| 单词 | shooting |
| 例句 | I still haven’t gotten over my fear of planes and shooting, and I crawl into Father’s bed nearly every night for comfort. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Within minutes of the shooting, policemen hustled Charles Guiteau from the railroad depot and dragged him two blocks to the police station. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 His car has bullet holes from a drive-by shooting. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 “You think I want this to wash up and connect me with Griswold’s shooting?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z What if I focus on the other parts of Malala’s life that I learned about, more than the shooting? Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He got about fifty yards away and started shooting at us again with his BB gun. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The cap’n never said nothing ’bout shooting no woman in the back! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z I escaped the daily shooting gallery through my job at the tailor shop. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He stumbled forward, catching the mast to stay his fall, and light came shooting back into his eyes. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The policy has led to several jittery years of missile launches, frozen economic deals, border shootings, and periodic threats from the North of “total war.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “That sniper knew there was no point shooting old bones like mine,” Dapir says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Pyle wrote of the shooting, “The experience affected Warden White, as it would anyone. It didn’t make him afraid, but it made him jumpy, and kind of haunted.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In the weeks and months that followed the Diallo shooting, for example, as the case made headlines around the world, the argument over what happened that night veered back and forth between two extremes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “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 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 By adolescence boys would make a game of shooting at each other and dodging the arrows. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z 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 I spin my head and see Ben, his eyes shooting back and forth between me and a corner of the room. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 They were intense, almost like they were capable of shooting rays. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z As he got older, his great love was hunting and shooting. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Pain was exiled to the nearly invisible lines shooting out from the eyes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 When I pulled up next to them, she was saying, “So naturally I thought I’d see flames shooting out of the roof!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Just thinking of it again made me realize how, growing up, we three were together all the time: camping out, exploring the woods, shooting baskets, fishing. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z 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 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 Some of the men began shooting up flares. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I introduced Zion to Josephine and Henry, shot a rubber snake at the shooting range, and even stuck my face through a wooden painting of a cactus so Zion could take a picture. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In the Pouncey family, becoming a man usually involves shooting something. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I held back, and my muscles cramped, shooting pain through my calves. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He stopped shooting and looked back at me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z They scrambled across the road, still crouching a bit in case there was anyone left shooting. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Tariq's shooting made them want to "crack down" on the neighborhood, my dad said. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The revolver in my coat pocket slapped against my thigh with each step; I reached inside and held it, afraid of accidentally shooting myself in the leg. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The children said that the boiler, jumping up and down, bursting steam, flames shooting out the bottom, matched their dreams when they had a fever. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps Kathy was right, and armed gangs were free in the city, shooting whatever they chose to. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Inside were pictures of young maidens doing hunter stuff, chasing monsters, shooting bows. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A 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 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 “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 “Jesus,” Bruno muttered, shooting his father and the rest of those old geezers a finger. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We locked eyes, reached for our strap, pulled it out, and began shooting at the same time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z We’d had to act like everything was fine, especially around Mikayla, who kept shooting us looks that we tried to ignore. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Dad had always said that self-defense was a justifiable reason for shooting someone. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead he is being labeled a scoundrel and a coward for shooting Lincoln in the back. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 The beach was only a few hundred yards away when the sphere turned lava-hot and the helicopter exploded, shooting flames in every direction. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Charlie's grandmother had died a few months after she first called me, and his mother was still struggling after the tragedy of the shooting and Charlie's incarceration. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 If she told him not to go out of hollering distance from Ralph she wouldn’t ever find him shooting marbles with kids two or three blocks away. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I knew the wights had killed people—killed peculiar children, Miss Avocet had said—but the brutality of shooting these animals seemed to exceed even that evil. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z 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 On the day of Garfield's shooting, Drs. Townshend, Bliss, and Wales probed the president's bullet wound with unwashed fingers and unsterilized metal instruments. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z By this time the cops were shooting away at that window. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Where my old classmates are slowly chugging their way to finals, shooting for whatever Ivy League school their parents selected for them. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I mean, besides that story he told me about him shooting Darnell Shackleford, I had never even known my father to show any sign of fear. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z All you could see were her eyes too, and they were shooting bad looks at Dad. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she found herself shooting upward again, completing the circle, so that the sky wheeled above her, then over and downward again, more crowd parting in front. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Alas, my old eyes are not what they were. All I see is a light shooting off into infinity.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He included the bombings of black homes and businesses, teargassings, shootings, physical violence—all committed against black people between the months of March and September 1963. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 An anxious cheer or two accompanied the shooting. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 The Hamilton side needed to claim that their fallen chief was a martyr who had arrived at Weehawken fully intending to expose himself to Burr’s fire without shooting back. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Officer Tison was not on duty at the time of the shooting and was taken into police custody at the scene. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Inside the gym, we run all sorts of sprints and shooting drills and practice free throws. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 A couple of guys were shooting around and I knew they wanted to see what was going to go down between me and Nick. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Thousands of Americans would be shooting at them from trenches, protected by the tall dirt walls. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The sudden warmth sent shooting pains into every knuckle and joint. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z When he came out, he saw sheriff’s deputies beating a man with blackjacks, and shooting over the heads of a crowd of women and children. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z All of the great lumps of snozzcumber that were in his mouth, as well as Sophie herself, went shooting out across the cave. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In my mind a shark was at that very second shooting up for me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And how it was no accident, my shooting that arrow into the force field in the arena. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He never allowed any shooting near the house for fear the quail might go away. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She was too busy shooting up, drifting off to another world where I didn’t exist. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Townshend hurried to the railroad depot, arriving within five minutes of the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 News of the shooting had already spread—by telegraph, telephone, and word of mouth. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Her arms flailed wildly, but somehow Tally kept her footing, shooting across the compound and over the rabbit pen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And, because the shooting was unpremeditated, they were all off the hook, so long as they kept their mouths shut. 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 But she was very sleepy now, and something was definitely wrong, and the man was shooting her such a look, such a curious look, and she couldn’t seem to finish what she was saying. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I immediately woke up from my dream and began shooting inside the tent, until the thirty rounds in the magazine were finished. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z 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 I see shapes in the clouds by day and shooting stars by night. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “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 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 Corkhill called witnesses to testify about Guiteau's actions before the shooting, his attack at the train station, his arrest, and the president's medical condition. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 The Hero Twins were shooting arrows at the Enemies. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z 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 Suddenly, as if someone was shooting them inside my brain, all the massacres I had seen since the day I was touched by war began flashing in my head. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z What is valuable about Fyfe’s diagnosis is how it turns the usual discussion of police shootings on its head. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z As his train passed one ranch in Colorado, Joe watched men shooting starved cattle and tipping the carcasses into huge trenches. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “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 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 Whew, instead of shooting people they were shooting holes into all of the pots and pans. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Every time I stopped shooting to change magazines and saw my two young lifeless friends, I angrily pointed my gun into the swamp and killed more people. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z His eyebrows twitched, as if he were keeping them from shooting up in surprise. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 She’d never had a chance to learn proper shooting with Amaya, and she certainly wasn’t going to be able to learn much with everything else going on. Dactyl Hill Squad 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 “And they were shooting at us! Shooting! With a gun!” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The boys froze, tilting their heads toward the shooting, listening intently, before turning back to their play as the sounds faded. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z 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 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 When the dancing finished, the announcer explained some kind of shooting contest. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Jared S. draws a bunch of fighter jets shooting arrows at monkeys on camels. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I can’t think why the sky’s being bombed until I realize the Gamemakers are shooting off fireworks up there, while the real destruction occurs on the ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He talks about migra agents shooting over his head and how easy it is to be robbed by bandits. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z There was a bit of shooting and fishing. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I was aware of the Apollo campers behind me shooting arrows, disrupting every attempt by the enemy to rally. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z We imitated the soldiers, pointing our fingers or pointing bananas, spoons, or slippers at one another and making the sounds of shooting. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Of course, during the war I read a lot about flying, especially about our fighter planes, which were shooting down the enemy. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, it was true that panic was shooting up and down my spine and zinging out to my fingertips. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z He really started shooting the questions at me so to stop him I said, “Sir, could I please have the sandwich and the rest of the red pop before I answer any more questions?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z We know that the authorities charged with investigating this shooting did very little to investigate the officer and did everything in their power to investigate Prince Jones. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I don’t at all remember the story about her grandmother’s sister shooting her husband. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Outside, in the backyard, he could hear Matthew shooting set shots at the outdoor goal. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “And you think you could have stopped the shooting?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 He’d been drinking heavily and shooting heroin for years, and he was covered in scars from fighting. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “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 She pulled off her glasses like it might make the lasers shooting from her eyes more effective. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z They will rise, shooting upward through the darkness like bolts of light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And it was that speechless quality that sent the doubt shooting through Artemis’s brain. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Several times Ben saw Philip look down at his feet when he was shooting. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Security Council intervened in South African affairs, blaming the government for the shootings and urging it to initiate measures to bring about racial equality. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Someone was shooting in the street,” she whispers sleepily. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “He was shooting at me. He didn’t know 1 wasn’t trying to kill him.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked closely at where the others were shooting, then thought I saw something move. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 Alex wrenched the gear into first, released the hand brake, and gunned the Jeep forward, shooting over the drive and onto the grass, heading for the airstrip. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Only one doctor from the original group remained on this team—Dr. Robert Reyburn, a friend whom Bliss sent for from the train station immediately after the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z During the day racial tensions rule the streets, at night gunshots are heard from drive-by shootings, and twenty-four hours a day, the gangs and drug dealers control the block, trying to hold down their territory. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “I am disciplining these boys at present, Miss Riley,” Mr. Turner said, shooting Quentin a warning look. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Tori opened the front door, said that she needed about ten more minutes, then told Candice that Brandon was shooting hoops. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Between 1941 and 1943, it’s estimated that the commandos murdered two million people, lining them up, shooting them, and shoving them into mass graves. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 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 Uriah takes the soldier’s gun and starts shooting at the Dauntless closest to us. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Mom and Davis continued their staring contest, but Mom finally said, “Back by eleven,” and I grabbed Davis by the forearm and pulled him out the front door, shooting Mom a look as I went. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z For suddenly...WHOOOSH!...and they looked up and saw a huge four-engined plane come shooting out of a nearby cloud and go whizzing past them not more than twenty feet over their heads. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z "Wasn't for that Sullivan Law this here New York wouldn't be nothing but a shooting gallery," another man said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His deception plan led to victory in the Revolution, a war of shooting—and spying. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The next afternoon Parkhill did some target practice in one of the dead cities, shooting out the crystal windows and blowing the tops off the fragile towers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “I’ll help you, Frank,” she said, shooting Leo an evil look. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 “They re drunk. Hurry, let’s go! Before they start shooting,” I said, not wanting to drop the file. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z 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 “Well, all right then. You wanna learn the secret to shooting foul shots?” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z "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 “I was all alone there and I could hear people shooting.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “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 Franklin was pulled over nearly four miles away from the site of the shooting, at 5:56 P.M. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Photographers shooting races would record jockeys in various attitudes of strain; in the middle of it all would be Woolf, smiling the way a man does when he humors a child. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It sends a shooting pain down into my palm. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Besides their well-known rallies where they burned crosses and preached race hatred, the Klan hosted regular dances, shooting matches, barbecues, bingo nights, and fishing trips. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 A much broader group was stirred up over the shooting than I had imagined. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like shooting the winning basket in double overtime! The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Or was he sane, fully understanding the consequences of shooting Garfield? Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 Hunters of Artemis appeared along the rooftops, shooting Orion full of silver arrows until he resembled a glowing hedgehog. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Hunger was making my head feel funny, too, bubbling up every once in a while to overwhelm even the spikes of terror shooting through me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The next day, shots of pain were shooting up the arm. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 One year his father had won a pig in a shooting match and raised it to a hog. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I can feel their thoughts shooting through me: Dad, to Mom, and back to Dad again. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z 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 was aware of my black-and-white shoes for the first time since the day of Clifton's shooting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I guess so. The shooting was scary, though.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I heard and saw the sturdy old El, the train shooting across Brooklyn. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “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 “What was it like, Dad,” Ben said, throwing him the ball, “shooting at a peach basket?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He started doing this after our first shooting exercise. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I also have a brand-new prescription for gunfire jitters: When the shooting gets loud, proceed to the nearest wooden staircase. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He saw the phalanx of arrows gleam like an eyeflick in the moonlight All his life up to then he had been shooting into straw targets which made a noise like Phutt! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Momma’s eyes got slitty with the eyeballs shooting around from side to side. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He was obviously disturbed, she says just like the boys involved in today’s school shooting in Maryland. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Genie flinched each time, but he couldn’t stop thinking about how cool it would be to be out there shooting at stuff. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Reynolds was shooting at someone in the darkness, but Nailer couldn’t see who. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “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 And now the Gestapo were shooting their children. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The light was anchored at the store, shooting up into the heavens, bathing the countryside in a weird kaleidoscopic glow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 ‘For shooting me with a tranquilizer dart, putting a bag over my head and tying me to a chair.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “You think that’s the only reason for shooting us with transmitters?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Right that minute, the conductor came around for old Mrs. Morrow's ticket, and it gave me a chance to quit shooting it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes he would mime the shooting of a bow and slip soundlessly away into the forest, and she would know he’d spotted quarry between the tree trunks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It moved slowly, a shooting star that didn’t want to die. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Maybe she could teach him, if not to relate, at least how to defend himself when his neighbors started shooting bullets or chucking spears. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Raucous singing was borne toward them on the night air as they retraced their steps along the lantern-lit path, and leprechauns kept shooting over their heads, cackling and waving their lanterns. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Aaron yells out in pain, blood shooting everywhere. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Prisoners staggered out of each of the barracks, looking this way and that, waiting for the Nazis to jump out and start shooting us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 outbreak of so much shooting has taken me completely by surprise. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I’m fine,” I said hard, shooting down whatever reason he was about to deliver. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z That horrific shooting was a devastating blow to this small community—oh! Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 I looked to see what they were shooting at, but I still didn’t see anything. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They fell from the sky like shooting stars with brilliant, rippling tails, showering the neighborhoods below with prizes for the kite runners. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Nice shooting,” Magdalys said, swinging the dactyl for one more circle over the walls. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Stranger says she still is squirmy when she hears drums and shooting. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 Scotty and I had just started to unload the sandbags when the shooting started. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Johanna walks over and plunks down on my bed, sending spikes of pain shooting across my chest. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The only duck in a shooting gallery with guns everywhere and no way out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I can’t move fast or far and my shooting abilities are questionable at best. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 A few months ago, Junito was killed in a drive-by shooting. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Dunbar loved shooting skeet because he hated every minute of it and the time passed so slowly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Most of them didn’t know where the shooting was coming from. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After you kill your birds, you skin them—you have to be good at skinning as well as at shooting—and you line them up on a string. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 He jumped away, a little flame shooting from his rear. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z 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 He’d been shooting so long, his fingers were starting to lose their feeling. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes I pretend that shooting hoops in my backyard is my earliest memory. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Soon he was off the Common shooting up the Hancock Drive. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 police were back there behind me; if shooting started I'd be caught in the crossfire. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He subsisted exclusively on rice and eagles’ blood, in a tiny cottage with an underground gymnasium and shooting range, on the stormy coast of Tibet. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I was riding past the middle school and I heard sirens and I thought there was another shooting. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed to have taken no notice of the shooting. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Let’s hope I don’t goof up,” says Tim, comically bending his sword and shooting me a worried look. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z 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 “Ready to get this show on the road?” she says, shooting me a thumbs-up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 Pain shooting up my entire arm, I lay panting on the edge of the pool and gingerly began to feel my wrist. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 I made a pile of toilet paper in the toilet, lit it, and when it started burning, the flame shooting silently up out of the bowl, I flushed it down the toilet. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Palmer came home that day to find Dorothy shooting baskets in his room. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z 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 Flames were shooting out of the window onto the fire escape on the floor below. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good shooting,” she whispered back, very close to his cheek. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Bliss sent for him on July 2 immediately after the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He was a wight, and I knew he wouldn’t think twice about shooting any one of us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Yossarian was as bad at shooting skeet as he was at gambling. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Thomas yelled out, a tingle of fear shooting across his shoulders. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Poachers from Uganda had been coming over Mount Elgon and shooting anything that moved, including people, and now the Kenyan government required that visitors to Mount Elgon be accompanied by armed guards. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “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 He considered shooting a column of fire at the nearest tour bus and blowing up the gas tank, but he decided that might be a tad dramatic. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 Bobby and Tyler were both shooting her nasty looks. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z A practical idea, perhaps, the way things were going, but suppose an accidental shooting took place? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “What you figure on shooting this time of evening?” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 If there was shooting, would I hear it from here? 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 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 She’s shooting glances from the window to the doughnut box to the long-standing game of Risk between her and Muhammad on the coffee table. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z 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 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 “But they started shooting these canister things into the crowd. Tear gas, I think.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z As the curses came shooting across the intervening space again, Hagrid swerved and zigzagged: Harry knew that Hagrid did not dare use the dragon-fire button again, with Harry seated so insecurely. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Other times they would practice with their bows and arrows, shooting at small animals or birds. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind blew across the wolf den, shattering the heads of the cotton grass and shooting their seedlets south with the birds. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Keep your weapons on safe. I don’t want none of y’all shooting me.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z About arriving at the border, and Safaa’s carpet bag, and the guards shooting at me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “And for that reason you started shooting people.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 After a long day of shooting, Phil and Gay went to a meeting while Josh and I rented recumbent bikes on the beach. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z There's a shooting range, but it's much too limited. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z After a few years, Dad began speaking more and shooting with me, which was nice. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 Shining their phosphorescent eyes and shooting them in the dark. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 But shooting is not the accepted method of killing a tame chicken. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Day after stifling day, the coaches and crews sat in small, almost sullen groups, playing cards, reading pulp magazines, shooting the bull, choosing whom they went to the dining car with and whom they didn’t. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 “No, you are wrong,” she said, shooting forward and poking me hard in the chest. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 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 Flames burning in my eyes, shooting out straight at her. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The aperture was so screened and narrow, that curtain or shutter had been deemed unnecessary; and when I stooped down and put aside the spray of foliage shooting over it, I could see all within. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 During the first days after the shooting, newspapers reported that Garfield's room was sweltering. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, but we found our way back all right, didn’t we, darling?” he says, shooting Marlena a look. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z 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 told her how he hated the golden bird, the trophy his father had won one year for shooting the most pigeons. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 I was ambitious, though I didn’t know exactly what I was shooting for. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z ‘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 King collapsed, quickly lost consciousness, and at 7:05 P.M.—barely an hour after the shooting—was pronounced dead. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I had been shooting for an hour when the back door opened. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Boston Corbett was never punished for shooting Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 After the shootings he raised a window in his bedroom and removed the screen, then roamed the house rifling dresser drawers and scattering the contents: it was his intention to blame the crime on thieves. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Who could be shooting at her and why? Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “You won’t get proper food or medicine by shooting travelers on the road. What happens if Amin gets sick again? Or if you get hurt?” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 Of course, I wasn't, I was shooting at that apple because I was so angry at being ignored. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Both men had been earlier indicted in the January, 1965, shooting of Benjamin Brown, a New York City Correction Officer and a Black Muslim defector. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep shooting, but I feel a little more anxious with every miss. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Responding to Lincoln's request, Dr. Bliss got to the station about twenty minutes after the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z A short time later the shooting stopped and the bells began to toll. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z 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 Then we did some wind sprints and finally had a half hour of just shooting practice. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z He said it in the shower, water shooting into his mouth with every word. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z 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 Butler loaded the second vial, shooting this one straight into the carotid artery. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I spotted him, shooting from a bush from the direction of the sanctuary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z And Summer came, shooting from the dimness behind them, a leaping shadow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Pap must not’ve give Ma the same shooting lessons he give me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z For all I know, in Grandpa’s time, it might even have meant shooting someone. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z And shooting around is just a painful reminder that Erin’s no longer here. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Basing his hypothesis on newspaper reports of Garfield's symptoms, Dr. Frank Baker drew a diagram two days after the shooting to show where he thought the bullet penetrated. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Whoever has a shooting license can do just whatever he pleases. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 They would pick up the “shooting irons” Mary Surratt had ordered Mr. Lloyd to get ready that afternoon. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z One minute, everything was quiet and serious and the preacher was going on and on and on; and the next minute, Winn-Dixie looked like a furry bullet, shooting across the building, chasing that mouse. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 His job was to save lives but he’d ended up shooting one of his fellow Marines. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I screamed out in agony, the pain shooting up my leg was so excruciating. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They went off in a troop, preceded by a band of musicians and shooting off fireworks, and they left behind in the town an impression that the Buendía line had enough seed for many centuries. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z 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 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 Have you witnessed any traumatic events lately, such as shootings? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z 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 I run into it before anyone sees me, shooting into a stall and locking it behind me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He preferred shooting his slingshot with his friends. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Two shooting stars passed over through the sky. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z They are less shooting stars than falling fluff. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “You know what I mean,” Grace said, shooting him a look. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z 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 She was determined to see a shooting star before they docked in New York. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Summer has nearly two months to run, but the shooting field, covered in feathers, has a look of gray, demented autumn. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z 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 “Not for lack of trying,” I mutter, shooting her a dark look. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The shooting would begin at seven and continue all day. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z 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 But Blaine wasn't permitted to speak with him until July 21, nearly three weeks after the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But then I began having nightmares—people shooting and running, all the things that had really happened—and I began feeling very down. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z This whole situation was shooting off in bizarre directions. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z As soon as the warriors could see the soldiers on the ridge above them, they started shooting. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z If the blood vessel was injured at the time of the shooting, they argued, the sac would have burst long before eighty days passed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “You slightly spoiled things by shooting the prime minister,” Alan Blunt said. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Barbatos intoned, shooting at Fox, and in his hand he had the Gran’s wand. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 Smoke swirled like the mahalath, and fire was shooting up behind an edge of shattered rooftops. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The policeman told us that some of the neighbors had reported seeing kids shooting guns at each other, and he wanted to know what had happened. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 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 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 Suddenly the shooting ceased and in the silence there was the sound of voices, footfalls, labor. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Carver got the pill, busted it down- court, and Carver’s shooting guard threw it up for Ice. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Camera flashes blinked over the parade, parents and friends shooting as wildly as paparazzi. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I had been hoping my shooting skills might get me a six or a seven, even if I'm not particularly powerful. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Signora Divino says, “No, no, no shooting. Is for you . Again she wiwles her arm over the meatballs and soccer balls and dolls and hats. “Is freely! The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z They took places near the dorsal fin and Dad began shooting pictures. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Maybe another time,” I say, shooting him a smile. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Perhaps people came shooting here, or else there was a gamekeeper. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z 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 “For all I know, our Navy was shooting at whales out there,” he later confided in an aide. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 Warm air had started shooting out of it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He verified that Haitian army soldiers were shooting armed demonstrators, entering urban hospitals and threatening staff, sometimes executing patients. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z After the shooting, James Garfield had little direct contact with anyone except his White House caregivers. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 Water was shooting out from under his feet in small squirts at every step. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing wrong with my vision. I can see clear up to the moon from the porch. I can see all the comings and goings and shooting stars.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z But I still experience shooting pains whenever I chew. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Tariq's shooting made them want to "crack down" on the neighborhood, my dad said. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Now, as he leaned over the side of the well, he half expected Pah's talons to come shooting out of it. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Both groups had panicked, and the encounter had ended with the Indonesians shooting several of the nomads. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 When the uranium atoms in the bomb split, some would break down into other radioactive elements—atoms that would continue shooting out particles. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 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 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 The warning, the shootings, the recognition that I may have set something of great consequence in motion. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 "They were shooting at cats," replied Farid, letting himself drop on to the grass. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Because of the wind, which would make the shooting much more difficult, he could probably afford to go slowly enough so as to assure snagging the glasses. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I knew plain shooting couldn’t account for that much blood. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Bliss’s actions also troubled the group of Washington doctors who had attended Garfield since the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “And Dad was waiting for us at the house, and he got out of his car and started shooting.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They bombed with their landing lights on, since no one was shooting back. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I’m at the courthouse where the remaining filler from the Virginia Dare Middle School shooting has just had his preliminary hearing. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The Clarkston Community Center was no longer an option due to a rift between the center and the YMCA, and the field behind Indian Creek was too dangerous given Tito’s shooting, Luma believed. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z 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 Asked at one point what he had done after the shooting, he replied, “I went home and ate supper.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A few hot-air balloons pulled at their tethers against the darkening pink sky, their passengers shooting safety fireworks at other balloons and passing parasailers. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Sabatini: And they had just been shooting off that gun the week before. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “They was shooting arrows and that...I want my dad,” she said more loudly, and felt herself beginning to cry. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I ask, eyebrows shooting up behind my bangs. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z We released our grips at the same time, hands shooting down to our sides. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z But two days after the shooting at Sandy Hook, when Barack traveled to Newtown to speak at a prayer vigil being held for the victims, I couldn’t bring myself to join him. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Then I looked over and saw my older brothers shooting daggers at him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I step back as some of the objects fly over my head like shooting stars. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It was like I was shooting Dad’s Japanese rifle at the screen. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I search out Ellie, whom I find shooting out new labels from the pricing gun, and ask if there’s anything special I need to be doing. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Most of the time,” Dad said, shooting us a sideways glance. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It soared high, a red shooting star illuminating an endless snow-filled sky. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The stars you see at night, the planets, all the comets and the shooting stars, these are the sparks that flew from the fires of Muspell. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z 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 “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 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 To hear Hollywood tell it, shooting a gun is a fairly common and straightforward act. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z A tiny spout of water was shooting out of the muck. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “What does this have to do with your client shooting me and my best friend?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z 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 Only one person was in jail after the shooting—our poor dear bus driver. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 “I am the one with the crossbow, not shooting you because you promised me answers. What do you think?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A Lakota winter count memorialized the year 1784 with a stark image: a pox-scarred man, alone in a tipi, shooting himself. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The question comes shooting out before I can stop it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Jake kept shooting glances at Alfred out of the corner of his eye. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few days of that, I started shooting free throws in my head. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A few of the riders appeared to be bowmen, skilled at shooting from a running horse. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z 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 Every little thing—hands touching and doors sealing—sends a shooting warmth up my spine. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 But right now Bloom was furious because his territorial imperative had been violated by this stubborn gluttonous beast, and if he’d had a gun he most certainly would have started shooting. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Great. This is just like shooting clay pigeons, but they make a different sound when you hit one.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z 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 "Controversy over the shooting last night," the male anchor says. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z ‘Would that this night would end, and I could have better light for shooting.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Sherman wanted to be prepared in case the shooting was part of a broader conspiracy the way the Lincoln assassination had been. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Which was not entirely true, since on her second and third trips to Craig Castle, Jamie had taken her shooting and she had actually bagged not one but two pheasants with Queenie’s 20 bore. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z 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 “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 spoke bitterly about guys who had found release by shooting off their own toes or fingers. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the deputies accused of shooting Fannie had been heard earlier threatening “to get her.” Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z “That doesn’t matter. I have a shooting license.” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank stood to his left, shooting down the creatures as fast as he could. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 From the sound of the shots—pop pop—he might have thought the shooting gallery was ahead, except there were no pings. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z 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 All of a sudden, though, he interrupted me while I was shooting the bull. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 Flying in the dark is a constant strain even if you don’t have people shooting at you from the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 “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 Outside the shooting started again and I squinched under the counter the best I could. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 want us to go shooting off into the Void? Ugh!” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Red splotches were appearing all over his face and flecks of spit were shooting out of his mouth as he talked. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z This time the now tiny Wart felt his toes shooting out and scratching on the floor. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mom, ” Twig said, shooting Clarissa a what are you even saying look. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then she started giving out directions as she circled around George, shooting away. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z On the other hand, it seems wrong to call the shooting a simple accident, since this wasn’t exactly exemplary police work. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z 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 She stabbed and parried with her right hand, occasionally shooting tomatoes from the cornucopia in her left, while yelling at the suitors, ‘Save yourselves! I’m too dangerous!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z You don’t win no game with your center shooting threes. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z 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 “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 “When they attacked, they weren’t trying to kill us. They were shooting us with these,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The woman held a long-arm nearly as tall as she was, shooting hollow glass orbs and targets effortlessly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 Within an hour of the shooting, he was in surgery. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 As he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Some crazy fellow was shooting illegally in the orange grove. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She twirled them in the air for a second and snapped her fingers forward like she was shooting marbles. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Have you ever seen them riding tenspeeds, or shooting hoops, or playing tennis?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z June sighs, shooting him another look before finally dropping it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The moment the chopper opened up on the first machine gun, we started shooting at the second. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The man had barely taken it when Mark heard a click and Alec was shooting into the sky, his device pulling him up the rope, toward the hovering Berg. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 rode for about ten minutes, shooting through the tunnels underground, the tracks screeching and knocking like a rocket about to take off. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Puffs of smoke around us meant that they were shooting at the chopper. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Brutus is within shooting distance and somewhere, certainly, Cashmere is nearby, too. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he woke up a little and realized someone was shooting at him with a machine gun. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z 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 The Apollo kids kept shooting at the Ares kids, but the arrows bounced off. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When the weather was nice, the gangs got more active and the shooting got worse. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Now the guards were shooting the pepper spray through the fencing. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Bryan recalled that a week after the shooting he had returned to the scene of the crime with Mollie and her family to identify Anna’s rotting corpse. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The sky was bigger now and except for the occasional shooting, it was quiet. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 For example, winning the affection of a girl is a lot like shooting a deer. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z 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 "This is a people shooting hat," I said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The Dodge County sheriff compared the shooting to a hunting accident. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He was just standing around, shooting the breeze with me, like, Isn’t it cool to bump into old friends over the summer? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about an accident, Mom. Anybody shooting Nate Foster would know exactly what they were aiming at,” I wanted to say, but I just went, “Okay.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z 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 The streets transform every ordinary day into a series of trick questions, and every incorrect answer risks a beat- down, a shooting, or a pregnancy. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z 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 For two days after the shootings, smoke blacks the sky. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Real people died in those school shootings—kids our age. We have a right to be safe.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I set up a goal in front of the gray wall and they took turns shooting at me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The mechanical spider was about halfway across, swinging from bar to bar by shooting out metal web fiber. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Meir’s grip tightened around my wrists, hard enough to send pain shooting up my arms. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 I watched him hop out of the minivan, a flare of annoyance shooting up from my core. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 I hear a voice from the outside yell, “They’re shooting them!” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z But he let the light careen about, shooting its beams out wildly. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z 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 Before long, flames were shooting all over the place. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He’d sat with them for a while; then, after the group bowed their heads in prayer, he stood up and began shooting. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “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 Tats doesn’t follow, and I wonder how real she is in my life because I don’t care that she sits there, shooting me a steady, evil glare. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z In the past there have been shootings, drug dealings, and other illegal activities. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In fact, he wished the real shooting tuould start so they could get this whole charade over with. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Clumsy inaccuracy can spoil that air of authority you’re shooting for. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "We dramatized the shooting down of an unarmed black man." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z What with the scratches and the noise of running and falling, you won’t even be able to hear the shooting, much less worry about it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z 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 Now I would either goad him into shooting me or shame him into letting us go—or possibly, I would go home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z For marbles you’re either the person setting up the target or the person shooting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 finally saw a shooting star, when I was on the lifeboat,” she said. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 I kept shooting it with all my might and barely getting it over my own head. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I hustled back on D. Armstead’s shooting guard launched a brick that I easily rebounded. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Zoe got bored and started shooting arrows at random billboards as we flew by. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z 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 Will kept shooting his infamous jump shot that never fell. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z 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 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 In fact, I did feel like grabbing the gun, but I felt more like shooting Deluca than Webb. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Then suddenly it was shooting off in a different direction, not flapping, and I looked around, and Henrietta was glaring at it too. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z 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 “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 The Hunters ran after him along the rooftops, shooting arrows that exploded in Greek fire, wreathing the giant in flames. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The onlookers in the square will gasp and shriek— sometimes in delight—when the shooting happens. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Beacon Fire,” Yishan whispered, watching the shooting star with surprising intensity. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “No, it sounded like they were shooting at us!” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “Fine, fine,” Mom says, shooting me a little you win smile. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z When I reached Morningside the shooting sounded like a distant celebration of the Fourth of July, and I hurried forward. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I overheard the three of them talking about hanging out at the playground after school and shooting hoops, but no one asked me to come! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z 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 They weren't told of the shooting until they reached Lucretia's family at the Mentor Farm. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 It’s like basketball again: once someone is tall enough, then we start to care about speed and court sense and agility and ball- handling skills and shooting touch. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z 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 We parade through the streets of Underhill, past the site of the shooting, making our way toward police headquarters and City Hall downtown. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 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 The electric currents start shooting through me, just like before, and there goes my balance again. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But once the shooting started, all of that information became a burden. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z 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 There, strangers were as rare as shooting stars, and just as portentous. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z There isn’t a day that goes by without the enemy shooting suicidal thoughts through my mind. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 A poster of Stephen Curry shooting a ball is taped on the wall. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z There’s more drug activity, more drive-by shootings, and more innocent people being killed. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She was a determined woman who didn't let the shooting derail her from her goals. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 People were shooting into the doorways like rabbits. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Remember when we were shooting the dead leaves off the trees? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z And he’s not shooting, he’s hacking away with that knife. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 They seemed to be shooting at random into the courtyard below. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Lac took a deep breath and stepped out from behind his crate, shooting his pistol once into the air. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 The ancient queen’s hair glittered like a shooting star as she plummeted into Erilea. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They wrestled for the hose, spraying one another, shooting the water over onto the dock, laughing and cursing each other. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z And then there was pain shooting from his eye to his chest. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “He shot at me! What are you shooting at me for?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Then Abel raised his gun and he started shooting. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And now, at Grant Park, there’s a wide green lawn, with a cool fountain of sea creatures shooting water from their mouths. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z 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 We stopped shooting when he hit the floor and slid into me. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Those who did not carry pistols because they became pistols; did not carry switchblades because they were switchblades cutting through gatherings, shooting down statutes and pointing out the blood and abused flesh. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 But both lots seemed to be doing more talking than shooting, almost like they were planning something. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Is it true what they said about shooting a dog?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He was perfectly silhouetted against the light inside, like a paper target at a shooting range. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Then Dorian’s gaze met hers, and Celaena’s blood turned into shooting stars. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z 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 Francie wondered whether Mama would be arrested for shooting a man. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On Friday night the shooting gallery was mobbed. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The steel ran south and north presumably, springing from some inconceivable source and shooting toward a miraculous terminus. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When Dr. Bliss took the witness stand, he was questioned by both the district attorney and Guiteau's lawyer about Garfield's medical care from the day of the shooting until his death. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “What the hell are you shooting at?” he shouted. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 Tom K. handed it to me, shooting me a look that said he didn’t appreciate being our postman. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Fangs bared, hackles raised, claws shooting out like switchblades. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A year had passed since the Prothero shooting, and Wes was the fourth and final defendant to find out his verdict. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z 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 I was thinking about that, about shooting stars, as I climbed the stairs. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And just because he yanked that zipper up doesn’t mean that three years later he’s going to turn around and start shooting at people. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “I expected him to have more control over what he was doing,” Hemme said, shooting a venomous look at me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Even as Garfield's health worsened, Brown sent out telegrams saying: “Rumors concerning unfavorable change in President's condition largely sensational,” and “Surgeons believe President is prospectively better than at any time since shooting.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He could play games with the boys in the courtyard, shooting at a mark, hide-and-go-seek, and duck on a rock. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z And right across the river are hundreds of tall buildings, some shooting straight, piercing the clouds. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Back in the gym we’re shooting more patterns when the football team comes in for a bathroom and water break. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 And here I am, shooting off my mouth at five-thirty in the morning to a man holding a rifle. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 The shooting victim did not die; Mr. Dill was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The black girls were on top of any news stories involving race and discrimination, such as controversial police shootings, and they also discussed the kinds of everyday hurdles that black people face in America. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 The other day they were shooting right outside my house and I thought I was fixing to get shot. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone has boarded one of the ships and is shooting the cannons! Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He heads the shooting list for to-day with three unquestionable hits. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “He told me in his office after we left the ditch and jumped inside. He told me not to tell anyone he told me, so don’t start shooting your mouth off.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “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 After a brief workout each morning, my squad’s on the shooting range full-time in training. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z 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 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 “It was as if the trees were shooting at us,” Caputo remembered. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z 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 Lifting the curtain by his bed, he saw his father shooting baskets beneath the night light. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Rockets shooting, fireballs bursting, comets shrieking, sparks sizzling. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel stepped forward, shooting a glance behind her as she went. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The two guys they were shooting at turned the corner and ran up the avenue. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, and there was Mr. Prescott that she knew right well and he was going to tell the twelve men to kill her for shooting Tea Cake. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Neither the wound nor the dressing put on it were cleaned and disinfected until more than seven hours after the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Lorraine interrupted, shooting a dirty look at Norton and then dashing off again. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Looks like it ends in a slide up there, shooting downward.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 We were up six to four, but our center was shooting threes. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 In that moment, with the gun to my head, people rushed all around us in a fiery blur—shooting, fleeing, screaming. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z One was how neat the shooting had been. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “We were so frightened. We heard about the soldiers shooting anyone they found in the streets.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The shootings at Sharpeville provoked national turmoil and a government crisis. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Pol was standing in the stable yard and shooting at a tree. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “I hadn’t really planned on shooting people,” Bloom said tightly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m leaving, Sammy. You could end up dead shooting that shotgun off near a sheriff.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Only in a culture of honor would it have occurred to the irascible gentleman that shooting someone was an appropriate response to a personal insult. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Perhaps that’s because I do not remember a thing about the shooting. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They were walking low and their heads were ducking and shooting from side to side just like the man’s had been. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Benji was shooting hoops in the driveway under a giant spotlight. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 I shot them on their feet and watched them suffer for an entire day before finally shooting them in the head so that they would stop crying. 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 For half a minute, a band of pain wraps around her stomach, radiating toward her back and shooting down her legs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 On my way out, I pass the five-foot Stormtrooper cardboard cutout that he won shooting free throws at the town’s Fourth of July festival last summer. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The pain shooting through my arm hurt like crazy, hot and sharp as a flame. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They were shooting skeet outside, and every time a gun was fired his senses were jarred. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It cartwheeled end over end, snapping onto Mr. Flux’s shooting hand. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The two of them together looked like uncles shooting the breeze at a family reunion. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Saying that you were trying to stop Communism or stuff like that was different than shooting somebody. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess not. But I’ve let the shooting go. I don’t think about it any more.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 “No you don’t,” said her mom, shooting a glance at the house next door. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Then I let them take turns shooting marbles at my lunar-surface cake pan. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z They attacked him from every direction—Leo shooting fire at his legs, Frank and Piper jabbing at his chest, Jason flying into the air and kicking him in the face. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Maybe we all had better be careful where we step,” says Finnick, shooting me a look. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Standing next to a tree with red frozen sap on its bark would bring flashbacks of the many times we executed prisoners by tying them to trees and shooting them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z "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 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 A moment later, a stream of sparks that looked like tiny white-hot metal-filings came shooting out of The Grand High Witch's eyes and flew straight towards the one who had dared to speak. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Oh no, really?” said Hermione, shooting a repressive look at Ron, who, staring at Hagrid’s odd hairstyle, had just opened his mouth to say something about it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Luckily it is his shooting arm, because he drops his gun and it skids across the floor. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z National Guard troops raced through the area in armored vehicles dodging sniper fire and shooting at shadows. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Oh no you don’t,” says Marlena, shooting August a dirty look. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Whatever happens,” he was saying, “we do not want any shooting here in Connecticut.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Not a one more stories,” he was shooting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I see the stars in their places and hear the waterfall shooting to its destiny out over the edge of the escarpment. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “It looks like it’s the battle of the shooting guards, Kev!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Annie pulled into the parking lot, shooting him a sideways glance. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z 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 Yet he cannot picture his family occupying a house like this, playing board games on rainy afternoons, watching shooting stars at night, all their relatives gathered neatly on a small strip of sand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 I yelled out the password and he stopped shooting.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z 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 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 It was hard to know what to say or not say to our girls about the shooting. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z 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 Crouching just beside the cave mouth, the three children waited until there was a brief pause in the shooting, and then followed the dragonflies as they darted down the path. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Sparks fly from shooting stars, birds flame and disappear like miniature phoenixes in her hands. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I kept shooting impatient glances at the closed boardroom door. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z In mid-July, District Attorney Corkhill gave the press Guiteau's confession, in which he described planning the shooting, buying the gun, and following the president around Washington. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 “But they need to start shooting in two days. It sounds like an emergency.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z 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 If I told him the truth, I would risk implicating myself in Mr. Whitby’s shooting. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 Never told that the mirror, like shooting walnuts at the neighbor’s dog, was always my idea. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There’s no shooting from the blocks, no arm pumping, no push or strain. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z 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 “If the army’s all about you, what does he want with me? Why was he shooting at me? I don’t understand it.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “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 There’s an awkward homecoming photo, and a cat playing in snow, and his dad and him holding rifles at a shooting range. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I pull my shirt down, shooting her a doubtful look. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The stone flew in a direct arc toward the emperor’s chest, like a shooting star in the dark sky. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z 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 One day, I was shooting my fourth set of one hundred shots and I was really in the groove. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z We kept shooting at the bodies even though they were already dead. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “We’re shooting baskets in the back—have you been back there? It’s cool. Want to come hang out?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Grandfather kicks me with a steel-toed boot, and I grab the seat of the carriage, pain shooting through my leg. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I walk by the family room and see him completely obsessed with shooting something in some gross Shoot Lots of People game he loves. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Everything was coming out of me at once, climbing up through my throat and into my mouth and shooting out from behind my eyes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 During the two weeks after the shooting, Garfield's doctors reported that he made steady, slow improvement. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “There’s been another shooting,” he says, and Momma forgets to be gentle and yanks my hair hard. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 Hot rocks pelted her like bullets shooting down from the sky. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z He would “end this affair with a bonfire and shooting match.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I am convinced, since the shooting incident, that Mr. Loomis is insane. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 With all the practice, I was shooting a consistent 90 percent from the line. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “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 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 He pulled out his own personal camera and began shooting pictures before anything got moved. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z They assumed that he had been killed when the officers began shooting. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 “Good shooting,” he said, bending to study their prisoner. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z De la O was always relieved to be back in camp, where there were tents and hot food, and nobody shooting at him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The guy was just...Three days after shooting Garrison Griswold and he still hadn’t shown any emotion. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The problem is that even if I now know that Silas didn’t have anything to do with the shooting, that doesn’t change what other people think. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Shucks, I couldn’t remember for sure if you killed a vampire by driving a stake in its heart or by shooting it with a silver bullet! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z A white light, like a shooting star, blinding pain. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She had a screeching voice and long wet narrow lips, and whenever she got angry or excited, little flecks of spit would come shooting out of her mouth as she talked. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Not that shooting your pilot would get you anywhere fast, except down, in a Lysander, as you would not be able to take over the controls. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z 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 Next thing I remember was me spinning like a top— then shooting upward, launched by some invisible brute force. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “You send police over there and it says—” “You don’t want police over there or what?” snapped Wilkins, his lower jaw throbbing up and down, those bottomless eyes shooting off darts. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Signalmen had been shooting themselves in the feet while cleaning their guns. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z 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 While I had been shooting at the other dogs, he had gone. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z We ended the practice with everyone shooting from the three-point line. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z They raced over from their stables next to the White House when they heard about the shooting. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He was staring at Jacobi, who was shooting me a look that said Who's the guy? and What's going on? all at the same time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They both looked ahead, at the shooting field, as they spoke. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I felt as if fire was shooting through my veins; the pain was so intense that I buried my chin into my chest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 We stare each other down, her brown eyes shooting daggers through me while I try to give her an equally intimidating glare. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He liked shooting things, hammering things, smashing things, and wrestling with his father. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “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 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 Crowns of flowers on our heads, shooting bows and arrows at the sky. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We lounged in the chaises, shooting the breeze. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t see that. There were just two shapes, and with that fire shooting past them they looked as black as—” “You’ve already told us that. You couldn’t see who was ahead?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We were in roll call and we heard these shots going off— and it was Johnny and Tyrone shooting at dogs on their way to school. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ignore them, Patty,” consoled her friend, shooting the boys a peeved look. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z 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 AH nine of them came shooting out, one behind the other. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The officer pulled his weapon and the two were grappling over the gun when it discharged, shooting the officer in the stomach. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I imagine myself crossing the finish line first with everyone cheering and confetti shooting into the sky. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I mean, if I were a photographer, I’d be on safari somewhere, perched on top of a jeep and shooting rhinos for National Geographic. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I am sure this man was one of the ones who roamed the camp shooting people, either following Goeth's orders or just for his own perverse entertainment. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Every second seems to be shooting by at top speed. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The shooting was going on down the road a way. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was shooting an apple out of their roast pig’s mouth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Teresa shouted in Thomas’s mind—it sent a quick snap of pain shooting through his skull. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The film showed Richardson committing every foul short of shooting Woolf off his horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Alice leaned against the door, her face toward Jasper but, behind her sunglasses, shooting glances in my direction every few seconds. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z A subconscious desire for me to stop him from shooting himself? Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The guy was just...Three days after shooting Garrison Griswold and he still hadn’t shown any emotion. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z 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 Less than three weeks after the shooting, more than $150,000 had been raised. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z We had been there only twenty minutes and already I felt like shooting myself. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In the distance someone was shooting off flares. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I take off my Theresienstadt dress, and it rubs against the raw wound of the tattoo, shooting a twinge to the top of my head. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He shook the spider off and stood up when the vandals started shooting. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The news reached her twenty minutes after the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “You think I want this to wash up and connect me with Griswold’s shooting?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 The puzzle of the Hinckley shooting, of course, is how he managed to get at Reagan so easily. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z In the days that followed, the shooting on the IRT caused a national sensation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even with the rough treatment, there is no shooting pain. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z We had been shooting and screaming and scared that somebody, that something, was going to kill us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I feel the memory of shooting him poking at the back of my mind, and try to stifle it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’m hoping to use the bricks to prop up this broom. I need to practice shooting over a defender.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Hundreds of people lined the riverbank.The soldiers were forcing some of them into the water, prodding them with their rifle butts, shooting into the air. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “You’re the only kids in this county who are shooting off rockets, so it has to be you.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 Just as most people spend more time in cars than in airplanes, most of us have a lot more experience swimming in pools than shooting guns. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Time had also returned to normal by then, because it had slowed down during the shooting. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I shout above the others, shooting her my most extremely awake look. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 The guards alternated between the pepper spray and the beanbag gun, shooting the men and women in the cages. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Even though the beast stopped, Mr. Flux remained in motion, flying forward, losing his grip on the tufts of fur, shooting across the stream, colliding with Otto in midair. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z You received extra points for shooting your opponents in the balls. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z But in his opinion, by the time the two surgeons operated on Garfield three weeks after the shooting, the harm was done. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He loaded the clear one, shooting it into the sprite’s clammy arm. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z And, if your whole office was using the same hardware, software, and e-mail system, you could be even more productive, by seamlessly shooting your digitized content around your company, from department to department. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z She landed on the pavement of a quiet side street, the vibrations of her fall shooting up her legs and back. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z 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 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 She sat up, hands shooting down to her belly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z 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 The soldiers started shooting into the river, aiming their guns at the people who were trying to get across. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 By July 11, nine days after the shooting, it was ready to use. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z There was shooting, and some of my group was killed. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, he dropped his backpack and a firearm catalogue spilled out, and there was also that photo at the shooting range. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But on February 26, eight days after the shooting, Jackson died. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Francie’s back hurt and a shooting pain ran through her shoulder. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “We hit the ground, me and Lieutenant Carroll will mark off the squad assignments. And don’t go shooting at nothing until you see something to shoot at! Let’s go!” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 From twine and yew wood they’d made miniature bows; they’d used the hollow cedar as a kind of fort and run up and down the hillside shooting at each other. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “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 It’s still an unjustified shooting because he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the car, and he shouldn’t have broken the window.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But often at night I awoke from night mares in which I saw Tenorio shooting Ultima as he had shot Narciso. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Would whoever was on the other side start shooting? Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z 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 Several days after the shooting, Garfield felt less pain in his feet and was able to get some sleep at night. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “O.K., but you do the shooting and I’ll do the running.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 "We don't need shoes, Baba," Sunny says, shooting me a hard look. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the hill, he pedaled harder, shooting up that earthy incline. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 They were running and shooting at South Vietnamese troops on the other side of the road. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z 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 Before the Marines even spotted anyone, shooting could suddenly erupt from the dense foliage of the jungle. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The way I figured it, the Rebels had hidden there and begun shooting at the British troops as they marched by. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 I scrolled past the backstory to the first shooting. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 Jay thought there was a shooting and immediately called me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 Flaps of fresh sow’s peritoneum ready cut to the proper size came shooting up in little lifts from the Organ Store in the sub-basement. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Moments later, Christian dribbled into the box and faked to his left, a move that left the North Atlanta goalie tangled in his own limbs, before shooting right: another goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z 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 Hicks began shooting bullets into the chest of the recruit, firing in a calm synchronized salvo that had a violent harmony to it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He released sincere public statements deploring the shooting and condemning it as evil. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The shooting started as soon as the elevator doors slid open. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z 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 soon experienced the first shooting pains from the severe arthritis that would grotesquely disfigure his body. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the deadliest shooting by a lone gunman in United States history. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s pink and black with pink tissue paper shooting from the top. 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 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 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 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 That the shooting took place on the subway seems incidental. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I do not even regret shooting the guards outside the control room, because it was so important that I get past them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z This second witness gave law enforcement officials what they needed to charge Walter McMillian with capital murder in the shooting death of Ronda Morrison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The wind blew across the water, shattering the tips of the waves and shooting ice-sparklets north with the storm. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She maybe balanced for about three and a half seconds, shooting the camera a big smile before flailing off the surfboard a second later. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 “They have too much shooting in them. Dad loves Clint Eastwood, though. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Hang ’Em High, A Fistful of Dollars. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z 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 “Watch it!” he barks, shooting me a dirty look. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He waited until the flames were shooting out of the window, then he began shouting. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The little group of defenders shoved them back, sinking two destroyers and damaging nine other ships, shooting down two bombers, and forcing the Japanese to abort, their first loss of the war. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “What does anyone want with our little nothing of a village? And shooting us with darts? I mean, what was that?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Because I couldn’t hold a gun, okay? Not after shooting . . . him. My friend Will. I couldn’t hold a gun without panicking.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 He kept fiddling with his shotgun and glowered unpleasantly at the three of them as if he felt like shooting them on the spot. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z 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 “Get your cowpoke feet out of my shooting area!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 “A brigade of Chicago gorillas armed with Tommy guns might be able to get to Seabiscuit—after shooting down everybody on the lot,” said Howard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The reporter shooting the video we were watching lunged forward and jammed the camera in Sorrento’s face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z 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 But this time, the Stem gang was shooting the British. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I heard the shooting and the place exploded.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 “They start shooting only when the bombs run out, nothing to worry about now,” the airport manager said airily, already on his way out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 This the first one I come to since the shooting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 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 Like they are shooting side to side in my head. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “I heard Dale shooting guns and stuff the night the creatures came through our window,” Kendra said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z 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 There's a brick wall up, right over near where the shooting happened. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Flames seemed to be shooting out of his forehead. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I keep shooting for hours and hours, until my neck is stiff from looking up and I’m sweaty. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Then the next thing we did was to look up at the building to see if we could spot anybody shooting. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 In Argentina riots're being reported in the major cities, with lootings and shootings, and some people're saying it's just a matter of time before the junta's toppled. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Army's surgeon general, an administrative position he still held at the time of the Garfield shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The 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 Things had been violent lately, with shootings nearly every day. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “What good is a ribbon? Why are you laughing like that? Why don’t they give you some money instead? I need some money for the shooting gallery. I never have any money.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 “A shooting star that fell a million years ago.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “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 He hadn't seen the president since the shooting. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 He dribbled between his legs before shooting a floater in the paint. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Scythe Volta hung out with Rowan that evening in the game room, shooting pool. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Several times he was in churches when shooting started, and he often took refuge behind a pillar. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Maybe the bombing and shooting had started and he had to write fast. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z 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 When you were shooting badly you got into a bad temper, just as the wealthy pheasant shooters do today. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Ben asked when they had broken out of Ravenel County and in a hauntingly crepuscular light were shooting across a causeway where the locks and sluices of an old rice plantation were still visible. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I ask, blueberry muffin crumbs shooting out of my mouth. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah. There have been a bunch of school shootings in the past few years. Students are saying, ‘Enough of that,’ and trying to figure out what they can do so it doesn’t happen again. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “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 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 At the next Klan meeting, there was more talk about shooting Howard Fuller. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 Those same few who doubted his sincerity about his anti-bullying efforts said he was shooting anabolic steroids. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Maybe. Or some other town. I don’t know. The people who worked with her in Port-au-Prince think she might be in this region. Do you remember any shootings the night of the coup?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z 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 Then, close to dawn, the shooting and explosions stopped. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “What do they tell in Karhide?” he would say, rubbing his legs, which tormented him with aches and shooting pains, and turning to me his face with its shy, sly, patient smile. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z They were all used to shooting baskets in this kind of white night. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She may not even know I was a witness to the shooting. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z 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 Then lightning struck again, shooting up my leg and into my skull, sending me deep into the fog. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Arrows zing through the air—the Martials are shooting out the lights, hoping to leave the festival-goers in darkness so they can herd us easily. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Diego silently begged me for help before telling off my brother for shooting fireworks at his face. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z 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 It would be like shouting, it would be like shooting someone. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And this is barely a fraction of the six million we’re shooting for. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z 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 And even if my hope was false hope, it was better than shooting him ourselves. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He anticipated that the public would initially be angry with him for shooting the president. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Part of each day was spent with Adam the yeoman shooting at a mark. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z 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 I wonder if Principal Trask had already heard about the shooting when she decided to ban armbands. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z 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 He lets me stare out at the darkened city as we go, occasionally shooting me a hesitant glance. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Over at the basketball court, a few of the Hunters were shooting hoops. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z 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 Amari turned the page again, there I was—my hair a mass of curly red wires that seemed to be shooting electricity. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I draw posters of basketball players shooting cans through a hoop. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Even though the rain continues, the afternoon’s an improvement because we’re on the shooting range. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Crazy like he might come to school with a gun and start shooting people, or crazy like he just says amusing things about outer space?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Diallo shooting, in other words, falls into a kind of gray area, the middle ground between deliberate and accidental. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Donald was walking home from the store one evening, hours after a mistrial was declared in the prosecution of a black man accused of shooting a white police officer. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It seemed that I was going to live around shooting and violence all my life. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Amaroq stumbled, pressed back his ears, and galloped across the tundra like a shooting star. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z About a mile or so down Mong veered us across this little bank, past an old unused road with mad weeds shooting up where paint used to be, and into the thick sand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The waves of terrorists continued, and they mowed down every one, their shooting astonishingly precise, as it had to be, lest they fire into the school. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 Within moments a school of mullet erupted, sleek bars of silver shooting airborne again and again. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I could become angry, yes, begin to visualize scenarios of shooting or stabbing a rebel. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z 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 His hair was dripping wet, disheveled — even so, he looked like he’d just finished shooting a commercial for hair gel. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z 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 Like all good shooters, the pattern of Bull’s shooting did not deviate; in fact it was unconscious, buried in instinct, and rooted in long hours of boyhood practice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z That is the target that the aeroplanes practice shooting at. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z 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 “How childish,” she adds, shooting him a disdainful glare. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Whistling fireworks shriek across the sky, long tails of light streaking behind them like shooting stars. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 "Yeah, I'm just taking a break from the filming. We're shooting in the museum, actually. Lots of cameras and lights...and...and...and...action," I say, fumbling for words. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Dill was accused of shooting someone during the course of a drug deal after an argument erupted. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “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 By the lime I've worked through the emotions of surprise, admiration, anger, jealousy, and frustration, I'm watching that reddish mane of hair disappear into the trees well out of shooting range. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There was shooting back there now, and on either side of me they were throwing garbage cans, bricks and pieces of metal into plate glass windows. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he commandeered the floor, shooting back and forth like some hot Latin lover. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 “But I know him better than you do, better than you will ever know him. Do you know why he’s down there practicing his shooting tonight?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After practice, I killed time on the court shooting hoops to give Will and his pals time to change and leave before I showered. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Our friendship has held up under an incredible weight, the weight of me shooting someone she loved, the weight of so many losses. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to repeat myself. Step away from her or I start shooting.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Mother did not seem to be mad at the soldiers who were shooting real bullets. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 Now that the adrenaline rush of yesterday is gone, and whatever made me sleep has worn off, the deep ache and shooting pains of my shoulder are intense. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 They were surprised that no one seemed to be shooting at them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z And shooting a child in cold blood is a terrible crime that cannot go unpunished. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z My right leg was twisted beneath me and when I tried to move, it felt as if sharp needles were shooting all up and down my leg. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “She’ll poison his mind with her talk of guns and shooting.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Each day the shooting lessened as the hunters left the hills and went home. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 One hundred and twenty-eight indictments were brought for the beatings, shootings, stabbings, and arson. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I try to work out who might be shooting. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 I jerked around; I came close to shooting. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was shooting up and up and up on a steep slanty course as if it were climbing a very steep hill. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 No. Sierra’s mind wandered back to the image of her chalk ninja shooting up a tree. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z We went out two more times that week and I had no problem shooting my gun. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z After a while the shooting stopped and I heard somebody outside say, “They got the guy with the automatic weapon and it was some Arab!” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 There would be a risk at least of drums and shooting. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an awful thing to see them riding through in white robes with torches burning, guns shooting up the sky. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The first bird emerged from the freshly stocked white box, new shooter shooting. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z 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 Deer hunting was popular in our area because shooting and dressing a deer provided a lot of winter food for a family, so we had school off for the first day of hunting season. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The block and tackle parted under the strain, sending the ferret and the rats on the level shooting down into the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z 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 But since I was there last night and the shooting's all he wants to talk about, he rolled by for me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z 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 The trio developed what they called a Win Score, which was a rating system based on combining points and assists and rebounds and turnovers and shooting percentages in a complicated equation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z 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 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 These were the future stars of the sport—seventeen-, eighteen-, and nineteen- year-olds who had been skating and shooting pucks since they were barely more than toddlers. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z 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 She yearned for the clarity, the nothingness that had flooded her when she was shooting. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He held the position, without quivering a muscle, for nearly five minutes as the photographers scurried around him, cameras grinding, shooting him from every angle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, summer also means people start shooting each other more often. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z |
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