“You didn’t show up at photo club yesterday,” a familiar voice whispered next to Fadi. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

There is no way we can show up empty-handed without Abuela yelling. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Henry’s room has never felt much like Henry, but in the quiet of morning, he shows up in pieces. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

While we waited in the gloomy afternoon, several more people showed up and joined us. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was very racy, provocative, a lot of nudity, but the story was powerful, and even though for the first few weeks only a few people showed up to see it, word started to spread. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

‘If that isn’t the very tree you hid behind when the Black Rider first showed up, Mr. Frodo!’ said Sam pointing to the left. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The gun first showed up in his hands ’bout three years ago when I was ’round eight. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I brush my teeth and run through the list of props and the names of the performers, what’s the order, who didn’t show up to rehearsal yesterday. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It all began at nine in the morning on a day in late July, when my grandmother showed up with Joey Pow and his brand-new long-lost cousin Zed. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silver’s light-gray fur showed up plainly against a low spray of gorse, but Hazel could not see Bigwig until he sat up and ran toward them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crenshaw showed up—at least he seemed to show up—while we were busy throwing my dad’s bran cereal into Robin’s cap. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Evan wished that Scott hadn't shown up, but he had, and they needed the sixth guy for three-on-three since Jack had gone home to ask his mom if they could all swim at his house. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I knew what was right, and I knew if I was going to do what was right, I had to show up at the trial and if asked, tell everything I knew. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

But I have to talk to him again because it’s not like he can randomly show up at the front gate. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“And remember the grootslang? It only showed up after we started arguing about which way to go.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Every year, when the first flowers showed up, Mama would cut off a few branches and put them in water in a mason jar. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

They showed up right on time, overflowing with ideas and loaded down with stuff. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit at a carrel by a window and keep being drawn to the traffic, even though I know it’s still a couple of hours until Rhiannon will show up. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The others had still been subdued when we’d filmed the next day, but at least they’d all shown up, said their lines, and acted well. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She must have been worried sick when I didn’t show up Thursday. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Selma Thurmer--she was the headmaster's daughter--showed up at the games quite often, but she wasn't exactly the type that drove you mad with desire. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But they would show up for parades whenever they were in town, proud of their neighborhood celebrity. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the girl and her little entourage showed up, complicating things. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She stood before the door and reminded herself that she had always known Forrest might show up. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She showed up when your flight came in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the night, Danny showed up hammered, and threatened to take Mitchell. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Your people don’t show up quick, maybe I’ll take you for my own. You look like you’d make a nice little pet.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Old Mr. McPherson, who showed up at church one legendary Easter without trousers? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She had been waiting, hoping that he would show up. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If Margo were going to show up, she would have showed up by three. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The only major university that had shown up had left halfway through the fair without explanation. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After that, she started showing up everywhere, and started being extra nice to me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

So small I’m sure it wouldn’t show up on a GPS. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“The only thing these men are guilty of is their lack of taste. Before you two showed up, I was telling Mr. Whitby about Victor’s murder.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t stop talking from the second he showed up. He was great. He loved it here. I could easily see him going to the University of Chicago.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for showing up for meals, though, I pretty much ignore the words on my arm. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime, around eleven o’clock in the morning, students showed up outside the fence at Parker High School carrying big poster boards with large black letters that read, “It’s time!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined him lying dead in his house, wondered who had found him, how they even knew he was missing before he failed to show up for class. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When the court scheduled a hearing in October 1987 on pretrial motions in Walter's case, Chestnut and Boynton showed up with no expectation that any of their motions would be granted. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But when I show up, I find that Mr. Daniels is no grandfather. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

And indeed, the face that showed up at the peephole did look angry. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I just had to show up and work. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We sat there watching as more and more people showed up and old men opened their stands and set out the products and price tags. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Okay...but why didn’t your magic show up on the Crystal Ball like mine did?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then he didn’t show up to my parents’ big anniversary lunch. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I don’t say nothing to this but something kinda rude shows up in my Noise before I can stop it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I heard Rosaleen make a sound like Hmmmph, and I knew she was thinking about her own sorry husband, wishing he hadn’t shown up for their ceremony. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could show up at Aibileen’s, start telling me all about serving the Senator and his wife. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There were no other life-forms showing up on his screen but, like Foaly said, the hull had a high lead content, even the paint was lead based! Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Her daemon’s name was Pantalaimon, and he was currently in the form of a moth, a dark brown one so as not to show up in the darkness of the hall. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Only one parent showed up for the first afternoon session. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was surprised when he showed up again the next week because he usually came only every few months. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I remember a story Joel told me about a man who showed up at the farm one morning. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Instead of wearing sweatpants and sneakers like most coaches, one day Sam showed up in what looked like a pink zoot suit—pink slacks, pink shirt, pink fedora, and pink alligator shoes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“The only reason they want to talk to you about it now is because caravans of refugees started showing up on the river road.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Ronan shows up at my door in a pair of new running shoes. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I showed up to Mr. Jordan’s class the next day, as promised, but my return was weirder than I’d expected. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They would go back to the old players and tell them that if they weren’t willing to obey the rules, they shouldn’t show up. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She hated to admit she was a little glad he’d showed up. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Still, it took them long enough to show up,” I say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The Times was to show up in court by noon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I worried about that when you never showed up. I thought it might have fallen out, or gotten wet so you couldn’t read it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Baba had refused repayment until Dello had shown up one day in our driveway in a Benz and insisted he wouldn’t leave until Baba took his money. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes, well, you wouldn't have managed if I hadn't happened to show up just then, would you? Come." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every day, a larger number of volunteers show up to work on the paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A couple of weeks before the prom, she showed up at the Charcoaler as I was closing up. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Even if Eleanor could avoid the bus today, even if her fairy godmother showed up with a pumpkin carriage, she'd still have to find a way to get back to school tomorrow morning. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Until Vanessa showed up right before the end of the period, just when—as promised—Tom Cruise gave the class a few minutes to “socialize.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The web dried off and the words didn’t show up so plainly. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Chaol hadn’t shown up for breakfast, but rather sent her guards to bring her to the training hall to practice on her own. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He must avoid la migra, which sometimes shows up at the station in unmarked cars. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Fun times, made even more fun by the thousands of bug bites and peeling sunburns I always showed up with on the first day of school. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He said, “Tell Joey to call my house when he shows up. He’ll be back today. I know Joey. Just watch.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Then you were wrong, shank. They always come out at night. That doesn’t mean they never show up during the day.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They come to school long enough to infect the staff room, then go home sick when the sub shows up. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo knew the Station Inspector would be making his evening rounds at the other end of the station, and Hugo figured he had a few minutes before he showed up here. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“I know how protection circles work, Jay. I watched you all. My question is,” she said, squinting at her brother, “will it help if Deputy Collins shows up here? Or are you expecting some haints?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

To me, thinking Marcus wasn’t showing up because he simply didn’t care. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Naomi never showed up, so I walked back over the bridge and headed down River Road to her house. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Anyway, that’s one-tenth of the people we need to show up so we can have our pick for the remaining four roles. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When he did not show up, she became worried. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not after what had happened that morning when Paul decided to show up. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He’d only admitted to showing up at the elementary school with unicorns. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I thought the whole thing would be that way, but it's just confusing and pointless. The ghosts—if there are ghosts—don't even do anything. They just show up and stand around." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’m so mad Dr. Doofus showed up when he did. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

But no cop showed up to make my decision for me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ll just be a regular wife who shows up only at the big events and smiles. Maybe that’d be a lot easier on everybody.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

What I loved most about calling myself a reporter was that it gave me an excuse to show up anyplace. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he was curious to see what kind of new talent would show up, and to see the team’s new field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Literally, they wheeled his hospital bed into some top secret area and now he only occasionally shows up for meals. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“And if they don’t show up soon there won’t be much point. I’m sure the good seats are already taken and I’m already going to miss the Spec.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Fifteen minutes later, he showed up at my front door. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

"You know that for the student-run productions, I just show up for performances." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Joey didn’t show up that day for Calculus. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When he didn't show up she scolded him, prompting Dell to clip his toenails down so close it hurt to even put on his socks. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I was afraid maybe Sputnik wouldn’t show up and even if it did, we’d miss it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

What did she care what Otto did for a living when she had shown up at his door and offered herself to him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Effie shows up a bit early to take us down because last year, even though we were on time, we were the last two tributes to show up. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they did steal, none of the loot ever showed up on the black market. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You had better show up,” he said, his gaze flat and cold. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“And besides, maybe your mysterious someone will show up, and it won’t matter anyway.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In January the Underdowns showed up as a complete surprise from Léopoldville.They came in Mr. Axelroot’s plane, when the most we were really expecting was Potato Buds and Spam. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lincoln and Sean even showed up out of nowhere and joined in the laughter. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I can’t say the same for the other people who will inevitably show up. But I wanted to hear what you have to say. Your protest has already gotten a lot of attention.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were in the midst of terraforming the Amazon when Columbus showed up and ruined everything. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She’ll insist on going through the box with me, but then she shows up late and gives me a sassy nonresponse to explain herself. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

All I know now is that I cared enough to show up here, and I’m walking away completely clueless on what’s next for my future. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Toby would sleep and Luke would stare out the window, primed and ready if Jimmy showed up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He showed up around the beginning of the school year, when Sal and I still walked home from school together. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The first was that Omi showed up—without calling or even texting first. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The search for the fugitive leaker now dominated the news—reporters even showed up at Ellsberg’s father’s house in Detroit. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And maybe I came here looking for someone who won’t show up, but I’ll leave with someone who could be even better for me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

In Washington, DC, 20,000 people showed up for a protest march. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He showed up early for practices and was always on time to the bus for games. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

No medics show up, though, and as I’m too far gone to care, I crawl up onto the mattress, expecting to bleed to death. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m almost hoping your dad doesn’t show up, girl.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

All she’ll say is that my mama showed up one day, dirty and stinking and toting me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I dressed in my best and showed up sweating. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In middens around Yellowstone National Park, he said, they first show up in large numbers about five hundred years ago, the time of the great epidemics. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It will show up better if I make the whole thing with double lines.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

‘Burning Man showed up a few minutes ago,’ said Coach Hedge. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I decided to hang out on the swing for a while, half because the heat had finally dissipated into a pleasant, if muggy, eighty-something, and half because I thought Alaska might show up. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

On the day the public experiment was to be carried out Galileo’s rival failed to show up. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The coach kept him on the team even when he wasn’t running, just in case he might show up at a meet. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know she was already really freaked out that you weren’t going to make it back to Pittsburgh alive, and seeing you show up here? I have a feeling it’s thrown her for a loop.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It started when Burnside showed up at our door with a gift. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was to show up a little early, check for signs of surveillance, then take a seat. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were sure it was going to be big, and figured up to 100,000 people would show up. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Of course, that’s when the cops and the fire truck decide to show up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately for my brother and Reggie both, the bird showed up at first light the following morning and waited outside the pen for his breakfast and morning grooming from his best friend. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The following morning, more than 650 Woodhull supporters—including several dozen women who defected from Anthony’s suffrage convention—showed up at Apollo Hall. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Minho still hasn’t shown up,” he said as they walked down the stairs to the basement. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I was in Alaska’s room—for the sake of getting me a girlfriend, she’d agreed to iron a green button-down shirt for me—when Jake showed up. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

And since I didn’t know exactly when they would show up, I had to be great every second. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Mentions of Mack had grown fewer and fewer until the morning Kitty showed up at nine o’clock at Duke’s Barbershop. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow old Mrs. Faulkner will show up at Ma’s place wanting to talk about my heroics in the bank a few days ago. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

One that’s rolling around out there right this minute, waiting for me to show up. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

So I show up and take the tests on Fridays and on the rest of the days Tanner’s got one less person to mess with. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in simple dark clothes that would normally conceal him well; but through the spyglass he showed up as if he were under a spotlight. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Supposedly, if you look at the things you want, they’ll show up in real life: Blink! The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

So I could not have been more surprised when she showed up sobbing at Room 43 just as I was putting the finishing touches on my final paper for English. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When the blue card showed up, I pointed to it and made a noise. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When musicians were coming for an evening performance, we asked them to show up early to help with a youth workshop. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was hoping he’d be some kind of protection after the naked man showed up, but he’s so old he’s bent up like a paper clip. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

By that time a couple of other guys had shown up. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would show up under different names farther and farther away from his own country. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Before, him not showing up would elicit a National Guard-sized response in Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Bobby showed up at CBS’s Television Studio 52, garbed in his characteristic corduroy pants and flannel shirt buttoned at the collar and displaying an attitude that was one part assurance and one part skepticism. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday afternoon, Amanda shows up at my house and asks if I want to hang out. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You’re mad because I didn’t show up on Wednesday! It couldn’t be helped!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Too often he was late or simply didn’t show up for our lessons. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Nina claimed it had something to do with glands, but Kaz didn’t care about the specifics as long as she showed up when he needed her and she paid Per Haskell his percentage on time. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As Mrs. F stands there with her eyes popping out of her head, Jus thinks maybe he shouldn’t have just shown up with no notice. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Karl accepted the invitation and showed up, right on time, even though it meant breaking the curfew set for young people. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like something would be missing, then mysteriously show up the next day or week. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“So don’t count on our players showing up to save your hide,” retorted black tennis officials. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the BBC showed up in Turner Station, asking locals about life there in the forties and fifties. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“And our bosses. Neither of us was late for work all summer. When we don’t show up this morning, they’ll know something’s wrong. They’ll try to call us, then the hospitals, then the cops.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not wait to catch fish with him in the afternoon, but he did not show up, and I did not see him at school all day. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

For me, it revived an old internal call-and-response, one that tracked all the way back to high school, when I’d shown up at Whitney Young and found myself suddenly gripped by doubt. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Miles actually showed up at my house. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if Maddie would show up to the study group. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Thank the Lord Miss Hilly hasn’t showed up here to play bridge, even though Mister Johnny tried to set it up again just two weeks ago. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Brad showed up, which caused quite a stir because he was popular, but Patrick kept a secret as to why Brad came to the party. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“If anybody shows up with a video camera, it’s mine,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

By that afternoon, we all wandering around the house, jiggling our fingers, wondering when Miss Hilly gone show up again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was waiting for the repairmen to show up when the manager “happened into” the apartment. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

So if I don’t show up, worry they will. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had to show up at all of my usual haunts. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told him she wasn’t here and he seemed to buy it. That’s why I was surprised when you—he—er, showed up again.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“If I don’t show up, someone else will take my seat.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And all three had shown up with paper bags. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

We all showed up, even Peach, who was sneezing every few seconds. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s not my friend. I didn’t ask him to come. He just showed up.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Will needed to get home before dinner or his mother would be worried, and then really angry when he showed up, because she had been so worried. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Like the time she called 911 just for kicks—with no thought to the fact that we were a household of undocumented immigrants—and the police showed up at our front door. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I waited for weeks till Scooter showed up. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He’d shown up with the cops just before those dudes could bash my head into the concrete. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Justin showed up wearing black track pants and a white sweatshirt that is already covered with grass stains. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Hannah was in her room when I showed up again, and this time her parents were there, too. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When the surly handyman showed up that afternoon to nail up a few boards, he seemed an angel from heaven wielding a hammer. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I want to tell her how sorry I am for showing up like I did the other morning, but I choose not to. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And he always does what he says he will, so when he doesn’t show up at the end of the school day, I start to get nervous. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe if we build them an obstacle course, we can get them to show up.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Normally, I don’t want to see her, but I wish she’d show up and tell those boys to leave Alex alone. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Are there really brush strokes that show up under magnification?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then I got back outside, and the guy shows up, and I told him the tickets were no longer for sale. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to make sure we were on our way before other travelers showed up and saw the dead man propped up against our back window. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Lourdes says he shows up to classes in overalls and reeks of manure from his father’s ranch. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he does show up from time to time. Once with a valentine he’d made out of shells.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Arthur told me about a guy who showed up at football practice looking for a fight. He didn’t belong up there. He was just looking for trouble. Am I right, Arthur?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Bill Thompson showed up to help celebrate the return of the all-black Eighth Regiment. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Cut my arm, probably doing irreparable damage to veins and arteries, and then Brutus and Enobaria showed up before she had time to finish me off. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like the whole world was showing up. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I was ready to turn around and run home by the time she showed up. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either way, it’s bound to be better than our last meeting, where not a single person showed up except me—and that includes the other council members. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t know what had happened to her until he got to the Pipeworks and she either showed up or didn’t. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There have been five mass extinctions since jellyfish showed up on the scene. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The goblin-dwarf turf war had flared up again, and every morning hordes of angry parents showed up demanding the release of their innocent offspring. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

If you were any sort of community leader or politician, it was—and still is, to this day—more or less mandatory that you show up and walk the route. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then she adds, “Oh! And Merryl didn’t even bother to show up. Kyro called her at home when the bus was set to leave and her mother said she was sick.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

All five of the Johnsons show up for dinner on Sunday night—Shanti, her parents, and her grandparents. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now it was only a matter of time before someone showed up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Tom White showed up to begin his investigation, in 1925, the bureau had all but dropped the Whitehorn case. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Dressed in full uniform, entire Hitler Youth squads—as many as one hundred boys—showed up at classroom doors to intimidate teachers who did not espouse the Nazi worldview. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“As I just said, we sent him a letter. I had hoped he would show up tonight so we could work this out. If he doesn’t respond, we will take further action.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What happened was, Perry showed up maybe a month later. I met him at the bus station in Kansas City—” “When?” said Church. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby had only recently gotten his license, showing up late to school with it still in his hands. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I figured that if things went well, the media would show up.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As always, Howard tried to get Smith to come, but the trainer never showed up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I know is that I never show up. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The next day, however, he didn’t show up, either. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and we even had a date picked out. Tonight, Fourth of July. His mother’s been looking everywhere for him, the poor dear. She was hoping he might show up, but as you can see...” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My father said to Mr. Lucas, “Can’t just show up to the courthouse without a bride.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow the national guard’s going to show up here with a court order and carry him out like a hero,” Pedro Tercero said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, a little while later, the pinching man showed up at our hut. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little farther along two bears showed up, and the effect was doubled. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

People were going to start showing up in a few minutes, and I still needed to shower. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There were even tunnels that didn’t show up on the map at all. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the word came around that a woman was offering ballet lessons, I showed up, with three other young girls. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never got their names. No badges. Three of them showed up, told me that I had better be careful, that I had painted a target on my back, on my whole family.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Twice she hadn’t shown up—picked up by men on the way to school—and now she was allowed out only with an escort. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In one, she was hanging out with Gary, and Jim showed up on the doorstep. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Warden remained at the site for the remainder of the day, along with Mr. Pendanski and Mr. Sir, who showed up after a while. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You’ll see—different spirits show up, and most are real down for the cause, because that’s why they here, you know?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think Noelle was going to show up, so I almost didn’t come—but then I decided I didn’t want any regrets. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was always veterans talking among themselves, and when any of us showed up, they’d look awkward and go quiet. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

His gray ears showed up in my video screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The moonlight, astonishingly bright, showed up everything almost as if it were broad day. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

They showed up for the appointment at ten a.m., and they were waiting in Dr. Jansen’s office when, all of a sudden, they see me walking into the office, too. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then, the president’s bodyguards showed up and asked for me. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he could just show up and everybody was supposed to fall down and go crazy or something. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I showed up on the day of freshman orientation, accompanied by no one, a duffel over my shoulder stuffed with my clothes, some crackers, and the picture of Birdie. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When a member of his congregation did not show up at church, he went straight to his home after services and yelled at him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m not guilty of Nealson’s charges. If I showed up at this trial, it would seem that I am.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t going to hang around and wait for him either on street corners or at back doors—and then not have him show up. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment he showed up, that’s when things stopped being the way they used to be. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Ms. Eisen informs us that we’re going to continue our weights unit until Tuesday, after which point whoever shows up for the last classes will play softball in the field. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Why you got to come back here and ruin stuff? We’re finally almost close to happy, and you show up!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, no one had ever shown up unexpectedly. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was when Mr. Bundini showed up in his jeep and told everybody to break it up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d shown up as a reporter knowing little about the team other than that it was based in a town called Clarkston, the players were refugees, and the coach was a woman. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, Greenberg dragged himself back to the offices with Smith’s counterdemand: No one was to show up at his barn asking to examine the horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Assistant Coach Watts shows up and we know Coach is officially late, because our JV coach is never on time. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Him not showing up today? I’m not worried. I think his disappearance is part of his next big game.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Trout often showed up at night school but never paid attention. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I hope I show up in the headlights. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mix a few numbers up on your birth certificate, show up with what appears to be the appropriate license, and you’re set. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But something is different tonight, something is happening . . . the girls don’t disappear as usual when the cops show up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’d thought discussion would die down over the summer, but Stephanie and a sizable group of students hadn’t forgotten about it when they showed up at this fall’s homecoming game. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Queen Dot’s Throne started showing up on outhouses all around town. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sophie was really disappointed when you didn’t show up last week.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I was the ultimate champion for a while, until a high school guy showed up and knew how to counter my electricity move with Chun-Li’s heel stomp. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

On the designated evening, Robert showed up at the club with his parents, who proudly introduced their son as J. Robert Oppenheimer. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

How a girl like that might know about how a color could show up along with a feeling. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

As a club regular myself, I claw the rocks of terminal shame at these family gatherings, especially in the 1970s, when Papa shows up wearing a brown double-knit suit with tan top-stitching. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“But has your mom shown up drunk to places before?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I knew he’d left early when he showed up here. But I didn’t know you were still there. Finally I asked him about it one night, and he said you were. That’s all.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They show up here in their electric cars with their kale salad and complain about how our town is too backward to ban plastic bags. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Some of the players hadn’t shown up, he reported. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

"He showed up about twenty minutes ago. Said he decided to come back himself." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We follow directions to the Collective, a huge room that easily holds the thousands who show up. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“You’re looking remarkably normal,” Lori the social worker says when Molly shows up at the chemistry lab for their usual biweekly meeting. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Right. Ideally, we want our text to show up on the rover screen, and whatever Watney types to be sent back to us. That requires a change to the rover's software." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she showed up in his English class that afternoon, it felt like she was there to haunt him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as Kim showed up on the scene, everyone assumed we’d be best friends just because we were both dark, quiet, studious, and, at least outwardly, serious. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows what the job of small-town mayor is—he shows up at every football game and makes sure the garbage gets picked up and the streets get plowed when it snows. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The Daughters of Mary started showing up in the parlor before 10:00 a.m. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Howard waited and waited but Wishbone never showed up. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Those who could work were not taken away, and so, reluctantly, my father and I showed up for work details every morning. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Federal agents terrified staffers by showing up unannounced at their homes in Hampton and Newport News, ringing the doorbell in the evenings to ask questions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Like they hadn’t had any team issues until I showed up. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“They don’t have the discipline to hack it. They don’t show up to practices. They don’t show up to the game. You can’t compete like this.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

As far as I knew, the Sixers thought I was dead, and I didn’t want to tip them off by showing up for my last few weeks of school. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The first hint of it came when the Spot heifer failed to show up one evening at milking time. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And not only did long-lost members of the family show up, but they usually turned the whole service out with screaming and hollering. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But then not half of those who agreed to come would actually show up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to her, if a plant was in decent soil and had sun and enough water, a bud would at some point show up. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

His father showing up with the cookies and promising to feed Prim . . . did Peeta put him up to that? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

No angles angels showed up in the sky, and nobody sang any pretty carols. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That was the night the chicks showed up. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

At least ten cop cars arrived, a news van showed up, and the boys who jumped Long and Tate were arrested. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to be onstage at Carnegie Hall looking like a total idiot because we didn’t rehearse enough—all because Mrs. Atanabi was too flaky to show up on time.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

We’ll circle back to the buildings, in case more people show up. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“She was in my room when Grace showed up. I saw the way she was looking at my bobbleheads, so I decided to take it with me. My bobbleheads are my bobbleheads.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“She showed up at the second half. She didn’t have her camera with her, so she wasn’t really a great help for yearbook. Why?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The next weekend, the largest crowd that had ever come to Cape Coalwood showed up, nearly three hundred milling people, even a few from the Welch side of the county. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Monday didn’t show up on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Plus, maybe she could convince her dad to stop by the school again, and she could check if her notebook had shown up in the gym. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Then you showed up and you weren’t hurt. I thought maybe I shouldn’t talk about the dragon just yet. I wanted to know what happened.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The last thing I needed was to show up at Becca's house smelling like sweat gravy. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Come to think of it, I don’t even think he showed up for training. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It can carry you through the wondering: Is the shuttle really going to show up? The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

One day, she flatly told me that it didn’t matter to her if I showed up because the class ran smoother when I wasn’t there. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Yet, with all the waxy paper, and the board over Axel’s favorite thinking spot, Frank still shows up, day after day. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She would literally show up, begin talking, hand us the money without even acknowledging it, and start the dance class! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When the parents showed up, they all lined up in the hallway in front of the gym. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

At least, I think he hadn’t shown up. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even if it was by showing up in a dream or something. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There’s not enough time left in the year to get anything in the kiln, so those of us who bothered to show up to ceramics at all have been left to our own devices. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As Helen showed up in articles again and again with different last names, a few scientists began feeling the need to set the record straight. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Even before remains were found, the Big Hill Trading Company undertaker had arrived with his hearse; a rival undertaker showed up as well, the two hovering like predatory birds. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When I went to The Rocky Horror Picture Show that night, Mary Elizabeth was really mad because Craig didn’t show up. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder how' come that old man ain’t showed up yet.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alternative treatments with baking soda and milk did not help, and so, despite Elizabeth’s assurance that nothing was wrong, I showed up at the ice-cold Trinity Street surgery of a local doctor. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Thereafter, now and then I heard how Cassius showed up in Muslim mosques and restaurants in various cities. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, how can you expect your students to work hard if you show up in your pajamas and slippers? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only person who never showed up at a conference was the only person Cara really wanted to see: her dad. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Now we can see why the word Sophocles’ shows up in the tree with the category “noun” and the function “determiner” rather than “adjective.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The other Washington boy who showed up at Grand Coulee that summer was Chuck Day. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

One girl from Mrs. Salinger’s class got called down to the office, and another mom showed up right at the classroom door. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The school had a director of discipline, and he would watch the front gate to see who showed up late. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Once Joey showed up, Jeffrey pulled out this little memory game that he had made, with pairs of matching cards with different Ramadan pictures on them. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

When it finally showed up, the driver tried to hitch the bulldozer to the tow, but he didn’t have enough space to get the whole bulldozer onto the truck. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When he first showed up on our corner last fall, the laughing man was always mumbling under his breath. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Speaking of Dad, Genie wondered where he was and when he was going to show up and maybe save him from this white-toothed crazyman. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The bus had shown up in Spokane by now, and I wasn’t on it. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Sierra wanted the answer to show up before her mom did. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The Pickwell kids cheered when he showed up and treated him like a legend in the flesh. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’s what my gramps still sees every time he looks in my face, like when I showed up to his front door yesterday morning. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Still, whenever she did show up at Bannon’s, everyone knew what that meant—something needed fixing, whether it was my attitude or something about the gym. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They just walked over the mountains and showed up to sleep in the town squares of Italian villages, washing their clothes in the fountains and begging up and down the porticoes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Really, I’ve wanted to see you and all, but I’ve been pretty busy since I got here, and I wasn’t sure, you know, how you’d feel if I just showed up one afternoon.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It's how quickly Mazen forgot about me when Sana showed up. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

We were practicing in the far corner of a rarely frequented Jack in the Box parking lot when Yusef first showed up, and I was upside down when I saw him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Michael was equally fearless off the field too, getting into frequent fights and once showing up for practice in a shirt covered with blood after an altercation with some kids over at Odessa High. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In recent years, the scene was a weird mix of drunks, derelicts, and the occasional college students who showed up because the risk of getting a knife pulled on you sounded fun. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“How come you were surprised when Ripred showed up? I mean, I don’t really know the prophecy, but you do. Didn’t you expect a rat?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

City hall, as I learned on the sweltering summer day I showed up to meet Valerie for a job interview, was both alarmingly and upliftingly packed with people. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Even in camp, all they had to do was show up at the cafeteria, and the food was there. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They just show up all of a sudden. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“One day he showed up, stayed awhile and pushed off. He wanders through every few months.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We can plan hangouts instead of the good old days where we would just show up at each other’s apartments. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

But sooner or later all the kids who moved into our part of town showed up at school. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She made it very clear last month what would happen if people with badges ever showed up and asked her to show papers. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Well, Daddy didn’t even show up for my birthday. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I’m also annoyed that no one but Effie and I has shown up. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, finally, Dad showed up to tell me that the doctors said Mom had a serious infection, and she caught it from one of her patients in intensive care. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Every time I showed up, the perfume lady acted surprised, saying, “My goodness, look who’s here.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the painters showed up to begin work on the exterior of her home, the woman immediately called Kathy. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Then don’t tell her about it. Just wait till they show up.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Both their mothers had died in childbirth, though from the stories the other women still told, Somkit's birth had been more memorable and involved feet showing up where a head was supposed to be. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

They would show up at our front gate and my mom would give them food. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“And here I thought this was gonna be another lame hospital filled with lame sickies. But then you show up. Lucky me.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, about twenty minutes after five, she shows up. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Barack, when he showed up back in Chicago, became a kind of soothing antidote. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to negotiate a 20 percent price reduction with the fitting room lady when—rotten luck!—Howard shows up and announces that there are no reductions and no employee discounts on clearanced items. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have the melodramatic self-centeredness to be a goth, or show up to class enough to play the geek. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But if Miss Trotter showed up on Ma Charles’s porch, now that would be something to see. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, not if they never show up here.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I pictured everybody showing up at our favorite spot. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to be some sort of well-dressed ornament who showed up at parties and ribbon cuttings. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

For the first time I could remember, I heard little children were showing up in Coalwood classrooms needing clothing and food. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you tried writing all the letters on a separate page, in the order they show up in the book?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When it’s announced that children are wanted to sing District 4’s wedding song, practically every kid shows up. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

This is the friendliest and best-paying maid service I have encountered—$6.65 an hour, though as a punishment this will drop to $6 for two weeks if I fail to show up for a day. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted Dad to come, but chances were he’d show up drunk and try to debate the commencement speaker. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Monday, Abby had shown up right before the live broadcast and almost dragged me out the door. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“How ’bout I just keep yelling and we see which of the papers show up first!” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He’d held his church service the night before, followed by a potluck, but it turned out to be more of a “down on your luck,” as only one person showed up. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“None of the academies even showed up this time around.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Shep’s brothers showed up with a cart to collect the body. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’s always either doing something insane—BASE jumping in Malaysia, eating plantains with someone who might be Jay-Z, showing up to lunch wearing a studded, hot-pink Gucci jacket—or launching a new nonprofit. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mom heads to the kitchen, and I know she’ll show up with a ton of food. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Beau is gone, too. Let me know if he shows up there, would you?” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Come to think of it, a lot of extra kids been showing up in our class on Open Mike Fridays. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But if he does not show up by Tuesday at twelve noon, at the drawing of lots, he loses all of his rights as challenger,” Euwe said. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t show up for lunch, either, and by the time she was escorted to the hall, she was brimming with questions. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Zach showed up a few times just to visit and found me in the lawn chair with my legs tucked under me, reading back over my notebook. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever had shown up had decided to stop and talk, because their voices became clearer as Mark and Alec continued their pursuit. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Dad showed up in our doorway a few minutes later. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“She probably doesn’t. I mean who would have thought that some supernatural being was going to show up and save us because we sang her a song?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I know something has gone wrong the instant Thomas shows up at our door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“But what if one a them owls shows up?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where would that fat mother show up next? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes. And it tripped a Yankee base runner. Changed the momentum of the entire game. The Red Sox ended up winning. Didu's face showed up on the big screen and the entire stadium booed." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A few would show up out of morbid curiosity. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“About time you showed up, nimrod,” someone said from the rear. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It certainly hadn’t taken long for Evil Miles to show up again. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a rest, just for a second, so she could pull herself together before Retrieval showed up. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

This was the era of Jim Crow—when black people showed up at white-only hospitals, the staff was likely to send them away, even if it meant they might die in the parking lot. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I realized this when I showed up in bio on Friday, and he was there. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was banking on us backing down, because she figured there was no way we would show up to a MoMo party with Needles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The next morning I showed up in the kitchen with the whale pin fastened to my favorite blue top. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could show up at the Oscars in a stretch limo and she’d be wearing this gown and I’d be in a tuxedo. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jennifer and I showing up was barely a hiccup in their afternoon activities, and they were back to their usual summer fun. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Not only does Ms. Washington direct the shows up at the high school, but she also stars in most of the productions at the Playhouse. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She was only six months old when we went into foster care, and she wasn’t yet two when Shanon showed up that day. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Robbie was a tall Haitian kid with long locks who had shown up midyear with a goofy grin and wild drawings covering every surface of his clothes, his backpack, his desk. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then one day Needles and Noodles showed up. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

We made the most of every minute until my mom inevitably showed up and dragged me back inside. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

For the moment, the oddness of my showing up was funnier than it was confrontational. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Afterward, he left with a smile on his face that said he knew I would show up for the interview. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I liked riding in the bus to the game because it felt good when you showed up and got off the bus and everybody from the other school was looking at you. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Madame Rubenstein grills me on the guts of the piece every time she shows up. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“You remember what you said—about how it was weird the Hunters just happened to show up at Westover Hall? I think they might’ve been scouting us.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was hard to question its existence once it showed up in all its mighty bulk. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“She’s gone down to the beach. Her people are here, looking for her. A whole clipper ship of them showed up an hour ago.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The lion’s share of students boycotted the election, but twenty-five stu-dents, about one-sixth of the student body, showed up and elected six representatives, one of whom was myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems like almost everyone in Lanternwood has shown up today for Gram’s funeral. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“And then I show up at your house and I’m dressed like the girl you hoped she would live to become and you’re, like, all taken aback by it.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Friends within warned me that there was a plot afoot to teach me a lesson for not showing up at the gang’s fights. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now here I had gone and shown up a whole crowd of white men. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were waiting for me to show up and take them home so we could put this nightmare behind us. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“What makes you think Mamá knows anything about Tonantzin coming to save us? Because, I’ll be honest, I didn’t know what the heck was going on when the goddess showed up.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And like every paranoid host, I couldn’t shake the fear that when the time finally came, no one would show up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It’s like I’m holding out this last bit of hope that I’ll show up for registration and she’ll squeal with delight. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s a good thing that priest showed up,” I said, “or we’d have spent every last coin on candles.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When they got home, Jamie showed up in Bridge’s room holding a large gray rock with jagged edges. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Parents had started showing up to get their kids and take them home. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“The day a giant swimming pool shows up in your backyard, suddenly you’ve got a lot of explaining to do.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Having Rachel in charge was very much as if Mrs. Donna Reed from television suddenly showed up to be your mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They never volunteered for anything; they never showed up to school functions. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The next time, C.P. brought his men even earlier, taking all the available seats by the time Ann showed up with her contingent. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think our parents were really surprised to see that we’d actually showed up. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It mattered every time a woman of color showed up on the cover of a magazine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Aru thought back to Mini’s story about showing up to a birthday party on the wrong date. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I once heard Farmer say that he hoped a day would come when he could do a good job just by showing up. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

During that conversation, at about ten thirty in the morning, Jerome unexpectedly showed up at home. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Because a chicken showed up yesterday, and I think it must be one of yours, because it is really definitely not an ordinary chicken. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

We all have those days we just don’t want to show up. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Eventually he got the hint and stopped showing up. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“If I don’t show up, call the National Guard.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“They’re getting ready for a press conference. The news teams got wind of it and have been showing up left and right, so we said they’d make a statement at three. So I’d better go.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then she looks directly at Keisha and me and says, “I hope some people know better than to actually show up.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“He was one of those victims who didn’t show up in the FBI files and whose killers didn’t go to prison,” Webb said. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The French ambassador to Cuba also showed up. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And now I’d shown up, her first thought seemed to be: “At last!” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben and Radar showed up at eight on the dot. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

So far my mentor has stood me up because of some drama with her boyfriend and shown up in the middle of the night with gifts like that’s supposed to make it all better. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

One morning when Ishmael was eight years old a pair of surveyors had showed up with their transits and alidades and knotted red flagging everywhere. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“A little more than a week ago, we had tryouts for the cheerleading squad. There was only room for three new girls this year, and maybe fifty girls showed up. One of them was Ashley.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When the famous George Finkle showed up at the door that Saturday morning, it was the biggest news to hit the trailer park in years. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They showed up a little late today, popping in from the patio entrance. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He asked me—no, he ordered me—to show up at the cathedral at eleven the next morning to attend the Te Deum with which the nation would express its victory over Communism. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad snapped back, “No professional shows up twenty minutes late wearing cutoffs. If he worked for me, he’d be fired.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that day he showed up and rubbed himself on the hut. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papi would lift his hat when he came to the door, like the men who sometimes showed up on Sunday mornings selling religious magazines. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Grandma showed up for dinner the second week. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A reporter from the Lister Press showed up. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Always more important matters than what Ares needs. Were just supposed to show up and fight when you need us, and not complain!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There, on his hands and knees, playing right along with my brother, is someone I never thought would have the nerve to show up at our house in a million years. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Laura Friendly showed up with a massive bouquet of flowers and a bottle of wine. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom is just about to show up. And preferably we’d like something by the door.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

‘Would that make Nike mad enough to show up?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Detective Newberg ended up driving him to work, which was just as well since she drove a normal car and he didn’t have to explain about showing up in a black-and-white. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“No, it didn’t show up. We stayed so busy this afternoon I forgot about it.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ugh. Like I need any more attention. It’ll be bad enough just showing up as the magician who received a moonstone badge this morning.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Then send for extra troops. I want backup when Day shows up to protect his family.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Look, I’ll be right back, okay? I promise. If I don’t show up you got the money anyways. You can go buy yourself all the hot dogs and beer in the world.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

All my life, I had followed the code that told me to never show up a white man. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I actually figured it out just before you showed up,” said Somkit, carefully putting away the Catcher and jar. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I have to keep showing up for work, or else I’d lose my constant rides down to Harlem, but selling snacks in the aisles comes easy. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just . . . this guy who showed up a couple days ago. Another birder.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

You know how I was hoping at least ten people would show up to auditions? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had the same thought as he sat on the front steps of the school that afternoon, waiting for Esperanza to show up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It looked like half the neighborhood had shown up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When that Hydra showed up, so did John, torch at the ready like lolaus, burning the necks as I cut off the heads so they couldn’t grow back. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The four doctors appointed to attend the patients rarely showed up. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Like a big VIP section reserved for people who were never going to show up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told them to wear civilian clothes and to show up at the Institute’s loading dock at 0500 hours the next morning. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The natives here were ready and waiting when the Portuguese showed up wanting to buy slaves, I pointed out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you believe it?” she says, addressing Marge, who shows up at exactly that moment. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

State Department showed up at our house and told my parents that Grandpa Bobby was dead and buried near some little village in Colombia. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mummy always dutifully showed up at any school-sanctioned, required events like plays or choir recitals. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Nine times. They brought him back after the first three. Then I stopped reporting it. He’d come back on his own. Heh. Always showing up, like a bad penny.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But it was only the heart; the words “We love you, Mommy” didn’t show up. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I got older and discovered that presents don’t just “show up,” I realized Daddy always went over there around our birthdays and Christmas. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Each time, Simon shows up, but he never sees me camped out in the park. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When R.C. left, I walked to the bridge and stood where Naomi and I usually met I hoped maybe she’d show up later, after she got her dad taken care of. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

When your bodyguard and champion showed up at my office, I was expecting something more in the way of an invitation to play tennis. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

They came to expect that when they showed up at my house, my mom would tsk-tsk their outfits. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When one middle-aged banker with a receding chin, thinning hair, and reedy fingers showed up for dinner one time too many, she heard the doors of her future slamming all around her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“So one day you just show up on some strangers’ doorstep?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Time went by and it was the third of March when Mack showed up at Duke’s place. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read all the IVF literature and would talk to me all night about it, but his only actual duty was to show up at the doctor’s office and provide some sperm. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t help but run into one once in a while—but they didn’t often show up in a high school. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I don't know. She showed up this morning and hasn't left. She doesn't speak a word of English. I kept hoping Poppy would come home for lunch today and help me out.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The following day I showed up at school and my advisor didn’t accept my yearbook page. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

As we drove silently down 1-4,1 found myself thinking about the day that the guy in the gray suit showed up dead. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

God, I thought, the therapist has shown up. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Of course, every year some guest will show up with a hint of leg or a shadow of cleavage. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When we hosted an event, I wanted everyday people to show up, not just those accustomed to black-tie attire. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It seemed strange that the High Blade would show up at the party of a highly controversial scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

People were already showing up for the next gym class. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But sometimes an outside force just shows up. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Nobody had any idea of the storm that was headed our way if tourists didn’t show up. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a diamond ring on Zahra’s finger when she shows up with her coffee thermos and a thick stack of files. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

That could mean a great deal...depending on how many assignments show up during the coming month. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Two assistant starters, almost certainly called in by War Admiral’s handlers, showed up to lead the horses to the walk-up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several times in those early weeks of September, she showed up in something outrageous. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He noted how clearly it showed up and he noted how big and carefully built it was. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Twenty-eight thousand fans, the biggest throng in Michigan racing history, showed up to see it, among them Charles and Marcela Howard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was about this guy, Glendale, who spent his whole life playing different characters on stage, and how when he died, all those characters showed up at his funeral to talk trash about him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“He dug something out of the ruins and gossiped about it for months. The Chandrian heard and showed up to steal it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He just showed up, beat up on whoever was there, and rolled out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“If more show up, maybe the Faire will actually happen, after all.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“He’s in my history class,” Faith said, “but he hardly ever shows up. When he does, he looks so bad. Yesterday he fell asleep on his desk. Mr. Howard totally freaked on him.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“So much has happened. My campaign going viral, Tamika showing up in my life way too many times to count, and you’ll never believe it, but I raised enough money to save Fig!” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“You don’t even know if Russ is going to show up tomorrow. Right?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mystery of who they were was solved shortly after seven-thirty, when the guys who were paying them showed up. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to be at his desk when McNaughton showed up in the morning; some days he didn’t quite make it. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Ask Hassan what he was doing in the Game Room about twenty minutes before you showed up.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I was convinced that JP wouldn’t show up, that someone would come in to escort me to the headmasters office for what I’d done. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She's supposed to be an orphan, but her old man keeps showing up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Just show up where Brian is in that dorm—in a shower full of wet naked guys. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I kept wishing he’d show up so my mother could slap him instead. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I’m betting some kids will not show up today. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The few regulars drifted in and out and two drummers walked down the Line to look them over, but not a single Woodman of the World showed up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Agreed. But what if we jam the door? If any more Specials show up, we don’t want to make it easy for them to come in after us.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Yossarian walked back to his tent to wait for Orr to show up any minute and lit a fire to make things warm for him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was like now that me and Uncle Tony showed up, she could let herself be scared. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

When someone needed help, Sean was the guy who showed up, sirens blaring, arms pumping, black bag swinging in his big capable hands, sharp eyes taking it all in. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ellie, Savanna, and Ximena were hanging out in front of the lockers outside the performance space when I showed up for the dance tryouts after school. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When Crystal shows up twenty minutes later, she’s pretty surprised to find all of us here, too. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

As he described it, it had been two parts frustration to one part reward: He’d spend weeks planning a community meeting, only to have a dozen people show up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When the girl showed up in history, Mr. Sanderhoff didn't make a scene. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She could only see it because of the light: with the sun any higher it probably wouldn’t show up at all. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I showed up at the church a few minutes early on a cold and rainy Sunday evening, he was waiting for me. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A very, very deep dimple that hadn't shown up much in his picture with the cap and gown. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It seems to show up from somewhere next to him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The fifth and final member of the team showed up later that week. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Which is why bowling pins never showed up in your cereal bowl. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Next time I can’t cut you any slack. Don’t miss school again, Sergio. I don’t have to tell you, showing up already puts you ahead of the rest.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Late on Easter morning, George Atzerodt showed up at the home of Hezekiah Metz, about twenty-two miles from Washington, in Montgomery County, Maryland, north of Charles County where Booth and Herold were. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan told himself that if no one showed up to help in five minutes, he could call it quits and would go into Nali’s hogan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We’d been on a hunt the last time we really drilled him for info on our mysterious love interest, a little before Rose showed up. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

At least the short brunette stewardess didn’t show up to report how we ran away from her. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He might show up at midday, but if he did not, the noon hour would be a perfect chance to slip away home and take the goblet. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

White, who had ordered his men to work in pairs for security, received a tip that a former member of the Al Spencer Gang had shown up in Pawhuska to kill federal agents. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And then there’s the date she’s supposed to show up, scrawled in blue pen on a line at the bottom of the card: April 27,1979. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Two days later, on Wednesday, the boys showed up on time, ran hard, and were focused during their drills. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe you’ll show up the day after I use the last sheet. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Don’t stop,” his mother slurred, and it was then that he realized just how many people had shown up over the night. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They sat there, Rob’s mom holdin’ back tears, and my folks didn’t even bother to show up. / should be the one dead, not Rob. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know this because I offer her a ride home that day when it appears that her usual one isn’t going to show up. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa showed up with the crackers, and the boy was immediately back to being tough again. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I tried just showing up, but she’d told the doorman not to let me in.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When he refused to show up for the parades I marched in, this separated me from him that much more, while the events he did show up for left me miserable with embarrassment. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Iesha was MIA at Seven’s graduation, which she was invited to, so why did she show up to the party she wasn’t invited to? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Eight. They said to show up early, introduce yourself to the homeroom teacher. Mrs. Mirez, or Ramirez...something. I got you some supplies.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe I would feel differently if I could count on people showing up to my funeral. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Scythe Goddard and his crew showed up in a limousine—royal blue studded with mock diamonds, just in case there was any question as to who was inside. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Every day, six hundred of us show up for school, and there aren’t enough employees in the district and cops in town to spy on each and every one of us. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The streetcar showed up first as a hum in the soles of his boots. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He must have been furious when Octavian never showed up. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

By the time I show up in the middle of sixth grade, all the friend groups have been set for years. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“The half-man eats goats. When he first showed up on the beach, they paid him goats to work heavy crew. My mom told me he could eat a whole goat in three days.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Luke always felt a little embarrassed for them, showing up like that. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He would hang out on Fulton, and whatever stores were closed, he would lurk around and wait for customers to show up and be disappointed about the store not being open. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Just showed up unannounced? Out of nowhere, as it were?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But many physicians had simply chosen not to show up or had already moved to the countryside. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Stevie Wonder, my childhood idol, was showing up to play at campaign events, joking and calling me by my first name as if we’d known each other forever. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The mayor and the chief of police had not shown up yet, and neither had Johanna. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Plus, if I’m running for class president, I have to prove that I have school spirit, and I can’t do that if I don’t show up,” Soojin adds. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t figure it’d take you this long to show up.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember what else we talked about until the others showed up. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch these people click through pictures and view the same kind of videos as the bored-looking teenagers who show up once school is out. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“The police know it’s happening, they show up in droves, it lasts an hour, and it always ends terribly.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I also thought about how showing up with a plastic bodega bag didn’t exactly match my whole look, so I trashed it and just carried the cookies in a Ziploc. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Especially when Lance Winters showed up to film him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to comment on how you showed up in her rooms last night—the same night another Champion died?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Second Half The game’s tied when Dad finally shows up. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

No. He was supposed to come over at 11 but he never showed up. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“They might go out of business after you show up, Connor,” Mr. Dimming said with a laugh. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

If she wasn’t going to show up, then he’d have to give her some space. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The veterans usually laughed when one showed up and flicked through it quickly in a blasé way before throwing it aside, so we did the same. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she’d shown up for school wearing the cat ears on November 1, Em had called a meeting in the fourth-floor bathroom, which was almost always empty. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

When the survivors of the McKinley debacle showed up on the south side of Everest in 1996, Makalu Gau was again their leader. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was those same two cops—the white dude and Black woman that had shined their light on us—who showed up at the bodega after Manny had called them. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

By the last session, I honestly don’t know who’s wishing more that we hadn’t shown up—me or Mrs. Gardner. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t mind my saying so, we were all a little surprised when he showed up with you,” said Francis. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday, three 'unicorns’ and a small army of princesses showed up at my daughters’ elementary school.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t expecting or looking for a special friend, but Jessica showed up this year all the way from California, and I like her a lot. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“They show up to tutoring late,” she said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I overcook the birds hoping someone will show up to shoot, but no one does. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then Paul showed up at six thirty in the morning. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

If the creature showed up in their house, and out of her mother’s painting, technically that would make them its hosts. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I would love to be able to get up there, to show up for the girls who have been like family to me this last month. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was long past the deadline Tad had given, and still Frankie hadn’t shown up or sent a message. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She would hold my hand or carry me, but if the police showed up she would have to drop me and pretend I wasn’t hers, like I was a bag of weed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“It was great. I showed up at your party, and you didn’t publicly humiliate me. Of course, that’s how I knew it was a dream.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Where would she sit when she showed up? Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Even in regular years, the tributes from Districts 1, 2, and 4 show up able to wield spears and swords. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So he’s just going to show up here? This guy doesn’t really live in the ruins, does he?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“While we were waiting on help to show up,” I say, my words wobbling. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, pretty soon my mom showed up. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both knew it wasn’t safe to show up a white man. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know his text is going to be the double emoji response he sends all the time—a thumbs-up and praying hands—and that’s exactly what shows up on my screen. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand why you’re trying so hard to be my friend. I don’t understand why you keep showing up in my life. Do you, like, feel sorry for me or something?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I figured Pooh would show up soon as I started on dinner. Where you been anyway?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She had risked part of her fellowship money to sing before an audience that knew the words of most German lieder by heart, and she worried that few people would even bother to show up. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

A few tried it in the very beginning—all of them showed up dead. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Once Garvey had shown up at the detention center on his day off, wearing cutoffs and a T-shirt. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Feeling bold, Reggie left a note at her locker, asking her to meet him in the park, not really expecting her to show up. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He showed up just a minute later, carefully floating down the hall with the bomb held in both hands. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quite a few people showed up for the cleanup, including the Great Lake-loving Ms. Banks, who managed to look hot in rubber boots and a baggy fleece jacket. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Mama said she got down on her knees and prayed for a girl some nights 'cause she didn't know what she'd do if another little man showed up in her house. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I was training, competing, and showing up for speaking engagements. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Lots of Twenty-two young men showed up that day, but Papa got there first. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But when she hasn't shown up ten minutes after that, the joking has stopped and we all eye one another silently. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But the social drinkers and family men stopped showing up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then I imagine those taunting smiles fading away as a pack of scowling hybrids show up to help me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Tam Lin told me about it. It shows up only in red light.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a light mist of rain, so we had fewer guys show up for pickup basketball. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But what if she shows up when I’m gone and thinks I played her? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“No, B, I had fun running away from that freaky guy that showed up at the party.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“We’ll have to arrange a warm reception for those filthy vermin when they show up!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

At 11 A.M., a blustery Neanderthal named Melman showed up on the floor to help with the count. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They showed up for rehearsals on time, had a sense of discipline and teamwork, and were not likely to wilt under pressure. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Somebody who lives in the neighborhood is rounding the corner and heading for the Zebra Room . . . . . . following the line of tanks, I am no longer thinking about showing up my brother. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When the Daughters of Mary showed up, they were loaded down with food. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the big words she had to look up in the dictionary crowd her tired head, waiting to show up in the letters she writes me today. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe some of them would show up later in the week, but he doubted it. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Crenshaw didn’t even show up in my life until the end of first grade. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Would she show up by the band room before school to hang out? Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Argus hardly ever shows up unless something really major is going on. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Hood funerals, like Dante Brown’s, where all of his friends showed up in all red, and dropped red bandanas, big heavy gold chains that looked fake, and crew pictures in his casket. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"We heard you never showed up at the school in Tanaburi. We tracked you to your spire-fighting gym, but they said you packed up and left yesterday. Where in the world have you been?" A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Finch doesn’t show up at school for a week. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“That one showed up on my father’s AmEx statement as food/bev.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

And that was before the Europeans showed up. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Or maybe you showed up at school with really unusual earrings. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I am so happy when you show up in my dreams and say those words to me. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“And then the knights showed up in the grove,” Jeanne said. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She will give them back and she’ll be out of here as soon as Grandpa shows up. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Don’t want the dead people showing up late to their own funerals. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer, who had earlier tendered his acceptance, felt obliged to show up. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Delighted at the chance to find out what really happened, a mob showed up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the duchess’s kids killed him, but then his twin brother, a commander in the Uruguayan air force who nobody knew existed, showed up and fell in love with the duchess. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m just supposed to trust some kids who show up with a lawn mower?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Maybe Gaily before he showed up in the Homestead and went psycho? Maybe the Grievers? I don’t know, and I don’t care. Doesn’t matter.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Ken and Toby showed up in Egypt the next day, all right. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over 20,000 enthusiastic people showed up for the Black Christmas parade in Hayti, cheering as groups representing dozens of black organizations marched by. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t show up at meals and wasn’t answering the telephone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had a habit of showing up every day and of being able to count, so the supervisor decided that zombie or not, I should check the others. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

One Monday, I show up at a rehearsal after a holiday break and ask one of the younger kids in Volpe’s program how her weekend was. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In fact, he’d showed up so quickly after the servants cleared away her food that she might have thought he’d been waiting outside. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Chinese delegation was suffering from rocket lag and wouldn’t show up for another hour. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed to myself a long time afterward about how Ella's mouth flew open when we showed up at the front door—me and a well-bred Hill girl. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Until you showed up in the system, I actually thought I was the only one.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

If they’d show up at the apartment, or maybe pass his name to the news. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Occasionally these poets would show up drunk, carrying found objects onto which they had scrawled cryptic messages. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I’m getting cheated out of mine because the wrong person showed up at my funeral. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“No, that wouldn’t show up,” I agreed, scanning the shelves. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I want to organize my “social awareness” thoughts before the rest of the gang shows up for a quick fifteen-minute “next steps” meeting. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t think you guys would actually show up.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Ocean showed up soon after, but we had to find each other inside with the help of several text messages. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He just showed up one Sunday with the stuff to make his special Korean ribs, which had to be marinated for three days—so I knew he was planning to stick around. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Ada Taylor did not show up that day. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, it soon got so that every other day the balmy sheepherder showed up at the church with another pair of tiny shoes for the saint. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Army people sat in their two cars, eating junk food, feeling cold, and hoping that someone would show up soon with samples of monkey. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crazy Kelvin, the strongest-speaking Black Panther my sisters and I had met at the People’s Center, who was also shown up to be a phony. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

There was at least one time while I lived with the Ortizes that my mother did show up. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Since he had begun to show up regularly at Hobie’s, he had found a minor addiction to the small talk among the regulars who drifted in after the grill opened after seven in the morning. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that she was thirteen, he showed up for the first time and said he was sorry? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Dorian had left, but having Perrington show up was an unexpected surprise. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Look: You know how awkward it is when a lonely, early guest shows up hours before the party is supposed to start. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

When a truck carrying powerful chainsaws, along with something ominously called a stump grinder, shows up, well, you know you’re in trouble. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The steel drums were on the money and when Big Joe showed up with a portable barbecue grill everything was everything. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every school in town suddenly shut its doors, either because the teachers demanded it or because no students showed up for classes. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Only androids show up with false memory systems; it’s been found ineffective in humans.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He nodded politely as if that explained why I had shown up barefoot and reeking of back alleys. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So the palpitation would show up on the graph. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She showed up early at Richie’s arraignment the next day and took a seat right behind the defense table. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had an incredibly talented pool of players—if they decided to show up. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He talked as if he’d been my mentor and not someone who’d finally showed up to give me a few lessons before blowing town. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“They want to keep tabs on who’s voting and how. They know when each man’s due at the polls and God help him if he doesn’t show up to vote for Mattie.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blood left his face and showed up his eyes better. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took out a pad of paper and pen to write me a note so I could show up late to next period. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Cicero called a special meeting of the Senate, to which—adding to the theater—Catiline had the brass neck to show up. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I talked to Deborah once, and I was supposed to meet Sonny today, but he didn’t show up.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone was surprised when Grandpa Sorenson showed up at the funeral. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They did show up at Bush Hill every so often, but they never established a regular schedule for visits. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

On Sunday, around ten thirty in the morning, Kate Finch shows up at our door. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I showed up, I did the work, I dealt with the dependable, unrelenting microaggressions from the masses that influenced the emotional weather patterns of my day. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

El Jefe was furious and kept everyone till well after dawn—perhaps to show up our early departure. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They showed up in the halls again that Friday. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

They’d shown up with their own fleet of fan vans, but no matter how loud they yelled, they were drowned out by our chants. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Just after Thomas heard the grind and rumble of stone against stone announce the closing of the Doors for the day, Alby showed up to release him, which was a huge surprise. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Troops already over there will be whooping and hollering to see us replacements show up. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The twelve of us that showed up had been able to put away only two or three feet of the pair of six-foot-long grinders wrapped in blue cellophane. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day more and more city officials failed to show up at work: judges and clerks, aldermen and secretaries. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

So, people wouldn’t be too surprised to see me show up looking to see if they had horses to break. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except I don’t know who brought the cakes today, because Leah never shows up for lunch at all. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

More alcohol than food, of course, and by the time everyone shows up for Christmas Eve, my shack smells like turkey, coleslaw, and, of course, the Doorman. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

His absence wouldn’t be noticed until nightfall; his employer insisted that Justin never showed up that morning. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We always had to wear our school uniforms and ties whenever we showed up for a rugby match; that was just the way things were done. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I figured you were here because someone told you about the others. A starving man showed up a few days ago with two monkeys in a cage on his bike.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boys could hardly believe their eyes when they showed up for their first practices in Milam Park. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Max tells me he keeps trying to meet with you, and you don’t show up,” Eric says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But the British deserter did not show up in his blue smock and false hair to ride out of town with Rab’s uncle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could show up at the charrette and attempt to disrupt it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think Jimmy was serious, but Colin said we should show up at lunchtime the next day, just in case. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She has sores and scabs on her arms and legs, and since she’s real light-skinned they show up even more. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

"There's no going north. Half the fields are burnt, and what folks are left are walled up inside their holdfasts. One bunch rides off at dawn and another one shows up by dusk." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Hauptsturmführer Goeth showed up and on a whim demanded that the guards lash each of us twenty-five times with their savage leather whips. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

But he never showed up at their meetings with black-and-white cookies from Nussbaum’s. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The patriarchy is even showing up in the names of my lip gloss? Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least you show up every day. I’ll give you that.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his way to school, Russ shows up at my front door, once again looking very terrestrial. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow after roll call, I could disappear into the barracks instead of showing up for my job. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

As an added bonus, he was showing up for dinner on time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The Daughters of Mary showed up each day just before lunch and sat in the parlor with May through the afternoon, telling stories about her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parents who couldn’t show up at the ceremony in Chicago might buy a gift, might slip their kid a little money. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“I brought it down and put it in before the sheriff showed up with his warrant. That’s why he found two batteries when he searched. One of them had just gone in.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They showed up in other southern German cities as well. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Eight months! Thqr vanish to Boston for eight months and then show up with no warning and wanting tea. Tea! I could get tarred and feathered for brewing tea,” she muttered. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I think he’s severely underdressed, that I wasn’t the only idiot who showed up looking like one today. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The prisoners showed up in all kinds of strange garb; it looked like a masquerade. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Virgil’s parents think he’s with Kaori and she shows up looking for him, he could get in trouble, especially if he’s off doing something he’s not supposed to be doing. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Managers didn’t care what language workers spoke, as long as they showed up on time. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

On the first floor, Charles was at long last video chatting with his uncle, James Willoughby III, the librarian of Congress, who had finally shown up for the Ask an Expert call. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Everyone shows up at school looking like clones.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And maybe an endorsement contract might require me to show up at a certain number of sponsored events or to tape a certain number of TV commercials to air during the Olympics and afterward. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It didn’t keep them from showing up, but I saw some of the miners had brought their helmets with them. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

All Maxx had to do was show up with his outfit on. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The five of us were to go out to dinner that night, and when the twins and I showed up at Henry’s apartment, we found him looking especially glum. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The whole school had to go outside and even the fire department showed up. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

What Joaquin didn’t tell them was that she had never shown up to any of those visits. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He showed up at Room H moments later, wearing a respirator, to find out what was going on. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So even if Cecile showed up on Papa’s welcome mat, Big Ma wouldn’t swing the front door open. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parents were starting to show up, running through the building, grabbing their children. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I remain still until first light shows up, and I see my brother and me racing. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Shin’s mother was not delighted when her youngest son showed up unexpectedly for supper. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I was wondering when you were going to show up,” replied Chervil. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At daybreak, a truck showed up for their belongings. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I promised that I would, and then I introduced Sweetie Pie to Miss Franny and to Gloria, and right after that, the preacher showed up. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, the federal marshal showing up the night before had spooked me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with our standing in league, usually the only people who show up at track meets are dedicated parents, plus the occasional boyfriend or girlfriend. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He had been testing his and Geisbert’s blood all along, and he wondered if the virus would suddenly show up in it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s starting on the second fist when the doctors show up, remove the collar, and give me a shot of something for pain and swelling. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Baba's not here yet—maybe Ma's so furious with him he won't show up. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A rider had promised to gallop a green two-year-old named Modern Youth for him but hadn’t shown up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it fell, the snake’s expression was one of surprise, as if it had shown up to work only to find someone else sitting in its desk and using its stapler. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, August shows up with a rifle. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Lori’s teacher had stopped showing up around the same time Miss Page was fired, so Mom was assigned to teach Lori’s class. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

At this moment Konoval, one of our training officers, showed up and asked how it was going. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Events and activities I didn't know about would sometimes show up on my calendar. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Even though the season was over for us, we still had to show up to practice. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

My mother came in the door to ask me why I didn’t show up at the beauty shop. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t think anyone’s ever tested the theory. The general wisdom is that if he owes you more than four weeks pay, you better stop showing up on payday.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then a couple of the boys show up: Chase, who likes to play outfield so he can daydream, and David, who’s wearing his T-shirt from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

You'd have thought Santa Claus had shown up in person with a bag of toys for each of them. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When the cops showed up at our house that night, Mama and Ty'ree were sitting at the dining-room table. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Thousands showed up for Carrel’s talks, sometimes requiring police in riot gear to keep order as buildings filled to capacity and fans had to be turned away. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The morning of the rally, everybody met at our house, mostly because Brent Chisholm was expected to show up and no one could resist the chance to get an early, in-person peek at him. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I follow Beth upstairs and step tentatively into her room, afraid the real Beth will show up any minute and yell at me for trespassing. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

My mom and dad showed up a few hours later. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was required by Army regulations to show up for work at eight o’clock in the morning, but he usually drifted in around ten o’clock, and then worked until all hours of the night. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They showed up, did their unpleasant business, and were gone. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Real interesting. Because Bunny told me that when the Hells Angels showed up to take his body away they were really angry.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Finally, when he was ready to scream with impatience, a girl showed up with lunch. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to talk. Lucky Girl’s people haven’t showed up yet.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing that Smith had a history of giving his horse moonlight workouts, the newsmen first tried showing up at ungodly hours of the morning. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early Sunday afternoon, Welles showed up at Studio One, on the twentieth floor of CBS’s Madison Avenue building. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was Open Mike Friday and I’d shown up with my saxophone case in one hand and a folded-up poem in the other. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know you couldn’t show up at Perk. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was expecting to see Ocean, but he never showed up. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When Becker showed up with the bombs in the port of Buenos Aires, the German diplomats there were outraged. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“So you are going to show up!” his voice took off in one of its flights, “and you brought me something to eat from down South, didn’t you? Honeysuckle and molasses or something like that?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I huddle in line for a while with Tiny until Gary and Possibly Gay Jane show up. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

The same three non-Muslims show up to our open house every year. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Your school called because you didn’t show up today. Do you have any idea how worried we were? Where the hell were you? And now this?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When Luno had shown up at the trailer, Lice naturally assumed that Dusty had found out about his secret deal with Dad—the bonefish skiff in exchange for Lice’s testimony. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

How his cousin would show up in her red Acura and drive us all the way down to the Mexican border. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I showed up to school in the fall, he was in nearly all my classes. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Friends and friends of friends showed up by the dozens. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Basically, I had to show up at the police station every Tuesday and Thursday for a month to have a computer “chat” with a resident of the Maple Grove Nursing Home somewhere across the state. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 3:10 Friday afternoon Fischer still hadn’t arrived on top, says Beidleman, adding, “I decided it was time to get the hell out of there, even though Scott hadn’t showed up yet.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

An ancestor was cursed ... it showed up in her. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The former sheriff showed up, in the guise of an elderly, quiet cattleman from Texas. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Would have been disappointed if you hadn’t shown up.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t talk to me that much anymore. Not since you showed up. Not about anything important. He’s got stuff on his mind, he says.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The only thing that showed up, however, was a little band of javelina hogs, and I knew better than to shoot them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

We worked out every covert detail of my trip, yesterday, when she showed up at my house after school. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually Coach shows up with the girls’ coach, Mrs. Battle, a large squat serious lady who always wears a tracksuit. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever shows up is going to get a piece of my mind, and that’s for sure. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And now Fornatee, his other close friend on the team, hadn’t shown up for the new round of tryouts. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Particularly on project days, when Petey showed up with inventions of a mind-boggling variety. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I first showed up, a couple of people raised an eyebrow. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When he wanted to get out of working in the store, he wouldn’t show up after school until almost dark, and Tateh would scold and punish him by making him work even longer hours. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

You show up for us, and we’ll show up for you. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Huxley, if he was there, showed up for the fun of it, as did most of the attendants. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I already have one strike against me by showing up Ethan. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Poly face’s customers know to come after noon on a chicken day, but there’s nothing to prevent them from showing up earlier and watching their dinner being killed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“You were right, Hassan jan. You have a zendagi, a life here. It was presumptuous of me to just show up and ask you to drop everything. It is me who needs to be forgiven.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Minutes later, as my entire family stood on the sidewalk across the street, the fire department and paramedics showed up while flames shot through our roof. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I would have bumped into the picnic table had J’s feet not shown up in my phone’s screen. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“We just need everyone to show up for Sunday sit-down dinner, and everything will be fine.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some stranger had shown up and gotten inducted into a family legacy that Sierra herself had been kept from her entire life. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Voting in North Korea is not mandatory, but the government keeps close track of those who do not show up. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I tried, Arnold. I really did. But then Joey showed up and the opportunity was gone.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Birdie, whose smile never looked fake, who never wondered if anyone would show up at her academic decathlon, who never woke up in one house and went to sleep in another. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He showed up at Matthews & Co.’s store and paid a call on an acquaintance. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we see the thugs preying on little old ladies and fleeing when the cops show up, we appreciate how an army composed of such men would operate. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Monday morning, she showed up carrying a box loaded to the top with two loaves of banana bread, two pies, peanut butter cookies, corn muffins, a dish of macaroni and cheese, and a lasagna. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Monday always arrived first to school, sometimes two hours before anyone else even thought of showing up. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I want to say they showed up like the angel Gabriel appearing to the Virgin Mary, setting events in motion I could never have guessed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Kennel showed up with his ruler. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then came that terrible day with the phone ringing endlessly, the police showing up at the door, Sierra’s parents hurrying their shoes on and rushing out to Brooklyn Hospital, where Lázaro lay comatose. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was unusual for Travis to show up at her house unannounced. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It didn't show up on any maps because the Soviet government wanted to keep the isolated, desert-like location a secret. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Tom showed up about six months after she returned.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Look Busy, it said, which I guess is what he’d been doing before I showed up. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

After so many weeks of cutting and looping, gluing and volunteering, you couldn’t get the kids here to show up for a school activity if you were handing out gold bars. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, very few people showed up to support the State. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I had half a mind not to show up at the graduation exercises. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when Richard’s friend showed up at the bus stop, she wasn’t alone. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

First and foremost, Luma needed players who would show up to practices and games on their own, since their parents were too busy to be of much help. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I'm missing the old Mom, who would show up once or twice a day, give an order, and then get on with her busy life. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then, the cops showed up and ordered her away from the car. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“He showed up at the tenement back in early April.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Clyde stuck the fork in Vendor Reilly’s muffler and ordered him out of the garage, threatening him with dismissal if he didn’t show up early to begin working the French Quarter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lotta men have the drinking problem but there’s nothing we can do long as they show up sober and do their work. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He can't let it all show up on his face so that they don't misinterpret his expressions. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Boggs shows up to escort me down to the Airborne Division. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

King Lords only show up at King Lord funerals. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Again, she would have shown up at the apartment door by now with a search warrant if she knew about it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It strikes me then that what’s really odd is her showing up in my garden first thing on a Sunday morning. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Charles said, “Now look. Mercy’s a good Christian hospital but they don’t want to see all you...Negroes showing up at once. I’ll take the mother and father. Road’s still not good.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe she only showed up late at night. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I shouldn't be surprised—she never shows up—but I can't get rid of the empty, twisted feeling in my stomach. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Apparently I ace the interview, because I am told that all I have to do is show up in some doctor’s office tomorrow for a urine test. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the big smile Quinton’s been wearing since he showed up in my bedroom begins to fade. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When he first started working, he was homeless, and he’d show up for work smelling bad. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Alice and the crew showed up at Nick’s house, the Allen family was ready for them. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Wait and see if they show up? Maybe they’ll escape.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A sharp knife showed up in my hand and the loaf was soon cut into fat slices. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, I kept breaking needles and accidentally stabbing myself and showing up to school with too many Band-Aids on my fingers, prompting my teachers to shoot me even weirder looks than usual. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Chitchat leaped out from the branches and clawed at the robot’s eyes, yelling, “Anyone who shows up on our island and tries to take my friend’s mother away has a big problem which is me!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

No. I would have to show up and take my chances. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And if she was sick, why hadn’t her brother shown up for school either? Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Every week we’ve had at least fifty members show up, and it has been great. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I showed up for the first day of school and went to my classroom. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’m impressed with the team that shows up—most of the art club, a lot of kids from the meeting, and about twenty sixth graders. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Kids were always leaving the camp or showing up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t show up for dinner that night, which was a mistake, because Chiron and Grover came looking for me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, I never had that opportunity. Because he never sent me anything until you showed up,” says Peeta. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was a kid who’d failed freshman year at the regular public high school because she never showed up. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Me and Rondell showed up outside their door early this morning and gramps didn’t even look surprised or happy to see me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Like, I want to show up and have the wand choose me.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And then, because her class is on the opposite side of school from the counseling office and I’m not exactly running to get there, I show up five minutes late to my appointment. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Seven glanced out the kitchen window, still hoping that Poppy would show up. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

However, if the cops show up they are given to flight. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I remember how one day she showed up with bright pink tresses studded with blinking colored lights shaped like mice. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The problem was that I wasn’t even showing up half the time. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Spoony and Berry tag-teamed me with the more political activism mumbo jumbo than I could stand, until at last, thank God, English, Shannon, and Carlos showed up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“It takes a special sort of man to show up when he doesn’t know there’s trouble.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I start to open the door but it’s the same lost look on the Senator’s face as the one Stuart had when he showed up on my parents’ porch. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Sure. Then why did you look like you were going to flip out when I showed up outside the field house? Everyone else went to the lake—captain’s orders—but you were here. Why?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He showed up at Riddle’s New York hotel room, contract in hand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the day Mouse showed up at our door, whisker thin, and decided the cottage was hers, too. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Or not wanting the cute new boots Miri showed up wearing yesterday? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Any second now, the school district superintendent should be showing up there.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No, Abbey, you need to stay here in case he shows up for the boat.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ten-thirty, he shows up at my door to return it, and asks me to have lunch with him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I wonder if you ever got a chance to get out and see how many people showed up for the March 20 Rainbow gathering there at the hotsprings. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We usually met outside the building after our final class and went home together, but that evening he didn’t show up. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Over two hundred people showed up the next weekend. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I have nothing to do but show up. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

When he first showed up at her home for dinner, she ran to him and tried to give him a hug. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Anderson knew next to nothing about the Fugees when they showed up, but at a glance, he assumed they were a notch above the typical local team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I bet he doesn’t show up,” Ritchie says once he’s settled in. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He thought maybe her parents would show up at his front door. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He knew we were leaving for the bug-out this morning, and, as usual, showed up at the last minute. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

No longer would he have to show up at the large parking lot on Sunday evenings waiting for the blue bus. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Not a messenger showing up at that eerie time of early dawn, the dew still thick on the grass. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d put the phone and charger away by the time Daisy showed up. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Buck and some of the football team showed up too. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Gale has shown up for training every day unless occupied with other approved duties. We feel confident he can manage himself in the field,” says Coin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

There is an untanned outline of a tiny bikini that shows up against Shanti's dark satin skin. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nobody’d care enough to question, not as long as they showed up in school. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, there’s a difference between an education officer showing up with a group of armed men and carrying someone off, and their enrolling in a school on their own. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

My bewildered face is plastered all over the front pages, and even a guy from a radio show shows up and tapes a conversation with me in my lounge room. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She got on the phone, and soon had promises from eighteen black residents to show up. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, I was kind of surprised that Webb showed up for his cheerleading duties today. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Ours was terrible. Maybe like eight colleges showed up.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Whenever a new suitor showed up, she obeyed her parents and kept her mouth shut.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white-haired man and a lady showed up. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I wanted to show up in the world in a way that honored who they were. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

That was when Rock showed up on the back porch. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He showed up, saw his couch had been taken, and started ripping out people's plants. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

These boxes show up in every area of my life, even in a theater class where the whole point is to play a role, to become something imagined. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

More kids had shown up at open gym than ever, and some of them were good—really good. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I was actually sort of relieved when Fang didn’t show up at all this year. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Two police cars showed up and the buses made their way to the stadium in a swirling wind that sent little veins of dust down the empty road like slithering snakes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey now, come on. Let me go now and I can show the rest of you the way out of here, before the white boys show up.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And was Anthony Cruz going to show up to try out for anything or not? It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“He just shows up when he wants to.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Nurse Duckett showed up then and chased them all back to their own beds while Nurse Cramer changed the stoppered jars for the soldier in white. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t seen each other for years, and here they even showed up wearing the same hairstyle! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw him out the window when he stopped and put on his shoes to show up proper at my door. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you didn’t show up, we’d probably be out here all night.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Eleanor couldn't help but think that if the Ghost of Christmas Past showed up, he'd be disgusted with their whole situation. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“No, we can’t talk about this in the morning. You leave before the sun comes up, and you don’t show up until all hours, your clothes stinking like that puta.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the day it was due, the collection agency showed up at my door trying to get the money and I didn’t make it to school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Jam stared at it in shock, then the anger showed up. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He told me that if Joey didn’t show up, they were going to search the campus and the woods in the morning. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As for his father, Shin remembers that he sometimes showed up at night and left early in the morning. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Your mom isn’t going to show up this time, is she?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She leaves me nasty notes on the kitchen table reminding me to show up, or else. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’ll show up, all right. From what Mami tells me, that woman is so stuck up, one day she is going to wake up a mirror. Loves attention. I hate her already.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

But it was not that much greater, which indicated that the ancestors of Amerind-speaking peoples came over at just about the time that Clovis showed up in the archaeological record. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Molly starts pointing at the boys she thinks should be invited, when the school guidance counselor shows up at our table. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

And of course, I did a few pages of Jane Eyre, who was settling in at Mr. Rochester’s house even though he hadn’t shown up yet. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Any hour now the director or his people will show up and explain everything. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The news crew had just shown up, and they were filming her as she handed one of the kids a cookie. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Jimmy’s face showed up in the last hole on the right in the bottom row and ’bout half the crowd shouted, “Six!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“You know I’m right. My dad and the Dauntless showing up on the same day? It’s the only thing that makes sense.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was Jewish, but he was still allowed to run the mail, as long as he showed up in the ghetto afterward. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Judith doesn't show up at the appointed time, Willem jokes that she has forfeited the right to one of her thimbles, and he should get to drink it instead. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You know, like, if an AL team wins, does that mean more Democrats will show up at the polls, or,” JonPaul explained, “will Republican voting habits change if the NL team wins?” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no idea what his uncle would say if he showed up unexpectedly at his house. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At any rate, it did not show up in his blood tests. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She showed up at my window at like midnight and we talked for a minute and then Mr. Spiegelman caught her and she went back to her house.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

If they both showed up at the same time, they shared the pond, stealing curious glances at one another and making occasional small talk as they swam and played. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

And him showing up is all I hope for tonight—a clue, a starting point, a narrower direction, something personal about this boy criminal. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Like, if God shows up and says, ‘Hey I’m real, check out my cool powers that prove I’m God,’ then I’ll believe. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I show up to work maybe more buzzed than I’ve ever been. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when little Freak showed up one day with these shiny braces strapped to his crooked legs, metal tubes right up to his hips, why those were even more cool than crutches. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“As far as I know, he may never come back. He didn’t show up last night, anyway.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Steve had showed up with his girl too and was looking over my work very closely. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

A lot of schools were home for vacation already, and there were about a million girls sitting and standing around waiting for their dates to show up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The state troopers showed up at their door before any of them had a chance to wonder where he was, or why he hadn’t called in before he reached his next checkpoint. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

One showed up anyway with the tenant from the third floor, who’s a plumber. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

About fifty settlements existed in this strip of the Mississippi when De Soto showed up, according to Anne Ramenofsky, an archaeologist at the University of New Mexico. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Luma told the three boys that she couldn’t coach a team of players who wouldn’t show up on time for practice or games. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Ten: Quite a few people showed up for the museum performance, and I stood before them wishing they were half as high as I was. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

After I did not show up for the first game, Dr. Euwe announced that the first game would be postponed without prejudice to me. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Percy had shown up in a tattered orange shirt. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Copies gone show up in the bookstores and the libraries tomorrow. Twenty-five hundred in Mississippi, other half all over the United States.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

People took note of which states he visited, which diner he showed up at for breakfast, what kind of meat he ordered to go with his eggs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“So this was a publicity stunt, and you're here in case a journalist shows up and reports on an empty building?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Since she’d left him, Cabot had continued harassing her, calling late at night, showing up with flowers or candy or big stuffed bears, sending messages to her through friends and acquaintances. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, you only get to talk smack if you’re going to show up.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mulch was careful to look the other way, because whatever he saw would be showing up on the view screen back in LEP HQ. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Charles was so preoccupied with his thoughts that he forgot to show up for a dinner he had been invited to attend. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, he’d rarely been sober since we had arrived in Welch, and I was afraid that if I told him, he’d show up at school snookered and make things even worse. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I asked my social worker as soon as she showed up at the hospital. It was a concussion, but...” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I knew she would show up as soon as she heard the voice of a woman who wasn't Doris. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Painters and writers were showing up in droves. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

One handed him a subpoena, ordering him to show up in court the next morning. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When Chops showed up he called me over to one side. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke wondered if he should run back to his house immediately before the Population Police really did show up. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tats comes over to join me on the window seat just as Marjorie shows up at the kitchen door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But something even more unbelievable than haints showed up the next morning. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I showed up at home, my family thought I’d been arrested! Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days later, after we had run ourselves into the ground harvesting the rest of the honey, Zach showed up with the prettiest notebook—green with rosebuds on the cover. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She showed up at my house one day, slim and tanned, as if she’d just returned from a vacation at a fancy foreign spa. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet he’ll show up in the back of his mom’s station wagon or something.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“We need to go help Daddy protect the store! In case looters show up.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

All I had to do was stop by the surf shop or show up at the beach at dawn, and I'd be handed free Mollusk shirts and thermoses full of tea. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The staff spoke very little English, but they were intent on maintaining English hospitality for the rare guest who might happen to show up. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have been thankful if it wasn’t for the fact that he usually showed up when Miles was pulling a job. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

As another stack of two-by-fours landed by her porch, Stella couldn’t help but think about how folks had come together when Spoon Man showed up. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Rarely if ever did W.P.O. cops show up in San Francisco. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was also the cop who had shown up last fall when there was a hurt goose on the recess field. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t mind if the dragon showed up. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Most of the town had shown up to see Resilient Helenwood, and all the artwork that usually hung on the walls was replaced with a cornucopia of colors and mediums, words and photographs. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He knows if I’m dead, that paycheck won’t be showing up on its own. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Wes and Woody tossed the football back and forth, waiting for other kids to show up to play. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“You never know what might happen in that hour. What if Toby actually shows up and I suddenly get interested in that skinny dork?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t have picked a better night to show up and make up with Blanca. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

If any more animals showed up, they’d be left out in the cold. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She wore her white dress with the lime green scarf tied on her belt, just like she was wearing the first day I showed up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mayor showed up that evening on the steps of St. Joseph’s, red carnation pinned to his lapel, only hours after a severe thunderstorm had pelted the area with hail. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“On Thursdays, I sat for hours waiting for you. I worried myself sick that you wouldn’t show up.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Hale frequently came by Mollie’s house to collect Ernest, and not long after Anna’s burial Hale showed up to pay his respects to Mollie and her mother. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He showed up on the sidewalk when I started the third yard of the day. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Next to show up on camera was a rodent-faced man who identified himself as Dusty’s attorney. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be the guy who showed up, not the one who didn’t. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When you don't show up for a week, they want to know the details. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few people laugh nervously, but most turn their heads to see if Skeeter has had the gall to show up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When the Riveras showed up, Micho bunched the three of them together in front of our door and made them pose while he snapped a shot. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We show up to a restaurant that is so close to the ocean that when I look out the window it feels like I'm going to fall onto the sand. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“That sounds vague. Did I show up on the security cams? Did Commander Jameson put you up to this?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Tim. Something. I can meet you guys one day in the parking lot or maybe you can tell her you want to meet her in the gym and I’ll show up instead.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I thought she was coming home from her cruise the next day, but she showed up a day early. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“It is highly irregular,” he told me right off the bat when I showed up for work after school, “to hire a twelve-year-old as a tie salesman.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

It did not seem just that these boisterous, immature young men should show up after all the work was done and be allowed to take possession of the most desirable tent on the island. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She is flustered, when she shows up after about a ten-minute wait, because, as she explains, she just works on the floor and has never interviewed anyone before. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was after lunch when the instructor showed up at our class-room door. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know Gaily, but he’s a psycho kid who ran away. He showed up, jumped on a Griever, and they all took off into the Maze. It was really weird.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

You know how I said meanness shows up in people’s faces? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“You showed up without shoes, but I couldn’t find another pair in your room.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Soon the new guy who helps take care of the place shows up. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

So I did my best and hoped that by showing up, at minimum they knew I cared. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I told her that when the Resistance showed up, she was to act like she didn't know me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When Miss Agnew’s first period class showed up at the bell, they found the three of us up to our elbows in color and wet fabric. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I had about ten days before I was to show up at the induction center. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day that summer, a stranger with a Chaplinesque mustache showed up in Gray Horse to offer his assistance to the private eyes. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Unlike most American weddings I’ve attended, Iranian weddings call for formal clothing—it’s a cardinal sin to show up wearing a summer dress or something perfectly appropriate for a Sunday church service. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

His fear was that a State Department representative might show up at the airport with a court order and try to have him extradited back to the United States to stand trial. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

All thirty-two Japanese in town showed up, including a new baby. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It could not have been terribly surprising to Choctaw thinkers that the descendants of one pair should show up in the territory of another. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But these exact same biases also show up in areas of much more consequence, like education. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

One Saturday, as I watered my gardenia bush, he showed up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Dimarion and the Crux showed up on the horizon that morning, well, the smart thing would have been to run. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I would get on a plane and fly back to New York if Big Ma showed up wanting her grandbabies. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the Cal boys showed up at the Montlake Cut on Wednesday morning, the sun was out in full force and the water was glass smooth. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But since Mrs. Maxy didn’t show up I stopped worrying about what might happen. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For me, today was just another first day of school in another new city, so I did what I always did when I showed up at a new school: I didn’t look at people. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mayor Gayle vowed that the city would hold out until the very end, meaning until someone representing the United States actually showed up in Montgomery and delivered the Supreme Court’s order to integrate the buses. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

At Pine Mountain, if a boy showed up to class with facial hair like Joey had, they’d take him into the bathroom and make him shave on the spot with a nasty old, used razor. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

So, technically, he’s not late, and he won’t ever be, even if he doesn’t show up for days. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“This showed up when”—she choked on the words Dharma Raja—“claimed me.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His message shows up as transparent white text in the bottom of my view. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A hundred people might show up, and you’ve got to feed them. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“If he’s dead, you guys’ll probably find him eventually. If not, he’ll get hungry and show up to eat. I don’t care.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

To have them show up at the murder scene meant something. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He’d sent an invitation but never expected her to show up. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every day that Frank shows up makes the next day even better. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Bristol showed up at the yellow house, all in my daddy’s face, askin’ all kinds of questions. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I guess they didn’t want to risk me not showing up at our spot. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I saw the pics he posted and had to go for a run to keep from showing up at the party and punching Blake in the face. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When they showed up at Goodale’s office, their eyes were swollen and red. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When she hasn't shown up ten minutes later, Leo says that he wants Judith's other one. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

With the fence going on and me showing up late and the Peacekeepers waiting, he thought I’d made a run for it, maybe with Gale. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You show up, I don’t sell it,” he concedes. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

If their friends had made it to the Doors, if they were really going to show up here in twelve minutes... The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Unless he could scale an eight-foot-high fence on one side or another of the street, there was nowhere to hide if someone showed up. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When varsity turnout commenced on the afternoon of October 21, four boatloads of boys showed up, all veteran oarsmen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was only now settling in that they simply hadn’t shown up. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

At the wedding reception, held at the Los Coyotes Country Club, Danny showed up belligerent, but a handful of men were at the door, waiting for him, and turned him away. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

One of the Champions hadn’t shown up for the Test—and even his guards hadn’t known where he went. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was at that moment that Mr. DiAngelo had shown up with a golf club in his hand. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I sat down at the bar--it was pretty crowded-- and had a couple of Scotch and sodas before old Luce even showed up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

When I do show up, my teachers look at me like they want to lecture me about how irresponsible they think I am. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, the words “Live from the surface of the moon” showed up fuzzy but readable on the television screen, and we were seeing the real moon. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They can also show up as an adjunct to a verb phrase or clause, as in She died young And They showed up drunk. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure that’s the ship you want. My dad was just talking about a ship. It’s a big coincidence to have your ship and my dad show up at the same time.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And he disappeared right when that creepy dude showed up at Sully’s.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Despite this morning's revelation about Peeta's character, I'm actually relieved when he shows up, dressed in an identical costume. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

If I can get to the Pizza Pit before Bryce and Aurora’s Head Start bus shows up, I can steal my favorite five minutes of the day. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I suppose this is just the sort of thing the practice is meant to show up,” he said. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to give cold feet a chance to show up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Joey didn’t show up for practice yesterday, but someone else did. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Couldn’t you have shown up and saved her sooner? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And a couple days after that Jack had showed up on her doorstep and handed her his most prized possession, a baseball signed by Joe Mauer. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Not because I’d shown up to watch him, but because I had shown up to watch him he was playing harder—and he was loving it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The meaning of some bird showing up and some boy disappearing and you knowing all about it. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

We rush to get dressed before our guests arrive, and once everyone shows up, Suesetta and I blend into the wallpaper. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I know Dusty showed up eventually because Ms. Willis brought our gifts to us a few days later. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Ray is the best friend who knows about Axel’s dad and all of the things that happened before his dad left, and all of the times that his dad didn’t show up. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I am still seething by the time Ryan shows up, five minutes early. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Even more people showed up tonight than last night. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It's a quarter past one and Hilly and Elizabeth and I are sitting at Elizabeth’s dining room table waiting on Lou Anne to show up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When Monet failed to show up for work, his colleagues began to wonder about him, and eventually they went to his bungalow to see if he was all right. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d show up at my house or I’d go up to his and we’d be off to the mountains, playing cowboys or spacemen or pirates or whatever we could think up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think I was about to reach out and take her hand for a third time when who shows up but Spider Webb. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Physicists of international standing were showing up in Berkeley to see the marvel in action and contemplate what they might accomplish with a cyclotron of their own. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Danglers show up in newspapers and bestsellers, on the network news and highway billboards, and they can be endlessly entertaining—as long as they’re perpetrated by someone else. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Due to the sudden renewed interest in the Hunt, over half of the student body, and quite a few of the teachers, didn’t bother showing up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The continued influence of settler colonialism and genocide show up when history is retold in a way that celebrates settlers and makes Indigenous peoples disappear from the historical record. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

She had to get away before they showed up. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

After one simple day of rest, I felt so much better when I showed up at the foundation the next day. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was perhaps only a large stone or jutting rock shown up by the pale light. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They showed up at the barn every morning at seven sharp, Howard with sugar cubes, Marcela with Wee Biscuit, a toy Scottish terrier given to her during a visit to Bing Crosby’s house. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Howard hadn’t been in town long before the owners began showing up on his doorstep. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

First Ladies showed up in the news, having tea with the spouses of foreign dignitaries; they sent out official greetings on holidays and wore pretty gowns to state dinners. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The toast he gives—to surprises and to the benefits of being too drunk to show up for the first coronation—causes all the lords and ladies to laugh. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When we showed up that late summer day in 1984, we brought the number to seven. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Within thirty minutes Mom shows up with a big bag of food. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“What would happen,” he said, “if Charles didn’t show up?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I will never not show up for you again. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Leave it to you to pick the last possible moment to show up and save the day,” I grumble. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Do you know how many white strangers show up on Indian reservations every year and start telling Indians how much they love them? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t show up for either of the classes we had together. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“She has this saying: ‘Early is on time, on time is late, and if you’re late, don’t bother showing up.’” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I have to take care of them quickly, before any others show up to see what’s going on. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

No one had ever applauded me just for showing up. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But who decides to just not show up? he thought in annoyance. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You got the word out, Roy. Without you, nobody would’ve known what was happening. Nobody would have showed up to protest the bulldozing.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As many as a hundred thousand people had been expected for the regatta, but by midafternoon only perhaps a third of that number had showed up. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The party’s supposed to start at seven, so I know I have to wait until nine to show up, so there will be enough people there to hide my presence. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Every rib showed up under the wet coat, and when the dog shook himself Mackenzie saw him stagger. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hesitated for a second before disappearing inside, and it took a minute for the beautiful daughter to show up. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She offered to drive us, so Joey showed up at our door at 2:45. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children showed up with their cats and dogs and parakeets, a bunch of boring, everyday pets. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

By ten o’clock, only about half of the tributes have shown up. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no way I was going to show up, and I knew it even as I said I would be there. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

This was where nearly everything was, including the open-air market with all sorts of different stores and the vendors who sometimes showed up outside with carts of samosas and kulfis. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Raga-s are made up of short characteristic patterns that often show up in compositions. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He would show up occasionally and press me for an answer, but I kept putting him off. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

That morning on sentry duty, before Percy showed up, Frank had almost told Hazel his secret. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He shows up for any occasion that involves crumbs. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if you went to a meeting with someone and the person showed up naked. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of my little display of weirdness that Tuesday in class, I showed up at practice on Wednesday afternoon as if nothing had happened. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“All we have to do is show up for the first day of practice, and essentially we’re on the team,” I said, trying to make it sound easy. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The truth of the matter was, there was no telling what Mama would think about me showing up back there with Wishbone. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I showed up for the first session, determined to tell him nothing. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She had responded by showing up with her dresses hemmed from the bottom and scalloped from the top, threatening, as Mr. Turner lectured her, “to meet somewhere in the middle.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He showed up one day with a group of friends—guys and girls—who laughed and cut up in view of the practice field before wandering off to hang out as they pleased. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He calls her his fairy godmother, because she showed up just at the moment in his life when he needed somebody to let him know it was okay to be himself. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, not just because of how she treats Seven, but because every time she shows up, there’s suddenly an unspoken tension between my parents. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The first day I showed up at school with the hearing aids, I thought kids would make a big deal about it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Not one child showed up for school the next morning. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

But if, for some reason, Dasch didn't show up, they would meet at Grant's Tomb at six o'clock. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

When his dad showed up, the principal thought he was Steve's dad. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Here’s the thing: Twig showed up in the middle of fourth grade. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The ants started a single-file parade up the side of Our Lady, drawn by the honey, and not to be outdone, a handful of scout bees showed up and landed on Our Lady’s head. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning while we were sitting there eating breakfast, my dad showed up at the door, his face looking like it had caved in, like it was in ruins or something. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like the entire village had shown up: men and women, old and young. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And I prayed that Naomi would show up at the bridge that night so I could explain why we were leaving, so I could say good-bye. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

But Arthur showing up has completely changed the game. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Jam felt it gathering in the air before its body showed up, and she watched it appear bit by bit, fur and feathers and horn like dried blood. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She showed up twenty-five minutes later with—I am not even kidding—a little suitcase on wheels. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And with the marks that she’d found painted under her bed...there was no way in hell she’d wait for it to show up. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A newbie from the Lambert Trader showed up around four o’clock that morning, followed by more experienced reporters an hour later. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Uncle Aziz, Fizz’s dad, shows up behind her, munching on a samosa. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When he shows up for a weekly briefing two days later, Zahra grabs his jaw with one hand and turns his head, peering closer at the side of his neck. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We ain’t staying and waiting for the army to show up.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Faith must have tracked down Ms. Banks, because she showed up a couple minutes later. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Her mother seemed to show up with a new outfit daily. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Naomi never showed up that night, and I was left alone with nothing but my own conscience to help me decide what to do. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“That better, little Disaster. You stay by your ambuya and hit the centipedes with a stick when they show up.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Russian television crew showed up to try to interview Fischer, and he fled. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I bring him a bowl of food every time I go animal watching, and he always shows up. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And even if it didn’t, I sure wouldn’t have no enthusiasm for the next horsefly that showed up in the water. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Jasmine shows up just as we’re about to start our third episode. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

It had just been waiting for a reason to show up. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Suppose he just shows up one day and finds you sick— then he won’t trust you no more. He’s sure to take you away then.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

By the time they show up on Wednesday, my parents are so glad to see I’m not a total outcast that they send them right up to my room. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Ms. Rubin stayed with me in the hospital until Mom showed up. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She explained that the ogres had been surrounding the house for three days, waiting for Frank to show up. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Some older refugee kids from the complexes in Clarkston had managed rides to the game, an hour away from Clarkston, and several volunteers from resettlement agencies showed up as well. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

His muted instruments flashed nothing but sun, until a gaggle of noisy kids showed up and he got back to minding his own business. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I haven’t been back in my bed fifteen minutes when Willow shows up. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can’t see the games or the practice, but he shows up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Four o’clock came and went, and neither Nicole nor the beau or whoever he was showed up. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Pa would get pretty excited if I showed up with one of Mrs. Brown’s pies. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to be shown up, I force down some stew. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

My brother Bernard showed up in a panic, and I left you with Reinhart. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh, he’s showing up all right,” I affirm. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“August is with Sugar-Girl in the parlor. She showed up crying. Something about Otis using their life savings to buy a secondhand fishing boat.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach showed up at practice carrying the box. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Bren’s ride to the airport shows up, and as I say good-bye, I get that sinking, empty feeling when someone leaves but you stay behind. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He showed up punctually at the appointed spot and did not once look up at the sky, which was growing darker and darker with thick gray clouds. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both laughing, chewing, as if it never occurred to them someone medium would show up. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He knew he needed to get home before his mom showed up and embarrassed him in front of all his friends. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

By the time I showed up, he’d been lashed at least forty times. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone from the club to Cliff and Ria showed up, cramming every corner of the restaurant. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like either of my parents to just show up in school the way they had the last two days. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But they showed up on time and worked hard, and the union did the rest. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Which probably didn’t put me in a good frame of mind for when he finally did show up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I guess I’d make a bit of a scene if I showed up in my old flannel pajamas with the ducks on them. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I have crazy nightmares about a kidnapper showing up and stealing Ford. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“On the screen. It was from a movie. It just showed up really large on the big screen—we were just looking for something watch—and I think it freaked her out.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Now I needed to get home before Peach showed up. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It will be at least another two or three hours before Rob shows up. I’ll be your eyes. I’ll get you down, no problem.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She spins around and grabs a fistful of my shirt and shouts into my face, “Where do you get off showing up here without any kind of warning?!” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

This feels like the dream where you show up naked to school. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She would push and push and probably show up at my school and sign my name on the sheet for me. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The Champion who hadn’t shown up for the Test had been found dead in a servant’s stairwell, brutally mauled and dismembered. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“That’s the thing. No one knows how they knew. They just showed up.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

A brown figure showed up at his right and fell away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

If you showed up for roll call with so much as a bandage on, you could be ordered aside and later killed. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Stuart made it clear the first time he showed up on my porch his fiancee was a bad subject. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was too proud to show up dirty. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Audrey said you wanted to meet in the picnic area, but you never showed up.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

For at least one night a week since Gabriel’s disappearance, Mena had shown up at our house with a sack full of groceries and cooked an entire meal, dessert and all. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She started showing up for dinner and staying home on weekends and it made him so happy. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Under apartheid the government provided no public transportation for blacks, but white people still needed us to show up to mop their floors and clean their bathrooms. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If anyone showed up late to practice, the whole team had to do sprints down the length of the hallway adjacent to the cafeteria. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The TV-dish repair guy showed up while my mother was making eggs and pancakes, and he was still banging around on the roof when we all sat down to eat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Only nine players had shown up, two short of a full team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

When I show up with the water and cookies, he shakes his head in the doorway. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was gonna show up and let everybody know they didn’t beat me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Or the day Dylan Parker showed up at school with his high-top sneakers and Patriots jersey and his hair spiked into a faux-hawk and Franny called to say, “That new kid is really weird, right?” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Heather wasn’t thrilled about Vivienne showing up with a child and a half-baked explanation about why he had to live with her, but she didn’t kick them out. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But wait a minute, argued Bisguier: Fischer’s first game was won by a forfeit; his opponent didn’t show up, so he didn’t even play the game! Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She rarely wears makeup, frequently shows up to class in mismatched shoes, and is obscenely passionate about science. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She just wanted to be herself, the self she was before Pet showed up and started making her look for unseen and unknown things. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

On-screen me shows up and sniffs at it and then makes a revolted face. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

For the next home game more than a thousand people showed up. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But he wasn't in the playroom with us every day, just now and then he'd show up. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had to be the girl who showed up with a fruit salad. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My friends told me to ignore him, which I tried to do, but it was hard because I never knew where or when he’d show up. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In 2012, they show up for school late after this event, about nine a.m. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But all in all, maybe showing up stark naked in that chariot would have been safer for me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When she didn’t show up, would he come looking for her? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But what do they say when the Dusky Devastators show up?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He said that I’d shown up and made a mess of everything, of the entire district, and couldn’t I see what I’d done? A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We’ve been together since third grade, when we both showed up for the school Halloween parade wearing the Eleventh Doctor’s tweed jacket and red fez hat. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Baaz would have told them that this was part of their “exclusive” experience, but she knew better; no one else had showed up. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Not content to show up under the canopy wearing her charity clothes, one particular bride-to-be had her fiancé barter cigarettes with a soldier for his old parachute, which had the perfect drape for a gown. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He might have stood there for a while, considering the cutaway road and the perfect metaphor it was, if a murder of black crows hadn’t shown up, cawing their stupid heads off. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Maureen always had plenty to eat, since she had made friends throughout the neighborhood and would show up at their houses around dinnertime. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was after nine o’clock, and Sticky had still not shown up. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The Sixers could show up any minute now!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I wish the stylists hadn't shown up because for some reason, I don't like the idea of disappointing them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

All God’s creatures have names, whether they slither across our path or show up for sale at our front stoop: bushbuck, mongoose, tarantula, cobra, the red-and-black monkey called ngonndo, geckos scurrying up the walls. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why go to the bother of drawing lines and angles inside a dot, if those patterns weren’t going to show up unless you enlarged the dot again and again and again? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’m totally shocked when Maddy shows up to our third class. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But he continued showing up at the lab and writing letters to his colleagues. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then his sisters and their mess of kids showed up and piled into the kitchen. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Don’t thank me until I show up,” she says. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

A couple of my mother’s co-workers also showed up. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Papi didn’t live with us, he often came to see us and once showed up with strings of red and green electric bulbs, which we tacked around windows and doors. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

If Hannah’s name and number had shown up on my list, would I have called her? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But we were stunned because almost two thousand Indians showed up that day to say good-bye. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

French officials warned the Americans that their most secret information, including word-for-word reports on their conversations with Beaumarchais, were showing up in London within days. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We still disguised our avatars before we went out, because we knew there would be tabloid headlines galore if Parzival and Art3mis started showing up in public together on a regular basis. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The grocer showed up, and the postmaster, and the principal of the village school, and the neighbor, Abu Mahmoud, who grew famous green beans, and all of their wives and babies and teenagers and cats. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was warm to the touch, but thankfully not hot the way it had been when the Sleeper had shown up before. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“So do we let them win by not showing up?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

We’d trekked through auditoriums all over the country, eaten more fast food than we ever wanted to, and shown up for fancy fund-raisers at homes so opulent we’d had to actively keep ourselves from gawking. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He walked nine miles to a small mountain town called Maengsan, where traders told him that a truck would show up near the central market. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I felt like my hands would pass right through the door when I showed up. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then at three twenty-five Cletus Underwood and his suitcase showed up at the front door, and we finally got some directions to Oz. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Good thing for me you showed up. I want to be with Carrie now. It’s so close to her time.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Joe and the other freshman boys from Washington who showed up for the 1934 Poughkeepsie Regatta could not have been better cast to play their parts in the ongoing regional conflict. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Joyce called the police when he showed up at their house. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Ben is dead, Brady. He died this morning. It was on the news. I thought I’d better get to school before someone told you in the hallway, or those television people showed up.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

When Lurvy showed up at lunchtime carrying a pail of food for Wilbur, he stopped short a few paces from the pigpen. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Grandma showed up on my birthday six weeks ago with Grandpa’s old riding mower. I’ve taken on, oh, a few yard jobs since then.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry and Camilla arrived separately—in case Charles decided to show up, I think—which, thank God, he didn’t. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, those are just the ones we found. There are more whose bodies never showed up.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“If you’ve been served with a legal subpoena and you don’t show up, the judge can have you arrested.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve run back several times to where our supplies and rations are supposed to be but they haven’t shown up yet. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Fine, fine. When are you going to show up here?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to be honest, those lunch hours had started to feel less like hiding out and more like waiting—for Faith to show up and claim a seat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I’ve only cried once since showing up, but that was after almost getting eaten alive. I’m probably just a shallow shuck-face.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And then the quarterback, Brill, showed up with a football, and you know we had to get a scrimmage going right there in the hallway. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Mummy showing up tonight had been her way of trying to fix something too. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If only twelve guys showed up we’d probably all be on the team. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And this is the girl who once told our entire math class she was related to Beyoncé and showed up the next day with Photoshopped pictures to prove it. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He rarely showed up when a particular movie was about to begin, so he’d seen beginnings, finales, and middles of dozens of movies, but hardly any in their entirety. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been tracking down the source of the American counterfeit money that showed up in Morocco, and by coincidence arrived at the Chelsea just seconds after the FBI. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I peeped a few of the people that had showed up so far to the health fair and cookout. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I’m sure none of them actually know because, in the Hob, the standard protocol for someone showing up with a wild turkey is for everybody to bid on the drumsticks. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This would be a good time for your people to show up.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I only knew that when I showed up at home, there’d be food in the fridge, not just for me, but for my friends. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When the colored crowd showed up for the sit-in trial, the police department simply stepped back and turned the German shepherds loose. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Bush learned that he had a new teammate from the army only when Groves, who had been promoted to brigadier general upon taking over the bomb project, showed up at his office on September 17. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Or it could just be the way the pictures showed up on the phone screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The American doctors who had already failed the Bush Hill patients were so upset that they even promised to show up more regularly. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

When the waitress shows up for a first round of orders, everyone but me orders waffles. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She canceled practices and got the word out to her players not to show up at the field at Indian Creek until further notice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I was supposed to meet with the lawyer again, so I was surprised when Sister showed up a few minutes before and asked if she could talk to me. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He like, showed up on the last day with no warning. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“No way. So when you actually showed up, it made everyone nervous. They don’t know whether they can trust you. Even David’s been acting weird around me.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Bitter hadn’t been painting since Pet showed up. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The first meeting was at his house, and when no one from school showed up, the Warden declared that all family members had to attend. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Until that very moment he had shown up strongly, a most formidable adversary. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Judy Morgan showed up at Lincoln Elementary School at three o’clock the day after Mrs. Chatham had been to visit Nick’s parents. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Greek gods don’t exactly show up for their kids’ basketball games. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I expect you to make sure Russ gets his physical tomorrow after school in the nurse’s office and that he shows up to the team meeting on Friday. Understood?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no one calls; neither Tiny nor Jane even shows up online; and it's colder than a witch's tit in a steel bra, so I just stay in the house and catch up on homework. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I watched Michael swimming far off shore, and as fun as it looked, I knew I'd be the more vulnerable target if a shark showed up. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The whole of Lucille showed up for the hearing, spilling in crowds outside on the lawn when the building couldn’t accommodate them, watching the outdoor projections of the indoor proceedings. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But it’s not a competition if one person can’t even show up for the event. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He still showed up every day, but he just handed out worksheets to his students. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He had been waiting for more people to show up before he began his speech, but Rocky and Tayo and old man Jeff were the only people out in the wind that afternoon. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Usually Toby showed up at his apartment, rubbing at his stomach or arm like he’d run through a patch of poison ivy. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dubonnet showed up on our doorstep one evening and Mom answered his knock. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She showed up on your third birthday. We didn’t even know that she was coming.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

None of the other victors will be showing up with a babysitter, and being the youngest, it’s even more important we look self-reliant. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But your friends—you were mad at them because they weren’t into it—what if they don't show up?” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

One day a year ago only he and Miss Trixie had shown up for work, but that was before the company had granted a five-dollar monthly increase. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a dozen or so family members would dutifully show up at each hearing, some traveling from as far away as California. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But when those lucky few show up every morning, Anatole lines them up, littlest to biggest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few of my former friends showed up at the performance, looking just as sweaty and desperate as I did. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I keep trying to think of some reason I can give Char for not showing up. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It made me sad that the girls from Lynn’s class didn’t show up for the funeral. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And when he was asked to show up in prison so the other saboteurs would know that everyone was caught and the mission was dead, he complied. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

At one point the guys showed up at the door. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He showed up a few minutes later, after working an overnight shift at UPS and catching a quick nap. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I mean, honestly, I would like to cast Hannah as the character who eats live animals with the hopes of obtaining their life force, but she didn’t show up. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My dad, who’d recently traded in his car for a specialized van to accommodate his disability, still made a point of showing up in his cousins’ doorways as often as possible for in-person visits. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I want to mock him, to show up his weakness without revealing mine, but I don’t trust my face not to show too much. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Loki stayed away for the best part of a year, and when he showed up again, he was accompanied by a gray foal. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m just checking, Silas. The last thing I want is to show up at her house after working all day and find you’re not there.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Char told me I better show up if I know what’s good for me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She didn't even give us the password, but we still showed up. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Santos has never shown up at the hospital. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Thomas had claimed that I’d already won, because in spite of my second-place reign, I kept showing up and doing what I loved. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“No, Abbey, you need to stay here in case he shows up for the boat.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, I don’t think we’d ever had a colored person in our house until Betty Jean showed up ironing last week. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

John would go ballistic when none of them showed up at band practice tomorrow. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When Joe arrived at the shell house for fall turnout on October 5,1934, it was another radiant afternoon, much like the day when he had first shown up as a freshman. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Because if it’s another predator who shows up instead of prey, these two can be picked off with a couple of well-placed shots. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He began showing up at the barn in neat gray suits, dark vests, whipcord trousers, wing tips, and on race days a restrained Republican tie. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, the Fugees showed up to a game three players short a full roster. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s about time you showed up! Those starving old people kept calling every two minutes and ruined our meeting.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lately Sam had been showing up to my competitions late, if at all, and dressed like he was going out clubbing in Harlem in the 1920s. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It didn’t bother her that when Miss Beatty showed up to observe Mom’s class, Mom started yelling at Lori to prove to Miss Beatty that she was capable of disciplining her students. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy used the few seconds to look for some obvious sign of betrayal, like it would show up as a red mark on June’s forehead or arm or something. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“The guy who thinks that Tyler Simpson even shows up on my radar,” Annie said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was Salahuddin the butcher, who showed up with a calf and two sheep in tow, refusing payment for any of the three. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Dudley sets out breakfast at nine. What will she think when we show up bright and smiling?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

But me, I get not one, not two, not three, but four grown-ups showing up. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“If he should show up,” Rick said, “don’t tell him I was here asking about him. You understand?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

In the middle of this perambulating he showed up in Patuxet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

On the Seventeens’ side of the field, Peshawa had grown angry: he had no intention of getting shown up by the younger team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a series of new workers showed up at the laundry; they each worked for a week before they disappeared. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read somewhere that vampires don’t show up in mirrors. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

They kept out of sight and low key, very low key when the Klan showed up. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not at all, Moss. Your mother asked me to show up, and I didn’t hesitate.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Leave it to Trey to show up early. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Very suddenly, Francis said: “You know, I keep expecting Henry to show up.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And Terryl felt the other ignominies in her life, such as sometimes showing up at school without a lunch. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s the first time they’ve shown up for a meal since her accident. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“And you really think everyone will just show up and help us fight the Sixers?” she said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Two other TV crews showed up, along with a couple of extra Coconut Cove police cruisers, summoned by Officer Delinko. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Cinna shows up, I am irritable and exhausted from comforting the prep team, especially because their constant tears are reminding me of the ones undoubtedly being shed at home. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

So we shoot some free throws until Coach shows up and runs us through a regular practice. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Fred showed up that night, I had eaten myself sick. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Reporters got word of the weird hearing and showed up with cameras. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

So when a reporter showed up on her doorstep, she began to explain. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When he went to bed Friday night he had decided what he would do: He would not show up at the cannon. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Pretty much the entire student body shows up for Midsummer Night.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The less she went to work, the more bottles started showing up around our apartment, like long-lost cousins who never leave, all of ’em with the labels torn off. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Car doors started slamming as parents showed up to pick up their half-dead kids. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The older one, who always gives me a nasty look when I show up, lifts her head. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even villagers who didn’t know Gram very well showed up to say goodbye to her. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Or that some older kids would show up and claim it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When Grandma showed up with Marcus’s next letter, I opened it right away, happy for the distraction. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Hazel didn’t know what that something might be—a letter, a present, convincing Joe Mauer to show up on his doorstep? Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

And if what you’ve told me is true, that the lwas will show up all around me—in both things and people—then I am surrounded, I am supported. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

How does she keep showing up like that? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And even though Elizabeth and I laughed together for a minute in the hallway, she still acted like she didn’t care when Maddy showed up. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

In every one, where he showed up to tell her she was going to have the baby of babies, even though she wasn’t married yet, he had a big white lily for her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to look cool, and Noodles definitely wanted to look cool, and Tasha knew we would think we wouldn't look as cool showing up with Needles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Once they were taped and wiped down, the coaches would show up to unleash whatever hell was planned for the next two hours. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He showed up late, just as Coach blew his whistle and a chaotic warm-up came to an end. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Saturday, Trey and me show up at the Boys and Girls Club. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My sisters are there with their kids and husbands, and Tommy’s shown up with a stunning girl he’s managed to pick up at university. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When Coach showed up, he hit the horn a few times. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

There were not a lot of people at the funeral, but the friends and family who showed up were very proud of him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the day of the speech, only Anthony had shown up to support Stanton. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe I already show up on gaydar, even though I don’t clearly show up on my own. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

All morning he had waited for the big vendor, who had never shown up. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katherine and I have been butting heads since I showed up at Miss Preston’s School of Combat, and not just on account of her being so offensively pretty. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I stole a bunch of blank report cards from the school library rather than have Ma see my horrible grades, which were basically zero since I never showed up. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though his parents have prepared him for the event, when Mrs. Merton shows up with her needlepoint he feels stranded, no longer in the mood for cartoons. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But as the night got later, as people showed up and left, and the music got turned down because of the neighbors, and the alcohol flowed and then ran out, I kept seeing Courtney's look. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You get who you can to show up, I’ll handle the rest.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her having married a Baptist, Cold Sassy naturally expected her to show up there that morning. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Wilfrido had still not arrived, and I wondered if he was going to show up at all. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They were no longer showing up only to zip away. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He was eager to get the study back into his safe, but he couldn’t go yet—he never showed up at Rand this early. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

On Valentine’s Day, Little Jimmy showed up on our front porch, with his skinny legs and his old bike. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A subject would show up in a small room with a short wooden desk adorned simply with a Brenell Mark 5 two-channel tape recorder and a pair of headphones. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You ever need one,” he said, “I show up when I say I’ll show up, and I finish what I start.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The guy wouldn’t show up for work Tuesday or Wednesday, but then by Thursday he’d be back because he needed the job. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“He told me to show up at this wedding. It’s a lot more rural than I expected, but...” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was hoping that this one time the trainer would show up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He invited me to junior prom last May, and when he showed up on our doorstep in a tuxedo, I was surprised by the tingle that traveled from my tiara to my stilettos. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, it even extends to me, too, if I show up at times like this when they are mobbed in the parking lot, but today I don’t feel like it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Something shows up there on the pale painted floor. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

My father told everyone when we didn’t show up for the party at the Officers’ Club, right? Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

So maybe it would be uncomfortable if he showed up at the hospital. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was also what they called “reunerals”—funerals where people showed up who the rest of the family hadn’t seen in years. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Seth showed up in his camouflage shirt, carrying the cereal box. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

My father said it was done that way so the economic clout of the mining industry would be clear when all the miners showed up on vacation at the same time. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Me? Pick her up! You seem to forget, mi amor, that the museum is just five minutes away and everyone shows up there wanting to hear the story, firsthand.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I could’ve seen his face the night you showed up,” I said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe Priscilla was thinking of other things that had just shown up in Finn’s barn, but he wasn’t going to talk about that. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He’s about ready to tell the story of catching the tuna all over again, for anybody who didn’t hear it the first time, when Mr. Nagahachi the fish buyer shows up. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The house next door just turns up empty one morning, or the post office clerk doesn’t show up for work, or your friend or your teacher doesn’t come to school. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He showed up at the door and... made me come home. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I waited week after week by the lions, but she never showed up. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the pasture nearby Hazel could see scattered, russet-and-orange-colored fragments, some with feathery light green foliage showing up against the darker grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I show up at Seaside the next day, Brandy is sitting on the kitchen counter, talking to her mom. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

To the point that when I showed up to Coach Nat’s first recruitment meeting for the Firebirds, seven out of the thirteen other girls who were there knew who I was. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

A week before Halloween of my junior year, Adam showed up at my door triumphant. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been raised, after all, in a family that believed in forethought—that ran fire drills at home and showed up early to everything. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He had shown up when they ended like he’d never had any doubt I would go try out. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"Jimmy sent it to me. I think it's a very pretty picture. It shows up well." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

And so I kept showing up every morning in downtown Chicago, at the corporate ant mound known as One First National Plaza. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When you got a real game sooner or later everybody peeps it and you don’t show up nowhere like a stranger. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean she didn’t show up?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When the day arrives, I show up in my uniform and they make me wait outside the courtroom. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Besides,” said the doctor, “this would have shown up on him since he was little, most likely, every time he came near a pizza.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The food coloring didn’t show up as brightly in the sea as it did in the store bottles, but you could definitely see it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

An hour later, six new people had shown up, and it was Alex’s turn to see Father Franco. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And to quote Pastor Eldridge, hallelujah, God shows up and shows out. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

All she had to do was show up, to get rid of those scary boys! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Whenever I showed up to practice and Luke noticed Akhi’s absence, he’d immediately make time in his busy schedule, even if he had a previous lesson or class scheduled. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We were almost home by the time I realized that no one had said anything about Pine Bluff since Miss Winthrop had shown up at our door. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But he didn’t show up for the wedding.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy he had recently hired to work part time showed up early. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t until Sasha didn’t show up at school that he learned what had happened. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The fact that he had showed up for the meeting had been an admission of curiosity. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One time, we were half a block away when they showed up. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A few confused ogres carried surfboards, like they’d shown up at the wrong party. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Celia was supposed to tell me what she wanted, but I guess she’s just going to have to deal. If she ever shows up.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The tubing showed up on the back porch two days later, leaning against a far corner, along with some bar stock as well. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though she had showed up with a bow and some arrows, and owned a Varangian warhorse. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

If the white kids showed up first, they had dibs. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

When Willie showed up at the apartment one afternoon, Ishtar knew to alert her mother on her cellphone. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But indeed there were too few now left there to do them great damage, though the light of the fires showed up many a mark for archers of such skill as Gondor once had boasted. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Against the sky in the cave entrance Juana could see that Kino was taking off his white clothes, for dirty and ragged though they were they would show up against the dark night. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just showing up here as if she wanted to remind him of every stupid mistake he’d ever made, all the ways he’d been disloyal and blind. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I can feel blood crawling across my face and bruises showing up along my ribs, my legs, and my stomach. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“We need to keep low until Lucky Girl’s people show up. Then we can do whatever we want. We let people know now, and they’ll come after our scavenge with everything they got.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t change or disappear for stretches or show up only in certain words or phrases. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Half of Clover City showed up because what the hell else is there to do? Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Thursday afternoon, November 14 Palomino has been showing up frequently and not always with a delivery to make. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I showed up early to every lesson, gritted my teeth through the arduous group classes, and was always the last one to head home. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“So? How can she say she’s part of the team when she’s always skipping out or not showing up? It’s, like, cheating.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Nessy, we got a lot to talk about. And now’s not really the time. I just wanted to show up for a quick second and wish you good luck.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, some people really get carried away—as my sister and I were reminded when we showed up at Shelly’s trailer. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Of course, ever since white people showed up and brought along their Christianity and their fears of eccentricity, Indians have gradually lost all of their tolerance. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Luna showed up with a pride flag unapologetically stuck in his lapel; Alex wrote that down. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I kind of couldn’t believe it when you showed up,” she said, and she was looking away again. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Look, I know you were less than thrilled when I showed up, and I know he’s a working man and all, but he’s an old man and he’s in bad shape and he needs help.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We showed up at the bus stop at 1:23 a.m. exactly. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know why it was so important, but I knew I had to show up. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t texted her that the new neighbors had shown up, because I wanted her to see them for herself. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

After Ainsley makes her grand, strutting exit from the media center, my friends show up. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Her mom had shown up out of the blue and pulled Eleanor out of class, all "Get your things, you're coming home." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Someday my mother and I would show up and demand the release of Luke and our possessions—and then that witch would be sorry! Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He failed to show up for work, and when he did, he worked listlessly, and condescended to his father’s employees. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And now I wasn’t going to show up. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dad shows up when I’m getting dressed for school. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I just hope to show up and somehow find the man who inseminated my sister. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

All we knew was that every couple of months, this check would show up and we’d have plenty of food for days at a time. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her friends grew afraid of her, for every time she showed up on a visit it was because she needed something. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had heard that traveling scythes would show up at people’s doors asking for shelter and food for the night. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He would follow the same rules as everyone else and either show up on time or not come at all. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He somehow managed to talk someone into letting him in, and he showed up at their apartment door. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Ada usually showed up at the kebab kitchen on Saturdays, but the rest of the week? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The police had shown up, and Dad got into an argument with them, and they threatened to arrest him, and gosh it was quite the drama. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He published his articles about me and prayed that I would never show up to refute them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Of Madge showing up in that snowstorm to bring the painkiller for Gale. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Him not showing up today? I’m not worried. I think his disappearance is part of his next big game.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As I describe how Hilly showed up here, stormed into the house, I wait while she repeats everything back to Minny. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When I hadn’t shown up at school for a few days, she’d been worried, leaving messages at my place, asking my friends if they’d seen me, etc., etc. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Frank tried to imagine Grandmother’s face if he showed up with two heavily armed friends and a harpy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Though he had not shown up at the second tryouts or at either practice, Fornatee thought scrimmage day was the right time to approach Coach Luma and ask to rejoin the team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Last night, Mrs. Hall and one other parent showed up at the school board meeting and complained that the Unity Valley School District has a “homosexual agenda” and made calls for three teachers to resign. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was like showing up in Silicon Valley in 1986 with ten thousand hours of computer programming already under your belt. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I hope Andrew Peckleman doesn’t show up, either,” said Sierra with a slight shiver. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

No Peacekeepers show up to arrest me, though, so eventually I begin to relax. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Darcy shows up behind her, and it's only then that she opens the door wider. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Sir and Hakim show up next and we all slap hands. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I want to do now is go home and figure out how to waste time until trick-or-treaters start showing up. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Several blocks from the National Hotel, just a few hours after the assassination, a group of detectives showed up at Mary Surratt’s boardinghouse. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s going to show up for graduation, sitting in the audience. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I begged Nora last night to show up in a black wig, eyeliner, and for the love of God, at least a My Chemical Romance shirt. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Then I pace in circles, waiting for me to show up. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ha, Pet said inside her head, its voice showing up with an abrupt and unbalancing suddenness. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Why—have I finally shown up on some tabloid?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I handed him the piece of paper, wondering what the owner would think when the University’s Master Archivist showed up to redeem the book a filthy street urchin had sold him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The forklift king actually showed up for work the previous weekend and had sailed the blades through a stack of Apple boxes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I can show up drunk or high from the night before and still manage. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Come get me, you mutt! Or do you have to stay like a good dog until your master shows up?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Luma feared gang members might show up to try to take revenge for their friend who had been arrested. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

And I bet you think I’m kidding, but guess who overcame “sickness” and showed up at work just to use the color printer. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, this is the perfect time to introduce him because that’s exactly when he showed up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Immigrants waited it out on the dock until the lumberyard owner showed up, then demanded that he fire the blacks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He liked the way the stars took their time showing up. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Luke hesitated at first, and she added, “He’ll show up eventually. I promise you.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The day Scott didn’t show up was a Friday. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They wanted to grab a few sodas and some bags of chips before the reception, just in case it took a while for the food to show up after they arrived. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She never would a just shown up on some white lady’s step without calling. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Tisquantum, the interpreter, had shown up alone at Massasoit's home a year and a half before. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She’s told him very little, except that Buckingham Palace has shut down communication channels in and out, and they’re just going to show up and demand a meeting. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, the first time he was seen after the assassination was when he showed up at a Washington police station the next morning. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The best Axel can do is show up and wonder. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The next day at lunch, Liz showed up with a schedule. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows that George will show up when he and Ray cross from woods to clearing. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“He’s probably been picked up already if he didn’t drown in that storm. It didn’t last long. I bet he’ll show up any minute.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And our parents were there, too—even my father, who, I guess, figured that Mr. Hupfer might someday need an architect, and so he had better show up. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“That was yesterday! When you showed up in the yellow toga!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“And can we expect you to show up and stay out of trouble this semester?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I hope people actually show up,” Moss said, shuffling from one foot to the other. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Is Jake already in custody—is that why he hasn’t shown up? Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Ten months later Smith showed up in Tijuana with Knighthood in hand and entered him in a race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not something that shows up in the stats in the newspaper. It’s not something people will remember. But it helped win the game.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The series they were working on when I showed up was for the Disney Channel and called Higglytown Heroes. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

What if his picture showed up in the newspaper? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

If he has a brain, which Mom says he might not, the celebrity partner will say “Fork!” and then there’ll be a ding and the next word will show up on a little hidden screen. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Well, I tried that, putting myself last left and right, and I am still waiting for Joy to show up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. It seems like the world ought to stop or something—like they ought to not show up tonight at least.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He showed up every day in the same rumpled sweater, the only one he owned, and almost every day there were snide remarks about it in the locker room. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“She just showed up, a few minutes after I got the key.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"Lucky thing you showed up," said the Goat Man when she arrived. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“The last thing they need right now is every teacher in the school showing up to demand an explanation of what just happened.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Those were the thoughts running through my head after waiting thirty minutes for Marcus to show up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I wonder what Madame Rubenstein thought when I didn’t show up. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The patched places showed up bleak against the wasted pink paint of the barn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began to spend days in their bedroom, then the house infirmary, until, finally, when blood showed up in her phlegm, Mrs. Bedlow demanded that she be removed to the hospital. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I try to make him show up again, but he won’t. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He had showed up a few weeks earlier to visit Miss Mary Finch, his aunt and only living relation. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

This natural limit shows up again and again in simple tests. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t believe it when Father and I showed up without the rest of them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This will be Monday and me when she shows up, I reminded myself over and over again to keep from running back to the car. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But according to Dad, Dusty still showed up every night at the casino boat, to count the money personally. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I went to the party telling myself that if Hannah Baker showed up, I was going to talk to her. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Ever since the famous Maniac Magee had showed up at their house, Russell and Piper McNab had become famous in their own right. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would still be daylight, and if they showed up in the daylight, they would be demonstrating that they weren’t afraid of us, that we couldn’t protect the village. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Ann and other protesters showed up at Stith’s home that afternoon and began marching up and down his sidewalk, Stith lost his temper and had his handyman hose them down. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I knew there wasn’t any funerals going on that day, but I still showed up ready to work, just in case something popped up. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But even if my mom backed off and let me pluck the unwanted hairs, I knew I couldn't show up to school the very next day with stand-alone eyebrows. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mother would keel over if I showed up with a skirt above the knee when Stuart picks me up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Radar showed up at my window precisely four minutes later. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Never could I have imagined that a white person would show up on our doorstep and offer to join our campaign. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Jane showed up in Tiny's life around the time I dropped out of it, so we don't really know each other. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Addie gets all bug-eyed and says, “Does this mean I actually have to show up? What am I going to say? What if there are other kids around? How will he know it’s me?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever the cricket shows up after that, he is just a ghost. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

An hour or so later, a nurse showed up. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if she’s just being neighborly or if she’s on the government’s payroll, but she shows up twice every day. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And then I worried that no one would show up. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

In the meantime Arne Stolbaad’s chimney fire expired; when the firemen showed up at last he expressed to them his delight at having burned clean the flue creosote. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had never shown up for any visitations when he was a baby. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When a single animal with a nosebleed showed up in a room, generally 80 percent of the animals died in that room shortly afterward. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A stranger could merely show up and take her away from everything she’d ever known. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She imagined what her mother would say to her, showing up at a place like this wearing a spire-fighting uniform, but it was too late to worry about that now. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Until that point, no one from the campaign had bothered to travel with me or show up for my events. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Everybody with fingers in a twenty-mile radius showed up and was hired on the spot. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Sahil and I were sitting in Ms. Rogers’s classroom at lunch, waiting until 12:20, which is the time we put on the flyers that people should show up and wait outside the door. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“She won’t stay mad forever. You have to at least show up!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Far more annoying were the letters from parents of missing daughters and the private detectives who had begun showing up at his door. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

So even if I don’t win, I’ll show up to Mama’s big fancy house in the country and show her my trophy. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He often showed up at demonstrations, a short, muscular white man with a face so contorted by hatred that Ann wondered if he was unbalanced. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When that happened, Mom would refuse to get out of bed, even when Lucy Jo showed up to drive her to school, honking impatiently. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Peruvians showed up outside the door of the converted storefront of the new office with their tall skinny drums and guitars and handmade placards that read: “Koreans Unfair.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it makes any difference who shows up,” Mother said. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I showed up at my old school everybody knew me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I want no part of what’s about to go down at this meeting, but I can’t show up Webb, so I jog in. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

A good reason to not show up tomorrow. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later, Bryce and Aurora are driving packages of Matchbox cars around in the toy aisle when my mom shows up again. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Don’t we show up at the end of each one loaded down with game? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides, showing up and making the effort goes a long way,” he said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“You kill me. This is serious. When that scout from Duke shows up, you’re going to be the first in line, squeezing his palm. All stupid smiles and clean-cut.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He showed up last night and chased me and...” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

If only Rue would show up, and we could clear out. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Tower had shown up just over a year ago, totally unannounced: a five-story concrete monstrosity on a block otherwise full of brownstones. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“So your dead wife showed up. You scared?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Green shows up extremely well against the Martian terrain. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because ye know what I see when a lass is maligned for something she can’t help and yet she still shows up anyway?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

After four days, I only had to show up with my bucket, and the worms, drawn by my footsteps and the promise of water, crawled to the surface. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

By quarter to ten, people start showing up in earnest, and I realize I have to pick up Milla. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She consulted her three- legged table, but no spiritual guide showed up to lead her through the city to Ferula. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't have anything to do, though, till old Phoebe showed up, so I helped them find the place where the mummies were. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

We waited for thirty minutes before he showed up. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Leila showed up over the next few days when the film crew was interviewing people. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And Second Wife showed up at that place as well. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he knew no one would dare show up with three kids, he always counted: “One, two...” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The tennis clinic was a success, dozens of eager black boys and girls showed up. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again she called the police, and the cops who showed up this time actually knew Abel. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Progress takes time. We will succeed. But not if you keep trying to show up the other school. That’s not going to help our cause.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Most Sundays, he shows up in a polo and dress pants. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Yo man, you couldn’t hit me back?” he said, talking about texting me What happened? right before Mr. Ray showed up last night. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Already by 8000 B.C. wild almonds show up in excavated archaeological sites in Greece. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel like I’ve been holding on to it until the rightful owner came along, and it looks to me like he’s finally shown up. What took you so long, child?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Technically, we did Cap a favor, because the next day he showed up in real sneakers. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He half wished Nipper hadn’t showed up, so he could be rid of the whole problem. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was showing up, she suspected, because on some level he wanted to be on the Fugees, or at least to play soccer with his friends. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Usually only Sonny and Malik will show up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a school official showed up, and Minnijean was whisked away, while we were hustled out of the cafeteria. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Reilly tried to show up at Paradise Vendors, Incorporated, again, he would really get it in the throat with the fork. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was out of town but you never knew when he’d finish a construction job and suddenly show up. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Cormier said you didn’t show up for chores this morning. And sneaking out the window!” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Moreover, after tea I would show up for only a few minutes of minor fiddling before dashing away to have sherry with the girls at Pop’s. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

And if Franklin showed up, I probably would have been long gone and running. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

So I desisted, just as I would have slowed down to an arthritic pace in any job, in the event that a manager showed up to do a time-and-motion study. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are the kind of friends that show up at my house—even though I told them not to—to make sure I am okay. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

It showed up one day in our living room. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He flexes his biceps, And apples show up in his arms. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems Principal Wertz called my mother when I failed to come back for the rest of third period, or show up for my fourth-, fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-period classes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My brother shows up and swallows ten of them without chewing, chugs a glass of milk, and then says, “Let’s go!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“My name’s Chuck. I was the Greenbean until you showed up.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When a Wal-Mart shows up within a television within a Wal-Mart, you have to question the existence of an outer world. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a horrible time for Kate to show up, but she did just then, innocently rounding the corner of the chicken house. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The gravity of the situation didn’t hit me until Saturday afternoon, when Miles showed up on the doorstep, apologizing. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They gave me a minute to get out of the factory, and warned me not to show up again or tell the boss. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Based on interviews with his in-laws, Betanzos estimated that when the Inka showed up in the Qosqo region “more than two hundred” small groups were already there. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The manager of the Sandstone Ranch, a nudist retreat, remembered two men showing up and asking questions about Ellsberg. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A little before seven, three separate news vans showed up, parked north of Moss’s location. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Zeus, trying to hide his love affairs from his wife and invariably shown up, was a capital figure of fun. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Thanksgiving, Titi Magda always tells the family to show up at two knowing we won’t get there until four, which is the actual time the kitchen will be ready. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The day the laughing man showed up on our comer? When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He was formed like a dove, but his color was dark and hard to tell in the moonlight; at any rate, he showed up clearly on the white sand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When the first handful of Norwegians showed up on the shores of Iceland in the ninth century, the papar decided the country had become too crowded—even though it was still all but uninhabited. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They show up in all my favorite books." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“They know we’re looking for them? They expecting us to show up?” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later Abbey showed up, and we hung around until the Coral Queen was off the bottom. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The people close in realized who had just shown up. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The women worried that no one would show up to the meeting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And though Bolles wasn’t talking much about it yet, he was well aware that among those few boys who were showing up there was some outstanding talent. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Have you tried writing all the letters on a separate page, in the order they show up in the book?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Soon he was showing up at the primitive automobile races held around the city. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That one there showed up at my door.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Wondering how it is she can show up at my house in the middle of the night and not at the event earlier this evening. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A part of me doesn’t want him to show up again. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Percy, when Quintus showed up at camp offering his services ... well, I would have to be a fool not to be suspicious.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

On those nights Dad would end up in a shelter, while Mom would show up at Lori’s, Tinkle in tow. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had chatted with him when I first arrived at seven, before Linda showed up, and he had three questions for me: Where was I from? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Tally showed up too long after her birthday, Shay might realize that her operation had been delayed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to be in the back room in case Toby made a U-turn and showed up at the door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z