curved cap like an ice cream scoop, sitting next to a larger guy who radiated sunbeams. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I knew I was making a scene, but I didn’t know how to escape. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The forest was deep green and far too much like the scene in last night’s dream to allow for peace of mind. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dean left, looking as though he was not sorry to depart the scene. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Another instance of James Parker working behind the scenes. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was the same scene he had witnessed a block before, although everything in it seemed quite different. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Like a criminal pardoned at the gallows, she ran from the scene, hand over hand, along the walls, up the stairwell. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

And it was then that the abattoir scene commenced. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Politics dominated the American scene while I was traveling abroad this time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At a key point, Stacey Koon”—one of the senior officers at the scene of the arrest—“told the officers to back off,” Martin says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I’ve always used my art for projects at school, but this is a three-dimensional scene on a piece of wood. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Within the copse he came across a scene so beautiful it made his heart ache. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene shifted, and we were looking at rotted pink Belgian lace. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Bolton appeared briefly in the outer ward to inspect the scene, then ordered the remaining horses brought inside, along with the mounts still tethered in the outer ward. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you think Humble stages scenes so he can get drugs?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was a non-participant, refusing to take part in athletics or extracurricular activities that were so important in the Trinity scene. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi studied the scene from the outside in. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Loud jeering, roars of laughter, and drunken yells were drifting toward them; then came a burst of strong green light, which illuminated the scene. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Similar scenes were played out along the coasts of western Europe and northern Africa, with Galway City’s walls partially swept away and a tidal wave reaching as far west as Barbados. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

After a while they acted out their favorite scenes from the story. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The scene reminded me of my own first time in the cookhouse when I had sat peeling potatoes until Kevin called me away. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the night was scenes from a loony movie. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A splendid noisy scene was building up nicely in the breakfast room. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Each tiresome new thriller includes a scene in which the hero, trapped by some version of the enemy, runs for his desk in a desperate race against time. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The orange-red wood of the box had a scene etched into the top: a sailboat sailing past a lighthouse while gulls flew overhead. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Whenever I came upon the scene she had always just disappeared; I would catch a glimpse of her skirt brushing the door, or hear the sound of her footsteps on the stairs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A firefighter at the scene had told Ernest that those responsible for this “should be thrown in the fire and burned.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

All the same, he shuddered, his body actually twitching spasmodically with each resonant shtok! as he learned that imagining a scene is often worse than being an actual spectator to it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, there is the implication, floating between the lines of the entire Report, that an authoritative new presence has appeared on the scene and taken charge. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The stranger surveyed the scene, a small smile pressed into her mouth. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

We rowed past the old lighthouse, tranquil in the distance, which only last night had been the scene of so many traumas. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Alyce stood watching from a place under the stairs, unwilling to be part of the scene, for the sounds and smells were all too familiar and spoke of her failure with Emma Blunt. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When we shoot our scenes together, I’m going to mess with his head. When I’m done with Fred, I guarantee you he won’t be able to sit, stay, roll over, or even remember his name!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Even as the scene was being enacted I realized the imbalance in his values. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had become a public symbol of rebellion and struggle; Walter operated behind the scenes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It begins like this: “I wander through the meadows green, Made happy by the verdant scene—” There was a tap at the nursery door. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

After that scene at lunch with Zara, I hadn’t been able to finish my cheese sandwich, and now I was starving. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Animated frescoes arrange and rearrange into different celestial scenes: the gods and goddesses, an everlasting rose, the kings and queens of old, the islands of Orléans, the heavens. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

For a few minutes the scene was deserted. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“People started drifting out one by one. I know those guys aren’t going back there. That scene was too rough.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We know the scene of the crime,” Brinker went on, “high in that . . . that funereal tree by the river. There wasn’t any poison, nothing as subtle as that.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

On July 28, forty actors spent twelve grueling hours filming scenes in a burning wheat field. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I wanted to scarper away from the crime scene as quick as possible, but a slow queue of traffic'd built up behind a tractor, so we couldn't cross the crossroads yet. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

My mother moved to Myrtle Beach, finding at last the scene in her painting. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In some cases, a suspect could now be placed at the scene of a crime even without a witness present. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking the nature of the scene; it was a chase. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

That’s what those state troopers did, put together accident scenes based on the physical evidence. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“How soon after were the play-houses opened and other scenes of amusement!” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

And if I failed to hide the wound we were certain to experience another scene of violence. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bees swarmed again behind my eyes, making the scene grow dim and distant. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You must temper your passion to suit the scene!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They view the scene from a brief distance above and no matter who they are or how old, they gain a wisdom from that last vista. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

So far, the policeman hadn’t seen much out of the ordinary except for the scene earlier that day: a wild-eyed man waving a red umbrella and chasing several giant black dogs around the property. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second I considered stiffing him, but seriously, I didn’t want to be involved in some humiliating fat-guy-staggering-across-a-slushy-parking-lot chase scene, didn’t want to have to explain that spectacle to Faith. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

There were times when such scenes terrified me, but I have seen the ritual performed so many times that I now feel nothing. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now he was here in their flat, and the scene jarred her, the landlord shouting at their door, and her father turning a steely, silent face to him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He said this show took place in Biblical times, and there was a scene where a man was flung off a balcony, thrown to a mob of men and women, who tore him to pieces. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She talked about finding Reggie at the scene, how she hugged him and asked if he was okay. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Each landmark date is accompanied by a clip showing throngs of shoppers, swarms of associates, or scenes of handsome new stores and their adjoining parking lots. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people who first got to the crash scene were young Austrian ski instructors from the famous ski resort below. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We eat it at the actual dining table on our parents’ wedding china, and my mom brings out the manger scene centerpiece that rotates like a fan when you light a candle beneath it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Even the best artists could not draw a realistic scene. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then there was a pause, and after it many swift scenes followed that Frodo in some way knew to be parts of a great history in which he had become involved. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“For once, try not to make a scene. Try to take a step back and be a team player.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lloyd, I think you will be behind the scenes—probably a businessman and a millionaire and I’ll have to come borrow money from you in my old age. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene at the outdoor chess tables in Washington Square Park was a mélange of urban vitality and color. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sucked in a big breath, connecting the parts of the scene. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

When he did manage to nod off, his sleep was haunted by “disturbing and frightful dreams. The scenes of them were derived altogether from sick rooms and grave-yards.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, with great clarity, she saw another scene superimposed upon it: two laughing girls at a water fountain dressed in bright blue pants and cotton sweaters. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around the room, the wainscoting panels have been painted to depict scenes of pre-Civil War times, happy Negroes picking cotton, horses pulling wagons, white- bearded statesmen on the steps of our capitol. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The whole scene quivered vague and mysterious in the green light, then the door closed and the sound muted down. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shuddered at the thought of their former occupants, the hairs rising on the nape of his neck as he swiftly abandoned the repulsive scene and hurried along the passage. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The scenes from back home—the campfire sing-alongs, dinners at the pavilion, volleyball games outside the Big House—just seemed to make his friends sad. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Out of the whirling sand and water drops a scene appeared. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Two seconds later, an island scene came up. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I try watching the movie, and when that doesn’t work, I try writing the scene in my mind. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I imagine the whole scene of the kitchen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

One morning, arriving late to the scene, she found the girls giggling more surreptitiously than usual and she demanded to know the reason. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She took out her phone and dialed Tim, while everything around her creaked and wires hung from the ceiling like a scene out of a bad movie. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care. But the whole scene’s pretty kooky, if you ask me.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At times the scenes he saw challenged his vision of Jackson Park, at other times they affirmed it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He arrived on the scene out of breath. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The scene changed as suddenly as a house of cards falling down. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let us just reconstruct that little scene. You were lying in your bunk—so—and you could not see for yourself, you say?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wife, looking in behind him, makes a scene. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene below seemed to unfold as if it were a vast diorama in a lighted case. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Also, the Jews knew they would be shot if they caused a scene or tried to run. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The globe light holds and bathes each scene, and it can be assumed that at the curve where the light stops is a solid foundation. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s why I watch the Sullivan Ballou letter-to-his-wife scene in the Ken Burns doc The Civil War over and over—because I’m challenging my own heart to burst. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Dell slammed his door shut and took off in a run away from the scratched-metal crime scene. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Play,” I say, and the scene moves forward. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The scenes were even more dramatic with the orchestra playing right in front of us. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And the last scene, when Grandma leaves a dark green smoothie in a tall glass for Grandpa to drink. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

We came upon a street that was a scene out of the infernal regions, each house afire, a lane where demonic citizens might walk, capes black, bonnets bulging, baskets filled with mewling roots. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I looked at the stained glass windows all around us depicting several holy scenes. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A flash of red light engulfs the scene, and the omniscient voice echoes all around us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I put myself in the onlookers’ places and considered the scene: here is an Asian man in his early thirties. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Langer See was rough, the wind still brisk out on the water, the scene dark and gloomy. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Look at y'all, looking like a perfect scene from a Spike Lee movie." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The police have lit flares along the perimeter of the scene and are instructing cars in both directions to turn back, the road is closed. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In scene two, Sapiens appear, evidenced by a human bone, a spear point, or perhaps a potsherd. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Tillermans stood on the sidewalk, separated by a briar hedge from this scene. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched the marching scenes on the news that evening, I realized for the first time how serious this was and how badly I could have been hurt. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was the prodigal scene at the door. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t have to be about mountain climbing. Just needs at least one scene where some dudes are fighting and somebody gets thrown off a cliff.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“That way, the audition should move along quickly and smoothly. At this point you don't know what scene you’ll be in, so you just have to be ready for anything.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Better not to make a scene, she decided. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s the first day without scripts, and we jump right into running some of the big group scenes. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Cameramen began filming Nation of Islam scenes around our mosques in New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sequence was illogical—the drowning scene, followed by a rescue, should have preceded the marriage proposal. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At the domestic level, then, Adams inherited a supercharged political atmosphere every bit as ominous and intractable as the tangle on the international scene. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

While it is charming to imagine the scene, the fact is the cameras that existed during Mudgett’s boyhood made candid moments almost impossible to capture, especially when the subject was a child. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

My long tramp through the mud left me tuckered out and just too worldly-wise to go along with the teen scene. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a secret, smug smile, I remove the rope from the scene of the crime and clean up the dirt, patting it carefully around the plant. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We needed to flee the scene of the crime, but it felt wrong to start running without acknowledging the obvious. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So my plan was to sneak into the Keys on the sly and see what I might do behind the scenes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We hear the toilet flush as scene ends. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since I had come back on the Roxbury scene, one of these detectives, a dark brown fellow named Turner, had never been able to stand me, and it was mutual. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the scene cut to a young Japanese soldier aiming his sniper rifle, which looked just like mine. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, she was standing there, taking in the whole scene: Nathan on his ladder, me nearby questioning him, Lily on the chaise. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

There’s this iconic quality to this scene, like it could’ve been the same thirty years ago. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

First responders, Gideon had called them—the firefighters and police that arrived first on a scene and took care of the wounded. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

No leaving fingerprints behind at a crime scene—very helpful if I ever rob a bank. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes glittered darkly as he took in the scene - the Athena Parthenos harnessed to its team of pegasi, Nico with his Stygian sword drawn, Coach Hedge with his baseball bat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Zach, I noticed, had stopped loading supers onto the hand truck and watched, shaking his head like he couldn’t believe he was witnessing another scene where people’s worst sides come out. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Working behind the scenes, a group of influential political figures had found an appropriate concert space for Anderson. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

He watched them, paralyzed by the sadness of the scene. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Dude, I know this guy from when we were kids. You’re the one that’s just getting caught up with the scene. This guy here is gold.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I imagined the lively scene, the actors and Hamlet devising a comedy to lighten the mood at Elsinore. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

This opened wide vistas of scenes and locales that I did not so much visit in my reading, but rather possessed. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The last thing I need is for TJ to wake up, go to my room, and see this crime scene. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

If anyone flubs a line, the whole scene has to be started again from the top. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was framed with a white border, like a scene in a comic book. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When it was Joe’s turn, he stood for a moment looking out over the scene before him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She saw the pain in the pages—when he did come back, he drew detailed scenes, every leaf on every tree vivid and trembling with life. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Fifty feet from the door a dozen headlights illuminated a bizarre and tumultuous scene. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

At the gym, it was a grim scene. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Unlike Bodega and the rest, I never had the balls to hold my own in a big scene, much less an entire show. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Stills for making the illegal alcoholic brew called moonshine had been part of the southern scene for centuries. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The scene grew dim, as if clouds had blocked the sun, and a dark aura gathered around Muriel and Grandma. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We wanted to join the breaking scene in this new city and see where it would take us. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

All around the sides of the stone were detailed carvings, depicting scenes from Martin’s life: deeds of valor and works of skillful healing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They spoke of the Epic Ellisons no more as they sailed back into Fry—same scene, different angle. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Maya suspected that if she had been dating a boy, there would have been a much bigger scene involving yelling and threats and being found dead in a ravine somewhere and teenage pregnancy statistics. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She got so she wouldn’t go to church unless Mam£ made a scene. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did not recognize themselves or family members in these scenes. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

So as the crowd began to disperse, a small group of us followed the farmers out to the scene of the crime. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Telegram boy fleeing scene with ham and sherry. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

For a few moments, Peeta and I take in the scene of our mentor trying to rise out of the slippery vile stuff from his stomach. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I had just started to daydream again about another scene with me and Vega going after them when Ma shouted out so loud it made me jump. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

When my mom makes a scene in public, it makes my skin crawl. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The final departure, two days ago, was a scene of stupendous activity—fully a hundred ships in motion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He and the president have repeated this scene hundreds of times, with Lincoln responding in kind. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

And actually...there are a lot of dynamic exchanges in this scene. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The scene were blocking takes place in a tavern, and I’m basically just making notes reminding myself to act drunk. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I didn't like just standing in their kitchen and causing a scene. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For several long minutes, there was a scene of such confusion that Justin was in danger of being squashed and people kept standing in Nearly Headless Nick. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I hate the old chess and the old chess scene,” he wrote to a friend, making reference to his invention of Fischer Random. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s an improv exercise where two actors are acting in a scene and someone from the audience calls out, “Freeze!” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

And then it switches to scenes of me walking in the chaotic streets of Lahore, the colorful market, and the majestic Wazir Khan Mosque. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Hurd claimed he wasn’t involved, but an eyewitness identified him as having been near the scene and he was convicted by a jury. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or don’t. Stay here. Make a scene. Start to cry. Better yet, take a swing at me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I tried out various scenes in my head, none of them good. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I play the scene with an exaggerated bow. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“No other scene of man’s creation seemed to me so perfect as this Court of Honor,” wrote James Fullerton Muirhead, an author and guidebook editor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The harsh light from above grew and swelled, eating the scene. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Who’s to say Officer Tison didn’t see them on the scene the night his partner was murdered right before his eyes? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Bod was aware of the dead clustered around them, watching the scene, but he forced himself to ignore them. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Rather than dismount, they work with other soldiers on the scene to make a corridor from one side of Tenth Street to the other. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if everyone was trying to keep me away from the scene. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Though they are far more experienced, army surgeon Dr. Charles Sabin Taft and Dr. Albert King defer to their younger colleague because Dr. Leale was first on the scene. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The new film began with trailers, jaggedly cut scenes interspersed with flashes of light. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was one of the scenes where Bruce was upset and was turning green and becoming the Hulk. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

We were a nuisance, Barack and I, a disruption to any normal scene. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There was a little light, and in the instant it took his voice to gather up a single word, Lazlo perceived the scene in full. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Before then, the newspaper ran a few articles about the fire, with details about how the deceased Charlie’s Zippo lighter was found at the scene. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The scene, or a tiny portion of it, was visible to Robbie Turner through a sealed skylight window if he cared to stand up from his bath, bend his knees and twist his neck. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

White was convinced that somebody had altered the crime scene. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“The scene inside the shelter was dramatic beyond words,” recalled Gen eral Thomas Farrell, who was there with Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

What usually happens when a new gang makes the scene is they jump bad as a posse for a while until they step too far and their leaders get busted. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with each gulp, the scene on the ridge became clearer. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Yes, what? like a scene from out of an old World War Two movie. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pause and take in the entire scene. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Marcy has replayed this scene numerous times in her mind and now sees it differently. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Kendra had wanted to paint the pavilions around the pond, and Lena had quickly sketched a scene with startling accuracy, as if the housekeeper had the place memorized. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

And yet I couldn't believe that they would choose this occasion for a scene--especially for the rather harrowing scene that Gatsby had outlined in the garden. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

At the end of the scene, George climbed back down the ladder. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He felt himself watching the scene from far away, watching himself walk to the police car outside, and sink into the too-soft seat in the back. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

What Palmer found out in Philadelphia, though, was that as soon as they switched to the street scenes, the kids lost all interest. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A child’s natural decorum makes me refrain from imagining the scene in much detail. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z