The setting seemed so familiar; yet it also seemed so distant. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“And don’t you ever set your black feet inside here again!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This instantly showed one set of relationships when read up and down and another when read from side to side. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She was very tired, and fresh blisters had appeared on both her feet, including a matched set upon her pinky toes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“If Hemme set him in front of the class, he gave permission. And it isn’t malfeasance if you give him your hair and watch him stick it on the mommet’s head.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We set there a second, listening to the storm. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“A fine big breakfast is what Mrs. Dudley certainly agreed to set out at nine,” Luke said, waving a fork. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He set this equipment on his desk and lifted his binoculars from off a peg beside the gun case. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he set off alone past the giant snake skin. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She got her bearings, working out approximately which direction the conference room was in, and then set off. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In time, his daughter Barbara married another optometrist, and Billy set him up in business. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the interviews is the luncheon, and after that is when contestants are allowed to set up their dressing room spaces. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When the fisherman finds out about his new wife’s old lover, he sets out to sea in his little boat though he knows that a storm is brewing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he set light to the dry grass, and Dustfinger grabbed him and shook him like a disobedient dog until tears came into his eyes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He left, came back, set up some chairs. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He set the puppy on the floor again and it dashed off, tail wagging, to growl at the logs piled beside the stove and to chew at their edges where raw wood curled. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Ever since she set foot in the Catskills, she has talked about, and gone out of her way to find, cascades, cataracts, waterfalls, rills, riffles and niagaras. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He patted his shirt pocket to be sure the map was still there and set off down the path. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

They all set at the table except me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

With shaking hands, she set it roughly back down on the table. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The ship was set to be self-guided and able to go for centuries without maintenance. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As the sun sets, I gaze at what will be our new home. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“And after each we had hastily to push ashore in order to bail. In one set of big ripples or waves my canoe was nearly swamped.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“She’s tried. I’m a slow learner. Especially when it comes to household chores. I can almost set the table. Almost.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I set down my laptop bag on the dining room table, which is also both the living room table and the kitchen table. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

We pulled out a loaf pan and a cookie sheet and set all the ingredients on the counter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

At various places inside the monkey house, they set out patches of paper saturated with spores of a harmless bacterium known as Bacillus subtilis niger. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There must have been an evening service. Have you ever seen a living person set alight? The hair goes up like a torch and the skin bubbles. The eyes melt.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She set aside a pair of red ruby earrings for Keav because she was the only one of us girls with pierced ears. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, there were three sets—like tennis. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The nurse heaved one of her profound sighs, and set about clearing up the debris of the broken gods. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

To talk to his father, Charles set out for home. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I put on what I take to be a respectable-looking outfit of ironed Bermuda shorts and scooped-neck T-shirt and set out for a tour of the local hotels and supermarkets. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In November of 1973 the government finally allowed Arthur Ashe to set foot on South African soil. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

On this secure foundation he set out to build a new philosophy to replace that of Aristotle, and he began to publish elements of his new system in 1637. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I'll set it aside for the day in case they come back, sure—beyond that, it's not my problem. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The word was that the Federals had opened an attack on Ewell, just as he was getting set. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dashed over to the other end of the room where the large television set was standing, and the others followed him. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The hooks have been set into the brickwork of the Wall, for this purpose. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa saw the tree and was reminded of the many Christmas trees he had dragged into the brownstone and set up in that exact spot. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She takes her glasses off, folds them, and sets them on the desk. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In Cardiff, the shipbroking firm of ‘Aadnesen & Dahl’ was set up and a single room in Bute Street was rented as an office. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam wraps Alphie in an old blanket and we set off through the streets of Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When the flames had reduced to coals, he placed a bent coat hanger over the top as a grill and set a pan on to heat. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waitress brought the drinks, setting them demonstratively on Scheer’s side of the table. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

So, in the spring of 1679, Halley set out to see if the incredible claims for accuracy that Hevelius, now aged 68, was making could be justified. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The only thing she knew was that whatever she had set out to do a year ago, things had changed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She had on what I knew she called her brave face, the one where she squints ever so slightly and sets her jaw on lockdown. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

With the hook stuck in one of the ventilating holes in the top of my light, I lifted it back out on the ice and set it down. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wriggled my arms out from under the covers and set them on top. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mornings after heavy snowfall we might have to spend some while digging out the tent and sledge before we could set off. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He set the departure date—March 17, 44 BCE—and began making preparations. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He felt that he was lying in a soft slimy bog, and springing up he set his foot on the corner of a cold hard flagstone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The fireworks were by Gandalf: they were not only brought by him, but designed and made by him; and the special effects, set pieces, and flights of rockets were let off by him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Each time Richard’s case was called, all that happened was that the judge set another court date. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

‘Youth! Beauty! Your father could have made me immortal, hie could have taken me to Olympus, but he abandoned me. You can set things right, Jason. You are my proud warrior!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t set any bait for your trap. You’re not going to catch a thing.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I have one little girl who is very nervous and she kept saying...‘I don’t want to die.’...If such programs continue I will make kindling wood of my receiving set.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The complete set comprises the most comprehensive account of the United States ever got together, and nothing since has even approached it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his aged face under great snowy brows his dark eyes were set like coals that could leap suddenly into fire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At the center table she poured cold tea into her cup and carried the cup to the gray room in the lean-to and set it on the reading table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had no idea how much they cost, so I approached the only girl in my class who wore braces and, after complimenting her orthodontia, casually asked how much it had set her folks back. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The voices had told him he would never again see the warrior after the sun set upon this day. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Fair Lords,” he said, "leave your noise and your rash- ing. I shall set open this door, and then ye may do with me what it liketh you.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chess double-checked to make sure he had the phone in his own hand set to mute any noise he, Emma, or Finn might make. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Gregor set Boots down to stretch her legs and asked the cockroaches to keep an eye on her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the men played a “Discord Fantasia” on homemade instruments, setting the dogs outside howling. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He’d set his sights on trying out for the Cleveland Browns—not as a player, but rather as a contender for the role of a wide-eyed, gape-mouthed faux animal named Chomps. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Thousands of black workers, including many who were elderly and some who were disabled, set out from home in the predawn darkness and walked miles each day. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

We take a seat at the small table set up on the sidewalk and eat. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He ran off toward a set of wide doors that opened automatically to let him in. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He broke our teacups and one time he broke the television set when he threw a vase through the screen. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But from where she stood, the echoes were louder than the shots themselves, and following the sound, Marina set off in the wrong direction. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The smithy said, “Let’s get everyone fed and we’ll set off.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Anyhow, I’ll load on, fire up the outboard, go down creek to the harbor, fetch a bucket of bait from Dev Murphy, then off again to wherever I’m setting traps. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When we raced, I could never tell exactly when Megan Lewis called out, “Ready, set, go!” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Others set up dozens of tables in the yard, spread a tablecloth on each. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is a set of structural arrangements that locks a racially distinct group into a subordinate political, social, and economic position, effectively creating a second-class citizenship. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

We set down a rule: Every aisle has to have a story. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Nathan wasn’t sure if Uncle Jet set it up for acting so terribly toward them, or if he was so bored that he had nothing better to do. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The Renaissance invention of one-point perspective—also called linear or scientific perspective—provided a geometric system for the convincing representation of architectural and open-air settings. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wheels on his board were new, a “just because” gift from his eighteenth set of foster parents. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I refilled them with fresh candles and set them all around on the grass, under the trees, mostly in the little holes of earth where the cabbage weeds had grown. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like coming into the cold marbled room of a mausoleum after the moon had set. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew it. Them Alkeans can’t button their pants without ten sets of instructions. Of course they leave it to us to figure out the hard parts.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She set the cat down and lifted the guitar case and sack out the window and onto the front porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Old soldier’s trick,” I said as I set off. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dawn, I drink three cups of tea and set out alone for the last person I must speak with before the banquet, my sister Vivienne. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Naturally, strawberry plants didn’t set out with a conscious intent of attracting birds when, and only when, their seeds were ready to be dispersed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the fire, set into the side of a cliff, was a cave. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They emerged from the alley and sprinted into bloodred sunlight, the last of the setting sun’s rays. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

So she set aside the box and the books, and carefully put everything else back in the garbage bag. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

More, he might actually set the house on fire...Yes, that would be a possibility. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

An extraterrestrial visiting Earth 10,000 years ago might have been forgiven for predicting that Europe would end up as a set of vassal states of a sub-Saharan African empire. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The table was always set for the family, the guests, and one extra place for anyone who might arrive unannounced. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, tiny specks enter the belly of the other bug ship, set to leave shortly after us. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You want to set a better example for your sister!” snapped Mrs. Weasley. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Or would it be possible to set them out somewhere—up the hillside, with a cover over them to keep the rain off—until they lost their radioactivity? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I rinsed a pot and set it in the dish drainer. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She filled her lungs, filled her lungs, and in her concentration, almost didn’t notice that Old Chao had begun moving according to the rhythm she’d set. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He retrieved a full set of plates and crystal goblets from the shelves and cabinets around the room and carefully set the table. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A man of striking ugliness; fat, with a bullet-head set on a short neck, with a nose much too wide for its face, upon which he wore black-lensed glasses. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A civil war had to be won first, hundreds of thousands of lives lost, and then—only then—were slaves across the South set free. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Martin Luther King Jr. had been killed standing on a balcony in Memphis, setting off riots across the country, including in Chicago. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I put my extra set of clothing on one of the far shelves, then follow the Duchess down a back staircase. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The night was old, and westward the waning moon was setting, gleaming fitfully through the breaking clouds. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Stewart, thank you for coming with us and setting up this meeting,” Ma said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We walked back to the house just as the sun was setting. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

With this benediction, abruptly, he set oiT running; and I, caught unawares, ran after him, and within a few steps had mastered his pace. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And each tag is set at a different frequency, so you can differentiate between the sharks.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

We are ready at last to set sail for the stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was set in a line; her lips were pursed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be speaking directly at me, right out of the television set. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Finally, Ben said, “Look, Ansley. I can take you back home if you want. My father and your father set this date up, you know.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked, from above, like a set of great map weights holding down the city’s edges so it wouldn’t blow away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She set fire to them page by page in the ashtray, but new letters came almost every day. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was actually touched, but not so much that I was above setting my magic phone onto her desk and ripping off her BlackBerry’s new password. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Once she saw him set the dog on a latrine boy who'd annoyed him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Armelio toddles away to the dining room to set up the cards. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I kin set and talk a spell if it will help you to fergit any ugly things that has come up in yore dreams.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crossed the tiled floor soundlessly and set the volumes on the table beside the Librarian. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“There may be decisions to make, and surprises in store. Life takes us to unexpected places sometimes. The future is never set in stone, remember that.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She set her bag down and flopped down on her bed, sighing in contentment at just being there. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When the sun set, the builder mounted his horse and set off for the mountains to gather his first rocks. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

They stood next to a group of older men who had set up a small table to play checkers, the same men who often played at Lowell Park. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There weren’t any hip-hoppers on the set and nobody wearing gang colors. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And I still got the napkin cabinet to sort through today but it’s in the hall, right outside where they setting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I set my book in the sand next to me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When we got all set, their daddy said, “Okay, now, boys, walk the mule back till the rope gets tight.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It offered a set of bona fide heroes rather than simply a dearth of villains. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

When the second squirrel did, the first one would set up an excited chatter and make a run for a longer leap. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once we rose above the clouds, no longer bumping around in the turbulence, the excitement set in and I started having fun. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“The bitterly cold night set everything creaking and crackling,” recalled Haukelid. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We set up camp when he couldn’t go on. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He nods as the bodyguards take over for their hurt friend, then watches as they lead him to a set of private stairs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They took him aboard willingly, and within that hour the ship set forth. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The simplest possible fare, served on the finest porcelain, and set on an elaborate charger of chased silver. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He brings over the box he was carrying and sets it on the floor beside me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Cady set her elbows on the countertop and did her best to think. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“More than ever, I guess. She writes to him a lot; he sets great store by her letters.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This case is a lock. I have a statement by everyone popped that Gantos was part of the operation. Not to mention that Rik—who hired him—is set to testify." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Something within their territory has frightened them—the intrusion of an enemy, the assault of a dominant animal, a startling noise—and set off a flight reaction. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

This sets off a chase, with Oak trying to avoid being washed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After the words so broken, Annabelle sets her pen in the little notebook to keep its place. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We passed through the first set of front gates and entered the visiting room. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

His mouth was set in a slight pout. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of anyone, but someone had turned the lamp off, and someone had set a glass of water at her bedside. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was like somebody had built the Maze and then set it afloat in the sky to hover there in the middle of nothing for the rest of eternity. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

After they’d been cleaned, my brother Tyler chose one and set it on a sheet of black plastic, which he folded over the rifle, sealing it with yards of silvery duct tape. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In the city’s Scollay Square, a group of the Harvard volunteers were set upon by a gang of toughs who had broken off from the more than five thousand troublemakers gathered there. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Here’s the first question,” Rick said; the gear had now been set up and the needles of the two dials quivered. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Something jangled as he moved; a set of keys, maybe, or loose coins in a pocket. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our side-by-side beds were already set up for the night with mosquito nets. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brannon straightened himself up, took a long drink from the bottle of port, set it down and said to Odum, “Sir.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the setting, the territory, had changed, I wasn’t sure how he would take to me if he came upon me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In detention, Mr. Harris didn’t set up any rules. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

We set a brisk pace, walking what felt to be great distances away from home, slowing only when the path became steeper. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I counted out every bill in my pocketbook and set the money on the counter. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Only set a bomb outside the prime minister’s house in London,” replied Hugh. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large red pommel-stone was set into the top of the hilt. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then he took them by the elbows and set off. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

As president he envisioned what he called his Great Society—an ambitious set of programs including civil rights legislation and expanded access to quality education and health care. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Some were huge, taller than Robin, and every one of them was set to the same channel. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The class set to work, writing to the editor, explaining that the story he published about the mouse exhibit was not true. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

When she finally got a fire going, she set about trying to cobble together an evening meal for Harry and the boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Hartshorne and May, in other words, had set up a sting operation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Setting the firing grains in the pan...until it was all set. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, did I do this? I never thought...when I set it up...oh my God.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had a way of looking straight at the person he was talking to, his shoulders set square, his hands on his knees, his eyes unwavering, that always struck others as honest and open. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I had completed my tasks, Mr. 13-04 and I set out for his rooms. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

One by one, they set her afire, and in this way, Elowen’s prisoners built her funeral pyre. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I was a child, Mr. Brown let me pick out letters and set them in the form. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With its bulldozer-graded streets and its rows of prefab houses, Oak Ridge looked like an “unfinished movie set,” recalled Seaborg. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The fella had set up an easel in front of a little Conch house on Nassau Lane. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s also brought down a few pieces of furniture I recognize from the palace—a silk-embroidered divan, satin cushions, a shimmering spider-silk throw, and a chalcedony set of tea things. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In the other thirteen, Wunderman would air his own set of television commercials. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You will notice I say 'what' rather than 'who' is a great butler; for there was actually no serious dispute as to the identity of the men who set the standards amongst our generation. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Behind Harry, the entrance to the marquee revealed rows and rows of fragile golden chairs set on either side of a long purple carpet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then she set the cup down and pulled out the long white undersleeves of her old-fashioned dress. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He simply started over at a myriad myriads, setting 100,000,000 equal to one, and counting again, calling these new numbers, numbers of the second order. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

With this faint assurance, I descended to the boat and we set out between the great prows of the fleet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. They worked great, but my mom made me stop when I grew an extra set of teeth inside my large intestine.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Pong set his mop aside and followed Somkit up the stairs to the top floor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then I was beneath the bridge and it was as though they had been waiting for me and no one but me—dedicated and set aside for me—for an eternity. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pig followed reluctantly; but as Doli set off once again, she lagged behind, and it was all Taran could do to urge her forward. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

They tore across the vegetable gardens to the greenhouses, paused for a moment behind them, then set off again, fast as they could, skirting around the Whomping Willow, tearing toward the shelter of the forest.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Liam whirled around, his finger on the trigger, his face set in stone. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She set two blue plates down on the table. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"I read how they got some tribes running loose over there and—" "Thought you had your mind set," said Wilson. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set two tubs of water in our room and ordered us to pull off our clothes, which we did. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to be sure to prevent the two-handed set. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was set in a straight line as she focused her glare at me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Presumably, he knew what he intended when he set it up! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That he, or anyone at that late date, could have named me and set me running with one and the same stroke of the pen was too much. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon heaved himself out of his chair and set off down the hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The food they’d set before us was a stew that tasted like pure nothing, just wet clumps stuffed in my mouth that I would have to chew into glue. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

To protect Khouy from being conscripted into the army and Laine from being abducted by soldiers, they are married quickly in a quiet, secret ceremony with both sets of parents giving their blessings. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pile was growing there: a Polaroid camera, a transistor radio, an elaborate electric train set—and several sealed envelopes containing cash. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I show up in the middle of sixth grade, all the friend groups have been set for years. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They set out pans, big pans and little pans, and as fast as Grandma filled them with the syrup they set out more. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Request Denied Mark Antony had his sights set on Parthia—long an archenemy of Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

So, before I leave my studio, I set up a booby trap—two tight rows of paint cans on the floor just inside the door. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swore every set of car tires I heard on the street was the cops scouring the neighborhood looking for us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I remember sitting on the sofa, set on the stage like a throne, Soraya’s hand in mine, as three hundred or so faces looked on. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Without realizing it, the president set a constitutional crisis in motion when he exited the city. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He set it down and wrapped his arms around the old lady, tight. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

This ‘King’ you’re asking about, I hear many people—those that went to school and can read newspapers— say that he was a God-fearing man who died fighting to set his people free. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tuve could not have known it at that moment, but he had set his friend on the path to a career. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She steers Felicia down an airless passageway lit on one side with red votive candles set on wooden tables coated with hardened wax. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We usually ate in the kitchen unless he made something fancy, in which case he'd tell me to set the dining room table, and we'd eat with shiny brass candlesticks between us. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Diego whipped a handful of napkins from his back pocket and set to cleaning his hands methodically, scraping the sauce from under his fingernails. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

In a perfect world, an economist could run a controlled experiment just as a physicist or a biologist does: setting up two samples, randomly manipulating one of them, and measuring the effect. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I imagined that he was working on a sequel set in the Netherlands—maybe Anna’s mom and the Dutch Tulip Man end up moving there and trying to start a new life. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Zero, who was now carrying the sack, set it down and took out two jars, giving one to Stanley. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hoo set the spareribs on the table and lowered himself to a chair. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ultimate ancestors of all modern Polynesian populations shared essentially the same culture, language, technology, and set of domesticated plants and animals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But when Dawn set another day a-shining I took my spear and broadsword and I climbed a rocky point above the ship, for sight or sound of human labor. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, let’s walk a little more before the sun sets completely.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The jingle of harnesses made me set aside the letter, grab my hat, and take one last look around. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I set my Agulen wolf on the table next to my bed so he could protect my sleep. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He walked the last incline holding the jiggeh awkwardly in front of him and set it down once he reached the broad plateau at the top. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I set my beer by his and get the broom. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His rationale was restated: Massari could not be allowed to set a precedent. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, after dinner, they set out in their car, Gogol in the back seat, to look at houses for sale. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He goes to a drawer and pulls out a set of calipers. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I have never heard it compared to other industrial complexes—like this whole system that is set up to teach women how to act, how to think, what to wear...whoa! Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

We all stood back and admired our work as the sun set behind us. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

A faint breeze rusded the magnolia tree and azaleas in the backyard, and even though the sun had not yet set, outside was cooler than Gramma’s kitchen. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

His bites are healed, his face bright like the Hanukkah lanterns we set on the table. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A wooden box was set against the cliff wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Whirling whirling whirling whirling set into motion now set into motion. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I set my suitcase on the dressing table and looked at the first drawer. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

A hedge wizard had told him there would be a bountiful spirit summer before the cold set in, he claimed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

These were the neighborhoods she'd been warned about by her parents, the places good girls from the West Side didn't dare set foot in. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The work was difficult, and it gave Ophie watery eyes and a runny nose every time she beat the dust out of an old mattress or shook the cobwebs off an ancient set of drapes. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Turner picked up a hymnbook and thought he might fling it at the next set of peering eyes. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then, after 40 kilometers' travel due south, I had a quick EVA to set up another. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm leeched, stuffed with food and two pots of Belle-rose tea, and my fingers are set and wrapped in a splint. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I turn in a circle, my arms extended at my sides, revolving slowly so as not to set the world spinning. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It would only take a moment to take them aboard and set them loose anywhere. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron opened the door of the bathroom carefully, checked that the coast was clear, and set off. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I set the bench upright and sit on its edge. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Behind me, leading up to the gate, were three sets of footprints, four counting mine. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But at the core of Descartes’ philosophy there was this set of arguments in favour of belief. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baylor set the iron down firmly and stood with one hand on her hip. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When they heard that Kvasir was visiting a town nearby, they set out to meet him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Why should I be dedicated and set aside—yes, if not to at least tell a few people about it? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus a whole day was lost before the machinery of pursuit could be set in motion. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the list in my pocket and set the last knife on the tray. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twill finds two tin cups in her pack and I dip out the tea, setting it on the floor to cool. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sir Charles set his Panama hat on his head, patted it gently, beamed at both of them, and left. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third she set to the apple, locking its meaning in her mind onto the level that stood for a general inquiry of any sort. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ram is set up in his favorite seat in the corner of the living room. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

So they all set off; and it was quiet going for the most part. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set a small pot of water to boil and added the beans and turnip. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set out to visit the clank and whirr and hiss of the factory. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set the boxes up on the table. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure Cloke would have set them straight on that account.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Will blew out his cheeks and set off to climb the staircase. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi set a plate of cold fried chicken and potato salad on the floor. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We put the lid on the paint, dumped our brushes into a jar of paint thinner Doc had set out, then marched up to the porch. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The al-Muflehs were a wealthy family in Amman, Jordan, a city of two million, set among nineteen hills and cooled by dry desert breezes. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I had not yet told him about my idea, nor did I on the morning we set out, but merely proposed a direction. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

When we’ve eaten and finished our oranges, our waitress sets down the cookie plate. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Before Liberation only the wealthiest had lived here, in grand mansions set back from the street behind sturdy walls. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was different; usually we spoke for ourselves, but I could tell some protocol was set aside. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The girl didn’t know, the old man was out of the picture—everything was set up perfectly. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A head peeked over the edge of the hatch above and Mark quickly set it in his sights, fired a shot. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He stepped off his board onto a boulder, and deftly climbed to a spot that lay shadowed in the setting sun. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He made no attempt to place his insects in natural settings, however. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But it also suggested a solution to the central question in embryogenesis: How can thousands of cell types arise from an embryo out of the same set of genes? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They were in this together, and she’d had such hopes that her gift might set them free. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I head down to our apartment and walk past the kitchen, where the table is set for dinner. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t I say the cricketer would ask in his pals? He probably set the fire. He’s a firebug!” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shahir, the left midfielder who frequently set up Josiah for attacks down the left sideline, had lost the nails of both his big toes because his cleats had been too tight. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The backdrop is a row of Christmas trees flanked by a cardboard menorah and a Kwanzaa candle set. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

They set out into darkness, paddling quietly across. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sammy refused to speak or help, just sat cross-legged with his jaw set, picking at the dirt with his finger. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

These shadings are what set Truman Drama apart. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

This vexed him, for once his ample mouth was set in motion, he did not like to stop it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, beta. I’m still trying to work that out. I suppose all we can do is try, hmm? Perhaps life is about doing things in small steps to set things right again.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Instead, he played the race card for his own political gain, setting back by years, if not decades, black aspirations for equality. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But one of the cheerleaders set it off, and the blond cop roughly pulled her to the side. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He’s punching me upside the head, screaming and punching, till finally I set him free. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

And, with it, set off excitedly, his heart laboring, for the level below. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ll also set you up with the Monday Man and see about getting you another set of clothes.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They are jogging along side by side and Mark finds himself having the ridiculous thought that it’d be nice if they were on a beach, the sun just setting on the water. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Various civil rights groups, including the NAACP, immediately began working for their release and succeeded in having them all set free by the middle of January 1925. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Wooden folding chairs are set up before a movie screen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ali was folding chairs, setting them along the wall. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he got out his knife and set about cutting up one of the coats and wrapping the boy’s feet. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She had my poem printed and waiting on every place setting. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The smooth-hollowed, partly enclosed forms of its first three letters were as clear as a set of anatomical drawings. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After all, a ship setting out at once from the closest of Winter’s newallies could not arrive before seventeen years, planetary time, had passed. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t believe in Santa Claus anymore, but if I did, I’d ask him to bring me a whole set of Shakespeare books. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The first set of puzzles about anteaters and elephants had to be easier than the set of puzzles about beavers and worms, which in turn had to be easier than the final set about fish. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not see how the virus could be contained unless the monkey house was set up for quarantine with an independently filtered air supply. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To solve the problem, scientists set out to banish zero yet once more and unify the rules that govern the cosmos. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

If Robbie had been set up by Dad, so had I. “You upset about something, Mountain Goat?” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Much, too, depends on the nature of the subsoil, the quake’s duration, the frequency and severity of aftershocks, and the physical setting of the affected area. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Now instead of the tough guy and the not-so-tough guy, picture a high-school girl out for a nighttime stroll when she is suddenly set upon by a mugger. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Unless she passes whatever subjects she failed, at the next set of exams or sometime or other, she’ll be locked out of university forever. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was morning in the desert, and Julia had already gotten out of bed and was boiling coffee on a propane stove wed set up on the tailgate of Cade’s pickup. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I set fire to the brush and pushed it into the cave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went to the diningroom, where they heard her moving about, then she returned and set a plate at the kitchen table and set food there. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every few miles they stop and set up a transceiver on some hump or ridge. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Finally she stood by the set with her hand on the sound dial. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set his two wax models in wet sand. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Picking up the hobbits he set them on the great stone slab, six feet above the ground, and there they sat dangling their legs, and drinking in sips. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They were all standing up and clapping and cheering and The Grand High Witch produced a mouse-trap from the folds of her dress and started to set it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Before her, a set of thick black steel bars reached from ceiling to floor. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was set with a little piece of cheese. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know what they were saying, but she saw the wariness in their posture, the mistrust in their eyes, and it set her on edge. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Pop will set it Find him and then go back for my sketchbook. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Tut,” said Dallben, “there are worse things. Do you set yourself to be a glorious hero? Do you believe it is all flashing swords and galloping about on horses? As for being glorious...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“They’re set too far inside the stone for any real damage to be done.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The reality of what this meant started to set in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He lifted the yellow gourd off the neck and set it on the ground again. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Finland, which was set to host the summer Games, was reeling. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

She will not set foot inside the pub for the drink is the curse of this poor godforsaken country. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Over those first few days, Lazlo had to see to it that all the Godslayer’s delegates were set up with workspace to accommodate their needs, as well as materials and, in some cases, assistants. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

My mom only ever set foot on campus to sign the papers for my registration. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She said it was the strangest thing, it’s like it was broken twenty years ago and allowed to set in the “most contrary” of directions. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“To the best of my knowledge, a scythe has never taken on two apprentices and set them in competition for the ring,” she continued. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When we didn’t have access to the school’s dance studio we’d break down oversize cardboard boxes in abandoned streets and parking lots, set up a boom box, and practice. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My mother thinks that I was sick enough to have a croup tent set up. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to pry that fat jewel from its setting and jab the pin right through your mercher neck for chaining me to a chair, Kaz thought. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Instead a large round table had been set up in the center of the hall, with tall chairs all around it where men might sit and talk as peers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But Jonas was certain that he could slip away, unseen, from his house, carrying an extra set of clothing. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Max set down his box, went to the window, and abruptly shut the curtain. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was a flattering bow, courtly without being ridiculously formal, and safe for a public setting such as this. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was thin and sallow, with angular features and a black moustache, not quite droopy enough to hide a horsey set of upper teeth. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The school’s enrollment fair was set to open the next day, on Sunday. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“No, I—I don’t—” The surrealness of being made to feel unworthy by a prison inmate set in, preventing Dill from finishing his thought. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Miss Hilly set down, looking like she just swallowed the cat that ate the canary. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She tried to be her “right on” Marva Hendrix self, but she looked like she was set adrift in a small boat without an oar, searching around for help. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They crumpled open with a metal screech that set her hair on end. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s a lovely old chess set,” Luke said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

But take a look at the following sets of elementary school test-score results, and see if your faith in the value of long summer holidays isn’t profoundly shaken. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They set off together, leaving the inn and the harbor behind them, up past the castle of Lord Botley into the stony hills. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She sets to work again, picking the gnat off, reapplying polish. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I made Ma set on the buckboard seat and tolt her to keep a eye out with the pistol in her lap. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

A willow, not terribly tall but set in a clump of other willows, offering concealment in those long, flowing tresses. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when a brushfire grows out of control, fire authorities set a backfire—a controlled burn—that hedges the amount of destruction a wildfire may cause. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Late one evening, when usually he was dozing in his easy chair in front of the television set, my father opened the door of my room and walked inside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The one and only bathroom was by the front door, set into a corner. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Failure to anticipate and preempt such appeals would set the stage for the same divide-and-conquer tactics that have reliably preserved racial hierarchy in the United States for centuries. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Many show people in various settings, and a few have animals, while some of them have cups or coins, and there are more swords. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then he found his boots and set them down by his sword. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I had already set something in motion that I had no ability to control. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He planted his lips on the ring, pressing hard, feeling the edge of the setting catch on his lip. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Other sets of needles clicked and flew; mine stumbled and rubbed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Think of if as a tiny set of scales. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set down a metal bowl filled with milk on the grass. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And in the Dancing Trout station wagon, unaware of the high drama that had just taken place in a very low setting, Emerson Lapp suddenly fell asleep. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When exhaustion finally set in, we took turns curled up on the ground, trying to steal a few minutes of sleep here and there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Their hearts were wrung with anguish, the anguish of having children, a vulnerability as astonishing as the capacity for love that parenthood brings, in a cuff link set all its own . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In early December, I was informed that a meeting with de Klerk was set for the twelfth of that month. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had set up a wordless howling, like an animal. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Once there, he set the lantern on the table, then bade me lie down on the pallet. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She set the glass on the table, and my mom scooped it up to put a coaster underneath it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Early the following morning Edmund Hillary, a rangy New Zealander, and Tenzing Norgay, a highly skilled Sherpa mountaineer, set out for the top breathing bottled oxygen. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She set her phone down on a stack of papers and opened up the cupboard with the mugs. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a whole set of bumps and knobs all along his ribs. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The master put the wagons and carriages in the shed and set Willie to cleaning the mud off wheels and undercarriages, and the sleds were brought out. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He told me that during Partition Hindus and Muslims had set fire to each other’s homes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The first door led to a dark, empty hallway and another set of doors. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t know Z might be trying to set off another bomb.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

This stranger’s standard serves only to set men against us. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

‘Your master made that creamer—forty years ago. He made the entire set.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg got leave for Christmas, and they set off on a tour through Thailand, Nepal, and India. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I smile as the two of them set off. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She wore a pale pink dress and a set of pearls and kept a black purse draped properly over one arm. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I take my new pot out of its bag and set it on my desk. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And this was how she crossed the room, walking on her hands, not once setting foot upon the floor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Stunned, Harry followed as Dumbledore strode away from where the flayed child lay whimpering, leading him to two seats that Harry had not previously noticed, set some distance away under that high, sparkling ceiling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Not that managers and especially “assistant managers” in low-wage settings like this are exactly the class enemy. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his wife’s support, Miele set out to lose thirty pounds. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was out to set a new record for being on skates on a platform. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked over to the altar stone set in the floor, where the cup and the brooch and the stone knife sat. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Let’s find seats,” said Harry, and the three of them set off along the train through hordes of silently staring students. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The day after I got back from Moscow I set out for Philadelphia, where I was due to receive a medal from the Franklin Institute. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

From that moment Medea set herself to be revenged, as well she knew how. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom had stationed him on the sofa so he could set up his tape recorder on the coffee table. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I try to imagine it with all of the boxes and junk gone, and set up like the Hideout. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Moody set the mattress in place and gave it an experimental bounce. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She takes me stealthily into her mother’s bedroom, saying that she’ll really get it if we’re caught, and shows me the twin set, folded on a shelf. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Geryon shrugged, which was very weird since he had three sets of shoulders. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The conjurer’s eyes rolled back in his head and their place was took right away by another set of eyes! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Dominick popped the trunk and was already outside the car as another set of headlights came up the road. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

With our plan all set, we went from one prejudiced house to another, ready to talk about our fake fundraiser. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He took the bucket from Chase’s hand and set it on the ground. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I glared at Trevor one more time, and then set out to ignore him for the rest of the morning. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

On the other, there’s clinking and shouting as white-jacketed white men set up glass after glass of lemonade, forming pyramids of full glasses on the counters of their red and white striped concession stands. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He set the first sheet facedown on the glass and pressed “Copy.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“The default setting is typically ‘help,’ but you can customize as the situation allows.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I pour some ground coffee into the pot, enough to make sure the resulting brew will be good and strong, and set it on the stove to boil. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here, internal evidence is set against external evidence, as it must often have been in a court of law. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They were heading along what looked like an interstate highway, with the cruise control set to an even sixty-five. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He did not tell her that he had written nothing good so far, that the ideas in his head had not yet coalesced into character and setting and theme. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Caitlin is going to send me a set so I can show you all how to wear it.” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The Lord had lifted him up, and turned him around, and set his feet on the shining way. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Once in the Palace Flophouse, the boys set about furnishing it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is the same as I explained yesterday,” she said, lifting me out of my bed and setting me on her knee. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teashop Aunty disappeared into her kitchen again, and emerged with a small package of beads—many fewer and not as pretty as the first set she’d given us, but enough to get you going again. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Thus, even before Brown, the Supreme Court had already begun to set in motion a striking pattern of desegregation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

When he heard that the King was ill and that Rabscuttle had done all he wanted, El-ahrairah set to work to disguise himself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made her think about being a little girl in New Orleans, before her curse set in and her mom got so bitter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Neither she nor William ever set down in words what happened that day. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The night of my grandparents’ wedding, the sun set directly before the ship’s bow, pointing the way to New York. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Inside, sunlight spilled through windows set high in walls so tall that Kaede could barely make out the ceiling far above. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At dawn, heavy snow was falling again, and there was Roz, setting out from the Nest to build a third lodge. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Another loud thud, a lurch, my mother screaming, “Tyler!” from the front seat, and a final violent jolt before everything stopped and silence set in. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There had seemed nothing on the island that would set anyone but a gull to wishing that he could live there. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

This year’s dinner is small, since his dad’s parents are on vacation, so the table is set for six in glittering white and gold. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She looked the same as she had in life: a green cap set sideways on her thick black hair, dark eyes and olive skin like her brother. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m trying to decide what would be the best spell to set it on fire,” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I am lost and the sun will not set for a month. There is no North Star to guide me.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jethro’s fears began to fade before the hunger he felt the minute they set foot inside the place. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set it down quickly on the bridge table. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When the sun rises, it throws the shadow of Mount Elgon westward and deep into Uganda, and when the sun sets, the shadow reaches eastward across Kenya. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she sliced into the bread, the huntress set her gloves down on the table, then sat down on one of the benches. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned back and set off up the side of the lake, heading for the gut cherry bushes, his windbreaker-bag in his hand. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the table setting and was confused when I saw two forks, one smaller than the other. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Coach shifted one fork, one spoon, one knife, and one set of chopsticks in his right hand. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

By coincidence, it turned out Barack and I had met Sam years earlier through a different set of friends. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“It was required in school. I’ve been learning about how to set up a successful colony since I was five.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When I set out to write the book, I had no idea that this is where it would lead. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

This was the part of myself that I kept the most hidden, and it felt as if he were touching the inside of my head, setting it on fire. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Let’s worry about fixing the problem instead of the blame. Don’t despair. I know we can set things right. Take me to Dale.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I check the snares I set days ago and come up empty. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my God. Oh, Cas. There was a bomb. They said on the news someone put bombs in the school and is setting them off.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In spite of all this, at first everything seemed set fair for the book. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Upon returning to Austin, he set five goals for himself. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Aunt Chipo was squatting inside, her mouth set in a sour line. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I’m just setting here waiting for ’em to come and tell me to walk to that chair. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I scramble to my feet, shift the clothes so they hide the posters, and slip on the orange bra and undies set I got for tonight. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The girl with the piercings set the plate of brownies on the table where the lemonade was. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When the server set down our fortune cookies at the end of the meal, mine was blank. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The girl chased and caught each bubble on her fingers, and set each of them surrounding daisy blossoms or butterflies or the leaves of trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Van Eck took a deep breath and tried to set his suit to rights. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My face set to a grim and determined expression. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I set my menu down like I had read it for myself and said, “That sounds good. I’ll have the same, except no coffee. A cup of hot chocolate do me fine.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still the girl persisted, her face set with determination. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She stopped short—it was like the setting sun, but the bright orange image pulsed and undulated like no sun she’d ever seen. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Most folks took no more notice of me than they would a cartman selling oysters or a vagabond from Canvastown. just as I set my mind to leave, Captain Farrar came back out. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pamela has barely been arrested, yet he already has her entire family history cued up and all set to go. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Here you are, Bigger,” his mother said, setting a plate of grits on the table. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They never stopped laughing and talking like they were having a party as they knocked on the door and the second set of bars on the door was lifted from outside. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He set the Bible back on the table. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Towards midnight she began to wander in her speech; and after that it gradually set in that she said innumerable times in a low solemn voice, “What have I done!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She did, and by the end of October, just before cold weather set in, she was on her way to West Virginia, which was close anyway, according to her geography book. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

French culture includes a set of customs or rules about how to eat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

For the fashion of Minas Tirith was such that it was built on seven levels, each delved into the hill, and about each was set a wall, and in each wall was a gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

My relatives all declared their feelings about the set from their astonishment at live people dancing in the living room, to we need to get one or come to your house every night. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Elxa Dal set two thick stumps of candle down, one in front of each of us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For thirty-six years I worked for different groups, promoting world government, setting up conferences on pacifism, raising money, stuffing envelopes. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Heinrich set off to try his luck as a mercenary again and disappeared from his family altogether. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

They’d been out to the ruins a few more times, and Shay always insisted on setting off a sparkler, but David had never showed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She hoped to set a new women’s long-distance record for nonstop flight. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

While the chief mate stood behind them, Reed unrolled a leather packet and took out a set of tools, lining them up in neat rows. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But whether she was demonstrating a new airplane or setting a world record, she knew she had to look like a lady. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

In the fall of 1774, he set up a secret group that met regularly at the Green Dragon Tavern with the express purpose of monitoring British troop movements. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On that day, after months of negotiations at the World Trade Centre, the multiparty forum voted to set a date for the country’s first national, nonracial, one-person- one-vote election: April 27,1994. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon their shields they bore a strange device: a small white hand in the centre of a black field; on the front of their iron helms was set an S-rune, wrought of some white metal. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Victor thought he could make out the girl who had set the ladies with the handbags on him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They set the logs so they were upright on the sand, the height of people. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Uncle Carlos stood behind Aunt Tuti, his two sets of twins in a quadruple stroller. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They stood in a tight circle, faces set with stony expressions. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Two visits in one day?” she said, setting down her fork. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They set out when dusk fell over the hills, leaving Gwin at their camp. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Jackson pulls a set of slim metal pieces from his pocket—a lock-picking set. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Because of our special role, we code talkers were often able to go places where ordinary Marines hardly ever set foot. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, a spring storm raged, and Cook had set out candles for when the electricity inevitably went—the lights were already flickering in an eerie and unsettling manner. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And I had one additional bonus: I was the one who set them up in the first place. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the house and he looked out over the dripping countryside and then let the door back down and descended the steps and set about making breakfast. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He hurried out to be confronted with the guards he had set on the dead body and with Antigone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fore I can get a word in, Miss Skeeter set down and start right in. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

By 1624, eleven years after he had made public his discovery that Venus had a full set of phases, Galileo could take it for granted that no competent person would defend the Ptolemaic system. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was head and shoulders smarter than the run of the mill, and after he’d watched the sun and moon and stars fer a long time he set down and he done some figgerin’. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rest the salad bowl on the counter and turn to leave before I’m asked to set the table. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He made another motion to Jamison, who set his pen back to the paper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Though only the back of his head was visible to Poirot, the shape of it and the set of the shoulders betrayed him. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

We set to pulling the second shutter down. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The next day, Tehlu set off to finish what he had begun. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were now representatives of something much larger than themselves—a way of life, a shared set of values. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

So off we set, my mother and I and my trunk and my tuck-box, and we boarded the paddle-steamer and went swooshing across the Bristol Channel in a shower of spray. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Solitude was a rare commodity on Everest, and I was grateful to be granted a bit of it on this day, in such a remarkable setting. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly it’s a feeling you get, that this is a good place to set a trap. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

They had set a fixed price for all Sierra Leoneans; those who couldn’t pay were kicked off the bus. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

That in itself was of interest to Tree-ear; an ordinary commission—for a set of household bowls, say—would not merit such caution. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

So whoever arrived first and set up residence in houses or apartments can claim them as theirs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the back of the basement, the floor had been excavated, revealing another set of steps—these of white stone—leading still deeper underground. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One thing I didn’t have to pack is the set of silver bangles that Zohra gave me last night. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Not so much as a token from 7 to set beside her regulation clothes in her anonymous drawer.' Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron took their copies of Unfogging the Future back down to the common room, found a table, and set to work on their predictions for the coming month. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I entered the kitchen and set the basket on the table. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew all about science, about model rocketry, chemistry sets, baseball cards, about American history. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened a can of corned-beef hash and patted it into a disposable dish and set it on an asbestos pad over a low flame, to heat very slowly. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had to resist the urge to hold hands again as they set off after the old grizzly bear and Lana. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Dax set himself alight while attempting a spectacular bit of fire breathing and had to be doused. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The pullover cost me four sets of wireless code—the full lot of encoding poems, passwords, and frequencies. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

If she’s going to rat on me, she doesn’t need to set a trap. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Both sides had set fire to each other’s fields and had rustled cattle through mountain passes. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Barometers would be set to dry and fair and isobars would be far apart, just as I’d predicted yesterday. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set her pencil down for a moment and studied what she’d done. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry told her, a slight edge to his voice, and he set off again, leaving her crouched beside the old grave. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A few ordered a tree set aside for the day; others stopped to price, inspect and conjecture. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at the diagonals that Audubon sets up first,” Mr. Powell said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He remained naked even after winter set in. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that day, when we arrived at the ceremony, all eyes were set upon us. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Be careful what you set your heart upon—for it will surely be yours. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Rosie curls her trunk, lifts her right front foot, and sets it gently on her ball. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Mami sets the cake down in front of me so I can make a wish before I blow out the candles. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“What else? Chicken. Real gamey chicken. If that’s the case, we don’t need to fix the fence; just set up a trap,” Uncle Jet said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Its eyes were set in two white circles in its black head. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ma sets aside her mango and wipes her hands on the napkin. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The front steps were wide but shallow and led up to a set of heavy double doors that slammed shut behind us as we walked down the shiny corridor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Friendlily, because he felt well-disposed toward the world—his setting had been at D—he patted her bare, pale shoulder. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Through the stone doors was a small antechamber with a more ordinary set of wooden doors inside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I seen with my own two eyes the charlie run up to that claymore you set, turn it around, and run before Monaco got him.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s supposed to be like a new set of brakes for his memory loss. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Initially the dial is set at 1 g' and everything behaves as we have grown up to expect. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waiters rushed in carrying large serving platters and set them on the table in front of the king. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tried courting her a few months back before Dedd set him straight. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where I might go, what I might do, or when I might return, were questions utterly unknown to me; nor did I vex my mind with them, for it was wholly set on Provis’s safety. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The moon was not yet set, and we were all in shadow: I could scarcely see my master’s face, near as I was. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Because our parents are childhood friends. They set this whole thing up. Your parents mailed my parents a picture of you, and vice versa.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“She is very pretty,” Bando chides and sets his pace to mine. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After St. Louis, with its noise and activity, its trucks and buses, and loud family gatherings, I welcomed the obscure lanes and lonely bungalows set back deep in dirt yards. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forks and knives had been set down on the dirty plates, and drinks were half-drunk. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Everything in the Atlas Clearing was set up to get your head started whirling and keep it going that way, and there waren’t no hiding from none of it! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Shanti had been setting goals since she was four and won her preschool’s finger painting contest. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Later, after dinner, she gives me a beautiful set of watercolor pencils that had been on my wish list for months. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I set the phone back on the table and slumped onto the couch. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He picked a stocking cap off the ground and set it askew on his hair, then turned to her with wide blue eyes. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Father had said the slums outside Léopoldville would be set right by American aid, after Independence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve set the record button this time, so I can hear myself play, find the blips I need to smooth out. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

We unload the crates and set the chickens free to peck around this New World. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

This set off a chorus of mumbling and muttering throughout the crowd. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon of the day when her father had refused to buy her a book, Matilda set out all by herself to walk to the public library in the village. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had just begun to feel the pulsing set up between myself and the people, hearing them answering in staccato applause and agreement when Tod Clifton caught my eye, pointing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gale had two sets of bows and arrows, one hunting knife, one fishing net, and over eight hundred terrified people to feed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I placed the bread in the toaster and turned the dial down to the lightest setting. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His little ears were clean and well set and his eyes were as black as old-fashioned pin heads and just about the same size. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss watched as he began to look through them, then pulled out a set of papers from the middle of the stack. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I thought I was going to be able to settle back and just let him roll, but he wrapped things up pretty fast, then set his sights on me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I test this theory out on Isabelle: that our job is to constantly re-create the stage setting in which women can act out. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘If we make as good going this afternoon as we have done this morning, we shall have left the Downs before the Sun sets and be jogging on in search of a camping place.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He surveyed the area and decided to set the trap up not far from where he saw the swallow the first time. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He sets up a card table for me in his office. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He barked an order at me one day, something like, “Pick up those soap bars,” and I looked in his mouth and saw a brand-new set of white chompers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tables were set with more knives, forks and goblets than I’d ever seen; the paintings on the wall seemed ghostly in the candlelight. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I unwrapped a corner of it and took a bite, then set it down on my desk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I do not think that I was set up by the warder who left the newspaper on the bench, though some assumed I had been. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had four children and raised them to work hard, but the oldest went off to Darrington to set choker cables, and the second and third went off to war. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They looked like extras who had wandered off the sets of the Malayalam version of Sinbad: The Last Voyage. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one section of the city, a gang piled mattresses, barrels, and boxes on the trolley car tracks and set them afire. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for setting up the trap, Uncle Jet.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

By the time Xan hobbled into the widow woman’s garden, half the town was already there, setting up tables and tents, with legions upon legions of busybodies preparing themselves to fuss over the old woman. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Light rain fell for about an hour as the sun was setting so we roped up our tarps and sat together for a moment, to regroup and plan watch. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

About half the spaces are taken up with extra sets of clothing, and the Duchess points to the shelves. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He picked up his walking stick, which was propped against the wall, and set off into the night. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They set their faces and stared at fear. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“For a man who says the Lord is set to end the whole Creation at any minute, he’s got a powerful concern for the vain things of this world.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Most passengers were in favor of the stereotype, while the majority of airport employees seemed dead set against it. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Cara was all set to say, “Because an editor can speak right up and tell the world if someone is being lazy or stupid or crooked or mean.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

To be able to earn twice her salary and live in that city of legendary glamour and excitement, with the world’s fair set to open in a year, made the offer irresistible. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He finally got one of the lanterns to work and he set it on the table and blew out the smoky flame of the lamp. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The son of a Nicaraguan diplomat, he set Good Boys in a world he knew well: a posh suburb of Washington, D.C., and an elite high school he called St. Joseph’s Preparatory School for Boys. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I set my cup in its saucer and stared at him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Avery had his easel set up, and he was working on another picture of a little Conch house. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just sign your name on this here form, and you’re all set!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The hike is supposed to be longer than the first one I took with Farmer to Morne Michel, though not as steep, but after we set out I’m imagining a very long day. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I swore I’d never set foot in anything remotely Catholic again but it feels good to get out of the sun. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they set it upon a rock that stood before the wax children’s hut. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“The children and I did set foot in his study,” Penelope blurted, “but I assure you that is all we did.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

And he really did set off those bombs when he was a freshman, which when you stop to consider sort of shows a pattern—an actual pattern. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Freed from her studio work, Maria gathered glass jars and wooden boxes covered with gauze and set up a work space in an unused corner. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

During her life, she flew more than 140 different types of airplanes, setting records for altitude, distance, and speed. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Karl shakes his head at me when I try to tell him about the scientific studies Mr. Campbell set forth in his Soil Culture Manual. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The President saw it too and the matter did not amuse him, for he realized it could be the detonator that would set off the powder keg on which his government was delicately perched. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, there’s something strange about the wall at the other end, sir,” said Vervain, as Groundsel began setting his rabbits to work. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last Lee brought in two cups of coffee and set them on the table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The result is an incredibly rich set of data—which, if the right questions are asked of it, tells some surprising stories. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Wynn carried three folded lawn chairs with his free arm and set them up on the sidewalk in front of the Fabric Barn. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

When the big limbs are gone we shinny back down and set our machetes to biting into the trunk. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Three stories above the rotunda floor, just below the Wonder Dome, there was a series of ten arched windows set between the recessed statue nooks. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Nels set himself down precariously against the edge of the defendant’s table. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fang folded his jeans, then set them on top of his shirt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The Men of the Mark took their weapons from them, and set them to work. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Rowan had, in fact, tried to find her, but by the time Citra entered the rotunda, Rowan had already been set upon by unexpected admirers. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

The jack end of my headphone set had fallen out of my pocket. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Well...” she said, and set her beaker down on the ground, leaning forward so that her hair swung down on either side of her face. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Gift number three was a set of watercolor paints and some paper. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The narrow strip of sky visible between the rooftops was as dark as if the sun were about to set. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The creatures rolled onto the surface and set off, soon picking up speed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Baba sets up an IV with painkillers, but even so, I cry out and grip Dayah when he cleans and bandages my feet. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Marriage was still in the distant future, but the stage was being set. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small table set with a teapot, cups, and a silver plate of cookies sat next to a flowered armchair. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the plateau, the team would set up camp, scout routes to the target, radio weather reports back to Britain, and light up a landing strip on the edge of a frozen lake. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roz placed the gosling on her flat shoulder, and the two of them set off across the island. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

If she were in Africa, Beatrice said, she would set Mandela straight. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ali called for me to come over to the middle, where the DJ was set up and where parts of our cities had been moved. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Gebu had frequently threatened to beat him insensible if he ever set foot in that upper room. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“If it is empty,” said I, “we should wait here until the evening and set out then upon the river once it is become dark.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In his pocket was a set of reed pipes his daddy goat had carved for him, even though he only knew two songs: Mozarts Piano Concerto no. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

His work ethic was set at the same high level as those relatives of his who put in murderous hours inside their taverns, pizza joints, and hoagie shops. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

We wouldn’t even have known he was finished except that he set the microphone down on the flatbed and started to climb off. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Stoke the fire and set a pot of water to boil. Then come up here and fetch these dirty sheets.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set the pieces of the lid against the stone shelf and splintered them with a series of kicks. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Overall, however, the United States was slow to adopt this type of system, so Elizebeth did Donovan a big favor by setting him up with one. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Amar draws the doors shut behind us, and I set my gun on the floor with the safety on, glad to be rid of it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The light from the setting sun glinted on the brass-tone doorknob. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she picks up another tomato and sets the knife against the skin. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Frank, the fast talker, the ladies’ man, the arranger, studied me for a moment and then set the tray down on the table. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“My dear fellow! So glad you could join our little soirée. I see Marlena has set you up with a drinky-poo; has she shown you the dressing room yet?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The fire flared and set the shadows on the walls to trembling. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have never had parents who set good examples, parents whose expectations were worth living up to, but she did. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I noticed how his neck bulged over the back of his collar, and how low his ears were set on his head. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Servants release a set of sparkler balloons into the air. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They set off together, with the servant girl carrying the child and the man driving them on, muttering to himself about the great insult that had been done him by this act of disobedience. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Feeling somewhat less apprehensive now that I had a plan, I immediately set off. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

A manger scene was set up at the left side of the altar. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm’s other constituency lay just over the bridge outside the tavern, in the gray stone buildings set among green fields and neat orchards and kitchen gardens of the Priory of St. Rosamund. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They had dared each other to set our town on fire. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They heaved a new one into place, set it in concrete. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Even in the newest sets, Werner can usually puzzle out a solution. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“They set up a colony,” the boy answered. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I set up my ironing in the living room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“This is her one chance. It’s possible her body will purge enough of it naturally that addiction won’t set in.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He pulled at his helmet strap and set his carbine down. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A slender figure darted from behind a set of crates, her long black hair tied back. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The moon was set, and it was very dark; Bessie carried a lantern, whose light glanced on wet steps and gravel road sodden by a recent thaw. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The man Jack set off down the hill, in pursuit of the infant. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Jack stopped in front of a set of double doors. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Did they hope that by eliminating our lisps, they might set us on a different path, or were they trying to prepare us for future stage and choral careers? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The first explosions were supposed to be set off two hours later—when the yearbook meeting was originally supposed to take place. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They wrestled furiously among the rocks, while the golden monkey set about tearing all the needles from the witch’s cloud-pine branch. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A set of enormous silvery wings arched up from his shoulders. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then he set about pulling the small black threads from his skin, pressing down with the flat of his thumb. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Before the sun set that night, the bear tracks were only shapeless marks in the wet, soft snow. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hang on, boy, you don’t want me to drop this knife on some vital part, do you? Just set still while I get you some lunch.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Stacked on top are magazines she sets on the floor, some with pictures of black folks on the cover. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Will it? Then will you set about it at once, blacksmith?” said the off-hand sergeant, “as it’s on his Majesty’s service. And if my men can bear a hand anywhere, they’ll make themselves useful.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He sets a tiny paper scroll, no bigger than a cowrie shell, in her palm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And at night, with a rice bowl and a set of chop-sticks waiting for her at the table, they looked up at every sound of footsteps. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Their trial was set to begin in January—just like Ellsberg’s. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"When I set eyes on you—no, even before that," Patti says. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Predict the next four sets of octaves in a harmonic series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Have a small set of trained knowledge and constantly need to have things explained again and their communications verified. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Once her hair was set, she would not disturb it, and sate sleeping in a chair, that it might not muss. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The challenge match was set for five o’clock that afternoon. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally saw a row of small doors inside the long room, each with a tiny window set in it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The next morning they would set foot to the great and terrible Elmuthaleth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I hurry in and close the door, setting the stasis gel next to the toxin. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I refused to set myself up for disappointment. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a single stroke, he had set the field on its modern foundations. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I said, the children and I did set foot in the study—” Mrs. Clarke yawned loudly. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They set up camps all along the west coast of Greece to create a supply chain heading south. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

We put on our skis, got into harness as quick as possible, bucked and pried and jolted the sledge free if its runners were frozen in, and set off. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

"A young lady señorita," her mother pronounced the first morning Carla set out by herself, her heart drumming in her chest. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

They’re set apart from one another, a path connecting them all. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

All the same, as my friends set off along the edge of the field, I started to drift over towards him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

His performance was to fight off dogs that were set to bait him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The sun still sets quite late in the north of England in August, and Maddie on fabric wings flew low over the long sands of Holy Island and saw seals gathered there. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Mark set off after him, knowing they had to make it to the other side of the inferno before it got too big—they had to get to Trina and Deedee and Lana. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He followed it up the road, around a curve, to a small wooden house set among the trees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

If I sat up too quickly, my head reeled and vertigo set in. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

They set up a base in one village and waited for a Miami assault. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

But they didn’t, and when we came back in after set theory, the cream puffs were still there, cooling in the circulating air coming in beneath the clean lower windows. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He set up a door on brick piles for a table. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Pictures George trying to shove a sixth chair into the perfectly set round table above. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her expression was disdainful and amused: it was all in the lips and the eyebrows and the set of the nose. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we wouldn’t even talk: we’d just keep the screens on while we both watched a TV show together or built the same Lego set at the same time. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Given any set of facts, there are countless theories that can account for them, just as there are countless lines that can be drawn through any set of dots to join them together. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Harry pulled the Horcrux from the pocket of the wet jacket he had just taken off and set it down on the grass in front of them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A gene is more than a set of protein-building instructions, but Beadle and Tatum’s experiments provided a mechanistic basis for a gene’s function. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The other reason was: They weren’t hiring anyone under eighteen now, on account of a new community service program they’d set up with the high school. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

By the time the sun sets and we arrive in the heart of Shibuya, the neon lights of Tokyo have already lit up, casting the city in a glittering rainbow of color. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had a good view of the forest east of the house, illuminated by the golden hues of the setting sun. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

There is something about sudden darkness in a classroom of twenty-four sixth graders that sets off mischief. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

From her coat, she takes some small wooden thing and sets it in the water. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Wild animals that are captured when they are fully mature are another example of escape-prone animals; often they are too set in their ways to reconstruct their subjective worlds and adapt to a new environment. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They kiss and kiss and he sets her back down on her feet. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He set the spirometer down on the side table and reached for my hand. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The girl’s words and his own echoing roars set the Green Tiger off into a frenzy. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Now at last they turned their faces to the Mountain and set out, thinking no more of concealment, bending their weariness and failing wills only to the one task of going on. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The first time I set foot in Chokecherry, Colorado, I thought I’d been banished to Devil’s Island. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

"Then let me make it a gift. I will set it free in the lake, and it can continue to bring joy to the hearts of all the villagers." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Across the room, tables had been set up for comfortable seating. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When Columbus set sail, he apparently assumed the earth was round, which was why he was convinced that he could get to India by going west. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sighing, she nodded and set her plate aside. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Daddy set me high in an apple tree. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then we reached the crest of the ridge, and there, across a wide river, was a huge island jammed tip to tip with skyscrapers, their glass glowing like fire in the setting sun. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Leefolt glance at Miss Hilly, but she just setting there with her arms crossed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe how many big vases and baskets of yard flowers had been brought in and set on tables and on the floor around the coffin. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was life reduced to a set of rules, an existential life, a life clarified by the eyes of fathers. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

From a local tourist shop, he had bought three sets of fresh clothes, some towels, some soap, some bottled water, and, yes, a huge box of wet wipes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Despite the obstacles and unbelievable odds, I had accomplished what I set out to do with my saber, and it was the sweetest feeling of satisfaction I’d ever had. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He hesitates, but then he picks up the knife and slices off a piece of dough and sets it down in the center of the table. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

Meanwhile, Yuko’s friend had been set up with Ahmaad’s friend, and though they courted for a few months, that relationship came to an end. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Kindra, I don’t want a see so much as a bean setting in that sink when I get back. Clean up good now.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I set my other foot in the snow and rose to standing. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

However, for some sets of neighboring paths the phase will not vary much between paths. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He mixed in various plot lines from Austrian, Norwegian and German sagas, and set about moulding them into a coherent dramatic whole. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He turned it upside-down and set it on the bar with a dull thump of finality. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In his book Descartes’ Error, Damasio describes trying to set up an appointment with a patient with this kind of brain damage: Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In 1997 it proposed a very loose set of rules that gave agribusiness everything it wanted. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The lazy, empty days in the city and the irrational atmosphere in the house set my nerves on edge. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is like that person you never heard of who wins one of those MacArthur genius awards for creating astonishing success in the most unlikely of settings. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had disagreed last night, had argued all moming, but now he was setting his mind to it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shade thinner than he had been when they set out from White Harbor, but almost himself again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Which coven you got placed into was out of your hands. Doesn’t mean you didn’t achieve what you set out to,” Fox said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“As dry as it is now, we’ll be running a risk of setting the woods afire if there’s much old grass around the place.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kira set the embroidery frame down on the floor and rose from her chair. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

While the grownups busied themselves setting up the meal, I made my escape, sneaking away to ride the merry-go-round. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Sunday night after my solo performance at the Woodcrest, I wake up at three in the morning gripped by the theory that Pete had deliberately set me up. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it’s Friday morning and I'm sitting in history listening to Mr. Penny, the history teacher, talk about all the arguments they had before they set up the Constitution. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They unclipped the spool and rolled it over to where they’d set up their stripping operation near the oil tanker’s prow. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Running was too big an idea—you had to let it set a while, turn it around in your head. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It referred to a set of ideals and hopes, like human perfection or social equality, that philosophers mistakenly believed could be implemented in the world because it existed in their heads. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The sun moved downward toward the bare stone teeth of the mountains, and Kino set his direction for a dark and shadowy cleft in the range. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Jacob Carlyle...if he is still alive, and I could prove he set JonJon up, I doubt anybody would throw a dude that old in jail. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

But this wasn’t really a good test because Mrs. Amos had her ears set to believe anything Todd said. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

There were voices up ahead, coming from behind a set of closed doors. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

An ember falls beside him, setting the dry grass on fire. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I took another long drink of water and set the glass down. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The sun was beginning to set, glittering red through the cracks between the ramshackle buildings. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

You might get a different group of characters, a different set, but in the end you’s starring in the same old stinking play. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

After setting a time to reunite with Clement and Marie- France, we slumped back to our car and to our hollowed-out home in Kinshasa. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It sneered, revealing a full set of ivory canines. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I am born of a man who believed he could tell nothing but the truth, while he set down for all time the Poisonwood Bible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

To find other notes that sound "in tune" with each other, we look for other sets of pitches that have a "simple" frequency relationship. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Tehlu bent and with great effort lifted one edge of the wheel and set it leaning against a tree that grew nearby. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Garfield’s bed was set up in a large open room on the cottage's second floor, positioned so that he could look out the window. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Job had the cultivators all set up at last. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A snowshoe rabbit trail ran along the lake and she set off to find the resting place of the one who had made it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could set off a firecracker and he wouldn’t notice, that’s how drunk he is. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I am so full,” Mom said as Mrs. Hidalgo set out plates. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Three weeks after the beginning of school, Bull arrived home from the squadron at the precise instant that Lillian was setting dinner on the table. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I took the box and bag upstairs Miss Volker had me set them out on the porch. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Soon the sun will set and night will fall swiftly, no lingering dusk as in the States. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“How do they set up meetings if they don’t have E.S.P.?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nike was sending off waves of tension, setting his nerves on fire. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She was clutching her burlap sack to her chest, and her mouth was set in a severe line. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The children—all except Constance, who was too busy humphing—set to their notes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They take care of the shower settings for me, and they go to work on my hair, nails, and makeup when I'm done. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He dealt the blunt end of the bar a smart blow, setting it firmly into the crack. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Early upon the morning following those hours passed in Arobin’s society, Edna set about securing her new abode and hurrying her arrangements for occupying it. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

The big ones shoot out of their boxes with hollow thumps and explode with echoing claps that set off car alarms. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But the three of us set off into the woods on my first frog-hunting expedition. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Both you and Daphne. They’re setting up shelters. They might not have water yet, but they’ll have medicine—I’m sure they will.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She nodded, set the picture down, and, without saying another word, headed to the kitchen. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Joe lavished every care on his love, and he perfected a lonely set of rules which might have gone like this: 1. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I set my bag on the ground, still holding my books in my arms. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Conor asked, setting the words free before he even knew what he was saying. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Flaying the nettles was becoming a self-purification, and it was childhood she set about now, having no further need for it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The first set still hasn’t been repaired since the attack. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Dad had been saving up for a new truck, and Mom had been setting aside money for college. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

His only answer was to set me carefully on my feet, and take a step back. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I found it lying on a curb in my neighborhood a couple years ago,” he said of the couch as he worked on setting up my PlayStation 2 on top of his footlocker. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

His face lost all appearance of life and set itself into an expressionless mask, with the eyeballs fixed, paralytic, and staring. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore one large emerald set in platinum. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set two places for dinner but did not serve the food because he wanted to keep it warm in the pot. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Seth, oblivious as ever, was examining the intricate pieces of a decorative chess set. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

If the wolf got caught, that meant it was set out in the open and dangerous position. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When it was time for presents, Erlan got ten new chess sets. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Every year during the month of March a family of ragged gypsies would set up their tents near the village, and with a great uproar of pipes and kettledrums they would display new inventions. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Jason ran on, his hands in his pockets fell down and lay there like a trussed fowl until Versh set him up. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m a falconer, too. You set her loose, and as soon as I’m gone, you’ll whistle and she’ll come right back.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

To show his appreciation, Vanderbilt set up a brokerage firm, Woodhull, Claflin & Co., the first female firm on Wall Street. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The bottom set of images went the other way: first the pipe- cleaners, then the same image in collage, then the final one in full-colored realistic detail. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Doc was setting out his pipe and tobacco. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But by then, the others would have set off for the station. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Then through all the years that followed he traced the Ring; but since that history is elsewhere recounted, even as Elrond himself set it down in his books of lore, it is not here recalled. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Two Christmases ago, which was his first Christmas with us, Richard gave me my own set of ropes and started showing me knots. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Frankie and Joseph made sure both of her eyes were closed before taking a programme and tiptoeing past her, through a set of beautiful gilded doors. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In each patch, one can use a different set of three coordinates to specify the position of a point. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

News helicopters buzzed above the choppy waters as the men set out in their canoe. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mom already has the warm milk for me and my place all set up in her bed. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

More like she set perched on it with a straight back, like Lizabeth just taught her. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But at this moment the three cows, who had seemed uneasy for some time past, set up a loud lowing. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Years at Thurmond had taught me to stop believing I could ever get away from the life people were so eager to set for me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

So when I got back to London, a year after setting out, I had been all around the African continent. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

One night, she set out a thermos full of ice water and a snack, as if the three Kings were coming. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So early the next morning, I set out with Old Yeller, glad for the chance to hunt hogs a while longer before starting in on the corn gathering. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead of her, the heavy wooden doors to the palace were closed, but a smaller door set within them was unbarred, and she went to the door and pushed it open. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ironing board was kept set up in the kitchen. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stop and set them on the ground and Dill’s father dances up to them, clapping his hands. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Presently he came to an open space where a small tent had been set up for the king under a great tree. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Carol points her out to me, on the bus, the same way she’s pointed out the twin set and the coat tree: as an object to be admired. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

With the sun setting, the coldness of the air would eventually sting. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The sky, the trees, the bushes, even the path itself was golden in the light of the setting sun. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Meir set the finished tzitzis on the table and rose to his feet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Digory knew lots about horses, but he set his teeth and got ready to make a dash for it as soon as he saw a favorable moment. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Dad set Aaron into Layla’s arms before he ran back to shut the door. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I slipped his glasses off and set them on the nightstand. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He opened the laptop again and set it on the dining table. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I get into the kitchen, and my mom’s setting the circle table Auntie Idris keeps in the kitchen, and my dad’s stirring a pot at the stove. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“They have enough Elixir stored to set their affairs in order and then, yes, they will die.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Two sets of cotton sheets are taken from the linen closet and washed, then hung to dry on the long clothesline beside the house. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to set up the tents with the wind shrieking around them. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And maybe one of these days she might be able to set aside a little for a secondhand piano. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Well, it broke the vase, too, but I was ten and I only cared that he had broken the television set. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Plutarch was appointed secretary of communications, which means he sets the programming for the airwaves. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I don’t want to go anywhere, I think I’ll be happy if I never have to set foot outside the house again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I first set foot in Harlem, I was a step ahead of everything. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sets her alarm, but then turns the face of the phone away. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When she set the naked baby down by the side of the pile in order to get out of her own dress, the child immediately began crawling toward the midden on its own. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They might as well set out for the Moon. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They passed a room with a huge piano and another with a dining table, each sight a spectacle, before turning and heading up a set of stairs that made Ophie’s thighs ache. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Hopefully her friends had all made it on board, but they’d have to set sail immediately or risk being overrun. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They look over, see me setting with a white woman on my front step. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Grandma’s solution to keeping us busy was setting up what she called a House Systems Program. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His mouth was set in a perfect line. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

So I move to the squatty desk and set up. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Grandma clambered stiffly into the covered seat in back, and we set off. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They appear to be seven ordinary broad stone steps; nothing special; quite the same as any other set of stairs in the Abbey, wouldn’t you say?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She sat down across from me, and Noah set his tray down next to hers. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Mama set out cookies, and after an hour of arranging ornaments and eating cookies and singing and reminiscing about Christmases past, the tree trimming was complete. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Inside Erlan’s apartment, there were tons of people walking around, setting food on tables, moving furniture, turning on great big light stands. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The integers represented the purity of God, while the irrationals and other bizarre sets of numbers were abominations—figments of the imperfect human mind. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“So you have to set an example so other people can use that field for soccer.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It began on Friday, April 5, the day after King’s assassination, close to 500 students and faculty marched to university president Douglas Knight’s mansion to present him with a set of four demands. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The black table was set for five, and everything sparkled and shimmered in the candlelight. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Finally, my benevolent master, to use his own words, “set her adrift to take care of herself.” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

There’s the narration, where you set out the points at issue, and the proof, where you make the arguments for your case. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I mean...I’d like it if all of you started using Tor, maybe set up some two-factor authentication on your devices, took some steps to protect your own privacy.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Lee set the percolator on the gas jet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the idea of a limited set of allowed orbits seemed very arbitrary. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several hours and one set of rapids later, they came upon an area dotted with araputanga trees. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Might make me graduate late, might even set me back a whole year. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The plan shall be as I set it. Mount quickly, we have already lost much time.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Although the Olmec preceded the others, they did not set the template for them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But she was hired, and on the way out of the place she bought ten cents worth of chocolate and a little modeling clay set for George. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And all of sudden—bam—we weren’t living in a nice house with a swing set in the backyard anymore. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They worked as set builders on the Columbia Film Studios back lot, saved their money, and bought a movie theater in Glendale. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

So he decides to set aside his disdain for institutional learning, left: over from his days at theology school in Amsterdam, and enroll in a painting class at an art academy. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I have here what I was asked to bring you,” I said, and gave him the foilskin-wrapped packet of money, which I had set out on a table ready after his call. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

So one day they took back to their cave a delicately painted set of rice bowls, another day a little footstool with a velvet cushion and two new wedding blankets. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had a set, kept at the back of the hall cupboard, with the Christmas tree decorations in their cardboard boxes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on that day, when a dignified black spider was investigating my desk, I cupped my hands around it, carried it to the open window, and set it outside on the ledge. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I mean, like I said, he’s the type of psycho who’d set a house on fire if he felt like it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her husband bought her an upright walnut piano and set it by an arched window with a view of the sea. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shot his two-hand set in a soft, spinning arc that, when true, snapped through the net in a swishing voice that is the purest music of the game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan came in from the fields at sundown as Ira was setting forth. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said it was his duty to deliver a new set of commandments from the Lord. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Shucks, there was another set of regular doors inside. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Our host beamed and disappeared back into the kitchen, and I heard a cabinet squeak open and the tinkling sound of glasses being set up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

James McCord, a former CIA technician now working with the Plumbers, set up a listening post in a room of the Howard Johnson’s motel across the street from the Watergate. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Despite all the resulting conflicts and contradictions, which remain with us still, it was the idea of discovery that made the new science, and the new set of intellectual values that underpinned it, possible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Agnes said nothing, but her massive frame blocked the only exit, and the set of her jaw promised a world of hurt. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

A few strange, antique portraits of the men and women of other days decorated the stained walls; a cupboard with glass doors contained some books and an ancient set of china. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A descendant of eighty pole fighters, I ought to be able to set out confidently, march straight down our street, get going right now. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It waren’t till you went into the houses that you saw the different ways that folks set ’em up. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

And then he set about assembling the materials for a laboratory. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Projection rooms were ransacked and reels of films set to fire. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She set several pages of notes before each of them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She rounded the corner and ascended a small set of steps that led into a significantly smaller hallway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Its special qualities set art apart, so that it is often placed away from everyday life—in museums, churches, or caves. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy heard Evan babbling from where she knew he was set up in his high chair, stuffing his face with Cheerios. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My third try, the quick arm movements I used to set the fire messed everything up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if she’d suddenly been transported to a movie set. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man sets me on the stony beach. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the conventional picture, pioneers first built a village, and when it prospered, they set up a temple in the middle. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1987 Saul Perlmutter at the Lawrence Berkeley lab in California, needing more la supernovae than visual sightings were providing, set out to find a more systematic method of searching for them. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Just my math textbook, a photo of Sean and me dressed up as Ghostbusters for Halloween, and an extra set of clothes I hadn’t put in my sports bag yet. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Now the children were set to cutting grass and digging flower beds. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Van Helsing is sleeping, Poor dear, he looks very tired and old and grey, but his mouth is set as firmly as a conqueror’s; even in his sleep he is instinct with resolution. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They set out at gray dawn, driving between the grape trees, which hunched like dwarfs in the fields. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But keep in mind that these are the most common names of all, and consider the size of the data set. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He hurried to his car and set off for home, hoping he was imagining things, which he had never hoped before, because he didn’t approve of imagination. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I always try to finish up early so me and Baby Girl can set together and play. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Instead of his personal treasure chest, which is full of his action figures, Lego sets, and collection of obsolete computer parts Dad has given him, there’s a fancy-looking high-backed chair and ottoman. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Down in that kipple-infested old apt, watching Buster Friendly on her TV set and quaking with fear every time she imagines someone coming down the hall. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

So I fell asleep; but I woke up very early and set off for Thessicher’s farm before breakfast, having spent an uneasy night full of dreams and wakenings. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And Thomas Forester set his chin and there the matter ended. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

What she was, must be uncertain; but who she was, might be found out; and setting aside the 10,000 l., it did not appear that she was at all Harriet’s superior. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I remove a stack of plates and set them on the island counter that is in full view of the Netbook. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Figure 3.7: There is a whole set of standing waves, called harmonics, that will fit into any 11container11 of a specific length. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

After he had talked the situation over with his mother and his friends at the club, his mind was finally set. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We’re in physics class, and the assignment is to set up a pulley system. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Evidently Joe’s smoke bombs were the type that splatted and set off smoke instantly, because Chess’s next breath brought in an ashy odor. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, be careful with him,” Kvothe said, setting a pot of grease and a handful of garlic cloves on the table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I stopped the car at his excited command in front of a house set off from the rest. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But need alone is not enough to set power free: there must be knowledge. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

We reached the Salem wharves late in the day; I climbed down to open the carriage door and set in place the steps. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I came through the rear door, Mr. Pope was just making an exit from the stage, his face set in the jolly grin required by his role. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He set his teacup down on the table and twisted it so that the design lined up with the teapot. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

About the eaglet, about being off today from school, and her damaged swing set. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Inside, Ekon was surprised to find that what he’d always assumed was just a broom closet actually contained a set of narrow, inclining stairs. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Lavender filled it half-full of water and carried it, together with a glass, into the classroom and set it on the teacher's table. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stand up to clear our dishes, but after I stack them, I just set them aside. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

For this formal affair, however, places were set at table, and the buffet was enormous, eighteen or twenty hot and cold dishes, mostly variations on sube-eggs and breadapple. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were silvery blue and made her think of whispers and magic, the perfect setting for what Ivy was about to do. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A large, round cage set on a wooden base that has been carved into swirling white flames. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then I fired the Vonnegut’s engines and set a course for another planet in Sector Seven, not far from Archaide. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bet anything that if it had been me who hit him with that shot putt, he’d be setting this tree on fire right now,” Ben said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who has set us apart from all the rest? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“How do you feel, setting there like a man, boy?” a man asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of the incubator setting when I came in. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The dusk was deep when at length they set out, creeping over the westward rim of the dell, and fading like ghosts into the broken country on the borders of the road. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And red the grass beneath his feet, and red his banners bright, and red the glow of setting sun that bathed him in its light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’d make that boy— I set down the water buckets, removed my cloak, and hung it from a peg near the fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had hiked twenty-two miles in two days—a highly respectable distance for us—but a distinct listlessness and sense of anticlimax, a kind of midmountain lassitude, had set in. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The sky crumbled into a set of destructive storms and out of the north came hurricanes that scattered roofs about and knocked down walls and uprooted every last plant of the banana groves. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“This will be a tale to tell our grandchildren,” Cletus had declared the day they set out from his father’s castle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We would not be set apart from our distinguished audience at all; instead, we would be playing practically in their royal laps. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Leon and his friends backed away as if I’d set a match to them. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I adjust the settings and now everything isn't all stretched and too bright. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Every time I set foot on one, it tells on me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

We cut everything into pieces, set a plate in front of Quinby, and stepped back, watching and hoping. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Feed them first, Maria,” Ultima said wisely, she was already setting down plates. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Use them to trade this winter when the hunger sets in.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Tell us, have you been setting anything mad and hairy loose in the castle lately?”’ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She even sends us sometimes to bring back meat from the butcher marché, a place where Rachel will not set foot on account of the intestines and neatly stacked heads. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unstoppered a new pot and set it down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The wind whistled over the settlements in the afternoon, and the farmers began to set out mile-long windbreaks of eucalyptus to keep the plowed topsoil from blowing away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Difficult setting me up with the trusted photographer, who’s busy on many fronts. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Our Map Room was set on fire and you ran off to talk to your shuck girlfriend? What’s wrong with you?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Without a word they both hopped out and set to work, Joe scavenging bigger logs that burned well in his shop’s heater, Nancy gathering smaller branches that would fit easily into the kitchen stove. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t use that tone with me, Russell. I set the alarm before we left.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Ivan’s voice snapped her out of her flashback, and she startled as he set his hand on her shoulder. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

There were high ferns, and elm trees, and foxgloves in abundance, and the moon had set in the sky. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

His crows, his black vultures, had set fire to the homemade chicken run and the one-room cottage. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But the men had set up a snug and spotless dugout for the pilots of the 46th Guards to sleep in. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

There were probably fourteen or fifteen rabbits—no more—who set off with Campion, some time before ni-Frith, to try to retrace the long journey they had made only the previous day. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its leg had once been broken for marrow, and Thor had set it, but the goat had never been as strong again. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Gearhart wants to know if you set the claymores for remote?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took, however, only a few minutes of listening to Rosy to realize that her determined mind had set upon a different course of action. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Her invisible servants brought two suitcases and set them at her feet. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Vanessa Williams’s face fades away, and Mama’s sets in. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He sets her new pair of running shoes on top of the other stuff. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In order to break through the communication barrier and begin peace negotiations with the Nhambiquara, Rondon set up a phonograph and played records. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

After a quick tour of the girls’ tent, which was slightly smaller than the boys’, though without the smell of cats, Harry, Ron, and Hermione set off across the campsite with the kettle and saucepans. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The shot rang out about time Papa set foot in the dining room. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She merely filled plates and set them before us. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

If both countries set aside land along their common border, the dealers would establish Farms and stop the flow of Illegals. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, I thought coaches were supposed to set an example," said Lu. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They are a set of manners, customs, and rules that cover everything from the correct size of a serving to the order of dishes served at a meal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He had his easel set up by the ocean. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small jazz combo with a bass, a piano, and a drum set providing the "rhythm" background for a trumpet improvising a solo. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I set one foot on the first step leading to the loft. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

We had hiked 500 miles, a million and a quarter steps, since setting off from Amicalola. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her features were blurred, her colouring indistinct, the setting of her eyes and the texture of her hair were still uncertain, still to be revealed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They had distilleries set up to make drinking water and stocks of food enough to last for years. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yanked his gloves on and set off across the yard, leaning hard into the wind as his cloak snapped and swirled behind him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m squeezing lemons for the lemonade stand Zack and I set up on our street corner. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Here I've set out to throw my anger into the world's face, but now that I've tried to put it all down the old fascination with playing a role returns, and I'm drawn upward again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, as the sun began to set, he was in a different country, a stranger in a strange land, where he couldn’t even speak the language. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s just enough counter for the china tea set. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As he set out on his trip, he noticed another teenager, a gangster named El Brujo, at the bus station in Honduras waiting to go to the Mexican border. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

While I was out, I collected the twenty-six solar cells that aren't under the rover and set them up to recharge my batteries. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fell under his weight, and the fall twisted my club out of my hand, set it in just the right position for me to fall on. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When Johnny felt that she was comforted, he set her down and went into the shack where he had either an eye opener or a night cap. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cressida and Pollux have made beds for us, arranged our food and medical supplies, and now ask what I want to do about setting up a guard. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A beaming Fred stood before them, wearing a set of magenta robes that clashed magnificently with his flaming hair. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then the man of the house played the accordion, fireworks were set off, and drums celebrated the event throughout the town. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

To maintain power in the face of the country’s rising and restless black majority, the government realized they needed a newer and more robust set of tools. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

This was my first experience setting foot into a caged place. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The new girl, ma’am,” she said, setting a plate of fresh-baked strawberry tarts on the table. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in this skies-forsaken place, I can point unfailingly to where the sun rises and where it sets, to the Empire's capital in the north, Antium, and to Navium, its main port due south. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The desert seems to be a brown wasteland of dry, prickly scrub whose only purpose is to serve as a setting for the majestic saguaros. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Not once had I given in to the reputation you’d all set for me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m all right,” he said and set the tray on the table in front of the big deep chair. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She set up a Nativity scene with hay inside her house. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

When he needed drinking water, he set out a can and I filled it at the brook. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Later in the evening, when his mind had been set at rest about the bootjack, Laurie said suddenly to his wife, “Mrs. Laurence.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I think,’ said Mr. Lyte quietly, ‘all of you ladies and gentlemen will agree that this cup our—ah, cousin, is it?—has brought back tonight is one of this set?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we all set there in the quiet, waiting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And you ought to see him in his hunting clothes grunting away, doing pull-ups on that rusted swing set in his backyard. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

A set of silver scales appears on the table between the cards, balancing precariously, each side piled with diamonds that sparkle in the candlelight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Like, send her off on a barge out to sea and set her on fire. Let her go out in a blaze of glory.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The twelve sentry rats were locked in the hut they had been set to guard. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“It’s like she’s got some auto-service set up, so these are set to go out at certain times. Tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon, then...” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Later, after he sets up Noah with canvases and paint—Noah couldn’t resist when Guillermo offered—Guillermo finds me in the yard, where I’ve started on the clay model for Mom’s sculpture. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The doors to the Great Hall were set in the mouth of a stone dragon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I had a device I wanted to try, and put some hickory sticks in a tin can and set it to boiling while I fixed dinner. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Apple juice,” Fiona and I say together, and when Mom leaves, Fiona puts aside my newly organized binder and sets me up with paper, pencil, and my math book. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The normal classroom items were there: desks, chalkboards, a set of encyclopedias. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But then she recognizes—just as he sets his foot on the first stair—that his stride is out of rhythm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Steak, for instance—the very best steak shouldn’t have been more than ten frogs a pound but Lee set it at twelve and a half. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she only paused for a moment, and then she shook the feeling away and set off to find her brother. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She set the fish package down on the wall, where it would stay chilled until she was ready to cook it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was on the downhill side of the street, and we had to descend a set of stairs to get to it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Regional Commands were set up around the country, and an area like the eastern Cape had over fifty cells. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They set up shop on the bluffs that mark the edge of high water—close enough to the river to fish, far enough to avoid the flood. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The only notable thing about the birth was that the infant was born with a caul which was supposed to indicate that the child was set apart to do great things in the world. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Father set me to reading the letter out loud, helping me with the more difficult words. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we always harvested a good amount for the mule and the pigs and some to set aside for seeds for next year. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tapped a finger on each answer before setting their slates down on the desk. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Estha wasn’t sure how they decided how many millstones to take with them before they set off on their voyage. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set out in the early afternoon, hungry because I couldn’t find any bread to steal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

These weren’t typical hunters; the strings of bullets told me they were combatants, probably hungry and unpaid and setting traps for extra food. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s an attempt to set a backfire to his own empathy—whatever it takes to prevent his conscience from burning him alive. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They set up the camera again and the sports guy put the microphone back in my face. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was very small, and perched not atop a cloud but on a very large tower constructed entirely from stacked-up railroad ties, the whole thing set smack in the middle of a grassy plateau. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

My hands trembled as I set the pledge card back down on the desk. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mounting the dais which had been set up for his use, he swirled the sinister cloak about him and sat down in the Abbot’s chair. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She set down her cup and faced me with this big grin. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Pointing at Harry with his black, withered hand, he said, “You are setting too much store by the prophecy!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But I think that if Cheddar has his way, the cat will never set foot on anything but carpet for the rest of his life. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Nauseated, I set the paper aside as the train arrived at the South Park Avenue station, the second-to-last stop. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Davenport was running through some last-minute changes with the set decorator. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She picked up one foot and set it carefully onto the ice, and then the other. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The man looked through the satchel, found it to be true, and set it aside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When she finished a hat, Ma set it on a board to dry, shaping it nicely as she did so, and when it dried it stayed in the shape she gave it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waved his hands at the weathered gray wooden houses, set close together, that lined the street. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra fled across the Arabian Desert to Syria and set about raising an army. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

A majestic green mountain sat in harmony with the deepening blue sky, the sun spreading its light for the last time before it set. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene sat in the middle of the carpet, with a real set look on his face. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Z stuffed Sairy’s box in his sack and set off in search of a Tiller box. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

His right foot recovered, but on his left foot gangrene had set in in the toes. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He wanted this done quickly so that as soon as the manuscript was set in type, all components of the book would be in hand, ready for the presses. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Working its way along the cracks in his face, it would eventually end as a shine against his cheekbones, which were prominent high points in an otherwise gaunt set of features. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a queen-size bed for my parents and, in the corner, a cot set up for me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Our school’s entire set of encyclopedias only had two articles about blacks—Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

But this did not prevent the Inquisition depositing an unsigned, un-notarized and unwitnessed set of ‘minutes’ of the meeting in the official record. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He wanted a more creative career instead, and he set out to develop the skills to become a playwright. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

His heart was set on sending me to the orphan house, I could tell. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no one left in the oak tree when he reaches it, only a great deal of acorns on the ground, and the sun is starting to set. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Many others had come to watch, too, even the governor, and we all cheered as she passed, setting out on her lonely voyage to England. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the boys were finally asleep and Joseph was resting comfortably, Eliza set two chairs by an open window, handed me a mug of lemonade, and motioned for me to sit down. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This melodic symmetry had not been a noticeable feature of the more onward- flowing, unpredictable tunes of Bach and Handel, whose phrases were so often guided by the metre of the words they set. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She pulled out the long, white candles they would light, noting they had only one set left. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She set her dress down and retrieved the book from the shelf, flipping pages until she found a map. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

How carefully I had set up our lives here. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Alex fumbled in his pocket and took out the set of earphones. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He sighed and stood, feeling, he later said, “like an utterly exhausted swimmer setting foot on firm land.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rooms were set aside for bookbinding and herb mixing and broadsword training and hand-to-hand combat practice. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She set her fry down and sat back in her chair, sighing. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We made our garage sale treks on Saturdays, Baba the driver and me the navigator, and set up our display on Sundays. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

What sets them apart is that once they figure out how to get that deal, they want to tell you about it too. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of the three of us was of an age for such adventures, but we had a couple of drinks and set off. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set aside my two pairs of prison underwear, two pairs of socks, two round-neck white T-shirts, a pair of sneakers, a pair of work boots, gloves, and a wool cap. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

At the end of the number one line in the Bronx, where the trains stop before turning around and going back to Manhattan, Gunn set up a cleaning station. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, since Penelope knew the best way to teach anybody anything was by setting a good example, she lay down in the hay and closed her eyes. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“We got this,” I promise, and when Mustafa throws down the card I was hoping for, I know we won by getting all the sets and crushing our opponents in the most humiliating way. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

We have to set our schoolbooks down to make the snowballs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We set the timer on Audrey’s camera last Christmas, and there we are. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The Colonel, Takumi, and I got there first, setting up our sleeping bags on the softest bales of hay. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The North Korean government could hardly set the record straight, since it denies that Camp 14 exists. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She set a brisk pace, so that anyone who saw them would think they had someplace to be and the right to be where they were. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A south breeze brought the scent of lilacs and sweet fennel to his nostrils and set all the frosty-green leaves of a silver poplar tree to trembling. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whitcross is no town, nor even a hamlet; it is but a stone pillar set up where four roads meet: whitewashed, I suppose, to be more obvious at a distance and in darkness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

By the time we passed through the wall at Aldersgate, the sun had set, and the streets were growing dark. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Multiple sets of footsteps moved toward the side of the bridge. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She and a friend have set a date to start the journey together. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He took the tightly folded rectangle from the notepad and set it on the table, and judging by the little bits of cartoony blue and gray, it looked like Batman, but I wasn't sure. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Two sets of jocks were arm wrestling at the kitchen table. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not yet dark out, but a five-fifteen dimness had set in. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Out from behind the settle popped the robbers, and set upon him with a vengeance. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He set up headquarters in the palace to protect the royal family as the fighting flared around them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“The governor got the legislature to pass laws closing the schools. But a new school board,” Mother said, “might make a difference. They’re the ones who set the start dates for the schools and...” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They too wore dark glasses, their hats were set high upon their heads, the brims turned down. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set out small offerings of guava and avocado I have picked and broken open, exposing them to him as food. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A trial date for the shooter, who was indicted last month, has not yet been set. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He looked past the chalkboards to the round metal door set into the stone of the mountain. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And when they’re not setting up to attack us and lay the torch to our homes, they’re aping our fine ways, eating elfin foods, trying to be just like us. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Soon, we are lined up and brought to the main butterfly garden, which is a clear plastic tent set up inside a bigger room. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Late in the day, Kira set out for home with Matt and Branch. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men set up a domino table and took turns playing, the losers giving up their chairs to the ones waiting their turn. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the fall there were always cotton buyers, and usually four or five drummers who would set up their merchandise in a hotel room, stay a few days, then move on to another little town. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Jonathan set the milk bucket on the table, now very much aware of his hunger. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

When we got to Gus and Bertha’s, we set the trap up over by the bushes at the edge of the yard. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They was setting up a factory to make the powder. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Richardson had gone in to the office to catch up, as he often did on Saturday mornings; the recent developments in the McCullough case had set him behind in everything else. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I set the milk pail inside and grabbed up the rope. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

On Sunday afternoon, March 7, some six hundred people set out from Brown Chapel, walking two abreast in a long, orderly procession that stretched for several blocks. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sets the reproduction back on the desk. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I ran down to the far goal, set my bag down, and pulled on my protective gear. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers were still telling everyone to be quiet while the microphone was set up, and a loud screech from the amplifiers pierced the room. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Now the companions had set off, doubts tormented him and his heart was heavy. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the porch swing later, not even bothering to push it, and listen to the table being set inside. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

One set of plants was grown using organic methods. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Mothers and daughters will be set against each other. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It had been set to the other side of the candles, opposite the relic boxes. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Calder gulped a glass of chocolate milk, stuffed a cookie in each cheek, and set off at a run. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But why would they set their own house on fire?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Because Athenian bulk exports to Egypt would have been far more limited than her imports, Alexandrian cargo ships would come home far higher in the water than when they set out. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

And that her mom felt she could change the dynamics by again changing the circumstances and the setting. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

That idea sets me off, and over the next few days, whenever I'm not talking to my folks or Alicia or not eating or sleeping, I'm being a detective. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most straightforward extension of this book will be to quantify further, and thus to establish more convincingly the role of, intercontinental differences in the four sets of factors that appear to be most important. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

One evening in early fall Jenner and I set out for the marketplace. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I ripped off the wrapping paper and inside a box were a set of three cotton dish towels hand- stitched with my name on them. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Cilia was setting the table, and Isannah playing with the cat. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Skarpi made a small gesture to the bar- keep who set out a mug of beer as the children began to trickle out onto the street. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After twenty minutes of trying to set up the telescope, Diego threw his hands in the air and admitted defeat. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She said it was a full setting for twelve and worth at least two hundred. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took their whole team to set Ray’s bones. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The neutral setting, moreover, is in keeping with the mythological subject, which takes place in an indeterminate time and place. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set off down the slush-streaked street, squinted to make sure it was actually Art in the driver’s seat, then climbed into the passenger side. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Inej gestured to a pair of big metal doors set into what looked like a giant chimney that jutted out from the wall and stretched all the way up to the ceiling. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His temporary desk at JPL was nothing more than a folding table set up in the back of a break room. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Night falls, autumn in 1936, and Werner carries the radio downstairs and sets it on the sideboard, and the other children fidget in anticipation. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I did not realize the extent to which it had set him off until one day he came into my office. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The sheriff pointed at the bench and tolt Syl’s ma, “You set right there till we come back with them chains, gal.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t want to meet her,” said Eevie, setting down her book and reaching for another. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then they take away my bundle and examine it, shaking out the two shirts and the two sets of curtains. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Albie, no,” she said, setting the mug on the counter. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember, Firenze, we are sworn not to set ourselves against the heavens. Have we not read what is to come in the movements of the planets?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

More people spilled out the doorway and onto the sidewalk to listen on loudspeakers set up outside. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

And so, the day before the midwife’s departure, Jane set Beetle a score of tasks to accomplish in her absence and made ready to leave without the girl. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice spot here, good sight lines, set it down, Pfennig. I’ve sent our friend Volkheimer ahead. He’s somewhere on the hill.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Anthony had already made plans for the Eleventh National Woman’s Rights Convention, set for May in New York, and she wanted to move forward with the meeting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The drawing room had been prepared for the interview as if it were a stage set, with two chairs drawn near each other and a tea tray already in place on the sideboard. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Dylan was the one who set up Quinton and Maria’s kidnapping. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It is difficult to usher the remaining patrons out as the dawn creeps up, and they are only consoled by assurances that they may return when the sun sets again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She didn't answer him, so he went back to setting up his cars. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Florida cupped the worm and set it back in the mud. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’s set his alarm for eight o’clock, not wanting the day to go to waste. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Like a shot he disappeared down a set of stairs on the other side of the platform. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Somebody in the squad set off a flare. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you set that forest fire over at Davy?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before he even bothers to try his slice of cake, Uncle Phil sets out on a mission to find the perfect spot in his house to display the painting. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We set them all around the kitchen floor and then brought in the gunnysacks and untied them. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Determined to prove herself, she set her mind on mastering Gallup’s method. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

We set off over hills and through woods, until at last we came upon a narrow, winding path. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In May 1991, when I was sixteen years old, the rebels drove the president out of the country and set up a new government that was friendly with Northern Sudan. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the inside of the rear cockpit, loaded with the ashy remains of “onze radios”—eleven “wireless sets.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Later, after everything has been taken inside, the workmen come out and set up a trampoline under the tall ceiba tree. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

When Jinny arrived back in the kitchen, the boys were sitting on a bench, joking and counting up their stingers, as Ben plucked them out with an old set of tweezers. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the mornings, that bathroom seat get cold out there, give me a little start when I set down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

That swing set was still back there, weeds growing out of the little ditch I’d created from kicking myself higher as a little kid. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Capricorn's men had set fire to the house soon after taking over the deserted village. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I got a glass down from the cabinet and set it on the table. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He sets her in his wheeled desk chair and pants as he whirls her in circles until she cannot laugh anymore for the pain of it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Which leads to thoughts of Maxwell, the golden eagle, his favorite bird to visit at the sanctuary until the eagle was set to the sky. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

If you set it down on top of the United States, it would cover not quite half the lower forty-eight states. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

On the next Saturday morning, Russell, Piper, and Maniac set out for Finsterwald’s house, about seven blocks away. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, she knew that when the next morning came she would have to set out again, and that this task would have to be performed every day until the rains came again. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He recovered and said, “Then our course was already set from the moment I laid eyes on you, on that dirty street.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In one leap he jumped onto the alarm clock, landing right on the button that set off the alarm. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A black toilet seat, worn through to wood in some places, is set in the middle of a rough-hewn bench. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I felt put out because I didn’t get any nice presents: no sweater set, no phonograph records—oh, I thought that day was the lowest a girl can go. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyhow, that last day on the Island, we were in our side-by-side bedrooms, the four girls, setting out our clothes for going to the United States. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Barbarian,” she said, then she set her mouth, raised her head so her chins quivered, and stared straight ahead of her. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Che Guevara’s face had set a violence quivering within her like a loose wire. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set the table with paper plates, folded paper towels, plastic cups, and metal utensils. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She learned “ballroom” dancing, although neither she nor her partners ever expected to set foot in something called a ballroom. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought that he should have gotten a couple of extra sets of wheels from the other carts in the store but it was too late now. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She set it before the picture of the Virgin Mary on the corner altar shelf between vases of pink paper roses. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

We purchased cups of warming coffee and took them to a set of long tables, where we sat with a sprinkling of other steamy hikers and ate our packed lunches. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had taken one of our giant towels and set it over the thing. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our equipment is set up at the baseball held for our class. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“She set out to explore the house, I think. “You will milk her before we retire, Wormtail,” said the second voice. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

No matter, though, the sheepherder grabbed a shovel and set to, vehemently attacking the earth under which his dog apparently was trapped. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the half full jug and set it on the table and unscrewed the cap and sniffed the water and then raised the jug in both hands and drank. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Just once. One day at the park, we were on the swing set, and she asked me if I was scared of her.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Miss Love having worked for Grandpa at his store for two years or more, she must already know he was stingy and set in his ways. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A month or so after the fire, I was setting down a clean pitcher of water in Lady Seymour’s bedchamber whilst Madam read the newspaper aloud to her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ease and rapidity with which this meeting was set up made me suspect that the government might have planned this rendezvous ahead of time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They set up two biocontainment pavilions at the hospital and shut the people up for a couple of weeks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A curving set of steps led to statues by the entrance. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are nice, bright green, set in an angular face with high cheekbones and just the right number of freckles. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Multiple copies of the king appeared, one for every avatar who set foot on the dais. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Pops didn’t really make a difference in the set. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I set my bare feet down on the floor and walked to the door and peered into the hallway. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Though it was not fully light, Sander and I dressed, breakfasted, and set out for the Globe. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We called a time-out and the coach set up a play for me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

How I’d squeeze my eyes shut and choke down a scream every time a set of headlights nailed us. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He put up one of the first temporary buildings in the quake’s aftermath, moved the cars in, and set out to craft a new image for Buick. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, well refreshed, the three voyagers set out on the last leg of their journey. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I set her up with a big pile of rocks and she’s fine. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

So thinks thy Timid & Affectionate Brother, Evidence Goring My dear Fruition — I have done my Good Work for today & shall set it down. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

To her way of thinking all these things set her aside from Negroes. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was the gloomiest, most depressing bathroom Harry had ever set foot in. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Some would argue for the third possibility on the grounds that if there were a complete set of laws, that would infringe God’s freedom to change his mind and intervene in the world. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's still set to WGN, and it's a movie preview, the one where Jack Nicholson is holding the ax and trying to push his face through a door. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set my tray down across from him. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Once Sizwe and I added the dancers to our DJ sets, we blew up. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Field hands who never set foot in the main house, and they had known. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s had a rough first day on the job, and Jax still has a lot to learn, but I trust him and I’ll need his help to set things right.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She weighed ninety-eight pounds; rings—a wedding band and one set with a diamond modest to the point of meekness—wobbled on one of her bony hands. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth recognized something else in her face, too—in the hard set of her mouth and the deliberate way she raised her chin like she was ready to accept any challenge. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Every time that cell divided, in the many embryological steps that went into making you, the original set of genetic instructions was duplicated with great fidelity. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bookcases filled with complete sets of Tom Swift, The Bobbsey Twins, The Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew were in the grade-school hallway and available to any student for the asking. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And as I took one last look I saw not a crowd but the set faces of individual men and women. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A streetlight flashes across his face, revealing how tight his jaw is set. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

They covered and wove in and out of several sets of snakebite scars on his arms. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Just after Dad put the paper down and Mom turned the set on there was a moment. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

The one other time Alex could remember getting sent home early was when someone set off a stink bomb last year in the girls’ bathroom. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Somebody broke into my phone’s weak security, faked Hideo’s voice, set me up—he’s probably laughing his head off right now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Getting your clothes off gracefully, always such an impossibility; thinking up what to say afterward, without setting the echoes going in your head. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s set up that way so families can get food for everyone,” he said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

When Luke went down to supper, he saw that Mother had set his two loaves of bread out on the china plate she used for holidays and special occasions. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Suggs, who had set up their canning apparatus in their front yard, saw her running, dancing toward them. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His face was set hard in an attempt to regain his equilibrium, when he pulled off the main highway and stopped on a dirt road that led into the jungle. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the First Craftsman moved away, scowling as usual, to set a finished collar upon the shelf, Ranofer hurried to the low worktable. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was all very, very satisfying, and never so much as when, finally, she made a sound like the sighing of doves and violins, and...set fire to his bed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That morning they lit a fire in a deep hollow shrouded by great bushes of holly, and their supper-breakfast was merrier than it had been since they set out. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The letters told her to call the 800 number and set up a payment schedule. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I poured her a little more and set the bottle back down in the little hole in the ground. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She reaches for his hand, sets something in his palm, and squeezes his hand into a fist. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He set the pans down, and then suddenly saw what Sam was doing. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They took it in turns to sleep in the big bed, to make the supper, to set snares in the wood for small animals, to draw water up from the deep well behind the house. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I set off again, maintaining for some reason - perhaps because I expected further farm creatures to wander across my path - my slow speed of before. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She set the scrap a paper between us on the step, then she get in her Cadillac. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Fina calls and texts me about a thousand times, so I set my phone to silent. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

So he bought a set of portable wheelchair ramps that fold and fit in the back of our SUV. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Presently the four set out together into the still, frosty twilight. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Economic and military rivalries are set aside to save the world. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There’s a huddle of college kids setting up. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have much time to hang out these days, not with the ferocious pace I’d set and the breadth of my self-assigned duties: moodiness, anxiety for the safety of every person, insomnia... The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The girls had set up all the stuff in the auditorium; and they had, with Miss Violet’s help, composed the story about the three wise men. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Kufa and one of his brothers set out at first light to dig the grave. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the motions of her shoulders I could see she was turning something set into the foot of the bed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In the night they had built a stone wall, had set out pickets, had taken prisoners. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somkit took a deep breath and set his hands on his knees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He set me up for taking the entrance examinations, for which I returned to Atlanta one month later. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I set the glass down on the napkin, Mister Johnny stands up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I popped the screen out of the window and set it carefully against the wall. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

With a little bow and a last awed look at the false door, he backed out of the chapel and set off hurriedly for Rekh’s shop and his work. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Such companies were legally independent of the people who set them up, or invested money in them, or managed them. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is set back from the street, a cobblestone alcove formed by grey stone walls. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that I was too busy, but now it’s all set. If you stay I can get it for you right away. Next week.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire in the grate has burned low, and the air coming in through the open window in the front room bears a chill, the land getting cool as the sun sets. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Please, Mrs. Cobb, may I come in and set a while and listen to Turner play your organ? Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When it was time for me to leave, I thanked Mrs. Odom, climbed on Lenny’s bike, and set off for home. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Pearls would set my hair off to advantage. Fetch them, there’s a good girl.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Your Grace,” he said, “I fear your eunuchs are ill suited for the tasks you set them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Winters whenever one of us got out of line, Mami and Papi would march out the old "Maybe what you need right now is some time back home to help set you straight." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The windows around the tower were small and deeply set, like frowning eyes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel, with a delightful sense of having been proved right by events, set to work on a patch of clover. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometime I am going to take on a whole village by myself, just like Rambo,” Alhaji told me, smiling at the new goal he had set for himself. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His eyes were like his sword, and neither one reflected the light of the fire or the setting sun. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“She even bought me this beautiful set of Samsonite—powder blue, all matching. Because she’d had to borrow old, broken-down suitcases from relatives, and that made her feel so bad and worthless.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Rymund played his harp, accompanied by a pair of drummers and a youth with a set of reed pipes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Slapped the baton against her leg a few times, then got set. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

After they book you in for something serious—murder, attempted murder, setting a person on fire on a bus—they put you in a camera room for the first twenty-four hours. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I had packed in a hurry, simply noted that I had the correct set, and stuck them in my pack. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her attorneys refused to enter a plea, a preliminary hearing was set for two weeks later, and she returned home. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She laid her own apron on the floor, set the bundle of bones on top of it, and tied the apron the other way, so there was cloth all around. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She said that the program had been specifically set up for boys because no one even knew the situation of the girls at the camp. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officer put it in his shirt pocket with a childlike glow in his eyes and he put the others back in the can and set it back where it had been. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I set the date for the dinner—Saturday, June 18—as soon as my animal was in the bag. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I pull the drawer out and set it on the floor, my hands shaking with excitement. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can set up visitation,” Catalina said one day when they met in the adoption counselor’s office. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m setting down the stories of the Regiment in my Itinerarium,” I said. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then I set up the card table on the screened breezeway between the house and the garage. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The set was an annual publication, like the World Almanac, and each is full of diagrams of motors, wiring systems, pumps, silos, balers, and so on. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

By silver light I saw the black thing pulling shadows into itself, setting up magnetic whorls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was beginning to set in the west. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I picked up a pile of art books and a sketch pad and set it on the floor. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It disturbed him that the plants thrived and filled the fenced patch with bloom like a funeral parlor, but would not set fruit. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His teeth were two rows of pointed cut diamonds arrayed in a lipless grin, and a large ruby was set in each of his eye sockets. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was at it a long time, and I lost interest, closed the Venetian blind, and joined my sisters and brothers in front of the television set. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It seemed a strange way to live, without family, but he was just as glad not to have to pretend to love another set of parents. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

"If any man in this hall has other matters to set before His Grace, let him speak now or go forth and hold his silence." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Father only smiled, and went to work setting up the poles correctly, giving directions to me and Robin. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set the platter of roast beef down on the kitchen table and watch, hoping this doesn’t turn into something. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"I hear that. Listen, we need to set the record straight on this. That cracker was in the wrong, and we all know it." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When the SS set up its vast system of concentration camps, they moved these criminals into the camps to help control the prisoners. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

One of their forwards stole the puck back before I could even get set, and shot, and I nabbed the puck midair, robbing him of the easy goal. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A long scream punctuated the air, then set off a chorus of others. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He set the lunch sack between us, and we dug in. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Minho lifted it to reveal a set of wooden stairs leading into blackness. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But almond trees use more water than almost everything—and with rationing set so low, the almond farms failed first. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mom felt that Grandma Smith nagged and badgered, setting rules and punishments for breaking the rules. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s only when I hear the oven door closing shut and the beeps of my mom setting the timer on the stove that I release them. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my worn-out pocket dictionary from the stack and set it next to it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Zahotep set the bit of the drill into the hole again, still grumbling. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She set her trunk down in the aisle and reached out a hand to help Olive on board. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But somehow, when put together and set in motion, the full package conveyed sheer majesty. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I climbed up a set of stairs marked p-12, where the green sign said, MRS. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What case are you working on?” asked Zach, stuffing the envelope of honey money into his pocket and setting the box of jars on the side table by the window. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When our powers of rapid cognition go awry, they go awry for a very specific and consistent set of reasons, and those reasons can be identified and understood. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Their new science was organized around the virtues of a juge d’instruction: intellectual rigour, a set of formalized procedures, a quest for a complete proof, a confidence that one need only answer to other professionals. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I set the tray in front of Grandfather, and he patted my hand. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blew Magdalys a kiss and then set about loading the Winchester she was carrying. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Yet he was as deliberate about setting up his motel room as a military ritual. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It had grass, proper soccer goals with nets, and lights overhead that allowed for practice when the sun set early in the fall. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The publication of the report of the Tomlinson Commission for the Socio-Economic Development of the Bantu Areas had set off a nationwide debate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath my suit, I wore a set of clothes and a pair of sneakers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little table was set for a meal Gran and Ivy would never share. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She left but came back with a glass of water, which she set on the floor next to me because I wouldn’t take it from her. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Donnelly and the long-haired photographer were set up at midfield. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

As soon as he had passed this cemetery island, the Conte set a northeasterly course. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the night shadows drifted from the peaks, Eilonwy lit her golden sphere and set it in the crevice of a faulted rock. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to her that Ammu would later invite shame upon herself—that she would go to the police and try and set the record straight. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth looked back at the elevator, which was now completely out of reach—a polished set of metal doors hanging in space, attached to nothing, six hundred stories above Manhattan. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Why don’t you ease your burden some, son, and set two or three of’em over here?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

This time he pulled several things from it, including a bulky square, which he unfolded and set up—the tent. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Westing set his own example; he neither drank nor smoked and never gambled. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We had a few older agents who were set to retire but decided to putter on for another year. Means we can only offer four spots this summer.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

On the first Monday after the alligator episode, Officer Delinko set his alarm clock for five A.M. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she checked again after supper, as the sun was setting and the mist rising, he was gone and the cheese with him. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

You start with a set of axioms, and derive a series of conclusions by a watertight chain of deductions. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m just saying that doesn’t mean one set is damaged and one set isn’t. The genes for blue eyes and brown eyes are different too, but are blue eyes ‘damaged’? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

At last, they stopped before a set of red-and-gold glass doors so thick that she couldn’t see through them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They chased her to the end of the pier, and without breaking her stride the woman bounded up a set of crates and took a flying leap over the water, arms outspread like wings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The sun had set an hour ago, but the orchids glowed like ghosts in the moonlight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

After graduating our first class of twenty-seven Allies in the spring, we welcomed a new set of forty in the fall and continued to grow from there. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He set up new hybrid crosses—tall with short; yellow with green; wrinkled with smooth. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

At the last minute, lying on his stomach with his feet dangling below, he reached for the grill and set it back in place. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The name printed on the folded paper with the setting sun and praying hands was Herman Clayton Byrd. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He nodded at the trunk, which Bronwyn had set down on the platform. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And all the time her eyes were shining, her white teeth set in a huge grin. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She set her plate aside and clasped her hands on the table. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I can start setting tables or sweeping from any part of the room I feel like; none of that left-to-right, top-to-bottom stuff here. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A candle flickered between the settings, and the first floor of the house was fit a soft gold. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He set down his satchel and opened it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

McAdams cranked up his set and radioed back: WE ARE AMERICANS! Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I want to set the record straight, once and for all. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Around his neck was a set of silver scales. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The students had set the sole administrator’s house on fire; even the guest house behind it had burned to the ground. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I set the yearbook down on my desk, the sun heating my back as I flip through to the page she signed. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

After Scott had set up his congregation, he found that Komo was embezzling money from people who were contributing to the fight against the removal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set the can of peaches on the table in front of him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other half of the room was set up like an office. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Karl accepted the invitation and showed up, right on time, even though it meant breaking the curfew set for young people. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She lifts the bag over her head and sets it on the stone floor. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They placed a gypsy woman at one end of the village and set up the telescope at the entrance to the tent. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

For a safety expert at the top of the chain of command, who lives every day with the responsibility for managing risks, the bird traps set out by her underlings are a distant memory. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

They had gone beyond some boundary and been set free. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He did have a nice set shot, though, and his small, fast hands bothered the boy he guarded. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t about to set the gunnysack aside. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She knew the people who lived in the farmhouses, knew which ones would welcome her and offer food and a night’s lodging, knew which ones would set after her with guns and hounds. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gallops through the first ten pages, the story coming back: worldwide curiosity about what must be a mythical sea monster, famed marine biologist Professor Pierre Aronnax setting off to discover the truth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

After a moment, though, he set his jaw and went after her with a hard, fast stride. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They set off again, the class looking at shabby Professor Lupin with increased respect. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The music starts, and we hop into a set of giant clapping bamboo poles on the floor. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He would say, “Clean water and health care and school and food and tin roofs and cement floors, all of these things should constitute a set of basics that people must have as birthrights.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Word was that Richard had set the skirt alight at the urging of another kid. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She picked up her mug, then set it back down, splashing coffee on the table. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He pulls a chair out for me, sets it in front of his desk. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He asked me to set a date to marry him,” Sadie Jones said, standing at the sink. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had his heart set on being an electrician, like his dad. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five of the children, including Luke and a set of fraternal twins, were three years old. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Anya set her flour sack and fish down before she shook his dripping hand, wondering what Ivan felt with the water right there. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Instead of having to wait until there was an airliner going our way, we could set our own schedules by flying our own planes, and save a lot of time. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small voice inside Harry’s head answered him: Their daring, nerve, and chivalry set Gryffindors apart. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A few weeks after I first noticed them, they look like a thick set of parentheses around my lips, and every time I see them, my stomach drops. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“He could of just picked the car up and set it back on the road.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

To Elizebeth’s surprise, the blackboard story “set the press on fire.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He set his own words to the great classics and gave them simple names like “Lullaby” and “Serenade” and “Street Song” and “Song for a Sunshine Day.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set a challenge to not only be early—or at least on time—but also having a perfect attendance so I wouldn’t ever feel left behind on material like before. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“That needs a higher journalistic skill set—someone in the market with contacts, who knows who the best industry analysts are and has taken the right people to lunch,” said Glocer. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Well, so I had set this trap for myself. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set to and enjoyed a hearty meal. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

A TV set after the power goes out. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Stepping inside, I saw a white bedroom set with cream sheets. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was a blur of hands as the four men made moves on a chess set hardly larger than an index card. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once we reached the clearing that, I assumed, had once been used for campers to set up tents, we were surrounded by dozens of kids. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Emily set her backpack on his desk and unzipped it to pull out her notebook. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When I set the glass on the counter, he lifted his brows. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His father had set a grueling pace, and it had taken its toll. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was an age-blacked, dungeonlike building with its own rickety little graveyard in the back, set on a rolling country lane. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His face was lean and brown and corded as jerky and his old eyes were brown, even the whites were brown and deep set so that they looked out of holes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Big Ma got up out of her chair and turned off the TV set. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

What badness, what fear or anger or hunger made them hit Djo so hard, made them kick him on the floor, set fire to his hair? Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read every article I could find about the men at the Cape and kept myself pinned to the television set for the latest on what they were doing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The women have set up long tables and laid out side dishes, desserts, and cold drinks. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Watching the television gave me a new set of worries about war and bomb shelters, but it also opened up whole new worlds. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hand Clap set off with a basket on one arm. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the sun rose, she set out again, keeping it at her back. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around midday we would halt, and cut and set up a few blocks of ice for a protective wall if the wind was strong. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I swore to Mother I would not set foot into the forest with him or anywhere out of sight. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, remembering the chest the Aleuts had brought to shore, I set out for Coral Cove. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Andromedans defeat the Bloodhounds in record time, their world set in a maze of fiery catacombs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Starved and tired enough he was: but he looked happier than when he set out. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even if she could get past the troops at Pelusium, Ptolemy’s advisers would have her killed the minute she set foot inside the city. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Leo was pretty sure it would take more than a few matches to set that giant ablaze. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know he’s setting me down on the back of his cart. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

We leave our phones, watches, and anything else that could set off the metal detector in the car. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Three bowls of snacks—Cheetos, potato chips, and pretzels—were set on top. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

So they laid them apart from their foes and the fell beast and set spears about them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But she went on talking, in an open, careless, willful way that little by little set him at ease. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Upon discovering the wolves, she had settled down to live near them in the hope of sharing their food, until the sun set and the stars came out to guide her. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It interested me, even at that moment, to see, that, whilst the face of white set passion worked convulsively over the bowed head, the hands tenderly and lovingly stroked the ruffled hair. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She even gave the penman, who set up temporary shop outside headquarters, a dime to make a card for her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Montag, a funny thing. Heard tell this morning. Fireman in Seattle, purposely set a Mechanical Hound to his own chemical complex and let it loose. What kind of suicide would you call that?” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the absence of the Batys and Pris he found himself fading out, becoming strangely like the inert television set which he had just unplugged. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t no fever,” he says, and sets down the groceries on the table. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Now I can tell for sure her eyes are smiling, but her lips are still set. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wave back but set down my brown-bag lunch next to Dana. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then he sets it inside and picks up his shovel again. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

According to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the Seneca Falls Convention “set the ball in motion.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A few days later, I called the new D.A. to set up a meeting. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Take the language-game represented by Ptolemaic astronomy; that game ceased to be possible when the telescope showed that Venus has a full set of phases. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Mom came over to me where I was setting the table and she took a handful of forks and set them out as I placed the knives. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Love that sets forth the soul like springtime and ripens it like summer. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Following the instructions, which told him to cut here, lift there, and fold back all around, he soon had the tollbooth unpacked and set up on its stand. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I set the ice cream down cautiously and sit down at the breakfast bar. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Except for a portable television set, which they couldn’t connect because they had no electricity, Reba won nothing. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waxing moon had just set, and the sky glittered with stars. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She set it on the dresser, between the red truck and the bottle holding Ernie’s leftover tooth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“On the way out to the hot springs, I started telling them about my friend Alex, and the adventure he’d set out to have in Alaska.’ Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama and Papa were so engrossed in their own thoughts and conversation that they didn’t hear the two sets of footsteps pitter-patter down the upstairs hallway. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I made more snares and set these again, but while the wild dogs came close they would not touch the fish. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could set out with confidence when the blizzard let up. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A line had gone down in the last snowstorm, and the repairmen were going to take advantage of the milder evenings to set it right. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Been banned from the kitchen and I don’t like Mister Leefolt thinking all I do is set around playing with the kids. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Lincoln set a new standard for political oratory, but he didn’t abolish what went before—and the high style is still visible in Lincoln’s successors. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Resigned, Eddard Stark put his boots into his horse and set off after die king. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t take long for them to set up. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, it’s not as if they’ve locked me in here,” she said in order to set us at ease. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I read anything in the encyclopedia set we could think of that concerned the ocean. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The key rattling, the creak of the door—these were sounds that set her heart racing. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Bogert stated as much, in an extreme of unshown annoyance after having listened to each set of replies, made lists of word deviations, and graphs of the intervals of responses. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

From setting the dinner table, Buttercup watched them. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t mind being his pal, and he seemed set on it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Esteban Trueba spent many hours with him, first in front of the crystal set, and then, with the battery-operated radio, awaiting the miracle of the distant, anonymous voice that gave them contact with civilization. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding the bird in her hands, she set it on the ground and waited for it to fly off. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The metal stays on her old-fashioned corset set the snitch box off. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen set the table and warmed the honey in a bowl of hot water. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the sidewalk across the way the tobacconist brought out a chair, set it in front of his door, and straddled it, resting his arms on the back. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was the biggest thing to happen to the area since Collis Huntington set up his shipyard in Newport News. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Dad ends the call and sets his phone down on his desk, leaning it against one of the yarmulke towers. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He hit only meat and the hide was set hard and he barely got the knife in. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Fig’s breakfast routine, I set a laser focus on the family laptop. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He set it down, wanting to unburden himself. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

By the time the sun started setting over the Manhattan skyline in the distance, Magdalys and Two Step were covered in soot, but they’d gotten the whole process down to a smooth, step-by-step rhythm. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“We set a fire,” I say, in wonder. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I set it down and looked at her—oblivious, smoking a cigarette, scarcely two feet away. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jenny set the tray on the table so hard the cups rattled in their saucers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I set it back down, I heard the front door open and someone say, “Who’s here?” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He took two paperware bowls from a stack of them wrapped in plastic and set them out on the table. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“That’s true. She knows other things. She sees things — things that might happen, things that are coming. But it’s very subjective. The future isn’t set in stone. Things change.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

On my way back to Spanish Harlem, I figured that it wasn’t Fischman that had set that fire in retaliation for Salazar’s death. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then he picked up a rounded stone, set his feet firm with the left forward, and tossed the stone high into the air. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As always, I couldn’t set a moment ahead. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the machine on the highest setting. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

As the photographer set up his equipment again, this time across the room, I put a hand on the president’s back, guiding him around the couches, to the great dark wood desk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I wondered if the fact that he was not drinking helped to set him off from his guests, for it seemed to me that he grew more correct as the fraternal hilarity increased. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I’m guessing from the tiny sandwiches and ceramic plates that Martin’s parents had a hand in setting this up. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Each device had a small control panel set into one of its eight sides, along with a serial number. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There were four poles on each side, set in the earth, and twice that many for the roof. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed as if everyone had set aside everything and had gone to pay Bodega their humble respects and show their appreciation. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He set the hawk on the top slat of the fence in front of the church, tethering the bird with its leather leg straps so it wouldn’t fly away. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She set it up on my day off from the Brown Cow and give Biddy and me tickets to the movie. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The puppy blinked—he had been asleep in the jacket—and Matty set him on the floor. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

So she set forth for herself and for her brother the task of learning everything about the museum. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reaching the State Floor, we made our way toward the tall set of doors leading to the North Portico, when we heard a voice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The walking candy store helps out by handing me two Wint O Green Life Savers from her bulging laptop case as she opens it to set up her equipment. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She was extremely seasick, and he set her ashore to recover while he returned to the ship to do some necessary work. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They scrambled a noisy “good evenin’” and left their mouths setting open and their ears full of hope. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Mazen is unrelenting, and something about the set of his shoulders and the iron in his eyes reminds me of my mother. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There were two places set at a round table, complete with pads, ashtrays, and water jugs. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I was thinking, Well, it’s not just marriage that’s set up like that. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I knew that he would not go; I saw it in his long silences, in the set of his lips, in his eyes that seemed focused on invisible objects for a long time. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“After I set ’em on fire, Lillian, none of those things makes any difference.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what I look for in a female these days? A heartbeat and a full set of limbs.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

There were coins in that bag, coins that would help a girl set on walking to South Carolina. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she spotted a few rays from the setting sun breaching the billows, and she oriented herself. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

At the bell, Seabiscuit shot straight to the front and set a blistering pace around the first turn and down the backstretch. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think what happened on the soccer field just set us up for disaster later on. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Mom sets her hand on my forehead, and Dad stands next to me, holding my hand. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The riders cried aloud in wonder, and some set their hands upon their sword-hilts. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He would never forget the time he was working out in the fields with a hired hand, an elderly black man named Ivy, when the man set down his hoe and sang “Dixie.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She made him a big pot of rice and cowpeas, and he set off the next morning. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here we go,” she said, setting the radio on a church music station. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She dusted the glass to the photograph, and said, “Afternoon, Papa. Mama,” and set it back down on the television cabinet. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’m calling on you today to—” Her eyes flicker back to the table where the other ladies is setting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In the morning, after breaking fast with cold beef and ale, we set out once more, still heading south. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He would set as long as his mother would let him. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, Mia set a bowl of soup in front of her, and Lexie brought a spoonful to her lips: chicken noodle, salty, searingly hot. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jay sets the platter of pancakes on the table. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There’s a set of double push doors at the end of the music hallway—and it’s funny, because I’m here all the time, but I’ve never even noticed them. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Four sets his hand on my back and says, “Welcome to Dauntless.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Leo resisted the urge to set his hand ablaze and yell: Bwah ha ha! The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And his eyes, large warm brown irises set on whites that were turning yellow, corroborated this. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she helped her father set up a pallet in the barn for Spoon Man. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She spread the silk on the ground and began the process of dividing and counting, dividing and counting and setting aside, which she’d done so often as a passionate, curious teenager, and hardly ever since. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was glad Maxim had given me a set of brushes, and that they were laid out there, upon the dressing-table, for Mrs. Danvers to see. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The man sets down my papers and opens a yellow folder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The solitude and total freedom of the wilderness created a perfect setting for either melancholy or exultation. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time could not be set aside for comprehensive maintenance and repair. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He had become distracted, and Harry couldn’t blame him; one of the veela had thrown a handful of fire and set his broom tail alight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The icy water sets fire to my cuts and bruises, but everything feels good. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Modern-day gypsies, that’s us. Never set foot in the same place twice.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sun was beginning to set, so we knew we didn’t have much time. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Man, this girl is good, I thought as I watched her set up her next shot. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Werner sets one hand over his helmet, and Volkheimer throws the grenade at the place where the stairwell used to be. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I think of something simple to ask, something that won't set off any alarm bells. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was like a movie—like a movie set, anyway—painted on plywood and propped up by two-by- fours. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell hung in its own rack, set up to sound alarms. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they even fished in the Big Buckwater River, or set traps in the woods, and thus caught rabbits or squirrels and added a little variety to their food. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You must follow all the rules set for you by the Angkar. This way, we will never have to deal with the crimes and corruption of the city people.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one reason only: they were scared to set foot outside the house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun rose, the room began to get unbearably hot, the hours passed, and the sun set again. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A set of stairs curved deeper into the earth, the barreled ceiling held up by more repeating arches, closer together and carved from polished black stone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

By eleven o’clock hysterical nervousness had set in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each time, I would be handed the same set of note cards to read, be faced with the same expressions of hope and deep grief from the crowd. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Golly reaches up to take my waist and then pops me off his shoulders to set me back on the ground. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The race was set up on Plum Street, the long, level block between Ash and Jackson. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vibrating part of the string is shorter, and the whole set of sound waves it makes is shorter. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I want a set of books for someone who is keen on Art,” she would say, and the attendant would answer, “Yes, Madam, will you come this way?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We held brother-sister boxing matches in the kitchen, using the two sets of gloves my dad had given us for Christmas, along with personalized instructions on how to land a proper jab. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Inside, the great hall was lit only by light from the tall, narrow windows set high in the wall, and there were servants polishing the wide expanse of marble. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Sam too bowed his head, hoping that it would hide his face when the torches reached them; and he set their shields before their knees to hide their feet. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

There’s a small sofa, covered in brown plush, a television set, an end table, a couple of chairs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the sound of the voice, a deep bass that set her breastbone humming. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

‘But my lord sends word that we must set ourselves in readiness: orders may come for a sudden move.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The music she played was the kind that sawed through you, cutting into the secret chambers of your heart and setting the sadness free. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you set the hospital floors of this building on fire, I cannot fix her.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A tall man with a brown face, light eyes set rather close together and an arrogant, almost cruel mouth. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

This is especially the case at work—employment settings where family members interact with people they believe could not possibly understand what they are going through. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

One early Sunday morning in July 1984, while Baba set up, I bought two cups of coffee from the concession stand and returned to find Baba talking to an older, distinguished-looking man. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, he had to hope no one had set due south, particularly at an angle to his own set. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were penned in by dense trees, and the ground was rocky, but it was the best place they could find to set up camp. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I always had to fake it a little bit, and then when we moved, I had to fake it all over again with a whole new set of people. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Jostling one another with their elbows, they push through a set of doors at the building’s base. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But the set of her jaw was like her mother’s. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was also developing a splitting headache, anxious about Julie, and wondering why they didn’t just set the dratted plane on fire and get it over with. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

From the carpet bag she took out seven flannel nightgowns, four cotton ones, a pair of boots, a set of dominoes, two bathing-caps and a postcard album. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Once, arriving back in Boston exhausted, he confided to Ophelia that he heard two sets of voices. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Amos was going to be the hardest because just like her ears were set to believe everything that came out of Todd’s lips they were set not to believe anything I said. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The officer holstered his weapon, drawing out a set of cuffs. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She deposits me in front of a meticulously arranged place setting. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

They drove through the rain to Salisbury and set up the tent and booths in the rain. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cook was going to show Ophie how to wash the sheets, but she’d been busy setting up a menu for a dinner party Richard had decided to hold at the last minute. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The next day, a student brought in an empty Sparklet’s water jug and set it in the middle of the classroom. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

As it was, it was he who set the plan in motion, without knowing what he was doing, and without my knowing it either. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Papá oiled it and set up his barbershop in the shed, using an unstable wooden box as a chair. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Mareth cleaned them and set them on the torches to grill. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The MidMerican Conclave is an important one,” Scythe Faraday told them, “because we tend to set the trend for much of the world. There’s an expression, ‘As goes MidMerica, so goes the planet.’ Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The houses were starting to look familiar—big gray and white clapboard houses set far back on their lawns. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He had his easel set up, and he was painting a picture of her house. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I stood near the firepit and set my feet in the direction of his voice. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

While this cooked Baucis set the table with her trembling old hands. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we entered, Sahil left to talk to Victoria about setting up a quiet space for the behind-the-scenes interviews. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The players had set a ladder on the uppermost landing of the outside stairs, and several of them were now on the roof, beating at the smouldering thatch with their capes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Corporal Craigie posed interrogation: “Who set the fires?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The days passed, the sun rose and set and rose and set again and again. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He built a wind-powered mechanism that generated noise to scare birds from the family fields and set out to create a perpetual motion machine. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Since Burger was an accomplished artist and violin player, he was instructed to set up a studio and advertise his services as a commercial artist in the Chicago Tribune newspaper. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Leon and his friend were arriving in the early evening, or even sooner, and the performance was set for seven o’clock. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You set me up!” she cried so loudly students stopped to stare. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The suitors made wide eyes at one another and set to work provoking Telemakhos with jokes about his friends. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they set out along the road through the gray slush, the boy at his side with his hands in his pockets. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They traveled the length of the island with an air of disregarding it and being set on other business; they were less a progress than a momentous rise and fall or the whole ocean. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When it began to grow dark, they set up camp just off the trail; downhill, the river Nir was pregnant with rain. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Stick unfolded a chair and set it by a table. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Now that I was out free, I set to thinking of my future. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had no desire to anger her roommates, but she was quite set on going to see Diana. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He sets the guitar down and chugs the rest of his beer. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The secretary sets down a step- stool, climbs, reaches. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She set the cups of water in front of us while Luisa brought over a tray full of snacks. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I balanced the tray of vegetables on my lap and set to work, plucking the stalks and putting the leaves in a bowl at my feet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was an ugly little building without a front door, set in a landscape of distant, gray-brown mountains and flat, white-gray basins. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

There were other market-folk and visitors setting up their stalls all over the meadow, putting up tents and hanging draperies from trees. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I need my mother to set a good example and be a person I can respect, but in most matters she’s an example of what not to do. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Although Yali’s question concerned only the contrasting lifestyles of New Guineans and of European whites, it can be extended to a larger set of contrasts within the modern world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If they set their two smallest sails, they could crawl up into the wind, away from the shore. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She quit the beauty salon, set up a messenger service as an operating front, and ran all of her business by telephone. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that two sets of numbers are the same size when one set of numbers can “sit” on top of another set of numbers—one to a customer—with none left over. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Maybe better not to talk about it right now,” replied Jinny, setting her sack of snails on the table. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“So lemme see if I have this right,” she said, setting down two plates. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She matched Brum’s steps down the vaulted hall, past smooth white doors, each with a small glass window set into it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I got worried. Thought I turned you against black men or didn’t set a good example of a black man. I couldn’t handle that.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Something, probably a dog, had mauled her shoulder and infection had set in. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Might there be a way to test for discrimination in a public setting? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Mom set her sights on a Piggy Bank Special. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry felt that nothing but action would assuage his feelings of guilt and grief and that he ought to set out on his mission to find and destroy Horcruxes as soon as possible. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The bridge table is set up in Hilly’s antebellum- style parlor with its deafening grandfather clock and gold swag curtains. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Why, that last test wasn’t even fair. Questions on the proper address of European nobles? And European-style place settings? We ain’t even talked about that stuff in our lessons.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He’d be an extra set of hands if we went to factory work again. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, technology startups, software companies, media conglomerates, and so forth are reluctant to set up shop in a town named for Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate general and founder of the Ku Klux Klan. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

While the others set forth food for him, Boreas’ sons took their stand beside him with drawn swords. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

My legs is sweating with Baby Girl setting on me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A funeral chapel had been set up in the dining room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our rooms overlooked Lafayette Square and the North Lawn of the White House, where we could see the grandstand and metal bleachers being set up in preparation for the inaugural parade. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The ants were sprinkled with gasoline and set on fire, but they reappeared, invigorated. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he decided on the basis of his own impression, having seen me in his place so many times, sitting quietly, almost in awe, observing the hustling set. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

By evening, we had set up our camp along the edge of an enormous crater—a hollowed-out earthen swimming pool half a mile across that would have been the lake for Aberdeen Lake. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ma shook her head, putting a napkin over his plate and setting it in the oven. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Then on your mark...get set...go, dog, go!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He set it aside, leaning it carefully against the wall. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tension would set in at the mere mention of whites and a vast complex of emotions, involving the whole of my personality, would be aroused. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get all this from the reactions of the soldiers setting up their beds, because the two women do not speak Polish at all. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

However, that was a distraction; Lyra was still intent on playing Gobblers, and she inveigled Roger down into the wine cellars, which they entered by means of the Butler’s spare set of keys. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The heavy hand slapped back and forth across Ranofer’s face, almost negligently, yet with a force that twisted a crick into his neck and set his ears ringing. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

At nightfall, worn to the bone and feeling as though she might fall asleep in the saddle, Kaede was relieved when the Huntsman stopped and told them they could set up camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even LaPautre looked serious, the dimples set hard in his cheeks. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I had walked past television sets in the stores and wanted so badly to look up close or touch, but I knew better. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Bright will shine the fields of England, Purer shall its waters be, Sweeter yet shall blow its breezes On the day that sets us free. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Janie starched and ironed her face and came set in the funeral behind her veil. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I set my pole down and stood up. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I stuck my little foot down and dug in and got stubborn and set all this up. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

She moved to Philadelphia and cooked for us, saving her wages to set her husband free. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I filled a disposable syringe with the three-units dosage and set it aside. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

There was obviously another set of keys, to the house and the vehicle! Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He walked forward to a second set of gearshifts in the back of the boat and moved her up a few feet. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

His mind skated to a consideration of a tamed town where savagery could not set foot. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

"Her toilette ritual is set to begin in just a moment. You're right on time." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Tell him to dump his leftover bombs in the sea if he’s got any, so he doesn’t set them off when he lands.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Thus informed by the sight of him covered by burlap, I set out from the hospital and returned to our camp, where Pomp swept out our tent. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She had meant to set him free from old age and from death, but that was not to be. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z