| 单词 | shallow |
| 例句 | In front of the doorway a shallow covered porch ran the full width of the house. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Nell lay on her back, her breath coming in shallow pants. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Below was a small, shallow cut, barely through the skin, bordered on both sides by a white area, very sore to touch, which was going to be a bruise and turn black-and-blue. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t the water that was receding, the stream was getting shallower. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Shortly before dusk, the trail led downward toward a shallow basin set with scrub and pines. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Indoors it was dark—the wick, burning in its shallow saucer of oil, threw only a dim wavering light—but outside the land glimmered, sometimes pale and sometimes vivid, in the flicker of lightning. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Leon had walked to the shallow end and stood facing her across the gently rocking sheet of oily blue water. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It’s a shallow but wet kiss, not like how I kiss Kasim, of course. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z As they went on the gully became ever shallower and the slope of its floor more gradual. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was as though I had waded out into a shallow pool only to have the bottom drop out and the water close over my head. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She ventured out beyond the safe shallow area. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They chase each other around the pier, race down to the lake’s shallow bottom and shoot back up in the moonlight, all elbows and knees. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He soon found it half-submerged in the shallows beneath the branches, where he figured it must have fallen. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Our men started shooting back at the Murle, and they ran away, but we ran too, crossing the shallow creek and racing up the other side. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he scratched a shallow nest in the earth and slept. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I unlocked the shiny brown door and in a glance saw it all—a ragtag furnished room with a tiny bathroom and shallow closet. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Kate’s cheeks were unlined, her eyes sharp and shallow, her nose delicate, and her lips thin and firm. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He’d been swept out to Commercial Street, where the river of molasses became shallower and shallower. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z To the west again was a shallow, dry downland combe, perhaps four hundred yards across and overgrown with weeds and rough, yellowing summer tussocks. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Together they stretched cloths over the shallow washing trays, poured in water and gold together. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The fish had fed out into water so shallow that his top fin was sticking out. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man squeezed the lump into a disk, then bent up the edges; the moon became a shallow cup. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z When he pulled, his elbow bumped the wheel and pushed it in and the plane started down in a shallow dive. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z There are a couple of charpoys up there—beds woven out of thick scratchy rope that are like shallow hammocks. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I picked my way down the front steps and looked over my shoulder at my own tracks, which rapidly turned into shallow foot-shaped puddles of water. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The area into which I’d come was nothing more than a shallow entryway. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Then Babe would wade along in the shallow part while we played our flutes and sang. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The three friends scrambled out of the shallow pit so they weren’t standing on top of the treasure chest’s lid. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The food fish stayed close in, in the shallows, and did not roll that way but made quicker movements, small movements, food movements. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Cole’s vision was blurred, but he understood that he was lying in the bottom of a shallow aluminum skiff. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Now even as he prayed the tide at ebb had turned, and the river god made quiet water, drawing him in to safety in the shallows. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked partway across the water on a series of flat stones, then jumped across a narrow pool onto a smooth, shallow ridge of rock that connected with the opposite bank. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Grabbing Guosim between them they rushed her into the shallows and ducked her under the surface of the river. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z My chest heaves and words escape between shallow gasps. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Reeds grew thick in the shallows along the banks, and Arya saw a water snake skimming across the surface, ripples spreading out behind it as it went. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The moon was hidden somewhere behind the blinding glare, and it felt like the city itself was collapsing, pressing in, taking only the shallowest of breaths in the squeeze of lost space. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The trick is to watch for bubbles and dimples in the sand as the shallow waves retreat. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They were miles wide, apparently not breakers or the banked ridges of shallow water. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z They had gone only a mile or so from the cliff when the land sloped down into a wide shallow depression, where the ground was soft and wet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z At a shallow stream running cheerfully across the path he drank from his little gourd. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The stream was shallow enough for Robin to go across on foot and the little wetting he got was nothing after swimming the river. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Eventually Liam found Highway 81, and Chubs found a shallow, restless sleep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We located our first bunch of hogs at a seep spring at the head of a shallow dry wash that led back toward Birdsong Creek. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It only took 100 liters to fill the shallow tub. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Snorting water, he cursed the creek, which was too shallow to swim and too rocky to walk. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It plunged into a shallow cloud bank and popped out the other side. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The tin box was buried in the soft dirt beneath the tree, shallow enough that I could dig it up with my hands. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She sighed as she rolled in the shallow water, cleaning herself as best she could and dreading Loo’s swim lessons. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The deer made beds in shallow niches deep within the thickets where the oaks grew tall and made canopies of limbs and branches. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Large boats heading south on the Nile couldn’t go any farther than Juba because of the rapids and shallows on the upper part of the river, so that made my town a busy port. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She raised her head, and her eyes were cold and shallow. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Bucks do not usually dig much in any case, although they will scratch shallow shelters or make use of existing holes where these are available. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The gully turned eastward, and as they went on it broadened and got gradually shallower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Up to thirty feet in length, the Hebridean Black is rough-scaled, with brilliant purple eyes and a line of shallow but razor-sharp ridges along its back. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A bank of melting snow lay under the trees, bright in the moonlight, water trickling off to form small shallow pools. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At some distance from the house, near a clear running stream, a series of shallow holes had been dug and lined with several layers of rough grasscloth. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z At the entrance of the harbor, a shallow crescent bay, he let the windspell drop and stilled his little boat so it lay rocking on the waves. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “The water is too shallow. On the count of three, you push the body and I’ll push the head,” I direct. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s going to be fine. The doctor said the wound was shallow.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.’ Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He received each obligatory gift knowing that the good wishes that went with it were false and the respectful bows were shallow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It was full spring and in the shallow pool the frogs croaked drowsily. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He looked around at them all, his breathing fast and shallow. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The city sprawls across seventy-eight square miles, stretching from the shallow, salty estuary at the edge of San Francisco Bay to the undulating green-and-gold hills where bobcats and coyotes roam. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z At low tide, we could cross easily to the next island, Cuttyhunk, through shallows strewn with bootlace weed and minnows. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z But despite the rattle of the wagon’s wheels, Inej could tell Kaz’s breathing had gotten worse—shallow, rapid pants like an animal caught in a trap. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Around the perimeter is a shallow border of refuse where the shops stood. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Silver Star lies on his side, his flanks heaving, his respiration shallow and fast. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The well itself was twice as wide as Anya’s shoulders and shallow, reaching only about a foot before it hit the fresh, clear water of the river. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I take shallow breaths and stare up at him, unable to speak. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Mr. and Mrs. Beaver were nowhere to be seen, so Roz picked up a fallen tree branch and stomped into the shallows. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Well, he’s safer in shallow water than out there,” I say, pointing to the lobster traps. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Nancy stood well back from the cages and took shallow breaths, not wanting to let the smell of monkey get too deep into her lungs. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The stream was clear and shallow but it did not look trouty. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Slowing the motor, I steered my skiff up close to shore so Tilly could hop out in the shallow water. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The Nile River, flowing slowly through a shallow valley, is the only thing that interrupts thousands of miles of empty sand. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She takes a big breath, and then I watch in amazement as my grandmother swims to the shallow end. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I’ve encountered people I find to be shallow and hypocritical and others—teachers and military spouses and so many more—whose spirits are so deep and strong it’s astonishing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The Indian Ocean flashed incredible colors of emerald jade and opal in the shallow water surrounding the Maldive Islands, then on to the Burma coast and lush green jungle, followed by mountains and coastline. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward she took the clam from between his fingers and rinsed it off in the shallows. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Several times he slipped on icy rocks and sprawled flat in the shallow water. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He sets off, his right arm swinging, his splayed feet flailing in the shallow surf, following the curve of the causeway to the mountain. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z So I set down my spinning rod and watched Jasper Jr. nose the'johnboat into the shallows. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Then he slid down the muddy bank to stand in the shallow water. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Not wanting her to think I was some shallow idiot, I impulsively blurted out what I’d always dreamed of doing if I won. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z One of the things which makes this so infuriating is that the system favors shallow people. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Scads of minnows flashed like chrome spangles in the shallows, and right away we spooked a snaggle-toothed barracuda that had been hanging motionless near a coral head. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The rest of us waited in the shallows, where the water’s slick shine was veiled with a dark lace of floating ants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z That night they camped on a stony shelf with a rock-wall behind them, in which there was a shallow cave, a mere scoop in the cliff. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Indeed, Gwenforte is now curled on the floor right under Master Bacon's bench, her flank rising and falling with shallow breath. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The lines were perfectly symmetrical, curving so gracefully from top to bottom that Tree-ear longed to run his finger along the smooth shallow grooves. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Bending my knees at the shallow end, I arched my back until my head and shoulder blades were resting on the water. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The blankets shifted slightly with her shallow breaths. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Elizabeth doesn’t have a proper skillet, so we make do with a shallow pan. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z ‘Don’t dive yet until I find out if there are any stumps or shallow places,’ he said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Archers scrambled into the shallows, holding their bows high over their heads to keep the strings dry. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He slipped off his sandals and clambered up to them, gripping the bare stone with his toes, and he looked into the shallow caves. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The iceberg then slipped under its hull and lifted it with an irresistible force into shallower water. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Their sides were painted white to mark the route around the shallows. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He climbed a stone fence, knee high, saw a shallow depression filled with dead horses, dragged there to get them off the crest, legs and guts and glaring teeth, beginning to smell. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She was young—nine or ten at the most, and completely oblivious to the party around her as she frolicked in the shallow end of the pool. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They bulge outward because his eye cavities are too shallow to accommodate them. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z But part of me is relieved that Darius isn’t into someone so shallow and insecure. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z However, if you feel you are safe paddling in these sparklingly clear shallows of comma usage, think again. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Baker Stream was really a river—broad, clear, and shallow—and very beautiful in the glow of a summery evening, with a backdrop of overhanging trees and the last rays of sunlight sparkling its surface. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The boys hustling bait in the shallows scooted back, calling out, “Cottonmouth!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z After splashing across the stream in the shallows, I stood at the bottom of the cliff and wondered how on earth I was going to climb the sheer wall. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Unheeding, Ged rowed always slower, looking over his shoulder, choosing a way among channels or shoals and shallows that he alone could see. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A little further on, they could distinctly hear the water itself—the low, continuous pouring of a shallow fall. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Reaching the shallows, he plowed out of the river onto a sand bar. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I scream a prayer inside me and plunge for a little lump of land groping itself into the shallower waters. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z He would never master the Second’s eerie stalking silence, and he could hear his shallow breaths and the slippery shifting of his feet in the vaulted stone hallways. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Now his snoozing became shallower as he heard a man and a woman speaking German in pitying tones. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A gang of sea otters was romping through the shallows when one of them noticed the sparkling objects. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z At that spot, the water was too shallow for that old fish to swim anymore. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I glanced around the walls, which were covered with shallow boxes displaying alarming stick insects and bright multicolored butterflies. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z My breath comes in short, shallow bursts, and my skin tingles in wild impatience. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And not only was he alive, but his breath was much less shallow. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He pushed the wheel back in, went too far this time, and the plane’s nose went below the horizon and the engine speed increased with the shallow dive. loo much. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The dome was wide and shallow, all silver filigree and glass. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The minute we turned onto the road, my heart started pounding and my breathing got shallow. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I must have been moving very slowly yesterday because I reach the shallow stretch where I took my bath in just a few hours. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They knew how to tie the reeds together and weave them cleverly to form shallow canoes. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In the shallows beyond the breakwater an ancient corpse rising and falling among the driftwood. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The charred spars of sunken hulks sat in the shallows, forbidding access to the long stone quays. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Dark water lay in a few shallow pools, but for the most part it was dry and the clay banks rose high enough to offer concealment. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z His uncle turned the boat and shipped the oars and they drifted over the sandy shallows until the transom grated in the sand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Soon they reached a place where the river curved round in a bend from the east, and here they came upon the broad, shallow fall. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Except the water was black with soot, and shroud-swaddled bodies bobbed in the shallows. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z We reach a shallow puddle in a dip in the sidewalk, and Ziggy sniffs at it but then stands there. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Which is very untrue and causes them to be very shallow. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She managed to shift a shallow layer of Kleenex, which her mother had used for blotting lipstick, and thus exposed the corner of a red ticket. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Trying to collect his wits and courage, Vetch spoke the Revelation-spell, watching between each slow-syllabled word for change or tremor of illusion in this strange drying and shallowing of the abyss of ocean. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He returned to shallow tentative breaths, drawing air past his lips as if he were sipping from a straw. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It’s difficult to take deep breaths, so I take short, shallow ones. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Inside the musty hole, Poppy discovered secret shelves and shallow corridors dug into its sides above the water level. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I’m just as shallow as the next guy. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Simon put out his hand, timidly, to touch Ralph; but Ralph started to run, splashing through the shallow end of the bathing pool, across the hot, white sand and under the palms. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z At this point the river ran at a shallow depth. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The new girl stared at Jinny for a few frightened breaths, a few ripples in the shallow surf. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Your delivery’s getting better, but to me you’re clear as a shallow stream.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The stream below is shallow at this time of year; we can see the junk people have dumped into it, the worn- out tires, the broken bottles and rusty pieces of metal. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Some robins landed on the small lawn beyond the shallow end, hunting for evening worms. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For that matter, shallow and self-centered was how brand- new pretties were supposed to be. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The pond was too shallow for swimming, so mainly it was a place for little kids to run around and collect rocks during the day. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Two hundred steps they counted, broad and shallow; and at the top they found an arched passage with a level floor leading on into the dark. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The ice was so hard, the grave was fairly shallow. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I walked to the pool and sat on the shallow side and put my feet in the water. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The water seems no more than an inch deep in most places, straight across the wide bay, running in shallow currents, crested by delicate foam. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Over bare rock they rode, through gloomy pine forests and drifts of old snow, over icy ridges and across shallow rivers that had no names. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Farther back, probably, back where the shallow pit was. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as his feet touched bottom in the shallows, he started bawling and lunging. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He lay in a shallow depression and heaped piles of dry leaves over himself until he felt warm again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Using a short knife, Angelo made another shallow cut the length of the animal’s belly. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The girls that Billy had seen naked were all being killed, too, in a much shallower shelter in another part of the stockyards. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He moved into the shallows and stood and the fish came to him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The two of them sat side by side in the shallows, facing out toward the expanse of the ocean, kelp draped across their legs. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Inside the tent Harry’s breathing was shallow with excitement: He and Hermione stared at each other, listening as hard as they could. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He shoved me back, and like an utter schlemiel, I tripped over a branch and planted my butt in a shallow puddle. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They had already buried Luke in a shallow grave of sand so that only his head stuck out. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, obeying my mother’s floating voice, I hunted for a spot of earth, dug a shallow hole, and buried the stiff kitten; as I handled its cold body my skin prickled. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z None of them wanted to admit to the truth: their knowledge of colas was incredibly shallow. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was too early to think of bones, even old gray mule bones, but he realized that all along the valley the cliffs were full of shallow caves and overhangs with springs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z To his immediate right was a ditch, but it was shallow and exposed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Her look became shallow, as if she were more interested in how his jacket might complement her dress. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z His face was taut, his breath shallow, but his expression held no hint of surprise. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Soon Arwin’s jumping into the shallow bank as hard as he can, making huge splashes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The pool at the club is very big, so even in the shallow end there is plenty of room to play and splash water in Chou’s face. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So her sleep was broken and shallow, on the floor of the shack with all the other sleepers, and her death sat watchfully beside her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Vermeer places us at an intimate distance within the relatively shallow space, which has been molded around the figure. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When the bottom of the boat scraped onto the icy beach, she jumped out, her boots splashing into the shallow water as she dragged the boat onto the shore. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It is the second week in June, and the heat makes the shallow lake smell like murky stuff and old fish. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z There was a shallow steaming lake beneath the Library Tower, and hot water gushing from a crack in its side. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I sit Wiress in the shallows so she can get washed up a bit, but she just clutches her. hands together and occasionally mumbles, “Tick, tock.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When he looked up as the bottom of the boat scraped against the rocks at the shallow edge, he saw Jonas there as well, looking concerned. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As a result, what are now the shallow seas between Asia and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and Bali became dry land. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We missed hiking through the pines and wading in the shallow end of the creek. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The black knight walked his horse into the shallow water, and drew rein in front of them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes fixed on a shallow depression in a soft patch of sand: the imprint of a bare foot, definitely human. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood in front of his chair, leaned back cautiously, grabbed it with both hands, and collapsed into the chair with a series of quick, shallow breaths—like a woman in labor. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z For the next hour, aided by the light of the full moon and a sputtering candle Fadi had found in the empty house, they crawled around in the dirt, excavating dozens of shallow holes. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z She could feel the dream shallowing, like a sleek ship beaching on a shoal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In some places the water is shallow, and in other places it is nearly gone, leaving sand and seashells glistening in the first rays of the morning. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z So Louis turns to see his mother galloping across the shallow surf. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z One evening, bone-weary and dragging through the red-clay mud of still another shallow river they had to cross, they paused to search for crayfish or clams. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I carried them to the walk that runs along the shallow sea wall and ate. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This followed the line of the river, which ran straight from almost as far away as they could see, flowing smoothly without fords, gravel shallows or plank bridges. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At that moment a foot-long brown trout washed into the field and began floundering in the shallow water. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After about an hour, I find a stream, shallow but wide, and more than sufficient for my needs. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z To one side of it there was a shallow alcove in which Winston was now sitting and which, when the flats were built, had probably been intended to hold bookshelves. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I woke up one Saturday morning to see a shallow flood coming down the road past the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A blood gutter, Billy learned, was the shallow groove in the side of the blade of a sword or bayonet. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He had dug a round, shallow trench, and placed the stones in a half-circle, like a wall behind it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The top of the desk was completely empty except for a shallow box filled with papers in one corner and a desktop computer in the other. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The woods are still covered in a shallow layer of snow, and though everything is dead and brown, there are birds and squirrels making it move and sing. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Nhamo floated the boat and walked it out of the shallows. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We are supposed to hold on to a foam board and kick and let her pull us around the shallow end. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It fought some on the way in, but once it was in the shallows and mostly out of water, it just gave up. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed to bear some unintelligible warning from the world of night, crying and circling overhead as we splashed through the shallows toward the stone giant. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She dragged a stick through the shallows of the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Harry could hear shallow, fast breathing from the depths of the hood; he struggled, and the man hit him — hit him with a hand that had a finger missing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But a few rows of untended pear and apple trees were still growing there when the camp opened, where a shallow water table had kept them alive. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She tiptoed into the warm shallows and then kept going, striding out into the gray-blue. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It was actually in the shallows, its feet lost in little foaming eddies that curled against the bank. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The temple, for the mound was surely built for religious reasons, was laid out in a wide, shallow U about 150 feet long and 60 feet high, with a sunken plaza between the arms. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Roughly the size and color of a Band-Aid, the amusement floats on a shallow, muddy puddle of sauce and is topped with a sprig of greenery. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Whiteman’s bones were in Blackwater Draw, which during the Pleistocene served as a wide, shallow regional drainage channel, a kind of long, slow-moving lake. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Dany sent outriders ranging ahead of the column, but they found neither wells nor springs, only bitter pools, shallow and stagnant, shrinking in die hot sun. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Their relationships with others were of a shallow, cold nature, lending a quality of loneliness and isolation to these men. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the men who lived here were out fishing, some not far from the shore, poling their sampans through the shallow water. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sela’s carcass landed on top of her son’s body in the shallow muddy water. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It’s a shallow hit, but it surprises us both when a line of red wets his coat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After the first bend in the river, we passed a shallow island made of millions of white pebbles. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I drew shallow breaths, not wanting to disturb her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her gray oily hair clings to her skull and her chest contracts and expands in shallow breaths beneath her black clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Without access to coral reefs or productive shallow waters, and with their terrestrial birds quickly exterminated, Easter Islanders turned to constructing chicken houses for intensive poultry farming. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z One hot pool, surrounded by large boulders, was about thirty yards from the river’s edge, a shallow puddle twenty feet wide. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Hushpuppy had a knack for finding huge overturned logs or shallow caves or even abandoned shacks for them each day. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z But it’s like they’re in shallow quicksand and don’t realize that it’s not too deep to survive. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They had fought and played the big fish for nearly two hours, finally wading into the shallows and dragging it to the bank. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In the shallow water beyond the rocks there were sea stars too, a field of their strange bumpy bodies. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Mouse turned suddenly, staring toward Cuttyhunk, and there came Mr. Johnson, the postmaster, hurrying down the path to the bass stands and waving at us from across the shallow divide. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The milkfish is cultivated in shallow ponds along the coasts of these countries. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It seemed obvious to Jule now that Imogen—who had felt shallow and second-rate next to Tupperman’s intellect and masculinity—would have made herself feel stronger and more powerful than he was by betraying him. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The deep mud of the shallows was cool and soothing to his bare feet, but he could take no pleasure in it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Just don’t go diving in the shallow end,” she said. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I could hear my breath coming in shallow gasps. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z We splashed through shallow puddles, startling flies from their perches atop piles of rotten food. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The water ran so shallow and clear in places that sometimes I heard the dropped stone click as it hit the bed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Just stepping on the stage makes my breathing rapid and shallow. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I have moved out a bit farther into the shallows, floating alternately on my belly and back. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Recessed into the dome-shaped top of each stove were two shallow clay dishes that served as burners. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She points to the center of the slab, where there is a small impression, like a shallow bowl carved into the stone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He walked all day, about eighteen miles, looking for a stretch of the Tumen that was shallow and easily crossed. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Edwin stopped beside a long rocky slope that rose several hundred feet to their right above the shallow valley. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z In one was a shallow box of pens monogrammed with the same logo we’d seen on the sign outside the building. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Dauntless surged forward, shoved by the waves toward the rocky outcrop of the island, and then they were sucking through the shallows and past the island and the Teeth. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He crawled back through the door into the narrow passage and lowered himself down the shallow wooden steps into the hallway. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z At last they splashed across a wide, shallow stream and Bree came to a stop on the far side. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z ‘The water’s about ten feet deep except over on the other bank, and there it’s shallow.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She fanned out a picnic blanket for lunch while I found the shallow creek and learned how chilly and perfect the water felt on my feet. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She drew Hannah’s slight figure closer against her, like a child’s, and presently the woman’s shuddering ceased, and Hannah drifted into the shallow napping of the very old. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Angelo made a shallow cut across the pig’s belly and began to gently work the hide loose. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Minerva made her hands into shallow cups and pulled the air over her head and face, making prayers out of ashes and smoke. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He stood on the far bank, barking encouragingly, but the old dog whined in such distress, the cat yowling in chorus, that he swam across again, paddling around in the shallows near the bank. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood by the window to make use of the shallow light. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They led over a barren field, then to a shallow ravine. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z They topple over sharp boulders that protrude from the shallows. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The long beach was a flat crescent that marked the edge of a shallow cove. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I leave neat, shallow footprints as I walk across it. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Edith’s breathing was shallow and pained, but she wordlessly nudged her brother forward. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Dropped a quota, thanks to Pima, who had had the sense to run for her when she heard that her missing crewboy was down in the shallows instead of up in the ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He scooted down a gravelly slope to a pier jutting out over the shallow water. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The “pigeon house” stood behind a locked gate, and a shallow parterre that had been somewhat neglected. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z The land ahead rose in long shallow slopes, barren and pitiless, towards the desert that lay at Sauron’s gate. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The bird stands in the shallows, pecking at the water, then wades deeper and starts splashing around. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Kelly had halted at the shallow end in order to watch her father’s dive. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the summer the three of them would go to a cottage on the Gulf and he would dress the children in their sun suits and guide them carefully into the green, shallow waves. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Sammy pushed through the shallow water to them, his hands behind his back. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was also disgusted with himself for being so shallow and glib. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z My chest was too tight to do anything other than take in shallow, short breaths as I waited. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then he drifted back to Lake Superior, and he was still searching for something to do on the day that Dan Cody's yacht dropped anchor in the shallows along shore. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He pulled a tarp off a fiberglass boat with a shallow hull, maybe twenty feet long. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z To the side, the workers were digging a shallow pit. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Gavril and Sender handled the ropes while Lev and I guided the board to the shallow bath at the other end of the room. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Then he pitched down into a shallow pit that opened unexpectedly before them, and there he lay like a dead thing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z As we wandered along the shallow shore, the mist dissipated, exposing an entire community of canoes being steered by both men and women on the surface of the lake. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Later, as he grasped the still-warm ankles and walked, with Harrison holding the wrists, to the shallow grave at the bottom of the orchard, he did not once look directly at it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As for marine resources, most Polynesian islands are surrounded by shallow water and reefs, and many also encompass lagoons. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Beto started to take two fish from the basket in the shallows, but Naomi shook her head. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A long grueling minute passed before the pain eased and he dared allow a shallow breath to seep past his lips. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He drifted into the shallows and, with Silver’s help, pulled himself out. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was no more than a shallow alcove hewn into the face of the cliff, with an offering table against one wall and a small stone statue of Thutra opposite. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z A tall hat of fetal lamb balanced like a wasp’s nest on Grigori’s head, shadowing eyes as hard and gray as mica, with the same shallow gleam. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But the young soldier only stood in the shallow grave and began to dig hurriedly, throwing out the dirt while talking in muttering tones to himself, and giving Jonathan angry looks. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z The orange color matched, and these had the same shallow ridges running up the stalk. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It seemed to stretch off endlessly, in shallow blue wavelets. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood, finally, in the shallow surge and suck of water, walked forward, his feet heavy in the drenched, icy sand, and laid her there. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z More shallow bottoms moved out from the drowned wreckage of the city, sailing in a slow wallow to the big ships. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z That jetty was made of men, a long file of them, six or eight deep, standing up to their knees, their waists, their shoulders, stretching out for five hundred yards through the shallow waters. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I was still awake when we came through a shallow mountain pass and the sun, behind us now, reflected off the tiled rooftops of the Valley of the Sun. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The three men under sentence of death had shallow emotions regarding their own fate and that of their victims. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I crawled through the shallow water and up the beach. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The wildlings had built their watchfire in a shallow depression above the narrowest part of the pass, with a sheer drop below and rock behind to shelter them from the worst of the wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Water stood in shallow pools on each stair, in the hollow worn into the stones by years of footsteps. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z His meager hair was plastered to his forehead and the back of his neck, with small pieces flopping this way and that as he floundered in the shallows. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z In the larger refrigerated chambers, hooks impaled butterflied swine and cattle rimed with frost, their pale ribs gleaming in the shallow light. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The bard shrugged and shook his head, but followed Taran across the rolling fields into a shallow ravine. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “She’s still breathing, but it’s getting shallower and her pulse is weaker than it was before. I don’t know what to do.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She closes the gate, lifts the hem of her dress, and wades into the shallow pool, praying she does not crush any creatures as she steps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The shrill cries of babies, the repetitive moans, and the echoes of shallow, labored breathing bombard the large space. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Later when I tell Fiona about it, she grabs me by the arm and says, “Do not even for a second believe that! She’s just shallow and insanely jealous. Not to mention cruel.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z They drove across a small bridge spanning a creek and climbed a shallow slope. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A bunch of mallards, feeding in the shallows across the river, took flight with frightened quacks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon arriving at the Teklanika, they scouted the banks until they located a wide, braided section with relatively shallow channels, and then they steered headlong into the flood. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Radar and I walk away from the building to join him near a shallow drainage ditch. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Our twin hulls ground to a halt in the rocky shallows. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We placed the bodies in these shallow graves, covered them with dirt, and went back to camp. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z For a minute he fought quite hard; then he lay still, breathing fast and shallow. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z They lit a small fire down under the gnarled roots of an old pine, that hung over a shallow pit: it looked as if stone had once been quarried there. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The water became shallow—the boat scraped on stone—and she despaired of escaping. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward, while rain, instead of hail, fell steadily, they lay in the shallow brook, laughing and joking, washing off the raspberry stains their hands had left all over their bodies. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom kept staring at the purplish slick in the shallows. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They went outside and stood by the door, facing the gray and white sea that was so very silent, rolling into die shallows, its spume blown off into the wind. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z An infant can drown in water as shallow as a few inches. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z There she rolled a moment in the shallow surf and lay panting, with the welcome grit of the beach on her cheek. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The aiakh cut was wide but shallow; his left nipple was gone, and a flap of bloody flesh and skin dangled from his chest like a wet rag. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Look, Peeta, I'm going to roll you into the stream. It's very shallow here, okay?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Beneath her feet the floor had become a wide, shallow lake. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The wagon road had twisted down into a shallow coulee. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Is it warm?” she asked, about the shallow pool. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The Maafa lurked just offshore, squat and ugly in the shallows like a diseased leviathan that had washed into the bay. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Miig even had his nighttime smoke down there with her, taking extra-long hauls so she could smudge herself, making shallow cups out of her crepe paper fingers and pulling the smoke over her covered head. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The shallows were muddy and choked with reeds. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z When I came sloshing with the beer can out of the shallows, Abbey stepped back and said, “Noah, that is so nasty!” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The name is inappropriate, for actually it is a rather turbid lake because of the soft black ooze that covers its shallow bottom. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We are in shallow water now, and the sea is a translucent blue. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He felt as if he’d dived into a deep, clear lake and discovered it was a shallow, knee-deep pond. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Yours is a shallow performance. I simply...don’t believe you.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The Crochan rolled to its side and sank in the muddy shallows. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z That after all, she’d been shallow enough to pick Trip, of all people. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This time we walked farther down to the shallower end of the creek and wriggled out of our sneakers to wade across. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z His voice was hoarse and his breath was shallow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The air was wet and heavy, and shallow pools of water dot- j ted the ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sparkling Paola was like the silver stars that his teachers pasted on the pages of his elementary school homework, sources of a shallow, fleeting pleasure. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Henry’s hands are shaking, his breaths coming shallow, and Alex knows the signs, the low hum of an impending panic attack. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Rather than try to move the raft across the lake, he decided to pull it around the edge in the shallows, and he started moving along the shore. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The pressure woke me from a shallow sleep. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We were punting in the shallow waters along the shore, and Wello told me we would pull over to the bank once it was fully dark. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The bonobo reappears on the shallow beach, and I know it’s him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Another corridor lined with cages, big ones though, and inside, great baying hippos and a twenty-foot alligator thrashing angrily in shallow water. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The two of us walked near the shore, in the shallows barely covering our feet. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The Tumen River, which forms about a third of the border between North Korea and China, is shallow and narrow. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Everything that loved water came to these few shallow places. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The shallow cut had reopened on my palm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I'd expect that from the shallow, pompous best-friend character who would try to get between us, but not from the guy I was supposed to end up with before the credits rolled. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She went to the shallow drawers that he had pointed out to her yesterday. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I take a shallow breath and look at the painting, instead of at the class, while I talk. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Stumps and dead boughs were rotting in the shallows, the remains it seemed of old thickets, or of a hedge that had once lined the road across the drowned valley. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He would think that she read only shallow fashion magazines. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The others dug two shallower holes for their portions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Jinny laid her long body down in the shallow water and showed him how to kick his feet and splash his arms at the same time, forcing a grin. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The shallower the incline, the further the ball would have to roll to get back to its original height. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The village children could swim and play in the one protected section where the water was shallow and slow. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A lone osprey hovered overhead, attracted by a glimmer of baitfish in the shallows. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After the initial shock, she swiftly grew accustomed to the temperature, stroking over to the shallow end away from her brother. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Soon they were standing on top of a rocky bluff, looking down to shallow water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z On vacation at Caloundra every year I was confined to the shallows, sitting on the sand while the water splashed over my lap. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z They were on a jutting stone ledge, looking down into a shallow, crudely made amphitheater. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Here the Snowbourn flowed near to the western walls of the dale, and soon the path led them to a ford where the shallow waters murmured loudly on the stones. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z As Legolas had reported, they found that the snow became steadily more shallow as they went down, so that even the hobbits could trudge along. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z As we spoke, nurses began unwinding his soiled bandages, exposing a myriad of shallow slices all over his forehead and left cheek. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The water grew shallow as he approached the intersection. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The Java Village’s novelty thrilled me at first, but the entire setup began to feel shallow the longer we sat there. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z At the end of the fifth day the ground began once more to rise slowly out of the wide shallow valley into which they had descended. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A hundred minutes and there was still a lot of water in the cabin—the boat didn’t even feel much lighter, still lay heavily in the shallow swells. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for Temp and Tick, all the roaches vanished into the shallow tunnels that led away from the riverbank. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I do some shallow breathing, because I don’t want his heel to puncture any of my internal organs. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Shallow breath followed shallow breath until she was dizzy. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z As he plunged his heavy body into the shallows, Mwase crept behind him and put a bullet into his skull. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “It seems a little shallower down that way,” said Eilonwy, pointing to a spot where the river curved around a sedge-covered bank. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Fishing boats, small river craft, and American barges crowded the shallow waters. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Right. They had that video, you and me scrimmaging, when you made that ridiculously shallow lob and I caught you at the net.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He slashed again and Nailer’s belly burned where the blade cut a shallow line. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It was shallow and warmer than the spring, as she discovered when she took off her shoes and waded into it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Soon Sam came to a long flight of broad shallow steps. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Leon unfolded the canvas chairs and they sat with their glasses in a shallow circle facing the pool. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She said, “Yeah. You know, I think death is shallower now. It used to be a hole you fell into and kept falling. Now it’s just a blank.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Two young boys, the only children there, were going from fire to fire shaking grain in shallow pans and stirring it with paddles as it parched. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He then climbed the broad, shallow, carpeted steps up to Main Deck, one flight up. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The shallowest waves lap against mere inches of shore. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Though his house was under attack, he lay down, knowing something would awaken him soon enough, and so, surrendering for now, he fell into a shallow sleep. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z His eyes were closed; and his body moved only to the long, shallow, shuddering breaths that came at widening intervals. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I lowered the sail and scrambled out of the skiff, towing it into the shallows, where Osh stepped out and hoisted the dripping basket onto his shoulder. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He shook his thick mane and ventured into the shallows to drink. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor did he relish the prospect of splashing through the shallows to climb some muddy riverbank. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Koffi's breathing was still shallow, and he found his own heartbeat had synchronized with hers. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He came out at sunset on a little headland beside a shallow bay. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z His little boat, and all that force of water...Calm rivers and still backwaters and shallow canals were one thing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But these were wide, flat, and shallow, like baking pans for enormous pies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her mother would clean off the headstones with an old cloth and burn sage in a shallow pewter dish. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The mud, covered by a shallow layer of liquid slime, seemed to try to grab them and pull them down with each step. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day we went back over to Miss Trotter’s, happy to have the walk and to wade down at the shallow end of the creek. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z At the bottom, upon a low pedestal carved like a branching tree, stood a basin of silver, wide and shallow, and beside it stood a silver ewer. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Her voice is still deep and booming, but it comes from a shallow place now. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I drove a bit farther into the wood, off the road. There was no one around. I had to dig . . .” His breathing is shallower still, quickening. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The four dogs dove into the shallow water just in time! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Across the street stood a majestic domed Greek temple, situated on the banks of a winding shallow lagoon. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Her breath was getting shallower by the minute. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Past the shallow waves that lapped the shore. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I was hurrying along, looking for a shallow riffle so I could wade across, when the voices of my dogs stopped. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Alyce stood up in the shallow water and looked at herself. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He cut out some turves at the foot of the bank just outside the fern-brake, and made a shallow hole and laid his fuel in it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Harriet said she was certain there was one place so shallow that they could wade it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z While they stood together in the shallow water, he asked her again to marry him. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The hillsides are too steep, the road too open, the areas between the road’s double-backs too shallow with shrubs. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Inspiration on its own was shallow; you had to back it up with hard work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I kept going, but toward the head of the creek, a marsh taken over by a patch of tall phragmites warned of shallow water, and I turned the boat around, not wanting to run aground. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Dreams have their rhythms, their deeps and shallows, and he was caroming upward into a state of heightened lucidity. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “It was very clean and shallow. They gave you a few stitches.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z At first he only dipped below the surface of sleep, and skimmed along like a salmon in shallow water, so close to the surface that he fancied himself in air. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Back then, the villagers and animals shared the same watering hole, and the rhino would submerge himself in the shallows and wait. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I got some shallow scrapes on my palms, and the knees of my jeans were stained green, but it could have been worse. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z There were trees along both sides of the road and through the right line of trees I saw the river, the water clear, fast and shallow. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Snuffy crept quietly into some bushes and saw that they were naked in the big shallow pool, Joe passionately munching on Nancy’s plump flesh; chill autumn winds whistled down the river. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I pushed some tall weeds aside and jumped over the shallow ditch that ran along the edge of the road. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Later came the white heron, gliding low in futile search of a shallow edge to wade. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the outer wall, the tracks were plain to read in the soft ground; the pawprints of the wolves, Hodor's heavy tread, the shallower marks left by the feet of the two Reeds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The other racers touch the wall, turn, and begin to bob and kick and splash back to the shallow end. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Some of the turtles he’d seen in the shallows looked big enough to bite him in half. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Chiding myself for being so shallow, I concentrated on being polite. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Hunger of the body is altogether different from the shallow, daily hunger of the belly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I push my face into one of the shallow basins so hard, I nearly break my nose. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I take shallow breaths, coughing all the way, my body weighing ninety million pounds, and I push my way out the other side of the bramble. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A few brave seagulls were still waddling around in the sand or flying over the shallow part of the bumpy water, looking for fish. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Or is this a shallow, gullible man who doesn't think about very much of anything? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition, Amari figured out a way to catch crayfish in the shallows, the tangy flesh a delicious treat as they began their seemingly unending nighttime treks. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he could hear his breathing coming fast and shallow and the dripping of water from above. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Step by step I walked across the bottom of the pool until I reached the shallow water and could climb out. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The thin boy ran stumbling into the shallow water, holding his arms above his head. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z His mouth sticks; his words are punctuated with short, shallow breaths. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Wide and shallow and well lighted, Painted Rock Cave is less thronged with bats than some of the other caves. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At the rear, she climbed the shallow steps leading to the wide brick terrace that ran the length of the house. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z 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 Gwydion struck out after him, soon overtook him, seized him by the hair, and drew him toward the shallows. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Oh, you, I thought, my heart beating fast and shallow. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z We fell down three times, and I bashed my shins into the river rocks at the shallow edge. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I unwrapped the bar of soap I’d picked up at a liquor store, and eased into the water on the shallow end, but it was way colder than I expected. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Plants grew in clumps both in and out of the muddy shallows. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You listen to me, child, and you listen well. The dead are cold, greedy things. They are shallow, they are selfish, and they only care about themselves.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z In a shallow creek in the lee of the southern Armed Cliff the anchor was thrown over, and there they rode the night. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The satyr led them into a shallow ravine, where they found the wide entrance to a dark tunnel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He walked in the shallow tide of leaves, stumbling. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z A fallen cedar log hung with ivy bridged the dell; she slipped under it and turned up a side path that followed a shallow creek where three years before they’d sailed driftwood boats together. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z When she is done, she steps back to admire her grisly handiwork and then gives a shallow bow to Eldred. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Across one side of the shard ran a shallow groove, evidence of the vase’s melon shape. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Just beyond the harbor, striped bass are feeding on baitfish in the shallows, making a noise my dad used to call “fish grenades.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Quite suddenly, it seemed to him, he was at the creek again, but upstream where the crossing—about twelve feet here and so shallow he could see the stony bottom—was laid across with boards. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark kept his footsteps light and his breathing shallow, trying to stay silent. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z This—although the vast majority of Party members understand it only in a shallower sense—is the inner meaning of the Party slogan: WAR IS PEACE. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Since the humans had begun experimenting with mineral drilling, more and more fairies had been driven out of the shallow forts and into the depth and security of Haven City. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “You shot him over a book? How could you do that? He did nothing but positive things! He might die now, and for what? How could you be that shallow and mean?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She brought out her old wooden board and cleaver, then chopped the ginger and scallions, and poured soy sauce and sesame oil into a shallow dish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The sea gasped for air with each shallow, stifled little wave that broke on the sand. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z He went on to consider what would happen if the second inclined plane were made shallower and shallower. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Just a moment,” said Goddard, and then he turned and called toward the shallow end of the pool. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He splashed into the shallows and returned with a foot. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But his eyes are gray and chambered and shallow, and after a moment he returns to his spirals. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His breath is shallow and raspy, so loud that I can hear it from down here. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He squatted in the sand at the edge of the pool and looked into the shallow clear water. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The heron stood in the shallows, motionless and waiting. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z After fishing out the seaweed from the shallows, we lined it up in rows on the beach. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The river water was very still here at the shallow edge. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Salva was forced under the surface without time to take more than a quick, shallow breath. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The niches were there, as Littlefinger had promised, shallow cuts that would be in-visible from below, unless you knew just where to look for them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And I don't move a muscle other than to take shallow, almost imperceptible breaths. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z At times she sat cross-legged, at times with legs splayed, surrounded by an array of colanders and shallow bowls of water in which she immersed her chopped ingredients. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In December 1998, Shin was ordered to wade into the river’s shallows to pick up boulders. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Instead I quickly cleaned the shallow cut as best I could using my washbasin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had reached the true marsh now, where thicket gave way entirely to the dense fringe of papyrus growing in the shallow margins of the Nile. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Today we’re going to Zimbabwe, Mother,” she said as she pushed away from the shallows. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I trust myself not to be fooled by a deep voice and some shallow compliments,” Tao says scathingly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It becomes increasingly hard for Kim to catch fish in the shallow water. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had always been about surface, her beautiful, sunny, shallow boy, and on the surface she couldn’t see what would draw him to Pearl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was empty, just a shallow, circular pit of bare stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Had to go all the way down to the shallows. Cows didn’t like it much, but we’re here.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The land was gentle enough, rolling hills and terraced fields interspersed with meadows and woodlands and little valleys where willows crowded close to slow shallow streams. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z After another few minutes, the road led them to a place where, off to the left, a shallow stream looped near, with willows and sheltering, scrubby bushes. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped at a wide shallow stream and dismounted while the mare drank. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The boy could not speak and lay with his back arched; every few seconds he groaned mechanically between forced, shallow breaths. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then slowly, although her breathing was fast and shallow, she lowered her hand to her side. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s Will’s voice, ragged, coming between sharp, shallow breaths. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He kept his eyes only ahead of him, going on down this wide shallow valley under the sun, away from First Town, waiting for the rains to come. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of black tadpoles scattered before him as he clambered through the shallows. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The banks of the stream sank, as it reached the levels and became broader and shallower, wandering off towards the Marish and the River. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z After a while I find a shallow shell-hole and crawl into it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Kristi stands in the shallows, her hands tracing across the pond’s surface. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Gimli strode forward undeterred, and found that the water was shallow, no more than ankle-deep at the edge. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The strait between Siberia’s Chukotsky Peninsula and Alaska’s Seward Peninsula is now only 56 miles wide and about 120 feet deep, shallower than many lakes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z While Fflewddur held the bridles with his uninjured hand, the companions waded into the shallows. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z His cast scraped along the rough rock face, but his arms were strong from Vola’s training, and he levered himself onto a shallow foothold. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z No one with a name that would be remembered come winter, so shallow was their mark. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Her light blue eyes had gone blank, like shallow pans of water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus, I loved throwing my name up on a wall; it felt like splashing in the shallow end of the criminal pool. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I'm in a shallow hole, not filled with the humming orange bubbles of my hallucination but with old, dead leaves. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As the column splashed across the shallow waters, the sun was setting behind a pair of grassy hills. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They were drinking at midday from a shallow ford crossing an overgrown track to a worked-out silver mine when a cottontail started up in the bracken across the water. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z You can tell a lot about a man by the trench he digs for himself Some are shallow and clumpy. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z On his return they adopted a more shallow track in the woods that permitted them to barely see houses through the brush. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But the most important fish harvest came in late spring, when the herring-like alewives swarmed the fast, shallow stream that cut through the village. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Eventually the steamer could sail no farther, because at this point the riverbed had narrowed and become shallow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He was fifteen, and all he could see was Myra's shallow beauty. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The tracks lead us through a shallows in the river to the other side, then east by northeast to the bottom of Federal Hill. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At the center of the camp, water from a geothermal well had been piped into a pair of shallow, steaming pools lined with rocks and shaded by palm trees: Oh-My-God Hot Springs. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood at a large shallow sink with a swan neck faucet and steel-edged mirror and, by the shadowless light, rinsed her eyes with cool water. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Tayo used to stand in the big sandstone cave and hold the siphon hose under the water in the shallow pool where the spring water splashed down from the west wall of the cave. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s a small, shallow lake, with psychedelic swirls of green algae on top. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z How could I be so stupid and shallow? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They flailed at their oars, digging them too deep in the water or too shallow, out of time with one another, angry and desperate to catch up, losing all semblance of form. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z From February on, she also had a shallow bath and a footbath every morning. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The breathing began to slow down, grow shallower. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have to spring far out or risk falling into the shallow water next to the bank. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The water could get in, but the crocodile couldn’t hide in such a shallow place. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They dig a shallow grave for Master Brookes, and we sail away, leaving him there on Mona. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z In places, the road on one side of the gash had subsided a foot or more, or slumped into a shallow, bowl-shaped depression. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Along the shoreward edge of the shallows the advancing clearness was full of strange, moonbeam-bodied creatures with fiery eyes. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z If they slept there, she and Estha, curled together like fetuses in a shallow steel womb, what would Hulk Hogan and Bam Bam Bigelow do? The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He told them that it might just have been a shallow part of the sea and that a high wind would sometimes blow the water away, so it was possible to walk across. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She stood in the shallows rinsing mud from her legs while Ishmael filled in the hole. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Without question she filled her water bottle to the top, and then Kino helped her up to the shallow cave and brought up the packages of food and passed them to her. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z And my short, shallow breaths, forcing my chest to rise and fall too fast, making me light-headed. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The “pigeon-house” stood behind a locked gate, and a shallow parterre that had been somewhat neglected. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet under the frail cage of those shattered ribs, his chest rose and fell with each shallow breath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I thanked Basil and hung a shallow metal pan above the coals and dropped two of the candles in to melt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They slept that night in a dry shallow cave amongst the outcroppings of an abandoned molybdenum mine on the crest of a hill. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The lake reached closely to the base of the hills, obliging Taran to splash through the shallows. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I was going to yell at her for being shallow. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z And so as the other parents began swimming across the pond, Roz stood safely in the shallows and watched. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Not the kind of safe, shallow love where the objective is that both people remain comfortable. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z "They left a dozen dead in the water, only two reaching the shallows, where we dealt with them briskly," the rider reported. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You shot him over a book? How could you do that? He did nothing but positive things! He might die now, and for what? How could you be that shallow and mean?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z My heart was pounding, my breath was shallow and my hand was shaking. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z What if she thought he was shallow or boring? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They’d found a place where the flood waters had undercut one of the dirt banks to form a shallow cave. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The boat scraped bottom here—the water was shallow. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Moody darted a look at Pearl: See how shallow? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “There, in a meadow, they took cover. They put up barricades with saddles, boxes, with anything they had, even the bodies of dead horses. They dug shallow pits in the ground.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z A sheen of sweat had formed along her hairline, and her breaths were growing shallow, raspy. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Pretty soon, my breathing turns shallow, and then there’s the familiar flutter of butterflies in my stomach. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I walk over to a shallow pond near the roadside and squat down. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks composed, although she has a shallow slash on her side and a cut skirt. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It shot out of the shallows and disappeared under a raft of water lettuce. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The blood seemed to have come from a long, shallow scrape on her chin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Tara kneels at the shallow edge, giving her little sister last-minute instructions. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They knew where the stream was wide and where it was narrow, where shallow and where deep. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z But water tables were low in the city too, and the shallow wells had dried up. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She had a shallow little nose and on either side of the bridge lay those long lashes which could mock him as well as her tongue. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Our breathing became shallow, and I felt sick and lightheaded. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Piayei landed two dozen yards upstream and Piety was slanting toward the bank when die defenders came pounding down the riverside, the hooves of their war- horses sending up gouts of water from the shallows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The panel slid back into the wall, revealing a shallow storage area. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Negra’s explanation was simple: “She was always jealous of his hair. Popcorn had the best hair in the neighborhood and that girl was shallow. So shallow, I’ve stepped in deeper puddles.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z It’s quiet, save for the sound of Tom’s breathing, ragged and shallow. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The breathless air was still coming from between his lips, but it was even shallower now. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Finally, after what seemed like miles of frantic running, they stopped by a shallow river to rest. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The body was in shallow water near the bank, it was reported, and was found at Pecan Point near Phillipp. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She stared at it, then put her forefinger on her mouth, and I could see her chest rise and fall in shallow breaths. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z They lived near the water and had grown up, like all Grosse Pointers, pretending that our shallow lake was no lake at all but actually the ocean. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Or tried to anyway, tiptoeing out on shallow rocky ledges, ducking under the icy water for a second, then stampeding noisily toward shore. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I take a handful of the moss to use as a rag and join Wiress in the shallows. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Along its pebbled banks, shallow pools that never completely drained were teeming with life. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The edge of the ice sheet was particularly steep where she had fallen, but just below her, it banked at a shallower angle. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Ah, so Dustfinger’s playing with his best friend again,” he sneered as he climbed the shallow steps. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I still continue to lie in the shallow bowl. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z We came to a shallow blind inlet ringed by a thick fringe of mossy green growth. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z No matter the lure, fishing shallow or deep, jiggling or letting it hang still, it didn’t matter—nothing bit. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My breathing is quick and shallow, and my palms are sticky with nerves. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “And to answer yer asking, there’s shallow crossings a couple days’ traveling upstream but there ain’t no bridges for a good distance more either way.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Mama shows everyone how to coat them with eggs and breadcrumbs, then fry them in a shallow pan with a little oil. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Finally he quit fighting and let the waves push his body into shallow water. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The wind whips up another spray of sand off the shallow, windward slopes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Although it was starting to sprinkle, the water was clear and shallow enough that we could see the sandy bottom. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z But it was a shallow excuse, for he did not believe in eating meat either. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The shallow waters in which these fish live are favorable mosquito- breeding places. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The outfield is playing shallow, because if there’s a base hit, it gives them a better chance of throwing Luis out at the plate. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z After a long, terrifying moment, I managed to gasp a shallow breath, then another. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My foolish, shallow, affectionate pets, with their obsessions with feathers and parties, nearly break my heart with their good-bye. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z That’s when I realized that there are two kinds of knowledge: shallow and deep. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The face one shows him he invariably reflects back at one, creating the illusion of warmth and depth when in fact he is brittle and shallow as a mirror. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The tip went out the other side and lodged in Eye's shirt, but beyond that was only a shallow cut. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But no one said a word; all eyes were glued to the girl, now lying there as if asleep, her chest rising and falling with shallow breaths. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes if it’s in a shallow spot and the water is flat calm, you can see the trap down there. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z They were going to put over another bridge when the bombardment started and some troops were to cross at the shallows up above at the bend of the river. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z His usually dark skin was losing color fast and his breaths were quick and shallow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Fifty feet of fall into shallow water, and he was alive. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He was shaking from the exertion and his breath was shallow, but there was a look of recognition in his eyes. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Moments later, Ellsberg and a few soldiers were crawling on knees and elbows through shallow water, holding their guns above their heads. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z With a wild turn of the steering wheel, Grandpa landed us in a shallow ditch. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Breathing short, shallow breaths, I scurry back in terror. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Take the bow and keep a look out for shallow water." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z But the hippos didn’t care for the shallows. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A master shipwright, building a cargo vessel, lays down a broad and shallow hull; just so Odysseus shaped the bottom of his craft. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When it reached the stream, it lowered its head to drink, then bounded across the shallow rapids and disappeared into the thick underbrush. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The shallow hollow in the sandy floor where Fiver had lain was not quite cold: but Fiver was gone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They got up long enough to slurp at the water trough and then flopped down again, raising puffs of dust in their shallow hollows. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I lay back in the darkness and breathed in the cold, shallow air. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Leaning away from the rain under the shallow front porch, Jacob Black stood behind his father’s wheelchair. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I take my time moving to the shallow end in the hope that they’ll leave, but after a few minutes of stalling, they haven’t budged. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z According to wetlands experts quoted in the paper, the whole thing had resulted from the pond being too shallow and the water too warm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Talk about shallow. The hot cheerleader going for the basketball captain? Only one thing you can conclude from that.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The lake was shallow where she had pulled up the boat, and farther out were clusters of rocks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking a shallow breath, I drew in the scent of brine, though we were hundreds of kilometers from any ocean and the purification bath was filled with clean rainwater. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But his eyes were human—pale green like a shallow sea—and a bloody arrow stuck out of his left calf, just above the ankle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The raft had moved to the outside of a shallow curve and had glided back beneath some overhanging willows and low trees. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z My breath becomes short and shallow; images of the Youns torturing and killing their victims flash before my eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The water was shallow, and the way the beach curved made it private, too. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z It was about a hundred feet across to the far bank, and although shallow enough in the ordinary way, was far too deep for the animals to cross without swimming. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain might have stopped, but the compound was still a morass of shallow lakes and slippery mud. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z After perhaps four hours, his right arm aching with the effort, she at last lightened; the water was a shallow puddle in the middle of the cabin floor. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel that America’s past is too shallow, her national character too superficially optimistic, her very morality too suffused with color hate for her to accomplish so vast and complex a task. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One man in long soft moccasins stood in a shallow pit trampling husks, half his weight supported on a log frame. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s knocked over his stack of self-help books, and they lie like shallow steps between the couch and the radiator. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She found a shallow pool filled with water lilies: The bulbs would make acceptable food when other things ran out. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There was, instead, the subtle curve of the cupped hand—the metal flesh sloping gently upward to form a kind of great shallow bowl so that you couldn’t simply walk off the edge. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “You know,” I said, chewing the rather dry cookie and wondering what to wash it down with, “disliking someone— anyone, really—based on his or her looks is shallow.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z His face is ripped, his head is bashed, he’s sinking into shallow water without ever waking up. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He was in the shallows below the rapids, caught up in a small alcove in the shoreline. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z His face paled a few shades and he leaned back against the pillows, releasing several quick shallow breaths. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Though I don't know why we need to stick to the causeway when the water is so shallow. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The leviathan of fire and iron pushed its way into the shallow harbor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She arranged and rearranged her clothing at every possible opportunity, admiring the hangers and the shelving in the shallow closet. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z A lump rises in the base of my throat, tightening my airway and shortening my breaths to shallow gulps. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They paddled in the shallow stream that ran through the prairie, where tiny silver fish nibbled their toes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And all the while his insides are moving his outsides like fish spawning in the shallows. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Jones waded into the shallows and brought in the boat. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, it's like any other pantry: a shallow room with a wall of spices and preserved goods, not as full as it would have been before the war. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z After attacking the guards, she’d relieved them of their weapons and buried them in a shallow storage pit beneath Our Lady. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The next day, the dead bodies of the girls were found in a shallow ditch. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The girls waded through the shallows into deeper water. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Leah tossed him the tie rope and helped him push the boat out of the shallow mud into deeper water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z On the morning of March 8, 1965, hundreds of United States Marines splashed through shallow water up to the beaches of Da Nang, South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It streamed along a shallow gully for some distance before finally spilling over the wall and running downhill. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They agreed to travel east to search for a better place to ford the Kell, and when they came to a shallow beach in the early afternoon, Con stopped. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We headed northwest, up towards the shallows of James Bay where the whales used to migrate before they packed up and headed down to Australia for good. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Jinny rose and leaned over Loo, towered above him in the shallows. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The work crew was digging a shallow trench for the concrete foundation of the wall. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo walked along the shore until she reached a shallow stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve only cried once since showing up, but that was after almost getting eaten alive. I’m probably just a shallow shuck-face.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z We went to a shallow stream nearby where she abluted me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We carried the casket to a sand dune between The Shoe and the ocean, where Dad and Tom dug a shallow grave. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z My face burns with shallow cuts from the corn leaves, but my eyes are dry. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The rock, exhibiting a dearth of holds and coated with six inches of crumbly rime, did not look promising, but just left of the main prow was a shallow comer glazed with frozen meltwater. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Slate-colored clouds veil the sky, and children shout in the shallow end, and parents talk or read magazines or doze in their chairs, and everything is normal. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When he got to the sidewalk he tried to run but it was like sloshing through the shallows of an endless lake. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Three massive forms lay ahead of us, one in the road and two more in the field adjacent, just the other side of a shallow ditch. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z After an endless trek through trash- strewn wetlands, we found the salt ponds: rectangular fields of shallow water. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I tried to fight it off, slowing down a little, taking short, shallow breaths through my mouth. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But all he saw was a straight pencil line of canal going violet through a wide shallow valley penned by low, eroded hills, and on until it fell over the sky’s edge. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She smiled at the cluster of teenage boys who were horsing around in the shallow end. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He clawed his way up the shallows and wiped the mud from his eyes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A rusalka sat in the shallows near the other shore, combing her fingers through her copper hair. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The fields and woods all had shallow ditches dug around them to drain away water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d listened to Shawn’s shallow breathing as I raced through the valley, along Fivemile Creek, then shot up the Bear River Hill. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z To miss the Ford I had to cut the steering wheel sharp left and plunge the car into a creek—really just a little shallow branch. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The thick ugly odors of unwashed bodies and rotting flesh from the shallow graves behind the buildings grew stronger. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Since she never seemed to inhale deeply anymore, her breathing was quick and shallow. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Vulnerable to attack and without shade, it uncoiled across the undulating land in long shallow S shapes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But its most distinguishing feature was something I didn’t notice right away; not until Claire pointed out a large rock formation jutting from the shallows nearby. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Trademaster had allowed the razor-sharp blade to make a shallow cut. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When we got there, the children all waded into the shallows to meet us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z One who passed in and came at length out of the echoing tunnel, beheld a plain, a great circle, somewhat hollowed like a vast shallow bowl: a mile it measured from rim to rim. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z On one side it was cut shallow, while at the opposite side it was carved deeply. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I follow him to the shallow water and help him. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Is he going to die?” he forced himself to say, cringing at how shallow and empty it sounded. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z It is a bird of spectacular appearance and beguiling habits, building its floating nests in shallow lakes of western United States and Canada. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Three of them, anyway. They’re shallow and rather rough, but there’s no smell of death or disease and they’re perfectly sound. I thought they might do for us—just for the moment, anyway.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Have you ever bathed in a mountain river that is running in shallow cataracts over red and blue and yellow stones with the sun on it? The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The doorway of Matthew Wood’s house led into a shallow hallway from which a narrow flight of stairs climbed steeply. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z His breathing is shallow and fast, coming twenty-four to twenty-seven times a minute. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z When they tumbled him into the shallows of the Reaper’s Barge, he somehow found the strength to cry out. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Sleep-deprived, our breath shallow and soothing, we drift in and out of sleep. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z When they reached the shattered window, Fred saw a van parked outside in the shallow lake that was the shelter’s parking lot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The bird necklace rose and fell with his shallow breathing. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Three years later a Croatian seismologist named Andrija Mohorovičić was studying graphs from an earthquake in Zagreb when he noticed a similar odd deflection, but at a shallower level. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He would let thee starve and pine — A callow,^ shallow, pampered youth. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z There were sandbags around the shallow foxhole we had to sit in. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He tracked down the doorknob, turned it, and went inside, making sure to take a quick but necessarily shallow gulp of air just before he closed the door behind him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Thomas took her hand and helped her; it was treacherous, with her bad leg, and she feared slipping into the water, which was quite shallow but clogged with filth. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A few moments later, they heard the splash of an anchor being thrown down in the shallows, and the thud of a plank being lowered onto the bank. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Then the slow trickle of dust and the shallow, defeated breaths of Volkheimer a meter away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Finally she nodded and they went back through the shallows and down along the dock bridges, making their way back into the Orleans as dusk fell. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The Weasley twins and Lee Jordan were tickling the tentacles of a giant squid, which was basking in the warm shallows. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I sprinted toward the stairs in the shallow end of the pool. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They crossed another shallow waterway, where the soft river mud soothed their tired feet. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Naomi squatted and trailed a hand in the shallows. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The water was too shallow to hide crocodiles, so Nhamo sat down for a drink. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The front steps were wide but shallow and led up to a set of heavy double doors that slammed shut behind us as we walked down the shiny corridor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Henry pressed the revolver farther up under Wash’s chin until his breathing turned to a shallow wheeze. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I followed him, gathering up the blanket and shaking it clean, while he splashed madly in the waves and then sat in the shallows and scrubbed himself with wet sand, head to toe. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z As ordered, the boys dug shallow trenches on both sides of Heerstrasse, a street on the bridge’s eastern end, and, with their rifles and Panzerfauste, they waited. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Going to have another go anyway, try a shallower descent. Still have quite a lot of fuel, don’t really want to crash and go up in flames.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The shallow Bering Strait became a wide land bridge between Siberia and Alaska. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z JPs head snapped back, and purple blood sprayed from beneath my knuckles as he lost his balance and fell backward—right into the muddy shallows of the lake. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Two people born in the social media generation who, despite being labeled as shallow and vain, are actually super self-conscious and would rather hide behind avatars than reveal themselves.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The boat, it seemed, had run aground in that shallow channel of the river that boats were always wary of. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The robot could only stand in the shallows and watch as her son left the other geese behind and desperately swam toward his mother. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z His breath is so shallow the sheet drawn across his chest does not rise or fall: no sign of life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The wall of the lagoon formed a shallow slope, and where he’d fallen in, it had been no more than waist-deep. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The field dropped into a shallow ravine, where a country road wound north and south. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I looked into this woman's face, her fuzzy jowls hanging like saddlebags, and I pictured her reclining nude in a shallow pool of peanut oil. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Funny, but he had never been bothered by Tyger’s shallow nature before. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She had been carefully trained by her upbringing, she said, to avoid effusive displays of feeling, but this did not mean her heart was shallow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I plunge my hands into the shallow water and feel instant relief. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The third time, as he came up into the shallow water, I walked backward across the sand bar so he would not see me, and pulled on the string with all my strength. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I ducked back into my shallow closet in search of something different to wear. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I nodded, and we both began to wade through the waist-high shallows, fleeing the desperate haunted ships behind us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I seem frilly and shallow, twirling and giggling in my dress, although the others assure me I am charming. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Tristan, then. We made the shallows, but the water’s still too deep for some of the Midfolk.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The shallow channel ran down the middle of a brickwork tunnel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He greeted us in turn, nosing us for a pat, then splashed into the shallows and slurped at the brackish water. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Gollum turned to the right, southward more or less, and splashed along with his feet in the shallow stony stream. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When Dumbledore straightened up, he was holding a familiar shallow stone basin etched with odd markings around its rim. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Plus, and I know this is shallow, I wanted the concert to be MY big night. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, urging the memories into Gabriel, Jonas felt that they were more shallow, a little weaker than they had been. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Garvey swung himself into the water on the opposite side and helped guide the skiff to shallower water. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z With a great splash Constance waded into the shallows and dragged the corpse up on to the mossy bank. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The tent he lived in stood right smack up against the wall of the shallow, dull-colored forest separating his own squadron from Dunbar’s. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Or I’d be walking along the shoreline with the others, and I’d spot him wading up to his waist through the shallows, impossibly thin and pale, as though his time at sea had eroded him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Seldom did you see any devilfish here, for they like deep places, and the water along this part of the reef is shallow. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I ran and jumped into the shallow bomb shelter, then flipped myself over and peeked up over the edge. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z One offered a bit of soap when Enrique slipped into a shallow green river to bathe. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I'd spent the morning competing with the squirrels for nuts and the slightly warmer afternoon wading in shallow ponds harvesting katniss. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He pulled with all of his might to get free of the shallows, then he seemed to relax as the water became deep enough for him to swim. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The old dog walked gingerly into the shallow water, shivering and miserable, turning his head away. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they placed it down and pulled their shirts off and started to dig a shallow hole in the ground. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z There was something rather blowsy about roses in full bloom, something shallow and raucous, like women with untidy hair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z After that they created handicaps, like racing with no arms or hopping across the width of the shallow end on one foot. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Leading up to it were four shallow steps, carpeted in black. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z With just three messages, the columns are shallow, and you can’t learn much. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He churned his way through the shallows and ran right between us. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He commissioned the construction of a fire boat, the Fire Queen, built specifically to negotiate the park’s shallow canals and to pass under its many low bridges. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z My tree is definitely breathing; little shallow breaths like it just shot up through the ground this morning. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z My breath had turned into short, shallow puffs, a dog pant. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon the River broadened and grew more shallow; long stony beaches lay upon the east, and there were gravel-shoals in the water, so that careful steering was needed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He had no hooks or string but if he could somehow lure them into the shallows—and make a spear, a small fish spear—he might be able to strike fast enough to get one. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The ground fell away from the woods into a shallow dip. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the she bear was charging across the shallows in the creek. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Early that afternoon, they came across the first evidence that the desert was receding: a few stunted trees near a shallow pool of muddy water. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They whispered about unclaimed bodies in sacks and shallow unmarked graves. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z But he kept finding new pockets of shallow inside himself. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z If the angle was too shallow, we might skip back out of the atmosphere and miss the earth entirely. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He woke up crying in a shallow hole beside the clay bank where his mother had thrown the old quilt. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z About mid-day they came to a hill whose top was wide and flattened, like a shallow saucer with a green mounded rim. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The irrigation waters on these farms were derived from shallow wells. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z My breaths come in rapid shallow pants, and I feel betrayed by this body that remembers panic with ease but needs coaxing to remember friends. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z And with the Council’s man watching, the campers made their hands into shallow cups and pulled the air over their heads and faces, making prayers out of ashes and smoke. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The river was easy to fish, slow moving and somewhat shallow there; the silvery, sinuous trout were eager for the bait, and made good eating later. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I dug a shallow hole, wrapped myself in the bivvy bag, and sat on my pack in the swirling snow. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The scratch was shallow, but the area surrounding the abrasion was as red and swollen as a chain of kielbasa sausage. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They felt their way along the water’s edge for some distance, until they found a small shallow bay. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They forded the Red Fork late the next day, upstream of Riverrun where the river made a wide loop and the waters grew muddy and shallow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Certainly not a shallow pit with two mighty Indian rhinoceros. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s no telling how deep or shallow it is. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Clotho, still struggling through the shallow waves, peers over his hunched shoulder. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Looking round for Hazel, Pipkin caught sight of Kehaar, a little way off, standing in a patch of shallow water between two clumps of willow herb. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They glided quietly through the shallow water, holding their shoes in the air. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Then, as I move toward him he sees that the camera is imaginary and gives one of his rare and shallow smiles. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The fountain featured a life-size statue of Mr. Lemoncello standing on a lily pad in the middle of a shallow reflecting pool ten feet wide. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z She was standing at the periphery of her own life, sharing a fridge and a toilet, a shallow intimacy, with people she did not know at all. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We were in the shallow end of the pool. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Sailors still tend their wooden boats in the Great Harbor, and gangs of line-fishermen still haul their catch from the shallows offshore. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z When he caught his breath, he turned and glared at R.C., and then at me before sliding into the shallow edge of the river and wading back to his cousins. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Joe took off his shoes, rolled up his pants, and waded quietly into the shallow riffles upstream from the pool. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mom was waiting impatiently for me with six casseroles wrapped in aluminum foil and packed into a shallow cardboard box. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She and Peris used to boast they’d never wind up so idiotic, so shallow. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It hung above a store that had been converted into a church, and I stepped into the shallow lobby and wiped my face with a handkerchief. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Immediately below, a shallow ripple spread all along the waterline, where the current met the woodwork. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A shallow stone basin lay there, with odd carvings around the edge: runes and symbols that Harry did not recognize. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z |
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