I reasoned with the strange shadows impersonating my family, and when reasoning failed, I lied. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Inside the old chapel, it was all shadows. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

From out of the shadow a red sword leaped flaming. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The real danger, then, wasn’t the figures on the platform, but the shadows that lay between and beyond them; the darkness at the margins. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She signaled and a man appeared, walking out of the shadows, carrying a tray of equipment that he set down on the table. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The cellar was large, full of nooks and shadowed alcoves where a man could be alone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As I watched, one guard left his post to press a serving girl into the shadows. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Its thin white light lit up the faces of the rocks and drenched the cold frowning walls of the cliff, turning all the wide looming darkness into a chill pale grey scored with black shadows. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I had made no noise: he had not eyes behind—could his shadow feel? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The velvet armchair slides forward from a corner packed with trunks and scarves while the tailcoat floats up from it like a shadow, obediently hanging itself in a wardrobe. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I was still thinking about my marriage: fifteen years of living in Ted’s shadow. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The creature disappeared from sight, a shadow swallowed by more shadow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He’d tug at my father’s pant legs during church sermons, roam the shadows of restaurant tables, publicly address his mother by her given name: all these spoils of our American life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were arguing some point heatedly, but I was too agitated to listen and simply followed in their shadows, noticing the dull gleam of their polished shoe-leather in the rays of the street lamps. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been talk of moving the city out from under the shadow, starting anew someplace else. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Up overhead, in the shadows of the ceiling, Charlotte crouched unseen, her front legs encircling her egg sac. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

She was still in shadow, but her eyes and her smile sparkled with love. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the light of the guttering torch, shadow wolves twenty feet tall fought on the wall and roof. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Harry heard Hermione gasp, and he had the odd sensation that something was swooping low over him, immersing his body in its shadow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Dust rose smothering the air, as from nearby there marched up an army of Easterlings that had waited for the signal in the shadows of Ered Lithui beyond the further Tower. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Flora's mother stepped out of the shadows and into the muted light of the kitchen. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

However, if any living being suffered, then for all the rest the shadow could not be entirely cast off. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She stepped out of the shadows, followed by Juan and Tee. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The fallen torch was on the floor, guttering, making every shadow leap and twist in a monstrous mockery of the dead man’s shaking. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A shadow fell on my heart then, though I did not know yet what I feared. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And so, an hour before dawn, I crouched in shadows at the rocky sea-wall, foot of the giants’ work. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

They began descending in a slow spin toward the shore, the shadow spirits forming a graceful entourage. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Forgetting the samosa, I stand in the shadow of the bookshelves and listen unnoticed. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

At the altar the coffin loomed in its snow pallor of flowers—the black shadow of something that wasn't there. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

And when we came around to discussing Papa’s work, a fresh shadow crossed her face. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the shadow of Taisin’s vision, they felt enveloped in an enchantment: one in which even the drinking of tea was as magical as any fairy glamour. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Farid followed him, as soundless as his own shadow come to life. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Pinmei continued to stare at them, sinewy black shadows against the snow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

For a moment the orcs quailed and the fiery shadow halted. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His angular face is pale, and purple shadows darken his eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She turned and stomped out of the churchyard, shadows swarming in her wake. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Harry was just able to make out the indistinct features of an object that looked like a skull, and something like a mountain that was more shadow than substance. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then he saw Mr. Dalton and another white man standing at the far end of the basement; in the red shadows their faces were white discs of danger floating still in the air. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The intermittent depression that had shadowed him throughout his adult life was about to envelop him once again. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And then something moved in the turquoise shadows and Alex gasped with a mixture of horror and wonderment as the biggest jellyfish he had ever seen drifted into view. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

There were studies of shadows against a faded brick wall, photographs of feathers clotting the shoreline of Shaker Lake, experiments Mia was conducting with printing photographs on different surfaces: vellum, aluminum foil, newspapers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Inside it a fire burns merrily, the flames bright and white, casting long shadows across the space. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

High John stood on Old Familiar’s back as the shadow crow cawed and flapped above us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He knelt among the shadows and felt his isolation bitterly. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I hope you get away with it,” said the pilot in Dunbar’s squadron, stealing out of sight into the shadows. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I know that if there is complication in every assignment, a shift or turn that can newly show events in either shadow or light, this is the way our world has always been written. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slid it open and stared down the hallway to where the brightness of the lamps sent long flickering shadows dancing across the paneled wood before her eyes. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I hate that I live in his shadow. I hate it. I hate having to be a good boy just to please you.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The trees around them rustled, and she had to squint to make sure no shadows were loping out toward them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Dropping the curtain and moving swiftly from the shadows into the candle’s weak light, I reached for the vial. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A single line of faint words, as if written with shadows, was scrawled upon the page in a language Minli had never seen. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then, there in the shadows of the hallway, I kissed her. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And out the demons came—from every cave and crevice, through every fissure and crack, from under the rocks and up from the mud, stomping and shuffling, slithering and sliding, through the murky shadows. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

His lord's face swam up before him, not the man he was but the boy he had been, standing cold in the shadows while the sun shone on his elder brother. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He could see nothing but the wheeling stars, and away to his right vast shadows against the sky where the mountains of the South marched past. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The Resistance tattoo, faded but still visible, is a blue-green shadow on the skin below his throat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

His brother moved from the shadows to sit on the edge of the porch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Minerva watched the new shadow people, slowly clapping her hands at their firelight jigging. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The glow from my desk light created a funny shadow against the room’s wood paneling. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

At first it was just a shadow in the mist, but as she approached, she made out the muted shape of a grassy hill, a stone foundation, and white walls. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The shadows deepened and darkness covered the beach. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her nails were icy blue like her eye shadow. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Every so often my mother would call out Abbey’s name while Dad probed the shadows with the spotlight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

At other times, when the afternoon was almost over and disturbing shadows crept across the storage yard, a different kind of theory went the rounds. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the beginning, she’d been a bit of baggage from Estella’s first marriage, a shadow at the edges of his happiness. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the shadows, Jack saw bedraggled men in blue-and-gray-striped uniforms, hurrying from one building to the next. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once the shadow reduces to a quarter crescent, it hangs there, motionless. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It’s shiny with fresh blood and glinting in sunlight even tho I’m standing in shadow. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Crawling under its shadow the road went on, and rounding it sprang east again and began to climb steeply. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Low voices mutter from around a corner ahead of us, and a flickering torch deepens the shadows the light can’t reach. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And she had decided to leave her body—to leave it for me—in a shadow version of our subdivision, where her first strings had broken. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She stepped out of the Wood into the shadow of the haw thorn tree, and looked up the hill at the house where she had grown up. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man seemed to cower back into the shadows even more. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I used to work for ’em,” she said, coming out of the shadows and into the gray light near the entrance of the cave. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the pool at the fountain’s foot there were water lilies, and in their shadow exotic fish, brought from afar. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

They walked along for some way in the shadow of the mesa, rounded a projection, and there, in a water worn ravine, was the way up the companion ladder. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You comin’?” The boy had high cheekbones and freckles and light brown skin lit up by the setting sun, which cast a long dancing shadow onto the causeway behind him. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A small shadow stepped from behind the trunk, and in the fiery glow of the sky, I saw a tiny, fairylike creature. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Where are your clothes, Lorraine?” was the first thing she said, standing in the shadow of the doorway, looking at the policeman and me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The light dipped and bobbed and sent confusing shadows across the floor, but he was able to see. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the eight legs hoisted his bulbous abdomen out of the shadows. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The shadow stood behind him in the boat. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Percy felt exactly like he had at twelve years old, battling Ares on that beach in Los Angeles, when the shadow of the Titan lord had first passed over him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The masks were coruscating, turning, firing the shadows. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we held the spacecraft in any one position, the side facing the sun would become too hot and the side in the shadows would become too cold. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph hauled himself onto this platform, noted the coolness and shade, shut one eye, ana decided that the shadows on his body were really green. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was large and shifting, as though composed of shadow and the ominous stench that pervaded everything. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

With little ripples that were hardly the shadows of waves, the laden mattress moved irregularly down the pool. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Shaking the captain’s hand and offering an apology for what might have seemed like a lecture, he disappeared into the evening shadows. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The man in the silk suit and homburg came out of the shadow of the doorway and followed him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran stupidly, down the middle of the street, ignoring the shadows. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But before she could say anything, a shadow fell over them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The chamber itself filled him with odd forebodings he could not name, which eluded him like shadows. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The silver stag soared from the tip of Harry’s wand and leapt toward the dementors, which fell back and melted into the dark shadows again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The shadow did not have the shape of man or beast. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The stairs to the attic are an ink puddle in shadows, but I know exactly how to avoid the creaks. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And there is Max, appearing like a shadow in the doorway of a building inside the fence. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ishtar stood beside me, and there, surrounded by shadows and deadly weaponry, she came across very differently. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

If he half closed his eyes, he could almost imagine himself there, in the quiet shadows of the Ajo Mountains. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when Katie came in and lit the gas, chasing the shadows away and paling the light in the stove windows, it was like a great sin that she committed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed and positively a shadow of a smile stole over her poor, pale face as she put her arms round me and said softly:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Their shadows, and the shadow of the tower on which they stood, and all the spectres of the burning trees, stretched over the parkland in broad strips of indigo. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter where he walked, shadows hid his face, and scorpions that stung him died of the corruption they had touched. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bunny turned, startled—I did, too—just in time to see Henry step out of the shadows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hearts were heavy and many quailed in the shadow. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The black brothers moved through black shadows amidst black rocks, working their way up a steep, twisting trail as their breath frosted in the black'air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The shadow children scampered like kids chasing bubbles, hunting down every last piece of the monster and clutching it tight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She compensates with mascara and turquoise eye shadow, so that her eyes look a bit like two peacock feathers. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

As Gwydion rose and went to her, Taran glimpsed a shadow dart behind a bush. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Ged asked, and stood up as he spoke, so that the werelight that burned overhead between them sent his shadow back against the wall and floor. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Was there a shadow behind some curtain, waiting to see how things would go? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He turned his face to me, flames animating the shadows that fell there under his eyes, along his cheekbones. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The boys made a compact little group that moved over the beach, four plate-like shadows dancing and mingling beneath them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Just before we hit, we passed into shadows as cold as the dark side of the moon. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Now it seems there are only shadows and silence. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Look!” breathed Petey, and he glanced up and saw one of the shadows flickering, gathering scraps of moonlight and cloud to assemble itself into a vague shape that drifted over the tops of the stones. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Even in the mind of Théoden the thought took shape, like a shadow of doubt: ‘He will betray us; he will go — we shall be lost.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“That’s good,” said someone, standing in the shadows, by the rear door. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The tragedy is so old that its horror has leached away and only a certain air of faithlessness and melancholy clings to the stones and shadows of the house. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The two of us turned in to a side street, and we stiffened against a wall in the shadows. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She’s a pretty girl with long blond hair and blue eyes covered in black eye shadow, but when she snarls, she looks like a rabid raccoon. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I ... I am in your service.. .Cinder made a placating gesture. “You are a tool in my hand,” the shadowed man interrupted gently. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They flung themselves down in the shadows that lay among die shattered rocks. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were looking at me from out of their blue shadow. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peaceful Sunday would come in-between when she would think long thoughts about the nasturtiums in the brown bowl and the way the horse had looked being washed while standing in sunshine and shadow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was grey, murky shadow, tiny dots, nothing more. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the shadows and the strike and rush of waves and the hiss of distance. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet it seemed to Aragorn that he caught the gleam of eyes keen and bright from within the shadow of the hooded brows. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When be swept it over Tyrion's shoulders it enveloped him head to heel, with a cowl that could be pulled forward to drown his face in shadows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I mean, I knew it wasn’t Daisy, but for a second I saw a shadow that looked just like her. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He was sitting in the shadow of death. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It grows larger as it comes closer, shining against the side of Four’s face, creating a shadow in the faint hollow beneath his cheekbone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She shrank against the wall, willing herself to melt into the shadows. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

A shadow passed over her, blacking out the sky. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Gared's hood shadowed his face, but Will could see the hard glitter in his eyes as he stared at the knight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The afternoon sun made shadows on his uncle's bony face, deepening the hollows under his cheekbones. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we were alone, he swung me up into his arms, and carried me across the dark grounds till he reached the bench beneath the shadow of the madrone trees. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then she went toward the quarter, moving so quietly that she was only a shadow that emerged from deeper shadows, disappeared, emerged again. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Beau ran around in the shadows of the trees, sniffing and going to the bathroom, I fished the pills out of my coat pocket. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The electric lights cast them in alternating pools of glare and shadow. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The front door opened and a shapeless shadow filled the doorway like some kind of ghost. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A streetlight in the distance caught several horses leaping out of the shadows. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

This was back when Baltimore County was filthy with shamblers, and sometimes I would hunt them in the dark, just another monster slinking through the deep shadows. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Each time she inhaled, the hollows near her collarbones grew steep and filled with shadows. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, looking out from the shadow, I seemed to see the high lights of the Count’s evil face, the ridge of the nose, the red eyes, the red lips, the awful pallor. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

"A shadow with a sword, I swear it, I saw. Are you blind, the girl loved him! Help her!" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Beyond the crowd, in the shadows of a doorway, I notice a young indi'gena girl, a maid, pausing in her sweeping, broom in hand, watching the procession, swaying slightly in rhythm to the music. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell whether Professor Trelawney had heard them, as her face was hidden in shadow. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A burn is on his brow, the red shadow of a circlet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Peewee’s face was dark, there were shadows where his eyes should have been. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Getting ready for tomorrow,” La Llorona whispered, pushing me deeper into the shadows of the hall. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He led me out of the shadow of the bridge and far away from it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the night, when the dog barks at shadows, tell him / not to be afraid... Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We placed a marker on the shadow that the hanging rock cast in the morning. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to him, sitting down so that the shadows covered him, was another man. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mustafa is standing in the shadows of the auditorium seats, glaring at me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Like the shadow of a giant’s foot held just over my head. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

If you’ve got a circle that goes through the north pole of the ball, the shadow is no longer a circle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I moved along the rail, but my suit was dark too and I could wipe my hands, watching my shadow, how I had tricked it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eratosthenes asked himself how, at the same moment, a stick in Syene could cast no shadow and a stick in Alexandria, far to the north, could cast a pronounced shadow. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The creature standing feet away, obscured in the shadows, was large; she could tell that instantly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She leans into the light; her eyes are lined with dark shadows. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“The spell is made of shadow and suggestion. Men see what they expect to see. The bones are part of that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He could be sitting alone, watching television, and a shadow would settle on him without provocation. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Somewhat relieved—for the memory of the Ento creature had reared up fresh in her mind—she went back out into the corridor, and the shadow fluttered in the distance again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They steal kisses in the shadows of her father’s vaulted staircase. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I glance up the road, and Max and Siunek are barely a shadow. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Will, watching the shadows out of the corner of his eye, saw them slip ahead, leaping over the ferns to disappear into the bushes farther down. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Director clears his throat and takes a step away from us, into the shadow of a large shelf of supplies. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He took a step towards the hobbit, and he seemed to grow tall and menacing; his shadow filled the little room. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The red lipstick and purple eye shadow that matches her muumuu somehow make her look regal, dazzling, eye-catching. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even in the light of morning he felt the dark shadow of the tidings that Gandalf had brought. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The lighter flame flickered magically, making golden the purple shadows on the wall. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

You just try lying down anywhere in the shadows. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Anyway, she hadn’t seen a single shadow spirit since they’d entered the Tower, and what good were her ’shaping skills with nothing to ’shape? Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Ethnic masks lined the walls and artificial floral arrangements filled the shadows. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then a shadow detached itself from inside an empty stall and became another Brazen Beast, clad in pleated black skirt, greaves, and muscled breastplate. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

From the dining room, they cross under the shadow of the elephant-headed statue in the hall, passing into the library and stopping at the stained-glass sunset that stretches the height of one wall. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A man stepped out of the shadows into the well-lit yard. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was still early in the morning, and the shadows around the warehouses and buildings were long. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The captain’s blue eyes flashed in the shadow beneath his hat. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Joe to sit with him because the shadows on the wall were getting long and scary. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has cast this same shadow for Dad. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

When no one else appeared and the men were out of sight, I took a step from the shadows. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Heat pressed against every inch of my skin—a dry blast so hot that my sweat evaporated before it made it out, and yet the shadow crow made it with little effort. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Hermione was looking at Harry, and he was glad that his face was hidden in shadow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His eyes looked large and they were ringed with shadows. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

By examining the moving shadow cast by a vertical stick he determined accurately the length of the year and the seasons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are no more magazines, no more films, no more substitutes; only me and my shadow, walking away from the two men, who stand at attention, stiffly, by a roadblock, watching our retreating shapes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We mumbled goodbyes that went unreturned and slipped quietly into the shadows. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I can feel the heat of my cheeks and wonder if the shadows help cover it up at all. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They ceased whispering and flattened themselves into a shadow. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

But when the sun descended, when the shadows of the square’s giant shade trees met and combined, the coldness as well as darkness numbed the crowd. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shiny dark shuttle squats in the shadows like a carpet beetle, waiting for when it will go into duty in four hundred years. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be no substance to the shadow Bahumat had emitted. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We said farewell in the foyer near his chambers as the dusky shadows consumed the day’s light. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The Athena Parthenos was thirty feet above them at the top of the temple, and even if they could reach it they couldn’t shadow-travel until they actually had shadows. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His close- cropped beard lay like a shadow over his hollow cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A shadow crossed the light; then the window slid open. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then I saw a long shadow pass underneath me—a leviathan somehow lit from beneath—and I gulped. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Darker shadows slipped through the shadows at the edges of things. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The watchers loomed like phantoms, silent and shadowed, their faces just blurs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He squatted in the shadows for more than half an hour, with nothing out of the ordinary disturbing the peace of the evening. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then there was nothing in that place but shadows. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The dire music trembled in the air; a shadow flickered across the lowering sky. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

We seemed to be traveling faster each second—shadows flickering like an old movie projector. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I shut the closet to conceal the strange, wraith-like apparel it contained; which, at this evening hour—nine o’clock—gave out certainly a most ghostly shimmer through the shadow of my apartment. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sun traveled farther westward; sage and cholla shadows shifted slightly; some ants crawled up their pant legs “1 guess we might as well begin,” Snuffy said, slowly unbending his aching limbs, arising. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bought false eyelashes, foundation, liner, blush, powder, brushes, three different lipsticks, two shadows, and a small but expensive makeup box. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The slaves erected Khal Drogo's tent beneath a jagged outcrop of black rock whose shadow gave some relief from the heat of the afternoon sun. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s super-bright out, and the trees make cool shadows on the pavement. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The day had brightened considerably, the shadows stretching in the opposite direction from what Thomas had seen yesterday. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Frodo and Sam halted and sat silent in the soft shadows, until they saw a shimmer as the travellers came towards them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was, I thought, as if they did not cast shadows. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m dealing with the fire that sends flickering shadows. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I tackled her and rolled us into the shadows as a Jackboot down the wall turned. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Seven didn’t want to look like a giant baby, but the truth was, she was frightened of her own shadow right now. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He pictured black horses standing all saddled in the shadows of the inn-yard, and Black Riders peering out of dark upper windows. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I see a very faint shadow of my hand on the green desk blotter. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This night will be long,” Adaon said, looking intently past the shadows at the brooding heights of Dark Gate. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Their shadows were long and black on the dusty road, for it was late afternoon. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Olive trees arched overhead in squiggles, their feet sunk in shadows. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then the shadows in the classroom had grown long. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But right before the stone hit, out of nowhere, a black shadow jumped in and seized it! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

While your fingers worked away at the last shadows of her day’s work, she would make your braids Sunday-pretty, even during the week. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Glowing like sunset, a red sword was raised in the hand of a blue-eyed king who cast no shadow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The two were barely out of sight before Dustfinger rose to his feet, soundless as a shadow, and pointed up the slope. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The ash trees lining the lonely one-lane back road were just coming into their lovely young skin, but in the afternoon light their shadows couldn’t have been longer. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Silent as a shadow, she told herself as she moved through the trees. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Another hour, and most of the valley was in shadow, and Will was wondering whether they would find any shelter before night fell; but then Lyra gave a cry of relief and joy. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

My mind fluttered like the moths that veiled the street lamp which cast shadows upon the bank of grass below me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was born in the shadow of that sugar mill,” Guy said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Across each way he might go lay the shadow. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

As we wound south through the canyon toward Julia’s house, the sun dipped down and the shadows of the mountains stretched their cloaks across the snaking roadway. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

That day I must have looked like his shadow trying to keep up behind his fast walking. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Encanis screamed, and even as his skin began to smoke and char, his face was still hidden in a shadow that rose from him like a tongue of darkening flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her uncle listened silently, heavy brows shadowing his eyes as his frown grew deeper. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The fire cast shadows, and odd flickers, into the darkness. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She took pleasure in the soup’s smell, in the heat of the woodstove, in the shadow of herself the candlelight now cast against the kitchen wall. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But then he did see something at the base of the wall: just a shadow, slightly darker than the building. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was like having an extremely talkative shadow. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t start breathing again until the Tower was at our backs and it was clear, beyond a shadow of a doubt, where we were headed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Shadow stepped over a little more clumsily, and followed her across the roof, to the shadow of the water-tower. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I grew up in a poor, rural, racially segregated settlement on the eastern shore of the Delmarva Peninsula, in Delaware, where the racial history of this country casts a long shadow. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Tower stood in the very center of the Protectorate—it cast its shadow everywhere. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I carefully inch my way down to the ground—I’m agile, but I’m not Day—and follow shadowed alleys to the lakefront. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Now there were shadows on the boxes and the pressure of a hand squirting oil from a can. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sensed somehow that she lived in the penumbral shadows between two worlds, just beyond the grasp of their power. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked my way through the shadows and found the da-zi-bao again. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I look at her, I see our house as a mini cave, and her fire as a mini fire that casts mini shadows for us mini shackled prisoners. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I know every branch and stone here. When I saw the shape of this shadow, I knew it was not right, even though I have not painted in a long while.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The shadow flashes its predator's grin, and now it's only a foot away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even the trees seem more shadow than substance. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The forest was full of shapes and shadows and only barely could he see the faint footprints on the ground — it was like searching for a wrinkle in a flower petal. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

When he arrived, shadow had almost hidden the mark, but he saw, in the red light of the setting sun, a shining scorpion. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the shadow of a wheeled wooden cart appeared. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The light post created menacing shadows on his face. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Even back on Rose Hill we tended to be cautious in our play, the memory of Zeke casting a long shadow for years to follow. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In utter silence the shadow, wavering, turned and fled. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath, then step out of the shadows and stumble toward the hospital's entrance. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The Cyclopes’ siege tower cast a shadow across the feet of the giant Polybotes, who grinned down at the Roman camp. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The fluorescent light flickered over Mrs Boland’s thin, attentive face, and cast tall shadows up the walls. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Mom’s shadow loomed up against the screen door. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

As the sun disappeared over the west ridge, the last of the orange light moved up the hill on the east, with the darker shadow climbing up after it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She scrubbed the shadows with her body, hoping he was only hiding, not gone. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It was the shadow creature barreling toward her with that uneven gait. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The shadows cast by the trees made a basin of cool green shade. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And then I draw a shriveled girl trapped within her shadow. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A shadow moved behind lace curtains on the upper half of the door. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Booth was a creature of the city and its fancy hotel lobbies, saloons, oyster bars, and gaslit shadows. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had just thrown a shovelful of dirt out of the hole when I noticed a human shadow hovering over me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The mournful wind moved like a shadow down the street, swirling in its path chalky dust and tumbleweeds. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The architecture was more elegant too, more modern, and I saw parks where roses and jasmine bloomed in the shadows of trees. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A half-moon brightened the sky, and the school yard was laced with the ghostly shadows of the parasol trees. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tragedy seemed to lurk around every corner, casting its shadow over any wrong turn or chance encounter. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Looking down over the universe of the park, she saw the town drift where it wanted, washed by sunlight on a stone bench, cooled in the shadows of the hanging tree. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I kept down in the shadow of the trees, but they didn’t pay any attention to me anyway. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feral froze like prey in a raptor’s shadow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was late in the afternoon and the shadow from the trees was long and went out over the dam. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

And her shadow was gone, replaced by the golden light of the sun. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now, for the first time in history, law was no longer the shadow of justice, it was justice. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the girl hurried along, her sandals tapping and echoing, the golden light of the bauble casting its rays through shadows that hung like cobwebs. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Like ghostly white shadows, around and around they trotted. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped my watch chain through my waistcoat buttonhole and straightened the fob, a Romanian silver leu whose details were worn to shadows. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We stood hidden in the shadows of the hall, La Llorona in front of me, with me looking over her shoulder. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ray turns and barks at the shadows moving through the field. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Watching her now as she talked to Mrs. Akin-Cole, the gold shadow on her eyelids shimmering, he felt guilty about his thoughts. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The moon was on the rise and shed some light for me to look around by, but also made strange shadows on the tombstones. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Night shadows filled many of the nooks and crannies among the houses, despite the brightness of the streetlights. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I feel, for an instant, as if the shadows are looking back at me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

By the time I wake, sunlight is slanting through the trees, making their shadows lean and long. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

By the time she reached the shadow of the royal sept on the far side of the yard, Arya was cold with sweat, but no one had raised the hue and cry. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when we were out walking, he'd turn away real fast and I'd know it was because he saw the shadow of some stray animal and was wishing it wasn't out in the cold. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Snape loomed behind them, half in shadow, wearing a most peculiar expression: It was as though he was trying hard not to smile. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I watched from the shadows of the bathhouse. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up and squinted, and saw a black shadow knifing through the dusk light, the blades chopping as it drifted closer, dropping lower and lower as it approached Fullbrook. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Its leaves harvest sunlight to photosynthesize, so trees compete by shadowing their neighbors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She needed a stronger form for her shadows. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

But then his eyes fell on a lumpy canvas bag in the shadows behind them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A white wolf in a white wood, silent as a shadow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The other three men stood with their shadows under them. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if he ever became a god, if he ever entered the All-Radiant, then Govinda wanted to follow him as his friend, his companion, his servant, his lance bearer, his shadow. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pale green curtain of branches just brushed the grasses and threw a filigree of shadows, as delicate as the wrought silver, on the child’s face. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Once he glimpsed a moving shadow near an alleyway and sped faster, telling himself forcefully that it was a cat. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The shadows of the willow leaves made her skin look mottled and dark, the way the iron deposits streaked the yellow sandstone cliffs dark orange. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow could see a gray face, in the shadows, peering out at them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He picked up a bigger rock and threw it at a shadow line twice as distant. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Children shot by us, darted around us, little ones shrieking with excitement, adolescents slipping like shadows from door to door, hands over their mouths to keep laughter still. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was climbing the dais when she saw the man standing in the shadows by the back wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then, seemingly from out of the shadows, a thin man in a tuxedo appears at our table. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“No wonder Sticky didn’t see him. Without the spyglass he just looks like a shadow among the bridge pilings.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And all the time, never quite forgotten, never fully seen, the shadow. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Drawn up within the shadow of the Gate and under the looming walls outside they had waited for his signal: all the mounted men that were left in the City. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And the yellow sun threw their black shadows ahead of them so that they walked on their own shadows. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk in the shadows of buildings, hoping my footsteps won’t attract any attention. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Quiet and willing to do whatever anyone else wanted, she was often favorably compared to a shadow. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“He has no shadow,” Chandresh says to himself before he pours a glass of brandy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Miss Avocet squinted and furrowed her brow, and her eyes seemed to fix on the opposite wall, alive with flickering shadows. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A shadow fell across the window as the two men passed. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Soon the low swiftly running form was lost among the shadows. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘It is the sign of our fall, and the shadow of doom, a Fell Rider of the air.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He stared at me, his eyes dark in the shadows, his expression unreadable. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Only then did Úrsula realize that he was in a world of shadows more impenetrable than hers, as unreachable and solitary as that of his great-grandfather. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The sun was behind the hills southwest of McCartys by then, and he walked with the long shadows back to the bar to find Harley. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The earth’s shadow on the moon was always round, which would be true only if the earth was spherical. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The creeping shadows of the walls didn’t reveal the time or direction—it could be early morning or late afternoon. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Before the shadows of evening were long in happier lands, they went on again, always on and on with only brief halts. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Evening’s shadows blend with the dark stones of Blackcliff, making the blockish buildings appear unnaturally large. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I squeezed myself into a corner on the other side of a short set of stairs to an apartment building and tried to disappear into the shadows. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He joined me in the shadows of the alley and listened as I quickly explained my mission. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the porch, looked through the screen door at the shadow of Dad standing there. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Goodbye to the three electric lights in the ceiling that seemed always, no matter where you sat, to cast the shadow of your head over the page you were writing on. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He raised an eyebrow and said nothing, empty glass in hand, face half in shadow. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My feet walked forward automatically, and a voice slinked out of the shadows. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She let me hold her like that, and we huddled together in the silent grass and the shadow of birdsong and we watched Fang climb. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Racing my shadow home, I was almost too excited to think. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The Second’s familiar voice slid from the shadows. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My eyes look bigger with eye shadow and mascara, which does seem to make my forehead look smaller. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The remainder of that journey was a shadow of growing fear in which memory could find nothing to rest upon. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She was looking down; I could see her brown eye shadow. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

When we finish the verse, she lets me continue the song alone and steps away from my shadow. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Slowly the screen rises and the lights brighten until our shadows fade. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Ollie is receding, back farther in the shadows with the precious cargo he came for, and I'm getting closer to the bridge, with its wide-open, deadly spaces. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s like I’m nothing more than her shadow. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I watched the different shadows on the ground. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two or three small children of various sizes, all pale, with smudgy faces and bare smudgy knees, wobbled along in the shadow of her skirts. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The shifting shadows made the stone figures seem to stir as the living passed by. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The giant was coming, wrapped in shadows, huge and heavy and bent on murder. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And the sun beat down on the streets of the city and even tiny stones threw shadows on the ground. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt ensnared in a tangle of deep shadows, shadows as black as the night that stretched above his head. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The world seemed askew somehow; the shadows fell in the wrong places here, or perhaps her eyes simply weren’t accustomed to the angles in the buildings and streets. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

"I can’t," I begin, but I feel more people pressing in, more voices asking for help; it's confusing and disorienting and everyone's faces are dark and shadowed. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She tensed as Cain came to stand nearby, half-hidden in the shadow of the clock tower behind them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I am walking through New York City with Kim, the skyscrapers casting shadows on our faces. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You are more ignorant than a child, ser knight. There are no shadows in the dark. Shadows are the servants of light, the children of fire. The brightest flame casts the darkest shadows." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The shadow of a tree fell abruptly across the dew and ghostly birds began to sing among the blue leaves. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Opposite p., left: When the sun is not directly overhead, shadows of equal length are cast. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wings whose vast sweep shadowed a whole city, and he had only to fold them like a lady’s fan. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For it was darkness itself that had awaited him, the unnamed thing, the being that did not belong in the world, the shadow he had loosed or made. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Its pale light cast the shadows of the tall triangular merlons across the frozen ground, a line of sharp black teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He watched the girl cast one final wary look over her shoulder as she reached the doorway; then she disappeared into the building’s shadows. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Move the light source again, and the shadow is a trapezoid. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Below, it was a hot, humid labyrinth of shadows, strange vats, and rumbling pipes, not a place of storage but a place of process, the slaughterhouse’s digestive tract. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

From the shadows, shots rang out in response as black snipers took up position in yards, on porches, and behind windows. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She advanced steadily, waking the angular shadows up and down the corridor. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deep shadow and shade spilled forth from the Clock Watcher’s palms, cresting over Petey’s yard like a tidal wave. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A shadow went over me, and there was a big rush of wind, and a huge bird flew back up into the sky as I ducked. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He froze, much as he had in the tombwalk, hiding uselessly in the shadows. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The shadows of the men loomed in the doorway. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He sensed the woman moving on, but before he could leave, a shadow loomed over his shoulder. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her shadow horses huffed and pawed at the void. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She held it before her like a waiter carrying a tray, lighting the path and casting our twin shadows across the trees. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Like a shadow, he slipped across the ridge, down the hill, and into the grub tent. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The lemon scent, the photos, the flowers, the quietness of the night, and the swaying shadows combined to bring him back. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They passed oak-groves where shadows lay thick for all the brightness of the sun. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It looked just as Harry remembered it: eerie, cobwebbed, the outlines of the house-elf heads on the wall throwing odd shadows up the staircase. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Jena only gets a chance to glance up at the giant, falling shadow before shouting a warning to her teammates. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They lay deep in the heather and counted out the slow hours, in which there seemed little change; for they were still under the shadows of the Ephel Dúath, and the sun was veiled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He was conscious of four familiar presences standing with him in the shadows beside the wall. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had slanted over the roofs in such a way that Neeley was in the sun and his face was clear and bright, while Francie looked dark and angry in the shadow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in two days thence you shall see the purple shadow of Mount Mindolluin and the walls of the tower of Denethor white in the morning. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Arya glanced up longingly at her bedchamber, then moved away from the Tower of the Hand, keeping close to the wall as she slid from shadow to shadow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There were suddenly dim shadows on the ground. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I run my fingers through my hair, taking in her long hair, the shadow of her collarbone, the way her brown eyes shine when she smiles. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The shadow of sterility lies over all the bird studies and indeed lengthens to include all living things within its potential range. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Through the window, Fruitless Mountain stood like a shadow, but Minli closed her eyes and imagined the house shimmering with gold and the mountain jade green with trees, and smiled. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I made it as far as the sewage tank, where I huddled in the shadow and tried to catch my breath. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then, partly hidden in the shadows, I saw a man who was anything but a skeleton. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow I managed to control the bike, but my dream of flying vanished into the shadows with the deer. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Hushpuppy shadowed the child’s every move, running with Tidbit in the sunshine, and Amari knew the dog slept curled up with him at night. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the still shadows of the false dawn the companions hastened to the chicken roost where Eilonwy ventured to light her bauble. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

We sit there for a few minutes watching the shadows created by the blowing tree limbs outside of his plastic blinds. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Our shadows toppled over the sidewalk’s wooden slates, long and black, like soot marks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Your kids faint when they see their own shadows.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I would hate having someone be a constant shadow like that. But that’s her business, I guess.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They did not wear many clothes, and the shadows between their sliding muscles were blue on the nut-brown skins. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard the priest say, “Breathe, child. Breathe out the fear. Shake off the shadows. He is dead. She is dead. Her pain is gone. Breathe.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They stood in the shadow of the First Keep, or what remained of it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The chapel door was open and Silas, who had love for neither the rain nor for the remnants of the daylight, was standing inside, in the shadows. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He’d been hidden in the shadows of the western colonnade when the bells of Black Protocol had begun to ring, the chimes of the Elderclock booming over the island, shaking the air. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was a tandoor in the corner in the shadow of an acacia tree and I saw a man squatting beside it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Trees began to appear beside me, right and left, and then the shadow of woods. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He heard the voice of the woman created by a marriage that had its own surprises and labyrinths, its own shadows and secret minotaurs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every point on the ball has a shadow on the complex plane; in a sense, every point on the ball is equivalent to its shadow on the plane and vice versa. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The rest was shrouded in shadow ... except beneath the open window, where a spray of ice crystals glittered in the moonlight, swirling in the wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The leaves against the streetlight made quick, freckly shadows on his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It looked like the black shade of a horse led by a smaller black shadow. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be in a world of mist in which there were only shadows: the Ring was upon him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

With one syllable Matthew disposed of the sacrifice, only a little less sharp than Grandfather’s loss, of the little African slave who had been her shadow for twelve years. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then, out of the shadows, a hooded figure came crawling across the ground like some stalking beast. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He woke in terror, and sent the werelight flaming through the air, lighting every corner of the little house till he saw no shadow anywhere. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Its people did not seem afraid of shadows in a John Birch Society sense. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mountains were little more than dark shadows on the horizon. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow, the million moving shapes and cul-de-sacs of shadow. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I stared at the shadows on the ceiling. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Their own accounts speak of the multiplying of Men in the land, and of a shadow that fell on the forest, so that it became darkened and its new name was Mirkwood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Slant pointed at the sun, at the shadows. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I walked upon my shadow, tramping it into the dappled shade of trees again. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The medic looked deathly white with dark shadows under his eyes. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadow’s edges hardened, and just for a second I thought I saw a full face glaring at me—one-eyed and scowling. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Noises, moths, shadows, all these things stiffen his arms and shoulders and even his hair, if you can find this believing. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

One of the pale shapes detaches from the others and swims toward her, but my shadow in the water makes it hesitate. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The man pulled up, hovering over Finn, darkening Finn’s world with a shadow too big for just one man. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“The Domishman is scared of his own shadow. Not what you call daring.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It reflected the room, creating a shadow world that was just out of reach, where Joseph could see another fireplace, and another fire. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He would emerge from the shadows at the campfire, startle somebody and see the discomfort in their eyes: Are you still here? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But then there was a knock on my bedroom door—my mom called: “Percy, you’re going to be late”—and the shadow at the window disappeared. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was dark-haired with an afternoon shadow on his chin, which is what Dad says he gets at weekends when he has a day off shaving. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shone with good nature and the same vitality that Eril-Fane radiated, but without the shadow that had grown over him as they drew nearer to Weep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The fire was the only source of light in the room; it cast long, spidery shadows upon the walls. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When at last the blackness passed, Sam looked up and shadows were about him; but for how many minutes or hours the world had gone dragging on he could not tell. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Bo and Hornet had gathered all the candles they could find and their flickering light filled the movie theater with dancing shadows. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

There, flung at the base of a tree, its black nylon blending into the shadows, airline baggage sticker just visible, was the duffel. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows of her thought, dull and heavy, moved across her pale thin face. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rising sun, small and cold in a bright sky, sent shadows westward from every break and hummock in the snow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Frost laced each windowpane, a fire already crackled in the fireplace, and shadows of snowflakes drifted across the floor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In the bright moonlight the shadow moved again. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He has gained his relief, she her payment, he merges carelessly into the human throng, consigning her back into the shadows where she worked or to the gaudy streets where she loitered. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I felt that shadow again, and the chickens started to run, and I ran after them, flapping my arms and yelling to keep that hawk away. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

But the mare stumbled and threw him hard against the saddle horn, and he realized how deceptive the moonlight was; exposed root tips and dark rocks waited in deep shadows cast by the moon. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the shadow of the Mesarthim, all time had seemed borrowed, and they just couldn’t wait. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Quiet as a shadow, she flitted across the middle bai-ley, around the Tower of Dread, and through the empty mews, where people said the spirits of dead falcons stirred the air with ghostly wings. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I look at their shapes as they walk, the way shadow moves from one leg to another, the blocks of color, a red square of cardigan, a blue triangle of skirt. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over all the sky was blue, and the sun of afternoon glowed upon the hill and cast long green shadows beneath the trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

With cool stone floors and dim walls and billowing ship-shaped shadows. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mounts molded back into the shadows, disappearing completely. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And with that, the stranger realized that he was being drawn, like it or not, into the conversation and, reluctantly, he stepped out of the shadows, detaching from them like a patch of darkness. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She turned to Taisin, whose brown eyes were shadowed as though she had not slept well. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The truth casts a shadow over the kitchen—people like us in situations like this become hashtags, but they rarely get justice. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

His eyes, almost hidden in the shadow cast by the brim of his bowler hat, are fixed on the space in the center of the circle that the illusionist occupied only moments before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The vision rippled again, and Mr. Pepperhorn was speaking to a shadow of a witch, who the Witchlings could not see. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The singing and shouting and giggling sent the birds and wildlife deeper into the shadows. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They galloped their ponies over the last furlongs, and halted under the long shadows of the trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Alone Jake felt himself sink downward, slowly in wavelike motions downward into a shadowed ocean. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon they came to a place where the Road went suddenly under the dark shadow of tall pine-trees, and then plunged into a deep cutting with steep moist walls of red stone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The shadows fell into a line on either side of Sierra. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was his face where you could see there was something off—the shadows in his cheeks, like he lived on something other than food. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He passed like a shadow under the darkness of the tree and crouched, looking down at the trodden ground at his feet. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The young man walked in the shadows, checking this way and that to see if anyone followed him. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Anya watched the shadow linger there, terrified that he was on his way down to kill her like he’d promised to. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The spirit of her invincible heart guided her through the shadows. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Finally, then, without a sound, looking like a colored shadow, the fox slipped from the hummock and was gone. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The other, that huge loom of shadow and muscle, the half-man Tool. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were cold to the touch, and stank of old metal, but she held on to them, looking up and down the corridor until the owners of the voices emerged from its shadows. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I stayed in the shadow of the wings for a minute until I could get my bearings. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Cold," said Renly in a small puzzled voice, a heart-beat before the steel of his gorget parted like cheesecloth beneath the shadow of a blade that was not there. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The gaslights cast flickering shadows over the shroud, as though something was moving under there. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

For an instant I see Cordelia and Grace, and Carol, walking toward me through the astonishing whiteness of the snow, their faces in shadow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly and painfully they clambered down, groping, stumbling, scrambling among rock and briar and dead wood in the blind shadows, down and down until they could go no further. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They ate their lunch there in the shadows of the hemlocks and gathered salmon- berries. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kaede’s eyes were light brown; Taisin saw her pupils dilating as they looked at each other, dusk spinning out around them, cloaking them in shadow. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She was much thinner now, and surrounded by shadows. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Yet, even as the shadow had not quite been able to catch up with him and seize him, so the Stone had not been able to use him—not quite. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And perhaps that was why the second night, when the sky darkened and the moon rose, Dragon crept out from the shadows of the trees and approached the closed, sleeping city. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were closed, but the little girl, because of the shadows, her own distance, and her imagination, thought she saw a supplicating and humiliated expression on her sister’s face. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moving fast, like the sun is chasing my heels, I'm running down this long faint shadow of me that stretches out ahead, you can't ever catch up with it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lanterns are lit, and they swing wildly, making shadows move like ghostly dancers. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Round paper lanterns hang in the courtyard, the shadows dancing over their white surfaces like silently howling faces. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The sun that lay on Lothlórien had no power to enlighten the shadow of that distant height. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“A good name. When the shadows are long, that is my time. And you are the long shadow.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Even without the nighttime fights and fireworks, the city’s surfaces shone with glass and metal, the unlikely spindles of party towers casting thin shadows across the island. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She was as silent as a ghost and as quick as a flitting shadow. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wielded blades called hreshtek, sharp enough to slice a man off his shadow, and kept scorpions in brass cages hooked to their belts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“One or th’other, for shore. Howdy, Miss Effie Belle!” he called to what looked like a shadow just inside the Tates’ front door. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A braying donkey rounded the corner, its owner in tow, causing the family to shrink against the building, trying to disappear into the shadows. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I try not to think about her and I jump every time I hear a noise, I flinch when a shadow passes the window. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Herds of puffy cumulus raced beneath the sun, imprinting the landscape with a shifting matrix of shadow and blinding light. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Where the shadow of the bridge fell I could see down for a long way, but not as far as the bottom. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, muttering darkly on shaded paths, holding conversation with the only friend and comfort this world affords, my shadow. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes were tearing over and I was glad for the shadows that hid our faces. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dogs like Dozer and Petunia lurked in all the shadows, ready to pounce. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

All the while Abel’s women waited, their faces shadowed by their cowls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At first I could not see anything but shadows, and then a sudden breeze whipped the fog away from the front of our barn. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadow of the Misty Mountains lay upon it, but eastwards there was a golden light on the land. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His shadow is long as he pulls the suitcase from behind a box. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

As I turned a corner, the white blossoms of an unexpected hydrangea—luminous clouds, floating pale in the shadows—brushed against my cheek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The wind ruffled the shadow of trees on the sidewalk. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Without a word, he twisted into his shadow with a gust of wind, and in the next instant he took off into the sky on Old Familiar’s back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The shadows turned out to be jungle gym equipment. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I'm startled at the sloppiness of her hair and the pink shadows beneath her eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Indeed, they are but distant cousins: logos in rhetoric being another of those bendy shadows cast on the wall of Plato’s well-known cave. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

But the fire snapped in the parlour, and shadows danced, and the sounds of the past filled the air. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Screaming mouths opened all over the hulking shadow. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He woke gasping, lost in darkness, and saw a vast shadow looming over him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He might have been taken for one of the shadows, or for some spectral figure—Death, or the devil—come to claim one of us. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know if their torrid beginnings cast a dark shadow on them, but my grandparents' marriage was laced with hardship and tragedy. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The horror of the stone and of the hideous shadow over the moon was fading, things left behind in the mists of the mountains or in a passing dream. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The black shadow stood close to the point where they had left the path, and it swayed from side to side. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It looked like Father was holding his hand in front of the kerosene light and making a shadow on her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second floor windows glowed with candlelight shadowed by the shapes of the officers circling around the map. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept to the fringe of the shadows so nobody would notice the grass plastered to my dress and shoes, and with my black stole I covered my shoulders and bare breasts. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Was it her imagination, or did a shadow cross the faces of the other children at the picnic? Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

All the shadows were thin and blue, and every little curve of snowdrifts and every little track in the snow had a shadow. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the afternoon shadows slanted across the grass, Nhamo got a shock. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swam deeper and deeper, out toward the middle of the lake, his eyes wide, staring through the eerily gray-lit water around him to the shadows beyond, where the water became opaque. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Like her shadow was gone, or some other layer of herself. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His face was lost in the shadow of a broad hat, the brim wreathed in leafy vines. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A shadow slid across the lighted glass of Brunners office door, the shadow of something much taller than my wheelchair-bound teacher, holding something that looked suspiciously like an archer’s bow. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I watch his shadow resting still on the curtain. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

One of the shadows from the night of the raid. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There were too many dark corners to hide in, too many shadows to launch punches from. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

One by one, the tall shadows approached Robbie and then vanished into him. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

"And why should he stop just when we do? Shasta, my boy, I do believe there's someone shadowing us at last." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The others grunted agreement, but Pima had gone still, her black skin a shadow. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was pushing against the gray horizon hills, sending yellow light across the clouds, and the yellow river sand was speckled with the broken shadows of tamaric and river willow. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he turned and ran, his pale body sliding through the shadows like milk. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Papa-Nnukwu rose and stretched, his entire body, like the bark of the gnarled gmelina tree in our yard, captured the gold shadows from the lamp flame in its many furrows and ridges. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

For all her talk about wanting to be mistress of her seat, Selyse Baratheon seemed in no great haste to abandon the comforts of Castle Black for the shadows of the Nightfort. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We went along the fence and came to the garden fence, where our shadows were. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raised her left hand and waited a beat, and just as the shadow reached her, she smacked her drawing with her right hand. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

That goblins and trolls might be hiding in every shadow. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A green army tank, all alone in the long shadows of morning, its enormous treads clanking against the asphalt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The stranger reached them as silently as the fog itself, and he watched the proceedings unfold, from the shadows, and he said nothing. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Now, finish what—” His cool voice trailed away as his shadowed hood slowly tilted to look toward the sky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There in a dark room sat an aged woman, her profile etched against the sun shadow in the one window of the room. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was hanging low in the branches of the pines at the top of the ridge; the thicket and clearing were in deep shadow. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She allowed herself to be dragged from the garden, away from the shadow of the clock tower and into the marble halls of the castle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Valley smirked, then slipped between the shadows and was gone. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Already night was laid on the flowing waters when the travellers came at last under the shadow of the hills. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sean stood in front of the open barn door, his large form casting a long shadow. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He sized up the passengers, chose his prey: a wrinkled woman at the tail end of her Geritol years who fears her own shadow with good reason. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows of the fans were on the sides of the screen where the picture wasn’t. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“From what Robbie said, the shadows are spirits wandering around, and then a shadowshaper comes and gives them a form, yeah?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Once upon a time there was a girl who had memories that fob lowed her like shadows. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The glass floor hatch glowed from the ocean below—a green expanse of light and shadow that seemed to go down forever. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her scream caught in her throat as the shadow overtook her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It flew up into the blue sky, then faded from sight like a shadow. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Surprisingly, the coast is also walled off from moisture on the Pacific side, where the trade winds create a second rain shadow. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the dark shadows a few yards off the path, two wolves. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

More shadows danced beneath the tree, and the whistling picked up again. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“The truth is—” I said, and then stopped as a shadow flashed over us. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Its white light quickened swiftly, and the shadows under the dark arch fled. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Jacques-Paul sulked about the house, sullen and cramped, till even his shadow grew small. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

To the southeast, a city was nestled in the foothills of a mountain range, blue and purple in the afternoon shadows. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And they just look like shadows, until…” His voice trailed off. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh, some would see a passing shadow now and again, but they could hear it rattling around in the woods.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Half hidden in the shadows, it looked larger than any animal I had ever seen, big as a loaded wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The shadows seemed to bend toward him as he walked, like they were reaching out for his attention. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need them,” I whispered, squinting out at the town, the shadows. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Two shadow puppets: The boy on my baseball team and my girlfriend. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ground shadows yawn wide and dark and thrilling. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows are flitting by, leaving us behind. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Trees stood bare again, with patches of white snow still lying where their shadows fell. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Selitos spoke, “This is my doom upon you. May your face be always held in shadow, black as the toppled towers of my beloved Myr Tariniel. “This is my doom upon you. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For a moment or two I could see nothing, as the shadow of a cloud obscured St. Mary’s Church and all around it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

A shadow, long and thin, like death itself with its awkward assistant, trying to bang my door down. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I felt my way through the sleeping bodies and waited in the shadows of the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She loved the thick creaminess of it and the salty shadow it left on her tongue. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many nights, the dog teams set up a wolf pack howl, sending their lonesome cries up toward an aurora australis that was bright enough to cast shadows on the endless field of ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The water monster nudged his nose into the edge of a nearby shadow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He is hunched with his face in shadow. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Shine light on a million moving cubes and you only get a hazy, moving shadow, a molecular version of television static. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then a feather, black as midnight dipped in shadows, fell to the ground. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The courtyard lay in deep shadow, but he could see that the pavement was strewn with bodies. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mike — with Jessica shadowing him — headed up to the one shop in the village. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When he was in the house, she had to disappear into the shadows and be more prudent in the way she addressed the servants, as well as in the care she lavished on Clara. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crouched in silence while the moon shadows moved northward in the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I saw a shadow flicker across the glass—a humanlike shape. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Frantic tadpoles zigzagged away from our shadows; some good-sized creature splashed into the water upstream from us, an otter, maybe, or a river rat. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

There was a guard of orcs crouching in the shadows behind the great door-posts towering on either side, but the gates were shattered and cast down. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sickness had receded into a shadow behind him, something he saw only out of the corners of his eyes, over his shoulder. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Four eyes burned through the shadows—two of molten gold and two of bronze. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the shadows behind the desk, a piece of paper had fallen between the wood and the stone wall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A long shadow crossed the hold to the galley store, where the ship’s boy unlocked the door and began poking among the barrels, a silhouette of long limbs and curls on the curving timbers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We pull away from the shadow of the ship and make a steep dive. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t over yet,” Hector says, vanishing in a blur of light and shadow. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Seven figured if she ever did get into a fight, she’d just use the sombra spell, which made shadows look like monsters, and scare her opponents away. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Flat on the ground, his shadow was hanging too. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Both were turned low, filling the verandah with shadows. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There, choosing a gap between the watchers, he passed like an evil shadow out into the night, down the slope and away westward towards the river that flowed out of the forest. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I tried to sit in the shadows and wait for her to come back. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The shadows under the trees shrank as the sun moved toward noon. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They agreed, without any prodding, without the shadows of obligation or compromise, on Barack Obama. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Koffi threw him one more skeptical look before darting down the hall like a shadow. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Inside, intersecting shadows left by a vacuum cleaner were frozen on the surface of a plush pear-colored carpet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

A shadow of something passed over his face as her words seemed to sink in, and with them a comprehension she didn’t understand. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Winnie stole out to the hall and frowned at the clock face in the shadows. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d roll from side to side, make shadow animals on the wall, even sit on the balcony in the dark, a blanket wrapped around me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His epitaph, which he himself composed, was: “I measured the skies, now the shadows I measure. Sky-bound was the mind, Earth- bound the body rests.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he turned to look in my direction, I could see nothing of his face, only darkness under the cowl of his hood, only shadow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was chunking into the shadows where the branch was. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unlocked the door and took the trunk inside; his back was bent beneath its weight and he walked slowly with his eyes on the wavering red shadows on the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m munching a cookie and gandering around the shed when I notice this big old harpoon up on the shed wall, sort of hiding in the shadows. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The weak flame cut a circle of light in the shadows, but before they could take a single step the match went out. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though not as tall or physically commanding as Bull’s, Captain Brannon’s body was stacked together with the knotted muscles of a stevedore, and an implied menace shadowed his whole appearance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The porch overhang threw deep shadows on his pale face. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then a car passed and they showed in full relief, their shadows flying like dreams across the sparkle of snow and darkness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’ve always wondered if the looming dark shadows gliding just under the surface might munch off a toe or two. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The flames flicker, making the deep shadows on the stone walls dance drunkenly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

As they walked on, Amari could see nothing but shadows—some lighter than others. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same gentle, relentless rhythm that surged through the shadows and Mama Carmen surged through her now. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

‘Yet we are hard pressed, and the Sword of Elendil would be a help beyond our hope — if such a thing could indeed return out of the shadows of the past.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

That is not to suggest that the nearly five million Mexicans who, like Peralta, are living in the United States illegally will never emerge from the shadows. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the shadow of this mighty Choral symphony was to loom majestically over the entire nineteenth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

How ugly we must look to them, spilling light into every dark corner to push back the shadows, blinding ourselves to the true beauty of emptiness. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’d even known when the chair was just a dark shadow, a dark blot in the overwhelming glow. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“And then a shadow appeared in the woods, and when the Uncle went to confront it, they took his hat,” Thorn said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A little shadow detached itself from the larger one. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“The shadows come to stay, my lord, stay my lord, stay my lord.” A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

‘We must learn more of this,’ said Faramir, ‘and know what brings you so far east under the shadow of yonder ——,’ he pointed and said no name. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I scratch the black darker, and darker, and more violent, until there’s nothing but a haze of scribbles, and their fortress sits in a lake of shadow. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The shadows of the poplar trees had fallen across much of the lawn, but the sun was still lighting up the far comer where the grass sloped up to the summerhouse. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Golden grass rippled, and a face appeared in the landscape—a sleeping woman, her features formed from shadows and folds in the terrain. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Through the trees I can see the shadows. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Act Two: The Door and the Boy I sit there transfixed as a second shadow figure grows upward from the base of the window. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was good in the graveyard, the same color as stone and as shadows. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The track was mostly a footpath enclosed by a canopy of trees, and it was always in shadow, as if they were driving through a tunnel. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horses were living shadows, fashioned from darkness. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He thought of how Darkness bent and moved from shadow to shadow like a fire jumping from tree to tree. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"There is that," Tyrion admitted as they passed under the shadow of a covered walkway between two towers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Emma had never really gotten a good look at the woman—her main impression was of pruny lips and the orange cap that shadowed the rest of the old lady’s face. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

On the horizon stood the mountains like a great shadow, range on range of them receding into the blue-grey distance, their jagged peaks sheathed eternally in snow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sunny morning was over, and gray water-bearing clouds sailed in over the mountains from the ocean, and their shadows slid under them on the bright earth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Besides the whole Sparkle angle, I'm psyched to do something outside of the shadow of my superstar brother. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The sky had brightened ever so slightly in the east, but Brooklyn itself was still a dim, gaslight-speckled shadow world. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Mia hesitated outside the glass lobby for a few minutes, watching the reflections of the people on the sidewalk glide over, and past, the shadows of the people within. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The soldiers can't see me up here, with our wide chimney and the shadows cast by the taller buildings around us. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It gives him an eerie look, shading his eye sockets and casting shadows under his cheekbones. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Even in my shadowed bedroom I can see how tired he is. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

What was there to “sweat about”? Man was nothing, a mist, a shadow absorbed by shadows. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deep inside, she was still hoping to see Nin, or at least books and stacks of paper, but she wasn’t surprised when a battered-looking boy emerged from the shadows. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A towering cliff of a black, basaltic rock cut off the sunlight, and the deep night shadow of an airless world surrounded them. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Sticks placed at different angles to the Sun’s rays cast shadows of different lengths. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This one was a shadow shaped like a person. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Still I felt something or someone lurking in the shadows, else why should the owl cry? Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its body was darker than any of the other shadows around them. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As the forest became wetter and swampier, she had to avoid stepping into still, black pools that looked like shadows. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I hunted humans down in the long woods and shadowed them with my blackness. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paul shook his head, and a shadow passed across Paul’s face. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Stepping back out into the sun after the cool shadows of Mr. Gideon's lab is like a punishment all its own. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

One shadow was dark as ash, with the terrible face of a hound. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I could catch a glimpse of a deep cowl like some priests wear, but underneath the shadows were so deep it was like looking down a well at midnight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She turned back, but she couldn't see him in the shadows. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She blended into the darkness so neatly that even her voice was a shadow, like the breath of a nonexistent breeze. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Two half-bloods crouched in the shadows—a boy about fourteen and a girl about twelve. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

In answer, a shadow passed over Kamau’s expression, visible even in the faint light. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Someone might see your shadow through the shade,” Dad said. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to forget about the weather in the shadows of the forest, in the presence of the eagle, but now Axel gathers clues. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She had never known that ice could take on so many shades of blue: sharp lines of indigo like the deepest sea, aquamarine shadows, even the glint of blue-green where the sun struck just so. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When he turns his head, I know he's looking at me, even though his expression is lost in the shadows. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even from a distance, Kyle could see some kind of dark cloud shadow his hero’s eyes. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Though you walk through the valley of the shadow of death, fear no evil for we are always with you. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

His armor fit him closely as a second skin of shadow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The helper worked in the shadows beyond the dark mountain range; he worked with the black sand, making bear prints side by side. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

So I count the seconds and run from shadow to shadow. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He stared at me a long moment with his shadowed eyes, as if trying to see into my soul. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her smear of blue eye shadow is an unheard call to the person she always wanted to be. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The sky is already dusky blue and long shadows stretch across the ground. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could imagine the splash and jar of angry steel, the leap and struggle until the torn heart failed, and then, not too long later, the shadow of a buzzard, and another. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There's a big trout over there where the rock makes a shadow. He's hiding. But he sees us. Look at his eyes.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dark shadows from the trees fell across his path and made the going treacherous. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Milligan ushered the children into a damp, dimly lit underground passage, where centipedes twisted away at their approach and other slithery creatures they heard but didn’t see retreated into the shadows. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

To make one, you pound a stick in the ground and put a stone at the end of its shadow. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as the crowd started to thin in the shadows of the dying embers, I turned to look at David. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Tipping his head toward them, the hat’s brim slashed a shadow across his face, dividing it diagonally, leaving a single crystal blue eye, half a nose, and a split grin visible. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He waved back at his own shack, a shadow still miraculously upright. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mind is a maze and I’m chasing a shadow. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“The mouthy thing that jumped you? Never heard of anything like that. Or the golden things. That’s on some other level. All I ever seen is the tall, lanky shadow dudes. Sorry, sis.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The moon spills its cool light to make shadows darker than sin. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I became aware of sunlight and shadow, of shapes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I know they can’t see me, I shrink farther into the statue’s shadow at the mention of my name. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Even as you listen to your own heart beating in death's shadow? The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Every sliding shadow, each creak and crack, sent her mind spinning off into a thousand horrible visions. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t pester her too much,” Lydia advised, her eyes under hoods of bright blue shadow, her hair teased into a chestnut-colored globe surrounding a face that suddenly seemed too small for all that hair. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He could discern furtive movements in the shadows. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Dearest niece,” said my father, “dry your tears. If she is, as you believe, innocent, rely on the justice of our laws, and the activity with which I shall prevent the slightest shadow of partiality.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the bird-shaped Balthamos was watching closely, and Will stepped carefully over the floor of the cave and followed Mrs. Coulter to the little figure lying still in the shadows. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They watched the peacock walk out of the shadow of a tree, then its lugubrious flight up to its favorite perch on the roof, where it stood and surveyed the decayed kingdom below. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Their shadows kept pace with them down below in a way that could never happen in the true Weep, enshrouded as it was in one great shadow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That must be a terrible thing to live in my shadow for your whole life.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set his eyes on some distant goal, bowed his wings, and flew southward as silently as the shadow he cast. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Relief flooded her as she stepped into the dark hallway and found it still shadowed, but empty. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

All she knew was that, crossed with shadow, their family life took on a poignancy sharper than she could stand. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long tail slid in the dark shadow of the dune before him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The light was dim, but any obstructions loomed as darker shadows and he was able to make his way quickly along. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A few pointed before she ducked back into the shadows. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And then came a voice from the shadows. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The lantern hanging from the low-slung ceiling of our cabin swings wildly, casting wavering shadows that rise and flow just as uneasily as the waves. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When I felt a great shadow pass over me, I looked up. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing Nailer saw was Sadna’s shadow plunging into the wind, running down the beach, surrounded by lightning strikes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Our twin shadows dance on the rippling grass. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Isobel stands near the shadowed stairs of the one she called home for almost a year, what now seems like a lifetime ago. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Rain slanted in the lights, which were angled to cast long, dramatic shadows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There’s a shadow of a beard on his chin. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Just toxic clouds of black smoke and human-shaped shadows pounding at the walls. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Looking for concealed closets or panels or knobs, they tapped along the south wall, straining their eyes against the shadows. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It is the shadow of pain which touches the young face with such pathetic patience, but Beth seldom complains and always speaks hopefully of ‘being better soon’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he heard the tinkle of water, a sound hard and clear as a stone falling into a dream of dark shadow. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Both could see a man moving around in the shadows. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually I came to fear him, to fear even the sound of his voice, even the sight of his shadow. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was rising, shedding gray light over the golden forest, and in the shadows she thought she saw something moving in the distance. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sefia shouldered her pack and climbed down from her tree, alighting at the base of the trunk like a shadow. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Some part of him was screaming, This is a trap, he is playing with you, the son is just the shadow of the father. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At his side lived Govinda, his shadow; he travelled along the same path, made the same endeavors. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stepped around in front, so that the lights were on me while they remained in shadow. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pay attention to shades of eye shadow and online games and which angle makes them look best in photos. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They floated through the broken dome and down into shadows. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Terry was like a shadow, a distinguished-looking man who wore three-piece suits every day of the week and pretty much never said a word. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I’m careful to stay in the shadows, even on this stormy night. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I can just make out Ruby in the shadows, waving hello with her trunk. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

For a minute there was a bright, golden glow over everything before the sun sank down behind the trees and their shadows were gone on the road before them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We passed under the dark shadow of the gigantic railroad bridge. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A swarm of shadows danced in and out of view on the path just ahead. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had put her on his shoulders so that she was close to the photograph, and Raymie had traced the shadow of Clara with her fingertip. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He came to wonder at times if the shadow he had loosed might have grown weak, or fled somehow out of the world, for it came no more into his dreams. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, as we are getting ready to board the buses, Shay tromps up to me with her shadow, Jessica, right behind her. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The shadows of my bedroom when I’ve told myself I don’t matter enough to be in this world. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Other clouds cast broad shadows across the valley. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was because the bright fire made the shadows around us very dark. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone transformed into mere shadows on the wall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A strange energy shadowed the corners of the room; the air seemed to circle on itself, confined by the narrow walls. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even Ray follows the shadow without a peep. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I must learn to live without shadows as they do in Orgoreyn; not to take offense; not to offend uselessly. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even the crescent moon birthmark on her forehead was a shadow of its former self—like a smudge of ashes on her brow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Something stirs in the shadows across the street. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Sam stood in the shadows, his foot on a crate as he laced his boots. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Lyra walked delicately through it all, her senses magnified and mingled with Pantalaimon’s, keeping to the shadows and the narrow alleys. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Right now, sitting in the shadows with a gloomy expression, Thalia looked a lot like one of the Hunters. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Aloud and clearly, breaking that old silence, Ged spoke the shadow’s name and in the same moment the shadow spoke without lips or tongue, saying the same word: “Ged.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She might have fallen, but a shadow moved suddenly, and strong fingers grabbed her arm and steadied her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Outside the house, a shadow moved, an autumn wind rose up and faded away But there was something else in the silence that he heard. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lone figure bending over a hoe on the hillside raised up wearily and waved, more a shadow against the skyline than a man. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry looked into the shadowed eyes of Sirius Black, the only part of the sunken face that seemed alive. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It hangs fat and waxy in the sky, creased with shadows. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was like a snow-covered island upon which rain might fall; but it felt no rain; over which clouds might pass their moving shadows, but she felt no shadow. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

What struggle there was in him between Nature and Grace in this interval, I cannot tell: only singular gleams scintillated in his eyes, and strange shadows passed over his face. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘Of course! What less? But I am not in a hurry tonight. At the moment I was just wondering about the black shadow. I heard you shout “messenger of Mordor’’. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Two giants sat on the outskirts of the group, casting massive shadows over the scene, their faces cruel, rough-hewn like rock. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They walked over to the other side of the car, leaving Bod alone in the shadows with the fallen Silas. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He looked across Tab’s still form at Taisin, and he noticed how young and vulnerable she looked today, with purple shadows beneath her eyes and her narrow shoulders slumping. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

These, he argued, were shadows and highlights such as you would find on a mountain range as it caught the rising sun. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He looked awful, really chewed out, a shadow of his showy self. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The rooms themselves were recessed, buried in shadow. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this hot noonday the trees of the Belt were looped and netted with darkest shadow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam got up and opened the hall door and did not see the shadow that slipped behind it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He grew large and green until he shadowed over the whole forest, but most of his branches are twisted. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We rise when the shadows grow long and head to our beds before the sun rises. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When he came to the bright treasure-chamber he skipped into it like a shadow. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far below, swathed in mist, was the shadow of a small town. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When I was sure my absence would not be noted, I slipped behind the pillars that girded the hall, keeping to the shadows until I stood beside Hamlet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As the shadows lengthened, she became aware of her recklessness. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

From all quarters of the room they were rushing upon him, their shadows huge on the ceiling. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

And on the walls were shadows with no people to throw them, and here or there were mirrors in which no image showed. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sohrab kicked his heels against the fence beneath us and studied the shadows we cast on the ground below. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He could see her pale face in the shadows. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The darkness beneath was that much more profound, and yet it wasn’t threatening, as shadows were in the city. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s dark, even though his face is in shadow, it seems that his eyes glow with red fire like the tip of his smoldering cigarette. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the stone galleries the people were gathered in clusters and groups filtering up into shadows among the blue hills. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch how the leaves bend and curl with the breeze and the way the trunks of trees cast long, dramatic shadows. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The afternoon stretched the shadows like taffy and the park entered its period of diminished popularity as supper approached. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The shadow called out, “Ji-li, it’s me. I came back. I was getting worried.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran could feel the big wolf’s hunger, a shadow of his own. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Close by, just under the dappling shadow of the dark bay-trees, two men remained on guard. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“If the shadow has a name,” he said at last, “I do not think it will stop and tell it to me...” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the gate she could see only that the road continued, turned, shadowed on either side by the still, dark trees. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Catelyn saw the shadow slip through the open door behind him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Chi-Boy pulled his long blade out from the sheath where it hung at his belt and backed into the trees until the shadows covered him completely. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She knew about thunder gods, earth-makers, wise crows, sly coyotes, and shadow souls. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

And 1 sat on the sand, just where the shadows ended and the sunny part began. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes, almost hidden in the shadow cast by the brim of his bowler hat, are fixed on the space in the center of the circle that the illusionist occupied only moments before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Turning quickly they saw ripples, black-edged with shadow in the waning light: great rings were widening outwards from a point far out in the lake. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It stood up and moved out of the shadows on to the limb. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a photographer on a fellowship and the first time Ifemelu saw his photographs, in black-and-white, in dances of shadow, their delicacy and vulnerability had surprised her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They created dark­ ness in the middle of day, and shadows that distorted the path and made him stumble from time to time on roots and rocks. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Rich land is scarce in Kerm, and a Domain’s pride is in the length of its borders, and the lords of Kerm Land are proud men and umbrageous men, casting black shadows. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls me along into the shadows, and together we slink away. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Arya withdrew a little deeper into the shadows, and watched as a huge black bear rolled by, caged in the back of a wagon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He asked for the lighting to be adjusted so that it wouldn’t cast a shadow on the board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Was it not likely that it was she who had moved in the shadows in the graveyard and had followed them to this spot? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Even from where I stood in the shadow of the den, I could see the intimacy between them and the happiness of new friendship. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Tyrion kept on the fringes of the fight, sliding from rock to rock and darting out of the shadows to hew at the legs of passing horses. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The shadow grew, enveloping the whites of Papa’s eyes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

So there I was in the shadow of those two giants of tennis. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the haunted forest to the north, the shadows of the afternoon crept through the trees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sun was far in the west, but luckily my shadow fell away from the young bull. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gray light from the window cast spidery shadows across it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe Frodo felt it, not knowing it, as he had upon Amon Hen, even though he believed that Gandalf was gone, gone for ever into the shadow in Moria far away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Great shadows fell across them; trunks and branches of trees hung dark and threatening over the path. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“This association is non-sectarian, being composed of persons of all shadows of religious opinions, and has no official connection with the so-called Woman's Bible or any theological publication,” the resolution read. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Six hundred feet, down at nineteen . . . Four hundred feet, down at nine . . . Three hundred feet . . . Watch our shadow out there,” called Buzz, repeating new numbers every few seconds. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gus motioned down to the shadows of the branches intersecting and coming apart on the concrete. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

As they left the moon behind and passed into the great shadow of the walls, he felt a chill, though he’d been cold enough already, and to be sure, the moon gave no warmth. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I got off and stood in my shadow and after a while a car came along and I got on and went back to the interurban station. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was another passenger in the vehicle, their face hidden by shadow. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And now he realized that Nok wasn't just watching him from the shadows. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Such shadows as I bring forth here will be terrible, and no creature of the dark will stand before them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Thieves and killers lurked in the shadows of the street. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Must be a trick of the shadows, she says, and smiles at the scale. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She watched me, her eyes brightly awash in blue shadow. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a large shadow and felt a fury that was not his own pound through his body, violent and brief as an electric shock. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The shadows were getting longer, and the light was starting to fade in the east. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Its flame was burning, it was giving out light, but it had a shadow. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t get it. She’s—” A shadow in the waters moved, sending ripples. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A shadow passes over the desk and Chandresh jumps back in surprise. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And High John could sense it—his shadow stretched across the rooftop over flowers and statues. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It feels for the first time like I'm moving away from the shadow of my brother and coming to stand in my own light. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

With a nervous look at the shadows under the trees, Nhamo crossed the clearing and quickly gathered firewood from a deadfall in a dry streambed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly into view below came a white horse, gleaming in the shadows, running swiftly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sun walks mindlessly overhead, the shadows lengthen and shorten as if by plan. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been all about the mission of shadowing me on my journey—getting me out of my home, going to and getting me out of the hospital, and soon coming with me to Lidia’s. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The ship was drawing closer, growing larger and larger in the mist like a shadow at dusk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Teddy seemed oblivious of the fact that someone was standing at the foot of his chair—or, for that matter, casting a shadow over his notebook. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He knew it, as it knew him, among all beings, all shadows. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we passed each other in the shadows. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I catch the shadow that passes over Josh’s face. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

When Turner left Mrs. Cobb, the sun was still high, his shadow was still small, and the mischief of a sea breeze was still hovering by the gate, waiting for him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I peered into the car to get a good look at him in the shadowed interior. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The memory is mostly shadows now—my father’s pale hands hanging from silver handcuffs. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

To my horror, the shadow began to creep up the bed, and I felt its slight weight upon me. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the afternoon shadows lengthened, the dassies muttered among themselves and eventually clustered at the entrance to their den. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young soldier was holding the burning stick high, making the shadows on his face long and severe, as if his head had been stretched; Jonathan saw him in a new way—powerful and evil. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Taisin awoke, evening was falling in lush, soft shadows around them, and Mona was pulling an iron teapot out of the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We stuck to the shadows as best we could, until we got to Old Main, and then we sprinted down the middle of the street like a pair of dogs let loose in a field. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’d barely had time to pick out his shadow and slide down the roof tiles. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Beyond, the path was the same—empty in the darkening moonlight and leading gently downhill into the deep shadow of a grove of ilex trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally we came to a dark, empty corridor, where the stone is particularly old and shadowed. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Harry could have told Hagrid it was best not to answer; he stood there in the shadows gritting his teeth, hoping against hope he wouldn’t — but it was no good. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A big, black shadow of his head was on the wall behind him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A mouth, wide open in a silent scream, emerged along the sleek emptiness of the shadow creature and then sank back in. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

We were all sitting in the shadow of death. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some shadows got shorter and some longer, as they say in Karhide. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Little Rabbit saw their terrible shadows before he saw them. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am only a shadow now, far back behind the glib shiny surface of this photograph. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bright sun cast them in shadow, but he could see the shapes of a girl, an aged man, and an old woman. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The sky above was blue, but the walls of the maze cast deep shadows across the workshop. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

As the sun moved, the shadow of the tower moved as well, gradually lengthening, a black arm reaching out for Theon Greyjoy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was quiet, and had a shadow’s talent for passing unremarked, while Thyon drew all eyes like a flare. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

After a queasy moment in which I imagined some twisted cannibal leaping from the shadows with knife in hand, I realized they were only coats rotted to rags and green with age. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When Dicey awoke the next morning, she saw filmy shadows, as if the inside of the trailer was swathed in veils. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of him at the mouth of their shelter nor in the shadows near. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And as Mig went singing down the stairs of the dungeon, there appeared from the shadows a rat wrapped in a cloak of red and wearing a spoon on his head. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I saw a shadow on a yellow wall. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Her dæmon was a small tawny owl, almost invisible in the dappled shadows under the trees. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows on the road were as still as if they had been put there with a stencil, with slanting pencils of sunlight. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He prowled away and disappeared in the shadows. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I darted from shadow to shadow until I was across the street from the wall. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I wonder what my shadow thinks of me talking with the SS. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They gave the watch-fire a wide berth, and wormed their way forward bit by bit, until they came to the edge of the river, gurgling away in the black shadows under its deep banks. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My eyes scanned the darkness, the impenetrable shadows of the trees. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were practically under the eyes of the soldiers, but step by step, from shadow to shadow, the dæmon crept with his little burden. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He tried to hold on to her, but it was like trying to hold on to smoke or shadow, or—like Sathaz from the folktale—the reflection of the moon. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Tom, the stooped and toothless landlord, was polishing glasses behind the bar counter; a couple of warlocks having a muttered conversation in the far corner glanced at Hermione and drew back into the shadows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The stairwell was dark and full of shadows. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

People in the city became shadows, went into their homes and disappeared. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cheeks were swarthy with a permanent shadow, his thick brows joined in the center. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Unity Valley is just a cave inside the big American cave that is a huge fire that casts the biggest shadows of all. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The sun sank and the shadows of evening fell like a curtain. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Ollie pulls on my sleeve, turning me to face him, and leans in close under the shadow of Rembrandt. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A man stepped out of the shadows, heavyset, thick of neck, shambling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

She’d escaped her tiny hometown in the shadow of Fort Hood, pulled night shifts at diners to put herself through law school, and was arguing discrimination cases before the Supreme Court by thirty. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I feel lighter, like my shadow just quit his day job, walked off, and threw up a peace sign. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It had a room you could go into that would capture your shadow and a mirror that made you look upside down. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was undoubtedly difficult for her to create her own identity in my shadow. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rays of sun dance through the valley, painting light on the plains even as the floating isles cast patches of shadows; flocks of white birds cry out in formation below us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The raven stirs and caws at something in the shadows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if they had become for Jaimito, too, a shadow couple by which he could talk of his own deepest, most hidden wishes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The countryside itself seemed spooky—shadows and tunnels and incense burning in the dark. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the current swept the Shy Maid beneath the bridge, their shifting shadows danced upon the mossy walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She concentrated on relaxing as the shadow loped closer. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Green light grew brighter and brighter, filling the clearing and dashing away the shadows, and it took me a few seconds to understand that the light was coming from my pocket—from Eddie’s journal. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mark followed Alec’s lead, crossing the dead lawn—now nothing but weeds and rocks—into the shadow of a home that had once been a mansion. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Her shadow was a small puddle at her feet. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The giant shadow crow cawed as they soared above us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The bright sun cast sharp shadows on the slope as Luna hurried down. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Finally I stepped out from the shadow of the tree and hurried around the block to our house. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I often become so lost in the play of soft light and transparent shadow, that I almost fail to hear the commands. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there’s no shadow hiding in the dark. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

But I could see the light was fading, the shadows of the forest beginning to touch us, and I sighed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And she lifted her eyes and looked at him full and passionately, and she passed him, silent as a shadow, and was gone. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

People passed this way and that through the purple shadows, but Nok didn't dare ask for directions. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There were a few chairs and a handful of candles which were giving off flickering shadows. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

They crawled in waves from her closet and waited in the shadows. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then a light flared up, and Doon’s shadowed face appeared above it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin dry, her eyes shadowed, her spirit bleached of color. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As Gregor broke free of the roaches and ran for his sister, a shadow passed over him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the shadows on Ralph's face were reversed; green above, bright below from the lagoon. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They were back in the heart of the ruins, in the shadow of the tallest building around. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was the voices which gave him the clue to the two indistinct figures standing in the shadow of a traffic van. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows behind them swallowed his father as the shadows ahead retreated to unveil other statues; no mere lords> these, but the old Kings in the North. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The street was darker at that end, and he squinted into the shadows. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Placed directly in front of the light, a cube casts a square shadow. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It had all happened so fast, and the shadows had swept in from the beach just a few minutes later, too late to help Robbie. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They walked deeper into the neighborhood, avoiding the puddles of dirty water that overflowed from the gutters and dodging the piles of garbage in which cats were digging like silent shadows. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchens were full of shadows and echoes, but the other cooks and scullions were all asleep in the cavernous lofts above the ovens. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It has smelly, unfinished spaces, and wooden beams that cast too-sharp shadows. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

By four o’clock the street was in shadow. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows seem to creep from every corner. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She would be Charlotte’s Charlotte, deeply hidden in the shadows. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Toward late afternoon, when one side of the shed was already deep in shadows, she heard footsteps, the bolt drew back, and the constable’s face peered through the door. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes flashed and the shadow of a grin twisted on his face, the intrigue of the old Deydey who’d never been sick. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They had more work to do, but he dawdled, hanging back in the shadows of a side alley. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Tall sycamores stood in front of the houses and their leaves threw cool shadows onto the paved ground. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had acquired his nickname from a tragedy that had cast its shadow over his life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could they wrap the shadows around themselves and make themselves invisible? Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard bodies shuffling inside, voices whispering in the shadows. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Fadi had positioned the couple on a low bench, framed in the back by the shadow of overgrown rosebushes. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Bod could not see her, but there was an extra shadow beneath the hawthorn tree, and, as he approached it, the shadow resolved itself into something pearlescent and translucent in the early-morning light. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I’d been here so long I’d gotten used to the trees and the deer, the shadows and sunlight, the slow turn of the years from season to season. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

After the trees leaf out, young lovers often hide in the shadows of the trail. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was dark, the color of a night shadow. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I paint no shadow in the spot where she stands. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yet I think I caught a glimpse, with the tail of my eye, as the saying is, of something dark shooting under the shadow of the bank. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sun was already high, although the valley was still in shadow. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

What have you gotten yourself into? the shadows seemed to say, tutting and harrumphing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Imagine that you can shine light at the cube from various angles and record the shadows that are formed. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He stared back up at the figure, trying to find a face beneath the hood’s shadow. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He wished he could see their faces for a reaction, but they were still hidden in shadow. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The memories haunt and follow me like my shadow as I climb slowly up the steps to our hut. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then one day in Philadelphia, in the shadow of City Hall, two women stopped and listened. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

So under the shadow of my straw hat, 1 just looked over at him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holly and Blackavar reached the long shadow of the wood at top speed, as though they were being pursued. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trudging through the shadows, Officer Delinko pictured himself in a tailored suit instead of a starchy uniform. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ekon looked up, and though one side of his face was still obscured in shadow, the other side was pleading. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Give me a kiss good-bye, fighter pilot,” Mamaw said, an almost forgotten shadow standing by the side of the car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked no different from before; there were no shadows under his eyes, no funereal air about him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then he melted into the shadows—just like her father had seventy years before. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was like a shadow, like a mist passing across her soul’s summer day. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light in the fake-Darin’s eyes goes out as quickly as a sun in a storm, and his irises darken into black pits, as if his entire body is filled with shadow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And hardly had they reached its shelter when the winged shadow had passed over once again, and men wilted with fear. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They fought in the predawn gloom, shadow against shadow, stumbling over roots and rocks, with mud and rotting leaves beneath their feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘Speak and be comforted, and shake off the shadow! What has happened since we came back to this grim place in the grey morning?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Soon they were lost in the shadows of the trees, but Mark could hear the scraping of the Toad’s body along the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Something massive was staring back at them from the shadows of the trees up ahead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The guard who had thrown the lock wore a helmet that shadowed his eyes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I had to walk out towards the perimeter of the clearing, into the darkness of branches and shadow. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I start opening and closing my hand, watching the shadow of something I can't see. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Turner picked up the ball and threw it to him, Willis caught it and turned his face so that the shadow was not so dark—and he saw that Willis was smiling. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

There was no shadow of doubt in either what they would do—keep him, if he would stay, and give him what he needed. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked through the wood for twenty minutes, talking and joking loudly, until at last they emerged on the other side and found themselves in the shadow of a gigantic stadium. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Huge empty eyes stared at her hungrily through the gloom, and dimly she saw the jagged shadows of long teeth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Outside, the world had become a formless, swirling mist with no shapes or shadows behind it, while the house itself seemed to have twisted and stretched. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Faerie exists beside and below mortal towns, in the shadows of mortal cities, and at their rotten, derelict, worm-eaten centers. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The woods here were not thick, but shadows drenched the high tree trunks and the sun broke through only in jagged streaks. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

His hands were shaking, and he kept looking around like at any moment something might jump out of the shadows and devour him. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Now the store leaped alive with flashing lights and flickering shadows. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His- eyes were sunk in deep pits, his close-cropped beard no more than a shadow across his hollow cheeks and bony jawbone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A little frightened of what lurked in the shadows around her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra squinted and then almost toppled over: The fall shadow charged across the club toward them, dove straight at Robbie, and then seemed to vanish into his chest. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She could see a definite shadow now to the north. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this evil hole they cowered, hoping in its shadow to escape the attention of the Eye. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The night passed without Gollum showing so much as a shadow again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Look, you being shady too. You tell me what happened to you back there, I’ll tell you what I know about the shadows.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe the rubble of the hotel creates an electromagnetic shadow. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The shadows of the coconut trees were growing tall and thin when Naima reached the pond. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the shadows carefully, checking up and down the wood-hauling road that came down the broken shale ridge and intersected the Acoma road. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dany followed his eyes, and there the shadow flew, with wings spread wide. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was dark with age and wear, like she was standing in the shadows even then. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He nudged his nose and pushed the shadow back like a blanket and crawled underneath it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Arya stood in the shadows of the stairwell and watched him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

To check the ungoverned spell and drive off the shadow from Ged, Nemmerle had spent all his power, and with it his bodily strength was gone. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But his efforts would link his name forever with the issue of nuclear proliferation and cast a shadow over his scientific legacy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As the coffin was lowered into the ground, the minister recited the psalm about lying down in green pastures and walking through the shadow of the valley of death and fearing no evil. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Gran unbolted the door, and we stood in the doorway leading into her garage, shadows and dark outlines lurking throughout. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Violence was like the fog that swept in from San Francisco Bay on summer afternoons to cloak the city in damp shadow. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They will start expecting things, beginning with a newer, braver Violet who isn’t afraid of her own shadow. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Near the fire, on a tree limb fashioned into a crude perch, crouched a heap of shadows which Taran realized was indeed a large crow. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” Tsukiko says, with a shadow of her normally bright smile. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you believe me? When I walk through the valley of the shadow the Lord is supposed to be with me, and he’s not! Do you see him here in this boat?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shadow going in and out, like a candle’s flame flickering in the breeze. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After about an hour you put another stone on the end of the new position of the stick’s shadow. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was near a shadow himself; bone thin and bone hard, with black eyes and black hair and a stubble of beard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She stayed by my side all along the way, a small, silent shadow who aroused an unknown tenderness in my soul. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two silhouettes wait at the end of the street, with long shadows that I know are guns. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The helper stepped out from the shadows; he was grunting like a bear. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was cool and refreshing in there in the shadows. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even more curious was his standard bearer—a woman, garbed all in reds, face shadowed within the deep hood of her scarlet cloak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The shadow crow messed with my hood, and I rubbed his beak before climbing aboard. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

People creep out of the shadows, and their faces are familiar. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The picture showed a hand reaching from layered shadows. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Several trembling shadows scattered off into the night. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It did not cast much shadow, for the sun was now very high, but it cast a little. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Alecto, the children, and Maria’s body dissolved into shadows, leaving Hades alone in the ruins. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The dark shadows of a crowd of people pressed in around them, pushing nearer; Harry felt the ground beneath his head reverberating with their footsteps. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The simulacrum swells, titters, and then falls into a pile of laughing shadows, their cackles falling against my ears like slivers of ice. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The racks are all there in the shadows, but everything is covered with graffiti. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Will set off at once toward the sound, and Lyra followed behind as he plunged down a narrow alley shadowed from the moonlight. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Huge knotted roots sprawled in the center of twisting, creeping shadows. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But Boobie had very much played under the shadow of Crow and spent much of his junior year blocking for him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dark shadow of an unidentifiable creature scurries across Poppet’s boots and out of sight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The tent was drenched in shadow, still and close. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A wasted woman, the boy’s mother perhaps, watched fearfully from the shadows. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His long face floated before her, limned in tongues of red and orange, appearing and disappearing again, a shadow half-seen behind a fluttering curtain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Usually there seem to be shadows from Venetian blinds all across your legs. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At certain intersections were deposited mortars and cannon, a few idle powder-monkeys lying atop them to guard them, awaiting commands or playing cards in the shadow of these engines of destruction. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She gave them a fearful look, as if she were afraid they might try to steal her dinner, and slunk off into the shadows without a word. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then, far off in the rain over the water, he saw the shadow coming. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hope in the shadow of fear is the world’s most powerful motivator. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Gerald, my sister's shadow, is sitting at our kitchen table helping Sunny make RATIFY! posters for her Equal Rights Club. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His skin appeared yellowish and waxy in the firelight, and his eyes were sunken and shadowed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A woman screamed, and then fire was upon them just as Turner threw himself into the shadow of the upended lorry. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her robe was woven in a dappled pattern, the shadow of leaves on the forest floor. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The moon was so bright that everything under the trees was caught in a net of confusing shadows. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux pressed the shutter button, and a sun-bright flash obliterated shadows for a microsecond. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Horace took his fingers out of his ears and tried to distract Esme by making shadow animals on the wall—a crocodile snapping its jaws, a bird flying—but she hardly noticed. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She clung to the side of the building, following Matthias, trying to keep to the shadows. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Our shadows grow longer as the sun sinks toward the horizon. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Halfway across, I saw someone, a man it looked like, step out from the shadows behind a Ford sedan parked close to the courthouse’s rear entrance. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

There were days when the ashen overcast thinned and now the standing trees along the road made the faintest of shadows over the snow. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She blames the sun for this, for the false shadows it casts in her house, and she tightens the shutters against enemy rays. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light cast a warm orange glow on everything it touched and left a few corners cloaked in shadow. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A sunlit sky, a white world, and we two strokes of shadow on it, fleeing. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows of clumps of tall reeds alongside the ditch darkened it in spots. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, it materialized into broad shoulders, a face shadowed by a tugged-down cap. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the shifting shadows, it’s hard to see. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The evil thoughts fled away like shadows from a bonfire. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The landscape jerks forward, falls away, the train casting a passing shadow on an expanse of nondescript buildings. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The other competitors faded away into shadows and sunlight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Though that was what it seemed like—signs of the ball of furious fire nowhere to be seen, the slanting shadows of morning absent. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But with my parents by my side, who had proven their love for me, I felt safe enough to allow sunlight to sweep the shadows from my life. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The waxing moon was riding in the West, and the shadows of the rocks were black. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

While it’s not quite dusk, the entire channel is now in shadows. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ignoring the guards watching from the shadows, she took a breath, swallowed her doubts, and began to turn. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The tall trees stood fairly close together, diffusing the sunlight into a greenish glow laced with shadows. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The flames cast her shadow on the Wall behind her, and her ruby gleamed against the paleness of her throat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When he saw the luminous woman with polished shoulders and the little boy, a shadow slipped across his face. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just short of the finish line, a gleaming white 250-foot coast guard cutter, the Champlain, was tied up in the shadow of an imposing grim, gray U.S. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo sat up and stared out at the shadows of moving bodies across her bedroom door. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Now, all that confronted me were its shadows—the swarming crowds of people, the trash littering the walkways, the hollow spaces. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Taller taller it grows, to fantastic size, till its wide shadow shelters a small corn plot. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was naked, with shadows for underwear and cracked cement for skin. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The morning sun threw their shadows long across the rooftops. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They got up and withdrew quietly into the shadows, and made for the doors. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Beneath the shadow of the First Keep was an ancient lichyard, its headstones spotted with pale lichen, where the old Kings of Winter had laid their faithful servants. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a dark cloud swept across the sun, blotting it out and leaving the earth in shadow. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

There were always a half-dozen ships, tankers, and freighters waiting for a berth at the busy port, and often they would anchor close enough to cast a shadow over the tiny island. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

To him, the bright morning felt deceptively gentle; the golden trees seemed to cover dark shadows. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

It is easy to overlook, lying as it does in the shadow of a neighboring high-rise, which was then only a frame of reinforced concrete. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

A shadow fell across the page I was reading. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

No police or officials are around but, even so, a shadow crosses my heart. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then—there! — a flash of yellow, Stargirl leaping from the shadows. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

There will be no color, no shape, no shadow. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He put back on his salt-crusted clothes, for there was not enough water to wash them, and going out into the grey windy morning looked over this place whereto the shadow had tricked him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Based on Mom’s shadows, I see a sister who will always be better than me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Leaf shadows and sunlight dappled the backs of her hands as she crawled after James into the teepee. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Right now the shadows of clouds are dragging across it, and patches of sunlight are touch ing down everywhere. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Wrapping my black coat round me like my own sweet shadow, I unscrewed the bottle of pills and started taking them swiftly, between gulps of water, one by one by one. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She turned, her suddenly spectacular eyesight capturing every nook and nub of each tree, and she realized that there were indeed tall shadows rushing along on either side of her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Far into the dark quiet hours they floated on, guiding their boats under the overhanging shadows of the western woods. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You heard the boy,” said the man in the shadows. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he stopped and waited, letting the minutes tick away as he planned his next progression, gliding like a cloud’s shadow cast upon the ground by the moon. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It moved to Nathan, attaching to different shadows along the way. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The valley was filling up with green shadows. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mouse had followed me to Miss Maggie’s and she now shadowed me as I walked my laps, which made me feel taller still. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

In the strange, shadowed lighting of my small room Dutchy takes off his belt and dress shirt and hangs them over the only chair. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The detectives felt as conspicuous as one of Matsika’s police cars with its siren blaring, but to normal people they would have passed like shadows in the gloom. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Seed Collector then crawled under a nearby shadow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

That is, they lived in the pipes when it was damp but in fine weather they lived in the shadow of the black cypress tree at the top of the lot. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, I caught a glimpse of him as he reappeared from the inky shadows far ahead. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed myself against a tree trunk, hoping the sunlight and shadows would camouflage me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

His face was in shadow, but she saw his lips curve as he smiled at her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a shadow came over the path, and when I looked up, I saw Newcharlie standing there frowning down at me. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

A long, looming shadow quivered in front of him for a moment; he blinked and Ron Weasley came into focus, grinning down at him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

So bright was it that the figure of the Elven-lady cast a dim shadow on the ground. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

From the shadows of the canopy to the rustle of Matabele ants in the dry grass, the whole grove vibrated with watchful attention. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

If Phil were here, flickering candles and dancing shadows might be romantic, but I struggle to picture this place as anything but menacing. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She had learned a trick or two from the Assassins over the years, but she’d never be able to disappear into the shadows the way they could. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Every shadow seemed darker, every sound more ominous. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They made their way around the edge of the yard, staying in the shadows, keeping an eye on Dragon. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Our shadows moved, but Dan’s shadow didn’t move except to howl when he did. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sure it would turn out to be a crazy trick of shadows. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even their faces when they come closer look too dark, as if they’re in shadow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The light on the lawn was golden, casting long velvety shadows, and the cloudy, radiant sky was straight out of Constable; though I didn’t want to admit it, I was about half-drunk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Director clears his throat and takes a step away from us, into the shadow of a large shelf of supplies. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

We saw him through the glass, advancing up the gangplank until he’d become just a shadow. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He would have been pleased to hear that, sir,” Celia says, her eyes briefly glancing over to the shadowed curtains at the side of the stage. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Scudding clouds raced across the moon and threw shadows in unpredictable patterns. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Rydell stepped out of the shadows, and in the light from the corner streetlight I could see his face was bruised and swollen; blood was splattered down the front of his T-shirt. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I was too grateful for that one word that allowed me at last to leave the island and begin to build myself as a soul, separate from the long, long shadow of my twin. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up, squinting with pain, and saw that the shadow creature was back. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The spirits formed a whirlpool of shadows around her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Each time she reached the top of her arc beneath the sun, her shadow legs were transformed into the thin, curved legs of an antelope, with small rounded hooves at the bottom instead of feet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadow of the fear of the Black Riders came suddenly over them again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At his forearm, Doc’s hands wove in and out of each other, swift and silent as shadows. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

For a moment he stood silently, half hidden in the shadow, looking out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Looking down at his legs, he saw only moonlight and shadows. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

This was the beginning of the discipline of projective geometry, where mathematicians look at the shadows and projections of geometric figures to uncover hidden truths even more powerful than the equivalence of parabolas and ellipses. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The sacks under his eyes turned hollow and black, and he padded through the shadows fruitlessly like a ubiquitous spook. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It had depth, and shadows, and someone who stood in the shadows waiting for Coraline to return. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

His head turned back and forth, sniffing at every strange sound and looking at every black shadow. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They are surrounded by small white candles that sit on the tables, making shadows and shapes on the tablecloths. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I chased up and down streets and alleys, sticking to the shadows and shying away from the flickering streetlamps. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows from the walls had lengthened considerably, already creeping up the sides of the ivy-covered stone faces on the other side. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Though it was tattooed in black ink, Taisin had always seen colors in it, as she did now in the lamplight—shadow colors, as indistinct and shifting as dusk over the sea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As they raced past the open doors, he glimpsed a pair of yellow eyes glaring at him from the shadows, and then he was moving on. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. A. H— stands in a shadowy corner, and even with the distance and the shadows Tara can tell that he is arguing with someone she cannot see. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I remember the way. I go north to go south, east to go west, back to go forward. And to touch the light I have to pass beneath the shadow.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I squint, but all I can make out is a shape, standing slightly away from everyone else in the shadows. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

As if by previous agreement, we all fade back into the shadows of the jungle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he opened the door, the light from within threw his shadow clear across the yard, and for Just a moment lyrion Lannister stood tall as a king. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The tide was out, and in such strong light there was a purple sheen on the mudbanks where thousands of wormcasts threw tiny sharp shadows. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I heard it land with a thud, saw it moments later, wobbling out from under the shadow of the house, meowing and stumbling forward. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

"To go north, you must journey south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward you must go back, and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I have seen a hunted deer run from the open field and take cover in a shadowed bower, panting among the tangled bushes and brambles that she prays will keep her unseen. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The Ash Being’s evil eyes stared back at Nathan from the man’s shadow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She followed it with renewed determination, but she only ever saw the shadow out of the corner of her eye. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Pale green eye shadow that sparkled in the light. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I glance around at the shadows and cobwebs and the windowpane that rattles with even the slightest hush of a breeze. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Gaea’s sleeping face appeared in the shadows of the rocks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I walked up behind him, feeling like a shadow. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

From the sunless dawn until evening the heavy shadow had deepened, and all hearts in the City were oppressed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Hannah said no more, but in her mind’s eye she saw a swift shadow racing into the dark trees. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hundreds of feet deep, and filled with rocks and trees and lifting shadows. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In their nervous state, every statue’s shadow looked like Filch, every distant breath of wind sounded like Peeves swooping down on them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

In the gathering dusk, the saguaros flung shadows of giants across the pebbled earth. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

No one noticed the scrawny man in a shabby coat lurking in the doorway shadows. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

One moment they are there, Celia’s dress fluttering in the wind and the rain, Marco’s hands pressed against her back, and the next they are only a blur of light and shadow. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But the evil was all about, hidden behind the brush fence, crouched beside the house in the shadow, hovering in the air. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gazed into the silver-green-gold shadows, and listened, with both hands behind his ears to catch and focus any quiet voices through the insect chirping and the trickle of the stream. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Rameel stood before him, as dark as a shadow and taller than the tent itself. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Pax registered an instinctive alarm at the cool flicker of V-shaped shadow. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Not even an extra shadow in the hawthorn tree. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Or ever intended to. I’m not anyone’s servant. A man must cast his own shadow....” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was just fixing to quit weeding and rest a spell under the big hickernut tree when I noticed my shadow was underfoot, nearly straight down. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The crew shunned him when he walked the deck, and men would spit if his shadow chanced to fall upon them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For a moment he considered and then he worked among the shadows until he came to the house of Juan Tomas, his brother, and he slipped into the doorway and drew Juana after him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were heavy and rimmed with shadows. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Through curtains of fire great winged shadows wheeled against a hard blue sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was panting as he approached the little house set back in a clearing of the woods, indistinct among the shadows and the veils of fog that enveloped it. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

At length a silence fell, and they heard the music of the waterfall running sweetly in the shadows. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Between and behind the lights there were shadows moving swiftly, and as they came toward us I could see that they were men—men in white uniforms carrying nets, round nets with long handles. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We eat around the fire, which turns brighter as the shadows grow out from the trees like darker branches. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Mellower strutted up and down, aiming punches at the shadows and scowling ferociously. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As if his materialization is preventing her from keeping certain shadows at bay. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A shadow spread across the room, and Joseph turned. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When he at last was in the wall shadow, he said to Inigo, “What now?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A shadow unfurled from the lamp, its spine arching and reaching. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I walk quickly, moving out of the reach of their sticky shadows. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

But it was just the water dripping out of her belongings, it was just a shadow falling across the canvas. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Some girls had started to play badminton, and a few others were reading under the shadow cast by one of the buildings. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

In the dusky shadows, Frankie’s eyes were as luminously gold as the constellations of dust motes floating above our heads. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Green and the shadow of green locked away in stem and bark. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thoughts of the livid warriors still haunted him, and he saw their faces in every shadow. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Row after row of black Early American benches spread emptily back through the shadows to long, vague windows. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I know without a shadow of a doubt that this woman is Julia. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

There they found sanctuary in the shadow of "Sagarmathaji, " "mother goddess of the earth. " Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It moved again in the shadows, and she could see now that it was human, a small human, on all fours like a stalking beast. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gideon's lips twist into a hint of a smile, the low light casting interesting shadows across his pale face. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Besides, he was still hungry- We picked up our pace as we walked in the shadows of the tree- lined sidewalks, now avoiding the center of the street. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I use my glove as a handkerchief as I watch the shadow of the dugout roof creep down my outstretched legs as the sun rises to the top of the sky. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

A derisive laugh shudders through the shadows before Hector replies. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In spots along the route where the train slows and migrants sprint from the shadows to board, reaching for the ladders, migrants riding atop the cars shout out if the train is going too fast. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The light by which they saw was a dull self-luminescence that seemed to exist everywhere equally, so that there were no true shadows and no true light, and everything was the same dingy color. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His features stayed in the shadows, but I could see a book in his left hand, his finger marking the page. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to shake the words away with “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for behold, thou art with me...” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Augustus Seward, dressed in his nightshirt, raced to his father’s room and saw the shadows of two men fighting. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A friend asked me to ...” she paused and ducked her head a little, trying to glimpse the face under the shadow of the hood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A black wall of shadow flowed from Bahumat like a wave of tar. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Seventeen days I sailed in the open water before I saw your country’s shore, a shadow upon the sea rim. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the yard the King’s Tower had turned into a hulking shadow, the lights in its windows obscured by falling snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Up there it looked like a trout stream, flowing swiftly with shallow stretches and pools under the shadow of the rocks. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She glimpsed the shadow of a great wolf, and another like a man wreathed in flames. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

From a smoking tower, a great stone beast took wing, breathing shadow fire. . . . mother of dragons, slayer of hes . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At that moment the figure emerged from shadow and the moon caught the flat planes of his glasses, turning his eyes into pools of silver. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Amari stayed in the shadows, watching it all, uneasy, but not sure why. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

National Guard troops raced through the area in armored vehicles dodging sniper fire and shooting at shadows. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, she backed away from the clearing, fading into the shadows beneath the trees until she could no longer see the girl. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The words are painted in white and make me think of the shadow creatures my mom made on the walls of our bedroom at night. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Here the face was a black oval, a shadow with stars for eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Olanna saw the smoke rising like tall gray shadows before she smelled the scent of burning. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were iron brackets every few yards, holding blubber lamps, and in their flaring shadows it wasn’t always easy to see where she was treading, either. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The direwolf moved toward the meat, a gaunt grey shadow sliding from tree to tree, through pools of moonlight and over mounds of snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We stand out in the lane watching the moon disappear behind a round black shadow. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Finally some two or three days after Christmas, he arrived with just the shadow of his old dip-down walk. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Over the lip of the little dell, on the side away from the hill, they felt, rather than saw, a shadow rise, one shadow or more than one. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Seed Collector would have been hiding in the shadows, darting from one hiding spot to another. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Every European and Asian culture since, no matter how disparate in appearance, stands in Sumer’s shadow. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They operated in the shadows of fear and suspicion, and they served at her command. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Behind her, I think I can see a shadow, someone moving: Jason. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The passageway had been dim, but this room was two shadows short of midnight black. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The shadows rise, morphing into a manlike shape. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Suitcases and boxes threw shadow stairs up the walls and across the floor. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kilgore Trout was shadowing him, keen to know what Billy had suspected or seen. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked together from his grandparents' driveway to the alley; then Park waited there in the shadows and watched Eleanor walk home alone. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I was dozing in my sleeping bag, watching the morning sun cast shadows across the walls of my tent, when Helen yelled, “Jon! Telephone! It’s Linda!” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The flames in the lantern went up and down and the shadows jiggled ever time you’d go to blink your eyes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Great black shadows lay across the entrance, and he could not see for more than a few yards inside. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

That fluttering shadow before my eyes was his jabbing left hand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all the temples, towers, palaces, pyramids, and bridges cast long, disastrous- looking shadows in the light of that withered sun. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then a shadow detached itself from the rocky incline and took on the general form—if not the exact appearance—of Milligan. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Meggie that they filled the room with shadows rather than light. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was probably Mandy, but she was so afraid of her own shadow, she would have let everything burn. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I stopped inside the door, watching the shadow move. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trout rose without haste, a shadow in faint wavering increase; again the little vortex faded slowly downstream. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

One portrait of Vincent at twenty-one: dark colors, dark shadows, lethargy, pessimism. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It loomed up out of his life like the shadow of a building falling over you in the cold afternoon—a building you do not want to enter, though you know you must. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You are a village girl,” said Kunthi, and there were shadows of contempt moving behind her eyes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the open door, I saw a long shadow bouncing on the wall, accompanied by the echo of approaching footsteps. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

My door slammed open, and in walked First Sergeant Anderson, a high school senior with an impressively premature five-o’clock shadow, a scruffy voice, and the posture and mannerisms of a bulldog. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Once Spurge was shut up in the guest room and the whole house was in shadow, Werfel went and sat next to one of his skins. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

One by one, they fluttered their wings and stayed still, as if they were buttoning up whoever stood in the shadows. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It’s like all of a sudden he let go a million moths all over the dusty furniture and swan-neck shadows and in our bones. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly, Darkness wrapped the shadows from the trucks around the man. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The lamp’s swinging glare cast shadows across them both, looming and swooping shapes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The grey day had become an early night while he was inside the storeroom, and it came as no surprise to him when a familiar shadow swirled beneath the street lamps. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

At each turning leading from the street—and there were many of these, dim lanes and alleys—she paused, and advanced a little along it, and waited, lost in the shadows. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lanterns flickered near the center of the port, where the road led up the hill to the city, but here was all shadow and starlight. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Gaween,” said Old Tallow, very slowly, the lines in her face shadowing, “you are still beautiful.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

My fingers traced the edge of the sill, chasing shadows. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Fish spiralled down towards it until a shark’s long grey shadow cut across its path and it vanished. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

One image of Phil fades into another—the ambient light in the shots shifts and casts shadows across his brow, his cheekbones, his lips. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

They dove straight into a shadow on the Senate House wall and disappeared. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was still wearing his haptic suit and was shadowed by a gray-haired man in a suit who I assumed was his attorney. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The godswood there was a garden, bright and airy, where tall redwoods spread dappled shadows across tinkling streams, birds sang from hidden nests, and the air was spicy with the scent of flowers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Spirit Medium watched quietly from the shadows. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, a shadow has fallen on my happiness. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

History was everywhere, looming over me like the long, leafy branches casting shadows over the walkway. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a quick shower I hurried to the kitchen, Fig shadowing my lead. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then, each of the others turned with a studied ease and took a step toward Haliax, into the shadow surrounding him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Seated in the branches of the elm tree at the north wall of the Abbey, Cluny watched the shadows lengthen. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The faint sun rays at his back cast his face in shadows. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

A shadow of stubble is on his cheeks. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“The only life these prisoners know is the sounds and shadows of the cave. Imagine living like that!” he says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He stared at him as if he were studying the shadows of an aerial photograph. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he carried out the twins, one under each arm, and put them on the ground beside the table and gave each boy a stick for his hand to shake and make shadows with. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now, as Nhamo lay in speckled shadow and watched the ants wander over acacia thorns, she considered the implications of this story. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The papers sent special correspondents to shadow the pilots as they served in the skies over Europe, each dispatch from the European front producing shivers of delight. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I do my best to act normal, and I shadow Fiona as she moves from event to event. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

When he stepped out the door, two shadows in the shape of an X fell across his path. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows grew long as we walked through the park, checking out the attractions. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was a larger landscape in dull fall colors — an empty, shadowed meadow in a forest, with a craggy peak in the distance. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She tried to ignore the shifting shadows she saw ahead—various creatures ducking out of sight. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The shadows of the brush and the towering cottonwoods were thick and dark. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That song was about green pastures and restful waters. The preacher talked about walking in the valley of the shadow of death and not being afraid.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She layered concealer and powder, added smoky shadow, then mascara and a nearly black lipstick with a gloss over it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Max looked terrible, a deep purple shadow underneath each eye. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Greasy hair hung down, touching Thomas, framing a face hidden in shadow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They climbed the last few feet up to the foot of the cliff, where a narrow defile led a little way into the shadow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘Eyes looking out from the shadows of the boughs! I never saw such eyes before.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

King Pelles could clearly see the blood running over his high cheek-bones, and the sunken cheeks, and the hunted eyes, and the blue shadows between his ribs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turns away slightly, and in the shadows of the night, it's enough to mask his expression. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They lay like a blue- black shadow across his square jaw and die bony hollows of his cheeks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Twenty paces of open street separated us from the shadows on the other side. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pima’s shack was gone, but the shadows of the girl and her mother were still there, fighting the storm, trailing ropes, struggling to hold onto a blurry shadow. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up at the hills, and imagined Gaea’s face smiling in the shadows and ridges. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Like a blanket, the shadow folded and revealed a braid of sweetgrass. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The winter night blew in with frosty wind, and the street lamps with their sputtering carbons swung restlessly and made the shadows dart back and forth like a runner trying to steal second base. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A shadow that is bigger than a rat and suddenly standing upright. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Bull Meecham had grown fond of being in Hobie’s restaurant in those early morning hours before the sun had time to penetrate the deep winter shadows that hung between the buildings of River Street. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something was wrapped around the boat, some tentacled shadow. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

What had it been like to grow up in the shadow of the king who had ordered so much destruction? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was midafternoon, so most of the lights in the house were off; the room was filled with shadows and the soft glow of natural sunlight. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But now my face is almost obscured by the dramatic highlights and dark shadows. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as his back was turned, a dark figure climbed quickly in over the gate and melted into the shadows of the village street. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I watched from the shadow of a cowshed, since on that hill there were no trees. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

But here, I couldn’t seem to find the voice that, in the shadow of Buck’s Peak, came easily. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Seconds later, another one passed in front of the rock and disappeared into the shadows. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t know for sure,” Shady answered, speaking as one with a few shadows of his own. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nothing moved except the vines rippling over the walls and the shadows they made. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I pulled back into the shadow of the house, and watched them come up. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I was throwing at a shadow, hard to say. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He slinks in behind me, close as a shadow. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Finally, I man- age to duck beneath his arms and run outside, into the shadows behind the truck in the driveway. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She admitted she had initially resisted fencing because she really didn’t want to fight in my shadow, but Coach Mustilli helped develop her talents and made her a fierce saber fencer. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The grin disappeared and High John’s shadow started to stretch and grow. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The moon shines against the windowpane, casting a shadow on the carpet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Al’s eyes have shadows beneath them, and his face is swollen from crying. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Hulking towers rose up, cast- ing jagged shadows, their human-made shapes obvious against the plain of treetops rippling in the wind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Rumor, that wingless bird, had shadowed over the town. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I place my hand above it, creating a shadow umbrella, and it glows the deep purple of an amethyst. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He turned and waved to Kat and me as he boarded, but you couldn’t see his face, just his shadow. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there glittery eye shadow on my scarf?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The Commandant’s house is dark, but I stick to the shadows anyway. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And as the shadow came to the beach, as the first quail began to call, Mack and the boys awakened. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus he had passed over Enlad, stooping down to drink at a lonely forest pool, but on the wing again at once, driven by fear of the shadow that came behind him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He looked along the passage, and saw, up some steps and through another open door, the side of the hill with the shadow of oncoming night on it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I willfear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mayflies skimmed in and out of the shadow of the bridge just above the surface. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waves his fingers in excitement, watching his shadow. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadow moved in a quick darting prowl, and it disturbed Will greatly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the past decade these problems have cast long shadows, but we have been slow to recognize them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Turning toward our house on the hillside, I see movements of a different kind, tall shadows stiffly pushing through the currents. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The saucepans on the wall glowed with the light of the stove and behind each one there was a round, black shadow. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

No living creature, beast or bird, was to be seen, but in these open places Gollum grew afraid, and they walked now with caution, flitting from one long shadow to another. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The judge folded his arms in front of him and leaned from the bench so that the members of the jury could see, through the shadows, his shaggy, exhausted face. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There is one zone, high up in the shadows, that is cool enough to allow the growth of fir trees usually found only much farther north. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Crunk took some shots at ’em and they ran off but we seen ’em scurrying around the shadows again just over there!” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He pulled into Sunset Park and stopped in the shadow of a picnic shelter. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mariam detected a shadow on his face, a darkness underlying the coppery light of dusk. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Squatting close to the ground, he followed the long shadow cast by the continuous mounds of mining debris. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the shadows had fallen about them and the road behind was dim, he had heard again the quick patter of feet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

One evening, as he returned from shadowing someone, Victor went past Barbarossa’s shop to put up a sign Ida had written: Salesperson required, experience preferred. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a minute or two, he came and crouched by my tent, his form a dark shadow on the fabric. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t care about the saints, but I was fascinated by the castles perched on distant hills, the towns on outcroppings with switchbacks leading up to them, the ruins in the shadows. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Those candid eyes, shadowed with makeup, yes, but like the eyes of cats, fixed for the pounce. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

His presence feels like a heavy shadow, a darkness. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When I was done, she stared into the shadows of the woods. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The sun streamed in from the windows behind him, and shadows lay over his face and accentuated the lines of his cheeks and jaw. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He slides through the circus like a shadow. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I felt myself melting into the shadows like the negative of a person I'd never seen before in my life. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The reds and yellows of common flame warred against the emeralds and jades of wildfire, each color flaring and then fading, birthing armies of short-lived shadows to die again an instant later. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They heard it splashing over a fall away among the shadows on their right. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The base of its body reattached itself to different shadows and detached from previous ones, like fire moving from kindling to kindling. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Most captivating were the nights, “when the long shadows have all merged into one and the stars begin to gleam out over the lake and the domes of the palaces of the White City.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Jody tried to leap into the middle of his shadow at every step. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows spun faster, their long strides reaching over the heads of the writhing crowd. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

‘He will let no man handle him. There he goes, away down by the ford, like a shadow among the willows.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There was no clutter and contortion, no sense of always being under the shadow of something high and gloomy, as in Erhenrang; everything was simple, grandly conceived, and orderly. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I turned my back to it, tramping my shadow into the dust. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Nathan saw it: a pair of glaring eyes embedded in Uncle Jet’s shadow on the floor. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Quiet as a shadow, she repeated, sliding forward, light as a feather. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The astronauts, former test pilots and combat veterans accustomed to riding with the shadow of death on every flight, put themselves in NASA’s hands. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The brim of his hat cast his face in shadow. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dorian’s attention flicked to her two guards, who lurked in the shadows nearby—waiting, watching. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Probably just a shadow,” Reynie suggested, fumbling with his trousers and shoes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fire had burned down to embers, and the shadows wore creeping in aH around them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But soon they began to fall down into the darkness, and as the sun turned west a grey shadow crept over their faces. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A flicker in the shadows beyond the barracks catches my eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Though I’m hurrying, I take a couple of seconds to stroke on cherry lip gloss and pink eye shadow, and comb my hair. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam would try to draw me back, to wrap an arm around my waist, but I’d disentangle myself and head back to the shadows. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey climbs the oak tree to retrieve his hidden box before sunset, gazing down at the circus that sits bathed in deep orange light, casting long pointed shadows across the field. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I glimpse the shadow of dark eyes as they peer at us through their veils, but when they see me look, they turn away. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

A couple was making out in the shadows of the building. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As we glided in toward a landing in the early morning or late afternoon, we could judge how high we were by the shadows on the craters, just as we would on the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shadow seemed to pass over Scythe Curie’s face. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Until I happened to glance up and saw directly in front of us, not thirty yards away, four large black shapes in the shadows. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The air seemed charged with a special calm as if someone had waited there, quietly, and only a moment before he came, simply turned to a shadow and let him through. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presently they were under the shadow, and there in the midst of it they saw the opening of a cave. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Beyond the shadow, the light was flat and gentle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other walked parallel to her—a feral shadow. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I let him guide me, pulling me away from the light beams and into the shadows. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The barmaid—in her fifties, with turquoise eye shadow and lots of turquoise rings to match—looked us over, our suits and ties. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Other shadows follow, creating a circle around Hel and me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Because the faint light of the ship was behind him, his face was hidden in shadow, but there was something sinister about it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We stick to the shadows, trying our best to disappear into the darkness, to catch no one's eye. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Behind him lay the parking lot, a vast open space where occasional clumps of planted bushes spread long shadows over the ground. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because it is the way it’s done. Let’s forget if it’s right or wrong for now,” Father Amadi said, and I noticed the shadows under his eyes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The moon was shining in the window and made shadows on the bed from the bars on the window-panes. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

A brilliant dawn broke through the morning dew, caressed every shadow, and lifted the fog to reveal a floor of white clouds dotting an azure sky. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A second after I landed, a shadow spilled over me, and I turned around to see Sorrento’s mech blotting out the sky. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I knew the way I knew that he wasn’t Scott the first time I saw him, when he was nothing but a shadow moving towards her—just an impression of tallness, of loose, languid movement. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His long black hair and beard were streaked with silver, and a great overhanging forehead shadowed his glinting eyes, putting Harry in mind of a crab looking out from beneath a rock. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I tried sensing for hollows, but there were too many faces, too many shadows. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The lighting was just right, the shadows perfectly cast, the location spot-on. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I moved back into the shadows beneath the tall maples in front of the library. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The groom had black shadows under his eyes and looked very sad. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She completely ignores the fact that I was never in, and that she dumped me, banished me from even the shadows of Martha glory. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her makeup is flawless—foundation, eye shadow, mascara, lip gloss. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And then all the Tartars turned their rifles up and blazed into the dark, firing at nothing, at shadows, at clouds, and more and more arrows rained down on them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

There in its shadow he buried Mad-Eye Moody’s eye and marked the spot by gouging a small cross in the bark with his wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We started with our makeup, applying eye shadow between bites of soup and tostadas. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Far off to the east, the mountains turn white with snow in the shadows of Sagan’s darker side. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I walked the rest of the way home, sticking to the shadows to avoid catching the attention of cops on patrol. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I clung to him like his guardian shadow, staying just far enough behind so that he would not see me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“From the moment I arrived in New York, I was always shadowed as soon as I stepped outside.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun fell behind the sandstone rocks and the shadows grew darker. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The sun was almost down on the mountain tops, and the shadows of the whole group fell long upon the snow. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Blue light from the screens makes her cheekbones and forehead brighter but casts shadows in her eye sockets. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The day was warm, a little windy, and leaf shadows, supple emanations from the tree boughs that brushed the cell’s barred window, tantalized Perry’s tamed squirrel. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never been to Seattle before, and I thought it was one of the most intense-looking cities I’d ever seen, built right up against the tree-lined coast, in the shadow of a giant volcano. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She wore high heels and stockings that shadowed the blue lines on her legs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Without thinking, I raced over and hugged the shadow. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

You could easily make out all those apartment complexes-—shadowed squares and rectangles around half-empty ponds of asphalt. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

As Celia walks alone through the front hall, Marco grabs her hand, pulling her into a shadowed alcove behind the looming golden statue. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He didn’t take a seat in the sea of scarlet robes, but stood in the back of the theater, in the shadows. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And, leading them to the door, he took his leave of them, sidling away, swinging his curled mane, his golden body dappled with moonlight and shadow. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Low-key lighting casts intriguing shadows in the hall, and my filmic version of Phil turns to look at me, his twinkling green eyes catching mine. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Once we got away we made for the docks, snuck up and watched from the shadows while they transported them on a brachy.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His voice from the shadows was quiet but urgent. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“My apologies,” Celia says, her eyes darting back to the shadows, but her father has vanished. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The flaring of light made big shadows dance on the wet gray canvas of the hearse. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Children watch their shadows and play in its light, people gather at the square to tell stories and dance through the night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Luke was not still for a minute, but moved back and forth across the shadows, filling glasses, stirring the fire, touching the marble cupid; he was bright in the firelight, and restless. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Out in the blue water, the shadows of the tankers still loomed, randomly scattered like toys, but nothing else remained. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The dark clouds move over them, casting black shadows on the soldiers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A ship appeared in the mist, little more than a shadow with tendrils of fog twisting around its hull. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He walked to a nearby dark shadow that was cast from the brightening horizon. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As they entered the second tower, a figure emerged from the shadows, and Nina barely stifled a scream. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ged reached out his hands, dropping his staff, and took hold of his shadow, of the black self that reached out to him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

They would have been willing to follow a leader over the River and into the shadow of Mordor; but Frodo spoke no word, and Aragorn was still divided in his mind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I got off, into the middle of my shadow. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flickering flames of a pitch pot threw wavering, grotesque shadows upon the walls. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mother’s face followed me like a shadow. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Though I couldn’t see her face, I heard a shadow of doubt in her voice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Only the shadow of a shadow, twenty years removed . . . if it ex-ists at all." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She gazed contentedly at the distant shadow of Karoyi—now Angel—Mountain. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently there was too much else for them to do, as wealthy visitors and foreign dignitaries began arriving in ever-greater numbers, shadowed by a swarm of pickpockets, thugs, and petty swindlers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I want to make the shadow pass over all the clean, startled faces, all those who believe in president grandfathers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The unfrosted light bulb overhead was swinging crazily on its loose wire, and the jumbled black shadows kept swirling and bobbing chaotically, so that the entire tent seemed to be reeling. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Gatsby got himself into a shadow and while Daisy and I talked looked conscientiously from one to the other of us with tense unhappy eyes. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He went by me like a shadow, passing me without stopping, without a glance. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she knew anything about anything, she would be able to look at the shadows the trees cast and know if she was going backward. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The dim light from the cabin window cast long equal shadows from man and posts. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the cloth film, I saw the shadow approach. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How is it I can understand you and you can understand me?” the creature in the shadows said in between heavy, labored breaths. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Ever steeper and narrower it wound inward from the north under the shadow of the Thrihyrne, till the crowhaunted cliffs rose like mighty towers on either side, shutting out the light. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And on top of hills, or in their shadows, or even by little creeks, not a tree and not a single green blade of grass. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The glaring sun threw the bunched shadows of the people blackly on the white wall. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood and looked around for a minute, and I held my breath in the shadow behind the barn, and was glad I was wearing a brown shirt and muddy jeans. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

High overhead were wooden rafters black from smoke, and a vaulted ceiling lost in shadow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A breeze wafts through the open doors, the cabin lights with sudden brightness, I’m aware of shadows and voices. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be two figures, and some sort of shadow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The men stood motionless, their shadows under them. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of him was wrapped in layers of wool and boiled leather and ringmail, his features shadowed by his hooded cloak and a black woolen scarf about the lower half of his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then out of the shadows stepped another scythe, robed in earth-toned brown and forest green. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

This was a place of deep silence and brooding shadows, and the gods who lived here had no names. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He saw the Blue Monkey and his owner disappear into the shadows. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

His eyelashes cast semicircles of shadow on his cheeks. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The greenwitches grumbled in response, and some insisted that they had run into klippes at twilight, or seen sprites slipping among the shadows of the Wood at Midsummer. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was enough light for him to see, but enough shadows to hide him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

After a long time, slowly, like a spell was wearing off, I saw a shadow of a chicken, and then darker and lighter stripes. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Where once he’d watched trout swaying in the current, tracking their perfect shadows on the stones beneath. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He cast himself on the ground and fell at once into sleep, for he had not slept since their night under the shadow of Tol Brandir. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My shadow fell upon the water as I passed, and he looked up and saw me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The fog blew through the faceless vagueness of its head, yet it was shaped like a man, only deformed and changing, like a man’s shadow. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger stood brooding in the shadows of the stairway. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The giant glass building was full of shadows and light, and she fanned herself as the steamy heat smothered her face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As the cheerless shadows of the early evening began to fall the Company made ready to set out. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Here, squares bathed in shadow appear to be the same though each bears a different name. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw a giant's shadow, immense and black. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Urvashi refused to rent space anywhere, because I have an image to maintain, and I’m not going to put my feet on a floor that’s been stained by other people’s shadows. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Winnie crept out of her room and crouched in the shadows at the top of the stairs. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leader could see beyond the shadows but was not certain what he saw. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The police were shadows who appeared intermittently at my bedside to ask me questions I had to struggle to understand. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The dark shadow had passed, and a fair vision had visited him in this land of disease. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Until sundown and the blood-orange winter light of the dying day cast long shadows. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I looked up to see that deathly shadow being thrown into the air upon the horns of my Patronus. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Frodo suddenly the shadow of parting had fallen: he knew somehow that the time was very near when he must leave Lothlórien. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His sight begins to shift continuously from shadow to light, darkness replaced by expansive white only to be consumed by darkness again. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The shadow in the doorway stood very still. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of the slope was in shadow, for the sun was sinking ahead of them, and Hazel, who wanted a warm, sunny spot, went on until they were quite near the lane. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bolt comes from the shadows of the rafters—in a completely different trajectory than the last. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Where the trees began to thin, she used th*'undergrowth, slipping from bush to bush quiet as a shadow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And so he left, as he had come: a shadow swept away by the wind. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The firelight of the torches makes long shadows and limns everything in scarlet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then he turned and trudged off down the corridor until he was lost in the shadows. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

With a sudden sprint he sped into the green shadows of sunrise and one by one his family fell in behind, according to their status in the pack. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was bright, and the crisp line of shadow, downhill, made a visible border. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Cal went to the alley behind the Abbot House and found the shadow behind a post where he had sat the night he first saw his mother. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our shadows look ridiculous next to each other. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe when you die you don’t really disappear, but you fade into a shadow, dark and featureless, only your outlines visible. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t moved, but the shadows across her face made it look like she was smiling gruesomely. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They were so minimal they only cast shadows—they seemed to emphasize the darkness, rather than fighting it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Those historical inequalities have cast long shadows on the modern world, because the literate societies with metal tools have conquered or exterminated the other societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

From a distance the trees along the edge of the beech hanger appeared full of great, dense shadows, impenetrable to the dazzled eye. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lanterns were spaced far apart here, and the shadows between them looked deep enough to fall into. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And through that bright misshapen breach clambered something like a clot of black shadow, quick and hideous, and it leaped straight out at Ged's face. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

When we had not banged lids at the last eclipse and the shadow kept receding anyway, she’d said, “The villagers must be banging and clanging very loudly back home in China.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silent as a shadow, I followed Celina Aunty while she talked to people and filled out forms, and the men wheeled you both out of sight. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The girls of the Menagerie entered through the rotunda doors in a wedge formation, their gowns glittering in the candlelight, the hoods of their capes shadowing their faces. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“The shadow of our dark time still haunts us,” the Godslayer had said. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The organ stopped and the screen flashed with the rhythm of moving shadows. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Next to the culvert, a dusty maintenance yard ran all the way back into the shadows under the four-lane bridge. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

And the mountains loom so much closer, their shadows broad and angular against the night sky. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

These clouds were moving as the result of pure chance, the effect of utterly, random events at the level of atoms and molecules; their shadows speeding over the grassland had no meaning at all. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

So went our talk; then other shadows came, ladies in company, sent by Persephone—consorts or daughters of illustrious men—crowding about the black blood. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He surely appreciated the assignment for another reason: it was his first chance to move out of the shadow of Ernest Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Someone I couldn’t place, some hulking animal stalking the shadows of my mind all night. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The shadows before him bent and became distorted. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Lord Stark had not treated him cruelly, but the long steel shadow of his greatsword had always been between them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A level below the surface, he, much like Adams, was preoccupied with the long shadow of George Washington. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

All at once he saw the shadow for a moment not far from him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The glow of the fire lights up our faces, shadows dance on the wall. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rat scuttled from the shadows, dragging a glistening chunk of meat or viscera. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

August’s face was blending into the tree shadows. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

From halfway across the parking lot, safe in her own speed and in shadows, Dicey stopped. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face doesn't even look the same, with all that mascara, lipstick, and eye shadow. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The shadows seemed richer here, as if they were made of more colors. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When I couldn’t take it any longer, I reached out and grabbed some of the dust the Amagqirha had kicked up, and some of the shadows stretching across the stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A man wearing a silk suit and a homburg came out of the shadow of an adjoining doorway for a moment to see whether the girls had gone. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, we were clumsily shadowed by Special Branch police. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam had seen no arrows, but he guessed that the orcs had been shot down by others on the battlements or hidden in the shadow of the gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then I realized it was the shadow of an enormous wing. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The shadows of the elm and the maple in the backyard entered the kitchen and flung themselves in purple lines across the floor. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The wolf was in the shadows, too far behind the man for him to see. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes lately, I catch her shadow creeping around my bed at night trying to pull the dreams out of my head. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Congo was a woman in shadows, dark-hearted, moving to a drumbeat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sobbed in desperation and turned, but the thing pursuing him now stood in his path—a colossal being wrapped in shadows, its shape vaguely humanoid, its head almost scraping the ceiling twenty feet above. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the midst of all these hulking avatars, the newcomer is inconspicuous, a lean shadow. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jalil had taught her that gray clouds got their color by being so dense that their top parts absorbed the sunlight and cast their own shadow along the base. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

On certain nights the moonlight had flooded through his dormer window and bathed everything in blue, beguiling shadows that prevented him from sleeping. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

South-eastward, far off like a dark standing shadow, loomed the Mountain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was half across the lawn, coming from the shadows, moving with such drifting ease that it was like a single solid cloud of black-grey smoke blown at him in silence. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The shadow of our dark time still haunts us.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The fire still crackled and glowed, throwing shadows across the bundled heaps on the floor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The dangling lights overhead cast mean shadows across his face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“In reverse order. More would have appeared, of course, had you maintained the connection. Very well, Harry, these echoes, these shadows. . . what did they do?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As the sun drops into the afternoon sky, the shadow undrapes itself and stretches out toward the horizon, long and thin, and far behind me.... Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone walked into the valley, and now gathered in its shadow. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

And my shadow spends a lot of time walking in circles and staring into shop windows, pretending to look inside. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Tall pine trees loomed over the valley, casting pitch-black shadows, though the morning was sunny. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The sky above the sea was still clear, but gray clouds were forming above the hills and every time the sun disappeared behind them a shadow fell over the village rooftops, making Meggie shiver. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She turned to the retinue of shadows around them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The black-bearded stranger turned back, his face still shadowed and unreadable. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We followed the river until the shadows grew long and then we arced through the scrub and made for home. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

God told Dad to share the revelation with the people who lived and farmed in the shadow of Buck’s Peak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If one veered to the left or right, the other followed like a shadow. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking over his shoulder he saw that something was crouching beside the closed door, a shapeless clot of shadow darker than the darkness. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dark shadows filled the depths of the wooded area, despite the time of day. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The shadow of a nearby dune bent and then morphed into the shape of a human that was nearly three times Nathan’s height. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Red was holding a .38 revolver in his hand as he emerged from the shadows of the huge oaks that masked the beginning of the clearing. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a marching formation now, and in their own dim body light, the rough-hewn walls of the mine tunnel swam past noiselessly, checkered with misty erratic blobs of shadow. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Longstreet glanced at the dusty face, saw a shadow cross the eyes like a passing wing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

How the dragon knew of the shadow he had loosed, he could not guess, nor how it might know the shadow’s name. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I'm in the shadows of the entryway watching as the social worker gets in her car and pulls away from the curb. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Pointless, ridiculous monster crouched in the shadows, stinking of dead men, murdered children, martyred cows. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if you happened to catch a glimpse of him from the corner of your eye, and if he were standing in the right type of shadow, you might see something else entirely. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We play against each other plus some random kid being shadowed by his dad. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Suddenly they came out of the shadow of the trees, and before them lay a wide space of grass, grey under the night. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He saw him first as a dark shadow that took so long to pass under the boat that he could not believe its length. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up ahead I could see shadows and then figures as the trees opened and the moon poured into the clearing before the cliff. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

No one saw me standing in the shadows of the doorway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He started pecking at the shadows that had them pinned to the wall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There are shadows all around me And my heart is full of fright. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shadow fell across the table, startling me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A puzzled voice called to me from the shadows of the back end of a tavern, a few buildings down. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had survived him, and the shadow fell very dark on him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I imagine they’re likely being spooked by a couple of shadows, but if it finds them looking for a few girls from Miss Preston’s, I’m certainly not going to tell them otherwise.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Pet’s bulk was casting a black shadow over her, but it felt almost safe, like a shield. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

We observed good field discipline, not talking, keeping to the shadows and joining in with the darkness. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm about to respond when Tiny's shadow passes over us. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He was always hovering around her like a gigantic shadow as silent as the little girl herself. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unbidden, the image of the beast in the shadows of Magnolia Crescent crossed his mind. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

At least, it is the shadow of something that looks exactly like a waning moon in the sky. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Garikayi grabbed a burning branch from the fire and stepped between her and Arm, who still watched from the shadows. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She looks younger with her hair down, the shadows around her eyes more pronounced. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They move quickly across the sky, the day strobing between sunlight and shadow. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Later, she stood back-to-bapk with Qarl, listening to the grunts and curses all around them, to brave men crawling through the shadows weeping for their mothers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

You could put pure white candles in them and play by the candlelight which threw dreamy shadows over the creamy ivoried keys. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo wandered round the familiar rooms, and saw the light of the sunset fade on the walls, and shadows creep out of the corners. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Their shadows writhed against the sides of the well, tall as giants. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In his investigations among fossil skulls, her colleague Oliver Payne had discovered that around thirty thousand years ago a great increase had taken place in the number of shadow particles associated with human remains. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds, the two just stared at each other as the shadows danced around them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Under the shadow of death, he wanted Max to tell him about life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I conduct my surveillance from the shadows next to the purring refrigerator. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She knew without having to check through the spyglass that the shadow particles were streaming away faster than ever. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Dicey moved softly away on soundless sneakers through the covering shadows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flicker of furtive movement in the shadows catches my attention, and the hair on my nape rises. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

At first she cackled softly and ran at the indistinct shadows of barrels and wheelbarrows, pretending they were monsters rearing out of the mist, but she was too accustomed to caution to dally for long. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His beard and nose stuck out through the cheekplates, and his eyes, in the shadowed recess of the helmet, were like two dark holes in a tree. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Maya watched as all three of their shadows turned at the same time, heading in one direction. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We watch them catch buses in the evening, the black shadows of their backs the last we see of them. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She took a lurching step forward, propping her weight on her one front leg, and looked at Malcolm for a moment more before turning and loping clumsily back into the shadow. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Underneath the moon shadows of the trees, Ma stumbled with weariness. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

From behind him, the albino was aware of a giant shadow moving. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"She is, and no spawn of shadows may touch her." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lanre, his face in shadow darker than a starless night, was blown away like smoke upon the wind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A shadow climbed the wall in front of us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We sit at the base of the George Washington Monument, squeezing close for shade, our legs stretched out before us in the long afternoon shadow. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Maybe—maybe one of these gentlemen here . . .” The men looked up in the hot, uneasy shadows, looking first at the boy and then at Teece. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun shone down through the rustling of ferns and stunted cypress of the island in dapples of light and shadow. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I strayed from the path and retreated into the shadow of the wooded canopy, as I sensed Yakov had done. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But, in shining a light on controversy, it has left in the shadows all those changes which took place almost silently and were inevitable—indeed, could be seen to be inevitable at the time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He paused, his face dark in the shadow of his hood. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was about twenty-five yards away, in the deep green shadow of a stand of poplars. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Nali had mentioned that the first beings could fold shadows in the First World! Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We did an hour of exercise, some combination of roadwork, skipping rope, calisthenics, or shadow boxing, followed by fifteen minutes of body work, some weight lifting and then sparring. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quiet as a shadow, she moved back down the stairs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

What with the dark and the deep shadows, you can’t tell how hurt she is, or know the engine is probably ruined. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like everything, from Gum Baby to the Bottle Tree to the weird shadow man to the Burning Sea to the bone ships, was piled up in a wobbly tower in my mind. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They were parked so far from the nearest lamppost that they were in deep shadows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he followed the plain trail, a shadow cut across in front of him. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we passed beneath the shadow of the gates into the courtyard, my disappointment deepened into a fearful dread. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And if I sat quiet on the windowsill, I could almost see the shadow of Izio lying on the floor, hands behind his head, his feet propped up on the sofa. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Boots was lying in the shadow of the table, his tail gently twitching—his whiskers, too, when a fly settled on them. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

Then he set off with his new master through the steep slanting forests of the mountain isle, through the leaves and shadows of bright autumn. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It satirized the familiar, everyday tragedy of a chaste young girl, with below-shoulder-length blond hair and udder-size breasts, being criminally assaulted in church, in the very shadow of the altar, by her minister. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Away to their right a great shoulder of the mountains stood out, dark and black amid the shadows, thrusting westward. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The moonlight was bright and the shadows of Portia and William and Highboy lay black and solid on the dusty street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Francie breathed the warm air, watched the dancing leaf shadows, ate the candy and took sips of the cooled water in-between reading the book. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just as he reaches over to pull his younger brother closer to him, to see if he’s real, he pictures a dark shadow covering them entirely. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He thought of the shape of Darkness, its tall body that was flat like a shadow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Here under the shadow of the hills there had been some rain. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I squeeze into the shadow of rubble heaps and ruined buildings. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure where he was any more, maybe back in the jungles again; he felt a sick sweat shiver over him like the shadow of the angel Auntie talked about. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked in the sudden glare at the wide, dark shadow looming outside. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When 1 turned my head, I saw four shadows, with the moon in back of them. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z