I went over and sat down with the twins. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He gave me a cup of milk, and I sat down to drink it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then I sit down and unzip my pant leg, and her face falls. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“John and I just sat around and smoked and talked about the world,” he said. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then Tom and Goldberry set the table; and the hobbits sat half in wonder and half in laughter: so fair was the grace of Goldberry and so merry and odd the caperings of Tom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I had no time to worry about sitting down or getting a sandwich. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a tiny window seat, tucked low in the alcove so that it was set deep in shadow, sat Cassiopeia. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Technically, he was waxing his boots, but really he was just sitting watching the world go by and dreamily enjoying the sunshine. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But he sighed and gave over his questions, because above everything now he would have peace, and he wished only to sit in his court near these two. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to sit up front, ’cause I couldn’t see the board,” I explain. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Kelly was sitting at his bench in a patched bathrobe. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

No sooner had Ryan sat down at the table than he and the rest of Room 5 stood up again to recite some words about a flag and something about liberty and justice for all. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was space under the X for her to crawl in and sit down with her back to the door and her knees drawn up to her chest. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Jaimito called us over to where he was sitting at the dining room table, reading the papers he’d bought in the capital. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the word “German,” Alexander sat up straight. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I went outside and sat on a chair in the hallway. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When I walk out of my room, my parents are sitting at the table, finishing their tea. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The truck beds were covered with benches for us to sit on. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cabinets hang open, sofa cushions sit slightly cockeyed, a kitchen chair is toppled on its side. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Park sat down and pulled Eleanor down next to him, so he was sitting between her and the kitchen. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But before he hardly sat down, he bolted up. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat there for a few seconds, leaning forward, with his elbows on his knees, looking at his hands. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She stopped talking long enough to say hello to Evaleen Murdo, who was sitting by the window with Poppy on her lap, and then she began again as Lina led her into her bedroom. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every two days, a different colored woman will knock on Aibileen’s back door and sit at the table with me, tell me her stories. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

On the holy card was a picture of the little Jesus of Atocha sitting on a high wooden chair. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sat silently, waiting for someone to explain what was going on. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Upstairs at Charles and Camilla’s, everyone was sitting around the kitchen table with their sleeves rolled up, deep in Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He sat exhausted up in the dark belfry with his legs dangling over the stout timber bell axle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And he sat in silence at his father’s desk, in his father’s chair, with a single light on. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She sat like stone in the front seat; he had to open the door for her and help her out. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t care anymore that Isabelle was sitting next to him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, Turquine did sit better when it came to the tilt, so that this particular criticism came to nothing—but it throws a sidelight on jousting and may have been worth mentioning. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"How long have you been married, George? Come on there, try and sit still a minute and answer my question. How long have you been married?" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I was stiff with long sitting, and bewildered with the noise and motion of the coach: gathering my faculties, I looked about me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dad would have to sit there and nod every time she asked a rhetorical question. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

In a little clearing outside the museum, an American Indian person was sitting on a tree stump smoking a long peace pipe. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The older sister of the three girls also sat on her answer. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju went over and sat on the arm of his sofa. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I swung my legs over the side of the bed and sat bolt upright. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man sat in the corner, leaning against the wall. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

We sit where we are, like an old beast too tired to push on. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The dishes were trimmed with gold, the silver cutlery was freshly polished, and a crystal goblet sat by each plate. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Deborah sat with his mother, watching him with eyes that were no less patient and reproachful. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

An hour later, about twenty of us were sitting in a Denny’s in Spokane. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He walks in and sits on the edge of the bed. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Now I sit outside in my coat in the afternoon. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was sitting at her table with the big mirror. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody says to me, “ Sit here, this is where your mother used to sit.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a farm at the bottom of the gorge,” Bando says as I brush the dirt off my hands and sit down beside him. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Van Hopper sitting about in the garden of that house on Long Island, with novels, and magazines, and papers on her lap. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She dragged the chair from her dressing table over to the cedar chest and sat down facing me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly sat up and wiped the cold out of my eyes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But ever since that first lunch at school, we’ve sat at the summer table together every day, just the two of us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

There are men sitting in this pub with great glasses of black stuff before them. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Evan sat on a recliner by himself, while Adam sat on the couch next to me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Nicole could not sit still, and so she went for a walk in the glistening green of the jungle. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When they reached the train tracks, they sat on the platform and waited. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When Piper’s vision cleared, she saw Jason sitting up, still gasping, but the color was coming back to his face. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I went back downstairs and he was sitting at the kitchen table, drinking a beer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo just sat on the rug, cross-legged, saying, “I'm fine here, Aunt Helena, thanks” when Mum told me off for not bringing enough chairs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I sat waiting for hours, resentful of the mass of hungry people about me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s rough as sandpaper and wilted, like it sat through a rainstorm after blowing out of somebody’s pocketbook. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I sat down and read the diary one more time, looking for a clue, a reference, a snippet of something that I might have missed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leads us to the conference room and points out two chairs for us to sit in. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Redemption said it like it was nothing, but the anger sat openly on his skin, a new and warbling mask. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A few kids sitting in the back of the room burst into laughter. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Little hands grabbed me, and I could feel Gum Baby scramble up to sit on my shoulder. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

No happy drunk—a friend of the family, with a fat neck, unmarried, you know, but God how he eats!—had sat at the piano and played “You Are My Sunshine.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The digging was easy and although they often broke off to feed or merely to sit in the sun, before midday Hazel was out of sight and tunneling between the tree roots. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Books and other artifacts sat behind glass, with special lights illuminating them. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries many Amazonian Indians, the Yanomamo among them, abandoned their farm villages, which had made them sitting ducks for European diseases and slave trading. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I just sit there, barely breathing, waiting for him to assign me to the perfect partner. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He sat behind me in Sunday school and would slap me on the neck. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mama was sitting on the park bench across from our house when I came down the street with Mr. Lasher firmly holding my hand. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

They were not allowed to vote, to sit on a jury, or to testify against a white man in court. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And I’m all in my head, so I almost don’t notice someone sit down across from me without asking. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He sits next to me, a hand on my knee as he turns on the faucet and plugs the drain. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Witches. There’s one witch lady who wants to talk to you. When we get clear of the cloud, we’ll get our bearings and then we can sit and have a yam.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to sit down beside me but Daisy was hogging the bed. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’d roll from side to side, make shadow animals on the wall, even sit on the balcony in the dark, a blanket wrapped around me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I came to, I was sitting down. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could sit in Herb’s parlor rocking chair, and rock and think. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why were they bothering him now, his first chance all day to sit down? Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

In elementary school, we sat by grade, next to whoever our friends were. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Annie and I sat on an iron bench facing the lake and exchanged schedules. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Think about that while ya sit here and stare at the bloody walls.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

No one I knew was sitting by me, and I squeezed the arms of my chair to keep myself from getting up to cheer. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Go sit down and fix the errors on your Macbeth exam,” she said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I grab a few and sit on the floor. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Then the king sat upon a seat before his doors, and Éowyn knelt before him and received from him a sword and a fair corslet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Grote talks to me all the time—when I’m pulling feathers off the chicken, frying potatoes on the woodstove, sitting by the fire in the living room with a child in my lap. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You look like a butler,” I say as she sits on the stoop next to me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They sat together for a long time saying nothing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down in a cane chair by the window. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been where we’re at for too long. There’s a time to sit still and a time to stand up. That time is now.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Alone in the room, with no family or any people of color present, the terrified child sat in the oversized electric chair. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting on the platform, his back to me, head hung down, his whole body limp. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They were sitting on the dock, feet dangling in the water, fishing poles in hand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At three, Milton sat in a toy airplane while Theodora spun the propeller. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“So,” Maya said, Joaquin and Grace sitting across from her at the coffee place. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They had asked him last night, when he was sitting at the kitchen table putting his new wheels on his board. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I needed to keep moving, but it felt nice sitting there with the woman now earnestly massaging my palms in a way that was so sweet, even though it seemed strange, too. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Henrietta-Marie sits in the far corner with her nose in a book. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I sat there and studied the darkness, trying to see through it to some sliver of light. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom sat me on her lap and wrapped her arms around me. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A ladybug had crawled up and sat on the Holy Mother’s cheek, making the most perfect beauty mark on her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on the bed, fighting my need to obey Father’s order to change and go back downstairs. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon he and Edwin sat together on the rocky ledge. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She sat back, folding her arms across her belly. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I sit up and cough a whole bunch of mucus into my bedpan. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Come sit down and be quiet,” she said, pointing at the chairs lined up at the kitchen table. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Which fact I detected when he grabbed his foot and started to moan while still sitting in the puddle on the patio. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My name’s not Albert,” I said when I was sitting down again, back to sipping my hot chocolate. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

We sit there, devouring cake, occasionally locking eyes until I look down at the disappearing slice between us. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

With her eyes almost closed she could see Theodora only as a mass of color sitting on the floor. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting at my study desk when Papa came home. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He came and sat in the lounge room and Mom held me up between her outstretched hands. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Add this to the list of things I’m never doing again: sitting in the front row of a play. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Dad arrives and walks straight for the coffeemaker and makes a cup of very light, very sweet coffee and sits down at the table across from me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Like Bestemama, he sat most of the time quietly in a chair, saying very little and totally overwhelmed, I imagine, by the raucous rabble who were destroying his neat and polished home. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cleared away the smoking things, then drew back the cotton bedspread from the bed she had been sitting on, took off her slippers, and got into the bed. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I sat up and stretched my hands toward Mama in a plea for mercy. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We booked in a local hotel and found a crowd of blacks and whites sitting on the veranda making polite conversation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat toward the front with Ernie and Bob, two of my friends whom I had met in the Squires Club. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

We were, over the course of some two hours, herded onto boats and rowed out to ships that sat at anchor in the river. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

There were times when I really wished I had the guts to just go and sit with them. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, there was Rose, sitting on a log about twenty meters into the bush, her backpack at her feet. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When I got home from school one afternoon, my father’s shoes were sitting on the front porch. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit for close to an hour, staring at the grass between my feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A woman sitting nearby held her infant out to me and screamed. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She sat on the dirt floor, holding Tidbit close to her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat reading detective stories until the family returned from the graveyard. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

One warm morning in June, the man and his wife sat on their porch swing. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Barry and Clyde shoved aside books and magazines on the couch and sat down. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

‘You just sit down at the table, and soon as this here stove is hot us going to have a cup of coffee. Then maybe it all won’t seem so bad.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Bran used the strength of his arms to squirm to a sitting position. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe Ares or Aurora could escape, but the rest of them were sitting ducks. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down next to her and picked up the picture, squinting at it so my eyes wouldn’t see it too clearly. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Without it, he is lost: he used it for sitting, chopping food, washing his feet, and earning a living. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I spent the night sitting on a chair next to Baba’s bed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fear of losing Joe’s confidence, and of thenceforth sitting in the chimney corner at night staring drearily at my forever lost companion and friend, tied up my tongue. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Such tenderness. To have someone get out of bed and bring you little fishes and sit with you as you eat them in the dark of night. To hum to you. This is love.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Careful not to rouse my mother, Prim eases herself from the bed, scoops up Buttercup, and sits beside me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Looks like little Sonny's got your boy’s measure, Pook,” one of the miners sitting on his porch guffawed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sat holding the boy in front of him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Passersby do not seem to notice a young man sitting beside a corn plant in the middle of a magic circle, seeking. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was seldom that any woman sat in the halls of the Great House, and some of the old Masters looked at her sidelong, disapproving. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

A rusalka sat in the shallows near the other shore, combing her fingers through her copper hair. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Like how she sits lobotomized at red lights long after they turn green and doesn’t hit the gas until everyone starts honking at her. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Joseph got a chair from the parlour and sat beside him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He motioned me to sit down next to him, and I did. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“She said he was very agreeable the day he dined there. He sat by her at dinner. Miss Nash thinks either of the Coxes would be very glad to marry him.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I sit down on the ledge, leaning into the side of the window frame, and close my eyes. i And then I think of Al. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t bear the thought of sitting idly by some fire, sticking pins into a wax doll while miles away a drug-crazed draccus rolled in the flaming wreckage of some innocent family’s farm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was going to be sitting behind his desk—or standing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. If we just sit here I might go crazy.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He pulled the Playboy out of his back pocket, opened his beer, and sat down. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The long counter was manned by goblins sitting on high stools, serving the first customers of the day. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He pulled out the chair in front of him and sat down. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then he sat down on her bed, passed his hands over his tired face, and looked out of the window. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Marv,” I point out, “the car’s an embarrassment, okay? It doesn’t even have a hand brake—it’s sitting out there with two bricks behind the back wheels.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

His wife sat on a matching sofa chair next to him and smoked a cigarette. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She was sitting at my desk, arranging the list of theories on one side, the souvenir photo she’d bought at the Eye and Salim’s camera on the other side. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though he reassured her, Emma still was not happy with Lyell, and especially not with the way he treated his wife, who just sat quietly and did not say much. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, we sat around in Laura’s living room and told stories; then we danced into the night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then she took them outdoors, bid them sit at the base of a tree, and laid it on the line. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“We will get you some help. Just be strong, young man,” the sergeant doctor said gently, sitting by my bed and examining my leg. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Lily had her arm looped through his, apparently unaware that our mother was sitting five rows behind them with her eyes on their backs. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The guards sit across from the four boys, take out a deck of playing cards. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The brief glow fell upon a huge sitting figure, still and solemn as the great stone kings of Argonath. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The waiter came with the breakfast, and I sat with my hands in my lap, watching while he put down the pot of coffee and the jug of milk. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I sat near the firelight of the stove. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“If you want a job to go back to, you will sit back down.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I sat on a wicker stool and lifted the bowl to my mouth. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When the beanbags are back where they belong and the table is clear and smells like the lemon spray Ms. Dale likes to use, she says, “Let’s sit.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was a woman sitting in a chair, her sideburns and chin smeared with dark golden wax, and there were two beautiful young women lying naked from the waist down, having their bikini lines done. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Father sat in Mother’s chair, examining something in his lap. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hagrid was sitting in an armchair outside his house; his trousers and sleeves were rolled up, and he was shelling peas into a large bowl. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It made a great effort to sit up. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the bed and explained to me that there had been some investigations into my private life. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Luke sat with her for another two or three minutes before the janitor came in, earphones on, and nearly fell over when he saw them sitting on the mat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Shadow bought the coffees and took them over to Czernobog, who was sitting with the old black man, and was smoking a cigarette surreptitiously, as if he were scared of being caught. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The children came and sat close to him; he had paid more attention to them lately, knowing that it pleased Nancy, and they had grown fond of him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t easy to buddy up to, but sometimes Joe sat with him in the cafeteria. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I sit like normal in my kitchen with the Doorman and the Ace of Diamonds. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The professor smiles a little and inclines his head in the direction of the mayor and the man sitting next to him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But it looked like the old Sam Gamgee sitting there, except that his face was unusually thoughtful. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Looking uncomfortable, Dean shrugged at Harry as he passed, following Luna into the combined dining and sitting room where Ron and Hermione were laying the dinner table. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Since Volta was no longer throwing things and wasn’t chasing him out, Rowan grabbed a chair and sat down, far enough away to give Volta some space. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The important foreigners and school officials sit in the front rows in their suits and fancy dresses. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she also sat down as though we had done this every day. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A girl sat in the back of the class, staring at me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I sit up on my elbows, trying not to disturb Bob. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

It's much nicer than sitting on a roadside pavement. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I sit there until the tears stop, and the light begins to change and fade, and the soft, pink glow of dusk fills the chapel. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We crossed to the faded red love seat and sat together, waiting to discover the subject of that afternoon's lecture. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Arthur is still sitting at the radio listening to Amos ’n’ Andy, not even paying attention to Sonny and Henry, who are tearing apart Jimmie’s dolly. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There were wooden benches against the walls, and, sitting on them or standing beside them, perhaps ten people. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I sat down to think, and to collect my wits. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I realize she means the special-needs girl who sits at the back of the classroom. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She sat, pale and obviously stalling, on the couch edge, looking up at her mother. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

It worked, or at least the ’rents managed to hide their reactions from Jeffrey when they came downstairs.We all sat at the breakfast table, pretending to be normal and cheerful. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uhmma sat drinking tea with the woman who worked at the grill. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Inside, it was dark as he remembered, and cold as he remembered, and Kurremkarmerruk sat on his high seat writing down lists of names. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But she has sat down and eaten lunch with me every single day since I started working here. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

At Cape Coalwood, we clamped the scale to the underside of a plank that sat on two sawhorses. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sits on one of them and grabs a juice pouch. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

We’re all sitting at the two picnic tables in the private party room by the obstacle course. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I gave up and sat staring in despair at the vanishing pieces of fried chicken. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept looking over at Charles, who had sat down and started to drink his tea, using both hands on the cup. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“You come in and make yourself comfortable. Get out of the sun and sit, why don’t you? It’s nice and cobl inside.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There are seven trailers in all, different makes and models and years, and they sit in a line with the corn growing up around them. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Inside the bin, sitting on top of the trash, was a broken mop handle. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I gave such a jump that I upset the wicker chair I had been sitting in. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up exactly when infants are supposed to, rolled over right on schedule, and crawled on cue. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I sat next to him, and when I buried my head in his fur, he didn’t object. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

If Moon Orchid fell asleep on the sofa, Brave Orchid sat up through the night, sometimes dozing in a chair. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the midst of all this plenty they sat in the house, therefore, when the winds of winter came out of the desert to the northeast of them, winds bitter and biting. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

An idea pops into my head and I sit bolt upright. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He Filled the bucket and sat down to rest. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, Celia is sitting in a chair across the circle from him, still dressed as she had been during her performance, in a black gown covered with delicate white lace. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She trotted right by the door to the kitchen and kept going until she sat in front of another door. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Dante rolled his eyes and sat on his father’s chair. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The great lady was sewing, sitting rather formally in the high chair with the book beside her, and one of her waiting women, sitting on the steps of the bed, was sewing too. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Windy sits on Levi’s desk, her legs swinging back and forth. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look around and find Julie sitting at her usual table, talking with a couple of new girls from another elementary school. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She took the babies out of the slings and sat them on the side of the road, then lay down next to them. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We took them to the back porch, where we sat in the porch swing, taking little gulps of coolness and listening to the chains creak. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat with his legs crossed, a napkin over his thigh, drinking a cup of tea. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was alone with Ashley, but I was not about to sit there and consider the options. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When the plants were watered, she sat alone, knees to chin, and rocked herself back and forth as the sun began to rise, a faint pink stain creeping up the eastern rim of the sky. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were all sitting in the middle of the path. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His phone went back in his pocket, sitting there like a stone. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The public duly sat up and took notice. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

At that point he threw up his hands in annoyance but then sat forward and smoothed out the folds of his cassock. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have any augmented reality overlaid in your home,” I say as I sit. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then they sit on the sofa for a while, talking to each other. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I asked, staring at the donut sitting there on the counter. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Aurelia didn’t wait for her father to indicate where she was to sit—she took her own place, as far from him as possible, indicating to Marcus the seat beside her. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It's hard to breathe, and I realize Johanna's sitting on my chest, pinning me at the shoulders with her knees. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down and a man stood up. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down once more, back against a gravestone, and began to drift slowly away, turning his mind away as you shift a field of vision with your glasses, moving to focus on higher ground. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no idea how much it would hurt my throat, but loved the way it made me feel a minute later as I sat on the toilet, pondering the tiled floor. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I sat down and put my head on my arms. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I sat in silence and stared at the taxidermed school of fish the doctor had mounted all around the walls. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then they went to the dressing room and sat in silence before Gaines called the team to huddle around him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood to peer over the heads of those sitting in front of her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“What creature sat in the corner the first time that Harry Potter visited my office at Hogwarts?” he said, giving Harry a small shake. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He sat there and fed them into the fire, one by one, with satisfaction, and told his children what it all meant. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know,” he said, and he sounded so sad, not like the angry Scott of my nightmares, more the broken one that sat on my bed and told me about his dead child. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked toward the door, saw there was no one, then she sat on the side of the bed and leaned over and kissed me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Even though she was a law-abiding citizen, she felt so strongly that she should be able to sit that she refused to move from her seat and was then arrested. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The jars sat on shelves made from scavenged planks he had found inside the walls of the station. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Neither Zahra nor his mother, sitting across the table, seems to find it funny. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

One woman sat square in the middle of the road, clapping her hands in a rhythmic pattern. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Andy, the driver of the car, sat bandaged and dazed in the third row. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in the hay and ate the sausage and drank the wine. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

While the rest of us are sitting around outside, in the hot Stockton sun, sweatin’ our balls off. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lyra was sitting up now, and as she was obviously not badly hurt, the woman turned her attention back to the car. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We even built a little bench to sit on inside the fort, and we had a plan to paint animal spots on the walls. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Instead of wearing a hat or coat, he had a long cloak draped over his head, and his wig sat askew. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned up the hill, approaching Stick's coffin, now sitting alone on the grass. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

As evening drew closer and I grew more and more frantic, I stumbled into the dining room...and saw the answer to my problems sitting before me on the table. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to sit up and fell back at the wrench of the torn muscles over his stomach. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sat quivering, every nerve tense, recognizing the smell, and presently past the opening of the cave waddled a large porcupine, returning peacefully home from a night’s foraging. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got to sit in front, which was a treat and made me feel like a grown-up. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of blowing 263 again, but instead opened the locker lid and sat down, retreating to the inner sanctum of my territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know, I saw it before and recognize the music and wish I could go sit on the plastic couch with Ernie and the baby, but now my fortune begins. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the sitting room she shook Aron’s letters out of Volume II of the Memoirs, folded them tightly, and, raising her skirt, tucked them under the elastic which held up her panties. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He removed her silks one by one, carefully, while Dany sat unmoving, silent, looking at his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

So I sat down on the ground behind the dustbins in the little garden that was in front of 45lc Chapter Road, London NW2 5NG, and it was under a big bush. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He saw Longstreet sitting alone in the same place, on the same rail, drew comfort from the solid presence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in the high seat of the Fiat and thought about nothing. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

A clerk sat at the desk, between two tall piles of encyclopedias. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Stepping nimbly into the boat, she sat in the center with the pack between her knees. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

What good could they get out of sitting here making him feel so miserable? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wiped the sweat from my eyes and sat up. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She would sit out her two weeks home in polite detachment, saying nothing, asking nothing, blaming not. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He sat up a little straighter as he realized where they were: right next to the abandoned gas station where he saw the stray dog that morning. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Silently, they placed their coiled ropes underneath them and sat in a line with their knees around the man in front—tobogganers with no toboggan. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

We play full court, five- on-five, “winners stay on, losers sit.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

In fact, Ma shifts closer to me so there’s more room on the bench, and sure enough, the man parks his cart and sits down right beside her. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I sat in a half-lotus position on the floor and closed my eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Bacon and pancakes sat on the table between them. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I want to sit with you in a place where I can’t hear engines. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sits up and spins his hands in the air like Guillermo. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She said I could sit in the courtyard and eat it with my two little half-sisters, Number Two and Number Three. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the trial she had sat quietly beside her husband, her hands worrying a rumpled handkerchief. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I sat by the roadside, head tucked within my folded arms while waiting, I knew not for what. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The little man sat down, quite at his ease, and yet still with a servantlike air, the air of a valet enjoying a privilege. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The envelope it was mailed in sitting just underneath. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I spread one blanket across the stone and she sat down, huddled in the other blanket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then he threw his staff on the ground, and sat down in silence. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. McCullom, who with her husband had managed to survive the fire by jumping out a window, sat before them, so slumped and broken that it hurt to look in her direction. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They would sit in his small garden under an apricot tree. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Celaena tried to sit up a little higher, but found it too painful to even move an inch. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was really no free time at school except recess, and now that there were no races, Jesse and Leslie usually looked for a quiet place on the field, and sat and talked. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I sit by the window with my arm around Moonie Drinker. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He sits there, waiting for an answer, but I don’t know where to begin. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Part of him wants to turn around, go sit in his car until the person leaves—but he knows that’s not what Manny would want him to do. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

With sudden comprehension, the young soldier sat up, knocking Jonathan away so hard the boy fell backward. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the edge of the bed and put the package down next to him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He sat up in bed with a shout. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Wordlessly, she sits on a stool next to the table, takes Gale’s hand, and holds it against her lips. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Reb Saunders sat up in his chair, his face quickly regaining its composure. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In my mind, I see her clearly, sitting at a desk in her new room at the Chrysanthemum Teahouse, writing this letter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Luna sat very still, her mind racing at what her own memory had revealed to her. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I sat on the bench of my piano since all the other seats were taken. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we sit together the way we did a thousand years ago and we don’t say a word but just listen to the thrushes and the skylarks. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before we’d start swimming the white lifeguard made us sit on the edge of the pool with just our feet in the water. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I’m about to shut down her account, but I find myself distracted by the months of messages just sitting here. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You have to let that sit for a half hour.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Baba sits in his chair by the open doorway, facing the dark street. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

We checked out a bunch of stores and then sat on a curb to watch people on the streets. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

At the last minute, Little Jimmy ran up and sat down next to me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on the sofa with an arm around Mom and a pint bottle in his hand. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even his name is uncool—Pasqual is the name of an old Mexican man who sits on a dusty porch muttering about his lost chickens. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We sat in the parlor and looked at each other. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

How else could she explain sitting silently on the seat of a stolen police boat while other police boats chased right behind? A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He sat down right in the middle of the road and made a shooing motion with his hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His dad was sitting on the couch, reading Soldier of Fortune. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It was, he believed, the last time he would ever sit astride this little horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Believe rather that it is so ordered that we, who sit here, and none others, must now find counsel for the peril of the world. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sat in my seat, staring straight ahead, my heart pounding. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Two guards brought forward a chair for Clivers to sit on. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Two Hairy Ishmaelites are making out between the curtains, and Taylor’s sitting on the floor with her eyes closed. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

We sat together in silence for a moment. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They would sit on the chaise longue for hours, tittering like schoolchildren, feeding the pigeons or watching the ships sailing past on Dublin sound. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It was almost midnight and we kids were already in bed, but my parents stayed up, sat together, and ate. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

What theripy is is that I got to lay down on a couch and Dr. Strauss sits in a chair near me and I talk about anything that comes into my head. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

A woman in a fine cambric gown sat with her back to us, unmoving in a chair. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

There was no place to sit except on the beds, but then, on a regular workday there was no leisure time except the less than three hours between supper and curfew. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The cabbie looked over, his head out of the window, sitting high at the wheel as he made a swift U-turn and came alongside. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I quite enjoy sitting there, going through it all again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Park had been sitting in the alley for a while, in the front seat, just holding hands and feeling whiplashed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Rather than doing interviews with big newspapers or cable news outlets, I began sitting down with influential “mommy bloggers” who reached an enormous and dialed-in audience of women. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Is it Anise, sitting tall like always, yelling at anyone who gets too close? Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She walked straight past the cafe where Prosper was sitting with the others, and had no idea who was watching her through the window. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I sat on my rock, the spirit within calmed me, told me all was well. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It's like this place where everything is made of some kind of Oreo, and the river is an Oreo milk shake, and you sit on top of this massive Oreo and float down it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He sat there, seemingly calm, until Falconer was nearly to the gate. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You want to try sitting up? Or you want to wait a few minutes?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

One teacher taught all six elementary grades, and sat us in sections around the room, grade by grade, two to a desk. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

When Mae sits up again, she wipes a tear from her eye. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Tucker snorted and pulled me to a section of the library in the back, where several aging computers sat in a line against the wall. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

One day, after carrying his ancestor rock up the hill, Cole rolled his anger away, then sat down to think. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We sat at the far corner of the carpet and put some food on our plates from the trays closest to us. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her food, sitting in a bowl by the kitchen door, was untouched. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I sit back down, and Sana keeps glancing at my face, trying to puzzle out why I look familiar. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Beat-up cars sat at odd angles out front, as if people had jumped from them without parking. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cari paced back and forth in front of the porch until Wash told her to sit down so he could teach her the names of his tools. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were sitting in a hammock on the side porch when he popped the question. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie fetched the shoeshine box from the kitchen, sat down in the armchair nearest his mother and spread out a page of a three-day-old Daily Sketch on the carpet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I loaded all of the instruments into the Packard, sat on a big rock and took out my recorder to practice. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

My heart leaps when I go around to the front of the guardhouse and find Ambrose sitting on the stone bench. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her black leather sneakers sit a few feet away, next to her carefully folded coat. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

And so, she turned back around to see Cabot still sitting there, his hands gripping the steering wheel, his head leaned down. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The way she sat too close to the steering wheel, staring straight ahead, one arm on the windowsill, her head propped on that hand. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Now he can sit down, smoke a cigar and prepare himself for the return of the man who lives there. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mack sat down on one of the chairs against the wall for the customers. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sits directly across the aisle, on the guys’ side. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Reserved, Miss Mallory would have called him—like a table at a fancy restaurant where only a select few could sit and chat. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

"Well, I'm not. I'm not Newcharlie and I'm not getting into trouble. Just sitting here watching some TV, that's all. A little TV never hurt nobody." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

It took Moss a few seconds to realize it was Njemile, who sat with her back to the door, her breath heaving her chest up and down. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was not a sound and everybody in the room sat stiff in their chairs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now, by the lake, sitting on a mossy, half-rotten log, the Colonel said to me, “Lara was right. We should do something for her. A prank. Something she would have loved.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

They killed a little girl just about 2 months ago and she was just sitting on her stoop. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a horrible daze, I sat on my bed, one elbow on the windowsill, and tried to pull myself together. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pontonoos mixed the honey-hearted wine and went from chair to chair, filling the cups; then each man where he sat poured out his offering to the gods in bliss who own the sweep of heaven. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today at lunch Tommy and the only other Mexican kid, Rene, walked over to where I was sitting, on a cinder block in the far corner of the yard. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It took preparation, and maybe sitting in that minimall scrawling her plans was both intellectual and emotional practice—Margo’s way of imagining herself into her fate. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

A container of Clorox wipes sits on her dresser. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stiffened my back and sat up straight. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

We frequently exchanged books, did English homework together, read prose and poetry together, trained together, and sat on the same seat during tennis trips. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night as we sat up and talked, she told me of her new life. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before her pencil he sat rigid and unflinching, as he had faced the cannon’s mouth in days gone by. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the edge of my bed and started responding to his text. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The courtroom was empty except for Ishmael Chambers, who sat in the gallery with the look on his face of a man willing to wait forever. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I turned the TV on, and sat and watched the news, but this time I really watched it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But he was already here, in the flesh, sitting less than ten feet from me, after all these years. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He walked over to it and sat down, opened the paper at random, and pretended to read. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I sit up from the chair in Charlie’s room and hear my mom push her way inside the house. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

His brother sat back on his haunches and lifted his voice in a ululating howl, his song black with mourning. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He sat up carefully and saw a fire burning not far away, where Lyra was trying to toast some bread on a forked stick. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and went out through the back and sat on the mound of cement blocks beside the house. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I sat up and pulled the blanket over Ruth, tucking it under her feet to keep them warm. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When our lunch arrived at the quarry and we would sit down to eat — we now had a simple wooden table — Van Rensburg would inevitably choose that moment to urinate next to our food. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a little girl, I remember hearing stories about my grandmother, Mama Lessie, sitting at the front window of her home holding a loaded Smith & Wesson. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily he would have sat with them, but he wasn’t ready to swap stories about what had happened during the past five days. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The stadium was so crowded, with people sitting or standing in every inch of space, that it looked as though it would burst. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But George sat stiffly on the bank and looked at his right hand that had thrown the gun away. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bob Rutherford, who was sitting next to him in the booth and spent his days in the herculean task of trying to sell real estate in Odessa, felt the same stirrings. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t suppose you think I’m going to sit in your den drinking tea all afternoon,” he yelled. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Those she cannot manage to turn she covers with sheets so they sit like ghosts in empty rooms. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A woman sitting hunched over in a back corner caught my eye. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother sat on one side of me, and my brother on the other. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Aurelia sat on the floor with her diaphanous robes spread about her, and watched the cub eat. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Maya was no longer slumped against the window and was instead sitting straight as a jackrabbit, her sunglasses pushed up onto her forehead. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Kaltain passed through her bedroom into the foyer, and then into the sitting room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

‘I’m stupid, sitting here talking about my feelings when we have a quest to finish.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was a Saturday afternoon and they sat on her front porch. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He walked around the store, whistling, hands in pockets, stupid safari-style hat on his fat head, and I wondered what it would be like to sit in a college class with him as the professor. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Nancy sat up and handed me a piece of gum. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom sat down on my other side during the opening credits. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mom comes home shortly thereafter and sits with us in the living room, listening to Nuah. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Annie had her tray in her hands but sat it back on the table and waited as the room cleared. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

During summer visits to Calcutta, strange men mysteriously appeared in the sitting room of her grandparents’ flat. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down on a log stump at the table and decapped one. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But he seemed to be understanding Sir Charles better than she was, for a flicker of complicity was passing between them, and Oliver came to sit down, too. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in a big chair where I was surrounded by “white” policemen, but they seemed to ignore me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting in the horror section on purpose. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Reb Saunders sat in his straight-backed red leather chair surrounded by books and the musty odor of old bindings. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And I’d have to will my eyes not to peel away, not to wander to where Soraya sat reading a paperback. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Castillo does not volunteer to come forward—she just sits there, radiating bad energy—and Volpe has to finally call on her after most of the others have auditioned. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And to my surprise he was sitting up in the doorway of the tent. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A hot Saturday night for them consisted of sitting in my brother’s room, staring at Escher prints. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Brad sat quiet for a second, but his buddies kept egging him on by pushing his shoulders. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Future engineers, physicists, doctors, all sat around me while we waited for the beginning of the annual “Beat Clinton” rally. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It never happened again as far as I know—the street sittings—but quiet as it’s kept she did try to steal that baby although there is no way to prove it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marlena sits at her vanity, her arms folded and legs crossed. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She sits at a massive machine that boasts three spindle wheels and two looms. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

At the last trip to the top of the stone bluff with wood he stopped, sat on die point overlooking die lake, and rested. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spent the day there, sitting among the boxes and crates. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They sat at the next table and ate. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He stumbled and fell, rolled over and sat up. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s one of those fancy ones that sits in the wooden stand at the grocery store checkout. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I waited, as she sat beside me on the couch, resting her head against my chest, but the panic didn’t come. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

My parents attended the premiere, sitting cross-legged on one of the padded mats spread like islands across the filthy concrete floor. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then at night he sat at his bench, cleaning old springs and wheels and trying to make the work last out until bedtime. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The charred spars of sunken hulks sat in the shallows, forbidding access to the long stone quays. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The next week, at the Parque Bolivar, I’m sitting on a bench in the shade, watching some children play by the fountain. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sit awhile on a rolled carpet with the trapdoor open and listen to Madame Manec hum as she makes tea in the kitchen above them. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I felt the shame of my mother and father as they sat stiffly throughout the rest of the show. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I can do is sit and wait, talk to Maya, and hope that Savanna will ask me to join them at the popular table someday. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“My fabulous Zoey!” he says, sitting down where my mom had been. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then they had to sit in the white section at the movie theaters. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She sits in what used to be my chair and holds out her hand, inviting me to take a seat. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Seemed like a stupid question to ask, but up until that point we’d all been sitting there listening to Carlos ramble on about how he thought Silky Wilkes really liked him. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A lady who worked there and knew my dad would stack up soda crates so I could sit down while I ate hot dogs and drank my soda. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The girl was sitting on the guys lap, and they were just...going for it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Only his soles and heels were visible from where she sat. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

There were several other groups in there as well, but the Jenkinses were the only couple sitting alone. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Some boys talk in whispers, some sit alone, some gulp food as if they have not eaten in days. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The girls sat yawning in the parlor until two o’clock, waiting. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They all sat still, all bemused by the beauty of the thing, each mind was popped into the future when this lovely thing should come about. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped whistling and sat down heavily on the raft, out of breath and ex­hausted. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the washbowl next to him again. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They were sitting in his half of the duplex. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

A chipmunk, tamed by the little girls, sat on Eiras hand nibbling at the seeds they gave to it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was also trying again to get up from the bed, to sit, to raise his arms. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Taylor left the safety of her tent and padded into the kitchen, where her dad sat reading the paper and eating a bowl of cornflakes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain motioned for Reynie to sit across the desk from him, then set his large black book upon the desk. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Håkon was panting from the exertion of walking in his new body, so they let him sit on the road to recover. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He always sat at the kitchen table and did his math homework while she cooked his breakfast and wrapped up his lunch for school. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

A garland of yellow and orange marigolds was placed around my neck, and I sat down across from my bridegroom. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She looked with envy at where he sat, propped against a bulkhead, lost in a bulky brown volume. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Celia sat on her bed, propped up against her pillows, staring at Dimple reproachfully. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If only they had made different choices, they’re told sternly, they wouldn’t be sitting in a jail cell; they’d be graduating from college. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They say prayers, turn their mirrors down, sit on boxes for seven days, and cover their heads. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got to spend the day with Pa watching rabbits and I had to sit in a room of kids who hated me, looking like the dunce that I am. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t see how I could sit. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waiting for my teammates to arrive, I sat with my feet hanging over the abyss, staring across the clouds, looking down on the tops of 22,000-foot peaks that a month earlier had towered overhead. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew my job: sit tight and shut up. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Reassured, Hornet sat down on the wall again. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

My old cassette player sat in the corner on a little stool. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or Cassiopeia’s tendency to scamper closely after Penelope and sit at her feet the instant she stopped moving. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The war would be over and he’d still be sitting there fussing about his shoestrings. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat staring at the blue tile on the wall, wishing I had some sort of X-ray vision to see through to the other side. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They were all of people—some sitting up, some standing, some lying down. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“If Officer Cruise were sitting here,” Mrs. Carey says, “what would you say to him?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I guess I’d been shading Hank, because suddenly he was sitting in a beam of low winter sunlight. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I sat up and said, “I think he’s a genius,” partly because I thought it was true and partly because I just felt like disagreeing with her. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I asked as the two of them sat at the kitchen table, heads bent over a piece of paper I assumed was an application. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Bobby asked him to bring foods and juices to the hospital, which he did, and often Skulason just sat at the bedside, both men not speaking. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Was she thinking of Paris as she sat in her husband’s splendid hall? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sees her with streaks of gray in her hair, her face still beautiful, her long body slightly widened and slack, sitting on a beach chair with a floppy hat on her head. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He restrained the thoughts of his sword and the rope that sprang to his mind, and went and sat down by his master. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Their arched undersides and slender, long legs were full of grace and speed; they did not yap as the other dogs did, but sat perfectly still and watched her with dark, wise eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Would he be sitting watching television and suddenly think about die sunset up in back of the ridge and wonder how die color looked in the lake? Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

For years Aunt Florentine and I had sat together at her window and watched folks arrive for viewings and visitations and funerals. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She lets go of my hand and sits up. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The small table abuts the wall of the trailer and sits beneath a window. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

In Asgard, at his high seat, Odin sat, and his ravens, Huginn and Muninn, whispered to him of the things they had seen and heard as they had wandered the world. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

So, late that afternoon, I sat on the porch and waited. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But a minute later, as he sits to rest, the pebble shoots back up beside him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before we go our separate ways after work, we sit in my car. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Spassky, looking uncomfortable, sat on Bobby’s right, and Vasiljevic, smoking a meerschaum pipe and appearing relaxed, was on his left. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then she sat up, leaned over and took a whiff of my mop. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Where are you taking me?” she asks, laughing, as he walks her toward the hammock and helps her sit. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I sit by my bed and a boy across the way says, Hoi, don’t you want your dinner? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

My lips twitch the whole time with the memory of sitting in the bed of Bo’s truck. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He nods and sits down across from me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They would for a way, and then, sitting down on their rears, they would cry and whimper. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the moist, sweet treat was gone before we sat back in our chairs. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I’d sit quietly in the sanctuary when it was empty and just look around. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sat there with Tim and begged him for close to half an hour. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Up ahead Monaco was sitting with his back to a tree. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he went and sat by the stove. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on Dimple’s right, dressed in a suit with a red handkerchief poking out from his pocket. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He ate solitary meals, sitting at one end of the large dining table where his family had previously gathered for boisterous dinners. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Instead of taking tests or analyzing the stock market, the two now sat in silence. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The mist retreated and he was back in his grandma’s yard again, the monster still sitting on her office roof. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The next morning, at breakfast, Benton sat across from his father with the hope that the date wouldn’t be brought up; he wanted the entire thing to just fade away. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

You sit still and look at the wall, there’s a good chap, and talk as slow as you can.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat in the dark for a second while Dill fumbled for the light switch. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the curb and rubbed his legs, trying to work out the post-practice stiffness. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Lane sat rather slouched in his chair, smoking, his eyes narrowed attentively at Franny’s face. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Out here she could sit and take the air, read, admire the gardens near the house, and gaze at the majestic forest in the distance— “Ahwooooooooooooooooooo !” ‘Woof! Woof!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Percy jumped to his feet so often that he looked as though he were trying to sit on a hedgehog. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

On those teaching days, Nigro would greatly increase his son’s allowance if he’d sit still long enough to learn chess tactics. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Three people sat eating breakfast in the kitchen. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He sat the boy down and pulled off his shoes and pulled off the dirty rags with which his feet were wrapped. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He stops pushing me and sits down again in the swing beside me facing the opposite direction. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Another one is sitting on a white boy’s lap in the corner of the room, and the two others are taking turns swigging from a plastic vodka bottle and giggling. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I think now,” Rick said, “you’re going to have to sit still for it. In view of your lab’s report on Polokov.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Bruce Ng sat in the JPL cafeteria along with hundreds of engineers who had given everything they had to Iris. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t care anymore that Isabelle was sitting next to him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

We sit in silence for the rest of the trip to 13, which only takes about forty-five minutes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Mother and Grandfather were on their second mugs of apple cider when I finally sat down. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of other people from school sat waiting, hoping for Mr. Terupt. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I heard Miss Colette sat herself in the middle of the street and refused to budge until her mother agreed that he could come with them. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on first base and watched. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Nick’s mom and dad sat on the couch, and Nick sat on the rocking chair that faced Mrs. Chatham across the low coffee table. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m walking along the dog food section when a woman walks past me with a little girl sitting in the trolley. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

No one answers him except for Donna, who is trying to get him to sit down. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the forest near Lwów was a beautiful old oak tree with a hollow large enough to sit in. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I sit down in his pen with him, and he crawls all over me, licking my face. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And while they argued if Carver rhymed with larva, I saw pictures of my Temptations-whistling, dimpled, smiling father sitting in the RKO movie theater munching on popcorn with his arm around Miss Marva Hendrix’s shoulders. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Fie learned to sit at booths in restaurants, because they kept him more hidden than tables. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was about to sit down again when he heard the second thud and saw the barn doors shake. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I sit at an empty table and eat the rest of my cake. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then he sat down and laid out three cards, facedown, on the blanket. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was just leaving the stile; yet, as the path was narrow, I sat still to let it go by. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I sit on the front step and put my head down on my arms. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then he lowered his head and sat back down. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Crane wanted a fresh coat of paint on the trim of the house, which sat proudly on the edge of the school grounds. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frank glared across the street, where the other harpies were sitting in a maple tree, tearing the burrito to shreds. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then he picked them up and sat in a corner to play with them. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

While the inmates milled around, waiting their turn at the window, I got the package room officers to let me inside, where I sat in a comfortable chair. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I came opposite her house that morning her white roadster was beside the curb, and she was sitting in it with a lieutenant I had never seen before. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I sat back and put my feet on each board in turn and pushed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat and waited for her to finish. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Gramps is sitting very still, and his hands are shaking. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not liking to sit in the cold and darkness, I thought I would lie down on my bed, dressed as I was. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I got Grandma’s cordless phone and sat it on the coffee table. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I close the overhead bin and finally sit down. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He sat on his bed but looked at me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

But that dark cloud is sitting on my head. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

From the cemetery, I see a small glow that’s the fire, and I sit there, looking at the gravestone with my father’s name on it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

As he looked at the Utah statute while sitting on the bench, he appeared almost pained. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A doll sits in a rocker, and a teddy bear rests against a lace pillow on the bed. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Across from him sat an old lady with a grocery cart folded and leaning against her legs. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

On the opened page was a photo of my father and mother sitting in the grass beneath the sugar maple. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Sefia watched one of the tallest men in the crew disengage from the rest of the group and trot over to where Hatchet and Redbeard sat. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s not the palace,” Minli said as she sat on the stool, “I want to see the king.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Charley did not wander about but sat close and pressed his shoulder against my knee, and he does that only when I am ill, so I suppose I was ill with a kind of sorrow. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about the comforter, and her sitting next to me. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Danny sat down in the second seat and I sat in the third. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I sit in the principal’s office staring out the window, silent. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Only when the sky lightened to gray and the sun began to peek over the horizon did Minli sit down and rest against a tall tree. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The following day, as he sat reading in the library, in came the McNab boys. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat sidewise in an empty seat across the aisle from me and began to harangue two brothers behind him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then all the long afternoon they must sit in a row on a bench and study their catechism, until at last the sun went down and Sunday was over. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slim sat down on a box across the table from George. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat together until nine o’clock, when the lights came on. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then I went up to my room and sat down on a cushion. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I was sitting at one of the tables wearing my customary white lab coat and my baroque pearl necklace when the children were brought in. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You do spoil this old lady, Tom.... Sit down, sit down... Where’s Hokey? Ah...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The Cullens and the Hales sat at the same table as always, not eating, talking only among themselves. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Montag still sat, as if the house were collapsing about him and he could not move, in the bed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in the truck and had to force myself to rejoin the party. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then I sit down and draw like I do all the time. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the pictures out of my back pocket and sat down beside him. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He perched lightly on one of the twisted roots while I sat beneath him on the body of the tree. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He sat with his back to me for a moment. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

We sat next to each other scratching pictures in the dirt until the whistle sounded. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I sit across from the open door and watch the landscape pass until it gets dark. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Capricorn’s maid was sitting on a stone coffin. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The noise from his collision echoed loud, as if he were sitting inside a Christian church bell. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sits like a graniteboy waiting for a chisel so he can carve himself out of the mountainside. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She shoved the valise in the waiting beetle, climbed in, and sat mumbling, “Poor family, poor family, oh everything gone, everything, everything gone now...” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this gorgeous, whip-smart girl sitting here gazing at me the way she is right now? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I gingerly repositioned Otto to my lap so I could sit up and use the last moments of daylight to take stock of my supplies. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Iggy goes out into the kitchen to fry up some hamburgers and we sit there waiting, not saying anything. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up straight and try to finish my dinner quickly. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He leads us downstairs and through the big room where Grandpa is sitting reading by the fire and Grandma is dozing in her chair. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Hatsue sat with her mittens in her lap and her hands held close to the car heater. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

All day I sat on an assembly line and put tiny squares into tiny holes with a pair of tweezers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We always sit down to eat. I never seen people just walking along eating before,” she told him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even now, as he sits there fiddling with some kind of plastic box, he's easily ignored in the presence of his large and domineering companions. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The class was quiet and Mrs. Henry put her book down and sat behind her desk. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he got to the corner she saw him sit down on the curb and watch the party where he thought she couldn’t see him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He dug their shoes out of the cart and sat down and began to take the wrappings off the boy’s feet. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He sat down, heavily, on the room’s only chair. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When the judge saw me sitting at the defense table, he said to me harshly, "Hey, you shouldn't be in here without counsel. Go back outside and wait in the hallway until your lawyer arrives." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And even though I was sitting in the back of the church, I could tell she had on a little bit of makeup, and for some reason I just knew she smelled good. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

How would we get money, sitting on our backsides in a shed? Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They can’t see me, sitting above them on the slope, my skin camouflaged in ointment. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He was sitting way in the back. Behind me, even—off to the side.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I was sitting on the floor, a human again—somehow back in my regular clothes, thank the gods—with six other guys who all looked disoriented, blinking and shaking wood shavings out of their hair. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

We sat against trees and watched the path. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He sat up and said, “What other songs are sung up here?” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat in his favorite chair and began to read the Charleston News and Courier. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Lee sat and watched helplessly as the zeppelin flew on directly into a scarp of the mountains that rose up before them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The main difference is that a little girl sits down when she goes to the bathroom and a little boy stands up.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children sit at his feet in their cleanest clothes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It seemed natural now for her to sit at Dad’s place in the chairman’s chair, with a pitcher of ice water at her right. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here he was sitting at the very same table with her, just the two of them, and he couldn't think of a single thing to say that wasn't stupid or childish or childishly stupid. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fiona’s home, larger than the cabin that Nathan and his father shared, sat neatly between several rows of corn and beans. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her own small bedroom now became her reading-room and there she would sit and read most afternoons, often with a mug of hot chocolate beside her. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

In America do you knowl This part of the city didn’t actually belong to the Chinese, even though the beggars sat there, even though upper-class Chinese lived there. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us sat on a clammy, black vinyl couch and drank our coffee. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Granny sat in her rocking chair day after day, seething with resentment. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Emma jumped up like she sat on a tack and said, “Sir, it says, ‘Familiarity breeds contempt,’ sir.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Carol, a young mother wearing a big skirt and hoop earrings, sits in the rocking chair near the bookshelf. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mom finally figured it out, she sat down with me to break the news. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

As she watched, the attendant took Forty to a rocking chair in the corner and sat down with the little one against his shoulder. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As soon as we sat down, old Sally took off her gloves, and I gave her a cigarette. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

For longer we sat, content to be in company once more. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I sat by the gate, reading my copy of the Almanac, until it was time to board the bus. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mo had only just sat up, wearily, and Elinor was rubbing her aching back and muttering crossly when they heard the footsteps. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

One evening the Huntsman came and sat with them, and at first Taisin, Con, and Kaede simply stared at him, for none of the riders ever joined them at the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

"I—it was an accident. I—I stuck him—" Mr. Armin supported Julian with one arm and helped him sit on the floor. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

This is what I did today: I got up, had a chapati and a bowl of yogurt, and sat at the table helping Dadi fold the linen napkins. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The flask sat on the table between us and she picked it up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We’re sitting opposite each other in the beer garden at the back of the pub; it feels safer here than on the street side. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up straighter, taller, my heart starting to beat so I could hear it in my ears. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How you doin’?” Sula moved a pile of ironed diapers from a chair and sat down. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then I sat for a moment, dumbstruck that my plan had actually worked. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was trying to find passengers while other rickshaws sat idle. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had broken the Decree for the Restriction of Underage Wizardry so badly, he was surprised Ministry of Magic representatives weren’t swooping down on him where he sat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

High wooden desks that sit two, with slanted tops and holes for inkwells, are arranged in rows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What happened?” he said, sitting up so suddenly they all gasped. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then she jumped back up and gave Jessica a hug, then gave a hug to the kids sitting closest to Jessica. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I sat alone and watched the stars and dreamed of Diego. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Rondell sat there quiet for a few minutes, just looking at me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Most people were sitting in the same groups with the same people they’d known all through high school. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I thought it was quite ingenious of me to suggest sitting in on the chemistry course even after I'd changed over to Shakespeare. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Alone, that is, except for four burly men who sat outside the window and an unknown number lurking outside the door. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she woke, she came bleary-eyed into the kitchen, then into the living room, where Mrs. Delaney sat in a pool of lamplight rocking a sleeping Pearl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe she had sat here in the cacophonous darkness and felt some kind of desperation take her over, and maybe she found it impossible to unthink the thought of death. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She thinks she longs for rest, a carefree afternoon to decide suddenly to go to the pictures, or just to sit With the birdcages and listen to the children play in snow. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed to the landing, where he could see the top of Mrs. Bidzikian’s head from behind as she sat in the living room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She sat with her hands clasped around her knees and her head on her kneecaps. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not going to just sit here as bait! Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She would walk me across the street to Miss Daisy’s beauty shop and sit me in the small room built onto the side of Miss Daisy’s house. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t join me, and when you sit with those other girls, your back is to me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Fatima sat down next to me and I read to her. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He sits on his bed, and I settle in beside him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Even Tyrell had to admit, “No, I don’t think there was a dent. But they wouldn’t let us get off the bus to look. And we had to sit and wait forever.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We might as well be sitting on a herd of cattle here. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Can we sit up there together and identify all we see in the cosmos?” he asks, and then points toward the roof. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that night, the García girls and I sit around the bedroom we all share, talking about how much we all ate and how we’re all going on diets tomorrow. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I replaced the pipe on the rock, and all of us sat back to await the return of the victim. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some scholars believe that his great revelation about faith came to him when he was sitting on the privy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I am hungrier than usual and devour three pieces of toast and drink two cups of tea without sitting down, wandering around the room. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Haskel’s bed sat across the room from mine, nearest to the door. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The man from Sears had installed a brand-new one but left the old one sitting right in the middle of the kitchen floor. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Each berry sat on a cunning scarlet flower, which was left behind when the berry was picked away. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t been sitting there more than a few minutes when Lily woke up and rubbed her eyes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence, and I felt an unseen mosquito feasting on my ankles, adding to my general misery. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Generally he was one of these worn-out men: when he wasn't working he sat on a chair in the doorway and stared at the people and the cars that passed along the road. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Aunt Julia sat down at her table, and I sat down beside her and watched as she devoured the cheeseburger like a lion eating a zebra. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Fenoglio sat down at the table with a purposeful look, put the first sheet of paper in front of him, folded it, and then tore it neatly into nine parts. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes I sat down to rest. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He sits down haid, aims his gun into the dust, fires. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju shrugged; she was sitting at the dining table, a medical textbook open in front of her, eating a hamburger from a rumpled paper bag. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Thomas sat up straighter, not sure how he felt about the news. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I give her a small smile, then sit up straighter and stretch my hand out toward her face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Old soldiers—some of them survivors of that brave fourteen who had gone with Beowulf against Grendel—sat with their ale in the evening under golden-budded oaks and fought over battles long-ago. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat on the wood bench next to him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stumbled into Mrs. Epler’s stall and sat in the stray white feathers that littered the ground. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still giggling when Dad sat back down. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We all sit there for a long time, nothing else to say, when the landline phone begins to ring. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

At night, they quietly sat together at the table with the goldfish. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded, then looked around the kitchen and the living room to make sure there was nothing weird sitting out. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

In the hot parlor, beside the specter of the pianola shrouded in a white sheet, Colonel Aureliano Buendía did not sit down that time inside the chalk circle that his aides had drawn. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The family was sitting around, watching the final episode of M*A*S*H, and I’ll never forget it even though I was very young. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’d sit up, shocked at what I was letting happen to me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed my way through the dozing aisle to sit, at Jack’s point, on the steps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Joe sighed and sat in Mom’s chair, gesturing to her couch. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“What d’you reckon?” he added quietly to Harry as they went to sit down. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Later that night I opened my eyes and saw her sitting on the floor next to my cot. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was feeling awfully smart when she grasped the scale and sat up, but she stopped when she saw her mother. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the bed and looked over at him, but I could read nothing other than interest and remembered excitement in his eyes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Amil sat in Papa’s lap, and Papa put his arms around him as if he were little. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He doesn't say anything until I sit down next to him on the cold wooden bench. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Momma opened boxes of crispy crackers and we sat around the meat block at the rear of the Store. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got to my room, I found Takumi sitting on the couch, reading my biography of Tolstoy “Uh, hi,” I said. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

How could they sit there without twitching a muscle, even with the black flies buzzing under their bonnet brims? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The two queens sat quietly by the stream. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I kind of like sitting by myself.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

We sat down and looked at the graham-cracker anthills we had made. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of the days it sat still from noon till dark, as if deserted, then began its run again at night. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Granny came into my room early one morning and sat on the edge of my bed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apples and bananas sit in offering at her feet. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down, rubbed his forehead in his hands, and looked at me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

His breathing was shaky, but when Jam joined him, it steadied a little, and eventually he sat upright, his hands knotted together against his thighs. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A basketball court beside the field drew a crowd of young men who went back and forth between playing hoops and sitting in their cars. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She sat down heavily, just managing to stay conscious. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He sat up and grabbed her roughly, as if knowing that he had her this time. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm free to walk around in my cell, but instead I just sit there and lean against the wall, my arms resting on my knees. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

We sat down together, and he told me the story. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He sat up so fast she almost fell off the edge of the bed. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

When he exited the bathroom, his parents were sitting together on his bed. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He follows me through the backyard, and I tell him to sit down on one of our rusted lawn chairs. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Kainene pushed away her plate and sat with her elbows on the table, her chin lightly supported on her clasped hands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The gateman was impressed with all he saw and he said to Wang Lung, “Do you sit within my wretched room while I announce your woman and son within.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

A tuna tower is the tall aluminum platform that sits above the cockpit on a deep-sea charter boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Do you mind if I sit down for a minute?” she asked as she put the tea down in front of me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judging from their sad shape, the beanbag creatures had been sitting out here a long time—since the snow melted last spring at least. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I would find him just sitting quietly on a limb next to the bole of a tree, all fluffed up and doing nothing. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as I sat there, I felt a vague unease creep over me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After dinner, we go to sitting room to watch the scores announced on television. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Stepan sat slumped at the dining table, his right hand, which held the letter of protection, nailed down with a steak knife. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I sat by myself at the kitchen table. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Old women gossiped and laughed as they sat on project benches or by tenement stoops, where they once played as children with no backyards—yes, they were happy too. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He sat with a face as grim as President Johnson’s. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I have to talk, help around the house, sit with the others and, above all, act cheerful! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He leaned against his book bag and poked his pen into the hair of the girl sitting in front of him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the man in the yellow suit sat forward. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A series of parents with nervous lads in tow sat at oak tables and asked questions about the school. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There before him was the great carven dais where the old lady had sat, her fragile, tended body wrapped in silvery satin. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

We sit together at lunch for the first time since I sent him that angry-face emoji. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I sat on my bed and grimaced with pain, wiped the cool sweat off my brow. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I saw them sitting there as we dashed through on our way up here." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I watch as Mama sits upright in her chair, and Baba tenses. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

On the throne sat a mail-clad man, a great sword was laid across his knees, but he wore no helm. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He made me sit down on one of the boxes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was littered with papers and pens and pencils; but Bilbo was sitting in a chair before a small bright fire. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She sat on the short bunk nursing their son while Carl stood at the wheel. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was perched on my crate, listening to the monologue being performed onstage, when Charles appeared and sat next to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In the afternoons, however, we sat in the courtyard while Pita lay out in the sun on a wrought-iron bench, recuperating among the myriad of colorful mariposas that abounded in that heavenly place. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I felt Sean sit next to me as I let go of all I had been holding inside the past few weeks. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Ira was sitting with her face in her arms. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pride had gotten me off the floor of the gym, but as soon as I was outside, I sat down. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Just as I was sitting down in the Vonnegut’s cockpit, an e-mail from Aech arrived in my inbox. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He sat down then, his back resting on the trunk. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She points to a circle rug and tells me to sit down. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She looked first and then sat on the floor near his stool. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The two children wandered up and sat at a table nearby. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you remember how we used to sit under the pomegranate tree there and read from the Shahnamah? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the bench again and felt a lump come into my throat. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I looked through the blockhouse portal before beginning the first countdown and saw Miss Riley sitting at the Women’s Club table. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, the facts of the matter were as clear as the moon sitting brightly on the tops of the trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But sitting in school made me feel like she’d dropped me into a runaway wagon with no reins at all. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Normally I don’t like food that isn’t individually wrapped or prepared by Mom, but we sat on the curb and ate our tamales. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sat with his left ankle on his right knee, never the other way around. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mad-Eye Moody was sitting there — except that there was a very noticeable difference in his appearance. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I watch Albert sit at his desk and stare at the pages of a book. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was not a graceful landing, but she managed to sit up. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I sat up in my bed and looked outside as the sun began to set. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure sits at the square table, a plate of cookies in front of her, and imagines the old women with veiny hands and milky eyes and oversize ears. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I watch the pile of leaves quiver and shake, and out walks Mango, his fur bristling from being sat on. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was sitting at the table smoking a cigar. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

At the window Sticky suddenly sat up straight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear him sitting up in bed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It felt good to be sitting safe in a booth and to have just eaten a good meal. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Jenny closed the kitchen door behind her and motioned for Ruth and me to sit at the table in the middle of the room. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no crowds, no ordinary citizens, only the Council of Guardians: twelve men who sat facing her across a long table at the foot of the stage. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The indestructible Bundt is sitting on his windowsill wearing googly eyes that are staring right at me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat myself, like the sign told me to. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It must have been 9:00 when I was sitting in the middle of Central Park, alone, no one near me, no other bench occupied. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on the top porch step, put his shoes on, shivered, and then set off down Parker Head for Mrs. Cobb’s house. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He came into the house quickly, hat sitting on the left back corner of his head. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I looked forward to these visits more than one would think, considering I was flying seven hundred miles to sit alongside a dying man. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on my bed and reach for the picture of my mother in a frame covered in sweet candy pieces and glitter. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

His father kept asking Master to have some kola nut, palm wine, a stool to sit down, some water, and Master kept saying no, no, no. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He sat up to look at the damage, and felt sick. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joey sat on the step next to me with tears jumping out of her eyes too. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was sitting there on a bannister or something. And I saw him come up the steps,” she said over half a century later. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

General Ulysses S. Grant sat alone nearest his dear friend, next to a cross of lilies. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

King Robert sat with his guts spilling out on the table from die great gash in his belly, and Lord Eddard was headless beside him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A group of men sit in a circle on the floor and immediately start a game of poker. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her way to a chair in the middle of the room and sat facing the experts. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Newcharlie was sitting on the stoop, holding a plastic bag filled with ice over his eye. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

A boy sits with his back to me—but I'm sure he's smiling too. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

A stockily built young Negro, who introduced himself as Bill Williams, asked if I minded having him sit beside me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sit on a half wall just outside, under a great tree marked by bullets. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The handsome man sits back on his stool. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter where the placeholder 0 sits; it can be anywhere in the number sequence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He was sitting in his laboratory on a dilapidated armchair, the oozing stuffing mined by mice. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

One time, not long after we moved in, Amy and I were sitting in the grass in her backyard and she asked me, “Ibtihaj, how come your mom always wears a scarf on her head?” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In her hand was a small clicker or cricket which she snapped when she wanted the class to stand up or sit down. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rabbi was sitting on the bench, his book closed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I remember the carriage, the horse going slowly, and up ahead the back of the driver with his varnished high hat, and Catherine Barkley sitting beside me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But then his mother lit a piece of candle and they sat down on the floor to play. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I go back in and sit at the kitchen table. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And finally Ruby Archuleta and Onofre Martinez ushered him to a seat in the first pew, where he sat hunched over with tears in his eyes, intermittently rumbling for the duration of the meeting. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Hermione, who had been sitting at the feet of a suit of armor, repacking her bag, which was so full of books it wouldn’t close. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He sat up and rubbed his eyes with two fingers. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Dvorah and the other women sat back, trading glances back and forth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He’s calmer now, but he sits stiffly in his seat. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The following Friday, Holly sat next to me and nodded toward the recorder. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

His brain delighted at the impossibility of this, at the sheer coincidence that that tiny, serious girl in the blue lehenga now sat opposite him, looking at his sketch pad. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Now they were watching him as he sat here. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a folding chair from the pile and sat next to Ashish. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Gabriel wasn’t in his room when I got home, so I sat down on his floor and watched an old movie on his TV. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he and Aaron sat in our room all day long, making up rhymes and slapping each other five when something came off sounding right. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She took up her Bible and went to sit by the window. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The stray dog sat outside, staring up at the bus like he’d been waiting there all morning. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I like to sit in the plastic green folding chair. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mister Singer sat on the banisters of the porch and he was the only person who kept calm. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Calder came over and sat down quietly next to her. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of times he had tried to get a job in a jewelry store where he could sit by himself at a desk all day with a clean white shirt on and a tie. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We had a cousin who would sit on the couch, drink a beer, and take her teeth out, making them go chomp! chomp! and causing us to run from the room. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The library slowly fills with laughter and shouts, and I just sit there, hiding my head in my arms like I’m trying to sleep, even though I know sleep won’t come. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

In a short time she could be helped to a sitting position. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down at a microscope, adjusted the eyepieces, and began to explore the terrain. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ate in silence and afterward sat in the living room pretending to read. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Aline of people sit in chairs in front of it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I strove to wake, to brush aside those pathetic flutterings, but strive as I would I could not...at last I sat up, sleep and dream alike banished, wide awake now. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we sit at the table under the trees outside the schoolhouse after the boys are finished with their school day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like he had been standing for so long, ignoring the ache in his knees and ankles, and now, finally able to sit down, felt every pain at once. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It is, and the young man sits there rinsing his hand through his hair. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He handed me the paper wordlessly as I moved to sit beside him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I would have been glad to sit for hours reading or writing, but I fidgeted all the while I sewed and sometimes wept with boredom. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“But you need to come inside, because sitting out here is stupid.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The other night, sitting on the bedroom floor, where he was shaving a corn from his foot, he said quite casually, “So what was it like between you two?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I sat there on the stage for a few seconds, enjoying the moment. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I sit on the rock’s edge watching the ripples lose their bulk and energy. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Pefta motioned me impatiently towards the bench where my two sisters already sat, rigid, clutching their hands in silent prayer. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting in the porch of the house at the trading station of Vanovara at breakfast time and looking towards the north. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In between these phone calls I just sat on the sofa. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end nearest him sat Hagrid, who caught his eye and gave him the thumbs up. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Vilonia Kline sat down on the dirt beside them, watching the hole get wider and deeper with each jab and throw. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When I first sat down at Aunt Maggie’s table, I could not eat until I had asked: “Can I eat all I want?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the cafeteria I sit down next to Laura who is very pretty and very popular. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the bread to the table and sat down. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Now they sat cross-legged or sprawled on the floor, speaking in hushed voices. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes, yes, everybody is fine. Come in and sit down, Maxwell. And please try to relax." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She heard the wagons after she’d been sitting on the rock awhile. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Besides that big piece of pie, she fixed me a glass of lemonade and some for herself, and sat down to talk. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I lock the door behind her and sit at the table. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We sat in the rain wiping it off our faces and listening to its sound on the tile roof and the gushing of torrents onto the ground. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Izzy and Tee were sitting on a bench, Izzy splayed out in Tee’s lap like an old sweater, and they were talking quietly. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

We sit in the back row, out of sight of the window in the door. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

As they sit on the ground, I take a closer look at those shoes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I awoke and instantly banged my head as I tried to sit up. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He sat down at the piano and began to pick out the tune for “God Save the King.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You told me you finished packing,” Mamma said, sitting on a wicker chair Dimple had bought at a flea market years ago. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She sat Aurelia upright and wiped her cheeks with the corner of her scarf. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He sat downstage, center, for only a second before glancing over his shoulder, getting up, and walking a few steps upstage to line up with the other players. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie giggles and settles into Mama, and for a quick second, I wish it was me sitting there, close to Mama, laughing. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

There’s a thick wad of cash clasped inside a sleek silver money clip sitting right there. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

It was very pleasant to sit in the warm sunshine and watch the pure waters drift by. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe Barnabas Saint was the tree, tearing the house apart, and Great-Grandpop was the birds, sitting in all that mess, eating themselves. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She sat up and put her eye to the crack of the door. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

After that the only thing he sort of wanted to do was sit. with Abay, parked in front of the television. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

If ever there was a place where a woman would putter around, patting mud packs on her face and sitting under a drier, it would be a velvetsoft, diamond-gem beauty parlor! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed her pad and a ballpoint, walked in, and sat where Mr. Larson had been. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

She stacked the other albums to one side so I could sit next to her. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Lancelot and Guenever were sitting by the window in the high keep, and Arthur’s England stretched below them, under the level rays of sunset. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan sat down again and pulled his chair close enough to Volta to whisper. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There they sat, a big gray Erector set, now looped with yellow police ribbons that said DO NOT CROSS. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was kind of awkward, because we were sitting next to one another. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat together until the candle had burned out and another one had to be lit. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

We sit down at the table to more food than we normally have in a week. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We sit around the fire and eat, the chil- dren kneeling on the floor, my father on one stool, and me on the other. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached for her glasses on the bedside table, put them on, and sat up in bed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I want him to sit down and be quiet. That’s when you know we’ve won—when he sits down and shuts up. Got it?” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

And the people who were sitting on the seats got up and walked away because he was a policeman and we sat down facing one another. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You might ask Tidings as well. He misses Dismay, too. He hasn’t mowed the grass all week. He just sits on the mower and thinks.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there any point asking how you’re going to sit for two exams at once?” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Officers sat quietly by, joking softly, respectfully with each other, keeping an eye on the old man walking back and forth, back and forth, stopping to stare at the eastern hills, the eastern haze. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before they did, Mrs. Burroughs instructed me to sit back down. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, ain’t this the berries! What we got here?” she boomed, even though the two girls were sitting right in front of her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Lucas said, “Woman, I said, sit down.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The man stared with his unseeing eyes into the room, beyond the place where Kira sat. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered the bottle and got his breath and he sat in the road and crossed his legs and drank again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I mean, what if I sit at home all day and watch TV, and then tomorrow, I wake up and I'm my regular self again? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a can of red spray paint sitting on the ground, the cap neatly on. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But she only sat in the chair, turning her fingers over slowly, staring at them expressionlessly, trapped. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” says Pop, sitting on the bed, wheezing. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

A day made in hell, sitting in one or another office of National Police Headquarters. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up late at night with my elder siblings and talked about the revolution against the white man while we Little Kids slept upstairs. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cylindrical waxed cardboard box sat on the floor beside the desk. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Colin was about four, he read a book about Archimedes, the Greek philosopher who’d discovered that volume could be measured by water displacement when he sat down in the bathtub. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

A tall man wearing black robes and a long wig sat at a table that was raised on a platform. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny sat on the magic stool, which turned around and went up or down according to your size, and played. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so busy beating himself up in his head that he didn’t even notice Grandpop on the porch—sitting on the: porch, all by himself, until he’d reached the porch himself. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The man with the gloves was sitting there. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the curb and leaned my chin in my hands, stared at the bar across the street. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Minos tried to sit up, but Aelia’s sisters pushed him back into the water. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The three of them would sit for tea and then Jalil would excuse himself. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was still amused, but earlier, when he and Guitar had sat handcuffed on a wooden bench, his neck skin had crawled with fear. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember sitting on the damp pavement next to the pool and seeing my mother, in the spectators’ bleachers, holding my younger sister on her lap. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The burly man sits on a stool, holding the back door open with his back. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Jule was looking at the wax model of Charles Dickens, who sat morosely in a hard wooden chair, when someone spoke to her. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I guessed that meant “sit down,” so I did. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Sam had admirers, and sat at mess hall tables like anyone else. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maribel with sleepy eyes and uncombed hair, sitting cross-legged on the seat, turning around and looking back for me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I want to stay. But, if you will sit down quietly for a minute, and listen, I promise to behave like a perfect gentlemen like one of your preux chevaliers, in fact.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t say the truth—that it hurts anytime I sit ’cause I got whipped so hard. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Of all the people who surround them at practically all times, Sonia is his only ally, the only person to speak and sit and see as he does. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had bought a cake and some candy, and we had tea and cookies, the works, but neither Hello nor I felt like sitting stiffly on our chairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Even neighbors sat on their stoops as if they hadn’t moved since we had gone. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You just sit yourself down and entertain that young man.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting next to Odenigbo, and she leaned forward to smile at him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After work, Wynn howled along with Carrie Underwood, and I sat in his truck with the baggie on my lap, unable to work up the nerve to give it to him. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She was sitting cross-legged in the chair and evidently had been watching him as he observed the scene in the kitchen. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother signs off the Net with Father and crosses the kitchen to where I sit. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

No one sat in the seat just below the map, so he leaned in to get a good look, and counted the number of stops before he’d reach West Fourth Street station. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Cool Papa still sat in his watcher’s chair, the bedtime book in his lap. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He and Ron went down to breakfast to find Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and Ginny already sitting at the kitchen table. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The guy sitting on the side was about six feet and built pretty nice but he didn’t look hard enough to play no ball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on the stoop and trembled each time Katie cried out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie sat cross-legged across the room, working in the glow of an oil lamp. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I sat on the couch and stared through the window at the white sky, the empty parking lot, the faded asphalt, while Celia brewed a pot of coffee. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I sit at the island, poking at my cereal and promising myself that when she comes downstairs, I’ll say it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I slipped in, I sat down just by the door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I sit back and stare out the window the rest of the way, simmering. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There were books piled on every seating option, so she sat on the floor, not bothering to take off her backpack, and put her head between her knees. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In the end, being long self-trained in taking despair sitting down, I managed very easily to keep my seat. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Standing at her desk with her coat and hat on, Mrs. Cormier could see Dr. Barnes sitting there, fifteen feet away, drumming on the desk with his fingers. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Often, after we had done our day’s license plate quota, we would sit around, perhaps fifteen of us, and listen to Bimbi. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked now for something to put the birthday candles in and settled on the soil of a potted ivy that normally sat on the windowsill over the sink. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Scipio is not our boss,” Prosper answered as he helped Victor to sit up. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sat slumped where I put her, crying, praying, cursing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was sitting as still as a statue, its eyes fixed unblinkingly on the far corner of Privet Drive. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I sat up on the slack, still holding my chest. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

So I’m surprised when I get to school to find not only Edna—wearing sunglasses—waiting on the bench but also Hannah and Lena sitting there, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They were sitting side by side with their bodies stiff and rigid. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can . . . I said. I pulled myself up against the pillows. “Why don’t you sit down for a sec?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do not fret. Come, dry your eyes and sit up here beside me.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, an obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And against the back wall, on top of a supply cabinet, sat a photocopy of the picture of Henrietta Lacks, hands on hips, in a pale wood frame several inches too big. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Like the woman who is always sitting on her porch, knitting something. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She’d have muffin batter sitting in the fridge, and would pour it into tins and let you eat as many warm muffins as you wanted, before the rest of the island woke up. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

As “The Trial of the Century” reached its dramatic conclusion, my old professor was sitting on the toilet. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tristran sat at the top of the spire of cloud and wondered why none of the heroes of the penny dreadfuls he used to read so avidly were ever hungry. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the steps and cried. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t at first been too keen on this development, remembering how the previous summer we’d all sat around together in the grass right outside the Cottages. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was one latrine per prison block—really just a row of holes cut in boards that sat over the cesspit. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he told Fern that she could sit on the stool and watch Wilbur as long as she wanted to. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The captain begged off and sat down, saying he was exhausted. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonas put his arm around her and supported her as she sat. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re going all the way to State this year if Ben keeps up the good work,” Philip Turner said, sitting directly in front of Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mercy, Miss Gilly, I can rest in heaven. In the meantime, it is human company that I treasure. It won’t bother you if I just sit here, will it? I promise not to make suggestions.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

They called me “New York,” and let me sit out there all day, practicing my flute and smoking all the weed I wanted. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat on their haunches and barked, with their eyes fixed on the others. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat together on the edge of the bed. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I sit tensely and watch his every movement in case he may perhaps say something. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Indeed, it is,” he says, sitting down at his desk. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He tried to sit up, but Sophie said, “Lie down. Let the blood back in your brain.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I can’t sit through a replay of my showdown with Curtis. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I stepped over beside August, letting my elbow touch her arm, needing the weight of her next to me; and there was May’s flashlight, shut off and sitting on the wet ground. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Hal’s mother sits with him, she speaks in brief, practiced sound bites. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She had heard first a bustling in the front of the jail, and smelled fresh coffee, and had sat up, stiff with apprehension. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now we all sat in an abandoned barn, trying to create a fire for warmth. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Pim goes and sits in a corner with his constant companion, Dickens, in hopes of finding a bit of peace and quiet. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Now, Wife,” Ba said, sitting quietly, “it was Minli’s money. It was hers to do with as she wished. Money must be used sometime. What use is money in a bowl?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The men, wearing their white tuxedos, and the women, wearing silky silver, spaghetti-strapped dresses, complained about having to sit on the slushy curb in their wedding outfits. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I sat down with the box in my lap and untied the string. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I can feed you, but I sure can’t sit on the eggs.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I sat at one of the tables and looked at the pictures on the wall. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

My night bag, which contained only a flashlight, a few changes of clothes, and a granola bar, sat under my bunk bed, packed and ready to go. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Then she told me to sit on my bed and talk to God. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

‘Perhaps a game...' he said tentatively, ‘perhaps the draughts board...I think they might go into the sitting room and play a quiet game, something of that sort.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

They were sitting on the living- room floor, eating dinner less than a week after they’d seen Najibullah’s corpse hanging by a rope. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I sat on a log and looked around at our little island camp. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Men sit on buckets and stare at whatsoever passes by. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many animals sat up on their hind legs. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He saw a red fox and a large black cat, with a white collar and paws, who sat conversing together in the middle of the path. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

We were sitting on the side of the hill. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex followed as Mac led them into the living room, where a tiny, stooped old lady sat on the sofa. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

When she opened her eyes, she was back in the Greater Jungle and sitting across from Badwa. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“If they’re willing to help weed for a few days, a couple of us will take turns sitting with Pete and making sure he gets meals and medicine.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She sat down next to him, straddling the bench, and pushed a wild mop of red-brown hair out of her eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Diego sat on the rusted hood and traced lines in the dirt, while I kicked at the gravel on the side of the road. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Tiara sat on the cot, her fingers worrying the hem of her new MermaidTopia shirt. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then they would sit all afternoon in her parlor, playing cards and telling indecent jokes, and making the air foul with whisky and smoke. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When we sat down, I noticed Ali Shekari wouldn’t eat his hot dogs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

A woman of the inn had been sitting with him, quietly knitting. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her keys and phone were sitting on her desk. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Having someone to sit with, even Conner and the Maybe-Not-Actually-Morons, for the last ten minutes of lunch was better than wandering around alone. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

What else were they going to do, sit there and play blind hopscotch until someone came out to greet them with cookies and milk? The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Across the huge room sat my father, smiling confidently, looking at us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the seniors, I spotted Stephanie and Noah holding their trays, looking for a place to sit because their usual spot was taken by freshmen. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

But Jeanne and William were sitting all the way across the room, and their arms weren’t long enough to reach Jacob. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Do sit down,” he said, and at the familiar command the three animals behind him sat obediently. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sat there, far from the drain, soft and melting. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I looked at him—dark suit, sitting very straight with his legs now crossed at the knee. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Has anybody got anything to tell? It’s been such a dismal day I’m really dying for some amusement,” said Meg, as they sat sewing together that evening. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, after we sit at our table, the questions come: Why’d you cut your hair, Filthy? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“No,” Tara says, now unsure if she remembered to bring the card, or if it is still sitting on a table in her parlor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When the tub was almost full the boy got undressed and stepped shivering into the water and sat. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

We sat silent and peaceful in our dark corner. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lawson sits on the edge of his desk, crosses his legs, turns a few pages in a yellow legal pad covered with notes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sits on the edge of his desk and folds his arms. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Just then the telegraph machine began clicking and Mr. DeVore sat to take down the message. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I sit down on the armchair and keep my gaze on Fizz. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

What made it sit at the edge of the lonely wood and pour its music into nothingness? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When you walked in, there was a reception desk where nobody sat. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The idea of making up an excuse for why I'm home early and sitting with them in hidden mourning is unbearable. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Instead I just sat at the kitchen table and looked around at all the things that I was used to, that now suddenly seemed so strange. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She sat at the table with us, sticking with her cup of coffee and banana in lieu of our heartier fare. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the bed and stirred in the sauce. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was no place to run to, no tip of the marsh where I could sit alone on a stump of driftwood and watch the water. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when he’s down he sits in the dark with his eyes open. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You were sick,” Viola says, sitting back, knees still on my bed. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She sat on the grass outside to eat, and regarded the building approvingly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were sprawled on velvet chairs around the sitting room, full to bursting. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh, now you remember your homework after sitting on that sofa all day? No, get up,” Mama commands. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mwila sat at his desk with a small paperback book in his hands. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

If my mom hadn’t packed my lunch on 18 September 2013,1 wouldn’t have gotten to the cafeteria early and sat at a table that belonged to a group of seniors, which included my brother. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We load our bags against the wall and are about to sit down when someone shouts. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I come back to Brick's bedroom window, the little guy, Tyrell, is sitting on the ledge, gazing out, the same way I like to. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

On the opposite wall was my desk, my computer perched on top, a stack of books sitting next to it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

His greenfinch dæmon touched noses courteously with Jesper and then perched on the back of his chair as he sat down by the fire with his wine. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They traveled for the remainder of the day, and the assassin sat in silence as she watched the forest pass, the tightness in her chest not easing until they’d left that shimmering glen far behind. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Nathan sat down and looked into the shadow of the dune. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He used to wait for me to sit at the breakfast table before he started iron­ing—that way, we could talk. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maya nestled closer to her, pressing up against Grace’s side as Joaquin sat down on the edge of the bed next to them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The moment she sits down, Mrs. van D. begins stating her wishes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

As we sat down, I thought that now things would be better. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we screeched up to the museum, Jude was sitting on the sidewalk, her head tucked into her knees. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Behind a sliding glass partition sat a young woman in a modern nurse’s uniform, not a white one, but a light blue pantsuit with white trim. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He patted the mattress beside him, and I sat down, sighing as I did. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The parrot sits perched on some scrolls, his talons digging into the parchment. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Before he could reply, someone else said: “His leg’s still sitting poor.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen boys were sitting around Slughorn, all on harder or lower seats than his, and all in their mid-teens. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We’ve sat like this on other occasions, but never so close as we were last night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Armpit sat there a moment, wiping himself with a napkin as he tried to figure out why Kaira thought X-Ray had kissed her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I sit in the bathtub, scraping away at my calves, which I wish were thicker, bulgier, like the calves of cheerleaders, while my brother mutters outside. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sit down in the chair opposite him. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“He’s never going to sit still for a picture,” Windy says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you mind if I ask Bernie to come down and sit with us?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

My throat gets really small and I sit back down. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The dreams of my mother sitting with me at her own funeral kept coming every night on schedule, and y’know, I started to look forward to them. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I sat up, trying to ignore my own weakness. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the sofa and start talking about Devon a lot except I don’t call him Devon anymore. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed there, sitting, like a bigger fool, with my back to the door, thinking about West Indian Archie. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rocking horse, covered in matted hide, sat in the corner under a curl of peeling yellow wallpaper. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve pulled the voice recorder from my closet and have it sitting on the middle of my bed now. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He gaped at them for a moment, then swayed and sat down. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But Kino sat on the ground and stared at the earth in front of him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erin—who sits next to me in the cafeteria when it’s not basketball season—just started eating the carrots off my plate enthusiastically and thanking people until they got confused. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went out to the garage and sat in the Mustang. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Just a kid who doesn't have to sign in at the hospital because everybody, especially Ms. Melinda, who sits at the front desk, knows I'm Dr. Lancaster's grandson. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She sits down on the edge of my bed and looks around the dormitory. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was squatting under the ice-cube coils, under which he could barely squeeze, sitting down. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Your son has no claim to the throne he sits. Lord Stannis is Robert's true heir." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We saw two girls sitting at a booth together. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Eugene Johnson sat at a picnic table at Fort Detrick, near a duck pond, leaning forward and gazing at me. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one trip, he watched with gentle amusement as women in flowing skirts and love beads put flowers in soldiers’ guns, then sat on the lawn, holding hands, trying to levitate the Pentagon. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence, watching as the slate roofs of the houses on the outskirts of the city came into view. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We may have to sit in a doorway till morning,” he told Rita. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yet I sat beside her, feeling the attraction of her body increasing and deepening for me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gandalf sat down again and puffed at his pipe, as if lost in thought. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They sat and probably talked about wherever they had escaped. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then he opened both eyes, laughed all over his big twinkling face, sat up, patted the dog, picked up his bow, and rose to his feet. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many had fallen asleep as soon as they sat down. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the room sat an aging couple, there to see ... a son? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chiron turned to his left, where the satyr Grover Underwood sat in silence, fingering his reed pipes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And I’m going to sit next to him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She passed them in through the curtain of leaves and sat with her back to him till he was dressed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They sat and made notes on werewolves from the textbook, while Snape prowled up and down the rows of desks, examining the work they had been doing with Professor Lupin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

After a bit Jinny sat down, then lay back on the sand and felt the damp hard grit beneath her, through her wet clothes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I followed Dad into the bedroom where Mom was sitting now, panting like a sick dog. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Astonished, he sat down in the flooded road and watched while I plunged into the swirling, muddy water. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fadi recalled the chilly night when the family had sat down for their evening meal and the Taliban had found Habib. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Long it seemed to them that they sat and were afraid; but at last the darkness and the rumour passed, and vanished between the mountain’s arms. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

After laying there for like an hour, with my eyes wide open, head propped on my bag, I sat up and turned to Rondell, and I couldn’t believe it. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

So they just sat in the living room and held their heads high while Silly and I danced. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

In early February, just a week before the dance, I sat with Dr. Legs again. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The man is sitting on a chair in front of a table full of food. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The guards gave each other high fives, the inmate trusties walked away silently, and Joe sat motionlessly in his chair in the middle of the room, looking down at his feet. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Me and Mama used to sit watching movies till late. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

As she sat there smoking her foul cigar and talking away, I kept looking at the hand with the missing thumb. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

A naked light bulb burned on a cord swinging from the ceiling, casting sharp shadows on the wall behind the mantelpiece, and in the corner where Calpurnia sat. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Lately she’d go to the store for bread and come back with a can of tuna and just put her hands over her face, sitting at the table. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then heard the flushing of a toilet from the bathroom and, as the door swung open, sat up to see who was there. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Three men sitting around the stove grinned at him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was sweating inside her furs, out of breath, exhausted, and the bear still sat impassive. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

When he finally pulled his gaze upward, he seemed almost surprised to find Chronicler sitting across the table, pen poised above his inkwell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I try on a few pairs and then pick up a thick bracelet the color of a pomegranate and sitting in the clearance basket. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He turned to look at her and was startled to see that she was sitting on the sheer edge of the back seat, her face some six inches from his. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The old man sits against a mud wall. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So she decided to sit and watch what she knew would be a meltdown, especially on the part of Fornatee. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He called it “a cheese- box. I’ll never buy another Chevy again,” he fumed as the car, loaded with kids, sat in traffic, its engine steaming and sputtering. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day long I was so nervous I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t sit still. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The best I could do was sit, my back against the side of the bench seat cabinet. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Danny led me to the table and sat on the bench to his father’s right. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We all sat around the picnic table, cooking and eating. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She sits up straight, closes her eyes, and starts reciting Philippians 4:13. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The captain sat down in the chair Horse had occupied and placed his black revolver on the table. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Rick sat two rows over from George, and Jeff sat behind Rick. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

We sit for a minute, ignoring the obvious till it can’t be ignored no longer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the ground, and taking the dagger-hilt laid it on his knees, and he sang over it a slow song in a strange tongue. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When she sat down again, she found his hand, and tried to steady herself in its cold moist grip. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When he granted us an audience, he sat in a chair in his front yard looking away from us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be fine. I’ll sit here and watch the wind blow, think about old friends. We need food and blankets. Off with you.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now penguin eggs are so large that the mother can sit on only two at a time, and this created quite a problem. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Heidi’s still in the bathroom, the water running on full blast, and Freckles is sitting on the futon with his laptop out. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He glanced back out of the kitchen window on his way to the sitting room. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Victoria Forester sat bolt upright then, and looked down at the floor. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Later, as Stanley sat sprawled across an understuffed chair, he tried to think of a way to tell the Warden where the tube was really found, without getting himself or X-Ray into trouble. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She motioned for me to sit in a chair right across from her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She hummed along to Rimsky-Korsakov on the radio; she’d take a moment to sit down at the piano in the evening if she got a chance. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Rondell told us about a former foster mom’s crazy cat that never got neutered and always sat in their sixth-story window meowing at female cats that pranced by on the street below. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Alice and I sat on the bank leisurely watching as the contraption went up and down, up and down, turning acorns into flour. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Dad—Dad is just sitting, palms flat on the table, staring at the floor, shaking his head. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s an hour before sunset when we sit around the outdoor table. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t sit on chairs, but kneel, and this time we have cushions, small red velvet ones with nothing written on them, not even Faith. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malia sits next to me again and hands me a second cookie, too. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He sat down, and the two angels, their forms clearer in the moonlight than he had ever seen them before, sat with him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I sit up at the idea of Zohra in my hometown and the chance to show her what our lives are like in America. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I sat there, waiting for her to speak—trying to figure out what I could say to make her feel better. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They were too far to the right of me, but my mother was directly in front of the door, sitting in her old cane-bottom rocker, knitting. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in the back of the hatchback on the drive home—and that is how I thought of it: home—and fell asleep to the highway’s monotonous lullaby. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Before I sit down can I go to the bathroom?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I sat at the dining-room table with him and helped him figure stuff out. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I sat on the floor of my bedroom, a suitcase open in front of me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When I got there, my mom and brother were standing by the chairs that bad kids sit in while they’re waiting to get reamed out by the principal. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Dad sit by the fire when we have one and smoke their cigarettes and when they talk their teeth clack. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Now they sat together in the gathering dark, their backs to the window. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few nights later, after a riveting afternoon answering Miss Myrna letters, Stuart and I sit in the relaxing room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe he would scurry inside, remove his jacket, and sit down at his desk. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were all sitting around on the rail outside of Big Joe’s place, trying to figure out which was the best fighter of all time. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben manages to get the bottle underneath his robe without showing us the world’s purportedly largest balls, and then we all sit and wait, too disgusted to look. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hazel sat up, sniffing, and put his forepaws on it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat very still, trying not to fall off my chair. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He walked closer to where she sat by the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie was sitting upstairs with Mo, watching him remove a book from its mildewed binding as carefully as if he were releasing an injured animal from a trap. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the midst of the voices and the hands Ben sat, rapt in his sweet blue gaze. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then they sat back and listened to him tell how he had erred. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee sat in a camp chair near the fire and Longstreet sat and they were alone together. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Danny take his elbows from the table and sit up straight. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Only Riccio was sitting nervously next to the bag with the money. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She removed several large stuffed animals from the bed and sat on the edge of it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs and sat in my room and watched the water falling in the street. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The village sat on top of a sharply rising hill preceded by many smaller ones. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

"He wore it whenever he sat the Iron Throne in King Robert's place. Isn't it a lovely thing? I thought it only fitting that our champion avenge Jon with his own blade." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In the reflection of the glowing coals, I could see that one was sitting up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she passes empty plates around and sits as Daddy slowly makes his way over. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

E.J. answers, “Basically, we’re sitting here feasting and celebrating that our nation was stolen from indigenous people. Columbus didn’t discover nothing.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the evening she often sat at the kitchen table completely lost in thought. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The couple sitting beside us on the couch, the girl was drunk and laughing and bumping into me every so often. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Five or six old men were already sitting around in there, talking crops and fussing about the gov’ment in Washington while they cut one another’s hair. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He’ll go to the cinema the rest of his life, sit next to girls from lanes and do dirty things like an expert. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I take a shower, get dressed and make another cup of coffee, and then I sit down in the living room, little black book at my side, and I call Scott. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked up to the driver's seat, sat down and took up the reins. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sat in the emperor’s box wearing purple robes and golden laurels. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He’d sat on top of the bluff at South Beach thinking about it in the afternoons. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I went out the door I looked back through the two thicknesses of glass and saw them sitting there. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She would bring out her private box from under the bed and sit on the floor to work. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

All day he would sit with his little white-circled eyes staring out sadly from the refrigerator. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, I had no family book to read, so I sat alone with a stick, writing words in the dirt. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw Mars sitting at his grandmother’s bedside, looking at Frank with those nuclear explosion eyes: You’re Juno’s secret weapon. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But for the first hour, while the new prisoners got acquainted with their new cells, there was much yelling from the guards about where and how to stand and sit, what not to touch. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I went across to where he sat and hit him right on the back of the hand he held over his mouth. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

As soon as we stepped out, I wanted to sit still and listen. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

But just then, Lenny heads for the door right next to where I’m sitting on the washing machine. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She sits in a chair between a few of the bunks, her wounded leg stuck out in front of her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were sitting in the corner of the cafeteria, as far away from where I sat as possible in the long room. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Just me, sitting on the edge of my bunk, slowly grilling myself under that yellow light. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

That’s how it often is when we all sit around together. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You sit, please,” said Sai, and brought another chair to the table. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day at lunch, Eevie sat down and immediately wrinkled her nose. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He sat for a while shuddering with horror at what he had seen, hardly believing that the still body had been a warm, living, breathing creature not long ago. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The girl in charge of the Garden had left them sitting in the dark dirt like ducks in a row. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“These kids sit around and they go over it and over it and over it.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The rest sat facing them, filling every square inch of floor space except for an aisle up the center. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Every evening during the pre-Christmas season, we would bake cookies and sit at the dining room table to have cookies and milk while Grandma read to us and we made gifts for each other. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A weak, watery moon filtered through the clouds and revealed a young man sitting on the topmost of thirteen stone steps that led into the water. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sit in their black Volkswagens at the top of our drive, blocking our way out. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

In the back of the room sat an enormous shadowy figure. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The trunk of the tree they were sitting beside had changed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to sit with Ayesha and some of the others, since the Director is letting us choose tables tonight.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Park sat up in bed and looked around dumbly. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Just when I think I’m lost, I come to a fourway intersection that sits surrounded by woods. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was sitting there, with her slamsuit off now and in a bundle. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down and blew out the candles. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Between the pond and the bam was a house—and, yes, a woman sitting in the sun. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strategy two is that you can’t sit up front, which everybody knows, because on a regular bus it would make you a dweeb, and on bus 209 it will send you to the hospital. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She sat against him, putting her arm round his waist. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Terryl sat at her desk in the small offices of the community services victim’s advocate program located in the Orange County courthouse. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I followed her into the den, where she sat on the couch and started rummaging through one of the many bags on the floor. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

April always hated to be fussed over, but it was sort of nice to open her eyes now and then and see Caroline just sitting there, quietly reading a book. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, just sit quietly for a minute — sit\\ And then you can go and get your score.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He’d swing her up and place her on the top of a bookcase or china closet, and then go back and sit down. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit back down on the bench and watch JB lead our Wildcats to the court. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

When my father goes for his long walk Bridey comes in and she and Mam sit by the fire drinking tea and smoking cigarettes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was suddenly irritated that he couldn’t go upstairs and sit in front of the computer. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Though she wore gloves, he glanced at her hand—where the amethyst ring always sat—and the spark died from his eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The nearly two hundred sixth graders poured into the library, and the teachers shouted out directions: “Blue group sits here.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

There she sat, staid and taciturn-looking, as usual, in her brown stuff gown, her check apron, white handkerchief, and cap. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And at the top of the steps, just in front of the group of students, sat the two metal detectors. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A silence opened up in the car that felt like they were sitting on opposite sides of a canyon. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

From where I sit, this looks like the case of a man who—maybe he didn't really want to be there in the first place, maybe he was already having second thoughts. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She sat up slowly and brushed the dirt from her hair. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, of course, as soon as she sat down she heard a voice hissing behind her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

My heart starts racing around inside my chest, even though I'm just sitting on a chair, not running, not walking, not doing anything except smiling. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But he felt they had no right to sit and watch him, to use him for whatever they wanted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the young people sat on the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sat there for a full minute, staring at the receiver. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her flat, he sat on the couch while she sat on her armchair, as far from him as possible. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I bet he learned all this from someone. But this someone needs to sit down today, huh?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When I found her, I looked away and then just happened to stumble over to her log to sit. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In a few days Mr. Bingley returned Mr. Bennet’s visit, and sat about ten minutes with him in his library. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I think they sold that one,” said Francis, sitting in a leather armchair and lighting a cigarette. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I see him, and then I see a flash of him sitting in the same chair I’m sitting in. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The children were good as gold, and Perilee talked up such a storm that all Karl and I had to do was sit back and get warmed by the breeze. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He sat there for hours, riding up and down in the darkness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I sat up on my cot, ran a hand through my damp, tangled hair, felt bruises all over my arms in the shape of small footprints. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if he wants me to sit next to him?” whispered Thor to Loki. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

And, reader, truthfully, they might be sitting there still, if a mouse had not arrived. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He knew that he sat, paralyzed, while Lydia and Travis stood, whooped, and tugged him out of his chair, pushing him toward the stage. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Alba watched him disappear across the garden with enormous strides, then sat down and wept. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat for a while, listening to the sounds of spring in the woods. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was picking through some file and making small talk while I sat there thinking about Eddie. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Something slapped against the water, and I decided I might prefer sitting by Abby. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

My mother carried the brown package to a clearing where several men, women and children sat underneath a blazing sun; some rested, tired from digging; others munched hungrily at dug-up sandwiches and other viands. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat back from him, feeling lightheaded, relieved. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I embroidered Hari in his bridegroom’s headdress as the two of us sat before the priest. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Joyce sat in an easy chair, crying unabashedly, rapturously. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Papi stood up, and Sandi, not knowing what manners were called for, stood up too, and was eyed by her mother to sit back down. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And in fourth grade, he actually stuck his pen into the electrical socket while sitting on the carpet, got zapped, and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Now, after messing up in Chicago, I sat in his office and tried to explain how much pressure I’d been feeling. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I can picture our moms, sitting at a cafe table with their Learn About the United States books, sipping tea. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, at some point we need to sit down and assess your options,” his dad said. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The echo of our lunchtime laughter sits in my belly for the whole afternoon. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I try to imagine his face as he sits there, listening. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Taran, usually eager to listen to the bard’s music, sat apart, gloomily watching the cauldron. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

It took twice as long to read Watchmen as it did any other comic, and it took even longer tonight because it was so strange to be sitting together somewhere other than on the bus. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

On the twenty-ninth day of school Liyana decided she could forget about Jackson if Atom, the boy who sat across the aisle from her in regular class, smiled at her a little more. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sits on the stone step and shivers in the damp night air, his fist clutched tightly around the reins. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Monaco shook his head and sat down on his bunk. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unwilling to say no, Jinjoo took the small rectangular sweet and sat with it in her hand, eyeing him and then the candy a little suspiciously. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

A long sideboard sat in front of the shuttered window, and five graceful candlesticks with white candles were lined up in the center. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

As they approached, they suddenly saw Hawkbit sitting among the thorn trunks, cleaning his face with his paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat watching the lights come on in Gettysburg. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the rest of the morning we sat around reading the parts for the play. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't even notice me and Noodles sitting on my stoop next door. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the couch and looked at his cut knuckles. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once this was settled, we sat down and mentally went through our circle of acquaintances, trying to come up with a single person who would blend in well with our extended family. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She lay there for a minute, trying to catch her breath, and then she sat up and scanned the water. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Craig came by for family dinners once in a while, and we sat around the table and laughed the same as always, though we were now joined by Janis, Craig’s wife. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Even Balbina knew something was up and came and sat right in front of me so she could watch my mouth. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music stopped and we started toward the table where the count sat. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Toby, who’s the little one, sprang up from his chair and squealed that he had sat on something. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had no idea where she was heading, but sitting on that spring-drenched front porch I was suddenly roasting inside my winter jacket. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

One day she actually let me sit outside in the rain. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She would rush me up the stairs and sit on my bed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There isn't any night club in the world you can sit in for a long time unless you can at least buy some liquor and get drunk. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her reply survived: “I am sitting with Mamma instead of going to church. I shall find it much pleasanter to have a little talk with you than to listen to Allen’s temperance sermon.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up and kicked off his sheet. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Up ahead sat the fat black mother cat enjoying the warm sun on her fat black back, licking a paw as if there were cake batter on it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I found him out back, sitting in an abandoned car. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She sat with the girl, blowing bubbles—lovely, lurid, mostly magical things, with pretty colors swirling on their surfaces. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then my moms is coming out the door and she sees me sitting there and she comes over and puts her arm around me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

A lone soldier sat on a fallen pillar, gazing at the sky through the broken ceiling. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Are your clients in a hurry?” he said, sitting down. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m okay. The electricity went off and me and Tiger were just sitting here in the dark, trying not to be scared.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clarence was sitting on a branch, watching both of us. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He pressed a hand against the side of his head and startled, sitting straight up. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I feel her hair lightly touching my arm as she sits down. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Keeping the retrieved envelope in his hand, he sat lower, deeper, in the water, letting his knees submerge. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then Moonie sits half on me, half off, and eats that apple core. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Plus, if you could actually see my boy Rondell sitting here looking all happy as hell eating his third Quarter Pounder. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

After a conversation, she would walk away slowly and sit somewhere private to think over what she’d heard. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our teachers sat us down, shut us up, and began to talk rapidly at the blackboard, outlining the courses and what would be expected of us in the new Sputnik-inspired curriculum. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My mama told me that she walked into the room one day and saw the mistress sitting right there next to the master’s bed, knitting and looking fit as a fiddle. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Stanley was sitting about ten rows back, handcuffed to his armrest. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Two big trunks sat in front of the fireplace. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"Go ahead, sit down, Alfred. It's for you." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been sitting on his birthday money for a month, waiting for Fiona to take us on the train into the city, to Newbury Comics, to browse through music, comic books, and assorted thingamajigs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Our patch of dirt sat not far from the southern fence along E Street, where tourists often congregated to gaze up at the White House. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His dad is sitting silent while his mom sings about unconditional love. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

His father had hollowed it out during long winter evenings as he sat by the stove. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apa grabs my hair again and pulls me up to a sitting position. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was a month and a half before he could sit up, and more time still before he could stand. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I thought Buddy might well be sitting in his own little murderous aura of TB germs. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He came to sitting on the ground and waited for the knife to strike him, almost welcoming the mortal blow for the peace it would bring. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Cho happened to be sitting only a few places away from the girl with the silvery hair. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They sat on porches, and walked in the road swaying their hips under cotton dresses, bare-legged, their unstraightened hair braided or pulled straight back into a ball. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pink envelope was sitting on my dresser when I got home. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Hermione walked around them, sat down, picked up the nearest book, and hid her face behind it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He stayed on all fours for a minute, then turned over and sat on the grass, resting his arms on his knees and letting his head hang like he was exhausted. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He sat as far away from Mr. Kowalski as he could. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

On Sunday, June 25, 1950, the spy George Blake sat in a church service in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My heart in my mouth, I moved closer and sat behind her, wrapping my arms around her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Before I can sit up, she is knocking on my door. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When they called me to come down and ride the red palanquin, I was sitting at a small dressing table by an open window. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rubbed the edges of a little vase that sat on the counter. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A boy about my age waved good-bye to a couple sitting behind us. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Dana and his cronies customarily occupied the back rows and seldom bothered the kids sitting up near the driver. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit at my desk and look like I’m listening to Mrs. Robins go on and on, just counting the minutes till three o’clock. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He sat across the dinner table from Somkit, whose day had just wrapped up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then we sit around behind the warehouse and stare at each other with nothing to say. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this is how we sit until a pleasant female voice announces it's time to prepare for launch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Startled awake by the lechuzas’ bloodcurdling screams, Pita sat up and screamed almost as loudly as the winged witches. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The redheaded girl sits back, unsure, as the host begins shaking his head in the middle of her response. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

After Dad went upstairs, I sat at the table thinking about what I’d said to him. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put new wood on the fire, and they sat gazing into the flames a while. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And then I was sitting on the dirt, not even caring about all that egg yolk, and then Dad was next to me, because he didn’t care about the yolk, either. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In a little while no one could sit down. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She sat down alone, and eventually the collective caroling stopped. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Then he put the plate of peanut butter cookies on the table and sat down across from me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Alongside him, Red Pollard sat in his customary seat atop the familiar little bay horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting at his desk, writing something. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to Einstein himself, he was simply sitting in a chair when the problem of gravity occurred to him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“As long as by ‘cocaptain’ you mean the guy who sits around watching you do everything.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A big pink slab of prime rib sits in front of her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I was going to go and sit at my usual desk, but for some reason, I don’t know why, I found myself walking over to a desk near them, and I could hear them talking. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Johnson stood up and began to walk back to Declaration, but next to Declaration sat Grandmother Lucy, who waved a gloved hand toward Mr. Johnson in a She’s-all-right-let-her-be-I’m-right-here-with-her way. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on a boulder in the middle of a grassy field. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I sat sulking while she described her new pink leotard. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the toilet and hold them underneath me, one at a time, stopping midstream to swap them out. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We are commanded to sit in the light of the Presence! The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They practically shout at him while he sits mutely at his desk, moving a crystal paperweight inside a splash of light and then out again. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Hm, hoom, now we can talk easier. You can sit on the floor, and I will lie down; that will prevent this drink from rising to my head and sending me to sleep.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Peewee was sitting on his gear, picking out his hair. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley saw one of the counselors sitting guard by the water spigot outside the shower wall. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I just walked in behind a nurse with a badge and I got to sit next to her for like ten minutes before I got caught. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The receptionist promised to pass on my message, but I couldn’t sit around waiting for a call. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Like a Manichaean nightmare, the two sit on opposite poles of the number sphere, sucking numbers in like tiny black holes. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The Council members stood or sat in silence, seemingly as shocked as Thomas at what they’d just seen. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I walk over to Margo, hand her the phone, and linger there as she sits with her shoulders hunched, listening. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The ritual of it, the setting up and sitting down that seemed to her, from outside of it, the simple heart of culture. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Saw it was Rahim Khan’s Polaroid, the one I had given to Sohrab the night we had sat by the Shah Faisal Mosque. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up as the music seemed to call me, to invite me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

There were still five minutes before he should leave, but Toby couldn’t sit here any longer. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Morrison grabbed the dog’s collar and told him to sit and be quiet. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He went into the sitting room and pulled a chair near to the sleeping Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on the front steps and inspected his sandals for bullheads. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My work computer was built into the chair’s circular base, and it activated itself automatically when I sat down. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Somehow we got through an interminable dinner, and then for entertainment Miss Brown sat down at the piano and whipped through her stock party piece, “The Minute Waltz,” in fifty-two seconds by Father’s pocket watch. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I sat next to her and brushed away a tiny spider on my leg. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up in my cell and hit my head. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

My head throbs, my stomach hurts, and my chest constricts as if someone is sitting on it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tribe must be sitting round the gutted pig, watching the fat ooze and burn among the ashes. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I was sitting on the toilet with my new bedroom slippers on when I heard splash-clunk as the key fell out of my butt and hit the porcelain bowl. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have hard and painful work to do, you and I. “Please sit down,” he said, and gestured toward the nearby chair. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight, she’s sitting on her living room floor in a glowing circle of screens like some kind of Capitol Hill séance. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

David sits still, like a statue, like a man of stone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Matt sat perfectly still, entranced by the bird’s beauty. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although time is ticking away, I allow myself a few minutes to sit in the kitchen. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She peered over the balcony and saw Tess and me sitting in the living room with my brothers and their friends. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

There were enormous spreading oak trees to sit under and open lawns where we could throw Frisbees to relieve our stress. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

All I had to do was sit there and lie about what had happened that night. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was in poor health and had to come with the assistance of his physician, who sat with him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as Teece sat down and eased his tight shoes off someone cried, “Look!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up quickly, pulled the book out from under him, put on a green eyeshade, and waited with his pen poised in the air. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I went back to Mrs. Baker’s classroom and sat down squishily. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

When Rashid Uncle comes home after working at his furniture business and going to the market, he sits at the table and carves. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We sat around in the little yard where they usually brought us during our visits if the weather was good. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigwig rubbed his nose quickly against Blackavar’s mutilated ear and sat back on his haunches as Woundwort came up to them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the reading, Miss Love sat down in the rocking chair, pulled as close to Grandpa as she could get it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Whatever you do, do not touch the sticky notes,” she said when I sat down. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

They all sit around the table, their plates before them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Robert wore thick brown gloves and a heavy fur cloak with a hood that covered his ears, and looked for all -the world like a bear sitting a horse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I am led into the game room and sit on the floor with my head in my hands. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At night, I sat by the light of the stove, reading Dombey and Son. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

But the fact is, once I had sat down to supper at their table, once a number of their neighbours had come calling, a most discomforting set of events began to unfold around me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the family sat down around the table that night, he was going to tell them what had really happened, and finally take responsibility for Mariam’s loss. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The other boy was sitting back on his heels. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He come steaming too up to where us sit, haul off and kick Sofia leg. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The punch being very nice, we sat there drinking it and talking, until it was almost nine o’clock. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

People were sitting around long tables with green-shaded lamps, reading newspapers and magazines. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the cedar chest again. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I changed my mind. I want to watch you practice. Where should I sit?” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Rashid sat on the dining chair completely motionless, his head between his hands. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dark-haired girl who wouldn’t let me sit with her started to laugh. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He went and sat at his desk, leaving us all in a silence even greater than before. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sit in a circle around him, his hands moving slow through the air, his voice calmer and quieter than it was before he went away. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I made and ate a big breakfast and sat down with a slick magazine to wait for Dad. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in the back and opened up my notebook, but I can’t tell you anything else about the class. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

If you sit on them too long in the summer while wearing shorts, the plastic nearly glues to your legs. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Laura sat down on the edge of the bed and held her doll. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luis sat down next to one of the baby trees, so we all copied him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could I explain to Anatole about soybean fields where men sat in huge tractors like kings on thrones, taming the soil from one horizon to the other? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I counted one blessing: I had not yet worked up the nerve to sit with her each day. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

We sat on the bed until the space between us eventually closed. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The rabbi’s heartfelt words moved the entire congregation, and my thoughts traveled to my own Jewish mother, who was sitting in the fourth row. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And one day,” Cabot said back, sitting down in the chair. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Madam had once again set herself on her walnut linen chest, which sat in front of the hearth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phineas sat behind the table in a heavily carved black walnut chair; the arms ended in two lions’ heads, and the legs ended in paws gripping wheels now sunk in the snow. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama is trying too hard, which is probably a result of Mrs. Kluckowski sitting at the back of the room, arms folded over her chest like a cranky army sergeant. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

After a while Matt wanted to leave the table, and Teacher firmly sat him back down again. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I left: the game hall with Alhaji and we went outside and sat on a rock drinking the soft drink. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

For a dollar she will ride him for one song, but she will sit through one or two more songs for free. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be stubborn, to stay mad, but my stomach growled at the smell of tomato and melted cheese, and I dragged myself into a sitting position and reached for a slice. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The lake’s edge sits just a few blocks away. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He sat back in the chair and rested his head against the cool plaster wall. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Hassan said, squatting down to sit on a rotting fallen tree. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

After Jamison had gone she sat silently, remembering how solitary Annabella’s chosen life had been, how unconnected to the village. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, the director of the Human Relations Commission sat back in his chair and nodded. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Noah sat on the ground in the dirt. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I frowned and sat up, curious in spite of myself. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They sat in the car together with the windows down, the air warm and sticky but not stifling. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

But I just sat there eating orange Jell-O while Howard put another hotel on Boardwalk. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A couple of girls my age sat on straight chairs next to their mothers, waiting their turn. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The rest of the regiment were all sitting on the airfield in the dark, waiting anxiously for their commanders to return. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

One boy about my age got off a boat and just sat right down on the dock and stayed there, all huddled up under his coat, too tired to move. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The priest sat back and gave himself over to thought. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He would sit at the round table in the kitchen, humming along with the radio, shining the brass until it shone. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He sat down on a branch and let his feet dangle over the edge. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The boy sat slumped at the table with his head in his arms. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The way he sat with one leg crossed over the other reminded me of Granddad. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Alyah was hungry now, and as she sat in her walker in the next room, she was crying out for food. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

While the pigeon pecked at nacho pieces, Palmer sat on the bed to think the whole thing through. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. McDowell sat back in his chair and crossed his arms. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Denna was beginning to nod where she sat, her head slowly sinking to her chest, then bobbing back up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The station is near the southwestern corner of Camp 14, and to get there from school students had to pass below the Bowiwon compound, which sits on a bluff above the Taedong River. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She approaches and then sits by her sister’s grave, trying hard to fight the emotions as they come to her but succumbing all the same. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Back in Minneapolis, Cole had thought that being alone on an island would give him plenty of time to just sit around. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I sit again and wolf down my food. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But now we sat facing each other, staring at each other as Mr. Castro said, “I can’t do that. How do you not see that it’s my fault?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I sat in the back as they came rolling in in jeans and sneakers. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He sat on the edge of my bunk, and I could see he was trying to say something. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting with my ruined pink mittens and matching beanie in my lap. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And life didn’t seem so bad, me sitting there in my truck with my dog and a beer. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting at a Formica table in the back of an impressively appointed RV sipping an equally impressive single malt—Laphroaig, if I’m not mistaken—and singing like a canary. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She hoped he didn’t expect her to sit with him much longer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man sat quietly in the seat beside him, sipping his Jack Daniel’s. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Her lower lip began to tremble, and her shoulders went kind of slack, so I sat on the bed and put one arm around her and tried to act stronger than I felt. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You’re funny, Rex. I meant, do you want to sit with the rest of our friends? Over there.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I sat on a skin on the ground with my legs spread out, and one man held my back up strong. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up from the couch and walked over to where we were sitting. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I pictured Mum, Dad, and Julia sitting at home watching The Paul Daniels Magic Show but their faces melted away, like reflections on the backs of spoons. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

A couple of boys would put a tin can on the car track and sit along the curb and watch with a professional eye as the trolley wheels flattened the can. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is an excellent question, Jane. Perhaps you would have heard how most of them were dismissed after their cowardly behavior at the lecture, if you had joined us in the sitting room.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Bobby points to a desk across from the dining room, where Smitty sits, pouring soda. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

If I had the power to conjure them at my birthday celebration...Robbie and Cecilia, still alive, still in love, sitting side by side in the library, smiling at The Trials of Arabella? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was sitting at a table preparing for the Talmud session, when I saw him pass me and nod his head in the direction of the door. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

A week in, he was sitting in class when there was a knock on the door just before lunch. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They both listened, sitting like statues, straining to hear. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I was just silent, sitting there with my eyes glued to the TV screen, listening to my parents being interviewed by two cops in the dining room. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, I sat on a rock and watched the sunset. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As I sat down, the man in the red and white ski jacket smiled a big bright smile, then told me he was her son Mike. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Aileen sat at an antique desk looking over the hills of Santa Barbara and out to the Pacific Ocean. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Dray doesn’t even sit down when he comes over to us, and he blocks me, Kasim, and the people in the rows behind us. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I creep up to sit on Throne Rock, flipping through the journal to the new chapter and rereading it once again. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When he had landed on the roof of his building, he sat for a time, weaving together in his mind a story thick with verisimilitude. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you blow that thing!” he warned, in what surely sounded like a joke to the woman sitting next to him; she smiled. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sits down on the edge of his bed. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He smiles gently at Werner and sits in a tall-backed armchair upholstered in golden silk with his rifle across his huge thighs, where it looks like little more than a baton. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

If I'd known, I wouldn't even have sat on the terrace. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

‘Can you find your way?’ said Beregond at the door of the small hall, on the north side of the citadel, where they had sat. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I sit down next to her, not sure what to do. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And he sits on the big pack of diapers to spin me a nice little story. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence until he said, “Calpurnia, do you intend to inflict a mortal wound on that chair?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In the next picture the three of them were sitting down. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was sitting in the parlor writing in the new notebook Zach had left at my door, setting down everything that had happened to me since Mary Day. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not a question I need to consider, whether to sit there or not. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She lets me sit in the front of the truck, and the broken leather scratches my thighs, and the seat stuffing spills out and tickles my skin. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After the boy had fed the children and eaten something himself, he sat down by the warm stove and looked out of the window. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After supper Pa took Laura on his knee, while Mary sat close in her little chair. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down in an armchair, curled my legs up underneath me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And so I spent months riding in the rumble seat of my gram’s car to and from Westwood and hours sitting in the waiting room, until the day they let us know their findings. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt like sitting next to his dad in his old truck on the way to the dump on Sunday morning. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I sat across from him, fiddling with my own writing brush while I listened. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat at the table and watched as Helen washed the dirty dishes, tied up the garbage bag, watered a spider plant over the sink, and poured boiling water into two cups. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Cornucopia sits in its original position, but its insides have been picked clean. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The forms sat on my desk for a week before Robin walked with me to the post office and watched me hand them to the postal worker. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Unnoticed by any of the people around his bed, all of whom were staring at the door as Bill pulled back the screens, Harry sat up and put his glasses back on. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A cold rain slanted down onto the tar paper and onto the lone figure sitting on the ledge overlooking the empty street below. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When their squabbles reach a certain mother-annoying level, they are called away by their nursemaids, who sit on stools at the far end of the patio, a phalanx of starched white uniforms. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe Sam would be sitting on the porch when Lige walked up. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

In roughly eight hours, I will be sitting in an auditorium full of people who will be watching a movie I made. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She didn’t sit up, didn’t want to be seen. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I sit up straighter, realizing that I don’t know the answer. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

When I opened his door, Takumi was sitting at his desk, boxy headphones surrounding his entire head, bouncing his head to the beat. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Usually he sat in a chair on the other side of the room—as far away from me as possible. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When I was dropped off, I had to walk across the hotel’s long and elegant veranda, where several dozen whites were sitting and drinking. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Picking up the hobbits he set them on the great stone slab, six feet above the ground, and there they sat dangling their legs, and drinking in sips. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Together they sat in the shimmer of moonlight and listened to my leaves rustle. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I looked at the squirrel, it didn’t look fat or dumb to me, it was a regular old squirrel sitting on a branch chewing on something. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already he could smell them, the several scents of the creatures standing or sitting, or, in the case of what appeared to be a raccoon, asleep. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

That was her last thought before she plunged the knife into her own hearts and sat upright with a great raw gasp to find herself in her proper bed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I sat for an hour or more, getting my breath, trying to stop shaking. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

In Ellen’s room, I sit down on the floor with my legs crossed. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want to work for the Navy,” Elizebeth later said, “but I found they were just sitting on my doorstep all the time.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When he sits next to you in the bleachers, he sits too close. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

George patted a wrinkle out of his bed, and sat down. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a kitchen chair and sat down, heavily. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Papa-Nnukwu was back on the verandah after breakfast, sitting on the stool, with Amaka settled on a plastic mat at his feet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The suitcase had been sitting in Scoob’s closet for a month. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

So we sat in the half-dark, in our coats, in the cold. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mack sat perfectly still, almost as though he could hear the music too. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to sit on the book when prison staff couldn't fit the electrodes to his small frame. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As we made our way back down to the first floor and the door leading out to the street, Conrad got very angry because he wanted to sit on Santa's lap. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The singing filled the synagogue, and Reb Saunders sat back in his leather seat and sang too, and then Danny was singing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But it sits so badly with me that I can’t stop myself from voicing disagreement. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She sat down, facing him, on the edge of the bed and sought in her mind the right things to say to him, the right questions to ask. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lydia is sitting in front of his desk on a crate. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The notes were so deep and strong it felt like we were sitting inside a giant bass fiddle. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across town, in a little house that looked a lot like Alex’s, an old man sat in his den, watching the disaster unfold on TV. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

It’s filled with jars and specialty items instead of pill bottles, sitting under his shrine to his favorite skateboarder, Paul Rodriguez, and the entire Colombian national soccer team. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

In other words, yellow fever is a “modern-day time bomb. We’re just sitting here waiting for it to happen.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

A line of police officers sat at the counter, eating fried egg sandwiches and exchanging notes. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Then my eyes landed on the Ruby Willow cookbook sitting on my nightstand. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And someone sat down on the other end of the bench and it was a lady who had a black briefcase and purple shoes and a brooch shaped like a parrot. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

You get to know a guy in a different kind of way, sitting on a park bench side by side, watching little girls play. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Shea and I sat silently, me with wet eyes and a look of uncertainty, Shea staring back with cocky, smug indifference. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As the phone rang, I sat down on the grass, which was all overgrown and dandeliony. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

One thing I didn’t like too much—they were sitting right next to Scooter. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She sat upon a bench threading a long needle in and out of a shoe sole and she stopped and held the needle poised and her mouth gaped open and showed her blackened teeth. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When my parents return to the pew, they sit on either side of me, comforting me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I sat down and opened Journey to the Center of the Earth. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I sat down next to him, and he looked over at me and suddenly said, “Listen. I’m not going to be your entree to Culver Creek social life.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I sat up and grabbed his sleeve, scrambling back into the hallway and pulling him with me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sat in a slotted swing on his porch, rocking in his brown three-piece, his wide Panama nodding in time with the whir of insects. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked east, to where the refuse sat by the river. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I almost sit down with them now, just to give them something, after all they’ve been through—after what I almost put them through yesterday. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t sit still and kept switching positions, and sighed each time he did so. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Stunned, he sat there vaguely aware that roaches were fleeing across his hand and over his body. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know, there’s a shuffling of motion and Jude’s sitting on me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I sit, leaving a foot of space between us. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma shook a little bit of this and a little bit of that into the pots on the stove, shooing Ernie away, telling him to go sit down. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I sat on the verandah, with the book on my lap, watching one of the children chase a butterfly in the front yard. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

After softly closing it behind me, we went into the living room, where I sat down on the same nasty chair, with the stuffing on the seat part. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Ever since his attack, her father didn’t like sitting in brightly lit rooms. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Katz tumbled from the woods a few minutes later, looking wild of hair and eye, and I hustled him across the road against his voluble protests that he needed to sit down immediately. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down, and right away someone tapped my shoulder. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I go into the classroom and sit next to James. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The four judges—who until now were anonymous—sit in a row at the front of the room behind a long buffet table. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

An official from another state would later tell me he was with the commissioner at a corrections conference and sat next to him as he read it near the swimming pool, moaning. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There stood Boots’s cage, and there were the four slaves who carried it—all fast asleep too, sitting on the floor with their backs against the bars. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Everything you’ve done this past week begins to trickle down over the Real You from the cloud Dazed You’s been sitting on. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He was sitting at a table with his hands on his knees. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A tricycle sat in the middle of her yard. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I sit down across from Mr. Gore I notice the Duke bumper sticker above his filing cabinet and start to get mad, although I’m not really sure why. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He obeyed the gesture of her hand they both sat down opposite Poirot. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shady sat among them, playing the harmonica, letting the notes drift around these men like a bedtime song. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He sat back and pulled the edges of his blanket around his knees. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She was hidden under her quilt, with only her head poking out, staring at Buddy’s and Lucy’s suitcases sitting on the two empty beds. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dad and I had been there two nights earlier, and I had hardly been able to sit still. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

We went to the pads and then sat down waiting for the choppers. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at lunch when I went to sit down at the table, Darren put his hand on the bench, right where I was about to sit, and said, “What do you think you’re doing, dummy?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She sat in the rocking chair bent forward, her arms folded at ease across her aproned lap. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in a creaky wooden chair near the window, and I could feel a terrible draft. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I, of course, did have to sit music out today, since there was no trombone left for me to play. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Zander posted the one from the sophomore picnic, all of them sitting around the table, happy. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I am sitting alone at a long table. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t at school when I arrived, so I sat down on top of the picnic table to wait. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit in the bathroom for hours after showering. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

From the window she could see her boys in the yard, the tops of their heads as they sat in the grass beside the overturned wheelbarrow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He remembered how they had looked, the three of them sitting at the breakfast table, how Hooper had stirred his spoon around and around in the teacup, bland-faced, knowing. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Ruffled tissue paper had been stapled around the heart, probably by the PTA mom who sat at the table next to it. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He simply pulled away and sat in the corner. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“What kind of squirrel sits out in the open like that with folks all round him? That squirrel wouldn’t last two seconds in Arkansas, I’da picked him off easy as nothing.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been carried home in silence and lay now behind locked doors, with his living kinsmen, who sat, weeping, and praying, and dreaming of vengeance, and waiting for the next visitation. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then they went home and sat on the couch and put on Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was sitting in my command center, holding the Jade Key and endlessly reciting the clue printed on its surface: “‘Continue your quest by taking the test.’” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Yessir, but she is strong enough to sit by the fire now and has a powerful urge to read.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, but don’t be late. I can’t sit in the cinema forever.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were sitting on either side of the fire, and he was steaming prodigiously. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Naomi sat on a fallen log by their tree, listening. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence, waiting to see what would happen. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We woke up later and arranged an armada of pillows so that we could sit comfortably against the edge of the bed and played Counterinsurgence 2: The Price of Dawn. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mtisha was sitting in the back and I went over and gave her a little kiss. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dad, sitting on the edge of the porch, leans forward so he can see. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like she couldn’t believe we really had a motorcar unless she could go to ride or sit and look at it, one. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He sits, so I sit next to him, and scoop some of the eggs into my mouth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to sit down anyway because of the soft, uncomfortable load in his pants, which had been there all afternoon and which felt cold and squishy when he moved too much. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Tweedy was sitting on the porch swatting flies. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In Qamata, we all sat down to examine the issue of the proposed Bantu Authorities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat across from my mother and told her that the changes in the neighborhood had not diminished his belief in the community. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Or you could lay your cares aside, sit tight, rise to the occasion, and look up the answer. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of us went inside, and Hadley sat down in the dinette. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sat there waiting to see what else was going to happen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Again he was sitting in the living room in my father’s chair, with two lamps lit. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He eases closer to me when I sit down. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I felt embarrassed to be still falling apart two weeks later when the Colonel could take his medicine so stoically, and I sat up. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The space heater wasn’t on, no steaming cups sat on the table, the old man was still under the covers. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the other end of the long table, a group of seniors gazed at us in amazement as we sat across from each other. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The jocks—excuse me—the student athletes, sit in front of the hearts to judge the new romances. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I knew it was killing her to have to sit out the season because she loves sports. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I thought you didn’t know who was sitting on the side of the road right now.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They had five guys playing on each side, shirts and skins, and only one other guy sitting on the side. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting on a barstool, and he looks like he’s not much older than I am. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

After a while Dad sits on the sofa and turns on Fox Five News. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need to sit down,” she said with a weak smile. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re just going to sit here and watch him kill himself?” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

So I said hi and tried not to be suspicious or mad, and after Dad went off toward the vineyards, we sat and talked about chickens for a while. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Once we sit down, it all comes out. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He struggled to sit up straight, but grimaced. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I sat at the kitchen table, poring over my notebooks. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

A black bowler hat sits upon his head. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

So I have him sit on one of the couches, and I ask him what he wants me to tell him about himself, after his memories disappear like smoke. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Ash sat on the front steps and watched her father and his driver loading trunks onto the carriage. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he strips off his shirt and sits on it. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She nods toward the older woman sitting on the sofa but makes no introductions. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As the sun burst into view, I was sitting there waiting, with a whole lapful of equipment. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down, started crying and shouting and pounding on the floor, and refused to get up. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat around the kitchen table, drinking hot apple cider, eating homemade cookies fresh out of the oven, and playing hearts. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I at least managed to sit through one basketball practice last week. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A few paces further on there was a little clearing, where Alice was sitting on a fallen tree trunk with Lyra, who was fast asleep on her lap. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

After telling the children this story, Mrs. Sharpe sat quietly for a moment, looking down at the table. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

In front of me, Matt is writing notes back and forth with Calvin Umbatoor on a single sheet of paper that’s sitting on the floor between them. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z