| 单词 | shimmer |
| 例句 | Staring down the hill at the dancing grass beneath them, there was a flickering shimmer in the air. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z In the village structure, spirits shimmered among the live creatures, balanced and held in equilibrium by time and land. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Professor Flitwick, the Charms teacher, had already decorated his classroom with shimmering lights that turned out to be real, fluttering fairies. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I give in to the shimmering and I disappear for a while. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She kept her chin tucked coyly downward, sending her hair into a beautiful cascade of shimmering black, but her eyes peeked up at him. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Seven held her breath...but when the last amulet lit up a shimmering white, it wasn’t hers. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Sheed pulled his hand from the car, and the shimmering stopped. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The golden thread on the pale blue fabric still shimmered full of promise, and Bo had to touch the golden stars at least once every day. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z How every corner of the place seemed touched by some unseen enchantment, shimmering just out of sight. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The old woman in the cart was soon enveloped in a transparent shimmer that moved busily, working and feeding in some invisible way that made Ruta Skadi sick to watch. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The young woman, bewitched by the beauty of the shimmering young god, gave herself to him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z You could see it shimmer high in crystal billows. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Clean, black water gushed from her mouth into the pool below, shimmering and shaking the stars. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z My mouth drops open as a shimmering purple-and-blue abalone sky comes into view through the cockpit window. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The castle ghosts were there too, barely visible in the bright sunlight, discernible only when they moved, shimmering insubstantially on the gleaming air. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Precisely one minute before the hour, they each ascend their respective platforms and pull from their backs shimmering black bows and arrows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The surface of the shell was covered with tiny scales, and as she turned the egg between her fingers, they shimmered like polished metal in the light of the setting sun. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She traced a finger along the beading on her skirts, watching it shimmer in the afternoon light. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He had to get back where he could merge with the walls and the ceiling, shimmering white, remote from everything. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She pinched the strand carefully as it shimmered close to her fingers. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Everything looked fresh, and the new green of Spring was shimmering in the fields and on the tips of the trees’ fingers. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A forest fire was making its way along the tinderbox ridges above them, flaring and shimmering against the overcast like the northern lights. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z If you didn’t look too closely, you could almost believe they were human, but their flesh was transparent and their bones shimmered underneath, like X-ray images. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He could feel the heat from the ground through his boots, and shimmering waves of heat dance around him from the pavement, making him shaky, as though he were walking in a strong wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, with an angry roar, the monster closed his fists around my mother’s neck, and she dissolved before my eyes, melting into light, a shimmering golden form, as if she were a holographic projection. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Right where she looked, a fish leapt up, rainbow iridescence shimmering on its scales. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He was holding two pieces of pottery: one a plain, boring blue-gray bowl, and the other an amazing blue-gray bowl with random cracks that were filled with shimmering gold. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Images of the moon and the rocket and the explorers shimmered across the old man’s face and onto the sea of his beautiful drawings, tacked to the wall behind him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z As Pipkin reached the path a great, shimmering dragonfly, four inches long, all emerald and sable, appeared at his shoulder, hovered, droning and motionless, and was gone like lightning into the sedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z So I know it’s not a shimmer and in the shakiness I can just about catch him still kneeling, praying some prayer, and Viola laid out on the ground in front of him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Helmuth lies on his back in the darkness, arms linked behind his head, watching the moon shimmer the walls. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The Martian desert lay broiling like a prehistoric mud pot, waves of heat rising and shimmering. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Yellow streamers of lamplight shimmered bright in the inky water. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It crackled and shimmered as if its mesh were made out of...out of bolts of lightning. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z George and Martha curled around the caduceus, which shimmered and changed into something that looked suspiciously like a high-voltage cattle prod. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z So he never changed the pace of his car as he drifted quietly past the green, shimmering beanfield. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Over his head floats a shimmering blue gem. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Not some rickety wooden contraption you'd see in some museum, but the weird, outrageous vehicle of a god, built of sleek, otherworldly metal and shimmering with starlight. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When she took them down slowly to adjust her eyes from dark to light, she saw Maycomb with no people in it, shimmering in the steaming afternoon. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Their appearance was greeted with hostile stares that shimmered almost visibly throughout the room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a mirage, Khalid told me once—like the mirages you see way out in the middle of a desert, but instead, they shimmer over the cracked pavement and potholes of our little town. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z To the east the massive brick walls of Meereen shimmered through the morning heat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Only a fraction of the Hall of Mirrors reflects her own countenance, and some contain only a shimmering blur of pale-grey gown, or the motion of the billowing ribbons as they float behind her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Previously a golden fountain had filled the center of the hall, casting shimmering spots of light over the polished wooden floor and walls. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A bottle marked Broken Promises shimmers with a soft blue light. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She was the shimmering culmination of all her ancestors’ strife, joyfulness, and struggle. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z From the dining room window of Aunty Uju’s house, the lake shimmered, a blueness so tranquil that it held the gaze. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Beyond the shade everything shimmered in waves of heat and the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The one on the left wore shining golden armor that shimmered with heat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z White throats and cheek patches shimmered above pale breast feathers stippled with black flecks. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Despite having been squashed against me, the flower unfurled, its petals first shimmering, then glowing with the soft light you get just as the sun's coming up on a clear day. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Fairy gowns and suits shimmer like the wings of dragonflies. Fairies drink from cups the shape of lupine bells. Fountains of juice and nectar of all different colors fill their cups.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z From Durban I drove south along the coast past Port Shepstone and Port St. Johns, small and lovely colonial towns that dotted the shimmering beaches fronting the Indian Ocean. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was pitch-black, except for a small, shimmering pale light coming from deep within. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Even the horse's armor was gilded, and his bar dings were shimmering crimson silk emblazoned with the lion of Lannister. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Through the shimmering greenery, the black tents of his brothers were encased in a fine glaze of ice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The empty desert stretched into the distance, shimmering in the heat. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Enormous crystal chandeliers hung shimmering from high, ornately plastered ceilings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z On the night of their escape, the flames of the burning town had shimmered so brightly on the water that it had seemed that the lake was afire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The light of the torches shimmered off their masks—ape, ram, wolf, crocodile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The grass shimmered with silvery evening light, and the flowers were such brilliant colors they almost glowed in the dark. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But this dress...it shimmers with silver accents when I move. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He could see the light shimmering like hammered gold off the surface of the Milkwater as it curved away to the south. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Back out the door, the sun is set to full blast, lighting the streets a shimmering slick. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The Gran passed a box lined in black velvet material with two shimmering blades to Valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The hills were strewn with boulders and stunted cedars, all shimmering in the hazy air. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z No shadows steal upon this hard glare, the stony vineyards shimmer in the sun and the bougainvillaea is white with dust. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The sky shimmered an even tiger yellow she had not known to fall in the range of atmospheric effects; she beheld it with a wonder much like that with which, recently, she considered her life. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The roar of applause came from thousands of shimmering purple ghosts, the Lares of Rome brought back for an encore performance. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Despite everything, I still marvel at how all those tiny ripples in the water can catch the sunlight and make the river shimmer like a million jewels were strewn on the surface. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The winds began rising from the bay waters, racing over Oakland and sweeping low over the hissing weeds, which nodded back and forth in great shimmering waves of gold. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z When she touched the symbols, the stone seemed to shimmer as if there were something living within its depths. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The rest of her family was dressed in black or gray, their hair neatly combed, the boys’ heads shimmering with brilliantine. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She followed his gaze and saw a distant tremor of movement, quite different from the shimmer of the heat haze. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I could see Aunty Em’s dark reflection in the orange glass; her headdress was gone, revealing her face as a shimmering pale circle. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It was massive, bulkier than the spirits in the club, and its shimmering darkness seemed to churn endlessly like black lava. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Like how the magical creatures shimmer into sight just like the charmed folk used to do for me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z A shimmering snail’s trail wrapped the enormous wolf, tying his legs, rendering him immobile. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z In the gardens, a tea pavilion shimmers: a thick white-fur canopy draped over a beautiful low table, set with flowers, pastel teacups, and flickering candles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Once I’m out of the woods and on the main road, a full moon bathes the fields around me in a shimmering, pearly light. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The dragon’s scales shimmered and glistened; he was a gigantic mountain of luminous colors and light. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Hecate stood nearby, her form shimmering as if she were about to dissolve. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They shimmered and rippled, and when I looked closer, I realized that the threads were fragments of stories—actual lines from tales I vaguely remembered—spun into golden silk. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see him very well in the shimmer from the sunlight off the water, but they appeared to be arguing. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Ishtar stood there in silver high heels and a dress that shimmered as if made of starlight. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z With a shimmer of silver at the edges. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It shimmered in the moonlight, turning all shades of blue, from indigo to haint blue and back again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It drifted toward the coffin and began to shimmer, like a cloud of pure energy. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Frodo and Sam halted and sat silent in the soft shadows, until they saw a shimmer as the travellers came towards them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The makos were larger and had mouths bursting with frightening teeth, but they too were nicely coloured, an indigo blue that shimmered beautifully in the sun. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The rider’s cloak streamed behind him, and his hood was thrown back; his golden hair flowed shimmering in the wind of his speed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He clapped his hands again above his head, and a fine, light flouring flew into the air—sort of like chalk dust—and a haze shimmered about his face. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Trees and bushes with shimmering leaves of blue and pink and purple. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z At that moment Salmakia came in through the back door, landing her dragonfly on the table in a shimmer of electric blue. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Slowly the hall filled, and Frodo looked with delight upon the many fair faces that were gathered together; the golden firelight played upon them and shimmered in their hair. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z For a while the jungle seems almost static, humming, shimmering, but not flaunting its dangers. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Mossflower country shimmered gently in a peaceful haze, bathing delicately at each dew-laden dawn, blossoming through high sunny noontides, languishing in each crimson-tinted twilight that heralded the soft darkness of June nights. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The screen shimmered as though coated in a pearly oil. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z In the far distance, sunlight shimmered off deep water. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her muscles are tight and shimmer in the sunlight. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Behind Luke, the fountain began to shimmer, but I needed everyone's attention on me, so I uncapped Riptide. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She sniffed the air and shivered despite the heat that shimmered in waves across the meadowlands. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The bodice was embroidered with hundreds of tiny crystal beads in a complex pattern of flowers, and in the dusky light that came through the window, the bodice shimmered like the scales of a fish. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Even in the low light, the amber swan glistened and shimmered. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The black waters and sky turned a shimmering silver, and Pinmei felt as if she could drink its radiance. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The violins are hundreds of shimmering gold lights, the horns are cubes of green, and the drums are a bright aqua blue. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z His brain was in a heated whirl; his breath scorched when he breathed, and the ground all about him was a shimmering haze. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The design was pitch black, with a sea-green trident shimmering in the center. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She was wearing this loose white blouse that pulled in tight under her tits and these faded yellow bell-bottoms that shimmered when she moved. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And I'm under my blanket, and it's warm and toasty, and my heart is thumping and my mind is racing, and I'm watching to see if the room starts to shimmer or glow. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The morning shimmers with fallen rain, but despite the mud on the road, we make good time. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I ran up to the half-buried structure, and after a quick search, found a hidden door that we’d walked right past, except now it shimmered like sunshine on water. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Two tall towers touching the clouds, reflecting sunshine, shimmering rainbows and diamond-shaped light. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z My nails shimmer with a clear coat of polish and a small white line drawn at each nail tip. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z So why had that shimmering veil of reverie been drawn over him now? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The bleak line of shore surrounding the gray harbor was a disheartening contrast to the shimmering green and white that fringed the turquoise bay of Barbados which was her home. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I turn to the pond and eye a bright pink fish the size of my forearm shimmering his way from shadow to shadow, and I toss in the penny and make a wish. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z It was a blue shimmer that surrounded her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Grandpa and Grandma Lustig were there, weeping, their faces shifting like wax, shimmering as all things shimmer on a hot day. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Watch me,” I say and he gets smaller and smaller in the shimmering and fading light as the boat pulls away from the dock and starts making its way downstream. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z From here she had a view of the driveway and the lake across which lay a column of shimmering phosphorescence, white hot from the fierce late afternoon heat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He yanked out a chunk of shimmering metal. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z After it had bumped back onto the table, the air around it shimmered, almost like the wobble of sun on a hot road. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He smiles again, his teeth poking out the side of his face, and in a wash of shimmer he’s right in front of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The curtains were organdy, not your average white organdy but silver-gray, so the air came through with a slightly smoky shimmer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Its shimmering waterspouts looked more like fancy glass sculptures than liquid. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It seemed to shimmer with a life all its own. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In the darkness behind her eyelids, she could see a blue color with a shimmer of silver at the edges, along with something else entirely. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z As she looked up at the intention craft, it seemed to shimmer or dislodge itself, and then there it was, solidly on the ground again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Okay, tell Dad—” But before I could finish, the vision shimmered and faded. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z And even then the shimmer is generally attributed to evaporation. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The thermometer on the back porch stood at ninety-two, the carhouse shimmered faintly in the distance, and the giant twin chinaberry trees were deadly still. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I need my daughter,” she whispered as she ran even faster, her eye fixed on the shimmer of blue. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Then, about fifty feet in front of us, the green mist shimmered. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The panels were backed with gold leaf, the fronts inlaid with shimmering diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and jade. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I looked down at my belly button and the shimmering crystal of water pooled there. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A heat haze shimmered over the desert, and he saw a series of ridges that might be buildings. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z To their left, the Olympic valley shimmered in the afternoon heat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The huge cypress trees she and her father pass on their morning walk are shimmering kaleidoscopes, each needle a polygon of light. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Moonlight shimmered on their armor and the wind whipped at their cloaks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z With a flick of her wrist, it expanded, flashing and shimmering. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Its polished bronze doors shimmered like a hologram, so that from different angles lightning bolts seemed to streak across them. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The leaves shimmer in the heat, and the chitter of cicadas rises across the field. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She lit countless candles and the crystal shimmered so beautifully that Hornet could hardly take her eyes off it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The moon shone through the curtain of falling water to lay a shimmering pale stripe across the sand, but after a time that too faded and went dark. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Silver moonlight shimmered through a window, revealing a gray stuffed rabbit lying on a step above. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He’s also brought down a few pieces of furniture I recognize from the palace—a silk-embroidered divan, satin cushions, a shimmering spider-silk throw, and a chalcedony set of tea things. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Above the pool, shimmering in the rainbow mist, was an Iris-message vision of Dionysus, Tantalus, and the whole camp in the dining pavilion. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The fumes shimmered in the air, and one by one, they “topped” her tanks, loading them right to the brim and securing them for sea. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the benches, a dozen ghosts shimmered into existence—glowing purple men in Roman togas, like the Lares she’d seen at Camp Jupiter. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It shimmered like the fabric on her loom. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z There, shimmering like a mirage at the edge of the battlefield, is a figure. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I stare inward in the center of my unseeing eye at the red spot that transforms itself into a multipetaled flower—the shimmering, swirling, luminescent flower that lies deep in the core of my unconscious. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she was in neon green tights and a shimmering silver trench coat. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The shimmering ghost of a woman drifted forward, and Jason felt as if his bones were turning to dust. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The porch light shimmered, and the living room lights shone through the curtains. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Marlena skips theatrically around the border, a whirl of shimmering pink. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The long windows were covered with shimmering damask curtains. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I open the first trunk, and light spills across the shimmering contents—piles of sequined, gold-threaded, and patterned fabric. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Skirting the edges of the shimmering pool, the two friends dashed into a smallish tunnel at the other side. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I wondered what made the air in front of the fire shimmer so. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Cinna comes up behind me and arranges a shimmering silver wrap around my shoulders. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The surface shimmered maybe a hundred and fifty feet above. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z There was just a touch of colour in it, a pale sea-green, soft and shimmering and very beautiful. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I could still see the tormented faces shimmering in the fabric I walked to the edge of the river. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z And as I reach out for her, she’s gone in a shimmer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Heat lamps glow in regularly spaced intervals, their flames adding a golden warmth to our skin, and the lights of the city shimmer down below. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We rounded a corner and I saw the pool complex, a shimmering blue expanse with the same island I remembered from my childhood, except now it was covered by a glass-plated geodesic dome. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I watch helplessly as the spirit takes Elsie’s hand into her shimmering palm. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The long rays of the setting sun made the water shimmer golden. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She saw her uncle’s face shimmering among the tiny dancing lights. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I thought about my dream—the whispering voices of the dead, the thing in the chasm, and my mothers face, shimmering as it dissolved into gold. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The white pavement of Route 1 shimmered in the heat and in the fumes from gas and oil. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I slip on one shimmering ruby shoe and, tugging on the other one, hop over to the control panel, where the stage manager is calling cues into her headset. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Leaning against the window, Harry could see Hogwarts coming nearer, its many lighted windows blurred and shimmering behind the thick curtain of rain. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I wore jeans, a large gray T-shirt, and steel-toed boots; the other girls wore black leotards and sheer, shimmering skirts, white tights and tiny ballet shoes the color of taffy. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A shimmering, shifting light cascades up through the surface of the water. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I paint my mother shimmering like a pearl, her arms allowing—no, expecting—the world to worship her. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Before dawn, southeast of the village, the bells would announce their approach, the sound shimmering across the sand hills, followed by the clacking of turtle-shell rattles—all these sounds gathering with the dawn. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Hagar believed she could spend her life there among the cut glass, shimmering in peaches and cream, in satin. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the pool, coins shimmered—a dozen or so golden drachma. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z They were young, beautiful nymphs in shimmering blue gowns, their glossy black curls pinned up with silver and gold brooches. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z On hot days, Kendra had seen the air shimmer in the distance. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z In his own angel shape, shimmering like a heat haze in the sunlight, he said, “You were foolish to go to her. All you want to do now is see the woman again.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But as we approach along the shimmering causeway, a wheel somewhere turns, chains tighten and groan, and the bars lift. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Girl after girl shimmered on the small screen. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She would keep her eyes on Aegon’s High Hill across the tity, on the towers of the Red Keep shimmering in the light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Their fish tails shimmered in rainbow colors, glowing phosphorescent. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The pine floors were shimmering and dangerously slick. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When Nailer looked down into the glitter refraction of the waves it seemed that all the light and shimmer of the water had merged, a blur of motion too fast to understand. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The moon rose over the wall of Resthaven, painting the quiet msasa trees with silver and trailing a bright shimmer on the stream at the valley’s heart. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She moves only minimally, her pink sequins shimmering under the bright lights. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z One of the Maidens draped a shimmering shawl about my shoulders and secured it with a shining golden campu. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He could smell but not see the shimmering green sludge that collected in the open sewer. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Biff played an astounding solo — the notes just seemed to shimmer in the air like floating fire — and Mr. W. was simply incredible. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A wall of force shimmered along the fissure line, separating Kronos’s vanguard, my friends, and me from the bulk of the two armies. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It was floating on a cushion of shimmering air. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z All around, the spirits hummed their harmonious spirituals and murmured quietly to one another, their glow pulsing in time with the shimmer growing in the dark waters. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Together they sat in the shimmer of moonlight and listened to my leaves rustle. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z One part of Helen, though, still lounged in her pink-piped pajamas, under a shimmering silk comforter, clapping while her brother performed magic tricks. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The spotlight on Kaira kept changing colors and her fringed outfit seemed to shimmer and change with each new color. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The broad, rain-blotched boulevard was illuminated every half-block by short, curling lampposts with eerie, shimmering glares surrounded by smoky brown mist. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The falling showers gleamed like silver, and far away the river glittered like a shimmering glass. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A flash of blue, with a shimmer of silver. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Thinking about Slash calmed Nate down a bit, and put that strong, shimmering feeling inside his chest again. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z He stood watching life proceed at an exaggerated rate outside the shimmering corona. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Mama wore a maroon crepe dress with long sleeves, a necklace of shimmering gold discs, and a black Persian lamb coat I had not seen since before the war. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z My fine pen and nibs shimmer along the bottom. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I was glad to wake up, glad to see morning stream in through the window in shimmering strips the color of a ripe orange. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He saw her hands flutter, and the shimmer came. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z As he pulls off of Pacific Coast Highway, the plant wavers before him like an ugly industrial mirage, asphalt heat making it shimmer before him. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z NASA’s first orbital mission, and the debut of the all-important tracking and communications network, shimmered in the near distance like a heat mirage. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She shimmered into existence in front of me, scowling, her face streaked with ash and grime. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The god shimmered, slowly fading into waves of heat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Will leapt over the last obstacle, a fallen tree trunk, and plunged the knife into the unresisting shimmer in the air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In Nahuatl, the words almost shimmer with connotation: what was true was well grounded, stable and immutable, enduring above all. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then she combed it down Hatsue’s back until it lay opened like a fan and shimmered in unearthly black waves. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the Hesperides shimmered and turned into shadows. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I hear the undertones now that shimmer under the surface of the words right and wrong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Delsa’s eyes shimmered, her little hands fluttering in front of her as they drew a picture in the air of a girls’ bike. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Blue, green, red, gold and violet flickered and shimmered neon-like on its surface as it struggled. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There were shimmering forms of spirits, too, as if the dead had risen from Hades to watch the batde. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They went along many paths and climbed many stairs, until they came to the high places and saw before them amid a wide lawn a fountain shimmering. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Ghostly flames shimmered off the polished black marble of the walls and floor and bathed the hall in an emerald radiance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As soon as she frees them from the plastic bag, they disappear in the folds of her shimmering dress. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z They were all colors of blue—powdery sky blue, dark night blue, shimmering with almost black iridescent light, and mountain blue. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Windmills stood motionless, their galvanized steel blades shimmering in the sun. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Ares bellowed with such force that his image shimmered. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Her swords were drawn, shimmering with poison, and with her bat wings extended, she took up the entire corridor. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I hoped its shimmer would help me win gold. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Fjerdan words Jesper didn’t understand crested over the courtyard in a shimmering, perfect tenor that seemed to catch upon the black stone battlements. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The moon was bright over the mountains and sent a shimmering glow across the yard, making shadows that snaked around the dogwood tree and crept along the garden fence. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He was always, in the darkness of the dungeon, on the lookout for light, the smallest glimmer, the tiniest shimmer. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Tears left shimmering trails down her deep brown cheeks, and every now and again she reached out toward Miss Alice, as though trying to get her attention. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “One day,” she told him, and her cobweb skirts shimmered. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The ghost Vitellius appeared next to them in a purple shimmer. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Between the pillars, the air shimmered, gold flecks occasionally winking into existence like jeweled fireflies. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Thousands of miniature torches fixed to the ship’s rigging splashed starry patterns of light that shimmered on the gilt furnishings and twinkled over the water. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Through a haze of rain and pain he dived for the shimmering, sneering face below him and saw its eyes widen with fear: Malfoy thought Harry was attacking him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z But most of the time, he was just a form shimmering before my eyes in the fiery air. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Its plumage was still glossy, as if all the life in it had fled there, into the fine russet breast feathers, the darkly patterned wings, and the long deep-green tail feathers that shimmered like silk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Its pale light filtered through the waving foliage to create the beautiful but strange effect of a shimmering, swaying carpet on the woodland floor. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And then, without the slightest warning, it became the shimmering, flickering spot of light, floating in the darkness ahead of him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It was pleasantly warm inside, the heat shimmering off the coals in a dozen small iron braziers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I know I will never know a joy so vast as I experienced when I entered that tree’s dappled, shimmering shade and heard the dry, crisp sound of the wind rustling its leaves. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The fields shimmered with heat, and a sweet odor with something rotten at its core filled the air. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was a magnificent affair, and the stuff that it was made of shimmered like silk in the pale light. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z There was a shimmering silver rope studded with diamonds that she braided into her hair, and there were diamond pins to fasten her hair in place. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She was dressed in a shimmering tunic of gold and green jade. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Directly ahead of them, in the middle of the straits, an island had shimmered into existence. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In an evil moment the shopman held up the lovely, shimmering folds, and said, “A bargain, I assure, you, ma’am.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Spirits began to appear around Minos—shimmering forms that slowly multiplied, solidifying into Cretan soldiers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He threw a pearl at each of them in turn, and three shimmering pink bubbles of energy formed around them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It had been wrought to look like blue-green scales, giving way to a shimmering chiffon fan. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Despite the hilarity a moment before, a shimmer of tears appears in his. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Everything goes dark as we pass through the thick wall; the shimmer of my moonstone badge is the only light. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z When the city appeared before her, its walls and towers shimmering white behind a veil of heat, it looked so beautiful that Dany was certain it must be a mirage. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Black and white fireworks explode across my field of vision, a shifting, shimmering pattern that blanks out everything else. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But there was only hazy glitter where the blue of the sky paled at the edge of the sea, and the sea took up the pallor and made it sparkle through the shimmering air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The shifting lamplight limned their stony scales, and shimmering motes of jade and scarlet and gold swam in the air around them, like courtiers around a king. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The moonlight washed over everything like a rich bath of gold and silver, making the fish shimmer like pearls and the girl glow with a magical glory reserved for the stars of heaven. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z But the Terrible Things threw their terrible nets down into the depths and they dragged up the dripping frogs and the shimmering fish and carried them away. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A cluster of red sparks hissed through the swinging kitchen door, kissed the ceiling, and rained a shimmering shower down and around the petrified hostess. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The air around the metal actually shimmered with cold. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I shut the closet to conceal the strange, wraith-like apparel it contained; which, at this evening hour—nine o’clock—gave out certainly a most ghostly shimmer through the shadow of my apartment. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z On starless nights the great cliff was as black as stone, a darkness towering high above the wide world, but when the moon came out it shimmered pale and icy as a frozen stream. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a faint blue shimmer to the thing, a ghost-light that played around its edges, and somehow Will knew it was sharper than any razor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We walk and walk and walk, all down through town and past the graveyard and over the long strips of paved road where mirages shimmer in the sun. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Her fingernails shimmer like the bright color of its leaves. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She flexed her fingers, and a small shimmer danced between them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Outside, the sunny afternoon had transformed the snow into dripping, shimmering water that cast light about the whole bedroom. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I tried to spy any stars coming down to the earth as shimmering, golden-haired maidens. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Riptide elongated into a shimmering double- edged sword. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They were exquisite, shimmering with white resin that left her fingertips sticky when she pinched them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It had a strangely skeletal look about it, as though it were a resurrected wreck, and the dim, misty lights shimmering at its portholes looked like ghostly eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There was one boy, a tall thin youth with a shock of black hair, who was so thickly surrounded by the transparent beings that his very outline seemed to shimmer in the air. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The alder tree in our backyard shimmers with a gust of wind. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A woman walked through the wall, a figure of shimmering mist that solidified beside the stranger. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Professor McGonagall waved her wand again, and a length of shimmering silver rope appeared out of thin air and snaked around the Carrows, binding them tightly together. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then his improvised wick caught and burned with a steady blue flame, and the world began to shimmer around them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The fabric of the jersey was smooth, almost like silk, and it shimmered in the afternoon light streaming in through his porthole when he held it up for a better look. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In her hands, however, she triumphantly held up three large, shimmering catfish. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z They were beautiful windows, glowing behind shimmering curtains. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Matty sat speechless, watching the shimmering hands dart; hours and days and weeks seemed to go by, yet oddly, only a blink, an instant, of time passed. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z When they spun past the tree, flecks of light caught on the shimmering red of her dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They look so broken, but there’s a shimmer of pride in their eyes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Firelight shadows began to shimmer and dance around the room. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her white dress dances with the ocean breeze, her silver wings shimmer in the sunlight. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It was a drum machine making its lumbering way down the street Wide as a house, it shimmered with the movement of its dozens of mechanical arms, bashing away at every size of drum. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z There was a fifth pup, a bit larger than the others, and its coat was a silky, silvery gold that shimmered in the shadows. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A shimmering illusion of me appears, and she catches the plate of spaghetti in midair. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z They would whisk along the long, shimmering highway to El Patrons other house in the Chiricahua Mountains. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z This time of year, the valley shimmers with clumps of orange jewelweed and sapphire bellflowers that shoot up from a blanket of moss so soft you could lie down and sleep for a thousand years. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Three figures, two large, one smaller, but only one of them was in focus, was more than an outline or a shimmer. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The sign on the gates dances in the wind, shimmering and wet. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It is a splendid cow, like a peacock, with every hair a different shimmering color.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z As Fox moved around the kitchen, the moonlight hit her pendant and seemed to adorn everything around her with shimmering stars. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z It is still dark and the shimmering sunset of red, gold, and purple over the horizon makes the sky look magical. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The storm clouds inside burned away, leaving nothing but red dust and shimmering heat, like mirages on the Sahara. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They were dark, small, and lovely—the exact purple of the lining of night, with the shot-silk shimmer of starlight on dark water. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z One entire glass wall opens up to my own private patio, half of which is taken up by a shimmering blue infinity pool that goes all the way to the edge of the balcony. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A glimpse, a pale shimmer on the air; a glow, aurora, dance of electrons, then a face again, faces. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z In its absence it left an aura, a palpable shimmering that was as plain to see as the water in a river or the sun in the sky. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Foot-high words had been daubed on the wall between two windows, shimmering in the light cast by the flaming torches. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z When he greeted them with a tip of his straw hat with the shimmering blue feather, his huge smile revealed only occasional teeth. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She turned it this way and that, watching the little good deeds she had done throughout her life shimmer on the surface. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She was wearing a plaid skirt and a tight black sweater, and her hair was tied back in a ponytail, an ebony, shimmering waterfall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Get—” The spirits of the dead began shimmering dangerously bright, and Nico had to take up the chant again to keep them at bay. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Dr. Cramp and the Pastor remained motionless as Laura led me across the marble foyer and opened the door of a shimmering white bathroom. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z With a shimmer of silver at the edges. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I see myself covered in expensive jewels, a shimmering moonstone crown atop my head. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It looked strange, not as glamorous as it did on Amaka; it did not even have the same bronze shimmer. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z As Percy’s friends disembarked from the ship, the crowd of ghosts shimmered and disappeared. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He’s shimmering in the air exactly like he’s been in my mind. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I keep my Noise as blank as I can but the world’s closing up in folds of light and shimmer so there’s no chance of that. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Tall goddess among women, she lifted out one robe of state so royal, adorned and brilliant with embroidery, deep in the chest it shimmered like a star. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Out soared a dazzling fairy with wings like shimmering veils of gold. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It was a hot, humid month, with a fierce summer sun that left a heat shimmer over the streets and softened the asphalt. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She swung a shimmering left hand, catching the haint across the face, and watched the foul thing sprawl backward. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Brooklyn became just a memory as I led them to distant lands where palaces shimmered against desert sand and paupers became princes with the whush of a magic wand. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Wind Being collected these shimmering grains into its human form. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Air bubbles coming out of my mouth rise up and melt into the shimmering silver mirror. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Only the place where Capricorn sat, leaning back in his armchair with a contemptuous expression and wrapped in a silk dressing gown that shimmered like peacock feathers, was illuminated by a single lamp. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The air around her seemed to shimmer with power, as if she was alight with some secret flame. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It swiped at the ancestral spirits, trying to claw their shimmering forms. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Her feet were bare, her golden hair artfully tousled, her robe a green-and-gold samite that caught the light of the candles and shimmered as she looked up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Limerick moon was so bright I could see bits of it shimmering in the water and I wanted to scoop up moon bits but how could I with the fleas leaping on my legs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Marco rubs the shimmering powder from his face, which has reverted to its true form and he is too disoriented to change it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Each of the hundreds of shiny baubles that hung on the tall Christmas tree caught the flickering light of the fire and reflected it in miniature, until the tree itself seemed to shimmer and glow. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z His eyes are bright as coals, his hatred a living thing, shimmering in the air between us like the air above black rocks on a blazing summer day. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She could feel the name fall upon her like a shimmering veil. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The air shimmered like a mirage, and Percy heard the roar of a crowd above him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But there it was: an unfamiliar shimmer over her mother’s eyes, as if she were looking into rippled water. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I can almost see it, red radiation, wavering upwards like the shimmer above highway tarmac at noon. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Tall Rock was more than a league from the island and was black and shimmering because it was covered with cormorants. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked again across shimmering water to his father’s progress across the sands. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z As silently as a floating feather, the servant combs the oil through Padma's hair, making it shimmer in the subtle light like onyx. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Goldman clapped his hands again, and another shimmering of flour fell. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z In her private chambers, the floors were green marble, the walls draped with colorful silk hangings that shimmered with every breath of air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Near the grove, off the highway, there was a shimmering temple topped by a golden statue of the angel Moroni. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z So lifelike did he seem that it took the dwarf a long moment to realize he was made of painted marble, though his sword shimmered like true steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Shadows passed over Tally, and she glanced up to see two hovercars following her, their blades shimmering as bright as knives in the midmorning sun. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I said stop,” Vivi shouts, glamour shimmering in her voice like a net. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The sky was so clear that the glint of stars, the glimmer of the moon shimmered across the pond. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It was gargantuan, a vertical city of shimmering, crystalline towers and bridges, chambers and turrets, domed ballrooms and long, endless hallways. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Here the grass was almost as tall as he was, rising up all around him, a shimmering green cage. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z In the absence of a shimmering skyline, the Odessas of the country had all found something similar in which to place their faith. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A shimmering image hovered over the void: my mother, frozen at the moment she’d dissolved in a shower of gold. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Their red capes shimmered in the orange light around them as they made their way toward their friend. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Heat shimmered in waves off the stony outcrops of low hills. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Saint Sarah hugs her so hard that she leaves shimmering eye shadow on Sausun’s veil. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She stood on the pavement in front of Veech’s, shimmering in her loveliness. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z All of them have purply scales that shimmer like the feathers that circle the necks of the strutting pigeons. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Next to him sat a beautiful woman with silver hair braided over one shoulder and a dress that shimmered colors like peacock feathers. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The golden monkey was gnashing his teeth, and all his shimmering fur was standing on end. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It glowed with the light of the Sea King’s palace, shimmered with the reflected colors of Lady Meng’s tear, and shone with the gentle splendor of the moon itself. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z As the water shook, then settled, the colors and lights shimmered into a picture, not reflecting anything I could see around me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He transformed quickly into that shimmering flag of gray, then exploded into a cloud of mist, whisked away by an unfelt wind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “That’s quite brilliant,” I said, even though inside I was bursting with a shimmering nervousness. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The bathroom seemed to shimmer before his eyes; he struggled to block out all thought, but try as he might, the Half-Blood Prince’s copy of Advanced Potion-Making swam hazily to the forefront of his mind. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Immediately, shapes shimmered in the darkness below—three horses with fish tails, galloping upward faster than dolphins. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Meggie slid down from the top bunk and shut the window so quickly that she almost caught one of the shimmering wings in it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In fact, she shimmered with health, as if someone had injected her with glitter. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Cradled under one arm was an antlered helm, its magnificent rack shimmering in gold. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But this one was equipped with four shimmering blades—one each where the wheels of a groundcar would be—a cross between a normal hovercar and the rangers’ helicopter. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z All those little windows in the French doors allowed the shimmer of moonlight to come in and kiss everything in the room with a glittering silver dust. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He looked up at the spot where the golden light danced, and he tracked the shimmer back to Father Cham and the basket. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She stood apart from the teachers, alone in the black shimmering sea of asphalt. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z A tall black woman in a shimmering silver top stepped out from one of the supply closets. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It still glowed, and I felt a gentle pulse of something warm and powerful radiating from the shimmering petals. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z But she was familiar with the way of ideas, and she let it shimmer, looking away, thinking about something else. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Only a strange object right in the center—two metallic rods, standing tall, with a shimmering wall of gray stretched in between them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The moon was still shining as brightly as ever, and there were still plenty of huge shimmering cloud-mountains on all sides. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “We have many dark roads to travel. We must start—” The image shimmered. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The thin air had a shimmering, crystalline quality that made even distant peaks seem close enough to touch. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Now the rainbow faded and the balls of light reunited and merged; they had formed a great shimmering sham-rock, which rose up into the sky and began to soar over the stands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There was Midland with its improbably tall buildings, glassy and shimmering in the sun like misplaced tanning reflectors. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d almost reached the cellar door when a figure shimmered into focus before him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I paused, a forkful of shimmering goo halfway to my mouth, and noticed with passing disbelief that his dessert plate was already empty. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “The glare. I feel like someone rubbed broken glass into my eyes. I swear, if I knew it would stop the shimmering, I would blind myself.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In my mind, I see ghost outlines, shimmering towers touching the clouds. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z He could still see the air shimmering above the scarlet sands, smell the blood spilling from the men who’d died for their amusement. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z While we followed the silent street to Nyame’s shimmering gateway, I followed my tangled and raw feelings back to their beginnings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Matt pulled himself to his feet and dragged the little boy toward a building shimmering in the heat. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The island lay just a little further down, shimmering in the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Farther down, I could see the shimmering whiteness of the tall sycamores. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, turning again, and shimmering in the dim room, she waltzed alone, turning to bow to the statue. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Long, flowing dresses, short shimmering skirts, and ruffled-collar shirts filled her closet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Women with kohl-rimmed eyes flocked around carts of multicolored pots, while bearded men in extravagant garb haggled over wax-dyed textiles that shimmered in the breeze. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It was dark, except for the shine of the sun on the reeds, and the shimmer of the Bog under the sky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The snowflakes sparkled and shimmered beyond the glass panes of the window, twirling and weaving as they flew to the ground in a waltz that was beyond human comprehension. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z With the cloud on top and the shimmering blue beneath, she looked like a rainstorm that could walk around all by itself. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Ghosts are waiting in the shadows of the room, patient dull shimmers. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Davos could make out Fury well to the southeast, her sails shimmering golden as they came flown, the crowned stag of Baratheon blazoned on the canvas. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The mountains became shadows as the sun dove behind them, and the lagoon shimmered silver and white. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The plaza that fronted on her pyramid was paved with bricks of many colors, and the heat rose from them in shimmering waves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The heat shimmer and the distance made it impossible to see any details, but the other balloon was larger, and flying higher. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This palm trunk lay parallel to the beach, so that when Ralph sat he faced the island but to the boys was a darkish figure against the shimmer of the lagoon. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Directly underneath, a circular opening shimmered into existence, like a sewer pipe, just big enough to crawl through. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The air in the great hall shimmered and rippled, like a pond when you skip stones across it, and the world came back to life. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They bore no lights, yet as they walked a shimmer, like the light of the moon above the rim of the hills before it rises, seemed to fall about their feet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Where a blade should be on the sword, an outpouring of iridescent light appears instead, shimmering. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Waves of heat shimmered above the stone walls, and the granite sparkled. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Above his head, on the lowest branch of the pine tree, the Golden Fleece shimmered, its magic protecting the camp’s borders from invasion. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The cold water does the trick for a little while and we manage a few more hills as the sun gets to midday in the sky with minimal shimmer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z There was a soft effulgence in the east The moon was coming up, and its mystic shimmer was casting a million lights across the distant restless water. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The distant city was a bright coin nestled in darkness, the fireworks of New Pretty Town the barest cold-blue shimmer. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Mrs. Arvydas joked and put it up to her finger as if it were a shimmering gemstone. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z There were evening dresses here, I caught the shimmer of silver over the top of the white bags that enfolded them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was a starlit night and the moon shimmered on the canal behind the movie theater. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Moonlight floods the bedroom, shimmers the walls, opalescent. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I glance around the shimmering green room and notice two more beds. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z A stream of dancing lights, for all the world like the shimmering curtains of the aurora, blazed across the screen. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the train, the Hudson shimmered, and the trees were the redbrown colors of fall. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a hot, overcast morning, trees shimmering in the heat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The long windows looked out upon the lawns, and beyond the lawns to the distant shimmer of the sea. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They will stream by squid, sea turtles, clouds of shrimp, schools of shimmering fish, and enter the vivid turquoise world just below the surface. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z At noon the sun was high and hot and the hills shimmered in the light. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Jupiter was a shimmering yellow circle with brown horizontal streaks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z His cloud grows brighter and shimmers for a few seconds. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The sword's single edge shimmered with exceeding sharpness, but I wished she'd brought a bazooka. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I look out the window, and out in the distance is the valley beneath us, a sprinkling of thousands of lights shimmering in the summer fog. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She gazed out over the field, which shimmered in a haze of smog and heat. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z She had glued, sewn, or pasted them on as outer pockets, and in the sunlight, she shimmered as if dressed in fish scales. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She leans down, her hair falling around us like a shimmering silver curtain. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z On the paving stones, a trail of golden ichor shimmered—the blood of the gods. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was cool, which helped, for it had been very hot on the cliff face, and the sun had made it hard to see at times, shimmering as it did on the granite. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She handed Melissa a yellow skirt with shimmering fringe at the bottom and a black T-shirt with a yellow heart in the center. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z For years, I’d dreamed of being one of those powerful girls in their shimmering leotards, flying through air, sticking the landing every time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The flowers shone as if they’d been cleaned and polished, and the tall trees that lined the road shimmered in silvery green. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The lavender sky above us shimmers with light even though I can’t see the sun or the moon. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z The priest raised his eyes to the place where he thought the angel’s face would be, and saw him for the first time: just a shimmer in the air, but there was no mistaking it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She could feel it all the time now, shimmering beneath the surface of things. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “More coyote tracks. Porcupine scat. And the newest snow was so dry that whenever some slid off a high tree branch, it was like shining bits of gold shimmering down in the sunlight.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z As Conor watched, the uppermost branches of the tree gathered themselves into a great and terrible face, shimmering into a mouth and nose and even eyes, peering back at him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Someone on the other side of the tall fence raised a bamboo stick with more ribbons attached to it, only these were wet and shimmered brighter than the ones already up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z This time the tips of my fingers begin to shimmer but that’s about it. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Beneath me, the house was silent, shimmering and oppressive. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The day was the hottest of all and the sea shimmered with red fight. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z In the air above it, holographic pictures shimmered to life. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At first I think it’s the glare from the sun or the heat shimmering up off the ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The green of the jade bracelet shimmered at her, like a thread in one of Amah’s embroidery silks. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Dawn was breaking and pale ripples of light shimmered an the surface of the river, shattering under the poles and re-forming when the ferry had passed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The edges of the puddle shimmered beneath the sun, creating a beautiful frame around my face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But the fairies were everywhere, near and far, shimmering in vivid colors. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z At the Lord’s command, a squad of soldiers brought a set of shimmering wings, shaped like a dragonfly’s, of some thin, transparent stuff stretched over a framework of gold wire. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky and the mountain were at an immense distance, shimmering in the heat; and the reef was lifted by mirage, floating in a land of silver pool halfway up the sky. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Halfway between Hazel and the giant, the air shimmered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It shimmered, growing longer and heavier until I held the bronze sword Anaklusmos in my hands. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The idea hovered and shimmered delicately, like a soap bubble, and she dared not even look at it directly in case it burst. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She wore a simple white dress, but when she moved, the fabric shimmered with colors like oil on water. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The park shimmered with snow so fresh, so dazzling white, it burned my eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The colors shimmer majestically before disappearing with the sun into the water. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A god shimmered into existence next to Hestia. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z On days like this the Wall shimmered bright as a septon’s crystal, every crack and crevasse limned by sunlight, as frozen rainbows danced and died behind translucent ripples. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “And that’s the trouble, isn’t it? I see you. You think I don’t, but I do. This was a nice touch, I must admit,” he says, turning the shimmering headpiece over in his hands. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It shimmered pink, and the perfume was indescribable—rose, or mountain laurel. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Heat rose shimmering through the chill air; behind, the gargoyles and stone dragons on the castle walls seemed blurred, as if Davos were seeing them through a veil of tears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The walls gave forth a shimmer like sunrise on fierce water. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The dancers shimmered, their sleek shaved bodies covered with a fine sheen of oil. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hanging from the guard towers, banners of frozen blue cloth shimmered in the arctic sun. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The midmost stood somewhat forward from the others and sundered from them, an island in the waters, about which the flowing River flung pale shimmering arms. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Pluto’s dark suit shimmered, as if the souls trapped in the fabric were getting agitated. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “No, man, I just—” Their house god Vitellius shimmered into existence, standing half embedded in Frank’s couch. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He wound the strands together, weaving them into a bright, shimmering quilt. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Out of nowhere a veil of radiance had fallen to hang shimmering in the northern sky. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Looking down and to his left, he saw Ravenel shimmering across the river, the white yachts gleaming under marina lights, and shrimp boats ghostly below their nets. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lord Hand,” she said, her face hidden behind shimmering green veils. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The rest of the walls are virtually painted by my lenses with ivory and shimmering gold. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z After the surgery, Bitter painted a portrait of Jam reclining on their porch swing and wrapped in a blanket, her eyes tired but happy, her feet dangling in shimmering air. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z They wore blue jeans and shimmering green T-shirts, and their brown hair floated loose around their shoulders as minnows darted in and out. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z As black as onyx, polished smooth, so the bone seemed to shimmer in the light of his torch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The road stretched empty as far as I could see, with heat shimmer making the air seem wavy in places. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Its carapace shimmers like spilled oil on water. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was a dream within my dream, but suddenly I imagined the two-headed god Janus shimmering in the air next to Daedalus, smiling as he tossed a silver key from hand to hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The main body of the creature was a shimmering, pulsating mass of white and mauve, shaped roughly like a cone. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Heat radiated off the ground, making the gray, windowless building shimmer. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Humans may notice a slight shimmer in the air if they are paying close attention—which they rarely are. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z In the back of an army truck, Ted Hall sat among shocked soldiers, watch- ing the shimmering mushroom cloud rise and begin to fade. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The god shimmered and disappeared with a sound like a soda-can top being popped. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At its center was a vast shimmering lake that glowed with a pale phosphorescent light. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Catching her breath, Kira limped past the gardens to where the old woman stood sweating as the heat from the flames pulsed and shimmered in the air. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty paces away, he shimmered and vanished, leaving me alone with a thermos, a bottle of chewable vitamins, and five minutes to make an impossible decision. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help looking for familiar faces among the spirits of Asphodel, but the dead are hard to look at Their faces shimmer. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Brent says something to Beth in a teasing voice, and her colors glow even brighter and do a shimmering little dance like Roger’s had done in the car. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z These would produce fabulous auroras, shimmering curtains of spooky light that would fill the whole sky. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The air was shimmering in the landing light glow. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Sun shines through, and Lady Justice’s scales balancing right and wrong shimmer. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z It was a mirage caused by the shimmering waves of heat rising off the dry ground. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z When they walked forward to sniff the girls, their coats rippled and shimmered. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The Death Mist shimmered around her, temporarily turning her face into a grinning skull. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z On television, she saw New York City’s spectacular skyline, Las Vegas’s shimmering lights, Disneyland’s magic castle. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z As they went south the fume of Rauros rose and shimmered before them, a haze of gold. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z My chest and head flared up into a big shimmering glob. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I lay there in the shimmering stillness and let myself be washed in it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The room held nothing of interest except the fire and finally I stood before the shimmering embers, fascinated by the quivering coals. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Through a walkway of twisting trees, I see cliffs forming around the shimmering dark water ahead. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z And for the first time, Will and Lyra thought they could see those things, like veils of shimmering gauze, falling from the sky like thistledown. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Finally, they cover my entire body in a powder that makes me shimmer in gold dust. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Le Cirque des Rêves is printed in shimmering silver letters on the black side. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her name had been embossed on the bracelet in glittery silver, making it shimmer. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It remained dark, not only because of the smokes of the Mountain: there seemed to be a storm coming up, and away to the south-east there was a shimmer of lightnings under the black skies. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A shimmering curtain of light separated the rear half of the car from the front. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z "But I like floating," whispers Helmuth into the shimmering darkness, and he does. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Joff wore plush black velvets slashed with crimson, a shimmering cloth-of-gold cape with a high collar, and on his head a golden crown crusted with rubies and black diamonds. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The smoke was thickest there, rising not from shimmering flames but two small black canisters—the kind PSFs kept hooked on their belts, waiting to be thrown into a crowd of unruly kids. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In the clouds and the swirls and the shimmers and the lights and the ache and the buzz and the shaking and the coughing, I’m thinking. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I held my breath and listened to the scratch of river against my ears, sinking as far as I could into that shimmering, dark world. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Heat shimmered in waves around the dragon's eggs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The red banner shimmered and turned to silver. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A thick, shimmering red thread stitched every piece into place. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The gold and green lights from the scuttling creatures shimmer in an aurora on the cave walls. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Rainbow colors shimmered through it, though there was no light in the room except for the moon outside. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Half the sky was obscured by smoke and heat shimmer, but high above there floated the squat shape of the one remaining zeppelin—too far away, Lee thought hopefully, to see them even through binoculars. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As he stood, his robes shimmered, the purple shifting until it was the same deep blue of his jasper scepter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The mist shimmered, and the image of my half brother appeared. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It was gloriously warm after the pool and the forest, the only illumination the bluebell flames still shimmering in a bowl on the floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The shells passed under the two bridges draped with shimmering necklaces of amber lights. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I pass by bright green lawns and ornate trees trimmed into shapes favored by the gods, flowerbeds that burst with scarlet Belle-roses and snowy lilies shimmering like blankets of red and white stardust. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The Word sucks up Cannery Row, digests it and spews it out, and the Row has taken the shimmer of the green world and the sky-reflecting seas. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The star woman offered a quiet, shimmering smile to the mother. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z You can’t see ’em except as a kind of shimmer in the air. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He was staring at the view—the usual verdant infinity of woods and lakes, shimmering slightly in a heat haze. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z For a second, as the light shimmers on the shiny black cascade of my sister's hair, I'm almost sure I see a glint of blond. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The color of the leaf is exactly the same color as Jenna’s name—a bright, shimmering shade of green with some yellow highlights. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The hot blast of light tousled the air to shimmering. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked up and down the street, past ghostly lamps that shed a long series of faintly shimmering cones of yellow against the snowy night. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A long cavern lined with crystals shimmered around him, reflecting back his torchlight. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he displayed the moth—quivering, shimmering faintly—in his palm: Bloom nodded, not knowing what to say, how to react. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He and Voldemort were both being raised into the air, their wands still connected by that thread of shimmering golden light. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was a shimmering green, growing deeper with the blue light of evening. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It shimmers in the light, and he is not entirely sure whether he should walk through it or wait for some sort of sign or notice. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We discovered large sheets of mica that you could pound into powder and then rub all over your body so you’d shimmer under the Nevada sun as if you were coated with diamonds. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A party was shimmering below and Bailey had defied Mother’s eleven o’clock curfew. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The door shimmered when they pulled together, a vibration that traveled all the way up their arms, then it opened so suddenly with an unsticking feel—like tearing loose a strip of silent Velcro. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She was dressed in a shimmering blue gown, surrounded by a cluster of little girls as attendants. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The party towers were dark under the almost full moon, and the fireworks all shimmering hues of blue, climbing so high that they exploded in silence. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The setting sun made the tranquil surface of the water shimmer like a sheet of beaten copper. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Above us, on the ceiling of this great big cavern, are thousands and thousands of blue-green shimmers that I recognize instantly from my fifth-grade world geography class. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Thin, white whiskers shimmered in the light, and a pink tongue poked out from above her white chin. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z All around the plane, the vast blue sky shimmered in the sunlight. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The beads around her neck are small and expensive, glass coated with real gold paint, and her blouse shimmers with flowers of finely stitched gold and pink thread. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was so fair it was almost white, her dress was of blue silk which shimmered in the candlelight. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The torches shimmered brightly against the hammered metal of the wall sconces, filling the Queen's Ballroom with silvery light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z No way am I walking around with a shimmering “Look at Me” badge attached to my jacket. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She was naked and held a bundle in her arms, and she walked as people do in dreams, with the shimmering green halo floating out around her body. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was sliding behind the hills, and the glare made the rocks shimmer like chunks of gold. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Her sequins flashed like liquid diamonds, a shimmering beacon between the multicolored hides. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He did not walk or leap or run; his motions were like the shimmering of tall grass in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It has a ceiling so high that I feel like I’m in church, and the one bed has see-through sheets covering it so that it shimmers in the light of the window. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In another’s hands I saw the shimmering glint of a sword. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Maria put the red plastic over the flashlight again and revealed another shimmering scorpion. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Pinned to her blouse was a tag with words and numbers stenciled in large print: 115-201 London —»Sheffield Olive watched the girl cry until her own eyes began to shimmer with tears. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And suddenly there was the moon, joking around in the haze and tossing a dull light that shimmered the fog to the color of old pearls. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Celia stands on a shimmering white desert with a sparkling night sky stretching in every direction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We sat with the Gypsies on fine, handwoven carpets, talking and eating stew by the shimmering light of twin campfires. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z His robes shimmered, momentarily turning white, then back to purple. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The air shimmered where the spirit had been; she squinted her eyes. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Her long hair hung loose, shimmering like Christmastime fiber glass angel hair. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Wet leaves in the trees shimmered like beaten metal. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “With my paint box at home, I can make every color imaginable. Pink. As pale as a baby’s skin. Or as deep as rhubarb. Green like spring grass. Blue that shimmers like ice on water.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z White spray exploded over Dauntless's prow and showered Nailer in cool shimmering drops. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It was black, but underneath were green and gold colors, and all the feathers shimmered as though they were on fire. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Without the bugs, the background was a nice blue, a respectable shimmering blue. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As the first tear rolled down her cheek, she could suddenly picture the woman looking at her, her earrings shimmering in that clear light. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Only a few sparkling shimmers remain, echoes of the crystals in her gown. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had thought they were following a path, but now that he tried to see the path, it shimmered, and vanished, like an optical illusion. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He circled us, soaring on two pairs of wings that shimmered with the colors of the rainbow. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Behind them the river pulsed through the darkness, shimmering like wild silk. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Streaks of golden paint shimmer and twist into beautiful shapes on her skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z On the other side, across four lanes of asphalt shimmering with afternoon heat, was an old-fashioned fruit stand. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z And it’s when light hits us full that I see the world start to shimmer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “The fireflies would flicker rapidly for their last few minutes of life. If it was timed right, the river shimmered as the jumper crossed it.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The heat from the dry meadows was shimmering. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The dark blue shimmered like the deep sea, as if there were infinite depths within the color, and needless to say, it looked amazing on him. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The colored light shimmered and shone on the wings’ surface and I flexed them joyfully, delighted with how the colors spread and played upon their surfaces. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The king'laid his bright blade down on the map, along the Wall, its steel shimmering like sunlight on water. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Behind a fence of sharp black teeth he glimpsed the furnace glow, the shimmer of a sleeping fire a hundred times brighter than his torch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Heat rays from the late afternoon sun arose from the gray concrete, shimmering like the weary tones of a distant bugle blown upon still midnight air. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Her form shimmered—sometimes a demon, sometimes a pretty cheerleader. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Heat shimmers rose off the street as the hathay rattled and jounced along on its iron-rimmed wheels, giving a dreamlike quality to their surroundings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The lake still shimmered quietly in its own indifference to him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Everything in East Hampden was dark and deserted, even the Boulder Tap; the only light for miles around seemed to be the light shimmering around the pay phone in front. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps a shimmer of the ground indicated when one of them moved. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Matt didn’t know what it was, but it shimmered like silk. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She hadn’t done anything to deserve it; it was just there, in the air around them, like something shimmering. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She wore a shimmering white sari patterned with orange paisleys, more suitable for an evening affair than for that quiet, faintly drizzling August afternoon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It seemed to rattle the whole horizon, making the surface of the river shimmer with every thud. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They traveled for the remainder of the day, and the assassin sat in silence as she watched the forest pass, the tightness in her chest not easing until they’d left that shimmering glen far behind. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then, all of a sudden, they were hovering over the shimmering moon’s reflection, waves thundering around them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Taking deep breaths that filled his nostrils with the tang of salt and seaweed, he struck out for the shimmering, shrinking light now moving deeper into the cliff. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Miles to the west, a vast body of water lays shimmering like a mirage. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Isolde still in the realm of the sun, in the shimmering daylight still, Isolde—How I long to see her! Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A hundred yards out, a shimmering white figure floated on the water. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The sun shimmered off the lake in bright waves—it didn’t look like a real lake but a mirage in the Sahara. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The Kennedys’ house shimmered for a few days like a mirage, an oddly distant but pretty vision, framed by jagged points of multicolored light. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The clothes shimmer as they touch my skin softly, making me feel nice and light—transformed! First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore shimmering wings, and the same flower crown that she’s wearing now. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I think of the one Auguste sent, and the memory of his words makes me smile—a shimmer of light in all this darkness. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The image she’d chosen showed a lean woman in motion, her shimmering dress whipped around her limber body as a man in a tuxedo dragged her across the dance floor. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z As I spoke, she vanished, without even a puff of smoke or a shimmer in the air to mark her departure. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z His anger was like heat shimmering out of his skin, making the hot air blowing in through the open window seem refreshing by comparison. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When I am done, her eyes shimmer with delight. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Icy white, sunny, and mute, the expanse everywhere was almost entirely unmarked except for faint feather patterns where a little bird had pushed off; or for tiny mouse tracks trickling across the still, shimmering snow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The campgrounds were mostly deserted, shimmering in the August heat. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z As she spoke, the Waiting Melody that hung over her like a shimmering temple elephant’s umbrella crumbled and gently fell about like dust. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a mosque covered with mirrors on the inside, and the reflected light turned the whole thing into a shimmering jewel box. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The glass bridge rose before her in a gleaming arc, shimmering in the blue flames of the lanterns on its spires. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z At first it was just a shimmer against the craggy mountainside; a quivering spot in the air like heat waves rising from a hot car. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “So, I breathed in the flowery air and there was a kind of shimmering...” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She leans down long enough to retrieve her diaphanous shawl and disappears, her arm raised so that the shawl trails behind her, a shimmering banner. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Ellsberg watched sunlight shimmer on the quivering surface of a hanging mirror. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In the sun, the fish scales on the seafood vendors’ arms and faces sparkle and shimmer, reflecting the sunlight. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And there, shimmering in the Mist right next to us, was the last person I wanted to see: Mr. D, wearing his leopard-skin jogging suit and rummaging through the refrigerator. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He climbed a great boulder and looked back over the shimmering country, but he could not see his enemies, not even the tall horseman riding through the brush. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now then, now then, now then,” said Slughorn, whose massive outline was quivering through the many shimmering vapors. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She stared at a wall of water that shimmered and lapped at the air before her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The sky is black with shimmers of glitter, and in the lake, there’s the sky’s rippling twin. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Through the window, Fruitless Mountain stood like a shadow, but Minli closed her eyes and imagined the house shimmering with gold and the mountain jade green with trees, and smiled. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The building’s indistinct pallor shimmered in the dark. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The air shimmered with flowers, birds, and insects, but the dense heat suffocated. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One afternoon, a week after the audition, I came home from school and saw a boy blowing big, splendid soap bubbles that shimmered with colors in the sunlight. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But without the hummingbears and their shimmering nests, the trees seemed lonely and unfinished. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It’s probably not a very good one but it’s all that my shimmering, flickering brain’s gonna let me have. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z And as Lee turned the telescope on it again, he saw darker, smaller shapes behind it in the shimmering distance. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he shimmered and became the size of a regular man, standing direcdy in front of me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The cabin lamp over the ship’s wheel had been left on; a ripple of sunlight, flaring through a window, shimmered on the starboard wall. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The blade still has dried blood smeared on it here and there, my blood, Spackle blood, but the rest of it still shines, shimmering and flickering, flickering and shimmering. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A shimmering azure field had descended over the Fowl estate. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There ought to be a way of making the whale shimmering white against the dark water. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The men fell back, amazed, as this apparition shimmered into being in front of them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Everywhere we went, dead Confederate sailors stared at us, their ghostly bearded feces shimmering over their skulls. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Ophie figured it was based on their mood: most happy ghosts glimmered yellow, while sad ghosts like the one sitting next to Miss Alice were outlined in shimmering blue. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The fairies he knew had looked different, smaller but stronger, with fair blue skin and four shimmering wings. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The machine whined back to life, and she peered upward into the shimmering disk. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z What they shared was a shimmering, darting play of intelligence and feeling that seemed to sweep over them all simultaneously. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I shaded my eyes with my hand to look out over the shimmering water. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then she pulls out a great expanse of shimmering pink something. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He shimmered with invincibility and ran through both Scott’s and George’s cars, sending them flying into the air and falling back down to the track at a dead stop. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z One of them was dressed in mourning, the other in white, turbaned, her brown skin a shimmer. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The shimmering air around the flames, combined with the delicious heat, made my muscles turn to mush. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And these were not the rough wooden tables of Lord Bertulf’s hall—no, each table shimmered with silver. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Illustrious ladies dressed in foreign clothes, as exotic and shimmering as fireflies, paraded themselves in the fashionable entertainment centers on the arm of the proud new economists. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "I see...I see...sunshine, like gold, shimmering! Money will come your way, yes, Master-ji, it will indeed, but—wait—beware! The card says beware a man..." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Even to Scarlett he seemed shadowy in the deepening dusk, like something that was almost not there, a shimmer of heat haze, a skittery leaf that for a moment had seemed to be a boy. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A thin bank of clouds below the ridge mirrored the heavier layer overhead, but forests, grasslands, and the shimmering arcs of rivers were visible through the misty veil. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He’s giving me that Oh-boy-something's-up-with-my-best-friend look that makes his eyes appear to be shimmering. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Beneath us are the whitecapped waves and ahead the shimmering lights of mortal towns, like a mysterious land strewn with stars. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The sunlight filtering through them dappled the hall with shimmering lace. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z He'd point out the symmetric perfection of a butterfly, the sunlight shimmering on the river, and the delicate aroma of a yellow rose. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The air shimmered, and she materialized, holding a Yankees baseball cap as if she’d just taken it off her head. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z When I got my sight back, the girl had gone from the window, leaving behind her a shimmering field of exquisite, twice-blessed, enamel flowers. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Where skin shimmers and eyes flash and apparently they make their clothes from jewels. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It jumped a perfect arch, its scales shimmering a rainbow, then dived straight down—splashing the king with such glee he could not help laughing aloud. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Every button of her ebony shirt gleams with the shimmer of a serpent’s eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The mist shimmered, and there was my mom at our kitchen table, laughing and holding hands with her friend Mr. Blowfish. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z We settle into a comfortable silence as we admire the shimmering lights of the city. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When Siddhartha awoke, the pale river shimmered past the door of the hut, and in the forest the cry of an owl rang out, deep and clear. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z In the plump, shimmering shapes of the candle flames he saw the ghosts of ten pigeons. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The silver corslet shimmered before his eyes like the light upon a rippling sea. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The world seemed to shimmer a little at the edges. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Above the ditch the air shimmered and danced. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then the unbelievable bright loveliness of the English Channel, a shimmering infinite lamé cloth of silver and blue. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I turned around again: Perez seemed to be way back there, fading in the shimmering heat. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Mini pressed the image of the last key on her hand, the wave of water shimmering across her fingers. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It is one of the great sights of Christendom—hundreds of thousands of stones, perfectly hewn and fit together, shimmering in the sun like a waterfall on a cliff face. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And the suitors mad with fear at her great sign stampeded like stung cattle by a river when the dread shimmering gadfly strikes in summer, in the flowering season, in the long-drawn days. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Her nights were lit by distant stars and the shimmer of moonlight on snow, but every dawn she woke to darkness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Apparently without magnets, it beat the air into submission with a half-invisible disk shimmering in the sun. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He nudged a slew of tiny shimmering wires aside, inserting a buttonhole camera in the space. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A gazillion gallons of shimmering water flowed beneath them. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z She knew he was back in Weep, partly because Azareen would never have come back without him, and partly because he flickered through the dreams of all the others like a shimmering thread connecting them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It fed off itself, from one body to another, like heat shimmering off asphalt in the summer, undefined and blurry. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Part of the far shore disappeared into a shimmer that looked like water. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a magenta rachis down the center with soft green vanes that shimmered yellow and purple and blue depending on how you turned it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And then, a soft shimmering spread across the sky. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The light of the rising sun shimmered on the water, broken by the shadow of the persimmon tree. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But today, with the sun bearing down, making the whole landscape shimmer with heat, it was in-human and oppressive. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z He seemed to be looking at everything around him through some sort of shimmering, transparent barrier, like a heat haze, which made the enclosure and the hundreds of faces around him swim strangely. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And sure enough, there she was: Heleen Van Houden, shimmering in teal satin, an elaborate ruff of peacock feathers framing her golden head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Even the air shimmered with excitement, and shutters closed for many years were thrown open to let the brilliant sunlight shine where it hadn’t shone in so long. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z She wore music like a graceful gown that shimmered as she moved. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The midnight flight to Dragonstone, moonlight shimmering on the ship's black sails. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The shabby walls and worn stones seemed to shimmer as if a translucent silk veil covered them, muting any flaws and transforming the house into a dwelling of luminous light and delicate shadows. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He shimmers in the sunrays on the Crawford-Huron County Line Road in Ohio. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Suddenly he lifted the blade and swung it shimmering and whistling in the air. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The dusk shimmered as the air itself seemed to liquefy from the heat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The constellations glittered in the black sky, a star streaking across it like a shimmering loose thread. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She was of a much higher rank than Baruch or Balthamos, and visible by a shimmering, disconcerting light that seemed to come from somewhere else. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The light bounced off the water and shimmered against the buildings on the other side of the river. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Standing at the foot of the dais was my mother, frozen in shimmering golden light, her arms outstretched. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Four figures shimmered into existence, four young women who looked very much like Zoe. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Leo could only follow her progress by the movement of the grass and the shimmer of her dress as it changed to match the rocks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Confused, I lift my arm and see it’s entangled in shimmering golden threads. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z This woman’s skin is shimmering and pale, her long black hair is tied with dozens of silver ribbons that fall over her shoulders. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The leaves of the magnolia trees shift and shimmer in the breeze like a mirage, but I don’t see anyone—only the shadows of the coming night. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The tapestry shimmered like it was three dimensional—a waterfall scene so real I could see the water moving and clouds drifting across a fabric sky. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The mask shimmers strangely at his touch, like a pool rippling beneath a drop of rain. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The golden shimmer of Edna’s satin gown spread in rich folds on either side of her. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The very tips of her pointed ears are covered in shimmering crystal cuffs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Its twin, floating on the sea beyond the ship, shimmered red with every wave. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In his mind’s eye Harry seemed to see the scarlet steam engine as he and Ron had once followed it by air, shimmering between fields and hills, a rippling scarlet caterpillar. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There was a worn-down pencil eraser, a pile of Q-tips, the strings of a guitar, and a shadowy shape with a shimmering silver triangle in the middle. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The shimmering dry heat made visions of water on the flat plain. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The black table was set for five, and everything sparkled and shimmered in the candlelight. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The angle of the climbing sun snuck a slash of rays under the edges of its wings, shining a jagged shimmer along the sharp tips of the huge metal feathers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The one picture I had seen of her as a young woman showed her in a shimmering blue dress, her dark hair framing her face, a fragile grace holding her in the studio photographer’s chair. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The last speaker walked slowly to the microphone, his bright green robes shimmering, his hands raised for quiet. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The heat from the burning huts was intense; the shimmering air creating phantom figures all around us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lares had formed shimmering purple lines against a mob of black, vaporous shades in ancient armor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She pulls back the neck of her tunic to reveal a shimmering, tight-fitting shirt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In the sheer, shimmering improbability of the moment, it seemed to Lazlo that his dream had tired of waiting and had simply...come to find him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Oranges, bread, beer, soft drinks: many things in packets and cans were arranged on different levels and, and on the topmost, a roasted shimmering chicken, whole but for a leg. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I knew he would be wearing his wine-red pajamas that lent a slightly red shimmer to his eyes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He turned his back on the shimmering water and headed across the rocks. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The silk shimmers in my hand, soft and cool. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the withered wisps grew larger, longer, shimmering and crackling, nearly blinding Taran with streaks of liquid flame. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The air around it seemed to shimmer, as if from heat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her blood went cold at the sight of the shimmering specter of the first Queen of Adarlan. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Ripples were running across the surface of the water when they arrived, making the reflection of the weirwood shimmer and dance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The older spirit shimmered like heat on the road in summer. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When the first shimmer had appeared in the distance, he’d thought it must be an illusion, like the lakes they sometimes saw that vanished as they drew near, but this hadn’t vanished. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She seemed a little more mature; he noticed the shimmer on her cheeks, the more defined curl of her hair, and knew she had made an effort with her appearance. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The night sky was full of streaking, shimmering, and blinking lights that she simply couldn’t identify. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The sweet earth opened out its wide four corners to her like the petals of a flower ready to be picked, and it shimmered with light and possibility till she was dizzy with it. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulls away, and her eyes are shimmering black stars looking into mine. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z His whole form shimmered as if he were made of Mist. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Party of one? Right this way,” says a hostess, and she leads me to my own velvet chair, which looks out at moonlight shimmering on water. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Just past the second landing of stone steps is an area where a large mass of shimmering rock juts out, creating a ledge. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The road ahead of us shimmers in the heat, and the dust swells are everywhere, burning my eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A blue heron panned for small fish and a sail blazed against the shimmering green of the marsh. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z An idea came to him, glittering, shimmering, spangled with brilliance. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z There on the hill-brow she stood beckoning to them: her hair was flying loose, and as it caught the sun it shone and shimmered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The air around the car shimmered, like road heat on the hottest days. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z For half a heartbeat the rimes graven on the gold bands seemed to shimmer in the air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Only when it fairly shimmered, when it seemed in its sleekness to be alive with the potential for speed, did Pocock pronounce the boat ready for use. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Something whitish shimmered in the bottle on the left, as if Dustfinger had filled it with moonlight. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z "How much did the young tail-wagger see?"asks a squirrel in a shimmering silver space suit. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Pale mists shimmered in the great vale below: a wide gulf of silver fume, beneath which rolled the cool night-waters of the Anduin. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Their high cheekbones shimmered with silver fae dust, a magic enhancer, and their long purple hair flowed in shiny waves. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He continues until my hand is covered in a pile of warm, shimmering flecks. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The fierce heat sent up shimmering waves that made everything look wobbly. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The memory of his mouth on mine shimmers in the air between us. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In half a second, I held a shimmering bronze sword with a double-edged blade, a leather-wrapped grip, and a flat hilt riveted with gold studs. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Their rich silk clothing shimmered in the fading sunlight. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Watching her now as she talked to Mrs. Akin-Cole, the gold shadow on her eyelids shimmering, he felt guilty about his thoughts. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Lining the deck were zombies in gray uniforms— dead soldiers with shimmering faces that only partially covered their skulls, like the ghouls I’d seen in the Underworld guarding Hades’s palace. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes shimmered, but only for a moment before becoming steely again. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She tossed her head, mane shimmering in the moonlight. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you see—” I start to explain, but she cuts me off, grabbing hold of me and hauling us toward the stairs, toward our landing of shimmering stone, where we can hide. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z |
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