For Bobby, Moscow was the Elysium of chess, and his head was spinning with the possibilities. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His mind spun until he understood who it had to be: one of Storch’s men! I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

But Burr’s entire life had been a sermon on the capacity of the sagacious spider to lift himself out of hellish difficulties and spin webs that trapped others. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The rolls of music that she herself had thrown into the trash with the pretext that they had rotted from dampness kept spinning and playing in her memory. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her shoulders screamed with pain, and she spun once all the way around like a gymnast on the rings. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Now the light fixture was solid; it was the floor that was spinning. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The most brilliant of the visions was the stars and moon spinning around each other in a glittering sky, an ode to the Gran’s real name, Knox—an ancient word that meant night. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I moved over to cut it off and he spun right and ran me into a pick. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I take my camera and film as Kareem dips a piece of bread into the cheese, spinning the melted strands around the end of his fork. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The blue steel flashed in the sun as the sword spun out over the river. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then she spun back around to face me, suspended and floating, smiling and holding out her hand, beckoning me to join her. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I spin away from him, squeezing my eyes shut. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The hissing burns my ears, and the reek of roses makes the walls spin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

There a library visit sent her life spinning in a whole new direction. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The view was a spinning kaleidoscope of sky, earth, sky, earth. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Magdalys noticed Two Step and Mapper had spun their chairs around and straddled them backward the way David and Louis did. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She spins in a circle and it flares out around her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He conveys his message through jokes or by spinning a lesson out of a popular movie or song. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I watched English spin circles around Tooms, moving so quickly he could have been on skates on ice. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He juked and jived and spun and danced and darted, and he left them squeezing handfuls of air. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room spins, and I have to lock my arms around Gale’s neck to brace myself. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I spin on my heel at the sound of a hiss. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

My mind is spinning with new information about the uprising in District 8 and the unlikely but tantalizing possibility of District 13. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a gown of yellow silk so sheer and fine that the candles shone right through it to reveal the spun gold and jewels beneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The world spun, and as it did, she saw blood. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In a sudden burst of movement and strength, Mr. Flux spun on his heels. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The voice echoed around me, and I spun, searching for where it came from. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The blade spun across the stone floor and slammed into the cavern wall. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday evening Ulbrickson told the varsity they could take the coaching launch out for a spin if they wanted. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It felt like his head was spinning faster than his body, and his stomach flipped over with the dizziness. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Because no sooner had Fezzik’s great hands reached out than the man in black dropped and spun and twisted and was loose and free and still quite alive. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A hand touched her shoulder, and she spun, jumping. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His head spun from the wine, and he was so tired from all the dancing that he was fairly certain that if he sat down, he’d fall asleep. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I spin around to find a girl dressed in all black, backing away from me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Afros bopping, arms swinging, and feet stepping and spinning in sync. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I stared up at the sky where Susie had disappeared, my head spinning. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The stoplight at Grand flashed green and he pushed harder, spun his legs faster, enjoyed the burning sensation in his thighs. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He spun it around his head on a long line. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to win a doll by spinning a wheel and it will stop at the right number,” said Fern. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Once, we found ourselves spinning around the revolving door of the blue camel hotel at the same time. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The record on the turntable in the corner has spun out into fuzzy silence. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The yellow VW spun twice before coming to a stop at the edge of the cliff. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Like the world wasn’t spinning out of control. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The GUTs also predict that at this energy the different spin-'/2 matter particles, like quarks and electrons, would also all be essentially the same, thus achieving another unification. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But next moment Harry had begun to spin very fast, and the Dursleys’ living room was whipped out of sight in a rush of emerald-green flames. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My face was expressionless as the world spun around me as if I were the sun. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Marin screamed and we ran down the block to where the cop car’s siren spun a dizzy blue. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having flown fighter airplanes for years, I was accustomed to rolling and looping and even spinning, but I had never flown sideways or backward before. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking only of escaping with her life, she spun round and ran. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There hadn’t been, which made sense, since Bitter had spun Pet out of nothing, after all. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

While he’d been talking, Thomas’s mind had been spinning even faster. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

But of more immediate importance was the dark blue van that was skidding, tires locked and squealing against the brakes, spinning wildly across the ice of the parking lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When he put him down, Javi spun in his arms so they were face-to-face and kissed him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The engine started, and the sound of the spinning propeller was as loud as a thousand-pound wasp. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then Miss Spider spun the next hammock, and the Ladybug got in. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Memory turns panicked now, the world blurring around us as Hideo spins in place, looking one way, then the other, then running to another section of the park. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It had curled gratingly around the end of the truck and, still spinning and sliding, was about to collide with me again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He’s spinning a pot in the air with his hands. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The sounds echoing off the walls were a cacophony of terror—human screams, metal clashing against metal, motors roaring, the haunted shrieks of the Grievers, saws spinning, claws clasping, boys yelling for help. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He flipped the switch, and the extractor started to spin, building speed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dancers shaking their booties on the floor flashed white light as the obligatory mirror ball spun overhead. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The Sorrows stopped spinning and the three voices spoke as one: He has been watching all along. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

First you are disoriented, but if you continue to spin long enough the world resolves itself, and you are no longer dizzy as you spin with the world blurring around you. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But the whirlwind of half thoughts spinning in my head came to a halt when I cracked my eyelids, found Baba still standing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was spinning and kicking and I’m pretty sure spitting. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He got over the line all right and spun just the way I thought he might. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Liam looked like he was about to say something, but instead, he let out a frustrated grunt, spun on his heel, and started toward the nearby trees, in the exact opposite direction Chubs had taken. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A little panicked—he should have been looking for a good place to settle for the night—he spun around. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He spun past a delivery van and passed through the school gates. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The thought of spinning in circles in front of all my idiot cousins makes me want to run away from home and join the circus. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

So I spun the steering wheel as hard as I could to make it rattle. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They were just about to spin the glass door and go out, when they saw coming towards it from the pavement the running, flickering figure of a child. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Guys were raining Js from deep, doing spin moves through the lane and throwing down in traffic. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I stand, world spinning and shining, my body barely my own, my lungs coughing up bits of themselves, my head thumping, my legs shaking, my blood boiling, but I stand. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Except that the words weren’t what he heard; a strange hissing had escaped him, and at once the tap glowed with a brilliant white light and began to spin. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She looked like she might've been about to do some kind of dance move, maybe a spin, but couldn't quite whip it right because the artist forgot to make arms for her. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Syrio did not wait for them to reach him, but spun to his left. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The hallway spins, and I drop to my knees. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Telkhines, that’s your cue! I wave my hands, and you leap energetically in your tank, do a synchronized double spin, and land in pyramid formation. We practiced this!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She grabs my arm and spins me around. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

In quantum mechanics, the forces or interactions between matter particles are all supposed to be carried by particles of integer spin—0, 1, or 2. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They take one look at our faces and spin around at the same time. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He spun left, right, but I stayed with him. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Got some stuff going on. Maybe you can come by later and we can take a spin.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Luke scrambled down from his chair, his head spinning with plans. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Worse than the spinning, the nauseating flip of earth and sky, was what happened to the people. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I love spinning the little dial, pretending I’m an international jewel thief. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

At Zeus’s left flank rode Hera, her chariot pulled by enormous peacocks, their rainbow-coloured plumage so bright it gave Jason the spins. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

If someone spun me around a hundred times and drove me all over Brooklyn, then walked me blindfolded back into Holly’s house, I would know it. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The acrobats catch the light perfectly as they spin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I cough up more gunk, which makes my head spin, which makes me cough more. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They hurried down the nearest opening, immediately spinning around and racing back. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Jackson gave them a few good spins—perhaps just for the fun of it—and removed their blindfolds. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I spin to see as something dark leaps out of the water. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some rotate in stately elegance; others spin so feverishly that they distort themselves to oblateness. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d run up the slides, spin on the merry-go-round till we were dizzy, and try to swing higher than one another. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

If you wore special glasses you could see them spinning through the sky among the bats and homing birds—blondes, wars, famines, football, food shows, coups d’ etat, hairstyles stiff with hair spray. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world spun for a moment as she recalibrated, trying to get a sense of place. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She leaned back in the chair and spun in place. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I got my spinning rod from the garage and biked up to the drawbridge at Snake Creek. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

A bird suddenly erupted in front of him, a ball of brown feathers that spun around on itself before taking flight. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Grabbed the swinging bench, head spinning, and threw the cigarette to the ground and stomped on it, convinced my Great Perhaps did not involve cigarettes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

There had been nothing far it but to wait while the foresters unhitched their ox, led him through trees, spun the cart, hitched the ox up again, and started back the way they'd come. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A torch sailed spinning above their heads, trailing fingers of fire as it thumped down in the dirt of the yard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My muscles are aching, my head is spinning, and I’m gasping for breath. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Bran reached into his pocket as the darkness spun dizzily around him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was spinning very fast in the palm of Ron’s hand and glowing brilliantly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The first time he tried to smoke it made him sick, but he persevered, and spun the packet out for a long time, smoking half a cigarette after each meal. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It means I don’t have to limit my activities to spinning and trapping and stunts like that.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The quintain spun, the padded mace flying around to give the prince a mighty whack in the back of his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He spun his own chair in excited circles around me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Put that on the spinning wheel!” he said proudly. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He drove fast and talked the whole way, spinning out all manner of foolish ideas. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But as soon as Alex started to spin them, the dog jumped off, barking in confusion. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Now grab the sign and run back to the house, back through the tunnel or the spinning room, whatever takes us back to Ms. Morales....That's all you have to do! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Meggie spun around so suddenly she almost fell over her own feet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then they were gone like a photograph crumpled and spun away by the wind. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Malaria feeds the hungry clocks, the feverish hands spin and stop. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed one by the shoulder and spun him around. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Bats chattered and spun around the rafters, sailing through a cracked window into the cold night outside, and then it was quiet again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I contemplate spinning my head around three times or popping my eyeballs out and setting them on his desk. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She feels her father pick her up and spin her around three times. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I spin her, lift her, and dip her, showing off my skills. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spins so out of control, she makes herself fall, and I give her a hand, helping her back up. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I took the ball out, drove into Nick, spun, got my left foot outside his left foot and muscled past him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lily spun around, talking to Toby as much as she was Jimmy. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Well, this is going to be a new spin on that tired old chestnut. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, something grabbed her by the wrists and yanked her up cruelly, spinning her in the air. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It is believed that this force is carried by another spin-1 particle, called the gluon, which interacts only with itself and with the quarks. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had wanted to mess with Ocean and the whole thing spun so far out of control it threw our entire world off its axis. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Minli felt as if her head was spinning with thoughts and plans. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was spinning but when I closed my eyes, the room was motionless and dark. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But the price is navigating uncertainty and secrets that seem to keep spinning faster than she is. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

As the warriors sprang aside, Taran saw one of them clutch the air and spin head over heels. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

It floated in midair, scintillating and spinning, flashing and turning. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She spun slowly, taking in the curious twinning of familiarity and the strange that was stranger in its way than the wholly alien had been. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The boy galloped up to the house, yanked off his hat, flung a yellow envelope on the ground, spun his horse around, and kicked up a gallop again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine him out there, spinning farther and farther away from the planet Earth, as lonely and scared as I feel deep down inside myself. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He watched, trying not to betray a flicker of surprise or alarm, as a portly man appeared within the flames, spinning as fast as a top. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I click on it, before slamming my space bar to pause the video and spinning around to fill them in. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When he stirred again, his head felt like to burst and the ship was spinning round in dizzy circles, though the captain was insisting that they’d come to port. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The tall corporal spun around from the impact of the bullets and came flying forward. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke spun around and made a fist at Mitchell. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He swung wildly at the first pitch, and the force of the swing spun him completely around. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

That ball of spinning rage—the churning reactor of heat and fire and pain that had been building and building within his chest— finally exploded once and for all. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It passed the flywheel, sending the flags spinning, then fell into the final drop. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He tells stories of the gods, but his yarn is spun from the ungodly, human heart. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept on swinging and missing and spinning. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab the barrel of Bob's gun, spinning around and using my momentum to wrest it from his grip. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Then she pushed it across and spun it around for me to read. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I shuffled along behind, head spinning, feet kicking up dust. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A large man stands beside it, spinning a knife in his palm. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Back then, most DJs could spin for only a few hours; they were limited by the number of vinyls they could buy. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I could spin a web if I tried,” said Wilbur, boasting. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Weeks passed at Mrs. Sen’s before he found a blue aerogram, grainy to the touch, crammed with stamps showing a bald man at a spinning wheel, and blackened by postmarks. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When we got to a clearing, Bull straightened me up, spun me around, and pinned my arms. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

When I try to stand, my head spins. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stand the smell of Subway—not since my old job spinning signs for the pizza place. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I can spin just as well as any Silkworm. What’s more, I can spin patterns.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Tonk had explained that a pair of thin blades, spinning so quickly that you couldn’t see them, carried the craft through the air. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I wished I hadn’t, because the whole room started spinning and I felt my stomach twist. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The spin didn’t shake him and I saw Fletcher double-team Trip. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The circle of land that holds the Cornucopia starts spinning fast, really fast, and I can see the jungle going by in a blur. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once at the gate, he spun and fought, tossed the starters aside, lunged through false starts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their breathless battle spilled out of the kuthambalam and spun around the temple. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only he had spun himself to Carlion at once, before it was too late! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spun her a long tale about who he was and why he had come, with not a word of truth in it, at the end of which the goddess smiled and patted him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

My own mind was spinning from the ideas we had bandied back and forth so rapidly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Mr. Armin spun aside, but not quickly enough. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And I couldn’t even tell you if I started spinning that time ’cause right away I passed the hell out. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Not the singers in matching suits, spinning and snapping fingers into one loud pop from the radio. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“And yet,” he said, leaning toward me and leering, “when Adam plowed the earth and Eve spun, who then was the gentleman?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Kit did not look up from her spinning. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Cars struggling to climb the steep, fog-shrouded hill, gunning their deep engines and spinning their wheels. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My vision spun like a washing machine at the end of its cycle. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The coyote spun and snapped, just clipping Bristle’s back foot. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But now that it was deprived of the late owner’s dedicated attention, the first threads of decay’s cobweb were being spun. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he found the great pot of oatmeal in the kettle over the fire, he had turned over the table and the benches and upended the spinning wheel. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of collapsing, the mercenary spun around and lashed Shep across the face with the jagged edge of the sword. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A red needle ticked along the edges as it spun, making a cheerful clattering noise, then slowly the wheel came to a stop. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I felt empty, too, and strangely heavy, like the planet was spinning too fast, heating up gravity, pulling me toward the floor. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The arrow points were spinning toward her, blowing wind against her face. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She liked the rapid gait at which they spun along, and the quick, sharp sound of the horses’ hoofs on the hard road. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the little man under the arms, hoisted him up in the air, and spun him around in a circle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He spun it, looking at all six bullets, then slapped it closed again. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Such particles are said to have spin Vi. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That a car’s spun out of control on Highway 1. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Then I clamped down on the spool of the spinning reel and backed up until the line snapped. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I see,” said the principal, and you could practically see the wheels spinning in that prissy head of hers. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Lord Petyr flicked at the dagger with his finger, setting it spinning in place. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The door slides shut seconds later, leaving me in the room with only the glow of Earth’s spinning solar system in a cold mist. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A story is better if you have to wait a little bit for it to be spun out. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I have a lead, the gears in my brain begin to spin. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He drew it back, setting the bow’s wheels and pulleys spinning. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Apparently Fortuna has decided upon another downward spin.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually Mr. Curtain spun around and shot across the plaza, disappearing inside the Institute Control Building and snapping the children out of their trance. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She motions to where Earth spun peacefully a few moments earlier. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As long as The Spread Eagle paid her a dollar a column for her ‘rubbish’, as she called it, Jo felt herself a woman of means, and spun her little romances diligently. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she sat on the stoop putting on her skates, Shirley dreamed of the day when she would be able to race, sashay backward and spin on one foot. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Fashion Minister spins me as if we're on the Imperial Carousel. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“It gets in the way of basketball,” Angie replied with a shrug, spinning the ball on her index finger. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The room is still spinning, but I'm listening too. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mariam lay on the couch, hands tucked between her knees, watched the whirlpool of snow twisting and spinning outside the window. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The place is pretty dark, and even though there are a few lazy fans spinning overhead, it’s still pretty humid inside. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

No cobwebs had been spun around the workbench, so she figured her grandmother kept it in order. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And number eighty-eight—still in the splits!—spins out of them, onto her back, and yells “Faster!” to Sammy, which gets a nice big laugh out of Mark and Marc, the bearded boys. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She spun her staff again, forcing him back toward the ledge. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

You have to keep it spinning or it falls and shatters.... The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Mechanically, he turned toward the Corporal who, reaching out, took hold of his shoulder and shoved him forward, then spun him into position. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, yeah. The ship isn't spinning right now. No centripetal gravity." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiles, spinning, throwing her arms out and blowing kisses to the crowd. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He meant for Mrs. McCullough, but as the words left his mouth an idea occurred to him, a way to spin this, and later that evening he would call his contacts at the paper. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I spin around when I hear the door open behind me, smiling, excited to finally see—Poe. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

From her mother she learned the business of running the house—how to sew neat, tiny stitches, how to spin rough wool into yarn, how to keep crowded chambers clean and orderly. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I spin her silly, one final time, then catch her and dip her to uproarious applause. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Beating on a little girl! If you ever touch her again, you’ll be out of here so fast your head will spin.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was wonderful hair, seemingly spun out of gold. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not know what Clytie thought, what life she led which the food we raised and cooked in unison, the cloth we spun and wove together, nourished and sheltered. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside the plain blue home- spun and white linen which modestly clothed Aunt Rachel and Judith, Kit’s flowered silk gave her the look of some vivid tropical bird lighted by mistake on a strange shore. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She was there for your first crushes and heartbreaks, your party dresses and spins at sophisticated states like anomie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Um . . By the time I looked up, the sign was already fading, but I could still make out the hologram of green light, spinning and gleaming. A three-tipped spear: a trident. “Your father,” Annabeth murmured. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

You know, just to keep that kid Nately’s body spinning in his grave, ha, ha! Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Everyone spun around and stared at me, and Mrs. Maxy’s eyes bugged out because she knew she had cut the string. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me see . ..” An officer grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back, spinning him around. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The shadows spun faster, their long strides reaching over the heads of the writhing crowd. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I spun around, searching for him with sudden alarm. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s as if all the things I’ve learned have fused into a crystal universe spinning before me so that I can see all the facets of it reflected in gorgeous bursts of light.... Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The world would spin around her and she would feel weak and nauseous. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And my mind spins into that mind movie. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I spin around, walking to his desk and unplugging his phone. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It spun past too fast for her to figure out what, but they looked wide and squat and—BLAM!! Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I startle at the light touch on my shoulder, spinning around. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Today and tomorrow and yesterday were all spun together and held in those hands that moved and moved and moved, yet her eyes were closed, and the fire still flickered and the dog still slept. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I spin around to see a treasure of Earth’s stories recalling his final words. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I spun around in the air and dangled upside down. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“The Waggoner,” Edward replied, placing one hand lightly on my shoulder and spinning me around to look back toward the door we’d just come through. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was trying to shake off the rainwater when somebody behind me grabbed my coat collar and spun me around. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The sign looked and spun like a real vinyl record. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I felt as though I had been spun like a top. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head spun as if I were on a rope swing, twisting dizzily. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crew quarters stood against the outer hull of the constantly spinning ship to maximize simulated gravity. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not graceful or smooth like I’m supposed to be, and Junior, my chambelán de honor, looks angry when he spins me around and I lose my rhythm. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Thank goodness she was a teacher and not some boy who could read the thoughts spinning in my head. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when they came, he ate them down greedily, pushing them into his mouth with his bamboo chopsticks, while the boy stood and spun the coppers between his black thumb and forefinger. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

There was only one way that this spinning through space could end. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aeons passed...worlds spun and whirled...Time was motionless...It stood still—it passed through a thousand ages…. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He bent his fingertips, and the particles spun, whirring into a tightening spiral that grew narrower and denser. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He sat, his head spinning with adrenaline, trying not to visibly shake. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And the goat’s eyes Are spinning from The dizzy breath Of man’s bad habit. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand turned into a claw and she spun Rachel around, holding her tight with her talons at Rachel’s neck. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Good to bad to good to bad, the universe spins, which means morning then darkness then morning. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Radar spun around the chair and said, “Impressive. Wonder what’s inside.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then she was spun around roughly, and her shoulders were enveloped in enormous, hard fists, and Sigurd was squatting before her, glaring. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I spin around, suddenly frantic, like the time I lost him for ten minutes at the grocery store. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watching them pat each other on the back and proudly spin their turkeys, examining the carcasses for size and weight, I was back to wrenching regret. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

After flipping through it, she spins it around and points to a page. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Then the door would clang shut, and he would sit back down to work, seeing nothing — spinning halos, that was, spots of light, shapes — until his eyes readjusted. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chaplain spun around with surprise and cried: “Major Major? Major Major was here?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They had no loom and paid the village weaver in spun flax for cloth. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Shawn yanked his hat down on his head, spun the bike around and charged down the empty street. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I practically see his mind spinning, his thoughts beginning to derail. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The boat pitched and rocked and spun, and then suddenly the naiads would heave in earnest, trying to catch her off balance. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

None more complicated than the human brain, Etienne would say, what may be the most complex object in existence; one wet kilogram within which spin universes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But sometimes it can spin out of control and produce antibodies that attack the body itself. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then Friday night when the story airs, I discover that Marla Sumner has put her own spin on things. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I spun around, hiding the gun behind me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later, the bottle was empty and I was starfished on the hall floor, admiring the crystal chandelier spinning slowly overhead. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The cart, lying on its side now, still had that top wheel spinning around and around. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knife flies from Chandresh’s hand, blade over handle, spinning in perfect revolutions through the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He worked his way onto the small platform and avoiding the cranking, spinning blades he grabbed the loose wire. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can spin it any way you like. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The ride cranks up, and we spin round and round, and I’m screaming, “Whee!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They began paddling the small canoe upstream, but before they had gotten very far, a shifting whirlpool spun the canoe around, pushing them toward the rapids and right in the path of a waterfall! Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The world spun, and she remembered the bartender’s greasy smile. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Ares grabbed the shield and spun it in the air like pizza dough. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She grabs his hand and spins him in a ballerina twirl, and he puts one of her roses between his teeth, and they watch Henry and grin at each other through the noise. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He spun and found another guy who would gyrate in unison with him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Performers on multiple platforms juggle torches, spinning them high into the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her voice was like a melody, her hair like spun gold. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

I could hear the wheels spinning uselessly in the muddy water outside, and the splashy-soothing-fountain sounds of Joey’s and the insane guy’s feet up front. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Just below the wing is a huge cylinder with spinning blades inside it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The world tilted and spun, and there was a ringing in her ears. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He saw her, spun, and suddenly an axe came flying from his hand, die blade gleaming as it tumbled end over end through the torch-light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The spokes of her rear wheel spun behind the curtain of her long skirt. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I spin around to face him, clutching at the counter of the kitchenette. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I was ecstatic and spun my head to look for Qareeb. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He's spent hours weaving weeds and thistledown in the milky moonlight, spinning her into existence. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Until lights pour into the car—spinning blue and red siren lights from the police cars and ambulances. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In a fit of defeat, I threw both my phone and the dictionary to the ground, watching them skid and spin across the wet pavement. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Get ready to be shamed,” Doug said, spinning the ball on his finger. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Enough to stop the spinning as her helpless smithereens scattered. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I spun and caught the door before it closed, darting out of the infirmary. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I let my hair drop as I spun around. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

All those stars millions of light years away shilling down on me—me glued to a minor planet spinning around its own gigantic sum. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He delivered two or three more hits before Luke spun away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Boethius, the late Roman who had written the Consolatione while unjustly imprisoned by the emperor, had said that a blind goddess spins us on a wheel, that our luck comes in cycles. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I staggered inside and met a wall of yak—a great expanse of curly-haired chest and churning hooves, of flared red nostrils and spinning eyes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The storm swirled above it, spinning on the summit like it was the axis for the whole world. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I spin back, stunned by the sudden noise and light. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He could see those roads spinning away from him in different directions. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every sudden noise—the crack of a falling limb, the crash of a bolting deer—makes you spin in alarm and stifle a plea for mercy. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Biter threw his kettles too, swinging them underarm so they spun across the dungeon, raining soup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We also did a lot of spinning around. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Made me that sweater I have. Sheared the wool, dyed it with indigo, spun it, knitted it, too big. Brought it over with a kettle of chowder and told me to grow into it.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But the nerves and the spinning have gotten to me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

These questions spun through her head all night, and in the morning, when Moody arrived to walk to school, she did not look him in the eye. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A car, trying to get away, was spinning its tires, stuck in the mud. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spun back toward the window to scream for help, but the man moved faster than she would have believed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She spun like a yo-yo, choosing mortal embarrassment over mortal end. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She spun around, feet moving as fast as possible. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Cady shifted the groceries to her hip and twirled the small bunch of yellow wildflowers in her left hand, watching the petals spin in dizzy circles. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her hair is spun in a golden knot on her head, and she’s still wearing pajamas. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He picks her up and spins her around three times. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His head scrambled, Colin crawled to the Archduke's obelisk, the only geographical location in the world that wasn't currently spinning. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I spun my combination and opened my locker. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

White trees, black sky, red flames, everything was whirling, shifting, spinning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“She weaves and spins thread,” the boy said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then she dropped a pat of butter into a frying pan, where it hissed and fizzled and spun as she sliced thin slices of cheese. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She threw her hands up in the air and spun around to face Yitzchak. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s all spinning with me at the very center, trying to hold on. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Her long skirt and her shawl might have been spun out of old cobwebs. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She spun dizzily to a stop in front of us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The white petals spun down around them, covering the grass and speckling their fur, while thirty feet above a thrush sang, “Cherry dew, cherry dew. Knee deep, knee deep, knee deep.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chariot whirred into motion, but the right wheel stayed in place, so Triptolemus. spun in circles, the chariot beating its wings and bouncing up and down like a defective merry-go-round. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The Sneakoscope on the table had lit up and begun to spin; they could hear voices coming nearer and nearer: rough, excited voices. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Against a black background they swim, a long white silken thread spinning itself out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The tire spun gently as the earth spun under it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Dimple felt a flurry of nerves as she spun around. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She spun, felt the moment push her along, guide her steps, and then caught a glimpse of herself in the full-length mirror hanging on her closet door. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When he passed through the last hoop it wasn’t finished They spun him around sunwise and he recovered he stood up The rainbows returned him to his home, but it wasn’t over. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the chickens spin at high speed, they rub against the stiff fingers, which pull their feathers off. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

A few steps into the walk, I see the kid from the roof, leaning against a tree, the same grin, the same dark green hat spinning now on his hand. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They kept spinning as wild as my stomach. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The world shrank down to tooth and claw, snow flying as they rolled and spun and tore at one another, the other wolves snarling and snapping around them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They clutched at each other and spun around and around, like two huge animals. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the dream catcher spin to a stop. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He is hunched over a spinning pot, his hands muddy red. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

There’s an enormous crash, and I spin to find that the side of the closest animal den has slammed shut. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I grabbed another two bananas and slowly spun them around in front of my mouth. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she spun around and darted out through the open door into the twilight to join her younger brothers and sisters. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Milton’s fastest serves, his most arching spin shots and smashes, seemed to float in the air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She spins the red thread for the Old Man of the Moon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It fell through the night spinning until it was lost to sight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Aw, that was just talk. I was just—just—spinning yarns. Sumatra’s fine. Pretty country. Real pretty.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His laser tube thrust out, Rick spun and sank onto his haunches facing the flight of stairs. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Lyddie tried to keep up the spinning, but when she had to take her father’s place outdoors, she was too exhausted to try to spin and sew in the dim candlelight. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

For the sweet, each guest was served a skull of spun sugar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Myron spun the ball on his fingers, staring at it a little too intently. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

They grew especially fast in the gray time between night and day, spinning an eternity out of seconds. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I peer up the stairwell to the top floor, my head spinning, my sore throat burning. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Each flower was made of glass or crystal, spun or carved, he could not tell: they counterfeited life perfectly. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped to her knees on the terrace, head spinning as more moths died, more holes melting from her vision, and the rest kept on reeling, out of her control. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She throws the baton in the air and does some sort of crazy spinning flip, then she lands with her back to us and catches the baton as it’s about to hit the floor. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

War Admiral appeared first, spinning around in a white blanket, yellow ribbons in his tail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a day had always come when the web of fear, so expertly spun by Capricorn, tore and the attention of the police was drawn to his men and what they were up to. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She spins her chair to face me fully. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He spun out of my grip and skipped ahead. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t need it spun around, because the first time I read that paper it was upside down on Jimmy’s desk:WHO’S HOT / WHO’S NOT. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It was kitchen and parlor with a corner for spinning and weaving. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

My heart starts spinning, fast as a top. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I wonder if the Amber Alert has gone off again—Max and I really have sent the city spinning. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Because learning this new thing about G’ma just makes his head spin around all the other new stuff he’s learned. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Someone crossed her vision—Redbeard?—and she whipped her head around to follow him, but the world spun with her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The room seems to be spinning in slow, lopsided circles, and I wonder if I might black out. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined the sound of my hands punching off it, and the feel of my body lifting, spinning weightlessly through the air before surrendering to gravity, my feet finding the mat. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I hurried down the path, my heart beating fast, my head spinning with what I’d seen and heard. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Furious with himself, Harry spun his speed dial back to normal as play resumed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The trike spun a wild circle beneath them, dust billowing in all directions. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Bandages spun up Ron’s leg, strapping it tightly to a splint. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It spun through the air, trailing flammable fluid. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The bullies would pick me up, spin me in circles, put their finger down on my skull, and say, “I want to go there.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She spun on her heel after shaking her finger in his face and stomped out of the Dugout. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had the door in sight, ready to leave, when he grabbed my wrist and spun me around. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Ivette gave me a wink and spun around in her new dress. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I fall between her legs, I fall on top of her, we sink . . . and then we’re twirling, spinning in the water, me on top, then her, then me, and giggling, and making bird cries. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The air was split by the shriek of the heavy iron wheels, which threw spinning sparks over the rails as one car after another rattled past. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Stems crack and leaves and petals fall, spinning in the air. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

"All hell broke loose. It's spinning on the long axis with a seventeen-degree precession." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seth tried to drive him back down, but he was too high, and Luke spun away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“If the weather didn’t look so bad, I’d say come on over this afternoon. We could take a little spin down the river.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

More by accident than design, Brother Rufus spun around and sent the scalding contents of his mug splashing full into the rat’s eyes. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She tried to tie his dad to Aurora with a length of silk that Gox was rapidly spinning. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was spinning the lock as if she had done so a million times before. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Luna pressed the heels of her hands to her brow, trying to keep her head from spinning. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I spun the wheel hard to port and began to lower the main. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I can see the wheels spinning in his head. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I never knew the night sky could be so amazing—trillions of blinking, sparkling, spinning lights in a velvet-black sky. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She spins to face me, and I see a plate of seasoned drumsticks and stewed potatoes on our little kitchen table. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw spun round in alarm, and at once began to struggle to his feet. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Then Booth spins around and fights his way out of the crowd. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

So I lean back against the headrest, spinning through Bram’s music list as the heater revives my fingers. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Are you ready for your dinner, Mr. Jankowski?” she says, kicking off my brakes and spinning me around. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I spun around, the sword swinging in a horizontal arc... City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her head spun, and she would have cursed at the stitch that lanced through her side had she had any breath to do so. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My head’s spinning from the drink, and I’m so wiped out, who knows what he could get me to agree to? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I give her a squeaky spin and get angry all over again about what happened with Michael. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And Francie, pausing in her sweeping to listen, tried to put everything together and tried to understand a world spinning in confusion. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they spread through the cafeteria, grabbing us by the hand one by one and spinning us around. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Juanita’s head turned back faster than you can spin a top. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The water hums, whispers, and spins white threads before pooling at the bottom. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could Stannis cross to the north bank* Belatedly he realized that the deck was turning, and somehow he had gotten spun about, so castle and battle had changed sides. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A spinning top which is beginning to lose its spin slowly describes circles with its highest point before falling down. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Asher rolls up the access ramp and spins his chair once in a flourish at the top. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For the rest of her life she imagined her cousins worked for kind and generous masters up north, engaged in more forgiving trades than her own, weaving or spinning, nothing in the fields. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Dancers spin onstage, kids wander in and out, and parents stand on tall ladders, hanging a huge Bayanihan banner from the rafters. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

That threw me off balance and I fell, spinning to the ground. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Though appearing calm on the outside, inside I am spinning faster and faster. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room spins as I try to focus on her face, and I slump against Tobias for support. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The whole sky seemed like a black top spinning from the mountain where Atlas was imprisoned, and where the Titan palace of Mount Othrys was rising anew. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I’d made my way close enough to where DJ Ren is still standing up behind his mountain of instruments, spinning a fast-tempo beat, the gold wings of his headphones reflecting the neon strobe lights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A purple-suited man saunters in, followed by a train of powdered and prim-looking men carrying notebooks, and a set of tailors and seamstresses who wheel in massive spinning looms. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The probability of red on the next spin is 18/38, the same as the conditional probability of red on the next spin given that there have been five consecutive reds. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spin around to face a girl who looks about my age. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It always looked like the earth was spinning so fast. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Their eyes met for a long time; it looked like her mind was spinning, trying to make sense of it all. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They didn’t hop or run a race so much as spun and danced their way to the finish line. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

In iron-on letters the shirt reads Go to Sadie Hawkins with me...She spins a baton between her fingers, waiting for the crowd to settle. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Aden, who was nine and had been going to school, said it felt like that because the earth was a round ball and it was spinning. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see her sigh, and then she spins in her chair to face me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I picked a corner of the ceiling where a spider had spun a web as my focal point. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I let my eyes close up shop and tried not to spin. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

As the collapsing region got smaller, it would spin faster—just as skaters spinning on ice spin faster as they draw in their arms. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went up strong, spun, and slammed the ball into the rim. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Charlotte, “you and I lead different lives. You don’t have to spin a web. That takes real leg work.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

You fling out your arms and spin round and round, watching as the world blurs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I spin a slow circle on the tile, taking it all in. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next ball he threw was higher than the first, with a wicked spin he put on with his fingertips just before he released it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Newt had already made it back to the Homestead, but at Thomas’s cry he immediately spun around and broke into a stuttering run toward the Door. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Ben spun around in a circle pretending to dance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spotted the transistor radio, put the C batteries in it, and spun the dial until he got a New York station. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Were people searching for a wig spun out of gold?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Moses’s fist slammed against the side of Armpit’s head, spinning him backward. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then he spun on his heel and dashed away, leaving me alone. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She spun, the stick in her left hand, whirling, missing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m so angry the room spins like my head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I started swinging around, spinning with my arm out, trying to shake the kid. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I spun her back toward me and held the camera to my face. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Rebuffed, unhappy at the obtuseness of the very flat, the apple bumps the square and sends him aloft, fluttering and spinning into that mysterious third dimension. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I’m in Dakari’s arms, spinning, and my world blurs. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then he spun around and pointed to one of the paintings above the trophy case. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once, she had seen a haint raise such a bluster on the sidewalk that a living man stumbled as it spun through him, falling hard into the street and nearly getting flattened by a streetcar. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

You’re given a top-down view of a three-dimensional tunnel, and you use a spinning rotary dial to control a “shooter” that travels around the rim of the tunnel. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He spins around, nostrils flaring, fury in his eyes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The feel of the skate tools in my hand, the rough scratch of the tape, the spin of the freshly Speed Creamed bearings. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Head Buster spun around and kicked one of the mounds to smithereens. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever poetry was in him found release as his hands rolled the ball over and over, spinning it, warming to it, touching it before he made his first move toward the basket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The glen and sky spun round: the hills heaved! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the opposite side of the hearth Kit was intent on her spinning. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She spun around and saw Grandmother watching her from the mat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dobbs yelled back and spun around with clenched fists, ready to fight. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Grandpa talked things over with the social worker, because he was worried about how Adria and I would manage if things spun out of control again. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Jason hesitated, as if it was hard for him to put a positive spin on that. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then I held her out from me and spun her around until we toppled over into the grass. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

When my knees thawed, I spun around and ran back down the hallway without saying anything or turning around, my feet frantically slapping their way back to my bedroom. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Still, Miss Winthrop managed to put a positive spin on it when I saw her as I climbed onto the Christmas float. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard footsteps and spun around to see Bronwyn in the doorway. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I spun around and held out my hands to stop them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We discuss this back and forth, and I hardly notice the boats spinning along the river, or the people pushing past us. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When she spun back for B-wing, he could have been there with the squirt bottle. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

As the bowl spun in the air, it grew and grew. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The room seemed to spin every time she moved her eyes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

For my brother Alex, who was born small, my mom spun a song that he was kindhearted and genuine and would grow up to become strapping and tall. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you ever notice the Silkworm? She’s still downstairs! She never moves! She just lies there sleeping all day long, but we can easily wake her up and make her spin!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Without responding to me directly, she spun around on her heels like the dancer she was and marched away. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did her little celebratory dance, which consisted of lots of jumps and spins, but she seemed less enthusiastic than usual. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Something spinning in that head of yours? You know it’s a McHill tradition. Thinking about every little thing.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Something that gave his mind a new idea to spin around. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Moss waited then without interrupting, but as soon as the cameraman stopped rolling, the reporter spun around. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the wheels finally ceased spinning, I reached for the door handle, a spike of total and complete grief cutting through me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She spun and saw a path back to shore, lined on both sides with water, like a canyon lined with rock. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

My head has been spinning nonstop with facts and figures. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The man spun around and slapped Alba in the face, a blow that knocked her to the floor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I had to sit down, right there, my head suddenly spinning. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The special environment that holds them will stop spinning and will let them go. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He glared at the crowd and gave the wheel a hard spin that nearly knocked it off its base. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The Silkworm sighed, for she was still very tired from spinning all that silk for the seagulls, but she did as she was told. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Everything suddenly tipped off-balance; the icy floor and walls and windows spun around her; she fell to her knees. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

“They don’t move across the ocean at anything like that speed. You know how it is when you spin a top? It goes around very fast, and gradually moves across the floor?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt ashamed and her head was spinning. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stranger released me with a jerk, spinning me away from Mr. Ebgard. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Stricken, the girl spun on one bare heel and darted back out to the garden. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

My head spins, my stomach lurches; I don’t know where to go. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Her hair and skirt spun around me as she twirled. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Carlos could do head spins for days; he didn’t even need the helmet. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He spun around to see the Ancient and his donkey splashing through the tall reeds. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The mayor’s desk is well organized, and there are enough cost sheets and file folders that my head spins. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

So my mom was at a spin class with her ‘girls,’ he said, holding up quotation fingers. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Spot, Mama Ya-Ya, and me will spin, cracking through the roof. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The tires squealed as he spun around to face north, accelerating too quickly, swerving toward the stunned men on the street. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I screamed, stumbled, and spun around to face him, still holding my knife. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of mechanized needles pumping up and down sounded a continuous clickety-clack, clickety-clack over the rumble of foot treadles and the whir of spinning spools of thread. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

I spun around in time to see a bag of garbage—into which I’d tossed the match I’d used to light the stove—flare into a small conflagration. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stops spinning her handles and switches into her victory dance, windmilling her arms as she leaps around the room. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I followed his gaze, disoriented by the spinning, but finally I could see what was bothering him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A moment later, Pollard and Seabiscuit were alone again, burning over the track, Kayak spinning off behind, the wire crossing overhead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning me like the wind turns a leaf in a puddle, making the compass spin from east to west and round again. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Anya squeezed her eyes shut to try to stop the spinning. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But in seconds the spider had spun its way up to his knees. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Its spasms sent her spinning across the parquet floor, leg jittering along behind her. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There were no dusty red winds spinning across the flats this year. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I made my way back to the bed and sat on the edge because the room was still spinning a little. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Kira’s head was already spinning with the effort to remember the names of the plants and the colors they would create, and only a small corner of the lavish garden had been described. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sorry we ended up like this, spinning wheels at a McDonald’s. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

A scream, "I'm going in!" spun me around. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used all of my willpower to keep the ship from capsizing, but we were still spinning out of control, hurtling toward the cliffs on the opposite side of the strait. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He turned the steering wheel and yelled out as the Jeep spun across the runway, behind the plane. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Anya spun to see what he saw, but no one was there. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I freeze before answering it, silently willing him not to say anything about Will as I spin my laptop around. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Six! Five! Four!” the little kid yells, and then he starts spinning in circles, just for fun. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I spin around and see Liz's mom, her hands on her hips, and the expression on her face not a happy one at all. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This Ford Taurus was struck by the Jeep and then apparently spun around and was hit again by a third car. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights dim, and two big fans spin to a stop, so everyone can hear grace. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was the Beta Capsule, floating just a few centimeters above the ground, spinning clockwise. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I faintly heard my mother say, “Nothing is spinning.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second later, the clerk grabs me and spins me around, shoving me against the wall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Jairo was almost at the cash register when he spun around. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Everything is spinning and moving so fast that it makes me sick to my stomach. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Inside, the mechanism begins to turn, the cogs and gears waltzing together as the number-marked hoops spin into place. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Aru felt like she was spinning even though she was standing still. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Shady won it in last night’s poker game. Want to take it for a spin?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Adirondacks rise like a jagged blue cutout in the far distance, and off to the right Outlet Falls shoots out over the ledge and spins a white trail to the rocks below. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spun around and headed to the back door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

High John stepped out of the fold of Old Familiar’s wings, his footsteps sending little twisters of dust spinning down the ramp. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The cab spun in the road, doing five, then six full circles, as if some giant hand had reached down and spun it like a bottle. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I held my breath and waited for the earth to stop spinning. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Welcome, Reynard,” said Mr. Curtain, and with this he turned and rocketed to the front of the room, where he spun once more to face the students, throwing his arms wide. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In my pencil case I found a note that sent the art room spinning. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

My arms and legs stayed locked around him while my head spun uncomfortably. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A lemming burst out of the grass near her foot and she spun around to look for its nest and young. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spinning disk soared out, light as a bird, beyond all others. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spun in a circle, trying to discern some way to find the dragon in his cave, but there was nothing. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She stepped back as the echo of her own voice spun around her, coming from all sides. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The Recruiters flinched and spun on their heels. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, when the region got small enough, it would be spinning fast enough to balance the attraction of gravity, and in this way disklike rotating galaxies were born. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I block her first two punches, but her third punch catches me across the jaw and makes my head spin. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When Riccio put his hand on his shoulder, Prosper spun around. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was like someone had crushed my chest in a vise, spinning the handle until every ounce of air and courage had been squeezed out of me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The others went a-Maying, and I stayed behind, spinning in the sunshine. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Imps eat small insects and have breeding habits much like the fairies, though imps do not spin cocoons; the young are hatched fully formed at around one inch in length. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s nowhere to run; I draw my legs closer into me, spinning an imaginary cocoon around my body. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

This ponderous world spins on its axis in less than ten hours. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore black leggings and a salwar kameez top that would have appeared as simple as white spun cotton if it didn’t glimmer like woven moonlight. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She twirls around like a spinning toy, gazing at her arms, legs, and feet. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The star went spinning upward into the darkness. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The screwdriver spun straight past Clytius and slammed into the UP button. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I spun around to see a tall boy with beautiful greased-back brown hair. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The radio announcer said Gandhi spent his birthday fasting and spinning yarn on his wheel. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He points at my house, and the girl spins around. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moves again to help his wife; the soldier spins his gun around, using the butt of it to shove the man forward. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The first time, out by Tri Binh, it knocked me against the pagoda wall, and I bounced and spun around and ended up on Rat Kiley’s lap. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The star shrinks incredibly, spins, reddens and disappears. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spun the ball a few times in my hand, put my right foot forward against the line, and popped up a shot. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

So Phylo rolled it in to stand beside her, heaped with fine spun stuff, and cradled on it the distaff swathed in dusky violet wool. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I spun around and started walking backward, so I could laser Ma and Yvonne in their eyeballs. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He felt like the whole world was spinning away from him, and he was all alone. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sadly he realized how low Fortuna had spun his wheel. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head was spinning with what needed to be done. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled as he spun the ball in his hands. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He spins back to dodge the attack and lunges at me, teeth bared like a dog’s. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Down at Pier 57, the Great Wheel keeps on spinning. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Others were already out on the dance floor—spinning, flying, twisting, and tumbling in time with the music, which thumped out of floating spherical speakers that drifted throughout the club. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A panel slides away and Director Horus spins his staff until it becomes an umbrella that he opens with a flick of his wrist. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Freddy spun his chair around in circles, glancing sideways at me fearfully. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say anything, but he grasped Annabeth’s hand weakly as if to say, Be right with you, as soon as the world stops spinning. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It roared to life and we swerved backward, spinning around to face the winding road. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The shock wave sent me spinning in one direction and Mo in the other. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I guess the iron tire on the spinning wheel was roughed up pretty badly and maybe had chips of broken rock and gravel stuck to it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart quickened as I spun the spool to gather the loose string. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Misha rushed the table and scooped the boy into his arms, spinning him in a circle as the boy squealed with delight. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

When I hit the paved road I leaned into the turn so hard I almost spun the bike out of control. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Half-clothed women spun and danced on the low tables, amid joints of meat and platters piled high with plums and dates and pomegranates. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I walked into the classrooms and spun in a circle, checking everything. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

With a sudden spin he turned his back on Hornet and stalked off. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tires spun against the gravel and the windshield wipers squealed to life. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I tried to tell him about Eddie and how he could spin a High John tale that would rival any superhero story. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Steam envelops us, cloaks us; light sparkles on the agitated water; and we keep spinning, so that at some point I’m not sure which hands are mine, which legs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

On the third spin he went flying off into two of his teammates. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Long enough that I’m expecting him to spin a one-eighty and run back for one more kiss. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Lissa held out her arms and spun, as if dancing to music only she could hear. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Lola hooks her arm with mine and we spin, tape guns in the air, around our homebound boxes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

And she spins and stomps away the same way she came. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Protons and neutrons are packed into the nucleus, while electrons spin around outside. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then spinning as they ever did, twirling the distaff and twisting the thread of destiny, they sang, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not like Lark, in her little yellow boots, spun around in the teacup sheet. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Next we were supposed to leap, reach upward and spin. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I lean forward a little so everyone can hear me and say, “The Dreidel. The harder you spin it, the better it performs.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Ferris wheel stopped spinning and I realized we were at the bottom. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Håkon, still wielding his rusty sword, spun to look behind them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, if you look at the arrangement of the two constellations a little differently, it’s almost like Mama Bear sent Baby Bear spinning with a good swift head butt. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He landed catlike on all fours as the hay cart upended in the roadside ditch, its buckled wheels spinning awkwardly. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Archie heard the voice in all its fury at the same instant that he felt the hands spinning him around. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The current had him in its teeth fay then, spinning him around and around. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He looked worse than when Sister Mukumbu asked him to revolve and spin around the sun. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spun around one last time, the water level now almost high enough to shred us against the metal net. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked my board into a spin like the dude in Tony Hawk: Shred. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He stood on tiptoes, spun gracefully, dipped to his knees, straightened, and spun again. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He turned a pawn on its side and spun it like he was spinning a quarter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Roulette wheels spun behind Lefty’s eyes as he sped toward the West Side. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There was a rustling behind them and Dustfinger spun around, but it was only a mouse scurrying over the quiet yard. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The world began to spin and tilt, and Celaena closed her eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It spins end over end, slamming into the board. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The world spun and he was thrown forward, as helpless as a cork in a waterfall. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

They sail over us, zipping and dipping and spinning, their little compasses guiding them to the throne platform. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She picked up the bottle and spun the cap with the side of her hand. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Alec nodded, then moved back to the wheel, spun it until there was a loud click. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Etienne takes Marie-Laure’s hand and together, beneath the low, sloping roof—the record spinning, the transmitter sending it over the ramparts, right through the bodies of the Germans and out to sea—they dance. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The journal pages spun and coiled in the air until they formed a humanoid figure. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Wheels were spinning inside Charles’s head as he plotted his next moves. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Wash felt a hand shove his back, and he spun around. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our first step will be to elect one of their number to some very high office—the presidency, if Fortuna spins us kindly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room spun, colors morphing into each other, churning faster and faster. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Miss Sadie was an awful purveyor of the future, but she sure knew how to spin a tale from the past. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

His bronze base had several drawers, spinning gears, and a set of steam vents. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t moving a lick, but in my mind I was spinning through the air with them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sank down on a rail and hung my head, my brain spinning. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A pop sounded and suddenly the hook was flying toward the Berg, the rope spinning out behind it like a trail of smoke. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Her attic was full of paintings and an organ and an old spinning wheel. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I looked around, then scooted over to his desk, plopped down into his plush desk chair, and spun until I got sick of it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The Preacher commenced waving his arms, really warming into this tale he’s ’bout to spin. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The boy spins me around and then pulls me back into the circle of his arms, closer than before. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In ancient Greek mythology, the Three Sisters of Fate spin out a person’s destiny within three nights of their birth. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

My mind whizzes through dozens of looks like the spinning of a roulette wheel. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I remembered his fingers pulling the leaf out of my hair, making my head spin. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

As they approached the great ring of elm trees, they heard once more the quick sighing and rustling above them and one yellow leaf came spinning down to the edge of the ditch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimarion pivoted, his huge bulk framed by foam and spinning water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Amidst the rushes and bones and bits of bread that lit-tered the stone, he whirled her and spun her and tossed her in the air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It swirled around him, spinning into a froth of whitewater. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, one of the Demons sidles up to me, then spins around on his board so that he’s facing me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Do we really have to spin and count spaces and all that junk? We have a deadline. Clocks everywhere are ticking against us.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The world stopped spinning and all of creation held its breath, waiting to hear what it was that Miggery Sow wanted. 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 quick glance down reveals that my sickles are covered in shamblers blood, and I give them a quick spin to clear some of it off before scrubbing my face clean with my sleeve. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The washer spun to a stop, and Gregor piled the clothes into a couple of dryers. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The spinning rod flew from my grip and I pitched backward, expecting at any moment to crack my skull against the planks of the transom. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Dylan takes the empty cider bottle and tries to get a game of spin the bottle going, and literally no one else wants to play. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

When they spun past the tree, flecks of light caught on the shimmering red of her dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Here’s the man with the patter, Here to spin the platter, Why, it doesn’t matter, ’Cause the world is getting fatter. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laughing loudly, he spun around, his arms stretched out wide. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The world was as quiet as if it had spun itself into a cocoon like a moth preparing itself to slip out in the morning, young again and good as new. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My head was spinning with heat and astonishment. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I spun on my heels and made myself believe that they said no because they really did have enough people. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Dismay ran in front of the mower, barking and spinning. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And I refused to let the game end till my spin landed on Angela. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Thomas landed against the wall and spun just in time to see the second creature tumble over the edge, not able to stop itself. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

She spins away from me and then returns, passing beneath my arm so her back is pressed against me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

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

My head was spinning at the rapid change in direction our conversation had taken. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Using his foot to spin the base of the wheel, he placed dampened hands on the sluggardly lump, and for the hundredth time Tree-ear watched the miracle. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Three died as babies, she says, but only a little of the spinning stops. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Be ready if it spun him over...when it spun him over. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

At the same time, I swivel my hoverboard so sharply to my left that I spin 180 degrees. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And with that, she lowers the pool cue, spinning around and walking back off to her room. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The spinning made her eyelids want to close, but Emma reached up with her free hand and held her right eye open. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She was ready to throw her plane into a sideslip if a searchlight caught her, a flight maneuver that allows you to dive very fast and steeply without spinning. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In the Pollard home, books were always open, old Irish songs sung, jigs danced, long stories spun. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spun twice around in the air, my body fully extended, and added another half twist before landing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She held my eyes with hers, and it was probably just the booze, but as I looked into those old-world orbs, the spin of the new world seemed to slow. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Because that is what it means to be alive on this infinitesimally spinning planet. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Listening at closed doors, to the Wives over their tea and wine, spinning their webs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slynt spun on his heel like the watchman he'd once been, and strode the length of the Small Hall, boots ringing on die stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I spun in the hallway like a bobber in the river. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Sheed put his bike back on two wheels and spun to face his cousin, ready to cheer him on. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then I heard Horace scream and I spun around to see him pointing at something in the road. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then she drops the bra to the floor and spins around, clutching her breasts in her hands. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The theme song from the show filled the air, and the merry-go-round started flashing and spinning and the horses began to rise and drop. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

All night, my mind had been spinning in circles, and now, finally, it stopped, pointing in one obvious direction. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In my head, I spin my octopus funnel to point directly at them and dose them with a generous helping of freezing cold salt water. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I finished my set, sprang to my feet, and felt the room spin. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Good news, because I didn’t want to get my umbilical line tangled up with a spinning Agena! Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

James tossed those sentences out so casually, totally unaware of how such simple statements could make Emily’s head spin. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He spun around and switched on the flashlight. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He will use the word “love,” and the world will not stop spinning but go right on in its courses, like the river, like the bees, like everything. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arya tried to count, but they were riding too fast, torches spinning through the air as they flung them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Was there really a world out there of stone triangles full of dead bodies and girls spinning on their toes? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He accelerated through the spin, the tires caught, and the car leapt onto a side road. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The boar charged, Barsena spun aside, her blade flashed silver in the sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The knight in whom I’m interested went back to find the pretty face, and learned that the princesses had spun themselves free and all gone and married, but one. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

String and spit and wire and a voice on the radio offering a loom on which to spin his dreams. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We boo and spin noisemakers whenever Haman’s name is mentioned. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Jonathan spun about in the doorway just as the rope, still attached to the old Hessian’s ankle, whipped by. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I made for the car, I spun around once, took a few shuffling steps backwards through the slushy lot. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I let the room spin, and I close my eyes and feel my body whish and whirl and pound. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Halfway to the car, he stopped, raised a finger, and spun and ran back to the house, almost tripping over his feet. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She spun out from behind the tree, all in her black goth wear. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The flare caught her like a hurricane, spinning the pod at first until the fins caught. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There were not enough records to spin, enough beats to play, to buy that many sneakers. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The guard grabbed his shoulder, spun him around, saw his Olympic uniform, and hesitated. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when we talk I can spin Rondell around so bad his black face scrunches up and turns purple he’s so confused. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The odors of the laboratory animals, dogs, monkeys, mice, spin me back into memories, and it is difficult to know whether I am experiencing a new sensation or recalling the past. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mind was spinning as I shut my bedroom door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But the figures kept spinning around in circles, round after round. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our weight was such that after they let us go, we spun faster and faster, laughing so hard we felt dizzy and sick. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

You remember when you told me the world was constantly spinning and I just couldn’t wrap my head around it? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If something whipped back and forth, it also needed to spin on an axis, bob up and down, and hurl through a jet spray of filthy water. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He sets the microphone in the bell of his electrophone, as he did years before, and lets the record spin. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The smell alone nearly makes my head spin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Whatever we might have been—healers or politicians, jurists or builders—was trained out of us, spun up and away into the funnel of darkness that is Blackcliff. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, but my head spins faster. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

They would whisper over the sea, telling jokes and talking about women and girls as they watched the fish rise and spin beneath them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In the real show, they have these big panels that spin around behind the contestant’s head to reveal the next category, but obviously we don’t have that kind of technology. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She’s on the phone of a young woman from a Montana religious sect, on a moonlit night, on the spinning and ever-changing earth. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“And my father and . The rest of the words didn’t seem to come. Her head began to spin. “Never mind, little Chaya, never mind,” Gitl said. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then her fell reversed, and she pulled back upward, hover- bouncing head over heels, sky and horizon spinning around her like a playground ride. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Wick spun again, more shadows gathering along his arms. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Xan,” he said, as Fyrian danced and spun in the air,screeching a newly created song about his love for everyone that he knew. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And he sits on the big pack of diapers to spin me a nice little story. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Fortuna was really spinning drunkenly last night. I doubt whether I can go much farther down.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spun on his heel, center of a bewildered circle of boys. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The other pig spun around to face Striker and was hit in the stomach several times as he ran backward to get away. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear the tires spin onto a gravel driveway just beyond the door. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he’d probably be delighted to spin a little web to catch some kids sneaking in.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She left them behind, spinning in the dark, with no moorings, in a place with no foundation. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seized Winston’s shoulder and spun him round so that he was facing him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Prospers voice sounded so harsh that Bo spun around looking terrified. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Emma’s pencil snapped against her paper, sending the tip spinning into the air. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Root spun sharply, grasping her by the shoulders. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But he spins it all together with harp runs and hoots, and they think what they think is alive, think Heaven loves them. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled a chair into the center of the circle with him as he spun the chair to face Isaac. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

By the time Turner had spun around and looked up, his father—his father!—and the sheriff were gripping each other’s arms and pushing back and forth, sliding and stumbling and tripping over rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I glance at the page—I guess I’d memorized more of this than I realized—and drop to the floor, spinning around on my butt. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

White, with puffed sleeves and a skirt that billowed when she spun around. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

All those years we’d known each other—all the laughs we had, the plans we shared, the trouble we got into—spun by in a blur. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The room seems to fall into a slow spin. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The black gaps between silver links would close until the fishermen could see, below, a solid mass of silver spinning. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Anorak makes a grand gesture with his right hand, and three keys appear, spinning slowly in the air in front of him. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It comes straight at me, spinning, blade over handle. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Big Rose spun around and eyed all of us like she was surprised to see us sitting here. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It didn’t put out the flames, just sent it spinning down the gallery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanna go by my real name from now on,” I said, and spun back around, walking forward. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I spin to see Jason’s shoulders bowed forward, his hands reaching over his wheelchair tray to the keyboard. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I took my bicycle out and down the three flights of stairs to the street, I decided it would just be for a spin around the block. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He showed that, provided a stationary rotating black hole had an axis of symmetry, like a spinning top, its size and shape would depend only on its mass and rate of rotation. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it just spins in place like a little kid making himself dizzy. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The effort is—And I hit a lump of frozen snow and spin out. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps if you spin a web and catch a couple of flies you’ll feel better. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Dutchy reaches down and hoists him on his shoulders, and as I get close I hear him say, “Put your arms out, little man, and I’ll spin you.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Soon twilight faded into darkness and my head began to spin pleasantly from the beer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the age of six to ten days these spin themselves a cocoon, from which they emerge one month later as fully formed winged adults. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lands in a squat behind a pew in the front row, spins the lens a few times while looking through the camera. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps if you spin a web and catch a couple of flies you’ll feel better.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I push on the radio to fill the quiet, to hush my own spinning thoughts. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Getting the bus started was easy, and we decided to take it for a spin around the garage roof. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The canoe, and us clinging on with every ounce of strength, spun in the barrage of churning water. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He spun me around and threw me down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I spun around, more aggravated than angry, and said, “Look, it’s just hair. It’s not magic, so don’t go rubbing it for good luck. Trust me, it hasn’t brought me any.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d known him ever since his first days at the chandlery, when he used to drop in between voyages and spin yarns with Sam Smith. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to me things spun, as if caught in a whirlwind. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am a child again, hiding under a table, with the revel spinning around above me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sassur gave us a few coins to buy a cone of spun sugar. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shoot, you do that and you’ll be in his will so quick your head will spin.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It consisted of a tin man mounted on a spinning top. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They spun for a few seconds before shooting up out of a toilet into a cubicle. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I slammed into the ground, my head spinning. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Giant, twisting waves spun the ship like a toy. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was too dazed to follow right away, because there was something new happening, a wheel inside my heart I’d never noticed before, and it was spinning so fast it made me dizzy. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

"Now there's a clever man," Lannister said as he sent the coin spinning across the room. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My arms drop and I stop spinning, turning to face him, my breathing coming in short gasps. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

One of the little boys at the table spun, and when he saw Misha, he stood up on the bench with his arms up and yelled, “Mikhail!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I joined in, jumping, spinning, and sliding across the carpet. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She spun around in her chair and clenched her fists. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow stood and watched the snow tumble and spin. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

As I spun it around, it squealed like a rusty playground swing. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

When the jeep reached the end and took a sharp turn, it spun around and landed on its side. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Madame Bee was still cackling and spinning around in circles, or whatever it was asuras did whenever they were gloating. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The spool spun faster and the glass string tore another gash in my right palm. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It explained mathematically why the electron had spin Vi\\ that is, why it didn’t look the same if you turned it through only one complete revolution, but did if you turned it through two revolutions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind spins at the idea that there is a whole organization of magicians out there that not even the Bureau knows about. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He spun in circles and lost his sense of direction. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A boy comes into the circle and does the same thing Pri is doing, except with stronger kicks and faster spins. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“The man-eating tigers, the spinning blades...But I still think a few ballerinas would be nice.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And the compass, apparently, understood, for the spinning began again. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“A guy hit a car and it spun him in front of me, and I T-boned him. I think he’s dead.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

My mind is spinning as I’m led by two agents back to the youth dormitories. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

We all turned and turned, and for a brief few minutes, I thought I could spin the rest of the party right out of my mind. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The waters begin to spin around the scarecrow’s pole, and the rope that holds the dinghy in place goes taut. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Stars of all colors bursting into the night, silver pin- wheels spinning, golden lances up-up-BOOM! crimson flashes flashing blasting, scarlet showers BOOM! emerald rain BOOM! The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spun, her heart seizing in her chest, and she almost tripped over a pile of coats and bags on the road next to her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then the dance music Starts, slowly at first, Then wildly, with Bodies spinning. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lexie nodded and the parking lot spun around and landed on its side. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It makes my brain spin in a thousand rapid circles. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He made himself a compass, but the needle would spin all crazy no matter what he tried. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She did not even card or spin the wool from their own sheep. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She spun toward the guy’s voice and yelled back, “I’m in here and there’s something blocking the door! I’m trying to move it and need some help!” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He could spin stories out of thin air faster than a spider spins its web. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Augustus spun around to a stack of books beneath his bedside table. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

While she worked, the bees spun around us, gathering strength till they made soft wind on our faces. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rufus turns to me, his wrist spinning, encouraging me to go on. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

All the threads of his past spun around her, faster and faster the longer she looked, but that one gleamed more brightly than the others. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They will poison the water they will spin the water away and there will be drought the people will starve. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

That might do, but he would have to bring me my meals, the flax to spin my clothes, the wood for my fire. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He went to the left, his paws gouging the wet sand, but changed his mind and spun around. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then the Third Gate stood open in front of us, a crystal doorway leading into a spinning whirlpool of stars. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The board tumbled below her, spinning like a falling leaf. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She smiles, then spins a half-circle in place and walks off. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Nereus spun and expanded, turning into a killer whale, but I grabbed his dorsal fin as he burst out of the water. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

On the last one, she grabbed Bits’s upraised hand, and she spun, her skirt twirling about her body. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Seven waits for me at the front door, spinning the basketball between his hands. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The fourth was, to Butler’s eternal shame, dispatched with a spinning kick. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I watched the world revolve as the car spun around and lurched back to the highway. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Henry swings a violent U-turn that takes down a little crepe myrtle tree on the island between lanes, and we’re beached there, spinning our wheels, kicking up leaves and pink flowers. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I smiled at the thought of anyone trying to dowse for me now, trying to make sense of the dozens of contradictory signals as the leaves swirled and spun in a dozen different directions. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She spins and takes a step away and then turns back. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Aimee also never made me feel as if the world would stop spinning if I made a mistake in competition. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The heads would be spinning around at the mall, with the mouths of the heads calling your name. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spun on her heel and tried to pull away, but the grip was too strong. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Daniel stops spinning, looks up at his friend with one eyebrow raised way up. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“June is totally obsessed with learning a sit spin.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I spun the ball again and headed for the back door when something made me stop. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Eating all that food after going to spin class. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Beau stepped right in, spun around a couple of times, and then flopped down. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She spun on her heels and felt the thrum of more power enter through one hand, passing through her heart, then exiting through the other side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And he missed me again when I spun around and got to the back door first. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When the nurse spoke to him again, he just spun around and left. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The hairs on the back of my neck prickled, and I grabbed for my camera as I spun around. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Alfred lunged forward on his left foot, and spun away from the ropes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could hardly remember the countless ideas that used to spin in her mind as she washed clothes or chopped vegetables. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach is apparently on a spin cycle. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The giant spun around—lightning fast—and grabbed me in midair. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly my confidence began to spin out of control. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He had felt the car spin away as though he were the one being left. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He leaned forward and spun the plate of wing bones onto the coffee table. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

William staggered, trying to spin and strike whatever was on his back with the table, when he heard Jeanne shouting directly in his ear. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Annabeth spun as a massive dark shape hurtled down at her—a snarling, monstrous blob with spindly barbed legs and glinting eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, I hope you’ve been at least getting out the house some. Maybe take that bike around for a spin.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I spun the spiral phone cord around my finger, tighter and tighter with each ring. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I remember sweat-drenched men dancing the traditional attan in a circle, bouncing, spinning faster and faster with the feverish tempo of the tabla, until all but a few dropped out of the ring with exhaustion. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She started pulling Toby toward the door, the entire world still spinning. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Moving back to the fire, he spun among the dying embers on the ground with a graceful motion, gently kicking the larger coals back together. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

His hair was the pale, nearly translucent color of spun silk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The black ball missed the corner pocket by a fraction of an inch, spinning back into the center. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The truck brushed Robbie’s car and sent it spinning off the side of the road, where the car had hit a road sign, hard, and stopped spinning. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He spun round, and rushed wildly up the path, calling and calling his master’s name. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There were arches of spun sugar, towers of pastry, basted birds posed for flight. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“You coach me and I’ll spin one. It must be a lot of fun to spin a web. How do I start?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The spinning in my brain is making me feel faint. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At the next comer he spun off into a deserted section of barracks. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

A gust of wind might send me spinning higher and higher until the earth was a tiny ball lost among stars. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I spin around in the desk chair and stand up. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I look across the pond at Will, watching as he spins slowly around and around and around. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I keep moving to the stairwell, coughing and clutching at my side, the pain from the surgery making my head spin. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Lifting his weapon, Ellsberg spun and saw a very young soldier, maybe fifteen, wearing nothing but black shorts. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The sun burned hotly and liquids began to spin in her head and she looked around for Baby but could not find her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He spins his big body around the small room, finally catching sight of Old Hirsch, settling back down on the partly-put-together sofa. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Penelope gave her a sympathetic look, then spun slowly, taking in everything in the attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I know what it's like to not want to understand, so we're quiet while her last sentence spins and spins in my head. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Finn said, spinning on his stool, just in time to see the mare rear back, kick her front legs, and charge past the diner. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He strode over and pulled me to my feet, then spun around to face Dad. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A moment later the barber spun the chair around to face the mirror. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Six of the young cupbearers were playing some child’s game as he entered, sitting in a circle on the floor as they took turns spinning a dagger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The moment the board banked, her dirty feet skidded across the surface, spinning her halfway around. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Laughter and music skipped across the water like rocks thrown with just the right spin, their edges just as sharp against Tally’s nerves. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I spun around and aimed the flashlight at the floor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Far below him, Ben saw the revolving light of a police car spinning in a slow, malevolent circle. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Link spun again, and while he kissed this other girl, really hardly at all, Calista was still talking to Quendy, saying, in this really mean voice, “And don’t let anyone tell you you look stupid.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spins her; her fingers flicker through the air. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The strong- wine was making his head spin, though, and the cellar steps were very steep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“CJ!” he says as he spins her around and deposits her on the stucco railing. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She struggled to keep from fainting, to keep from vomiting, to keep her head from spinning. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Surprised by the fierce attack, the Huntsmen spun about to engage the riders. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I came down with the ball, spun, and dribbled back toward our hoop. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I saw them, they had wings spun from spider’s silk and clothes stitched from flower petals and leaves. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I take the wing off the second bomber, causing it to spin into the one behind it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

My vision dimmed and my head began to spin. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Bryce is hunched over the can opener, spinning it and spinning it and spinning it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

And I closed my eyes and clutched my phone to my chest and felt the room spin around me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t look at Coach as he slipped to the mat, feigning a single leg and then immediately spinning, ready to break his opponent down. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

On the refrains her voice spun, twinning and mixing with my own. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She spun around, faking a stoic face, lifting her arms in staggered motions to the sky, then bowing into a prayer pose. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I watch them turn like colorful spinning tops. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Setting up the men on his tiny board, he’d play game after game alone, first assuming the white side and then spinning the board around, with some pieces often tumbling onto the floor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then she spun around and went to the door. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her head spun, and her ears rang all the time. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

"All I could see was blue sky," Powers remembered, "spinning, spinning, spinning." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then there came another jerk, so sudden that it threw them all to the floor again, and the basket began to sink with frightening speed, spinning all the while. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But it was Mother who spun the stories that made the things we studied really unforgettable. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

My emotions spun around and around like a broken compass, not quite sure where to land. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

No one was in sight, but Scott’s bike lay in the driveway, the back wheel still spinning. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Gabriel floated and spun within the veer, being part of evil, feeling the anguish and loneliness of it, of having been cast out again and again throughout history. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I sat down in his chair and resisted the urge to spin around. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It stays in the same place in relation to the earth’s surface, but only because it orbits at the same speed as the earth’s spin. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The taller of the two spun around and sank his teeth into Pax’s neck. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Two quintains had been erected in the courtyard, each a stout post supporting a spinning crossbeam with a shield at one end arid a padded butt at the other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Pa’d take the stereo apart to replace pieces and clean the insides, but he hardly ever spun any records on the turntable. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I jerked my hand out of my mother’s tight grasp and spun around, knocking into an old woman. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge spun her lock and jerked the door open. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

But as soon as I say it, I catch a glimpse of Abby, her blue skirt flaring as she spins around with Nora. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I spin around, push through the flapping doors, and walk into the hall. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her long braid ended with a finger-size curl that looked like spun silk. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It felt almost as if someone were spinning a very fine web around the two of them, a web of secrets and lies closing in on them all the time. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But he just spun around and around on the spot, exuberant as a dancing child, breathing out more fire. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My head hit the cobblestones and the world spun dizzily as the guard lifted me off the ground, holding me by one wrist and my hair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She has spun her words to fit her beliefs. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The ship made a one-turn spin and then really hit the ground . Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Citra tried to picture a map and get a sense of how far from home she was, but just trying to imagine it made her head spin again. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Between the photo and the book, Scoob’s thoughts are whipping around faster than a load of clothes in their front-loading washer during the spin cycle, something he typically loves watching but is queasy about now. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

But he deflected, and though she spun and tried to knock him in his stomach, he blocked her again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They each spun in place, a thousand at once, and then continued to tread the stately spiral. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Afraid that things were spinning out of control, Gattis quickly interceded. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, the caterpillar had spun itself into a cocoon and had attached itself to a small twig. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I spun slightly as I fell, so he stayed in my line of vision. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Shaan had an attendant show him to his room, where his luggage awaited him on an ornately carved bed with spun gold bedding. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Arthur Bauer is holding the ball for him today, crouching low and spinning the laces away, just like Dad, just like Mike Costello. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as soon as he did, I spun around and headed for the front exit. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dill spun off Lydia like she was radioactive. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He spun around, the familiar, icy cold penetrating his insides, fog starting to obscure his vision; more were appearing out of the darkness on every side; they were encircling them.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The elevator comes, and we get on, the boy bumping into the walls because he’s dizzy from the spinning. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“So, when the wheel spins, the jar spins!” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I tried to leave, but as soon as I crept more than a few yards beyond the pile of ogres, my complaints started: thudding heart, tight chest, spinning head. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pinmei looked at the door and windows and could see only the lit torches, balls of fire rolling and spinning madly around the house like toy yo-yos. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mama spun her wedding ring around her finger. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The bees came the summer of 1964, the summer I turned fourteen and my life went spinning off into a whole new orbit, and I mean whole new orbit. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or, You didn’t know she had a room that spins and a secret tunnel under your house! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A barn was suddenly made of gingerbread and spun sugar. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Nina had blown into his life with the wind and rain and set his world spinning. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Bits of lichen and grass spun off his fur. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing for it but to sit in my usual place beside Mrs. Van Hopper while she, like a large, complacent spider, spun her wide net of tedium about the stranger’s person. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The huge, killer horse swept by me, but Tenorio’s foot hit me and sent me spinning to the floor of the bridge. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clouds seemed to be swirling around its peak, as though the mountain was drawing them in, spinning them like a top. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The cricket was such a natural musician that he not only chirped the tune—in a few minutes he was making up variations and spinning them out without ever losing the rhythm of the waltz. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three days later, the world spins wildly again when the British and the French honor their promise to Poland and declare war on Germany. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The broomstick spun to earth, but he just managed to seize the strap of his rucksack and the top of the cage as the motorbike swung the right way up again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The dragon leapt to his feet, spun around a few times, and then dashed from the clearing. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It isn't long before my throat tightens and my head starts to spin. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Brandon must have gotten the hint, because he spun around and went out the door. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You just said I’m like every other Mask. You just said you could never-never love—” She spins away from me, but after only a few steps, turns back. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I spun round you a satellite for a month, but shall swing out soon, a dark star in the orbit where you will blaze. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He did a few spins, and popped and locked his body like he was raised in the eighties. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The spider god tried to duck, but the spell held him fast, and a golden whirlwind began to spin around him. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He was soon panting and heaving from the effort of spinning his old carcass about. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

With both of its back tires blown out, it swerved into the other lane, spinning out, until it came to a jolting stop on the shoulder of the highway. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I hit my head hard enough to send the world spinning. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Join hands and make a giant, spinning circle where people show off their footwork. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a moment is so remarkable that it carves out a space in time and spins there, while the world rushes on around it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Arch wrestled one of the sheep off the wagon by two legs, then spun and flung it into the pit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I spin round to her, my Noise roaring up like a beast. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The next morning, things began to happen so fast that the world seemed to spin around me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she also felt as if the whole world had spun the wrong way and she was still finding her balance. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A harsh wind whipped at their faces, snow spinning in flurries. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Similarly, higher spin particles look the same if one turns them through smaller fractions of a complete revolution. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind continued to spin as Sir Fig Newton plopped onto the dining table next to my empty breakfast bowl. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“You’re all confined to your rooms while we get respiratory cultures,” she says, spinning around to face Will. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Watch it twist and spin as it falls. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

As we drew closer to the old Agena, it changed from a speck to a cylinder, and I could see that it was not tumbling or spinning, but appeared to be steady as a rock. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slanting holes were full of spinning yellow. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ku-Ang fell backward off the cliff, slowly turning and spinning in the air. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Bellatrix spun on the spot, roaring with laughter at the sight of her new challenger. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We walk inside this cavelike tunnel, and my head starts spinning again. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

As I staggered dizzily about the kitchen, screaming, not knowing where to go or what to do to stop my spinning head, my mother, now recovered from the bite, came after me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He presses something in front of him, and the shuttle spins toward the open sky of the launch portal. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I spun La Llorona’s ear pendant with a dramatic flick of my hand. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Seven’s insides felt all jumbled, and she felt like everything around her was spinning. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The pitcher threw as hard as he could, the ball came flat and fast, or maybe spinning into a curve, but still fast. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Aru jumped and spun around, but Madame Bee disappeared with a pop and reappeared on another side of the room. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Artemis got to his feet, head spinning with the effort. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

As I watched, they tossed her twice and her soft breasts seemed to flatten against the air and her legs flung wildly as she spun. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my head was spinning so hard I didn’t even care. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I felt crazy—spinning lights, blurry vision, pounding ears—with want. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

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

She looked sadly at Lyddie’s tight home- spun and stiff, worn boots. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

And drawing Michael and Jane and Mary Poppins after her, she led the way through the shop and out by the spinning door. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She twirls her hands and spins round and round to the music. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

His mother was still spinning around the room. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But then Mrs. Baker said something that made the world spin backward. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“He couldn’t say for sure. Maybe east or west; maybe north or south. It was hard to tell. He said mostly she was sort of spinning around like a dust devil.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s with this ideal that the spiders spin their ugliest webs for us. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I get to her before Helene or Marcus and spin into a crouch, expecting an attack from one or both of them. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I crumpled up the letter and threw it in the trash, spinning away from it in my desk chair. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The Varangian flicked his sword at Kin, and the horseshoe spun back around, like they were tethered to rope that Sigurd had caught on his sword. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She yelped and spun away from him, grabbing a pack of matches from the kitchen. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Police in other cities, meanwhile, were spinning a different story during the 1990s. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Perilee and Karl spun by—he tall and solid, she round of belly and homely of face—and my heart filled up so full, it threatened to spill out my eyes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Michelangelo is spinning around like a top, trying to find the kids. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The sills were dusty and the corners were spun thick with spiderwebs studded with dead flies. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard a sound—a faint, incredulous chuff—and spun toward it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I felt myself spin around with horror and it was as though I had turned some nightmarish somersault. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels like I haven’t heard the sound of the ball spinning through net twine in years. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My coach was jumping up and down and spinning in circles. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So that’s how it creates energy. Through the...tension between the...magnetic chalice and...the...spin louvers.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

A pink and yellow Big Wheel is caught on power lines, its wheels spinning. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I spin my head and see Ben, his eyes shooting back and forth between me and a corner of the room. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

This may prove me as parsimonious as my father, but who spends that much money on corny inflatable light-up Santa Clauses and spinning, singing reindeer? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I hold on to Chantal, and when I’m on my feet, my head spins. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I pull it out, flip it over, then spin it rightside up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Nok spun around to see Somkit standing among a cluster of people holding poles with Gold orbs swinging from the end. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The room began to spin as the darkness and the flames attacked Gerald. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The marshal was spun this way and that, then a swift tattoo of blows started him down the street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slammed my locker closed, spun the combination, and walked away. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He takes a lock of my hair and spins it around his fingers and then plunges them fully into my hair, and he draws me close, chest to chest. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Penelope was breathless as he spun her into a fast twirl, but she was laughing, too. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

And the sound of his voice gets my brain spinning in a different direction: Daddy blew his knee out stealing home during a tournament game when he played baseball in college. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

To find the snails crawling along the rocks, these tiny wet beings straining calcium from the water and spinning it into polished dreams on their backs—it is enough. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

My mom spins around to look at me, her blue eyes piercing, voice biting. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Ship officers were spinning their wheels till they were feeling dizzy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I held on to him and rocked him and kissed him and tried not to think of Banalia, spun so violently by the bullet entering her head. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I spun around, but all I saw behind me was a stubbly holly bush. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I push Trey’s chest and moonwalk away from him, hit a spin, and land on my tiptoes while flipping him off with both middle fingers. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The planet of humans and dogs spins and sails, spins and sails. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The whole wide world spun under me, trying to pull me back down to its dark center. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Pa spun into a fixing frenzy repairing tack, mending his boots, and moving from room to room tending to all the things he’d let go during planting season. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

"And don't execute till I give you the word. We're not spinning the ship around while Beck's out on the hull." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

With an irritated switch of his tail, he spun around and slunk over to the narrow kitchen table. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The whirlpool was literally making her head spin. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“But if we’re going to play Sherlock Holmes, we need to go spin that spinner and dig up more clues.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Clarence turned one giant wheel, spun another, and cranked a third. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, technically I spun on my heel. I did most of the turn on my heel and not full relevé. Not on my toes like you coached me to, Uncle Robert.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Not as silly as Hirohito spinning around but too old to wave my hand frantically as all the younger kids around me were doing. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, a disco ball sent tiny flickers spinning around the dim lounge. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“ARGH!” it shouted, spinning around before knocking itself unconscious by running headlong into the wall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a significant upgrade over my last job—spinning the daily special sign at one of those take-it-and-bake-it pizza places—and it would look good on my resume. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The stars blurred as I twirled faster and faster, gazing upward as I spun, and they smiled back down at me in happiness. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The ball was still spinning, and I stumbled again just as Ethan, impatient and frustrated, finally came at me and tried to spear his foot in to swipe the ball out for himself. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It ran wildly in circles, biting at its tail, spun in a frenzy, and died. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I start shaking my hands because the world is spinning and if I shake my hands faster than the rest of the world then the world’s spinning doesn’t seem so fast. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

You are at the centre of one circle, while above you two opposing circles spin about. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

James tossed those sentences out so casually, totally unaware of how such simple statements could make Emily’s head spin. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The Director stops in the middle of the room and spins his head around. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Inside was what looked like a miniature glass spinning top. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Favonius spun the hoop on his finger, and Jason’s body dissolved into air. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

What he did was salute crisply, spin around, drop his pants, and bend over. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he did, he spun around so he was facing us. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Gilgamesh stood up, spinning the shovel in his hand. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The boat turned, lifted in the flood, and spun in circles around the whirlpool. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Wick was spinning in a slow circle, arms outstretched. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s the only way out,” he tells himself finally, his mind spinning. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We tumbled, me dangling from the chariot front with one hand, the other still clutching the tub as we spun over ourselves. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Nico imitates his cousin’s moves and looks so ridiculous when he does a little spin that I burst out laughing. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

All week long Gaines had been nervous, almost snappish, but now he was surprisingly relaxed, glad to be insulated from it all as the car spun its way toward the Midland loop. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Weasley’s hand had suddenly spun from “work” to “traveling”; a second later it had shuddered to a halt on “home” with the others, and they heard him calling from the kitchen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The wheels spun round throwing brush and mud. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The grass crackled behind her and she spun around. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

What the spin of a particle really tells us is what the particle looks like from different directions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spin on the ball of my foot and go inside without waiting for a response. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Behind the counter, the chair comes to a slow stop but continues to spin, spookily. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Jack took a step back as the spinning column got bigger, and part of him wanted to run, but it was only a small part. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I usually hate the days I'm trapped in the laundromat with my mother, but right now I would give anything to be staring at laundry spinning in circles. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And I had one ringer where the shoe wrapped itself around the top of the post, spun around a couple of times, and then dropped onto the sand. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At the sound of his voice, the old soldier spun about, took two long steps across the room, and made a grab for Jonathan. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

My legs feel weak, and the room spins. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The wok spun out of my hands and clanged against the far wall. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I reached for a metal post that supported the ceiling and spun around, lifting my feet off the floor as I thought about the Mosses in their respective jail cells. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The preacher is rapt with attention as Katherine begins spinning out a tale of woe and misery so pitiful that it belongs in a weekly serial. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Delilah spins the ring and the emerald points directly at her; not even the slightest bit favoring her shoulder or other patrons. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I spin back and kick his feet out from under him, but my leg meets only air. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A whistling came down the hallway, and Richard rounded the corner, spinning his hat in his hands as he walked. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Two boys laugh when one car bangs into another, spinning out of control until it crashes against the wall. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dylan picks me up and spins me around the stage. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Like right now: We have the grass under our feet and Fluffernutter’s wagging stump and the spinning and the laughter and the sky growing dark above our heads. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They were riding down a street lined with sharply spined palmetto trees. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She murmured, “Papá, Papá,” then spun about and ran to catch up to Salvador. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

My head spun and did not know what to do. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood there in May’s beloved and practical garden, and Cletus searched the handout for some good words to say to bless the whirligigs that now had a place to spin and fly and live. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jill spun around and yelled, “Go flip your own burgers, Paul!” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They were spun in a giant centrifuge to a degree that would make most people severely ill. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“If the man is you, I’d guess he would spin clever words and hope the question was forgotten.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It knocked over the lantern, which spun and spun on its side so that the whole treehouse seemed lit by a disco ball. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then, last summer at a friend’s house, we played spin the bottle after a bunch of us admitted we were spin-the-bottle virgins. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Lily rolled down her window a bit, the cold air spinning around the El Camino. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Nell put her hands up to catch them and spun around laughing. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No slave had ever keeled over dead at a spinning wheel or been butchered for a tangle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The world stopped spinning, but earth and sky were still flipped, the bodies still dangling. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He spun around, ran up the stairs, and darted out the door. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I let out a wild laugh, almost choking over the yam as the scene spun before me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Particles of spin 0,1, or 2 do also exist in some circumstances as real particles, when they can be directly detected. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The torch spun from his grip to bounce across the floor, then tumbled into the pit, still burning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The world spins on, just as Mrs. McGregor said it does. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I spun around and walked the other way, eventually stopping at a snow-cone place. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo spun his Wii controller in a circle, and the sails lowered themselves. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We sat beside each other silently and watched the last leaves spin down from the trees. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the living room guys were spinning records and freestyling over the beat. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The crystal dust that made Wind Being’s human form spun faster and faster. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

You scowled at me, and I spun on my heel and strode away, hoping you’d follow, but you didn’t. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She spun me around to inspect her handiwork. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we break out of the woods onto our road, he spins around. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Puts a spin move on Justyce’s defensive lineman and gets the first down. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And they would have struck, too, if the madwoman had not spun on one heel and taken three graceful leaps to the side. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He took half a dozen steps, then spun around and marched back to her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It spun in the air, and then I felt the floor lift into me as we started away. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gust quickly spun into a cyclone that was growing taller than Nathan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The world was spinning so fast, she didn't know where she stood anymore. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I put the Iron Man down and spun around. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

We continue to dance without words, clutching each other, spinning around the room, while time slides lightly by. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Ellen tapped her foot as I hummed along, and before Dolly had even hit the chorus, we were spinning in circles and singing at the top of our lungs. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My drug experimentation soon spun out of control. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Okay, sure, yeah, I’ll just spin around and choose someone here.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The tree right next to her window was a wilderness of shining threads, as if every branch, every twig, was spun from ice. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Exactly what happens isn’t known, but it is felt pretty certain that it is connected with the core spinning and with its being liquid. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I still felt as if I'd been stuffed in a dryer and spun around at a thousand rpm, but as Belet said, I seemed fine. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

My escort spins my bed around and rolls me in, headfirst. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Almost immediately, the ceiling began to whirl and became a multiple of spinning blobs," Jerrie recalled. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the first guy reaches for my bag again, I spin around and take off. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He tilts his chin and catches my eye, then spins his head back into its rigid, proper place. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The view spins onto Stella, a big smile on her face, her teeth as white and even as I predicted. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I can see the wheels spinning behind Mom's eyes. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Salva ran to greet him, he could see the green-skinned mangoes spinning gaily in a blur as his father pedaled. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

An ice chunk goes spinning into the bus’s wheel. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

Then someone clapped, and in an instant the room rumbled with applause as Lourdes spun and spun and spun across the polished dance floor. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spin around, and right by the benches is Sandy, jumping to his feet. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Her twenty thousand silk-worms, sensitive to human emotion, stopped spinning cocoons. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“What if we go back through the secret room and it spins again, and we end up somewhere else?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Spinning, spinning, spinning the wheel, his lungs bursting, all or nothing, reckless with the need to get out. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the rumor mill was spinning out gossip that the Smith girl’s father was a drunk and the family lived in a squalid shack. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I get out of the car because I feel like its eighty thousand degrees and I need the fresh air to stop my head from spinning. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Alarm coursed through her as her head spun, sending her into absolute darkness for a moment, but her heartbeat steadied as her eyes adjusted. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t stay awake, and he couldn’t sleep, either; his head was spinning, a daze of strangeness hung over everything, and his hand was sore and throbbing. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she spun on her heel and stalked out behind her terrible, heartbreaking army. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I could tell from her face she was in no mood for spinning. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They let the other dancers, the swirling paintings, the whole spinning city around them fade into a colorful blur. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I spin around to see him standing before Frightful. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The butterflies would dance their merry jig across the lawns, and spiders spin foggy webs, and small startled rabbits who had no business to come trespassing poke their faces through the crowded shrubs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle heard the whir of spinning wheels, the clink of grinding gears, and a reverberating clunk. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

There’s live music, a pop act that owed June a personal favor, and they’re covering “American Girl” right now, so Alex grabs June’s hand and spins her onto the dance floor. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He remembered: If you don’t get out for a spin every now and then, you forget all about them. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head was buzzing from the coffee—not spinning, just kind of jumping around. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The room spins, and I hold on to the table. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

So after dinner the dads are in the front parlor with the French doors closed, leaning over a big round table, each scribbling away on pads of yellow paper, spinning out theories like madmen. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I know it,” Cob said as he spun his stool around to face more of his audience. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I shoved the bag onto the crowded top shelf of the fridge, and spun around to confront him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I laughed weakly, letting his arms support me while my head spun. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I have no idea who this lady is spinning around in this stranger’s arms, spinning and spinning, like they’re in some lame movie until they lose their footing and fall to the ground. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The hanging lantern that lit the room rocked and spun, projecting shadows of falling men onto the walls. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Last night in the bathroom, while seated on the can, Bernabe had noticed a spider spinning its web in a corner several feet away. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

An incident of police brutality that would be understood as undeniably racist if the officers involved were white may be given a more charitable spin if the officers are black. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It spun past us like a small cyclone of ice, taking the flowered hat with it, and whirled up the stairs, leaving us frozen speechless in the parlor doorway. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe the spinning opened the tunnel, and then the section of the room with shelves snapped back to being part of the Greystones’ house again? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“See that they set an additional place for dinner,” Chandresh says to Marco, before taking her on a cursory spin around the room to make sure she has met everyone. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That was the dizziness, the reeling and spinning. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He spun the cylinder of his revolver with his thumb over and over—a sound like chattering teeth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He spun the lock a few times, pulled out some envelopes, and then, finding the one he was looking for, put everything back in the safe, and hid it once again. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Summer walked into the middle of the room and made a slow spin as she took it all in. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I keep playing the events of the last fifteen minutes over and over in my head, and the more I let the mental merry-go-round spin, the more I realize that Garrett had the right idea. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I could only see the back of his shiny black parka until he spun around, rolling his eyes. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem like she was doing anything but spinning wool into gray thread. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Jasper Jr. called out something nasty as we rode by, but I was surprised when Lice Peeking braked the bicycle and spun around. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Liar! Give me that paper or I’ll turn you over to the British commander so fast your fool head will spin.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The challenger spun off the ledge, an arc of blood spraying from his ear, and bolted down the meadow. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Moody’s magical eye spun around to stare at Ron; Ron looked extremely apprehensive, but after a moment Moody smiled — the first time Harry had seen him do so. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A hanging lamp spun on its chain, speckling the zebra skin with light and making the customers feel even drunker than they were. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, a huge Ferris wheel spun slowly against the blue sky. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the prop stopped spinning I ran up to greet him. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Gram had abandoned her parasol to the side of the tent and was dancing with Old Joe, her long dress skimming the grass as she spun on bare feet. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

My head was spinning: you are too skinny . . . you are too weak . . . you are too skinny, you are good for the ovens . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kenny was spinning his basketball on his forefinger as he talked to three or four of them. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground gave way beneath my feet, dragging me downward, spinning fast, like sand rushing through a hole in the bottom of the universe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He got a perfect kiss on the black, sending it into the corner with the white spinning back for a good angle on the yellow. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It kept bonking into buildings and spinning around. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They’re spinning on top of their heads and twisting their bodies in all kind of ways. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Kapu dashed off a few steps, came back, and spun in a circle. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where spiders now spun their webs, geraniums had bloomed red and pink on the windowsills. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

On those satellite images the city looked so small compared to the hurricane, such a tiny thing about to be cut to pieces by that gigantic spinning blade. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Jones spun his pencil in circles on his notepad, like the spinner for a board game. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Dirt spins in the air around me like it had around Quetzalcoatl. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A skinny metallic rod burst out of the Grievers moist skin, unfolding into a long appendage with three spinning blades, which moved directly toward Thomas’s face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Seven got to her feet, the room spinning around her. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, there is a spin 0 field, which, because of quantum fluctuations, would have large values in some regions of the early universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The apple floated and spun right above the boar’s nose, and the boar went nuts, straining to get it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I left the building still feeling as though I had been violently spun but with optimism growing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spun around to see Con standing in the open doorway. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I followed her lead, adding my own spin to it. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mixed with the spin of holographic stars, glimpses of pale faces with red-tonic-lined lips wash by like anemic vampires. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Some days it was as though someone had put me in Grandma’s cake mixer, but I was struggling to be still, not to spin or shudder or shake. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole time, she just kept spinning me around the bar, keeping her hands on my arm so I wouldn’t fall. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There was no point spinning straw and coming up all straw and no gold. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Redtooth screamed in terror as he felt himself leave the ground to go spinning aloft over the badger’s head. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I lurch back onto my knees and the trees around me begin to spin in circles. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The world spun black and mist and blue as Cain grabbed her and shoved her against the clock tower once more, her face smashing into the stone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Jose sort of spun Grace away, setting her down on her feet so hard that her teeth rattled together, and then Grace was gone, leaving her backpack, Adam, Max, and U.S. history class behind. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

While Doreah brushed her hair until it shone like spun silver, she thought about the moon, and eggs, and dragons. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The cop spun around, yelled out “Hey!” and sprinted around his squad car. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Cobwebs spun threads upon the ship's models, making their own ghostly rigging. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I spin on myself and wonder if it’s a good thing to look like a doll. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I toyed with a pencil lying on the counter, spinning it idly this way and that. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the winter the frigid air that flows north from the Pole creates one cyclone after another and collides with warmer air from the tropics, spinning off gales, hurricanes, and blizzards. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It was as though voices had been spun out like threads, twisted taut, ready to snap. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Now and then I shivered at the memory of the spinning and the thought that the prince had held me with his hands tight about my middle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He snaps and spins away from the water, hands on his hips, and suddenly, Sandy Sanders isn’t so shy anymore. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She was spinning in crazy circles only because she was trying to survive, and movement was always her modus operandi when things got tough. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they’d be mostly the same everywhere: a roadrunner whose legs spun in the wind, or maybe a chicken or a duck. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mind was spinning quickly along a new plan now. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Rowan grabbed Tyger’s arm, kicked him behind the knee to buckle his leg, and spun him to the ground—all in a single Bokator move. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I thought about how long ago it had been—since Julia Bishop grabbed my arm, spun me around, and kissed me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The stone spun lazily downward into the crevice and out of sight, and ripples spread across the pool and died away, throwing reflections of my head lamp onto the wall of the cave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his desk stood what looked like a large, cracked, glass spinning top; Harry recognized it at once as a Sneakoscope, because he owned one himself, though it was much smaller than Moody’s. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And then the spinning stopped, and Emma was facing a door once more. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You woke me up whispering to that statue and cross. Then I saw you take the mug and spin around. What were you doing?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If there was a breeze and clouds was floating by it felt like the earth was spinning. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand shoots forward and smacks the weapon out of Boss’s hands—the gun fires a wayward shot just as it spins away, clattering on the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The Director spins around, barreling through his remaining security as he draws a handgun from his waistband. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But Nick came up on his blind side when he saw the spin and knocked the ball away. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t care less what you do to each other,” he said, spinning Mulch and snapping the cuffs on. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then, in the dream, someone grabbed her shoulders and spun her around. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

And the world spins and my Noise whirls. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She followed the laughing crowd into the circle of dancers weaving their way around the crackling flames, and she let Colin spin her through unfamiliar steps, the Square a blur of color in her eyes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Steel screams against steel as she slices a wing with her blade, and the plane goes into a spin. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I stood there, my mind spinning, my stomach sinking. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The storm is spinning over the Gulf, heading towards Mississippi and Louisiana. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Emma closed her hand and the flame hissed out, and we all spun to see a man standing in the doorway, holding a flashlight in one hand and a pistol in the other. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But Yoyo, just frozen in a spin, happens to look up and see him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He held a spinning flag that heralded the directions. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The rear wheels spun sand and pebbles against the fenders, and the truck skidded and swerved back on the pavement. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was pummeled spinning to the edge of the ditch and sent slithering down on his head and shoulders. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The sounds— clashes, clangs, screams, moaning wails, roars of engines, spinning saws, snapping blades, the screech of spikes against the floor, hair-raising pleas for help—it all grew to a crescendo, became unbearable. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He spun around to leave but paused in the doorframe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They stood together for what seemed to be an hour, or several, and she wondered if the world were spinning around her, for she felt dizzy. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of the pea-soup fog, they caught the Biscuit spinning six furlongs in 1:14, a solid workout. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spin the cassette so fast my finger keeps slipping out of the tiny hole. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was spinning out of the thunderclouds like gray spider webs and tangling against the foothills of the mountain. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You can take your girlfriend out for a spin if you want,” I said. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

So I set down my spinning rod and watched Jasper Jr. nose the'johnboat into the shallows. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her hair trailing behind her as she spins. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

An angry hand spun me around and another one grabbed my shirt. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“My mother used to tell me in bad times silkworms no can spin,” she says. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At first, he couldn’t figure out the purpose of a dreidel—a four-sided spinning top that’s played with during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her head spun as she tried to decide how far she’d come. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I spun and rushed out of the room before they could say anything, slamming the door to my room behind me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He grabbed their shoulders and spun them about until they were so dizzy they stumbled and bumped into each other. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a pause, she threw her arm back and spun in a circle with the blade in hand. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I spun and punched a locker so hard I put a dent in it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes fly open, my head spinning as my vision slowly comes back, bright lights overhead. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Lon hadn’t known what the Book was, but he could feel his path forking before him: Down one path was the life of a street performer, spinning fortunes for spare change. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I sat up, and my head spun for a minute as the blood flowed downward. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

After he finished beating me, we sat next to each other on the side of the court and he started to spin the ball on his finger. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Taryn’s eyes flash as she spins her sword in an elegant strike. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

John Tookey showed off this new New York craze called break dancing but went spinning out of control into a group of girls, who toppled like skittles. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Why is your earring spinning? And what was that you said?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Zu spun around us, waving her arms in time to “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

One thug whacked Shorty across the shoulders with a baseball bat, and, as the foreman tried to spin around, another man kicked him in the balls and he sat down, half-blacking out, half-vomiting. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nate loved the sidewalk puppet shows and jugglers who spun torches on the street corners. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd cheering as confetti spins through the air. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

A drawing of Stella, spinning around on that icy pond, moments before I told her I loved her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I really should be lying down if the room is spinning this fast. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She cuts me off, spinning around to face me with a surprising amount of desperation in her expression. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He tossed it to Mr. Grin, who caught it and spun it in his hand. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Yet at the brush of those fingers the wood dissolved and the very ground turned to smoke beneath his feet and swirled away laughing, and then he was spinning and falling, falling, falling . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

All I could see was you, dancing and spinning across the stage, dreaming of your future with Henry Higgins. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Fezzik ran at a boulder and, at the last moment, spun around so that the man in black received the main force of the charge. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She opened a vidfeed window in the air in front of her and spun it around so the rest of us could see. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She spins around and walks into her bedroom, and I follow after her. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He learned how to hold the ball for Erik, spinning the laces away. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world was spinning, twisting tighter and tighter around her skull. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I nodded, but the wheels in my head were spinning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A dark-haired man, smiling broadly, with his arms around Dr. Begbie, spinning her, and spinning her, and spinning her, until I could hear her delighted laughter in my ears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As soon as the door was closed, Annie turned up her music and spun the tires until they were back on the road. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The spinning of the earth causes these mighty waves to spiral endlessly to the east, building momentum as they go. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The ceiling fan spun round and round, and the light bulbs attached to it clinked against one another. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t actually know who the guy was until Ocean spun around to see what had startled me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I forget, until I drive by the high school on my way back from the burbs, where a thousand spinning, singing Santas live, that there’s a football game tonight. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Their number 5 took the ball out, threw it into Brothers, and he spun around with a big step and ran smack into Trip for a charging foul. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It spins gracefully right in front of me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Take a chicken’s foot, tie it with red string, spin it over your head three times, then burn it. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no deaths at the Concord Corporation, but one of the little Irish girls in the spinning room had caught her hair in the machinery and was badly hurt. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He kissed her hard, his body insisting that her body answer, but Dede’s head was spinning away with questions. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He marched backward because he was continuously spinning around as he walked to make certain no one was sneaking up on him from behind. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He spun around angrily—and then stared at Prosper as if he had seen a ghost. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, we could hear tires spin in the snow. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But instead of bursting on impact, it bounced off, went spinning down, ricocheted off the next deck, and blew up far below. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally looked down, plotting trajectories from the hilltop, shushing David when he started to speak again, the wheels of her brain spinning. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then she turned and ran toward the funeral parlor in an odd dancing sort of way—skipping and clapping her hands and spinning around. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My mind spins; it’s somehow fallen off the sex track into grade-school logic. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She stands and spins around so that her new white back-to-school dress lifts a little and I can see her knees. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hassan and I stand ankle-deep in untamed grass, I am tugging on the line, the spool spinning in Hassan’s calloused hands, our eyes turned up to the kite in the sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The wind from the mountains around Shiraz kept a light breeze spinning through the Apadana, quieter and more subtle than the Dancing Fan could ever hope to be. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I am playing a game opposite Madoc, and while I can spin out plans and schemes, if I can’t accurately guess his, I am sunk. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It makes me sad to think about it; billions of copper bits spinning down the yellow funnel into oblivion. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She pulled me by the elbow, spinning me around. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I knowed what they were but my head kept spinning anyway. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He has one of those spinny things and spins it and lets it go round and round on the top of his finger. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The skillful creature dodged a rat, spun round and landed a fierce double-footed kick to its stomach. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t breathe right and the room spun. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

God knows, she thought, what kind of spin the media was putting on things out there. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Before we even made it to the highway, the car was skidding all over the place, the tires spinning like they weren’t touching the ground. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The world spun as he righted himself and leaped away before the grootslang could strike again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Like the children of Hamelin falling in line behind the Pied Piper, the three merry Incorrigibles stomped and jumped and spun. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

And as the mussel spun into the sky, it burst into feathers. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Astonished, he spun around, looked at her as if trying to remember who she was, and put his hand to his bleeding face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Rolling over rocks, spinning, out of all control. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ben pushes a cloth desk chair and it spins, creaking rhythmically. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

My mind is spinning with him and with the unexpected Almost of today. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I quickened my pace while still maintaining control of my red case with the 360-degree spinning wheel option. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She spun to look at Jinny and said, “She’s not reading yet? What have you guys been doing all this time?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I am spinning plans already—of how best to care for my little beauty. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I spun on my heel and started a slow trudge back up the hill. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I’ll make sure to ask him to vote for me before anyone else does,” Soojin says as she does another little spin and then bows before me with her arms spread out. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

They spun in slow circles, giving Sierra the full panorama. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Her family was wealthy then, but that didn’t stop her from stitching entire quilts before breakfast, or spinning miles of wool before tea. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is how he came out: He floated into the air high above the sleeping forest, his green hat spinning a few feet above his head. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The slinger puts a stone or slug in the pouch, picks up the strings by the free ends, spins them around a few times, and releases one of the strings at the proper moment. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then my uncle was untangling me from the mess of screaming boy and spinning wheels. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The moo-cow kid isn’t spinning around or anything. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t need to watch the news to know how it was being spun. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I felt a hand on my shoulder spinning me around. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

TJ spun the black lock dial confidently, like he could feel the difference in the grooves and would know when he landed on the right numbers. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Garvey spun around as if in surprise and gazed back at Edwin and Cole. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I spun on him and he backed off. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

"I want some cupcakes right now," a girl whose hair was spun into a tight bun the size of a biscuit on the tip-top of her head said. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And then a huge jolt sends me forward as we’re hit from behind and go spinning across the lanes like a top. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Luke barely heard the yelling, the way Coach O shouted instructions to Simpson—to do anything besides sit there as Luke spun around him for two points. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I feel like I’m spinning. He’s so...handsome,” I told her. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It spun around on the cement and bumped into a pillar. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As he exited the room, shutting the door behind him, my mind was spinning. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The moon does not spin, but keeps one side pointed toward the earth as it makes a gigantic circle around the earth. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw the boat spinning crazily, upside down, but she didn’t see Tiller. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He paused a sec, picked up a stick and spun it around in his fingers. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I do so wish the world would stop spinning, but it doesn’t, so I try leaning my head back against the wall instead. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But the great hawks, the hounds, heraldry, tournaments—these were for Lancelot For her, unless she felt like a little spinning or embroidery, there was no occupation—except Lancelot. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran across the street and down the block, his stomach spinning. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I spin the little dial, in full jewel-thief mode, and get a little thrill when I pop the locker open. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He checked himself with difficulty so as not to spin around, but he went off his balance again and took two or three staggering steps forward before he was able to stand up straight. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Sigurd spun and descended into the magical dry spot in the river, coming at Anya. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I managed to get to a squatting position but as soon as I made to rise, my head spun and I couldn’t keep my balance. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tally spun her board sideways into a skid. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She held my legs straight up with one hand and held onto my arm with the other, and then she spun me around the bar. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have a spinning wheel, so she used a drop spindle to make thread out of the clumps of clean cotton that Grandma Charity and I pulled. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The net spun slowly, still expanding as it rotated. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She hit the tetherball as she passed and sent it spinning angrily around the pole. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

With that, Alec spun and ran to a spot about ten feet away. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Something clipped Kendra’s shoulder and sent her spinning to the ground. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The bus wailed, spun a full circle on the wet asphalt, and crashed into the trees. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes but the room began to spin so I opened them a bit. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She would pull it through her fingers while the drop spindle, a big top, was spinning on the floor. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man kept his body ramrod straight while his head spun like a robot’s, scanning the area. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Nergal raised his rusty spear as Ishtar spun to face him. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They shot through the concealing tapestry at the bottom and spun onto the floor, hitting the opposite wall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Felix clicked download, and a few seconds later, a giant dollar sign spun on the screen with the words Penny Doubled Challenge pulsing beneath. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

My head spins but I run as fast as I can. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

And my stomach, the big dryer on spin cycle. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Get this planet spinning the right way once again. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I laugh along with her, but my mind is spinning. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to stay mad when you’re spinning around, and all I can do is laugh. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He paused near Tom and spun one of the free-running wheels of the buckboard, and he inspected Tom as though he saw him for the first time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still the room spun before he came to his senses and shoved her back away from himself, out of his murderous hands. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a direct line of descent from the Strasbourg clock to the spinning jenny. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We’d spin around the studio with them clutched in our fists. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to make Granddad feel in control when his world was spinning because Gran had died. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

But to stop it, I felt like I’d have to stop the entire world from spinning. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She looped it around the bike and the rack and clicked it all together and spun the combination lock before I had crossed the curb. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He spins on the side of the road, his leash winding around his feet. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I spun around to see a young man about my own age, shivering at the edge of the woods. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ride spun faster, so fast that gravity squatted on my chest and pushed the air from my lungs, and then faster still. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Others rush to me, the mechanical women’s eyes flashing, their black parasols spinning like razor-sharp blades. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A blue light had appeared in the darkness: It grew larger and brighter, and Lupin and George appeared, spinning and then falling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She spun around on her heels and sprinted away—right out of the goal, across the field, across the bus lanes, and into the school. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nyame took it, dumped out a protesting Gum Baby, who’d climbed inside to take a nap, and then, before anyone could stop him, tossed the Story Box into the spinning cyclone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They spin a good story, but I’m glad to read her own words. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You”—Barbarossa spun around—“you dare to threaten me, you little—?” “I am the Conte, Barbarossa!” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As long as it spun, the whirlpool would remain open. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The twig flew up from the ground, spun through the air as if caught by a gust of wind, then zoomed directly at the trunk through the Willow’s ominously swaying branches. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They stomped to the music, and stepped and spun and kicked, and the lady danced with them, stepping and spinning and kicking with enthusiasm. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

As I sat next to her, trying to spin a basketball on my index finger, I heard my grandparents talk about how drugs and violence had slowly crept in. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Thoughts spun about in my mind like a swirl of dust caught in the wind, but the ones that spiraled back the strongest were Ucho’s words about the shaman. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Believe me when I tell you, my head was spinning. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

If I have to listen to a guy putting a positive spin on this, my head is probably going to explode. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Only the sound of a train now and then, and a strange room spinning round him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, her head spinning with these thoughts, she passed the church on her way back to the seamstress, and the black iron gate to the cemetery was hanging open. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just like that, the green kite was spinning and wheeling out of control. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Jane and Michael then that the world was spinning round them. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She tucks it under her arm and spins around to face me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I chuck it on and watch it spin. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

For Sul Ross there were several wooden pull toys and a spinning top. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The boat smacked against it, once, twice, hard, and the water swirled against the back of the boat, spinning it and then, in one mighty surge, tipping it. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He explained bow plovers indulged in aerobatics, and would actually do such stunts as spins, stall turns and even rolls for the mere grace of the tiling. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between the quick-decaying rush of excitement from seeing Amelia for the first time and the caffeine making his head spin, he was glad to be sitting. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The clouds spun in my mind, pushing, pressing against the back of my eyes. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Shay rolled back at the impact, spinning over the railing. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Liam hopped on the counter and started playing with a Zippo lighter, flipping it open and spinning it in his hand so it closed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It spun and the metal crumpled and then the whole thing disappeared into...nothing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The cadence of it is pleasant to me now, and this spin around the track feels easy. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I stood up so quickly that the room seemed to spin. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent, grabbed a rock off the ground, and spun, screaming as she brandished the stone. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Estella asked, spinning to show the curls pinned in swirls over the nape of her neck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hmm,” Billy grunted, suddenly detached, spinning his chair around to face his son. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Let her give them a spin and I’ll see that you get the bike back safe.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought she’d just get in and drive away, but she spun round, her hair, her teeth, her eyes flashing in the sun. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Sean spun in my desk chair while I slumped on the edge of my bed. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They spun lazily in the warm breeze, tempting honest ration-buyers with glimpses of ripe, naked women lying in pools of fake blood. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spun over to get to his feet, but Horace got to his own just as fast. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Clay spun around and glared at Polly, as if to remind her of his warning about women staying in their place. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spiderwebs spin a network of time gone by, stretching from lantern to lantern. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She dips and kicks and spins on her toes and crouches down to the floor with one leg behind her other leg. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I spun around and shone the light on a desk in the very center of the room. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“A hoop. She can bowl it across the sky in the day-time and make a circle of it to spin about her at night. She’ll love that red and blue one.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“You mean, you scored against a team of little plastic men who were frozen in place with no one to spin their handles,” I say. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The ninja threw her whole body into a blinding spin, swinging her right foot up in a high arc. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Kristi holds the very end of the lock of hair and it spins back, falling against the path of freckles across her nose. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Jinny finished tying the drawstring on the pants and stepped back from her Care, Ess grinned and spun around, looking down at her new clothes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then I heard something move and spun around. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The body was certainly not the Self, nor the play of senses, nor thought, nor understanding, nor acquired wisdom or art with which to draw conclusions and from already existing thoughts to spin new thoughts. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she put it on, Desdemona felt as though she were spinning her own cocoon, awaiting metamorphosis. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They spun slowly at first, then faster and faster, until the force of their motion rocked the tower. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was feeling poorly and wanted to rest at the spinning wheel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I spun my bracelet around and around on my wrist, thinking. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, who taught a spider? A young spider knows how to spin a web without any instructions from anybody. Don’t you regard that as a miracle?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then Magdalys flew backward and the city around them spun into a wild blur. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I can weave and spin, or plait matting, but there is no money for spindle, cotton or fibre. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Og set the dance floor’s gravity on a counterclockwise spin, making all of our avatars slowly rotate around the club’s invisible central axis, like motes of dust floating inside a snow globe. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

While we waited, Fiona spun a rack of sunglasses, and the next thing I knew, we were trying on pairs together. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He barely heard himself say it—his thoughts had spun in a new direction. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She spins around and grabs a fistful of my shirt and shouts into my face, “Where do you get off showing up here without any kind of warning?!” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The water caught her like a giant Slip ’N Slide, spinning her through trees, making her dizzy. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Jesper and Wylan fell to the floor as the chain zipped through their hands, one end vanishing through the slot, the other sending the winch handles spinning. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Valley picked up her cape, spun it around and onto her shoulders expertly, and buttoned the brass button at the neck. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I had to keep the dog in the closet on a big old lock and chain, and he used to be in there spinning around in circles. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within an hour, the number doubled, and red, blue, and yellow kites glided and spun in the sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His first thought, as always, is of finding a way to spin the tragedy for his own personal gain. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

They hitched the spool to rusted iron hooks, then grabbed the crane cable and jumped aboard the spool as it descended, swaying and spinning to the lower deck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

My head began to spin and black flecks like ashes scattered across my sight. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The flashlight spun on the ground, and she threw her arms around Ivy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So many unanswered questions were spinning around in my mind. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, as he ate the bacon and the coffee cleared his mind, the spinning in his head began to diminish and he found himself creeping up on a new realization. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My head was spinning, and I felt like I was going to end up on my face. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I spun my hands around the wheel blindly, until we were facing away from the wreckage. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then the car was resting on the differential again, and the wheels spun freely in the holes they had dug. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I tell her about leaving graduation, about the miraculous spinning of the Dreidel. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

At the sound of my name, the hyenas transform into wolves, spinning in their seats. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I got up in the early hours of the morning, head spinning, full of stories. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the core of a massive red giant collapses to form such a neutron star, it spins faster. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas jolted up from the chair, knocked it backward, spun in a circle, searching. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Head spinning and mixed up and blood dribbling out my nose and mouth. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The wheels spun, one moment, two—the car lurched forward and backward, and her mother swore even more colorfully, and then they were free. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He did barrel rolls and wing-over-wing spins and even flew the plane straight down the street above their heads, inverted, then landed smoothly and taxied the plane right back to where they stood. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Not because he was so brilliant, but the government had just announced plans to send a satellite spinning around the earth, and most of his department seemed to be planning on being launched with it. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A whirlpool spins up from the ocean bed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know this because I was spinning slowly around in the barber’s chair to the left of Penny, reading a book about a sixteen-year-old who sucks his thumb. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Kat’s behaviour, from snapping eighteen pictures of the garden shed, to making me get under her dressing gown, to darting off to buy nail-polish remover, was making my brain spin. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally she’d start spinning fantasies about an octopus’s garden and curtains of kelp and trout on the hassock but she’s giving me nothing. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Beneath the spinning waters I see the single glowing red eye of the dread serpent. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He touches his finger to a page, then spins the book around to show me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I was cutting across the quad one day and one of the janitors saw me, said, “Hey, you’re that girl who spins on her head!” and I was legitimately freaked out. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the distance, I heard the generators sputter and spin down, and all the lights along the harbor and in house windows behind me surged for a moment before going dark. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I watched its tires spin dangerously close to the gravel at the roads edge. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Me, me, I grab!” she shouted as she spun. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He spun around and found Dimple striding toward him, practically running, her hair streaming behind her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He shot his two-hand set in a soft, spinning arc that, when true, snapped through the net in a swishing voice that is the purest music of the game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blades spun back and forth, glittering in the restaurant’s torchlight. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He only had to whack the ball once and it spun spun spun around the pole until it got so high Lizzy couldn’t reach it even when she jumped up on her tippy-toes. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Shadows were accumulating on his arms as he spun. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They could keep it up until my head spun. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Typical Day on the Plantation allowed her to sit at a spinning wheel and rest her feet, the seat as sure as her old block of sugar maple. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

"Okay, so we lost a day yesterday. And y'all know we gotta make up for it today," Coach said, spinning his car keys on his index finger. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

As he spun, he asked, “What are we doing?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Jam paced and spun, throwing up her hands. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

For hours on end the whir of the spinning wheel and the twang of the loom were the only sounds. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It’s no longer about containment or what we can spin. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mac reached out to the nearest plane and spun the propeller. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

We grabbed a couple of spinning rods and headed off to Thunder Beach. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He spun and looked around for the exit. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She spun around and hissed, “Stop talking! Stop talking and run!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The world was suddenly spinning faster and faster. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I fancied that a malevolent Rumpelstiltskin crept into my room at night and undid my best work, turning the gold of my efforts into pathetic dross on a wheel perversely spinning backward. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t get out for a spin every now and then, you forget all about them. And will you look at those trees.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why do we feel dizzy when we spin? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His gun slid out of his hand and spun across the hard dirt to land at my feet. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I knocked Backbiter out of Luke’s hand, and it spun into the hearth. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

An instant later Taran was flung full length and roughly spun around. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

My head was spinning as I tried to remember all the way back to the girls’ night out I had planned. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But once I’m under my covers with the lights off, my mind starts to whirling like that one carnival ride that spins so fast, you get pinned to the wall on the inside. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Magdalys barely had time to nod before Redd spun Reba around one more time on top of the trike and then sent her leaping off, directly into the fray as shotgun blasts erupted around them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

In his correspondence Dusty gave a different spin on various episodes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When he runs the wire from the negative side of the battery to the head of the screw, both the screw and the magnet start to spin. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her hair looked the way I had always imagined a skein of flax spun into gold by the miller’s daughter would. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They put me in between them and started making me spin round and round, it seemed like they spun me for about half an hour. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It took him straight out to the street. He beat me by one spin of the spinner.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She spun the phone around on the table. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She said it again before I spun around, shaking my head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I spun with my hand up to cover my face. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

At once Will kicked it away, his shoe connecting with the hilt, luckily for him, and it spun across the lead and came to rest in the gutter just beside a drainage hole. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach for the knife and I hold it out in front of me but my head spins too much and I fall and smack my teeth on the boat seat. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I would have stood there like an idiot, feeling those nerves in my stomach start to spin again, if I hadn’t felt a push from behind. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I went into him, spun around, planted my elbow in his chest, and pushed off toward the hoop. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The badger’s eyes blazed with contempt as she spun the vixen around. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sideways, spinning, the sled hit a bump in the hill and Jonas was jarred loose and thrown violently into the air. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The tin can spun to the side and fell from the log, but Beto saw something else: an explosion of red. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a sudden swift movement that seems impossible considering how drunk he is, he spins out of my arms, casting me backward in slow, torturous motion. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Ignatius spun the yo-yo downward, but the string snapped and it rattled across the floor and under the bed, where it landed on a pile of Big Chief tablets and old magazines. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gas hissed through the hole, and the sleigh began to spin. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I guess it runs in the family,” I said, spinning my spoon around my bowl. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Daniel spins the beanbag on the smooth floor. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You can,” Nicole said firmly as she spun me up into a handstand. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Glowing, while we were spinning around the dance floor. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The whole day could have been a blackout dream I spun for myself because admitting that I spent the whole day in bed is pathetic. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I pull Malia off her bed and we spin around, wave our arms, and belt out along with the song. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She stopped me so fast I spun right out of my shoes and they went shooting up the hall. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thin, hunched body jumped up and spun around. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled and bumped me softly with her hip, spinning out of my embrace. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Man, you and I lived for so long in a spinning world. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She whips my arm, making me spin off the walkway, cracking us both up. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Harry straightened his glasses and flattened his hair as Ron came spinning into view. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Really not ready now, but the world ain’t slowing its spin.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

She spins around to look at me, and I can tell she’s ready for this moment, her eyes filled with anger. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Ever try to spin one?” asked Dr. Dorian. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

At some point in the night, my mother swept me up and danced around in a great spinning circle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even standing on the far edge of the vortex, you still felt its spin. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In spite of myself, my head spins with excitement. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The boys gazed into one another’s spinning eyes and seemed to speak without uttering a word. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They lunged at her, and everything started to spin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Pottses had a revolving wash line in the backyard that I enjoyed spinning when it was empty. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes, you’re right. All the desis in America have regular meetings about being more Gandhi-like, and we spin our own cotton, too. And all the Arabs here know how to ride camels, right?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The Sorrows spun in a slow circle, faces concealed beneath their drooping hoods, their glowing robes swaying slightly in the breeze. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The climbing was steep and so exposed it made my head spin. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I waited for Mrs. Lynch to come back, I spun the postcard rack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Radar exhaled a long breath as he spun the combination to open his locker. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The minivan lurched to the right as he spun around in his seat and turned the wheel with him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

While Miranda was told the proper way to apply it, in swift upward strokes beginning at the base of her throat, he spun the lipstick carousel. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

We spin round to look, my hand going right to my knife. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Would you hurry up and spin before my brain explodes?” pleaded Akimi. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She is passing Rockford High when a Hostess truck flies by so fast that it spins her pack and almost topples her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The Jeep rumbled to life, and he spun us around, the tires squealing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The world seemed to spin, a swirling mist of faces and color and light. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She spun around on the bench to face us. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He rose carefully and was pleased to find his head wasn’t spinning. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Yet something made me refrain; something which was fanning the fire inside my head; something which was making my head spin crazily round and round. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spun the dial to clear it, then worked the new combination. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

A Griever spun directly in his path; a boy, his face hidden from sight, was clutched in its claws, stabbing viciously into the thick, whalish skin, trying to escape. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The sounds of multiple machines spinning laundry around fill the room. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He brought a rod and I got out my own and rigged a spinning reel, and had to find my glasses to tie on the bright painted popper. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desdemona watched them spinning cocoons, moving their heads as though to music. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Kathy’s mind spun as she read about the unprecedented concentration of armed men and women in the city. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And Colonel Cathcart had roared away as abruptly as he’d come, whipping the jeep around with a vicious spinning of wheels that sent a spray of fine grit blowing into Major Major’s face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

His arms spun like windmills fighting for balance. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I try to wrap my mind around the concept of the universe, my mind spins as if caught in a whirlpool of information I will never be able to understand. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hideo pulls the world as if he were spinning it under his fingers, and it rushes by beneath our feet. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the little bit of family history Vonetta had first recited spun itself into a long, winding yarn. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But as I watched Dorothy’s house fly up into the air and spin around in the twister, I wasn’t so sure. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Sierra watched the speckles of precipitation jangle and spin beneath a lamppost. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I handed him the spool, holding on to the string, and he spun it quickly to roll the loose string back on. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Another jump, this one with a spin attached, but it was clear he was getting tired. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She amused herself with him, making him at times dress up as a woman and do woman’s work, weave or spin. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spun out the pleasure of the cold drink as long as possible. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She caught one of his wayward swinging hands and spun into him, wrapping his long arm across her chest. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Mamou took my hand, and I took Sohrab’s, and we made a chain until we were all dancing and spinning and stomping and jumping and smiling. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He pressed his cool lips delicately to my forehead, and the room spun. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And Benny took my mom by the hand, spinning her around. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He slams the stop button on the treadmill, the machine halting abruptly as he spins around to face me, fixing his nose cannula as he struggles to catch his breath. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She made her Web browser window visible to me and spun it around. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The augur spun, then backed up against the huge sphere of ammunition. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was used to his mind betraying him, taking a moment of joy and turning it sour and grim, spinning it about in his head until it was all he could think about. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I rolled a joint, smoked it down to nothing, rolled a second fatty, and smoked nearly half of that one, too, before the room began to spin and I stubbed it out. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I spin around and around trying to make myself dizzy. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I wanted to spin around and around until I was dizzy. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"I ate too much and the Fashion Minister spun me around too many times." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The spiders stopped spinning when it reached thirty feet. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ran forward as the rotors spun to a stop. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The floating pedestal with the Story Box on top trailed him, still spinning. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

So when Ms. O’Malley asked for the next volunteer, even though my stomach was turning over and over like on that spinning ride that my cousin Javier threw up on, I raised my hand. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The boys crouched like frightened animals, saying nothing, eyes spinning, seeming to look everywhere and nowhere. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I sit up too fast and my head spins. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

As soon as it was about twenty-five meters from the protesters, it spun around and faced them sideways. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I folded my hands in my lap and watched a red leaf spin past my feet. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The squeal of small engines followed by a grinding spin of metal. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Amelia, Prudence, and Betsy worked in the spinning room on the third floor, so she supposed they did not know Diana. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was running his fingers along the inside of my palm and I swear that was really all it took, sometimes, to make my head spin. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

His palm connected, she spun back with the force of his strike, and went down. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And even with her eyes glued to the road, Dolores could tell that Marigold was spinning that red bracelet of hers around her wrist in the way she did when she was upset. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She gawked at Tyson and started to say, “Who—?” Tyson hit her in the head so hard, she spun in a circle and landed on her rump. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Something in my stomach spins and spins and I feel light-headed. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

You had to hand it to the boy, he knew how to spin a good story. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He spun around to see a Griever plop through the Griever Hole, appearing as if by magic from the dark square of black. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Tucker stood there for a moment, running his hand through his black hair, fixing his glasses, spinning his watch around his wrist. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

By the time we arrived, Dad’s eyes looked like Atomic Fireballs and Mom’s hair looked like she’d taken a spin in a hair spray cyclone. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Radar,” I say, “the car spun around like eight times. Surely it’s not fine.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I asked you where you lived,” he said, spinning his nasty web. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The challenger spun around in surprise, and Pax charged him headlong. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Alba fell asleep exhausted, the sweet Asiatic faces of the children spinning in her mind, and Blanca invariably had a migraine. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One way of thinking of spin is to imagine the particles as little tops spinning about an axis. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room starts spinning—worse than the time I rode the Tilt-A-Whirl twice. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

By the time I settled back into my house from this journey to the edges of the earth, my head was spinning. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Reaching over, I removed a bent piece of wire that locked the machine’s spinning wheel in place. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

All this was suggested by the spinning hockey ball. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He found a tent full of acrobats and stayed amongst them as they twirled and spun until his neck ached from staring up. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mom takes the photo and then spins around. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Maxy yanked me away from Maria and I went spinning around like a top, screeching and hopping from desk to desk yelling, “Sorry! Sorry!” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks out the open door across the silent camp to where stars are spun in thousands across the sky. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He spun it around and placed it backward on his head. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As I rounded the butcher’s stall at the far end of the market, someone grabbed my basket and spun me around. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get there, my heart will be racing as I watch the hands spin closer and closer to Mom walking through the door. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

One wheel catches in a mud hole and starts spinning. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He rocked backward and forward on his small feet for a moment and spun his bowler hat in his hands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

From wrecks far out on Sow and Pigs Reef, in currents that crossed and tangled to suck the drowning sailors under and spin the surfboats like tops. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

In any case, those are the important facts of my life, and I considered them all in the long moment of the car spinning around and the empty peanut bags flying through the air. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Each couple spinning across the floor, arm in arm, turning and turning, causing tremor after tremor inside me, as things start adding up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The faces and voices blur into a spinning mass. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Both hit the shields cleanly and were well past before the padded butts came spinning around. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Exhausted, stomach rumbling, mind spinning over the same unanswerable questions, Harry fell into an uneasy sleep. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Down he spun, battling for air, in a flood that broke upon him like a crumbling mountain. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I answer my own question before they can put their spin on it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z