But it had been going away quietly before that, in a small way. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I was happy with the lobster that was now on the reef, but it was quite small, barely a meal for Stew Cat and myself. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was with a small curly-haired girl in purple overalls who looked like she was about two years old, and he was holding her hand. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In fact it was rather a small room, and the crowd of strangers in it was seven or eight people, all of whom were certainly as taken aback as I was for a while. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

As I set the coin purse in my pocket, she opened her mouth and a small sound escaped. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The small human crept forward again, inching stealthily closer to the first row. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spot what looks like a Tribal trader and beside him, smaller bodies—his family. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I stopped pummeling the small punching bag Dad had installed in my room and loosened the straps on my boxing gloves with my teeth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“He’s strong,” she said, gazing at the sturdy small legs dangling from the child seat on the back of the bike. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He speaks each word slowly, as though he is explaining something to a small child. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She walks down Garden Avenue to a small grocery store which sells penny candy. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

We circle around the ghetto fence to a new place, near a small basement window. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Only one was small enough to fit into the top drawer’s lock. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her head was small and round and it held small round convictions. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We ended up in an area off the kitchen that had a small, round table and four chairs. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I dug two small holes with the trowel, Mom asked me how Mrs. DiAngelo was doing. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Along with everyone else except a few professional gulls such as Leper, I rejected anything which had the smallest possibility of doubt about it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a small stain across an intricately threaded flower in shades of gold, part of a landscape that portrayed rows of tall sunflowers near a pale green stream. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Lena, though unforgiving as ever, was civil to him, since Corinthians had moved to a small house in Southside, which she shared with Porter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small piece of paper slid out from between the pages—an invitation to Cynthia Sower's comedy show. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The smaller silver Volkswagen was on its side in front of it, a heap of twisted metal that I barely recognized. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A cloud of smaller ships quickly formed around me, piloted by curious avatars zooming in for a closer look at Leopardon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Since he and Otto could unstick small things from the time freeze, Sheed supposed he could put the mirror under the fountain’s surface; water was just a bunch of tiny drops put together. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She pulled her arms from behind her back, producing two small plastic French flags and waving them enthusiastically. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

A girl even smaller than me runs toward us before she bursts into moths that fly into my hair and make me near jump right out of my skin. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had the knowledge that she was small but she lacked the courage to be otherwise. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having never done things before, she was entranced by these small satisfactions; she was astounded when, pausing at the sink, a door of sun opening and shutting on her wrist, she realized — yes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were many cast-iron stars, marking the graves of Grand Army men, and on each star a small wind-bitten flag from a year ago Decoration Day. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took his own knit stocking cap and cut a big hole in the top of it and two small holes on the side of it and then he took off Edward’s dress. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Nearly half the greenhouse was devoted to pumpkins, big and small, white, yellow, orange, red, and green. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The reception room at the library is small—which is good—but packed with people, which is not good. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He set it down with a small gasp, then he gave Conor a quizzical look. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’d hoist the biggest can onto the top of my head or ask someone nearby to help me, and then carry a smaller can in my hand. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse wheeled me out into a small room. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt himself to be small, barefoot, lacking friction. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kathleen had just turned ten, and this trip was a kind of birthday present, showing her the world, offering a small piece of her father’s history. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Antique-looking dark wood dresser with a big mirror against the wall directly opposite the bed, and a small desk with a lamp and a cup of pens. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He hated how small and petty his voice sounded. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But just then someone pulled back the curtain of the small window. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were small, pigmy-like, and they moved so swiftly toward him that he couldn’t get a good look at them, saw only a smear of smiling faces, smiling evilly. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set the glass on a bench and knelt so that the sunlight entering the small window shone on my head. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Some wrote small and cramped; others, loose and sprawling. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But then it started falling off. The school’s not good for me. There’s too many distractions. I need to go to a smaller environment where I can focus.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

One of the men pulls out a small scrap of paper. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I sit next to Chou and Geak on our small piles of clothes, listening to the sound of shrieking birds while the others stretch their bodies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the other end of the street, a small crowd had gathered. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A small amount of light and air passed through the pattern of one-inch- square holes in the doors. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she went back to the house, a small bent-over figure, shivering and shaking, it was obvious that she was really sick. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I open the door to the fear landscape room and flip open the small black box that was in my back pocket to see the syringes inside. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She was small and slight, but wiry, and she’d fought like a tiger; his fist had raised a bruise on her cheek, and she was ignoring it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy held up a pair of small shoes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Wab gathered her long bleached hair into a ponytail, looked us over once with her small, dark eyes, and then set about skinning the animals on a flat rock with her beloved blade. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The kouros it most resembled, it turned out, was a smaller, fragmentary statue that was found by a British art historian in Switzerland in 1990. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The site is now a state park with a small museum. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

My mother, small, had tucked her knees to her chest and nestled into her chair—the only cushioned one—like a child. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was even the same small motel not far away its sign blinking all night. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Holding the small sparrow firmly with her paw, she gripped the arrow in her teeth and yanked it clear from the bird’s leg. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

On the small scale, it gives you the Yankees- Red Sox rivalry; on the large one, it gives you more questionable twentieth-century regimes than I care to mention. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He flew to her; his small, warm, hopeful body hit her with a thud that almost knocked her off her feet. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was a tight squeeze for the friar to go through the small window, but he got through and by way of the cloak, down to the ground. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

We knew that in Warsaw the Jews had already been forcibly relocated into a small area of the city, where they now lived in desperately overcrowded conditions. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I molded my fufu into small balls with my fingers, dipped it in the soup, making sure to scoop up fish chunks, and then brought it to my mouth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She held his hand, which was cold and trembling, in her small, warm ones. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One fella had a fisherman’s net, and the other had a small chunk of meat. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe that the man who could top a tree faster than most men take to shave ever thought on something as slow and small as tinkering. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

A small bird must have had a nest behind one of the racks, as it sometimes zipped in or out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when it was time for the smaller children in the cabin to go to bed, Sounder’s master got up, put on his overall jacket, and went outside. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t say a word, but with widening eyes and small taut smiles they sent a charge of excitement dancing between them like a crackle of electricity. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, huddled in her sepulcher, unable either to stand up or sit down despite her small size, Alba managed to stave off madness. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He talks better than Scipio. And he's even smaller than me. But she probably wouldn't like the swearing.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I’m going to make it. Too big for light crew, too small for heavy crew, what happens then? How many clans are taking kids who aren’t their own?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Under the hole rose a small round hill of dirt. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She reached a small footpath that stretched itself into the cold night. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The population in the village is growing smaller by the day. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She places my crusty feet in the large bowl and instructs me to place my hands in the small bowl. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Lot sizes were small, and owners usually filled them up with cottages, barns, sheds, and outhouses — all made of fast-burning wood, naturally. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The company charged a small monthly rent, automatically deducted from the miners’ pay. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As she walked, she was tucking the small, beaded bag into the inside pocket of another set of the old robes they had taken from Grimmauld Place. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

This tunnel led to a small domed outbuilding—a sort of huge igloo—surrounded by a covered porch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His golden fur was soon darkened by the rain and plastered close to his body, making him smaller and less easy to see, but all the same he was horribly conspicuous. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Monday went by like a small summer cloud, like a dream in the first hours of dawn. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after five P.M. we had another meal, consisting of a small mug of coffee, and half-a-slice of brown bread. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Along the other wall was a small bed, with a window above it, and a large cupboard. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then they went to Woolworth’s for a small portable blackboard and a piece of chalk. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had combed her hair with the carved wooden comb that had been her mother’s and which she had added to her own small storage sack after her mother’s death. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn't up there for long before I saw them: two figures, huddled around an open fire in a small clearing about a three-hour march to the west. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was back in the small cluster of rafts and blankets that Liam and his friend had set up the last time he was here. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes’ walk, the group arrived at the small river and, beside it, a hill—brown, fly infested, half solid and half liquid—reeking with the fetid smell of feces. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He only had a small part, but he spoke his lines as if he were the lead. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“What a long, hard journey that will be! You'll need some nourishment,” she cried, handing Milo a small brown package, neatly wrapped and tied with string. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stood, went back to the water, and took small drinks. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most intense storm of howitzer and mortar shells, machine gun, and small arms fire any of us had ever experienced was raining down on us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would simply smile, nod her head, and continue on with whatever she was doing, knowing that she had saved the bird in some small way. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Abelman, unfortunately, was apparently a rather petty person, a man too small to accept a little criticism, a hypersensitive molecule of a human. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But eventually they relented, and we were able to cut out a small garden on a narrow patch of earth against the far wall. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By some small miracle, the rickety old engine purred to life. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s a small park, just off the highway. I can give you directions.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The boys are running in and out of the woods, throwing sticks and small logs into the fire. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The ship was smaller than he had expected, and the wind more treacherous. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He did not appear, however, to be someone who would kidnap me and cut me up into small pieces. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It wasn't a big company, just a small rural enterprise run by a couple of brothers operating out of a low-ceilinged concrete building. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They were small things—a cotton scarf, a book, a glass paper-weight—but whatever he brought, it was exactly what you would have picked out for yourself. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Bill shot a glance in Kathy’s direction as they entered the small apartment. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Chevalier Tialys had spoken to Salmakia before skimming ahead, and Will and Lyra watched the dragonfly with eyes greedy for its brightness and vigor as it got smaller and smaller. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The thing is small, made of cheap plastic that has been painted to look like metal. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

In the corner is a small iron stove. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunday afternoons the Tillermans chose to go to a small park nearby because on summer weekends it was less crowded than the beach. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several men made their way to a small island of rocks, just above the canoes, and threw a rope down. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He thought he could almost make out the house he shared with the blind man, though it was infinitely small on the fabric. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I pick up a small stone and throw it sidearmed, making it skip across the water. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mother took a small sip from the bottle and then shimmied at the hips, delighted. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

My cousins and I, we fold ourselves and try to become small, small. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He ate it anyway and within half an hour was sick to his stomach and had to sit on the chamber pot bucket kept in the small compartment beneath the front bunk. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rough mantelpiece teemed with small bright objets d’art made of plaster, porcelain, clay, and milk glass. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Many remarked on how small and good-looking she was, calling her “a pretty government scryptanalyst,” “a pretty middle-aged woman,” “a smiling lady in a frilly pink dress.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ron barked at a small girl who jumped in fright and dropped a bottle of toadspawn. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The fire flickered and threw strange shadow patterns on his hands, making them seem bigger, then smaller. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Bridge thought that intruder drills belonged to the very small set of things that are even less fun than French. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Can I help you?” he asked as he cleaned his fingernails with a small red pocketknife. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

One small boy who had blown up a Russian tank collapsed from exhaustion after receiving his medal. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The larger circle is virgins. The smaller circle is seventeen-year- old guys with one leg.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Next door is a smaller room, the bedroom and study of the two young ladies of the family. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

There were fish— big fish with protruding foreheads and very long dorsal fins, dorados they are called, and smaller fish, lean and long, unknown to me, and smaller ones still—and there were sharks. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was very small, and perched not atop a cloud but on a very large tower constructed entirely from stacked-up railroad ties, the whole thing set smack in the middle of a grassy plateau. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The sky sagged toward the ground and a small funnel cloud appeared, which began wobbling south along the lakeshore, toward the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When I look down into the clear water, I see small blue-and-yellow fish nibbling on me. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The curtain blew a small wind dance through the cracked window. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I had come to love my small size, my speed, my slipperiness. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

A small smile touched his lips as he sat down beside me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The small city of Asheville lay spread out before them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“There’s no one here,” said a small voice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

"I told Du Barry to keep you home," she says, while packing a small toilette box. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Gilmanton was a small farming village in New Hampshire’s lake country, sufficiently remote that its residents did not have access to a daily newspaper and rarely heard the shriek of train whistles. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She offered me a small smile, then walked inside. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He didn’t hear about it from his mother, but later that night, she did explain to him the purpose of the small house behind the parsonage. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Ishmael tried to enjoy the small pleasures of warmth and light and bread. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dr. Mitra makes small talk, asking after Mom and Aunt Tara and my grandmother. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then Blanca, placing her hands in the small of her back, slowly sat down on the couch. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

A recent influx of Hungarian Jews into our neighborhood had swelled their ranks, and they formed a small but highly vocal element of the school’s student population. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow made a move to leave, but Omakayas said, her voice strange and hollow and small, “Daga, please, don’t go.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

As you start to sculpt details—soft cheeks, a lovely small nose, perfect ears, eyes that are closed because you decide this newborn baby is asleep—you realize your sculpture is coming together just right. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Their driver was one of the cousin’s slaves, a small man with a wheel tattooed upon one cheek, naked but for a breechclout and a pair of sandals. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was so small; he was scared he would hurt her and break her. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately for them, a fold of the map crossed Baja California over a small coastal town named Tomatan, printed in small letters. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think Carmen saw it, because she was pointing to the other small buildings lining the neighborhood. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A small stone rebounded from rock to rock, then rolled into the sudden silence that followed. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today we practice in small groups, and mine’s the last to go. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Chronicler let slip a small laugh, though he did not look up from his page or pause in his writing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For such small, unsteady organisms, the babies sure could get away from you fast. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In the third cage, which was wedged into the corner, sat a small man in a wheelchair. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The pit in my stomach becomes just a little smaller. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even in the second year after DDT enters a stream, a foraging salmon parr would have trouble finding anything more than an occasional small stonefly. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Percy flopped around, causing the kitten to readjust his nest in the small of Percy’s back. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The one with the mustache opens the small pedestrian gate for us and stands back, well out of the way, and we pass through. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the two small bars of chocolate that we had been saving for a “feast,” were ruined. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the right, which was the circle back to the small parking area on Overlook Road, right across the street from our houses. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I listen to the sounds, so different from home: snuffles and rustling of small animals, the odd cluck from the woman’s hens. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to vegetables and fruits, they eat insects, grass, roots, and small pieces of clay, which they chew and swallow, perhaps to get salt and minerals. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, his hand trembling, Hugo reached into his pocket and pulled out his small, battered cardboard notebook. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She has nowhere to put it, her evening bag is too small. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The small, withered heart of Marie Antoinette’s ten-year-old son is kept in a crystal urn in a French church. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It slid easily into the wood, peeling off the smallest slivers which fell in a pleasant litter around him. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Farmers clear small fields with axes and machetes, burn off the chaff and refuse, and plant their seeds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I have seen the little forest elephants that move in quiet bands, nudging the trees with their small, pinkish tusks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shrugged and gave a small wave as he left for his next class. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I only got a small wound from that bullet. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had spent most of it out on the ice, shivering beside a pair of holes they’d cut in the smaller of the frozen lakes, with fishing lines clutched in mitten-clumsy hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One small cloud floated on his otherwise sunny horizon. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The small cabin looked like nobody had stepped foot inside in years. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“What does small mean? It means he’s got a gun,” says de Becker, imagining what flashed through their minds. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

"The small box there. Bring it to me." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Jay plucked out a small book, and I recognized it as the one Jehovah’s Witnesses gave out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He nodded at a small, unlabeled medicine bottle on the counter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“He was,” Collins growled, “but Keeler knew guns. Blast you and your teaching! Four good men all signed up as second mates on smaller vessels!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the shingles of the original storefront were smaller than those of the addition, they blended together fine, he thought; plus with the sign as a distraction, who would notice? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed his small body erect with his hands against his knees. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The small fields are green with alfalfa, timothy, and clover. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hurried across a small clearing and into an alley between several haphazardly built log cabins. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The lot was visible from where we stood, with only five small tables and a green awning in our way. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Grandpa says it’s just a chance That I got to wearin’ pants, Says that when a kid is small, They puts dresses on ’em all. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had given me a small bouquet for my room. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a word that Flora could feel in the pit of her stomach, a small, cold stone of a word. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Rags were used for all sorts of things, from games of blindman’s bluff to bandaging small cuts. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Our chestnut tree is in leaf, and here and there you can already see a few small blossoms. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It seemed like such a small statement after all the crying. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I had even assembled a small stockpile of foodstuffs that I could fall back on in case of emergency. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But here and there small purple flowers shone iridescently, and in the upturned earth and ragged dunes a few delicate asters grew; for some reason, hundreds of tiny fuzzy caterpillers were chewing on the asters. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave up on the idea of sleep quickly then, curling up into a small ball, wrapping my arms around my legs. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He took a small card out of his pocket and consulted it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She paused and knelt beside a small stream, scanning the nearby forest for signs of life. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A small pop, and a flare went high into the air. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The aisles are too small for your wheelchair. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep a small part of me dry and warm, around my chest, where I had placed the survival manual, but the wetness spread with perverse determination. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The centaur clipped a small cylinder into the accommodating groove on Holly’s helmet. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The little plastic tackle case had a small variety of silver spoons and some feathered lures, and he tried them all. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never did we dream that shortly the bombs would fall on a faraway harbor whose name struck a chill across our own small, landlocked Pearl. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a small smile on his face as he said, “Magic.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I rubbed the towel over my arms, my wrists looked smaller, my freckled arms seemed gangly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The world was one world, and the notion that a man might kill another over some small patch of it did not make sense—though Ishmael knew that such things happened. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The University lay at the heart of a small city. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The small initial advantage that the child born in the early part of the year has over the child born at the end of the year persists. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It gives me a small amount of clean air. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The floor is covered with plywood, and standing in front of me is a small, thin woman with a grubby face. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was a very small but very gratifying triumph. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

"The castle won't grow no smaller, I promise you that, only now there'll be fewer hands to tend to it. You lot of slugabeds are going to learn what work is now, yes you are." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After about twenty minutes, a small stone cottage next to a gate swam into view. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Though they were relatively small—the size of puppies standing on their hind legs—they took up a lot of space and couldn’t seem to stop knocking into one another. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Little by litde, were calling his life force out of the pit. With every recruit who pledges our cause, another small piece appears—” “That’s disgusting!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He wouldn’t do anything serious over something so small, would he?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In Miss Penelope Lumley’s day it was the occasion for small boxes of holiday presents to be distributed to the servants, and that is where the name “Boxing Day” originated. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Hidden behind the organ, I carefully pulled the lid from the small wooden box and removed the top layer of straw. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

At the water mill door he drops several small logs on top of others he apparently carried up earlier. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

With no small amount of concern, I spelled out my situation in daily prayer. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We got everything from a frying pan to a small sofa. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I pulled her across it and her hand was small, but warm, and then she stood before me, short and thin and plain and in all ways unremarkable—except that she had jumped first. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I recognize small tomatoes and a lot of green leaves everywhere. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“I want to see the diver,” said the small boy. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Perspiration collected in the small of his back and ran out of his armpit down his side. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any other time I would have been too embarrassed to tell him the truth, but I was so sick of lying that I had an urge to come clean, on this small matter at least. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The cat, not finding that apples were good to eat, batted the small ones across the yard, imagining they had ears and tails and other parts that made things worth chasing. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

How exciting—I now had enough money, along with the small amount I had saved while in London, for a round-trip fare to Africa! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

This time he put his hand in the small of Gareth’s back, and began moving him seriously to the door. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a small smile, she tucked the blanket under my chin. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

All around the room, the smaller crowds grow and expand, and fewer and fewer voices fill the room, until there are only three or four. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I scraped a flat spot out on the sand next to a giant black boulder and gathered a pile of twigs and sticks and branches, the smallest I could find. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Unique walks away, twitching her small, muscular butt. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He went out the sliding door behind my seat and made a beeline for the small cluster of silver water fountains that stood between him and the restroom entrances. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As a small sign of Their displeasure, They ate his daughter alive. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew a rabbi, from a small town in Poland. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Amaranta, lying in a wicker basket, observed with curiosity the absorbing work of her father and her brother in the small room where the air was rarefied by mercury vapors. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

A studio, with a small audience sitting across from us as we enter. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The Office/Camp Shop was the sturdiest of the structures we had passed so far, built in a more permanent style than the smaller log cabins with their dark green doors. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"First," said The Grand High Witch, "I had to find something that vould cause the children to become very small very qvickly." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Amma dug out a small money pouch from its hiding place, underneath the rice sack. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“The good Lord is always testing us, Ophie, in big ways and small. You do the thing you know to be right, always, no matter what.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

On a pole beside the pool was a vending machine that, for a dime, dispensed small packets of fish food for tourists to feed the lunkers. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A sword," she said in a small, hushed breath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She looks so small and sad standing in the big wooden doorway. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He operated a small tannery in a town in Massachusetts, which made a comfortable, careful living if he worked very hard. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he arrived with Mom, he was carrying a large plastic garbage bag and had a small brown paper bag tucked under his arm. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They unrolled small blue prayer rugs from a shelf, then knelt, stood, and knelt again, touching foreheads to the ground, saying their prayers in low voices. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I poisoned you. Don’t worry. It was a small enough dose. You’ll live.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Gatsby and I in turn leaned down and took the small reluctant hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I was twelve years old at the time, small for my age, and it was startling to find myself locked in a windowless room with a man who barely reached my chest. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“We consumed most of our small remaining stock of luxuries,” he wrote later. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Originally, though, the smaller Canteen Creek alone occupied that channel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I watched specks of moonlight sparkle off the water’s surface whenever a small swell rolled toward shore. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A whooping gang of small children went running past, chasing a rolling hoop. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Oh, David thought—squirming as the salt touched the small cuts and scratches on his sides and arms—it must have been unbelievable. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He makes small talk with me while everyone gathers their things and leaves the classroom. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As if Chucha not only gives answers but makes them materialize, a face appears at the window of the small house. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

A small child can’t do that: His arms are too short. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m looking both ways, getting ready to cross the street, when I spot a dead bird in the road, its small shadow cast from a bodega’s lit awning. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"Midnight," she said with her head in the refrigerator, looking for the small carton of half and half. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Our cottage had one small lavatory, but no hot water, shower, or bathtub. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

A diminished interval is one half step smaller than the perfect or minor interval. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And West Riding itself was a world away from Rook Hill, which was small and sleepy and content to be nothing more than that. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tinker sat on a small stool at the side of the road, looking dispirited. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I looked, I could see small creatures moving. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Reader, you did not forget about our small mouse, did you? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

A man stumbles out of the sea carrying a small boy wearing the Syrian team strip and no life jacket. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

After he left, I sat at the old square oak table in one of the three unmatching chairs and examined his small kitchen, with its dark paneled walls, bright yellow cabinets, and white linoleum floor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, I was on one of these getaway rampages, racing down the small side roads that spiderweb our property. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barry is a stout well made fellow five feet six or seven, high small eyes and an impudent look. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Next she calls people with disabilities and people with small children. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And all the time there had been a small fortune belonging to him, buried deep under London. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

You know how a story gets told in a small town, and how every time someone tells it, it gets bigger and bigger, until it’s a flat-out lie? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Salinas had a small ice company, not large but enough to supply the few houses with iceboxes and to service the ice-cream parlors. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The event took place in a small, luxurious private hotel. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Behind the chocolate she found a small golden key. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He opened a small door in the wall; Jonas could see darkness behind the door. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Obtaining Personal Information The name of the game in statistics is the inferring of information about a large population by examining characteristics of a small, randomly selected sample. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he put down the small creamer, his hand touched mine. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“This records fluctuations of tension within the eye muscles. Simultaneous with the blush phenomenon there generally can be found a small but detectable movement of—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The dying star gets smaller and smaller and smaller. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

They were emotional expressions of inarticulate people with small vocabularies; they made a kind of dialect. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flies all by herself in a small plane across the ocean. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He talks about the fire we had at the factory, a small one that shut down everyone’s machines, but not for long, and how bad the smoke was. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

All of this was only one small corner of the Singers robe. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his rifle trained on the small space between their heads. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Even better, it was highly concentrated, which meant that a small amount would dye a lot of poopy water. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The kind that make a good poultice are the smaller size. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tools for emergency, tow lines, a small block and tackle, a trenching tool and crowbar, tools for making and fixing and improvising. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The medicine was rubbed into small incisions made on each knuckle, usually by a magic razor. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

She is now semiconscious, and I hold her hand, which is cold and small. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A small stage is under construction for bands, and the quilting contest winner will be announced at 6 p.m. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They were small compared to men, as a wolf is smaller than a direwolf. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was also a small cove further north, called just BEACH. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small figure across the street catches my attention. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Harris opened a small steel door and took out a jar of Lady ’Stache Off. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He looked out across the small marina that comprised most of the Ventura harbor. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bird looked much smaller dead than it had alive. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within twenty-four hours the small provincial society world knew that an authentic count had arrived in their midst. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk through my old hood, hand in hand, talking small talk about school, college, SATs, and Bushwick. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I ask the man scooping ice into small paper cups. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

His tail flopped over the back of the chair, and from one of his ears dangled a jewel that looked like a small crown. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Taken aback, she not only dropped the receiver but admitted to him that she had — a small intimacy. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those small victories put the spirit back into the American fight. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had a big drooping moustache and he wore a small black bowler-hat. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some say that by participating in the charrette, I’ve lost my effectiveness in the conservative community,” he said with a small, sad smile. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“That’d be nice, wouldn’t it,” said Ben, with a smile for the smaller boy. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We arrived at a small clearing with palm trees arching overhead. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

There were deep scratch marks in the paintwork below a small sign that he had not noticed in the dark. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The Melieses had emptied out a small storage room in the back of their apartment, and now that room belonged to Hugo. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

A small trace of blood flows from Marv to the grass. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

However, these early Homo sapiens still differed from us in skeletal details, had brains significantly smaller than ours, and were grossly different from us in their artifacts and behavior. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She opened a drawer and pulled out a small brown bottle with a glass stopper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was the desert that he had wandered for so many months; despite all that time, he knew only a small part of it. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with the entire confederation now smaller than one of its former communities, the best option seemed to be allowing the Pilgrims to remain. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Only the smallest crack was open when Lee came in the back door, shuffled along the hall, getting out of his poncho, and caught them there. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew very well that only the night before this preacher had shown neither Forgiveness nor Mercy in flogging some small boy who had broken the rules. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told her all about the women coming in and sitting down and about the small woman who appeared on the stage and took off her mask. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I got off and began walking along Canal Street in the heart of town, carrying one small duffel bag in each hand. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ladders, gantries, beams, and walkways crossed the gloom above, with small figures moving about them purposefully. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Boyle, too, evidently thought there was only a small number of ‘more Catholic laws’, and these were the laws of nature properly so called. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The house was clapboard, which was strange in this desert country, with faded white paint and a small second story. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When the solar system is all explored, we will probably have evidence for impact catastrophism on all nine worlds, from Mercury to Pluto, and on all the smaller moons, comets and asteroids. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Much too big! Smaller than these! Much smaller! Where’s them nasty little ones?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some seemed as small as fireflies, others as large as basketballs. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went back to the living room and sat down at a small table that stood to the left of the telescreen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There was a small chink of glass on wood. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They took small, fast steps down the hill until they reached the stairs, doing their best to dodge tourists and pedestrians. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It had a huge bed and flowing white curtains—and, oddly, a small antique rocking horse and a collection of old weather vanes arranged on a large wooden desk. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Who’d have thought a woman with two small children could run so fast! Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

To begin with, it is the smallest house in the Lane. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

One of the smallest guys on Buffalo got around the back side of the net, bumped my leg, and I went limp. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"This club is smaller than I thought it would be. Cozy." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was so much walking between the fields, and the strips of land were so small, our harvest wasn’t worth a rotten apple. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The general public seems to imagine that our prisons are filled with “rapists and murderers,” but they actually account for a small minority of our nation’s prison population. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The filtration building is small, just one room with a few huge machines in it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I'll direct the hydrogen to a small area and burn it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the comic and the small piece of line paper covered in blue ink. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes, lucky me! So small you can pack me in the luggage. Why don’t you try curling up in a suitcase?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her form was blurred, made from Mist, and she was trailed by two smaller wisps of smoke, darting at her heels like animals. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Also,” said the Englishman, “the Philosopher’s Stone has a fascinating property. A small sliver of the stone can transform large quantities of metal into gold.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked on the path together, a small girl in a bright orange anorak and a small boy in a grey winding sheet. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

In the distance of thirty yards, he looks small to me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But things like this remind me of how small my world is. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was dark, but the two girls were still sitting in the sand when Jinny felt a small head of wet curls lean against her arm. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He wondered how Brother Leon would react to the small returns. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stepped into the room and walked up to a smaller pile. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They were so small, they couldn’t look over the windowsill—no, not even if they stood on tiptoe.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe Ted”—she pointed to the smallest paper Brewster—“could come home and tell the other kids how he thinks he saw one of the criminals, going into a certain house.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Gospodin Melnik used it to grind his flour faster, blasting air magic past small stiff sails he had rigged to his mill. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He worked the rest of the afternoon doing the small things. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unlocked the front door, and dozens of people flooded into the small building. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was with another, smaller coyote that looked the same. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

On clear days, the owl said, he sometimes saw small fish swimming in them. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She’d used these for her drawing until they were stubs too small to hold. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Walasi-Yi, we discovered, provided other services to bona fide hikers for a small fee—laundry center, showers, towel rental—and we greedily availed ourselves of all those. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the wire of our relatively small Nation, these two big developments—a television show, and a book about us—naturally were big news. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shrank back and away from the scene, watching it grow smaller, and smaller, and smaller until the dark, cloudy haze of Rob’s mind swallowed it whole. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

There was another small rectangle that was brown with gold ends. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

All I have is a small knapsack containing my vial of nutrients, but I go ahead and walk to the other end of the room to put it away. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I watched as he examined flower after flower, looking for a suitable small bloom that would fit onto his pinky. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Abalones are larger than your hand and twice as thick when fresh, but they shrink small in the sun so you have to dry many. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some distance from the main gate was a smaller one, and to this he pointed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A place called the Smoke. Like a city, only smaller. And no one was in charge there, and no one was pretty.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There were two windows, but they were small and so high up that you could only see the sky, and you could only see the sky if you angled your head just right. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Breaking the law seems a small price to pay to get her to stay. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

His skin flushed beneath his small black mask. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

News spread quickly that the Sixers were encamped around a small flat-topped hill at the center of a remote forest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He keeps a permanent bottle of gin on a small, shaky wooden table in the corner, and a carton of Newport cigarettes next to it, along with a few military medals. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The village centre of Moscombe, in the morning sunshine, could be seen to be a number of small shops surrounding a church, the steeple of which I had seen from the hill yesterday evening. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Three small elephants—clearly a family—on a table. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He was a man of uncompromising moral strength, coming into a new country with a small stock of goods and supporting five people out of it in comfort and security at least. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried smaller shops — bookshops, stationery stores, gift boutiques. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she ran a damp rag once across a small section of the kitchen floor, the rag turned black. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Kilvin brought out a small sack and lay it on the table as well. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lord Roose tore a small piece off a heel of bread and ate it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The dress was a little small and fish slime wouldn’t be an improvement. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Perhaps if the captain of the Putnam could advance a small sum—say a thousand or so silver dollars? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A local species of squash provided small containers, as well as yielding edible seeds. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The ladies-of-honor screech until he's safely returned to his small golden cage. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Slinging the small bag which was all his luggage across his shoulders, the wizard leapt upon the horse’s back. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Congress and the public were relieved by the relatively small size of the military commitment. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He wondered if he would ever see his wife again or his three small children. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Rowan’s room had space for only a bed and a small dresser. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

A week after that meeting, Ann and a small group of other Durham blacks traveled to Washington, D.C., to air their grievances before officials at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Just a small reading lamp on in the corner, lighting up the chair where Cramp still sat, reading a newspaper. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Ah, yes, I forgot for the moment—a small affair—you have come for the slave called O-lan. I remember we promised her to some farmer in marriage. You are that farmer?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The cat room is smaller than the dog room, but it has more occupants, and it smells worse. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He picks up my basket and takes my hand, leading me to the shade of the cliffs and setting me down on a small boulder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But tonight Dell didn't fall asleep in a small puddle of drool. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The smallest shift in her gaze brought her Leon’s face, but he was staring politely at his friend and seemed determined not to meet her eye. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Valley ran to another, smaller entrance to the cave a few toadstools away and pointed at the ground. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

And if someday my small steps bring me near you, Please don’t rush to tell me all you feel. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

But in one small corner of the country, something large was beginning to stir that terribly hot summer. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Hymn books are stacked on the small wooden table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I never thought that finding myself confined in a small space with a spotted hyena would be good news, but there you go. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was a small, skinny boy, his chin pointed, and his eyes so bright they had deceived Ralph into thinking him delightfully gay and wicked. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I don’t bother with the second pair; they are a smaller size. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai still had his Scout knife, so he carefully cut a small opening and looked out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Doris Crockford shook Harry’s hand one last time, and Hagrid led them through the bar and out into a small, walled courtyard, where there was nothing but a trash can and a few weeds. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

After graduating with a degree in mathematics, Big Dub moved North, where he spent the next few years teaching at small colored schools in Virginia and Maryland. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The limbs that hold the nest are too small to support both Alice and me. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The MacDonalds also bring along their two small sons, if the client will allow that. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I carve my name on it? Just small, but so you can remember me?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A third adult, a small male, came slinking up. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The compounds were often small, with few guards and not much fencing, but during their brief stays inside, many North Koreans said they routinely witnessed executions and deaths from torture and starvation. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A small fire crackled, casting long shadows across the towering form of Miss Miss. The sculpture seemed alive. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Attendants carried pitchers of wine around the room, and on a smaller dais directly facing the entrance, musicians were playing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he was so incredibly small that he weighed about half of what the average mouse weighs: two ounces. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He let out a small yelp before he could stop it—it took him a second to recover his wits. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I’d started addressing the subject of hopefulness in talks to small groups. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Right here?” he asked and exerted a little pressure on the small of her back. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She digs into a small bag of sunflower seeds and spits out the shells on the ground next to the stoop. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The wheelchair is small, light, easy to push. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I thought of the million sins that had been revealed in this small, dark space. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had small, watery eyes, a pointed nose, and wore an unpleasant simper. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as I walked into his small, clean office, he stood up behind his desk and introduced himself. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He came toward me, without his cane at the moment, his new walking cast so much smaller and lighter that an ordinary person could have managed it with hardly a limp noticeable. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed her several small golden coins, all embossed with the letters M.O.M. which he had taken from the witch’s purse. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Ladies and gentlemen,” said a slightly singsong voice, and with a slight shock, Harry saw the same small, tufty-haired wizard who had presided at Dumbledore’s funeral, now standing in front of Bill and Fleur. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mr Joseph Hooper wiped the marmalade from around his small mouth, with a napkin. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The small crowd that had gathered in the street joined in, jumping at the lens. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I don’t,” I say, taking a small step back. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He handed Harry a small club, a bit like a short baseball bat. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Instead I found a small, budding excitement at the thought of hearing a story my father would have sought out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tired and hungry, I drag my feet, taking smaller and smaller steps until I am far behind everyone else. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Sunday we went out for brunch at one of those mammoth places where the menu is small and the portions are large, and every senior citizen leaves with a Styrofoam box containing leftovers. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The chairs were empty, but one had a small velvet package on the seat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In other matters they were, as a rule, generous and not greedy, but contented and moderate, so that estates, farms, workshops, and small trades tended to remain unchanged for generations. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Each grieving father sent a small package, carefully wrapped, to the Imperial palace. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small hard core in him resolved never again to trust anybody or anything. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted her up as easily as if she were a child and set her on the thin Dothraki saddle, so much smaller than the ones she was used to. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We entered a long, shed-like room in which I saw a series of overhead doors along one side and a row of small offices on the other. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made a small popping noise and then went out. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A container of IcyHot, a bag of little black specks, five or six heavy-duty bungee cords, a screwdriver, a socket wrench, and a small sledgehammer. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Harry, who had expected something much more exciting, saw a mess of small, everyday objects: a yo-yo, a silver thimble, and a tarnished mouth organ among them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

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

The only illumination came from small path lighting embedded in the floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Kyril Montana propped his rifle against a tree, eased off his pack, and sat on a small boulder. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Maidens used a small knife with an ornately embellished golden handle to cut and smooth my hair, and many hands began twining small strands into a series of formal hanging braids. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And in his sleep, reader, the small mouse began to cry. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

After one Sunday Mass, Farmer joined a small group that went to see Aristide. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In the valley, Faye tried to stop her ears against the constant gossip of a small town, whose opinions pushed in through the windows and crept under the doors. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The problem with it getting tighter and smaller was that the people did, too, hiding it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before we could truly embark on this journey as small business owners, we needed investment capital to help launch the business. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Mama plumped up the small pillow resting on Papa’s favorite chair. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But the beeyard was not dark the way that the other yards were; a small fire glowed in the center of the circle of hives. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

There were two twin beds and a small desk where Judy did her homework. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba examines him, encourages him to eat small pieces of bread, to sip a little cooled sweet tea. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He ran from die shelter to the pines and started breaking off the low, dead small limbs. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are small,” my grandfather said, as if he could hear what I was thinking. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He touched her neck lightly, and the small chestnut filly started for-ward. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The apartment itself is small but luxurious, with built-in mahogany bookcases rising to the ceiling and dark, oily, wide-planked floors. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was small, only thirty-two feet, but it had everything possible on board, and everything tucked away into its own place. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lean jaw bulges slightly, as if holding a small plug of tobacco, in the manner of Ty Cobb, whose style was the one to imitate about that time. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

There weren’t enough chairs at the small table, but it didn’t seem like he wanted to sit anyway—when Grandpop offered Dad his seat, Dad refused and ate at the counter. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The motel room was small, like the cabins we lived in at the cotton labor camps. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Some were like small castles, while others looked like ships or space stations, and still others grew like trees, with fanciful balconies and rooftop gardens. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted them away and inspected the view: a small back yard, with a few fruit trees and an empty clothesline. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was so small, Mama’s hand almost covered it completely. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward—she was a small girl, barely five feet—and cupped a hand to my ear. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Blue stars are hot and young; yellow stars, conventional and middle-aged; red stars, often elderly and dying; and small white or black stars are in the final throes of death. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They got up and poked around, and soon they came across a plant whose branches were laden with the purple fruits, about the size of small beets, only softer. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We pull up at a small weatherboard shack, and Marv gets out. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was a small house, shingled with gray asphalt. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smaller red wolf I’d seen with the first did the same. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A huge boy and two smaller children—a boy and a girl. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

From the look of their footprints, one small group had headed west in the direction Sefia and the boy had gone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The room felt smaller than usual, like the four of us were in a closet together. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Grace let out a small sigh, not even strong enough to blow away the strands of brown hair stuck to her lips. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh, the last small groups of Long Knives were overrun by the warriors. It got down to hand-to-hand fighting. Scary and gruesome, at the end.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

For all we knew, he could have been a small Inuit woman living in Anchorage, Alaska, who had adopted this appearance and voice to make her students more receptive to her lessons. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He gave us another hug, then picked up our small suitcases and carried them as far as the soldier standing guard would allow. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

On Christmas Eve Bando still had not arrived, and I began to plan for a very small Christmas with Frightful. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was so small on the bed, so light, she barely dented the mattress. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

So we stood facing the shore and waited as small waves slapped at our thighs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He grips a small bundle and doesn’t look strong enough to outrun border guards, yet that’s exactly what he did. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I observe a small crab rising out of his shirt pocket. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I have such a small mouth, my wisdom teeth are coming in all sigoggling. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sandals even have small heels on them. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When Jeremiah arrived at the center, he joined twenty-two other boys on the small field behind the building. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He put his big hand over my smaller one and looked me in the eye. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Maggie asked as we packed up the treasure in small portions and sealed the boxes tight. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Here, Diana, we also found a couple more small extension cords,” Rashid said behind him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They came to a small green gate half-buried in the hedge on the right and almost hidden by the overhanging hazel branches. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The mouse council, thirteen honored mice and one Most Very Honored Head Mouse, heeded the call of Lester's drum and gathered in a small, secret hole off King Phillips throne room. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Second, my sister never quite figured out how to zoom the lens, so everything on the tape was extremely small and grainy. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We hiked till five and camped beside a tranquil spring in a small, grassy clearing in the trees just off the trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Père Lafontant—père is the French word for “father” or “priest”—was a small but imposing man with a forceful manner, especially when he spoke of life in the central plateau. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

A small, guilty part of Hazel found that appealing. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The fraternity of Marine fighter pilots was small, intimate, and exceedingly close. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small group of adults comes over and starts to ease us away from the building. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately for rational Jam, the figure continued to blatantly prove her wrong, levering one arm out and reaching down to the floor for stability, the gold claws carving small strips from the hardwood. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But it isn’t silly, this preoccupation with small time units. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was older than he'd thought at first, Jon realized; maybe as old as twenty, but short for her age, bandy-legged, with a round face, small hands, and a pug nose. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The fall was awkward, and he landed on his head, opening a small but surprisingly bloody cut. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Mole caught a feral chicken, and Sam cooked it on a small and smokeless fire. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Volpe arranged to alter the rehearsal schedule so his Jesus would miss only a small portion of each week’s wrestling practices. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I watched it get smaller and smaller until it disappeared from sight in the rearview mirror. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“She does have a small fever, and I do hear something in her lungs,” he said. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The creaking of branches, the steady flow of the river, the quiet scramble of small animals foraging in the undergrowth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You are a very small girl,” said the witch. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We splashed past it and burrowed into a small cave, our favorite hideout. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The girls had been passing the second canteen around, taking small, careful sips from it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Armed and armored, the old knight waited, sitting in the gloom of his small chamber adjoining the queen’s apartments. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ahead of me, at the foot of the twisting path that leads up to the Commandant’s house, sits a small crumpled figure. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In so doing he injures only those whose fields and houses have been taken away and given to the new inhabitants, who are only a small part of that dominion. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I took out my small knife and remembered how Laclith had shown me to dress a rabbit. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Seven wanted to hug Valley, very much, but she wasn’t sure if Valley would want that, so she gave her a small smile instead. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He took notes in a small diary and to hear the house speak of it was a man of intense concentration and flowery manner of speech. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I held the binoculars up and focused on the small house. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe she trying to make up for her house being small. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

From houses with lawns to luxury apartments to small, ramshackle homes and Housing Authority apartments. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My small bookcase was jammed with books, and there were books in piles all over the small room. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She led me through an unmarked door near the principal's office, into a small, windowless room furnished with two facing desks. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

"Is it true, my lord?" asked the High Septon, a small, shrewd man with a wispy white beard and wizened face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A small piece of gauze was plastered to his forehead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have just learned that in many small and some medium-size hospitals in the US, radiologists are outsourcing reading of CAT scans to doctors in India and Australia!!! The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a land deed from the small chunk of Clover property Deborah bought with two thousand dollars from her father’s asbestos settlement. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I copied the number into my guidebook and dialed from a pay telephone, sorting through the coins with which I was still unfamiliar, smaller and lighter than shillings, heavier and brighter than paisas. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They can spot with accuracy, on the wing, small insects, and they will home onto things they like with infallibility and speed. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay there with my books, finishing the small amount of homework I’d been assigned—just a couple review problems in Calculus. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The circular scribbles are big on top and small on the bottom. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The small structure, the only home Kira had ever known, was gone. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a good thing I’m as small as I am. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I walked behind him and found the severed heads of many small, bright orange orchids. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are all dirty, from head to foot, and dressed in odd combinations of old clothes and newer ones, and in clothes too small or too large. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

He helped her fasten it to the raft and run wires to the small rudder in the back. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Of course, the Americas in aggregate are anything but small: their combined area is fully 76 percent that of Eurasia, and their human population as of A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her home was small and littered with books she didn’t understand. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Yet long after Shae had taken his advice, Tyrion himself still lay awake, his fingers cupped over one small breast as he listened to her breathing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The older girl held out a small, solid purse. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That farm is just a small part of an eighty-million-plus- acre corn lawn rolling across the continent. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In 1933, Austin and a small group of supporters attempted to enroll a black student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—the first legal challenge to segregation in higher education in America. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a small boulder, he jammed the entrance slab from swinging shut. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

At the news-stand she bought a copy of "Town Tattle" and a moving-picture magazine and, in the station drug store, some cold cream and a small flask of perfume. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

His chest was thick and his neck was die size of a small tree trunk. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as a compensation the cap is too small, a terribly dirty, mean little pill-box. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small note card was tucked under the decorative red lace ribbon. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She thought of all the secret passageways, of the halls and closets, of the tiny, added-on rooms in the Spencer house, of all the spots a small, frightened little girl could hide. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The blood dripped onto the front of her white undershirt, making small blots that sank into the cloth, leaving uneven circles. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

At first it seemed a small thing, a mouse in fact, dressed in a long hooded robe. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Only a small space was free of any clutter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Shelly pulled back her thick hair to reveal five small, shiny hoops in her left ear. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

And another small part of me just feels lost. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Standing where they could see her pregnant condition, she told them that she was alone with her three small children, and that my father was away, preaching, in Milwaukee. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a tray of vegetables in the center of the coffee table with a small bowl of hummus for dipping. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Two figures, the larger one tugging the smaller along, kept to the top of the cutbank. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

With each tender seedling that unfurled its small green leaf to my eager gaze, my excitement would rise and mount; winged, wondrous. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He isn’t a happy man, sitting in a small sweltering box, guarding an empty condominium. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

All I saw of the sun the next morning was a crack of light at the top of my left eye, like a small window too high up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her frame seemed smaller than it did a few weeks earlier. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I realize I am floating, frozen, trapped inside a set of ruins with only a small eyehole through which I can see the rest of the game unfolding. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That was small comfort in light of the daily reports of troubling news. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The man raised his hands; he was holding a small phone. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry I cannot hoist the sail and take you in with the small breeze that is rising. But I am with a friend.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d been met with small arms and machine gun fire, but no enemy bombs or shells were falling among us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I thought he was a simple beggar, but then I saw he was dragging a small creature by its arms. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I echo in the small voice I’ve learned for being polite. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She got up and returned with a small white thingamabob that had thickened cow’s milk in it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Northward he looked, and the Great River lay like a ribbon beneath him, and the Misty Mountains stood small and hard as broken teeth. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

So they went back to the small room and slid the door closed behind them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He recited basic rules and warnings that a very small child might be asked to memorize in kindergarten. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

To their left, a long table was set for at least a dozen people, and a couple of smaller children sat on the long bench down one side. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He shone his own smaller penlight into her eyes, sighed, stood. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The mechanist-pilot was asleep in her bed, her head on her husband’s shoulder, and though the earlier chaos flared through her dreams—and his, in smaller measure—the rest of the outsiders were untroubled. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There is a small negative correlation between death rates per thousand people in various regions of the country and divorce rates per thousand marriages in the same regions. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And here was my mother, his tribal enemy, a Xhosa woman alone with two small children—one of them a mixed child, no less. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A small minority of women supported themselves, some by performing traditionally male jobs. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I look around the room at the small army I’ve assembled. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Each target got smaller the farther back it was placed, and because the room was so long, the final target was nearly seventy yards away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Some older grandchildren helped him—for a small cut—to process the honey, which was later sold either in Rael’s store or directly from the Chateau Martinez. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rats wriggled under the door, coming and going between his cell and a small, walled courtyard outside. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Laced and silent in his small bed, he tried to tie the loose cords in his mind. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had a small box in his hand. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t care if his opponent was bigger or smaller. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Was that why she always complained of the chill, even when it was hotter than August in her small room? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Her fontanel was sunken in, a telltale sign of dehydration, and her ribs and the small bones of her spine had been visible under her skin, like a string of beads. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was small, but crafty, with darting eyes and slippery hands. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The list of objects blurred together—small pieces of furniture and little decorative items—until it was Wes’s turn. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In the small hours, we came upon an inn. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you steer a small boat into the current?” he asks. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was very small, and at the moment you could see plumbing and wires hanging out of the walls. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along with documenting the roles of other agents, White no doubt hoped to secure himself a small place in history, though he’d never say so himself. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Darkness towered over him, making him feel as small as the turquoise in his bow guard. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Matherson is the menace! He hassles all the smaller kids on the bus.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand felt so small and fragile, as though it was blown from glass. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the first of what will be many firefights on this day, small bands of Union soldiers begin shooting at the Confederate rear guard. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The muscles in her small legs knotted and quivered. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was child’s play to conceal something as small as a few matches from Basta and the other idiots. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was stacked with small mountains of pottery—not celadon work, but the very dark brown stoneware known as onggi, for storing food. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He reaches into his cloak and pulls out a small gray remote. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

We touch down in a small tree-covered patch across the road from the Maine Mall. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Appointed Muslim Sisters quickly passed small trays from which everyone took a thin, round patty of peppermint candy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And underfoot was not soil but broken rock, split into small cubes, great slabs, but none of it water-rounded. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put chalk and small pieces of wood on the ground and noted how deeply rocks sank over time. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took him back to the house and bound the bones together with two small sticks and sinew. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side was a small dirt lot full of random objects. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some small part of me wants to smile at the sight, to feel the joy of avenging my brother’s death. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

To either side of these doors were small windows, similarly enclosed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She desperately wanted to guzzle down those entire two inches, but she thought of her mother sweating beside her and took only the smallest of sips. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They sat shoulder to shoulder at the top of the small hillside behind our house. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The great clipper, so seemingly impregnable, had become impossibly small. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I rip through a wall of green into a small clearing and the sound repeats directly above me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I walk outside as the sun peeks through the tree branches, and see a small group of Amity gathered near the orchard. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was purchasing a small book bound in red leather from the bookseller. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway along it, I saw a small knot of people gathered. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What needs to be done is to increase the volume of the cylinder with only a small amount of additional mass,” Quentin stated. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Avery Jenkins’s letters, handwritten in print so small I needed a magnifying glass to read them, convinced me that he had been very ill for a long time. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She’d taken a small tin of tar, and as Celaena rose from her crouch in the windowsill, her sticky, black hands and bare feet easily gripped the stone wall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A crude pair of salt-dice and a single, tatty shoe that was too small for me, but that I hoped to trade for something else. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the center of that stone there was a hollow, and into that natural small bowl Omakayas put the leaves that smelled summery and sharp, fresh and potent. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She reaches into her purse and pulls out a small white envelope with Lucinda written on it in happy, shouty colors. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

All I can do is shake my head and assure him I’m okay with a small, painful smile. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I look down and see the wild pansies, small purple and white violets, growing at my feet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Madam brought the broom down on the small, twisted body. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a flicker of a pause, the puppy reluctantly sank to the floor and touched the rug with his small nose. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Microphones did not yet exist, so only a small portion of the audience actually heard any speeches. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

For some reason, the police never found the gun or the small notebook, which was fortunate, for many more people would have been arrested if they had. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The quarters of all the nearby plantations were thoroughly searched and no small number of slaves beaten on principle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The room she entered was smaller than the library, but much more comfortably—almost elegantly—furnished. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The first-class seat cushion absorbs my weight as the plane takes off, bound for the small city that will soon be in the spotlight. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Lower the temperature and the volume of the balloons gets smaller and smaller. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“We could at least give him a small neighborhood to demolish,” suggested Ruza. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Obviously many of them were known to one another, for as they hobbled along in ones and twos and sometimes small groups, they exchanged greetings and news. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brightbill watched as his mother’s head turned all the way around and a small button came into view. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

For a split second Frank thought he’d be crushed under the weight of the massive assault rifle, but the gun changed in midair, becoming smaller and thinner. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The red dirt trail winds and dips behind small foothills, shaded by tall teak trees. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael was the smallest of all the birds, and he didn’t need a lot to eat, but he had to have more than one fly. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Things were so quiet that we even got to play some music we had brought along on a small tape recorder. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skulls and bones of small creatures were hung up as macabre decorations. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“There must have been a small building up here that burned, and they buried the debris. We’ve just been throwing them in the woods.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The younger children are restless, and the older boys stir up trouble in small ways, wherever they can find it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It has to do with respecting us,” the small girl said. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The pressure waves appeared smaller—even the boulder didn’t seem as large. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls the trapdoor shut, and the small space is loud with the sound of our breathing. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It was only when he pulled his hand back that I noticed a spray of small red spots on his right shirt cuff. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In other experiments, when small quantities of liquid water were present, the microbes actually grew. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lines like Many workers in Zimbabwe receive a small pay which can’t even feed the families and Two families have to share a room in some parts of Zimbabwe stuck out. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I do not think it is so very small. We shall not be many, you know.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Daddy picked up the small wooden plane and made it soar through the air, like a little boy playing with a toy. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door reappears in the side of the tent and the small audience makes their way out. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But you cannot arrange your life around them and the small chance of the Dreamers coming into consciousness. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Presently she laughed and showed him a small sketch of Jo in her scribbling suit, with the bow rampantly erect upon her cap, and issuing from her mouth the words, ‘Genius burns!’ Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just goes to show what even a small community such as ours can do when we unite behind a common cause.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

What the hell was I doing, standing here making small talk with this girl when the First Gate was waiting for me? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Winston had never made the smallest effort to verify this guess; indeed, there was no way of doing so. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Drummer, like Willie, would be small and thin and dark with nervous eyes which showed too much white. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked, pounded, twisted, pushed, using his lack of size to confound and exasperate Elisha, whose damp fists, joined at the small of John’s back, soon slipped. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

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

Laney put on her panda jacket, collected Paganini, and grabbed the small Christmas tree before heading to the second floor. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Anyway, even though their apartment was small, they had agreed to take Hanako’s family in until Papa found good work. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

From what mountain, what cave, what small last race of people remaining on this world when the rockets came from Earth? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like Percy had seen in his dreams, the Big F was small by giant standards—about twelve feet tall—but he had tried to make up for it with his loud outfit. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I nudge Pollux with my elbow and point out a small black bird with a crown. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The trip is unannounced, the boy’s small suitcase packed without his knowledge. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Looking very small behind a high-backed chair, the old man stood for a moment with his clear, childlike blue eyes closed and his bps moving, then drew out his chair and sat down. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The villains might be able to run them down in this smaller side channel. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, trying to remember all of the goldfish’s instructions, she cracked off a small bit of stone and rubbed it up and down the needle ninety-nine times before tossing it back to the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Storage of the chlorinated hydrocarbons, as we have seen, is cumulative, beginning with the smallest intake. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He handed each of us a small piece of paper which read Trans-Texas Airways: Pine Bluff, AR, to Little Rock, AR. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were off, not with a huge bang but with a small bump, as we felt the rocket come alive and begin to fly. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she takes a small bag of lemons, cuts each one in half, and hands the halves over to me. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He gets some plastic cups and pours us all a small drink. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He saw the stars above his face, whirling on their silent and sleepless axis, and the leaves of the trees rustling against them, and he heard small changes in the grass. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his hands he carried on a large leaf as on a tray a small pile of white water-lilies. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She led Dumbledore into a small room that seemed part sitting room, part office. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Tasmania and those three smaller islands thus illustrate in extreme form a conclusion of broad potential significance for world history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

As I rested the mattress against the wall, I noticed a small cardboard box nestled in the ledge between the frame’s headboard and side. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The Great Hunter needs to approve,” he said, then scribbled something on a small napkin and shoved it into his pocket. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I thank her when she’s done, and she leaves with a small smile, closing the door behind her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We looked around and saw that the creature had brought us to the mouth of a small cave on the side of the hill. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He remembered his first meeting with Perry in the interrogation room at Police Headquarters in Las Vegas—the dwarfish boy- man seated in the metal chair, his small booted feet not quite brushing the floor. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big beaks could crack open big, hard seeds; small beaks were better for hard-to-get-at seeds. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Air ducts: too small for Constance to fit through, even if greased. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he handed me three small steel traps. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I smile, satisfied, like I did as a small child, after I gave limpiezas to troubled people to clean their spirits with eggs and fresh herbs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It held a small wooden table, a chair, one bed, and a straw mat on the dirt floor. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rigel was a blue star, smaller than Betelgeuse, Dad said, but even brighter. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had small brownish eyes, and a rosy tint to his cheeks, like Rasheed, no matter the weather. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Baba will probably surprise her with a small gift he saved up for—and she’ll probably tell him he shouldn’t have. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It’s a small skyscraper, all dark glass and metal. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Thanks to the wagering ban, the only places for it to go were seedy tracks, backwater ovals so small they were called “bullrings,” and dirt roads, but this was Irwin’s kind of racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water was good to drink, but the hole was far too small for them to fit through. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry took a deep breath and picked up the smallest bottle. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

"I'll just have one of her people"—she points a sticky finger in my direction—"fix me right up. Slim me down even smaller next time, so I have more room to grow." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The boy reached the small, abandoned church just as night was falling. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember there was an open call for Man of La Mancha at a small theater in Greenwich Village. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The man was small and bald with large round arms and spoke very bad English. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She returned on her small feet to her cross-stitch embroidery. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There in its shadow he buried Mad-Eye Moody’s eye and marked the spot by gouging a small cross in the bark with his wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was the patter of small feet in the hallway, and then Charlie’s arms wrapped around me and her momentum nearly knocked me out of my chair. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

While the pirates body-search everyone onboard, other pirates ransack our small boat, taking diamond rings, sapphire necklaces, gold nuggets hidden in sacks of clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the largeness of the country shown on the map, the massive forest the map showed, the river was a small thing, and he had negated it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now my hair is small was all I could write. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The defense took place in December, in a small, simply furnished room. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Their bus-driving leader left the Gladers in the hands of a small staff—nine or ten men and women dressed in pressed black pants and white shirts, their hair immaculate, their faces and hands clean. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“The smallest charms can be the most effective,” Isobel says, taken aback when her voice catches, almost on the brink of tears. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The results weren’t as strong as a proper, man’s weapon, but the boys could still bring in small game. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small pot of spicy red sauce and yet another round of rolls from District 3. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Tou, Julio, think small! You live small and you’ll die small! Always paying rent because you never thought big. Like most of the people in this neighborhood you think that things are impossible!” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I’m lingering in Lucinda’s bedroom, watching her pack and repack her small suitcase as if there’s going to be a test on it when she lands in the United States. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Then I saw that some of the people were indeed moving, but with such small, birdlike gestures I had not at first discerned them. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The man could see his small eyes watching him in the firelight. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The truth, however, is this: far from undermining the current system of control, the new caste system depends, in no small part, on black exceptionalism. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her dress was too small for her, and she was barefoot on a dirt road, standing in front of a little hut. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The woman selling it displayed a small pill—but not to give to the subject. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The word means “trivia” or “small details,” and it’s pronounced mi-NOO-shee-ee. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kathy was loading up a few small bags in the back of the Odyssey. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I’ll be through in a while,” he said to the smallest child, who was looking out of the window, his chin barely high enough to rest on the sill. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it is with space-time: on a very small scale it is tendimensional and highly curved, but on bigger scales you don’t see the curvature or the extra dimensions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number of small errors have surfaced of late, including that incident last April relating to the silver. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I looked in and saw a similar room, but smaller, with one bed along the window and another along the opposite wall. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When you meet new people, Ted, keep the talk small. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always liked that camera stuff, because to me it was saying that all your problems—the swimming-in-the-goldfish-bowl stuff-were really small and unimportant compared to the entire world. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her small toad-like face looked even yellower than the day before. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked on through the garden and saw ahead of her a small figure she knew. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were only two small hospitals in Seosan, his father’s and one on the other side of town, near the ocean. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I accepted all the gifts—the tables, the earthenware jugs—though I could not possibly carry them with me, and culled for travel only a small copper cooking bowl. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The parlour was rather a small room, very plainly furnished, yet comfortable, because clean and neat. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a small room with a lot crammed into it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped in a number of small thin bottles and an eye-dropper. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tammi was explaining how we were about to break into small groups and tour the school. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

To celebrate my graduation to a smaller cast, Papi says he’s going to get me a typewriter. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

‘Benedict Mady, you a fine doctor. How come I get them miseries sometime in the small of my back after I been digging and planting for a good while? How come that misery bother me?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was a small hole, slightly charred, in my white shirt: my Paul Smith shirt, I thought, with a pang of anguish. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m just wondering if it’s a good thing to resign yourself quite this much to small steps when you could take some big ones.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes we would be there, and she would have two lives in her small, trembling hands. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He could see the pieces quite easily, because the metal caught the gleam from outside: seven of them, the smallest being the point itself. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Sips of breath both small and large, coupled with my booming heart, echo through the room. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

February in their small town of Darling, Georgia, was chilly, but the sun still rose every morning to remind everyone that spring was on its way. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

In October or November 1532, the victors stopped outside the small city of Cajamarca, where they learned that pale, hairy people who sat on enormous animals had landed on the coast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was one of the smallest kids in the school. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was tiresome having to smile and act interested, especially if they were chatty, but that was a small price to pay for a meal. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Two small kids came running down the hall, but when they saw Ms. Laverne, they stopped and started walking so slowly, I almost laughed. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was a small market where Dicey stopped next. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam said, No, no, but Grandma said, He doesn’t have the pills to ease him, God help us, and a bottle of stout will be some small comfort. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mercy’s spinning wheel faltered, and Rachel’s hand, lighting a pine knot, trembled so that a spark fell on the table unheeded and left a small black scar. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Laertes and I would peek through the broken panel of his chamber door and see him bent over a small pile of money and papers, shaking his head. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The smallest and the wisest of the sons of Ivaldi simply shrugged. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Girls went over and took care of the lady’s three small children so that Claudette’s mother could leave. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

My part was the smaller one, though I was the engine of the play’s moral, which was that men who take great risks often suffer great consequences. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay in his small bed next to Abilene’s large one. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Reflecting the demographic makeup of the state’s small towns, the officer corps is overwhelmingly white. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late the day following they entered a small town where three men stepped from behind a truck and stood in the road before them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She stood in the doorway in flannel pajamas, a toddler on her hip and two small girls clinging to her leg. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It gave me a small sense of relief to see that I wasn’t the only one who was nervous. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Frankie and I sat next to each other in a small office watching the two administrators go back and forth deciding what our punishment should be. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But now all the rings were in a pile with the other family valuables, and their mother was tying it all up with a small parcel of clothing. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

To give you one small example, Mrs. van D. has removed all but three of her sheets from our communal linen closet. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

When I finally open my eyes, I see that I'm now in a small, windowless cell with four steel walls. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Her small feet had probably slipped on the slick ice and she had fallen into the icy waters. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He often passed small farms and cabins or found graziers tending herds on sunny balds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The ship, as the cliché says, was very small, and on the ship, I was correspondingly even more tiny, so that one would think I would feel dwarfed, alienated in some way. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I'm not scared at all until I actually go into his room and see how small he looks on the bed. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I watched Fern move her crayon in small black circles. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, by Planck’s quantum hypothesis, one cannot use an arbitrarily small amount of light; one has to use at least one quantum. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was standing next to him with a small group of reporters. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I pushed open the door to the shop, a much smaller bell tinkled, and a woman looked up from her perch behind a counter. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was abruptly handcuffed, taken from the car, and placed in a sealed police van with small opaque windows reinforced with wire netting. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had to climb up a set of steps, through the roads of this small town. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She sounded annoyed, but Aru could see the small smile lifting up the corners of her mouth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And in it was a small limp heavy bundle. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily started to write and then faked a small coughing attack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Somebody dropped a drink down the stairs, and a cigarette burned a small hole in a throw rug. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Half a year later, Victor did put Scipio's name on his door, although he put it in slightly smaller letters. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He found a good spot not far from a fountain, then took the small mirror from his cereal box and placed it in the jar. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Into the small cloister, through a hallway to the large cloister. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was cold and snowy and Joseph’s coat was too small. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was as if a small, befuddled stranger were peering through the imposing mask of my father’s features. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were blue lakes, glistening as much as the jewels above; and cottages, and small farmhouses. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“So I time every single one of our training sessions, no matter how small or trivial it might seem. Got that, wild card?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The cows are much smaller, but they make more noise than the bulls, screaming and barking through the whole day and sometimes at night. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been cut from heavy oak planks, and they spi- raled around the massive center timber like the small bones of a spine held in place by thick wooden pegs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

This time the shaded area had deepened from both the north and south, leaving a small square of white in the middle of the oblong Black Belt. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She started toward a small, distant cage, in the center of which jutted up a branching dead tree. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But I do not have a small army. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For the rest of her life, pilot Yevgeniya Zhigulenko never forgot finding a small boy with a haunted, thin face and huge green eyes alone in a deserted village. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Lost, we crawled under a sweep of pine boughs, and I curled myself around my sister, who was so much smaller. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was a big sigh for such a small body. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

That’s when I saw a small bundle of yellow, dragging a red umbrella, dart out of the house. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The man smiled, revealing the small gap between his front teeth. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She chipped off a small piece and put it in a glass of water. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the small population, die old courting rituals had nearly ceased. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The small seat he’s perched on gives way, and Imam Malik falls into the water. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Inside the door, a small blue hawk was perching on a bracket. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A small mattress and a thick white comforter lay in the corner of the room. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

All of this is a salutary lesson in the way tottering edifices of theology can be built on a small textual misunderstanding. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

She had the flat-footed gait of a barefoot peasant, a narrow waist, small breasts. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And when he had used up all his time, he took a small bow and motioned for me to follow him outside amidst all the groans and complaints from the Cubbies. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We're out of the way, all right, a small village, we're none of us getting younger, and the village is getting smaller. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Walking in a tokar demanded small, mincing steps and exquisite balance, lest one tread upon those heavy trailing fringes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ron glared at her, then pulled a small silver object from his jeans pocket. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Slowly, the great man would pick up my newly invented chocolate and he would take a small bite. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smallest of them, sitting on Coraline’s left, was a boy with red velvet knee britches and a frilly white shirt. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

One of the Elf-wardens then blew a clear note on a small horn, and it was answered three times from far above. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Inside, the small room was dark as a tomb. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He had only to take one small glass to make it better. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now it’s so small it fits in my head. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He moved his ships forward to engage in battle, confident that size and might would enable them to overcome Octavian’s smaller ships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Her waist is impossibly small, and she loves to show it off in half shirts and skintight dresses. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If you kept the small rules you could break the big ones. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Afi had no time to answer, for a small boat came up close to the ship, and a balding white man climbed on board. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s where they put a donor heart next to his, to regulate the beat. The donor was—the heart was—too small to do the job by itself.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did have a nice set shot, though, and his small, fast hands bothered the boy he guarded. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Solovet nodded approvingly and gave him a small clay pot of ointment to dab on his face. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She padded to her basin on small, bare, callused feet, silent as a shadow, splashed cool water on her face, patted herself dry. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ear folded his ears as a small boy began to throw a temper tantrum by the candy machine. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A small wind blows and the planets spin slowly. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I daresay that the Queen was okay with it, too, because when I touched her, she only pulled closer, resting a gloved hand lightly on the small of my back. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

George went out onto the deck and walked over to the small crowd of men. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

On the beach I walk at the water’s edge, watching small stones roll back and forth with the waves. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

‘Here is a mallorn-leaf of Lórien, and there are small crumbs on it, and a few more crumbs in the grass. And see! there are some pieces of cut cord lying nearby!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“You are too small, and not strong enough yet. Without water you will not survive the rest of the walk. Some of the others—they will be able to manage better than you.” A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said nothing about him being too small,” Baba says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Ehlis, our homeroom teacher, suggested forming small groups and coming up with skits for the whole class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The emphasis in Canada is on small mammals, which are amazingly effective in the control of certain insects, especially those that live within the spongy soil of the forest floor. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

One rode into the gym on a small tricycle, followed by his friends, who dressed as hillbillies. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I decided as a precaution not to sleep in the cave—with its one entrance, and that a small one, it would be like a trap. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The countryside was less wild now, and once or twice they saw small lonely hamlets in the distance. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once those were laid, Petey ran cables from the sheets back to the house, connecting them all to a small generator. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was a small click, and the ball of light from the lamp flew back to the ceiling and illuminated them all once more. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was only his revenant who remained, the small vengeful ghost who throttled Shae and put a crossbow bolt through the great Lord Tywin’s bowels. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Using it like a dropper, I released a small splash of soda onto the crinkled paper, and watched it expand outward instantly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Their breath, expelled in small clouds, vanishes like smoke from a chimney. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“She was the young lady’s nurse when she was small. Still lives there, on pension, like.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

But as we were bottlenecking through the small, dark office that led to the ymbryne meeting room, everything went wrong. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’m already grown, even though my body’s small. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sure, I’ve been meaning to get him a smaller collar for a long time. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Another small problem: a brood hen had hatched out six more chicks. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I grab the small stuffed animal and hold it against my chest. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A small army unit, based next to the train station, was out catching migrants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Throughout the morning equipment for the Winter Carnival had been spirited out of the dormitory and down to the small incomplete public park on the bank of the Naguamsett River. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead we ate a small quantity of dried abalone, and afterwards my brother Ramo climbed over the cliff. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That one was a juvenile,” he said, pointing to a skull smaller than the rest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Because there isn’t anything good to say to an average white boy to make him feel small. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the building which housed the dentist’s office ran a small path used by servants and those tradespeople who catered to the butcher and Stamps’ one restaurant. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another new boy sleeps up there, Dieter Ferdinand, a small muscular kid from Frankfurt who does everything he is told with a terrifying ferocity. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A small chunk of New York City's millions is here today. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After a brief silence and another series of small nods, the man handed Comrade Pillai the sachet of photographs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Protests in the capital and in smaller cities happened almost every day. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

All I can manage is a small grunt. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There are three Smart Aids in Englewood, the small, somnolent beach town where I live. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and picture the girl inside my mind like a small statue. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Once the floor is swept, Mr. Jones applies tape to mark on the floor a smaller basketball court, a foursquare court, and a dodgeball area. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were large, lidless, and pure black, with two smaller eyes sticking out of her temples. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was a very small waterfall, but it was ours. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Underneath a huge group of flowering bushes, there is a small stone house that we made the summer before second grade, hoping fairies would move in. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It started with an echo turned inside out, and a small yell like a man captured. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The haul from the nets was smaller and smaller. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Another small meltdown. Shan has lots of meltdowns. Will you go down to the city this weekend with me to see her?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ariana showed me how to fold the sides up and tuck them into flaps, so the cardboard transformed into a small box that could fit two cupcakes. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I remember one small one that brought us a thousand dollars. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only oasis of silence was next to me where the small young man and the old woman were gazing at each other. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The house-elves crowded around Harry, Ron, and Hermione and began shunting them out of the kitchen, many little hands pushing in the smalls of their backs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I suddenly felt very small, as if my skin was tightening and I was actually shrinking. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

His eyeglasses looked too small for his face. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I thought how small Thwaites’s bottom looked and how very tight it was. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry looked quickly around and spotted a large black cabinet to his left; he shot inside it and pulled the doors closed, leaving a small crack to peer through. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

If he had all of East River under his sway, what’s to say he couldn’t have controlled a small army of Reds, too? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And she wanted to ask them things big and small, but she did not have the words. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Plasterers used small furnaces called salamanders to speed drying and curing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“That,” he said, “was civilized living”—by which he meant that on a small income he had been able to keep a mistress and eat in restaurants. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had a bad start when the first tree fell, knocking down several smaller trees into Franca’s kitchen area. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The stove sat on a small table underneath a window that had plastic curtains. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The small wagon track joined a bigger road, which joined a larger road yet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Someone knocked me down; I pushed Brinker over a small slope; someone was trying to tackle me from behind. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed thrilled, though it wasn’t that big of a coincidence in a school this small. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then he unyoked the bullocks and led them to the small pool of water near which we had stopped, giving them each a handful of hay. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had lived with a basketball, had paid his dues, and could now exult in this one small skill of boyhood. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And saw, as he approached, that there were other, smaller markers all around it. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the restaurant, half a dozen Turkish men watch from a small table. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

A boy with dreadlocks was surrounded by a small crowd. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The smaller the word, the handier it is. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a small, short-barreled, pocket-size handgun designed for concealment, not combat. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he understood how small this world really was. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Like... smaller than real gods, but larger than apartment gods?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A boy appeared at the door beside Fenoglio, a little boy of about five, and a small girl joined them on the other side of the doorway. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The other dogs—the black, the brown with the lopped-off tail, the small whitish one, and the droopy orange runt—merely looked alert and regarded her with neutral interest. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The row was dimly lit by the warning lantern where the railroad crossed the street and by one small carbon-filamented globe that burned on the porch of Jenny’s. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The word trilled and echoed like a small, annoying birds song. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We can get smaller and smaller—as small as we want. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

His hands clutch at my shirt and I am removing it and then I remember, I remember that I am small and flatchested and sickly pale, and I pull back. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Obinze is not like some of these useless small boys with money. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They were back in the small parlor, warm and almost sleepy. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was the small hours of the morning, when the parking lot was empty and the streetlights were still on. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I make an X, a small one, on my painted jungle wall. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“I have not the smallest objection to explaining them,” said he, as soon as she allowed him to speak. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

There were drops of blood on the floor here too, and there had been small, smudged coins of blood on the stairs as he walked up. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A small wad of paper hit his ear. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

A smaller and lighter horse, but restive and fiery, was brought to Legolas. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

One of those ones they saw on a field trip to the small art museum downtown. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was small, and she wore her hair in two braided pigtails. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The world was so big, yet everything in it was so small! A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a small meal waiting for them—simple fare but exquisite for being fresh. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We watched, amazed, as he wrapped the small body in a paper towel and marched it straight out the door. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Mom’s face turned to stone and her mouth grew small. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I'm looking at a small war between two smart women. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edwin’s eyes were closed, and he held the small stick against his shoulder patiently. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A midwife named Fannie delivered her into a small shack on a dead-end road overlooking a train depot, where hundreds of freight cars came and went each day. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

European microorganisms were slow to penetrate the Yucatan Peninsula, where most of the Maya polities were too small to readily play off against each other. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But she was also very strong willed, determined to rise above the people who made her feel small. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And then he leaped back, because into that gap there came a small furry golden hand with black fingernails, and then a face—a nightmare face. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two small buildings—a house and a barn made of rough wood and logs— stood nearby. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tore a small piece from the duct tape roll and fastened the note to our refrigerator. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Should your collection of people be organized into a single group, or broken down into a small or large number of groups? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A big, L-shaped couch takes up most of the living room, along with a big TV, but smaller than the one we have at home. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Daddy had promised to marry her but kept delaying until he finally married a woman named Alberta, who was another small tight woman from the South. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael is small but he’s always saying remarkable things like that. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In three walls there were small, square windows, and in the fourth, a solid door with a wooden latch. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papá sat at the kitchen table, giving orders and going over our savings, which he kept in a small metal box. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I stood with my hand over my mouth, staring in disbelief at the empty field until I realized there were splinters of brick and small white plaster tiles pressed into the dirt and grass. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A cloth curtain separated his place from the rest of the shop so that it was like a small private room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I pinned it tightly with both hands over his small head as he lay writhing. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edward considered the brightness of the small star. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

It was small and leathery looking, with a large, knobby, bald head exactly like a potato. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When they got to the target, they circled it twice in their small plane, heavy with the weight of the bombs hanging beneath its fabric wings. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He was so sleepy that it was only as they were about to leap at him that he noticed the three small figures crouching, by the entrance to his flat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They dipped and flitted, chirping, making the little pointy sounds of small birds. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Penney picked up his pipe, filled it with tobacco from a small pouch, and lit it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She took a step back toward the steps, but the cat stayed where it was, looking miserable and, oddly, much smaller. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Winnie had sat on the cot, eyes downcast, feeling very small—and very like a criminal. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Active, small, and indomitable like Úrsula, and almost as pretty and provocative as Remedios the Beauty, she was endowed with a rare instinct for anticipating fashion. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He used the smallest possible circumference of the Earth and the greatest eastward extension of Asia he could find in all the books available to him, and then exaggerated even those. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small part of me felt like even applying was some kind of betrayal. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to be a diver, Mum,” said the small boy. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The blade wasn’t more than a centimetre long, very small, very sharp and very shiny. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cool Papa’s hat would get crushed in the small bag, but it had survived so much. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Tucked into the envelope is a small piece of paper with the name of my mystery aunt and coded instructions for getting to the commune. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

What happens when we try really small segments, measuring in bits a millionth of an inch each? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She took his hand in both of hers, and he followed her—his arm outstretched, his hand in hers—like a small boy being dragged reluctantly to bed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each day brought small discoveries: I was a Cubs fan, while he liked the White Sox. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I just remember a period when, convinced that an apostrophe was definitely required somewhere, I would cunningly suspend a very small one immediately above the “s”, to cover all eventualities. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

It felt a little strange to be going out into the dark with such a small grown-up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As heavy as a small coffer of coins, it was entitled The Herball or General History of Plants. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Each time she reached the top of her arc beneath the sun, her shadow legs were transformed into the thin, curved legs of an antelope, with small rounded hooves at the bottom instead of feet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set the bottle on the bench and he took a screwdriver and punched a hole in one of the cans of oil and then punched a smaller one to help it drain. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to use, not the hands of others to command. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She helped him find a small flat, buy a small car, get a driver’s license, go to the Lagos and Ibadan museums. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

For instance, societies on small Polynesian islands were effectively rather similar to tribal societies with a big-man, except that the position of chief was hereditary. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The swarm of kids pours into a small courtyard, where a volunteer hands out slices of lukewarm pizza from a box. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The chemical has also destroyed some important insect predators and so has caused an increase in the tortricids — small, stout-bodied moths whose larvae scar the surface of the bananas. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Victor followed Ida to a small room on the ground floor that contained nothing but two enormous walk-in wardrobes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Good,” said the tailor, placing pins back into his small satin pin cushion. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The daily small army of runners each got ten percent of the money they turned in, along with the bet slips, to their controllers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It continued to bend and fold itself into smaller triangles and even smaller diamond shapes until at last it formed a four-legged figure that then sprouted a tail, a head, and finally, a horn. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She simply wanted to capture these small communities of insects and plants interacting with one another, just as she had witnessed them. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A very small, mousy-haired boy had been called forward to place the hat on his head. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Curly black hair, brown skin, big black eyes, handsome nose, fine teeth, small hands and feet, taller than I am, very polite, for a boy, and altogether jolly. Wonder how old he is?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an ad paid for by a white man from a small town in Arkansas. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small breeze rustles the leaves around us. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s much smaller than it was, but the important part is there. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But Dorus knew his limitations, and was content to be a pastor in the small community of Zundert, in a church that was part of a small movement in the new, less rigid Dutch Protestantism. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I always like hanging out in Soojin’s room, which is smaller than mine and painted a pretty green. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The rules seemed to relax during the harvest season, and besides, the way was smoothed by a contractor to whom they paid a small percentage of their pay. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came from behind the bar and resumed his desultory sweeping just as Lana, Darlene, and the bird, looking like a small unruly mob, burst in from the alley. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up on the green, green hill rising to the west I could see a small herd of cattle grazing. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I've been trying to make them look smaller by squashing them into bras that are two sizes too small. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly the line of hunters breaks through the jungle thickets into the small clearing in front of the den. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The entirety of its furniture was a small bed, a wardrobe, and a rolltop desk. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It’s been almost a year since I left home, and the few clothes I brought with me have worn out and gotten too small. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s so weird about it, Cochran? The boy’s obviously a misfit. He tried in his small ineffectual way to damage the sale and he succeeded in doing the opposite. The school rallied against him.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see liking that: You’d get to know a small group of men, their characters and foibles, and they’d get to know you. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she pulled out The Tales of Beedle the Bard from the small, beaded bag. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Here, shrew! You are smaller than I am! Climb through, then see if you can tug me backwards by my feet. Come on, move yourself if you want to live!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nancy went on with her work, not sullenly, but so withdrawn that Ellen wearily gave up trying to talk with her and directed all her attention to the small boy. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got around to the other side, there were at least three other families packed into a single small room, seated on the ground. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The structures were clustered near the top of a small hill—another ancient mound. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She identifies them by their high cheekbones and their small, even teeth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made a small, splintery pile of wood that couldn’t be used for anything else. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She stood behind the counter, and her small malignant pig-eyes watched us suspiciously as we came forward. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Haydn was so adept at sculpting a tune from small beginnings that the younger Mozart and Beethoven simply copied the technique in their own way. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It’s possible to thin-slice a surgeon’s risk of being sued for malpractice on the basis of a small snippet of conversation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Yes, there it was, although it was only a small stump. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You’ll see one soon enough, especially if you’re out at night. It’s a bit like a small badger, with black circles around its eyes.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The small white bird tinged in pink dives down, buries her claws in my chest, and tries to keep me afloat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

After a while she began to raise chickens and a small vegetable garden in the little yard beside our house. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they smile they reveal teeth filed to sharp points, yet they are gentle, and unbelievably small. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s harder to move around, and we live in a smaller area in the north. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing to be scared of, Nate. You're small and scrappy and can get out of any situation the world throws at you.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She remembered a small pond, the sound of warriors whooping, and then a roar. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The smallest ones were always as dressed up as their parents, with hair bows and suspenders and other geegaws Luke knew his parents would never buy. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The craft were small and flew low, banking back and forth in lazy zigzags, and the noise of the surf had covered the subtle whine of their propellers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He looked on his work with MI6, to whom he passed thousands of KGB documents, as one small part of this important mission. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He took the paper from her, and she opened a small gray box. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Grandpa read in the paper that in 1906 there were at least a thousand automobiles in Georgia, mostly owned by farmers, doctors, and residents of small towns. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I have smaller feet, so the logs will feel bigger. I’ll keep my balance easier.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Rashid unzipped the backpack and pulled out three of the five small pieces of broken, charred tile he’d taken from the wreckage before they began reconstruction. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Toussaint was not unlike an ambassador from a small, fierce, and backward land. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squared my shoulders, a small thrill of victory working its way through my center as I moved through the main gate to the waiting black car. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Behind the woman’s small house there was a bare dirt yard, and in the light of the lantern that Con held, they found the woodshed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

This time a series of smaller thumps, like someone was knocking in return. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I gnawed at the vitamin until it stopped looking so huge, and the cage got smaller, and then suddenly, hang! The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he smiled and excused himself and went up to the guest room and came back with a small framed photograph. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Our brotherhood is too small to lose any one of us. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, in order that he might safely testify at the trial, he had been removed from the prison and lodged in a small jail in an adjacent county. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room they were herded into was a small, low- ceilinged place with a single window high up under the eaves. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she stopped quite short at the small cocktail bar at the far end of the room. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He does, it is true, mention a small number of modern inventions—stirrups, the compass, clocks, gunpowder, printing—but he has almost nothing to say about new observations, new explanations or new proofs. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She took her mother’s dress and the small treasures, but she left the shoes behind. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say as much, they weren’t lovers, but I could tell he desired her, the way he was ushering her around with his paint-splattered hand clinging to the small of her back. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within me, a small, still voice urged, It need not be thus; but what could that signify? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The room was too small for all the nervous sweat, for all the odors, for all the heat that the bodies generated. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had an order of scram-bled eggs and bacon, and a small mountain of toast that was disappearing quickly. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The government people waited by the door while my siblings each packed a small bag of clothes and things. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through smaller class sizes and more intense attention given to lagging students, it managed to claw its way into the middle. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Jonas, don’t speak with your mouth full. Take smaller pieces,” scolded Mother. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I looked, as he commanded: Mama Mwanza with her disfigured legs and her small, noble head both wrapped in bright yellow calico. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"However sincere the lesson, the result is likely to be grotesque. Still, I know what it is to love a brother, Lord Snow. I will give Bran whatever small help is in my power." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were a little green, but even so, Brian couldn’t believe how sweet and rich they were—like small domestic plums, with a little more tang to them. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He could smell wild flowers growing in the weeds and grass beside the road, and he heard the big bumblebees and the smaller bees sucking the blossoms. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A small wrinkle of concern marred her usually placid forehead. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the small window of the shack lit up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We should take Alphie with us because he’s small and he smiles and people will see him and feel sorry for him and us. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He slunk swiftly across the grounds to one of the small doors in the massive outer wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We drove off in a new direction and stopped at a small Mexican restaurant called Pepe’s. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Keri was small for her age, she was strong and daring. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

One Sunday, we drive out to the beach and cut down a small sea grape tree, paint it white, and hang it with our lights that look like nose droppers filled with colored water. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Was it out of politeness that this writer left off strokes the way a Chinese has to write her own name small and crooked? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With small sums and advice, they also supported projects in far-flung places such as Chiapas, Mexico. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

A small sadness in light of everything else. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He saw a pair of small, pink, turkeylike legs rising to a gray, feathery plumpness. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Being very small, they were inclined to mistrust any creature that was larger than they were, especially senior girls. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

A single small light could be seen twinkling by the river. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“And far away on the edge of it is a small cloud which sits on the stone.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had purchased a small house there with a few acres of thick grass, and I was surprised to find it vacant. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Other smaller specialist groups existed, in which boys learned how to signal in Morse code, operate antiaircraft weaponry, provide first aid and practical field medicine, perform air-raid warden duties, and handle other weapons. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

What if Axel misses having the pillows on the floor and the wooden crosses that framed smaller sections to look through? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He shared the small space with another analyst, whose desk was pushed up against his so that they worked facing each other—a symbol of Ellsberg’s fallen status. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The White brothers were part of a small contingent of frontier lawmen who were known inside the bureau as the Cowboys. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The ghoul in the attic howled and dropped pipes whenever he felt things were getting too quiet, and small explosions from Fred and George’s bedroom were considered perfectly normal. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But Gregor wouldn't be casually dismissed right way because of this small discourtesy, for which he would find an easy and suitable excuse later on. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled a small notepad from his jacket pocket and jotted down some notations, all the while looking back and forth from the pad to the glass of water. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

We first hear of the existence of this man—the small dark man with a womanish voice—from the man Hardman. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other was a powerfully built young woman with a greasy brown ponytail and small, piggish eyes of an indeterminate color. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A dragon killer, he was, a rescuer of damsels, and his small sins seemed so great to him that he felt unfit and unseemly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The last stop on our tour was at a small market where Akhi had me buy a package of plain crackers, bottled water, almonds, and two bananas. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I pulled out my small notebook and looked at the map I had sketched earlier, trying to orient myself. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A woman, her head too big for her small body, brought us some rice, and Lobel took some. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This cage, like those, was a single-fenced enclosure divided into smaller ones. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The slope of the cone forces one side of the slice to have a slightly smaller cross section than the other. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a stone fireplace built into the shelter wall, and some kindly soul had left a pile of twigs and small logs by the side. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know of anyone connected with the Armstrong case who answers to that description—small, dark, womanish voice?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I step out of the elevator and glance around the small lobby. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It would be just enough to give a hint, a small peek, to the public of what would be involved. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A small, bedraggled boy was coming up the hill toward us with a small herd of goats following behind him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

At the end of that week, I was, to my astonishment, given a small part to play, that of the Messenger in The Spanish Tragedy. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting next to her hand, on the table, was a small pile of tiny homemade envelopes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Thick clouds conceal the sky, which appears only here and there like the small lakes on a map, and the air threatens rain. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each small event seems like an enormous accomplishment. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a Georgian house, not unlike the Mount, in a small village called Down, about sixteen miles from London Bridge. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It belongs to a Jewish family from Romania who had a small grocery store in the Old Country and then came to New York and opened another, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He gestured toward the black mamba and the mongoose again, and as if cued, the mongoose hissed, baring small, pointed teeth as its amber eyes flashed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We promptly began picking them up, but beans are so small and slippery that they roll into every conceivable corner and hole. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Africa has smaller areas of tropical rain forest than does Southeast Asia, and no temperate habitats at all beyond latitude 37 degrees. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listened and then said, “He’s just reminding me. On the first floor there’s a small landing and a door that opens on a corridor where the nursery is.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

We will begin felling the smaller trees in order to make room for our tents and gardens. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I heard a motorboat coming our way, and as it pulled close enough I could see it was a small Coast Guard launch. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

As we ate the moi-moi and drank the Ribena, I watched a small car crawl around the base of the hill. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

How small he looked between all the valuable and worthless things he had greedily amassed. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A small man with a birdlike face and fluffy hair, he read a lengthy poem dedicated to Soraya, jotted down on hotel stationery paper. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Butterfly-collar shirt only halfway buttoned, and peeking out from beneath it was a small drawstring pouch hanging from a cord around his neck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We still had to drive to Big Ma’s small yellow house that stood on about an acre of land, just off the edge of Prattville proper in Autauga County. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

One student council meeting is a small price to pay for all of them. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It reminded her of worshiping back home, offering a small continuity in her life. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Baba describes his ancestral jute farm with bright eyes: coconut and mango trees, perfect for a small boy to climb; a sparkling pond full of tasty fish; lush fields, green after the monsoon. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The rain pattered continually against the side of the plane: he imagined small children tossing down dried peas by the handful from the skies. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

And in the front, where the band had stuck directly to the bare skin, there remained a whole lot of small patches of brown leathery stuff that no amount of washing would get off. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s back in New York, from France. Her first book is about to be published and she’s having a small meltdown about it.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Actually, so far as he could judge, the majority of people in Airstrip One were small, dark, and ill-favored. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The room felt damp, the clay breaking into small muddy chunks under our feet. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When he woke early in the morning, however, the first thing he saw was a small pile of packages at the foot of his bed. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He produced a small leather bag full of tobacco. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Frightful took care of the small game supply, and now that she was an expert hunter, we had rabbit stew, pheasant potpie, and an occasional sparrow, which I generously gave to Frightful. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Champagne bubbles over a tower of stacked glasses into a small golden well. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I put a power meter into a small sample container, then glued a camera to the underside of the lid. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were walking past Prides, a small coffee shop wedged between SavOn's and Von's Supermarket, when I looked in the big plate glass window and saw my father. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Now they wanted to rent an apartment smaller and cheaper but better situated and generally more practical than the present one, which Gregor had found. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

A smaller limousine delivered the Coconut Cove mayor, Councilman Bruce Grandy, and the chamber of commerce president to the construction site. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swept the floor and organized the small boxes behind the counter. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Little Jimmy gave a small wave and smiled at me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jabir made a small sound of relief as he hugged her back. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A small dresser with a lonely lamp on top is placed beneath the window. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Every time Rachel leaned over to dig in her purse she kept one hand on the chest of her linen jacket and it still made a small clinking noise. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took away some small weapons—a dagger for each of them—and some long votola cloaks that Alfhercht wordlessly insisted they take. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I hid it because I didn’t want to be taken to the hospital and it was just a small cut. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I toured the Cape, Natal, and the Transvaal, explaining the campaign to small groups, sometimes going from house to house in the townships. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His faceplate took the brunt of the blow, the safety glass shattering into hundreds of small cubes. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just off Main Street, flanking an alley between two small parking lots, a pair of white wooden arches proclaim “Historic Downtown.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Nothing I can’t solve. All I need is one small piece of pipe.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dug into his pocket and pulled out the small key he took from the ashtray in his car. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As a small boy in Tilsit, I once found my way inside the pipe organ of a local church. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Harry, on the other hand, was small and skinny, with brilliant green eyes and jet-black hair that was always untidy. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They probably wanted a small one, a baby if possible. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir,” and Jo nearly crushed the small flowerpot with the sudden squeeze she gave it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small refrigerator is plugged into an adapter that has six different electrical devices all feeding into one outlet. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She would have the small television on the kitchen counter on and be watching die news and talking about how awful it was in South Africa or how cute the baby in the commercial looked. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever the reason, we took a suitcase full of food up to the attic and stayed there for three days, watching the city burn on my grandparents’ small black-and-white. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If Jupiter were a meter across, our comet would be smaller than a speck of dust, but when fully developed, its tail would be as great as the distances between the worlds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this world John, who was, his father said, ugly, who was always the smallest boy in his class, and who had no friends, became immediately beautiful, tall, and popular. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I crushed its head and picked out its small brain. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A small figure peers briefly from behind a wall. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Without a clan system or union contact or a family, Nailer and Nita were left with the dreg work, running messages, hauling small items, begging. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

This room is so small, it feels like I’m being squeezed from all sides. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The police car drove off, and Wednesday shuffled back through the snow to deal with the small line of people who were waiting to give him their money. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Although there is a pair of grand doors in the front, he takes me around to a small door on the side that leads directly to the kitchens. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He came out on the crest of a hill forming one side of a valley, where a small stream meandered between alder-grown banks. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lie down in a small hole to wait till the shelling is over. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eamon says, Dear Lulu, If this McCaffrey is that tall that he’s pushing his yoke against your belly button I suggest you find a smaller man who will slip it between your thighs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

There’s a terrible amount of very small writing on the top half of the page and even more on the bottom half; in the middle, an equator of sorts marks where you’re supposed to sign. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Emily started to write and then faked a small coughing attack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Every one of them—small mice and big rats and the opossum. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

If we use smaller carpets, our approximation gets better and better. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She left it hanging in the air, and then said, “Hey, speaking of tomorrow, as thanks for your hard work and dedication on this remarkable evening, I would like to give you a small gift.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Living in Steve's small Grant Park duplex allowed me to question him nonstop about the complex issues and challenges our cases and clients presented. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Riddle had no reason to disrupt his colt’s schedule to take on Seabiscuit and accept a risk, however small, that a fluke would cost his horse the championship. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow her gaze also took in Chess, making him feel both smaller and younger. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He takes out a small notepad from his jacket pocket and starts scribbling some numbers down. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

My heart trembled at how small and lonely it felt. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Three small hairs were embedded in the crack, and Art Moran carved them free with his pocketknife and tucked them into the sheath in his wallet that also held his driver’s license. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We associate with the people who occupy the same small, physical spaces that we do. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gasped, then, in a hard intake of breath, and tumbled to the grass, where she lay with her face contorted, making small noises of pain. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

We turned like a small herd of cattle and drifted back to our seats. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fugitives had passed through the previous day with a small group of Confederate veterans. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes searched the huts until she noted one at the end of the path, small and unassuming. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Shay had fallen asleep in a small crevice after, complaining about the dampness and her hair, asking when they were going to take her home. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I only finish a small plate of curly French fries. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, I was to fetch our suitcase, which was still at Piliso’s, and then meet Justice at George Goch, a small township in southern Johannesburg, later that day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You may wonder how a small child, only nine years old, can know these things. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Phnom Penh, Pa once told me the Youns are just like us but with whiter skin and smaller noses. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever the wind came through the sky, he and his small family would sit in the stone hut and warm their hands over a wood fire. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third woman was tall, small boned, thin, but shapely. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The financial crisis engulfing states large and small has led to a conversion among some legislators who once were “get tough” true believers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The basement rec room was a throwback to the sixties: shag carpeting, modern furniture, a small bar jutting out from the wall, and a Ping-Pong table. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Dad let me borrow the car to drive it down to the place, which was stuck into the side of a small, lame strip mall on the main strip of Mount Pitts. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He protested even the small amount of money the city dribbled out to provide services in black sections of town. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The powder horn and a small sharp hatchet hung at his belt and he carried the gun ready loaded on his shoulder. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The upper part has a couple of small holes in it, which is where the urine comes out. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

So a few minutes of arc is a very small quantity to measure—especially without a telescope. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He outlined a concept for a second lab as initially “a small group ... in support of Los Alamos and controlled thermonuclear work. . . We’ll start small and see what happens.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In one of the smaller claims, an Illinois man complained that his frightened wife had a nervous breakdown and was incapacitated for a month. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

In a small Texas town, they often did n’t have colored bathrooms or fountains either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The space up top was so small that only two of us could fit at a time, so Emma and I went, climbing its railroad ties like the rungs of a giant ladder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

On the block then were just one grocery, two small restaurants, a custom tailor, and a bar. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Nok took the seat, he raised the teacup to his lips and took a small sip. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Who dat? Who dat?” said Poppy in her small, piercing voice. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

One had a small length of chain, which he swung. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But what could Etty, a small child, do to come to terms with her sisters death and to make herself feel better? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped waiting for her to chuckle at the funny parts or give him the smallest forgiving sign. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A small beak peeked out of the leather folds. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Although our house was one of the smaller of the forty or so houses on the island, for several years we owned the only piano. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d bring them back to life for you, but I’m not sure it would work on creatures so small.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then after the step show, Sandra swore she knew about a small party that was happening that was going to be “totally low-key.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The younger and smaller cub, still lacking a name, spent the night alone in his cage, in the city menagerie where he was to live. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Everything about her was small: her waist, her feet, her ears, her mouth. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

There's a small burst of static and then nothing more. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The development approach involved taking small cells of melody or rhythm, or both, and making up a whole discourse from them over a twenty- or thirty-minute period of growth. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He was standing erect behind the counter, not leaning forward or resting on the small shelf that had been built for him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man paced about the small office in vigorous circles. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

One careless, superb gesture, and I would be hurled into motion down the slope toward the small khaki spot in the sidelines, among the spectators, which was Buddy Willard. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

When it boils, she takes it off the fire, pours half of it into a smaller can, and gives it to me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

So as Aunty Ifeoma drove, I looked at the cars on the road, seeking Father Amadi, looking for that pastel-colored small Toyota. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Since then, Lidia dropped out of high school to take care of Penny full-time in a small apartment with her grandmother. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Not a blade of grass in the small front yard, but rather barrel and prickly pear cacti and clusters of stones. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Mystified, Angel heard the sound of the tools on the metal frame of the small bed. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rattling around inside were a few small clay figurines, each no longer than her pinky. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some of his permanent teeth had already come—but they were small and blue like he had been eating blackberries. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Historians have emphasized the several compromises the delegates in Philadelphia brokered to produce the constitutional consensus: the interest of large versus small states; federal versus state jurisdiction; the sectional bargain over slavery. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, Auntie Xan,” Fyrian said, peeking out of the pocket and yawning, stretching his small arms out as wide as they would go. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Farmer Fitzgibbon’s wife had given him the name as a joke when he was a small kitten pretending to be fierce. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Aimee explained bars were harder for me because I was so short and my hands were small. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“None of your keys would fit this?” he asked.“They’re way too small.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Crackers and roasted chestnuts in bed at night satisfied only a small corner of her hunger. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went into his room and came out with a small wooden box covered with an old scarf. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some nights they crossed small streams, which gave them a chance to refresh themselves, quench their thirst, and soothe their aching feet. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I notice my pocket-size sketchbook lying on my dresser, the regimen crammed into the back of it, neatly folded and just barely sticking out past the small pages of the book. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Icy fingers of water trickled down from the snowpack above into small frozen pools that cracked and broke beneath the hooves of their garrons. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her hands were clasped together, and she stared fixedly at a small stain on the tablecloth. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew her figure now, the long slim legs, the small and narrow feet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The small pale yellow grapes native to these regions produced a notably inferior vintage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The vegetables were small and withered, the flowers leached of their color, confusing the birds and the bees. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“The same point does not strike you? No, evidently not. Well, it is a small matter.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I reach the clay tiles, I lean back on my elbows, lightheaded and reveling at my small feat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sign outside this tent is accompanied by a small box full of smooth black stones. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Being that it was a small town, the station wasn’t that far. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he says, "I don't know how you located this woman, Bobby, but it's not a small thing. This is first- class work, son. First class." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were at a different small airport, but it was the same station wagon with the phony brown wood sides. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the greatest moment of all was when the biggest hump broke like a small earthquake and out came the sloping back, the large, wise head, and the four baggy- trousered legs of an elephant. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I keep going back to what Anna said—that maybe I’ve blown this situation up to make the good-bye feel smaller. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Creatures great and small lived together in the grove, hidden under a leafy oak canopy. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She would clean her own bowl and a small, limited area; she would have one drawer to sort, one bed to make. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Felicia pulls a rusted nail file and a small plastic bottle of hand cream from her knapsack, and gets to work. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rain was falling outside the small, high windows, tiptoeing on the black branches and cold soil when we returned to the refectory. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She spotted the shop immediately—a small hut in a yard littered with rickshaw panels, tools, cans of paint, leather benches, and tires. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

She found several other small streams—they had been much larger, but the rainy season was already two months past. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our parents have been returning discouraged; all the houses Ma likes are too expensive for Baba, and all the ones he likes are too small or not in "good" neighborhoods. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The little bear was so small it could hide safely beneath its mom, which was roaring and showing her huge fangs at the approaching hunter. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He held up a small piece of blue plastic and split it open. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

One of them is cracked, and a small piece, about the size of my hand, is missing from its bottom corner. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

It was used, the color of nickels, and there was a small stain on the passenger seat that Linda guessed was melted lipstick. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Soon she noticed a small stream, running with clear, sparkling water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The village square was decorated with a hodgepodge of greenery, flowers, and leafy garlands, plus a small birch tree the villagers had moved from the forest to the square. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Gerald and Angel stood at the kitchen sink together, the sunlight of a November day filtering weakly through the small window. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed that the big boy who had held the smaller one in his lap was now leading him to the table by the hand. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jacques-Paul sulked about the house, sullen and cramped, till even his shadow grew small. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

There was a table, a chest, a bedstead with a faded quilt, a spinning wheel, and a small loom. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

A small article with a postage-stamp-size photo of me is in the local paper, and a fund is started for my future education. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

For one thing, she thought white people had small, subdued weddings, not major celebrations like in our tribe. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Only small sums were actually paid out, the winners of the big prizes being nonexistent persons. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He digs inside it for a few seconds, then picks up a small, round disc. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Inside Bag End, Bilbo and Gandalf were sitting at the open window of a small room looking out west on to the garden. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

On his right were most of the choir; on his left the larger boys who had not known each other before the evacuation; before him small children squatted in the grass. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Robin was small, with tiny cat feet and legs that seemed to extend to his armpits. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear did not believe that Kang was painting his pieces—but what else could one do with small amounts of colored slip? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

My mom was on the back porch, sipping a glass of lemonade and watching us, a small smile on her face. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Crossing the 150 line is a small change that can make a big difference. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, the small group of the Refined lived with all the luxuries of the day—lush, well-kept lawns and gardens, and a garage leading to ten to twelve gracefully decorated rooms. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I can take something for her, something small. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He will keep his rifle over his shoulder, hands at his sides; he will look small, elfin, no threat at all. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was loud and jagged, and I made myself small. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Even as the four of them stepped into the high green and gold grasses, a small orange kitten was worrying a big old hen into a frenzy near a rotting stump. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ruth May a tree-climbing ghost, the squeeze of a small hand on your arm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Painted pale green with shuttered windows and a very small sign. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then I took the other one apart and with a few small changes got it to running too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were departing quietly, secretly, under a heavy police escort, in the middle of the night, and in less than half an hour we found ourselves at a small military airport outside the city. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wandered through the maze of empty streets, then down a winding back alley that dead-ended by the entrance of a small pizza shop. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The house, consisting of one room, was small but clean. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A school the size of a small town. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Goober laughed, too, grateful for the small relaxation of tension. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I would swing into the abyss of hopelessness, the pendulum would swing back with some small goodness. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

This courtroom, Judge Llewellyn Fielding’s, down at the end of a damp, drafty hallway on the third floor of the Island County Courthouse, was run-down and small as courtrooms go. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

People said that he had aged terribly after his beloved wife’s death, when Jean was just a small child. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The wand exploded with the force of a small bomb. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Then a noise reached him through the unformed nothingness that surrounded him: the small soft thumpings of something that flapped, flailed, and struggled. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“This small space that separates Lkossa from the jungle is called the borderlands. That would be the most direct path into it. It’s also part of the Sons of the Six’s patrol route.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There, miraculously, was a small open door half a flight up behind a walled area. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Stone-faced, the small grey man had begged leave to sew the boys' heads back onto their shoulders, so they might be laid in the crypts below with the other Stark dead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A small abandoned bonfire in an oil drum makes an alley glow. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boats large and small were tied up all around them, secured to iron rings set in the stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A much smaller and warmer hand had enclosed his and was pulling him upward. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He loved his small swamp—of course he did—and he loved his small life here in the crater of the volcano. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

As the watchers craned their necks upward, the cutpurses squirmed through the press, small blades hidden in their palms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In a cramped, small room under a bright light, being asked a question I don’t want to answer. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“When any baby is being born upside down or a mother is too small for her baby, Sister Redempta is called in.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The old woman's hand was bony and hard with callus, the boy's small and soft, but it was good to have someone to hold on to. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Corner was a creepy car lot/gun shop with a small blinking sign on wheels that displayed a different Bible verse each month. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I watched the small roads turn into bigger roads, and I thought, Goodbye, smaller roads. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

This had been his first home, the small stucco house where he and Lourdes lived until Lourdes stepped off the front porch and left. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“So am I. It feels good, sort of. Anyway it’s dry in here. Remember this place? It seems smaller.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The restaurant’s patrons complied, leaning in to see the small silver ball. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The room seemed much smaller in the daylight. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The woman who owned a poodle was usually small, plump, white, soiled and with rheumy eyes just like a poodle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of them was searching for any money; none of them was taking the slightest notice of the small boy crouching in the gutter. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden she felt small and afraid. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

New tasks—small and large, medical and personal—and their bwats were added throughout the day. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” she said, but there was a look of dismay on her small pale face. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The district had given us a small amount of money as compensation for his death, enough to cover one month of grieving at which time my mother would be expected to get a job. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Candles flickered on a small altar, and the woody smell of incense floated in the air. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Every day his wife rolls his wheelchair onto the porch with a TV stand and a small color TV. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

There has been one improvement since she left six years before: a relative built a small cinder-block house next door. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Jamie pulls out a small frame from his desk drawer and hands it to me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I did my trick from yesterday, making myself small and lowering my head in submission. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered that, after Ali dismissed himself from the house, your father told me he and Hassan had moved to a small village just outside Bamiyan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

San Juan is so small a place, on any day I believe I could nearly spit its whole complete length. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But you do, Helvar. I want you working on the plan of the Ice Court every minute until we sail. No detail is too small or inconsequential. I’ll be checking on you regularly.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

However, the small quantities of SO2, CO and HC1, all of which have been detected in the Venus atmosphere, seem adequate for this purpose. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition to being too costly for many small farmers, the fertilizer and irrigation can, if used improperly, damage the soil. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Before being sent to San Diego I’d never seen any body of water bigger than a small lake. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was about to turn away when a small movement caught her eye. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Be patient. It starts small and gets bigger.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The governor’s small eyes appeared to see nothing, to be gazing stupidly at the rug. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The seat cushions were done up in an obnoxiously bright purple, but they, like the small TV hanging on the wall across from them, were coated with dust and dirt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He directs the cart toward what was once the cafeteria, and we follow him until he’s in the smaller open room connected to the domed great room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The rivers in the area were small, almost drying out in the dry season, and swelling in the rainy season. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hubble’s observations suggested that there was a time, called the big bang, when the universe was infinitesimally small and infinitely dense. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lean, pretty woman I knew as a boy has become a small, slightly stooped, cute, feisty old lady. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young bull raised himself and as he turned, his small eyes shone fiercely red. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Viroids can be so small and still thrive because they are thoroughgoing, unremitting parasites. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In its shape, size, and smallest detail it was like the vials of poison I had seen in Mechtild’s cabinet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He was little more than a boy and had only recently joined the magistrate's army from a small, poor, faraway village. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Reaching for a bush, her small hands bleeding, the horse now close behind, she— Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to be nice when you’re crowded in small rooms. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

They called it the Arcanum and it was a very small, very secret thing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In addition to such slow and uniform erosion, destruction also occurs through catastrophes large and small. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a crushed box of matches and some small candles. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Then there were the small dragons which lived under stones and hissed Eke kettles—dangerous varmints, very. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house behind him looked smaller than it had when he’d arrived, as if it were already receding into the past. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I spot a small commuter jet descending to land at the local airport, and I send it all my love. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The remains of a stream meandered through the rocks, and here and there were small pools of water at which the baboons—and Nhamo—could refresh themselves. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something droned in the distance, and our shambling column—so much smaller now than when we had begun our journey—slowed to look up. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

There are two rooms in Kazi’s cottage, a front room with a small kitchen, and a little table with two chairs in the middle. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So, the crowd got smaller and the fighting just seemed to fade out. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has dark hair and a prominent nose and two small, burning, intelligent eyes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to go to the state university but we couldn’t afford it. My father had to send me to a small denominational college.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother Jaguar sat next to them, licking their small bodies as if they were still alive. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He put the complaining Barbarossa back on his own feet and said, “Everything has shrunk, Prop. The whole world is suddenly so small. I feel like I don't fit into it anymore.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But once when Adam was quite small he wandered silently into the kitchen. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Several hours later they returned with the small amounts of food their neighbors could spare. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The top of the ultraviolet cloud is more than 200 kilometers above the surface of Io and may eject extremely small particles and atoms directly into space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman wearing a beige pantsuit approached them, carrying a small file in her hand. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Underneath them she was naked, her small pale breasts covered with teeth marks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He’s not afraid to ask for a discount if there’s a small scratch or if it’s a discontinued model. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

True, the wounds still hurt, but with a different quality of pain: not the deep life-sapping ache of the day before, but a smaller, duller sensation. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now he has small stumps where his extra fingers used to be. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

General Peckem laid great, fastidious stress on small matters of taste and style. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Throughout the morning they continued to row toward these small landfalls, and then, at about eleven o’clock, they suddenly broke free of the pack and found themselves in open ocean. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Finally, small human populations are also susceptible to nonfatal infections against which we don’t develop immunity, with the result that the same person can become reinfected after recovering. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Fadi clenched the boarding ticket in his fist and stared out the small round window. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I liked this private school with its small classes, where I received a lot of attention from Ms. Holback. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

At one edge of the field was a small ville, and right away a couple of old mama-sans had trotted out to warn him. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was cradling his head in his arms, still making those small noises, like a hurt animal. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of the flying machine was a pair of smaller wings, about four feet long and about a foot apart, which the Wrights called horizontal rudders. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, I—I was going to ask if you, um, had smaller pants.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The door of the Chungs’ apartment was finally opened by a very small Asian girl. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to set down, without anyone’s noticing, the small barrel he carried under one arm, but Kit’s glance was quick. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

During that time, small groups of women sang and prayed and forced almost three thousand saloon owners to close their doors. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Very small, on the inside of his left wrist, is my name, Isabella, penned in a really pretty cursive next to a small purple daisy. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I gathered gull eggs on the cliff and Ramo speared a string of small fish in one of the tide pools. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a large pink face, not much neck, small, watery blue eyes, and thick blond hair that lay smoothly on his thick, fat head. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

To the side, behind the barbed wire, a small group of women plays in some kind of orchestra. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Our visitor was an older woman with a shapeless figure and unadorned clothes, but as she stopped to greet each of us, she had some small pleasant thing to say. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

What I didn't know was he brought along a small wooden cross. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A year after I started the column, I was in a small, overstaffed restaurant across the table from an aging, elegant woman in a silk turban who oversaw the International Best Dressed List. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry felt a slight squirm of discomfort, as though a small snake had stirred inside him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

People stand, some huddled in small groups, others alone, softly crying. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I can feel it creeping like the tiger I saw in one of my tata’s books when I was small. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They were too small to hold much of a garrison. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was single-spaced, on five or six small sheets of paper, some of which looked not unlike some writing paper which Bunny used to have. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He took the smaller rifle with him; also the glass tube. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

With a bone-handled knife, he sliced off a small piece and offered it to her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Con was holding a small iron cup of tea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A small yellow petal drifted into Nathan’s vision and landed below the mobile home. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

With the exception of Will and a couple of the others, we all share the same body type: narrow shoulders, small frames. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Such a small thing to almost cause World War III. “We have to get back to New York,” I said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

As she saw it, her work, though crucial, was only a small part of a much larger trial. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Like everything else in the closet, the shoes still have a tag hanging on them, accompanied by a small greeting card. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She giggled, a sound like a small silver bell. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for a vast number of neutrinos, a small fraction will interact with matter and in the appropriate circumstances might be detected. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth dodged into a small room that must have been part of the garrison. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Claire asked, looking down at the infant, who was wrapped tightly in a light blanket with only its small face exposed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I smile a little, too—my small way of saying “thank you.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The last time he had felt like this was back in his small detention cell. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The light diminished as they climbed, because the only illumination was the small deep-set window on each landing. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean small pieces, little strips that I meant for the gaff’s hook that, when dried by the sun, looked like ordinary animal flesh. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Paul wasn’t one for small talk or gossip, and she didn’t flatter or pass out compliments easily. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She takes a small breath—I move away, afraid that I've hurt her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Schools of small fish gathered in the shadows. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"All you have to do if you are vishing to make a child very small is to look at him through the wrrrong end of a telescope." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

It was still a few hours before dawn, and beyond the small amber pools of light provided by the streetlamps, all else was dark. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He pulls a small tablet from his jacket and pivots on his heel toward the waiting car. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Shhh!” the voice said, and Minli looked into the eyes of a small boy, who seemed to be the same age as the girl. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Lupita, who sagged with fatigue in her chair, watched her aunt lumber over to the bed in the corner and grab the two small children in it. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I thought of atoms, molecules, things so small you couldn’t even see them. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Little Eva, who had continued to carefully take apart each doll to remove a smaller one from inside, finally removed the tiniest doll, and tottered over to Jinx. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

A small country, forced to live by its wits, its foreign policy contained a strong pacifist element. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes working white men in their uniforms or their navy striped suits drove up and down the gravel road that ran alongside our yard, making the dust and small rocks grind under their wheels. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, a young white man who looked to be about Amari’s age brought out a small drum and began pounding a beat. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I long for a place beyond immortality where I can, in some small measure, resurrect the wonder, and be that boy again. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He took her small pink hand in his own frail spotted one and gave it a gentle squeeze. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The height requirement was due to the small size of the capsules. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was pressed so close to her I felt her heart like a small throbbing pressure against my chest. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I showed you when you were a little small guy how to hustle on the street with me. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

No longer able to afford rent for her shack, Granny moved from Fifteenth Avenue to a smaller shack on Eighth Ave- nue. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two dots an inch apart, as small and tidy as punctuation marks at the end of a sentence none of us could read. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there he is, seated at the table with his head in his hands, taking in small sips of air. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

One of them, the smallest, did not look like the others and as I watched, I saw that it was a ship. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway across to the fence he noticed a small shed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He cleared his throat with a small noise like chalk snapping and continued, “In September of that year, a subcommittee of Sardinian sorcerers —” He stuttered to a halt. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, he collapses under a small mango tree. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was surprised at how young and peaceful he looked and how small he was. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have to be a specialist, and even then you can only hope to have a proper grasp of a small proportion of the scientific theories. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was small, the skin dry and calloused. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mother was bent over a small trunk, packing hurriedly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s as good of a lead as any, though I wish the area was a little smaller.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then she would fly as Aegon the Conqueror had flown, up and up, until Meereen was so small that she could blot it out with her thumb. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The space was too small to admit a grown man, so it was a half-grown boy who had slipped in and taken only one of the famous cups. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they were coming in waves of small planes called kamikazes. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Helen had seemed friendly enough, a small part of me worried that she might accuse me of negligence if anything were to happen. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

His armor looked like hundreds of small metal rectangles attached to somehow make them flexible; every time he moved, his armor flowed and clicked. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A small group came into view from the denser pines by the rock. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

As time went on, the hydrogen and helium gas in the galaxies would break up into smaller clouds that would collapse under their own gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They have some small children and an old grandmother. They need someone to help with the children and around the house and they are willing to take all three of you.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So I’m going to keep this short. It’s a new year, and we have a new pack of initiates. And a slightly smaller pack of new members. We offer them our congratulations.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A small wooden table and a pair of broken-down easy chairs, both sprouting stuffing, completed the furnishings. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Using his finger, Townshend removed a small blood clot at the opening where the bullet had entered. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

My chance of winning was so small there was no point in arguing over who wrote the better poem. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She walked in the direction of the song, following it till she found a small, bucolic waterfall that fed into a turquoise pond. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Like everyone in South Vietnam, when she had turned fifteen she had begun carrying a small laminated card with her name, birth date, and photo on it. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He didn’t tell other kids, because they wouldn’t get it; he was too small, too sickly to climb mountains. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There, in the middle, hangs this enormous ball, the size of a small planet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I lunged for it, tugging away blocks so hard, the small section of wall tumbled to the floor. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then he dug a small hole of his own and lay on top of it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

For here he had seen maids roasting innumerable small squabs, each stuffed with fragrant dressing and wrapped in bacon. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful saw the target and was inspired to tear off a small bite of duck. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Only one small thought troubled him—that Guitar was not there too. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Khoisan area of southern Africa is surprisingly small for a people so distinct in anatomy and language. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The smaller of the two—but not by much—was a sloppy blond boy, rosy-cheeked and gum-chewing, with a relentlessly cheery demeanor and his fists thrust deep in the pockets of his knee-sprung trousers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The letter, with its small, black, single-spaced words and sharp edges, spoke of a great injustice. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I keep trying to get every small detail right. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I receive hundreds of small white envelopes each week, some delivered by hand, and there is extra money inside them lately, money for Mr. Fermin. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made the new words smaller, so more could fit. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

They were small fits and they didn’t last long. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of our two-block alley was a small sandlot playground with swings and slides well-shined down the middle with use. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And some small gnarled place inside me hated her for her weakness, for her neglect, for the months she had put us through. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Moriori were a small, isolated population of hunter-gatherers, equipped with only the simplest technology and weapons, entirely inexperienced at war, and lacking strong leadership or organization. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The distances were smaller, of course; shoreline families would move a fifteen-minute walk inland, to avoid direct exposure to winter storms and tides. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, the pilots of the helicopters would catch a glimpse of a small girl wearing glasses crouching in the giant’s right ear and waving to them. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face is tired, but her eyes are wide, reflecting the small lamp between our beds. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bearded vendors draped in thin blankets sold animal- skin lampshades, carpets, embroidered shawls, and copper goods from rows of small, tightly jammed stalls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pushed into a small shed next to it, the slaves waited in silence on the dirt floor. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I folded myself into as small a ball as I could and pulled the quilt over my head to drown out the frightening sound. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fourth and fifth were too small and the sixth brought acclaim from everyone, including Mother, who joined in the Gees, Goshes, and Look-at-thats! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paul may have been small and delicate physically, but she had an intensity and passion for her work that those around her found inspiring. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She took a small chunk of soap and scrubbed at my scalp and face, ignoring her own body. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It’s still cordoned off but apparently they have a hard time keeping out the usual vultures—small boys hunting for RAF souvenirs! Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Lazlo was a boy no longer, no trace remaining—outwardly—of the small bald foundling with cuts on his head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

With her incongruously small legs and massive torso, she looked like a refrigerator on crooked wheels. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She darted left, vaulted a low wall, leapt across a small canal, and slipped through an unlocked door into some dusty storeroom. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Both rivers were swollen with rainfall and thick with boulders that created dozens of small, swift waterfalls. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When he saw Lina, his jaw stopped moving for a moment and his lips curled upward in a very small smile. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hear Grammy and Esme and Henry laughing and something deep inside starts small but gets bigger and bigger...a feeling. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The next, he was flying across the alley on the hood of a small truck. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Some were as small as grains of wheat, bristling with tiny hairs. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Another kept time on a small drum made from an animal skin stretched across a hollowed gourd. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

On the wall of the cabin, the kerosene light cast her trembling shadow, hunched over and small. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She has slim, small hands with unpolished nails and ragged cuticles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It'll set the hydrogen on fire, but only until the small bit of oxygen is used up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guy bent down by a small clump of old mushrooms, near the boy’s feet, trying to get a better look at the plant. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of wordless testimony of struggle and anguish I heard all the time growing up in a small rural black church. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mama didn’t like the idea of me hanging out with Frank until the small hours of the morning. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Lee sat alone for a while, Longstreet a small way away. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no telephones, but word spread quickly through the small town. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

They pop the lids and press their mouths to the small openings. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Rows and rows of numbers, over and over again, in neat columns, in her small, tight script. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“And here you can see evidence of thickening of the distal small intestine,” says Professor Willard McGovern, his voice devoid of inflection. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Beneath that, in smaller letters, it said NO THOROUGHFARE. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ajima showed him to a small narrow room with a sleeping mat already unrolled, then left him alone. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

A third girl held a basket of apples and the fourth held a five-cent pumpkin pie which was the size of a small saucer. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The minor interval is always a half-step smaller than the major interval. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

At the edge of a small town they sat in the cab of a truck to rest, staring out a glass washed clean by the recent rains. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“At least that’s what he says. He retired to some small town in Arkansas.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A gentle shove against the small of my back and I am heading down a new, even more dimly lit tunnel. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“That such small unbalances in the perfection of our system of supply and demand, as I have mentioned, may be the first step towards the final war.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

One of the smaller fires had already been doused, and a team of warriors was now battling the main one near the giant tent. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But I feel her around me, not like arms but like a small wind of warmer air. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

All I will hear will be that small voice, inviting and conspiratorial, gleeful, urging me over. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They followed Alfhercht through a heavy door, and they found themselves in another oblong room, but much smaller. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She was a short woman, with small hands like paws, her frosty pink fingernails painted to match her lips, and was slightly plump in her figure. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She hailed from a small farm where she was often left to her own devices, save on those nights when the master needed company and she was forced to drink the cup of vice. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We stop at the door because even though Jamie insists the address is right, we’re looking directly into a small café. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He pulled a small pick from the pail and tapped the rock. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The right leg was only three-quarters as long as it should have been and had a small foot bent forward at a very strange angle. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We sat around making small talk and watching one another's hands. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

When the Americans finally heard the VC and detonated the mines, hundreds of small steel balls exploded back at them, tearing into their flesh. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

"Summon her personal guard. Tell him there's been a small accident. That poor Camille must be taken to the Palace Infirmary at once. Alert the royal doctor." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But that mouth might decide to take a small sojourn down to the soft place under the jaw, or the tender, exquisite spot just below the ear. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Sonny’s small,” Coach Tom Morgan told my uncle Clarence at practice one day, “but he makes up for it by being slow.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My father said we had no choice but to move the family to Wushi, to the south near Shanghai, where my mother’s brother owned a small flour mill. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a small, square book, except the cover was an old Massachusetts license plate. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

As she set the spirometer on the side table by my bed, she announced, “For lunch today we’ve got chicken tenders, and fries, and a small salad,” while setting the tray down. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The committee could not stop the evictions, but they did attempt to assist renters with small cash advances. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The lettering was so small and exact that I had to stand up on the carpet and put my bare eyeballs inches away from the map even to guess each location. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Since the beach was small and almost flooded when the tide was in, he asked if he could camp on higher ground. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jumping to her feet, she seized from the shelf the small rough stone and held it in her hand. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

They were actually kind of cute at this stage, so small and fluffy. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The snow had ingratiated itself with the ruins of walls and memory of a roof, and it made it seem like the small dark-brown house had sprung out of the snow itself. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She is fatter than Manman, but her clothes are smaller and tighter and shorter. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At times it appeared large and long, and at other times it looked small and scrunched. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Miig crushed the tins as small as they could go so we could bury them along with our other minimal garbage by the latrine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

No one is there to say, Not that book, when I stop in front of the small paperback with a brown boy on the cover. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know, Mom is coming out with her hair clamped back in barrettes, looking smaller than ever. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I figured that it would be on turkey sounds or Beyonce, but no, it was a small piece on last night’s “attempted robbery” at the Kent home. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Our parents owned a small luggage business about a forty-minute drive away, and they were never home before dinnertime. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

"But,” said Baugi, "it was blood compensation for our parents' deaths. Don’t I deserve the smallest measure of it, to show Bolverkr here that I am an honorable giant?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Lissa pulled a small flashlight out of her pocket and brandished it. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sitting at the table in the darkness, the moonlight slatting into the cabin through the small windows in bars of pale white, he hated himself more than all the rest. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gregory had asked the small crowd gathered in front of him. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He slips his small hand into hers, tugging for attention. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Another burst and in the noise you could hear the smaller noise of the brick and dirt raining down. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Cora huddled in a corner, making herself small behind the final rafter. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She put her thumb on the small scar. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

On Derbigny Street I had coffee in a small Negro cafe called the Two Sisters Restaurant. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old filing cabinets divided the room into several small cubicles, in each of which was a desk painted with a peculiar orange varnish. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the Post-its and the small sketch of the Sillington House there was a fourth piece of paper: a small page from a pocket calendar. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was in pajamas, and he wore his small black skullcap. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was a small window between the kitchen and tub room to put the hose through. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Clydas was short, bald, and chinless, with small pink eyes like a mole. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I give a small smile and stare down at my Converse. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I also had a pink plastic Caboodles box that looked like a small suitcase, which I had covered in stickers. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The queen’s lips tightened, and her chin gave a small quiver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My Christmas ornament and Dad’s painting had been destroyed, but just because they were destroyed doesn’t mean some traces of them, however small and broken, weren’t left behind. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He left only to soothe his burned lip in the cool river mud and make a meal of the small fish he found lying on the bank. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He came forward, holding two small pouches in his hands. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I pulled his note out of my pocket much more often than necessary to absorb the two small words he’d written. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As a small child, I would stand there and dab it away and watch it return for as long as she would let me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

There is a small restaurant in my neighborhood that I love and that I’ve been telling my friends about for six months. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A very small move, little but a slight shift of fingers along the white plastic arm of the beach chair. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She was a small, slow, dingy thing, hardly worth the effort of boarding. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Dursleys knew that the Potters had a small son, too, but they had never even seen him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Near the entrances, vendors sold treats from small kiosks. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It moved again in the shadows, and she could see now that it was human, a small human, on all fours like a stalking beast. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were likely to be attractive, often received no hourly wages, and earned their money through tips and a small commission on every item they sold. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

We walked a little further and were greeted by a curious sight: skulls from the cemetery, gathered into several small piles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Marigold stood to accept the small bundle of letters that Gloria handed over. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Their voices were sharp and small, and their warnings were unheeded. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The owl was so small, in fact, that it kept tumbling over in the air, buffeted this way and that in the train’s slipstream. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I realize that outside of awkward small talk, we haven’t really spoken since the ordeal in the hallway. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At first, the Grimké sisters were invited by the American Anti-Slavery Society to discuss their experiences with slavery with small groups of women in private parlors. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Vincent led them down to the left, stopped in the middle of nowhere, rocks and small trees, said to Chamberlain, “All right, I place you here.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took only the sight of this small, handsome man, McClellan, dashing up and down the lines on horseback to restore confidence and courage. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You come in, too,” said the smaller man. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There within his palm was a small ivory monkey, only two inches high. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps there are smaller forms in every rock and sand grain. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My old man’s tough,” offered a smaller boy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the DDT had killed off all stream insects the year before, the smallest of the insects — the midges and blackflies — had returned in numbers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Omakayas stopped to watch her grandmother step along with such care and dignity she seemed to be crossing a rushing stream on small stones. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Here were the ropes and blocks I had expected, two or three sails, fenders, a small punt, pots of paints, all the litter and junk that goes with the using of boats. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A small smile tugged at the comer of Ekon’s mouth, and he went back to looking more like himself. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

After the small boats were filled, Harriet had to sing again and again until they got all 750 contrabands on board. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a silence, then Powell’s voice came thin and small, “So do I. What’s it like?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I felt alone and small, but in a way that was curiously like feeling exalted. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A trail led down a hillside past msasa trees to a small village. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Henry and Abram’s bed is crammed into our small tent as well, but the two of them are still out playing cards with the sailors. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She and Nehemia took up behind him, and as they crossed the small patio in which the clock tower stood, Celaena looked at the spot where Cain had just been kneeling. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Arletta cares about Hope Springs, Holly. She changed her whole show to help small towns.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

A black glow settles over the small market. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

For two months they were on the run, staying in small hotels or with sympathetic friends. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My father could only afford one that year, so we passed it around, taking small sips, holding the sunshine-sweet liquid in our mouths for as long as possible before giving in to a swallow. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She was a small skinny old hag with a moustache on her upper lip and a mouth as sour as a green gooseberry. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Musoke abandoned his efforts to give his patient a blood transfusion for fear that the patient would bleed to death out of the small hole in his arm. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the top, they watch the small figures of tourists stroll past shopwindows. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His white skin is covered with small black, brown, and even red dots. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama,” said a small child, “look at that bunny. I want to touch him.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

The director stopped at the door of a small building. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

But the print is usually very small, and it’s hard for my eyes to stay on the right line. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The next day I moved the mower farther into the richer part of the neighborhood, where the lawns began to get larger while my mower seemed to get smaller. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Others shall speak of its finding, for in that I played small part.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Miss Kenton was already leading the way, and we hurried through the house up to my father's small attic room. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

A large plot stretched behind it with a cistern, a privy, a poor excuse for a garden, and at the far end, a carriage house and small stable. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He goes on to check the socket from all angles, making small marks on the plastic as we go over the pressure points. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

All of it, together, was horrifying, and the small amount of courage Thomas had gathered began to slip away. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He had a small manor in Frell, a wife, four daughters, and two hounds. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe that he was the same blood as Old Nan.,Bran wondered if he would shrivel up as small as his great-grandmother when he was old. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His transgressions were small ones, always: shoes on the wrong feet, schcolwork misplaced, failure to study adequately for a quiz. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She found a pair of black high heels with buckles smaller than a baby’s teeth. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She made some more small talk with me about the cold in Florida versus the cold in Ohio. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

An interval that is a half-step smaller than a perfect or a minor interval is called diminished. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We lived on Waverly Place, in a warm, clean, two-bedroom flat that sat above a small Chinese bakery specializing in steamed pastries and dim sum. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance a small whirlwind swirled behind a rise, raising dust. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I can’t help it,” he had argued glumly to the blind man, in the beginning of their life together, when he had been caught in some small transgression. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Each pair of well-cut pants had a small pocket for Edward’s gold pocket watch. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He arranged them carefully next to my father’s chaise like trinkets for barter, all the while recounting to himself in a small voice the catalogue of his suburban treasure. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a small dock and a really low bridge connecting the wide path that comes from the center of Carbonel Downs to the river road that goes along on the other side. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Perilee stood up and rested her hands on the small of her back. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She opened the box to find a card and a small aluminum bracelet. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She watched him pedal away, a big man on a small bicycle, the morning sun glaring off the handlebars. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Doubtfully, Ralph laid the small end of the shell against his mouth and blew. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She pulls a small cloth from her pocket and blots my face. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But a small part of me just kept thinking about how, if I told him, there would be no chance for us. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And so it was with every class of recorded fact, great or small. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She pulled me back to the stairs, where Alice stood, a small leather bag in one hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He registered her nakedness with a small intake of breath, followed by the lightest of sighs, and this pleased her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The teacher raised his eyebrows and said, “Interesting. A small house?” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She lived in her own room, learned to sneak around, learned how to carry small stuff between her arms and her rib cage. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a larger part clung to the security of the familiar, as a sailor cast adrift might cling fast to any rock, no matter how small or barren. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Figure 4.44: The major key for each key signature is shown as a capital letter; the minor key as a small letter. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They were married officers at the same rank in a small corps, the Veterinary Corps. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She clasped her free hand around mine, sandwiching my fist between her small but strong fingers. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A pair of small, bloody feet poke out from under the sheet and I see that the big toenail on the left foot is chipped. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Particularly small children who don’t know how to wake at night and use the chamber pot. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disorganized without Amaroq, they were forced to hunt rabbits and small game. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pitipiti ignored these jibes, but inside her every one of them was like a small sharp spear that cuts and cuts. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I informed him of my employment at Faneuil Hall, and that it should result in a small sum sufficient to carry our rent, with, however, no excess. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In the room was a small table with a candle and an old man sitting with a suitcase at his feet. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The small, comforting hand gripping her shoulder suddenly let go. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The strangers were small, after all—how much could they eat? Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was a small, sad, heavy thing, a tiny marble made out of lead. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

We take a seat at the small table set up on the sidewalk and eat. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The lady grabs a little yarn ball from a pile on a small table as she passes it and tosses it up to the bird, who grabs it in its beak. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

One afternoon in June, when Wilbur was almost two months old, he wandered out into his small yard outside the barn. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Clayton looked over at the lizard’s cage and searched for the small reptile, but couldn’t find him. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The storage bins are stacked in small towers. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

At public events, I focused on making personal connections with the people I met, in small groups and in crowds of thousands, in backstage chats and harried rope lines. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

If she got involved, she would be squaring off against dangerous men—men who wouldn’t hesitate to target the mother of a small child. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The light was so small he could barely see his legs. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were small waves inside the big waves, and the surface reminded me of an elephant’s wrinkled skin with lines in all directions. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The three of them launched into small talk about the crowd and Christmas and the weather and school—and their words felt like tiny droplets of rain, like the drizzle that says, Watch out. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I watch Pa’s figure get smaller and smaller, and still I wave to him, hoping he will turn around and wave back. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were snipers and small groups of rebels everywhere, disorganized bands of covert fighters and half the time you couldn’t tell the Good Guys from the Bad Guys and neither could they. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she lost her footing and tumbled down the steps amid a clanking metallic hail of small cans. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma says something to her, and she laughs a small, frail laugh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z