They were intently following the election returns, jotting down the results as they were announced, when they saw Trueba on the screen, looking older and more stubborn than ever. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I pulled the Atari joystick to the right, moving my tiny square avatar across the flickering screen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I tiptoe down the hall, onto the back porch, easing the squeaky screen door closed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The program asks the user to punch in a set of coordinates and then draws the line from those coordinates on the screen. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

On the tiny cell screen, the South Tower, floor by floor, falls, leveling, collapsing like an accordion. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The last communication with those entities she called shadow particles, and Lyra called Dust, had been on the screen of her computer, and at their instruction she had destroyed that. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Shhh, everybody,” said Jenny as music swelled and the dramatic Dog Squad opening filled the screen. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Even though the DVD player flashed 9:26 across the screen, I decided to go to bed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Matthew returns right at the hour mark, and he sits at the computer for a long time after that, his eyes flicking back and forth as he reads the screen. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But instead I walk around the side of the screen, telling myself I may not find anything. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She held one finger beside the computer screen, inching the fingernail forward to touch every letter. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Alexander and Beowulf stepped out from behind the screen, grinning foolishly and pushing each other in front. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The video screens switched to a close-up of the librarian with the red hair and glasses. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

More than once I accidentally pushed a button and recoiled in terror as the blank screen came to life with exotic tropical fish or swarms of flying toasters. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

When a picture of the space shuttle appears on the screen, Boy21 yells, “I don’t want to see this anymore!” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A red flashing dot suddenly appeared on the screen. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Jake’s fingers were trembling when he tapped the screen to end the video. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She stood by the door, partly screened by the font, waiting for her eyes and ears to adjust. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In this way I overheard all their conversation; they thought they were privately sealed behind the glass screen that divides the front seat from the back. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I want to be able to step through that screen and wrap my arms around my daddy. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Each screen could showcase individual images or join with the other nine to create one spectacular presentation. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The song plays over a dark screen for the first few seconds, until the trumpets are joined by a guitar, and that’s when Halliday appears. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When a bunch of bright digital boxes light up his screen, I can’t help but peek at it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The door opened behind them, the screen screeching a striking impression of TJ's voice. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

On screen, Root followed the human into his conference room. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Good morning to you, too,” I say, squinting down at the screen. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A dark stage, barely lit, covered by a large screen. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Ever so often, I come to work and find her bawling in her crib, Miss Leefolt busy on the sewing machine rolling her eyes like it’s a stray cat stuck in the screen door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Next time, next time,” Ben said to himself as he watched the forwards setting screens against Jim Don and Art. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she types in numbers, the line on the screen changes. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He types it in and all the titles come up on the screen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I think of the rows of screens, blank, right in front of me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“The screen is just boring because the cells are so small, even with a microscope you can’t see them sometimes.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But the real Tanias had to keep fighting whether or not Hollywood brought their story to the silver screen. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Absolutely nothing is happening on the intercom screen. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He lifted the top, and the Start a Fundraising Page with my name and email address loaded onto the screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The crowd of shoppers provided a screen so he could watch them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When I booted it up, the screen was completely blank, save for one word. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was almost like watching the plan beamed straight from his brain onto the screen of a blockbuster movie. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Finn stared at his own blank computer screen, the picture of the unknown computer programmers seeming to taunt him about everything he didn’t know, everything he was useless at helping the other kids find out. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Or he would come home from the club and tell Ammu that he saw Meet Me in St. Louis when they’d actually screened The Bronze Buckaroo. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After eating they explored the art building, looking at sculptures and silk screens in cool corridors thick with the fragrance of wet paint and clay. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sula ran her fingernails over the screen thoughtfully for a second and then, laughing, she opened the screen door. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s totally okay for her to do that, but anytime I barely peek at my screen, someone scolds me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

On other screens are close-ups of skin pores, before and after, details of regimes for everything, your hands, your neck, your thighs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lexie studiously avoided her eyes as the woman consulted her screen. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I imagine Violet at home right now, on the other side of the computer, her perfect mouth with its perfect corners turned up, smiling at the screen, in spite of everything, no matter what. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Want to see him? He’s my lock screen.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Lyra could see that they were powerfully intrigued by the wooden case, the screen, and the lantern. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

As he scrolled through the forums, clicking on threads, a little pop-up window appeared at the top of his screen. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He pulled open the screen door and was met with the sound of a child giggling from the back of the house. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“But yeah, her land rights only extend as far as the screens.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

All at once, all the screens turn on, each of them showing footage from different cameras. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I stare at the screen, unable to wrap my mind around such a substantial loss. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she laughed at the dull, empty screen. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the eyes gleaming back at me from the screen. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Her dad walked over to the screen door leading to their backyard. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

There are video screens on which flawless complexions turn, preen, sigh through their parted lips, are caressed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom and me. We’d gone to the Ziegfeld to see a movie on the huge screen, I forget which flick.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She points at the screen with a curved finger, urging Molly to scroll down. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The little one came out first, and all but tore the screen door from its hinges. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t exactly a spacious cavern, more an undercut in the face of the cliff, with a curtain of enormous icicles screening the entrance. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

You can’t lie down at the movies and still see the screen. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

A digit changes on the clock at the upper comer of the computer screen. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nudged the mouse and the screen flickered on. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I tapped the screen set into the front of the machine and scrolled through the catalog. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Hanuman swept his hand over the screen, and images twisted beneath them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The screen door was shut but the main door was open. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She is sitting at the table examining screens. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I push up my glasses and put an arm over my blank screen. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Ben slips into the chair, taps his keyboard, and a picture magically fills the screen. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He gives me a hospital gown and tells me to go behind the screen and undress. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She taps her screen, and everyone milling around the surveillance area gathers around her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He said his name was Darrin, but as soon as I started asking him questions he got bored with me and started to go back to the computer screen. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The old man stands beneath the projection screen and whisks the tip of a billiards cue through the grids. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She sits cross-legged on the floor, her face an inch from the screen. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

But now he’s pushing open the back screen himself and going down into the yard, then comin’ back and tapping on the screen with one paw, so we’ll let him in. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Experienced interrogators, they conduct extensive interviews with every North Korean defector and have been trained to screen out the assassins that Kim Jong Il’s government periodically dispatched to the South. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Poole must screen each and every thing that appears on the site, because there’s no parody, no sarcasm. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

After the shootings he raised a window in his bedroom and removed the screen, then roamed the house rifling dresser drawers and scattering the contents: it was his intention to blame the crime on thieves. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra moved slightly so that she could see the screen, where a brilliant white circle had begun to glow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Once we were inside, Bertha locked the screen door and I untied the rope. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Galileo also exhibited sunspots during his time in Rome, using the now standard device of projecting the image of the Sun through a telescope on to a white screen. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

These programs open windows on a computer screen that stay open day and night. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I’ll get a screen test with Warner Brothers after all,” I mused. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there I am, center screen, tousled dark hair and button-down and a bow tie. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She sat at a loom the size of a big screen TV her hands weaving colored thread back and forth with amazing skill. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed my essay aside and tapped a key on her computer to make the screen brighten again. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My strategy collapsed and I didn't even clear the first screen. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that I might be able to push the cat through the torn window screen. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At an average New York screening I once tapped the shoulder of the man in front of me, interrupting his spot review to ask if he planned on talking through the entire movie. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I posted it and nodded at the screen with satisfaction. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Fischer was told that it was just a closed-circuit, noiseless camera that was projecting the game onto a large screen on the stage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, this one is the one,” said August, pointing to a picture on the screen of a bunch of potatoes with wires poking out of them. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The walls are made out of screens from floor to ceiling. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One pretends to be a tiger and jumps straight through the paper screen, tackling his opponent without bothering to see what he was posing as. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He’s holding up his phone with a GPS map on the screen. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I touch its screen; there are no new notifications. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I rush close to the screen, and there she is. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The screen was full of floating asteroids and I'd've died in three seconds flat. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The woman puts a cardboard bottle on the bed and wheels a screen around to give me privacy. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

No matter what I do, I catch myself glancing over at my computer screen, waiting for the Skype call to come in as the seconds tick by at a glacial pace. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I sat at my desk, staring at my computer screen. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I tiptoed to the back of the room and settled myself on the thick green carpet behind the big screen. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He introduces Cinna, who became an overnight star with his costumes for me in the Games, and after a minute of good-natured chitchat, we’re directed to turn our attention to a giant screen. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Luke stood to the side, carefully out of sight of the screen. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The screen behind him filled with an enlarged graph of the Cange study. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

They're closing in on me, I think, remembering my school photograph on the television screen. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I heard my mother shriek and then the screen door slammed behind her. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, the father stuck his head out of the door to his apartment upon hearing the screen open. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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 looked up at the bedroom window with the missing screen. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A window with a screen, but no bars. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sliding the screen to silence the noise, Dimple took a deep breath and said, “Mamma. Can I call you back?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The pole holders walk onstage first, carrying the long bamboo reeds, their silhouettes on the screen the only thing visible to the audience. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The dark-haired girl behind Winston had begun crying out “Swine! Swine! Swine!” and suddenly she picked up a heavy Newspeak dictionary and flung it at the screen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But I don't believe I was out for more than a few seconds, and when I came to, I was lying on the carpet and I was still, thank heavens, behind the screen. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He typed for a moment, and then a news story flashed across the screen. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I take a look at the screen, thinking it has to be Elsie. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

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 pushed the first tape into the VCR and sat beside him, searching his warped face, listening to his soft whimpers, while on the screen Alice Kramden outfoxed her husband again and again. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Emma pointed at a clump of words on the screen of Mom’s phone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

On those nights, our little makeshift theater echoed with the shouts, whistles, and cheers that greeted the appearance of an old friend on screen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the pale screen the story had begun to unfold. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Seconds later, two faces appeared on the screen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Several times a day the four generals of the junta appeared on the screen, seated between the coat of arms and the flag, to announce various edicts: they were the new heroes of the nation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

More importantly, I began to see more and more black people on that screen, and I realized they seemed contented, confident, rich, and free. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She marched up to our porch and opened the screen door, then unlocked the front door, then swung it wide to allow Deputy Collins to walk in first, the rest of us behind him. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then he pushed the screen door open with his shoulder, letting it slam shut behind him. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She comes over to Tia’s screened porch and hands them over. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A long row of robot icons appeared below the wise man, stretching across the screen horizontally. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Just then, the screen door swings open and Henry steps onto his porch. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Will and Claire stood up then, while the rain poured down beyond the wire screens, over the trees and garden and marsh. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swipes through a few screens and places her phone face-up on the table. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I stare at the blinking cursor on the computer screen, and I type in my paradox and hit Send. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

There’s no one I want to talk to, but I look at the screen anyway. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a blood-cleaning club, complete with magazines and newspapers, but most people were looking up at a TV screen showing one of those early morning shows like Good Morning America. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I stare at the screen for a minute, trying to reconcile the tone of this email with the Nathan I knew for a day. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She came into focus behind the wire weave of the screen. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

This can’t be true but I remember it: sparks slowly filling a dark screen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The best part was the surprise he had hidden on the front porch, a brand- new television set with a big screen. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This is my office. This is what put that flat screen out there, and this is what's gonna get you and him a haircut for cheap," Black boasted. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The screen door slammed, followed by a huge bucketful of silence. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

From police in a Massachusetts town, I heard of a fourteen- year-old boy sitting in his bedroom with his father s shotgun in his mouth, a computer screen open to Slashdot. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See that number tucked into the corner? Type that in the next time the home screen asks you for your password.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I glance into the corner of my screen as I turn the camera toward the hospital window, the sky a cloudy gray, the trees on the other side of the glass completely barren. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There’s a screen background, sheets on the floor, and those big umbrellas to filter the light. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When she sees the screen, her eyebrows jump to the ceiling. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As Rasheed watched with anticipation, the way people wait the simple tricks of street magicians, Zalmai pulled on the TV’s wire, pushed the buttons, pressed his palms to the blank screen. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Evelyn—of course they keep footage of Evelyn on the most prominent screens in the control room, it only makes sense. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He continued to stare at the screen numbly. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Paula was sitting next to Ifemelu a short while later when the flash of graphics appeared on the screen: Barack Obama had won the state of Virginia. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He hit a switch, hunched down in his chair, and put his head close to the viewing screen. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost as quickly as Joey said it, the columns appeared on the screen. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Jake and Tyler immediately came on either side of me so the three of us were facing the screen and seeing Auggie’s face. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Now he looks like he wants to crawl through the screen. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I figured I could gradually lower the barrel at the screen, aim, and pick off one of the Japanese troops. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

One of the “wise men” from the dungeon appeared on the screen, with a speech balloon that said, “Thank you. I am indebted to you. Please accept a giant robot as your reward.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A handful of people reach into their pockets or bags and tap on the screen of a cell phone. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She pulls a cell phone from her pocket and frowns as she tries to unlock the screen. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Amy pushed a button and, our faces bathed in the glow of the screen, we watched the future a second time. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The dogs got the blame for the screen door. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

On one screen Alex could see the underground laboratory, on another the assembly line, on a third the airstrip with the last of the trucks on its way out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

A man in a tuxedo came up on the screen and started telling jokes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Spot, who hears everything, races to the screen door. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

There were no other life-forms showing up on his screen but, like Foaly said, the hull had a high lead content, even the paint was lead based! Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

On the screen, Grandma lets out a sniffle of emotion. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

On the screen he got up slowly and there was the slight shaking of a fist. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The windows of their building were securely screened, though. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crossed quickly and opened the old screen as quietly as he could, put Mouse out first, then handed me through, and followed quickly. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

There were thirty-three candidates, and each played behind a screen, making them invisible to the selection committee. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She tapped the screen a few times, then handed it to Spoony, who handed it to me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Momma knocks on the door, rattling the screen. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Bobbette excused herself and ran home, bursting through the screen door into the kitchen, yelling for Lawrence, “Part of your mother, it’s alive!” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mom’s face disappeared from the giant screen, replaced by the blank, blinding light again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t want to upset the man, so I said: “What’s that?” and pointed at a blinking figure in the upper lefthand corner of the screen. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I cranked each option up to its highest setting, then tapped the Apply button at the bottom of the screen three times. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone begins taking turns going up, two at a time, each behind alternate sides of the screen, singing a song in Japanese and clapping while everyone in the audience sings along with them. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

George got up from the spot where she had been flopped on the couch for the last hour, barely noticing the talking dogs and superhero kids who flashed by on the television screen. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I just read the name off the screen. Some Chinese tourist marked it on Google Maps.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Since he was often in need of a privy, he put one in the corner of the room, screened off for privacy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tap the screen to read the next entry. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He kicked the ball back to me, set a screen on the defender and let me go in for the winning layup. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Dean lumbered out of the place, leaving the screen door open. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Through the illuminated doorway, a new shadow creeps out onto the screen—a slate gray silhouette of a boy who walks across the stage of the window frame beneath the hovering moon. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Exxon comes out with its earnings and we need to get that as fast as possible up on screens around the world: ‘Exxon earned thirty-nine cents this quarter as opposed to thirty-six cents last quarter.’ The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Numbers rise and fall on the little screen, until finally it settles on 97 percent. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Violet has a screen in her hands with a long list of numbers on it, and she reads them to Jack, who programs them into his screen. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The screen filled with images of people running through the streets of some faraway city, blood pouring down their faces. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I need an eraser that fills the entire screen of my brain. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She walked up the steps and through the screen door, without looking back. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around to see Alma’s mother standing there with the screen door still shut in front of her. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the screen, in bold yellow letters, it said, Missing Child Alert. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I think this: Best part is, I don’t have to look at the screen at all. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I slapped down my laptop screen and cleared the chair from the door. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The words on the printout are not any different than the ones on the screen, but they feel heavier, more weighty. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looks up when she hears the screen door whine. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Along one entire wall is a giant flat screen, and my dad is planted in front of this now, enormous feet on the coffee table, watching some sort of game and shouting at the television. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

All three of us put our hands on the screen, too. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Cabot Searcy, you turn around and get back in your car and get outta here,” she said, closing the screen door back. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“The trash. He was reading a bunch of stuff and he threw it in the trash. I didn’t even—” He jogged away from her and ducked into the house, the screen door slamming behind him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He wiped the screen of his laptop with his shirtsleeve, then had to change his shirt because the sleeve turned gray from the dust. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I sit up, my eyes focus on the screen, and I swipe right to read a text from Stella. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

A sixty-second clock popped up at the bottom of the screen. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Just then the screen door banged open and Junior came in. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the screen and see a phone number with a 212 area code. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I closed the browser and stared at the wallpaper behind the screen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"What? Has love gone from the world? Are there no more heartthrobs left? No screen goddesses to adore or cheerleaders to pine for?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I tapped “accept” on the laptop, and a few seconds later, Auggie’s face came on the screen. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The rain pounded louder on the tin roof, and she looked up from the note then, at the screen door and the cottonwood tree outside, its leaves beaten flat by the downpour. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I lean forward, trying to see if I can see TaShon or Ginia in the sea of people on the screen. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

They think it’s all right to dance and pretend you’re Fred Astaire because you can jump all over the screen with Ginger Rogers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We had been standing in a rough circle on the floor of the laboratory, just outside the two screen doors that enclosed the mice cages. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Since it was facing away from us, we didn’t get any light from the screen at all until we’d walked around to the edge of the woods again. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

So we sat there for a couple hours talking to the screen together, navigating this invisible labyrinthine cave without a single lumen of light. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

James grabbed her arm and marched down a block to a screen of trees and overgrown bushes that concealed a small park squeezed between two buildings. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The screen went black before I was out of the airlock. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I pressed play, the TV screen filled with Beakman wearing his green lab coat, the same lime green as Fig’s eyes, and his dark hair teased toward outer space. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

There is a computer screen on a desk in the corner. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Scythes waved to the cameras and squared their shoulders, standing tall so they’d look their best on screen. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t intended for us to wither into desiccated husks in front of brightly lit screens that leeched away our summer days one meme at a time. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He tilted the screen so I could see it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The screen went blank and I realized, if Henrietta’s children and husband wouldn’t talk to me, I needed to visit Clover and find her cousins. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Lots of folding chairs were arranged in front of a TV screen, and I found an empty one for Mama at the end of a row, near a cracked-open window. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"But we're staring at this black screen because it's way more interesting than pictures from Mars." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't even look up from his screen. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was crammed with switches, buttons, keyboards, joysticks, and display screens. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Once I hung up the phone, I stared at the clothes on my laptop screen. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He opened the screen door, stepping down the stairs. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The cinema itself is small, but the screen is massive. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lemoncello snapped his fingers and the fully inflated video screen displayed an equation made up of pictures: Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She presses a side button and I see the screen light up as it turns on. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The golden light from the screen illuminated the spider’s face. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

This picture was shown on a screen, with a light behind it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The light of the computer screen gives her face an eerie glow. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He let the screen door slam behind him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Generose pressed Play on the VCR, and the screen came to life with the blurry images of a Catholic choir from Congo, singing hymns outdoors against changing backdrops of mountains and green forests. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Desdemona tried to do housework but found herself looking over at the screen more and more often. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was remarkably similar to Houston's, though Teddy couldn't read any of the Chinese text on the big screens. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins went bonkers every time Dr. Morales’s familiar face popped onto the screen. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

If she had been on a television screen, she would have felt as unreal as a Mrs. Brady or a Mrs. Keaton. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Flora Baumbach caught a glimpse of SEA as it was about to magically disappear off the left edge of the moving screen. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d watch movies on the screen above the bar as they talked. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I just needed to get a screen test with Warner Brothers. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He, along with Noor and his parents, sat around their tiny television, glued to the screen. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Through the marble choir screen at the back of the room is a second, deeper chamber, this one filled with church relics. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I dust it off and tug it on behind an old screen. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and stared at the screen for a while. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It floats just below the upper border of the screen. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He rested peacefully in his white bedsheets amid tubes going in and out of his body, and screens with green numbers and lines on them, and beeping noises. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The screen of the empathy box now showed rushing streams of bright formless color; taking a breath, his wife hung on tightly to the two handles. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I hesitate for a second before clicking on it, a sea of pictures and videos and artwork from my sister filling my screen. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Richard kept dozing till someone came over and the screen door slammed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it's the kind of day where all I can do is stare at the TV screen or out at the street and try to put the two together. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A giggle escaped when I saw the screen. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I could already see the rows and columns of faces in my class, like a screen of space invaders. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Look, why don’t you take off your pants and dry them on the screen of the fire? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The air coming through the screen is musty and hot—it smells of overripe dates and dung. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every day I watch the gorillas on the TV screen. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

But I can see on the screen that we are getting way more than our share of airtime. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the screen he dove into the end zone for the touchdown, impossibly small to be playing football, five eight and 135 pounds. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a sickening ache in my stomach and press the screen with our mother’s file against my side. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My eyes darted up to the top of the screen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

“I complained about the messiness, but Mr. Lemoncello popped in on a video screen to remind us that all the books being used in the read-and-eat contest were paperbacks.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Nailer bent to the screens, scanned the black shoreline ahead. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dad slapped open the screen door and came out on the porch as if to argue with her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There had been a reply waiting for him on the screen of his DS when he turned it on before going to bed. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

We talked loudly about him through the fly screen, pointed at his hairy arms, and laughed at how he pulled up his dirty pants before swinging his hoard onto his shoulders. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She talks to the manager of the control room about a meeting with David as I stare, determined, at my feet, not wanting to see what’s on the screens. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The windows were old and the screens were rusted. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

His face glowed greenish in the light of the screen, and was reflected in the glass: long hair, serious expression, deep-set eyes that scanned the terrain. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stop myself from peeking occasionally through the screen of my hair at the strange boy next to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There were also two wooden privacy screens to change behind, some freestanding mirrors, and a worktable laid out with sewing machines and bolts of raw fabric. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He started to sleep out there, and had screened in the windows and made shutters for when it rained. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The machine has a huge touch screen, kind of like the world's biggest tablet. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t see the screen in the sun.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Namrata’s fingers still on the keyboard for a moment while she reads something on her screen. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“They’re not going to use the screen! They’ll have to show you and your answers for real! No matter what anyone else says, all you have to do is tell the truth!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Touch the screen and an email opens or a gun shoots in a video game. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ricky pointed the tip of his bottle at the television screen. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Sí,” I heard him answer, then the screen door banged. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evan was smiling politely, but Dimple could tell by the way he kept glancing at his cell phone screen that he wasn’t totally into the story. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I pull the little screen in front of the cot, sit down, and search through the newspaper. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Through the screen door we could see a dark, cool lobby and, behind the desk, a man of about sixty, his half-moon glasses pulled low on his nose, reading a copy of the Bennington Banner. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She brought up the image on her screen. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah, I was just going right back . . .” He pushed the screen door open again. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed and the screen door closed behind her. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The screen faded to a brilliant blue and my bike-a-thon flyer appeared. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I stared at the blinking cursor on the screen. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’re ever in Cody, Wyoming,” said Billy Pilgrim behind his white linen screens, “just ask for Wild Bob.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unless it’s crazy cold outside, our back door stays open with the screen shut to keep out the flies. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The blackened video screens on all the game consoles filling the room sprang to life. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Excellent escape plan, Charles,” said Mr. Lemoncello on the video screens. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Though visitors were screened with a metal detector, they could not be pat-frisked unless there was reason to suspect them, and this was one way drugs came into the facility. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked through the living room into the kitchen and out the back screen door. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

His dismembered body exploded like a geyser and the screen went red. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Ghostlike, mere smudges on the computer screen, they were moving back and forth. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when I’m watching TV I just wish I could dive through the screen and beat the hell out of people! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the tiny gray squares of the back porch screen. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She checked the screen and said, “Guys, I’m sorry, I have to take this.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He touches the screen again, and the screen changes, but it remains just as confusing, a web of lines, tangled threads of numbers. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I tap into my phone, staring into the brightness of my screen. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mattie’s picture appeared on the screen from time to time and the crowd cheered itself hoarse. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small window appeared in the center of the screen, prompting me for a maintenance-tech ID number and access password. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Matt saw that one of the large computer screens was brilliantly lit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The image on the screen cut away from the reporter and to the assembly at school. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to them, his finger hitting the screen. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I blink the tears from my eyes, wipe my cheeks with the heel of my hand, and let him steer me toward the door behind the computer screen. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Finn stood on tiptoes and peered at the screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the KGB came up with a scheme that would serve as a kind of smoke screen for Blake's spying on behalf of Russia. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped and ran to the screen to open it, even though my mother had not indicated that I must. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So their American designers could be on the screen speaking with their Indian software writers and their Asian manufacturers all at once. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

On each of these screens, footage plays of the wild cards in action during some of their most popular in-game moves. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were both staring hard at the computer screen. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The front door was open, so the voices floated out the screen door like water through a sieve. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There were sporadic yells of MOJO! but the crowd in the cafeteria didn’t become animated until the screen showed running back Shawn Crow breaking tackle after tackle in the quarterfinal playoff game against Arlington. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked around the screen, studying the tear as I aimed the phone’s camera lens around the clearing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

His stick is pointing at lines and names on the screen. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Felix clicked download, and a few seconds later, a giant dollar sign spun on the screen with the words Penny Doubled Challenge pulsing beneath. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

With one hand on the screen door, Gat turned and pulled me close. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I run away from her before she can think of another word to say to me, slamming shut the screen door so hard it bounces open again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Robb had given the Blackfish three hundred picked men, and sent them ahead to screen his march. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A pretty, bohemian-looking strawberry blonde in her twenties sat behind a glass counter display full of handmade jewelry, staring intently at her laptop screen. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

After the big “may God continue to bless America” finale, Laura pressed a button and the screen went black. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Amazing Grace” floated out to them through the screen door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But this homunculus is just another picture on the screen in their heads. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The display on the screen follows my fingers, flying from the screen onto the wall, where it fills up the entire space, fully magnified. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

All the creatures Kyle had read about and studied in the dinosaur books downstairs were now swarming across the giant video screen in front of him. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Because the association of race and criminality is so pervasive, employers may use less accurate and discriminatory methods to screen out those perceived to be likely criminals. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A chat bubble pops up on my screen. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Dicey entered the store through the screen door. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two-hundred and fifty-five screens in and I still hadn’t made a single mistake. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I set my cup of gas-station coffee on the counter and glance at the screen. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

His eyes were covered by the milky film that had slowly screened out all light over the course of a quarter century. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each screen in the grid above me shows a different part of the city: the Merciless Mart, the lobby of Erudite headquarters, Millennium Park, the pavilion outside the Hancock building. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

As she did, the screen changed color, and some small letters and figures appeared on it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The back door stood wide open, and flies buzzed gaily in and out of holes in the screen. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Candice squinted at the screen, then back at the photo of Chip Douglas. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, Mr. Friedman reached up and paused it with me, from a few meters out, freeze-framed in the middle of the screen. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I texted Auntie Buzz a message that took fifteen screens because I needed 1,974 characters to explain what I’d done, that I was only trying to help and that I’d fixed everything for her. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the screen an actor in a bad wig appears. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When the screen door snapped to behind her, silence fell. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She peeked over Selena’s shoulder at the screen of her phone. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I press send and stand there staring at the screen as I wait. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There was a moment of relative silence, enough for Milton to hear the slamming of Morrison’s screen door across the street. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I turn on the screen, hoping to distract myself from the noise. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A mid-level staffer lobs a ball of paper at the screen. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The brightness of the screen hurts my eyes, and so I dim it way down until the shapes and letters are near shadows. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The day Dr. Kimball lectured on slavery, he filled the overhead screen with a charcoal sketch of a slave market. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"Another note," said Tim, pointing to the screen as more of the image came through. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trouble with screen talking is it keeps going on and on until someone finally decides to get back to real life. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tsukiko sits her down on a cushion and walks silently to the end of the car, fetching her tea supplies from behind one of the tall screens. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Honeysuckle spread over the screens of the porch, and its long fingers reached for the trees in the yard. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mas breath caught when she saw his mug on the screen. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I hear, through the screen speakers, a knock on the office door. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Dad stepped back, keeping his arm extended to hold the screen open. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Send in the most innocuous person from Twelve they can come up with. Find someone Peeta might share childhood memories with, but nothing too close to you. They’re screening people now.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a picture on a television screen!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The next time I entered the auditorium there were new faces on the screen and they were black. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They walked through a screen door into the Gutshot General Store. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Montag said nothing but now, looking back, sat with his eyes fixed to the blank screen, trembling. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He silently slid the screen door back and stepped past the hanging blinds into the Sports Family’s house. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly—he’s the best!” said Uncle Vernon, pointing at the blank television screen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The battlefield roared to life on the television, and Moss laughed as Javier began to jump Tracer around the screen, shooting at every object in the waiting room he was stuck in. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In some patches, she could see the screen on the porch, but they hadn’t gotten a quarter of the growth yet. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oscar starts by calling for C, which pops up on the lower left corner of the screen. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah. Okay, here we go,” she says, tilting the screen toward me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

To just end it all because of something that had started as words on a screen. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw tried to drink his orange juice silently, eyes huge, mesmerized by the screen. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But the images on the TV screen did not look like victory. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were pulled into the television screen like JimmyTrotter’s had been as he hoped for a glimpse of the astronauts instead of those simulations and the broadcasts of mission control. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She clicked a button on her remote control, and a photograph appeared on the screen at the front of the room. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“The last time I helped you ‘mobilize the student body,’ I got my face plastered on everyone’s computer screens.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I thought about asking Cecilia if she had a phone we could use, but the reporter’s somber face on the television screen caught my attention. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He don’t even ask can he come in; just opens the screen and steps inside. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those pictures on the screen…” Dr. Malone began. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are three folded screens leaning against the wall, really pretty ones. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Media depictions of Muslims as terrorists and foreigners had inundated our televisions and movie screens, and these harsh misrepresentations fueled anti-Muslim bigotry and policies in America. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Her smile looked ready to burst through the screen. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A squeak from the front of the house told me the screen door had opened and closed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I knew exactly which direction I was going thanks to the GPS map displayed on the screen that popped out of the armrest of my airline seat. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Everybody stayed silent, all staring at the flickering screen. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The game ran on an ancient analog computer and was played on a tiny oscilloscope screen about five inches in diameter. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I stared at the image on the screen. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As Mom pulls out of our parking spot, Jack does a quick internet search on his phone and holds the screen up for us to see in the back seat. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Film by film, Georges’ world was projected on screen for the first time in over a decade. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

On screen Henry shrugs, like he hasn’t just taken credit for something he couldn’t possibly have done. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We watch white people on the TV screen for a while, but even the movies with guns and fast cars and explosions get boring after a while. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But every once in a while I would see something that made me want to reach through the screen and touch it, you know? The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The screen door creaked and the woman emerged. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Agent Jones pulled down a white screen and plugged in his twenty-five-year-old slide projector. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He leaned close to the screen and blinked his eyes to make sure he was seeing straight. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I motioned her to back away and then carefully latched the screen and locked the door behind me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of us stared at the computer screen as we read it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Underneath the screen, a group of excited tourists stop to pose for photos with some guy dressed in fake Warcross gear. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

All three of us stare at the screen. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The dancers on the screen moved to a steady beat. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

While she slumped on a bench near the barbecue drum, I stepped through the screen door into the mingled smells of pick- led eggs and sawdust, beneath dozens of sugar-cured hams dangling from the ceiling. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conrad and I continued to sit in chairs staring at the TV screen day after day. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Some extra footage of Grandpa that I didn’t use is left open on the screen. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I get up and tap the screen with my index finger to turn on the sound. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The photograph flickered onto the screen at the end of a long talk, and Wilkins showed little, if any, excitement about the fuzzy image. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

You could hardly see the screen for the philodendron vines that dangled around the news pictures. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had seen two trout rods leaning against the screen outside our room. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

This year’s opening ceremony happens tonight in Tokyo—so all the screens are Warcross-related today, showing a frenzied rotation of famous players, commercials, and footage of last year’s highlights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon, James and Dicey started patching up the holes in the porch screens, where the screens had pulled out of the wood or just ripped. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I picked up the phone, the screen showed that there was no reception. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the screen, taking up almost the whole TV, was a picture of me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Matthew is sitting with his nose three inches from his computer screen, his eyes narrow. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She gave the screen door a savage rattle though. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the screen burns to black a second time, I need to know more. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Last week, they put Curtis through an extra security screening, even though the metal detector didn’t beep when he went through. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He reaches into his khaki uniform and pulls his phone out and shows me the screen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It would have been easier if Eduardo had come up to be a natural buffer for me, a screen, and perhaps also to provide the pretext by which I might depart. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d park the car and walk along streets of modest bungalows, landing on a doorstep to find a hunched-over widow or a big-bellied factory worker with a can of Michelob peering through the screen door. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Another string of articles popped up on the black-and-white screen, and Seven’s eyes opened wide as she read the first one. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I see the time at the top of the screen. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I peered over the porch wall and through the screen. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cast the light of the screen over the words. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

That night, Cypriot military personnel reported a mysterious malfunctioning of their radar screens. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As I sat there, I heard the tap tap tap of the Dumases’ screen door and heard someone walking around the side of the house. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Quickly, three “Hi, Luke”s appeared on the screen. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The screen’s camera flickered with laser light, and a green grid sprang up on Shay’s face, a field of tiny squares imposed across the shape of her cheekbones, nose, lips, and forehead. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Annie stood at the back screen door listening to the night howl, her hands pressed against the metal webbing that left indentations in the pads of her fingers. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw looked away from the screen, and down into his glass. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

At first I wasn't concerned that their appearances on screen were few and far between, because I was so overjoyed that they were there at all. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The guy offers the tablet and I grab it, messily signing the screen with the tip of my finger. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Ryan rose and walked backward out of the lobby so he wouldn’t miss the high-speed, siren-screaming chase on the television screen. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dad opened the screen door on his way back to the car. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He took Montag quickly into the bedroom and lifted a picture frame aside, revealing a television screen the size of a postal card. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among them was a precocious and stunning young drama student named Frances Farmer, who less than two years later the rest of them would be watching on the silver screen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

On the screen the president signed his name on a piece of paper, using about ten ink pens to get it done. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He banned screenings of the racist film The Birth of a Nation and trumpeted black heroes like the boxer Jack Johnson. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I drum my fingers anxiously on the keyboard, and squint at my reflection in the screen while my computer starts up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My hands are shaky as I type this and the screen is too bright. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Sana’s speaking too softly for me to hear, but whatever she’s saying must not be working, because even through the screen, I can see the Tribesman shaking his head. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I stare at my new screen saver—a picture of me in front of that tiny house I visited. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

On the rear shelf a hole had been cut and was covered with that same stuff that’s on a screen door. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boo Boo closed the screen door behind her. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

They were African doctors who were paid by the American embassy to screen immigrants to the United States. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

About seventy-five people from the community gathered in EJI's meeting room, where we screened the film. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Commander Root had Holly’s locator frequency keyed into his helmet face screen. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

You can see the realization of this as the screens begin to pop into blackness. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the room was a plain, unlacquered screen. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She set it up around one of the bowls, like a three-sided screen. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The motion sensors in the screen will detect your arm, head, and torso movement,” she explained. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Behind the wire screen was a wide area, and Mr. Galanter kept us busy there throwing balls around. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the screen was a phone number. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She turns around and shows me her phone screen. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The screen behind her shows clips of each kid in action. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

When we got back to our section in front of the movie screen, no one had even noticed we’d been gone. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

When she mentioned that I had started wetting the bed, I went to where the others were watching TV and started to mimic what was on the screen. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

A Man Ray photograph burst onto the screen before them: a voluptuous woman, her back transformed into a cello by two painted f-holes. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Behind her is a large circle of blank screens, like moths circling a flame. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then I can see my face, mouth half open in a mix of surprise and protest, magnified on every screen as I realize, Me! The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I put in all the words and one by one they appeared on the screen; then something beeped and they’d disappear. But it won’t let me type in the last word. Nothing’s happening!” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The one in the fanciest uniform stepped to the front, and his face appeared on the giant screen, instead of Mom’s. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

On the screen, a man was pacing in a bedroom, running his hands through his hair and muttering to himself, reminding her of, well, her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The servants stalking mosquitoes at twilight, crafty, pouncing on the window screens. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jake knocked impatiently and pressed his nose against the screen door. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The workpad’s screen had been destroyed, the entire flat panel of the device bent at a weird angle. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The sun was in the sky, the wind blew, the grass was green, the screen door stood wide. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In less than two minutes, the rescue helicopter was airborne toward the area where Bull Meecham had disappeared from the screen. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mention of my name on the TV makes us turn toward the screen in unison. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I watched it, everything around me seemed to disappear, and the whole world was happening on that little screen. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Right on time, my laptop pings and Poe’s picture pops up, the green phone symbol appearing on my screen. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Rémy moves me aside as he helps to remove the screen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then the screens swivel back, and the contestants give the clues again. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

In the screen’s polished surface, his own reflection surprised him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When she goes into the stall, I grab the phone and slide the home screen open before it locks. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And so, as July wanes on, I am forced from my attic bedroom to a cot on the screened back porch. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As he helped his mother clear the table, long after Njemile and her parents left, he pulled his phone out again, the unread text still on his lock screen. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He did not step out on the porch, but stood in the dark behind the screen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The screen shows an old black-and-white photograph of a Klansman in full regalia, his hood cradled in his right arm, gazing proudly into the camera. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A moment later, the screen door clattered behind him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of watching hours and hours of the Discovery Channel, I found myself in my room staring at an empty TV screen—-just thinking in the silence. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Glancing at his computer screen, he noted forty-seven unread e-mails urgently demanding his attention. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d taken the last two steps to join Mom and Chess at the counter, to stare silently at the laptop screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the past thirty years, since screens became commonplace, the number of women in the top U.S. orchestras has increased fivefold. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I caught a glimpse of the screen, where a girl with super-curly hair, really big like the hair on Señora Oralia’s toilet paper dolls, danced. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

On the screen, the volcano’s opening spewed smoke and ash. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, a swear word would drift through the screen door from out in the yard and Mrs. Odom would march out there and tell them to hush up talking like that. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Behind us was Miss Lilian’s house, barely visible through a screen of trees in full leaf. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He turns on the TV, it hardly comes in at all the screen is so fuzzy, and he keeps switching channels and he's cussing out the old lady for having such a crummy TV. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

On another screen Matt saw El Patron sitting in the front row, attended by Tam Lin and Daft Donald looking bunchy in suits. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because he had never seen TV before, he was a total addict who barked out warnings and advice to the characters on the screen. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

And in this experiment you put your head in a clamp and you look at a page of writing on a screen. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You know I wasn’t really mad when you said that was his mug on the TV screen.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Moss was planted in his recliner, smoking and staring at the television screen. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

"Right. Ideally, we want our text to show up on the rover screen, and whatever Watney types to be sent back to us. That requires a change to the rover's software." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jump when I see Aibileen standing at the screen door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Grandma was over by the screen door for a breath of air. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My beautiful, bossy Stella,” Will says, his face appearing on the screen, his hair its usual charming mess, his smile as lopsided as ever. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

And this close to the skylights, Kyle could see that Chiltington was right—there was a security screen on the other side of the windows. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

A night breeze sighed in tht tree, making the screen waver. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A screen door slammed, and a voice shouted, “I’ll remember this, Bud. You watch your job, you coward!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looks at the screen again and purses her lips. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

That has been her screen saver for more than a year now. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Each of us eyeing the screen, clutching onto a memory long gone. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The theater was hollow, empty, like a tomb with phantoms crawling gray and black on the vast screen. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk over to Charlie, who hasn’t taken his eyes off the screen. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“It certainly worked. And it says here, the screening will happen ‘immediately after cake’?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as early as 1.5 years old, children begin to process the information on the screen, and then a higher order of thinking gets involved, Dr. Anderson has found. 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 screen, Ladybird Hope spray-painted an assault rifle with a stencil of her name in bubble letters. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I am still holding the screen David gave me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The government suggested that Bantu Authorities would free the people from the control of white magistrates, but this was a smoke screen for the state’s undermining of democracy and promotion of tribal rivalries. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is the computer Mom lets us use for homework and stuff,” Emma said, putting the battered Dell laptop beside his and opening the screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“This better be good,” the sleepy voice said from the screen. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The Director’s red-rimmed eyes shoot daggers at us through the screen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The little screen near the top makes it look like a scale. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her fingers flew over her keyboard as windows opened and closed on her screen. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When forgotten people feel compelled to riot in Los Angeles, we share their pain through our TV screens, and their ravages impact our emotional and economic health. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because, really, it’s just words on a screen. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He put his headset on and glanced at the time readout on the giant center screen at the front of the room. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I emerged from the stargate in Sector Ten, my radar screen lit up like a Christmas tree. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, he turns to the television screen and lets me work in silence. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The screen door slapped the frame as Grandma closed the wooden door behind them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We were standing near the wire screen, forming a tight circle around Mr. Galanter. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She wound herself up and marched to the screen door, put her face against the screen, and yelled, “Chicken killer! Chicken killer!” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I pulled the article onto the screen so they could read the news themselves. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The screen on the right shows her time. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You know, Keeley, I thought about doing the same thing. But then I noticed something you obviously overlooked: There’s a wire mesh security screen on the other side of those windows.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

We hear only 1 witness at a time, but the others are clearly still talking on other screens. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her parents bought it for her eighteenth birthday and had it equipped with GPS, satellite radio, and a little video screen that shows when you’re about to hit something in reverse. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

A screen on the side panel came alive with a single touch, and then the machine itself lit up. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Uncle Greg pushed open the screen door and let us inside. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the screen, locomotives screaming across a black-and-white nightmare of iron-bridged chasms. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I glanced at my screen just to be certain it really was Dad texting me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The canvas or sacking screens of their perches moved heavily in a breath of wind, like banners in a chapel, and the rapt nobility of the air kept their knight's vigil in knightly patience. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was five months ago on my eleventh birthday, and I knew from the screen on Nan’s phone that the call lasted only six minutes and thirteen seconds. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

My phone buzzes on the floor, and Sonny’s smiling face appears on my screen. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I tightened the straps on my backpack and held the front screen door open with my foot. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I handed in my answer sheet, then stood in the frigid hallway, staring up at the screen that would display my score. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Just a sec—” He glanced up from his screen in our direction and immediately did a double take. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Photos from the apartment setups and different families are rotating on the screen, and Rabiya points to one with a mother, father, and three kids when it comes up again. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When the sound came on, it wasn’t Laura Friendly on the screen anymore. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

A break in the crowd reveals what they are all clustered around: a series of screens on the wall to my left. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then I hear someone at the control room desks say, “There he is,” to one of her coworkers, and I scan the screens to see what she’s talking about. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It had no walls, not even a rail; only on one side was there a light plaited screen, which could be moved and fixed in different places according to the wind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I spected—some kind a stirring—but it’s just a regular old hot Friday with flies buzzing on the screen. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Afterward, Jesse leaned back in their only armchair, stuffed and satisfied, in a rare moment away from the TV or computer screen. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faintly at first, but becoming clearer and clearer every second, the picture of Mike Teavee appeared on the screen. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

They laughed out through the wire screen at him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lydia looked up from the blank page she was staring at on her screen while reminiscing. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The shadow and light through the screen make squares on TaShon’s face. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

At the very beginning, after the title Meet the Kasteevs, they showed Erlan’s parents, really big on the screen, then all the kids, one by one. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I nod and turn away from the screens. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When Aunt Pooh knocks on the front door, some older woman talks to us through the screen and sends me, Aunt Pooh, and Scrap to the garage in the back. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But you don’t notice that you’re blind during saccades because your brain fills in the screen in your head to make it seem like you’re looking out of two little windows in your head. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she still didn’t hear anything, she went in, letting the screen slam shut behind her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I grab it, answering it without even looking at the screen to see who is calling. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Next door they took down the blackout screen. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I smile and swipe right to accept the call, almost getting blinded when the bright sunshine of whatever pristine beach they’re sitting on bursts through the screen of my iPad. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The rest of the lobby is covered in giant screens showing different experiments taking place at Bureau facilities around the world. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Dot whispered to me, not looking away from the screen. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come and see,” he says, waving me over to a computer screen. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I move away from the screen, intending to leave the control room behind me, to get some fresh air wherever I can. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A shadow moved across the pale screen from the edge of Julia’s window frame. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She stared blindly at the screen, on which she saw not Debbie Reynolds cavorting in color but rather Jean Harlow taking a bath in black and white. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no Plexiglas screen separating us from the old lady driving ... The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

French people enjoy going out and watching their movies on a big screen. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Obviously she could not put up the screens, take down the storm windows, or endure any sustained heavy cleaning. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

No clue how long he sits staring at the darkened screen, but soon G’ma’s setting a steaming mug down in front of him. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Great jagged boulders screened the view, and I slipped and stumbled on the wet rocks, making my way as best I could in Jasper’s direction. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the screen of leaves the sunlight pelted down and the butterflies danced in the middle their unending dance. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Audrey goes a little further until she turns and sees me with my eyes transfixed on the screen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Who is it that accuses me?” she asked from behind the screen door. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She taps on the keys, looks at the screen, frowns, shakes her head, and then taps some more. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Read,” she commanded, pointing her finger at the screen. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

As Celia pounds the card table, the head of her hammer finally gives way and flies backward, tearing a hole the size of a fist in the movie screen. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my face close to the screen and looked down. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She lets her niqab drop, then the eye screen. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The two boys glared at each other through screens of hair. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Thanks to the dark screen on the door, I can see outside but chances are they can’t see inside. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Now there was a spotlight on the chair, and the overpoweringly bright blankness of the screen was replaced with a magnified image of the stage before it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Byron Watson, don’t you stomp on those stairs like that and don’t you slam that screen door!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a white circle cloud, too, twisting slowly on the small screen. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He returned to his site in the alley, and shifted the debris he had leaned there to screen it from view. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That’s what this feels like, but where each of the new frames I add is just a blank screen of longing. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I know. Just give it time. In a few weeks, you’ll think it’s weird that you won’t have to turn on a computer screen to see me.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The more contestants that grace the screen, the more obvious it is how much we do not fit. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But now Finn could no longer see her in person, only on the giant screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, Soraya sleeping next to me, I lay in bed and listened to the screen door swinging open and shut with the breeze, to the crickets chirping in the yard. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the screen she was not dangerous and his mind could do with her as it liked. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

Alex half expected the snooker table to rise out of the floor, but instead, on every wall, a panel slid up to reveal floor-to-ceiling television screens that immediately flickered into life. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When Julie Landsman auditioned for the role of principal French horn at the Met, the screens had just gone up in the practice hall. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The screen flickers, and then the lobby comes into focus. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He looked at her through the sagging screen that had a fluffy ball of cotton stuck in the middle to scare the flies away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I moved away from the critic and found myself sitting beside a clairvoyant who loudly predicted the fates of the various characters seen moving their lips up on the screen. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

If he has a brain, which Mom says he might not, the celebrity partner will say “Fork!” and then there’ll be a ding and the next word will show up on a little hidden screen. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“There’s still screens to be patched,” Dicey said. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

People within the circle sit at low desks, typing furiously on still more screens, these ones facing out instead of in. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I helped Dad take down the screens and put up the storm windows. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid’s hand closed over the phone, and he let out a sigh of relief when he hit the button and the screen glowed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Just about everybody has seen a TV or computer with a plasma screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

If you misread the radar screen, got distracted, fell asleep, well, people died. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’d helped my dad to his place and had waited in the main living space while he went behind a screen to change and get ready for bed. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I lifted the binoculars and focused in on the movie screen. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He fitted the revolver into a hip holster, shouldered the rifle, and ambled down a hall to the parlor, which was dark except for the flickering television screen. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then I heard the Preacher’s voice coming through the screen door. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

A single phrase of Ben Kenobi's Theme, for example, can remind you of all the good things he stands for, even if he is not on the movie screen at the time. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I can see both of us on the small screen. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The screen is replaced by the end of the day. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“On the screen. It was from a movie. It just showed up really large on the big screen—we were just looking for something watch—and I think it freaked her out.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She stared at the screen; her eyes were red and her cheeks were blotchy. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He hung his head and walked away behind the wire screen. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We found the treasure,” proclaimed Grace on the screen. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed the alerts on her screen. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They began screening Lost Boys to see whether they had living relatives in Africa, and whether they had fought in the war. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Auguste steps from behind an ivory screen in a silk robe. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She squinted at the computer screen in front of Finn, her eyes scanning the words at the bottom of the news report. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She got up from the edge of the bed and hooked the screen door. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Colonel looked over at me and said, “Do you suck at this game?” and then, without turning back to the screen, shot my skater in the balls with a blue paint blast. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

After she got home and Pet faded away, Jam pulled out her tablet and laid it flat on her bed, tapping on the screen to wake it up. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She was eating and talking to the television screen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then all of the giant video display screens in front of me went blank, and four lines of glowing green text appeared on them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I think what you said will do fine,” Elle said as she turned from the screen and grinned at me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I put down the binoculars and removed the ammo clip on the sniper rifle then aimed it toward the screen where I could just make out the small images. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Chess saw that Emma was peering at the screen of Mom’s phone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Actually, her cell rang twice and then went to voice mail, which means she looked at the screen, saw who it was, and then hit reject. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Matthew tapped his screen, and his recording stopped with a ding. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Four choices filled all the phone screens: Detroit, Kansas City, Kalamazoo, and Flint. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The rip in the screen had been there for weeks. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The first thing I see out of my niqabbed face is Sausun’s eyes, wet, before she lowers her mesh eye screen on top of them. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

For the pictures, we had a simple white screen for a backdrop, and people could sit or stand for their portrait, whatever made them feel comfortable. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"It's on the huge mission clock in the center screen." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nora’s eyes drift back to one of her screens, where Anderson Cooper is unpacking the latest coverage of the Republican presidential hopefuls. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of his eye, Finn saw Mom’s image on the screen behind them again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The keypad vanished from the screen, revealing the menu page. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The man was filmy, and staring through him at the screen was like looking through a dense fog. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It’s like being inside a globe, because the round screen looks like the inside of an opened sky-blue parachute—making me feel as though I am somehow falling. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It matches the one in our apartment: a white plastic square with what looks like a tiny little television screen set into it, and three buttons underneath, labeled VIEW, TALK, and DOOR. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Florida heard the screen door close and then turned to Dallas. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Simon pulls his phone out of his back pocket, glances at the screen, and grins. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Usually she would’ve gone home by now, but she was wrestling with the rabbit ears on top of the TV, trying to fix the snow on the screen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the screen door slammed, May collapsed in Hermes’s arms and began to shake. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Behind her was the largest flat screen on the planet flashing stills from previous shows. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I wheeled around to look and, through a screen of branches, caught a flash of blurred movement—the hem of a white dress. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A long pointer, emerging from the area of no light beside the screen, rests on the volutes and helices, indicating which is which. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Through the screen Naomi saw Mr. Turner and four men behind him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But after playing for a few minutes, I quickly became immersed in the reality created by the words on the screen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I nodded, leaned down, and shook hands, whereupon she came around me, tucked into a perfect heel against my left leg, and gently push-nudged me up the porch steps to the screen door. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

On every video screen in the game room, Charles could see a pictogram puzzle. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Mom does this choked little laugh—and when I glance up at her, she’s grinning full force at Dad’s name on the phone screen. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Patrolman Mancuso pictured the green hunting cap bathed in the blue-white glow of the television screen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

An elderly Chinese woman, dwarfed by the floral armchair she sat in, was fixated on the screen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A television stood near the printer—its screen flashing but the volume turned down—and on top of it sat a glass of juice. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A report began to feed in: pictures of Fire engines and ambulances flashed across its screen. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had made a screen capture and emailed it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I slide the screen door to the porch open and tiptoe onto the back patio so I don’t disturb Alexa and her parents. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Images of the Washingtons floated across the screen. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Diana handed Mrs. Kennedy the schedule with a practiced smile, then looked back at the computer screen as Mrs. Kennedy left for the copier. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Jam exhaled when they sat in their seats, welcoming the dark of the large room, the artificial light of the screen that stretched from floor to ceiling, curving in on them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I look at my dad, and though he still isn’t looking anywhere but at the screen in front of him, I can see his expression getting softer. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

There on the screen, big and bold and bright and blatant, is a picture from Jared’s Halloween-Political-Statement-Turned-Brush-with-Death. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Often I can see what someone is saying written out like it is being printed on a computer screen, especially if they are in another room. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the screen was a live TV feed that looked to be coming from some kind of overhead camera. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I stared at the screen, expecting a final message, but none came. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That must be the reason she’s not concentrating on the screen. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He had a small box over his head, with a Saran Wrap-covered opening shaped like a TV screen to look out through. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted the computer screen for Arachne to see, but the spider snapped, “I’ve memorized it, child. I have an artist’s eye for detail.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A video overtook my screen, piercing strobe lights. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She grabbed the window screen, and it came with her as she fell. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He touched the screen door in back, found it open, slipped in, moved across the porch, listening. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often, their screens were ripped or doors hung askew. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The aperture was so screened and narrow, that curtain or shutter had been deemed unnecessary; and when I stooped down and put aside the spray of foliage shooting over it, I could see all within. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he waves one hand in a subtle gesture, and a transparent screen appears in my view again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The movie screen above the field of parked cars is reflected in their windshields. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A little time jump, a little static on the screen, probably jet lag: up too late at night, drugged in the morning. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Torrance walked over, the beads at the end of her braids clinking together, and examined what was on Kaisha’s screen. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Tell Mom she can pull down the screen windows herself.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tempted to pull Grace inside the house to ask her, but she was reading something on her phone, her own sunglasses pushing her hair back as she frowned at the screen. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then beyond where the road was not protected by the hills it was screened by matting on the sides and over the top. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Tommie had just left when the screen door squeaked open and the twins shoved through the door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The girl in the video has thick hair like mine, and she pats it down with white cream from a jar that she displays on the screen. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

On the screen of her iPad, she plays a relatively primitive video game that entails identifying targets that at first appear in the middle of the screen but get farther out on the periphery. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Mom,” he said, his eyes on the flickering screen in his hand. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A screen had been set up before the bookcase, and the blinds drawn. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I slid down the wall, settled myself on the thick green carpet, kept my eyes on the screen. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When the film Woodstock came out the following March, it screened to sold-out audiences everywhere. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

There was silence, or at least a lowering of sound beyond the screens. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

On the screen, I can see Rabbi Gold, following along and nodding his approval. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Of note, the new media appeared to be taking time from the biggest screen draw of them all—television. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“If we’re going to make a fortune on the silver screen, we got to figure what’s going to sell. What we need is young girls. You got a girlfriend?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shut the screen down and said, “I want to call for help, but there’s no signal.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He knew the plays before they appeared on the screen. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got to see that one on a big screen!” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Which would be fine, Ever since the bloodbath, I've been featured on screens most than I care. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mom and Jack focus their attention on their phone screens. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“No problem. I’ve put you on the three thirty. It may be delayed, because of the storm, so keep an eye on the screens. Checking any baggage?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“There’s nobody on the line. And nobody on the screen.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Candice slid to the edge of the bed so she could see the screen better. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He jiggled the mouse beside his keyboard to get rid of the screen saver. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She mentally moved the alethiometer’s hands around the dial, and as she did, the screen began to flicker. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could go back to the screen with Lark, or go sit with anyone at the table, really. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And someone had locked the screen door, so I couldn’t sneak inside. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She sits down next to me and positions the screen between us, resting it on one of my knees and one of hers. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even on the color television screen, the moon wasn’t yellow or silver. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I heard August move across the porch, felt the air thicken as she stood behind me on the other side of the screen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Portia said good-bye to her husband and brother at the gate and knocked on the screen door. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

To help her, I pull down my scarf, remove my wig, and step closer so that the light of the screen falls on my face. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Foaly tapped a few more keys, and Artemis’s deep blue eyes expanded to the width of the screen. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Let me see,” he said, “fire screened, lights out. Leave the doors for Mrs. Dudley to close in the morning.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The black-and-white mass near the wire screen remained intact. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I slapped the out of order sign on the neighboring Galaga cabinet and looked at the start-up screen, which was listing off the game’s villainous ghosts: Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Her arm’s outstretched, holding the screen within inches of my face. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“What does he mean,” she said, squinting as she tried to read off my screen. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

As I put my books down on the table, Jay cut his eyes at me and went back outside, letting the screen door slam behind him. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But Finn knew Joe was really watching the screen embedded in his own glasses. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I told myself I was looking for something in the make-believe screen world that was missing from my new life. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the window in Molly’s bathroom, also on the ocean side, a light cotton curtain dances constantly in the breeze, sucked toward the screen and out again, billowing toward the sink, an amiable ghostly presence. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Blinking and squinting helped him realize: The searing light came from a giant screen at the front of the room. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Before Crab could answer, Grandma started yelling from the screen door. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The screen of darkness crossing my face as the cattle-car door slides shut. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Abby tapped her phone screen to end the call and hopped up to her feet. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I tap on the screen to purchase a subway card. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He dug his claws into the windowsill, chewed a hole through the flimsy screen, and hauled himself through the narrow opening. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly, a small bar of chocolate appeared in the middle of the screen. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Relax. You’re not wearing the type I have on, no eye screen. Your eyes will get total freedom.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He stares at the screen, at his own message, for a few seconds too long, suddenly afraid it was a stupid thing to say. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I live in luxury with AC, a door that bolts, a large window protected by an intact screen—just like a tourist or a business traveler. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see my reflection in the TV screen and in the photo of my family. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Bodyguards streamed out of the machine room, and a moment later Matt saw them on the screens. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her glasses on to look at it and spent a long time studying his face on the computer screen. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I sit staring at the screen, suddenly desperate to know more. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then it’s over, and the other four doctors finish their notes and argue among themselves while I’m sent behind the screen to dress with shaking legs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The woman at the desk taps the screen in a few places. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

So I said great, terrific, I’d meet him in front of the big screen for a bit of bonding and bodychecking. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The screen creaked as he did so, and Moss locked eyes with him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

While bringing up the Black, Vegan, and Proud YouTube channel, I sat hunched forward, mere inches from the screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Eventually she told me to stop, never taking her eyes off the screen, but I kept on aiming blows at her shoulder. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Before Emily could answer, a message from a guest user popped on her screen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The man on the screen inclined his head toward his wife. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“A kidnapper wouldn’t bother to stack the screen against the wall,” I pointed out. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The TV set continued, “The ‘moon’ is painted; in the enlargements, one of which you see now on your screen, brush strokes show. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I watched him and his brother go up the rickety steps of their front porch and disappear inside the house, letting the screen door slam with a bang behind them. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Would she have been hired before the advent of screens? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And my mother is painting these blackout screens. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The company was in fact a screen that shielded the real source of the money: the king of France. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had broken into three pieces—screen, battery, and everything else. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They hung the raw, red screen of their tiny vessels in front of me like a wound. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I watched my own screen through squinted eyes as the mountain grew with the bodies of Persians and Spartans. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She winced at her own awkwardness and pointed to the screen. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The television screen flickered; its picture grew distorted. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A giant screen showed motorcycle racers coming straight at you. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I check the screens before I go to meet Amar and George. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The customer I was trying to help was practically leaning his head on my shoulder, trying to see the computer screen. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The firing squad, the hallway, the flat screens. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I turn away from the screen and look out Ben’s window. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

A video’s on the screen, and I press Play. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Your mom has ten customers in Illinois,” she said as a grid appeared on the screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We sat there, staring at the video on the TV screen in silence. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She was scrubbing purple crayon off the TV screen. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picks it up, scrolling through the screen offhandedly. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The steady rise and fall of gunfire coming from the screens tells me that the people living in those sectors must be facing off against the troops. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Harris clicked on the screen and Ladybird Hope appeared, wearing a red suit with a flag pin on the lapel. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mama Ya-Ya is touching the TV screen as if her palm can stop the storm. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She spent all day working on oil paintings, watercolors, charcoal drawings, pen-and-ink sketches, clay and wire sculptures, silk screens, and wood blocks. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

On one of the smaller screens above her is an image—a piece of the surveillance footage we just watched, frozen at a particular moment in time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Two floors above, Alan Blunt was still sitting in front of the screen. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The camera kept putting Michael up on the screen and that made Fern happy. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“But I’m with you, Tris. Just watching those screens made me feel awful, like I was doing something sneaky. I think I’ll be staying away from now on.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When Dr. Kimball lectured on World War II, the screen showed rows of fighter planes interspersed with the skeletal remains of bombed cities. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Mrs. Dowdel,” she said through screen wire, “you see before you a woman at the end of her rope.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Me and all the other boys on her computer screen have names. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I hurl it against the wall and the screen is totaled. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His red screen meant the Mid-Atlantic team was out of the competition. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

On the screen, the two women leapt from their seats again and began to claw at each other’s hair. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Have a little faith," she coaches herself, as the dark shape floats easily through the screen like smoke or clouds or figments of any sort. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My flushed face takes up the giant screen once I step onstage. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Above us, the screens said which flights were landing and which were taking off. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

There's no reason in the world why they should come and look behind the screen. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

My mother picks up the bag of groceries, and the man opens the screen and stands to the side. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Bates said as she opened the screen door a few minutes later. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The file opened, and Chess blinked the words on the screen into focus: The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take long before Raven’s reply popped onto the screen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The day before the election, a downtown art movie theater had its first desegregated screening. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped it out of my pocket and peeked at the screen. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He turned the plastic gun on me and started clicking, as if I were just another image from the screen. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my palm against the mesh screen on her window, and Julia’s hand met mine. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

And then Emma saw the last words on the screen: Please tell the kids this was the last thing I wanted to happen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When the anthem finishes and the screen goes dark, a hush falls on the room. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I could only feel my heart beating and my eyes tearing every time they showed him on the screen. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was their conversation that was scrolling down the right side of the screen. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

They watched the screen as Mother struggled to find words. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The view of the Pirate’s Den minimizes to a smaller screen in the corner of my vision, one that will appear over the center of my view whenever I glance down at it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The guide notes that agency ratings and funding are tied to whether they are “adopting and implementing effective applicant screening,” a clear signal that agencies may be penalized for not cleaning house. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He stands in front of a white projection screen, clears his throat, shifts from one foot to the other, puts on his glasses. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

How could the air traffic controllers keep track of the blips on the radar screen amid heavy fighting? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon, we head over to my father’s house, where we sit inside, scattered around the living room, hockey playing on yet another giant flat screen that has been implanted into the wall. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Levy, who considered each other the only ungratifying objects in the home, sat before their television set watching the colors merge together 011 the screen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of him staring blearily at a glowing screen, placing yet another bet with money he didn’t have, hoping that this time, this time, he’d win it big. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I set my folder on the podium and turn my attention to the computer screen. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Myrish carpets covered the floor instead of rushes, and in one comer a hundred fabulous beasts cavorted in bright paints on a carved screen from the Summer Isles. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Nothing like just you and your girl in front of the big screen.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But Mom’s face had disappeared from the screen, replaced by another woman’s. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was sitting in Psychology 101 when the professor read the symptoms aloud from the overhead screen: depression, mania, paranoia, euphoria, delusions of grandeur and persecution. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The screen door banged behind them as they went in, and their laughter grew faint. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A big one that was like a piece of furniture, like a cabinet with a screen in it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Even though he could see us through the screen of the porch, he knocked on the screen door. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

I looked from my mom, staring at her computer screen, back to Calista. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

We heard a little sawing, singing sound as a file began to slice through screen wire. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A giant view screen crackled into life on the wall behind him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Supreme’s dashboard looks like something from the Millennium Falcon with all the screens and buttons. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

From the screen in his hand, Henry’s message reads, In world’s most boring meeting with Philip. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I check the screen to see the photo. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The hours pass slowly without her smiling face on the other side of my computer screen. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It’s uglier up there than it looks on a page or a screen because it’s not a picture or a prop. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Just rocked back and forth, his face lit by the silver glow of the images flickering across the screen. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Wash closed the screen door gingerly behind him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

People are doing things and saying things, but it's like they're in a different dimension, like they're on a stage or a screen. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

President Gray’s face filled the screen, flanked by two American flags. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I press the button, and a warped black-and-white version of myself appears on the screen. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The second war, I had watched on my TV screen. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The screen switched to a shaky video of my speech at Gran’s church. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then the crack at the base of the screen widened; we pushed it open, and we were standing on the roof of Nimh, free. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe this time the screen would be intact. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

My phone vibrates against my thigh, and I glance at the screen. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A rare false note was struck when Bobby and Miyoko attended a screening of the American film Pearl Harbor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“This is it. Over there,” she said, pointing to a screen that was glowing an empty gray. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Safer’s mom calls to us from her office, where she’s looking at a picture on a computer screen. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Or it could just be the way the pictures showed up on the phone screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I stretch some more to try and see the name on the screen, but Sonny dims it so I can’t. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

On the blank television screen the children could suddenly see their reflections. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He set up the screen so that it could be watched by all the patients. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The screens in front of us light up with the letter A. “Don’t you wish all the questions would be that easy?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

All their eagle eyes saw on the screen was a hodgepodge of mistakes and inexcusable screw-ups. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took several more minutes for me to connect the name with the image on the screen—of a dark-skinned man standing in front of a white marble temple and surrounded by a vast crowd. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The letters burned across the small screen and faded. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

All day I slaved away, scrubbing down her porch, sorting buttons, picking dead flies from her screen door. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I tapped the Player One button, and the first maze appeared on the screen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’m watching it all play out, like a movie on the screen. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Latecomers are directed to the adjacent streets, where they can watch the event on screens as it's televised live by the state. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Donna flushes the toilet and I quickly turn off the screen and put the phone back on the counter. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The screen flicked off just as Mother was opening her mouth to argue. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped behind the huge outcropping of a rock and a screen of bramble and dropped flat on my stomach. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She used to watch those reality shows on cable TV and yell at the screen, “How did you not know you’re pregnant?!” as actors re-created the most unbelievable scenarios. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It’s full of screens and light, reflecting off the glass in the Erudites’ spectacles. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Eighteen screens of the prime minister giving a speech at a convention, his two hands shaking themselves out over the podium as he spoke, a bit like mine. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the laboratory Mack crossed the street and went through the swinging screen doors into Lee Chong’s grocery. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nico opens the workstation on his computer, and all the boxes light up the screen. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“No, sir,” the operator said, once more on his screen. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I look at his computer screen and see a picture of me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He closed the screen door after him and went out into the cool blue morning. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push open the broken screen door and go inside, Juju is jamming. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I look at the large screen hanging over the desks. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Everybody sets their cake slices aside to applaud as the screen fades to black, even though the film technically isn’t over. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A huge television screen, blank but glowing softly, occupies one wall. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

On the screen, Deborah sat on a couch with her mother’s Bible open in her lap, her hair brown instead of gray, her eyes bright, with no circles beneath them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m heading to work,” she said, her thumbs flying across the screen. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He caught a quick glance of two pilot chairs, windows above wide panels full of instruments and dials and screens flashing information. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Now, as I watched the mega screen where the roster of names would appear, I felt, deep down, that I could’ve done better. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Kevin stared at the blank TV screen, then turned away with a bitter laugh. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He taps the screen again, and the picture of my DNA disappears, so the screen is blank, just glass. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Like the cursor on a computer screen her eyes moved from the first row to the second, then stopped. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He nods and continues to gaze at the screen. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And when I tap it, the famous unibrow is crammed into the frame of my phone screen. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

One screen has the words Helmet Cam written at the top and shows agents in gray suits raiding a haunted house. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Resting his chin on his hands, Mitch stared at the center screen. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They watched the live feed on a projection screen. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden his picture came up on the screen, followed by...what? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The screen door slammed shut so hard it whacked him in the butt and sent him flying up the staircase as if hed been shot from a cannon. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The very idea of a color broadcast was so implausible that Alvarez secreted a small magnet in his pocket to verify that the picture was actually produced by electrons striking a phosphor screen. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But he was engrossed in the images on the screen, lying on the floor next to Obiora. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He packed up his satchel and leaned the debris back up against the anchor, to screen the rent from sight. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then, on the screen in front of me, there was a time-lapse image of a flower unfolding. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Patients with yellow fever were isolated in rooms with screens on the windows so that mosquitoes couldn’t feed on their infected blood and then transmit the disease to healthy individuals. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

But before it made it to the screen, we lost Alex. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bathroom, as was the style in very wealthy houses of those days, was a large room with a separate screened dressing area. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She opened the wooden door, then the screen door. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Rondell said when his foster mom looked at the hole in the screen she covered her ears, screamed her head off, and started running in place with mad tears streaming down her face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Delirious, I roll over and tap the screen. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He caught a glimpse of a few words at the bottom of the computer screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He tinkered with the box for what seemed forever as the black-and-white patterns zigzagged across the screen. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As I walk I wipe the screen with the hem of my shirt, trying to get rid of some of my fingerprints. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He leaves the words on the white screen, unsaid. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was only when the screen went up that the maestros’ judgment was restored. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He had one hand on the screen door, ready to leave. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A few seconds went by, and then words began to slowly appear below mine on the screen. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went over to one of the registers, which was actually a computer, and typed something on the screen with her finger. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing but snow on the view screen. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I would have bumped into the picnic table had J’s feet not shown up in my phone’s screen. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

If they’re not waving penlights in your eyes or reading the printouts that come tumbling out from the bedside printers, then they are watching your vitals from a central computer screen. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone in his hand vibrated, and he hated how his heart jumped, then fell as he looked at the screen and saw it was from Jimmy, the team’s center. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A list of names and their donation amount occupied the right-hand side of the screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Immediately, the screen slides away to reveal a porthole looking onto underwater depths. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But her parents’ faces flashed on the screen. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Staring at the paused screen, I thought it over. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I felt like I floated up the front stairs, then I made sure the screen door didn’t slam and took my shoes off and went in and sat on my bed. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chuck was pointing at a spot near the floor, right underneath the screen and keyboard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Lying in the colored ward of die hospital, which was a screened comer of a larger ward, Eva mused over the perfection of the judgment against her. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the screen door open, into the cool damp air outside. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

First, because there was not one chance in a million that it could actually help, and second, because plasma screens grow extremely hot after prolonged use. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It’s like I fell asleep in front of the screen with my eyes open. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I remove the mitten on my right hand to swipe my thumb across the touch screen, unlocking texts. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She gazed off toward the huge image of her mother—no, this world’s Susanna Morales, the judge—up on the screen, pounding a gavel and looking severe. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“We’re right over a shoal. And I think we’re looking at some stripers here on the screen. Let’s get fishing and see if we can get them in the boat.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“No, we’re going to a state called Vermont,” he says, and focuses his eyes back on the screen. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in just a few fleeting seconds on my TV screen, I can see that. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

As though weaving some kind of protective screen around us. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I touch my phone and I can see a photo of me and Grandpa on my lock screen. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I swiveled back around in my chair, looked at my computer screen, and minimized my history paper. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

And now, very slowly, the screen began to get brighter and brighter. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

He ran out on his mother’s entreaties, calling over his shoulder, “Ten minutes, Ma!” as he pushed open the screen door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Right away he noticed something I hadn’t: a long mean-looking slice in the screen door. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I saw Mr. Norton, his face pale again, his white suit rumpled, topple and fall, his head scraping against the screen of the door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the screen the faint, old, robed figure of Mercer toiled upward, and all at once a rock sailed past him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I said, kneeling in front of the screen. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the screen was a picture of Patrick, in his underwear. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The entire far wall is covered with a computer screen. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dominating the entire back wall is a colossal, Gothic choir screen carved from marble and adorned with ornate statues of saints, black and gold and imposing, holy. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We all huddled around the screen when two hands reached in and snagged the laptop away. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I flinched when the screen door banged shut behind them, loud as a rifle shot. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Here we go,” said Kyle as game instructions scrolled across the screen. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He turned abruptly, and ran into the house for help, and the screen door banged after him. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got to the RV, Park reached up and opened the screen door. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I imagine that this is what it must’ve been like decades ago, before the cold lights of computer screens and tablets and phones permanently eliminated the peace of darkness from our lives. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A paper screen is set up, splitting the front of the room right down the middle, surrounded by a collection of round tables and chairs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When I arrived, he was speaking through the screen of a high-security cell to a tiny Dominican named Colon, who had decorated the cell with a carpet of shredded pieces of magazine. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lydia raised her hands in surrender, still gazing at her screen. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

From the outside it seemed to be an antiquated Dell, the same open- box special with the scratched screen my mother got for me when I was in fourth grade. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He’s typing in a command, pressing his thumb to the screen for print recognition, speaking a string of letters and numbers in response to a prompt. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Wooden folding chairs are set up before a movie screen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I stood up and looked, I didn’t understand what I was seeing on the screen, was it a commercial, a new movie? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Four huge screens hung above the stage, rotating flashing psychedelic images, but about halfway through the song I just closed my eyes and leaned back, pounding the killer rhythms on my gut. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I remember glancing over at Linda, thinking it might be too much for her, but in the dim gray light she seemed to be smiling at the screen. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gets up and sits in her rocker, staring at the TV screen. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He raised his eyes to meet hers on the screen. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The department heads stared at the satellite image on the projection screen. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the mirror I could see Mr. Norton staring out vacantly upon the empty fields, his mouth stern, his white forehead livid where it had scraped the screen. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the house lights dimmed in the Apollo Theatre, the flickering images of black-and-white photographs and film clips on the screen chronicled my father’s life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The screen door slammed open again, and Naomi flew out. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you know? If he was desperate enough—” “Careful,” said Tam Lin, looking straight into the view screen. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the TV on mute and watched some people dance across the screen. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She might have doubted what she had done, and what she could still see on the screen, but she had passed in the last half-hour or so beyond doubt and belief altogether. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the strangest thing about the new apartment, I thought when I arrived a week later, was how much like the old one it looked—bare, dim, lit by the glow of computer screens. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did the screening tell you that this student had something suspicious there?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh. Well, maybe she didn’t want to admit her feelings to a friend yet, or even to herself,” I said, watching her lips purse as she stared at the screen. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The screen door creaked open and shut behind us; I waited until I heard the shuffling footsteps of the other kid follow them out before I looked back down at Liam’s face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He pulls his phone from his back pocket, taps the screen, and holds it up to his face. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

"This is the edge of it," Johanssen said, staring at her screen. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Overhead, the Wonder Dome turned into a giant game screen reading “Welcome to the Battle of the Books.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Above the screen the western sky was still dark and the stars looked like holes from missed shots. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The newspapers and magazines kept showing pictures of audiences staring at movie screens through dark glasses with white paper frames. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe he'll never need to know that there's a tiny mirror in my head, a memory screen showing Tariq's body beneath my hands, dying over and over again. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The young man looks up when we come in, taps something on his computer screen, and stands. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My mother stood at the front door, holding her coffee mug in both hands, her face pressed against the screen. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The board whirs and glows, and then a welcome message appears on the screen. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Then, as I finished clearing the wave on Galaga, I noticed my reflection in the game’s screen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The screen door slammed on my mother’s words, “You must forgive my daughter....” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Girl after girl shimmered on the small screen. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Seven bit her lip as she stared at her phone screen, nerves crawling like a billion bugs all over her skin. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

My portraits flashed on a big screen overhead. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It pours from him easily, black letters on white screen. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There were several television-like screens with different shots of each passenger load. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the clock ticks closer and closer to midnight, I watch Will, fast asleep on the other side of my laptop screen, his face calm, peaceful. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But they had gone, and the viewing screen was shrouded in plastic. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fanned a red taloned hand in the air, drying it, her eyes still fixed on the screen. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pri is next to me in the back and turns on her phone to stare at the screen. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I rapped on the metal frame of my best friend’s front screen door. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

My locator icon was in the middle of a blank screen, which meant I was OTM—off the map. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The curtain that concealed the screen glittered faintly when Victor's light caught it; What if they were still hiding here? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had seen television before, but this was the first time we were captivated by the figures on the screen. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, the account page loads on my screen. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t lunge far enough to attack the screen because they were wearing spiked collars attached to heavy chains. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She threw up the screen, leaned out over the porch roof and yelled, “Hey, everybody, I have an announcement!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He would play an episode of Sesame Street on a television monitor, and then run a slide show on a screen next to it, showing a new slide every seven and a half seconds. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And before she could act embarrassed and uncomfortable about yesterday—or pretend that she wasn't—Park was opening the screen door and pulling her in by her shirtsleeve. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

So when you put me on a black-and-white screen next to a black person, the camera doesn’t know what to do. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When the answer is shown on the screen, Connor got it wrong, and so did two members of the Woodland team. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He leaned close to the screen and blinked his eyes to make sure he was seeing straight. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Aaronson, who baked pies for the inn, opened the screen door so I could go inside. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The computer screen flickers, showing a tiny plane arcing downward from New York City to Los Angeles. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She falls asleep on the couch as the latest soap washes over the screen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Four different color videos, one in each corner of the screen; four different viewpoints of the camp boundaries. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Jamie looks back at his computer screen, tapping his finger against the edge of the keyboard in time with the music. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“The radar patrol,” Ignatius was telling Darlene, “is obviously rather foolproof. It seems that the cabdriver and I were making small dots on their screen all the way from Baton Rouge.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look up art schools in the area, narrow it down to three, and tilt the screen back to Jamie. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

For a second I’m surprised by the crack in the screen, until I remember my fall from earlier. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

A throaty voice said, “MISSION FAILURE,” but Augustus seemed to think otherwise as he smiled at his remnants on the screen. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He ought to hare charged this screen of terrified men, dealing them an enormous execution. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hold out the screen to her and she rolls her eyes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Millard set the falcon down and held the sheet in front, screening the bird from the audience. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

We got off the road and crouched behind a screen of brush. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

On a black screen, a binocular-shaped template of vision sweeps back and forth, taking in the distant refugees. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, Dylan’s face appears on the screen. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“What did I tell you about slamming that screen door?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I follow a girder diagonally across the screen so I don’t have to look at him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He checked the screen, though he already knew the message he would see: “CALL FAILED.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the bottom of the screen, it says, “Hurricane Katrina, Category One.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The woman pressed something on the screen of her phone, then lowered it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His face lights up almost as bright as the screen. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A stream of dancing lights, for all the world like the shimmering curtains of the aurora, blazed across the screen. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look to the screen, hoping to see them recording some wave of reconciliation going through the crowd. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But now I open a new document and stare at the screen. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She shows me her phone and I read the screen, confused. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When I hit the red button, the letter A lights up on the screen in front of me to lock in the answer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Charlie watches the TV screens in a bar area behind the reception desk. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I saw that Radar was online and was clicking over to talk to him when an IM from him popped up on my screen. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then she chuckled under her breath and held the screen up to show me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He returned it to its hiding spot above and stepped into the warm daylight as Jinx held open the screen door. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I clutch the screen to my chest, eager to get back to the dormitory and tell Tobias about my mother. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Cherry was out with us now, looking at her phone camera screen. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

When he reached the screen door, we could finally see his face. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m staring at the screen, frozen on Grandpa’s face. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Through the screen, we could see a hallway leading toward a kitchen. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I ask for a real screen, and he tells me he doesn’t have any that fit. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I trotted across the yard to our screen door. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At the end of the film, he approached the screen and pointed to the faces of the South Fore. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Even though the screen stayed blank and there was no movement on the stage, it seemed like the trial could resume any minute. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Look at this,” he said, pointing to the screen. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was hard to see Megan at all, she was so far up and behind the window screen. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

It still said Missing Child Alert on the screen, but my face was finally gone. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This is where big ideas come from—a flash across the brain screen in moments when all the circuits are throwing sparks. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were with him. When I didn't see you there"—she motioned at the screen—"I thought...” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

So I pretend to focus on the TV screen. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Lots of families cut television when the kids are young, hoping to limit screen time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It hits me, again, that she walked these halls, watched the city on the screens in the control room. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When Matt Cain pitched a curveball, twenty balls flew across twenty screens. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Behind this screen there gleams an astonishing promise: One can become a public person while still remaining a private person. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear a cheer and stop to look at the screens. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Up on the screen, the too-serious, too-grim version of Ms. Morales—the judge—was using a lot of big, unfamiliar words. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

On the screen is a school portrait, a blue backdrop with an American flag on one side. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She reaches for her cell phone, checks the screen. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned even closer to the computer screen and started to read. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He and the other students watched eagerly as accounts of one gruesome murder after another passed over the tiny VCR screen, accompanied by the hushed melodrama of Geraldo Rivera. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was suddenly heavy smoke and we moved through a thick white screen of it, the smell sulfurous, burnt. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge glanced at the time in the comer of the screen. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He brushed away the trash and rotted bits of screening from the cover. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Tucked beneath the ten screens in arched niches were incredible 3-D statues glowing a ghostly green. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

That strikes me as naive, for someone who once lived in my city and saw, at least on the screens, how many secrets we kept from one another. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The screen is the only thing that remains. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A few more kids went to stand next to Mrs. Salinger and stare at the TV, but Mrs. Salinger didn’t seem to notice anything but the screen. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Very good. Madam,” said the Wart, quite fearless with resentment He flipped his wings and was sitting on the extreme end of the screen perch, next to Cully's enclosure of string netting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman pushed the screen door and stepped outside on the porch. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swiveled the screen so he could glare at it. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Light from the overhead fixture bounced off the shattered screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Who’s teasing the baby?” his mother yelled out the screen door. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The governor has finally flipped his wig,” Mother Lois said, glaring at the moon-faced man on the TV screen. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the screen; it’s not a number I know. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He clicked a button and it expanded into a miniature bronze TV On the screen was news footage of Mount St. Helens, a huge plume of fire and ash trading into the sky. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

One of the Erudite scientists taps his own computer screen, and an image appears on the left wall. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a hole in the screen door that had been there for years. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Beyond her is a screened door that leads outside. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was looking at Paul, Paul who was looking in through the screen door. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

These were the questions knocking around inside Curly’s head as the image on the TV screen dissolved to electric fuzz before his disbelieving eyes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And on the other end of the sofa, their older sister, Vivienne, stared at the television screen, her eerie, split-pupiled gaze fixed on the cartoon mouse as it ran from the cartoon cat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“My favorite game was this one,” he says, nodding at the TV screen, where a small square is traveling through a series of simple mazes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was flicked on the screen near the end of his talk. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Fumbling with the screen, I finally press the green button, and his face appears. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There, where some houses didn’t even have screens, let alone air conditioners, the windows were thrown wide open to whatever the night had to offer. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been silent and moping for hours, glancing down from time to time in nervousness at the screen on my phone. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have a plasma screen, because the costumes budget wasn’t big enough, but from underneath the skull I could look around without anyone noticing. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of the screen were the words, Breaking News. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“We can get privacy screens so that it’s an enclosed space.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“My cousin is at Harry Potter World right now,” he says, flicking his thumb over his phone screen. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I stare at the screen, absorbing word by word a sliver of my life that changed everything. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He looked off screen and yelled: “What’s my title? Am I like admiral, or captain, or—” A girl’s voice yelled back, “Repair boy.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A strip of plastic had been drawn back in the casing above each of the screens to reveal a small compartment, cylindrical and about five inches deep. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Moss pulled out his old phone, which had a new screen thanks to a friend of Martin’s but still wouldn’t catch a signal. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Not in the same way. He can do some things better, but that engine with the words on the screen—he hasn’t got one of those.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma said, wiping her hands on her apron as she held the screen door open and peered into the backyard. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie wasn’t even looking at the list now: She had her neck craned to look back at the code on the computer screen in front of Emma and Chess. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She came back into the audition room, and when she stepped out from behind the screen, she heard the Bavarian equivalent of whoa. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

An arrow moves among them on the screen, searching and finding. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach tightened as I worried whether his wife and seven daughters were now members of the drifting, clamoring crowd that had flashed at intervals on the screen. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I run my thumb over the screen to wipe away an unexpected pang of guilt. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Yo, what’s the most you ever got”—he paused—“on Temple Run?” he asked without looking up, his fingers flying across the screen of his phone. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I copied the date into my notes with a question mark, but as more photographs flashed across the screen, it became clear which century the professor meant. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs Wormwood sat munching her meal with her eyes glued to the American soap-opera on the screen. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he found his DS, inserted the Nemesis cartridge into the back, turned it on, and passed the screen over the two sheets of paper, scanning first his message and then the design. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She smooths her skirt and sets her phone on her lap, screen down, hands clasped together. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She thought of their wooden screen door banging on its hinge. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He would have said something about the screen, but he knew he couldn't whisper. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

On the screen of the Esquire theater, numerals flashed ...5. ..4.. .3... and a newsreel began. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Once he even thought he saw a glow of a TV screen. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear them raise the screen, knock on the window, work to open it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

His eyes darted off screen, then back to the camera as he drummed his fingers on the desk, his face expressionless. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Rishi immediately began to click around on his laptop screen, as if he’d discovered something of immense importance that had to be done right away. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In nearly 40 percent of families, the parents consume eleven hours of screen media a day, which does not include work time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

As far as Chess could tell, she didn’t take her eyes off the phone screen once. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I open the door, Russ peers through the screen and says, “What’s up?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the computer screen, red is overtaking green. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But the face of Big Brother seemed to persist for several seconds on the screen, as though the impact that it had made on everyone’s eyeballs were too vivid to wear off immediately. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I could swear he was standing three feet in front of me through a screen of mist, except I could only see the part of him that appeared in the rainbow. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The screens are already up on the table, showing the regular Capitol feed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Palmer yanked her back into the room and slammed down the screen. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

"That crafts closet is big enough to hold two football players. Just saying," she mutters, and turns back to the video screen. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

On the screen, Kaelin moved forward to answer the question, and in that fraction of a second, his face was utterly transformed. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Now these would look nice on the back fence. They’d screen off the slough. I wonder if there’s enough sun.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

These people were all stuck in the past, setting up their booths at the art fair and thinking themselves successful because they'd sold a silk screen of a footprint in the sand. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Up on the screen, Mom opened her mouth and began speaking into the microphone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He hands me a glass screen with bright lines tangled across it like veins. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The seven ladies and one gentleman in a bow tie were huddled around a laptop, their horrified eyes glued to the screen. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The girl on the computer screen had straight light brown hair while Emma’s was darker and wavy. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Now the whole room held its breath, waiting for Tessa’s disembodied reply as, somewhere underneath the chalk cliffs, she sat staring at the green flashes on her screen. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Someone from the right side of the field even threw a soda can at the screen, which seemed to surprise Mr. Tushman. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He sat at attention in the darkness of the Prytania only a few rows from the screen, his body filling the seat and protruding into the two adjoining ones. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the central chandelier flicked on and Father Mike, like a life-size puppet, sprang through the icon screen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

On March 29, 1924, with Priddy’s help, the Virginia Senate authorized eugenic sterilization within the state as long as the person to be sterilized had been screened by the “Boards of Mental-health institutions.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He glanced at the screen before shoving it in his pocket. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He paid the old man and left, opening the screen door only enough to squeeze out and closing it quickly so that no flies got in. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In this other room, there are the latest video game machines, like Microsoft’s Kinect video game console, which uses motion-capture technology to allow a person to interact with the action on the screen. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We unzipped our bags and laid them down like picnic blankets on the grass in front of the giant movie screen in the middle of the field. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The interview is quick, cut off mid-sentence: Anderson Cooper’s face looms on the screen overhead like a disgustingly handsome Hunger Games cannon, announcing they’re ready to call Florida. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Servants put up privacy screens and unpack trunks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The only thing that made a difference, Payne found, was slowing the experiment down and forcing people to wait a beat before identifying the object on the screen. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

To see my solution working, functioning, on the screen. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He left the storm door shut, so I had to speak through the screen. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Moss stood quickly and looked at the confusing screen on the machine. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I touched my nose and this gigantic finger touched the nose on the screen. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The room falls silent at the images on the screen. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Statistics rattled across the bottom of the screen. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Normally I’d be offended since I did all this work pretending sadness, but right now it’s a good thing she keeps her eyes fixed to the little screen. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He pushed the power button and was met with a screen full of white and black squiggly lines. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Thomas glances back to the movie screen and points at the commercial that comes on. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“People can only see the screen,” Chess muttered. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The picture on the screen is a complicated mass of lines and numbers, with certain parts selected in yellow and red. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I held it out, aiming the screen away from me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The photo of the ancient parchment glowed on Jake’s computer screen: The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

There was a screen, connoting dying, around Johnny’s bed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So he did,” Margaret said, not taking her eyes off the computer screen. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around the corner, in the great room, a videotape of a Florida Gators football game was playing on a big- screen TV. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I click accept and fake a big yawn when her face appears on my screen, casually glancing at my phone. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The Wild Men had put out a screen of wary hunters, so that no orc or roving spy should learn of the movements in the hills. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A circular photogram in sharp black and white appeared on the screen. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re on the timer here, Big Be—” He stares at the screen. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It was open, and the screen was popped out. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the display screen mounted on the counter directly in front of me; then his eyes glazed over as he refocused his attention on the world inside his visor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He started tapping the built-in tablet computer’s screen. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She glanced at the screen, then turned to face Finn and Emma and Chess. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When they hit the screen, flashes of light were generated. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They also house blood samples taken from most infants born in the United States since the late sixties, when states started mandating the screening of all newborns for genetic diseases. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The recorder also stands, and slips his screen into his bag. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“The idea was that kids would sit, stare at the screen, and zone out,” said Elizabeth Lorch, a psychologist at Amherst College. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the screen are a y and an x axis. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The players look like they are lunging right out of the screen as giant, three-dimensional figures, and each time they make a good move, the crowd screams at the top of their lungs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the lights dim and the seal appears on the screen, I realize I'm unprepared for this. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Even though screen doors had been ripped off or warped, even though some RVs knelt on whatever tires had been slashed, there were still signs of life all around. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her eye screen is flipped back so she can work. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But the screen turns out to be in tatters, not even fastened at the bottom, just flapping uselessly in the breeze. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet between April 1958 and December 1961 several hundred chemicals were screened at the Orlando laboratory for a possible sterilizing effect. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Its black screen is bloated and curved, and its boxy white backside is propped against a dartboard. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As we walk back to our seats, Luke begins dragging himself across the screen with complete, desolate desperation. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He clicked on the screen, and the Dell Duke System of the Strange appeared. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The screens on their computers turned bright red. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

After I’ve filled the small bottle left ready for me in the little washroom, I take off my clothes, behind the screen, and leave them folded on the chair. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Individual screens slide up from the table, the lights dim slightly, and a hush falls over the room. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I stare at the screen for a moment, waiting for Amelia’s response. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But she was too busy watching Natalie’s fingers fly across the screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Suppose that back before the advent of screens, you and I had been on a committee charged with addressing the terrible problem of discrimination against women in major symphony orchestras. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Across the screen marched old photos of Nazi concentration camp victims, corpses stacked like cordwood, and dead-eyed survivors. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Davey Cantor, one of the boys who acted as a replacement if a first-stringer had to leave the game, was standing near the wire screen behind home plate. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You’ll be broadcast, both your voice through their emergency audio system, and your image wherever people have access to a screen.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

On a screen, her heart was barely beating. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment, the large screen on the wall crackled to life. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In spite of the fact that our volunteers were carefully screened before they were selected to defy, the police managed to penetrate not only our local branches but some of the batches of defiers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kimberly's eyes shine in the reflection of the flashing TV screen. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Without taking my eyes from the screen, I hold out my hand. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She glanced in the screen door to see where Mama was, then turned back to me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When she pushes the button that usually makes the screen light up and nothing happens, her eyes narrow just the teeniest bit. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s not showing on the screen right now anyhow,” Natalie murmured. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The only sounds are the occasional motorboat cutting across the water, screen doors snapping shut. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The screens filled with thousands of white blips: an electromagnetic cloud. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m okay for a bit,” Alec said, standing back to scan the instruments and screens of the control panel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When they reached it, Justin caught hold of the screen and pulled the corner. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The tile was glowing like one of the tablet computer screens upstairs in the rotunda. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“You sure of that?” my aunt screeched back before she slammed the screen door behind her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Hugh’s insects swarmed and stung people until they were banished from the house, after which Hugh spent all his time at the window, his bees screening the other side of the glass. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She finished her lemonade and called to Mama through the screen door. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A flutter caught Tendai’s attention: the mynah was battering the force screen in an attempt to get out the window. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A screen behind the life-size dummies leapt to life with all sorts of scratchy images of people huddled together on the deck of a boat near the Statue of Liberty. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He furrowed his brow and frowned at the screen. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We fly back up, the panda’s face coming onto the screen, Abby’s voice, breathless and giddy as she grips the panda tightly, screaming out, “Happy birthday, Stella!” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They floated aimlessly, until one by one they were slowly sucked into the intake screen of our air-conditioning system. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enormous screens stretching from floor to ceiling line the walls, as well as the backdrop of the main stage, rotating through an animatic of each Warcross team. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A huge image of me lights up one of the screens over the square as I begin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Electric guitars picked out a lame rock-and-roll tune, and the title appeared on the screen. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She came and looked at the computer screen. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Behind him is an enormous screen with the same man’s face projected on it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She steps from behind the screen and joins me at the princess's bedside. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A servant rushes me behind a screen and helps me up on a dress block. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His phone chirps and I see the animated pill bottle appear on his screen. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I hang up the phone and turn my full attention back to the screen. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

We watch the screen and I do not let my mind wander. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She dumped her purse out on the seat next to her, looked down to see Mamma’s face flashing on the screen. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

No. Above us, on the giant screens placed around the City Circle, everyone can watch the whole thing being played out. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When I come to my senses, I look around to see if anyone noticed that I'm the boy on the television screen. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There isn’t a doorbell, but there’s an intercom with a small screen. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I wonder how much it will cost to fix my screen. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

As he pulled into my driveway, I let the screen door go with one finger and listened as it tap-tap-tapped on the door frame when it shut. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She would sit and watch the people moving about, like characters on a TV screen with the sound off. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He discovered a comfortable lounge in tourist class, complete with a screen for what were then still often called “talking pictures.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Carmen signed off, but I continued to stare at my computer screen. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The road was crowded and there were screens of corn-stalk and straw matting on both sides and matting over the top so that it was like the entrance at a circus or a native village. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When he was secure in the middle he was in a little cabin screened off from the open space by a few leaves. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I shove one hand into my jeans and hold the phone with the other, pressing the volume up button each time the screen goes blank. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

At the back of the room there was a large folding screen with Chinese dragons painted on it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

People were leaping up and down in their places and shouting at the tops of their voices in an effort to drown the maddening bleating voice that came from the screen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A graphic had flashed on the television screen, a photo of Barack Obama. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There hadn’t been a black face on that screen—at least none that I remembered—since the lectures on slavery. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ekman stopped the tape and played it again, peering at the screen. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He was sitting in the big overstuffed chair in front of the TV set, waving his fist and screaming at the screen. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are you calling me here so late?” he asks her, distracted, his eyes still focused on the computer screen. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the screen was a picture of my school. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The beep draws my eyes to a monitor screen with lit green numbers and a jagged line that spikes with each boop! Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“I’ll fix the screen and deal with the security system, so no one will ever know you were here,” she said. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh. Hmm,” she says when she slides it out to eye the screen. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But she liked the design, after all, and they arranged to have it silk screened on five hundred red T-shirts, which they shipped north. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The entire crowd must have been watching me on the DiamondVision screen, because everyone gasped at once. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, the screen door opened, and there was Mr. Crane. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My heart beats faster, and my finger shakes a little as I scroll down the screen. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She punches a key and then runs a long-nailed finger down her computer screen. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As each of them was setting up his pieces behind the cyvasse screen, Haldon said, “What news from downriver? Will it be war?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A second later, a holographic screen rises up from the desk. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could see her screen from the bed—she was scrolling through comments on her stories as I read one of Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist essays for history. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I painted it gray, with the sheen from the window reflected on its screen. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She silenced it and looked at the screen. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Kyle couldn’t move closer to examine the screen, because the area fifteen feet in front of it had been fenced off with a series of brass poles and velvet ropes. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Robin sat with her arms crossed, staring at the blank screen as the TV warmed up. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The woman shrugged and tapped on the cash register screen. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Watching the evening news, Milton delivered a running commentary to the screen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The two mice clung to the screen itself; some of us braced ourselves behind them, in case they should slip. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No. You and me. You’ve been making some funny smoke screens lately.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the screen I saw tanks rolling through dusty streets, and fallen buildings, and forests of unfamiliar trees into which East Pakistani refugees had fled, seeking safety over the Indian border. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He bowed several times and backed out and shut the screen. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unfastened the window screen and poured it out. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, up ahead I see Minny’s kitchen light, back door open, screen door closed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The hab-unit camera window showed a view of the back of my head, which I’d positioned to block the entertainment center’s display screen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They managed to unite into an armoured regiment—which was still several times larger than anything in armour which the King could bring against them—but they were deprived of their accustomed screen of footmen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father bathes in the private office and Mother in the kitchen behind a fire screen, while Margot and I have declared the front office to be our bathing grounds. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The film footage stops, and a youngish guy with an English accent appears on the screen. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Now, when I reflect on my mother’s words, remembering the way they appeared as if by magic on the screen, one detail stands above the rest: that Mother described my father as bipolar. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This meant I'd have to justify my daily screenings with a homework assignment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Even before she nods, before he says, “I have something for you,” before she invites him through the screen door, she knows this will be about Werner. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I look at the screens floating behind the desk. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He runs to the computer screen and taps it a few times with his finger. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

From somewhere a light illuminates the rich paper texture of the screen. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every two minutes, the screen turns itself off and I push the button to make the picture come back. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

On the TV screen, a girl and a boy plotted to set their best friends up on a date. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He’s waiting on the top of the stairs, light of the house shining through the screen door. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And for a full minute, I sit frozen, staring at the screen of my phone. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The video screen blares a clear picture of the warrior, and no one needs to tell me this is a strongarm. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was the last one through the screen door at Dixie Tavern. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sixty Minutes devoted a whole hour to screen violence and games’ supposedly lethal impact on the young. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A screen door slammed shut and a lawnmower started up somewhere down the street. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crossed the room at a bound and laid her back flat against the wall, commando-style, then reached one hand across and forced open the screen. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

On screen, the Cowardly Lion was being given courage. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I left the house, the screen door slammed itself shut behind me and I yelled, “I’ll be back soon. I promise.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I fell onto the nearest couch and listened as the words “STORY IN DEVELOPMENT” scrolled across the screen in Spanish and an ominous tune began to play in the background. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The field behind Indian Creek Elementary leaped off the screen—a glowing white bowl of chalk that from above looked like some sort of quarry. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The screen is still blank as we walk down the aisle. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The movie theater's screen was hidden behind a thick curtain embroidered with golden stars. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

My neighbor's vacant eyes peered through the screen. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I watched a fly dart from the window screen to the lamp to the ceiling. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t matter. Any movie rocks on that screen. Love that place.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Big Ma cracked the screen door but remained inside. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The sky and trees, the sun were immense—no longer framed by a window, no longer grayed with a fly screen. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know,” Dad said, and nudged his chin toward the screen. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Her laptop sat on the counter in front of her, but it was tilted up, so Finn couldn’t see what was on the screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

For the hundredth time, I look down at the candles burning behind a screen at my feet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Gingerly her fingers touched the screen, as if trying to feel whether it was real. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Not even a second goes by and my screen lights up with his reply: Bronchitis. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Lenny nods and takes a swig of soda without taking his eyes off the screen. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Chapter thirty for next time. And don’t forget there’s a screening of Meet the Patels tonight at the Cantor Film Center,” the professor calls as my fellow students and I gather our notebooks and backpacks. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. The engine with the screen...Yes, all that.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One side of it was solid earth, the other a dense screen of thorns and branches impossible to see through but with enough cracks and crevices to admit a little air. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Each screen could operate independently or as part of a spectacular whole. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It was dark out, but there were still men and women working, tucked away in their cubicles, their eyes glued to their computer screens. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Rain was blowing through the screen and I walked across the room to shut the window. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Like tiny TV screens lined up side by side. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The screen was large; as in a movie theater it dominated the room. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I pull back and wipe my cheeks with the heels of my hands and turn toward the screens again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I know that Tobias has been watching his parents on the screens, and now he is staring at their names, though there’s nothing in this room he didn’t already know. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The paper-and-wood screen slid open and the hostess in the formal dress stepped inside the room. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Against the stage’s backdrop is a towering screen with an ice-blue dragon’s head breaking out through it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Alec tapped the map just to the left of the spot that marked the center of the Berg routes on the workpad screen. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

From behind an ornate Myrish screen carved with flowers and fancies and dreaming maidens, they peered unseen into a common room where an old man was playing a cheerful air on the pipes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The veil makes it look as if she were peering down at him through a wire screen. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Then you think about that question when that happens,” Camille says, pressing her phone’s screen so that the news report stops. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Felicia took over now, and she seemed to have a lot of experience using the viewing screen. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watch as a girl on the screen walks slowly away. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

SJ crosses her arms, and the three of them lean in to hear the “analysis” of some anti-gang violence pundit who appears on a split screen with the anchor. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Behind us, the stadium lets out another piercing round of shrieks as the giant screens show a montage of Team Phoenix Riders’ best plays from last year. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the night thickened, dew forming, a grassy smell drifted in through the screen door. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She became animated after a few glasses of gin and talked about a marvelous film on the royal family that had been screened at the British Council. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Look at that film-star for instance," she added, pointing at the silent TV screen where a bosomy female was being embraced by a craggy actor in the moonlight. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He banged through the front screen door of the ranch calling, “Ma’am, ma’am, there’s a catalog.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was black apart from the white lightning bolt down the side—and the screen could have been a porthole into outer space. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He raps the screen with his cue and it ripples. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She stood another whole song through and then opened the screen door to look down on me crying in rage. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The screen faded to black and the words The End. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She grabs it and looks at the screen. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Rumfoord didn’t have to look at Billy, because Billy was surrounded by white linen screens on rubber wheels. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles closed the screen door behind him and wandered listlessly onto the porch in his red-striped bathrobe. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then the little screens swivel around, and it’s the celebrities’ turn to give the clues and the contestants’ turn to guess. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Before, she had been photons on a computer screen. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She framed hand goggles around her eyes and pressed her face against the back door screen. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“My dad showed me. You push View to get the picture on the screen. You push Talk to talk to whoever is down in the lobby. You push Door to buzz them in.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The screen was split between Isaac’s point of view on the left, and Augustus’s on the right. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I yank one up, and then push on the mosquito screen behind it. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But when I looked at it, the screen was black, out of minutes. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The words “riot” and “looters” were being thrown into the conversation too, my picture next to Galluzzo’s flashing across the screen, the footage of the arrest, looping. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I began to daydream that I had a pretty modern house and a pretty modern dress just like the people on the screen. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Russ squints through the screen for a moment before he returns my smile and says, “She finally contacted you.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a seven-year-old child, delivering tortillas her mother made to wealthy homes, she glimpsed this place on other people’s television screens. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He liked to sit back and watch the actors talking and walking about on the screen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mom stares at the screen of her phone and then catches my eye in the mirror. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

On the screen, Philby is answering another question: “In the second place, the Burgess-Maclean affair has raised issues of great”—he pauses—“delicacy.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Radar looked up for a second and then back down at the screen. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was sitting up at the edge of the tarp, looking at himself in his phone screen. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scoob stares at the center of the screen without actually seeing anything. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Then he saw her in the reflection on the screen, like a white-robed ghost, arms folded. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Their triumphs were constantly announced on the radio, in newspapers, and even on big screens they set up to play newsreels with scenes of their victories. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She lit it, taking care not to set the screen surrounding the fuel outlet on fire. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

In one corner is a screen and a desk. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The man taps the screen a couple more times. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I hear the words Ole Miss and on the fuzzy screen I see white men in dark suits crowding the camera, sweat running off their bald heads. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She stops cleaning for a moment, and watches the crawl of secondary stories at the bottom of the screen. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Our screens never come on, and we get only brief audio updates from Coin about the nature of the bombs. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Ma moved over to the living room couch and sat down in front of the television screen. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The image freezes as last words roll and stop mid screen. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor had pressed his forehead against the screen for so long, he could feel a pattern of tiny checks above his eyebrows. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A mosquito couldn’t make it through the screening process. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

He caught my hand and led me behind a screen of palms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the opening there was, as Jenner had predicted, a coarse screen of heavy wire. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The heat from a hundred-odd bodies fogged the bus windows, and it acted like a screen to the outside world. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She picks up the glass screen resting on the cot beside her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

During the final wave, so many buzzards filled the screen that it was hard to move without getting dusted by one of them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“So check this out,” she said, rotating the screen so he could see it. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The video snapped off and a brilliant blue filled the screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The screen goes black and I can hear Jack say, “Shut up!” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I press the power button and the screen lights up, and there he is, the sweaty weatherman. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then all the screens in the Erudite lobby—at least those that weren’t destroyed in the attack—flicker on, including a projector positioned over the wall where Jeanine’s portrait used to be. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She walks over and looks at the screen. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The screen turns solid blue, while the word “PLAY” flashes in the top left corner, in pixelated white letters. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I logged on to a computer, pounded the keyboard for a few moments, and swiveled the screen toward him. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

You want to reach into your screen and tip the boat back upright. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The centaur pointed to a live feed from the Eurosat, which was displayed on a large plasma screen. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

On a screen they could watch the routine efforts of her heart. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He throws open the front door, slams his body against the screen and, hearing the tap tap tap behind him, jumps over the porch steps and down to the driveway. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Lara pulls out her phone and starts tapping away at the screen. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The walls are paneled with paper screens lighted from behind. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She points to the screen in my lap, where the light still glows around my mother’s words. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

One by one, the rest of the names appeared on the overhead screen. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I catch a glimpse of myself on the television screen on the wall that's airing my arrival live and feel gratified that I appear almost bored. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Otto thought about the way the screen door had been stuck, then unstuck when they first arrived home. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She took a step nearer to the screen and inquired, “Alexander? Beowulf? Are you almost dressed?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Already, small moths decorated the screen; they pinged deferentially against the windows and fell away. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn't make herself step any further toward the screen door of the house, not with that dog there, not even to make money. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see how it is, Maya Jonas and Nick’s Starry Girl 2000—” “So, Hails,” I say before she can finish my old screen name. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I went to close the screen when a message popped up. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as the word “me” leaves his mouth, the names appear on the screen, which is almost as large as the wall itself. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My heart pounds all through the loading screen until Cove is suddenly back, good as new. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Light shines everywhere: the lanterns and blimp screens and sky candles and a bright rising moon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He stood up and stared through the screen door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And she turned back and focused her mind again, but this time she pretended to herself that the screen was the alethiometer, with all thirty-six symbols laid out around the edge. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aisha repeated herself, and pointed at the actress on the screen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pointed to the guy who was sitting behind me on the screen again. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Charles pointed a trembling finger at the TV screen. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I looked up into his face, looming close above me like the monster on a movie screen. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, the letter shouldn’t have been on the bottom of the screen because, as almost all eye movement research demonstrates, when it comes to television people tend to fixate on the center of the screen. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like the idea of himself peering through that screen, practically right into the face of the hermit himself. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

We all go stumbling as best we can, each with different strides, pulling each other and bumping along the whole way until we finally fall in a heap near the screen door, laughing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She tapped at the keyboard, stared at the screen, tapped again. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

On one end was a massive wall-size screen and overhead there were cameras in the ceiling for teleconferencing. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Two things, real quick,” Naomi said once the screen door clattered shut behind them and their footsteps rang out on the steps. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps if he wins the Games, he'll see me on victor's night, when they replay the highlights of the Games on a screen over the stage where we did our interviews. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I try to catch it in the people on the screen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

In a minute we were heading directly for the screen. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There were also classrooms on the fifth floor, as well as a psychology laboratory, which contained rats, mazes, screens, and a variety of instruments for the measuring of auditory and visual responses. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, the words “Live from the surface of the moon” showed up fuzzy but readable on the television screen, and we were seeing the real moon. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes! You ever been? It’s amazing, the way a story unfolds on a screen. Oh, I love it so much.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

As usual, it's the thought of Prim's anxious face as she watches me on the screens back home that breaks me from my lethargy. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They stare at screens with tense eyes, focused. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He had fed an extension cord through a crack in the screen door, connected to a box fan that blew at his feet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The wind picked up and blew cool and damp through the screen. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It also encourages housing authorities not only to screen all applicants’ criminal records, but to develop their own exclusion criteria. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I looked at the screen and I realized: Teddy was dark. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Okay. But—” Irene started when the back porch light flicked on, Grandma Post’s squat frame silhouetted in the screen door. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

But when they declared her the winner and she stepped out from behind the screen, there was a gasp. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Her skin is paler than a white privacy screen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I can tell it's Henry just by how much the screen door rattles. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Luke glanced back at the computer screen, where the conversation continued. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up, reluctantly, and there on the screen was the police chief. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Yo's finger traces Doc's body on the metallic screen of the window as if she were making him up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I glanced at the clock on the bottom right of the computer screen. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then, in front of us on the screen, there were a million monarch butterflies, dancing in slow motion in the sky. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He ran right to the Sports Family’s door and tugged at the screen. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The first sentence of each entry came up on my screen, and I read through them in about five minutes. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, a chat pops up on my screen. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Call me naive, but I seem to have underestimated the universal desire to sit in a hard plastic chair and stare at a screen until your eyes cross. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I popped the screen out of the window and set it carefully against the wall. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

We loaded two cars and drove down the road that was screened with wet mats and the last of the sun came through in the breaks between the strips of mattings. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She was blinking them back when a clip of Claudia James, the lady who taped the whole thing, came back on the screen. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I pointed up to the open window screens. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She stepped up to the keyboard and screen, then started typing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When I headed back to my room, my dad was still on the couch, staring at the gray ghosts moving across the screen. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The boy turns his chin upward, as though he is observing the moon that hangs in the sky of the lighted screen. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

"Mrs Wormwood isn't going to thank you for this," the man said as he led her into the sitting-room where a large platinum-blonde woman was gazing rapturously at the TV screen. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She takes the phone so it’s all her face filling the screen now. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mama clamped her mouth shut and let Ophie pull her along out the door, the screen slamming shut behind them. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And finally, as I drift back to sleep, the screen of my mind fills with hummingbirds. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Dad stayed still, his eyes on the screen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The wind did come again, half a dozen times more, while we worked with the screwdriver to pry open the screen. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

They fall into a weighty silence, both staring at the massive television screen but neither actually watching the movie. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I just stared at the frozen egg on the screen, right before the splat. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Caleb, now standing by the screens, presses something at the front of the room, and the screens turn on. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He opens the door and shuts it behind him quietly before moving a portion of the privacy screens back. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The words arranged themselves on the left of the screen, which was the first surprise. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held the screen door open and Genie made a break, tippy-toe quiet, for the computer. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I was well into ’97 when the headline reached right off the screen and smacked me in the face. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

We open the screen window, hop out onto the roof, and lie down. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Like being on a huge screen in high-def. Everything clear, crisp. Even so fast, beyond fast. I knew moves before they happened. I can’t explain. Even though I was losing, it felt good.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"I was just dropping this off," Eleanor said when he pushed the screen open. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Before I lose my nerve, I hold out the screen for him to take. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Roberta calls to tell me, in fulsome tones, that my “drug screen is fine” and that I’m due in tomorrow at three for orientation. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t take his eyes from the screen. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Through the window screens, from eight floors up and a couple blocks away, under the jam that's playing, you can still hear the sounds of singing. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In Trafalgar Square and Tiananmen Square and Times Square, they watched on giant screens. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enormous creature roared pleasantly, rattling all the blank video screens in the game room, then disappeared back into the floor, which closed up around it like a collapsing ring of tiles. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I wonder what we will all think, seeing it on giant flat screens. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When you crash into an opponent, who ever’s lance is higher on the screen wins the joust. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The screen door opened and a man holding a napkin in his hand stepped out. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Njemile turned the volume up once an image of their school flashed on the screen. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I see the windshield and I think, for a moment, that it’s a TV screen and I’m just watching TV. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Footage of our track meet with Hartwell appears on the screen. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She sees a screen of Minecraft paused on his TV behind him. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She looked at the array of butterflies Finn had lined up on his computer screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Across the United States, millions of Americans were glued to their televisions for the evening news reports, and stunned at the savage fighting they saw on their screens. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t care, says the screen, go if you want. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at the television screen, a sitcom that she’d muted with the remote control when the phone rang. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

A photo of a friendly-looking, dark-haired boy appeared on the screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Hugo stared at the screen, as if he were still seeing the projected light, still hearing the sound. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

A tapestry was draped on the screen behind them and rich Eastern carpets beneath. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

We think of taste as something that helps us to enjoy food, but our sense of taste evolved to help us screen foods. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

A film on a small screen is just ending. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reads the ultraviolet barcode on the inside of everyone’s wrist and marks each internee as present, flashing our camp mug shots for a moment on the scanner’s screen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He laughs, and I look back at the screen. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Sonny threw open the screen door, yelling, “Miss Rebecca still alive in here?” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

On the larger screen were several images of a brain, with three key spots lit up in orange. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The room had become the command deck of a starship, and the viewing screen was a window that looked into the infinity within. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved ever so slightly to the right, screening Aunt Petunia from view, as though he thought Mr. Weasley might suddenly run at them and attack. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I'm actually viewing another screen, an enormous one that's transported by of one of their disappearing hovercraft. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

On raised screens beside the front door squash slices were drying. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s right here on the screen,” he says, pointing to his tablet. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

There was a knock at the back door and whoever it was didn’t wait for my dad to let him in before opening the screen door. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

My foot crashed through Robert’s screen with the force of a wrecking ball, he claims. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

In Mom’s bedroom, right outside my privacy screens. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

A video of a woman in orange hijab with plump hennaed hands and lots of jewelry fills the screen. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I keep one hand clamped over my ear and slide my other hand under my pillow to pick up the screen with my mother’s journal on it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She takes her phone out and looks at the screen to see who’s calling. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"It's nine thirty," I say, catching a glimpse of the screen of a cell phone. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The blank white screen reminded Hugo of a brand- new piece of paper, and he loved the wonderful whirring sound from the projector that filled the theater. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

At the sound of the screen door slamming, I looked up and was glad to see that she was coming out on the porch. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before us looms the theater room’s giant Cube, a four-sided projector screen with one side pointed toward each block of seats. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

In one, “Hug,” a female Muppet, approaches the word HUG in the center of the screen. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand slides down the screen and hangs limply at my side. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Amit is waiting on the screened verandah with cups of steaming mint tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, I knew this, though... but... I knew that. For each one up, it goes that many over. I’m still somewhat confused as to why.. She pauses, squinting at the screen. “I’m getting confused. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I pined in my heart to be in a dark theater with popcorn and larger-than-life actors on the screen in the latest hit movie. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Claire checked the screen of her computer periodically for incoming Hatchery messages, but nothing was urgent. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She sits on the edge of the couch, leaning forward, her eyes blinking at the screen. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

When the computers reboot, the screens flash red where it happened. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Before Emily could answer, a message from a guest user popped on her screen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Dari paused the camera and pointed to the screen, explaining every single thing we did wrong. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I quickly depleted my two extra lives, and game over flashed on the screen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The Blackfish had taken a hundred picked men and a hundred swift horses and raced ahead to screen their movements and scout the way. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Scott asked, his eyes focused on the television screen as the cloud creature announced the start of the next course. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I stared at my screen for too long. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We watched the lineup of governors coming on the TV screen asking for “calm and reason.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the screen, then dare to imagine the alternative. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

At once the screen lit up with a green rectangle, the same shape as the room. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She waves at the screen with 1 hand and uses her other hand to press a button on a laptop that sits on the podium. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

On most nights, the people stayed at the site long after this gendarme had gone and told stories to one another beneath the big blank screen. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I was only there because Lucas Cader had convinced me that it was a sure way of seeing Ada Taylor, who was becoming increasingly skilled at avoiding me and screening my phone calls. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I throw back my coffee, watch a horsefly buzz against Aibileen’s screen door, knocking with its hard ugly head, whap, whap, whap, until it falls down on the step. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then he furrowed his brow and pointed at the laptop screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We did not know how long it would take us to break through the screen at the end. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the screen door and I saw Cooter standing in a corner with his nose mashed up ’gainst the walls. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

One of the screens has a line of code on it instead of an image. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He cast the light of the screen over the words. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

With my contacts on, I can see enormous holographic screens lining the edge of the central arena. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her nose was buried so deep in her book she didn’t even notice Mr. Lemoncello’s gigantic face on all the video screens. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Instead, I lifted the screen and threw the meowing ball out the window. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The screen lights up, showing, No toxin detected. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The cursor blinked on the internet search engine screen, awaiting my instructions. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“You’re pretty good at this,” I say, sitting close to him so I can see the screen. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

What was hiding behind the smoke screen of streets and schools? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“My mom’s not home,” I said through the screen. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His head bobs between the messy draft and the computer screen, one word at a time. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The room darkens and the screen lights up, and there is the universe, or parts of it: the black void punctuated by galaxies and stars, white-hot, blue-hot, red. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Watching those shows, I realized that whenever black people were on screen speaking in African languages, they felt familiar to me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Sheed checked it, no service—or really any functions at all, the screen was black. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, at the very center of the screen, there was a large white oval with pixelated edges. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You know. It’s a screen with a three-dimensional picture in it. You say the number, and the operator dials it for you.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, after I had looked at the picture and recognized it, a shape flashed on the screen under it—a sort of half circle and two straight lines, not like anything I had seen before. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We’re doing a screening process of the four hundred people who were in the hall at the time.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked back toward the cornfields, and then cut through them until the back of the giant screen came into view. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was a hole, left for ventilation, and there was a screen over it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

So when they ignore her again, she throws her body in front of the TV and blocks the screen, shaking her hips from side to side. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Long hours indoors in front of a computer screen had bleached the glow from his skin. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

As a result of their efforts, the screens bulge toward the courtyard. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, on the TV screen, they came alive. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hence, practically the moment Kyril Montana’s unmarked Galaxie cruised unobtrusively into Milagro, it appeared on the town’s telephonic radar screen, and its progress was tracked with interest by many of the town’s inhabitants. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

James grabbed her arm and marched down a block to a screen of trees and overgrown bushes that concealed a small park squeezed between two buildings. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I pull it out and peer at the screen. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

After he’s done, he watches the monitor until a candy-pink cartoon microphone dances across the screen and holds up a sign: 99%. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She leapt into it, finding numerous examples she’d show on the screen during her talks, like the one where the husband led the wife around by a leash, she on all fours like a dog. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Boubacar s students all had laptops open in front of them, the screens bright with e-mail pages, Google searches, celebrity photos. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was all sprawled out on my stomach, my feet on my pillows, my face so close to the TV screen, I could feel the static electricity pulling my hair toward it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Gus turned away from the screen for a second and flashed his crooked smile at Isaac. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Billy moved along the screen and reached a point where he could see a message freshly painted on the tarpaper wall. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She props her chin in her hand and nods at the computer screen. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She has her phone in her hand, a web browser opened on the screen. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then that word goes up on the screen. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The three androids glanced up, momentarily moving their attention from the TV screen to him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Right off the bat, they said they would screen the applicants heavily in order to choose the right people to go. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My God, the screen just went blank after reading “Situation Normal”! • parentheses. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A short way back the road had bent a little northward and the stretch that they had passed over was now screened from sight. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She dims the lights and the screen comes down, and suddenly we’re all screaming along. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Nobody passed him as he continued through a Plexiglas walkway into Block B. There were computer screens everywhere, glowing in cramped offices piled high with papers and printouts. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Even after every latrine in camp was screened, this quest for privacy continued. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond it, Lolo and Papi are setting the table in the screened porch. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The screen flickered on, and Anansi sat in his human form, leaning against the edge. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Speaking of Rabbi Gold, he’s right there, beaming at me from the screen. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I peek at my face in the little selfie box on my screen, and wow. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Besides being on the television screen, Clyde Livingston was also sitting on the couch next to Stanley. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

After, we lay around with fizzy stomachs playing video games on a gigantic TV screen in something Carlee called her media room. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Simon dropped the screen of leaves back into place. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Paul sees me in plumbing, $8.50 to start, drug screen results, of course, pending. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its face lit up, showing a welcome screen that required a numerical password for access. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Now suppose one places a screen on the far side of the partition from the light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there's a blinking "ALERT" on the screen next to a block of text: The Earth's environment is currently bombarded by high-energy particles accelerated by a powerful solar eruption last night. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at the screen, not even glancing at me, and howled, all the while pounding away at his controller. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I assume they are just finishing the night shift, because they are hunched over screens, their chins propped on their hands, or slumped against broomsticks, barely remembering to sweep. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She wolfed down the hot dog and the popcorn, gulped the Coca-Cola, and gasped and laughed with delight at the characters on the screen. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose I shall have to get you new school clothes. Remind me, dear, or else I’ll forget,” and she went back to typing things on the computer screen. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“I am trying to lull you into a false sense of confidence,” said Tyrion, as they arranged their tiles on either side of a carved wooden screen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And yet there they were on the screen: her questions, and answers from some other mind. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And people are different from animals because they can have pictures on the screens in their heads of things which they are not looking at. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was trying to figure out how the screen opened. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m relieved when my laptop dings with a FaceTime notification, Poe’s picture popping up on the screen. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Sedges and ferns and graceful bulrush would be planted on the banks of the Wooded Island to conjure density and intricacy and “to slightly screen, without hiding, flowers otherwise likely to be too obtrusive.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then my portrait disappears, and a picture of the hospital is on the television screen. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I follow her gaze to the television screen and see the angry protest, the things they're saying about people who snuck into the country. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The Gremlin was small and nimble, as Father Mike was; it disappeared and reappeared in traffic much as he did behind the icon screen at church. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was as vast and blue as the oceans on the movie screens of my childhood. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered and caught the screen just before it slammed. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn the movie back on and watch until the end, and the credits roll and stop and the screen changes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mouth hanging open, Harry saw that the little square for June thirteenth seemed to have turned into a minuscule television screen. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Ube whistled to himself as he tracked his finger down a row of them, read the flickering screens carefully, then pulled three drawers open, reaching into them to pull out thin bundles of paper. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Sasha’s eyes were on the screen where their two cars were racing. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Either Kubat was engaging in wishful thinking or the statement was just a public relations smoke screen to give the match more credibility. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I took one last look at Mrs. Smith’s website and clicked on the Start a Fundraising Page link at the top of the screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

At the end of the video, some letters came up at the bottom of the screen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Augustus glanced away from the screen ever so briefly. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She squints at me through the screen, and then opens it because we’re in the country and this is Indiana and there is nothing to fear from our neighbors. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Grandma was rambling on, pea-this, pea-that, interrupted only by the sound of the screen door, then the slam of a trunk. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Holding them in his lap, he was reminded of the burden throughout the three hours of tanned flesh that filled the screen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blimps drop new screens that capture her image. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

George noticed that Mom kept looking over at George, but when George looked back, Mom had her eyes fixed on the television screen, even if it was showing commercials, which she usually hated. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Even as I dialed the number on the screen, I’m not sure I realized how down I was—I just wanted someone to talk to. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he realized it was his face on the screen. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Out in their VIP area, everyone’s out of their seat, watching Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer parse the returns on the big screens. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Our television screen didn’t seem big enough for all those Jacksons. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

They played the film at high speed so they could watch cell division on the screen in one smooth motion, like a story unfolding in a flip book. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, I went on a field trip to the Museum of Tolerance, for a private screening of a movie called Higher Learning. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The machine has various dials and buttons on it, and a small digital screen. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He had brought listening gear from his car; he set it up, now, a revolving detek-snout with blip screen. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

In the night, the window lit up like a movie screen. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of listening, Prince Alfred marches out from behind the screen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They came up to the first-base side of the wire screen behind home plate and stood there in a silent black-and-white mass, holding bats and balls and gloves in their hands. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Near the sugar mill was a large television screen in an iron grill cage that the government had installed so that the shantytown dwellers could watch the state-sponsored news at eight o’clock every night. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The eyes that shone under the green visor were following the heroine and her elephant across the wide screen and into the circus tent. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle stared at all the kids blasting through outer space, flinging catapults of fire at castle walls, or scuba diving with dolphins on the glowing game screens surrounding him. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mike squinted at the screen over Curtis’s shoulder. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But I guess she’s used to seeing unpleasant things only on a screen. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Another screen shows a smirking elderly man in a dusty rocking chair. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The stoves are lit, the blackout screen is taken down, and Mr. van Daan heads for the bathroom. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Colin raised the slim window facing the front yard as quietly as he could, and then motioned to the screen. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Speaking in short, matter-of-fact phrases, they worry aloud over the fickle weather and fields of sunflowers still too wet to cut, while above their heads Ross Perot’s sneering visage flickers across a silent television screen. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The countdown clock showing on the screen was now closing in on two minutes and counting. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m already getting replies,” Hayley said, and she turned her screen so that Moss could see the notifications coming through. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Get it? Believe me, if they were watching through my computer screen, I’d know by now.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

At 15:00, the designated hour, we stand tense and silent in the back of a room full of screens and computers and watch Beetee and his team try to dominate the airwaves. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It’s right next to a darkened screen flashing the words Outpost Under Repair Due to Recent Attack. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

I grab it, and it takes everything in me to focus on the screen as I scroll through to Will’s number. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

On the screen, a man turned a corner. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house was faded white clapboard, two stories high, and had a screened porch all along the front that ran around the sides. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He motions for me to get out of the way so he can see the screen. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z