After a while I approach the new school, go toward it through the gate, walk slowly around it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was speaking slowly, because I wanted to make sure I understood the implications of what Mom had just told me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the Ice Ages ended, Blackwater Draw slowly dried up. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

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She ran her fingers through my hair and then rested ’em on my shoulders and then touched my cheeks and then slowly pulled away and just looked at me grinning. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

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The statue toppled, slowly at first, then gaining speed as the weight fell from the sky to the ground. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood in her doorway, looking around slowly from left to right, and his gaze swept past the tree. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Pena worked on the Botocudo project slowly and intermittently— it was a longshot idea, and he had much else to do. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The girl pronounced it slowly, as if Leo were five years old. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mother retrieved her overnight bag and the tackle box she’d filled with dark bottles of tincture, then she walked slowly out the door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He calls the waiter, who slowly walks over. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let her hold me ten, twenty, thirty seconds, then slowly I pull away. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

If you have been down in one of the old-fashioned diving suits which used to be standard in the Royal Navy before frogmen and free diving came along, you will know why divers move slowly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grainy black-and-white pictures come slowly at me Deep. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

This time, he got up more slowly, but he got up. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Winnie clutched her pole, sitting sidewise in the stern, and watched the baited hook sink slowly down. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His elbows were on the desk, and his chin was moving very slowly from side to side. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I walked slowly up the stairs, one step at a time. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And she began to kiss him slowly, sliding her hands down to his waistband. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Presently he sat up and asked slowly, “Do you think Jo would despise me as you do?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved her eyes slowly up the jug past the thin green stems and little round leaves and saw...nasturtiums! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was around that time that he began to get better, and after many, days his fever subsided and his eves cleared; his. mind and personality came back, and he recovered slowly but completely. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My right hand hits the door handle when, slowly, I stop and turn again to the woman hanging from the rope. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

"By all means, move slowly. It's not as if I have a packed schedule." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His one obsession was to destroy what he called “the Marxist cancer,” which was slowly gaining ground among the people. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ugh, we shouldn’t let her go in there alone. Come on,” Seven said, and they slowly walked, side by side, into the Cursed Forest. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I turned to see a small open- topped cart bumping slowly up the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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I could feel the difference in me, too, the panicky clutch in my stomach slowly coming undone. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

His silence was elastic, slowly curling a rope around her neck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled away from her slowly, as if reluctant to let her go, and when she opened her eyes he had turned away. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waded slowly, blindly, determined not to fall and entertain the inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then by all means, meander slowly and ponderously until my feathers molt,” said Boo. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She slowly moved her finger up the sleeve of his T-shirt, but he suddenly laughed and pulled away. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

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She takes up her teaspoon and begins to stir slowly. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

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He came close and slowly lifted my shirtsleeve. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

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I stirred slowly one morning, hearing the braying of nearby animals, my eyes blinking open to see my parents staring down at me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Deep breaths, he thought, and he sucked in a lungful of air, letting it escape slowly. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was just shaking his head slowly, awestruck. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

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“Take the small path to the north, that leads past the fish camp,” said Grandma, gesturing slowly. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ofglen digs me in the side with her elbow, to call my attention, and I look up, slowly and stealthily. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they slowly rose, the doctor felt the man’s pulse, and breathed in sharply through his nose. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She leaned on her stick and walked slowly to the door. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, taking the map and rule book with him, he hopped in and, for lack of anything better to do, drove slowly up to the tollbooth. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Natural history thus slowly detached itself from the wider world of learning and began to form an enclave on its own. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Very slowly she said, “Home in America...you will dance.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drawing slips of paper from a beaker filled with names, Mrs. Dalton called out pairs, and I watched the desks slowly empty and partners migrate to lab tables stationed around the edge of the room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She pulled the visor down to block the sun and slowly turned the wheel to head down the hill. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“You were naked in Mrs. Cobb’s kitchen,” Turner’s father said, slowly and quietly. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The six men filed slowly back to their chairs. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It seeped in so slowly that it took a long time to collect even a few gourdsful. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

That fascination has infested me today like the wood-eating bugs that slowly lay waste to our house. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Holding her breath, she clicked the red arrow and watched the computer do its thinking spiral, then slowly load a new page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He spied Yossarian finally with a feeling of immense joy, and then his mouth gaped open slowly in unbearable horror as he noted Yossarian’s vivid, beaten, grimy look of deep, drugged despair. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I kept chirping and it stood up and slowly walked toward me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Thomas relished every bite of his sandwich and veggies, eating as slowly as possible. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Sit up slowly, Michael, and let me check your teeth. Move your jaw like this.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He was able to eat the rest of the meal slowly, making each bite last a long time. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door resisted a moment, before it slowly began to swing inward, with a creak so loud Arya was certain it could be heard all through the city. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We’re supposed to chew slowly and take notes about what we taste, without using the word salty. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

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

"Yeah, just walk around the track. It'll cool your body down slowly." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I put one Go-do-feesh in my mouth and bite it slowly. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

George opened the classroom door slowly, fearing laughter, but students were too focused on their journals to notice her return. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Airplanes crawl across the sky, it seems to Werner, incredibly slowly. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

With paws outstretched, he...slowly...lifted...his...head...his eyes glazed and vacant. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, what I was doing was swaying about slowly in time to the song, holding an imaginary baby to my breast. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light came slowly: there were great trees out in the mist. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wanda nodded at Moss, so he crossed the carpet slowly, his legs seemingly unable to move without conscious thought. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It seemed to move slowly between the sea and the sky, but it was the sea itself. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the world changed that day, slowly and then all at once. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Then his right hand rose slowly to the side of his face and with his thumb and forefinger he gently caressed an imaginary earlock. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He waits on a wooden bench in a slowly building panic. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He crossed the street with his family, still moving slowly, breathing hard, appalled at his own daring. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The yellow shape of the window grew slowly across the floor, reached the wall, climbing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You,” he says slowly, pointedly, pressing the word deep into my skin. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She spends hours kneeling by herself on the sixth floor with the window open and the sea hurling arctic air into the room, her fingers on the model of Saint-Malo slowly going numb. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Polly said slowly and with genuine sorrow, “You must go with Tidbit. Master Clay is asking for you.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He awoke, jumped to the floor, and walked slowly between my legs and out the door. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man slowly rings up each item on an antique cash register and then places it in a paper bag. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He took the pan off the fire and let the bacon cool and they ate it, slowly, thoughtfully. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noticing she was asleep, the dragon moved slowly and quietly, even when the water from Minli’s compass splashed and trickled down his nose. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

They set off through the trees, slowly, quietly. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Through the canopy of shaking orange light and through the smell of burning pitch black horses, whitened with lather and dragging a heavy ruby coach, slowly crawled to the safety of the gates. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I catch Tobias’s eye, and slowly move my hand to point at my ear. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Don, who moments earlier had vomited in the corner of the locker room because of the mucus flooding his throat, nodded slowly that he wanted to. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they sat there, the rain slowly began to turn to snow. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A single tear ran slowly down his pale white cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I will do as I see fit,” he said, slowly raising a hand to the piece of metal that lay against his naked chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But each goose slowly drifted into position until the flock formed a wobbly V. At the lead was Longneck, and behind his left wing was Brightbill. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Two of the men at the counter turn slowly to look at us, eyes wide. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Some read quickly, some slowly, some at a high pitch, and some low. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of this happens quickly, but it seems to be slowly. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding the grid with his tweezers, he dipped it into the water and brought it up slowly underneath a floating slice, like a fisherman lifting up a dip net. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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“I’d be careful if I were you, Potter,” he said slowly. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Then he turned his head slowly and faced Milkman. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

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Delicately pinching the stem of the bud through the fabric of my sleeve, I move slowly around the corner and find him sitting on a stool against the wall. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

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It moved slowly, a shooting star that didn’t want to die. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam almost rolled her eyes, spelling it more slowly. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

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He still had the strength to crush me, but I slowly backed him into the fence. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those few who survive the initial impact die slowly, frozen and alone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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“In faith, I think you speak in earnest,” I said slowly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

One went to the door, one to the corner of the house on either side; and there they stood, as still as the shadows of stones, while night went slowly on. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

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A pool of blood slowly seeps into the dirt around her head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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Now his voice changed, as he slowly mastered himself. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My dad gave me a sheepish look and started off slowly after her. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shock that followed this declaration found voice in a sustained "Ah-h-h!" as the door of the coupé swung slowly open. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

They turned slowly toward Cal as he entered the room, found his chest, and then rose to his face and stayed there. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But after ten minutes of sparking, we see a strange brown pigment slowly streaking the sides of the vessel. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than a week passed before I slowly caught on that a family of leftish leanings could be bothered by the way their guests were attired. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

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They demanded explanations from his father, raised their arms to make their points, tugged agitatedly at their beards, and moved back towards their room quite slowly. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

It happens slowly, a balloon leak in reverse. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

That day I heard the drip, drip begin, and by evening some of the trees had dumped their loads and were slowly lifting themselves to their feet, so to speak. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

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His lips slowly move against my cheek, then his arms tighten around my shoulders, and he buries his face in my neck, breathing against my collarbone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He managed to do this easily, and in spite of its width and weight his body mass at last slowly followed the turning of his head. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited as the machine warmed up and slowly began dripping into the glass carafe. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

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At last, very slowly, the young king drew out his sword, with his left hand—a sign of truce—and dropped it, as if casually, in front of Hrothgar’s horse. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

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But Harry had no possibility of extracting the wand concealed under his robes without being noticed by the Death Eaters, who marched on either side of them through the slowly lightening darkness.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When it clattered to the linoleum, she brought her arms down, oh, so slowly, and cradled her breasts as though they were two mangoes thumbed over in the marketplace and pushed aside. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held my breath as I lifted the lid, put my hand inside, and slowly pulled out the keys. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We continued on, slowly sinking into a solemn calm. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

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If the terms go to zero too slowly, then the sum of the terms doesn’t converge to a finite number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Seven straightens up and slowly blows air out his mouth. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He dipped one of the drabs into the pitch and stuck the other one to it, spoke several words I didn’t recognize, and slowly pulled the bits apart, strands of pitch stretching between them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The girl smiled and slowly unfolded the note. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

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Snape advanced on Ron slowly, and the room held its breath. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A bumblebee came zooming between them, under the grandstand and out into the sunlight “Would you like to see some real knights errant?” asked the magician slowly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark ran to him and they slowly turned in a circle to face the remaining attackers, who still greatly outnumbered them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He spoke slowly, the way one speaks to a dull child. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

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He smiled, and then raised slowly up on his tiptoes just enough. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Olinski turned from him to the blackboard and slowly and deliberately erased the word CRIPPLE. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

We lie there, under the comforter, as my body heat slowly warms him. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The water trickled out slowly into the tub. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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It dances slowly across the floor, chug-lug, chug-lug, the clothes and the soapy water moving as if boiling sluggishly, like cloth porridge. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ate slowly, watching trees sway and squirrels leaping across branches. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

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As I did, there was a sound like cracking bones as Acererak slowly lifted his head. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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He covered his eyes and nose with his right hand and leaned forward, his elbow on the open Talmud, the upper portion of his body swaying slowly back and forth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“The robot is pretty good,” he said slowly. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

At the gun, they got off slowly, falling behind all three other boats: Navy, Syracuse, and Cornell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All of them began to slowly back up, and Moss hoped desperately that they could find a way past the cops who still stood motionless in a line by the gate. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Slowly, slowly I hear the creak of bending tree, the whisper of needles. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

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Jonathan slowly let the weight of the gun carry the muzzle down. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi drew in a breath and released it slowly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

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She patted Brownie on his neck, grabbed his mane, and pulled herself slowly to his back. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed the book and slowly slid it back onto the shelf. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Brightbill watched in horror as his mother slowly disappeared under a pile of parts. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The smile on her face stayed frozen for a second or two, and then her face slowly transformed into a state of shock. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

As the sun slowly worked its way across the sky, Matt became more and more thirsty. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They leave, and I slowly sink back onto the gurney, the weight of everything pressing down on my entire body. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Before I reach the plate, I stop and slowly bend forward until my cleats almost touch my toes. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

In another he saw an old woman who had been slowly dying for the past four years, whose shoulder blades were jutting through the open wounds in her back. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I counted backward from ten, felt my breath slowly evening out. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when the bell rang, I took Leaves of Grass from my bag and then zipped it back up slowly while everyone raced off either to home or to extracur- riculars. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Bernabe stubbed out his cigarette and sucked in a deep breath, which he expelled very slowly, never having felt quite this heady before. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I creep over to the door, slowly twist its knob, and quickly step outside. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He looked up at Longstreet, lifted his palms out, folded them softly, slowly. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled a blanket and started slowly eastward, sometimes walking and sometimes with groups of men on the rods under slow-moving freight cars. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, great, flat spots of rain began to fall heavily, one by one, like sweat from the sky, as Kingshaw walked back, very slowly, across the allotment. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The marchers approached down the slope of the bridge, walking slowly and silently. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very slowly they crossed the room to the front window, and Mercy sank weakly into a chair and rested her chin against the window frame. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

LaPautre, slowly picking up his things, turned to the laughing family in a state of bewilderment. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Smith sat on the damp shed row day and night, hovering around Seabiscuit, and slowly grew ill. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk so slowly up the stairs, I can hear my own breathing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Once I took it in, though, the very first bite slowly grew to a powerful burn on my tongue. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very slowly I drew a wavy line through theories five and seven even though a strange feeling went up my esophagus. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the biggest, fattest caterpillars began to nod their heads slowly from side to side, covering themselves in a web of silk. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As the boy’s vacant eyes moved across the crowd of amused onlookers, he slowly mirrored their smiles and finally broke into an uncertain grin at the joke which he did not understand. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

"You said you would lead us, you really said it . . ." I went down into the street, going slowly but filled with a feverish inner need to be away from that voice. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw her coming slowly toward him, and when he reached out to touch her, she hurled her package to the ground, shattering its contents at his feet. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very, very slowly she brought it down to eye level and unfolded it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned slowly and looked into my room, wondering what horror I would see in it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” he said; smoke eddied slowly from his nostrils. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Far away a figure came slowly down the road, faint and small at first, but growing larger and clearer as it approached. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cousin Eunice always walked out slowly, surrounded by a group of women who could have been her sisters. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slowly rubbed his face, then let out a long sigh. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He slowly sealed himself up in his capsule like an Edgar Allan Poe caterpillar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She ordered two dishes of coconut ice cream and ate them slowly with a soup spoon. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time he walked slowly, wiping his wet face with the greasy sleeve of his shirt. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

With the wind I went more slowly and had to stop more often because of the water spilling over the sides, but the leak did not grow worse. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rises slowly and takes a few steps up to the microphone and into the light. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The pain was starting to go away, like a humongous wave that crashes with a lot of noise and spray but then slowly fizzles away into nothing. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t lift his hands to show good intent without causing Koffi to slide off his back, but he let go of his hanjari slowly and deliberately. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Thus she could slowly, steadily, increase the number of runaways from that one area. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny stood up, and then slowly she walked, running her hand along the undersides of windowsills, staring up at the ceiling, trying to imagine that there was some corner of the room she’d never considered. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ben started the engine and they moved out of the driveway slowly, each of them looking at the grand and elegant house for a last time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa stared at Jaja, then at me, shaking his head slowly as if we had somehow changed color. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The hands on the big clock moved slowly. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly, brushing the snow off and shaking it from his shoes now and again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Left alone up at the front of the room, Mr. Larson turned around and slowly pulled his copy of The Landry News off the chalkboard. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

A melody that rises and falls slowly, with only small pitch changes between one note and the next, is conjunct. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In the third, I watched as my family slowly bled to death. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I walked slowly along the fence row, turning to look on every side. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

One or two birds returned, the ferns by the protected spring unrolled—very slowly, but they did. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I struggle to get up, the crowd around me slowly dissipates. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And slowly, as the Russians begin to reorganize Przemyśl, and we get used to living again, the talk turns to what might happen next. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Eat slowly,” he said, raising his cup again to toast. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Riding slowly behind on a small grey pony, and seeming to nod in his sleep, was Bilbo himself. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And those who were stricken with it fell slowly into an ever deeper dream, and then passed to silence and a deadly cold, and so died. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I watched in alarm, but instead of ripping Mr. O’Flanagan’s scalp off with his talons, Polly winked slowly in obvious pleasure and leaned into his hand. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Charley sighed a great sigh and his tail wagged slowly up from the floor and down again. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The secret omen,” she said slowly, making every syllable heavy with significance. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took years, but the smile slowly returned to Eliza’s face. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I wasn't scared," said Ralph slowly, "I was - I don't know what I was." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Instead she mixed earth and day and welded the crack and heated it slowly and it was as good as new. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Her toes gripped the board, and she vowed to take the next turn more slowly. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He watched the cat drag a large gray bird almost up to the nose of the unconscious dog, then slowly and deliberately begin to tear at the bird’s flesh. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room abruptly went quiet in deference as Dr. Han slowly rose to his feet. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was that I was was best revealed slowly, in flattering light. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His bottom lip between his teeth, he walks slowly and carefully, making not a sound. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“May I come in, please? Or shall I be a bother?” he asked, advancing slowly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to breathe slowly, my eyes cast down to my feet. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, in the late afternoon, they left the place which had been their home for three days and trotted slowly along the track together again. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buttercup continued, moving slowly and smiling, alone, like some land messiah. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Honestly, I know she should be better by now, but it’s so hard, and we are working on it. The reading is just...going slowly.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The Emperor gazed around him slowly, so that each one of the thousands of spectators might imagine Caesar was looking personally at him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then I peered at Dovie Mansfield popping a shrimp on a cracker into her mouth and chewing slowly while Nancy Wilson played in the background on the stereo. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

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

He was dragging his elbow slowly up one spinal muscle and staring down the street, where the answer to her question was everywhere pathetically evident. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, after school, Canton, with the broom dog tucked under his arm, slowly walked up to the corner to watch his mother—to guard the crossing guard. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The days passed slowly, and sometimes I thought I was waiting for something that just wasn’t going to happen. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When it stopped moving, the giant landing pad began to move upward again, slowly but surely. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Ned studied the rocky face of the bluff for a moment, then followed more slowly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mama inches forward, eyes glued on Darlene, hands slowly extended like a moth to a flame. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Other people slowly joined the group, and there were many hollow cheeks and deadened eyes. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They were still driving very slowly, but they were out of the tunnel of trees now, and on the road towards the village. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

As it matures, the stem slowly breaks up—shatters, in the jargon—letting the seed dribble to the ground. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We went slowly, as we had no food or water and were all on foot. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have to move slowly and speak in a soft, soothing voice. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Me . . . me . . . me ...” I beg Ma as she slowly lowers the pot to my level. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of them came slowly toward the greenhouse, and as they got closer Lina could hear what the man was saying. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness, I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

As we stared at the markups on the wall, admiring the work of some of our contemporaries, Shea reached over his shoulder, pulled the backpack in front of him, and slowly unzipped it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He smiled, as I had read in some book, “not unkindly,” and nodded slowly. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I was going slowly along one of the tunnels made by hippos, through the thick undergrowth where they move inland to graze at night, when I heard something moving toward me. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pick it up and rise slowly from the floor. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Her spirits were greatly improved by the fact that all the hair had gone from her face and her eyes were turning slowly back to brown. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger perched on the edge of the table and pinched out one of the candles, gently and slowly as if waiting for the pain, the sharp little stab of the candle flame. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I process the information slowly, piece by piece. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They quieted, slowly, and at last were seated again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As if on cue, all 150 of them joined hands and began to slowly retrace the same steps Martin Luther King, Jr., walked down over thirty years ago. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It slowly found its way back to the regimental headquarters, and was delivered to the Tallis home some months after Uncle Clem's burial. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

C.P. watched with growing discomfort as she circled the room slowly and with great dignity, as if she were an honored guest attending the opening of a show at a prestigious museum. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were eager now to see the Shire again; but at first they rode only slowly, for Frodo had been ill at ease. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The brother’s glance went slowly around the room, like the ray of a lighthouse sweeping a familiar coast, searching for hidden defects. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sit, slowly inching our butts onto the roof, cradling the trunk against our chests and on our laps. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I go slowly around the back, and as soon as I’m out of sight of Mrs. Krajewska’s window, I run for the door and bang my fist on it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The height of the water slowly dropped until Brer Fox and I splashed instead of waded. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The giant, furry leg dropped slowly into view, as thick as an elephant’s. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I said, slowly stepping away from the donkey. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, the young lady on the platform raised her hands to her face. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then Mom walks slowly around the first floor. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I lie on my cot and whisper it oh so slowly into the darkness. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He slowly learns other languages, though he has difficulty speaking them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He felt the mental wall he’d erected to keep the nightmares at bay slowly crumble to dust, so that nothing would stop them from advancing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She sinks to the ground, picking up a handful of pearl-white sand and letting it fall slowly through her fingers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Two more police cars drove slowly by; they paused briefly for the officers to exchange a few words with the men on horseback, then moved on. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“A sister is to drive you slowly insane,” I replied. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I think I’ve been wrong about some things,” I said slowly. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He returned to the deck and walked slowly aft. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was difficult with the chains on, but she managed to crawl, painfully and slowly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I caught more than I could eat, I would bone them, put them on a rack of sticks, and slowly smoke them until they dried out. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes slowly, some part of me still hoping he’ll be on the other side of the glass. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the effort was grudging or minimal, but the vacant reaches in the human tale slowly contracted. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I pulled one out of the group with my foot and started dribbling it around slowly. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But even in the dim light, she could tell Kaz was moving too slowly, his gloved fingers clumsier than she’d ever seen them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“But”—I speak slowly as I mull that over—“isn’t looking at the result of a belief a good way of evaluating if it’s true?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He gave me a thumbs-up, and I began to move slowly until the rhythm took over. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes, put some in her mouth, and chewed slowly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

His breathing slowly settled into a steady, life-sustaining rhythm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Money was forthcoming, but it was never enough and it came too slowly. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She turned slowly and walked back the way she had come. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I write very slowly because I write under the obligation to make myself clear to someone who knows nothing about me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face looked absent, as if she were slowly going mad. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Slowly, slowly, with a drugged, fathomless calm, Henry bent and picked up a handful of dirt. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It took a second for this to register; her face was confused at first, and then the realization of what Moss meant grew, lighting up her eyes, her mouth slowly dropping open. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We walked slowly down the road to the church, and I felt glad and almost peaceful again at being away from the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When it was maybe one hundred feet away, approaching slowly, I realized Mr. Lucas wasn’t behind the wheel. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Waterfront buildings glided slowly by, boatyards, condominiums with great glass windows looking out over the water, an occasional small house in the middle of a green lawn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He caught the lantern and ran outside into the gale, and he saw Gabilan weakly shambling away into the darkness, head down, legs working slowly and mechanically. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I reached the wall, I rose slowly and peeked out the window into the backyard. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He says he means to use the fat that slowly accumulates in the tin-lid for polishing his boots, and roars with laughter for half an hour at his own joke. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In just moments, it seemed, he saw three birds before they flew, saw them sitting and got close to one of them, moving slowly, got close enough to try a shot with his bow. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Take a long breath, lad, and tell it slowly." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He stared at me a moment longer, then slowly, slowly turned his head away. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

All week Francie walked home slowly from school with her eyes in the gutter looking for tin foil from cigarette packages or chewing gum wrappers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the figure stopped and then, as if she could sense Ivy's gaze, slowly turned her head toward the cottonwood tree. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A dozen bats were slowly spiraling around the top of the arena. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh sure,” Florida said, dipping her paddle slowly into the water. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingers slowly over the stones, sensing their temperature and feeling their surfaces. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them sat in front of the roaring fire, slowly turning the pages of dusty volumes about famous cases of marauding beasts, speaking occasionally when they ran across something relevant. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She felt against her chest, rather than saw, her cousin nod, slowly, reflectively. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He went up very slowly, one step at a time, thinking. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

At one meeting, as I lean against the straw wall and slowly fall asleep, a loud scream shocks me awake. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yuni took Doha by the hand and slowly walked out of the marketplace. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She was going to die here, slowly, horribly on the coals. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

To the surprise of both Brothers, Robin hitched along slowly toward Brother Matthew’s workbench, where he leaned for a few moments before he found it necessary to sit down. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The dawn came slowly, so slowly and pausingly that it was impossible to determine when it really had dawned, as it does during the summer months. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press accept and Poe’s face slowly comes into view, his thick black eyebrows hanging over familiar warm brown eyes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He said slowly, the voice of the father, “General Longstreet, God go with you.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A trickle of blood ran slowly down, joining the rain puddles still lying on the steps. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He rode slowly along the smoking line, looking at the faces. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We slowly walked up to him, but before we could scare him, he heard our footsteps and turned toward us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She looks right at me and talks slowly, just like I asked. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

In the night, going slowly along the crowded roads we passed troops marching under the rain, guns, horses pulling wagons, mules, motor trucks, all moving away from the front. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I scanned the bleachers and found my mother and my two sisters and slowly made my way over to them. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And I lay there, eyes kind of closed, my body slowly beginning the long flow back to strength. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Martin sits across the stage, a few feet away, zipping his backpack so slowly it must be deliberate. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Rabiya nods her head slowly in her “trust me, I know” kind of way. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Once in front, we actually decreased the pace, walking slowly and deliberately. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes travel slowly from my face to my toes and even more slowly back up again. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I mentioned that Vivian had let me light her cigarettes, he finally looked up at me and shook his head slowly, slightly, sadly. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Safer unscrews the top slowly, puts the flask to his lips, and tips it back. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was a man of patience and fortitude, who spoke slowly and clearly as though every word was of equal importance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The brown gelding stumbled with Tayo; he reined it in and walked it more slowly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Molly turns to Ralph and says slowly, “I did not steal that book.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I walk toward the sound, slowly so I don’t trip over anything. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He takes a long draw off his cigar, blowing out the smoke slowly before he concludes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

From my high vantage, I could see a thick, oily smoke slowly filling the bottom of the well. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He rolled over slowly and supporting himself on one elbow he looked out the broken window. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The column crept slowly down the long brick street. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We had also lost our interest in art, so we pushed on uphill, breathing slowly and regularly. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Their population dwindled and they slowly died out, except perhaps for one or two members who joined their Sapiens neighbours. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had to pull the door to shut ourselves in and then the old thing creaked slowly up to the second floor. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

But slowly, slowly, I felt my body rolling to the right. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He was breathing slowly and deeply, audibly; his eyes were blinking. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Depression must have hit the white section of Stamps with cyclonic impact, but it seeped into the Black area slowly, like a thief with misgivings. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cabot Searcy was met with silent stares as he walked slowly but confidently to the back corner of the room. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

We watched as the car slowly caught up with the U-Haul. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sun blossomed slowly, so slowly, and it took such a long time to dry the berries. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Master drove slowly because of the crowds and road blocks, but slowest when they got to Milliken Hill. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She exhales slowly, with effort, her eyes unblinking, focused on a point at the bottom of the pool. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I sail all the way down so incredibly slowly. Every time.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Charlie had been slowly stroking his mother's hair, desperately hoping that she would open her eyes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Duke slowly peeled up one flap of his sleep mask with his good front paw. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I’d never seen it before to know for sure, but it slowly formed a picture in my mind. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

A few seconds went by, and then words began to slowly appear below mine on the screen. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buttercup, for her part, walked very slowly and peacefully between the old King and Queen. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But before I could click on the song, my mom knocked on the door and slowly walked into the room. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He pushed the bar up slowly, then lowered it and began the last rep. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He rode slowly along the ridge, looking for headquarters. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed slowly in and out through my mouth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He slowly slid his fingers between her long and delicate fingers. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Then, after having been so eager to get off, the passengers walked slowly, some gazing around with their brows furrowed. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They did that often, slowly detaching themselves from their friends, to sit in a corner by the library or take a walk in the green behind the laboratories. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But her eyes slowly open to meet mine and she stiffens. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Here, there, I add green to signify shoots, new stalks, branches slowly, ever so slowly becoming baby trees. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dad started nodding—slowly at first, but then he picked up speed. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the centuries it had grown slowly in all directions, engulfing smaller buildings and courtyards as it spread. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Now, please turn around. Turn around very slowly. Let’s all stay nice and calm.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The case slowly ground its way through the legal system, and everything went against us. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It’s not enough and it’s never going to be enough, so I slowly count down from ten in my head and at zero we’re done. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I nod slowly, waiting for Boy21 to start laughing, for Coach to come running in with the rest of the team, pointing at me and howling at the elaborate practical joke, but that doesn’t happen. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zuraiq’s body hung from a tree for hours as Father slowly skinned him. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

And then our heads moved slowly backward and we stared out across the lawn, and I felt like the newly born horse who knows nothing but feels everything. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The boys strained and heaved and gasped for breath, but for all their efforts they moved Old Nero only slowly and erratically out of the Cut and onto the ruffled expanse of Lake Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The sailor, Alfred, crept slowly in my direction. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He selected an orange and peeled it slowly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As we cruised slowly toward the mouth of the canal, I glanced back and saw Godzilla watching us from the seawall. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You wear long sleeves,'' Fenoglio continued very slowly, as if giving Basta time to take in every single word, “because your master likes playing with fire. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Instead, the humiliating expectations and traditions of segregation creep over you, slowly stealing a teaspoonful of your self-esteem each day. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Addie rose slowly, her eyes on the knife, then she turned and walked out of the kitchen, kicking the door wide open before her as she went. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked again, moving my lips slowly and carefully so I could be sure he understood me: “Do. You. Want. Me. To. Turn. Them. On. For. You?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

My feet move more and more slowly as I get close to the house. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I slowly walked up, went behind the podium, and grabbed on to it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

On Post Street, where our house was, the hill skidded slowly down to Fillmore, the market heart of our district. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She exhaled slowly and buttoned her dress back up with shaky fingers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could still remember those unnatural golden eyes staring out of Luke’s face, and the feeling that my limbs were slowly turning to stone. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We go up the stairs to the studio, slowly, so we won’t get out of breath: neither one of us wants to be caught out by the other in a middle-aged wheeze. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The ten-year-old boy wrote the two separate amounts down slowly and carefully. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he talks so slowly some people think he has brain damage. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She uncrossed her arms slowly, trying on this new knowledge, testing it against her sense of things. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He picked his way slowly, following the spoor. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk around the sparkling fountain slowly, taking my time, wandering through the crowds, past the people lined up to buy warm popcorn and steaming potato tortillas. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movement is so subtle that it is almost undetectable, but slowly, very, very slowly, the statue reaches to accept the rose. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

After a few moments the full beam swung away from them, but there was still light nearby, as if the searchers were looking more slowly along the edge, where the water met the graveyard. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

"There, my dear. Now you enjoy that slowly, and then you can get drunk." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Slowly the second wave forced the first one backward, rolled slowly over it, and then as a victor drags the vanquished, moved in toward the island. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to work slowly and carefully, telling himself again exactly what he had to do, mumbling the words he had learned by heart as the sweat poured down onto his eyes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Beatty, keeping his dignity, backed slowly through the front door, his pink face burnt and shiny from a thousand fires and night excitements. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael and I conferred briefly about the order of witnesses as the rest of McMillian's family and supporters slowly filed through the metal detector, past the dog, and into the courtroom. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They marched slowly down the narrow train aisle, Jelly Bones holding out his cap to anyone who cared to throw in coins or a dollar. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“You... you will die slowly,” the giant promised. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I can feel the mucus in my lungs starting to slowly loosen. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The earth, the trees, the unpainted rural dwellings darkened slowly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Matthias dangled on the rope’s end for a moment, then he started to slip slowly down. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He patted me one final time on my shoulder, stroked his mustache with his other hand, and nodded slowly. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, slowly and deliber-ately, he dismounted and stood with his sword in hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Flames far below glared on the underside of the intention craft, still somehow hovering in the air and now turning slowly as if to look around. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I think Nick and Leah already read it,” I say slowly. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He remained shut up, absorbed in the parchments, which he was slowly unraveling and whose meaning, nevertheless, he was unable to interpret. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The sadness stays put, but I feel an ounce of the weight on my shoulders slowly drift away, and I inhale, breathing a little easier than I have in a long time. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My vision blurs and darkens, the water changing in front of my eyes, slowly morphing into a black sky, tiny pinpoints of light appearing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Daddy steps in, and I slowly get closer. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

When finally Ifemelu let go, slowly loosening her grip on a quieted Morgan, Morgan went back downstairs to her book. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Moving very slowly so as not to waken Lyra, he laid her down among the blankets and climbed out of the canoe, to stand shivering on the sodden grass, taking Asta in his arms. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

We got your daughter, he printed slowly in big round letters. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I nod slowly, thinking about how my words stopped coming to me after Daddy died. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Then, very slowly, Slughorn put his hand in his pocket and pulled out his wand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Longridge started the car and waved to them out of the window as he drove slowly down the drive, feeling rather foolish as he did so. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to breathe slowly, to concentrate on just one thing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They swung heavily and slowly at first, but picked up speed, swinging farther with each pass. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Fang got up slowly and looked at my feet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Dell drove as slowly as he'd ever maneuvered a vehicle, heading across town to the nail salon with the patrol car behind him. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He bent over to put his face quite near to Cassiopeia and spoke loudly and slowly, as if she were an idiot. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Nibbling and pondering, he moved slowly over the open meadow in the evening sun. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put a hand on Alfred's shoulder, bracing himself as they walked slowly down the steps. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel and Ema were stalling by slowly filling out job applications, but their excuses were wearing thin. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She raised her shoulders slowly and let them drop. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I look over at him as the sun slowly crests the horizon, casting a warm glow onto his face, his eyes bright and filled with something brand new but somehow familiar. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Lines of type were dizzying, the eye having to move slowly across the page, then down, and across... Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He still had his back to me and I snuck up behind him slowly. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They were driving slowly up the lumpy road of the home draw under the oak trees when Lee said, “We forgot to get meat.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Conor could feel himself slowly starting to get very, very angry. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Only cops roamed the streets, if not on foot, then patrolling in squad cars, slowly driving up and down the avenues, from First to Fifth, from 125th to 96th, circling Spanish Harlem like sharks. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She walked slowly past the stalls on her left, looking in each one, and though the horses raised their eyes to her, she did not see the huntress. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jacob has been spooning the stew slowly into his mouth and staring into the middle distance. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly up to the boat, stared at me, and then nodded as if he’d already guessed what I was. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe in and out slowly and tuck my shaking hands under my legs. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Roy’s father stood up slowly, as if the weight of a hundred bricks were on his shoulders. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went down the hall and toward the stairs slowly, wondering why I hadn’t tried to defend myself—at least tried. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Javier set the controller down and pulled Moss to him, into his chest, and Moss spun slowly over so that he was looking up at Javier’s face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He lay massaging his eyes, his brow, and the back of his neck, slowly. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, I let gravity pull me down, slowly, and I jumped back up again. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We could not make our way through but had to be moved with the whole thing, slowly, as a glacier, back to town. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Malcolm felt a wave of exhaustion move slowly through him from feet to head. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure, Madam, that’s what the master requested?” she asked slowly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It goes slowly through the city. We’ll run next to the car for a few feet and then climb inside.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But he never got around to that, either, and as Brian and I watched, the hole for the Glass Castle’s foundation slowly filled with garbage. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Avoiding the solitary paths, I gathered berries and ate them slowly so my stomach would not rebel. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Like a veil, like a thin mist, a weariness settled on Siddhartha, slowly, every day a little thicker, every month a little darker, every year a little heavier. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he finally spoke, his voice was soft, and the words came out slowly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I could feel his heart beating, but it beat only twice, very slowly, loud and hollow like the waves on the beach, and then no more. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hare dodged his charge and then came towards him slowly, offering him a large piece of honeycomb. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I let out my breath slowly but I can’t help looking at those worn wooden steps on the left side of the room that go up to the stage. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

An awkward fear crept up slowly as I contemplated sitting in the car all night alone. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandfather slowly raised a raspberry to his mouth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ashton leaned back in his chair and, slowly, he smiled. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She returned to her chair and sat staring at a pool of melted vanilla ice cream working its way slowly to the edge of the table. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The woman reminds us of the name of the camp like we can’t speak English and somehow her speaking slowly and very loudly will suddenly make us fluent. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“I see,” Chandresh says, frowning as he looks the girl over slowly from head to toe. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They all moved slowly away to different parts of the quiet grass and there paced to and fro, each alone, thinking. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He broke off indignantly and deliberately made the sergeant’s ears flap slowly twice, in unison. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as though it had been planned, the door to the room swung open slowly and a young officer hobbled in. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Native Mexican women dressed in pale tunics slid their paddles into the lake and rowed slowly, serenely across the water toward what could only be described as densely vegetated islands floating on the water. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The boy addressed the king as if Ser Barristan were not there, as if there were no dead man sprawled upon the carpet, his life’s blood slowly staining the silk red. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

William starts out slowly now, so as not to overtake the pilgrims, but soon the cool air and swooping larks whip his mood into a fine, happy froth, and he completely forgets. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone had got to their feet, and slowly they crowded around Harry and Ron’s table, pressing close to Professor Trelawney’s chair to get a good look at Harry’s cup. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was very tired, for though they had ridden slowly, they had ridden with very little rest. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Polly gritted her teeth, slowly repeated everything Teenie had said to Amari, even though she figured the girl had already understood most of it, and headed out of the kitchen and down to the river. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Esteban makes me feel as if something were filling my chest with warm syrup, as if all my bones were being slowly removed from my body. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I think sometimes, Holly said slowly, as though the idea was just now coming to her, life gives you stuff you don’t want, but you have to take it anyway. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Song possibilities ran rapid-fire through his mind as he slowly made his way to the middle of the stage and stood behind the mike. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He ran in an agonizingly circuitous pattern, weaving and stumbling, falling once, but immediately on his feet again, running slowly, unable to escape anything. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not even if you make her poor and try to kill her slowly in the little-by-little poison of sadness. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Suddenly terrified the revolver would go off, he lowered it slowly, keeping his finger on the hammer. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

We drive slowly through a sleepy downtown with a cafe, a clothing store, a dollar store, and a couple boarded-up storefronts. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She exhales slowly, her eyes softening for the first time in a long time. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The line of people outside the classroom shortened very slowly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

We weave through, keeping our heads low and moving slowly enough that it just looks like we’re trying to find a better viewing position. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The rain came down slowly at first, in great, flat drops on to the leaves. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Despite all this his spirits began slowly to improve. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He started the car, and slowly we pulled away from all the spirits resting in that little blue house. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

By the time his sister slowly turned the key as a sign that he should withdraw, he was long finished and now lay lazily in the same spot. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the comer of his eye, he saw the hulk they'd been tangled with drifting downstream with the current, spinning slowly as men leapt over her side. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Miss Love came out of the room where Grandpa was and walked slowly up the hall to greet us. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Dicey paid for her purchases and walked slowly back to the little gray house. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drops fell very slowly, as they fall from an icicle after the sun has gone. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She said the word “fat” slowly, funneling it back and forward, and thought about all the other things she had learned not to say aloud in America. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey waited, trembling a little herself and watching the child as she slowly stirred herself back into consciousness. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Benton grabbed it from his friend, who slowly walked out of the room, and ripped it open with little hesitation. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When the corn began to steam he took the cans from the fire with the pliers and they sat bent over them with their spoons, eating slowly. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The government’s engine of bureaucracy accelerated slowly, however, and although the Justice Department decided to make its move against him, it took time and approvals to decide when and where an arrest could be made. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After English, I slowly make my way to my locker to get my lunch. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They acted slowly and without resolve, they backtracked, they obfuscated, they spoke with a small hesitant voice when what was needed was a howl. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I moved slowly up the walk, watching as she fished two shot glasses from her pocket. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Finally the giants turned and walked slowly back to the house. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Waving to her mom, Cas turned and looked at the building sitting on the hill that was slowly being put back together. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He coughed quietly, gingerly, and dabbed the pads slowly at his lips with a distaste that had become automatic. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He looks at me, his lips scrunched up, and nods slowly. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Father leaned over from his mat and picked up his tea again, moving very slowly because of his bandaged sides. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a symbol slowly appeared in the center of the screen: a glowing red circle with a five-pointed star inside it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Are you new?” he asks, saying the words slowly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He lifted his head, and slowly straightened up in the chair, like a fighter staggering to his feet. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was slowly rising but had already begun casting shadows on the huts and houses. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“You all remember,” said the Controller, in his strong deep voice, “you all remember, I suppose, that beautiful and inspired saying of Our Ford’s: History is bunk. History,” he repeated slowly, “is bunk.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conversely, most animals do not kill before they eat, and the prey is often eaten slowly, miserably, and alive—in great torture and pain. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Sigemund swam slowly, stopping every now and again to surface and he on his back, sending tall spirtles of water up out of the waves. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cup of Lipton tea grows slowly cold by her hand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

So engrossed was she that she had no consciousness of being observed and one emotion after another crept into her face like objects into a slowly developing picture. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

To the north a falcon wheeled slowly over the shining walls of Pharaoh’s palace, as if to proclaim the presence within of the royal god-king he symbolized. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

As they slowly trickled away, Freddie hopped down and threw an arm over my shoulder. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gaines pulled slowly into the driveway and seemed a bit taken aback. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked down at the books, realization slowly seeping into her expression. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She said all four syllables very slowly; She could probably diagram each one if she wanted to. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ugwu entered the kitchen cautiously, placing one foot slowly after the other. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I rest my hand on her honey brown head and rub her ears, walking slowly, my heart thumping. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me that life was slowly getting better. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Most were sucked backward like kites on strings, reeled back to the metal hand to watch as the sleigh, spinning slowly, scudded farther and farther out of their reach. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She was huddled in the mud like a pathetic animal, chewing slowly, tears streaming down her face. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I described how my initial doubts about the political process had slowly diminished week by week, replaced by something more encouraging and hopeful. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, Bobbette Lacks walked down the stairs and through the living room slowly, wearing a faded blue terry-cloth robe. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Perry, who was chewing gum, stopped chewing; he lowered his eyes, a minute elapsed, then slowly his jaws began to move again. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly walk up the steps to the big wooden door. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Willis held the ball a long while, still smiling, then slowly leaned forward, swung his arm down low, and lofted the ball into a high arc. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

At the gate of the prison, guards glare at us, then slowly allow us in. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Just then, the Old Man shuffled He breathed slowly and with great labor through his wide-open mouth. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The Sorting continued; boys and girls with varying degrees of fright on their faces moving one by one to the four-legged stool, the line dwindling slowly as Professor McGonagall passed the L’s. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’m slowly growing used to talking about Metias in past tense. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The line was moving slowly forward: I shuffled along with it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel hopped slowly across the threshold and stopped again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had to rest frequently on her foraging expeditions, and she realized that she was slowly starving. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always gives me a chance to win by tripping or moving slowly or going the wrong way when I do a fake. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him walk away slowly up the aisle. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She turned her head slowly as she took a bearing on the sun’s rays. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ben rose naked from the bench and walked slowly to the shower room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She doesn’t rush through her chores to paint alpanas. She doesn’t chatter nonstop about crazy ideas and plans. She moves so slowly and keeps so quiet, I hardly know she’s there.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

I exhale and try to remember to speak slowly. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Water slowly crept through a crack in the bottom of our boat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He looked at me, anger slowly bubbling up onto his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t insignificant, it was more like a line rippled around the edge of the field, slowly creeping toward the center. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up his calendar and slowly circled a date. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly up the wooden staircase, smelling the smell of this house again. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I crept slowly out of my room, careful not to wake Shani. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Your nose is bleeding,” he said slowly, and pointed at it with the blade of his skinny little knife. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Gray smoke formed a giant cloud that hung over the buildings and expanded outward like paint slowly being spilled onto an empty canvas. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Slowly, very slowly, turn toward the judge, act dumb, and ask her to repeat the question. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slowly nodded, looking at the computer screen. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I think,” said Aurelia slowly, “that that would be the most wonderful thing that had ever happened in the circus, since it began.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

After English, I walk slowly to our lunch table, the tails of my armband hanging limply down my arm. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He just held his comics open wider and turned the pages more slowly. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Sam saw that he could not go much further in this fashion, crawling, stooping, now picking a doubtful way very slowly, now hurrying at a stumbling run. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t find any and begins shaking his head slowly. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I moved slowly off, toward the darker blackness, lighting my way by these feeble torches. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy bowed his head, then raised it slowly, suspicion in his eyes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They burst into little clouds that slowly sank to the bottom of the canal, and I wondered how many creatures would come out once night had fallen. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It is cooked in fat and tastes good, I eat it slowly. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Felice still buys Okeh records at Felton’s and walks so slowly home from the butcher shop the meat turns before it hits the pan. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found a wheelbarrow and pulled it out and tipped it over and turned the wheel slowly, examining the tire. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He stood there looking bewildered after the third swing, then slowly walked away. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She sipped slowly, thinking about the last six years, and how the boy sleeping in the next room had enriched her life with his laughter and energy. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother Bear and Nettle kept pulling on Roz’s legs, and more of the robot slowly came into view until a furry golden head finally appeared, and Thorn leaped into the embrace of his family. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Late dinners were carried out onto the night lawns and set upon collapsible tables, and they picked at these slowly until two o’clock and the light-radio message flashed from Earth. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded again slowly and then walked around the girls to the temple. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no matter my wild thrashings, with relish the loco leader slowly presses the brand into my hand. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, she turns her head toward me, and I know this girl, or at least I’ve seen her in the hallways. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Outside the window, the fields of tall sugarcane gave way to lined rows of papaya orchards, and then to forest, as the carriage rumbled slowly up the mountain road. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I told myself to breathe slowly, through my teeth. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then the glass box with the woman trapped inside slowly fills with white smoke. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Academic study and the steady, mindful practice of religion slowly brought me back to life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well,” he said slowly, taking his glasses off, “looks like they’ve got two bus stations. There’s the one on Heather Avenue. And there’s the one on LaSalle.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Students looked up and smiled in recognition as we rolled slowly past. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my hand away from my father’s face as his friends streamed out of the room, one by one, slowly and carefully, as if hoping I wouldn’t notice. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Moving slowly, we made our way through the cellar regions, then to the steps. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger’s left fist was slowly lifting to strike. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a deep breath, she slowly inched back so she would have a little room to get some momentum before jumping. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I watched its heaving sides slowly come to rest, as if it had finally caught its breath. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

James nodded slowly, trying to play along with Emily but unsure what she was planning. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When he had finished, he folded it slowly and looked into the flames. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I start slowly wiping down the viola with a soft cloth. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She walked more slowly than everyone else, but she held her head high with an undeniable grace and dignity. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

An answer forms in Axel’s mind too slowly. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He paused, looking at my hands on his shoulders, and when I let go, he started talking again, this time more slowly. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

So they drove slowly on, passing dunes and cottages. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Ixtali said, rowing slowly, carefully, as she watched the other boats around us, making sure we were not in their way. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

As he ran, a three-quarters-full moon was slowly descending against a vast canvas of multicolored stars. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He looked in through the gateway at the dark porch, slowly opened the gate, and went up the overgrown path. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I guess the both of us have spent these past few months acting like turtles, slowly revealing our own truths. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The cupola sank slowly beyond the trees, with the round face of the clock far enough yet. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then her head leaned backward, slowly, gently; it was as though she had given up. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It waggled its long ears, making up its tiny mind, then slouched slowly into the room. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He got out of bed very slowly, stretched, and took the tea cup into the front room. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, while he lay there on the grass with the dog circling warily and the pack moving slowly toward him, without knowing that I did so, I fitted an arrow to the bow. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Groping his way along, he found a chair and sat down slowly. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

But if he runs too slowly, the ladder will yank him forward and send him sprawling. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you all about it later on. Let’s go into the field now and feed; then we can make our way home as slowly as you like.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The land around them was hilly and green, turning slowly gold, then hazy purple. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thirty-four years later and thousands of miles west, Abdulrahman Zeitoun was in bed on a Friday morning, slowly leaving the moonless Jableh night, a tattered memory of it caught in a morning dream. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Evan walked slowly, dragging the wagon with the empty cooler rattling inside. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

There was no conductor or policeman in sight, only an old lady with a walker slowly trudging toward the stairs and, at the far end of the platform, a sleeping bum in tattered sneakers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My heart moves slowly, like freezing water, and I cannot clearly recall the smell of blood. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she forced herself to eat more slowly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if the angler fish had been trying to eat him moments earlier, it was wrong to let something die so slowly and painfully. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He pauses and speaks real slowly, “I have been young and now I am old. We have come a long way as a people.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Very slowly I start to move my foot. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Using my fingertips to grasp small edges and bumps, I began to move slowly up. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Step away from the deer,” the man demanded, and slowly shuffled forward. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The smoke was a tight little knot on the horizon and was uncoiling slowly. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Lucy,” she said, breathing heavy and talking slowly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I get up slowly, careful not to make the fire escape rattle and clang with my movement. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The man seated next to her was eating bitter kola, crunching loudly, and when he turned to make conversation she slowly shifted away until she was pressed against the airplane wall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He read it slowly, and shook his head. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in front of the classroom Sapo smiled as only Sapo could; he slowly turned to the class, showing us his shining red teeth. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And then, slowly and purposefully, the one with red hair knelt down and planted upon the concrete of the runway a firm, loud kiss. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Dad took my hand and slowly guided it to the side of the cheetah’s neck. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I eat very slowly so my food is nearly always cold. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rahim Khan slowly uncrossed his legs and leaned against the bare wall in the wary, deliberate way of a man whose every movement triggers spikes of pain. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I focus on my breathing in and out slowly and think of the most comforting thing I can. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Kaede looks slowly around the circle, shaking her head or sometimes tilting it to one side. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Behind it, a three-story tan house slowly arose, like a great beast climbing out of the earth. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She walked slowly and deliberately into the auditorium, with everyone watching her. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

A great bell from the tower slowly tolled eight o’clock. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tide had begun to turn and was swirling slowly round the arm of the harbour wall. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Fang slowly picked his jeans off the floor, finally realizing we’d be doing things my way. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He edged through the door slowly, then stopped halfway. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She put out her hand, still very slowly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“He ... he does not hold much with the old ways,” Kaisa said slowly. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she walked across the stage, she changed her stride and walked slowly and stiff-leggedly as she remembered Harold Clarence walking. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still,” he said slowly, almost to himself, “I did like the light they made. And the warmth.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

One gentle push and the small iron door swung slowly open on its greased hinges. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But this distinction emerged slowly and became firmly established only during the course of the eighteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She had rubbed it with a magnet and then floated it in a dish of water, let it spin this way and that as it slowly settled with its point toward north. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The light changed and Momly rolled across the street so slowly that cars were honking their horns and zooming around us. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I press my hand to my forehead and rock slowly back and forth. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Dizzy, I lean against the wall for balance, breathing slowly. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas slowly turned in a circle, fought the fear as he took it all in. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I shook my head slowly, taking a moment to digest this piece of information. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dissonance and harmonic tension slowly resolved into warm chords—the sound was transcendent. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Here, horse-drawn wagons and pedestrians vied for space, but were at least moving along slowly. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I also needed my teachers to keep my attention from straying in class by calling out, Rich-heard—their English voices slowly prying loose my ties to my other name, its three notes, Ri-car-do. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I think,' answered Frodo slowly, ‘that it was a good guess, as far as it goes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And so, as everyone slept peacefully on, Milo stood on tiptoes, raised his arms slowly in front of him, and made the slightest movement possible with the index finger of his right hand. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

But her smirk slowly changes into a frown as round after round I drop more diamonds and force everyone to play their most valuable cards up front. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Without saying another word Blanca handed the remote back and slowly walked into the bedroom. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

We turn onto a different highway, and the speed limit goes back up incrementally, but Radar is driving slowly anyway. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He pulled, pushed, and prodded, and Neel struggled and practiced and memorized, until slowly the mysteries of algebra and geometry managed to untangle in his brain. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He then squeezed, slowly choking me, pressing so hard that I saw spots. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Terribly slowly, stiffly, heavily, a hinged square of floor lifted: it was a trapdoor. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Selling slowly evolved into hustling because Sizwe saw all the angles and knew how to exploit them. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When Haymitch gives me the okay in my earpiece, I slowly open the door. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He slowly took the armor off his head and revealed . . . nothing, no one. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The curtains were never drawn in that house, and through the windows I could see huge snowflakes falling slowly on to an outside world that was as black as tar. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

It was engulfed in the water and slowly crawled into obscurity, a beast either skulking or stalking. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Now it was slowly falling apart, but Nhamo could still lounge under the thatched roof and enjoy an afternoon breeze. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was an inn ... it slowly came back to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His pupils were big and black, his eyes so dark as he lowered me onto my back in the sand and slowly pushed the fabric of my top again to the sides. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

According to reports Dacca was repairing itself slowly, with a newly formed parliamentary government. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Papa took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, ever so slowly, Father began to bank in that direction. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” he said slowly, “yes, I suppose so. But for safety’s sake do you mind if I come with you too?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He opened it slowly and popped his head in. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Oh bang the drum slowly and play the fife lowly . The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the chalkboard and a piece of chalk, moving slowly, carefully. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As she came briskly, smiling, to her chair, Lane slowly got up, a napkin in his left hand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I am walking slowly away when Madge pulls me into a run. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Time passed too slowly and too quickly; Ralph and Helen and Theresa could not wait to move and yet had barely grasped that they were going to, when they had. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The uniform, like all uniforms, eroded identity, and the daily attention required—ironing pleats, pinning hats, straightening seams, shoe polishing, especially the heels—began a process by which other concerns were slowly excluded. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Coughing and queasy, I sit up slowly to find my companions in the same condition. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment, Kingshaw glanced away, turned slowly, and went up between the yew trees and into the house, by the back door. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

That prevented the laborers from coming to work, and left vast quantities of mangoes, bananas, pineapple, garlic and ginger rotting slowly on the premises of Paradise Pickles. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were all mixed together, he slowly added a bowl of eggs he’d already cracked. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

We walk slowly through the uneven dirt of this field. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Adam said slowly, “I think you’re jealous, Charles. I think you wanted to marry her.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hunger stole upon me so slowly that at first I was not aware of what hunger really meant. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the second day of slowly rifling through Benton’s things, Cabot Searcy came upon a photo album labeled with a strip of masking tape and a black marker. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Stella turned back to her mother, who was blinking slowly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And as his eyes focused on all the gentle gray shapes slowly hopping around in that compartmentalized wire pen, his heart did another flip-flop. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd sit in a desk next to her and slowly trace the curves with my fingertips. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

We were under the streetlights in no time at all, still going too fast, weaving with ease through the cars slowly cruising the boardwalk. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I said each word slowly, carefully controlling my anger. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Just to see .. . just to make sure it had put him in the right House — He walked quietly around the desk, lifted the hat from its shelf, and lowered it slowly onto his head. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Catching on, Koffi followed his example, keeping her gaze straight ahead as, slowly, she inched in that direction. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Not the same men who went, but others, and not all at once but slowly. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Talking slowly, she felt the muscles in her arms and legs respond to the memory. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, the nearer he drew to his own street, the more slowly he walked. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Abuela slowly shuffled to our table, carrying two large glasses filled to the rim with creamy orange smoothies. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We watch as a girl on the screen walks slowly away. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speaking of the weather, as we sat there tucked away all afternoon I watched the thick rain clouds I’d seen earlier creep slowly toward shore and us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

We walked slowly, out of habit, out of fear, but also, now, out of reverence. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Taking short steps, I proceed slowly toward it, dreading going in. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She speaks slowly, as if the words make her hurt. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

So slowly that Bailey cannot pinpoint exact motions, only slight changes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But they sit back-to-back with the part of town that’s been slowly falling apart for years. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He slowly walked away from me to stand in front of another painting. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

When he had wriggled under the barbed-wire fence, and into the cornfield, he looked back over his shoulder again, and now, he could see much farther, the mist was clearing slowly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I saw my sister look at me slyly and tap the space between her eyebrows slowly four times. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s feet responded slowly, warily, unused to the attention. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We traveled by foot and in silence until the sun was sinking slowly toward the horizon. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as we watched, he walked very slowly up the steps. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He liked the pink sky that slowly turned yellow and then blue on clear mornings. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I slowly sank, as if in thick water, but this didn’t frighten me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

With trembling hands, I took the envelope and slowly counted the money. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She then sewed them shut and roasted them slowly in the big iron kettle. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Travis looked thoughtful, and I could tell that whole new worlds were opening up to him as we slowly inched toward the counter. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Liz, moving slowly, placed the can into a crevice between two stones directly behind the crawdad. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As we stood at attention for the count, the horizon gradually reddened and the top of the sun’s fireball slowly appeared,” said Arnold. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So I don’t really have the money,” I said slowly. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Then he said slowly, with a questioning look, “Something s wrong?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His eyes caught mine, held, then looked slowly away. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She winced, then turned her eyes toward the class and said, “Now I want everyone to settle down. Take a deep breath, let it out slowly, and prepare to do some math drills.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned over and started on push-ups, slowly, concentrating on keeping his body straight. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding her breath, she clicked the red arrow and watched the computer do its thinking spiral, then slowly load a new page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She stood there looking at us, her head slowly tilting to the side, her eyebrows sinking into a deep furrow. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He rose to his feet slowly, wiping his hands on the front of his jeans. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

All they could see was darkness and trailing tendrils, and even these were slowly being covered up. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sergeant at arms gave him a long, unimpressed look and blinked slowly, once. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly into the middle of the clearing and looked steadily at the skull that gleamed as white as ever the conch had done and seemed to jeer at him cynically. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The cause of the fire was a heater that had been poorly installed prior to our purchase of the house, and we slowly rebuilt the damage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She had forgotten to wear a watch, so she began to count slowly, as she and Warren had as children playing hide-and-seek. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the darkness, Violet looked like a ghost, her white wedding gown moving slowly across the stage. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Before long the whole thing collapsed with a tremendous crash and the startled Humbug leaped to his feet just in time to see the castle drifting slowly off into space. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

It makes more sense to look forward, and I slowly work my way toward the addresses on the card. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mama shakes her head slowly like there’s no hope for me—like I’m lost to her already. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I read his eyes and then he slowly let me go without saying a word. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see my mother delivering her painful words, almost gouging my face with them, until slowly I walk away, nearly right into the camera. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We walk slowly, carefully, until my hand touches the rail, leading us to the attic door. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

We trudge on through the snow, the lights beckoning to us in the distance, the park border coming slowly closer and closer. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The edges of his lips turn up and slowly form a full smile. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When still no one moved, the officer very slowly and deliberately removed the pistol from his holster and pointed it at the feet of a man standing near the edge of the crowd. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drew a deep breath, hesitated, and let it out slowly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I ate it slowly, savoring the crispy outside tingling with the tart green chutney I dipped it in. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A few melancholy birds were piping and wailing, until the round red sun sank slowly into the western shadows; then an empty silence fell. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Movement slowly brings me back to my senses. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“That,” she says slowly, “was like watching a clown die at a children’s birthday party.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As he slowly chewed his breakfast, she sat opposite from him with her arms crossed over her chest, watching. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

From high above him a copper-colored leaf came falling slowly, spinning and gliding and tumbling down. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tears began forming in her big eyes, and slowly rolled down her cheeks, onto her nightgown. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept on riding, more slowly now, and I kept a sharp ear out for that orange pickup. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He spent many hours in the hot room watching how the hard sheets of metal, worked by the colonel with the inconceivable patience of disillusionment, were slowly being converted into golden scales. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

They walked slowly because Khaled was still limping, passing the post office and climbing among the cemetery with its unmarked graves. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath and slowly lowered himself down next to her, one hundred percent sure she was going to yell, or worse—laugh. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She slowly approached, catching herself as she almost tripped on one of Dill’s boots. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

We walked in silence down one of the asphalt golf paths, past the pool, which was lit from inside the water, slowly changing colors from red to orange to yellow to green. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They pushed the wheels slowly along the road. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“D’you ever wonder,” he says slowly, “what it’s like to be some anonymous person out in the world?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Grommet, being larger, moved more slowly and was caught. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets to his feet and walks slowly over to the kitchen, where Anna is now sitting at the table, feeding Evie. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were his evenings reading and dozing by the fire or working slowly at his desk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The man slowly raised his eyes and looked at them, his head tilting on his neck like rusty machinery. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Gitano ate very slowly, cutting tiny pieces of meat and arranging little pats of mashed potato on his plate. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Words came slowly, “You are the next director.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The smoking, bloodied bodies of over a dozen recently slain Sixer avatars lay scattered on the stone floor around them, slowly fading out of existence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The plane was flying, but so slowly, so slowly... it would never reach the lake. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

They waited while it slowly filled up with muddy water. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

If there’s no train going in the opposite direction, and if we’re travelling slowly enough, I can sometimes catch a glimpse of them out on their terrace. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she took it out and looked at it, turning it slowly and carefully. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Staying here. With no water. No protection. I feel all right, really. If we could just go slowly.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He ambled up to Thomas slowly and stopped right in front of him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They chatted like this, back and forth, moving slowly toward shore. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned over and looked closely into them—their blackness now contracted, slowly, to pinpoints, and a pair of astonishingly vivid blue eyes looked up instead. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car rolled slowly at first, chug-chug-chugging as it went up the incline. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

And like that we slowly made our way toward land, the fog pursuing us always, its long, gray tendrils like the ghostly fingers of some phantom hand, ever trying to draw us back. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I opened my backpack, took the gun out, and put it in my waist, then I slowly walked to the back and waited for the door to open. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Slowly, slowly, the term minority became a source of unease. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my eyes still closed, the rice ball works itself slowly down my dry throat and quiets my hunger. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minli built a fire as quickly as she could and sighed as its warmth slowly heated the air. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was like the ceiling was slowly pressing down toward her face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The latch clicked and the door swung slowly open, moving in a slow arc until it struck the wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The woman answered slowly as an echo, “Ready.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He parts his lips, but I keep mine closed, and I slowly pull away. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My finger rolls so slowly that I can feel the rough grains bonding to it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the park, a police squad car rolled slowly past, blipping the lights and siren every few moments. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I slowly sank to the floor, hugged my knees to my chest, and closed my eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Age isn’t stealing from my grandmother; it’s slowly unwinding her. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Instead, he closes his eyes, slowly removes his left hand from the floor, and holds it out to the side. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They still did not bother to stop for stop signs, but they went past them slowly. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingers slowly back and forth along the length of it, stroking it lovingly, and the shiny paper wrapper made little sharp crackly noises in the quiet room. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

It held fast, and his smile slowly faded as he tried again and again to open the Story Box. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As our teacher spoke to us, Jupiter loomed behind her, filling half the sky, its Great Red Spot churning slowly just over her left shoulder. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She slowly let her hands fall away and opened her eyes, blinking as they readjusted. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He tipped the jar and drank and he drank slowly but still he drank nearly the whole jar. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Earth, Venus, Mars, icy Neptune, Uranus, and the rest, even Saturn with its rings, all spin slowly in the far corner of the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Denna was beginning to nod where she sat, her head slowly sinking to her chest, then bobbing back up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘Many a day when I be plowing or working,’ Grandpapa said slowly, ‘I done thought and reasoned about the time when Jesus going to descend again to this earth. ’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Jody appeared around the bend, Grandfather waved his hat slowly in welcome, and he called, “Why, Jody! Come down to meet me, have you?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pocock circled the shell slowly in his own boat, talking softly to each boy in turn, leaning ever so slightly toward the long cedar shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The bin began its tilt, slowly at first, then quickly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He straightened slowly, still watching the chaplain guardedly although he towered above him by more than a full head. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then we’re inside my room and I’m sitting on the edge of the rumpled bed as she slowly pushes the door closed. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Adam rode slowly along behind, leading the other horse. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Almost panting with greed, the two quickly nodded and Pinmei slowly held out the jade bracelet. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They moved slowly, hauling their heavy load of fruit, picking their way carefully over the boulders and then along the faint sandy path in the rock. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He floated by them, and slowly his boat departed, waning to a dark spot against the golden light; and then suddenly it vanished. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I change and make wudu in the en suite bathroom, cleaning myself slowly, thinking about talking to Allah. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Then I dropped it in the Omethi River and watched it bob slowly downstream. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He waded in slowly and started swimming only when he couldn’t touch bottom anymore. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

As her fingers worked, the heat came up in her slowly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She is hauled slowly through town, followed on foot by every member of the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth deemed fit to be seen. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Darker still, almost black, were the mats of water moss, their thick masses motionless on the bed of the river and only the trailing fronds waving slowly from side to side. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Lee said slowly, in a strange, soft, slow tone of voice, “Soldiering has one great trap.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Z looked slowly at each one of them. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Getting into one is easy enough,” he said, speaking slowly, working to control his breaths. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I sensed the beam of her flashlight up my nose, and then slowly she inserted the red-hot wire into my nasal cavity. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He raised his head slowly, the pistol in his hand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He stays standing there with his arms crossed, but his smile slowly fades off his face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The doll would close her eyes, too, and Fern would wheel the carriage very slowly and smoothly so as not to wake her infants. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

With the passing of time, she would slowly tire of this exercise. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The fingers of Kate’s right hand slowly curled around the palm while the left hand crept like a lean cat toward the edge of the desk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The big truck with Mr. Arable at the wheel backed slowly down toward the barnyard. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The cart moved slowly, following the tracks that the passage of men and beasts had carved into the mass of weeds. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved upward slowly, by fits and starts at first, then more smoothly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I was so terrified that you would be blind. But the news wasn’t all bad. They told me that you would not be blind. They told me that your eyes would heal, slowly.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he slowly pours his cocktail on the ground. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The lemur uttered a soft mewing sound and clambered slowly up behind the man’s head, to peer out at her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I walked back to the Perfect House slowly that afternoon. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I got up slowly, watching him with anger and betrayal. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Calder walked slowly through the next two galleries. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

We try and eat slowly, but we're both so hungry were done in a couple of minutes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Hipparchus anticipated that stars come into being, slowly move during the course of centuries and eventually perish; it was he who first catalogued the positions and magnitudes of the stars to detect such changes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Wood pushed a fist slowly into Shadow’s back, just above the right kidney, and he twisted his fist, and the pain was worse for Shadow than the pain in his knee. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then, very slowly, he ate the piece of meat roasted with onions, the white rice, and the slices of fried bananas all on the same plate together. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The heavy prison door swung back slowly and Milo and Tock followed Officer Shrift down a long dark corridor lit by only an occasional flickering candle. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The elderly man began to walk away, at first slowly and uncertainly, his hand rubbing the cheek where he had been slapped; then he broke into an unsteady run. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Time moved so slowly here, or was it quickly? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She slowly peeled off the ragged shift she wore. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Energy that would slowly turn frantic as the night went on. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was very tall for a woman, slender and graceful, and moved slowly down the gangplank with the stately self-consciousness which happened to be the fashionable gait for a lady at the moment. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, Mrs. Reilly took her son’s arm for support, but, as much as they tried, they moved forward very slowly, although they seemed to move sideward more easily. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came through the door shuffling more slowly than last year, using her cane all the time now. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“There are plenty of maps here in the temple,” he said slowly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I wiped my hand on my shirt and another floating light came very slowly down and I looked at my leg and was very afraid. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When I tell her about my call to Sheila and what she said to me, Alicia nods slowly, and her eyes get shiny. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I said I didn’t understand about you,” he said slowly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then she slowly turned toward me and crossly asked, “Who the blazes are you and what are you doing in my house?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then, slowly, my writhing calmed as my hand grew more and more numb. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They stood silent, reluctant to make the final parting, and only slowly became aware that Tom was wishing them farewell, and telling them to have good heart and to ride on till dark without halting. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He went slowly along Pott Street, then turned left on North Street. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey turned into the driveway, walking slowly now, even reluctantly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took their arms from round Bigger, silendy, slowly; then turned their faces away, as though their weakness made them ashamed in the presence of powers greater than themselves. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Was it like the one ...” Cob shook his head, slowly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then they slowly began to heave themselves to their feet, and it was obvious that they had lost their tempers once again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“King,” she starts slowly, “I’ve been doing a lot of thinking.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The windows and doors were gone, and as the house turned slowly in the water, Barry saw that one side had been ripped away. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pedal, slowly, feeling the burn in my calves as I carry two people forward; it’s like running up a hill. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung shook the ash from his pipe and pushed the fresh tobacco in slowly with his thumb. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He spoke slowly now, and each word seemed weighted with meaning. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Roberto and I ate slowly, trying to make time last a bit longer. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

With his hands behind his back, as though contemplating this answer, he made his way toward the jurors’ platform, where he stopped and turned to face the accused man, nodding at him slowly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She obeyed him slowly and without answer, and she went in to her room and he heard her dragging about it, and at last she lay down and moaned softly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He turned around very slowly—and there they were, hardly three steps away, as if they had risen right out of the snow. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seventeen nights and days in the open water he sailed, before a dark shoreline appeared; Skheria then came slowly into view like a rough shield of bull’s hide on the sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night the Vietnamese crew directs us to go inside, and in the dark we sit nervously as the boat moves slowly away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds of silence, he slowly rose from the chair and began limping toward the wall. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was thick and beautiful, and I was careful to write slowly and as clearly as I could. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The monster’s head bent slowly and the eyes fixed themselves on Powell. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She moved slowly toward the door, wondering if it was locked, if he had locked it, and then she wondered if he had a gun. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then, from beneath the bed, she pulls out a water-stained, warped cardboard box, sets it between us, and opens it slowly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He appeared to enjoy slowly understating important arguments. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

In any case, Ruth stopped talking and slowly turned back in her seat until she was facing the front again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jellyfish slowly wrapped its tendrils tighter and tighter around its prey. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then the Deeping-stream, swollen by the rain, churned and fretted in its choked path, and spread slowly in cold pools from cliff to cliff. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Jonathan watched the Americans turn and, guns in their hands or on their shoulders, start to walk slowly back across the field. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sun slid slowly down the sky, hung still for a moment, then started up again. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went up the street, on the shady side, where the shadow of the broken facade blotted slowly across the road. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says, ‘Let’s try to make that better then. Let’s breathe together, slowly, deeply.’ Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke up in the dull, sunless heat the next morning, I dressed and splashed my face with cold water and put on some lipstick and opened the door slowly. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Naheed slowly stood with the rest of her class, uncertain of what she had just been told, voices rising up around her. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

We ran three across, with Seanie in the middle of us, slowly, in the back of the pack. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He shuffles slowly, and I wonder if he is using our arm-lock as an excuse for me to help support him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then they ate them slowly one by one. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jet cursed, grabbed the door, and slowly closed it as if he didn’t want the hinges to creak. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The way she felt about him came on her slowly, and she could not think back and realize just how it happened. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We kicked upward slowly, eyes on the serpent, a vast black silhouette circling around and around the rock. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was a blow on the door that made it quiver; and then it began to grind slowly open, driving back the wedges. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The two men stood at either end of the gunnel roller, Art with one shoe on the beaver paddle and Abel Martinson staring at the net webbing as it traveled slowly toward the drum. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He slipped into the water and swam back more slowly to the beach, where he put on his underpants and carried the rest of his clothes and the tote bag. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hornet put aside her book and walked slowly on her bare feet to the window to look outside. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cars that want to go by pass us really slowly. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I walked down the hall slowly, unsure about what to expect, preparing myself to be yelled at again. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Reading and writing had come slowly to Stella, in spite of her mother’s wallpaper. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They just left the wreckage where it was, to slowly rust into the earth. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He closed the trunk, got into the car, and drove slowly back toward town. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Wes slowly rose again, this time making it to his feet, and shuffled along, trying to get his bearings. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She speaks slowly, resting her hand on my knee. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know who you mean,” I said slowly; “no one is going to put you in the asylum. Good afternoon, Ben.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Attacks alternate with counter-attacks and slowly the dead pile up in the field of craters between the trenches. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was nodding slowly, admiringly, and I felt myself go warm all over, with pride, with a desire to be associated with Papa. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, just forget him!” she said quietly, She slowly stretched out her hand and stroked Prosper's face. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He continued to hold my gaze while my body slowly relaxed and the beeping returned to a normal pace. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I can hear his shoes clipping on the stones, and I can tell he's trying to walk slowly enough to buy me a few extra seconds. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They watched it bubble slowly in the coals and he retrieved the tin with the pliers and they ate in silence. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He runs his hands along the length of my arms, slowly pulling me toward him at the same time. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When it had reached up to his thighs, he lay down slowly and put his face full into it and breathed in a long, careful breath. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

His head shook slowly, and I guess he must have been thinking and fighting between surrender ing or remaining free, and hunted. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spoke slowly and carefully, like she was explaining to a toddler not to touch a hot stove. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He dragged her up over the edge, and slowly they crawled onto more solid ground. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Blood and lips and hair and face turned to one side and blood running slowly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Big Dub just sat there, slowly nodding, his hand on his chin. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then, mounting their ponies, they went slowly on again, feeling their way by the rise and fall of the ground. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He parked in the lot and walked slowly toward the station. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s body seemed to be healing slowly, but cleanly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But he still took great pleasure in food, and he now prepared the pork chops slowly, enjoying himself as he worked. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, slowly, my little brother comes over and crawls into my lap. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As Coraline watched, they waved to her, slowly, with limp hands. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

My only option was to finish as quietly and as slowly as I could, so that’s what I decided to do. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It slowly fades back to black as the power pack dies out. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The walls feel extra close, slowly inching their way toward me as I lie there in the fetal position. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He lightly knocked on the door and slowly turned the knob. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

How slowly they moved, walking as though they had just gotten over a long illness! Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably not a hundred, but figure for that anyway, figure that with him going very slowly, at a nice stroll, it might take as much as thirty seconds, forty seconds to walk all the way. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very slowly Adam moved his fingers and fanned the gold certificates. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My guilt slowly subsided as I looked into her dark eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was like a dream, but one that moved too slowly. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then, again without thought, he began to row slowly, rowing through the watchful ocean until the blue land changed to gray and then brown and green. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I walked slowly on, blinking my eyes in the chill air, my mind a blur with the hot inner argument continuing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby drove slowly, like he was trying to keep a baby from waking up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The flow was less strong and as he rubbed the side of his hand against the planking of the skiff, particles of phosphorus floated off and drifted slowly astern. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The few people there hardly glanced at them, and, slowly, Pinmei realized none of them smiled. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He saw only the abandoned bikes here and there on their sides; an upturned wheel on one was still revolving slowly. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly walk toward the building and push open the doors. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“When my mum was sick,” he says slowly. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

On this metal- covered plain several trains are shunting slowly back and forth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She ducked behind a particularly wide one, and slowly peeked around to see who else was in the woods. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Cardan draws a sharp breath and then lets it out slowly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was driving slowly when I noticed a limping man at the side of the road raising his hand to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Goddard stopped in his tracks, and slowly turned back to Rowan. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I saw Fulton Dumas mowing his front lawn slowly, headphones attached to his head, his hair in tall spikes, his eyes glazed over with boredom. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The sun dropped behind the hills in back of me, leaving a red smear on the sky, which slowly turned blade. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the door opened farther, very slowly, and the young priest Brother Louis stepped in. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The woman made no answer, and slowly the man smiled. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, with a loud creaking of rusty hinges, the great iron gates of the factory began to swing open. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“He’s working them slowly. He’ll land ’em one at a time. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She stood in her gray garden and watched a sheet of ice slowly form on the pond. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then he slowly dealt another round as he continued talking. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I will kill you slowly!” she growled, her eyes and nose watering, blood dripping from her cheeks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She unfolded the contents and sat there, slowly scanning each page, setting it aside once she’d scrutinized it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He moved slowly, struggling with the weight of mattresses and furniture. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She turned him over slowly when he did not stir. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The wind’s in the West,” she said slowly. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Bill by bill, and letter by letter, his scientific imagination was slowly choked by administrative work. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But I didn't want my body to cool down slowly. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I wonder,” said Turner slowly, “if it’s only the folks on Malaga Island who can make you think what they want you to think.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

My view of things was starting to reverse itself, like a sweater slowly being turned inside out. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“They won’t let me be on the team,” I typed slowly. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I’m like a tree with vines wrapping their way slowly around me, and nothing I can do to escape their grip. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

As she watched, the circle sank very slowly down, until it was hidden, except for a gleam of brightness, behind the leaves. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A large guard made his way over to Wes, who slowly put his hands behind his back. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When the ceremonies had ended, Nat walked slowly out into the sun again. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt it—like a plunging rock hitting the surface of a stream and slowly starting to sink. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was hovering above them now, as high as a treetop, turning slowly to the left. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even if he had fallen in love with the young lady at first sight, he would have advanced slowly and with decorum—not rushing things. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drew a deep breath and let it out slowly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He slowed his movements and stood slowly, without stretching unduly, and went to the lake for a drink. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black mass of Ross’s wrongdoing emerged slowly and irrefutably. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mario came in, he stood up slowly, with his hands folded, and bowed. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now it’s been left to slowly crumble away. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He played the organ slowly, so that Mrs. Cobb said she had never heard “Shall We Gather at the River” played so mournfully. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

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

Then, slowly, the varsity’s bow fell back to the six seat, the seven seat, the stroke seat, and finally the coxswain’s seat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

About a hundred yards from Booth’s camp, Jones dismounted, walked slowly, and whistled the secret signal as he came within earshot of the assassins. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angelo recommended slowly braising the leg, in his opinion the most flavorful cut. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

One old man in a fresh lawn suit, bow tie and carpet slippers shuffled by with the help of two sticks, advancing so slowly that even the traffic was passing him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

All around, you saw these signals of neglect, as if the camp itself were slowly, deliberately disintegrating in order to comply with the administration’s deadline. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was fun to watch as he slowly began trusting me in the kitchen. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A cloud bank drifted slowly by above them, and for the first time that night, the nearly full moon made a timid appearance. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

So Roz pinched the broken quill closer to the skin, and then, very slowly, she pulled it out. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The elevator was not much more than a wire cage, and as it slowly ascended, I could see the beautiful blue Atlantic Ocean just a stone s throw away. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was getting there, slowly, and maybe not entirely surely, but there was something almost delicious about feeling the same powerful swell of abilities that had once terrorized me corked and controlled. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They approached slowly and I could not escape them. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then slowly on the surface, where the wizard’s hands had passed, faint lines appeared, like slender veins of silver running in the stone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She had climbed this path often before, but always slowly, placing her feet carefully. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As they moved slowly down the path the wrongness of it all swelled inside Henry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” he said slowly, “how could I forget?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Amari slowly learned how to cook and eat foods she never could have imagined. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When nothing was forthcoming I got slowly to my feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I nodded slowly, trying desperately to get a grip on the situation. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When they are old they turn themselves inside out, then explode slowly, the petals thrown out like shards. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train isn’t stopping today, it trundles slowly past. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roots seemed to be shaping themselves around him, slowly pulling him into the earth. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

From its belly issues a flock of white growing slowly larger. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The crowd, which by now was at the danger size, slowly quieted. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra did, more slowly than she’d told the Costas but more honestly, too. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The central star has shed its outer atmosphere, producing a multicolored slowly expanding shell of glowing gas. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slowly backed her way out of the wasi, pausing to bow and kiss her fingers every few steps. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Michael pivots slowly, gazes out in the direction of the trees for a few seconds, and then wham, he releases the throw. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

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

Alec was slowly walking around the ship, searching the Berg for something, probably the hatch door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The big bronze hands moved slowly across the clock’s face, like the sun across the sky. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Noise, voices, and other sounds slowly emerged through the trees. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Always quick to size up any new situation, he was coming forward slowly, keeping close to the ground himself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Sitti filled the jug slowly from a pipe jutting out of a ledge. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Teenagers drove their pickup trucks slowly along the streets of the town, looking for something to happen, wishing that the summer had not ended. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk slowly here, in and out through patches of sunlight like empty mansion rooms, methodically listening to each footstep press the grass. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She moved more slowly, like she’d been waiting years for me to ask and, now that I had; she realized she wasn’t prepared to answer. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Against these carcinogens which his own activities had created man had no protection, for even as his biological heritage has evolved slowly, so it adapts slowly to new conditions. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We wandered slowly towards the drive and the waiting car. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It kills your soul, slowly, bit by bit. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I rattled the chip bag, then slowly parted the sides. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The sirens screamed and the cars rolled slowly through the crowded streets and he was feeling the cross that touched his chest, like a knife pointed at his heart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My brain had worked slowly through the fog of sleep deprivation. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was truly the work of a bruja that was slowly killing my uncle! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were walking slowly, as one follows a hearse, our ow n funeral procession. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We headed down our street, me rolling slowly on my skateboard next to Mom. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Lifting the pages of the book, I let them fan slowly by my eyes. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

And they’d slowly put us poor suckers out of our misery. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Sparkly,” he said as he slowly unwrapped the slick fabric she was using as a bandage. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We lifted him up and began walking slowly through the bushes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He explored her slowly, learning by heart the smoky scent of her body and her clothes, which had been washed with ash and pressed with a coal-filled iron. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gideon shook his head from side to side, slowly, as if he was feeling it all over again. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I hold Helena’s hand while they climb, slowly, rung by rung, up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He inhaled slowly, then blew the smoke up into the air as cool as anybody could. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He wondered whether he was going to suffocate; he could not breathe or see and the only solid things in the world were Ron’s arm and Hermione’s fingers, which were slowly slipping away.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She was shaking her head slowly from side to side. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He ate slowly, tasting each bite, a little sorry to swallow because then there was one bite less of the last steak. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ate it slowly, savoring every mouthful, while Ser Jorah told her of the tree it had been plucked from, in a garden near the western wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He moves carefully, slowly, but he never stops. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, Gregor had no practice at all in going backwards; it was really going very slowly. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

They heard men running on the floor above, then saw the leg slowly slide up through the hole and disappear. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It circled round and round the peach, flapping its great wings slowly in the moonlight and staring at the travelers. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

So at last the gates once more swung slowly, heavily, in. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dull blankness slid slowly across his eyes. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Time passes slowly without Pa in our lives. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Woven carbon thread ran slowly through the press, which sandwiched it between polymer sheets. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mobs of people were making me claustrophobic, and I wanted them to die slowly of plague almost as much as I wanted to get the hell out of there. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Og set the dance floor’s gravity on a counterclockwise spin, making all of our avatars slowly rotate around the club’s invisible central axis, like motes of dust floating inside a snow globe. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

One can picture a line that goes up steeply when the melody suddenly jumps to a much higher note, or that goes down slowly when the melody gently falls. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They were walking uphill from the dock, some moving slowly and painfully, all of them pale and gray. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Teacher Zhang moved his homemade bamboo pointer slowly along these sentences. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The organ turned to a melancholy last hymn, playing too slowly; after four verses, it sighed to silence a phrase or two behind the congregation. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

His mouth was warm, and his lips were smooth, and Celaena lost all sense of time and place as she slowly kissed him back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

So time passed and the Eolian slowly filled. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I remembered a few weeks back when Saidu had spoken about parts of him slowly dying each passing day, as we carried on with our journey. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Fermin slowly unties the red ribbon, lifting the folds of the heavy paper until they petal out to show the bright color of the neatly stacked money. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think tea is the solution,” I say slowly. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Swift horsemen carried the news to every corner of the kingdom, and, as the parade slowly wound its way through the countryside, crowds of people gathered to cheer it along. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he muttered as we slowly approached the ticket table — he was carrying most of my weight, but I still had to shuffle and wobble my feet forward — “there are more than enough vampires present.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The monkey raised her slowly to his face and ran his cheek softly along her emerald skin. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a word, he let his gaze pass slowly over the long line of his men, as if recalling every one of them, remembering what good and what bad service each one had done him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Will lifted up his tattered tote bag and walked slowly across the road toward them, moving very carefully in case it all disappeared. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day was hot, so we walked slowly. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I went through my morning routine, the pain slowly faded, while the sense of disquiet lingered like a bad stench. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And then—I don’t know how to tell you exactly, but she shut her eyes, she began to shake her head, very slowly, and wring her hands, very slowly, and to whimper, or whisper. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robin turned his Land Rover into the market and drove slowly through the crowds. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mind you, he did look ill, last time I saw him up close,” said Harry slowly, still reading the story. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I made my way to the Mess, the wheels of my thoughts turning slowly as I plodded along. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was surprised at how much English I actually understood when she spoke more slowly. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Albert slowly reached into his pocket, but his box of matches was empty. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“It was smoking when we got home,” said Perilee, slowly stroking her burgeoning middle. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He straightened slowly and his great shoulders relaxed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The butterfly dipped up and down, and its black-spotted yellow wings flapped slowly, as if teasing the little girl. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He went to the foul line, his head clearing slowly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he sailed southward under the west-going stars, and the long night passed slowly, until the first day of the new year brightened all the sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“This is a hard thing,” he said slowly, as if he were having difficulty getting his mind turned to my question. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I said, slowly, reluctantly, “I read an article in the newspaper the other day about the rise in teen shoplifting statistics.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I decided it would be easier to just do what she wanted than to go slowly insane at my place. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Already the eastward sky was turning pale; the stars were fading, and a grey light was slowly growing. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But they were moving too slowly, like sleepwalkers, and only a few had responded to his voice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Lord Bertulf just sat in his chair behind the table, like a stick of butter slowly melting. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

His hands are moving slowly because he is trying to stop himself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He felt her blinking slowly at the back of his neck. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would slowly grow old, without family or children, until she was too feeble to climb the tree. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What seemed to be a long, black pole began to rise slowly out of the heart of the whirlpool. . . and then Harry saw the rigging. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He opened to the section on House Lannister once more, and turned the pages slowly, hoping against hope that something would leap out at him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As my eyes slowly adjusted to the dark, I realized there was another source of light. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They all peered down anxiously at the sharks, who were cruising slowly round and round the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Even in the distance he could see the two on foot moving slowly along, bent low to the ground. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Ma churned more slowly, and on the dash there began to appear tiny grains of yellow butter. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the past five years, I’d managed to slowly, gradually raise my avatar up to third level. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

People pour out of their homes and into the streets, moving very slowly out of Phnom Penh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they passed the quarter-mile mark, the two boats slowly came even. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Walking slowly to Papa, she buried her face in his chest. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe planned to move slowly, cautiously, and only after long consideration. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Martin just turned to Hazel and nodded slowly. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

When that happened, I pressed my lips, agonizingly slowly and precisely, against hers. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A whisper of bodies slowly becoming no longer still. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Roy slowly put his cup of coffee on top of the newspaper. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And Joe was very slowly and quietly exploring the possibility of taking over entirely. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure we’re going to need that,” I started slowly. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Disturbed as if out of some gloating dream by his small yell she turned slowly the dreadful malice of her glance upon him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A moment later the gates began to stir, creaking, dripping, and slowly, slowly opening against the current, making the water seethe and churn. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Hanako could make out his dark form moving slowly, stopping every so often to make sure they were behind him. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Over the nearby hills, a warm wind was slowly driving rain clouds toward the sea. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I watch her page through slowly, then put on the granny glasses that hang around her neck and go through the drawings again, and then again. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu half smiled in sympathy, because Cristina Tomas had to have some sort of illness that made her speak so slowly, lips scrunching and puckering, as she gave directions to the international students office. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mark let go of the device just before he hit the sharp corner of the slowly rising hatch door, leaping to catch Alec’s hand and grab at the metal with his other. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

With subterranean rumblings Queenie jogged slowly down the drive and turned into the street, where Luster exhorted her into a gait resembling a prolonged and suspended fall in a forward direction. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, shaking, he rose from the table and walked slowly to the window, looking out. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Lupin took his time chewing his turkey and swallowing before saying slowly, “Sometimes ... a great shock...an emotional upheaval...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

More slowly, carefully, he places his hands and feet. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to save Shay,” David said slowly and evenly. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Nancy hesitated, and when she finally spoke, her words came slowly as if she were feeling her way with caution. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to stir the spoon, observing the way the dark liquid of the cup slowly moved into the cream. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly straighten my legs and, with my knees locked, I can manage her. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the days turn into weeks and weeks turn into months, the secret of me being in the pageant slowly grinds its teeth at me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then slowly Rashid squatted down and reached for the bag that had fallen at his feet. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was walking slowly in an odd way, as if it were walking sideways. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once we had this motion established, we could relax and watch the earth and the moon slowly parade past our windows. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slides his hand back slowly, his fingertips grazing my side. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She started the engine and motored slowly out in the direction of the open water, following the current. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We’d form a deep personal bond, and slowly, without realizing it, I’d become a character in her story, and she in mine. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Hamlet slowly shook his head from side to side, and a look of great anguish twisted his features. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Why?” she asked slowly, fascinated with the Martian vessels. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gagged, swallowed, feeling the fluid course slowly to my vague middle. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In all the vast kingdom of the darkness only he moved, slowly, climbing. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And the moments of living slowly revealed their coded meanings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to breathe in unison with the sleeping boy—so slowly, so softly. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her apron was tucked a small piece of chocolate Cook had given her, and Ophie pulled it out to savor it slowly as she took a moment for herself. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mom stopped, turning her head slowly to the left. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

They were making their getaway, but they were making their getaway slowly. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The more she called, the emptier the forest seemed, and slowly she came to understand that her cubs had been taken away. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Are you all right?” he asked tenderly, reaching out slowly, carefully, to place his marble hand back in mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A squadron of Gamble's cavalry moved slowly up the road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here it slowly curled and browned, until nothing remained of the writing but the almost illegible signature at the bottom. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I knew at the time was that my dad moved a bit more slowly than other dads. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At the end of the fifth day the ground began once more to rise slowly out of the wide shallow valley into which they had descended. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They went without lights and took it slowly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Alfred circled around him, and Rivera turned, slowly and awkwardly, to keep facing him. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Slowly, slowly,” Baba repeats as we pull out of the neighborhood, and then, as Mustafa passes a parked car, he yells, “Careful!” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

They were made of wood, with lopsided porches, sagging roofs, rusted-out gutters, and balding tar paper or asphalt shingles slowly but surely parting from the underwall. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

Bigger saw Mr. Dalton lift his hand for silence, then walk slowly down the steps and stand near the men, just a few feet above them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Javier rose and walked over to the windows, then whistled, and then Moss stood slowly. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth found that her tears were falling, slowly, bitterly, in the morning light. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Her chest began to move with rhythmic breathing, and, slowly, very slowly, Amah opened her eyes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The last bit of sleep slowly cleared from Armpit’s brain, and the memory of the night before came back to him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Roger slowly closes the refrigerator and sets down four cans of soda. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The train moves more slowly than usual, and when he looks at his watch he sees that they are running well behind schedule. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was reassuring just to look at him, riding slowly forward into the sunlight on the black Irish stallion: Dutch Longstreet, old Pete. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry got slowly out of bed and started looking for socks. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He nodded slowly to indicate that he had been listening. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He took turns as they presented themselves, slowly putting a loop together in his mind. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain mounted, put on the wide- brimmed hat with the emblem of the infantry, began walking his horse slowly across the field toward the road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paddled on to the next corner, slowly and silently. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

So I kiss him—slowly, so I can feel the warmth of his mouth and the gentle pressure and his breaths as we pull away. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The others made their way slowly down the platform, back to their cars. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Only the head sways slowly, but the horns are useless now. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then even the static cuts out, and the silence in the headphones feels like something massive moving through space, a ghostly airship slowly descending. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But before long she felt chilled, so she put them on again and started out, but more slowly than before. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then Danny slowly closed the Freud book he had been reading. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

One hand slowly makes some crosses while the other gently guides the heads of his subject backward into the sea. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the hill she moved slowly down a narrow one-way road, looking for a place to park. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He licked it slowly around inside his mouth and swallowed. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had been just as excited as the two of us when we dragged him over to listen to the broadcast, but slowly, over the course of a few hours, his mood had deteriorated. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Before the light was gone, Tree-ear reached into his waist pouch and slowly withdrew a small object. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Can you stack these in order according to size?” he said loudly and slowly, as if I were hard of hearing and really stupid. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

On the screen he got up slowly and there was the slight shaking of a fist. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held his breath and walked slowly toward Uncle Jet’s sleeping body. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Tears rolled slowly down alongside the bridge of his nose and disappeared into his beard. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He swatted too slowly for insect eye at the swarms around us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Major-general Kallner mopped his brow slowly with a large handkerchief while Dr. Calvin checked the last details with Black. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Having eaten, the dog came back to the plate, licked it, and then slowly began circling the yard, sniffing as he went, still keeping away from the man. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

His father slowly sat back in his chair again. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The grandstands at the finish line slowly filled with people fanning themselves with their programs—men in fedoras and Panama hats, women in flat-brimmed hats perched on their heads at jaunty angles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We started off reasonably slowly, and I got my first glimpse of the base. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They approached slowly, ready to turn and fly if any Specials appeared. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Louisiana went slowly from a sitting position to a lying-down position. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He looked over the girls slowly, the smile still on his face. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crept slowly out of the room and down the hall. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The demonstration ended with another short prayer service and then the crowd drifted off slowly, the mourners reluctant to separate on the sorrowful day. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

While it was chomping on those, we slowly stood and tiptoed up the steps to the Hamilton Heights part of Harlem. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Under siege, Elizabeth slowly made her way toward the bench at the bus stop. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the team slowly started moving, but Luke’s brain was cooked. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sula turned her head slowly and murmured, “Get well.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

To his right was Wargrave, slowly pacing up and down, his head bent down. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

In the time line of our world, things have gone somewhat more slowly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were uneven as if he were traveling slowly. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s important that you approach slowly and with caution—and preferably from a posterior angle, where they have little to no vision. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Violet looked into Count Olaf’s eyes, and then at the small parcel that was her sister, hanging from the top of the tower and moving slowly in the breeze. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The pain in my thigh explodes, and I look down to see the arrow being slowly pulled through my flesh by a sandy hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Around me others were slowly starting to move and I pulled my jacket shut and started home. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up slowly, cautiously, found that it didn’t hurt any more to stand than it did to lie down. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then my uncle raises his hand to his heart, and a mini version of his smile slowly appears on his face. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The awful truth appearing to her gradually, like a slowly developing Polaroid. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss snapped the lock shut, then slowly slid down the flagpole, his feet planted firm so he could start to squat. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Eleanor,” Dr. Montague called, “turn around very carefully and come slowly down the steps. Move very, very slowly, Eleanor. Hold on to the railing all the time. Now turn and come down.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The memories haunt and follow me like my shadow as I climb slowly up the steps to our hut. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The realization slowly spreads throughout my body, giving me goose bumps. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She dropped a bright peeling into her lap and separated an orange section slowly. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind took the Frog backward, but with the sails loose and slatting she moved so slowly that she was effectively still. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, they drove their little wagon carefully and slowly down the deserted path that night. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved his hands to his sides—slowly, slowly—and darted his eyes around in the dark. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And slowly, raised by invisible hands from below, there emerged from the one a painted image of an eagle, from the other that of a man, naked, and nailed to a cross. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the old man shook his head slowly and made a low humming sound in his throat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rabiya’s big eyes are wide, and she nods her head slowly. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It tipped slowly, still buoyed on the magnetic field of the east, west, and south anchors, but it had lost its balance, like a table with one leg cut away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He watched the flames leap up and slowly die down and he wondered what was the cause. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced over to see a yellow Mustang slowly moving along beside him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Off in the distance, the Hindenburg, trailing an Olympic flag, droned over central Berlin in a lazy loop, then turned and slowly began to approach the stadium. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“But I got this far, didn’t I?” he said slowly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“So, the Iron Rod, the tortoise, Amah,” Pinmei said slowly, wiping her face with her hand. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But Abby hopped down the porch steps, grabbed it, and turned it slowly, a smile spreading as she noticed the freckles and eyelashes I’d glued in place one by one with Nan’s tweezers. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Tiller took a deep breath, looked down the river and up the river, and let out his breath slowly, evenly. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I slowly made progress, I glanced anxiously left and right. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not guilty”? The 8th juror slowly raises his hand. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ate slowly, hoping that in days to come he’d be able to remember how good each mouthful had been. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first one he had smoked in a long time; he sucked the hot smoke deep into his lungs and blew it out slowly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lee looked up slowly, focused, slowly smiled, put out a hand, touched Longstreet’s arm. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I went back behind him and turned the dials extremely slowly, a few millimeters at a time. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It came upon me slowly, like that strange disease that affects those black men whom you see turning slowly from black to albino, their pigment disappearing as under the radiation of some cruel, invisible ray. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I thought she was still staring at the boat, but then I saw her gaze was on the vapour trail of a plane in the far distance, climbing slowly into the sky. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She caught, “You count them slowly, in your hand, on your fingers...my mother’s scarf...you choose the color and you have to live with it.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He exhaled slowly, willing himself to be patient. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’re not sure who he really is,” I said slowly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And now, very slowly, the screen began to get brighter and brighter. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then the light in her face goes dark, and she gathers herself together and walks slowly forward. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The water is really hot, so I get in slowly. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

But the soldiers wait, standing around the chief’s house, slowly smoking their cigarettes as if they have all the time in the world. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come down from your schist, demigod. We must take you to our mistress’s army. They will reward us. They will kill you slowly!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The sad news met her at at Vevay, for the heat had driven them from Nice in May, and they had travelled slowly to Switzerland, by way of Genoa and the Italian lakes. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She poured the milk slowly into a plastic bin, making sure the teeth stayed in the glass, then tapped the glass on her palm until the teeth came rolling into her hand. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She watches it bob for a moment in the waves and then, slowly, descend below the surface. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Chantal only breathes heavily, as if this space is slowly wrapping its hands around her neck. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The youngest, the one who had come in from the outhouse, walked, painfully slowly, over to a high and ramshackle chest of drawers, and bent over. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She could tell that he was slowly accepting the story she was telling him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His hand slowly crept down to her back, then up again. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Wearing a bright red T-shirt, he was about halfway down the building, walking slowly, the chicks parting and making a path as he moved. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Crying farewell, the Elves of Lórien with long grey poles thrust them out into the flowing stream, and the rippling waters bore them slowly away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Olinski lifted her cup in a silent toast and slowly sipped. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The car rolled slowly round and round the sloping curves. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They walked more slowly, ears straining for the faintest sound. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“My job is to keep you all safe,” he said slowly and evenly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I went very slowly, for I had to crawl on my hands and knees, carrying the food tied to my back, and dragging the weapons. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her head moved slowly from side to side. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the pipe slowly from between his lips. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

As if a great river of machinery is steaming slowly, irrevocably, toward her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He breathed deep again and slowly lifted his head, then shifted his weight backward. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The flat was seven flights up, and Winston, who was thirty-nine, and had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle, went slowly, resting several times on the way. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Con halted, unsure of what to do, and the rider walked slowly around him, examining him as if he were a new dog, acquired for a particular purpose. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The cars reach the edge of the throng and then slowly pull their way through the crowd, the lead car trying to move everyone to the sidewalks with sharp barks of its siren. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took an hour, but slowly the boys’ shoulders began to unclench. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He turned slowly to look at her with an air of imperious annoyance. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Vastly far away I see the sun, black but shining, and slowly revolving around it there are spiders. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got the cigarette going, inhaled deeply, and let it out, slowly, satisfy- ingly. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I could feel my tongue slowly begin to throb as the heat of the peppers crawled over it like an army of tiny fire ants. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It made my mother sad, and it slowly killed my father’s dream. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began to cut more and more slowly as noon wore on to afternoon and evening, and he turned to look at her with impatience. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He backed out of the kitchen slowly, not taking his eyes from his wife’s tear-drenched face. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When he reached the end of the alley, he turned into a street, walking slowly in the sunshine, his hands jammed deep into his pockets, his head down, depressed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, a huge Ferris wheel spun slowly against the blue sky. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red, yellow, blue, green, they untangled toward the pier, slowly at first, one revolution every ten seconds, then faster and faster as the boat picked up speed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Doc arranged them in long lines and very slowly they straightened out until they lay in symmetrical stars on the concrete floor. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sheep tired of standing in the rain, they walked slowly up the lane and into the fold. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

My vision begins to fade, black swimming in from the edges, slowly overtaking everything until all I see is Stella’s face surrounded by a sea of black. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They moved more and more slowly as they climbed, and when the sun touched the mountain rims and they saw a little valley open below them, they decided to go no farther. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The emperor stared at Amah, his expression slowly transforming into a glare. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

With no other options, I started typing slowly, with my two pointer fingers: I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Below him, two figures slowly wove through the hedges. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Chase handed them to me, and I added the milk slowly to the flour mix, as the recipe said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She looks disappointed, but slowly, her expression changes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The line moved slowly down the center aisle to the altar, then up a set of stairs to a landing in front of the Virgencita’s picture. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brought my hands to my face and slowly peeled the tape and bandage back, revealing my nose. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He advanced down the passage, but slowly now, each step more reluctant. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Life was teaching me that progress and change happen slowly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

No longer thirsty, I slowly walk up to my room. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When the word spread, numbers of persons who had come before returned for another wait in the long, slowly moving line, wanting to see the Moslem burial dress. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Egypt’, he said slowly, ‘is one of our finest and most important areas. We are doing you a favour in sending you there instead of to some mosquito-ridden place in the swamps!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I saw was a man walking slowly to his truck. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

With my heart pounding, I slowly lifted off the top. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, slowly, it pulled out, rumbling the ground as it passed behind Enrique and the house. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

They ran more and more slowly—more and more heavily. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then she moved slowly along Alain Street, looking in the store windows. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I put the chocolate in my mouth, letting it soften until the last possible moment, and then as I chewed it slowly, I prayed that Mr. Pirzada’s family was safe and sound. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Mama, that’s great,” Moss said, the tension in his chest slowly receding. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Joe paused and ran the point of his tongue slowly over his lips. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

With his parents’ and Harry’s eyes upon him, he slowly lowered them again and asked, “There are...more of them?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and leaned his head back, chewing slowly. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

His head turned slowly and his eyes met hers. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Ten thousand feet above the earth, Powers glided down slowly, the landscape beneath him gradually coming into view. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Or what if they had naked lady tattoos all over them? Or if they had a terrible nail fungus that slowly spread and took over my whole body?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She ate her sugar bun slowly, reluctant to have done with its sweet taste, while the coffee got ice-cold. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother walked slowly down the rampway, through the baggage platform, looking nervously from side to side. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets up slowly like he is a very old toy running out of batteries. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Two hours," she repeated slowly, putting two fingers up. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Papa sat down and slowly lowered his head into his hands, and I wondered if he was crying, if it would be acceptable for me to cry, too. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then, slowly, she lowered herself back to the ground. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dawn was breaking by then, and the Wood was slowly coming into light. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A man was coming slowly up the narrow aisle, followed by a child. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There followed a century of intermittent strife, which slowly drove the Botocudo to extinction. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then Mrs. Strawberry led him slowly away from the tree. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They approached slowly, as if their feet were somehow weighted, not with the lightness which should have brought them quickly to my side. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

And slowly the fight begins to leak out of her. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I handed her the dishes, and one by one, she took them from me and slowly—very slowly—put them into the dishwasher. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face turned slowly and he held his face still, waiting for her face to come round, in front of his. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the gate and walked swiftly and silently up the garden path, Harry at his heels, then pushed the front door very slowly, his wand raised and at the ready. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Amari and the other women splashed slowly though the slime of urine and feces and vomit that covered the floor. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was after the change that it began to get hard, and Mrs. Virgil would curl her lip slowly as if there was a bad smell in the air. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Cole hobbled slowly but without help down the sidewalk leading away from the hospital. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Moonface stared at me, his mouth slowly chewing on the bread like a cow working its cud. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The portrait wall Grace had seen when they’d first entered the house was more striking up close, and she found herself walking more slowly as she looked at the photos. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“They could,” he said slowly, “although I don’t know why they would. Publishers pay me to keep typos out of books. Why would they want to leave them in?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I eat the rice slowly, and even pick up one grain if I drop it on the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the warmth inside my stomach, and my heart was beating slowly, but at a heavy rate. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The train is moving so slowly that I overcompensate with my landing, too used to running off the momentum, and I fall. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

These hours….The gurgling starts again—but how slowly a man dies! All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His steps moved slowly, slowly upward, and in the end, it is said, he found what he wanted—color film. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I eased my foot slowly out of my flat and ran my shaking toes over the engraved words. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Everything within the cage rotates slowly, the silver stars sparkling as they catch the light. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A thin Japanese guy only a few inches taller than the Colonel, Takumi talked with his mouth full as I chewed slowly, savoring the bean-y crunch. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

And she leaned on him as they walked slowly to the house. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It's slowly dawning on me that I'm not the object of everyone's attention. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They stopped at a pair of wrought iron gates, which slowly swung open to admit them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The cart was not heavy, but the man walked slowly, as if he were pushing the weight of the world. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he opened the envelope slowly, like he was at the Academy Awards announcing the Best Actor category. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She wished he had done things a little more slowly. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

After two hours, I stood up on creaking legs and slowly walked home. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heart beat fastest when it spoke to the boy of treasure, and more slowly when the boy stared entranced at the endless horizons of the desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She advanced slowly toward him, and Mr. Edwards overcame his impulse to edge away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My sneakers squeak against polished floor, and I move slowly until my ears calm down. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I pick up each grain and chew it slowly, trying to relish the taste, not wanting to swallow. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she slowly dropped something cool into my palm. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Put a hand on his thigh and rubbed it, slowly. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Leo swept his flashlight across the Celestial bronze plates and pistons he’d been installing slowly but surely. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I climbed the stairs slowly, and he greeted me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“It will cost a great deal,” he said slowly, “for opium is as dear as jade.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I dressed slowly in my most comfy sweats and then made my bed — something I never did. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dad set out one anchor so we wouldn’t drift and run aground, then he fetched the pole we’d brought along and slowly lowered it into the water to feel around down below. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

As he writhed slowly on his back near the coals, his heart pounded a steady beat like a distant drum. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I was walking slowly toward the rocks and I could feel my forehead swelling under the sun. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then he slowly backs away and sits down again. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly—still a bit pained in his joints and weak from hunger—up along die side of the lake. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at him for a long time, at the little pulse in his throat, at his chest rising and falling slowly, at the delicate shadows his eyelashes made when the sun finally reached them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Michelangelo's great head goes up and down, slowly, once. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Blood began to ooze, too slowly, from the gash she had made. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There is something that I believe we might try,” James Henry Trotter said slowly. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I passed, winding my way through the slowly moving crowd. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes closed, slowly, and he was swallowed in darkness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before I can stop him, ’80s Finch says, “There are different ways to die. There’s jumping off a roof and there’s slowly poisoning yourself with the flesh of another every single day.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her whole body felt flushed, suffused with blood as if she were being slowly cooked in her own skin. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He slipped back down into die cool dark and rode slowly downhill toward the silent empty country to the north. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not you guys, who live in a broken-down building on the edge of a dead city, slowly turning into freaks when you could be beautiful. Yeah, I’m crazy all right... for trying to help you!” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Thirty dollars each?” remarked Aarfy slowly, poking and patting each of the three strapping girls skeptically with the air of a grudging connoisseur. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I am the bënduka, the single word that describes me precisely: someone who is bent sideways and walks slowly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was measuring my steps, trying to go as slowly as possible. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When the squad car veered close to the curb and rolled along slowly beside me I knew what was coming before the cop opened his mouth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike bites, werewolf claw marks wouldn’t transmit lycanthropy, but Reyna knew firsthand that they healed slowly and burned like acid. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The truck backed slowly to the pigpen and stopped. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The Old Man stared back at Alaska like a bull at a matador, then raised a hand to his sagging face and slowly rubbed the white stubble on his cheek. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

If this was the onset of mania, it was coming too slowly for my liking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I watch without emotion as the old woman walks slowly up to him, her hammer in hand. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, slowly, he looked round the basement, turning his head like an animal with eyes and ears alert, searching to see if anything was amiss. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

People in the village knew they could slowly take their kids out, and no one would follow up. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew that it was essentially a liquid which could be induced to flow slowly toward cooing and light. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I slowly saw that not only was I not free, but my brothers and sisters were not free. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blue walls covered with superhero and comic book posters, a solar system slowly revolved from the ceiling, a stuffed boa constrictor stretched across the foot of his bed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They sat on the thorns and waved their antennae slowly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the falling dusk they scrambled out of the pit and slowly threaded their way through the dead land. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But slowly all sound of it died away. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“On the other hand," he said slowly, “you always were a crafty dog. And there are a lot of letters there just for a bottle of wine. What about it, sweetheart?" Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was watching Favell who was getting slowly to his feet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of himself, he felt an undeniable sense of relief as she slowly made her way to him, stepping over brambles and tree roots. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Crag the turtle spoke slowly, but everyone always listened to his words. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He did not move, but his yellow eyes followed me, turning slowly as I drew near the cave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faye slowly gathered up the cards, and tapped them square, and dropped them in the table drawer. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A big man walked slowly around the building. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

His chest rose and fell so slowly and gendy that it seemed that during the intervals when it did not move he would never breathe again. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That means,” he said slowly, “that you have memories of destruction. And you have to give them to me, too, because I have to get the wisdom.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She walked slowly now and grew big like our goat. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Jason put his shoes back on and stood slowly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sensing the group’s anticipation, though not mine in particular, Josn slowly undid the brass clasps and drew out his lute with an air of studied nonchalance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the door of the upstairs room had creaked shut on its leather hinges and the laughter had at last died away, Ranofer turned and walked slowly back to the acacia tree. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, our wiry wherryman, spurred on by the promise of more money, slowly closed the gap between Nick's boat and ours. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Two rocks slid toward each other, slowly, and pressed up against each other. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Bell chattered on, but Powell kept pounding up the stairs slowly, his boots striking the steps with dull thuds that echoed to the floors above. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly opened the door and peered into the darkness. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He moved his dark bearded jaw from side to side and slowly his forehead lowered in a frown. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was speaking slowly, as though each word had to count, and as though he were listening carefully to his own words. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sheep get like shepherd, and shepherds like sheep, it is said; but slowly, and neither have long in the world. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I further believe that personality seeps into walls and is slowly released. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she sat there, never having felt this brittle before, waiting to calm down, waiting for the nightmare to end, slowly and desperately and like a little child shaking her head. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spider turned slowly to face Nathan, raising one large leg at a time. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But we ate slowly, as if the longer we stretched each bite, the more it would become. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He visualized its probable progress with agonizing clearness-that one would start slowly, drop from ledge to ledge, trundle across the neck like an outsize steam roller. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly and asked himself ruefully what new misfortune could possibly befall him a moment before the mad hermit in the woods leaped out at him without warning from behind a mulberry bush. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I thought it would be Tiny at the door, brimming with apologies I would slowly accept. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I moved slowly, as if a wild bird had landed there and I was desperately trying to avoid startling it into flight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a brass plaque with the name next to the main door and a security camera swiveling slowly over the pavement. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I took out my green plastic change purse and pulled out a crumpled five and passed it over slowly. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The reason the truck was going so slowly was because an equal number of guys were behind it, pushing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s just a boy,” Pop speaks slowly, as if to an angry patient. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then again—another flash, a slowly dimming glow, and then darkness. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Muslims in the Ihram garb, or still in their national dress, walked slowly past, smiling. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No," I said, seeing a woman moving slowly past with a row of about a dozen dressed chickens suspended by their necks from the handle of a new straw broom . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head snaps over to the elevators, and I see the doors slowly closing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

And then he wasn’t supposed to walk much but would drive in the car to a place he wanted her to see and then walk along slowly and look at everything there was. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He got up from the writing table—rather slowly, for him—and, taking his cigar stub with him, reassumed his one-foot-up stance at the window seat. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Wait for it to grow like leaves grow slowly on the branches of a spring oak tree. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Treats over, she sliced her birds into delicate strips and simmered them slowly and not too long. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he raised his eyebrows once and did as he was told, stepping calmly off the porch and walking— slowly—onto the weedy, rocky front yard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I was shocked at how slowly things had progressed in the journey to equality. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We got a letter that there had been,” Vasilisa said slowly. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“If your face were a clock,” Lazlo reasoned slowly, “I wouldn’t ask you what time it was. I’d just look at you.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Look. The water is rising slowly. I think we’ll be fine.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

All the rest of the way to the clinic, and all the way home again, we drove slowly and carefully. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not answer her, so she spoke slowly. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

‘It is like the sound an old man is making when he is dying slowly.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After an hour or so Dr. Hoskins, who so far had said nothing at all to the passengers in the back of the wagon, slowly pulled over to the side of the road. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So maybe,” Calista said slowly, “your old school being a bunch of mean jerks was the nicest thing they could have done for you?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dorian approached her slowly, halting only a hand’s breath away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“That would be Isaac,” Gus’s dad said, and shook his head slowly. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The whole family drove slowly through swirling snow to the Garden Tomb, where Liyana’s mother wanted to attend the sunrise service. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward very slowly, cautioning him with my eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

On the way to Ben’s cabin the slaves moved so quietly, so slowly, so stealthily, that they might have been part of the night itself. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he glanced through a window and saw a young woman walking slowly past, would he know it was Claire? Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Government officials working for the Office of Indian Affairs were also concerned that Mollie was slowly being poisoned. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly and let the other boys leave him. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the swarm of people moves into the grand corridor with its flittering arrival and departure boards, no one notices that I slowly drift away from Mr. Talk-a-lot and the annoyed laptop lady. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Rose sat back down, and we slowly placed our limbs into sleep positions under the wide, wide sky. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The home invasions continued without warning, slowly bleeding everything of value the ghetto still hoarded. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mark looked up at the wheel and slowly let go of it, ready to grab it again if the thing moved. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They come slowly at first, but then they multiply. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“So each of us,” she said slowly, “was already a — I don’t know what to call it.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went to the mirror, and slowly, piece by piece, began to pull off her clothes in a private strip tease. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And yonder, across the court, Gebu rose slowly from the bottom stair. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dalton was moving slowly toward him and he grew tight and full, as though about to explode. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tendrils of vast gossamer gas clouds formed, colonies of great lumbering, slowly spinning things, steadily brightening, each a kind of beast eventually to contain a hundred billion shining points. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kiln had to heat up slowly—too rapid a rise in temperature at the start, and the vessels would crack. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The red cows on the farther hill ate their way slowly toward the north. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She straightened up, shading her eyes from the noonday sun with one dirt-smeared hand, and slowly the rider came into focus: a green cloak, a bay horse, a shock of dark hair. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I peel myself off the sheets and head down the stairs slowly, the smell of dinner getting stronger. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And then he’s pulling me slowly toward him, looking into my eyes even as he just swore he wouldn’t and heat’s bursting in my belly, radiating everywhere. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But slowly the whale did stop rocking, and the seas calmed, and the rhythm of the swells took hold again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Might possibly even be executed, slowly and painfully while the cameras broadcast it to every screen in the country. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In a moment the truck came slowly down the road from the opposite direction. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I should point out, though, that my dad slowly started turning the Christmas music on the radio to a deafening volume. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t really want to take it, so I slowly bring it up to my ear. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As she watched, it moved along slowly in a straight line. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I think,” Jack said slowly, "that Mrs. Cunningham and Tom should do the work. They get paid for it.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the winds of April 14 suddenly blew away the slowly accumulating hopes of millions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He added more sugar to his coffee and nodded slowly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What about the Cloak, though?” said Ron slowly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Some particles floated off slowly, others whizzed away at a great rate. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have stood there with my mouth hanging open because Mrs. DiAngelo slowly grinned at my reaction. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He spat on his hands, then he split open the hot clay and smelled the sweet flesh of the hedgehog, which had cooked, slowly, in the embers, as he had slept. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pronounced the words slowly so that they would sink into my mind. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swam slowly, it seemed like a long swim with the high tide, and then pulled up on the raft and sat, dripping, on the boards that were becoming hot in the sun. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Jason stood, slowly wringing the brim of his hat in his hands. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he rolled slowly over and faced the wall and lay silent. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The anger, he thought, ought to be his own; yet years ago now the anger about her had finished gradually bleeding out of him and had slowly dried up and blown away. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The idea was to put a criminal inside and then close the doors slowly. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Palestrina uses closely related chords throughout, moving from one to another slowly and gradually, and the overall impression is one of stability. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Hazel wondered what it would be like to melt, if you would feel yourself slowly liquefy, or if your conscious thoughts would evaporate away before you did. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he was aware that two black specks were moving slowly along it, going westward; and looking again he saw that three others were creeping eastward to meet them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Claudia slowly pulled her arm in front of her and glanced at her watch. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” he said slowly “Kind of like Vermeer windows.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Molly doesn’t answer, but Aubrey leans over to me and says, very slowly, as if it is obvious, “It makes her pants fit better. ” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Big Dub pressed his hands together, then slowly pulled them apart. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Kote ate slowly, mopping up the last of the stew with a piece of bread. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As the army retreated to safety he was the last to go, willing himself to walk slowly as if that were the way he had planned it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She squinted at the paper, read the words slowly: “Public woman. She died of yellow fever. And for my dad it just says unknown.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She says this slowly, deliberately, filling us with pride. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom’s eyes slowly work over to me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I forced myself up the concrete path, climbed the porch steps slowly, pushed a glowing white button. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Ekon’s heart thundered in his chest like a war drum as he watched the monster turn its head slowly to the right. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Teddy picked it up and began to read it as he started slowly aft down the long passageway. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause, and slowly Snape regained control of himself, mastered his own breathing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He read slowly, moving his lips over the words. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He raised the other one slowly and pointed close to my face, scabs still tattooing his knuckles. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She’d been born into a world of plenty, then had to watch it all slowly vanish. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s on their last album,” she said slowly. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly to the rail where the horses were tethered: gentle Traveler, skittish Lucy Long. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drank it slowly, hoping Brother Maceo would appear before I had finished. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Try to remember it always,” he said once Gogol had reached him, leading him slowly back across the breakwater, to where his mother and Sonia stood waiting. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We traveled slowly, stopping often to rest because our arms were not used to carrying so much weight for so long. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The man blinks slowly and looks around as if he's hoping someone will confirm what he's just witnessed. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” I said slowly, “but are you...barking at me?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“No,” I say slowly, trying to decide what to tell them. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then they began going up, slowly and zigzagging a good deal, for the hills were steep. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

They rose again slowly, circling and recircling over his head, mocking him with their cries, and they flew at last into the darkening sky. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Dad didn’t look up as I approached, so gently, slowly, I slid the paper over the blueprints. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

McCutchen walked to the center of the room and slowly bent down to pick up his silver dollar. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel the words forming themselves, slowly falling into place. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now its head slowly tilted up, taking in the size of its new opponent, until our glowing eyes finally met. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I raise my head slowly from the journal. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Lying on a mattress gave him a weird feeling of slowly rising on a scoop of mashed potatoes. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slid his hand into mine, and Doc slowly stepped forward toward Mama. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Wait...I recognize you,” said the makara slowly, tilting its head as it considered Boo. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Be-tween the thick ankle cuffs, dragging heavily as he made his way slowly from the stage, was a chain. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his neighborhood, miles from the closest levee, the water had risen slowly enough that he knew it was unlikely that anyone had died in the flood. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In the low-ceilinged canteen, deep under ground, the lunch queue jerked slowly forward. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It fell away slowly beneath them as they rode past smoky peat fires, lines of horses, and wagons heavy-laden with hardbread and salt beef. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The line of men came slowly up the road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stirred the sugar into the coffee slowly, silently, as if getting ready to say something. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

He spoke slowly, deliberately, a slight, distant whistle in his voice accompanying some of his harder syllables. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And then she lifted me down slowly to the cold floor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ranee sees herself through his eyes—an elderly Indian woman with gray-black curly hair, moving slowly in her gray-blue sari. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He says quietly, We will pay rent for now and try to save slowly for our own house. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Jacques stammers, backs away from him slowly, and then turns and runs inside to get me. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I feel deflated, as though the air is slowly leaking out of me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Westley nodded, kept on walking, still slowly, still weak, but still able to move. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Well ... after you shrivel slowly to dust, yes.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Moon, as it slowly moves, passes in front of stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the phone book and slowly dialed Ellis Park and asked to speak to Owen Williams. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They whisk me off the stretcher and lift me down slowly into my bed. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She looks at my outstretched hand and slowly reaches out and holds it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

A flare burst high above, and another and another, drifting slowly downward with a magnesium-bright glare. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the stairs, in an anteroom, he found Levant slowly paging through the Saturday Evening Post beside a kerosene floor heater. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Scots are being slowly pushed back and we are gaining ground, since receiving the added help from London and the nearby towns. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She sighed and got slowly to her feet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But slowly it dawned upon my love-drunk skull: he had only welcomed me there after devising his program to make me whole! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said slowly with a touch of regret in his voice, “that is very sweet of you to offer, but I have two cases of peaches left over from last year.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was often confused, but slowly, it made sense. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on our usual bench, prying the juicy red seeds out of the fruit and slowly sucking on them one by one, staring at the fleecy white clouds. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So my characteristic stance is one of rotating slowly on one foot, eyes wide, garment in hand, asking myself, “Where have I seen the $9.96 Athletic Works knit overalls?” or similar query. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Hazel gazed, the wind slowly veered round into the west, as Cowslip had said it would, and brought the rain driving into the mouth of the hole. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Tom saw him stand up and walk slowly up the eastern hill, kicking at the flints on the ground. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were almost halfway through the crowd now, walking slowly together, Danny’s fingers on the part of my arm just over the elbow. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lina watched as he wrote slowly on a scrap of paper: “Mayor stealing. Secret room.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And slowly, it seeps in—like water on a boat. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He hung up, walked slowly back to the police officer. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t let them marry,” Matt said slowly. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

A vault of stars hangs overhead; the collective breath of the cadets mingles slowly, nightmarishly above the courtyard. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When I came back down, he was slowly waking up out of the narcotics to the excruciating day. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He sees the Quit Man slowly plant a huge movie-star kiss on her lips and then put her down, laughing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Bënduka is the bent-sideways girl who walks slowly, but bënduka is also the name of a fast-flying bird, the swallow with curved wings who darts crookedly quick through trees near the river. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” he said slowly, as if explaining to a simpleton. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Fazlullah moved slowly at first, but in the two years that followed the earthquake, he cast a long shadow, indeed. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Likewise, the merpeople sank slowly back into the green water and were lost from view. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The nurses made shushing noises, and Mom and Dad and Lori and Brian lowered their voices for a few minutes, then they slowly grew loud again. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But, beyond that, like the planets around the Sun following Kepler’s third law, the outer provinces rotate progressively more slowly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer followed more slowly, hoisting himself aboard with his one good hand. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I put one part on my head, holding it till it sticks, and reach around slowly and put the other on my back. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But slowly, so slowly Minli almost didn’t notice it, the darkness of the night lessened. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

When I returned to the shelter, Katz was up, moving slowly and going through his morning groans, and Jim was studying his maps, which were vastly better than mine. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

He backed up slowly, pulling the wire with a horrible, grinding, screeching noise until snap!The wire parted. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave it more gas and slowly we crept forward, and I turned out of the driveway and onto the Norvelt road. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But he looked out the windows and saw the foothills above Asheville slowly moving past below them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I slowly stood back up and looked around. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Could I have it again . . . more slowly?” he asked tentatively. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The audience exited slowly into the cold gray afternoon. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The sun was dropping slowly from sight, and stripes of purple and orange and crimson and gold piled themselves on top of the distant hills. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The scrawny body came up very slowly, quivering with the strain, folding over until the face and the knees were almost touching. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Omakayas sat near the cooking fire and slowly, with deep inner fury, ate a bowl of cold stew. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Take that!” cried Sir Grummore, giving the unfortunate monarch a two-handed swipe on the nob as be was slowly turning his head from side to side, peering in the opposite direction. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s my body slowly giving up on everything, including the flesh on my bones. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The net spun slowly, still expanding as it rotated. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I drove as slowly as custom and the impatient law permitted. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jake watched him stick his fingers in the miry candy and then lick them slowly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I slowly turned around and trudged back through the snowy night into the warm and brightly lit Baxter house. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I knock on the window, and he slowly rolls it down. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She smiled slowly and walking through her husband as if he were a ghost shook hands with Tom, looking him flush in the eye. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He greeted the crowd by turning slowly in a full circle. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She dutifully sat down on it and then slowly, very slowly, slid off it. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I cross the floor slowly, as if that same someone might jump out, and open the door to my closet, half expecting it to lead into the real version of my room, the right one. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It gurgled under the walls, and was rising slowly but surely. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, as he ate the bacon and the coffee cleared his mind, the spinning in his head began to diminish and he found himself creeping up on a new realization. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I worked on it every day while the others were in school, but slowly, with many pauses, while I stared out the window. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A huge truck swept past, lifting scraps of white paper into the sunshine; the bits settled down slowly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But move very slowly, okay? Bees are myopic. Anything large and still looks blurred to them; anything quick or jerky gets their attention.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He kept glancing at me out of the comer of his eye as he walked slowly down to the other end of the store, dusting here and there. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most malignancies develop so slowly that they may require a considerable segment of the victim’s life to reach the stage of showing clinical symptoms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I did sometimes,” I say slowly, “but not Gram. I don’t think Gram looked down on anybody.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They had continued to stroll slowly down the corridor, but now O’Brien halted. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We watched her as she slowly walked over to the rock and picked it up. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then he chewed the next one slowly and produced a perfect bubble. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He took a long wing feather into his beak and slowly preened himself. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They were moving more slowly now and the glow of Havana was not so strong, so that he knew the current must be carrying them to the eastward. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up a piece and put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not the full tea ceremony that she has performed on several occasions over the years, but as Tsukiko slowly prepares two bowls of green matcha, it is beautiful and calming nonetheless. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I sat down across from my dad at the table; he was slowly stirring his coffee and staring down at a crossword puzzle. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He pushed himself slowly toward the door, still groping awkwardly with his feelers, which he now learned to value for the first time, to check what was happening there. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment Sam caught a glitter in the black stones of their eyes, the very malice of which made him quail; but slowly he felt their will waver and crumble into fear. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He turned slowly from left to right, looking down at their faces. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

He walked very slowly through the long grass beside the hedge, sending up sudden clouds of white butterflies every so often. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He stared at her, and then he moved slowly toward her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stood slowly and without making eye contact—not a problem as the bear was still almost fifty yards away—and moved slowly toward the back door of the house. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I leave much more slowly than I came, because now I really do hurt, and I can barely shuffle across the street. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I understood why the cart man walked so slowly. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His partner had disappeared now and Clifton had the box slung to his left shoulder with the cop moving slowly behind and to one side of him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The top of my eyes began to ache and the pain slowly rose up to my head. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Chickens squawked and scrambled, but the driver was careful to move the car slowly, to give anything a chance to move. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z