What has changed is the class status of evangelicals— Protestants who emphasize the authority of the Bible, the importance of a “born-again” conversion experience, and spreading the faith. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Red, with them gourd shapes spread across it in black. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The wall spread over the entire horizon, and down as far as she could see. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

This kills any harmful bacteria and after a few weeks the rich, cakey compost is ready to be spread on the fields. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The plateaus and canyons spread out below him like clouds falling into each other past the horizon. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Caroline spread the word that the gym would be open early for paper-chaining, and I guess a lot of kids are taking her up on it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They became outnumbered and were replaced northeast of the Fish River by black African farmers, whose southward spread halted at that river. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I fall asleep in the bath area of my room, spread out on the floor. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"Sarah said 'later,'" Caleb whispered to me as we spread his hair about. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

Charlie Company was spread out in a long line in the dense jungle vegetation. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The Beecher-Tilton story was based on gossip spread in part by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A flat desert landscape spread to the south. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sunlight poured through the three wide windows that faced the street and spread gold across the gray rug, the French-style sofa, chairs and end tables, the polished, glass-topped coffee table, and along the white walls. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The track curved and now it was going away from the sun which, as it sank lower, seemed to spread itself in benediction over the vanishing city where she had drawn her breath. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” Hylla continued, “none of my guards would know a thing about this. Kinzie would not spread the word to allow an escape.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They lay curled closely together in a hollow filled with sweet-scented needles, under an aged, spreading balsam tree, near the banks of the the stream. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rush became a hero, and his fame soon spread beyond Philadelphia. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Mom made ham with her not-so-secret ingredient of brown sugar, and all the traditional sides are spread across the table. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Fire spreads through the camp quickly, debris falling everywhere. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the funniest thing, the reaction, and the way that it spread. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Curving streets spread out in a grid, glittering with green, yellow, and red traffic signals. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

And those friends could be in a dozen different time zones, spread all over the globe. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She also said our mother helped to spread the word by volunteering her printing services. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others had been told by parole and probation officers that they could not vote, and although it was not true, they believed it, and the news spread like wildfire. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He held up his right hand and spread his fingers out in a fan. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The men spread a sheet on the cellar floor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

John Dunstaple used triads abundantly in his music, and his fame spread rapidly across Europe after he travelled to France with Henry V’s army. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Then sudden understanding spread across his face and the wide smile returned. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A sudden, hard wind swirled up around them, and the monster spread its arms out wide, so wide they seemed to reach to opposite horizons, so wide they seemed big enough to encompass the world. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was that diaper spread over Susan Marie’s shoulder, and her gloved index finger pointing out the church cake, that white finger inviting him to slide a mint between his lips. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Owls hooted and left their perches, spreading pale wings over the black ground. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Henry comes wandering into the kitchen in his pajamas, there’s an entire breakfast spread on the long green table, and Alex is at the stove, flipping his dozenth pancake. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The United States, committed to stopping the further spread of communism, backed the government of South Vietnam; it was corrupt and unpopular, but firmly non-communist. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It must also be accomplished quickly enough to be grasped by human memory, and not spread over many centuries. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think the pattern of spread that we saw, and the fact that it spread to new rooms, suggest that Ebola aerosols were being generated and were present in the building,” he said. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Al shouts, spreading his arms wide in jubilation. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She stopped spreading cream on her face and turned to look at me directly. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The Sapiens population was thinly spread over vast territories. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can pick out the band and chorus members spread out around the lawn in their various forms of black pants and white shirts. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

My fingers grew numb, and the numbness spread sluggishly up my limbs, flowing through my bloodstream. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

While Mrs. Reilly arranged her cake boxes on the bar, Ignatius spread his expansive nostrils and said, “My God, Mother, it smells awful. My stomach is beginning to chum.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worried the cancer had spread from my lungs. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Carol lies on top of her own bed, which has a white ruffled spread that matches the curtains. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

I dip two fingers in the jar and gently spread the balm over my calf. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A quizzical look spread over the woman's face, and for a moment, Pong thought she believed him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

We pour the buttons in front of us and use our fingertips to spread them into a one-button-thick layer. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

An arrested Korean gang chief named Han had been publicly threatening him, spreading the word on the street that Kwang had betrayed them. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Danuta unfreezes and spreads the blanket over the bed, leaving it long on the front side to cover Max. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A couple of picnic blankets were spread out beneath frozen families enjoying the perfect day. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He dived in and out of the lodge, snagged food wherever he could get it, fell asleep on the blankets Deydey kept spread in the corner near Fishtail and Day Thunder’s drum. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

When we rushed to her, we found her sitting on the floor with her fortune-telling sticks spread around her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Once more she spread her wings and once more she got no lift. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Lyra led him almost to the end of the garden, over a little bridge, to a wooden seat under a spreading, low-branched tree. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I waved my hand over the spread before assembling a small pile on my plate. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Of course, Malfoy would spread the story as far and wide as he could, but there was always a chance it wouldn’t reach too many Gryffindor ears. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

If so, the adoption of Algonkian in the Northeast would mark an era of spiritual ferment and heady conversion, much like the time when Islam rose and spread Arabic throughout the Middle East. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

News spread between our window bars, across our clotheslines, and over the pigeon droppings that plastered the parapets of our rooftops. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The news of my clash with the principal had spread through the class and the students became openly critical of me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The free ride may be provided by mosquitoes, fleas, lice, or tsetse flies that spread malaria, plague, typhus, or sleeping sickness, respectively. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A thin crust of dirt spread from the ghoul’s hand, straight up Eurymachus’s spectral arm. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Floor coverings spread across the floor: narrow hardwood boards in the living room, asphalt dies in our bedrooms, advancing row by row. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were thousands of men, a sea of bright red spreading as far back as Nate could see. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

All sitting around a blanket my parents had spread out over the grass, eating whatever it was my dad was grilling. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And dread of what all this spreading might reveal. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

All of her, heart and soul, was spread out before this creature, and he examined every last detail of her life. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Eighteen steps brought them to the vaults, where five arched passageways spread out like the fingers of a man’s hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In my room, I find my tournament outfit spread out on my bed, scented with verbena and lavender. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I spread my coat over her, start the fire, and put the bed back together. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He saw the tall poplars and willows behind the house, in the fields where he stalked badgers, the rumpled hills covered in heather and bracken that spread for miles and miles, dotted with grazing sheep. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But this time there was more: a hot wash of guilt, spreading a bitter taste in her mouth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then, from the bottle, a thick bluish smog spiraled to the ceiling, spread out, and gradually assumed the shape of a thick bluish smog with hands, feet, bright-yellow eyes, and a large frowning mouth. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out the bottom ones, which were the dampest, and started to spread the others over the floor. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Then she picks the comforter up off the floor, spreads it over me, and tucks me in. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Masks were a form of spirit pollution, spreading poison from top to bottom in the country. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The wreckage spread across the clearing for a couple hundred yards. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Hector keeps squirming and I spread out the Sweet’N Low packets on the table for him to play with. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

A New World example of technological diffusion is metallurgy, which spread from the Andes via Panama to Mesoamerica. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hit the ground, spreading his wings and tail to cushion his fall. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“But you have to watch out. If the wind rises suddenly, and blows hard against all that spread of sail, it can snap your masts.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

With each service, the rumor spread, and the crowds grew. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turkeys seem to be manic-depressive types, gobbling with blushing wattles, spread tails, and scraping wings in amorous bravado at one moment and huddled in craven cowardice the next. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she removed her hand, a large smile spread from cheek to cheek. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As word of her talent spread, Aunt Mary had handbills printed with a picture of Marian and the words “Come and hear the baby contralto, ten years old.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Low branches and bushes were spread out on either side, and he had to climb over and under them, lifting briars and brambles out of his way. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Ivy stepped closer and saw words spread out all over the canvas. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I folded my shawl double, and spread it over me for a coverlet; a low, mossy swell was my pillow. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

They slept soundly that night, curled up in their blankets near the Xi’s magical fire, the ghostly riders spread around them, again, in a ring. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A beautiful soul like Caesar could be anything he wanted here, all of them could be: own a spread, be a schoolteacher, fight for colored rights. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Together they spread the fabric across the table, turning it, unfolding its pleating and cuffs, examining the intricate stitches and the scenes they created. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the vantage point of Abilene’s lap, Edward could see the whole table spread out before him in a way that he never could when he was seated in his own chair. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

As the crowd grew, it spread back along the Mall, stretching around both sides of the long reflecting pool and extending beyond to the base of the Washington Monument, three-quarters of a mile away. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Pain flared in my hand, spreading quickly up my arm to the center of my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They spread across the room like mountain ranges. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

There was a whole Mess of Entrails spread upon the Sand; & Shem — you know your True Love—dived into the Children’s Game & grabbed Parts & made to rub them in their Hair & his. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once candies begin to melt and spread, remove from the oven. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

This was demonstrated in particular one day when a bonfire of leaves in the driveway got out of control and spread to the side of the house. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

My people were spread out by now all over the planet. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like a weed that spreads slowly, just beneath your notice. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

People began eating more wheat, and in exchange they inadvertently spread its growth. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To walk my post in a military manner, keep always alert, and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing. To spread the alarm in case of fire or disorder.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Consequently his fame spread person by person, fan by fan. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Once the colonists had reached the shores of Greater Australia, they spread quickly over the whole continent to occupy even its farthest reaches and most inhospitable habitats. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were many fishing boats along the quay and nets were spread on racks. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“If we pursue, we’ll get too spread out We need to regroup.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

No turdes or elephants on her bedroom furniture, but a few statues spread out round the room. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn't anticipated that it would rock and tip the way it was, but he spread his bare feet for balance. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

What I felt, right then, was that she was smiling through pained eyes, that the reason for my visit had spread sadness like a dark quilt over the whole house. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Wish they could see famous Harry Potter now, he thought savagely as he spread manure on the flower beds, his back aching, sweat running down his face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

On the morning after we spread the ashes, we woke before sunrise. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rumor mill had it that six weeks into his marriage, his new wife ran off with a rancher who had a big house on a hundred-acre spread in Nuevo Laredo. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The red alert was spreading to my cheeks. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I informed him how I’d worked a year on a considerable wheat spread in western Kansas. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The parents brought in patch-work quilts from under the bed in the other room and spread them over the pallets. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, he had made a monster out of me by spreading rumors and just being his terrible self. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The opening was narrow, not much wider than the canoe, but once we were inside, it spread out and was larger than my place on the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hinton was a respected farmer with an enviable spread, a cousin of the governor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Erishkigal spread out her hands, and the sand around us became animated, showing a storm-racked sea with a pinnacle of rock rising out of it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Frightful spreads her tapered wings and catches a rising thermal of spiralling air. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liberty and equality—how far could these ideas spread? Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I had believed that a person’s essence was spread throughout them. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I stash my hidden straws inside and roll up my mattress, spreading a blanket over the top. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You want to know how to spread my teachings?” he said, and he pointed to the glasses of water. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She uncrosses her hands and holds them out, palms up and fingers spread. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The plane was gone from the sky and the white plumes of floating smoke were thinly spread, vanishing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Go ahead. Just make sure he doesn’t spread it around.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She peels it free, delves both her hands between my thighs to spread them, and reaches down for my balls. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

You ate those weird cheese and crackers where you spread the orange cheese with a little red plastic stick, and I had a stick of beef jerky because you dared me to. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The sun rose thinly from the sea and the old man could see the other boats, low on the water and well in toward the shore, spread out across the current. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unfolds and spreads his map on our laps. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Out of these deep surrounding shades rose high, and glared white, the piled-up mattresses and pillows of the bed, spread with a snowy Marseilles counterpane. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Instead, two young men were standing there, their belongings spread out all over our bench. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The importation of plants is the primary agent in the modern spread of species, for animals have almost invariably gone along with the plants, quarantine being a comparatively recent and not completely effective innovation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was clean now, someone had wiped off the blood, spread new floor mats on the floor, and scrubbed the walls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

With his right hand he shook a torch whose rays spread out in all directions lighting the depths of the waters and penetrating into the bowels of the earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Sumac spread his wings and flew over to me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It triggers a creeping, spotty necrosis that spreads through all the internal organs. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their spread was soon followed by that of other innovations originating in or near the Fertile Crescent, including the wheel, writing, metalworking techniques, milking, fruit trees, and beer and wine production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The idea spread through her as the wax cooled and hardened beneath the pressure of the seal. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A wide plain spread out beneath them, bare and brown, its flatness here and there relieved by long, low hummocks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The river was low and there were stretches of sand and pebbles with a narrow channel of water and sometimes the water spread like a sheen over the pebbly bed. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Sam spread his deerskin sleeping bag on the big stone table and, after completing his chores and writing in his journal, he lay down and watched the stars come out. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

A hush has fallen over the room, and I can feel it spreading across Panem. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Miss Josie and Mr. Jeet sat on the brownstone stoop, a fleece blanket spread over their laps, keeping an eye on things. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Directly ahead of them, Nina saw a vast, silvery tree at the center of a circular courtyard, its boughs spreading over the stones in a sparkling canopy. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then she spread her wings and took off into the sunrise. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It colonizes their bodies, spreads to their tissue and muscles and blood and cells. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I bake fresh bread and spread it with butter, and Shad and them that is laying near him clap there hands when they see me begin to hand it out. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can’t sit with your legs spread apart, or jump too high or hang upside-down, without ridicule. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He spread the quilts upon the floor and rolled himself into them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Twelve jointed legs ran along the length of its bottom, spread out, making the thing look like a sleeping lizard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Beasts of England, beasts of Ireland, Beasts of every land and clime, Hearken well and spread my tidings Of the golden future time. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Reinsurance is a multibillion-dollar industry that spreads the risk assumed by one insurance company to a number of companies around the world. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

There is more, much more than I could ever absorb, even if it were spread out over a semester-long course. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blotted it, but the black spread up into the body of the letter. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of miles farther, the glacier made a sharp turn to the east, we plodded to the crest of a long slope, and spread before us was a motley city of nylon domes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He quickly trod out the fire before it could spread any further, then followed the direction of Meggie’s eyes, and he, too, looked at the house without a word. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The tear in the sky had spread like a crack in a windshield and was boiling the lands below with its glare. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He spread his arms wide against the ocean sounds: the rush of the waves, the manic giggles of the gulls, the sighing of the sea breeze against the granite. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But the predominant direction of spread was from north to south. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That ended with a fire in the barn that spread to the house. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Artemis had anticipated some technological advances, but nothing like the treasure trove of fairy hardware spread out on the four-wheel drive’s dashboard. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Dana’s mother slams the door shut, and the echo of the slam spreads through my whole body. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The children spread out a bit, and the guards didn’t seem to care. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I straighten up and, with a great show of restraint, spread my napkin across my lap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She spread her snare, elevated it with an ice stick, and paid out enough hide­ line to be out of the sight of the hare. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He doesn't want you to spread it," he said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Posses had called on Fletcher’s house twice already to spread the word and sneak a glance at the shadows. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was a huge zoo, spread over numberless acres, big enough to re­quire a train to explore it, though it seemed to get smaller as I grew older, train included. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Going through the shed door one morning, with her arms full of linens to spread on the grass, Kit halted, wary as always, at the sight of her uncle. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Ash brought food for them, and they would spread out their cloaks in a sheltered spot in the Wood and eat bread and cold meat and cheese. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unsterilized needles and syringes could have spread the virus from child to child. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would spread out her books and papers on the bookshelf to her right, and she would tack her plastic pencil case on the bulletin board to her left. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth spreads into what I take for a smile. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The room buzzed with giggles, and the expert again spread his lips, took a breath, and continued his demonstration. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

News of the discovery spread quickly within the small world of theoretical physicists. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached under the kitchen table and grabbed the torn blanket and draped it in place of the shawl and took the shawl and spread it over the newspapers and cardboard covering Florah. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chin propped on a woven knot of fingers, elbows digging into her knees, she stared at the spread of magazines on the coffee table. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

This is what allows her to wander the world, spreading her malevolence and sorrow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I come up gasping, trying to avoid swallowing the bloodstained water that spreads out from the open wound in her neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ruby plops herself on the floor and then spreads out on her back like a starfish. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The next moment Haie Westhus was there, and spreading his arms he shoved us back in order to be first in. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her ice house was completed and her skins were spread over the floor, she sat down and took out the totem of Amaroq. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I toss the feather comforter onto the floor, I spread the blanket out over the bed. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sea of spilled kibble bits spreading across the asphalt parking lot. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Laleh had demolished her meatball sub, leaving gallons of sauce spread around her mouth: a conquering Klingon warrior drenched in the blood of her enemies. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Robin gathered all his strength and flung his arm toward the bowl of porridge, sending it flying out of Ellen’s hands and spreading its contents all over her. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I saw the idiot grin spread itself slowly across Danny’s lips. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Caterpillar spread out dry corn husks on the floor. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

After some semblance of calm had settled back over us, he pulled his map up and spread it out over the wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then she spreads them across the table in one fluid motion, forming an arc of identical black-and-white-patterned card backs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Across the street, on the stone docks, was a row of overturned fishing boats draped with nets spread out to dry. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

A crimson stain on the back of his white shirt spread from neck to waist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Word spread around the neighborhood, and folks think she’s the witness they been talking ’bout on the news.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The dripping from the blades, as they lifted, sent rows of overlapping circles spreading silently behind them. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Ebola virus had spread in Zaire through dirty needles. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hem of his loose shirt fluttered in the breeze, his arms spread like those of Jesus on the cross. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then a knowing smile spreads on her lips. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She spread her hands and rolled her eyes comically, funny Lucy Ricardo washing her hands of a disaster. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

A few other tents are spread out on the grass behind hers. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She looked at him, and a big smile spread across her face. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She spread her arms like she wanted a group hug. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They slowed to a stop for just a second before spreading out and taking off in different directions. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But in camp rumors were constantly spreading, dying, and spreading again in different form. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

If my white patches keep spreading, people might be staring at me for the rest of my life. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Take a newspaper and spread it over that spot.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He unzipped his knapsack, pushed Miranda’s basket of manicure supplies to one side of the table, and spread his crayons over the surface. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was on top of me, crushing one of my legs, so I moved it, spread my legs apart, and he fell between them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I felt a foolish grin spread to my face and clapped him on the shoulder as I headed inside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A warmth spread down the front of her dress when Aziza’s bladder let go. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They opened one of the boxes and spread documents out on both of the twin beds. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Nok held her breath as the chill spread from her arms to the rest of her body. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The ripples spread out as a circle that gets bigger as time goes on. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two weeks later, Lawrence was spreading the news that the apparatus had accelerated protons up to 900,0 volts. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I watched to see whether it would spread: but no; as it did not diminish, so it did not enlarge. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

My ideas are spread out like puzzle pieces. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The spread of writing has occurred by either of two contrasting methods, which find parallels throughout the history of technology and ideas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought—But now the song was ending and the building rang with applause, yells, until the chant burst from the rear and spread: No more dispossessing of the dispossessed! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"How can we talk of peace while the Lannisters spread like a pestilence over my father's domains, stealing his crops and slaughtering his people? I say again, we ought to be marching on Harrenhal." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Will stood up, meaning to say “Hold him tight,” but even as the words came to his mind, the angel sagged against the ground, dissolving and spreading out like mist, and then he was gone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There’s no way to tell if the fire is spreading, downward or farther east or west. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mounted behind me was a large needlepoint map of Norvelt which spread across the entire wall. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was wearing track shorts; his legs were spread in front of him in a forty-five-degree angle, so he was taking two-thirds of the seat. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A pink gown similar to the one she wore was spread across her lap. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The jalousies have all been closed, and the men are spread around the room as if assuming lookout posts. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The water was almost black, and pale twilight, darkly reflected in the waves, was already spreading across the sky. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Folks reacted almost as quickly as the fire had spread up that cross. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly his elbow, knocking against the inkpot, upset it, and the chair and the desk and the quill pen and his own best clothes were covered with great spreading stains of blue ink. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The way we were with each other, it would make me think of Socrates on the steps of the Athens market place, spreading his wisdom to his students. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he sat in front of the chessboard, often at the kitchen table, with a chess book spread open, the pieces became his companions, the book his mentor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had papers spread all around him and he was rubbing his nose, which always means he is thinking. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on the side of the fold-out bed, his sleeves rolled up to the elbows and a game of solitaire spread out on the blanket at the foot. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

City-sized shopping malls were erected in the blink of an eye, and storefronts spread across planets like time-lapse footage of mold devouring an orange. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I spread the paste onto thick slices of bread and cut the sandwiches in half on a diagonal and put a stack of them in a plastic bag. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Light filled the corridor and spread, growing brighter by the moment. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then the captain spreads out his arms and his eye goes wide. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Thomas and I, and another soldier standing close to the interrogation room’s door, hurry inside and spread out near the back wall. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

A stash of candy is spread around me on the bed. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

A sand shark was spread on the ground, cut cleanly down the middle. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The place is small, but seems even smaller with all the junk spread around it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As each minute ticked by, her impatience with Mr. Wrigley grew and spread to the principal, to the entire world. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Newt stepped forward and dug his hands into the thick ivy, spreading several vines away from the wall to reveal a dust-frosted window, a square about two feet wide. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As our paper chain gets more and more attention, the word also spreads about the Chokecherry kid who is racing toward an unlikely bar mitzvah on December 4. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Pools of blood spread out around him, enlarging rapidly. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spread the cereal on the snow outside his window. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

First a fluttering as of doves in her stomach, then a kind of burning, followed by a spread of thin wires to other parts of her body. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She turns to Axel, and even though he doesn’t expect it, or even know he wants it, when she says, “Your mom, too,” Axel feels warmth spread through his whole body. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A small village spreads out before her—ALTAMIRA, say the rippling letters on the corrugated tin roof of the first house. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The germ that spreads better leaves more babies and ends up favored by natural selection. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The room which she found most to her liking had a bunk bed with brown corduroy spreads and models of airplanes hanging on delicate wires from the ceiling. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

As Nation’s fame spread, songs were written about her and reporters vied with one another to interview her. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It was born in the poorest quarters of the city, because of the harsh winter, the malnutrition, and the dirty water, and it joined forces with the unemployment and spread in every direction. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was always a big old spread of food after the service, which meant that one meal was guaranteed. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those postulated rates of spread and of population increase are very low compared with actual known rates for peoples occupying previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited lands. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Get the flower and bring it here. I should be able to use it to make a healing potion for the pox Nergal is spreading." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And, still later, the news spread around campus of a strike by lecturers, and students gathered in the hostel foyer, bristling with the known and the unknown. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

One especially does not need an unwieldy, totally immobile mass of wires and coils spreading over twenty-five square yards. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Dad has his collection of books and articles spread out on a card table within easy reach. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were wider than a man’s hand with his fingers spread and the fish’s eye looked as detached as the mirrors in a periscope or as a saint in a procession. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mirabelle spiked a fever, it was she who spread a cold washcloth on her forehead, who pressed her lips to that little brow to test the heat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As word spread, a collective sigh of relief seeped through Baltimore’s brisk winter air. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And a big white bird—a peace dove—spreads its wings from end to end. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She could see her chubby little hand spreading it into the cracks of the wooden floor. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was saying that the teachings should be spreading further than they had, and temples needed to be established in other cities. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all spread into the woods and sneaked up to see what had happened. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Eagles, for example, identify thermal columns rising from the ground, spread their giant wings and allow the hot air to lift them upwards. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Lillian who began to laugh and it spread to her children and possessed them, a laughter one part hysteria and one part relief. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifty of these pens were spread out across the damp grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I grin at him, and his face slowly spreads into a wide smile as he realizes what’s happening. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“That phases out laser emanation and spreads the beam into ordinary light.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She watched shadows slowly spread over the island and up the mountainside. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It just spread across the store looking for something to soak. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The men spread the jam on the bread and drank their wine, discussing politics and war and armies over the stacks of money on my master’s desk. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, gray and cheerless moors spread before them. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She’s spread out next to me on her bed, reading a textbook. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the kitchens of Madoc’s house, I toast cheese over a fire and spread it on bread. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw draped his anorak carefully over the top of the bushes, spreading it out as much as possible. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And someone had gone to a lot of trouble to spread lies about us and our school. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She hugged him and looked at the jagged, swollen scar that ran from his chin to his neck and thought how quickly it spread, news of death. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As if it heard them, the eagle spread its wings and dropped from the pine tree. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

"No, not this morning," I said and saw a grin spread over his face. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful was next She circled the top of the bubble, tipped her wing, and spread her tail. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now a kind of gladness began to penetrate into the Row and to spread out from there. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the people are spread out, it’s the most occupied I’ve seen this level of the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The giants spread their arms and tilted their heads to receive the drops. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he spread her legs she was wet and he slid inside her, saying her name as no one had ever said it and as no one ever would, sugary and tender. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Even at night, the petals were spread like grasping fingers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Anxiety spreads through my body at the sight of the Khmer Rouge soldiers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blush spread across Horatio’s face, for my speaking of the woes of marriage embarrassed him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The ensuing strife lasted 150 years, spread across the Maya heartland, and resulted in the pillage of a dozen city-states, among them both Mutal and Kaan. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Slowly he directed one hand toward the cup and, just as he was about to spread his fingers, they began to grow in higgledy-piggledy fashion like Jack’s beanstalk all over the tray and the bed. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I went to the mirror and gave myself an admiring smile as I spread the letters upon the dresser like a hand of high trump cards. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The warmth spread through their shivering bodies, giving them the energy to start marching again. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

With shaking hands he unfolded it, then dropped to his knees, spreading out the note on the ground. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then he’d turn to see their expressions and laugh and clap his hands together with a smile spread all over his face. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sits with Taryn and me when we take our lunch, spread out on a blanket, watching the sun set. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They had even-set the woods ablaze where they could, though the leaves were still green and wet from recent rains, and the fires had not spread. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Marlena spreads her arms in the air, turning to give each section of the audience a chance to adore her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I slam my other hand next to the first and drive another crack through the glass, this one spreading outward from my palm in long, crooked fingers. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I watched as the women gathered the feathers and stuffed them into the pillowcases just so, gently shaking them so they spread evenly. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I am almost completely sure that you are as healthy as a horse, Crow, but I won’t lie to you. Leprosy is spread by coughing. Sneezing. Touch. Even tears.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I spread my fingers through his hair, feeling the warmth of his scalp, the faint scratch of his mustache against my skin. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Within a few weeks, however, the new system gained acceptance, as word spread about the low prices and good hamburgers. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

She started around the desk, eyeing the contents spread across it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He spread his hand flat on the table. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I lift up my skirt to spread it out. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She spread out the robe on the large table to examine it carefully and select the place where she should begin her work. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It spread out in a gray line, and a long, thin finger of it flowed toward the tower. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when word spread that black women were going to join the procession, some Southern women complained. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

This happened especially to Jaime, who made fun of the British royal family and at the age of twelve displayed an interest in reading Marx, a Jew who was spreading revolution around the world. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

More plants bloomed along the edge of the pit—hemlock, nightshade, and oleander spreading toward Percy’s feet like a deadly carpet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After I had exhibited my new weapon at school, a description of it spread among the boys. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was nothing primitive about the magnificent city that spread before him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Word of Bacon’s Rebellion spread far and wide, and several more uprisings of a similar type followed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The spot she had chosen to spread her blanket was under a handsome black walnut that grew at the edge of the woods bordering the acres of cotton. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, more windows will be broken, and the sense of anarchy will spread from the building to the street on which it faces, sending a signal that anything goes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They do not so much as look at us as we spread our blanket and set out our notebooks and pens and pots of ink. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Gale spreads the bread slices with the soft goat cheese, carefully placing a basil leaf on each while I strip the bushes of their berries. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He left it and crossed the courtyard to the farthest corner where his sleeping mat was spread under a straggling acacia tree. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

There was a break in the buildings, and sails spread like moth’s wings greeted them as they turned onto the avenue along the Avery. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Sairy spread books across the porch table and handed Dallas a pencil and a pad of paper. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hilly holds up a Life magazine, points to a spread of a house in California. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s it,” he said, a slow smile spreading across his face. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The coldness threatened to spread up from his stomach. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The camp is set low in a valley, a vast spread of tents in endless rows and clusters. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Crookshanks was spread out in front of the fire like a large, ginger rug. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the unprepossessing farmer with his filthy coveralls is actually an enormously rich man with a four-thousand-acre spread, and sometimes the teenager is coming back later with Mom and Dad. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Those leaves were all sizes now, from tiny new ones to big spreading full-grown ones. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

They spread out, searching for anyone who might have survived, but there was no one. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Every morning she wakes up on her back, her arms and legs spread, the cover sheet on the floor. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He darted up to the window-pane, brushed down his breast-feathers with his beak and then, “Cheerio!” he said perkily, and spread his wings and was gone. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I lay it on the table and spread the gash apart with my fingers. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I take a blanket and walk outside, spreading it over a grassy patch in front of the cottage. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Her steps were faster and lighter tonight, a smile spreading over her face as she thought of giving Geak the chicken to eat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of invisible creatures swooping through the towns and countryside, spreading despair and hopelessness in his voters, made him feel quite faint. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m Roland,’’ the man said in English as he unloaded his sleeping skins on the floor of the igloo and spread them out. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after a while the notes spread deeper into her body. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Y’all calm down,” she began, spreading her smile around the room. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The first refugees had come with carpets and armchairs, radios, Victrolas, lampstands, dressers, spreading them out before the harbor, under the open sky. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Soheil is already at the bare plot, raking the earth, spreading out the soil where seeds will grow. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

With the arrival of good light Brian took the map out and spread it on the briefcase. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I swim in the lake provided, and eat raisins and crackers spread thickly with peanut butter and honey while reading detective stories, and sulk because there’s no one my age around. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The spark kindled on my cheek flared and spread through my entire body. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first few minutes were sheer terror, her teeth clenched so hard that her jaw ached, her toes curled up inside her special new grippy shoes, her arms and even fingers spread wide for balance. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It breaks my heart to see her so pitiful, with just the top of her cabin showing, and a shine of oil spreading like blood on the water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

At weddings, he danced with his arms spread wide like he was going to embrace the whole party. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They were looking at a spread of pictures from a day spent in Estes Park in Colorado. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Baleful green tides moved against the bellies of the clouds, and pools of orange light spread out across the heavens. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I ran over to Needles and almost backed away again—he was lying there in a spreading puddle of his own blood. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She had breasts like mushrooms, big ones that just hadn’t spread yet. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She had her arms spread wide and her eyes closed, face pointed to the sky. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The car isn’t packed and I’m able to spread my legs a bit to get more comfortable. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She gave the tub a rinse, dried her hands, spread the towel on the rack, and left the bathroom. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But I reasoned that they might look at my representing and spreading Islam in another way: instead of keeping me in they might want to get me out. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

On really hot nights, Gregor and his mother could spread quilts on the floor to sleep, but with five in the room it wasn’t cool, just lukewarm. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The leading company was halted, and as those behind filed up out of the trough of the Stonewain Valley they spread out and passed to camping-places under the grey trees. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We hunker together, spreading bedrolls on the planks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

One might also at first be surprised that the Americas evidently filled up with humans so quickly that people were motivated to keep spreading south toward Patagonia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shirley and Jimmie are spread across the rug on the living room floor, lying on their bellies, coloring, their crayons scattered around them. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s right,” she says, and hope spreads through me like a virus. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

An old Chinese birdcage, broken down into a web of arched wires, had become an eagle, its brassy skeletal wings spread as if about to take flight. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He spread it out on the passenger’s seat. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It spreads sinewy tentacles rather than roots into the ground to search for its preferred food of earthworms. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A transparent film had spread over his lips; it bulged like a frog’s gullet as he tried to breathe, eyes darting left and right in panic. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I called to him, and he called to the others, who were spread out through the field. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I stared at my two dollars and change spread on the floor beside me, then at the purple mittens. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The force of the blow knocked me into the wall, and I banged my head, the pain of the collision spreading through my skull like ripples on a pond. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Below him spread the city of Bologna—a jigsaw puzzle of red-tiled buildings in a valley hemmed by green hills. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And then she spread her arms out, smiled broadly, and began to fly across the beach, bobbing and weaving until she turned the corner of Malaga and was gone. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Despite the introduction of different, more powerful drugs, the new kind of malaria spread across Asia, then to Africa, and eventually to South America. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Some phones are now below $200, encouraging the clever phones to spread beyond corporate users and into early adopters in the consumer market,” the article pointed out. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I pushed myself from the ground before he could even think about standing up, spreading his arms, screaming desperate, crazy screams, stepping into nothing, killing us both. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It kept going south to the edge of the map, where it was folded, and he unfolded the next section and spread it in the sun. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Its fetid dark green leaves spread like a canopy over the ground and its fruit, like a small apple newly ripened, lurked beneath. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Annabeth grabbed a blanket from the nearest stable gate and spread it across part of the glass floor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He shook his head now, admiring with genuine avidity the spread of fruit before him; strawberries arranged in turned-up cedar flats, heavy and pungent, deeply crimson and firm, a regal abundance of them. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her voice and the warmness from her face both spread ’cross the top of my head. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Under Leon’s steady gaze, Bailey had stopped stroking his cheek, even though a pink welt had appeared, like an evil stain spreading on his flesh. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is, everything about the Clovis phenomenon and its spread through the Americas corresponds to findings for other, unquestioned virgin-land colonizations in history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When it was apparent that the shadow wasn’t coming back he felt the calf of his leg, where the pain was centered and spreading to fill the whole leg. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

A broad, brightly colored map of the coastline was spread on the master’s desk, weighted at each end by a heavy book. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Mama agreed and I spread a cowhide on the floor beside our bed and we shut Old Yeller in and didn’t have a bit more trouble. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the disorder should continue to spread among them,” a very gloomy Benjamin Rush commented, “then will the measure of our suffering be full.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Then he spread his wings, flapped hard, and took off—but after flying four feet he stopped with a snap and crashed to the ground again, shedding a flurry of black feathers and squawking loudly. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It had been spreading quietly along the Kinshasa Highway, a transcontinental road that wanders across Africa from east to west and passes along the shores of Lake Victoria within sight of Mount Elgon. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Alex’s heart doesn’t spread itself out in his chest, and he doesn’t have to grip the edge of the settee to steady himself. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When he redirects his attention to June, his eyes grow brighter, his grin spreading. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Something Charlie was saying made Edward’s eyes widen in disbelief, and then a grin spread across his face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dark, glowering woodwork, burnt-brown leather chairs, walls that might once have been white but had succumbed under a spreading malady of mold or damp. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was one flat rock there, spread like a table, and the waters sucking down on the four weedy sides made them seem like cliffs. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

This is to prevent the spread of infectious diseases that could kill other primates, including humans. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the news spread about Baba's death, most of my classmates handled me like I was made of glass. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then she dusted her hands as she walked to first base, where she rubbed her hands softly, fingers spread. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach for my gel pens in a basket on the window ledge and spread them out. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The heart tree appeared in front of them, its bony limbs spread wide. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Lina looked out at the lighted streets spreading away in every direction, the streets she knew so well. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the spring the aromatic scent of wild flowers, redbuds, papaws, and dogwoods, drifting on the wind currents, spread over the valley and around our home. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A satisfied smile spread over my mother’s face. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes you ache and muddies your head and silently spreads cancer throughout your spouse. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We found a huge oak with branches thick as separate trees spread wide to shade a large area. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Abbot Mortimer rose and solemnly spread his paws wide, encompassing the festive board. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But Abby hopped down the porch steps, grabbed it, and turned it slowly, a smile spreading as she noticed the freckles and eyelashes I’d glued in place one by one with Nan’s tweezers. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Rapid spread of a crop may preempt domestication not only of the same wild ancestral species somewhere else but also of related wild species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But maize, or corn, had no loyalties to the Maya and other people who had helped it spread. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

His heartburn was spreading out to the limits of his chest. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this ex- panded idea of freedom spread, how safe were the kings and dukes, earls and knights, of England? Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Hers was the twinkle and the laughter infectious as chickenpox, and hers the gaiety that colored a day and spread to people so that they carried it away with them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Long slopes ran swiftly down to where the river spread in stony shoals between high grassy terraces. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And it’s as if every part of him has been spread all over Detroit and lives in the air, in the water, and in other people’s thoughts. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A fine green mold spread over the books and papers and paintings that were stacked so high and piled so deep you could hardly cross the room. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lucas smirked, shaking his head slightly from side to side, his hands spread apart to signify the bird’s enormousness in the air. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

In Room 4, he discovered strange-looking pictures spread out on the floor beneath the blackboard. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I spread the lunch on a newspaper, and uncorked one of the bottles and leaned the other against a tree. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The whole of San Francisco Bay spread out before us: the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, and the green hills and fog beyond that to the north. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I waved nonchalantly at Tina with my free hand and hoped she wouldn’t notice the sweat stains spreading down my shirt. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thousand feet below lay the old Ottoman capital of Bursa, like a backgammon board spread out across the valley’s green felt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then he saw Harry’s, and a look of incredulous delight spread over his face. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A half-inch layer of the black goo has spread from the living room about three-quarters of the way down the hall. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Word of her arrival spread quickly, and soon dozens of bugs appeared. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Big Meadows had a campground, a lodge, a restaurant, a gift shop/general store, and lots and lots of people spread around a big sunny grassy space. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I cross off this day with a black “X” on the calendar that covers my closet door, and then I curl up on my bed, propped against my pillows, books spread across the comforter. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And as the news of what was happening spread quickly from street to street, more and more boys and girls came running from all directions to join the feast. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

It grew and spread and flooded his whole being with despair. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt tugging and then the relief of a good swell allowed to spread out, then heat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They spread their blanket under a willow tree next to a pond. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We did have our scratchy army-surplus blankets, so we spread them out and lay there, looking up at the field of stars. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A common fire-fighting technique of the time was to surround a blaze with engines and use a flood of water to stop it from spreading. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes spread like butter behind her thick glasses. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the South being a limb of the nation, its pain spreads out to all America. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, they spread quickly and efficiently from an infected person to nearby healthy people, with the result that the whole population gets exposed within a short time. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The high-rises were built by Richard Daley’s father so that the migrants from down South would be vertical instead of being spread out all over the city. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fury in his eyes was enough to make Anya’s belly drop, and a sick feeling spread through her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

When a fire spread, it could take down a whole lane. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole city spread out below them like a 3-D mosaic. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Reaching up to the sun, branches spread out wide. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought for a moment and with a small inward sigh remembered pulling the waterproofs out some days before and spreading them out in the basement to air. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then I feel something hot spreading through my left arm, and I see blood and my feet scramble on the floor, searching for traction. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The boy took the old army blanket off the bed and spread it over the back of the chair and over the old man’s shoulders. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she spread her wings out real far and flew and landed on top of Winn- Dixie’s head. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pax watched the war-sick spread out along the riverbank, rolling more wires, digging more holes, and burying more dark boxes under the hot sun. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And if it does keep spreading, well, it’s like Dad said. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I walk to my car as Bo’s gaze follows me; the feeling of it starts as a ball of heat in my chest and spreads like a sunrise. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Finally one of the creatures spread his wings wide. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The floor of the Exchange would erupt into a flurry of trades, runners would spread the word throughout the city, and the price of goods, futures, and shares in outgoing voyages would rise or fall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Since 1818, the city had spread out along the river, warehouse by warehouse, factory by factory. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I could have been spreading on this jam a little thick. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Hernandez dumped a truckload of dirt in the driveway, and now they mixed it with peat moss before spreading it around the yard. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe someone who didn’t know about the reward would find her first, but Neel knew how fast gossip spread on the island. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

They could not imagine the world as the size of a piece of paper spread over a blackboard, in which whole armies were reduced to the head of a pin. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips spread wide, revealing a gray molar with a dark pit in the side. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I imagined my brothers spreading over the mountain, searching the black forests. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Past giant spider webs that had withstood the rain and spread like whispered gossip from tree to tree. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The realization of what I have done comes as a fog in my chest, cold, dark, and spreading. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

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

There was no mistaking the pure delight I saw spread across his face as he knelt in front of the panel. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel a sunburn starting to spread across her bare shoulders. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I kept pulling them up to my wrist, and tried to keep my fingers spread out so they wouldn’t slide back down. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I looked at it for a moment, then pulled the folded page out and spread it on my lap, my heart beating wildly. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The firemen had managed to keep the fire from spreading to the houses around the Soldanos’. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few crops, notably Mexican corn, did indeed spread to the other region in the pre-Columbian era. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, not all pieces of the package spread to all those outlying areas: for example, Egypt was too warm for einkorn wheat to become established. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The city ultimately spread across two square miles, an array of two- and three-story buildings in compounds behind massive walls. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even as it besieged Boston, the virus also spread down the eastern seaboard, laying waste as far as Georgia. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In a moment the carbons lay spread out before him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

We eat cans of Habitant pea soup, heated up on the two-burner stove in a dented pot, and slices of bread spread with molasses, and hunks of cheese. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a white sheet, which I spread on the mattress and tuck around the edges, and a moth-eaten quilt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

To check my temperature, she spread her hand on my forehead. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Pain spreads through my body and I scream through gritted teeth, crushing Caleb’s hand. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Right in the middle of the sofa, with his legs spread wide. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paul began to worry that if drug-resistant bacilli were infecting people in the slums, how long would it take before the disease spread across all of Lima? Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

So they treated the invasive type aggressively but generally didn’t worry about carcinoma in situ because they thought it couldn’t spread. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was petulant, he knew it, but he still watched them spread out on the floor, their contents spilling everywhere, and it gave him a momentary sense of satisfaction. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She had done her washing the day before and had spread the wet clothes over willows to dry. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and let the darkness grow and spread until it morphs from a feeling of sadness into something worse: a memorv, a flashback. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her patterned dress was spread out on the surface of the water like a great floating flower. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They backed Porphyrion to the edge of the cliffs, the whole of modern Athens spread out below. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When they caught sight of the palanquin emerging from the pyramid, a cheer went up from those nearest and spread across the plaza. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then very quickly the frightful burning searing scorching feeling started spreading down into my chest and into my tummy and on and on into my arms and legs and all over my body! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

In the 1930s, reporters spread out across the American South to capture the voices of history. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Eventually, we spread out on the ground to sleep. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t dangerous or anything, which is good, but it makes your skin turn white. And it can spread all over your body. Weird, right?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

At his feet Jody could see the little arms of new weeds spreading out over the ground. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He edged among them, looking around, and suppressed a laugh as he imagined the look that would spread over Dudley’s piggy face if he could see where Harry was now. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“It scares me that the waste man’s so interested in where we live,” I told Arul that evening as we spread plastic on the ground beneath our straw mats and pillows. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Annabeth shouted orders to the other heroes, telling them to spread out and keep the bulls distracted. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

A lake of dark blood spreads from its neck. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I climb down, take out my handkerchief, spread it out, push it under and scoop up the yellow water that strains through into the hollow of my hand. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A smile spreads across his face and he holds out his fist. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

After a while, he is learning, even total darkness is not quite darkness; more than once he thinks he can see his spread fingers when he passes them in front of his eyes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Phorcys stopped in the middle of the tunnel and spread his arms proudly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

These, as they received their food, took it away into a corner, spread handkerchiefs over their striped trousers and began to eat. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Not since I was in Europe, when the Russo-German Pact of 1939 was signed, had I seen news spread such bitterness and despair. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their drivers eased their vehicles under shade trees along the last few hundred meters of the racecourse, then spread picnic blankets on the grass and opened hampers full of sandwiches and cold drinks. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

You have yet to wash your own underwear, spread a bed, wipe the ring from your tub, or move a fleck of your dirt from one place to another. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's no one from the hood who'll spread a rumor about me getting on the mic to spit some corny rhyme about love or the hood or my sisters. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Lord Roke bowed and snapped his fingers, and the small blue hawk perching on the bracket beside the door spread her wings and glided to the table. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year—the days when summer is changing into fall—the crickets spread the rumor of sadness and change. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The rangers laughed, and Tonk said, “We just work the edges of the infestation, to keep the flowers from spreading. This spot is right smack in the middle. No hope left.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It drops right into the well of his chest and spreads, like how hope spreads. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In a way, it reminded her of Lake Michigan when they lived in Chicago, with a city view in one direction and a tranquil spread of water in the other. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Lizzie played with the branches that spread up between them, pulling at the needles. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The other children were spread throughout the car, catnapping, daydreaming out the window, or playing cards. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It widened and spread, a rent in the darkness of the earth and night, a ripping open of the fabric of the world. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Despite all the queen had done, the sickness had spread, both within the city walls and without. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sun had all but set, the skies had cleared, and the lake spread out before him like a polished stone, glowing in the last reflected light of day. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Inside the dome was a painting of an angel, his great white wings spread out across a dazzling sky, as if captured midflight. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The jolt spread lower and lower, into his stomach, like droplets of blood diffusing into water. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And if no agreement can be reached, strife spreads, even if the storehouses are bulging. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, a soft shimmering spread across the sky. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So ... if the venom is left to spread . . . ,” I murmured. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Already, Billy avoided her, and hurtful gossip spread about “that wild Mary Lou.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The silence that follows is shattered by Poppet Murray’s screaming as the pool of blood on the ground spreads beneath her white boots. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Of course, none of it was true, and most people knew that, but it didn’t stop Julian from spreading that lie. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The colored light shimmered and shone on the wings’ surface and I flexed them joyfully, delighted with how the colors spread and played upon their surfaces. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The godswood there was a garden, bright and airy, where tall redwoods spread dappled shadows across tinkling streams, birds sang from hidden nests, and the air was spicy with the scent of flowers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They had spread a blanket near a fire and hung a lantern on a tree and they sat around the blanket slapping bugs in die dark, surrounded by campfires, laughter and music. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can’t sit with your legs spread apart, or jump too high or hang upside-down, without ridicule. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Spring spread her vine-covered arms, and a cube knitted from a thousand flowers floated in front of her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe it isn’t about who can sit and who has to kneel or stand or lie down, legs spread open. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If you are here about those begging brothers, Tyrion, spare me your re-proaches. I won't have them spreading their filthy treasons in the streets. They can preach to each other in the dungeons." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Robin had to keep to the outside wall to allow room for the crutches to spread far enough to bear his weight. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Anansi, who bugged the sky god Nyame into giving him the first stories, and whose legend grew as his tales spread. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They marked the place with Tayo’s T-shirt spread across the top of some scrub oaks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The older woman spread her hands and made a mocking bow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

My breath caught as I spread out the other brochures. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

After dinner, Dad spreads newspaper all over the floor. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

A lace tablecloth is spread on the bed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Warmth spreads from the back of Gogol’s neck to his cheeks and his ears. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seth spread his arms wide, stomped a foot, and growled. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Naomi spread the cloth out and stroked it lightly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

An artificial smile spread across her face, and Hazel got the feeling she was supposed to congratulate the teacher on her generosity. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Yet she seemed cheerful as ever they’d seen her, her bruised, black eyes shining with happiness and her bloody lips spread in a terrific grin. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They shake out their towels, spread them on the grass. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The rapid spread of microbes, and the rapid course of symptoms, mean that everybody in a local human population is quickly infected and soon thereafter is either dead or else recovered and immune. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fire’s rapid spread had been halted, but pockets of fire would burn in places all through the night and for days afterward. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

What’s more, racists had an alternative to the Klan in the white Citizens’ Councils that had spread throughout the South following the Supreme Court's Brown v. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond and above spread an expanse of sky, dark blue as at twilight: rising into the sky was a woman’s shape to the bust, portrayed in tints as dusk and soft as I could combine. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Why didn’t Native American diseases instead decimate the Spanish invaders, spread back to Europe, and wipe out 95 percent of Europe’s population? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She lost her balance, spread her wings, and completed the circuit between two wires. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Exactly,” Tess said, running the white cloth over each key, spreading the strange scent of cooked flowers. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

From my window I have watched a girl with halting steps spread the wet linens on shrubs, rocks, and fences. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Later that day, the news began to spread that the Headmistress had recovered from her fainting-fit and had then marched out of the school building tight-lipped and white in the face. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

We’re sharing the same space, but our thoughts are spreading outside of it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The radiation poisoning was becoming stronger and starting to spread further. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Although news of Kepler’s discoveries spread, the full discussion of his ideas didn’t appear in print until his book Astronomia Nova was published in 1609—publication was delayed by printing problems and lack of finance. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The “propaganda blitz,” as the Hitler Youth called it, spread information about the Nazi Party. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

We spread out all over the place, tossing our cardboard squares and counting the blades of grass. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

For bedding, he spread out a thick mattress of dust-free rice straw. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they lowered the coffin into the hole, a cheer rose in the crowd and spread, ripplelike, until it was one cheer, until Olanna felt that everybody there had become one. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After we eat, Chou spreads a small blanket over the grass and covers us with the other two. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I finished my map,” Neel said, his voice low as he spread it out. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

While speakeasies became enormously popular everywhere, nowhere did they spread in more profusion than in New York City. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The animal also spreads grass seed, plants it with his hooves, and then fertilizes it with his manure. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We spread the tablecloth on the floor and sat cross-legged as if we were eating Mean Lady Ming’s takeout or fried fish from Shabazz. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were looking from a high terrace and there was a great landscape spread out below them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mark could tell that those at the top were communicating with other people in the house, spreading the word. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The drying people are spread out, though it looks like a couple ended up in the pool again. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The three of them were standing on a stone front porch, huddled together even though there was plenty of room to spread out. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s a headpiece for Rosie,” she says, pinning it to her chest with her chin and spreading the rest of it across her front. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

‘If this nice friendliness would spread about in Mordor, half our trouble would be over.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t there too much blood there?” she said when I spread my drawing out. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Let us now return to the main question with which we began this chapter: why did writing arise in and spread to some societies, but not to many others? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But in western Eurasia only one of several potentially useful wild species was domesticated—probably because that one spread so quickly that people soon stopped gathering the other wild relatives and ate only the crop. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, in the reflection of the now broken mirror, they saw the Uncle’s face spread into a wide, disconcerting smile before he grabbed her shoulder. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A watershed map of veins spread out under the surface of their skin. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Displayed behind him were the tattered, frozen banners of a Roman legion, including a large, golden eagle with its wings spread. fVe await you, the giant’s voice boomed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

An icy feeling spread northward from the base of my spine. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

As I fumbled about for an explanation, Kilvin’s grim expression spread into a sudden smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A huge smile spreads across Caroline’s face as she stares down at Bailey. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As the news spread, children of scientists grabbed pots and pans and ran outside banging them together and shouting. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blade never emerged from the cupboard, newspapers were not spread on the floor. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Hsst!” he went on, and spread out his hood as though he were listening with it. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mom sat at the kitchen table with her familiar semester-preparation spread. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I closed my door and sat on my bed with your notes spread out in front of me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The city's cable-switching stations acted like the hub of a giant wheel, whose spokes spread out across the entire continent. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I crouch on the living room floor with the Maritimes fiddle music going on in the background, the Toronto Star spread out underneath my elbows, studying the picture of her on the front page. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Candor in the corridor yelp and dive out of the way as we spill into the hallway like a burst pipe, Dauntless water spreading to fill the empty space. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the boy and the girl and the two dæmons watched her approach, Xaphania spread her wings wider and glided down to the sand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Bonnie makes straight for the hearth and lowers herself onto a Peacekeeper’s cloak that has been spread before it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The people of the village loved him, and soon his reputation as a holy man began to spread throughout all of Poland. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Scholars once believed that agriculture spread from a single Middle Eastern point of origin to the four corners of the world. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mustafa ended up staying home too, and we both helped to spread the word about the meeting that Mama and others had set up with county officials. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Even the Pennsylvania Hospital barred fever victims, because it feared that the crowded condition of its building would allow the disease to spread wildly. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The lumberjacks and environmentalists love me equally, but a problem arises when a group of lesser scientists spread the rumor that the leaves of my trees cause cancer in laboratory animals. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

So many talents, so many different attractions, so much money, elegance, and beauty on display, but—and it’s a trivial observation—this multitude of desiderata is inevitably spread out among a large group of people. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The towners hang around the edges of the lot, growing in numbers as word spreads. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She steps into the middle of the hallway and spreads out her arms. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Bo stands alongside his dad, with his arms crossed and his feet spread wide. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Tonight, like an inferno burning outward in all directions from a single ignition point, the news that Lincoln had been shot spread from Ford’s in an ever-widening circle. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A smile spreads across his face when he sees me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He eased me onto the floor and took off his coat and spread it over me like a blanket. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The dead patch spread outward, as if poison were seeping from the soles of his shoes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The night was clear and the stars were spread out like diamonds on a vast blanket of black velvet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She is close enough that I can see the small pink veins, like seams on the back of a delicate leaf, spreading across her cheeks, the downy fur on her jawbone, her bristly black eyebrows. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

At night, they spread their sleeping gear and kept their fires hidden. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swept up the scuffed sand and spread a fresh layer in a fine pattern. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It never quite rivalled those institutions, but this was still a significant step in the spread of learning in England. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Hence many annual plants have evolved to hedge their bets by means of germination inhibitors, which make seeds initially dormant and spread out their germination over several years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were in Arnold’s screened-in porch and he had spread the notebooks out on a large round picnic table. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

She spread the silk on the ground and began the process of dividing and counting, dividing and counting and setting aside, which she’d done so often as a passionate, curious teenager, and hardly ever since. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Old Lord Merryweather’s inaction had allowed the rebellion to take root and spread, and Aerys wanted someone young and vigorous to match Robert’s own youth and vigor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I peer at the valleys and pastures and red tile roofs spread out below us, dissolving into fog, and then up at the Imbabura mountain disappearing into a stony white sky. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lofted her hair out neatly behind her and let it spread against her back to catch the sun. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The scarlet of the maple trees appeared in just a few brilliant spots; in a months time, the red would spread like a fever, dominating the landscape. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The most effortless way a germ could spread is by just waiting to be transmitted passively to the next victim. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He got down from his horse and walked over to the open space on the ground where the staff had spread the camp stools, and asked for coffee. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the sept, the great crystal caught the morning light as it streamed through the south-facing window and spread it in a rainbow on the altar. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Through the open doorway, I caught a glimpse of line after line of cattle carcasses, butterflied with their ribs exposed like spread fingers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She gives Joy a whole muffin spread with butter. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

That feeling seemed to expand, spreading over me every time I stepped back to look over my work. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Around the rocket in four directions spread the little town, green and motionless in the Martian spring. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some would surely make it out alive, but others would perish in their own homes and businesses as the flames spread. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Each day the rumor spread farther and wider until all the kids were looking at the calendar and waiting for the day. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When the immigrants came to America through Ellis Island, they would sometimes get ice cream for a treat. But they didn’t recognize ice cream. They thought it was butter, so they spread it on toast.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She tries to wipe the blood away with her sleeve but it’s wool and spreads the blood till the whole side of the Pope’s face is smeared. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Tam Lin says you’re to stay put for now. He’s going to spread a rumor that you’ve taken a Safe Horse north to the United States. He says that should keep the Farm Patrol busy.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd spread away from the courthouse steps and filled two city blocks—but that was nothing. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She opens a cupboard and takes out Velvet Peanut Butter and spreads it on a slice of bread. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They spread the surface of the water with pure green flame. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trembling starts in my fingertips and spreads up my arms, and soon my body is shuddering. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Ahead of me spread a vast, stark world of winter-dead trees. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Gangrene was spreading from Day’s toes to his knee; his doctor said his toes needed amputating, but Day refused. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He read on. ... more northmen coming in as word spreads of our victory. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The chimneys of Swift’s packing plant stood tall against the sky, belching thick smoke that spread over Packingtown like a blanket, smothering the community below in the stench of blood. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

While Chapter 12 illustrated those alternatives for the spread of writing, they also apply to the diffusion of technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He said: “How did you know we were spread out?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Giddy with enthusiasm, Werfel rushed forward, his arms spread wide. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The place was miles back from where we were, but cops can spread the word about what happens in different places mad quick through their system. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He always rode belly down, arms spread out, and hands gripping the T bar. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The story was supposed to be a secret, but of course that meant it had spread like wildfire across the camp. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The flames spread over every inch of my throat. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would no longer appear at his door at night and lie on her back and spread her legs silently, at least not for a while. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Henry’s mouth spreads into a slow smile, and Alex kisses it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the end, Hillary Clinton won nearly three million more votes than her opponent, but Trump had captured the Electoral College thanks to fewer than eighty thousand votes spread across Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It lay there, slowly spreading out, a yellow blob against the white. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When news spread of the gold of the Aztecs in nearby Mexico, farming could not hold the interest of Spaniards. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She opened her fingers, spread her hands upon the table, and turned them over. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

They had a large cotton blanket spread underneath them. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I pressed my sleeve against my cut cheek until the throbbing pain spread like red-hot pincers, twisting into the flesh and burrowing deeper. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I sat with my feet spread apart so I could spit the sunflower-seed shells on the ground between them. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And the rest we can spread over ten years.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He invited a group of influential nuns from the Catholic group Pax Christi to Haiti, hoping when they returned to the States they would spread the truth about the junta’s abuses. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile Leo beamed and wiggled his eyebrows over his goggles and spread his hands, gesturing for applause. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Stories about victims of the Khmer Rouge attack spread like fire. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those crops were unable to spread south of the Sudan, beyond which they encountered summer rains and little or no seasonal variation in daylight. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And now her fingers spread apart, letting the voice reach her ears . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The noon sun beat down on us as Mamita spread a cloth over the tiny hill of my dead baby brothers and sister. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the ground with her cloth spread out, she was a shopkeeper a mother a lover a wilderness to herself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Will, for not wanting to be the one who spreads gossip. It shows you’ve got real character. I do hate gossipers.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Rumors of the budding romance spread quickly through the ship. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The disease is spread from diseased to healthy trees by elm bark beetles. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I arrange my face in the middle of the book, my hair spread like seaweed floating in the current of the story that sweeps me under and away to sleep. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Celaena walked between the hedges, and couldn’t help the smile that spread across her face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The heavier feather quilts were spread out on clean sheets in the sun, and we took turns shooing the inquisitive dogs and cats and chickens away from them. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes real tight-like and picture the spread her mom’s made: chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, and buttered corn, all with a side of love. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then she let the lady hold it while she spread her skirt and made a curtsey. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We brought all of the letters and boxes into the living room and spread out the tablecloth. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1992, after years of growing protests that spread far beyond the Delaware Valley, the dam plan was finally put on hold, but by this time whole villages and farms had been bulldozed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dawn was spreading her rosy fingers in the sky when Sean finished twenty of the smallest, neatest, most careful stitches his big fingers could manage, would ever manage. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

If the partition is then removed, the molecules will tend to spread out and occupy both halves of the box. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Differentiating between the most likely possibilities meant examining the specimen’s spread wings, but there wasn’t room enough in the jar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She darted around obstacles—broken furniture left for the trash heaps or for scavengers, stoves and refrigerators that were past repair, peddlers sitting on the pavement with their wares spread out around them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I did not know how I had missed the two turquoise points sticking up above the pale flat rooftops spread before us. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Messengers fanned out in all directions shouting about the Seward assassination just as the news spread from Ford’s of the president’s assassination. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wide beds of kelp which surround our island on three sides come close to the shore and spread out to sea for a distance of a league. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not. Not like you were. Which is why it’s so foolish for people to think you might spread something.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He spread his hands and the ground erupted. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He envisioned digging down to the first reasonably firm layer of clay, known as hard-pan, and there spreading a pad of concrete nearly two feet thick. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Goll also insisted he turned in a second alarm when another man appeared ten minutes later to announce that the fire was spreading rapidly. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The epidemic spread through Boston and across the country—and the world. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

In the middle of my circle, I made a tight spiral pattern that spread into a wide band to join the circle’s edge. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Calamity Jane, also spread out on the kitchen table in a nest of papers, watched as Finn poured nearly half a jar of Hippie Queen Honey into the cup. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

For a moment, none of us did anything but stare at the hole and the spreading spiderweb of cracks radiating out from it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Like ripples around a stone dropped into still water, the circles of silence spread out from the newsstand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The layer of dust that had fallen over the palace had spread to the streets. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re safe. You said spreading your parents’ and sister’s ashes didn’t do much for you. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Pain throbbed through my lip, and coppery blood spread across my tongue. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

If they are going to share, at least they can spread out. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

With every sail spread and bellying taut, the Astrea moved sluggishly against the current. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word had spread across the island that the robot was throwing a party, and everyone wanted to see what the fuss was about. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were also great differences in the completeness with which suites of crops and livestock spread, again implying stronger or weaker barriers to their spreading. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bronze dragon spread his wings, and they soared into the unknown. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The spirit of Anarchy spread everywhere his light and agitated wings. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

With the end of his rowing came a sudden, premature, middle- aged spread. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below the chandeliers spread an indoor city of “gilded domes and glittering minarets, mosques, palaces, kiosks, and brilliant pavilions,” according to the popular Rand, McNally & Co. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She spread her glittering wings and soared to Zeus’s side, taking her rightful place as his charioteer. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As news of the singular protest spread, messages of support for the vigilers came from around the country. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Rumors began to spread that Bobby and his mother were estranged. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was a welcome cry of success—they’d just stopped the spread on the left side of the house! Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“We Americans know, although others appear to forget, the risks of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Axis orientations affected the rate of spread of crops and livestock, and possibly also of writing, wheels, and other inventions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

By spreading relatively moderate losses among many big companies, North Korea concealed how bad a risk it was. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

But knowing that a mosquito could spread the disease proved vital in Cuba. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Some of the monkeys had to be examined, however, to see if and where the virus was spreading inside the building. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spreads it out on the small kitchen table. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We have over four dozen sunflowers, in twenty-three containers, a less-than-thriving poinsettia, and bags of mulch to spread. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When rumors of Hannah’s unexplained absence began spreading through school, Mr. Porter asked our class why he kept hearing her name mentioned in the halls. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Camera One, not there at first but getting it now, the long shot, nailing her as her hands came off the chair arms, fingers spread wide, you could almost see her fingertips smoking... Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

A Labor Day textile workers’ strike in North Carolina quickly spread across the South and up the Eastern Seaboard. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

I again felt rather like an individual of but average gastronomical powers sitting down to feast alone at a table spread with provisions for a hundred. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And up ahead, a huge white-and-yellow glow spread out before us—the lights of New York. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

That infection, the report said, eventually entered the bloodstream and spread throughout the president's body. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

After we’d put on clean clothes and locked the door, Osh and I spread the treasure out in front of the hearth while Miss Maggie lit a fire in the stove. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

From those few centers of origin, food production spread much more rapidly to some areas than to others. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A rumor started, and spread, to the effect that there was an underground railroad too. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little disconsolately she got out the footstool and spread a napkin over it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sparks leapt like fleas and spread as rapidly; a breeze could carry embers for miles. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The whole platoon was there, spread out in the dense brush along the trail, and for five hours nothing at all happened. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he saw Grandmother’s stern face, her skin as thin as rice paper, her white hair spread across her pillpw. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“My poncho that I had spread on the ground beneath my hammock was literally alive with them,” Cherrie wrote in his diary. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

And the curious ones laughed and said how foolish and credible people were to spread such wild rumors. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Europe’s barriers were sufficient to prevent political unification, but insufficient to halt the spread of technology and ideas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The men don’t travel down one single road but spread out along a series of parallel roads connecting the hamlets and burgs of rural Virginia. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Prim, who appeared moments after the attack and has stayed as close to me as possible ever since, spreads another blanket over me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Word spread that it was oil, and Chief White Halfoat was kicked off the base. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The sleepy tingling in his foot spread up his leg. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Within two more days alarm had spread to every comer of Wethersfield. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Slughorn lowered it into the bottle where it coiled, then spread, swirling like gas. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Pegasus spread his wings and inclined his head. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Finally, we kneeled, huddled together around the fire and passed around the pot, spooning lentils and rice in our mouths, soft and almost salty, big grins spreading over our faces. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His arm twitches and pain stabs my jaw and spreads across my face, making my vision go black at the edges and my ears ring. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He told her, spreading some smoked whitefish on a cracker, that his wife resembled an actress in Bombay named Madhuri Dixit. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He sits across the aisle from me in his own spread of two seats mirroring mine. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing I remember is Boggs spreading a couple of burlap sacks over me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I thought I might get messed around with some chick and pick up AIDS, but I wasn’t that worried about it because I knew how it spread around. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

We spread the raincoat on the ground and sat cross-legged in a circle around it. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The evidence for predominantly single domestications in Southwest Asia, but frequent multiple domestications in the Americas, might thus provide more subtle evidence that crops spread more easily out of Southwest Asia than in the Americas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Reinforcing that interpretation of a single invention of pottery in the south and a spread from that one source, the style of the earliest Jomon pottery is fairly uniform over the whole of Japan. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He took a piece of paper from his pocket and spread it on the table. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju taught her to mash an avocado and spread it on her face, to dissolve Robb in hot water and place her face over the steam, to dry a pimple with toothpaste. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mama looks so small sitting there with the papers spread around her. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A tremor starts in my chest and spreads to my hands. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Jason flew himself across and his squad began cutting through some very surprised-looking telkhines, spreading fear through the enemy’s ranks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He watched the red stain spread, feeling light-headed, curiously apart; there had been no pain, not even a hint of feeling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t spread to her eyes, which look more like gold than ever, with that coldness in them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Stories spread that his men were patrolling the streets in pickup trucks, shouting his orders from megaphones. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They had decided to start a fire next to Capricorn's house, so that it would not spread to the hills so fast but would threaten the only thing Capricorn cared about: his treasure chambers. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Holding her aluminum tray, she moved from body to body, spreading maple-syrup-colored wax where it was needed with a flat wooden spoon, and pressing in strips of gauze before it hardened. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

What possibly could’ve possessed any person to want to spread it? The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He had the Presidential Physical Fitness charts spread out, and he was going through each one with his finger on the lines. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If Sophie spreads the word, we might need a bigger room. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Catelyn Stark watched the he eastern sky was rose and gold as the sun broke light spread, her hands resting on the delicate carved stone of the balustrade outside her window. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Relief spread over his face as he saw the boy coming up the hill. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Since then it had spread like weeds in an untended garden, strangling whatever life grew in its way. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Madoc enters the room, his shadow preceding him, spreading across the floor like a carpet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When Grandpa-down-the-hill was a young man, there’d been herds of livestock spread across the mountain, and they were tended on horseback. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Fireplaces were throttled with vines that had descended from the roof and begun to spread across the floors like alien tentacles. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

As the Solvay drew near, interest in the deuton spread beyond Berkeley and the Cavendish, as did doubts about Lawrence’s disintegration theory and, consequently, his calculation for the neutron’s weight. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They spread apart after they were out of the mouth of the harbour and each one headed for the part of the ocean where he hoped to find fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spread them by the fire on sticks angled into the sand and piled on more wood and went and sat by the boy again, smoothing his matted hair. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Flat farmland spreads out on the other, dusted with snow. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A rippling wake spread out behind as they swung back toward the shore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg watched a phosphorous bomb hit a house, and saw the explosion spread in the air like the petals of an enormous white flower. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He spread his arms wide and rotated in a circle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

From the pig’s head comes a narrow river of blood, spreading out toward the bottom of the frame. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Papa said we should stop early today while the sun was still high, and he told us to spread out our things so they would dry. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After we eat more of our chicken, Chou spreads one blanket on the grass and I roll up the scarves to use as pillows. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though there had been no discernible change in the light since the sun and blue sky hadn’t appeared that morning, it still felt like a darkness spread over the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I bring the lamp down again, and again, and again, until the hard drive cracks and pieces of it spread across the floor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And at dawn, as light spread across the sea, my first glance was toward the little harbor of Coral Cove. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

You drop a sample of the virus into the flask, and the virus spreads through the cells. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she spoke his name her eyes flickered to him, and warmth spread over his skin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The trembling spread to my arms and it was all I could do to hold on. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As you head south, toward Zaire, the land rises and forms hills, and the forest begins to spread away from the rivers and thickens into a closed canopy, and you enter the rain forest. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the engine roar comes a loud crack, followed by a scintillation spreading underfoot, as the Packard hits a dark patch on the frozen lake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then the fad spread to two fashion designers who used the shoes to peddle something else — haute couture. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lush tall grasses spread as far as the eye could see, a rolling green expanse that was disturbed only by a few small, rusted oil pumps and by cattle grazing here and there. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Morning spread a haze of golden heat over the trees and boulders. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joel will spread the compost on his pastures. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Similar clocks spread across Europe later in the seventeenth century following the independent work of Christiaan Huygens. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Can’t tell either one of them anything if you don’t want it spread around Garden Heights like a cold. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Maybeth spread out the ponchos under the green trees, as best she could. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside was a set of plastic cutlery, a packet of cheese spread, two crackers, a packet of orange-drink crystals, and a bag of pork ribs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Rumors of sightings spread like wildfire—rumor placed him in many different parts of the city, all at the same time, and so it began to be said that he had magic powers. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Lucinda and Susie and their girlfriends sit on lounge chairs, their crinoline skirts spread around them like the petals of flowers. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The old wound throbbed with pain and a great chill spread towards Frodo’s heart. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Curt would open the fridge, hold up a container labeled “hair butter,” and ask, “Okay to spread this on my toast?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Nobody wants to think that the rapidly expanding mass of mankind, spreading out over the surface of the earth, blackening the ground, bears any meaningful resemblance to the life of an anthill or a hive. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I covered the chicken slices with caviar thickly as if I were spreading peanut butter on a piece of bread. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

An extraordinary lightness seemed to spread through his whole body and the next second, in a rush of wings, they were flying upward through the pipe. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The Randalls bought out the Spencer spread to the north, once that family decided to try their luck out west. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He drank some and spread raspberry jam on the crusty, freshly baked bread. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Tourists screamed as Kampe appeared from the dust and rubble, her wings spread out as wide as the yard. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We’ll have to remove it before it spreads to the rest of you. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In return, they created a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that spread a new black cultural identity that became known as the Harlem Renaissance. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Within seconds, she was pulled off to the side and pushed up against the wall, her legs spread, arms pinned, the cops ignoring her cries of protest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My skin prickled, the sensation spreading up to my ears, down my neck and shoulders, all the way to my toes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The attack would cross the river up above the narrow gorge and spread up the hillside. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

While Eurasia provides the world’s widest band of land at the same latitude, and hence the most dramatic example of rapid spread of domesticates, there are other examples as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He smiles a little, but the smile doesn’t spread to his eyes, which look tense and worried. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Tension spreads out like a thick blanket ready to suffocate us all. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“They do not sneer at the crawlers. It is the smallness of the tunnel. Fliers do not like a place they cannot spread their wings.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I watched her wince as she spread a bright green herbal remedy on her face, which had been bruised to black, one eye swollen shut. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the goose next to the boy spread her wings and leaped, he did so automatically. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The treasure, spread out between us on the floor, looked like a bright garden. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I use a paintbrush to spread the powder, a trick Maman taught me, to coat it evenly. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His name was spread across newspaper headlines, his bony face and intense eyes stared out from magazine covers. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We shot into the air, and soon we were over the East River with Long Island spread out before us. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We’d all seen plenty of Tommy’s tantrums by then, so we came down off our stools and spread ourselves around the room. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word had been spreading throughout the school—the kid had refused to sell the chocolates in direct defiance of The Vigils. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thick gray smoke mushroomed up and slowly spread over the neighborhood rooftops and church steeples. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hospital staff noticed that he was missing, and a rumor spread that he had died, which his team decided not to address until his health stabilized. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Her golden hair was spread around her, and a flush of pink bloomed on her cheeks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He returned and spread the colorful blanket across the plywood like a tablecloth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It’s spreading some kind of sauce on itself. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the hunger pains hurt so much that they spread to every part of the body. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for why the fire spread, there were many reasons offered at the inquiry. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had imagined that if there were an explosion there we would have 4.3 years to watch the light of this magnificent event spreading across the sky, as if tipped from a giant can. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Croft was lying flat on her back, her head on a peach-colored cushion, a thin white quilt spread over her body. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The roosters were already crowing as they left to spread the news to all their friends in the area. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybeth looked small lying there, her curls spread behind her on the pillow, her hands folded over the clean sheets. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun appeared, spreading a golden filter across the concrete and warming the back of my head. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Bando has spread several of the topographical maps on his big oak table. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if Mars wasn’t letting on, Maniac could tell he was pleased to learn his fame had spread to the West. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bright colorful tents begin to emerge, spreading out over the entire field. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The waters ate most, but a few found the decks of galleys in the first line of battle, spreading flame when they shattered. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Without thinking, I allowed my face to spread to a grin as though overjoyed to serve her. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced back at me once more and then moved on to the rest of the people in the room, spreading himself among them wide but never thin. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair is speckled gray and a bald spot is spreading on the back of his head. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I saw football players and cheerleaders and Student Council types spread out all over the room. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then his head turned and he saw her, and a slow grin spread across his face. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

My name spread like smoke in an airless room. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to hit up streets with a spray can to get name recognition, not spread hatred. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

For instance, why did printing spread explosively in medieval Europe after Gutenberg printed his Bible in A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Here the army halted and spread out in a line, and there was a great deal of rearranging. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I banged on the door against the glass so hard it cracked, and the crack spread a web that caught my skin for a moment and held it fast. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He lay with his arms spread out, partly in the water, and I thought he was dead. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fadi looked around the table at his family, and guilt spread like acid through his gut. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

This illustration spreads over two pages, and it appears to have been added as an afterthought as the book went through the press. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

—Plutarch While Mark Antony was holding court at the marketplace in Tarsus and awaiting Cleopatra’s arrival, word spread that the queen was approaching. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Diesel generators pumped the water that Luis spread over the new grove. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting with her skirt spread over the piano bench. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are still young. Free,” he said, spreading his hands apart for emphasis. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the board started to slip downward again Tally thrust her hands into the pockets of her jacket and spread her arms, making a sail to catch the wind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Tendrils of darkness were now spreading out from his feet, killing all the weeds between the cobblestones. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Scientists also agree that about 70,000 years ago, Sapiens from East Africa spread into the Arabian peninsula, and from there they quickly overran the entire Eurasian landmass. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cold, dead matter of the stars would decay away, leaving nothing but a smear of radiation that spreads equally throughout the universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her arms were spread out a little from her sides, her hands palms up. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neeley, though weeping, remembered to spread his handkerchief on the curb so that his new long pants wouldn’t get dirty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shay put her hands in her pockets and spread her arms, tinning her dorm’s team jacket into a sail. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

All dead, spread across the floor of the family room. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mwila raised his hand, his palm side showing and fingers spread wide. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Lord Jon found him in the maester’s tower, bent over a pile of parchments, with maps spread out all around him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It’s empty but for an oily stain slowly spreading across the bottom. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The first clipping showed a big, blown-up picture of a girl with black-shadowed eyes and black lips spread in a grin. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

When Jordie, Pouncey, and I spread lard across the Fourth of July parade route, we were just trying to wipe out the marching band. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Till past four in the morning, with everything I needed spread out before me on the floor, I attended to what I thought were Sister Irma’s immediate, artistic wants. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Shadows shrink and spread over the lace curtain as my son slips into bed. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

A sudden feeling of lassitude, of intense weariness, spread over Vera's limbs. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Rather, he looks for an answer himself by taking out the map of Schoharie county, which we’re in, and the map of Albany county, which we’re coming to, and spreading them contiguously. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spread his arms out wide and then dropped them to his sides. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

By afternoon, word had spread that a group of women had registered to vote, and many people disagreed with the election officials’ actions. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Marcia was walking around, still stunned, looking into the trays of catered food spread on the dining table, and then up at the mass of balloons bobbing against the ceiling. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They lay curled closely together for comfort and warmth, and when a thin, cold rain fell as the wind rose they moved under the spreading branches of an old spruce for shelter. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read it, a cocky grin spreading across his face. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I sit down to eat and liberally spread salad dressing across my plate, because on the eighth day God created ranch dressing. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A liquid ache spread under her skin, and she walked out of the world like a witch, to a better, happier place. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, April 30, word spread through the barge: the president of South Vietnam had ordered his troops to lay down their arms. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Now, imprisoned with the weight of my childhood ever more dismally heaped upon me, I longed for that earlier stint with the arms spread wide. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pinmei felt the stinging feeling of the rice jar return, its numbness spreading over her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was rewarded with an intense burst of euphoria that began in my feet and surged up my legs, spreading to my fingers and the tips of my ears. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The bed was large, covered with a crocheted spread on which two peacocks stood beak to beak. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She stood with Scythe Curie in the rotunda, with no appetite to partake of the lavish breakfast spread. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The news spread like a virus as those informed by Paul Revere sent out riders of their own, until alarms were going off throughout the entire region. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The breakfast spread in the rotunda was an elaborate one. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

This again led into more open forest so that they had a glimpse of the spread sea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A dark puddle spread beneath the security guard. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Soon the roof was on fire, and from there the blaze spread to the main house, and the whole thing burned and burned and burned. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In the weeks ahead, as we moved from village to village, we sounded the alarm, spreading warnings as we went. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, it more resembled a giant’s quilt—white, of course, because of the several feet of snow—spread out over an enormous bed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

These appear to have been spread about, out of context, like titanic bric-a-brac, in a manner that would have struck the natives as highly irreverent—Egyptianizing instead of Egyptian. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Honeysuckle spread over the screens of the porch, and its long fingers reached for the trees in the yard. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Similar questions arise whenever one tries to understand the origins and spread of many other aspects of human culture—such as technology, religion, and food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Camp fever” was what everyone called the typhus that spread like fire throughout the ranks of prisoners. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Which goal was more important: supporting Vietnam’s right to independence, or containing the spread of communism? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Miss Wren ran toward them, screaming Althea’s name while the ice that had spread across most of Caul’s body began, very quickly, to recede. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

All of the hope that had sprung there, growing and spreading and yielding like a stream, had dried up in an instant. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The cinnamon was the same color as me, so I pressed my fingers into it and spread some of the powder onto my face, like Mama did with her makeup when she went to church. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“This wick has thinned so much there’s nothing left to hold the fire,” he said, when he finally got the fire to spread around. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

His legs stayed spread and his shoulder kept bumping. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We have now traced how food production arose in a few centers, and how it spread at unequal rates from there to other areas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the purple of the sky spread all the way across to the west, he rowed. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

On her way back to the cottage, laden with newly washed clothes to spread in the sun, the midwife tripped over Walter the Blacksmith’s second-best pig and fell, left leg twisted beneath her. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The food was spread out behind a counter, cafeteria style, and he simply pointed to what he wanted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When she thought of him this way, she was overtaken with guilt, but also with a peculiar, warm sensation that spread upward from her belly until it felt as if her face were glowing pink. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The danger was that sooner or later someone might stumble onto the truth, and the story could spread. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dany followed his eyes, and there the shadow flew, with wings spread wide. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So Ash took out the fairy cloak, which she had impulsively brought with her, and watched Gwen’s eyes widen as the silvery length of it spread out on her bed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She struck the mill-house roof with a crash, spread out her wings, and lay still. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

All that was left were footprints in the sand leading toward the dense forest that spread out beyond the village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But we only had the money for one and I ask you, how do you choose which of your twin sons should go to college and which should take a job spreading tar? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Her claws were spread out and digging into the ice. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed him into the living room, where he spread the papers on the drafting table. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He said our house because a couple of my uncles had built their houses against his until the original house spread into a long house with many of my cousins living in it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My name and unique story as a hijabi fencer had spread quickly throughout the community. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He had curled up like one of his kittens underneath the sweater Hornet had spread over him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The other two are nouns as well as adjectives: epidemic refers to something widespread in a particular community or population, and pandemic to something that has spread to an entire country, continent, or beyond. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had the book open to one spread or another, but she couldn’t see what it was. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I believe we have perhaps chosen you too quickly to be a missionary. What I thought was great potential to spread the word of God turned out to be, well...” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

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

I stood over the hole and spread my legs as far as I could. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then the thing that faced him changed utterly, spreading out to either side as if it opened enormous thin wings, and it writhed, and swelled, and shrank again. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She spread her blue silk shawl open and laid her things in the middle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A patch of blood spreads over her shoulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Obiora had spread a mat and there was room on it, but she sat on the bare cement, resting her head against the railings. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The heat from the rumbling machines warmed our behinds and spread up through our bodies. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were only about twenty feet up, but the gardens and fountains spreading out on all sides made for a spectacular view. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A wide grin spreads across her face, pushing her cheeks up and out. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I blink a couple times and Agent Fiona leans back a little, a big grin spreading across her face. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She brought him, to test his taste, an entire selection, all spread out on an old newspaper. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss laughed at her, a bashful smile spreading over his face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Word had spread that Mrs. Cybulskis had gone into labor, and everyone saw it as a good sign that their First Annual Homecoming Celebration would also be welcoming a new life. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Such complex inventions were usually acquired by borrowing, because they spread more rapidly than they could be independently invented locally. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ob drank his cocoa and looked out the front window while I got the table spread. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, it’s thanks to his vlog and website that news of our paper chain spread so far and wide. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The fire spread far into the countryside, and now the rebels are huddled in the blackened ruins as fitting punishment for their incendiary havoc. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Also, with Rufus lying exposed as he was to new mosquito attacks, the disease could be spread over the plantation and beyond. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the past, agriculture, writing, and improved pre-gun weapons took much longer to spread much greater distances, but the underlying social processes of population replacement and competition were essentially the same. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The countless women he had known on the desert of love and who had spread his seed all along the coast had left no trace in his feelings. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The deep ache spreads through my neck, painful but brief. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Diego busied himself with spreading out a ratty blanket that had been wadded up in the bag with the telescope. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was cold and spread across my stomach like pancake batter. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Lady Marya had won clear too, and a good thing; the fire was spreading over Queen Alysanne and her foes faster than he would have believed possible. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We thus have many different phenomena converging on the same conclusion: that food production spread more readily out of Southwest Asia than in the Americas, and possibly also than in sub-Saharan Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then a wide, wicked grin spread across his face and he bent to tuck his lute safely away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Just as zero punches a hole in the smooth sheet of general relativity, zero smooths and spreads out the sharp point charge of the electron, covering it in a fog. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

"Oh my God. It was . . . just, like—" She spread out all her fingers. "—so awesome." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

New York was another spectrum unto itself, and the great diversity I’d seen at Howard, solely among black people, now spread across a metropolis. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She tipped, spread her flight feathers like fingers, and braced herself against two wires. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

We sat around the table with the serving dishes spread out before us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sure,” I promise, and immediately go out and spread it all over the school. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Asher has his eyes trained on me, a smug grin spreading across his face. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to spread my arms like wings and fly right off that porch and out over the treetops and up into the clouds. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so tables are spread around the room, their smooth green-felt surfaces looking pristine. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch the swans until they start spreading their wings and my heart goes heavy inside my chest. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Peach,” he says, a sneer spreading on his face. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Cutting it fine so the fish oil will spread. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever this beast was, it seemed to ignore all the frozen things and people spread around town. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Now,” Matty told the frog, “don’t be scared. I’m going to spread you out a bit and then carefully cut that dead leg away. It’s the best thing for you.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

They would have thrived, increased in numbers, and gradually spread south to occupy the whole hemisphere. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He spread his arms wide, and his hands were both whole and white and undamaged. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I copied down all the passages about ghosts I could find and spread them over the coffee table, sorted them, and read them each dozens of times. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The virus was designed to slowly weaken in infection rate as it spreads from host to host. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’s why, on the morning of September 22, news spread so quickly that Reggie Shaw had been involved in a bad wreck. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I imagined our things spread out on the lawn tomorrow. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He spread a neat layer of newspapers beneath the head, so that the blood would not drip on the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Civil rights protests were frequently depicted as criminal rather than political in nature, and federal courts were accused of excessive “lenience” toward lawlessness, thereby contributing to the spread of crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what to think,” Natalie said, spreading her hands wide, as if to show how much she didn’t know. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Across his white-enameled helm, the black bat of his House spread its wings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Those who wanted to participate launched mass demonstrations and strikes, which soon spread to the Bophuthatswana civil service. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crows spread over the corn with cries of greed. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I expected to find Fern tummy-down, spread out on the bed and fast asleep after a bout of crying. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The comet's tail spread across the dawn, a red slash that bled above the crags of Dragonstone like a wound in the pink and purple sky. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Snowy gulls hover with wings spread, low enough to touch. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I see a lot of new faces out there tonight. It’s great that you all came down. Looks like my boys are doing a good job spreading the word.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

These were plants, they discovered, taller than they were, with stems as hard and thick as the walls of houses, and leaves that spread out over their heads. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Of a spreading pool of clear liquid with a bare bulb reflected in it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crazy Horse spread out his men, instructing them to stay low and to aim carefully. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It spreads wherever there is no clean water or sanitation. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know,” she said, leaning forward and looking at the deck spread before her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The threat of rebellion spread as the Liberty Boys and other Patriot groups gained followers. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rumours of strange events had by now spread all over the field, but Frodo would only say no doubt everything will be cleared up in the morning. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The mat that was spread out in front of the doorway insisted otherwise. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Then, like a movie that burns in the projector while you’re watching it, a bloom of hot and perfect whiteness spread out before me and swallowed everything. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The tactic lessened the individual dosages, but spread the gas all over the complex. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Gilgamesh had talked about using the water supply to spread the cure. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

There were clusters of freckles on her forearms and wrists, an entire Milky Way spreading across her forehead, even a few sputtering quasars flung into the wormholes of her ears. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Must be over forty families spread in these hills calling themselves Solomon something or other. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The god’s hood fell away and his robes dropped off as he spread his wings, leaving him in only a sleeveless black tunic belted at the waist. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There are twenty-seven in Sarasota County, and one hundred and fifteen in all of Florida, spreading across the state like some untreatable rash. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When Cole finished preparing supper, he spread the at.oow on the small table. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

George settled on a two-page spread about framing your face with makeup. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Of course I would spread them out a little to cover more space. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all in there now waiting to spread out to their respective classrooms, but what I couldn’t help noticing, even in my agony, was that this door was open. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Rit hated the silence that always fell over the cabin afterward—a hush that spread and spread, and the shadows on the walls seemed to deepen. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Naxalite movement spread across the country and struck terror in every bourgeois heart. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Watch out for your mouth,” was all that Pilar Ternera brought out after spreading and picking up the cards three times. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Right, I'll go speak with the sheriff, you go ask the Duchess if she'll spread the word that everyone needs to fight if were going to beat back the approaching horde.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Instead he bit the inside of his cheek to keep from crying, until the sharp, salty taste of blood spread over his tongue. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He spread his long, white fingers in a soothing gesture. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Treated as rubbish now, he lay at last upon a mass of dung before the gates—manure of mules and cows, piled there until fieldhands could spread it on the king’s estate. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m spreading cream cheese on a bagel now. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She made us ham sandwiches—spreading one of the slices of bread with mayonnaise and the other one with mustard. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Welcome, welcome,” said the grandmother, spreading her arms wide. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

They had spread out, and one of the other women was using an ax to chop the wood. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dared not spread his toes, lest the singing never stop. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spread the long row of broken-line graphs out in front of him. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The wind had risen and was whipping up the snow in frozen imitations of dust devils, but the night sky was clear and black, with thousands of stars spread in unfamiliar constellations overhead. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then very slowly, with a slow and marvelous grin spreading all over his face, Grandpa Joe lifted his head and looked straight at Charlie. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

But not ready to spread her germs around. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As night fell the fog flowed down off the glacier and spread out all across the lake, so that he could not see his way, nor where to set his skis. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

A gull poised himself high in the air, silent and alone, and then spread his wings wide and swooped beyond the lawns to the woods and the Happy Valley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Black newspapers, however, worked relentlessly to spread the word far and wide about available war jobs and exhorted their readers to apply. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Prosper got dizzy trying to follow Scipio with his eyes, He heard him laugh out loud, and then suddenly he too felt a strange surge of happiness spread through him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It says that crime is contagious — just as a fashion trend is contagious — that it can start with a broken window and spread to an entire community. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From there, Islam spread through North Africa along the Mediterranean, across to the Iberian Peninsula, and over to France. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

We spread ourselves out, made our presence known to the main instigators. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some took flyers, promising to spread the word. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Outside the tall living room windows, the Inner Harbor spread out below, water gleaming and lights twinkling. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Hacking off afflicted parts did sometimes stop the spread of the disease, Tyrion knew, but not always. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She pointed to her own cheeks, mirroring where his tattoo spread. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He pointed out that the rapidity with which poisons can spread throughout the entire body fitted in with the idea that the blood is continually circulating. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The farm area, where a few workers were still picking their way through the fields, spread across the entire northeast quarter of the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I watched in astonishment as she liberally spread butter over the bread. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Behind it, Battersea Park appeared as a square of dense green bushes and trees that were making a last stand, fighting back the urban spread. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Cahokia’s rise coincided with the spread of maize throughout the eastern half of the United States. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

That peaceful relationship was able to persist because hummingbirds don’t count on us to spread their babies or to offer our bodies for food. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then a banquet table would be spread for her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She feeds me a cup of milky tea and puts me into bed with a hot water bottle and flannelette sheets, and spreads two extra blankets on top. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Rekh would now let him make leaves every day, perhaps allow him to anneal wire, spread solder just so on the boxes, and learn and become skillful. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

As time passed, the bands spread far and wide, pursuing mammoths, mastodons, rhinoceroses and reindeer. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he spreads a tarpaulin out on the ground, underneath the chosen tree, wrapping it around the trunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ruby read every name on the petition, though as she did so no elation spread through her body; she was too tired for that. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju stared at the yellowish-green sauce spreading across the kitchen floor as though she did not know how it had happened. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Down the mountain slopes it lay, spread before them with its green fields, its orchards, its forests, its rivers and lakes, where white sails drifted. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Not even when she spreads around her own happy holiday greetings. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I felt a slow grin spreading across my face. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I spread a napkin out in front of me, then lifted out my Cheetos, apple slices, granola bar, and peanut butter and jelly sandwich and arranged them on the napkin. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She never left her stockings draped over the back of a chair, or her sewing spread out all over the table. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kimberly was taken aback, something wordless spread on her face and then she smiled, and Ifemelu would think of it as the moment they became, truly, friends. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Fine example. However, I’m now going to let you in on a secret about myself which is true. It's a touch embarrassing, so please don't spread it around at breaktime...” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

In New York the boys had been measured for their Olympic outfits, and now Joe found a double-breasted blue serge sports coat and matching blue slacks spread out on his bunk. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Bright red blood bubbled up from just below Chubs’s right shoulder, spreading out over his shirt with hundreds of gliding fingers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I’m lying down on the prayer mat, my hair spread out like a fan under me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

On the other spread the city of Venice—red-tiled roofs, metal church domes, steepled towers, and sun-bleached buildings in all the colors of Valentine candy hearts—red, white, ochre, pink, and orange. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes they flap their wings quickly, and other times they fly without flapping at all. They spread their wings and soar on the wind.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

From there the power was spreading far and wide, and away far east and south there were wars and growing fear. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It spread a bit farther through the Mess than I’d expected. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A numb dampness spread across his lower back, and his head throbbed where it had connected to the ground. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The evening spread itself slowly across the sky. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And then, because a pleasant breeze was blowing, I spread my sheets to dry on some low bushes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long before Sunday came, the news spread all over the county. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Hugh manned the oars opposite me, and behind him, at the bow, sat Emma, her eyes hidden beneath the brim of a sun hat, head bent toward a map spread across her knees. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Of course I do. I just hope it doesn’t spread to Lagos. One really can’t predict these things.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not just the fever spread; word of it spread as well. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, reports about a looming Washington-Rochambeau attack on New York City spread through Clinton’s spy network. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What?” he says, spreading his hands in feigned innocence. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Sleeping bags were spread all over on the floor. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Harry scanned the moving photograph, and a grin spread across his face as he saw all nine of the Weasleys waving furiously at him, standing in front of a large pyramid. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

If the Queen died without an heir, the ash that had blanketed Taninli would spread, sifting into the cracks and corners of the Wood, sinking into the Nir until the river became thick and slow. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Further ahead a blazing fire burns with little pillows spread out around it. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

While he was there, he made the sign of the cross over a kid’s head and they thought he was spreading curses, so they took him prisoner and killed him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I settled back onto my bed, spreading the paper’s narrow pages in front of me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Outside, a soft violet light was spreading out across the eastern hillsides. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spreads his arms, beaming like he’s wrapped in a garment formerly worn by Jesus. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He had a pile of those IEP forms spread out in front of him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bid her he facedown on the mattress while he spread a salve across the angry red welts that covered the backs of her legs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Students spread large sheets of paper on desks and gathered around, eagerly shouting suggestions. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drank the beer slowly and waited to feel it spread from his belly, warming him all over. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Would he have said that he was trying to stop the spread of whatever the hell he thought I stood for? Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And thanks at least in part to those technologies, we’re seeing the tentative spread of democratic institutions in areas that have lived for years under dictatorships or near-dictatorships. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The whole of Long Island Sound spread out to the horizon. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She walked past the dirty curtain at the door and pushed Odenigbo’s cup off the table; a pale liquid spread on the cement floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

That rapid spread preempted opportunities for domesticating those and related species in the Balkans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I should’ve been overjoyed, but I hardly felt anything, just a spreading numbness as the trembling pain of the Feeling receded. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The sound grew in anguish, and it filled the night sky as it spread across the castle grounds, over the walls, even into the Great Square beyond. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And the virus escaped and spread throughout the Yanomami heartland, carried by people who did not know they had been exposed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Bloodstains and tiny bits of gray matter from Lincoln’s brain oozed on to the cream-colored silk fabric, spreading and adding color to the frock’s bright and festive red, yellow, green, and blue floral pattern. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the last ice age, as glaciers and ice sheets spread down from the Arctic, northern flora all over the world naturally tried to escape southwards. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But with the rise and spread of Islam, those holy lands were no longer ruled by Christians. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Rhinestone pieces, spread across the snow, glisten in the glare of the streetlight. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Alphabets of ultimately eastern Mediterranean origin spread throughout all complex societies of Eurasia, from England to Indonesia, except for areas of East Asia where derivatives of the Chinese writing system took hold. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She threw off the spread, put her feet to the floor, and sat gazing at her long legs, startled to find them twenty-six years old. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But word of the work spread, and five hundred union men stormed the park and drove the workers off. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He knew that news would spread and overtake him, making the daylight hours unsafe for traveling. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rub my hands together, spreading out the soap. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

His aggressive companion stopped short: the look of surprise spreading over his face was quickly replaced by displeasure. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

As humans spread around the world, so did their domesticated animals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few years there might be thousands of his progeny spreading out from this original hearthstone. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the whiteness would spread to the rest of me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blood that has spread across the table thickens like cooling wax. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It always began in his chest, a swelling anxiety that blossomed through his veins, gripped his heart, spread up his spine, pressed against his eyes, the pressure often morphing into a migraine. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The warm relief of recognition spreads through me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

By 1652, the year the Dutch arrived at Cape Town with their winter-rain crops of Near Eastern origin, the Xhosa had still not spread beyond the Fish River. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I see my own eyes set into his skull, and I think of my reflection in the fear landscape, how terrified I was, watching his skin spread over mine like a rash. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Carlos asked, a clownish smile spreading across his face. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As January leads me to the pillar, I glance at the little stations spread out along the tables. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She stood with her legs spread wide, her hands on her hips, and her miniature braids pulled back in a ponytail. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There are maps spread across his cot and the one next to his. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

All day long, and the following days too, I squirmed while rumors spread like head lice and the Daniels predicted my downfall. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

The curls of smoke feathered out into the open air, spreading themselves thinner and thinner, until at last they were gone. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blush prickles up the back of my neck and spreads over my entire head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She sets it carefully on top of the heater while I grab the towel we use for bathing and spread it on the bed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The sand in my throat had spread to my eyes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Grandpa spread his right arm wide to indicate the whole store, but I noticed he was mindful of his broke ribs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

News spread so quickly that by late Tuesday morning fifty train cars of provisions had already arrived. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Silence falls between us, but before it spreads and pushes us further apart, I take her hand in mine. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I sat on the lion bench, my skirt spread around me, my hands clasped in my lap, my back straight, and waited for them to see me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

And at the end of their meal there’d be nothing left to clean up, since the cattle would spread their waste exactly where it would do the most good. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We were still ten kilometers from the village when my chronic backache spread to a deep, rock-hard contraction across my lower belly, and I understood with horror that I was in labor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They were all yellow in the sunset that was spreading over the Clouds™. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took Koffi a moment to recognize that what she was seeing slowly spread across the man’s face wasn’t anger now, but amusement. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I had my savings and had never been much trouble, so they must have reasoned it was an opportunity for me to spread my wings and make something of myself. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Hayley and Enrique were asleep off to Moss’s right, both of them curled up with their heads resting on backpacks, a single blanket spread over the two of them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

From some in our group, the word was spreading from seat to seat that I was a Muslim from America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

A generation later, as wheat plants multiplied and spread, the harvest camp might have lasted for five weeks, then six, and finally it became a permanent village. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thin spider web of sweat draped itself over his forehead, spreading into his hair. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he’s spread himself through the air—as molecules of oxygen. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Throughout the Americas, diseases introduced with Europeans spread from tribe to tribe far in advance of the Europeans themselves, killing an estimated 95 percent of the pre-Columbian Native American population. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jeffrey likes if you spread it over his port yourself but don’t forget to warm it up between your hands first so it won’t be cold on his skin. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her wings spread in glorious flight, she looked down on the vast landscape. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Their questions had to be answered, and the news of our leader’s illness swiftly spread through the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chou spreads out our blanket again and lies down. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spread her arms to show how wide. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

My mother spread out an old striped bedspread, which flapped in the wind until nine pairs of shoes weighed it down. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wind pushes through the tear, making it spread like an opening eye. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

In time, the Ionian influence and the experimental method spread to the mainland of Greece, to Italy, to Sicily. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So what’s going to happen if my patches keep spreading and spreading? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A smile spreads across my face when I realize it is sugar! First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they did not run away fast enough; their ships spread the disease to every port they visited. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Brightbill’s yellow fluff had recently changed over to a coat of silky brown feathers, and he spread his feathery wings into the breeze. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I crouched down low, spread my arms and legs high and wide, and gritted my teeth. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the HIV/AIDS epidemic spread around the world, and a wave of fear and superstition with it, Haitians were quickly labeled a “risk group.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I dried myself, changed, combed my hair, and spread out some of my wettest clothing to dry. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He held up his hands, showing me an impossibly complex pattern spread between his fingers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Clarissa glanced to the chairs where I had my dirty T-shirt and jeans spread out like some kind of strange art exhibit. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A sea of faces spread out in front of me, mostly black, but also a number of white, carrying signs and cheering for Bucky’s release. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

But their forces, as vast and well-equipped as they were, were spread far too thin this time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Alec seemed to suddenly harden, a visible change that spread through his body. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I jump up and head for the doorway as fire spreads everywhere. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Europeans presented a way for corn to spread even farther. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He pressed into her side, and she sat up, instinctively, trying to spread herself thinner. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The blood stopped spreading, but he still felt like he had a hot metal curtain rod sticking through his ribs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Once Pacific peoples spread beyond the range of wool-yielding domestic animals and fiber plant crops and hence of woven clothing, they became dependent on pounded bark “cloth” for their clothing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The shivering spread from his arms to his chest. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

We spent the morning spread out all over the place playing different games. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The patches above my eyebrows are spreading down past my temples. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

An older man of some fifty or sixty years walked among the others of our Regiment, offering a compound in a bowl which he spread on muskets as a blessing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He leans over a card table; the edge of their bed, two twin mattresses pushed together under a red and purple batik spread, serves as his chair. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fire has already spread to the trees at an alarming rate. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Pain spreads through my arm—it hurts to hit someone in the teeth—but it was worth it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You can fly it anywhere, with or without a magnetic grid. And it’s the perfect thing for spreading fires. The Rusties sure knew how to make a mess.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She tolerated them fair enough, except for the muddy boots on the furniture and when they spread butter on their bread with their thumbs. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spread his arms wide, as if to hug all of Logan County. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I had spread out part of the Sunday Sun and was trimming the wood down before sanding it. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cut more hay, dug more ditches, dynamited more stumps, and spread more hot, black asphalt on Highway 101. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Debris was spread out in a wide circle. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

This one had not bloomed and its flat spread of leaves was almost hidden under the long grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can spread the resin around the edge of where the faceplate was, then stick something on to cover the hole. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are familiar to us precisely because they also spread into climatically similar adjacent areas of Europe, thence to America and Australia, and became some of the staple crops of temperate-zone agriculture around the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They came to a patch of milkwort—a blue as deep as that of the sky—with long stems creeping through the grass and each minute flower spreading its two upper petals like wings. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I filled it up with the rocks and dirt and stomped the mound down, then gathered leaves and spread them over the dirt. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They no longer spread their hands to compare chilblains. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Hodor knew Bran's favorite place, so he took him to the edge of the pool beneath the great spread of the heart tree, where Lord Eddard used to kneel to pray. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Blood drops hit the water on the boat deck and spread out like exploding red stars. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was also a two-page spread of Hollywood actors modeling Bermuda shorts. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all in their mid-twenties, spread out over the bunks in companionable silence. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

And almost everyone in prison eventually comes out, spreading this hatred. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her blood was black in the moonlight, a deep pool spreading. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They would go out to the veranda and he would push the table aside and spread out the soft rug and lie on his naked back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kat spreads out two wads of dressing as wide as possible so that they will cover the wound. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood at the sink washing dishes as she spread peanut butter on saltine crackers. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Her smile spread wrinkles across her whole face. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She takes off the coat and spreads it across the floor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He unrolled the towel he had used over his eyes, spread it out on the sand, and then laid the folded robe on top of it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Biff spread out the palms of his hands. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Reeds grew thick in the shallows along the banks, and Arya saw a water snake skimming across the surface, ripples spreading out behind it as it went. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The second time he passed before the sun, his black wings spread, and the world darkened. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Soon word spread around the building that someone had spilled gasoline down the trash chute. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The front page was spread over us like a blanket. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The word spread: “There’s a light-skinned guy who plays music on a computer. You’ve never seen anything like it.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Matty wanted to suggest that they stop here and rest, that they spread the blanket and lie down for a while. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

That night, we sat for hours, munching on peanuts, sifting through the pieces spread out on the kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I walk to Claire’s bed, throw back the bottom corner of the spread, and slide my hand beneath the mattress. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see,” I said, shaking out the map and spreading it flat on the table. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

We sit on pillows on the floor with our books and notes spread out. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They were almost finished now, spread open too far, splayed, exposing obscene black centers. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to spread your guts on the floor!” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

In Cleopatra’s day, six cataracts, or waterfalls, carried surging floodwater into Egypt where it overflowed the banks of the Nile and spread out across the plain. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Alex should probably blame some of his queasiness on nerves but chooses to blame it all on this morning’s appalling breakfast spread—what kind of garbage country eats bland beans on white toast for breakfast? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And once he was spread on the mattress, he didn’t move; Daddy said he slept like a stone and a log rolled together. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

But Reverend Thomas shrugged off Sister Monroe’s weakening clutch, pulled out an extra-large white handkerchief and spread it over his nasty little teeth. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, he had set out a little picnic spread. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Soon a rumor started spreading that I was really an undercover assistant principal hired to keep kids in line. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But it also reflects, in the second place, the spread of a new culture, a culture oriented towards progress. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime, James staked out a table next to Maddie’s in the library, his latest code work spread in front of him. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Late that night, Finn sat at the kitchen table, test prep books spread in front of him, steam curling from his fourth cup of tea. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The blood spread across her lifeline, and Jam stared at the painting, at the small red drops she’d tracked along it, past the edge, onto the hardwood floor, bread crumbs leading to her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Dr. Philobosian delivered the baby, whose sex was revealed in the usual manner: by spreading the legs apart and looking. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Judith took a step backward, one hand at her throat, and a wave of scarlet spread from the white collar to her black curls. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

No, he spread the wheat so far and so carefully that the hens couldn’t find some of it at all. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then spreading to the guests who walked on the terrace and strolled across the lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She worked up a sweat even in the autumn chill, riding until her legs were tired, her ankles aching, her arms sore from being spread out like wings guiding her through the dark forest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Her eyes had distance in them; when he looked at her he saw miles spreading into canyons and hills. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A survivor of the brutal pogroms that had spread across Russia over a decade ago, Motke had seen the faces of the dead and broken everywhere he looked—his wife, his friends, his neighbors. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Their headlights bathed the area in glaring light as if a bright cloth had been spread out in the dark. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And there in the spreading chestnut tree were the knife, the dog, the fish, the old woman, the candlestick—all circled by my own hand, shaky with earache, years and years before. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Pottery’s northward spread followed the northward spread of deciduous forest rich in nuts, suggesting that the food explosion was what permitted sedentary living and the pottery explosion. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

From there it spread to Europe, and finally traveled across the sea to North America. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Napoleon was well aware of the bad results that might follow if the real facts of the food situation were known, and he decided to make use of Mr. Whymper to spread a contrary impression. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

If you start sinking, you simply fall backward and spread yourself out as far as you can as you try to pull your legs free. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In the Oval Office, tarps were being spread out on the floor to protect the rug. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He went to the fire and spread the neon embers. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A liquid—urine—was spreading on the floor of the train. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then the planes flew high and needled into the sky that spread above them like a thin fabric. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Suffice it to say, there was a love triangle, and one who, to seek revenge, went spreading tales of having licked a breast. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As usual, he prepared arduously for his encounter with each opponent in the series of tension-filled matches that would eventually spread over six tiring months. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe God intended for me to sleep in that morning, needed me to stay home, as He counted on all of the day’s events spreading out just like He’d planned them. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He spread his arms to take in the shop. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The visible stars appear spread all over the night sky, but are particularly concentrated in one band, which we call the Milky Way. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced to where Maribel lay, curled up in the sleeping bag, her hair spread like a veil over her face, then I turned back to Arturo. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

As word spread, an atmosphere of tension settled over Montgomery. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Joe was isolated in a special room with negative airflow, just in case he did have TB, which can spread in the air and is highly contagious. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Warmth spread from that point throughout his body, calming him, lessening the pain. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Rumor began to spread that he was being poisoned by his new wife. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Even after I reached the stairs and took them two at a time, the gas lamps’ glow lingered in my vision like spreading flames. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The smoke of the cooking fires hung in the evening air, and the setting sun spread its own kind of hazy gold over everything. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I try not to think about how many diseases could spread this way as I dip my spoon into a can of soup. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fire in my ears spread to my neck and cheeks. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They trudged past darter birds on the tops of trees, drying their sodden wings spread out like laundry against the sky. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His Greek books were spread out on the desk; a cigarette burned in a full ashtray. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When the young Dawn spread in the eastern sky her finger tips of rose, the men and dogs went hunting, taking Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But homesickness would often strike them, spreading like a terrible fever; some wasted away out of sadness. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I was afraid the boos for her might spread from the court to the studio. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He spread his palm and watched the grasshopper fly off. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Amazement, then a wide grin spread over his face. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The split spread out and down, his human skin peeling away. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I thought I saw someone moving around one of them, and for a moment, I froze behind a huge spreading tree. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It gives a narrow but disturbing view of the larger phenomenon of the origin and spread of tropical viruses. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It spreads, slow and sodden, loosening her teeth, weighing down her limbs, darkening the scar on her withered chest. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dancing spread like a forest fire, and soon the floor was filled with couples who swayed and dipped around the Gibraltar of a wallflower, Ignatius. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sense of hopelessness spread in my heart like the stains spreading on my skirt. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The schoolteacher, though his true name was Mentor, was sometimes affectionately called “Rosy” by the children because of the crimson birthmark that spread across his face. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

For more than two years, he had been spreading filthy rumors about her evil ways to add to the stories that the Romans already knew. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I force myself toward the shadow of the Serran Range, but every time I reach the end of the battlefield, I feel the lurch and see the bodies spread out before me yet again. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Hema was now completely ablaze, a great fiery heap spreading fast to other parts of the Night Zoo’s grounds. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Smallpox radiated throughout the empire like ink spreading through tissue paper. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He whispered that the blackness would spread and that he would survive only if his leg were amputated. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

So his textbook spread failed to penetrate the skull, in spite of the Teflon-coated load. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Duchess jumped to get it, fell, spread her wings, and sailed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

That sound attracted the attention of its neighbors, and a whisper began to spread throughout the chamber, a moving wave of voices that Kaede realized, with a sinking feeling, she had heard before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When they spread their arms to take a hard turn, she held his hand for a second. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We sat with him behind his desk, looking out the huge windows at the town spread beneath us. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A giant wave spread from one end of her belly to the other, and I heard water gurgling as the baby swam around in her private pool. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A hot, prickly feeling of shame spread from the top of Harry’s head all the way down his body. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He sprang between Ripred and Henry with his arms spread out. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Such people spread a grayness in the air about them. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a zoo, we do for animals what we have done for ourselves with houses: we bring together in a small space what in the wild is spread out. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu said, her voice rising, and then she was sobbing, apologizing to Aunty Uju, her own guilt spreading and sullying her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Thinking of Elizabeth caused a little crack in me, an ache that was spreading, getting longer and wider like a run in a fine-gauge knit. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The magazine was open to a spread showing a model hiding in a tropical forest, dressed in shades of coral, resembling an orchid. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

An ancient fig tree spread its branches over the path, as if welcoming all who wandered by. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Eric spread out his hands, searching for the distance at which the heat was just bearable. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A sense of something tasty about to happen was spreading across the bar and drawing more soldiers in. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Driving up Main Street, past the courthouse and the Ben Franklin store, I sometimes felt the fear spreading inside me like weeds. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground harbored the sunshine and spread warm beneath their feet. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

A quiver of moronic panic spread from one straining brute face to another. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Not counting Holy Week, Sundays, holy days of obligation, first Fridays, retreats, sacrifices, and cyclical impediments, her effective year was reduced to forty-two days that were spread out through a web of purple crosses. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

We felt the idea spreading at Big T’s. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guardians weren’t too keen, saying we’d spread ear infections, but they let us carry on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It spread through him as blood spreads through cloth, saturating his every fiber. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I start kicking at it, and the crack spreads horizontally, and then Radar and I get our fingers inside the crack and start tugging. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mami went on telling about how the movement spread all over the country. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The story, spread over the four separate operas, begins with the theft of a precious Golden Ring from the depths of the River Rhine, which represents indomitable, deathless Germany. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They froze into contorted shapes, with their chest cavities spread wide and their intestines hanging out and dripping red icicles. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little by little it spread across the sky. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Only a few people were on the flats: a man cleaning fish on a flat rock at the water’s edge, a woman spreading clothes on the dirt to dry, a few small children. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I spread them out to dry for an hour or two. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Father started down the steps three at a time, running toward Black Dog, who lay sprawled across the railing, his legs spread out on the steps. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have grown into everywhere, spreading like a new growth over the entire surface, touching and affecting every other kind of life, incorporating ourselves. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was before the spread of instant messaging and Facebook. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But no matter how true he knew that was, he couldn't stop the grin from spreading over his face. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Their eyes grow wide, and smiles spread across their faces. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A brief chill spread up my arms and flame flickered to life along the rough edge of the wood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If that were David, he’d be wild to get those clothes off, but Jason sits there, a dark water spot spread on the front of his navy Red Sox shirt. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop’s made a spread: biscuits and gravy, bacon, eggs, and sweet tea. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A deep, harsh note boomed under the palms, spread through the intricacies of the forest and echoed back from the pink granite of the mountain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The electric lights, the various mechanical pieces spread across the worktable, the shelf of neatly labeled solvents—the tinkerers laboratory is a completely different world than the one I was used to. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Despite the spread of HeLa and the flurry of new research that followed, there were no news stories about the birth of the amazing HeLa cell line and how it might help stop cancer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her purple dress had slipped up over her bony knees, which were spread apart, and I hate to say it, but you could see right up her skirt. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He pulled himself up and out of the truck, his vision blurry and every part of his body feeling like the broken glass that was spread across the highway. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Chrysaor spread his arms, which was fine with Percy since it got the sword point away from his eyes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Most of Alcante’s family has or had extrapulmonary TB, which is much harder to detect until it begins to spread, and then it can be fatal. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The horses dropped their heads, spread their legs a little, and tore ravenously at the green shoots of grass. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The familiar sweet perfume spreading from the fire met their nostrils as they emerged at the top of the stepladder. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Chili peppers, squashes, amaranths, and chenopods are other crops of which different but related species were domesticated in Mesoamerica and South America, since no species was able to spread fast enough to preempt the others. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Last year, the supplies were spread out quite a distance around the Cornucopia, with the most valuable closest to the horn. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Copies of it existed on hundreds of different planets, spread throughout all twenty-seven sectors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His big feet spread wider on the floor. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sausun takes her blanket off and spreads it on the floor. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Sammy started brushing at the stage like it was covered with sand and he was clearing a spot to spread, a blanket. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Drifting arsenic dusts from blueberry lands have spread over neighboring farms, contaminating streams, fatally poisoning bees and cows, and causing human illness. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But Tally was out in the open now, the plains spreading out below her as huge as ever. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

But he wouldn’t let me do anything but stay with him and listen while he advised me on the best ways to spread his message. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned back and spread his arms, taking in the whole bar. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Farmer told me he’d like to hang out at the conference, to meet people and to spread his message about disease and inequality, but he spent less time there than in our hotel room. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We spread out the tablecloth on the floor and loaded up our plates. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia feels it before she hears the applause echoing from the courtyard, the shift that suddenly spreads through the circus like a wave. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But I can see the grin spreading on her face, and I realize that even though she thinks I’m crazy, she has also agreed to help. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

They were the words of the Anansesem, uttered when traveling from village to village to spread the news. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then we all watched as a big grin spread across her face. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Doubts about Livermore’s future spread among the staff. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“See how your evil influence has already spread to your daughter!” exclaimed my uncle. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam had started with a pamphlet about parental neglect, and a slow sadness spread through her as she sat flipping through the pages, past the pictures of sad-eyed children and cold grown-ups. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But don’t have too many or your behind will spread. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the poll concerns an issue about which opinions are changing rapidly, how are the results affected by spreading the poll out over time? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A ripple of clean fresh water spread out from the break, as if all the pollution in the bay were being dissolved. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But now here it was so big and important and spread out. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Naomi pointed out a sunny patch just off the path in the woods, and they spread an old sheet over the pine needles. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It bloomed, spreading down his fingers, and there was more red, and it wouldn’t stop coming. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Corn, beans, and squash may have taken several thousand years to spread from Mesoamerica to the U.S. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The heat spread out from the ndoro a hundred, a thousand times stronger than before. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

"In big family," she said, "everything . . . everybody spread so thin. Thin like paper, you know?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They have baby oil spread on their bodies. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The spread of her hips, so different from mine, looked like a bowl offering up red fruit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Slowly he lifted his hands in the darkness and held them in mid-air, the fingers spread weakly open. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Melisandre, whose madness must not be allowed to spread beyond Dragon- stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As she approached him, he had picked up the foil in his beak and was spreading his wings to fly off. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Around 500 BC the placeholder zero began to appear in Babylonian writings; it naturally spread to the Greek astronomical community. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I spread the brochures out, thinking that they may hold a clue, but no. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

There is a body on the pavement below us; a girl, her arms and legs bent at awkward angles, her hair spread in a fan around her head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The news spread quickly, first to local media, then national, then international. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The fuzzy body rocked, the tail spread to steady it, and the little duck hawk almost sighed as she sank into the leaves, sleeping. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shout, beginning among the factionless and spreading to the Dauntless, rises up from the crowd like we are all parts of one organism, following the commands of a single brain. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“There you are, Arturo. Your father and I have been looking for you,” she said, and began organizing the papers spread all over the place. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There are few educators and child psychologists who don’t believe that the show managed to spread its infectious message well beyond the homes of those who watched the show regularly. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word spread that the church was providing sanctuary. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe her anger at me has spread to the rest of the world. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Uhmma looks up and purses her lips for a second, and then a slow smile spreads across her face, erasing the faint, squinting worry lines between her eyes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I let my eyes follow the smooth white trunk up to the huge spreading limbs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people thought you melted the butter in the pan first to make grilled cheese, then put the sandwich down, but that was wrong because then the butter wouldn’t spread even on the bread. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

As he spread out his arms and fluttered toward the floor, the audience applauded wildly. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Harry took a bite and to his great surprise felt warmth spread suddenly to the tips of his fingers and toes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A sly little smile spread across his lips. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

So the next morning, after breakfast, we spread our maps across my motel room bed and studied the possibilities that were suddenly opened to us. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

By now the word had spread about last night’s altercation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

From a bag of deer tallow, she added a yellow smear of grease and then, forcing Pinch to lie still, she spread the paste on his burns and propped him against a tree. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

All five of them were there: the unicorn, the mermaid, the merman, the sea horse, and the lion, who now spread both his wings as if he'd never lost one. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The chaplain looked down at the open magazine compliantly and saw an editorial spread dealing with an American bomber group in England whose chaplain said prayers in the briefing room before each mission. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

At long, wooden tables folks sit reading or with books spread out, some scribbling down words on pads of paper. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

A drift of gray was leaving the Clouded Mountain, a slowly spreading smudge against the blue sky. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t been easy finding it, with the city spread out like a three-dimensional map right underneath him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Ramps and chutes clatter to the ground, and six- and eight-horse hitches materialize from nowhere, spread out on the dirt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Thank goodness it did not spread to the woods,” said the Abbot, “otherwise all of Mossflower might have gone up in flames.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

My arms, like wings, spread out, but they fail to send me soaring. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Eliza came through the gate as we spread the tablecloth over the line to dry. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wave back, lifting my arm high, spreading my fingers wide. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The bed has a floral spread, and there are unnerving paintings of bunnies on the walls. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Miss Riley escorted me to the principal’s office, and I spread the drawings and equations out on his desk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now little houses, each one like the next, particularly since they try to be different, spread for a mile in all directions. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lefty had sat off a ways on top of his coat, which he had spread over a rock. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The afternoon was hot, and the new freckles across Jethro’s shoulders were nearly lost by mid-afternoon beneath the red bum that spread over them. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I may not have saved it on my page, but somebody saved it and now it’s spreading. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The hoax spread when other newspapers throughout the United States and the world reprinted the articles as if they were true. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He spread them out on the ground near Mona, taking care to avoid the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Ugwu would continue to uncork bottles of beer and Coke silently, while feeling the warm glow of pride spread up from the tips of his toes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She scraped off the butter, cut the bread into thinner slices, and then spread the butter on each smaller piece. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Now that the troop was close to the sleeping cliff, the animals spread out and applied themselves to digging in the soil. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His legs were spread and his arms crossed in a menacing way. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As they plummeted, Jason saw a vast army of monsters spread across the hills - cynocephali, two-headed men, wild centaurs, ogres and others he couldn’t even name - surrounding two tiny islands of demigods. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Between the copse and the brook, the slope was covered with pale lilac lady’s-smocks, each standing separately in the grass, a frail stalk of bloom above a spread of cressy leaves. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pinched my arm viciously, but the soil only spread. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She spread the last bit of milk on the top of his head and across his shirt. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I lie down on a mat that Ma has spread out next to Chou and fall asleep. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My Lord of the New Creation, it is our pleasure to greet you,” said my mother, spreading out her dress and sitting. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Its petals are spread out in the shape of a star. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stood with his legs spread in his Superman stance by the door to the locker room, but twirling his whistle in one hand. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Because you should have just left him there like I told you to. I appreciate you wanting to spread the symbol, but couldn’t you have spray-painted it on the truck?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Fledge glided down, spread out his four legs, closed his wings, and landed cantering. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He has two dozen packets of sunflower seeds spread out on the counter. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I wait in the vestibule, my winter boots dripping onto the spread newspapers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the bedroom, she settled Lexie onto the mattress again and spread the comforter over her and patted her back gently, as if she were a child. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A crack spread in both directions, circling the Empire State Building. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I need to make it spread across his entire face. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pain had gone from being a pointed injury pain to spreading in a hot smear up his leg and it made him catch his breath. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

And sometimes the look spread to include their whole bodies as they leaned away to minimize the possibility of physical contact between the two and their own selves. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He told Nicole to stop rubbing her eye, that she was only going to spread the burn. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Over the spreading canopy of the Oxscinian forest, the clouds rolled through the sky, growing darker and darker with each wave. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There are paintings and framed photographs all over the walls and glass boxes full of pottery and sculptures spread out all over the floor space. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After he swallowed the egg yolks whole, Bull spread a gluttonous helping of Crosse and Blackwell orange marmalade on two pieces of toast and consumed them with as much noise as relish. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This tree looked like an umbrella, held overhead by four trunks that spread out from their common source. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spread of infectious diseases was inevitable, as were bitter arguments among old neighbors who fought over ownership of the land that was left. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Word spread that the President had died, and no one believed the official version that he had committed suicide. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its taut silence had spread to all of them. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A girl listening outside the door heard the clink and spread the word. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around them, women bolted in and out of the kitchen, carried out bowls of qurma, platters of mastawa, loaves of bread, and arranged it all on the sofrah spread on the living-room floor. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, if the patroller himself hadn’t spread the word about me or taken revenge on Alice and her mother, maybe he was dead. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a pair of gloves from Abuela and got onto my hands and knees to help spread the dirt around the base of the floribunda bush. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The moth with unusually dense dorsal tufts spread its wings over both their hearts. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She unfolded her napkin and spread it over the handbag on her lap. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Fig flipped onto his back and stretched his front legs long, toes spread wide. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It spread out from the Lion like a pool. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then blood crept outward in widening circles of pink on the newspapers, spreading quickly now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sank back and watched the stain spread. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Kyle spread out the remaining cookies in his palm: U N F E H A V. He grinned as he deciphered an easy anagram. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Wesley’s Methodism spread like wildfire through England and America because Wesley was shuttling back and forth among hundreds and hundreds of groups, and each group was then taking his message and making it even stickier. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up as the boys entered and spread his arms so that they could see his clothes more clearly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Portia spread out her lips and blew into her saucer of coffee. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A slow grin spread across the man’s face. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He spread his arms wide and dropped his head so he was looking right at me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

For you must know that much is still preserved of ancient lore among the Rulers of the city that is not spread abroad. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Quendy came back from the bathroom and said, “Omigod! Like big thanks to everyone for not telling me that my lesion is like meg completely spreading.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting on the ground with my legs spread in the dirt, holding my head in my hands. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She was not sure how long she sat there before the hen began to squawk loudly and spread its wings to shield the chicks, but they did not run into the shelter quickly enough. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A ladder led up to the top of the wall, and people were climbing up the ladder and spreading down to stand on the walls that separated the two corrals. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

What began as an audacious federal program has spread to every state in the nation and nearly every city. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I spread my arms like a skydiver, giving myself over to it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It stopped and hung in mid-air, hovering like a helicopter, hovering over the factory and over the very town itself which lay spread out below them like a picture postcard! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I begin to fold back the spread from the corner of the mattress, but a thought stops me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The new climate was ideal for Middle Eastern wheat and other cereals, which multiplied and spread. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was brought to his residence, the log cabin in the middle of a well-kept lawn that spread across the roof of a one hundred nineteen-story building. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The foyer spreads out like the base of an hourglass—open and round—and a gilded balcony juts out overhead. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

With its five arms spread out against the rock to which the abalone is fastened, it holds the shell with its suckers, and then begins to lift itself. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like Riker’s Kidnapping Club times a thousand and spread across the Americas. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I spread the blanket on top of the woodpile and climbed up on it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

In this light I spread the evening paper out on the polished hardwood floor and rest on my knees and elbows, reading the comics. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His immune system couldn't fight the bacteria spreading through his bloodstream and ravaging his body. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

That was the year that pogroms had spread across the Russian Empire, the year my father and mother had realized our time in Europe was limited. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hastily he spread a scrap of clean linen over the mold and hurried across the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

As the fire spread, his coat sleeves burned away, and his arms began to scale from the heat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Here and there the still surface of the water dimpled, and bright rings spread noiselessly and vanished. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the Age of Sugar, when slavery was more brutal than ever before, the idea that all humans are equal began to spread—toppling kings, overturning governments, transforming the entire world. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He walked in an arc around the books and papers spread on the floor, before standing in front of the bookshelves. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It spread quickly, and two boys who were sleeping in the home died from smoke asphyxiation. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

From perspective painting, the new mathematical learning spread to cartography. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She glanced in surprise at Omakayas, trapped, and then unable to hide her amusement, a big grin spread over Mama’s face. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I would make up the stories, he would tell a few people, then together we would watch them spread like a fire in a field. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A short time before three o’clock the rumor spread that the official train would not arrive until the following day. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

That night at my house, I pulled the sleeping bag out of the closet and spread it on the floor. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

A single hawk, its wingtips spread like black fingers, kited over the school, and suddenly I saw something: a gift. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Nina remembered their last real day together, the elation they’d felt when they’d crested a steep hill and seen the port town spread out below. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Soon, she knew, he was going to eat something, spread crumbs across her kitchen. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They spread out over the twenty acres of floor space; they roam from room to room to room to room to room. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally, it's not an ideal way to grow crops, because it spreads disease: Human waste has pathogens in it that, you guessed it, infect humans. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its long, slender legs were stuck out at odd angles where it had fallen and its mane was spread pearly-white on the dark leaves. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Half the fleet was spread out before him, running hard for the fishing grounds at dusk and throwing wide silver wakes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You people are spread all over the place. Cats, on the other hand, keep ourselves together. If you see what I mean.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She winced as I unbuckled the vest and gently spread it open. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Its similar to what we’ve seen in the South with the Negro, where the plague often fails to spread widely within populations of colored peoples.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

His group was spread all over Oakland, and despite them not living all that far away from one another, their lives hadn’t intersected as much as he wanted over the summer. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Those qualities allowed it to spread and grow until it worked its way into every corner of our lives—and every cell in our bodies. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I cut two slices of hard bread and spread some apple butter on top of them. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He felt the chill of her secrecy, numbing him, like a poison spreading quickly through his veins. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We passed the country club golf course, the biggest spread of green grass until the next golf course in the next town. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

It will be like the ripples that spread out on the surface of a pond when a stone is thrown in. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed mesmerized by the group, a huge grin spread across her face. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Dad jumps from the moving truck, hits the ground hard and rolls, then runs back toward the brushfire, which has spread wider and grown taller. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We spread a sheet of newspaper between us on the kitchen table and started shelling them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The black storm-pattern blanket was spread open across the gray flagstone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or a toddler asleep on a wrapper spread over a battered sofa. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Such nice little girls, he thought, warmth spreading through his stomach. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment, Isa was in the dungeon practicing her violin and Jessie was perched at the top of the basement stairs, a new experiment spread out before her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We both gived a yell, and Ma reached down to get her frock with her right hand and, spreading the fingers on her left hand, she put ’em ’crost her chest. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Tally’s heart pounded fiercely, her blood spreading unexpected warmth throughout her body. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The anxiety stretched out inside him as if preparing for a long haul, spreading from his chest up into his head and down through his torso. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After Galileo applied the telescope to astronomy and news of his discoveries spread, Kepler developed his ideas about optics to explain how the telescope works. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I spread out my blanket for her to sit on, and she made appreciative noises over the food as we set about eating. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The organism remains viable in the soil for years and therefore be comes to all intents and purposes permanently established, increasing in effectiveness, and being continuously spread by natural agencies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

A blue heron stood perched on an old bleached tire, and when she saw us she spread her wings and flew away, more pterodactyl than bird. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ton-Ton described the city so thoroughly, he seemed to have a map spread out in his mind. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nat laid aside Moore, and spread the logarithmic tables he was making. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The debris spreads to fill the full cometary orbit. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss America probably gets a full spread with candlelight and flowers on the table and real fancy china to eat her food on. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Throughout the nation, as the news spreads, Abraham Lincoln’s worst fears are being realized. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then in through the double-doors he marched, black tail-coat and all, spreading his arms wide as he ushered in a great flock of ladies. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

One circle of fairies spread their arms, and fragments of glass skittered together, took the form of a pair of fairies, and came back to life. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She spread her wings menacingly and let out her most ferocious caw. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And then the warmth got other ideas and started spreading into places a girl like Desdemona didn’t allow it to go, and she broke off the stare and turned away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Word about this cure spread far and wide, and sometimes patients would walk for miles to get treatment from the wonderful white woman-doctor. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The earliest farming communities there in the seventh millennium B.C. utilized wheat, barley, and other crops that had been previously domesticated in the Fertile Crescent and that evidently spread to the Indus Valley through Iran. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A woven grass mat was spread on the ground before it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was a warm, spreading feeling, entirely new. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Leon was buoyant today and his mood had spread throughout the class. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind god grinned and spread his hands. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He comes straight to my bed and pulls away the sheet that’s spread over me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

From nowhere now a form appears like spreading ink. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our cots at either end of the room were sway-backed beneath their pink and brown cotton spreads. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking off my coat, I spread it over her body. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though it was not Monday, some woman had spread out a washing on the bushes and stumps by her house. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spread her arms wide and threw back her head and closed her eyes and gave every impression of thoroughly enjoying herself. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He sorted through the limp pages and spread out those that answered to their location. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Chuck was in the group, and when he saw Thomas and the others he ran over, a look of excitement spread across his face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Her pink lips spread outward into a wide smile around her wet knuckles. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I sat in the kitchen with August, June, and Rosaleen while the night spread out around the house. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In epidemics, the messenger matters: messengers are what make something spread. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” Tayo said, feeling the hollow spread from his stomach to his chest, his heart echoing in his ears. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Little water snakes slipped down to the rocks and then gently entered the water and swam along through the pool, their heads held up like little periscopes and a tiny wake spreading behind them. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just that morning word had spread that Greece was sending a fleet of ships to evacuate refugees. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Endless night was spread over its melancholy people. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yakov bit his lower lip, staring down at the spread of cards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If radioactive fallout started spreading through the sky, it would be Hall’s job to help evacuate people from local farms and villages. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay with his arms spread wide, gulping at the air, unable to speak or breathe. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

From the high battlements of the gatehouse, the whole world spread out below them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In that case, however, conquistadores contributed nothing directly to the societies’ destruction; Eurasian germs, spreading in advance, did everything. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He swears the only reason God spared his life twice is so that he could spread the word about the illness, as if nobody knew what it was. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was on the phone with one of his teammates, spreading the word about a team project. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

As they conquered lands around the Mediterranean Sea, they spread word of how to grow, mill, and refine the sweet reed. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Or, worst of all, when she and Julie spread a rumor at school that Soojin’s parents served dog meat at their downtown Milwaukee restaurant, Park Avenue Deli. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

We spread out the blanket and lay on our stomachs, with our heads near the edge so we could look into the grass. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Binders were never quite sure what to do with it—to incorporate it as a fold-out page, or as a two-page spread. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The war in Vietnam spread to Cambodia when the United States bombed Cambodia’s borders to try to destroy the North Vietnamese bases. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crosses his arms over his chest and spreads his legs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

These attacks are spreading throughout the Twelve Towns!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Moss watched her face light up in excitement; he dropped his hand, and she spread her own out in front of her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As the nation baked under the unrelenting sun, and violence spread along the docks and waterfronts of the West, the national political dialogue also grew heated that summer. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The hair fell over her shoulders and spread out over her body like the hair of Botticelli’s Venus. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A numb dampness spread across his lower back, and his head throbbed where it had connected to the ground. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

All around him, men leaped to their duties, spreading sails, bracing the yards. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it slowed to normal, he felt a pain growing inside, a pain spreading through his body, pressing from within. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the opposite extreme was its slow spread along north-south axes: at less than 0.5 miles per year, from Mexico northward to the U.S. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

However, when we find evidence that the same wild ancestor was domesticated independently in different areas, we infer that the crop spread too slowly to preempt its domestication elsewhere. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Papa spread blankets around our shoulders and Sarah unpacked a bag of cheese and bread and jam. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

Jane and Michael and Mary Poppins spread the crumbs in a circle on the ground, and presently, one by one at first, and then in twos and threes, the birds came down from St. Paul’s. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The parade of famous visitors spreading the farm’s renown made the place into a symbol of colored uplift—and a target. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The word had spread after our last launch that our big new rockets were potentially dangerous to spectators. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The wounds at his neck had not yet clotted, which made him seem animate even in death, the blood still spreading out across his shirt. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some farming populations make it even easier for their own fecal bacteria and worms to infect new victims, by gathering their feces and urine and spreading them as fertilizer on the fields where people work. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath the spread branches of the oaks the plants grew pale and tall, and on the hills the feed was smooth and thick. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The GIs were spread on other planes and me and Peewee talked a lieutenant into putting us both on a flight to Fort Ord, in California. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My science homework was still spread out on the small desk by the window. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see how,” he replied, spreading his arms wide. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My lips spread to a smile imagining Melissa’s surprise as I introduce Kristi into our group. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next step in the spread of sugar came through a university that was the crossroads of all the world’s knowledge. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

In front of him was a broad green field at least half a mile wide, spreading eastward. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And us,” he mumbles, taking out his bedroll and spreading it under the leafless tree. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Tremonton started to receive a heavy dose of Mormons, spreading out from Salt Lake City. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“See that you stick closer to town. We don’t need the influenza spreading to the outskirts.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“How old you?” asked the old cook with crescent-shaped eyes and night spreading his two front teeth. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Stand like this,” he told her, spreading his feet wider. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When Krete was out of sight astern, no land anywhere to be seen, but sky and ocean, Kronion put a dark cloud in the zenith over the ship, and gloom spread on the sea. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walks over to the chair, takes the sleeping bag, and spreads it over the damp pine floor, then lies down. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Dukes and earls had rich rugs spread on the grass before their tents, with their shields hung up on display. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I poked my finger along under the fold that was fastened down, spread it open, and read it. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She takes the back of my arm in one hand and runs the other over the blue patch that’s spreading beneath my skin. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then over these they put two more bundles, spreading out the stalks to make a little roof and shelter the five bundles from dew and rain. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

This seepage had continued to spread and had further contaminated an area of unknown extent. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The young kids openly resented their parents’ dawdling in the Store and Uncle Willie would call them in and spread among them bits of sweet peanut patties that had been broken in shipping. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was planning to talk to him about my project and hoped to see his slow smile spread across his face, the one reserved for when he’s especially pleased about something. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“After your mama cooks this,” he said, “tell her to take the marrow out, spread it on a piece of bread with pepper, salt, and make a nice samwish for you.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We're going to spread out in a line across the island-" "-we're going forward from this end-" "-until we find you." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The light was just enough to keep them from stumbling, but not enough to spread any cheer. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Saturday we're up early: The Watchtower and Awake! in our hands, we walk like sleepy soldiers through Nicholtown, ringing bells, knocking on doors, spreading the good news of something better coming. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Anyway in Iran when you go to someone’s house, they put out a spread with tea and sweets on a rug, and you sit together and the host should offer you the best stuff. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Rumors spread that the soldiers made Pa a prisoner on a faraway mountain and tortured him every day. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s standing in front of the big open windows now, three racks of ribs spread out on pans on the counter in front of him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As in Africa, in the Americas the spread of native crops and domestic animals was slowed by constricted skies and environmental barriers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I spread my fingers and my hand looked like a yellowbacks bumblebee, bright yellow with black stripes. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

And then the warm wetness began to spread through my hair with alarming speed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon, they lay spread out, sunbathing in front of the library, reading Swift or Engels or Beckett. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told us to spread word of the sale, and we did. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Panic spread from coast to coast: was it possible that the satellite was mapping the United States, with the intent of locking down targets for missile-delivered hydrogen bombs? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

All of the forts were spread across Brooklyn Heights. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sharp, pungent cheese that crumbled when she bit into it, and there was a soft, creamy one that she spread over the bread. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could this be some ploy of Griff’s, false reports deliberately spread? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When the universe begins to expand, it won’t be spreading out to fill a larger emptiness. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Obinze stood by the sink holding his phone, that drained lassitude spreading over him again. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A fissure spread across the center of the room, coming straight toward Leo and Hazel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Why was the spread of crops from the Fertile Crescent so rapid? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

While Anya put away the items she had purchased at the market, Ash unsealed the letter, spreading it out on the kitchen table. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

High above them she stalled out and fell, landing in a treetop, her wings spread across leaves and twigs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The plague spread to every house, infecting schools and factories, so that no one felt secure. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a little puddle of mud spreading in the dust where his tongue was resting. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Who knows how this cracked plague is spreading. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

If I were an indfgena guest, they would spread an estera of woven grass on the ground and offer me a seat there. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a photo album spread open on the bed, filled with pictures of us when we were babies. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you start spreading dissension, Mary Anne. I want Dad’s homecoming to be absolutely perfect.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The news of the wonderful pig spread clear up into the hills, and farmers came rattling down in buggies and buckboards, to stand hour after hour at Wilbur’s pen admiring the miraculous animal. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The men stamped out their cigarettes and spread slowly into a semicircle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Sixteen different teams were spread out around the country. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

District 2 is a large district, as one might expect, composed of a series of villages spread across the mountains. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When I go in to give the evidence, the chambers are spread out before me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

"Or spread the word that there's bread and turnips on the Wall, and they'll go of their own accord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I felt the blankness of the hospital sheets spread over me, covering my world with white. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Queen’s words rang in Con’s ears, and he felt a chill spreading over his skin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mammoths had flourished for millions of years over most of the northern hemisphere, but as Homo sapiens spread—first over Eurasia and then over North America—the mammoths retreated. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When typhus broke out in the camp, it quickly spread. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sensation inside me grows warmer and spreads out from my chest, down through my body, out along my arms and legs, to the tips of my being. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Now it was just Father and I, alone in the house. And then . . . and then . Crouch’s head rolled on his neck, and an insane grin spread across his face. “My master came for me. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The news spread from the prison as fast as it had spread from cell to cell: The rebels had attacked instead of running. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was spread out, chaotic, hard to move around. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed and spread peanut butter on half the apple. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

After the leftovers are stored in the fridge and the dishes washed, the four of us wander into Didu's room and spread ourselves across the floor. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A thin wake spread like a giant V behind the departing creature until it became a silhouetted speck, finally disappearing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The basement smelled like moonshine, and not a little of its vapors spread through the house. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It is spread before us like the pages of an open book in which we can read why the land is what it is, and why we should preserve its integrity. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She spreads her arms as if they were wings. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I stifle another cough and a horror feeling spreads out from my gut into the rest of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A genuine look of surprise and agreement spread across his face. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

A simple example is the spread of muskets among New Zealand’s Maori tribes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“So is yours,” he said, his eyes dancing around, a grin spreading across his face. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, her mother, guilt-stricken by her absence from the family, would be spreading anxiety and confusion all about her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The rise of farming was a very gradual affair spread over centuries and millennia. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who stood the best chance of contracting TB, which was usually spread by the infected person coughing or sneezing, lived in crowded peasant huts, urban slums, shantytowns, prisons, or homeless shelters. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I join Lola on the couch and spread a blanket across our laps. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

By the time we got to King Hill, word had spread everywhere. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, two other groups dug trenches and cleared brush on the hillside, hoping to contain the fire’s spread. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Word spread around the room and pretty soon everybody was laughing. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

This hole has spread around me like a cancer. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The risk of such an exodus increases as China’s economy soars, North Korea’s sinks, and word spreads that life is better in China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A rivet's current was a tricky thing, and the wildfire was not spreading as evenly as he had hoped. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tanisha is up out of her seat now too, her long arms spread wide like eagle wings. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

More stones fell; more cracks spread up the walls. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Both chubby arms spread wide, one foot planted on my big toe, she laughed in her tiny voice. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z