There’s no shooting from the blocks, no arm pumping, no push or strain. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“You both shoot like hell so you’re both alive and God is smiling. But I’m not. I’m unhappy because I think Claudio shot too close and maybe hit him.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever seen them riding tenspeeds, or shooting hoops, or playing tennis?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Flak Helpers, as they were called, attempted to shoot down enemy aircraft during air raids. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once when he was too hot he pointed an arrow at the sun and threatened to shoot him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed harder still, willing her eyes to shoot out more power. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

We popped out like a cork, shooting high into the treetops of a familiar landscape. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

All I can do is follow the others, the rabbits and deer and I even spot a wild dog pack shooting through the woods. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the recoil knocked the easel sideways and sent more projectiles shooting all over the room. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

You needed to avoid shooting at noon, a time when light was “flat.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

In the midst of the tramping of boots, contradictory commands, cannon shots that made the earth tremble, wild shooting, and the senseless sound of cornets, the supposed Colonel Stevenson managed to speak to Arcadio. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Toby didn’t know why these were separate things, but he nodded and, for maybe the first time in his life, didn’t say every word that was coming shooting into his brain. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As we dig, we look warily around, hoping there are no Indians to shoot at us today. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The vines crowded each other in a twirling mass, winding desperately around each other’s stems, suffocating the tender com shoots. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the man died, he had managed to shoot off the entire underside of Cherrie’s arm, splintering the bone and severing the tendons. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Among them were the presence of two different guns, the bloody rope discarded by the tree, and the near physical impossibility of shooting oneself in the head with a shotgun. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But every now and then he would shoot me a smirk that had me thinking sad thoughts just to keep from cracking up. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

As the first anniversary of the shooting approached, many journalists came to interview me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Namontack could teach me to make a bow and arrows and to shoot straight. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I stare at Ben, dumbfounded, but he shoots me a tiny smile. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The archers would climb the high ships’ towers to shoot their arrows; slingers would use leather thongs or catapults to launch huge rocks and flaming missiles onto Octavian’s ships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Standing Ben up, she led him to one side of the window, and they both watched Bull shooting and retrieving the ball on the driveway below them. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once those trainees are gone, Agent Fiona shoots the rest of us a sneaky smile. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The bluebells had not faded yet, they made a solid carpet in the woods above the valley, and the young bracken was shooting up, curling and green. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was perfectly silhouetted against the light inside, like a paper target at a shooting range. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There was shooting in the streets, and sometimes schoolchildren had been hit. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Chess could have sworn he saw her eyes dart right to left, her gaze shooting past the phone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They were intense, almost like they were capable of shooting rays. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Behind us came the sound of screams, laughter; ahead the footfalls of the running boys, distant fire trucks, shooting, and in the quiet intervals, the steady filtering of shattered glass. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Mustafa gets nervous before his games, knowing that everyone is watching him and that at any moment he could fall on his face or shoot an air ball. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Tariq's shooting made them want to "crack down" on the neighborhood, my dad said. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I’m Spender all over again, but I think before I shoot. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The object of the game is to shoot the enemies crawling up out of the tunnel toward you while dodging their fire and avoiding other obstacles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Back in Ville Rose you cannot even throw out the bloody clumps that shoot out of your body after your child is born. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Cyrus Field, the businessman who spearheaded the laying of the first telegraph cable under the Atlantic Ocean, had befriended the Garfields long before the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next day, starting in homeroom, Ainsley and her friends are whispering, pointing, and shooting me nasty looks whenever and wherever they can. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

But why shoot himself in the body if he meant to kill himself? Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“This whole ’shoot me’ thing is starting to concern me.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Those are largely people who never truly get off the bus but shoot pictures through the windows. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But Blaine wasn't permitted to speak with him until July 21, nearly three weeks after the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

My dad had served as a cop for over seven years before he had to shoot someone. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You figure if you don’t shoot at anybody, God’s going to take care of you?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told the boys all about the shooting, concluding, “It broke out the window, went through Dad’s chair, and dug a big hole in the far wall.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Twice as high as the grandstand and almost as long was the mountain of crates housing the five thousand birds—four thousand and something now that the shooting had begun. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You think that’s the only reason for shooting us with transmitters?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Next to the steakhouse is a shooting gallery, where the fake guns have such poor aim that no one can hit the little bull’s-eyes attached to plastic cactuses, wild-eyed cowboy cutouts, and stuffed, patchy-haired bobcats. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You try it—stay with four children in a tiny room all day while soldiers are shooting outside. You try it,” she pressed. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Everybody ran in a sluggish stampede, shooting tortured, horrified glances back, filling 359 the deep, shadowy, rustling woods with their frail gasps and cries. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was on their shoulders, bandaged with their shirts, the pain shooting all over his body as they walked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Too bad you don’t have guns there, too, then you could shoot dumb Alex.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it true what they said about shooting a dog?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You may keep your bows bent, and shoot me at least, if I fail. I shall not run away.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I mean, what is there to shoot? Not people, that’s for sure.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The gun is held aloft and ready to shoot. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

On July 7, five days after the shooting, Corkhill announced that he wouldn't start formal legal action until he learned whether the president lived or died. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When we reach the ground floor, I shoot Max a look of caution. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He looked straight in my eyes and whispered, “You were the only one who saw me shoot.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Much to my surprise, the debils did not shoot us or chop off our limbs. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

And shooting around is just a painful reminder that Erin’s no longer here. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re big complainers—“their” gym is being hogged by a bunch of do-gooders; where are they supposed to shoot around before school; sixth and seventh graders will volunteer for anything; blah, blah, blah. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“We always shoot the dogs without sound. But can Fred focus with all that racket?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It’s like all the shooting and chasing is over for the night and the neighborhood is getting ready for a new day. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

A tiny part of her was relieved she hadn’t killed someone; the rest screamed with terror that they were all about to die because of her bad shooting. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Edie shoots me a weird look, either a grimace or a kind of failed attempt at a smile, and leaves without another word. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I remembered Dante running after two boys who were shooting at a bird. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Would it not have been much better to have stood up in the full glare of those roving knives of light and let them shoot him down? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, all right then. You wanna learn the secret to shooting foul shots?” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Then stop looking at it,” I shoot back, harsher than I’d meant to sound. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, me neither, but how hard can it be? Complete fugging idiots shoot guns all the time. That's why there are so many dead people.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He would “end this affair with a bonfire and shooting match.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

One C.I.D. man was looking for a gun to shoot one of the other C.I.D. men who had jabbed his elbow into his eye. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Tater would arrive on set and shoot the day after that. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Zu stood next to him, dutifully holding the button down so he could use both hands to scrub his face in the stream of water shooting out of it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A short time later the shooting stopped and the bells began to toll. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Tariq was the one who told her, for instance, that militiamen stationed in the mountains sharpened their marksmanship—and settled wagers over said marksmanship—by shooting civilians down below, men, women, children, chosen at random. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

On the Monday night news, they finally gave Khalil’s name in the story about the shooting, but with a title added to it—Khalil Harris, a Suspected Drug Dealer. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And then I imagine I can feel the X rays and the gamma rays, feel them pinging on my eyelids, shooting through my skull, making the palms of my hands tingle like they've fallen asleep. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured they weren’t likely to shoot me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It looks like it’s the battle of the shooting guards, Kev!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Ellie got him to sneak into their house to shoot him.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“My father commanded all the guards to shoot to kill if any of you tried to escape. I don’t think Chaol would ever have given that order,” he added, though he wasn’t sure why. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As they were leaving, I called, “Aren’t you going to shoot us?” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Malik laughs, and more crumbs shoot from his mouth. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“So you want to maybe shoot some hoops?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I go for Zelda because she teleports and deflects projectiles and shoots fireballs from great distances, which are all optimal moves for any player looking to avoid hand-to-hand combat. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Then I heard her call from the bathroom, ‘Oh, shoot! I forgot the shampoo.’ Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Water was shooting out from under his feet in small squirts at every step. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the man is done transferring his clothes and turning on the dryer, he shoots us one more disapproving look before leaving the room again. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A million towns to choose from all over the country, and this birdbrain picks the one that shoots five thousand of them every year. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Hazel didn’t understand how anyone could shoot an arrow accurately from this high up, accounting for the wind and the glare of the sun off the water. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In my memory, she hits dozens of shots before I get the ball back, but she doesn’t ever leave my backyard—the two of us keep shooting for years and years. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just at that tense moment when I was afraid Dad was going to pull the trigger and shoot the deer, a thought shot even more quickly into my mind—a very inspiring thought. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As Ben awaited his father’s call to dinner, he lay on his back, shooting a basketball toward the ceiling of his room over and over again. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raised my eyebrow and watched the enormous eyebrow shoot up on the screen at the exact same instant. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They spun for a few seconds before shooting up out of a toilet into a cubicle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

To be considered an ace, a fighter pilot has to shoot down five aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The Pennsville coach shoots a strange expression over to our bench. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beginning at around 8 A.M., participants who have paid a fee will each have the chance to shoot at ten to twenty pigeons as they are released from boxes. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Those words shoot through me, and I constantly look at it to check this is real. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Two older guys, Mitchell and Homes, never say much but can shoot the dust off your boots at fifty yards. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

If Ernie knew that because Genie was fascinated by learning to shoot, he would test it out for him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was no surprise that I won, because I’d been hitting threes since I was a freshman—I used my legs to shoot like Paul had taught me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I set before you the bow of godlike Odysseus. He who strings the bow and shoots an arrow straight through twelve rings in a line, I will take as my husband.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We trod upon broken twigs, and last year's leaves, and here and there the fresh green stubble of the young bracken, and the shoots of the bluebells soon to blossom. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Saying that you were trying to stop Communism or stuff like that was different than shooting somebody. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They shoot off the cannons in Reverend Hunt’s honor; a great man has gone to his reward in heaven. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The last thing I wanted was infinite security and to be the place an arrow shoots off from. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They get me up and down the steep hills of San Francisco and shoot me through the water like a frog when I swim. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other plant foods included berries, fruits, seeds, leaves, shoots, bulbs, and roots. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The willows that grow in the river bed were well leafed, and the wild blackberry vines were thrusting their spiky new shoots along the ground. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Someone just shoot me, please!” yelled the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Why anyone would pay for a pigeon only to shoot it was just one of many questions about Pigeon Day that bewildered Palmer. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“And you think you could have stopped the shooting?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At this rate," he concluded, “you'll not only be the most despotic and bloody dictator in our history, but you'll shoot my dear friend Úrsula in an attempt to pacify your conscience." One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe the bird didn’t deserve to get shot by some stupid kid whose idea of fun was shooting at things. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

If I do, I am looking forward to asking him why the hell he didn’t just shoot us all and get it over with. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The other space is taken up by a long metal table where two hot plates and a microwave can be seen next to cans of bamboo shoots and water chestnuts. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When I opened the door to the gym, Ty and Johnny were in there shooting baskets. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the JV squad finishes, we shoot around—I hit every shot I take—and then in the locker room Coach announces the starting lineup, leaving out my name. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull snapped back, shooting another arcing set that hit the back of the rim and bounced back to him without ever touching the court. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can shoot at just about anything that moves?” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A German anti air battery shoots an American plane out of the sky. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The other Hunters didn’t like being around campers, especially boys, but they didn’t shoot any of us, which for them was a pretty warm welcome. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I still wonder what war does to people to make them shoot unarmed children. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

More shooting as a couple of soldiers went after them and Paul’s men pounded the soldiers. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Then I looked over and saw my older brothers shooting daggers at him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Certainly, they distracted from spiritual contemplation, but in the same way that the sight of a shooting star distracts from the ache of an empty belly. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

At the intersection, he shoots a second Peacekeeper and we both have firearms. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They grew on the very top of his head, in the center, shooting up from the thicket of black like the rebels that they clearly were. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Berger goes off either to fetch the beast in or to shoot it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monaco spun back toward the direction he had been going in and opened up, shooting into the water. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe this means they will shoot us outside, like Mr. Schwarzer. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

All the while, with one part of his mind, he wondered how soon they would shoot him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The undertaker was forced to adjust the clothes to fit because the president had lost so much weight since the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“What is wrong with you three? I’ve been waiting to shoot my warehouse scene for hours! Oh, I get it. Fred is holding up production. Letting everybody down. Again.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I saw the little fish part ’round one of the flies and all the sudden there was a goldy-silverish flash shooting out of the lily pads. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Round shoulders had Jo, big hands and feet, a flyaway look to her clothes, and the uncomfortable appearance of a girl who was rapidly shooting up into a woman and didn’t like it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull my shirt down, shooting her a doubtful look. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He looked back to see his friend at the bottom of the stairs, weapon raised to shoot whoever dared try to come down first. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

At the sight of me sitting alone, Lara shoots me a little smirk. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was very careful about shooting the right kind of deer in the right season, and never violated the point system on ducks and upland game. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tarries a moment longer, then peels off, and speeding like a falling star, shoots off into a cloud and is gone. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hustled back on D. Armstead’s shooting guard launched a brick that I easily rebounded. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

His instinct has always been to shoot back, No, I don’t, or, I want to, but he bites it back and says, “I know,” and he realizes it’s the truth. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And whenever a few people would pass, she would shoot her eyes over at me really quick hoping I wouldn’t see her looking. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If the cane took root and began to send off shoots, the weeding gang followed. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

By the time they were finished with their impromptu photo shoot, Bits and Rawiya had found them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They shoot and kill another man in the woods when he drops his slops to relieve himself. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Clumsy inaccuracy can spoil that air of authority you’re shooting for. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other bonobos came over and prized up their own shoots, biting into the pith eagerly. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I turned and fled, not sure if the man was going to shoot me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Why did you shoot my father and run away from us?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of girls in ball gowns were on the roof, screaming at the top of their lungs, balancing on the edge and shooting safety fireworks at people on the ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

All Atzerodt had to do was knock on his door and the moment Johnson opened it, plunge the knife into his chest or shoot him dead. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some guys from another squad came over to find out what the shooting was about, and Walowick told them a guy was working on his rifle and it went off. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the shooting, he'd been wearing the same clothing, bloody and dirty from lying on the station floor. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Antonio's mother would force her children to the floor when shooting erupted outside their crowded home, which happened with disturbing regularity. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“But it’s not just one shambler, Miss Anderson,” I shoot back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The principal shoots her a look, but she keeps jawing for justice. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I was nervous, but a shooter has to shoot. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

One day they would decide to shoot him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Tell him that if he doesn’t tell me the truth pretty soon I’m going to have to shoot him.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ’membered everything Pap tolt me ’bout shooting and looked in the pistol’s cylinders to check the bullets. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I guess if you could get close enough to tie up—you couldn’t—you’d also be close enough to shoot him, wouldn’t you? Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he’ll shoot him once in the guts and walk away.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why not take me out to the buses and shoot me now? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After Tito’s shooting and her meeting with the city council, Luma called separate meetings of the Under Thirteens and Fifteens, which she held in a classroom at Indian Creek Elementary during practice time. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She knew as I did that when your best friend draws a gun on you, he usually has lost all control of his emotions, and he intends to shoot. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was shooting, and some of my group was killed. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first bird emerged from the freshly stocked white box, new shooter shooting. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The puzzle of the Hinckley shooting, of course, is how he managed to get at Reagan so easily. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Down below, Amarante wasn’t thinking much about the consequences of shooting Ladd Devine’s plane from the sky, he was more or less allowing himself to be led by divine guidance, as it were. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two young lieutenants nodded lumpishly and gaped at each other in stunned and flaccid reluctance, each waiting for the other to initiate the procedure of taking Major Danby outside and shooting him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

If he had to, he figured, he could use it to shoot Herod Sayle. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

In the past there have been shootings, drug dealings, and other illegal activities. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We expected it all to end at any moment. Either the Nazis would find us and shoot us or it was a dream and we would wake up,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Naturally. You took it out to shoot the louse.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forget the rest of the gym and the victors and how miserable I am and lose myself in the shooting. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to have taken no notice of the shooting. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When they figure out they would have been stuck in a country that hated them, or a place with no schools, or a place with no future, their hands shoot up. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had not got as much further down the street as the post-office, when I again beheld Trabb’s boy shooting round by a back way. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She examined her hands, flexing them like Spider-Man did whenever he started shooting out webs. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“There’s no hope of escaping from Endovier. Your father made sure that each of Endovier’s sentries could shoot a squirrel from two hundred paces away. To attempt to flee is suicide.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Looks like it ends in a slide up there, shooting downward.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m good at fighting off serums. There’s a chance I’ll survive. There’s no chance you would survive. Give me the backpack or I’ll shoot you in the leg and take it from you.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Another arrow shoots out from the Solomon Islands and another from the Marianas. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There's a brick wall up, right over near where the shooting happened. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I use some dried moss as kindling and when the first little flame shoots out it’s as near as I’ve come to joy since I don’t know when. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I joined the others around the key, waiting for the Carter Prep student to shoot his second free throw. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Get away from her or I’m going to shoot. You won’t know what hit you, believe me!” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

All that did was make me want to shoot that mystery pistol off even more. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Besides, the Ghost can shoot him before he gets to Taryn, and he wears no armor under his clothes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I load an arrow, but Cato can throw that spear almost as far as I can shoot. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When a German pilot shot down a Pe-2 dive-bomber and found that a woman had been flying it, his commanding officer told him: “Don’t mention it to anyone. We don’t shoot at women.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Not afraid of anything?” he said, acting all surprised, shooting his eyebrows up under the peak of his ball cap. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He glances at me for a quick second and shoots me a smile. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In other words, take no prisoners: shoot first and ask questions later. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“As long as you promise not to shoot her again. And get out within ten minutes.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“The kid is drunk,” he muttered to his wife and kept on walking, shooting back a sour glance after making it a safe distance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I shoot at him and he manages to block the arrow with his belt before it can skewer his liver. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Someone has boarded one of the ships and is shooting the cannons! Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

As his hands went to his chest, Njemile and Kaisha shouted, scrambling to reach their friend as he doubled over, his arms shooting out to the ground to catch himself. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I think the only reason I didn’t shoot him was his age. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“The producers are terrified of that new show Seal Squad Seven. Anyway, we’re going to shoot tomorrow. At the ranch. The writers figured out a way for the action to take place in our barn.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Those left behind became restless and started shooting civilians who were on their way to latrines at night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“When we shoot our scenes together, I’m going to mess with his head. When I’m done with Fred, I guarantee you he won’t be able to sit, stay, roll over, or even remember his name!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But there he paused, bewildered, not sure which way to shoot. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The American teenager whipped out a small-caliber pistol and began shooting. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

"We dramatized the shooting down of an unarmed black man." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A guy behind me unwraps his breakfast and shoots the wrapper at the back of my head. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

But people kept shooting dirty looks at her as she waited on the street. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She gets so mad about the police shootings, it’s almost like she knew the people who got shot. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I still had a hard time remembering some of my friends’ names, and I could recall nothing about the shooting. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And then I think, I hope he does, and the thought alone sets off the electric currents and sends them shooting through me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The next few days were spent with my parents filling me in on what had happened in the sixteen days between the shooting and our reunion. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Hamburg finds itself digging the thawing ground, tearing up city parks, and building tall concrete towers armed with flak guns to shoot down enemy bombers. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the spirit of shoot the messenger, I rather hoped he was. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I say shoot ’em,” growled the man who looked like Edward the bull. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to follow them as they hunted the mountain lion, to shoot them and their howling dogs with their own guns. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

All I said was, “He hasn’t said anything yet. It’d be pretty lousy to shoot him like that.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I figured that Bodega remained in the dark right up until Nazario reached for his gun to shoot him. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Come and hug on my knees so hard then off he shoots to look after something else. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Turkish border guards burst into the sunlight from beneath it, guns pointed, ready to shoot. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

But shoot, I want first dibs on a room. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

After a brief workout each morning, my squad’s on the shooting range full-time in training. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

His second day up, he sent down word that someone was shooting at him with an air gun. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you hurried through the parade grounds trying not to get shot, he would shoot at you on purpose. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two groups of guys are playing, and Charlise is waiting for a hoop to free up so we can shoot some ball. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Certainly. When a pig is to be butchered, everybody helps. I’m an old sheep and I see the same thing, same old business, year after year. Arable arrives with his .22, shoots the...” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I just keep shooting hoops, zoning out, pretending that I will never have to go into my house again—that I will never have to remember what happened before I began shooting hoops. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both looked ahead, at the shooting field, as they spoke. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

If only I had not lost my revolver crawling about, I would shoot him. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaori suspected lasers would shoot out of them, if they could. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She shoots me a strange look, grabs a plastic bag holding an aluminum tray, and reaches the back door just as her mother cracks it open. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She stopped me so fast I spun right out of my shoes and they went shooting up the hall. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sends a shooting pain down into my palm. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I don’t talk about it myself. Drive-by shooting over on Campbell. ‘Collateral damage,’ they called it.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I always shoot foul shots this way,” I said. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But when that didn’t work, the rumrunners didn’t hesitate to shoot at Coast Guard vessels and crews. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

We passed an afternoon at the Iowa State Fair, riding bumper cars and shooting water soakers to win stuffed animals, as photographers jostled for position, shoving their lenses in our faces. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Unless you bite the bullet, you’ll shoot yourself in the foot. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You can shoot me,” he said, holding his hands helplessly up in the air. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

About arriving at the border, and Safaa’s carpet bag, and the guards shooting at me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The huts stood in fallow fields, studded with African weeds and shoots of young saplings. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pointing it to the sky and making shooting gestures, he spat and cursed at the MiG. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I shoot him through the eyes, and the man is taken aback for a moment. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I knew they’d shoot me in a flash and tell the Home it was a accident. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

At first, the evening news puzzled her, a litany of fires and shootings, because she was used to NTA news, where self-important army officers cut ribbons or gave speeches. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The vine around his ankle tugged at him, bit into his flesh, anchored itself there, and sent a new shoot upward. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Their tight, shiny bike pants shoot past, meteor streaks of luminescent yellow. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In the six weeks since the shooting, Garfield had lost nearly 80 pounds and changed from a robust and slightly overweight man weighing 210 pounds to a skeletal figure. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The kid with the best poem would be chosen to shoot the million dollar shot. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby, now so focused that he could hardly hear the growing murmur from the crowd, made his next moves percussively, shooting them out like poison darts, hardly waiting for Byrne’s responses. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But the more I think on it now, I wonder if it wasn’t Judd Travers shooting a dog on purpose—shooting one of his own dogs that didn’t please him. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Stingers were supposed to rush the car and shoot us, and I was supposed to follow Tariq into the easy quiet spaces of death. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Excellent. Now you can be in my film. I’m shooting it up here. Are you up for that?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They would shoot and wring—and, Palmer imagined, punch and hand grenade and bayonet if they had to—anything to end the poor birds’ misery. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the lucid freedom of his dream state, Turner intended to shoot the officer through the chest. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You walked,” Chamberlain said grumpily, thinking: shoot them? The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trike had barely slowed its roll, and now was bearing down on them with renewed vigor as more shooting erupted at the far side of the yard. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Bodies are shooting past Baxter; Mark sees a stray foot smack the kid in the shoulder. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“That would be a real good idea except you don’t know how to shoot a gun. This is no time for on-the- job training.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I won the contest! I get to shoot the million dollar shot!” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Adrenaline shoots through me and I sling the pack over one shoulder and run full-speed for the woods. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I shoot a glance at Walter, who has pinned the squirming Queenie against his side. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The first time we watched To Kill a Mockingbird I waited through the whole movie for the dad to shoot a mockingbird. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shining their phosphorescent eyes and shooting them in the dark. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Once I’ve reached the big bed, the worst is over, except when the shooting is extra loud. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My heart throbbed and I whispered to myself: God, I love these people, but I’m glad that they’re not in power, or they’d shoot me! Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What in the world took you so long?” the man asked, not even pausing long enough to shoot Mark a glance. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We ended the practice with everyone shooting from the three-point line. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“He tried to bust into my trailer tonight. Lucky I didn’t shoot his fool head off.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t shoot! I don’t carry money!” shouted the driver. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine,” I said hard, shooting down whatever reason he was about to deliver. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I kept shooting impatient glances at the closed boardroom door. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You think I want this to wash up and connect me with Griswold’s shooting?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Susan B. Anthony can’t shoot 90 percent from the line,” Mom said. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

By July 11, nine days after the shooting, it was ready to use. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Soon he was off the Common shooting up the Hancock Drive. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can't help shooting him a quick look before I realize what he's doing. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There’s only one person in the world who can shoot better than I can. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Alice wasn’t coming here to see this waterfall, I say to myself as the wild stream shoots off into space, but I’m sure glad she did. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, not much—but then later, when the troops were hunting Indians and shooting children and burning teepees, it wasn’t much different from your mouse hunt.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned and ran, trying to put the rows of chimneys between us, wondering why he didn't yell "Halt!" or shout, or shoot. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited until the flames were shooting out of the window, then he began shouting. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I hear a voice from the outside yell, “They’re shooting them!” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She times me in wind sprints, then puts me back on the line to shoot. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, c’mon! Are you kidding me?” one of the guys shoots back. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

That time he knew I was not inside, but he also knew I had more reason to shoot if I was hiding nearby. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When, on November 24, 2014, it was announced that the St. Louis County Grand Jury had decided not to indict Wilson for the fatal shooting, Ferguson became the source of mass protests. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

And how it was no accident, my shooting that arrow into the force field in the arena. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

"So you're still afraid of me? Why, I could shoot you both this very minute if I liked." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Making his way home, he resolved that he would hunt and shoot something, anything, to impress his family, especially his sisters, who thought he was a nuisance, beneath notice, as irritating as a fly. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And he’s not shooting, he’s hacking away with that knife. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He found him shooting jump shots from the top of the key, hard, artless shots with almost no arch. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she’d become a celebrity, the first woman ever to shoot down a bomber at night. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Behind, the trapped Men in the lane, still about four score, tried to climb the barrier and the banks, and the hobbits were obliged to shoot many of them or hew them with axes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

My white cotton hat and Mother’s flowery umbrella are nothing against the afternoon sun, shooting rays into my short short hair. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Ignore them, Patty,” consoled her friend, shooting the boys a peeved look. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Mostly, but not completely, for he did have shooting pains in that leg after several hours on a basketball court. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madge shoots him a look, trying to see if it's a genuine compliment or if he's just being ironic. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I was getting nasty eyes from many elderly, almost uniformly svelte model types who had gotten lost on their way to the L.L.Bean catalog shoot. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

One man riding a bicycle called Burger a traitor, and Burger responded by shooting him off his bike. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“I think I will be fine. Fortunately, we do not shoot centaurs with broken ... Ow! ... broken legs.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I shoot Katherine my best Are you stupid? glare, but Jackson’s already perked up. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Tracer bullets are bullets that are on fire so that they are visible to the person doing the shooting. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The last thing we see is Gale, alone on the street, trying to shoot through the cables that hold Mitchell aloft. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I thought he was going to start frothing at the mouth or shooting spines, but he just bowed awkwardly and left the room. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Every hand at Table Five immediately shoots into the air. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When my father phoned asking about the photo shoot, I pretended to know nothing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“What do you take us for, mister? A couple of them schoolboys? You expect us to believe these here cans shoot up in the air and explode in color?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The shootings and explosions had lasted less than an hour, but they had frightened us badly, because none of us had ever heard gunshots in the streets. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The onlookers in the square will gasp and shriek— sometimes in delight—when the shooting happens. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Pattie shoots a look to the back of the salon and our eyes connect. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They'd have to shoot at me from the ground or the air, but I'm fast when I can find footholds, and I can tolerate the pain in my hands. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

While I had been shooting at the other dogs, he had gone. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now they shouted, now they yelled in triumph and stamped their feet, and through his eyelids, Harry saw bursts of red and silver light shoot into the air in celebration. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She stared up at the sky for a long time; a shooting star arched from west to east, scattering light behind it like dust on a trail. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You would really shoot my horse because death might be more comfortable?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Butler loaded the second vial, shooting this one straight into the carotid artery. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The story was in the paper the day after the shooting, on page fifteen of the Stokum Examiner. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When the police arrived a few minutes later, they found the American kid’s mother at the scene of the shooting, picking up the shells that had discharged from her son’s weapon. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I'd need to shoot a second turkey to trade for an orange. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Harry yelled, and still shooting Stunning Spells at the advancing goblins, he sprinted toward the blind dragon. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“My cousin in Boston actually had to put his hand on the Holy Book to swear in court. I’ll shoot any man tries to make me do that!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I focus my attention on a lethal-looking bow so loaded down with scopes and gadgetry, I’m certain I can’t even lift it, let alone shoot it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Y’all make a single move other than what I tell you, and I shoot him right between the eyes.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Royal, my old schoolteacher, who took to whisky and shot himself, didn’t shoot himself. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

‘If they catch you, Johnny, they will shoot you for impersonating a British soldier in wartime.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped the pages into his backpack, his mind churning with hundreds of possibilities of what to shoot. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Drilling, shooting, marching over, they stacked them at their barracks and there was always at least a sergeant guarding these stacked guns. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain shooting through my arm hurt like crazy, hot and sharp as a flame. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Like the bulrush shoots, shame and fear could be woven into a plaiting of surprising strength. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember what he said just before he tried to shoot you?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kahn loved to take him deer-spotting in mid-autumn, let him shoot a BB gun at targets behind the house, and told him stories about the Great Hunter. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even though the rain continues, the afternoon’s an improvement because we’re on the shooting range. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Most of the cars were taking it easy in the right lane, but the big rigs kept barreling by, shooting up walls of slush that hit the windshield so hard we jumped every time. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The next day at dusk, when shooting was finally finished, the three dogs piled into the van for the two-hour drive home to Jenny’s place. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We also rescued the best of Mother’s gowns, because Mandy swore I would shoot up someday soon, and then they would fit me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mary delivered the message to the tavern keeper John Lloyd: “I want you to have those shooting irons ready; there will be parties here tonight who will call for them.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo looked up at the Elf standing tall above him, as he gazed into the night, seeking a mark to shoot at. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘Will he shoot at us, and pour fire out of the windows; or can he put a spell on us from a distance?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Their best player attacks, steals the ball, passes it down court to an open man, who shoots it just left of our sub goalie, who normally plays midfielder: Buzzer. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

This whole situation was shooting off in bizarre directions. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She didn’t, but she did shoot me warning looks that said I’d get shanked if I went near her. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I catch her gaze, and she shoots me this sad half smile. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Scythe Volta hung out with Rowan that evening in the game room, shooting pool. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Two thousand frames a second, recently developed by Industrial Light and Magic for specialized nature shoots, hummingbird wings, and such. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he looked like the old Abe, the pudgy guy in the Saints jersey who tried to show Barry and Jay how to shoot layups. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

He woke once to go to the bathroom, and a cowboy was standing on top of a speeding stagecoach, shooting Indians. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This is a people shooting hat," I said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I shoot hoops withTy or Johnny, who also live in our trailer park, but they weren’t around. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One more swing and the door swung open, shooting outward and slamming into the wall on the other side. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Like, rifle rifles? Your job was to shoot rifles?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They didn’t want their children drilled in hand-grenade throwing, rifle shooting, and other warlike activities. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

On a bracing afternoon, he escorted Weaver into the Radiation Laboratory and showed him the twenty-seven-inch cyclotron, not skimping on the vaudeville of the lavender deuteron beam shooting into the air. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Charles had taught Syms to shoot and skin birds and to help him list and catalogue the specimens. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma’s eyes got slitty with the eyeballs shooting around from side to side. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he really did shoot at someone in the parking lot. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When the visitors shoot a free throw on most every court in the country, the fans make a lot of noise, screaming and stomping their feet. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I remember Octavia talking about this during the wedding shoot, and I see a possible chance to allude to the uprising. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Flames were shooting out of the window onto the fire escape on the floor below. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And shooting a child in cold blood is a terrible crime that cannot go unpunished. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Even if we make it to the top without falling, he’ll only shoot us!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I aim my stun gun at the man’s back and shoot. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

These were the dudes who used to call me White Boy because while they were shooting dice for pennies at recess, I was reading a book. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Amaroq stumbled, pressed back his ears, and galloped across the tundra like a shooting star. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though she was very old, she could still switch a small child with vigor, using a tough young shoot from a black gum tree, to enforce obedience. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something shoots up and out of it, so fast it’s just a blur. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then she sees me standing there listening and shoots me the stink-eye. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Take your bags and go. Don’t ever come back because next time I will shoot your brains out.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A stabbing pain shoots through my knee and I know one has found me and the others will be honing in. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Pap must not’ve give Ma the same shooting lessons he give me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

On Friday night the shooting gallery was mobbed. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Fangs bared, hackles raised, claws shooting out like switchblades. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Surratt did not tell Colonel Wells about Booth’s April 14 visit to her, the binoculars, her carriage ride to Surrattsville, nor her instructions about the “shooting irons.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Sherlock Holmes and Watson shoot the dog, which is one of the dogs which gets killed in the story, which is not nice because it is not the dog’s fault. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The opposing coach was still yelling—“Man on! Man on!”—so the Fugees kept shooting. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The walls of this elevator are made of crystal so that you can watch the people on the ground floor shrink to ants as you shoot up into the air. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was a grinding sound, like when movie tickets shoot up through the slot at the box office. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

One day a few months earlier, my uncle Howard took me out to shoot hoops at a park in the Bronx. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It reminded him of Khione, plucking him off the deck of the Argo II with a gust of wind and shooting him halfway across the Mediterranean. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t have seen me clearly enough or long enough at the river to recognize me now as the woman he had once come so near shooting. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from the residual tenderness in and around his nuts, Colin's entire body was sore from a day spent walking and running and shooting and getting hit. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“I ought to shoot you, so help me God! Get out, before I call a cop!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

On New Year’s Eve, a week after the shooting, Goetz turned himself in to a police station in New Hampshire. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Lifting the curtain by his bed, he saw his father shooting baskets beneath the night light. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If they would shoot a grieving mother, they might shoot a woman with loose legs.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

If Kyle was in the wrong place when a shelving unit came shooting in from the side, he’d be flattened like a pancake under a steamroller. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

When he got his one chance to speak, he tried to turn the whole hunt around into a kind of new, improved prayer meeting with animal shooting at the end. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook the spider off and stood up when the vandals started shooting. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He tells me to shoot until I can make one hundred baskets in a row, which seems impossible. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked the length of the leaf to the massive central shoot of the enormous river reed. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Only occasionally does a hunk of it shoot up at just the right speed and cool down with the necessary swiftness to become a diamond. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

No one, not even Apollo's kids at camp, could shoot with that much accuracy. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I stole eggs from nests, caught fish in nets, sometimes managed to shoot a squirrel or rabbit for stew, and gathered the various plants that sprung up beneath my feet. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The pigs would be on the run by the time I was ready to shoot. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The sun was shining and in spite of the cold there were a few bucks and does at silflay, keeping out of the wind as they nibbled the shoots of spring grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shoots Claudette a wink and a salute, and she positively melts. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And even though the stories Chaim told were terrible, of German planes shooting down the refugees on the road and the executions of innocent men, there was more laughter than tears. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Thomas yelled out, a tingle of fear shooting across his shoulders. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I have no arrow, no way to shoot. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

What if she really was gonna use the gun to shoot...? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Then, if no one answered, she said, “I’m sorry, but I’m going to shoot; excuse me, I’m going to shoot!” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He looked up every few seconds, wondering if the man would suddenly appear, hanging down from the ceiling, ready to shoot. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She shoots again and again in an explosion of shutter clicks. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I looked at them—were they criminals or simply men who were worked up over the shooting? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see a mixed group, girls and boys, taking turns shooting the ball at a big, tall girl in the goal. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horses dropped their heads, spread their legs a little, and tore ravenously at the green shoots of grass. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the test I’d taken the morning of the shooting. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I shoot Professor Ghering right between the eyes, just as I did Othello, then once more, because seeing a man so casually turned for some blowhard’s cause has put me in a fine temper. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Thinking that after all this, I’d had to shoot him the same as I’d done the roan bull and the Spot heifer. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spent hours a day, sometimes all day, playing shooting games on the Xbox, either against her husband, or teaming up with him against other people they’d meet online. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A voice-over tells the audience what they are viewing as we try to regroup, react to the black gel shooting from the street, lose control of the situation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

My heart shatters like a glass mirror, the tiny shards shooting out into every part of me, cutting at my insides, spreading pain. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“There’s not going to be any shooting. It’s a precaution. Now we’re going to stay in here until we get the all clear. No one leaves and no one comes in, understand?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Thorn nodded and pressed the foxglove dart to her lips, shooting it out and landing it right in front of the monster. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I spent the rest of that Tuesday night throwing darts into the void, setting up my laptop to shoot endless combinations of usernames and passwords into iCloud and the thousands of other digital storage warehouses. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“This deep brown is from the goldenrod shoots, isn’t it?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a garden behind the smithy, and when she saw the rows of low green shoots, a pang went through her as she remembered working with Maesie. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I turn the ceiling into a cloudless, starry night sky and let the aurora borealis glimmer just beyond their fingertips as shooting stars zip across the auditorium. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Just shoot him, you see, then tie up to him real easy, then toss him overboard and wash your hands. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He knew exactly what he was going to shoot. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The gun goes off and all runners shoot forward. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But I try to act delighted that my bridal photo shoot is here at last. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The shooting would begin at seven and continue all day. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, I have a news flash for you—we aren’t dead,” I said, “so that shoots down your poisoning theory.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Are we ready to shoot?” asked the director. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Folks said that she wasn’t like that till she met Clyde—killing, shooting, robbing banks, and such things. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to shoot this shotgun. I’m going to do something far more exciting and far more dangerous.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him now twenty million silently baying Hounds ricocheted across parlours, three-cushion shooting from right wall to centre wall to left wall, gone, right wall, centre wall, left wall, gone! Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t even pull a bowstring, let alone do one of his famous feats, like shoot an arrow through the eye of a fish just by looking at its reflection. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I jerked around; I came close to shooting. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was hurt and would not go out to play with the neighborhood children who were blowing horns and shooting firecrackers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’d used the Preacher’s old rusty gun to shoot stumps and stones, it didn’t feel nowhere near’s heavy as this one. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It’s just point and shoot all day long, no fun. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“We’re hearing rumors of fresh competition. A new show called Seal Team Seven. With real seals. We need new episodes. We have to start shooting in two days or they could crush us.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“And shoot the bolt across,” said Grandma, who never locked her doors. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the far end of the sky, where daylight begins, a dense radiance like a shooting star breaks forth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course Sam was that way, always shooting out whatever came into his mind and sometimes even getting hit by my father for it. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's a hollow pop and then what looks like a shooting star flares suddenly to life over our heads, turning the night day-bright. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The archers from Apollo’s cabin brought out their bows and arrows, ready to slay the menace, but with so many campers mixed in with the birds, it wasn’t safe to shoot. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He marches over to one of his security guards, takes his handgun, raises it in the air, and shoots. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He licked his lips as he readied himself to shoot. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My wallet is dropped, the hand shoots back like a tentacle. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

LeAlan: We were best friends, but we didn’t hang out, ’cause Lloyd lives in The Wells and they used to shoot a lot, so my momma didn’t really allow me to go over there. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Cape Town a crowd of fifty thousand met in Langa township to protest the shootings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t dribble again and he’s too far away to shoot anything good. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hundreds and thousands of roots and shoots can solve the problems, change the world, and make it a better place to live. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

But sure as shooting, this was the other person the Preacher said we were gonna have to go see. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, Booth says that if Atzerodt still refuses to go along with the conspiracy, Booth will shoot him dead on the spot. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

"They were shooting at cats," replied Farid, letting himself drop on to the grass. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I’m leaving, Sammy. You could end up dead shooting that shotgun off near a sheriff.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, summer also means people start shooting each other more often. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Not a one more stories,” he was shooting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it would take a millionaire to afford to shoot them at five cents a shot. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Damnit! You have a gun. Why didn’t you just shoot him?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And she was right, once that gun commenced shooting, all the folks in this town would come running. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The first message he received from the government was a threat to shoot Colonel Gerineldo Márquez within forty-eight hours if he did not withdraw with his forces to the eastern frontier. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Powell’s job should be as simple as sneaking into the Seward home, shooting the sleeping secretary in his bed, then galloping away to join Booth for a life of sunshine and easy living in Mexico. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

They will carry objects which can shoot death faster than the eye can see. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We worried that an approaching army vehicle would mistake us for terrorists and shoot us in the back. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I hope I get to shoot it a lot tonight,” Papa said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shoot a worried look over at Will, and he mouths, “It’ll be okay.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, every time we shoot one of them his cousin and his uncle die, too,” Peewee said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not if I shoot you in the head!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“That fence could still be live. They could shoot us.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Thorn, it’s up to you. Can you shoot it?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Businessmen wear heeled boots that never feel a stirrup, and men of great wealth who have houses in Paris and regularly shoot grouse in Scotland refer to themselves as little old country boys. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, if they were lucky, they’d be able to shoot one to curb their never-ending hunger pains. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I did not even think of shooting him, until he was waddling away into the woods. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

How many Dauntless guards did she shoot before she found me? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t gone more than a dozen paces when a doorknob rattled and something came shooting out of a classroom in front of them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even want to learn how to shoot anymore. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“One, two, three . . . shoot! “Ax breaks rock,” Lefty said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The police who patrolled the Center could be chasing someone, burst in, shoot first, and ask questions later. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We looked up to see three frightened pigeons shoot out of some hiding place in the rafters. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I cover my ears to soften the shrill screams, but it doesn’t stop the silver spears from shooting across the room. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Piper didn’t look dangerous, but if the need arose she could dual-wield Celestial bronze blades or shoot her enemies in the face with ripe mangoes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The shoot takes place in a festive, picnic atmosphere of barbecued chicken, water ice and frolicking children. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

A head was shooting upward from the ground; limbs were sprouting; a moment later, a man was standing where Scabbers had been, cringing and wringing his hands. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He liked shooting things, hammering things, smashing things, and wrestling with his father. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Rumors were whispered in the streets: that shootings in the woods were too much trouble for the Nazis. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Man, I bet you I could shoot that vacant apartment over there. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Uncle spent about twenty minutes telling us about the time when he was young and he and a friend decided to practice target shooting with some cans. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what? That’s none of your business,” I shoot back. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The varsity laughed behind him as they continued to shoot layups. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smooth it out on the cave floor and lie down, one hand on my loaded bow in case I have to shoot at a moment's notice. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then he grabbed his Transvice and positioned it firmly against his chest, ready to shoot. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They were shooting skeet outside, and every time a gun was fired his senses were jarred. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

At the second tug an onion shoot came too, and glancing to see if Judith had noticed, she guiltily thrust the tiny root back into the earth and patted it firm. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the shooting ceased and in the silence there was the sound of voices, footfalls, labor. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, he pulled up some plantains and knotted them quickly, and then began to shoot off the brown heads. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Archaeologists can deal with some things, but we’re not trained to shoot, and someone who can do that and navigate and make camp and do all the sort of survival stuff is very useful. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our men started shooting back at the Murle, and they ran away, but we ran too, crossing the shallow creek and racing up the other side. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed his arms behind him like the wings of a plane and made staccato sounds like a jet on a strafing run, shooting imaginary bullets at the pilots outdrinking his comrades. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every little thing—hands touching and doors sealing—sends a shooting warmth up my spine. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He pushed through the crowd of dead Romans, shooting down monsters until his arrows were spent, slowly making his way toward his friends. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Is it okay if I shoot and edit the videos?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Fina rolls her eyes, but I shoot another glance back at Ruby, thinking. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I learned to shoot accurately because my teachers held the targets. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so if necessary, and I expect they will.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Beacon Fire,” Yishan whispered, watching the shooting star with surprising intensity. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

In India it took riding atop great big elephants and shooting with power­ful rifles to kill tigers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

My hand shoots up to catch the gum, before I can even decide if I want it. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that they were not going to shoot, for they could not see him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

These go round and round a central column, and this column is pierced with holes for shooting arrows. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jake kept shooting glances at Alfred out of the corner of his eye. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some might think they’re no good, but to me they seem like the sort of people you want to spend an afternoon with, just shooting the breeze. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ran around us, some toward the sound of the shooting, others away from it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Okay, we could hunt one day, maybe some duck, maybe the pig, but first you need license and learn to shoot.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s the muscles,” he shoots back, flexing his biceps and raising a single comical eyebrow. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about this during “range week,” one of the most enjoyable periods of training because of the time we got to spend away from the Academy, at a shooting club. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the trunk of their scheme, choices and decisions sprouted like branches and shoots. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I glanced at one of the men against the wall, and it looked as if he was skin-popping—shooting heroin under his skin. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

"I see you're looking at my gun. Don't worry. I'm not going to shoot you." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She was too busy shooting up, drifting off to another world where I didn’t exist. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He always kept things low key before a race, and the boys spent the morning dozing, playing cards, and shooting the bull. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It looked so peaceful, yet I knew that over there were hunters, noting where chimpanzees made their nests so they could shoot them at first light. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The smudge pots were hellish machines, belching foul-smelling smoke and shooting a dangerous wild flame out the top, like upside-down rockets. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank stood at the far end of the stadium, shooting flaming arrows at Nike’s chariot as the goddess bellowed insults and tried to find a path to him across the shifting network of trenches. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“And maybe,” Florida said, “it’s some convict who’d just as soon shoot us as feed us.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Nest around here every year. My man used to shoot ’em. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blanca felt her breast shoot with joy, and tears came to her eyes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Diana’s eyes were narrowed and her face tense with concentration as she prepared to shoot again. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

After the midday meal we practice shooting, and even though I’m hitting my target, my aim is off. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I position myself to shoot from one knee. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As I glance around, I notice a lot of the other tributes are shooting us dirty looks, which confirms what I've suspected, we've literally outshone them all. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But what kind of liberation movement shoots innocent civilians, children, that little girl? A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I sit up in my chair to plead my case, but she shoots me a look that kills the words in my throat. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They were all used to shooting baskets in this kind of white night. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he Googled “feral pig,” from which he learned that wild pigs were so widely disliked that the state of Tennessee pretty much allowed you to shoot one whenever you came across it. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

They even shoot one of Captain Newport’s dogs while she is sniffing after a rabbit. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He didn’t feel his cell phone shoot out of his shirt pocket, didn’t hear it smash on the concrete and skitter in pieces into the gutter. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I listen to the men argue about how to shoot to kill the most gentlemen at once. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I saw her shoot, for real, for the first time. I'm about to put in a formal request myself.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or was he sane, fully understanding the consequences of shooting Garfield? Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Digger, and I used to shoot tin cans, so there was a lot of time for me to agonize over this. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jos and Charles sent the letter to Dr. Darwin early in the morning, and then Charles went out shooting in the woods near Maer Hall. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he still did not shoot, Henry’s face hardened. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

These were the days right after the shooting. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Were guards with machine guns waiting to shoot them all? Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew well enough how to ‘shoot’ the bridge after seeing it done, and so began to row about among the shipping in the Pool, and down to Erith. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

And even if my hope was false hope, it was better than shooting him ourselves. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was too dark for sure shooting anyway, and the creature was gone into the gloom of the leaves in a twinkling. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

By the morning after Lincoln’s speech, Booth has decided to shoot the president inside a theater, the place where Booth feels most comfortable. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I made the bow and arrows first and was pleased when I tried them that I could shoot farther and much straighter than I had before. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Deza Malone and figured I’d never see her again in my life so I kept shooting off my mouth. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

If Andrew was in town, he would be at Allen’s store or at the Eight Ball shooting pool. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theodore Roosevelt wouldn’t shoot a bear, so the stuffed ones are named after him. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

When tiny ground squirrels popped up in front and zipped through the brush, he didn’t flinch, nor did he ever raise his gun as if to shoot the tiny animals. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the days and weeks that followed Willie’s shooting, Whitiker made perhaps the most painful decision a mother could make in order to keep her family on the straight and narrow. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Proceeds from the shoot go to maintain the community’s 40-acre park. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Dunbar loved shooting skeet because he hated every minute of it and the time passed so slowly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“They shoot them,” he repeated, and the words were dusty and bitter on his tongue. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Coming, coming,” I mutter, shooting a last jealous look at Boomer, whose nose is still twitching with dreams. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“He shoots webs. And he swings from buildings. That would be the BEST!” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The question comes shooting out before I can stop it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of them shoot me thin-lipped smiles that don’t reach their eyes as they avoid each other’s gazes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He burst out laughing and slammed his cleaver on a salmon, its head shooting across the blood-slicked counter to land perfectly in a little guillotine bucket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I tell her somebody tried to shoot me, but I’m okay, I’m just a little short of breath. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy looks at me, and I have no clue what expression he sees on my face, but both of his bushy brows shoot up. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Vonetta got mad and said, “My uncle did not go to Vietnam and shoot up poor people.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

In PE, Adrian’s been keeping his distance, but I’ve noticed the murderous glares he shoots me across the gym. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Caldwell put a little too much effort into trying to shoot me down, when she should’ve been trying to lift me up. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"Then you shoot me," I say furiously, shoving the weapons back at him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

As I shoot my arm through the sleeve, I hear something crackle. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows he’s in trouble when he takes a final step and a feeling like lightning shoots up his leg, but he catches her just as she collapses. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of hard to dribble back here, so I mainly work on my shooting. Trying to up my three-point percentage.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If you was to take him out and shoot him right in the back of the head—” he leaned over and pointed, “—right there, why he’d never know what hit him.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘To shoot my bow, I would have to step off Delos,’ Apollo cried. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Bloom handled the .22 again, asking, “What’s the best way to shoot one of these?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, the first summer that I arrived, within the first week we had a drive-by shooting at the front door. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above me the rockets and parachute-lights shoot up and float down again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The photo shoot is in a building cold enough to store ice. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Four fountains gurgled in the meadow, each shooting water from the pipes of stone satyrs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn't be apologizing, Helena. Brian was...God, I could shoot him!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“If I were her I’d fly straight to London and shoot them both,” she announced one day. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Controversy over the shooting last night," the male anchor says. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Audrey and I turned in time to watch a plume of fire and sparks shoot into the air and explode like a supernova. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“That sniper knew there was no point shooting old bones like mine,” Dapir says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Francie’s back hurt and a shooting pain ran through her shoulder. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So in order for people to see me and not shoot me he had also bought me a large blaze orange cap which kept slipping down over my face. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Whew, instead of shooting people they were shooting holes into all of the pots and pans. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She had physically recovered from the shooting and was working to become a successful bodybuilder and had started a magazine focused on women's health. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then, an infinitesimal veering of the canoe, and the line of his body would break, the soaring arms collapse, up shoot an uncontrollable leg, and Phineas would tumble into the water, roaring with rage. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here comes Young, about to shoot...and BANG, Majidi is right there, slapping the rock away from behind!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

In the first of what will be many firefights on this day, small bands of Union soldiers begin shooting at the Confederate rear guard. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Once he says he will shoot himself the first time he can get hold of his revolver again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped shooting and looked back at me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to be on the six o’clock news shooting people’s heads off. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Johnson; he had a rag or something around the sixty and was shooting it from the hip. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shoot him a glare, and he laughs. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

As the sun rose hot and dry, it burned off the rain droplets that had hung from every green shoot. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Tito’s shooting, the canceled practices that followed, and the change of practice venues had prevented the new team from getting into anything like a groove. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I was riding past the middle school and I heard sirens and I thought there was another shooting. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Why? You afraid of me or something? Only brave enough to shoot people's mothers?" Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Inside were pictures of young maidens doing hunter stuff, chasing monsters, shooting bows. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A few months ago, Junito was killed in a drive-by shooting. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I shoot Tanasia a look like, What are you talking about? Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

As we shoot around, Boy21 hovers near me, but I just keep moving—chasing rebounds. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother manages to feed me bits of food and sips of tea while they work on me, but by the time the shoot is over, I’m starving and exhausted. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of shoots, and the occasional hard purple-green fruit plucked from the trees. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No, it sounded like they were shooting at us!” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You stood there and directed him how to hold this drunken helpless Indian woman down in the bottom of that canyon while you got ready to shoot a bullet into her brain?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

"My dad's in jail for trying to shoot me and my mother," I blurted. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Awesome,” he says after he shoots a marble out of the Japanese robot’s belly to blast his own impact crater on the surface of my cake-pan moon. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The PSFs were closer now; they had to be, because when they started firing again, it was like shooting fish in a barrel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

One reporter who spotted Guiteau at police headquarters after the shooting described him as “a pale, emaciated, small man, with the appearance of an insane person.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The blue circle of sky above me grows and grows until I shoot past the scarecrow and away from the deep. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They took places near the dorsal fin and Dad began shooting pictures. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m shooting a fiftieth anniversary party this evening, and I needed to be out the door five minutes ago.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I wear trousers underneath and tuck it up half the time just to move faster or climb up a tree with my bow to shoot a little meat, which I’d say they’re happy to have. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stay put or I’ll shoot you dead!” he yelled at her; then he turned to Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The slap of the water against your feet stings momentarily and then cold, salty water shoots straight up your nose. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I realized then: They would beat us and starve us and shoot us like we didn’t matter, but they would always keep track of us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

They want me to shoot, to have a chance to make my first kill. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

"Give him a gun and let him go out there and shoot a white man dead. Then we'll trust him." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“How long after you shoot it one time ’fore it set to shoot again?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Scotty and I had just started to unload the sandbags when the shooting started. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had truly believed that Mexicans can’t shoot straight and besides were lazy and stupid. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘First you shoot wild, then you run too slow, and then you send for the poor trackers. I’ve had enough of you.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She is sprinting into the underbrush when the woman shoots her in the ankle. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“The officer in charge of the ghetto. He likes to shoot people while he walks. If you hear his name, you run. Promise me.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Fear runs up my spine and shoots into my heart. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that every year the team had a chance of going to State and had won the whole shooting match four times since 1964. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brian McLendon, a Random House publicist who had become a friend, was wishing me luck—and reporting more details of the Columbine High School shooting. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet, in interviews with police officers who have been involved with shootings, these same details appear again and again: extreme visual clarity, tunnel vision, diminished sound, and the sense that time is slowing down. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Here was a call for my death—an invitation from one terrorist to another, saying, “Go ahead, shoot her”—and I was as calm as could be. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, the craft would shoot out a gout of flame. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In the bitter cold weather Pa could not be sure of finding any wild game to shoot for meat. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ka-ka-ka of shooting, the cries of men, the smell of death, the blasts of explosions above and around him were distant. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the turning of the tide the horse clams emerged, shooting jets of water like miniature geysers hidden among the eelgrass. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Genie wondered if it was uncomfortable for Grandpop to sit with a gun tucked in the back of his waistband, or if he was ever scared about accidentally shooting himself in the butt. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We pretended we were dead for a moment, got up, and started the sounds of make-believe shooting again. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

A white light, like a shooting star, blinding pain. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Most folks, if they saw a rattler, and had a gun, they would try and shoot it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of hands shoot up, and I take a deep breath and answer a few questions, mostly about Samina Baig. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Golan had stopped shooting, but we could see him standing guard by the lighthouse door, gun in hand. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, though, he interrupted me while I was shooting the bull. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Nyla shoots him a quick glance, and he lowers his arm back down to his side. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, he would go into the backroom hideaway, where he would polish and load his gun as though he were going to shoot the insurance man to protect Mama. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was shooting and sulking when this African-American girl I’d never seen before walked over. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Light Hair managed to shoot a rabbit with his bow and arrow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The temporary tingling in his feet and legs after the shooting was likely from the initial impact to his backbone. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I swear his eyes are about to explode out of his head and shoot molten bronze goo all over the room. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But then the shooting stopped—reloading, I thought—and we had a brief window of time. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

This makes me so furious, my mouth shoots off before I can stop it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that only people who paid money were allowed to shoot the pigeons, and that the money was used to make the park better. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Rani still has her slingshot and shoots some fruit down for us. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“And secondly, what if you go down there and someone shoots you, and then what? I go down and get shot too? Bad plan.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to shoot back an answer, but nothing comes out. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Agent Jones spoke into his hidden mic and the troop of black shirts disguised as Republic of ChaCha rebels burst from the jungle bearing machine guns, shouting and shooting into the air. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They were loud and quick to anger, and eager to shoot their weapons at the Lakota. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

A spasm of pain shoots up my injured leg. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

This time, his hand shoots up my skirt. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t want to put yourself in a position where the only way you have to defend yourself is to shoot someone,” Fyfe says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The radio crackled intermittently, he paid no attention; if his personal call number, or a ten-code related to the shooting, came up, he would automatically tune in. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Going to shoot me like that dog I found up here six months back with a bullet in his head?” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shoot back a yes and sigh, standing up to get changed. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

A blue fireball shoots out of his candle, and he still doesn’t look away. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Oh God, I thought, don’t let that man shoot my mother. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A green frog pipes, a star shoots, and a light comes on in Mrs. Strawberry’s farm kitchen. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His car has bullet holes from a drive-by shooting. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh no you don’t,” says Marlena, shooting August a dirty look. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His back was toward me, but I could not shoot him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A longer life is all I’ve ever wanted, and I have the power to not shoot that dream in the foot by walking out that front door, especially this late at night. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Most of these children live near the school and have witnessed a drive-by shooting by the age of ten. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And right across the river are hundreds of tall buildings, some shooting straight, piercing the clouds. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I mean I could shoot the old bull to old Spencer and think about those ducks at the same time. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Eager to try, she snapped a stick off a snow-laden bush, trimmed all the side shoots off, and swished it from side to side like a rapier. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was not in him to drink beer and shoot pool. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You know, when I get back from the tour, I was thinking I might take Rory out with me sometimes. After school. Teach him to shoot.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m a good shooter, but I never tried to shoot blind. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You want us to go shooting off into the Void? Ugh!” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bliss’s actions also troubled the group of Washington doctors who had attended Garfield since the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Does Coin retrieve it and bring it back to me? Or just shoot Snow through the head herself?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I heard she used to put on shows where she’d shoot dimes out of a guy’s fingers and cigarettes from his mouth, all the while riding a horse. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You think I want this to wash up and connect me with Griswold’s shooting?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And people were forever shouting at, and shooting at, and throwing rocks at Pacheco’s gargantuan, voracious animal. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this is barely a fraction of the six million we’re shooting for. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then, like a shooting star streaking across a black sky, the fearful thought came to him that maybe his fingers were frozen so stiff that he could not pull the trigger. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And this time there was no way for the men of the Connecticut 5th to shoot back. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded by a mass of people—too many to shoot. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The man holding the lead rope shoots a succession of glances at me as he struggles to maintain control. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I swear I didn’t even see the sucker when I was shooting it because I was shooting a guy who was washing down a Jeep. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It seems odd that a number of men wanted to marry her because she could hunt and shoot and wrestle, but it was so; she had a great many suitors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fifteen minutes. Then whoever we shoot wakes up. And remember, we have a limited number of rounds.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No, you are wrong,” she said, shooting forward and poking me hard in the chest. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She gives one last cough and shoots me an arsenic-laced glare. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“They’re for attracting birds. They twirl them out in the field and larks see them and come out and the Italians shoot them.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She used to talk about the Czar or the Kaiser and how the Russian soldiers would come into the village and line up the Jews and shoot them in cold blood. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were all just regular fellows—farmers, bakers, shopkeepers, shoemakers, sailors. Some of us didn’t even know how to shoot.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Beginning the day after the shooting, Dr. D. W. Bliss organized a medical team to handle President Garfield's care. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The soldier who had meant to shoot Baba had already holstered his weapon. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His violin shoots out a black bullet straight into Harp’s forehead and the bullet keeps flying straight into Gully’s forehead, right behind Harp! The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

So I decided to just not say anything at all about it, then shoot from the hip when she started asking questions. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m not a pain in the neck,” I shoot back. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Less than fifteen minutes later the shooting started again. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I run and run, let the branches cut my face, because I have to stop the shooting. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Fear shoots through me, but I have enough sense to keep still. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“There was more shooting, and then they came and got me,” Scruggs said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The ancient queen’s hair glittered like a shooting star as she plummeted into Erilea. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A true brother, I shoot back with, “Well, that explains why you never find any.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The silent and stealthy natives kept a close watch on the expedition’s every move, with their poison arrows primed and ready to shoot. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

It is called Roots & Shoots because roots move gradually under the ground to make a firm foundation, and shoots seem small and weak, but to reach the light they can break open brick walls. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

But one man said, “I wouldn’t go to no foreign country and shoot up poor people.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Hero Twins were shooting arrows at the Enemies. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Man, you think Wernher von Braun don’t drink down at Cape Canaveral? I bet that’s about all those rocket men do in between shooting off missiles. That and chasing women.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, however, he made a fountain of wine shoot out of it, and handed it back to Harry, announcing that it was still in perfect condition. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I am convinced, since the shooting incident, that Mr. Loomis is insane. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“If I ever get like that, just take me out to pasture and shoot me,” Sookie said softly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“That always bothered me when I was young. You must want to kill someone really badly to shoot a gold arrow at him. Why not just keep the gold and go home?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Every time he lifted his gun to shoot the dog, Mole disappeared in the ground. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Crab hung out in that house because it was easier to shoot birds in there? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Over the next few days, Kevin and I had a lot of fun riding bikes, playing video games, shooting baskets, skateboarding. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“My paws were wrinkled like prunes after that shoot,” said Scruffy. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Matt will shoot right where his own dog is standing. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

All they could do was yell in outrage at Odysseus: “Foul! to shoot at a man! That was your last shot!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede was trying to pick off the wolves around Pol, but she couldn’t shoot too close to him. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“That was a warning shot. If I had wanted to shoot you, you would already be dead.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Each time they slowed down, we would shoot around them and they would resume digging faster. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In the Disney version, Smith returns to England after a bad colonist shoots him in the shoulder. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then she herds us outside the house for the photo shoot from hell. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He would shoot before he would let them take him; it meant death either way, and he would die shooting every slug he had. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't want to look away, but her eyes seemed to shoot lasers. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even before landing, one nearly blew up the Mayflower by shooting a gun at a keg of gunpowder while inside the ship. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I started to take off my overalls, but stopped when I saw his red head shoot up out of the water. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the fact that he didn’t just shoot me in the head tells me something: He’s not allowed to kill me yet. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Christ Almighty, man, would you shoot your own father?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Not to be confused with Kung Fu Panda or the panda you had pictured in your mind. They only eat the most tender bamboo shoots, along with some insects and fruits." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Against the flat, wasted, dyed hair these orange shoots were like life returning to a scorched landscape. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then he gives up when he sees I’m not going to shoot that rabbit no way. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me see how you would naturally shoot.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

If the Stingers did the shooting, or us, someone would be halfway to the state pen by now. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then she started giving out directions as she circled around George, shooting away. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“He shot at me! What are you shooting at me for?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart races, causing searing pains to shoot up my spine and burn my flesh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been shooting for an hour when the back door opened. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

What if he goes back to jail for shooting someone again, but this time for life? When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“You’re not going. There was a shooting over there not too long ago. It was on the news, remember? Some kids were fighting.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"I'm tired of wanting to shoot you. I'd just like to flog you instead." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I grab my framed picture of Mom and Dad and me, from back in the day, and then I find my basketball in the garage, because maybe Erin will want to shoot around. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As long as the cadmium poles were in place, they would absorb the neutrons shooting out of the uranium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was while pushing himself up that Sullivan first saw the fire — a single tongue of flame shooting out the side of the O’Learys’ barn. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you aware that my client witnessed the shooting death of his partner by a young man physically similar to yourself?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But I was drawn by the sight of the cool-looking “cats” standing around inside, bending over the big, green, felt-topped tables, making bets and shooting the bright-colored balls into the holes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept trying to shoot the scene, but Cha-Cha kept teasing Fred. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I can shoot the daylights out of a basketball. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I shoot up and race a cockroach across the floor with my work- shoe. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, not you, honey. No, no, come in. We just thought you’d be home later! Oh, shoot!” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Who asked you to help?” the first man asked, chewing his words and then shooting a spray of black tobacco juice into the dirt at Wash’s feet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s something about pigeons, thought Palmer, that makes people want to shoot them. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Apollo and Artemis glided swiftly to Thebes from Olympus, the archer god and the divine huntress, and shooting with deadly aim they struck down all of Niobe’s sons and daughters. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flames seemed to be shooting out of his forehead. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see how well you shoot sitting down, using just your arms.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mom’s huge bag eventually shoots out and lands on the carousel. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Just as in modern shooting, you must never offer criticism to the man in command, so in hawking it was important that no outside advice should be allowed to disturb the judgment of the austringer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no trouble now shooting them and had even speared one with his old fish spear now that he knew to aim low. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m scared to shoot till I know you’re out of the line of fire!” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No different than the marshal who goes after his man even after the dirty cur shoots him. He still gets the job done before he gives in to pain.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I said that Shawn had made a joke about shooting Audrey, and that I thought it was because Audrey had confronted him about his behavior. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We sped by Chili’s and Borders and Christiana Mall, and eventually, the snow started falling harder, white dashes shooting at the car and past the windows like light trailing from a thousand stars. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He scrutinizes me, shoots an oyster of dark brown tobacco juice out the side of his mouth, and goes back inside. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I wait, watching the shadows move, and when one of them stops, I step up, point my gun, and shoot. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then, close to dawn, the shooting and explosions stopped. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The cap’n never said nothing ’bout shooting no woman in the back! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The Dodge County sheriff compared the shooting to a hunting accident. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

One part of me wants to go to the deer, the other part knows that somebody’s out here with a rifle shooting deer out of season. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helene hands me the arrow, and before more missiles come hurtling from above, I lift my bow, notch the arrow, shoot. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And, he said, don’t be surprised when your own daughter or wife wants to shoot a bow and arrow behind your back. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t mean it about shooting Easter. He likes Easter. That was the first horse he ever owned.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eyewitnesses said that Serbian police drove an armored vehicle equipped with a twin-barreled antiaircraft cannon through town, shooting all the way. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Just because they didn’t shoot you all in the head doesn’t mean their intentions were somehow honorable. Why do you think they came here? Just to run through your hallways, knock you unconscious, and leave?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the cannoneer started for me again, his cue was spoken on the stage: "Go, bid the soldiers shoot." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Colin had no desire to shoot pigs—or anything else, for that matter. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

In the late 1950s, White learned that Hollywood was about to shoot a movie, The FBI Story, starring James Stewart as a crime-busting agent, that would feature a segment on the murders of the Osage. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Sparks fly from shooting stars, birds flame and disappear like miniature phoenixes in her hands. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But hidden under that skeleton is a force that sends a single shoot of green out into the world. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“The Justices were going to shoot Black Dog,” Father pointed out. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hunch against the wall with the others as the explosion rocks the platform and bits of mutt and human flesh shoot out of the pipe and shower us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The main dirt road—surprisingly called Main Street—that runs through Stagecoach Pass winds a corner after the shooting gallery, and there stands a theater that shows old black-and-white westerns all day long. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I shoot out of the beast’s mouth at the same time its jaws close, and the accompanying blast of wind sends me tumbling forward. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Basketball would be great if all you had to do was shoot foul shots, but most of the time you’re on the court with nine other people bumping and shoving and running way too much. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hope that when I sent the old chap off in the crossbow capsule, I wasn’t shooting him toward his death. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Then they’d be escorted back to Engels by armed fighter planes ready to protect them if the enemy tried to shoot them down. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

‘If we get any closer, they can shoot us out of the sky.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The exact circumstances of the shooting were murky. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, I did feel like grabbing the gun, but I felt more like shooting Deluca than Webb. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

As the years went by, Kay became more difficult He always used a bow too big for him, and did not shoot very accurately with it either. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older man shoots a look at Keenan, as if he must be responsible for this development. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Harry was shooting jinxes and curses at any Death Eater he could see, and they crumpled, not knowing what or who had hit them, and their bodies were trampled by the retreating crowd. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Breakfast in South China, at least for those who could afford it, was congee—white rice porridge’with lettuce and dace paste and bamboo shoots. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Then lightning struck again, shooting up my leg and into my skull, sending me deep into the fog. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Through the open park gates he rode, shooting between the twisty slide and swing set. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She draped silk scarves and wax paper over the lens; she tried shooting in fog, in heavy rain, in the smoke-filled lounge of the bowling alley. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He will shoot me if he has to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“When they attacked, they weren’t trying to kill us. They were shooting us with these,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“How childish,” she adds, shooting him a disdainful glare. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You’re on a first-name basis with that guard? He can hurt us, for no reason. He has a gun to shoot us. Do you even know what you’re doing right now?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Even if poor, the men were decent, worthy of respect, accomplished in the manly arts of riding and pistol shooting, but not reckless with either animals or firearms. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But then these electric currents start shooting up my arm, and he is rubbing my palm with his thumb, which makes the currents go shooting through the rest of me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“What do you shoot, Eddie,” he asked, “50 or 60 percent?” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Get out of here or I will shoot you,” cries Booth. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You shoots that thang off and every white man and boy in the country gunn be in here in no time. ’ Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

That I didn't shoot him, or bomb him, or drown him, or do whatever it was, precisely, that caused Bas to no longer exist. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Genie didn’t get it—how could anybody not want to learn how to shoot? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The other Sisters scurried away, shooting murderous glances at the Grand Elder, which thankfully he did not notice. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

My mother nods, shoots me a glance, and goes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Probably got them to shoot at each other. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

They were so pleased with themselves it was some time before anybody remembered to ask Milkman what he was shooting at back there. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I still experience shooting pains whenever I chew. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But once they were beyond the area surrounding the camp, the soldiers continued to drive them onward, shouting and shooting. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told excited Klansmen on the other end of the line to come down to his gas station to celebrate the shooting. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mother did not seem to be mad at the soldiers who were shooting real bullets. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on the railing, leaning against the post in the corner, watching Dwyer shoot hoops in the driveway. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She glances at it, then shoots a look that says, You’re going down, Hall! Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

After I read it, I almost want to ball it up and shoot a Kobe jumper into the trash can. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“You weren’t originally authorized for combat in either case,” says Plutarch, shooting me a look that signals I’m about to reveal too much. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

All I knew was that the wights were going to shoot us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was either shoot or bust wide open, so I whipped my gun up to my shoulder. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within an hour of the shooting, he was in surgery. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I shoot her a death glare that, if there was justice, would make her head explode. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why the gunman didn’t shoot me on the spot. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My mom shoots me a look that tells me I should watch my attitude. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

"Yes, and I'm sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people. It's not like being able to use a weapon. You know it isn't," he shoots back. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She kept glancing back over her shoulder as she hopped the gutter and zigzagged up through our yard, like someone had been shooting at her from behind. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

So I don’t know why the next words shoot out of my mouth the way they do. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Have you witnessed any traumatic events lately, such as shootings? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Guards would not force them to sign a secrecy pledge and then shoot them. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I ask, blueberry muffin crumbs shooting out of my mouth. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“When I saw I still had a few minutes before my shoot, I decided to run by the house with Grace for a quick hello.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

At one point in the late afternoon an unidentified boy dashed onto the shooting field and retrieved a wounded pigeon. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mom has those daggers in her eyes—the sharp points she shoots at people who say dumb things about me—but she stays quiet. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was like shooting the winning basket in double overtime! The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

For once in her life, Jill didn’t shoot back the last word, and Guzzo stalked off without looking back at either of us. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

This one makes the water shoot all the way to the door. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

But a minute later, as he sits to rest, the pebble shoots back up beside him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pain that shoots from his shoulder through his entire body like a bolt of lightning is nothing compared to what’s inside him. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I looked to see what they were shooting at, but I still didn’t see anything. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The police were back there behind me; if shooting started I'd be caught in the crossfire. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boss ran up the street toward Westchester Avenue because he had lost track in the shouting and the shooting of where they were. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Each one had a hyper-colored plastic gun, and they pretended to shoot the group of guys in the living room watching the Pats play the Broncos on TV. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After we crossed the swamp, the real trouble started, because the rebels began shooting their guns at people instead of shooting into the sky. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She shoots me a quick glance and says, "At least I could have learned so much more. I don't want to speak for you." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When the boat reached the middle of the river, the rebels on shore began shooting at the people in the boat, and everyone panicked, causing the boat to capsize. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Flux and his beast crested the hill, right on top of Otto, who instinctively put his bike in motion, shooting down the path. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Fireworks explode above the bridge’s massive pylons and armed soldiers salute us on both sides as gigantic steel cables shoot to the sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My brother used to shoot at a big white horse riden by a neighbor who went by our place on his way to town. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

During a shooting drill, Luma was teaching the boys how to strike the ball with the tops of their feet when she overheard a Sudanese boy talking to the others. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But she asks me to go with her for the bathing suit shoot. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The naked baby shoots you with an arrow and you fall in love. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We quietly got up and ran after the rebels, shooting them from behind. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even now, this peace between us comes from not talking about things—about Will, or my parents, or me almost shooting him in the head, or Marcus. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Do I look dangerous? No, but that man there will shoot, first you, then me.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the previous four months, I’d paid visits to people who’d survived mass shootings at a movie theater in Colorado and inside a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I think my heart grew a pair of big, fluffy white wings at the mere sight of it, and nothing was going to shoot it down. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Let him in to see number five. He’ll knock when he’s ready to leave. Mind you don’t accidentally shoot him.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He wanted to stand on the porch and shoot the snakes from a distance. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Yet I think I caught a glimpse, with the tail of my eye, as the saying is, of something dark shooting under the shadow of the bank. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Katherine shoots me a questioning look and I shake my head. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Will kept shooting his infamous jump shot that never fell. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The only thing that really matters is that out here in the driveway shooting free throws I feel closer to Dad. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“Suppose I had a gun. With only one bullet in it. And I gave it to you. Would you shoot Ned, me, or yourself?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was sure my father would get up and shoot the owl with the old rifle he kept on the kitchen wall. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to follow his directions to the letter, but I felt a shooting pain through the front of my right quadriceps and down the back of my left hamstring. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In the Pouncey family, becoming a man usually involves shooting something. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“But believe me, in real life when you are eye to eye with the enemy you’d rather shake their hand than shoot them.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

To yell “black- on-black crime” is to shoot a man and then shame him for bleeding. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

We formed two lines and ran layups for a while and then Nick started shooting from the outside and we all switched to that. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

A teen hunter has been convicted of second-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting a hiker he had mistaken for a bear on a popular Washington state trail. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He read: . . . you are therefore authorized to shoot any man who refuses to do his duty. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom, ” Twig said, shooting Clarissa a what are you even saying look. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The shootings of thirty-three people at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia, on April 16,2007, were horrible and devastating. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m glad no one was walking down the street and saw her, because they would’ve thought we were doing a photo shoot or something. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The roots and shoots are you and your friends and young people all around the world. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Give me one reason I shouldn’t shoot you.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A pang of longing shoots through my chest. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Ivy ran across the clearing and burst through the door of Poppy Cottage, Shilling galloping beside her like a shooting star. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh shoot! Where the grown people? Is it us?” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Nelson jumped right in to agree with Anatole, saying we should be glad for every arrow that shoots straight, even if it comes from a girl. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crease shoots down between Lily’s eyebrows like a lightning bolt. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She would sneak up on it, take a few bites, shoot back. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Move one more step and I’ll put it there. Or maybe you rather watch me shoot another string half in two.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

During the six months that he occupied a desk in our office, I had never heard him shooting off his mouth on subjects about which he knew nothing. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Price, apparently insulted by such a charge, went to the bathroom and then came out shooting with his thirty- eight. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought there’d be more of you, though. Father said there’d be at least a half dozen men in the escort. He said just fall flat when the shooting started.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The king wants a Champion—and you couldn’t shoot a cow in a pasture!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I told Mom I was going outside to shoot some hoops. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Apollo kids kept shooting at the Ares kids, but the arrows bounced off. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Once I'm close, she shoots me a look and then hits a button and suddenly Dell Duke's voice is on speakerphone. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

At the next Klan meeting, there was more talk about shooting Howard Fuller. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mark told himself to make sure he didn’t shoot his own foot. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They would enable prisoners to make an escape attempt, An said, and shoot them before they reached the fences that surround the camps. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“We just heard from Mr. Espinosa. We need to shoot some new scenes. Right away.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how hard to shoot the ball. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

That frightened me because I knew if he used the gun to shoot that white man, the Klan and the police would come. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Havermeyer had grown very proficient at shooting field mice at night with the gun he had stolen from the dead man in Yossarian’s tent. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“He and Magic saved the NBA. He could shoot from everywhere. A great trash talker too. But the best Celtic of all time has to be Bill Russell.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He worried most about his shooting, that his touch would desert him, that his fingers would stiffen, and that the coach’s eye would fix on him every time he missed a shot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the wounded pigeons were in misery, he wondered, why put them there in the first place by shooting them? Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Yes; take the gun and shoot it at them, shoot it empty. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My board shoots me back in the direction I came. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Nice shooting,” Magdalys said, swinging the dactyl for one more circle over the walls. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“With bullets in your eyes. Like you want to shoot me dead. All I want you to do is help your poor mother.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blond woman with a messenger bag flying out by her side dashed into the woods, shooting blindly behind her without turning back to cover her escape. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Proceeds from shoot entry fees, plus revenue from the weeklong Family Fest, netted the community almost $34,000 for maintaining its park. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Water shoots up out of his mouth like a fountain, but I put my hand over his mouth, and force it closed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She shoots us a serious look, a warning not to move. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But on our way we met some prisoners who whispered to us: “Go back to your block. The Germans plan to shoot you. Go back and don’t move.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “Look. You take that little .222 of yours this afternoon and shoot yourself a wild turkey.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They cannot question you if they shoot you.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

To keep him from being useless, she taught him the survival skills Nin had taught her: how to spot signs of prey in the undergrowth, how to stalk game, how to shoot. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Because this jolt of fear shoots across their faces, both of them. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was hoping with all my might that since I was twixt ’em, he wouldn’t shoot again. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

If you took a stone too small, the Nazis would shoot you for being lazy. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Now what?! Brooke, just let the boy shoot.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I hadn’t really planned on shooting people,” Bloom said tightly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her team was playing better now than at any point in the season, but she was worried about their shooting. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

June’s eyebrows shoot up, and Alex instinctively scans the room for cover. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe, even, that was why Carroll got nailed, because somebody didn’t shoot enough, or maybe somebody didn’t order enough bombs dropped, or enough shells fired into some sector three months ago. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No you don’t,” said her mom, shooting a glance at the house next door. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She saw them congratulating one another, high joy on the mornings the rice shoots came up. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hagrid shouted as Ron and Harry used their wands to shoot jets of fiery sparks at the skrewt, which was advancing menacingly on them, its sting arched, quivering, over its back. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I run up to it and knock, but there’s no answer, and when Smitty passes me, shooting a look, I have to stop knocking. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You love your family. You don’t want to shoot them. Not the most unreasonable thing in the world.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, something crunches under my foot and pain shoots through the sole. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel every nerve in my arm connect to some other part of my body, and electricity is shooting through all of me, making me sweat instantly. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Looking up, she saw grappling lines shoot from the Argo II and wrap around the statue. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But he remembered the hours leading up to it—his grandmother coming out into the backyard to find him shooting arrows at her porcelain collection. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

That the shooting took place on the subway seems incidental. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, Gale, Finnick, and I go out to shoot some glass off the buildings for the camera crew. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“But if a man shoots at you because he is afraid of you it is just as bad if he shoots at you because he hated you,” Roosevelt said. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

It shoots bullets the size of milk cartons and if you hit a deer with it, all you leave is red mist. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t been gone long, and the last few years I had lived here had been a nightmare, but what I remembered wasn’t the snow shoveling and the shootings and the starvation. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He shoots out of the bedroom like it’s a cannon, and a second later he’s already at the fridge. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Now is the perfect time,” he says, “because you will soon get the opportunity to shoot someone again, and if you don’t realize—” “Realize what?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

At first it felt like bubbles were shooting through the flesh of the bird; then the delicate bones started to churn. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The place was full of tourists who were tinkering with their cameras, getting ready to shoot pictures of the sunset. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Use the shoots for a fine yellow. Don’t move it, though, lessen you must. Greenweed don’t want to transplant.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the old days a hunter would shoot or trap animals just to feed his own family, perhaps his village. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The guns are huge, and I wonder how they feel to shoot, if you can feel the deadly power in them just by curling your finger around the trigger. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It had come to this: American military were shooting down unarmed Americans. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I do my best thinking when I shoot hoops. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Boy, was that a sorry sight If I had a body like his, I’d shoot myself. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

After my shooting exhibition, I still get teased some, but I no longer feel like I’m being mocked. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sniper shoots wide and wild as Dayah is almost at the door of the house. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I finish, Ms. Monroe says, “Okay. We’re going to discuss the night of the shooting in detail. Are you okay with that?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“I often feel a shooting pain at the end of my left arm, always as though it was cut from me yesterday. The doctor said I have phantom pain.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Devil, I shoot you! Satan, I bomb you!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tommy had some explanation about shooting hoops, but Mrs. Salinger wasn’t buying it, even though it sounded pretty reasonable to Naheed. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He looked around the room, and had to wait all of two milliseconds for hands to shoot up. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"What would you do if I got up and walked out? Would you shoot me?" Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The air is filled with birds flying south for the winter, and it is easy to shoot enough for a meal. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Up ahead at Fifth the lights were bright, a few cars shooting across the gaping mouth of the street and above and beyond, the trees—great, dark, tall. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are always Sallies—burning Houses, shooting out the Windows of Taverns. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My arms and legs were so cold I couldn’t make them move in the morning, and I was sure a Nazi would shoot me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We heard that the British shoot first. And if you don’t die from a musket ball to your gut, they’ll finish you off with a quick stab in the heart with a bayonet.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The shooting victim did not die; Mr. Dill was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The big heating vent on the wall was starting to shoot out warm air. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Annie pulled into the parking lot, shooting him a sideways glance. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m gonna go shoot things,” he says as he pulls away. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He recognizes the car and shoots me a grin as we pass. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The thieves shoot Uncle Marco three times in the chest and once in the leg. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The Gestapo had threatened to shoot him if he talked. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I guess so. The shooting was scary, though.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mr. lanucci was nice enough to let me use the gym anytime I wanted, so I could practice my foul shooting. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

That war is over nearly five years and they can’t get over it so they shoot animals every weekend and drink Rhein- gold till they can’t see. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly we were shooting across the ground, Liam’s leather jacket squealing against the dusty floor as we slid. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Free? Free to do what, Sam? Free to mock your King? To shoot your neighbor? To make a mess of thousands of lives? Where have you been getting these ideas?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the electricity enter my hand, shoot up my arm, and land like a ball of hornets in my aorta. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But both lots seemed to be doing more talking than shooting, almost like they were planning something. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Nurse Ramirez shoots the doctor a dirty look, as if he had just insulted me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hustle through the gates together, gulp fried eggs in the refectory together, march across the quadrangle, perform roll call, salute the colors, shoot rifles, run, bathe, and suffer together. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Speeding after the other planes in the air, Raisa managed to chase close behind one of the men’s La-5s, a successful attack position, even though she wasn’t going to shoot at him. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He spent a great deal of time with Adam Bowyer shooting at a mark, and was already at work again in the carpentry shop making a viol such as Piers Nitingale used. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Ay, it don’t make sense that in all them movies and books, nobody thought to shoot him.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

You’d have thought we were shooting people, with him making speeches and even holding onto a man’s gun when they came over. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His farm lay in the river plain and was already alive with shoots of new corn. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s not going to shoot,” said my attacker. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of rising gas prices, another of a shooting in East Oakland, and then a piece on the upcoming city council election. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Honestly, if he knew my crazy brother took it out to poach deer he’d shoot him.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Watch it!” he barks, shooting me a dirty look. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I knew plain shooting couldn’t account for that much blood. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

That horrific shooting was a devastating blow to this small community—oh! Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At moments like this she usually likes to shoot pictures. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I told him the truth, I would risk implicating myself in Mr. Whitby’s shooting. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Tariq's shooting made them want to "crack down" on the neighborhood, my dad said. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He loaded the clear one, shooting it into the sprite’s clammy arm. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

A great white light seemed to shoot out of it, illuminating the room. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They just poked them with their rifles and threatened to shoot them if they didn’t get in the truck. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He would shoot now; he would let them have some of it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

With dinner over, I grabbed the basket-ball, flipped on the outdoor lights, and started to shoot. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He stops and watches as the birds shoot up, then land simultaneously on two neighboring bare-branched trees. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A green fireball shoots out of his Roman candle with a muted thunk. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He would tie her naked to a stake and shoot her full of arrows like Saint Sebastian. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

One of his sons was killed in a gang drive-by shooting in Los Angeles. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The flexible stems and shoots thrust aside by Sticky’s fall were stiffening and spreading back into place. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Genie took it all in, trying to imagine his dad and Uncle Wood as kids, getting shooting lessons from Grandpop. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The simulacrum's hand shoots out to grab my arm, and a bone-deep cold jolts through me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was a rich friend of my brother Carlton’s, over to shoot guns in the field. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They would be shooting at everything that moved, and here was I in deerskin pants and dirty brown sweater, looking like a deer. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bang-bang- bang, their father likes to joke, aiming a finger pistol at each one, as if he were shooting them, not boasting about having sired them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

AH nine of them came shooting out, one behind the other. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like a lightning bolt to the lady parts, and the shock shoots out to my fingertips and down to my electric-blue toenails. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

In my mind a shark was at that very second shooting up for me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But you liked it the last time,” she shoots back. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

After my own moment of confusion, I conclude I do not have to shoot him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And Summer came, shooting from the dimness behind them, a leaping shadow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Three months later, he sat down next to four black youths on the subway and started shooting. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if to rub in my ineptitude, Otto handily pulled away a shoot and munched away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The first was the Baltimore Plot, in 1861, in which a group known as the Knights of the Golden Circle planned to shoot Lincoln as he traveled to Washington for the inauguration. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mom shoots me an exasperated look over her shoulder. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I must have been on a fairly large dose because when the craving for it hits, accompanied by tremors, and shooting pains, and unbearable cold, my resolve’s crushed like an eggshell. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I could almost see the photo shoot and the actress or model going to eat a “light lunch” with her boyfriend afterward. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She said that artists are a bad element, a profligate bunch who shoot heroin. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah. Of course you do. Okay, well, shoot.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They are going to shoot me up with the past and show me everything that led me here. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

After he had finished instructing me on how to shoot the weapon, I took it from him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

By now it had been almost a month since the shooting. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He approaches the fire to save her, but someone walks toward him through the flames and shoots him. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

During the first days after the shooting, newspapers reported that Garfield's room was sweltering. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to look for Will,” Marigold said, shooting Zane a final glare as she left the room. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Second Half Vondie strips the ball at center court, shoots a short pass to JB, who skips downtown zips around, then double dips it in the bowl. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“Tell me,” he said, “how soon will they shoot me?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The sunlight flickered, and she thrashed in Cain’s grip, despite the agony shooting through her body. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Used to be that my whole body was my canvas—hot cuts licking my ribs, ladder rungs climbing my arms, thick milkweed stalks shooting up my thighs. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

When the weather was nice, the gangs got more active and the shooting got worse. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They use virtual cameras—imaginary cameras, essentially, made of math; shooting imaginary characters, also made of math—whose lens physics is faithful to the real world. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

"Did you ever think about going to British East Africa to shoot?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Some of the men still seemed to think the whole thing was funny, so maybe they thought she’d shoot an arrow through her foot, for all I know. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, the living room has been cleared and lit for the photo shoot. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But we didn’t shoot. Our plan was to wait until the British were close—close enough to see their eyes. And then we’d all shoot at once.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

They ran sluggishly on the parched grass, holding sticks as guns, making shooting sounds with their mouths, raising clouds of dust as they chased one another. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He said he could shoot a rabbit from thirty yards. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It took Barksdale only a second to ponder that before shooting back with the right answer: “The day Netscape went public!” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Without hesitating she reared back and snapped her hands forward, shooting the knife blades directly for the madwoman’s heart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was hard to know what to say or not say to our girls about the shooting. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My vision changed as soon as I started to shoot. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And sure enough, because the pipe was made of glass, Augustus Gloop could be clearly seen shooting up inside it, head first, like a torpedo. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now, I figured if there was a crazy dude up there shooting at people he was liable to shoot at us instead of whoever he was mad at. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that God could shoot bolts of lightning if He wanted to, but I didn’t believe that He ever did. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I use a gun, sometimes they ask me to shoot with my bow and arrows. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He's mumbling now: "I wasn't expecting company. I'm not prepared for visitors. I need to put a few things away .. ." He then quickly shoots like a trained hamster through a crazy maze of stuff. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Not this time—just have to make sure Imani’s mom is there, then I already promised the guys I’d shoot some hoops at the gym.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He holstered the gun, and, shooting his three brown teeth at everyone from a wide grin as he politely tipped his hat to the onlookers, he walked outside and headed home. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Nora shoots off down the hallway again, and suddenly I’m standing outside the backstage door. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“They’ll shoot you before you can fire a second shot, and they’ll hit some of the rest of us as well.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

When the mounted archers rode back crestfallen, saying that they had been unable to shoot the boy, Sir Meliagrance knew what was going to happen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, strangers were as rare as shooting stars, and just as portentous. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tyler Kelch, the stagehand who dropped it, looks like one of those cartoon characters with sweat shooting off his brow. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Good luck charm or not, the word on the street is that this kid is shooting five hundred foul shots a day and making nine out of every ten. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a man on the left about to shoot,” said Hester, and as she spoke, a crack came from his rifle, and chips of stone flew off the boulder a foot from where she crouched. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lorraine interrupted, shooting a dirty look at Norton and then dashing off again. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The soldiers just shoot you if you don’t have your card.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Why did you shoot him and go away?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What would they do to me,” he asked in confidential tones, “if I refused to fly them ?” “We’d probably shoot you,” ex-P.F.C. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then we had another drive-by shooting within two days that started over near your house, Lloyd. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ignored the sound of her pursuers, shooting down the creek bed and across a spur of ore, then onto the river that led to the railroad. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Pol was standing in the stable yard and shooting at a tree. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Almost immediately after the shooting, Black Lives Matter arranged a “Black Lives Matter Freedom Ride” to Ferguson, involving some five hundred demonstrators. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

What was it the man in the gray suit had said, about shooting in a healthy direction? A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

"I'm fixing to shoot it to 'em upstairs," he said gravely. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer lifted his own pistol, shooting through the rain, sure that he was missing and yet squeezing the trigger anyway. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The ceiling was all shot up from where the cops had been shooting from the street. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beth’s eyes are blazing, and little balls shoot off of her head. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She’d also taught him to ride a bike and shoot a lay-up. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then he pointed the gun up and to the right, because he just couldn't bring himself to shoot at the pig. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Not sure why we can’t just shoot them all in the head,” one of them says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes my luck runs out, and my legs suddenly shoot out in front of me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Don’t they realize I’m most likely to shoot off one of my own feet before I even get started? I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Pol took off his shooting glove—an odd, three-fingered leather glove with a bulging, padded thumb—and showed her how to strap it onto her right hand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She could either take him to school or—hey, why not!—they could shoot up the highway to the mountains together like it was nothing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Please make yourself comfortable, Chaplain,” invited the colonel cordially, switching on a blinding spotlight and shooting it squarely into the chaplain’s face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Ever since he came to America, Ray has been in Oklahoma, so he knows how to “shoot the breeze.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

A bunch of kids who were in detention with my grandfather shoot him high-five signs when they pass. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

After witnessing a mass shooting, Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, decided that guns wasted too much time and too many bullets. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was goofing around, shooting hoops by myself, waiting for Sean to get out of the ceramics studio so I could hitch a ride home. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When I finish the pattern, she strides out of the gym even though we still have more shooting patterns to do. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bar downstairs was hot and crowded and there was a heated argument in progress over Clifton's shooting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jay thought there was a shooting and immediately called me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He also had a dart gun, and practiced shooting at a target in his room. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“They must have known we would shoot at them, but they came anyway,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Ernie has to shoot my gun. He’s my oldest grandson, and I think it’s only right that he use the family six-shooter.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They have to have us know they could shoot us. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hailstones as big as heads would shoot out of the sky and the lightning would stab like swords, but never at those on my side. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though they were all in support of Gregory shooting his shot, they also told him that he'd need to prepare. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

But Billy Deel had to go and shoot his mouth off about giving me the ring. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the order to shoot anyone who ventured outside, Senator Trueba crossed the street to attend a celebration in his neighbor’s house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if the capsule were to shoot off into the air directly overhead and come back down in the same straight line, it would land in a different spot, because Earth had moved. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Flames burning in my eyes, shooting out straight at her. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Everyone admitted he could shoot the sun as well as the next man, and do the figuring afterwards twice as fast. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t shoot them, of course, because I was already in Eugene’s ambulance, with my mother and father, on the way to Spokane. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had just come to me that I could get my gun and shoot the bulls when Chongo crowded Roany up against the cart. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only after that, because of the high risk of explosion, were you to shoot into the engine cowling. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried in vain to remember something useful from the few shooting lessons Grandpa had been allowed to give me, but finally I just ran back up the steps to Emma. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The news reached her twenty minutes after the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t seem like he’s about to shoot me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I back away from the sparks I can feel starting to shoot off the top of Tonni’s head. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are you teaching the little ones to shoot birds?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Guys on my cell block are all worked up over some shooting what happened down in Underhill. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He had tried to rob a store, and the guy behind the counter pulled out a gun and started shooting. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It would be like shouting, it would be like shooting someone. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I draw posters of basketball players shooting cans through a hoop. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“They will shoot him in a day or two,” a prisoner whispered to Jack. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ron kept shooting Bill and Fleur covert looks, as though hoping to pick up tips. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“It will be a waste of bullets to shoot them,” the lieutenant said. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Between the two, I can shoot with accuracy over one hundred yards. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They seemed to be shooting at random into the courtyard below. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Miss Thomas and Mr. Jimmy took turns shooting quick looks at each other, then she said, “Bud, give me your hand.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Then we come back and shoot the grandpa scenes with Buster.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Remember when we were shooting the dead leaves off the trees? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Guiteau had a chance to shoot, but once again, he decided the moment wasn't right. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And I wanted to shoot it down, because we already had a Taylor and a Teylor in the group and I just couldn't take another one. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The first time we watched To Kill a Mockingbird I waited through the whole movie for the dad to shoot a mockingbird. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew, in the way I knew Dieter at some level did think about shooting me when he merely joked about it, that he was serious. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ' dirt-smeared windows looking down into its basement were right where the crew was setting up to shoot the next scene. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Why did he have to shoot down my dreams? The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s when we go out on the court before the game and...shoot around,” Juke said. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care if you bring her upstairs and tie her to a bed to keep her from going on a shooting spree!” says Zeke, scowling. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They chase each other around the pier, race down to the lake’s shallow bottom and shoot back up in the moonlight, all elbows and knees. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

You go too far away and they just take you up to the Chemistry Lab and shoot you. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let it go to voice mail and shoot her a quick text to give her my ETA. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But there were already a dozen guns pointing at him and he had to show them that he was no longer armed, that they didn’t need to shoot. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

His idea of fun was to shoot cigarettes out of his friends’ mouths. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And don’t be afraid to ‘shoot the outside J,”’ Maya sings. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Has your son told you why he made the decision to shoot?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A dozen nations were using the new technology of aircraft for bombing, for taking photographs of enemy troops, for shooting at soldiers on the ground, and for aerial combat against enemy pilots. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

At the last second, I turn my hips and shoot hard with my left instep. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“When it started getting dark, they started shooting these illumination rounds,” de la O said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Through a fog of pain, she heard the ship’s figurehead, Festus the bronze dragon, creaking in alarm and shooting fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She got to the place she could shoot a hawk out of a pine tree and not tear him up. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He released sincere public statements deploring the shooting and condemning it as evil. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And truth be told, I appreciated my father’s high expectations that I should shoot for being number one. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A lot of the guys, even Ducky, could shoot threes when nobody was on them. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Once, when you were three, I took you to the park to shoot free throws. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“You’re not wrong,” I shoot back before leaning against the wall casually. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Wrinkles shoot out from the corners of his eyes. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within hours after the shooting, Pakistani TV channels ran footage of me with prayers and poems. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Without hesitation, I shoot her through the heart. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Dillinger wouldn’t have come near you lessen he was going hunting in Africa and shoot you for a hippo.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother fills a syringe with the clear liquid from one of the vials and shoots it into his arm. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could easily shoot him in the back as we walk. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He thought you were a man too—and that you were trying to hurt Mama and me. Mama says she was telling him not to shoot you, and then you were gone.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My dad’s eyebrows shoot up toward his hairline, and I can see him trying to figure this kid out. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And now the lights have been switched off and the clanking projector shoots out a beam of light, showing a million dust motes in the air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Around that time, someone tried to shoot her and missed; her secretary, who was standing right behind her, was killed instead. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thalia’s expression was dangerously close to Zeus’s, the one time I’d seen him get angry— like any minute, her eyes would shoot a million volts. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The shootings at Sharpeville provoked national turmoil and a government crisis. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked the man, to break the silence shooting up around me on all sides, thick as jungle grass. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I watch Dad’s eyebrows shoot upward, and I roll my eyes. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if Germans are right now marching from house to house, shooting whomever they please? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Militants, who from the newspapers were angiy fist wavers with their mouths wide-open and their rifles ready for shooting. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to shoot me in the leg so I could not walk. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The first major lead in the case came a day after the shooting. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It cartwheeled end over end, snapping onto Mr. Flux’s shooting hand. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They bombed with their landing lights on, since no one was shooting back. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She watches TV: migrants drowning in the Rio Grande, dying in the desert, ranchers who shoot them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

They cannot shoot my dreams, they cannot kill my beliefs, and they cannot stop my campaign to see every girl and every boy in school. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The ground charge will move through her body regardless, entering at the lowest point, shooting through her heart, exiting at the highest. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I must have done other things—like go to school, obviously—but shooting hoops in my backyard is the only thing I remember from childhood. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said again that I would shoot him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Phone Rings Mom’s decorating the tree, Dad’s outside shooting free throws, warming up for the tournament. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Soon the pointed shoots of the playful daffadowndillies will break the frozen ground. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

At first, I can’t even reach the rim when I shoot, even though the hoop has been lowered. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They keep checking the ground as though they’re worried that a hand will suddenly shoot up. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Reynolds was shooting at someone in the darkness, but Nailer couldn’t see who. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the three of them shoot each other looks, but they nodded goodbye to John. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Siobhan looked at her father, assuming that steam was about to shoot from the man's head. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The ball was big and fat, getting bigger and fatter, and he knew that when he swung at just the right second he would shoot it out into center. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Here, there, I add green to signify shoots, new stalks, branches slowly, ever so slowly becoming baby trees. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A minute later I got another chance to shoot the ball, but one Palmetto fullback knocked me down and the other kicked it away. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got about fifty yards away and started shooting at us again with his BB gun. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The gun goes off and Vanessa shoots from the blocks. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She looks at me and asks, “Does this have something to do with the police shooting that drug dealer in your neighborhood?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

To place in Snow’s lapel before I shoot him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He lets me stare out at the darkened city as we go, occasionally shooting me a hesitant glance. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He would then lead the herd into an open area of the forest where he would change back into human form, then trap and shoot the pigs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Like strawberries, peach palm throws out adventitious shoots. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The cop said, “I’m warning you, the Flint police are on the way, this here is private property and they have orders to shoot anyone who tries to get on this train.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Though lately, the number of stabbings, shootings, and acts of arson had climbed so high that the Red and Blue Navies were no longer permitted in Jahara. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Black chimneys stood up in silhouette against the glowing sky, shooting flames from their tops, and the smell of burning flesh filled the air. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I can shoot you,” Mr. Whitby repeated, shaking his head in evident disgust. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

One minute she’d be barking at him for a dozen pull-ups, or shooting her fingers at his face, warning him not to get too close. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He wishes it, harder than he has ever wished for anything over birthday candles or on shooting stars. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

During the day, die pain had been dull, but now it was shooting along both sides of my head. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me what you think about this—lip gloss that shoots knockout gas. The antidote would be in the lip gloss itself, so once you put some on, you’d be immune!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Soon the young fighter pilots at Engels were practicing shooting at targets and working on aerobatic loops and rolls. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

To shoot you kneel down, sight, and roll your marble at the target marble like a bowling ball. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was a horse galloping across a plain, she was a mountain spring, she was a shoot thrusting through the earth, a red flower in the barley. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“What you mean, why am I excited? You got glaucoma of the ears or somethin’? You get to learn how to shoot! As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“But perhaps you sometimes shoot in the wrong direction.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

There were even some wild centaurs in the mix, shooting flaming arrows and trampling their smaller allies under hoof. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Men and mounts alike were trotting by the time they reached the trees on the far side of the sodden field, where dead shoots of winter wheat rotted beneath the moon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Those are the smudge pots. Wait’ll you see them when they’re burning. Fire comes shooting out of the tops of them.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I did. Twice, just to be safe,” Will shoots back. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The sky was bigger now and except for the occasional shooting, it was quiet. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aru thought bolts of lightning might shoot out of the elephant’s mouth, which, under any other circumstance, would have been very exciting. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jason nodded encouragingly, like this was great news—like he expected Leo to walk up to a towering mass of darkness, shoot a few fireballs, and solve all their problems. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He moved back, aiming his rifle at her head, squinting as though he was going to shoot. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I imagine Jack in Cyprus, both knees broken, blood gluing his teeth, taking aim and shooting his young captor in the eye while lying on the ground. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There. Take the pic. I’m working toward this anyway. One day this will be me full-time so shoot away.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Refinements can be made when the shooting percentage is other than 50 percent, and similar results seem to hold. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coat, scarf, mittens, knitted hat, I am encased, I am kissed, the door opens, then closes behind me, frozen air shoots up my nose. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then a searing pain shoots through my left thigh. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Crowns of flowers on our heads, shooting bows and arrows at the sky. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Quang-ha shoots him a look of total disbelief, but I'm the one who says: "Really?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I take the .22 rifle Dad had given me in March on my eleventh birthday and set out up the road to see what I can shoot. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on the mercury exposed in the pan that makes the fluid shoot up the column. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I’m quick and got a pretty decent handle and I can shoot threes for days. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dad had always said that self-defense was a justifiable reason for shooting someone. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Frank stood to his left, shooting down the creatures as fast as he could. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Participants were told to decide as quickly as possible whether to shoot the target. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I mean, sure, the Indians and Pilgrims were best friends during that first Thanksgiving, but a few years later, the Pilgrims were shooting Indians. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I think of a couple winters ago we hardly had any meat on our table, and I guess I can see how a father with three kids could shoot a deer. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next stage saw the fever shoot up again. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

She shoots Mr. Talk-a-lot a look and turns up the volume on her phone to drown him out. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But the floodlights and lanterns and lamps shine on, their collective light so bright that later people will say they saw it ten miles away, a beacon shooting up through the storm clouds. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t want any books about English officers looking for salmon or books about people shooting each other.There’s enough trouble in the world without reading about people bothering fish and each other. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

If I don’t take the stunner, I leave myself completely undefended against people who will gladly shoot me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Now that you realize your mistake,” I say, “I will give you another chance to tell me what I need to know before I shoot you somewhere worse.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Dog Squad would be shooting most of its next episode on location at someplace called the Four Paws Spa, a “Luxury Pet Pampering Boutique.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Immediate and long-term! It makes sense,” I shoot back, which only makes him smirk. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Art and Jetta stopped their card game long enough to shoot the cheerleaders dirty looks. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Another trigger-happy cop who was quick to assume and even quicker to shoot. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Hell, I guess there’ll be no trouble about that,” Booth shoots back. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I decided don’t want to shoot my gun much that day. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says, “Now, I’m also going to get permission from Drum and order you some new pants. You’re thinning out and shooting up. And you’re going to need a razor because your chin is fuzzy.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Luckily it is his shooting arm, because he drops his gun and it skids across the floor. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And even if I did, I wouldn't have a clue as to what part of me to shoot at. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We ultimately got Charlie's case transferred to juvenile court, where the shooting was adjudicated as a juvenile offense. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I thought about Charlie coming back with one of his dad’s guns and shooting us up. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Why’n’t you get Candy to shoot his old dog and give him one of the pups to raise up? Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his eyes, empty as fired cannons, shoot way past me. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“Older one,” she corrects, and shoots me a quick stank-eye, “and I saw it. How in the world did you miss it?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

As different as we were, I reasoned that our fates would shoot in opposite directions once we hit adult hood. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes go to the trees, and to Byrd’s garden, young shoots just starting to pop through soil. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t know? They used to shoot each other in the streets and blow up houses. It hasn’t happened in a while, though. See?” she says, pointing to a charred house in the distance. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Some of the rebels underneath the tower started running and shooting toward us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe it will be as easy to let him shoot me as it was in the fear landscape, as it is in my dreams. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t expecting anyone else to be here, and I shoot my parents questioning looks. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

After Mary Surratt’s afternoon visit, he took the “shooting irons” from their hiding place so they would be ready for the callers. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I let them take turns shooting marbles at my lunar-surface cake pan. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Each day the shooting lessened as the hunters left the hills and went home. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just because I don’t shoot my mouth off about it” Keeping her balance, she took a cigarette and matches out of the side pocket of her jeans. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

As my counting reaches five, the thunder cracks and rumbles above, shooting vibrations through the wooden steps. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

In an instant, a bowl of debris shoots upward. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could just see him aiming his big, black gun and shooting me between the eyes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede shoots her an angry look and presses me harder against the wall. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

A man in army trousers came running down the path toward the boats, shooting at the soldiers. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The gun goes off and the girls shoot forward, finding their stride, leaping over the first hurdle, regaining their stride, leaping over the second hurdle. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

"Not for that. I was as disgusted as you. But hell, isn't the shooting of an unarmed man of more importance politically than the fact that he sold obscene dolls?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

One fellow had made a name for himself by allowing a friend to shoot him in the shoulder. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I aimed the gun at the stove and pretended I was shooting at a elephant or a dragon or a tiger, or best of all, Todd! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

We arrived at the outskirts of Bauya just before sunset and waited in the bushes as our commander went ahead to make sure our colleagues wouldn’t shoot at us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The first person I see for sure is Mr. Prentiss Jr., in the lead, firing his rifle into the air when he don’t have nothing else to shoot at. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

All I’d done was get meat for the family, shooting it on the run, just like Papa did. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered what happened last time, and how when it came to my turn to shoot off the pistol the Preacher’d said he’d run out of bullets. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Somebody could've started shooting in there and no one would hear it outside, which now, when I think about it, is pretty scary. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Besides, I’ve seen you in the yard when you shoot hoops with your friends. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, he was learning how to shoot, and the gun accidentally jumped out his hand and punched him in the mouth,” Genie blurted. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was almost stopped now, the driver still shooting, the tire wobbling off the rim like a hula hoop. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They began to shoot, stab, and slice each other’s throats. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“War turns men into beasts. It’s cheaper to shoot a boy than to feed him.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For all I know,” he confided to his press secretary, “our navy was shooting at whales out there.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

We walked up and down the cluttered aisles as he continued to shoot down my options. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He drilled with an old fowling piece his grandsire had given him to shoot ducks on the Concord River. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Tartars, in a tight group now around the sledge, were able to blaze at will into the snow, but the gyptians dared not shoot back for fear of hitting Lyra. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Doorman shoots me a dirty look every time. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Stokely retrieved the ball and told me to shoot one more. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun thought a man had been killed until he saw that the gun was shooting not bullets but beanbags. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, I'm Chip Castleman. Thanks for joining us here on Politics and Power. Tonight we have the latest in the Tariq Johnson shooting investigation." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

All of the air shoots out of me, and I'm dizzy. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Get a gallon of whisky, or set in a pool room and play cards or shoot pool.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop right in front of him, and before I can even catch my breath I blurt out, “You didn’t have anything to do with that shooting in the parking lot.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I was in my bedroom straightening up things, shooting left-hand jumpers with pieces of trash into my garbage can on the other side of the room. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He tells you to take yourself exactly one minute and decide whether he ought to shoot your son or your wife, which should he shoot, and if you don’t decide, he’ll shoot them both. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The soldiers then shoot them to finish the job. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like him promising again to let me shoot that mystery pistol. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I dunk in my fingers, and the water shoots a delicious chill right through me. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Gregor peered into the water and saw tiny jets of light shooting out of the river bottom. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

David was nowhere to be seen, but Bernice was behind the bar, drying beer mugs and shooting dirty looks at anybody who got out of line. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Oh, shoot, I got to go pay for that,” Janae says, and starts to head back across the street. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nearly all of them have movie theaters, basketball courts, and shooting ranges. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I’d burrow under my covers, wondering if a whole army was shooting at us or just a couple of soldiers on the riverbank. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A subconscious desire for me to stop him from shooting himself? Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Lately, I’ve been having this shooting pain in my stub and it feels like my arm is hurting,” Caroline said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Then he commandeered the floor, shooting back and forth like some hot Latin lover. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I tried to rise, he’d shoot me in the back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A white couple next to us shoots us looks, and we cover our mouths and laugh some more. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There was nothing left for him but to shoot it out. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hate it—this neighborhood, the people shooting each other, killing each other. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment the chopper opened up on the first machine gun, we started shooting at the second. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Palmer stepped away from the people then, into the clear, onto the shooting field, the better to be seen, for he knew now that there was no stopping it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I had only seen him shoot the rifle when we slaughtered pigs in the fall. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian was as bad at shooting skeet as he was at gambling. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“The first thing you will learn today is how to shoot a gun. The second thing is how to win a fight.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Army's surgeon general, an administrative position he still held at the time of the Garfield shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The old man didn’t just shuffle the deck, he fanned it and flipped it and made the cards jump up into an arching bridge, shooting them in rapid succession from one hand to the other. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

There are soldiers everywhere, but plenty of spots are unguarded, and so far I haven’t heard gunshots, so I’m assuming they’re not shooting people who live outside the lines. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

If the Careers show up, this will be a fine place to shoot them from. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Didn’t they show enough war stuff on the news between the protests here and the shooting, bombing, and dying in Vietnam? Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, a quiver full of arrows wouldn’t do Frank much good if he couldn’t shoot them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“So tell me, how was the shoot down in the city?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

His eyes narrowed, like he was shooting beams of light out of them directly into her soul. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They stretched out as her barn groaned and collapsed, shooting sparks up to illuminate the black clouds like fireflies in the night. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It shoots a thing up in the air and it makes a big light. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

But I’ll always remember the first time he took me out to shoot hoops. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

At Cambridge University in England, in the forty-five years centered on 1910, the nature of the atom was first understood— partly by shooting pieces of atoms at atoms and watching how they bounce off. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Dauntless traitors aren't holding lethal guns, only ones that shoot whatever it is they shot at us before, so they all scramble for their real guns. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I also hoped that you wouldn’t see the guns and the shootings. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three days after her arrival at Stalingrad, Lilya Litvyak had become the first woman in the world to shoot down enemy combat aircraft on her own—not one, but two in the same flight. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It was then that I realized that you could either shoot or not shoot. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I can creep along the edge of the room and surprise whatever guard is shooting at us before he gets the chance to fire a bullet into my brain. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I tried to concentrate on dribbling and shooting, but I was filled with worry about how to stay loyal to Audrey while finding out Jenna’s secret. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I shoot back a quick message seeing if he wants to have our usual breakfast date in twenty, before putting the phone down and swinging my legs over my bed to grab my laptop. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He squatted down and began to pull the first of a thousand noxious shoots that threatened the cucumber plants so precious to Min’s wife. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“You shot up my new drapes! I don’t work all day for you fools to be up here shooting up my drapes!” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Alice was about to sail into eighth grade, which put her in shooting distance of high school. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A shooting star that fell a million years ago.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The long rows of onions looked endless, their sharp green shoots already half hidden by encroaching weeds. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped away, a little flame shooting from his rear. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I shoot her a quick smile, hoping no one on the bus heard. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was like I was shooting Dad’s Japanese rifle at the screen. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He shoots me a look but doesn’t comment further. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“We have morals! You keep hanging around my daughter, I’ll shoot you!” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps people came shooting here, or else there was a gamekeeper. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And I had read reports of these officers choking mechanics, shooting construction workers, slamming suspects through the glass doors of shopping malls. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

A tiny spout of water was shooting out of the muck. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We called the ambulance again, but there was a shooting right outside the door here, and the ambulance was fixing to drive off without my mother. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how she knows where to find it, but her hand shoots straight for it and yanks it out of its pile. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Just like he fooled Annie. Just like he fooled us once upon a time. Never again, though. That man tries to set foot in this house, I aim to shoot him." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Worried that he would be denied entry because he was carrying no identification, he sneaked into Mexico by paddling through the dams open floodgates and shooting the spillway below. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this time, the Stem gang was shooting the British. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kind of remembered having watched the news with Big Ma a few months ago and hearing about the shooting in Oakland. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then you dug holes for the cane shoots in the cleared squares. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Because if you turn into one of those girls, I’ll shoot you.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shifted into drive and was ready to shoot down the hill when Tyler appeared on the porch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I used to be scared walking home from Lloyd’s house, because the field that I had to walk through is just an open area and you can’t get behind anything if they start shooting. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, as I put it on the bedside table, his hand shoots out and grabs my wrist. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The battle was over, but Nguyen was afraid there might be NVA soldiers left behind, ready to take aim at anyone that moved, or that a nervous South Vietnamese soldier might shoot them. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Obviously, a footsoldier of the Fourth would have left Boston that morning with Percy, would have mucked about for twelve hours shooting and being shot at. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The model shoots him a malevolent look and clenches her jaw. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I answered, “Right. But if he doesn’t draw his knife, you can’t shoot.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I yelled out the password and he stopped shooting.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

McAdams kept begging them to quit shooting at us, but the shells just kept whistling in. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could creep back and ask him to get the huntsmen to shoot. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Good. If you ever want to talk about this again after you have that conversation with your mother, or you want to discuss anything else—anything at all—just shoot me a text.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

This energy shoots out from the center of the star, causing it to expand a little bit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He knew that he had to reload and shoot again, but he stood where he was, confused. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

His hand shoots forward and smacks the weapon out of Boss’s hands—the gun fires a wayward shot just as it spins away, clattering on the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was only when a kindly cook from the hostel brought them some newspapers that my parents found out that the whole world knew about my shooting. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He saw four figures pass through four doors and heard the turning of four locks and the shooting of four bolts. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Meir’s grip tightened around my wrists, hard enough to send pain shooting up my arms. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He scrambled backward along rough wooden floorboards, crying out again, this time at the pain shooting up from his right foot. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake made her shoot at little things just to give her good aim. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

An anxious cheer or two accompanied the shooting. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Hardest thing in the world for me to see how anybody could shoot an animal like that. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A deer shoots out and bounds across the highway. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Jesse and Leslie sat cross-legged on the porch at the Burkes’, watching the wheels of a passing truck shoot huge sprays of muddy water to its rear. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I’m expecting a production meeting in which Plutarch instructs me where to stand and gives me my cue for shooting Snow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Riddle, wrote one spectator, “was accused of everything under the sun save the shooting of Lincoln and the current recession.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a bit of shooting and fishing. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“We were so frightened. We heard about the soldiers shooting anyone they found in the streets.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Walter, I could use a hand here,” I say as a spasm shoots across my back. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She shoots all kinds of parties and events—weddings, bar mitzvahs, quinceaneras, graduations, anniversaries, sweet sixteens. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I hear one more god-awful sound like that I’ll shoot whoever makes it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A group of Junior Record Keepers awaiting Director Cobblepot shoot me nasty looks and mutter something about “unfair badges” and “stupid magicians,” but I ignore them. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I call and he understands me and shoots off after her. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the transporter shoots upward, making my full stomach heave. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I held back, and my muscles cramped, shooting pain through my calves. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know how it felt to shoot at a Cong. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I called and rescheduled the photo shoot without giving too many details.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He cared for the Garfield family when they were in Ohio, and he stayed by his cousin's side after the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

People were shooting into the doorways like rabbits. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

An accidental shooting would save him four thousand pounds. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

So I wandered into the jungle with the group, staying a ways back and foraging whichever berries and plums and shoots I recognized. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Three men, who said they had been wounded by the Deputies’ fire, testified that there had been no attack on the officers and that there was no occasion for shooting. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Woodsmen, white or black, all country people were free to enter a lean-to, a hunter’s shooting cabin. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m not the coach, and so I say, “I’ll shoot the ball when I’m told to shoot the ball from now on.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am surprised she hasn’t tried to shoot an apple off my head, if we had an apple that is. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I aim and shoot, I feel the same rush of power I felt the first time I held a gun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t matter. I have a shooting license.” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order that no one would doubt the severity of his aims, he ordered a firing squad organized in the square and had it shoot at a scarecrow. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Madame Manec’s energy, Marie-Laure is learning, is extraordinary; she burgeons, shoots off stalks, wakes early, works late, concocts bisques without a drop of cream, loaves with less than a cup of flour. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I saw two men shoot from across the room and lead the short man roughly away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I check, an even bigger jolt of fear shoots through me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Then Dorian’s gaze met hers, and Celaena’s blood turned into shooting stars. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She continued to roll, shooting silk randomly, pulling over braziers of magic fire and ripping tiles out of the floor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

‘I wish I was a better archer ... I wouldn’t mind shooting my Roman relative off his high horse. Actually, I wish I could use any of my father’s gifts to stop this war.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“They’re going to shoot holes in us and take Miss Peregrine away!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She whipped it back and forth past the dark columns of tree trunks, shooting through them at top speed, so fast that her hands and face collected dozens of scratches from the branches blurring by. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Another Liberian who knew the boy told her she didn’t understand: the boy had been forced by soldiers to shoot a close friend. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Or would I let them shoot me without fighting back, so that no one else would have to suffer because of me? Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

We had all gotten better at shooting, and our size gave us an advantage, because we could hide under the tiniest bushes and kill men who wondered where the bullets were coming from. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Finally, Curt asked, “Want to shoot some hoops?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I hear my father asking me, “What makes you think you have the right to shoot someone?” as we fought our way to the control room in Dauntless headquarters. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And if it shoot a man one time he gunn die?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“That’s how they used to shoot in prehistoric times, back in the 1970s. Nobody shoots that way anymore. It doesn’t look cool.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I heard myself scream, “Don’t shoot him, don’t shoot him,” and at that moment Sam slammed backwards as if he’d been knocked over by a mallet. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trapped inside my church while people were shooting, breaking windows, and screaming for their lives. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A small black object fell near his head in the snow, hissing, shooting forth a white vapor, like a blowing plume, which was carried away from him by the wind. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to cry on the train, so I close my eyes and visualize playing basketball against Erin, and we’re little kids again in my backyard, silently shooting on the old adjustable rim. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a great deal of pain waiting to spring on him, but it hadn’t raised the courage yet, and that thought gave him the strength to focus his mind on shooting again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever happens,” he was saying, “we do not want any shooting here in Connecticut.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I ask him why we need a “thing” and he says, “You seem different, distant—not yourself. Maybe shooting around once or twice a week would help?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes each rice shoot would be individually groomed with a bamboo comb to clear away insects. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

While he fried the plain bamboo shoots in the pot over the fireplace, Minli looked around the bare room. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But though Netscape may have been only a shooting star in commercial terms, what a star it was, and what a trail it left. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

And, sure, all of my teammates were bigger and faster, but none of them could shoot like me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bram shoots her a tiny smile, shutting the door gently behind him. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

We watch the dark, round gummy inch up—then shoot into her mouth. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

And then just like she used to, my mom slams down on the accelerator, and we shoot down the road. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He loaded the flarepistol and as soon as it was dark they walked out down the beach away from the fire and he asked the boy if he wanted to shoot it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“But remember our last shoot? Fred was so much better than Duke.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The strobe lights shoot toward us, and suddenly we are drenched in a red glow. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Terror reigned until three o’clock in the morning, a barrage of beatings, stabbings, and shootings. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Hear that? I think the boy’s right. Maybe we really ought to shoot these thugs.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In normal circumstances, I’d prefer to shoot someone who uses the word marvelous, but it suits Milla down to the ground. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Fresh flowers and tender shoots of vegetation were used to supplement the worm diet, also berries and whatever fruit a Sparra could carry in flight. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She shoots me some priority information about you and Franny every week and I never do anything about it, so it isn’t that. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Deborah screamed, her hand shooting out of the dishwater, gripping a serrated steak knife. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe the bombing and shooting had started and he had to write fast. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

In my mind I saw them cutting, spearing, shooting Sylvie, her boys, the young and old of the congregation. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he had sat up there on the witness stand and said he did the shooting, he would never have been offered the deal he got. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s been a month and a half since the shooting, but going to Manny’s house now is no easier today than it would’ve been the day he learned Manny was gone. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was as if he was telling me not to just stay at my level and drive a $200 “bucket,” when I could shoot for driving a Mercedes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Up it went,” reported William Laurence, “a great ball of fire about a mile in diameter, changing colors as it kept shooting upward, from deep purple to orange, expanding, growing bigger, rising as it expanded.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, sir, not very. My father tried to teach me, but I could not shoot straight.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people’s auras are very active, with tendrils and balls shooting off of them and landing on other people. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“You know what I mean,” Grace said, shooting him a look. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When my children have heard shooting all night and they come here in the morning and they’re tired and sleepy—that’s living in a war zone. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two guys they were shooting at turned the corner and ran up the avenue. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can shoot it either by pulling the trigger or by pulling back the hammer. You could squeeze the trigger six times in a row and get off six shots.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others turn and head for the elevators, and both Zoe and Madison shoot me angry looks. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He’d been shooting so long, his fingers were starting to lose their feeling. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Pookie, who came along after the shooting and saw that it was Mack, went and told his folks. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay there with my gun pointed in front of me, unable to shoot. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She reappears in ratty sweatpants and the baggiest sweater I’ve ever seen, plops down in her desk chair, and shoots knives at me from her honey-colored eyes. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Tobias turns, crouched around me to shield me from the gunfire, and shoots.. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

For two days after the shootings, smoke blacks the sky. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Digger was in his front yard, shooting baskets with his little brother, Hank, when I skidded to a halt on my bike. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mom shoots you a look like you knew all these people were coming. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I stood still, holding mine, knowing I could not shoot. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

One Thursday in March, the circus had come through Humble, Nebraska, like a rogue spring wind, the kind that kicks pollen into the air and sends the shoots up too early. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t known until the moment he fired that he was capable of shooting a woman. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This gets ugly, I’m shooting from close range. Maybe your guards get me or my guys, but no way you’re going to dodge this bullet.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Aw shoot, big man, I’m nobody. Just didn’t want you to fall to your death, is all. I saved you, just like you saved me.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“There were no cars—suppose the fairies fly into a windshield? And there were no hunters with rifles shooting at anything that moves, just for the fun of it.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Oh, stop quoting and give me something to shoot.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“If my family could see me now, they’d shoot me. Yes, they would. They were decent people. Except my grandson, God rot his bones.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the next moment, I was neither; I was merely terrified, for our turn had come to shoot the bridge. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, in the backyard, he could hear Matthew shooting set shots at the outdoor goal. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t shoot anybody for a girl,” I said, even though if Kelly J. asked me to, I would step on a spider. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“The Soviet Union has had to shoot a lot of intellectuals,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spotted him, shooting from a bush from the direction of the sanctuary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

One of them had been charged a year before with two counts of first-degree murder for separate shootings in West Baltimore. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Within moments a school of mullet erupted, sleek bars of silver shooting airborne again and again. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t shoot real bullets,” I say, “but it seems like they designed it so it would be as close as possible to one of the guns you’ll be using. It feels real, anyway.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She tries to shoot me and it's immediately evident that she's incompetent with a bow. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Gesturing to the manager he added, “If he gets in the way, shoot him.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s so you never know how many are killed. You can’t even find shells when they shoot at you. They take those, too.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not when he cut class as a sophomore to cross the border to Juarez to shoot pool and drink. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once the shooting started, all of that information became a burden. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He promised Brian and me that we’d be shooting that bow and arrow like a couple of full-blooded Indian kids by the time we came back. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Tell Octavian to stand down. Or, you know, shoot him with one of your arrows. That would be fine, too.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They were sending snipers into the city to shoot looters and gunmen. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Won’t shoot you in the head, maybe,” the man says, “but there are other places.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Athena, sweeping down to the battlefield, persuaded the foolish heart of Pandarus, a Trojan, to break the truce and shoot an arrow at Menelaus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d shoot him, I would, and skip being the first gill-netter in the history of the profession to make a successful forced boarding. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Know how to hold my purse tight at night when walking down dark streets, know how to duck at the sound of a shooting gun. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He said that no man could shoot with another’s bow any more than he could cut with another’s scythe. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since this is both a mission and a shoot, I’m about to ask who’s in charge, my commander or my director, when Cressida calls, “Action!” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Unseen, on the edges of the undulating buttes, deer and wild turkeys stirred and every now and then the night burst alive with a shooting star that left a delicate and misty trail. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One was how neat the shooting had been. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I stopped going to lunch for about a week, though, to make the transition easier, to avoid the fake Oh, shoot, there’s no room for you at the table, Olivia! Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

My brain got stuck somewhere between Shoot it now and Trap it first then shoot it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

You might have started a fight and both of you would have been arrested with no shooting . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s running at three-quarter speed; he doesn’t shoot when he’s open; there’s no intensity. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every second seems to be shooting by at top speed. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard they got a bunch of the Divergent and started shooting them. Thank God they didn’t find you.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stood on the edge of the driveway while he practiced shooting his basketball into the net above the garage. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The plan was to wait for the convoy and shoot out the tires. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But shooting is not the accepted method of killing a tame chicken. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was just getting ready to shoot when he demanded, “What are you doing, Peas?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally an alarm bell went off in my brain and I threw up both arms, shouting, “Don’t shoot! We give up!” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“If they keep on shooting me down this way, I don’t know where I’m going to be.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I am on a bus with my father, and two men shoot us. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember when I actually pulled the trigger; all I remember is shooting and waiting until I was sure the other guy was out of bullets. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

This time he shoots me an amused look. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Like the way I can shoot at an animal in almost complete darkness and still take it down with one arrow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Then Gale could shoot him from the audience.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I heard Dale shooting guns and stuff the night the creatures came through our window,” Kendra said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The induction date fell before the Flynn film would wrap, and Louie stood to earn a bonus if he stayed through the shoot. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

For marbles you’re either the person setting up the target or the person shooting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They would shoot me too if we fell behind, even though I wasn’t the sick one. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The green shoots were two hands tall but gave no clue about their identity. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t want to fall into a pitfall many photographers fell into—shooting a subject’s entire body, head to toe. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When the commandant had pulled seventy-five prisoners out of our lines, he had them marched to the other side of the tracks and ordered his soldiers to shoot them. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

In other years his father had always stopped at the shooting gallery, where flat yellow ducks cruised smugly until shot in the eye: pop ping...pop ping. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather be ambassador to the Vatican,” Father Mulrooney said, shooting his eyebrows so high they bounced against the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The only thing that showed up, however, was a little band of javelina hogs, and I knew better than to shoot them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was those different rat, tat, tats that told the men which way to turn, how fast to march, when to load their muskets, and when to shoot. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t wait to go out into the park and have Derek shoot me going to the hoop, but Moms needed me to go to the hospital with her to see Grandma. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Booth could enter the box and shoot Lincoln without having to get past the major. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would leave a burning cross or shoot some windows out. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, he is killed in a school shooting, and now, but for her school counselor, she is on her own. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reported that the Slytherin team was no more than seven greenish blurs, shooting through the air like missiles. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Magic Johnson says as he shoots old bottles like basketballs into a faraway trash can. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my elation at the photo shoot today, I forgot to mention that today June 19th was my deceased mom's birthday. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Anastasia waded through the pond, pulling shoots up from the muddy bed and eating them. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He clams up after that, shooting me a few black looks when he thinks I ain’t looking. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Laura whispered in his ear, “I’m glad you didn’t shoot them!” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glare at him and Julie as they shoot curious looks in my direction. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

If there was shooting, would I hear it from here? The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She put ricotta cheese on crackers, frogs’ legs on crackers, bamboo shoots on crackers, and fish killies, still with their heads, on crackers. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mother says, and I shoot her a look to let it go. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I’m squeezing my phone so hard I’m surprised it doesn’t shoot out of my hand and hit the ceiling. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Would the men in the helicopter shoot the rest of them now? Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

One of Manny’s strikers sprints near me, but he dodges before I can take the ball, and he shoots. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s a shame not to shoot Easter,” he said. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

What they called Rovers, consisted in going for a walk with their bows and shooting one arrow each at any agreed mark which they came across. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the Gestapo said they would shoot me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Apparently collaborators are so violently detested in Ormaie that anyone will shoot them, even ordinary citizens who have no connection to the Resistance, and he has to keep his head down. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

We had been shooting and screaming and scared that somebody, that something, was going to kill us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

How strange when I had had such feelings of death shoot through my hand and into my body so that I would surely die. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could only shoot accurately from close range, and in order not to waste arrows they would swoop down, fire at the lowest part of their dive, and turn upward at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

His epiphany was short-lived, and as the photo shoot approached, he began calling me with technical questions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Vonetta and Fern hollered, “YAY!” and Big Ma told them to stop gobbling like wild turkeys at a Thanksgiving turkey shoot. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“No,” says Tobias, “I figured I would shoot the bullets out of my nostrils, so I left it upstairs.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“O.K., but you do the shooting and I’ll do the running.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erin and I grab our basketballs out of the garage, and on my backyard hoop, we each shoot one hundred free throws. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I didn’t shoot it in the sky, it would be in his skull right now,” Jacqui says. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I learned that the soldiers who kidnapped him gave the kids guns and made them shoot people to prove they were good fighters. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Tison's trial in connection with the January shooting that left one teenager dead and another wounded is set to begin approximately five weeks from today. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Normally I’d shoot back another weak retort, but this time I held my tongue. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Pain shoots through my side, but it only lasts for a second. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Absolutely,” I say, just to save Wes from sounding like a liar, and he shoots me a thankful look before he grabs his Harry Potter book back from Terrell. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But this is a one-time offer. Get out of our way or we start shooting.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“You helped me because you didn’t want me to shoot you again.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The plan was to shoot west until they hit a string of islands a trapper had shown him, and then bow northeast until the swamp dried up. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Night after night, Kelley picked up his gun and considered shooting himself. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I thought I was your best friend,” Daniel says, shooting up from his hunched-over stance. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then the story as it had lived in my imagination for thirteen years began replaying in my mind: the shooting of a boy, then of his father, then of his mother. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then new shoots began to be put forth and grew with abnormal rapidity, giving a weeping appearance to the trees. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

At the last second, it pulled up, shooting back up to the sky until it disappeared behind the only cloud in the sky. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He wanted to shoot, but remembered that he had but three bullets left. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I heard and saw the sturdy old El, the train shooting across Brooklyn. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

At the end of the shooting exercise, we were taught how to dismantle our guns and oil them, because the AKs were so old that they would misfire randomly and sometimes would stop working altogether. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I learned how to shoot an automatic rifle and a pistol and took target practice both in Kolfe with the Emperor’s Guard, and at a shooting range about fifty miles away with the entire battalion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Signalmen had been shooting themselves in the feet while cleaning their guns. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

All he wanted to do was keep up, be ready to shoot whatever the game was when it appeared, and look out for an attempt any of them might make on his life. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next day or two, as more casualties trickled in, she learned how to clip an artery and pump up a plastic splint and shoot in morphine. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you think of what happened on the number two train this way, the shooting begins to feel inevitable. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just know I’m not going to fly any more missions. They wouldn’t really shoot me, would they? I’ve got fifty-one.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

He snapped off the safety catch and was ready to shoot. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

‘You were right, you tall, dark boy, for even as we shoot down the British soldiers we are fighting for rights such as they will be enjoying a hundred years from now. ‘ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning, after several hours of listening to Jenny and learning his moves, Fred was ready to shoot his warehouse scene with Cha-Cha. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He zoomed down to the ground and then went shooting back up to the ceiling. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Their delicate, showy hopefulness shooting from forsythia and lilac bushes meant only a change in whipping style. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, on the stairwell landing, he startled a group of teenagers shooting dice. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go up on the roof and shoot some videotape,” he said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

His bow was bent, but one gleaned arrow was all that he had left, and he peered out now, ready to shoot the first Orc that should dare to approach the stair. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I could shoot myself for thinking you might. I really knew you wouldn’t.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benji was shooting hoops in the driveway under a giant spotlight. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guy who worked there said, “This basket is ten feet tall. For older kids. Kids like yours might as well shoot at the sun. ’’And then he laughed. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

The next day, when Annie and I went out to our old backboard to shoot a few foul shots, we saw from a distance that somebody had spray painted graffiti on the backboard. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stops by later that night after his practice and I tell him I don’t really want to shoot around with him. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

From then on, night and day, Buck never left his prey, never gave it a moment’s rest, never permitted it to browse the leaves of trees or the shoots of young birch and willow. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dark as night, soft and crumbly, with tender green shoots poking through. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was a small thing to do for somebody brave enough to put a pistol in his mouth and shoot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Immediately fresh ones shoot up in the sky, and again green, red, and blue stars. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand could shoot up in class to show he had the answer to a tough question. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mohamed and I ran as fast as we could back home before the soldiers started shooting. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“You should have learned the art of questioning from Amaka. Why does the tree’s shoot go up and the root down? Why is there a sky? What is life? Just why?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t think about other injustices. They hear about Malala and assume that’s what all of Pakistan is like. That it’s filled with poor people in villages, and terrorists who are going around shooting them.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He claimed he opened fire because he thought Booth was going to shoot the soldiers. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bloomed suddenly out of the darkness and now three of them were pursuing the motorbike, all shooting curses after it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Still, she shoots pictures of any event that’s important to her, knowing that each memory is too important to lose, having lost so many before. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just shoot me and put me out of my misery. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The only duck in a shooting gallery with guns everywhere and no way out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Their fighter was armed with a bow, though he had promised not to shoot regular pointed arrows at the opposing drivers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tobias searches every corner of the room, and then shoots at the camera attached to the ceiling on our right. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A shortcoming, I’m afraid, that will be carried over to this, the final, or shooting, version. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Want to shoot some baskets?” she asks, pushing her hair away. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I step back as some of the objects fly over my head like shooting stars. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Townshend hurried to the railroad depot, arriving within five minutes of the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

His front tire tilted high; he imagined wings sprouting from the handlebars and jet fire shooting from his seat as his back tire touched down on the opposite side of the creek. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Crab lifted his rifle in both hands, like he was about to demonstrate how to shoot an arrow from a bow, which would’ve been just as cool, in Genie’s estimation. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He shoots way too hard and his shot thumps off the back-board. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

No shoots showed from the fields where we had planted, and the people were restless and irritable. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

At one point, city leaders started sending food and other supplies into the black districts, whose residents, after days of burnings, lootings, and shootings, were in a state of near starvation. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes his arms would just shoot out in any direction. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z