By the time I carried the tray into my parents' bedroom, I was surprised to see my mother sitting up and chatting. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As the light faded from the thick sky, Hazel slipped once more across the hard, bare earth under the railway arch, came out on the north side and sat up to listen. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

August and I both stopped chewing and sat up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up slowly, holding his breath, listening. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pull my shoulders back and sit up straight, ready to hear my punishment. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Aimee held the phone in her hand, sitting up in bed, and listened to the ringing. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I grabbed his hand and let him sort of lean his head on my shoulder without sitting up from his pillow. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella sat up, and her mother pulled her close. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

More talks followed: You need to act tough, sit up, stand straight, fight hard, play ball, look me in the eye, think before you speak. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The Queen, sitting up in her bed with The Times on her lap, glanced up sharply. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“An advocate? You mean yourself? I didn’t think it worked like that,” said Dr. Malone, sitting up. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up and ask, “You’re not going to go visit Aunt Louise and decide to never come back, right? You really are going to get your citizenship?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He stumbled on the slippery planking and, as he sat up, found Fiver beside him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I give myself a series of simple commands to follow, like "Now you have to sit up, Katniss. Now you have to drink water, Katniss." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The carriage rolled away, Ruth sitting up straight, with a big grin, the golden horses tossing their manes, hooves flashing in the sunshine. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up and wiped the tears off my face, gritting my teeth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When Maxim stopped the car I opened my eyes and sat up. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting up in bed finishing his fish and chips, dropping to the floor the Limerick Leader they were wrapped in, wiping his mouth and hands with the blanket. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He struggled awake, sat up, and found he was sweating. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling strong enough to eat, he sat up to see his grandmother setting the low dining table with food for his sister, who’d just returned from the clinic. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She sat up, sobbing so much that she could hardly hold her balance. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Twins sat up and looked at her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He sits up so quickly he almost drops his burrito on the floor. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Presently she sat up wearily and pulled on her socks and shoes, and they set off once more. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She slid her arm from underneath the dragons head and sat up. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Malik sits up, straightening out his basketball shorts. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She helps me to sit up so she can listen to my breathing. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She sprang from the bed and began to put her clothes back on while Wes slowly sat up and wiped his eyes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He still hadn’t sat up completely, so he couldn’t know where we were. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Aurelia sat up at once and said, “No, he didn’t mean to frighten me. Leave him.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I swung my legs off the bench and sat up slowly, the last breath of stale air caught in my throat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“My husband is going to go over and sit up with them tonight.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to sit up but the car was shaking, lunging—it felt like it was coming apart—and Audrey fell on top of me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As I got older, I guess he was waiting for me to turn over, and sit up, and walk. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

His buddies from Grand Coulee, Chuck Day and Johnny White, were sitting up near the front too. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

Bigger sat up and stared before him, hopelessly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon sat up and blinked, and then there was a soft thud, and the net man fell choking and gasping right across Lyra, who cried out in horror, that was blood gushing out of him! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up and looked at Lily for a moment. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She sat up suddenly and hit her head with a loud crack on the shelf above her. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most were in uniform, sitting up there stiff and proud in rows of chairs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“If being cold is part of the price of being free then we’ll just have to pay it,” she said, and sat up even straighter. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up, rubbing one shoulder with a dirty hand. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He sat up with the dirty blanket wrapped around him and swayed to and fro. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mother sat up and frantically began wiping dirt from my face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Blackberry sniffed his way round to the wire door and sat up, nosing over the frame, the hasp and the staple. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was shivering and sweating when he sat up. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

He sat up; a guard loomed over him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up straight, kicking aside some of the empty foil wrappers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He had made no attempt to sit up and it looked as though he was too weak to do so. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He sat up and looked down through the window that faced the backyard. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

His body cushioned Boots’s fall, and she immediately sat up on his stomach to enjoy the show. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Distressed, she sat up and said to Grandpa, “Please, Rucker. Don’t talk sacrilege.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Then she blinked rapidly, sat up straight, and blew her nose. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up and put them back on. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Janae is sitting up now, and Mama hands her the envelope first. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She had sat up straight, her eyes bright. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He sat up slowly, so as not to startle me again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ben sat up straight in his seat and assumed such an aspect of rapt attention that we both broke into grins. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He then sits up and leans against the wall, sweating. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

After a while, the medium recovered enough to sit up, point at the children and shout, “Those ones! They do not belong. Throw all three out!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she sits up even straighter, elegant on a crate in a dirty basement where people lost their lives. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I sit up, letting the quilt fall to my waist. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I can sit up in bed and look out the window at the gras and trees outside. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the indistinct form of the forty-something Puerto Rican through the screen as he turned in bed and sat up on his mattress. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’ll sit up and make a joke about eating too much pasta or swooning too hard over Anderson Cooper, and ask if I want to go get a late-night milk shake with him. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He sat up and said, “OK. Look. Christopher. I’m sorry. Let’s leave it for tonight, OK? I’m going to go downstairs and you get some sleep and we’ll talk in the morning.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up, grabbed a shoe heel out of the bucket at his feet, and hurled it with all his might. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up with difficulty and looked round at them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam is sitting up on the bench, the blanket wrapped around her. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Toby sat up in his seat, sure she was going to say his name. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He sat up, the better to look at the great mountains where they went piling back, growing darker and more savage until they finished with one jagged ridge, high up against the west. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that night, I was still sitting up in my room. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Katie and I sat up till near morning talking about that very thing. I convinced her finally that Wilson will keep us out of it.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Eugene sat up, screaming, tearing at himself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He sits up and grips the metal of the chair. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I sat up, trying to ignore my own weakness. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wipe my nose on his shirt and sit up to face him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I slip out from under his arm and sit up to check my phone. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Eventually I stopped thinking so hard and Mong and Rondell sat up and our eyes all focused on the same thing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He sat up and saw a water monster staring at him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She pinches my big toe inside my sock, so I sit up and hang my legs over the edge of the bed. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

"You, listen. The beast is sitting up there, whatever it is--" "Perhaps it's waiting-" "Hunting-" "Yes, hunting." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Each man had about six inches of headroom, not even enough to sit up. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl sat up groggily and rubbed her face with the back of a hand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

‘Wake up, wake up, Master Holbytla!’ he cried; and at length Merry came out of deep dreams and sat up with a start. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I yank my underpants up and my dress and sweater down, sit up and stumble to my feet, clutching the quilt around me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Frodo woke at the sound of Sam’s shout and sat up, rubbing his eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I think maybe he needs it, too, but then he sits up, pulls his knees into his chest, and rests his elbows on them. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up in my seat, resting my elbows on my knees. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The man who filled drink orders from behind the bar would let him sit up on the counter and practice his magic tricks, and gave Kaz all the hot chocolate he could drink. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, he sits up and turns to face Justyce. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She sat up and the lines in her face returned, only now they seemed less harsh, soft creases of worry. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

But then, my words must register because suddenly she is wide awake and sitting up. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s tough, it’s tough for your wife and children to sit up there and listen to some of the stuff they have to listen to,” he said. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily sat up and shimmied into her shirt. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Noah’s sitting up now, gazing down at him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

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 got to sit up in a wheelchair, and the leg felt all right in spite of the cast. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up in bed and lit a cigarette. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Bobby paid no attention to the stunning scenery or to Evans’s equally stunning wife, who sat in the backseat to allow the boy to sit up front. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up taller, and winced when the pain hit his side. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, he’s sitting up, eyes wide in alarm, short of breath. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I was standing beside his bed and he was sitting up between the sheets, clad in his underwear, with a great portfolio in his hands. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Alby sat up as he yelled, his voice cracking with the strain of it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The mayor sits up there showing people he’s big daddy and in control. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly sit up and take a sip of water. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Of course you are. This is a city of novelists. What’s it about?” she said, sitting up in the booth seat. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was getting a trifle posture-conscious and I sat up somewhat straighter in my seat. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I’d sit up half the night expecting the Klan to come riding past the store in those tin lizzie Model A cars and what would I do if they did? The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t notice the ripple of excitement that made Dr. Malone sit up: she frowned and sat forward and began to concentrate again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor kid had to sleep sitting up, squished between his two little sisters. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Dream,” he said, sitting up quickly and attempting to meet Hermione’s glower with a look of innocence. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t sit up again until Dad called me for dinner an album and a half later. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jam whirled through the door just in time to see both Aloe and Bitter sit up, sleep slithering away from them, leaving that unpleasant disorientation of an unexpected awakening. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Joseph sat up, wiped his eyes behind his glasses, and leaned back against the headboard. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I sigh, sit up, and grab one of Metias’s journals off the coffee table. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He’d sit up listening to crickets and frogs and on some nights to the radio at his bedside. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Groggy, he sat up and threw back the blanket. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They had my dad sit up front in the shotgun seat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has noticed and sits up straighter like she is ready to spring. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The second boy sits up, like he’s thinking about it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Z sat up straighten The boy is asking me a question. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

We helped him sit up and gave him some more nectar. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Soon we are sitting up once more with the rigid tenseness of blank anticipation. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

This corpse then sat up and lunged at my throat. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I sat up straight and looked at him with wide eyes. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

This more than anything else made the commander sit up and take notice. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

When she sits up without thinking, she bonks her head. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I scowled and, realizing I had my hands out in front of me like a rabbit sitting up, I jerked them behind my back. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was already asleep: he had fallen asleep sitting up, his bowl on his lap. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up and get ready to take notes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He ceased to crawl and sat up, pushing back his hood so he could see around him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I fanned fast so as not to read the words, but they had already brought to mind Great-Granmaw Tweedy, how at her first funeral she sat up in her coffin at the graveyard and screamed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

If he had sat up there on the witness stand and said he did the shooting, he would never have been offered the deal he got. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Golly finishes his first set and sits up and turns to face me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The boy flipped over and sat up beaming, his hands cupped in front of him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up, afraid that she had soiled herself as she slept. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Amy preserved a discreet silence, but there was a conscious look in her downcast face that made Laurie sit up and say gravely, “Now I’m going to play brother, and ask questions. May I?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The box is a reddish brown, and he knows it’s made of rosewood because G’ma told him years ago when he first noticed it sitting up on her mantel. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

She sat up with a jolt, the world bright and foggy. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Bullet looked over at the mullet, who was sitting up against a tree trunk, cleaning his nails with a sharp stick. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He sat up and reached under the bench for both our bags, but Flaca said: “You could just leave your stuff. We won’t be that long.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Garvey started his dance lying on the ground as if he were asleep by the fire, then slowly awoke and sat up. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I awoke and instantly banged my head as I tried to sit up. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A warrior princess, he decided, not some willowy creature who sits up in a tower, brushing her hair and waiting for some knight to rescue her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I spent an entire week bedridden, unable to sit up or sleep. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dwarf sat up, cradling his head in his hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Kay sat up in bed and began scolding like a squirrel. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt choked on the dust and sat up to clear his throat. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She roused herself, sat up in the bed. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He tried to sit up, his head woozy. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up a little straighter, as if he's patted me on the back. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Granted, it was sitting up on its back legs, a very unnatural-looking position for a cockroach, but still... Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up, banged her head, cursed, felt around, and got up more carefully. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Seconds passed before he sat up, coughing through the haze of smoke and debris that filled the air. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Bobby sat up front between the fascist and the con man. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tialys continued to pack the lodestone resonator away, and as he did so, the Lady Salmakia woke up nearby, sitting up graceful and slow from the little hollow she’d made in the soft sand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Instead we found her sitting up with her arms folded and her neck still high. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

When I come close, he sits up straighter and tucks loose strands of hair behind his ears. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dog sat up in front of my bare feet, beneath the metal table where Dad and I drank our Saturday coffee. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She saw him sitting up in bed and moving about so that he could watch her every move. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Piper sat up groggily, her heart still pounding. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

“Hey,” Z had said, sitting up against the pillows on the bed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Yet together they forced millions of people to sit up and take notice. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Winning, he sat up, stared at me vaguely, shook his head, and woke. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I opened one eye and tried to sit up, with zero success. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Meggie sat up, fought for breath, and crawled over to Mo on all fours. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Max is sitting up in the bed when I come in, and from the empty cup, I see Helena has made him tea. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“God, no,” Grace said, sitting up a little bit more. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I think of Dad, sitting up late at night after he thought I’d gone to bed, resting his head wearily in his hands, staring at a never-ending stack of overdue bills. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Citra sat up, feeling only a little bit loopy now, and Scythe Curie put the tray with the large bowl of soup in her lap. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I’d sit up in our bed all night sometimes, listening to my brother as he told me about the other worlds he could see. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I sit up straighter, my back fat will disappear. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At the assembly, I sit up front with my friends as the principal starts it off and then introduces the video as a Diverse Voices production. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

At dusk, she sat up and dried her eyes on the hem of her new dress. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I started to sit up but stopped almost right away; I hurt too much in too many places. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I sit up, and she presses the heels of her hands into her eyes. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She sat up and dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up now, her elbows denting the pillow as she looked into my face. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when she sits up and pulls her hands out, I see she doesn’t have any mittens on—that they were dangling from her wrists. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The manager sat up and gave me a hard stare, like maybe I was making fun of him. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up quickly and looked over at Colin’s bed, but it had been blocked from view by the high curtains Harry had changed behind yesterday. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I sit up and lean my elbows on the table. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I sat up until I heard the door squeak open. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It’s where Barack sat up late at night, poring over briefings and drafts of speeches in the Treaty Room, and where Sunny, one of our dogs, sometimes pooped on the rug. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Grace rubbed at her eyes as she tried to sit up. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Winky did stop crying, but when she sat up she was glaring at Hermione through her massive brown eyes, her whole face sopping wet and suddenly furious. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I sat up, leaned over, found my shoes beside the bed and put them on. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Slowly I sit up and rub the seeds out of my sleepy eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get to sleep, so I sat up playing my Game Boy and reading skateboard magazines. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

So the women helped Nhamo sit up, and the girl who had been watching the babies ran off to fetch food. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger sat up and leaned against the side of the cistern. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I began to sit up, then remembered that I was not yet permitted to sit and put my head back on the pillow. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And he whistled happy as a robin as he went to his own room, and he sat up for an hour more writin’ letters and tearin’ ’em up and writin’ again. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later she sat up, startled, gasping. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head was spinning from the effort, but I managed to sit up on my knees and face him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A black guy is in there, sitting up on a stretcher. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I pulled my legs under me and sat up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He sat up and felt about for the boy. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I take that as my cue to sit up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Ron swung his long legs off the bed and sat up. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I sit up, almost hitting my head on the bed frame above me, and squint through the dark to see what’s going on. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But the white men sitting up on the stage were all dressed alike, in white uniforms with belts, swords, shoulder fringe, and white flat-topped military hats. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved him to the side and sat up. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Good old Amos,” my dad says, sitting up on his couch. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, if I am alone, I sit up and write on the cluster of notes above my bed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Constance sat up, rubbed her eyes, and squinted at the uniforms. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up just as Ernie tried to shove him off the bed with his knee. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I put the bar back up on the rests after only two reps and sat up. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, sure,” she replied, sitting up straighter and forcing herself to smile. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After a few days I can sit up easily in bed. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The adults sat up front with the driver. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“And we’ll need to think about some food as well. You stay there,” he added sharply, as Ron attempted to sit up and turned a nasty shade of green. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Will Grandma always have to sit up guarding us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took effort—my head was thick and pounding, my body stiff and sore—but I pushed the comforter onto the floor, swung my legs off the couch and sat up. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The remaining darker patch on the ground was also a person, changing shape again as it sat up and called her name. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Just around the corner, in the entryway, the washing machine sits up against the wall. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

You could not sit up on such chairs; they assumed a life of hard-earned rest, of evenings reclining in fresh air after a day of farmwork. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

You simply do not seem to appreciate the importance of this discussion.' i'm sorry, Mr Stevens,' she said, sitting up a little, it's simply that I'm rather tired this evening.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Wiping my eyes, I sat up and opened the trunk. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

She took a ragged breath and managed to sit up. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She was sitting up now, and Harry could tell that the prospect of having a plan again had lifted her mood as much as his. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“No operations,” Yossarian said, opening his eyes and trying to sit up. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see why we can’t—” I sat up and grabbed Howard’s knee. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He was by this time back in the bed, but sitting up and studying a diagram he had drawn on one of his pieces of paper. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then he noticed Jason sitting up, and his face brightened. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She sat up when I called her name. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very, very slowly I manage to sit up. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The farmer and his wife sat up front, holding a baby with dried snot across its face. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he came back, Julia had helped me sit up with my back propped against a cell door. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Jasmine sits up on the bench, eyes red, like she was crying all night. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He struggled to sit up when we stepped into his partition. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Your father has worked all day and sat up all night. He has gone into debt for you. Now get up!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s not writhing anymore; apparently the nurse gave him what he needed, because he’s sitting up, eyes closed, pants rolled up to his knee, scratching everything—his lower leg, chest, face—mumbling and swaying. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Blore's thoughts were cut short—He sat up on the bed, suddenly alert. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He was sitting up in bed, his phone in his hands. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel the pain at first, but sitting up, gathering my feet under me, it slashed from my ear down to my chin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice to meet you,” he said when he sat up. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up and stared in the direction of the door. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

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

She is pale and trying to sit up longer than I know she wants to. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She sat up to find Fourth Cousin gone and Awaiting Marriage, the servant, sprawled on the floor. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I sit up and Arthur opens his eyes; I get this feeling like he wasn’t really asleep. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

One night she’d have a nightmare about old Shotgun Cheatham sitting up in his coffin, and on the night after that she’d dream that Grandma’s big old tomcat was jumping at her. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up so quick, I scrape my knees on the raft. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up very straight on the bench. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up to a cricket chirping near my ear, and when I sat up, a horde of them skipped away, like a handful of clay pellets hurled into the tall yellow grass. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Coraline made a noise, a sound of revulsion and horror, and, as if it had heard her and awakened, the thing began to sit up. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Your brother Salvador will find a sweetheart. If he cannot find one for himself, Lucky will get one for him. That Salvador will make the girls sit up and notice him. He is handsome.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He tried to sit up straighten “No need for further delay. Off we go!” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai detected nothing mocking in his voice, but she had to see his face to confirm it, which meant sitting up and breaking the embrace. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I sit up, willing him to see my whole heart. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I sit up, I’m surrounded by the other girl trainees. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He sat up wildly and reached for the boy. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He was sitting up in bed, as though ready to spring out of it, totally and energetically awake. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama and them had expected we would all sit up with Granny that night. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Ash awoke, gasping, and sat up in the dim morning light in her small room behind the kitchen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up on his berth, dizzy with pain. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He remembered the exciting events of the previous night and sat up. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

"But I need it," she said, uncrossing her thighs and sitting up eagerly. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he heard the cart, he sat up and looked over at us. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The king sat up a little straighter in his wooden chair. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The entire company looked then at the woman on the table, who was struggling to sit up and was pushing so hard her red face looked near to bursting. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Clever boy like you has heard enough stories to know better—” She sat up suddenly, pointing over my shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He sat up, stiff and shivering, although he was fully dressed from his windbreaker down to his sneakers. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He tried to sit up, but Frankie stepped on his chest and pushed him down against the floorboards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, it sat up on its haunches, its button eyes fearfully darting around, wringing its tiny monkeylike hands in dismay. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He sat up, trying to pat down his floppy brown hair into something presentable. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He frowned and tried to sit up and fell back again, groaning. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She sat up and spoke again: “Where are we? Did they get us?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mom and I carefully help Eden sit up. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

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

I sat up and saw Uncle holding three rabbits. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting up like a human, his great paws folded in his lap, his dark eyes looking into hers down the length of his muzzle. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But when I pushed my back against the tub and sat up to cool my upper body, I could see my breasts through my wet bra. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I said, crying again and sitting up to catch my breath. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up that night waiting for Papa to come home from work. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I call out, sitting up in my cell. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Shuddering still, she sat up, letting her thin legs dangle over the bedside. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hammie strides over to me as I manage to sit up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you think it’s something I could learn?” she asks, moving her pillow so she can sit up. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She rolled over and sat up in a thick smell of alcohol. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He sat up and put his back against the church, but he couldn’t look at his friend. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mama sat up abruptly, her eyes flaring open as she saw out the window. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I turn around, I can see that the back door has popped open, and for a moment I think that Radar has been thrown from the car, but then he sits up. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

‘Maybe I could fly . Jason sat up. His vision turned a pale shade of green. ‘Or maybe not. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She insisted the people who buried her should leave lots of space in her grave so she could sit up to talk to the angels. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up on her bed and looked out at the rubber trees. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up straight as an idea occurs to me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When Toby finally opened his eyes, he saw Luke and tried to sit up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The clay man sat up and Enoch pushed it back down with his thumb. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He pulls away and sits up, staring at the wall. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But in a story, which is a kind of dreaming, the dead sometimes smile and sit up and return to the world. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He sat up straight on the edge of the bed, held his breath, and issued a long, resonant belch. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The mechanic pushed out on a back trolley and sat up. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She says, I sat up in bed and tried to hear what was going on, but suddenly I was hurled out into the middle of the room. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When she sees it’s him, she sits up just like her dad did, wearing the same expression her mom had. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I sat up, grasping my knees in the dark as the thought struck home. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrapped a long black nightgown around her legs as she sat up on a pile of dirty sheets. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The reader suddenly sat up, cast away the paper, displaying a flushed countenance, and with a funny mixture of solemnity and excitement replied in a loud voice, “Your sister.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up a trifle straighter—or rather, slumped a trifle less. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

If someone had told him to “sit up like a big boy,” it would not have felt out of place. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I sat up, trying to ignore the throbbing pain in my head. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She sat up, hands shooting down to her belly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Stuart opened his eyes and sat up. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Captain Hardcastle was sitting up on the dais in front of us, stroking his orange moustache, twitching his head and grunting through his nose. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my eyes open in the morning, the first thing I do is sit up and look at the Scrabble tiles. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was lying down on top of the boxes, too sick to sit up. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Scipio is not our boss,” Prosper answered as he helped Victor to sit up. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They sat up late telling stories, and by the time Taisin rolled into her blankets by the fire, she was so tired she fell asleep immediately. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We sat up all night with the body of Mrs. Milgrom—except for Uncle Shepsel, who went to sleep when he returned to the room. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He sat up and drew her back to him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold up—first things first,” Trey says, sitting up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I sit up a little and stretch my neck. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I sense them urging me to do well, to sit up straight and answer in complete sentences. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I barely have the strength to sit up. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Without warnings the patient sat up in bed and shouted. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

At that moment the rider sat up, and shook the reins. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sat up and reached for the pills and put them in my mouth. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

By now I'm sitting up on the bed and he's making me put on my clothes and the weird thing is, none of this is a surprise. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

As I reached the bottom of the alcove, I saw my mother half lying down, half sitting up on the couch, staring at me with wide eyes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He sits up bleary-eyed, then stands, removes the shirt. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph sat up in his wagon, his hat crooked on his head, and he was fretful. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mother sits up when she sees him, holds her thin arms out. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He reluctantly rolled his chest and head to sit up straight, face forward. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She could see David sitting up in a small space, a flashlight glowing in his hand. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I sit up in bed and grab my laptop, turn it on and wait impatiently for it to boot up, then log on to the Internet. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not gay,” Benton said, sitting up in bed. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She sat up too quickly and winced; she was not used to riding a horse all day, and her muscles were paying for it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His voice rose suddenly to a scream, and he sat up, still asleep, drumming his legs. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He sat up and looked around the room. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He sat up and pulled wisely at his long whiskers, then crept away to pay a visit to the dump. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He felt that black shapes were advancing to smother him; but when he sat up he saw nothing but the back of Strider sitting hunched up, smoking his pipe, and watching. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I tried to sit up but it felt like somebody’s huge hand was pushing me back down. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Rowan said, still too groggy to sit up. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Long after they had all retired for the night he sat up thinking. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He sat up and looked at the boy asleep on the other bunk. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

A moment later he was down the bank and limping up the track, pausing from time to time to sit up and look about him for an Efrafan patrol. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sits up there, working her lacy handkerchief as if it’s prayer beads. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have to sit up all night polishing dm stuff. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa was sitting up front with me to watch what I did. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I sat up and hung my feet over the edge of the upper bunk. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Once he was sitting up, Candice figured it was all right for her to sit on the edge of the bed. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sergeant major sits up and tilts his head back and forth as though working out kinks in his neck. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Charlie sat up in his bed and put his hands together under his chin. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I saw him sit down on the edge of the bed, and I saw Billy turn his face toward him and sit up. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Elsie looks over as I slip the key into the lock and she sits up. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I sit up when I hear Daddy’s key in the door. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Kira opened her eyes, sat up straighter, and stretched her shoulders. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Not many of us left. What I’m talking about is the fellows that sit up there in New York and trim the sucker gamblers.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max sits up stiff in the bed, shirtless until we can get him another one. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“How do you expect to charm a man sitting up here all day?” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered it was Friday, and I sat up quickly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I also believe that Luke is sitting up, in a rectangle somewhere, gray cement, on a ledge or the edge of something, a bed or chair. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up at Twenty-fourth Street, but they didn't talk again until Forty-second. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Naka sat up and together they sang the song of the wolves. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, Biddy was giggling a little, down inside her ole coat, and then she was sitting up and laughing right out loud with the other folks. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her finger muffled his voice, so she pulled her hand away and sat up to stare at him, his wide chest, his sleep-swollen eyes, to make sure she had heard him properly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ma, with Baby Carrie in her arms, sat up on the wagon seat with Pa, and Laura and Mary sat on a board fastened across the wagon box behind the seat. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up, too, and turned my head, listening. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Viola asks, sitting up, acting her lie again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Leo sat up...or rather he drifted upright. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They often sat up late together, Fuchs smoking, Feynman sipping orange juice. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has to sit up all night by the fire because you can’t lie down when your gums are pumping blood or you’ll choke in your sleep. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I awoke with a start and sat up in bed. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

After he finished eating it, he actually sat up for a moment; then he lay back again and said: “I need to find out what made me sick.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sit up and press my hands over my ears, close my eyes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I try again to sit up, but pain buries itself deep in my bones. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Let’s get him in a sitting position, I think, don’t you? I always find it’s easier swallowing sitting up than lying down.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I sit up and throw my covers off, then head for the rickety stairs that lead to the kitchen. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She saw Pol sitting up nearby; he had taken the second watch that night. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Inej tried to sit up, but could barely lift her head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His other hand let go at once, and he sat up. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both dogs sat up immediately and, to the astonishment of the elderly couple watching, wagged their tails in unison, wearing almost identical expressions of pleased and doting interest. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up and lean against the headboard of my bed. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I sat up and a muscle tightened in my chest. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

As I sit up and remove them, I hear a laugh somewhere near the lake and freeze. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He woke when he heard me in the room and sat up. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I roll over and sit up in time to see the door to our room slide shut. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then he pulled himself up and rolled over and sat up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Later, after my last class, I translated Ovid while sitting up against the cinder-block wall outside the band room, trying to ignore the groaning cacophony coming from inside. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I sat up in surprise, realizing the light was gone, behind the trees, and I had fallen asleep. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In a few days I had so far recovered my health that I could sit up all day, and walk out sometimes. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

When Johnny was sitting up on the rail, I told him, “When I’m finished with this horse, he be gentle enough that you can ride him.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stirred, then sat up quickly, pushing her hair out of her face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“And I need to thank you,” I said, sitting up. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Lucile sat up straight and there was a red spot on each of her cheeks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

All of my limbs feel heavy as I sit up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As I sit up to rummage in my bag for the contraband matter, Muhammad barges in. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Hazel sat up, sniffing, and put his forepaws on it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up and almost immediately felt his eyes darken and Mars revolve twice around under him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up, pick up my backpack, and say, “Yeah, yeah, whatever, time for English.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The boy blinked a few times, then sat up abruptly and grunted like an animal, he and the little one suddenly yelling at each other as they gathered the cakes into their newspaper. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The way it works is that all the candidates sit up on the stage in folding chairs, but it is only the presidential candidates who make speeches. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Mr. Savo sit up and take the deck of cards from his night table. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Amir, do you see that man sitting up there with those other men around him?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now Billy sat up, too—wretched, close to tears. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up and rubbed the waffled pattern the sofa cushion had left on my cheek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Cole sat up and peered toward the blackness of the tree cover. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

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

Weak with fatigue and hunger, he slowly sat up. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry sat up and examined the jagged piece on which he had cut himself, seeing nothing but his own bright green eye reflected back at him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Here, Mal, sit up a bit and sip this. But mind, it’s hot.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I sat up and drank my tea and watched him take off his shoes and socks. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Vera sat up in bed and swung her feet to the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But nobody said anything, so we sat up in the bleachers and watched the guys play. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He finally moved his leg and sat up. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I regret that I chose to sit up front. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I sit up in my cell to find two small violet eyes staring back at me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She sat up in bed and pulled the furs to her chin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ramon sat up suddenly in the bed, where he had lain ill for days, and felt the fever begin to seep from him. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m trying to see if I’m holding it wrong,” I said, but then I sat up, because all of a sudden I felt silly. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up in the bunk and stood to put his head out the cabin top. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was not enough room to sit up, but lying down was like lying in a bed of rocks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up, astonished at his words, which were near to being an apology. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He looked over when I rolled onto my back and sat up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Hush up, girlfriend, and wash them veggies. You gonna do all the cooking. I’m gonna sit up here like some kinda queen and give orders.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I paid close attention to Nancy’s mother, a pretty, dark-skinned woman, sitting up front in all black. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

After a while he sat up and gave himself a thump on the side of his head with one of his big fists to straighten himself out. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sat up against the brick wall and gave a short nod. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She makes me sit up and nudges me off the car. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I could see Jack sitting up in bed with his two brothers. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I force myself to sit up again, using only one of my hands. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He’d pick out someone whose behavior had been especially good, and allow him to sit up front too, as the left-hand lookout. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simon tried to sit up in the water and got a mouthful. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I sit up abruptly, and Bob topples off my stomach. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

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

Makes me laugh when he sits up again. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She slid back inside, and Pearl sat up and looked across the street, directly at Moody, and his heart jumped. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Taisin sat up past midnight, feeling awkward and self-conscious, staring at the page before her but not reading a word. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Many animals sat up on their hind legs. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I thought I might have to carry her to the car. I can’t believe you let her sit up all night.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Instantly, Worsley sat up and croaked, “Keep her away four points.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The Nolans were together only at the supper hour when even Laurie sat up to the table in her high chair. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up, rubbing his eyes, trying to shake the heavy grogginess. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, and someone broke into the lab over the summer,” he added, sitting up straight, speaking with confidence, “so we gotta share equipment. Like ten students to one set.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She sat up and twisted her hair into a knot at the nape of her neck. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some wolves or something must have drug it cause it was right in the mouth of the cave, laying up, sitting up almost, on that very rock we slept on. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women were all sitting up and knitting or riffling through magazines or putting their hair in pin curls and chattering like parrots in a parrot house. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I felt weird about Twig comforting me, because she’s Twig, so I sat up and pushed her over so she flopped back on the bed. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She managed to move her heavy, cold legs closer to her body so she could sit up. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

When the shivering eases, I sit up and look around. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up all night, Sarah sprawled and snuffling in my lap. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up, looking more savage than ever. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I lay there for a long time, gasping, and then I sat up. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Twice, when the train lurched, he sat up, looking around fiercely. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark sat up, groaning from the shock of pain that jolted through his body at the movement. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But Uncle Darnell sat up quickly and said a firm “No,” like he was the older brother. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to sit up in the gods anymore with people all around me cheering on the Indians killing General Custer and the Africans chasing Tarzan all over the jungle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I asked myself quietly, sitting up to get a better look. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then he remembered what had happened to Lyra, and sat up with a convulsive shock. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Russeau, the Carter principal, sat up in his chair and abruptly gave the answer. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she sat up and turned to face him. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

A pregnant young woman sat up and held her chest and began to cough, unending chesty coughing that was painful to hear. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I cried, sitting up and clutching the phone to me with both hands. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

One morning, she sat up from the bed of grass in the boat and found the river deserted. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up, and she holds out her hand again. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

‘Eh, what?’ said Tom sitting up, and his eyes glinting in the gloom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sit up and smack the top of my head on the bunk above me. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I sat up on the slack, still holding my chest. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around once more and saw the woman sitting up, turning the box over and over in her hands. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Momly was sitting up, watching the same morning show on TV. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Jam sat up, irritation rippling off her skin. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Bluebell sat up and scratched his neck with his hind leg. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a few minutes, Jason and Percy were sitting up in their berths and able to talk in complete sentences. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Slowly, very slowly, he sat up, and as he did so he felt more alive and more aware of his own living body than ever before. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She sits up and puts her fingers through her hair to comb it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He seemed close and real, like I could sit up and touch my fingertips to his cheek. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer sat up and folded his legs under himself. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He snuffled at your face until you sat up. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They pulled away from each other when they heard the sound of the front door unlocking, but Moss still stayed close sitting up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Caleb helps me sit up and separates the hems of his two shirts, pulling the long-sleeved one over his head and offering it to me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When you lift an arm, or when someone sits up in bed, you can feel this pale, shadowy movement all around you in the tiles. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up with her hair disheveled and the bedclothes atangle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She helped him sit up and gave him some nectar to sip while she brought him up to speed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I sit up and see that Finnick’s hands have not been idle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up, feeling somehow defensive but better rested than I've been in days. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Yes, what happened?” old Grandma said, coming out of a doze to sit up straight in her chair. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

After several minutes Richard Parker sat up, licking his left paw. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to speak when she sat up alertly and said "Sh!" in a warning voice. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Lázaro sat up in bed when Sierra walked into his apartment on the top floor of their brownstone. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she sat up, and, as she opened her eyes, said sweetly:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She sat up, and a wave of dizziness made her lie back down. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Harry sat up and rubbed at his eyes with his palms. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I nod and sit up, trying to rub the weariness from my eyes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

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

Seanie turned around from where he was sitting up near the front of the bus, and he looked at me and mouthed “homo,” then smiled. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Startled, she sat up and saw Mo standing by her open closet door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I sit up and blink until I can see good enough to get out of bed and walk to the door. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I started to sit up in the bed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Matt tried to sit up, but the pain made him lie down again. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened her eyes wide and sat up straight. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up on the couch where he’d slept and moved his leg with two hands, landing his boot on a pillow on the floor. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She sat up on the side of the bed. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the quiet kid sits up, coughing for air. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She sat up straight, like someone had slipped a yardstick down the back of her bright red business suit. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She put her coat on and then, sitting up, began meticulously to brush the moss from her hair. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ron was sitting up in bed, the hangings torn from one side, a look of utmost terror on his face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mark sat up, too, hoping there would be no consequence. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Beside him, Dimple sat up straighten “If anything, having girls on your team will just make your idea better.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the ambulance en route to the hospital, Vivian sat up front with the driver, who was also a paramedic. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lay there for a long time but they were freezing and finally he sat up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her dad sat up in mock astonishment, fumbling for his phone. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

We all sat up, though, when he called Teach to the stage. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He uncurled himself slowly and sat up a little straighter. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I sit up in the pod but can’t see what they see. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I smacked my dry lips and rolled Otto off me, groggily sitting up. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Lie still. They told me you were not to sit up yet.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We learn to sit up straight, eyes front, faces blank, both feet on the floor, listening to the whack of rubber on cringing flesh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up, peer down over the edge of the gutter, and see the old Ford. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to sit up, but his hands were on her shoulders, and all his weight. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up and removed the hat from his eyes, shoving it back off his face to look at me in mine. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She sat up straight again and reached down into her pockets to find her handkerchief. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sandy sits up with a gasp, but when he sees it’s just me, he puts a hand to his chest. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He sat up, stood up, started pacing around his small room. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

We were quiet then, for a little while, until she sat up. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Justyce sits up too fast and his forehead smacks against something hard. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

An idea that makes me wipe my eyes and sit up straight. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m really sorry for causing you all this trouble,” I say, sitting up so I don’t fall asleep. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was already sitting up on his own, and he was clearly uncomfortable being this close to me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Jack sat up and stretched out his legs. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They went to Mac and said, “What is Mandela up to? Why is he sitting up late at night?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of them were lying down, heads on their paws, watching, and the other was still sitting up, following the conversation. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Harry sat up, still rubbing his scar, now wide awake. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But he sat up when I stopped the car and said in a hoarse voice, “Keep driving to the end of the block.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And you look like one of Tojo’s soldiers. You’d better quit sitting up so straight and tall. These jury people will be afraid of you.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

My brothers and I sat up in bed and listened. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt was so sick that he couldn’t sit up. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Flora sat up and looked down at the sleeping squirrel. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

When a confused dream woke her with a start sometime in the night, Mo was still sitting up in bed, the open book in his hand. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She sat up and hurled a sap ball at my head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I figured Roy Lee would get up and walk out rather than belong to anything with Quentin in it, but instead he sat up on the bed and rubbed his chin thoughtfully. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lara sits up straight in her chair, her eyes searching her father’s face. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He heard his friend sit up, heard the intake of breath. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

English put the bar back up on the rack and sat up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I sit up on the edge of the bed as she perches next to me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I unbuckle one seat belt and sit up. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mariam sat up on the bed and crossed her legs, pulled the blanket on her lap. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then he sat up and took a drink from his canteen. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At around eight in the morning, I sat up and said, “I’m not sleeping.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When I finally came to my senses, I sat up, coughed at length, and breathed in slow. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up in bed, feeling battered and alone. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Radar and I sit up front, and we try to keep from worrying by playing a game we’ve just invented called That Guy Is a Gigolo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Franny suddenly sat up a trifle straighter in her seat, self-consciously. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I sit up and turn on a light and look around my room, as if the man might be lurking behind the desk or in the closet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Yes, I do. Now listen to me, Belet. And sit up straight when I'm talking to you." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Alex watches him fish his boxers from the foot of the bed and start pulling them back on, sitting up and shaking out his shoulders. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Penny sat up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Rishi sat up, ignoring the lurching of stomach acid and the slow roll of the wave of nausea washing over him, and grabbed her wrists. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I try to sit up, but the only thing I manage is a moan. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He’s old and tiny but sits up super straight like he’s the general in a wheelchair army. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When he heard Robert come in from a trip to the ranch, he sat up on the bed and called him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the best we’ve had yet,” said Meg, as the dead villain sat up and rubbed his elbows. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up, shaking my head and gasping for breath. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He sat up in the dark and saw the colonel pulling on his boots. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When I sat up, my face froze that way. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I tried to sit up, but Doc MacRee held my shoulders and helped me back down. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I grin, rubbing my eyes and sitting up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

We hit on an idea: Since the most studious girls always sat up front, we would switch seats every week. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We got up to Grandma’s room and she was sitting up eating some ice cream. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Paganini hopped over to Laney and sat up on his hind legs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

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

Angel, coughing and dizzy, struggled to sit up as the smoke began to come in through the open door. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My roommate sits up, rubs her face, and runs a hand through her nest of blond hair. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There is only half of him sitting up there, the top half, the legs are missing. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the whole point,” Jacob says, sitting up in his seat. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I sat up and pressed a finger to my lips. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When I got to Kermit’s room, he was sitting up in his bed. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ria, her back to me, sat up and flipped her hair over her shoulder. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I am certainly not going to sit up in that death trap of a front seat for highway travel. Now get in this go-cart and get us out of here.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little girl sat up in her bed and immediately started to cough. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Jess sat up, gasping at the searing pain that raked across her back. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

He got up off me, and I sat up, “Are you all right?” he said. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up in bed and gazed out of the window. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My older sister sits up in bed, startled, her pink-foam rollers askew from sleeping on them. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Harry sat up at the Pegasus, his fingers on the keys. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Matt sat up, only to have a bodyguard’s hands tighten on his shoulders. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jasmine sat up straight in her seat, her eyes fixed intently on her son. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I sat up straight and as I did so something inside my head moved like the weights on a doll’s eyes and it hit me inside in back of my eyeballs. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She jumped and sat up quick, like she was a burglar and I’d caught her stealing. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Daddy and Pastor George sat up all night on the porch. But nothing happened. They got a schedule all worked out for the rest of the month.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I sat up, put the heel of my right hand on his chest, covered it with my left, and pressed down. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She saw him coming, and sat up to speak. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But he was sitting up straighter and kicking his heels. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up and he immediately reached out to hold her, but she shrugged him off and walked a few steps to the wardrobe and then back to the bed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

By the time I came back into the room, Newcharlie was sitting up in bed, touching his lip and frowning. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

When I sat up, I saw my legs were bloody. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mo sat up beside me and leaned over to get a better look at the bag. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He sat up taller and straightened his spine. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I sat up on the ground and pointed wildly at the man. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Bryan helped Anna sit up on a rock by the creek. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

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

I write this sitting up upon the flock-bed I have been lying on with the sick. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Dad sat up all night long with his shotgun. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

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

Mr. Gideon sits up, and a pistol gleams in the low light, the business end pointed right at me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The next day he was much improved, and sat up to eat. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He raised himself on his elbow—in fact he almost sat up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sit up, holding the blanket to my chest. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bigwig came out from the further side of the railway arch, sat up and looked round him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a relief to be around people who had the strength to sit up and didn’t cry out in pain. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swung his feet to the floor and sat up. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Like a tiny fish, a thought wavered in her mind—only to swim away as the emperor sat up and grunted. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I hear her in the kitchen, breaking the eggs into the bowl, and I realize now that I can sit up I could be helping her. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

After a while he sat up and put on the wet socks and shoes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was following that look you gave me,” I say, sitting up a little. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Forgive him,” I say to his mother, sitting up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I sit up to get a better look. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up, one hand still on his scar, the other reaching out in the darkness for his glasses, which were on the bedside table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Tab sat up and looked urgently at Bridge. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Simon saw a humped thing suddenly sit up on the top and look down at him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In his chamber the doctor sat up in his high bed. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I sit up and stretch out my sore shoulders and back. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I could sit up again, my mother brought two mirrors, and I saw my back covered entirely with words in red and black files, like an army, like my army. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were sitting up on our desks, and I can’t remember exactly what we were talking about, but Mr. Roger, as usual, was making us laugh and laugh. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No; she said she wanted to sit up front.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

By the time I finish explaining the second time, he’s sitting up in bed. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain and the pounding inside his head were gone, but when he sat up he had to move slowly to avoid jarring the soreness inside his skull. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

As I sat up, I discerned a figure leaning over Haskel’s bed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Bill, Robert, Harold, Henry; the choir boy who had fainted sat up against a palm trunk, smiled pallidly at Ralph and said that his name was Simon. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

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

He got on the bus that afternoon, and I guess the fact I wouldn’t speak to him made him sit up front with Shana. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Blackberry, who had finished the fragments of lettuce he had found, was sitting up and looking over the very low side, watching a stone-colored, black-spotted trout swim up into the fall. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That easy, eh?” she says, slowly sitting up. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

And then I sat up and pulled out this book. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

With a sigh, she sat up, rubbed her face roughly with both hands. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

It was only when she heard him slam the doors to her room that she sat up. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He sits up straighter and I feel his hands on my shoulders. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They sounded strange on her own lips and made her sit up straighter. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella’s mother sat up tall on the wagon seat, her gaze focused straight ahead. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Phoebe sat up and put her arms around George. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up groggily, squinting in the morning sunlight. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But when he speaks, his voice rings out across the amphitheater with a force that makes everyone sit up. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I sit up in bed and force myself to wake up. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Salvador sat up, rubbed his jaw, and felt his head. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

There was a stir in the ward as people sat up in their beds. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He reached out for the book, which was lying on the floor, and sat up against the bedhead. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I sat up so fast it made my head spin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Danny was sitting up in his chair and looking at me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Trepid slipped the cloth off her head and sat up. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian sat up in bed when he heard the bad news and shouted. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Our school gave out free teleportation vouchers to any student who wanted to attend an away game, so we could sit up in the stands and root for old OPS #1873. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I sat up, swung my legs around, and slid off the edge of the slab. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Cressen had thought him another corpse, but when Jommy grabbed his ankles to drag him off to the burial wagon, die boy coughed water and sat up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I sat up in my seat to answer, but before I could say anything, Selena interrupted. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

‘Yes, I am all right otherwise,’ said Frodo, sitting up and laughing in his turn. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She sat up, shaking, and climbed down from the platform bed to retrieve her knapsack. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He sat up and waited for the children to begin the verse again. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up straighter now that everyone is expecting something from me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

After some time Singer sat up and reached for his pen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In fingerless wool gloves knitted late at night—sitting up in bed while Carl snored—she’d perched on a stool, milking cows. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was sitting up and looking out the window at the marine layer, frowning slightly. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The bed went sailing off and I sat up in bed and looked at the wall to make it stop. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“It was the men. They were so stupid ...” “You needn’t tell me. I know that brother of mine. He was sitting up on top laughing, not giving a word of direction.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

They had gone only a short distance when Fiver, sitting up on an anthill to look about, saw a rabbit approaching over the high ground to the west. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edna sits up and yanks the plastic bags from her body. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Ackley sort of sat up in bed and leaned on his arm. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

My father sat up there, and the rest of us sat below him at a center table with the wives of the Kiwanis Club officers. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Inés Pérdido was sitting up primly on the edge of a cushioned chair in the parlor area directly across from the dining room next to an older woman who looked a lot like her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Portia sat up suddenly and began arranging her tight, oily hair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I said, and to my surprise the rest of the girls on the bed sat up and hollered with happiness. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Jake rolled over and sat up and then wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up on my bed and ran my fingers over the scars on my legs. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I felt well enough to sit up and help her for a while. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s sing,” said Sweetie Pie, opening her eyes and sitting up straight. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rachael thrashed about in the bed, sitting up; in the gloom he could dimly make out her almost breastless, trim shape. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

"Get the water," he said, turning to help Mr. Norton to sit up. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to sit up, but her leg throbbed in pain. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

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

He sat up and stared at the dy-ing fire, blinking at the light. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then Rondell shrugged and his eyelids started falling down his eyes even though he was still sitting up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When he finally sat up, he spread himself like a wall in front of me. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She sat up suddenly, her eyes wide and gleaming in the moonlight flooding the house. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“But I have to learn how to sit up again, like a big baby. Isn’t that ridiculous?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

You lose control of your trunk muscles, so that you cannot sit up straight. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying curled up with his hands between his knees and he sat up and got the fire going and he set a can of beets in the embers. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Zero took a deep breath and managed to sit up. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I sat up too but couldn’t see or hear anything and I just said What? How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were a little late and the pews were mostly filled, so we sat up close to the front, where we could pretty much look right into the manger. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

It tried to sit up and move to see where I was, but it couldn’t. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Turner sat up slowly, touched his nose again, felt a new spurt of blood, and laid his head back. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Luke sat up, checking his arms to make sure she hadn’t broken anything. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He would sit up tall, protecting her, with his ears standing up straight on his head, like soldiers. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered what kind of funeral she would have: old Mrs. Duff would sit up all night and make people sign a book. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I shift and sit up, even though it hurts something fierce. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She sits up with a finality that I guess is supposed to be the period on our conversation, but I know I can’t give up, not that easily. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he sees me, they widen further and he sits up. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I start to sit up but am arrested by the sight of my hands. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I sit up, pulling down the photocopy and replacing it with the framed, one-of-a-kind original. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The door is half open and Mother is sitting up in her starchy white nightgown. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Vega sat up on the bed and looked down at Markka. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Arm hadn’t been able to get out of bed since the terrible events on Dead Man’s Vlei, but he found himself sitting up after only a few moments of Praise. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They’ll sit up and take notice and keep their big mouths shut when I make them see they ought to attend to their own manners instead of mine. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

At that moment a rabbit came out of the grass and sat up in the middle of the track. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alone, I sit up, choking on my own fear. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He could see Phineas grinning in triumph, sitting up straighter, blinking his eyes in anticipation. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Slowly he sat up and rubbed his eyes. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Doha sat up in shock to see his friend Kitae running into his courtyard to scream the news. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The banging grew louder and I tried to sit up, but, lacking limbs, I fell off the table instead. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I sit up and shake the recruit by the shoulder. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up in bed, and I'm all sweaty, and there's a second or two when I don't know where I am or who I am, or what day it is, or anything. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I sit up straighten Feeling like I have a place in this class. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to sit up, but I felt dizzy, and I immediately lay back down. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When she sat up, the hospital gown rode up her thighs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to sit up, but the spinning in my head accelerated, and his hand pushed me gently down onto the pillows. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Malcolm gathered his strength to sit up and answer, but he had none left. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I pull the pillow off my head and sit up. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The big Greek sat up in bed and his round face was dismal and reproachful. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The bed above is too low for me to sit up straight. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I sat up, rubbed my eyes, and nodded. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He would sit up there on the dais twitching and grunting and never once would he look down at his desk. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alec roared and sat up straight, years of military training snapping him instantly awake. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

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

He sat up and grabbed her wrist, pulling her down on top of him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Suddenly panicked, he sat up and stared about. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Delacruz, I noticed, had sat up on his bunk and was rubbing his eyes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night the Poppers sat up all night, taking turns changing the ice packs. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up, alarmed at finding herself alone. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

That had been the first night that Jinny and Deen hadn’t sat up by themselves talking before bed, watching the stars from the path in front of their cabins. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

At night when he woke coughing he’d sit up with his hand pushed over his head against the blackness. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I sit up and scoot back and check the wall I was leaning against. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

“Who is your peculiar friend?” asked the bard, sitting up and looking curiously at this new arrival. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He sat up and swung his legs around to the floor. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tiny sits up and announces, "Tiny Dancer is all about education and awareness." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Colin sat up and looked across the poorly kept lawn of the rest stop. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Hazel, sensing at once that they had nothing in common with himself and his companions, started and sat up tensely. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crime decline in New York surely happened the same way It wasn’t that some huge percentage of would- be murderers suddenly sat up in 1993 and decided not to commit any more crimes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up, splashing my feet in the cool water. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They moved slowly across the sunset grass, nibbling as they went: Clover was soon absorbed in feeding, but Holly stopped continually to sit up and sniff about him at the peaceful, empty down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Park nodded and sat up against his headboard. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And with the green boat sitting up on the sand like that, it was true that anyone could go, at any time. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He sat up and the man brought the tray to the cot and placed it beside him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

He was sitting up in his chair, eyes watery. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

He sat up and stared sleepily around the room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now that made everybody sit up and pay attention. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She turned back around and marched across the room with her arms open wide and I sat up straight into a hug. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The tea takes the edge off my dizziness, and I sit up. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You can sit up front, Lena. It has a seatbelt,” I say. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I sit up with my arms wrapped around my legs, then nod quietly at her. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That night, long after lights-out, Joe and Roger sat up in the dark, joking, telling stories, trying to talk themselves down from an emotional cliff. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to sit up and found that my arms and legs would not obey my will. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I lie there, gasping, and sit up, looking around. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He sat up and was hit with the smell. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night before going to school I sat up and stared into the darkness. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I sat up and tried to clear my head, but my thoughts were stuck in a pool of tar, and I couldn’t pull them out. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Park sat up in bed and looked around dumbly. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But then she sat up, knocking the fan over as she ran to her closet, naked and cussing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The old man placed Edward carefully on a crate, positioning him so that he was sitting up and could look out at the sea. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Aching in every muscle, and aching in his mind when images of the night came back to him, he struggled to sit up and assemble his senses. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You’re not dead. Not yet, anyway. And neither am I. I'm setting you free. Here, sit up.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When I sat up, I spit, in case some of the water had gotten into my mouth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They had hauled a big box up in this oak, and Bubber used to love to sit up in the tree house by himself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ma and Pa sat up in the front of the wagon while I ran the goods to the front door. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The boy was sitting up wrapped in his blanket. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He sits up straighter, as though I am suddenly much more interesting. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe if she sat up front more, you could see her better.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listens to me practice, reminds me to sit up straight and bend my fingers “just so.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

One of them sits up, taps her friend on the back and points. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then she sat up straight and closed her eyes. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“You need to send scout ships out ahead to make local field surveys and find the best landing sites,” she says, without sitting up or even moving her head. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Surprisingly, Adah sat up and started to pull on her jeans. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four grabs a bar with each hand and pulls himself up, easy, like he’s sitting up in bed. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Pong sat up, ignoring the ache in his ribs. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

At the funeral we'd sat up front and let everyone give us hugs and pats on the backs and sorry looks without even flinching. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

When their mother had left the room, Nouri sat up and leaned over to her sister’s bed. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Stick started to bend forward but sat up, clutching his chest. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He sat up, listening to the drums that were beating again, now nearer at hand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She sits up, takes one look at my face, and pats the space beside her. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a beautiful little thing sitting up happily in its carriage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra sat up groggily to see Mary talking to five or six of the mulefa, who were surrounding her, clearly excited; but whether they were angry or joyful, she couldn’t tell. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Later.—I must have fallen asleep, for I was awaked by Mina, who was sitting up in bed, with a startled look on her face. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When I shout, Dad sits up straight and his clipboard clatters to the floor. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Danny take his elbows from the table and sit up straight. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Trying to sit up was the worst idea that crossed my mind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Flora sat up and looked down at her feet. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Cora sat up and he repeated what he’d just told her fellow fugitive. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When he turned over and sat up, Lina saw that his face was scratched and his eyes wide open in fright. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But he just took a deep breath, rubbed his eyes, and sat up. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I yawned, stretched, and sat up on the edge of the lounge chair. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And we would have sat up here talking no doubt, she telling me all she had done in London, like she always did.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

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 sit up fast, afraid it might be a bug—but it’s a little square piece of paper. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She felt his, but less of her own than she had sitting up; until, almost as she thought that, he eased his body lower. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he prodded Wez with the toe of his boot, the boy sat up and rubbed his eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I returned, Mr. Norton was sitting up unaided, carrying on a conversation with the vet. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he heard it again, and this time the voice seemed so real that he sat up. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up slowly and looked about his garret room. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then Luke was sitting up, and a week later, when the first cold spell hit, he could stand for a minute or two on crutches. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He sits up and rubs his face with his hands, and then he reaches for the Post-its. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The blind girl rolled onto her side, sat up, sprang to her feet, stretched. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She sat up in bed and said, “Oh, my goodness. I’m hungry.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

As the light of the sun streamed into the pot, the boy sat up and quickly jumped to the floor, dripping. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He sat up straight on the bed, his body quivering. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He clumsily embraced her, and then pulled back as she struggled to sit up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When she thought of him sitting up in the dark, cold tree house thinking about Sing Sing she felt uneasy. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The younger sat up on his bed eternally cracking his fingers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Finding nothing, no bait and no new idea, I sat up—only to dis­cover that I was dead centre in the focus of his stare. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jam opened her eyes and sat up, pulling off her bonnet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I sat up, dizzy, wrapping the blanket tightly around my waist. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I addressed Miig, who was sitting up very straight, staring into the low flames. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Mark and Linda sat up at the same time like nervous rabbits, their ears pricking up. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And immediately Lasaraleen sat up in the litter and burst out at the top of her voice. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I sat up, blinking, staring into the shadows of the room, trying to see the expression on his face. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His neck prickled and he sat up, watching ahead. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do my best to sit up taller. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He sits up very straight, looking for any man as large as he is. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Breathing deeply to quell a sense of uneasiness, she finally relaxed, unrolled, and sat up. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nurse Naomi tells me I’ll be here for at least another day—my head still hurts too much when I sit up. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Ruth, who was sitting up in bed, was quiet for a long time, the sunset falling over the tiled wall behind her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up and try to remember when I saw him last. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She could knock the head off of a chicken-hawk sitting up a pine tree. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Pri sits up on the air mattress now and pounds her fist into her palm with each word she speaks. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She looks regal and carries herself in a way that makes me sit up in my seat. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you need to stop going to the library and find some boys your age you can play with. You shouldn’t be sitting up in a library every day.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

We stop chatting and sit up like soldiers. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Father stirred then and groaned and sat up, leaning on his elbows. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up in his bed, waking a bit more. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

At the sound, her brothers sat up and came to her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon darted to her breast and became a wildcat, sitting up in her arms and hissing softly as he looked around. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up and sniffed it and wagged his tail and took the candy from between my fin' gers real gentle. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up and realized I was starving. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

For a second old fears seized him and he sat up and shrank away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I sit up straight so I can see her face properly. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Nell, Robert, and William fussed when they were brought outside, but they sat up enough to drink warm water sweetened with the last of the molasses, then fell asleep as their skin cooled gently. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We learn to sit up straight, eyes front, faces blank, both feet on the floor, listening to the whack of rubber on cringing flesh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up and saw Papa sitting on the edge of my bed, his face full of concern. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Doha sat up and slid over to the table, where his sister was picking at her food. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When there’s a hole in a pair of pants she sits up and patches it with any rag she can find. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He waves his hands around before running them through his hair, and there’s something about watching a man talk with that much passion that makes me sit up and take notice. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

‘Well!’ said Frodo at last, sitting up and straightening his back, as if he had made a decision. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He sat up, rubbing both hands on the ground, and he finally got a good look at where they’d arrived. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was not in bed, but sitting up in an armchair propped with pillows. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up, pushing against her seat belt. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sergio piles in last and tells me to sit up front with the driver. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

My voice wakes Mama, and she sits up groggily. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

If he had only managed to kill the snake, it would have been worth it, all of it....Sick at heart, he sat up and threw back the covers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I’ve never been to a place like this before, and it makes me sit up and swivel my head right and left so I don’t miss anything. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up when I hear the front door open. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is sitting up, her leg propped on a stack of pillows. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sits up and I slide in next to him on the hammock. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Then Iorek sat up again, his head rearing high into the shadow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He took several deep breaths, and a few minutes later when he sat up, he looked better, almost relieved that the trial was over. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

A thin boy, wearing a Malcolm X T-shirt and sporting a DIY haircut, sat up from where he’d once been sprawled by a gaping hole in the side of the bus. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I lifted my head, started to sit up, and my back suddenly caught fire. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Pollard sat up and began searching the lines of buildings. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up in sudden recognition and called out, “Walter?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rose and sat up in bed, listening. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

With a spurt of hope, I sat up, and emptied the contents into my hand. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

His exertions woke Alyce and she sat up and looked about her. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up suddenly; she had forgotten about her own son, who was even now in Vietnam. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wants to sit up for Ma, but her body is so weak that the slightest movement is painful. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I expect soreness, my limbs move easily, and I sit up. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

We were all scared half to death and sat up waiting for her, except Father. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could just picture Fluffy sitting up to the dining room table with a little bib tied around his neck. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laughter erupted close by, and despite the dizziness and overwhelming need to barf, Seven sat up fast. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hit something hard and sat up, dazed. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He shook his head again, but then sat up extra straight. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She thought she heard the air shift when she finally let go of Adiah and sat up. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A new kinda energy runs thru me and I make myself sit up, ignoring the pain and bringing myself forward and breathing till I can think about standing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The audience stirred uneasily and sat up straighter in their chairs. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

A man with a bristling beard sits up. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately I sat up and clutched my purse. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I sat up right as the headlights came on full bright, shining straight into the window. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I tried sitting up and answering but she wasn’t in the room. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She helps my mother sit up against the wall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I sat up and asked her what was wrong with Mr. Savo. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He rubs his eyes and sits up in the blanket, then he rubs his arms. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Defiant to the end, the old soldier had sat up when their attackers had ordered the two of them to lie on their backs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Crookshanks sat up in his seat, following the owl with his great yellow eyes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She sat up when she heard them come outside. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I allowed Adèle to sit up much later than usual; for she declared she could not possibly go to sleep while the doors kept opening and shutting below, and people bustling about. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I tried to sit up, and realized he was holding me against the side of his body in an iron grasp. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I sat up in the bed after a while and reinserted my cannula and breathed for a while before going up the stairs. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

When the worst of it was over I sat up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Let me get this straight,” she says, sitting up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Before I can sit up, she is knocking on my door. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Feeling slightly ashamed of himself, he sat up against the bedhead. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She sat up, gasping for breath as though she were being suffocated, and saw the early morning light coming through the curtains. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her silver circlet and her proud expression, she looked so much like royalty that I had to resist the urge to sit up straight and say “Yes, ma’am.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He managed to sit up and smack his lips. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Will, still bemused by the blessed cool numbness in his hand, tried to sit up and look at him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Mother. I feel all right, only cold, and when I sit up I get dizzy. And I can’t get my breath too well.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Helena was sitting up in bed, hair combed and in my clean nightgown, and he chucked her chin and listened to her lungs and said she was a mouse and a little fairy. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Lyra sat up, and felt Pantalaimon’s heart leap in her hands. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She was profoundly exhausted, but she focused on him at once and sat up, rubbing her eyes. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Valley narrowed her eyes at her but sat up a little straighter, at least. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He sat up and reached for his boots. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up: oblique strain to the cartilage between the lower ribs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So they applied for U.S. citizenship, sitting up at night reading the Constitution, a dictionary by their side, and studying for the exam. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She was sitting up in bed when her own door slammed open and Rasheed came through. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

James said it felt better when he was sitting up and he thought he might have a concussion. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last Ralph sat up straight and drew back his hair. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Cardan sits up, too, looking as though he’s about to speak. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He sat up in bed with those worn black eyes and had to listen to me talk. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up, heart pounding, slapping at the blank wall for the light switch until the terrible realization dawned on me that I was not in my own room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger trickled drop after drop into her mouth until she sat up and feebly beat her wings. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

Her hand, which she’d put down to help herself sit up, had found the locket on the pillow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I sat up tall and nodded so he could see I remembered. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The three of us sat up all groggy, stretching our arms and looking all around. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I sat up, looked at him, and waited for him to notice that I’d awakened. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Some sat up babbling words with no meaning while tearing at their own hair and clothing. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heart pounding, I sit up straighter in my chair. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

On the port rail, Gale the weasel sat up on her haunches, staring at Hazel expectantly. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Jinny wiped her face against her arm, shook her head, and sat up stiffly. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Shadow opened his eyes, and, groggily, sat up. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon sat up in her arms, his wildcat eyes blazing green. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then she forced herself to sit up straight. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

She still didn’t have enough strength to sit up. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as his head cleared and his stomach felt calmer, he sat up and called to the little spies.They were busy with some minute apparatus nearby. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She didn’t sit up, didn’t want to be seen. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I shoved my hands under my thighs and sat up, trying to picture catacombs, whatever they were. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

About two or three hours after we fell asleep I woke up to find Piper sitting up next to me wide awake with a look of naked terror on her face. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crick comes to help me sit up again. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

At first he would not waken, until, with a jerk of his head, he sat up, shying from Jonathan’s touch. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like forever ago that him and Newcharlie were sitting up in our room talking about who was the baddest. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She sat up straighter and wiped her eyes with Mamma’s pallu—the loose end of her sari. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I sat up and rubbed the sleep from my eyes. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Joey said, “The water’s all gone from up front, Ryan Dean. You can sit up here.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help it; I sat up and threw my arms around my daddy’s neck. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I am sitting up in my bunk, writing my last entry in the little space left, and sobbing in the quiet way you leam in prison so you don’t add to anyone else’s grief. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that was before she sat up on her stool and opened her mouth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

The mouse recognized him and sat up, washing his face with his front paws and chattering effusively. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just sit up here,” Chloe says, pulling fresh paper over the table. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She was now wide awake, sitting up, and staring right at him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Gollum sat up again and looked at him under his eyelids. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Behind him, Radar sat up, waited till the coast was clear, then climbed across the arms of the sofa and straight back into the big, comfy chair. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then he sat up abruptly and spoke to Cora. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She sat up and glanced at the screen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She sat up and realized that distrust would always lie between them, that disbelief would always be an option for them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He sat up and felt around, his eyes not used to the gloom. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been asleep sitting up all day. The whole top of my head kept coming down over my eyes.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and sat up, wrapping her arms around Otto and giving him a big kiss on the top of his head. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He loved the way she would sit up naked in his bed, her long white back swiveled away from him, look at her watch and say in her practical way “Oops, I must be off.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The back of my neck stuck to Mamou’s beige pillowcase when I sat up. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We all perched in rows on wooden benches while the teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll keep it like this, thanks. He tried to sit up, but the pain was terrible. He heard a familiar clicking noise nearby. “I don’t want a photo of this, Colin,” he said loudly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When we can finally sit up straight again, I catch sight of someone else staring at me from across the cafeteria. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe somebody will be there to help and maybe not. lather way, it was a mighty good feeling after I would get in, roll over, and then sit up. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya hooked her hands under his shoulder and tugged him, trying to prompt him to sit up. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The clerk sat up straight, gaping at the pile of money. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But despite our protests she sat up, and I noticed that the cut on her face was almost completely healed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I swing my legs over the side of the bed and sit up. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I turned to sit up, and this time he let me, releasing his hold around my waist and sliding as far from me as he could in the limited space. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I looked at Mr. Savo, who was sitting up on his bed, grinning at us. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We're really leaving Greenville, my sister says and Hope sits up straighter and smiles. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She woke with a jerk sometime later, and sat up, alarmed. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he moaned and sat up suddenly, his eyes wide and his nostrils flaring. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then Mong sort of got his breath back and sat up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You,” I said, trying to sit up a little. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

My bullet wound still burns and my ribs ache something fierce, but this time I'm strong enough to sit up without too much trouble. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Shall we try to sit up, just a little?” she asks. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I sat up and stared just past her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He sat up straighter and looked at the witness stand real serious, like he was trying to hear every word. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was so deep she found herself nearly lying down, but she sat up again and tucked her legs under her to look at the portraits on the walls. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

That morning Ruth had got a chair behind a desk, and I was sitting up on its lid, with two or three others of our group perched or leaning in nearby. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A couple are sitting up against the rock. Most of them on the ground. Fallen, Uke." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Shocked, Eleanor sat up and looked; her feet were dirty, and her nails were painted bright red. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Kreacher,” said Harry after a while, “when you feel up to it, er...please sit up.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

With a yawn she sat up and saw that a low table nearby was set with breakfast for one. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He sits up and presses down on the mattress with his palms. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Louder and louder I sang, and when my sisters shook the fogginess from their own minds, they sat up and joined me in the chorus of Mamá’s lullaby. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so let’s say I had it,” Claire said, sitting up a little. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But if I was in better shape, I'd be sitting up there. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Fie tries to sit up, but the ceiling has become lower, and he strikes his head. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

He sits up and tilts the can, chugging back the soup without really bothering to chew it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I sit up tasting blood and the world waves so much it nearly knocks me over again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

There would be a time when it wouldn’t be safe for them to sit up in the small attic of the house anymore. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They just lay there for a while, dreaming and digesting, and then Melanie suddenly sat up. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that Gandalf sat up and gripped the arms of his chair; but he said nothing, and with a look stopped the exclamation on Pippin’s lips. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

When she sat up, she realized she wasn’t on the path anymore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up, dazed, pushing the cloak aside; it was softer than any velvet or leather she had ever touched. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They flew apart, struggling to sit up, Dimple’s head swimming. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He sat up, bewildered, stunned, like an orphan. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine,” he said softly, very softly, and began to sit up. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I withdrew my thumb from the Object’s pants and sat up straight. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As she got to the door, Gilly sat up straight and shook her head for all she was worth. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then it was obvious—this was Robbie, with one boy sitting up on his shoulders and the other holding his hand and trailing a little behind. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“But you have been misleading me, young woman!” said Xenophilius, now sitting up much straighter in his chair and goggling at Hermione. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear sat up and wiped his face with the edge of his tunic, hearing nothing but the sound of his own panting and the rushing river nearby. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But before he could figure a way to say so, Lindsey sat up, animated by a new topic. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Gilly sat up and put her arms as far as they could go around Trotter. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She sat up, pulling herself away from the man self-consciously. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I sit up and roll down my window. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Ranofer found himself sitting up on his mat in the courtyard, staring blindly into the dark. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He was wide awake now; he sat up and said, ‘Who is it? What do you want?’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after a while my eyes started drooping and I almost passed out sitting up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I sat up, my vision was blurry, but I had a horn in my hands, a ragged bone weapon the size of a knife. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Milo, who had tumbled back off the steps, sat up quickly, while Tock and the Humbug rushed from the car to see what had happened. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled to sit up straight, but grimaced. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

That same spring that we caught the big catfish, all four of us was sitting up in the loft one afternoon. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up just as a figure appeared on the other side of the bars. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Come harvest I’d be sitting up in the house like some dried up old man while everyone worked themselves to a happy ache by getting the job done. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“He could have left her for another woman. Or—” She sat up, titillated. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He disentangled himself and sat up, rubbing his face. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When I opened my eyes again, I was sitting up, staring at the standard-issue boots of a PSF soldier. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I sit up and grab my mother by the sleeve of her nightshirt. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She came to my side and helped me sit up. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I became conscious of my own posture and sat up a little on the couch. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I slip in one last peck, and then she sits up properly, although her gloved hand still rests against my jacketed waist. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, I sat up to see the sun still rose in the east, but everything else had changed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure you can stay awake? Do you want me to sit up with you?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I sit up, I feel myself strangely alone. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up and pulled the copy of From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler from his backpack. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

They'd sit up late talking in hushed voices about their ex-husbands and speculating about new boyfriends, while the kids played Trouble and Sorry! in the next room. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He sighed and sat up straight, fighting off the stiffening feeling in his loins. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We take our ease on the sofa a while till she says, Don’t you have more telegrams to deliver? and when we sit up she gives a little cry, Oh, I’m bleeding. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

‘Juno, we need your help. We -’ Jason tried to sit up and immediately regretted it. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I shield my eyes and man­age to sit up. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ma scrunched her face and sat up straight in her chair. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Both Ted and the doctor beamed at me then, and I admit I sat up a little straighter, started listening a little harder. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I sit up straight, pillow sliding to the floor. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Koffi had sat up and taken his free hand, the one that wasn’t counting. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He sat up and kicked off his sheet. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

“I don’t know, one or two. You were passed out. Snoring and everything. Then I came on back over here, and just sat up and thought for a while. Candy Man.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Probably he had some endearing trait: he whistled, offkey, in the shower, he had a yen for truffles, he called his dog Liebchen and made it sit up for little pieces of raw steak. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sat up with a nut between its paws, nibbling busily. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel sits up, turns on his own bedside light. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The infection also left Roosevelt so weak that he couldn’t sit up, forcing him once again to lie down on top of the boxes in the canoe in an uncomfortable position. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I was able to sit up in bed a lot and take notice of things. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up straight on the chair, my hands folded on my lap. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she sit up, there are tears in her eyes, but she not shaking. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clean up best I can then sit up, at the table, with a lamp, doing schoolwork. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I took a couple of steps toward the barn door and the blind girl sat up, her milky eyes blinking. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was sitting up at the edge of the tarp, looking at himself in his phone screen. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up to listen to our watchdog prowl the yard, pulling her long chain after her, and that worried me too. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up and we stay put for a little while, entwined like a set of cats. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Matt sat up and took the dog into his lap. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were there I remembered what Dr. Van Helsing had told me, but I didn’t like to remove them, and, besides, I would have some of the servants to sit up with me now. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Where are we?” he said at once, and sat up, reaching for the knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

I sit up, my eyes focus on the screen, and I swipe right to read a text from Stella. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Without sitting up, Eloise reached for a stack of ashtrays on the far side of the cigarette table. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Charles sat up a bit and rubbed his eyes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Is she? By Jupiter, I will, if I only get the chance!” cried Laurie, sitting up with sudden energy. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d get up, go over to the next room, and sit up with her watching the late-night movie, eating that popcorn with hot sauce on it. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last time I opened them I looked up and saw Mong was sitting up by the big boulders—straight down from the blue vacation house he used to stay at with his dad. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He griped and whined as he sat up to wipe the snow from his eyes. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

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

I sat up and stared down at my hands. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When he woke in the morning the boy was not there and he sat up with the pistol in his hand and then stood and looked for him but he was not in sight. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When he heard this, he sat up and seemed to relax. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry sat up quickly and the top of his head hit canvas. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“But the alethiometer!” she cried, and she sat up fiercely, her face rigid with emotion, like a Greek mask. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up too fast and my head spins. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

When he opens his eyes, June is sitting up against the pillows next to him, bitten nails pressed against her bottom lip, still in her bathrobe and keeping watch. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Presently he sat up and asked slowly, “Do you think Jo would despise me as you do?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent and put his lips to the spurt, drinking noiselessly, and then he sat up again and drew his shirt sleeve across his mouth. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lennie dipped his whole head under, hat and all, and then he sat up on the bank and his hat dripped down on his blue coat and ran down his back. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

These tough ratings sat up in bed darning their socks, and insisted on hand-washing their own smalls, which they dried on washing lines improvised from string, suspended along the radiators. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I lie down on its scratchy surface and then sit up again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Fenoglio sat up in such a hurry he hit his head on the top bunk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Now, if someone checked my camera feeds, they’d see me lying asleep in my hab-unit, not sitting up all night, furiously hacking my way through the company intranet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He yawned and stretched and made himself sit up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Alexia sat up and I could tell how mad she was by the lines in her contorted face. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Pulling my hand away from my chin, I sat up in the seat I crossed my arms. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He and Madeline glanced at each other, and Madeline gave him the merest nod of the head, and they both sat up a little straighter and turned to Mia, who set her fork down. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Claire sat up straight, making Maya think of a cobra rising up to strike. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They could see him sitting up, rubbing his head, looking around. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I could never sleep on Christmas Eve, so I sat up and gazed at the moon and stars through the branches. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I help him to sit up, he goes pale and beads of sweat break out on his face. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I have guts, just not when it counts. Will you—um,” and she sat up straight and then moved toward me, and I raised my arm as she collapsed into my skinny chest and cried. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Bertha sat up straight and took my chin in her hand. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She laughs so hard, tears stream down her face while she sits up, bends over, and holds her belly. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Finally, he slept, then sat up, half-awake, following an unconscious prompting of fear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to sit up, but his shoulder hurt and he lay back again. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just sitting up there—almost like that dead one we saw.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He sat up in bed and read seven chapters of The Winning of Barbara Worth, and when it was daylight he went down to the silent kitchen and made a pot of coffee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up, dazed and frightened, to find the dark, hooded figure of Falconer crouching over me like some rough beast over its prey. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

Cara sat up on the edge of her seat to see what would happen. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up from under the cover, her dark-brown nipples tightening in the cold air-conditioned room, and looked away as she exhaled. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I sat up, feeling like my body weighed two hundred pounds. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They implored me to let them; and when I said it was Dr. Van Helsing’s wish that either he or I should sit up, they asked me quite piteously to intercede with the “foreign gentleman.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Trembling slightly, Chronicler sat up in the bed and put his back against the wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I walk in with Mr. Keller and she sits up, confused. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I sat up and looked around the library space, looked at all the white faces like mine in the room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I try not to distract him as I sit up in bed, but he sees me and smiles. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

The first pale streaks of dawn were barely showing across the sky when the young dog sat up alertly, hearing the shuffling approach of some animal through the dead leaves and twigs. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up near Faithful Ursywck, but she could feel his eyes crawling over her as she went about her duties. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Shasta, very thirsty, sat up and rubbed his eyes. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He was just old enough to sit up, and he held on to the sides of the wagon, with his cap crooked on his head, crying. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sir Fig Newton woke from his slumber and sat up in my lap. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I sat up and grabbed his sleeve, scrambling back into the hallway and pulling him with me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When next I heard the cry, it was coming from the right I sat up in alarm. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt his mother sit up a little straighter on her pillow. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

It took a while before he could sit up. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The driver was a muscle-bound guy with so much gold hanging from his neck, it was a miracle he could sit up straight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear sat up, pulled his knees close, and wrapped his arms around them for warmth. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He cried out; and sat up, staring in bewilderment at all the faces round him, pale in the moonlight. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Ekon was sitting up and staring at her, his eyes wide. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There was a shrewd, buoyant air about him as he sat up, looked round and rubbed both front paws over his nose. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She sat up, laughing, and then Eleanor said, “Be quiet; there’s something moving over there.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

I can tell she’s being loud, as two guys sit up from their prone positions to watch her. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I could see Mrs. Wheeler trying to sit up, but she seemed to be having trouble. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled, sat up, and hugged her knees. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tucks the panda back inside, sitting up to zip the coat back up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

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

Drew sat up front by Coach to avoid being tormented by Will about Erin dumping him for Stephanie. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

His hat is on straight, he’s sitting up straight, his neck is straight, he is all very straight. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan sat up and crawled to the edge of the water. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He brought his arms down and sat up. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I look down my cast, trying to see everything that Chicho has painted, but since I can’t sit up, it’s hard for me to take it all in. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Encouraged by this, I sit up and swing my leg in front of me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’s stopped combing his hair, he slumps in his seat, and he keeps his head down on the desk unless I constantly remind him to sit up and pay attention. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to sit up again, but I'm weak and shaky. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I sat up, asking, “Where are we? Where is my mother?” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when Mrs. Frisby went to see him, she found him sitting up, and his forehead felt not at all feverish. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up, peering towards the bush they used for a bathroom. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried again and succeeded in sitting up. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She yelped, tossed the pillow aside, and sat up to find a tiny kitten, ears like little tufts sticking from its head, getting ready to pounce. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

With a groan he shifted in the bed and sat up, his back against the headboard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Slowly I sit up and push my back against the wall, drawing my legs close to my body. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He was sitting up in his bed, looking at the boy and ignoring the deck of cards he held in his hands. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And the bridge sat up high enough in the air that little kids or short people could actually bow under it, if they wanted. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

As it passed the kennel the Labrador woke and sat up, thrusting out its head and shoulders and looking first to one side and then the other. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to sit up, to pull the blankets closer, but I can’t. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the horse got up on its forelegs, its haunches heaved upright, and the knight sat up, lifting one steel gauntlet, as if to rub his head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Doofus was sitting up front next to the driver. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“He has been sitting up so long for Amaka to paint him. It’s a miracle. Our Lady is faithful.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then we were given the job of seeing that no one wasted time again,” he said, sitting up proudly. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Will could see his silhouette in the cave mouth, crouching, attentive, and then Mrs. Coulter herself sat up, shading her eyes against the light outside. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

My dad muted the television and sat up. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The guard sits up, touches his uniform, sees the station wagon is full of women. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up, not quite alarmed but curious. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Abruptly he was sitting up with O’Brien’s arm round his shoulders. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Knowing by the way it feels like my insides are rising into the air even before I sit up. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He sat up and pushed off the blankets; he was sweating. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even though she was on the floor of the garden pagoda, she had slept comfortably, and as she sat up she realized that was probably due to the silk pillows she had been lying on. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could get the first word out I sat up and asked, “Hey, Dad, how come we don’t have any good information on the boyhood of Jesus?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She sat up abruptly and just missed smacking her head on the upper shelf. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella helped her sit up, and, finding her own coat, wrapped it around the girl’s thin shoulders. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

We used to call him Monkeyman because sometimes he would go to the park, climb up into a tree, and sit up there and read all day. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy sat up and looked about wildly. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

After a minute she sat up, wiped her eyes, and tried to compose herself. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

George sat up and Mom took a seat at the foot of the bed. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

With an effort, he sat up a little straighter and looked around at Harry, who was sitting next to him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Harry sat up and gasped; the glass front of the boa constrictor’s tank had vanished. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He sat up, and felt the soft pillows yield to his hands, and he lay down again relieved. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sat up and found, in the bottom of the box, a scrap of rough cloth tied into a bundle with some twine. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

When the droning stopped we all sat up and blinked like disturbed corpses. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she sat up against her pillows and blinked. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Flora was sitting up front and Ulysses’s head was out the window. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

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

She sat up abruptly and wrapped her arms around her knees. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” Ivy said, sitting up and rubbing her eyes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Cade, hair crazy and eyes glazed, sat up from behind the Wall and gulped all the water, spilling at least a third of it down his chest and onto his lap. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The young soldier sat up, looking first at the old soldier and then at Jonathan. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up and then he saw that Frodo was lying beside him, and slept peacefully, one hand behind his head, and the other resting upon the coverlet. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

That is, of course,' he said, sitting up again suddenly, 'unless Father has come up with an entirely new factor he wants me to think about.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Abbey and I were curious about what my father had said on TV, but neither of us was brave enough to sit up with Mom while she watched the tape. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Iphicles screamed and tried to get out of bed, but Hercules sat up and grasped the deadly creatures by the throat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been permitted to sit up till after the ice cream, which naturally marked the limit of human indulgence. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up and rubbed the lump on the back of my head. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Bet he didn’t like that,” said Harry, sitting up and rubbing his chin. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Then I sit up, pull on my shirt, and head to the bathroom to put in my lenses. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m about to crawl into my cell when a body with long black hair sits up inside my hexagon. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mama Ya-Ya smiles weakly and sits up slowly, leaning hallway back into a pile of pillows. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Inside the church Cluny sat up in the choir loft, the image of barbaric authority. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sal was sitting up in bed with one arm in a cast. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

When he saw his mother’s purse rising over his head, he sat up. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he sat up, leaned his elbows on his knees and looked at the ground, as if he were embarrassed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She sat up like a young lady who was engaged to be married. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He sits up and reads from his phone, ‘“Vancouver, Washington, police manhandle black teen at house party.’” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Rameel, sitting up in his cot, looked pleasantly at his new friend and nodded his head. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

They seem to do nothing all day but sit up here and talk. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as he saw me, he sat up a little and put his hand in his pocket. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He sat up, yawning and rubbing at his eyes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It seems every person on the slopes takes a deep breath and sits up. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he says this, I go right back to the night I sat up in bed, Khalid lying down on his side, his back to me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Taran sat up and began as best he could to unbind his legs. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up with the red-eyed, wounded look of a person jerked from sleep. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As Lucky searched for a spot in the brightly lit parking lot, Lupita sat up and let the shawl fall onto her shoulders. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

But he just took a deep breath, rubbed his eyes, and sat up. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I try to sit up a little straighter, but that just causes the bodice of my dress to strain against my rib cage. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Man, she’s sitting up in his office fixing to cry and whatnot and he asking some stupid mess like that. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up and explored Billy rudely with his hands. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I sat up a bit, I saw that there was a soldier in the room. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Annabeth sat up a little straighten I could tell she liked the “Your Highness” thing. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You just sat up,” Fezzik said, still trying to be cheery. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Noah sat up front with his parents, who seemed oblivious to what a monster of a kid they had produced. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She read Dreams from My Father in a day and a half, sitting up on the couch, Nina Simone playing on Blaine’s iPod speaker. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I sit up and look out at the peaceful terrain. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And “Never take a seat in the back of the room. Winners sit up front.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I ask, sitting up and gathering Hamlet into my arms. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

I sat up, still panting for breath and with the blood hammering in my ears. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up and banged my knee on the table, rattling the bowl of tokhmeh and knocking over my empty teacup. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Chandra sat up in bed and gave me a surprised look. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just you and your girl, I hear Bernie say from yesterday, and I realize that Bernie really deserves more than sitting up in the projection room tonight. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Against Baby Kochamma’s better judgment, it was he who took them, along with Lenin, for all-night performances at the temple, and sat up with them till dawn, explaining the language and gesture of kathakali. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sits up enough to get it all down, and I perch on the edge of the bed beside him, trying not to move things that would hurt. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Caruthers sat up in her bed, covers clutched to her chin, her eyes narrowed with suspicion. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He saw Buddy sitting up in bed, rubbing his eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

An odour of camphor and burnt vinegar warned me when I came near the fever room: and I passed its door quickly, fearful lest the nurse who sat up all night should hear me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I had coughed up a portion of the river, I sat up and looked about. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He makes me sit up and shushes me to make sure I won't make any noise. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up to figure out where the voice came from. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The cook smiled through his beard and sat up straighten “Shank’s got more guts than I’ve fried up from every pig and cow in the last year.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hannon sits up on the left side of the float and flicks the whip to show where I’m to sit on the right side. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He gave it to the kid, who was sitting up now. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman sat up, swung his legs over the side of the bed, and stood. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up and looked around her room, then got down from the bed and opened her backpack and unloaded everything—all of the books and folders and notebooks—and hid them under the bed. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Vonetta would wail, “Why does she”—meaning me—“get to sit up front all the time?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“How do you know?” said Will, sitting up stiffly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Although Roosevelt was too weak to sit up in his canoe, he appreciated the man’s wit and courtesy. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Harry sat up and watched buildings and benches squeezing themselves out of the Knight Bus’s way. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I sat up and drew away from him, suddenly conscious of my dirty hair, soiled hands, and torn clothing. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He finally sat up, sniffling every few seconds, his congestion getting the best of him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Inside, there was enough room to sit up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She sat up, then, and pushed her hair fretfully back from her face and she shrugged her shoulders when he would have drawn her to him, and she would not yield to his coaxing. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I cringe as I sit up, holding my ribs, and walk up to the small mirror on the opposite wall. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

JimmyTrotter pleaded to let him have a few more eggs but Ma Charles sat up straight in the pine chair her father made, looking every bit as “onchee” as her sister. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I nodded and sat up straight in my seat to readjust my seat belt. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Hana sits up in bed and yawns really big before answering. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

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

It seemed too much trouble to sit up and row. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day Brother Luke said, “It is time now to try thee sitting up.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

When his eyes were fully open, he felt so drowsy that he could scarcely move, and then he sat up to find his bandage loose and his bed crimson. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up and wiped her nose on her sleeve. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I feel a bit better, able to sit up without getting too dizzy, and I'm absolutely famished. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We sit up and watch them fall and fall and fall into the river below, way too far to ever live thru it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

In my mind I see her sitting up and drinking broth, and her eyes are bright again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then they went into the shack, and Turner helped Reverend Griffin sit up in the bed, and Lizzie brought over a bowl of the clam chowder and fed him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“And some other things,” I add, sitting up and looking at the Liars in the morning light. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I lay there on my stomach for a second, before finally rolling over and sitting up. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A great heaviness was in all his limbs, but he roused himself with an effort and sat up. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It took me ten minutes to sit up and get off the bed. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

“You think it would be a bad idea if I sat up?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

As Stella gaped at him, she sensed her mother sitting up a little taller, her daddy, too. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He went back and got the boy and made him sit up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Twelve o’clock came and went at once, and I sat up in bed and laid my cards out for the first of many games of solitaire. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word “control” makes me sit up straight, as rigid as the chair beneath me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The Lacks children sat up in the colored section next to the projector, which clicked like a metronome through the whole movie. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Audrey blinked to clear the sleep from her eyes, and tried to sit up straight. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mom sat up front with him, talking in Farsi and sharing a bag of tokhmeh, roasted watermelon seeds, which are the favorite snack of True Persians everywhere. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Once he’d slaked the thirst, he sat up and looked around. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

The bright sunset dazzled him and he sat up on his hind legs, blinking and combing the fur along one side of his face as his eyes got accustomed to the light. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why would he sit up there in the cold, waiting for someone to find him? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra sat up to greet them, and Will marveled at the way he could instantly tell which dæmon was which, never mind what form they had. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She shivered and sat up in bed to reach for the quilt at the foot. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up; seven other heads popped up around me. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Harry sat up too quickly: Lights popped in front of his eyes and he felt sick and giddy. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Whitaker stood at the podium, Andre’s mother sat up front, and just about everyone else stood in the back, along the wall. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

For answer, Bigwig sat up and gave Chervil a playful cuff, hard enough to roll him over. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up in bed and checked the clock: 8:00 a.m. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The Mellower sat up and brushed grass clippings from his hair. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The old men all nodded a lot, sitting up straight with their elbows close to their sides, hands on their laps, and feet flat on the ground a little bit pigeon-toed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We either sat up straight in our chairs or hunched down close over our plates. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I try to sit up, but needles are sticking out of my arms, and tubes snake through the blankets. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Lowering the visor and sitting up as high in the seat as he could, Ben nodded at the guard with grandly exaggerated condescension and, mimicking his father, said, “Good evening, son.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near her, Albert, a bulky kid who’s worn the same thing every day—a dark T-shirt that reads Flint—sits up straight. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Peregrine spoon-fed more brandy to Miss Avocet, who groaned and sat up a little before settling back into the chair. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She sat up, yawned, stretched, shivered, and washed in the chilly spring before eating a couple of dried figs and taking stock of the place. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Allys sits up straighter, and her words come fast and clipped. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I sat up, thinking Finn would be surprised. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Papa asked, sitting up cross-legged on his mat. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The train slows as it reaches the heart of the city, and I sit up to watch the smaller buildings grow into larger buildings. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When the tape finished playing, he sat up and made a whirling motion with his finger. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then of course he had to open his eyes and sit up. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The woman in front of me sat up straighter. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hundred nights they’d sat up debating the pros and cons of self destruction with the earnestness of philosophers chained to a madhouse wall. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Laura was sitting up in bed with a sheet pulled over her knees. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was Manny, sitting up in a chair, his mouth twisted open in terror, his eyes staring emptily into the darkness. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Since Father was away from Frell, we drank the soup sitting up in Mother’s bed. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Matt sat up straight when he heard that. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was when the girl sat up, clutching the cloak to her small, pale breasts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He sat up and straightened his back and began to recite. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my, it is growing late! Taisin, you had better come with me; I’ll need your assistance sitting up with our invalid tonight.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I try to sit up, but I move too fast and have to bite my lip from the pain. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Soon there was one more crying voice, and Gabriel and I sat up on my bed and listened through the wall as Aunt Julia rambled on and on about wanting to die. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I pushed the button on the bed, so I could sit up. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She was bleeding a monkey when suddenly she thought its eyes moved, and it seemed to be trying to sit up. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

When I sit up and stretch in bed, I notice I’m alone in the room. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Every eye turned to him, and those deaths lying on the floor sat up to turn their blank, mild faces to his tiny, passionate one. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I sat up and said I was ready for a piece of pie. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” said the man, sitting up with a struggle. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Otto and I sat up and stared out into the near-dark clearing like we were watching a sports game on TV, the caterpillars a bowl of popcorn we chowed through without looking. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

We both sat up there eating and looking out. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She tucks a strand of hair behind her ear and sits up taller. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

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

I sat up in the seat and looked around. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I sat up again after about five minutes, but before long he took my head in his hands and put it back next to his. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Mom nudges me in the ribs and I sit up and nod, I make promises, I make eye contact. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

So they open their jaws wide, they sit up, they jump through paper-covered hoops, they crawl through tubes, they walk backwards, they roll over. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Two knocks on the door spurred me into sitting up. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I try to sit up, but oh boy, my head feels like it’s going to burst wide open. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The cook smiled through his beard and sat up straighter. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone except for Mother and Father shuffled up to bed, leaving the two of them to sit up together awhile longer. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

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

She sat up and watched him, her head tilted to the side. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I sat up and saw my bike on the ground, a freshly snapped gumbo-limbo branch sticking out of the front spokes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As they moved over the short turf—nibbling, sitting up and looking round them—they approached a little hollow, no more than three feet across. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman struggles to sit up and calls to someone a few beds down. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I sat up and saw Amah was still asleep, lying askew on her sleeping mat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When they finally finished, Nero sat up with a euphoric smile. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She sits up, so I do the same. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I sat up, dangling my feet over the side of the bed. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He didn’t bother to sit up as his mother entered, which irritated her further. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I used to try to teach “Buds” a few tricks—such as sitting up and begging for a tidbit, or sitting with a biscuit on his nose until I said “Okay.” My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sits up and blinks his eyes hard a few times and stretches. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She sat up a bit and, with one hand, closed the lapels of her dressing gown. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I sit up and tell her the dog’s at Doc Murphy’s and we’ll find out how he is that afternoon. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up straight; he had been almost dozing off, lost in the heat and his thoughts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Amala sat up and took the enamel plate, her eyes focused on the floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Old Abraham, who was not old at all but who had comported himself in the manner of an elderly misanthrope since he first learned to sit up. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting up by the generator now, his full attenshun on us, his Noise coming right at us like a laser. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He sat up in bed with his hands on his fat stomach and big, oily tears rolled down his cheeks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“She’s gone,” he said, sitting up in his chair, his spine going ramrod straight. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The car chugged to the top of the hill, and I sat up as the Strong family farm sprawled out to the horizon. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

I sat up stiff and straight in my seat with all the poor pomposity of youth. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lily sat up, rather flushed, and looked from James to Sirius in dislike. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was sitting up to the table and making quick work of the fried eggs and corn bread Eliza set before him. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up in time to see the backs of Harp and Gully making it down the block. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

That made me sit up and dry my tears. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Luke turned around, Toby sat up completely, flinching. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He stopped and sat up, the sand making his wet hair white. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I hang up, sighing loudly, and as I’m sitting up, my gaze falls on my nebulizer. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

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

Those always made Stella sit up a little taller. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She sat up and turned to face me, swinging her legs over the side of the bed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He groggily sat up, snorting back the mucus that had accumulated during the night. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He moved a little, and his head didn’t punish him for it, so he moved a little more and sat up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Lyra sat up and hugged her knees, listening closely. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And, man, my shoulders and back and hands are so sore I can barely even sit up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He coughed again, and Frankie put his hand on Z’s back as Z struggled to sit up. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We went down together to the hospital and found Mother sitting up in a chair, her legs propped on a stool. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alice sat up in the rumpled bed and looked at him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her dæmon sat up beside her, but she didn’t want to move closer to the door; it was simply the sound of Lord Asriel’s voice she wanted to hear rather than any particular words. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Celaena tried to sit up straighter, cursing herself for being unable to move without wanting to faint from pain. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I sit up on the bunk as he lights the lamp. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I left the floor and sat up on the bed next to Abuelita. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“It feels safe sitting up there, above the traffic.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Penelope sat up in bed and pulled the covers close around her. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He sat up and began to retreat, crawling on hands and knees to the far end of the cave to get away from us, and so we kept singing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They coughed and spluttered as they sat up drowsy and confused. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then, still sitting up, he told me his name. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m up!” sang Ess, sitting up straight, but with her eyes still closed. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Now your back. Lean forward and I’ll help you sit up.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he sat up and watched his friend eat. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He sat up, straightening his glasses, blinking in the bright daylight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She sat up in her bed excitedly, casting out in her head. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I would sit up there and breathe the unfiltered city air for a while, feeling the wind on my skin. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We drove past them in Black Betty—Liam and I, sitting up front together, listening to a Led Zeppelin song that might not have even been real. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Instantly, I sat up, straining to see in the dark. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He sat up again and tried for another belch, but with below-par results. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He sat up front with Dad and me, like he was Mom’s father. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Maya sat up a little straighten “Oh. Oh, yeah, they’re totally fine with it. It’s, like, made them the cool parents in our neighborhood.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She heard the sound of rushing water and sat up. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I sit up quick and bump my head against the plank, and that don’t improve my language. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

She was sitting up late, waiting for Pa, and Laura and Mary meant to stay awake, too, till he came. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

V began to sit up a little straighter, breathe a little deeper. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He sat up and moved over to make room and nudged his notebook toward her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“She feels fine. But I feel dizzy when I sit up.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had somehow persuaded a woman to come into the laundry room of the house, and then sit up on the gas dryer, which was running. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up straight and swing my legs over the side of the bed. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He sat up, and touched his neck, looking at the blood that smeared his fingers. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had decided that I was the only one awake when I saw David sit up. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm struggled to sit up a bit higher, and found that although his headache had receded, a number of other aches, all over his body, had come out to claim his attention. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As soon as she sat up, the gagging started. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The givens, all I’d been taught, fell away like so many covers when you sit up in bed. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Or does he sit up nights searching out a Verse for every potential infraction, and store this ammunition at the ready for his daughters? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try and sit up, but some sort of wide restraining band around my waist keeps me from rising more than a few inches. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

C.P. arrived home a couple of hours before dawn to find his wife, Mary, still awake, sitting up in bed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Rose sat up a little straighter in bed and took Ophie’s hand. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then, despite the pain, she tried to sit up. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I sat up, my contacts glued to my eyes, the air conditioner blowing uncomfortably onto my face. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe five minutes passed before he managed to sit up. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pima tried to give her more water, but she turned her face away and made to sit up instead. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Grumpy, I sit up and rub the sleep out of my eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I sat up in bed and smoked another cigarette. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

When he saw Dumbledore, he tried to sit up, but Dumbledore put a hand on his shoulder and made him lie still. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Classes started in earnest the next day, and among the many sleep- inducers—Note-Taking, Tool and Key Control, Cultural Awareness—were a few that made everyone sit up and take notice. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the sound of wheels on gravel and sat up on my elbows. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He sat up in his bed and looked out the window. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

"I wouldn't call it wasting," he says giving a big stretch as he sits up. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I sit up and Aaron is reflected in the water. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

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 sound like someone who reads too much. Come on. We sit up front. My father will be down soon.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter threw up an arm to shade her eyes and struggled to sit up. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She tried to sit up and gasped in pain. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Aron sat up and said almost angrily, “I don’t hardly ever cry unless I’m mad. I don’t know why I cried.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Amari looked like he was ready to say something back to her, then he sat up, his lips pressing together. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Hazel sat up quickly and as he did so Dandelion leaped back in real terror, for Hazel’s eyes were shining a deep, glowing red in the dark. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up in bed and switched on the light. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

She sits up and I lay my head in her lap as she pulls her fingers through my hair. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of silence, SJ lets him go, and he sits up. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Samuel Pepys records how he sat up reading the volume until 2 am, calling it ‘the most ingenious book that ever I read in my life’. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She sat up slowly and brushed the dirt from her hair. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas opened his eyes again and forced himself to sit up in the bed in which he lay, pushing his back against the wall and stretching out his legs. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Coughing and queasy, I sit up slowly to find my companions in the same condition. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The elf sat up, curled into a ball, placed his wet face between his knees, and began to rock backward and forward. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Now you sit up at the counter cause you’re at the Wool- worfs and you’re colored. And you got to stay there no matter what I do or you go to jail.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I say to Frank, who is sitting up on the catwalk operating the spotlight, “Frank, that baby is smarter than half of my humanities class. Is this how things have always been?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the bridge Fiver, who was perfectly calm and unhurried, stopped and sat up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Scheisskopf longed desperately to win parades and sat up half the night working on it while his wife waited amorously for him in bed thumbing through Krafit-Ebing to her favorite passages. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She sits up and slides off the bed, holding the laptop high. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Then she heard the growl of a truck engine coming down the road, and sat up. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was sitting up in bed; his red silk pajamas looked disheveled. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up in bed and lifted her up with me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Lelia sits up to go to the bathroom, waits for a second, then runs through the dark. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kamal sits up straighter and gently moves his body away from mine. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We help him to sit up and let him grip our hands as he purges his eyes and nose and mouth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

One day he. stopped her as she was going out He was sitting up in a day-gown, and his hands lay still in his lap. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he sat up to take the shell from her she was scared and dropped it, spilling all the water, and then she wept, and wiped her eyes with her long whitish-grey hair. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

My head cleared enough that I could sit up. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He sat up and jumped to his feet, holding out his hands in the same funny fighting stance Jiichan had used before they left for Kobe. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Armpit sat up and placed one foot on the floor. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

When Ku-Ang was finally able to open his eyes and sit up, he saw he sat on the Northern Mountain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I sit up and cross my legs and look at her. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She moved to sit up, not entirely sure what had caused her to stir from sleep in the first place. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I asked to sit up atop the carriage with 24-06, the valet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mary felt the weight of responsibility like a heavy hand between her shoulder blades, but made herself sit up lightly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Lyra sat up, excited at hearing the names of her old friends. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

At those words, Minli sat up and her eyes flashed with quick thinking. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Colin sat up quickly and looked at her, her bright blue eyes staring down into her lap. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

My grandfather sits up straighter, stares at me hard. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Inside the average- size tent, children sat up front on the yellowed grass, and grown-ups crammed together on the few long rickety benches. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stooped as if to pick up things to throw, and Father whispered to me to sit up straight and not show I was afraid. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After tossing and turning a bunch of times I gave up on the whole sleep thing and sat up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His forehead was bleeding, but he sat up and took my hand. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Rameel, sitting up in his bed one night, looked over at Benton and said, with sleep in his voice, “You are always with God, Been-tone.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The breath comes sharply into my lungs and I sit up, too quickly, heart racing, head throbbing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He coughed and spit, his neck burning from the rope, then tried to sit up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When it was almost sunrise, I sat up and watched Lynn sleep for a few minutes. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” I said, sitting up from my rocker. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly something caught his sight: at first he stared at it listlessly, then he sat up and rubbed his eyes; but when he looked again he could not see it any more. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He sat up, said: “Let’s get it all out on the table, bro. You give me your honest take, and I’ll give you mine, cool?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Bunny was so drunk he could hardly sit up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He sat up long enough to procure a pen from thin air and jot something down in his notebook. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He sat up and began to groom his whiskers, always a good performance. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Centipede sat up a little straighter on the sofa. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I think I’m fine,” I said, sitting up. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later she was sitting up, sipping cognac from a glass proffered by the attendant, and talking once more. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not what I mean. She sat up in the coffin. Then she disappeared. Didn’t you see that?” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She sat up and put her eye to the crack of the door. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I managed to sit up and look around. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Cole’s father sat up taller in his chair. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

How could she sleep sitting up like that? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Immediately Neel sat up, grabbed his compass, and started twisting it around on the page. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

After a little while, however, he began to cough, vomited some water and sat up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mom will put on her usual brave face, only to sit up through the night, quietly wiping tears away. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Hazel stopped and then sat up, the better to scent the air. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He eased back on his arm and Mark sucked in a breath, filling his lungs.Then the pilot grabbed him by the shirt and sat up, putting all his weight on Mark’s stomach. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Nailer made a face, but he nodded at her fierce glare and gingerly sat up. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she sat up, water came to her chin—Akira would need to stand while he bathed! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was a widow’s peak way up high and for a moment I imagined the Bat Lady sitting up there in a rocking chair, still dressed in white, looking down at me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He sat up with a start, realizing his turn at guard had almost passed. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some of these experiments were not for the squeamish, but they certainly made people sit up and take notice. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He woke to the sound of distant thunder and sat up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She was sitting up snoring before I finished rolling half of her head. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Roza sat up in bed, feeling for the familiar warmth of Rus. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Harry was sitting up, putting his glasses back on, and picking up his wand. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Blackberry hopped deliberately into the road and sat up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I eased the shirt up over his chest and he sat up to let me pull it off. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Adam tried to sit up, fell back, and tried again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up, on the rug, wipe my wet face with my sleeve. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ugh!” she shouted, slapping the small hand away and sitting up in bed. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He pressed into her side, and she sat up, instinctively, trying to spread herself thinner. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

On September 8, 1922, General Hajienestis, in his cabin, sits up in bed, rubs first his right leg and then his left, raps his knuckles against them, and stands up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Sela sat up, rubbing her head, trying to recognize her surroundings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The bus hit a small bump and the guard sat up, instantly alert. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I sat up and looked at August, hearing the quick suck of air through my lips. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up and move my feet from under the covers, hanging them over the edge of my bed. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

When I awoke, all was stillness—the sort of stillness that makes you sit up and take your bearings. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

In those clays people sat up with a corpse through the final night before burial. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up and rub my neck with my fingertips. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my eyes shut and tried to ignore it, but the tongue bath he gave me was so slobbery and gross that I finally had to sit up just to rescue myself. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She sat up, the full realization hitting her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I tried to sit up and immediately felt woozy. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to sit up and speak in a loud voice—yet when he tried to raise himself he could not find the strength. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sit up in my bed when I hear Mrs. Malloy saying, “Let me take her off your hands, Ollie Mae. I don’t mind at all. She can live here with us.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I sit up with a surge of energy. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Joseph rubbed his head and sat up a little more on the bed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Embarrassed, I sat up straight in the wooden chair and tried to look studious. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

They sat up all night, looking out at the eyes looking in at them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He tried to sit up, his right hand fluttering to his chin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I sit up straight like I’ve been listening all along, which is a bald-faced lie. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I sat up and looked in the direction they were looking. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She prodded one with her toe until he sat up groggily and said, "Eh? Whas?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I sat up, shook off drowsiness, and pulled the comforter up to cover my chest. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Finally, he sat up and opened his eyes. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up, pushing out from under the blankets, and look over to see Barb. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Toward daybreak, as I sat up, reading in the half-light one of the ballad-sheets on the walls, Sander woke and peered drowsily at me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then Barbara, not to be outdone in courtesy, came out of her pillow and with her tears still wet on her face, sat up and plucked off both her socks. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I felt Drew sit up straight on the couch. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It seemed silly to lie on the bed with one shoe off, so I sat up and unlaced the other shoe and dropped it on the floor, then lay back on the blanket again. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The two female Scholars sat up very slightly, though their daemons, either well behaved or torpid, did no more than flick their eyes at each other. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled to my knees and sat up too fast. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I sit up and wrap my arms around him, pressing my face into his neck. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I love being a sixth year. And we’re going to be getting free time this year. Whole periods when we can just sit up here and relax.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I blinked in the gray morning, sat up, and took my first look at Yazd. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I sat up as the music seemed to call me, to invite me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I shook myself and sat up, just in time to see one of Bunny’s shoes flying through my open window. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She couldn't sit up or suck in or keep any secrets. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He sat up again, very abruptly, with a great slosh of tub water, and dropped his dry left hand over the side of the tub. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Lord never sends you more than you can bear— That was an ancient Maycomb phrase employed by its fragile ladies who sat up with corpses, supposed to be profoundly comforting to the bereaved. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Someone gives my shoulder a shake and I sit up. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I came back, he was sitting up in bed, his bedclothes on the floor; he was shivering and blue with cold. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was bending over the ambulance driver, who was sitting up now and mumbling, “I had the queerest dream ...” “That was a stupid thing to do,” Enoch said to Bronwyn. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Thorn and Valley must’ve done the same, because the next thing Seven knew, the three Witchlings were side by side, smoke rising from them as they sat up. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I sit up in my seat and find something to focus my eyes on so I can think. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

On the ground the sleeper sat up beneath his furs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And I sat up and just felt that my baby was involved. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That reminds me,” he said, sitting up and letting his hands fall onto his knees. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

They helped me sit up and tried to get the mud off me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I sat up, and a gossamer sheet floated away. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When I didn’t answer, Chubs set the bread bag aside and sat up straight. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes, sat up on the bench and rolled to his feet, his head out the top of the rear hatch. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jan sat up and pulled Mary with him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lay back and breathed in deep draughts of splendid Norwegian ocean air, and in another minute or so, he was sitting up again and was on the way to recovery. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its presence somehow comforted her in the long hours she sat up, watching her door. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The boys sat up, wrapped their arms around their knees, and watched the little girl stroke the dog. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Bo sat up so abruptly that he pulled the blanket off Prosper. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He made me sit up so he could tuck these things under me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked and sat up, heard the thunder. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not but acquiesce, for I was “dog-tired,” and could not have sat up had I tried. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Finally she sat up and tried to take stock. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She sits up straight, closes her eyes, and starts reciting Philippians 4:13. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If I sat up too quickly, my head reeled and vertigo set in. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Wincing at the pain in her ankle, Sefia sat up and stared at the unmoving tent flaps as the memories of the previous day washed over her again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Clay left his feet where they were for a few don’t-tell-me-where-to-put-my-feet seconds, then swung them around to the floor and sat up. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

When the two-legs had gone, Brute sat up and began to groom himself. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Grace sat up straight, her mouth in a hard line. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He slapped his hands over his face and sat up. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Uniformed women with lacquered hair, high heels, and fitted skirts looked down on us, signaled that we should fasten our safety belts, place parcels under the seat in front of us, and sit up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“How nice. You may sit up a little if you wish.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

An hour later, Alex was sitting up in bed, English book propped in his lap and a brand new plan taking shape in his brain. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He sat up on the side of the bed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sit up, a lightning bolt down my spine. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I sit up in my seat, and it’s as if my insides are like flowers that have blossomed after a tiny bit of rain. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning, when the light was gray and uncertain, Sarah Ruth was sitting up in bed, coughing, and the father came home. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

His eyes snapped open and he sat up straighter. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I sat up on my mattress and waited while my father pulled on his overcoat. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Very well,” he said, and he sat up and looked at the window. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When we got to Mom’s hospital room, we found her sitting up in a wheelchair watching TV. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But I’d never heard of the dead sitting up in the funeral home, at the viewing, in front of all the mourners, and wailing his or her fool head off! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up, and my head spun for a minute as the blood flowed downward. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He did not sleep that night, but sat up in his roof garden, watching his city, his beloved, dangerous city, and worrying about how he would live through the next day. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Alby put his feet back on the floor, sat up straighter. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Izzy, sit up straight,” she would say at the dinner table, thinking: Scoliosis. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He sat up, shook his head to clear his mind, took his guitar out of its battered old case, and began to sing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He sat up and we stared at each other. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Delia chimed in, sitting up on her elbow to make eye contact with us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” he muttered, sitting up and feeling cold sweat trickling down behind his glasses. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Being willing to sit up here and talk,” she said, and she kissed him on his temple. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He watched me carefully as he swung his legs over the side of the bed and sat up, cradling his shoulder. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He struggled to sit up, but the pain in his shoulder was too much. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Tayo had been drowsing in the sun with his back against the cliff rock; he sat up stiffly and looked at her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

That same morning Oksi was sitting in Sam’s meadow, hunting by sitting up high waiting for something to move. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Westley said, sitting up, staring out at the massed troops in the distance. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Mr. Savo sitting up in his bed, playing cards and grinning. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

To my amazement the little orphan sat up, looked at me, and reached out to touch my face. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nights she sat up to work on her tinkering, fixing clocks, pots, hand tools. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z