Somehow, in its silent, dormant stage, this living being was slowly and miraculously turning itself into a butterfly, though she had yet to figure out the exact moment of transformation. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At that instant the dinghy lit up like a movie stage— Luno had found us with his spotlight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The anthem plays, and my throat tightens with revulsion as President Snow takes the stage. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the first stage, a small number of well-trained volunteers would break selected laws in a handful of urban areas. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still at the stage where I did not question anything she said. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Most of the company were, however, now in a tolerant mood, at that delightful stage which they called ‘filling up the corners’. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Carbon bulbs were so dim that nobody thought you could light a stage that way. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a performance-quality piano on the stage—with really loud speakers hooked up to it. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The girl tribute from District 1, looking provocative in a see-through gold gown, steps up the center of the stage to join Caesar for her interview. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I dropped my voice to a stage whisper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Four immense two-story buildings were rising in various stages of construction. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get you up on that stage so you can show us what you got.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

As the jury members straggled in, they were not clowning around or tap-dancing on the stage as jurors usually did. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Their eyes were like footlights, and she was right in the very middle of the stage. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Okay, time to come out to the folks," he says, and hustles out onto the stage. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Jonas could see them applauding dutifully as the Nines, one by one, wheeled their new bicycles, each with its gleaming name tag attached to the back, from the stage. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What we have here, my good comrades in arms,” said Jess grandly, “is stage one of our anti-battering-ram scheme, thanks to my small offspring here who found the hornets’ nest.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her name was Carrie Nation, and although she was a member of the WCTU, she spent years staging a one-woman crusade against liquor and those who sold it and drank it. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Lord yes. We went to the Latin Quarter, the Copacabana, and The Pajama Game. That was the first stage show we’d ever seen and we were right disappointed in it. Are they all like that?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The whole landscape—beach and headland and sea and rock—quavered in front of my eyes like a stage backcloth. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Recording a creature’s movements, behavior, or stages of development—as Maria did—meant long hours watching, paints in hand, and the ability to sketch quickly when something happened. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He chewed and swallowed busily, copying the rest of the squad, but it was like eating a banquet of nothing, or like a dinner-party on the stage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not taking my chances again,” Njemile said, ripping down a poster about the stages of grief. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When this stage is reached, shivering ceases as the body just gives up and apathy takes over. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was almost obsessed with finding an opportunity to perform her music on stage. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In five, four, three, two . . .” He points at the man at center stage. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I spoke to you for the first time when I was eighteen, on the stage of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, when I introduced my mother as the nominee for president. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

What is actually going on in those stages, as an exclusive disease of animals transforms itself into an exclusive disease of humans? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They believe it so deeply that if that ever really were the case—and he said here’s the stage, here’s the bare bulb—they wouldn’t question it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Don’t know the manners of good society, eh?” he says to the character of the busybody, Mrs. Mountchessington, who has insulted him before exiting the stage. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s what is said to actors before they go on stage,” said Mr. Gregory. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

This stage setting turned out to be unnecessary. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the only black guy up in there, and he was acting like he was on stage. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She actually waved, like she was on stage or something. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she ascends the stage to accept her award, she feels “like a movie star getting her Academy Award.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

This did not mean that they killed themselves, but rather that they had reached a stage where they simply no longer cared whether they lived or died. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they did, I saw Daddy, Tanisha, and her mom rushing to the foot of the stage, with Pop Pop wobbling behind them. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I decided to ask Mr. Partridge if I can learn the stage lights. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“If I ever do get married,” Tariq said, “they’ll have to make room for three on the wedding stage. Me, the bride, and the guy holding the gun to my head.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

We are sitting on the floor in a circle, and Mr. Morrison asks us to open the circle so we can make a stage area at the front of the room. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The stage was set for the first and most sensational face-off of the Cold War era in the United States. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She changed into a scrub suit in the van, ran across the lawn, and entered the staging area. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the penguins had their first rehearsal on a real stage. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The second stage was envisioned as mass defiance, accompanied by strikes and industrial actions across the country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the battle began, what had seemed perfectly clear-cut in the planning stage quickly turned murky. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The entire back of the stage is gone, and through the dust, I can barely make out the prone forms of four Masks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The stage was set for one of the most important events of the prewar period. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Elsewhere, the students have tangible advantages—better theaters, bigger stages, parents who buy them private voice lessons and put them in expensive theater camps. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It took me ten full seconds, as we threaded the crowd past the stage, to recognize it as a bear. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“This act is mostly your idea, Jones. You sure you wanna see her get a chance on the stage?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after my floor routine, when I came down off the stage, she came over and high-fived me, still smiling. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Some stars may be surrounded by millions of lifeless and rocky worldlets, planetary systems frozen at some early stage in their evolution. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julia found me there and pulled me like a balky sheep to the stage entrance. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Just as an embryo retraces much of the human evolutionary past, so budding artists reinvent the first stages of art. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hardly believe it was me, Melba Pattillo, sitting on a stage in that elegant gold room with its stately place in America’s history. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The Thunder” I attribute to a strong baritone and a great deal of stage training at an early age. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping that Neville would assist me with the first stage of the operation,” he said, “and I am sure he will perform it admirably.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I can’t think about him today, when I have to focus on making it through stage one. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There's this peaceful smile on her lips, and I think that maybe it's like she's in the movie herself, now sitting at the dinner table, now running around on the stage with the kids. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sad lute music began again as the sky on the stage lightened. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another tarp covered a Level 3 staging area, where the men changed in and out of their space suits. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one very brief second, he considered walking off the stage and out of the match forever. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Fischer appeared on stage at Laugardalshöll to sign his score sheet. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Down at the bottom, sitting on a block of stone in the middle of the stage, the god Apollo hunched over a ukulele, plucking out a mournful tune. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

An Assistant Chief Inspector, Harry Taylor, speculated that the assassins had not rushed from the ballroom among the crowd, but had kept running past the stage and escaped on 165th Street. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entire crowd was now focused on the man on the stage. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In one respect, they matched each other precisely, Kamen observed: “They shared a common drive to be center stage.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A police spokesman said that it was too early to comment at this stage in their investigations, but that significant leads are being followed. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The agent’s telling him that if he handles this just right, this crisis could propel him to the national stage. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They fieldstripped Spassky’s chair, x-rayed it, took scrapings of all the surroundings, and even examined the air on the stage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the prisoners were released, the NWP staged a huge mass meeting in Washington, DC, to honor the women who had served time in jail. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to get into a big discussion about Ruth at that stage, so I just agreed with him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you need inspiration! The stage hasn’t been properly set. You call this a spectacle, Ephialtes? Let me show you how it’s done.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They have, for the first stages, two men to ride and lead their spare horses—four in all, so as not to excite curiosity. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He was standing on stage again, accepting the envelope and a handshake from Principal Lawrence. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Therefore the storm at the end may seem a very big stage, set for a very small drama. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malik is a perfect gentleman as he crosses the stage with Millie on his arm. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I was going to say, “Thank you, ma’am,” but it seemed like talking was wrong what with all these wonderful sounds were coming from the people on the stage. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Each year, the United States issues about 70,000 patents, only a few of which ultimately reach the stage of commercial production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The lot itself was full of tents, with a large stage in the middle surrounded by lights, two large speakers, and a microphone stand. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There was a gap of about ten minutes before another talented musician was called onto the stage to sing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Beneath them, spanning the breadth of the stage, were eight demonstration boards, where the moves of the games were to be displayed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He said he hadn’t kept me out of the public school for all these years just to see me corrupted on a stage. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The walk to the stage takes too little time. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Matthew was nowhere to be seen, no doubt standing as close to the stage as he could manage. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Be-tween the thick ankle cuffs, dragging heavily as he made his way slowly from the stage, was a chain. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone rustles coats and programs while the flute players thump up onto the stage, passing the singers as they find their chairs in the audience. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

My approach was not ideological, but it was biased in favor of socialism, which I saw as the most advanced stage of economic life then evolved by man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So if we could determine how many primordial black holes there are now, we would learn a lot about the very early stages of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stage thus set, he then turned upon his non-white victims his weapons of war. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m not quite sure how to show it on stage.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Others are in the stage of laboratory testing. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The stage was half the size of the Globe's, which drove us to distraction. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The girl got through her song, but she rushed off the stage near tears. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Typically, each stage of the simulation eliminates one or more of the factions, but in your case, only two have been ruled out.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Dad waved to him and then pushed his way steadily forward up onto the stage until he was standing next to him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beautiful boy by the stage is forgotten as I turn to Keenan. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The round head just rolled out into the center of the stage near where Red stood and he looked down at it with a puzzled expression on his face. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d spent time in jail and been accused of murder, yet he was such a brilliant actor that every time he appeared on stage, the audiences would go wild. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A red velvet curtain covered the stage, and on either side was a small wooden door. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Although he had reached a high stage of self-discipline and bore his last wound well, he now felt as if these ordinary people were his brothers. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

But enough so I could make a good show of it on stage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I test this theory out on Isabelle: that our job is to constantly re-create the stage setting in which women can act out. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the United States canceled the tests, it would lose technological ground to the Soviets; if it staged them, the nation would “lose the confidence of the Free World as the champion of peace.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

By the time we get down there, the only open spots are right in front of the stage. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He walked to the space at the front of the stage and began the ritual that always opened the ceremony. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was late when Threpe and I took the stage, and we weren’t the only ones worse for drink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All they can do now is watch as the second two teams head to the stage for their session under the lights. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Oh! To hear him!” cried my sister, with a clap of her hands and a scream together,—which was her next stage. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Fox picked confetti out of Seven’s curls and flitted around the tent behind the stage they had erected for the Gran’s speech. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The cop gave his lines right and Francie picked up her cues happily and the stage directions were the smiles between the spoken lines. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her potion already resembled the “smooth, black currant-colored liquid” mentioned as the ideal halfway stage. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was something up on the back wall behind the ruined stage. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Simon Bass had informed me that, because many considered the world of the theatre immoral, women were forbidden by law to act upon the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Until the crane arrived, that is — a colossal arm reached out of the sky to stage a resurrection. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said it with a conspiratorial stage whisper. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When Ignatius bellowed, it flapped from Darlene’s arm to the stage and squawking, hopping, dashed for Ignatius’ head. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m all done. It will hurt a little tomorrow and may bleed a bit during the scabbing stage, but you should be fine.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He wore a frown behind his cigar, as though the stunning lighting effects had been “created” by a stage director whose taste he considered more or less suspect. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

So what made Iceland the ideal country to stage the Fischer–Spassky match? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once they’d gotten the party started, they’d fan out to form a semicircle around the stage with a gap in the back for Hitler to enter. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We are at the earliest stages of our radio search for other civilizations in space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a nearby stage, a woman sings “Funiculi Funicula” to a background of mandolins and guitars. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A pair of stage "twins"--who turned out to be the girls in yellow--did a baby act in costume and champagne was served in glasses bigger than finger bowls. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Which is harder than it should be, because the stage lights suddenly make him uncomfortably aware of how fresh and handsome Henry looks for the cameras. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The lesson for our first rehearsal is how to walk across the stage like models. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But many came to the stage accompanied by another child beaming with pride to receive a little brother or sister, the way Jonas had when he was about to be a Five. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The play is at the Eaton’s Auditorium; the stage has blue curtains with black velvet horizontal stripes on them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The stage is vast, the lighting is dramatic, the extras are innumerable, and the budget for special effects is absolutely unlimited. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The army of assembled reporters and photographers flocked around both players as they left the stage, but both hurried out of the theater, declining to give any statements. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His instructors gave him preferred treatment at every stage in order to push him along quickly and be rid of him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

On the stage, to the left, are those who are to be salvaged: two Handmaids, one Wife. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the blue light only a few men’s heads are visible, some alone facing the stage, a few like Mr. Go with a companion riding them: those peroxide equestriennes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There is not much talking between us anymore, not at this stage. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t swish like Renee, but at least I don’t trip over my gown and go tumbling off the stage into the front row. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, someone approaches a microphone that I hadn’t noticed was on the stage. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

His deep voice echoes across the dance stages, as commanding as a soldier’s. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I took off my legs and gently lowered them to the floor at the side of the stage. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Yet he climbs steadily onto the stage and takes his place. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He knew that he sat, paralyzed, while Lydia and Travis stood, whooped, and tugged him out of his chair, pushing him toward the stage. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I slowly became aware that I was back on the polished stage inside Isihlangu. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The river was at its flood stage and swollen with muddy waters and debris, and so as I crossed the narrow, wooden bridge my attention was drawn to the raging waters. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to bolt from the club, but realized that it would be wiser to wait until the woman had finished and left the stage. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, if nicotine sulphate is applied before rather than after the apple blossoms turn pink one of the important predators is spared, probably because it is still in the egg stage. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Coraline stood up, and walked up the wooden steps to the stage. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“But still, I will try. She is in the wings now, waiting for her cue. Let us set the stage for her arrival ” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They even staged a little pile of books on the bench next to him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Both words, at today’s stage of their evolution, can be taken together to mean, literally, everything in the universe. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their teachers looked at the stage, shook their heads and left, closing the doors behind them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch as Hannah trips across the stage, falling not once but twice. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Some players rushed onto the stage and tried to lift the joyful Petrosian to their shoulders, but they were stopped by officials. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I search for the exit doorway in the back of the auditorium, but the stage lights blind me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Momma and Brent were to the side of the stage, and Arletta Paisley stood right next to my mom. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It would have been better if the living room conjured on Truman’s ancient stage were composed of pieces from Stickley or Herman Miller, but where was Volpe going to find those? Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In response it caws again and spreads its large wings, taking flight and swooping toward the stage, gaining speed as it approaches. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They'd stood on stages in front of big crowds and were learning to absorb the anxiety and controversy that came with having a father, maybe especially a black father, in public life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He had a colorless translucence about him that made him seem as if he were in the earliest stages of progressive invisibility. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pointing to Cambodia on the map, he explained that communist forces were using this territory to store supplies and stage attacks in South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of rallies were staged in North Carolina during the 1960s, drawing as few as 100 to as many as 3,000 curious and generally appreciative participants. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But when Act II started, my mind floated up to the stage and, like a ghost, went through the painted set into the dark corner where we’d hidden the rats. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Ebola destroys the brain more thoroughly than does Marburg, and Ebola victims often go into epileptic convulsions during the final stage. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the empty stage, the Prophet, the Mahdi, Fard Muhammad, stands behind the podium. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The good news, according to the board, was that the National Park Service hoped that some of the trees would stage a natural recovery over time. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I did not recall him stuttering on stage, but he did so now. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the play takes place at their pretend kitchen table and sometimes, we're in their pretend living room but in real life we're just in folding chairs, sitting on the Kingdom Hall stage. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I careened back behind the stage and around to the men’s dressing room. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The family in the other half of Santa’s double house was beginning to stage what sounded like a riot. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A row of folding tables had been set up in front of the auditorium stage. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of me in a poufy gown, gliding across a stage like I own it is ludicrous. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

"The usual method," Mr. Pope said, "is to pay your penny and stand in front of the stage." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The blinding shine of the stage lights if you catch one in the eye. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She combined images of its egg, larval stage, its pupa, and the butterfly or moth that “crept from” the chrysalis or cocoon. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Every time she comes off that stage, she throws me a smile and a high five. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

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

The best anyone thought Smith could hope for was for Seabiscuit to somehow stay reasonably close to War Admiral in the early stages of the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh my God, no wonder Mom has been telling me I've been going through a “funky stage” since I was ten. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

More specifically, it addresses only the final stage in the evolution of complex societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lit the two small lanterns near the stage and lifted Sinbad from the wall. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her stage name would be Dimple the Dazzling. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

One day word came that the authorities had decided not to demolish all of Alexandra at one go, but in stages. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up on the stage, a raised platform slid out, along with two large wooden structures. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Once he gets wound up in the pulpit he seems unwilling to give up center stage. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We straightened up the stage as best we could. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the stage, a brass band struck up an oompah-pah waltz. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I pretend the third one went off on a fantastic journey somewhere, but I know better because I’ve read all about the nestling stage and I know how tough life can be for baby birds. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

There was a stage at the front of the auditorium. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“This is also information you may need later in stage one. So, watch me.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Families congratulated the performers at the front of the stage. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Headmaster Jansen, for those very kind words of introduction,” said Mr. Tushman, standing behind the podium on the stage as he talked into the microphone. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I slipped into the seat, nodded to both Noah and Ethan, and waited for Sandy's first appearance on stage. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Good call because my knees are trembling as I walk across the stage, spotlight in my eyes and a buzzing in my ears. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The stage makeup enlarged her eyes; enormous and hazel, they fixed on him and did not waver. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

A sturdy-built man in white trousers and a bright red coat took command of the stage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She dissected a frog and raised its eggs, recording each stage. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Just before the scene, I thought about Sam, and I thought that if I touched her in that way on stage and meant it, it would be cheap. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, spying me, the group races off ahead of us, amid stage whispers of “It’s him!” and “Link’s here!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Parents and other relatives took up the right and left sides of the auditorium stage. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have a stage, but we had power. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I see Gale pulling her off me and watch myself mount the stage. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Howard received a trophy, then Pollard came up to the stage to receive a commemorative whip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl and the boy hid in a cave, and the hungry creatures ran on by, leaping off the stage and into the crowd. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

My sister stepped out onto the stage and I dropped into a seat near the rear of the auditorium. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

A large crowd had gathered around the stage at the far end of the fairgrounds to hear what the band had in store for them this year. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She took her place on the stage, closed her eyes, and began to sing, “with one part of my mind waiting apprehensively for the voice of doom upstairs.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

This part of the Farm was at an early stage in the growing cycle. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They blazed brighter than any sun, and a giant flare exploded silently just above the stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Each may consume several hundred aphids before the ceaseless turning of the cycle of its life brings the time when it will spin a white silken cocoon in which to pass the pupal stage. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“You need to see this on stage, Mr. Hoodhood. It’s playing at the Festival Theater on Valentine’s Day. Go see it.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the first stage of the experiment, he gave them just basic information about Kidd. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He lowered his voice to a stage whisper. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her hair has staged a full-scale rebellion and more of it has escaped her mangled braid than remains tucked inside. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As an army of workers cleared the stage, unhooking power cords, removing instruments and equipment, Armpit and Ginny were unsure of what they were supposed to do or where they were supposed to go. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Fischer rushed through the backstage corridor onto the subtly flower-bedecked stage and was greeted by the polite applause of an audience of twenty-three hundred. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he got near the front of the stage he stopped and shone the flashlight onto an empty seat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The woman organizing the event saw Candice and her mother as they walked up, and quickly rushed them over to the stage. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At one audition, a boy with a great voice and big stage presence tries for a part. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Now, standing here on this stage, I know it is. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And unlike Dad’s shows, where enthusiastic fans jumped the stage and then dive- bombed into the crowd, there was always a wall between the audience and me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children sat with their groups until they went, one by one, to the stage. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I left the stage, students came up to thank me for the talk, ask questions, and take pictures. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There’s one last empty seat at the other end of the stage, and I head straight for it. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I see Dylan near the end of the stage and take the spot next to him. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I shrug and step out slowly, feeling like I’m on a stage. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

That night, on the stage before the Training Center, we bubble our way through a list of questions. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the waters below, their young, the dragonfly nymphs, or naiads, prey on the aquatic stages of mosquitoes and other insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he thrust his fists toward us, and when he opened his hands they were glistening with stage blood. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

On the stage, Hawley banged his gavel to bring the crowd back to order. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He stepped to the center of the stage and began his narration. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When half a dozen new players trooped out upon the stage, my heart sank into my shoes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

So there they are, three classic preconditions of a plane crash, the same three that set the stage for Avianca 052: a minor technical malfunction; bad weather; and a tired pilot. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Ho hum. If you are going to stage one of your hysterical scenes, I shall have to return to the living room. As a matter of fact, I think I will.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just to get a feel for the stage—because as far as we were concerned, we were going to be on that stage performing in a few weeks. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I didn't tell my parents when she'd cut school to go to the beach, or that she once missed an entire Aerosmith concert because she passed out from drinking before the band took the stage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

We wrap up our stage practice at Convention Hall, and Miss New Jersey announces, “I hope everyone packed their swimsuits! It’s pool time!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And they piled out and filed in the stage entrance. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had emerged from the sea with the speed and the impossibility of a huge stage illusion. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

One flag headquarters was behind the glass door and the other on stage right. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vincent tells Theo there are three stages of love: first, not loving and not being loved; second, loving and not being loved; third loving and being loved. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Booth limps off the stage “with a motion,” observes one spectator, “like the hopping of a bull frog.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The second stage was introduced as a change, by common consent Sir Grummore stumped off to one end of the clearing, while King Pellinore plodded off to the other. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his right, Pierre, with a startled look, rose from his seat and moved to the stage. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Most annoyingly, her objections were not mere perversity: at this stage the embarrassing fact came out that my recollection of the water content of Rosy’s DNA samples could not be right. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

As the Singer moved toward the stage, the folds of the robe glistened in the torchlight; the colors of the threaded scenes glowed in their subtlety. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach into my backpack for my prop and walk down the aisle to the stage. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The Pentagon was in the earliest stages of planning for a war game that they were calling Millennium Challenge ’02. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I thought there was a touch of the stage villain here—the gaunt figure, the black coat, the lurid lips. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

An illustration showingjohn Wilkes Booth on the stage of Ford’s Theatre immediately after he shot the president. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Or, to put it more positively, when a writer wants to negate an unfamiliar proposition, she should unveil the negation in two stages: 1. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

My breath quickens, and I’m frozen there on the stage even as the audience stops applauding and the man calls for the next poet to come up. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Kids mob the front row, cheering and calling for me to stage dive. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

To hasten a cure the community constructed a stage and musicians were hired to play soothing dance music so that the dancers might slowly waltz themselves back to good spiritual health. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But at no stage did he ever approach the status of a great butler. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to get to stand on the same stage that Vanessa Williams was crowned on. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They heard footsteps—someone was crossing the stage on the other side of the heavy curtain. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I finally did, I dreamt of dancing on the stage at the Academy of Music. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first they thought of staging the concert in the small public park directly across the street from Constitution Hall. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“Therefore each stage of initiation is intended to prepare you in a different way. The first stage is primarily physical; the second, primarily emotional; the third, primarily mental.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Johnny went into one of his dances on the little platform that he pretended was a stage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As much as I love my Pop Pop, I can’t imagine both of us walking all wobbly legged on that stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Only my years of stage training kept me from gaping openly at his sudden drop. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The anthem's playing yet again and we rise as President Snow himself takes the stage followed by a little girl carrying a cushion that holds the crown. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He backed away and moved over to stage right, where someone had set up a table and a few microphones. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

The heel of my shoe catches in a tiny crack in the stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

However, humans appeared on the stage at just this critical juncture and pushed the brittle ecosystem into the abyss. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes a few strides, sliding across the stage in feathered mules. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“My name is Paul, and I’m the stage manager.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The little girl smiled and bowed and turned to leave the stage with the doll. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They possessed a sense of kinetics that translated to the stage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And I still think Harry was a good choice for that stage in my life. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Something like that. Anyway, they stage this dance outside the town limits to get around the law.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

In the Miss America pageant, the contestants have to prance around the stage in swimsuits. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Despite lingering feelings of fatigue from the aftereffects of the infection and malaria, Roosevelt walked confidently onto the stage. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I could hang out on the curtained stage and peek through the opening at the cute boys. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I'll never know because just as he's opening his mouth to continue, Haymitch plummets off the stage and knocks himself unconscious. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But it didn’t feel right being up there without Aly, so I motioned for her to come up on stage with me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

You only have six minutes, my mother says, and no, you can't get up and walk across the stage to make your point. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Who knows how many quarrels, false accusations, unnecessary dismissals, how many promising careers cut short can be attributed to a butler's slovenliness at the stage of drawing up the staff plan? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Several hundred bats and humans sat on elevated bleachers that rose up around a central stage. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Repeating a name or an indefinite noun can confuse readers by making them think that someone new has walked onto the stage. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, after nearly half an hour, Winnie was brought onto the stage with me, quite cross that she had been lost. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, without missing a beat, he adds, But seriously, what if my voice cracks and everyone throws tomatoes and then they pull me off the stage with an old-timey hook?? Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

In every comer of the workshop, axes and saws split fresh timber as the woodshop boys made sets and stage scenery. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

A raised circular stage thrust out from the wall opposite the curving mahogany bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ernest Lawrence, a Nobel laureate and the intimate friend of statesmen and millionaires, suffered a sudden bout of stage fright at his first meeting with a US president. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t rush the stage and risk exposure. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I wish she had lived long enough to be here, watching from the stage. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I always wanted to win and here on the world stage, I wanted to taste Olympic glory more than I ever had in my life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Indeed, he had performed it, fully staged before an audience at Ford’s Theatre. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood next to him and looked at his face but he was watching the stage. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lights dim, and a youthful figure wearing a simple dress and horn-rimmed glasses takes center stage. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

As soon as my foot touched the stage the room hushed to a murmur. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He watches the man upon the stage with a steady, scrutinizing gaze that never wavers through the entire duration of the performance. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She pried herself loose from the bar before the bartender could stop her and came over to Ignatius, who was huddled against the stage as if it were a warm stove. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In response, the girl unbuttons her puffed-sleeve jacket and drops it unceremoniously on the stage by her feet. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

White drug users and dealers are rarely arrested, and when they are, they are treated more favorably at every stage of the criminal justice process, including plea bargaining and sentencing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then and there she renounced all other ambitions and went back to her first love, the stage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the second half of summer, and the amateur falconers in Camelot were bringing their peregrines to the last stages of their training. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing between the stage and the audience were Fruit of Islam guards. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the last stages of Nanny’s sleep, she dreamed of voices. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

That moment will begin when I walk across that stage today, diploma in hand, ready to start my new life at Crest Lake surrounded by meadows of sunflowers and rhythms of peace. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The disaster, whatever it was, that cleared the dinosaurs from the world stage removed the pressure on the mammals. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl was then pulled with difficulty from the stage, dragged across the dirt courtyard, and forced into the back of the wagon that Polly leaned on. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, maybe not. I don’t think my dad has stage fright either. He’s just a different kind of artist.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

With a wink for me, he walks up to the stage, shaking his head like he can’t quite believe it. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Naw, Miss Carrie, we didn’t see no Shakespeare. But we seen a stage play. The main actress shore was a looker.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She walked up the steps to the stage to scattered applause, each step purposeful. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Talk about pandemonium, we had it on stage and behind stage and all over that school auditorium! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Usually, they just paraded Diko around the stage a few times, so this was a break from the routine. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was built in stages in the second and third centuries a.d. atop a deep, 300-foot cave created by a lava tube that may have represented the place where human- kind emerged onto the earth. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now that the flock has cleared, I can see Cal Price, the stage manager, stationed at a desk between the curtains. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

So June and I had to turn on the stage lights while we cleaned up. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

This is the final stage of your journey. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And at this stage we begin to forget that there ever was a time when we lacked the seventh sense. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was far from Ketterdam’s ports, well outside the patrol of the harbor watch, with no buildings or hidden coves from which to stage an ambush. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was a signal for a new stage, a new level of engagement. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There’s a big black curtain hanging across the back of the stage. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Fischer signed his score sheet, made a helpless gesture as if to say “What am I supposed to do now?” and left the stage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had been astounded at the stage he’d built, and it hadn’t been an act. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Inside, the audience surges toward the stage, chanting all the while that Booth must be caught and killed immediately. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

One of the newcomers shoved the lectern across the stage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Most important for our purposes, she staged spectacular pageants at Fontainebleau, Chenonceau and other grand chateaux she had had constructed along Italian lines. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

As yet in the experimental stage, but nonetheless interesting, is the initial success in attracting male mosquitoes to playback recordings of the flight sound of the female. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Booth continued rushing through the wings of the stage and down the passageway leading to the back door that opened to the alley. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could describe every second of those eleven minutes on stage, every move, every jump. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Ms. Parker calls the trumpeters to the stage. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She told us about the detective who lived on the third floor and the nice woman down the hall named Bella who was a stage magician, while Audrey brushed Nana’s hair. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A needle placed in the small of her back has removed all sensation from her waist to her knees, and given her a blistering headache in the final stages of the delivery. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Electronic computing had moved from the wings of aeronautical research to the main stage. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Armpit held Ginny’s hand as they walked across the stage, but it was hard to say who was helping whom this time. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

But none of those involved with the group at that early stage could have predicted how far Fuller would push that mandate. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He said it was in the very early stages of the illness, and that the germ had done no damage to the lung. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Overhead, complicated lights line the ceiling, ready to obey the stage director. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A graveyard was already starting to be used and a new church building was in the planning stages. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then the moment on the stage, when he had looked out and seen the same phenomenon in the faces of the crowd. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The professor opens his mouth, but before he can speak, a low growl comes from the rear of the stage. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They stood there facing each other and for a second I thought they had reached that stage of intoxication where silliness gives way to melancholy and self-pity. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

When Fischer returned to the stage, thirty-five minutes had elapsed on his clock. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Of Ariel the Fairy, flying high in the air, across the stage of the Festival Theater, his legs splayed out as though he really was flying. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She wished she was a famous writer already, and didn’t have to go through the unfamous stage. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing that is about to take place on that stage is going to be good. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Moss picked up his chair and flung it toward the back of the stage, fury coursing through his veins. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Shaking, I slink down, get my slide, and slither off the side of the stage and hide behind the riser legs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

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

In fact, she refused to go on the stage unless the penguins were put away. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Center stage, a bag of Lay’s had spilled its guts and a halo of chip crud decorated the dirty carpet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My father was a stage actor, six feet tall and slightly stoop shouldered. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matty slipped into a group that had gathered and was standing nearest to the platform, a simple wooden structure like a stage that was used for many occasions when the people came together. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

They went to a vaudeville stage show, visited the tomb of an unknown soldier from the Great War, and took in a light opera. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The stage was dark for a moment, and silent; then suddenly, with a burst of golden light and an orchestral overture from the CD player behind the curtain, Angel stepped onto the stage. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something secret was happening in our house and it had reached a serious stage before I knew it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I definitely didn’t want to stain my stage outfit. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

After they had secured the virgin, the four boys stood round her, discussing the next stage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would stride to the stage and command their attention. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she walked onto the stage, she was so nervous the podium shook when she touched it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

At first, the video showed just a man talking on a stage in front of a bunch of people. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately the Attendant is providing the wrong kind of spectacle, because the shambler lurches off the stage and after the trio in the aisle. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

His eyes flick upward, hazy and hot, and unmistakably lock with Alex’s at the edge of the stage, smiling broad and messy. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We were in a blue room with tons of throw pillows on the floor and a small round stage with a pole in the center. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Harry Hawk still stands center stage, his head turned toward Booth, wondering why in the world he would intrude on the performance. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Apple jelly, not frankincense or myrrh, spilled across the stage. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Away from the concert stage she valued her privacy and preferred a quiet family life. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

And even if Washington somehow prevailed, the Olympic trials to follow in Princeton would reset the stage. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The final stage of this evolution is represented by the major, long-established epidemic diseases confined to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He did show nervousness before a game, as certain great actors show stage fright before a demanding performance, but this state of anxiety shouldn’t be confused with fear. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Other people move up to the stage, and soon the place is packed. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Everything you do in our culture, you are preparing for the next stage. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stands perfectly still in the center of the stage, patiently, as though she has expected such a reaction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Fischer, spying the chess table, galumphed to the center of the stage and immediately lifted the white queen, testing its weight. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Truman stage was small and primitive, the fly space above it nonexistent. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Since September she had been a performer— unique and outrageous—on the high school stage. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Inside I found things long forgotten: my mother fitting words together for a song, diction for the stage, three recipes for tea to calm nerves and promote sleep, finger scales for the lute. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We all spill into the giant auditorium, where there’s a huge stage and screen in the front. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The torches were covered, save those near the stage, bringing darkness to the hall. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then the picture broke away and returned to a sound stage, where a reporter began droning. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was now time for the final stage of the plan. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The giant shadow of Abiyoyo was stomping around the back of the stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing on my stage? You’re interrupting my rehearsal.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A small crowd had already formed in front of a podium and stage outside City Hall by the time they reached downtown. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At this stage Bragg had blown his top and, with his blood pressure all too high, returned home presumably to tell his wife about the latest antics of their problem child. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Keeping wild animals as pets, and taming them, constitute an initial stage in domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Through technological advances in communication our planet is in the final stages of being bound up at a breakneck pace into a single global society. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billed as “the finest building of its kind in Oklahoma,” the theater had Greek columns and murals and a necklace of lights around the stage. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“And Lillian, every young girl, once she steps upon a Broadway stage, enjoys the thrill of being an actress.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If I couldn’t manage to speak English, which I’m fluent in, on a stage, how would I possibly make out Arabic words in my pathetic accent? Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Being on stage scared us and some of the boys began to back down. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this stage Francis’ interest began to perk up, and at increasing frequencies he would look up from his calculations to glance at the model. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

That was how he could see the progress of the lizard drone as it moved the rest of the way up the stairs and onto a part of the stage completely cloaked in darkness. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I sang a song on stage by myself, I was totally in charge. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was a vast stage without scenery, inviting him to run across, easily seen in the blazing illumination, easily caught, easily shot down. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He solicitously helped her arrange her paper and ink before returning to the stage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In a stage whisper, the old man asked, “Whyever is she blue?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But when I walked onto the stage, all of my worries flew from my mind. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t get down to where the stage was set up, but she had made her way to the tall fence where people had hung photos and flowers and stuffed animals. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He was at that fun stage, wanting to try new things and constantly asking “What’s that?” and saying the most hilarious things. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nivea hoped that the successive and unpleasant stages of growth would bring her daughter a few imperfections, but nothing of the sort occurred. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ones who should have been on the stage in her place. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

This is not the roomy stage before the Training Center but the narrow terrace in front of the president’s mansion. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He walked over and threw an arm around my shoulders, flashing a wide grin at the others on the stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mark could actually hear the man’s footsteps as he reached the bottom of the room and climbed a set of stairs onto the stage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He judged each step, deciding when to pour the juice from one kettle to another, when it was ready for the next stage. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

And, anyway, how could he get in touch with Alan Blunt or Mrs. Jones at this late stage? Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I think I’d prefer self- immolation, on a stage perhaps, with all my paintings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Photos of bowls in every size in various stages of development, then the final photo of the piece broken and glued together. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Outside, the now-empty first stage fell away, eventually to crash on some unknown area of the planet below. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there’s silence while a grand piano rolls out onto center stage by itself. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

William Withers, the orchestra leader, stands between Booth and the stage door. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The parking lot there had become a staging ground for evacuations. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The eastern Cape was the only region where we succeeded in reaching the second stage and where a strong resistance movement emerged in the countryside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chandresh pauses, still looking at the girl on the stage who, while comparatively elegant, does not appear particularly unusual. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Goedart inspired Maria by portraying all stages of a single species of butterfly on the same page. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was getting to the perfect stage of meltiness, where the sugar and caffeine came together in a glorious adrenaline spiral. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I heard a psychologist on a radio talk show once describe the four stages of grief. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, a special platform has been constructed at the bottom of the stage for the families of the dead tributes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

On stage a few minutes later, Leslie Groves handed Oppenheimer a scroll— a certificate of thanks from the government to Oppenheimer and the Los Alamos staff. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d run to the stage door and huddled on the stoop outside, hyperventilating into my hands. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shoved it into my hands and dashed for the doorway, tripped himself up in his hem, recovered, hoisted the skirts in a very unladylike fashion, and burst through the curtain onto the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The security guards stopped, and when I looked up, I saw Wilfrido had plucked my sign from his post on the stage. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I heard of other fights being staged between other black boys, and each time I heard those plans falling from the lips of the white men in the factory I eased out of earshot. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tai walks over to the edge of the stage and sits down. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the same way, the early unconscious stages of crop evolution from wild plants consisted of plants evolving in ways that attracted humans to eat and disperse their fruit without yet intentionally growing them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The stage was against the far side of the barn, and staggered across the enormous dance floor between it and the doors were four huge cages on raised platforms. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A year ago, he had been with Stannis in King's Landing when King Robert staged a tourney for Prince Joffrey's name day. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My mom stands at the edge of the stage with her microphone dangling from her fingers. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I sat in the front row, facing a low platform that served as the stage. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Dancers filled the stage, delicately moving with the music, filling the room with magic. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of having a distracting orchestra pit in front of the stage, he instructed his designers to hide the musicians underneath it and had their sound waft up into the auditorium. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much setup required, so I planted my hands on the stage and pushed myself up. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

This picture of a hot early stage of the universe was first put forward by the scientist George Gamow in a famous paper written in 1948 with a student of his, Ralph Alpher. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crosses the stage and descends to the main floor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They just had a flaming row about it and have entered the “oh, my sweet Putti” and “darling Kerli” stage of reconciliation. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Gesturing to the short-haired woman to raise the curtain, he strode to the exact center of the stage and took elaborate bows as the curtain came up. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The stagehand appears at the back door, visibly distressed about the possibility of missing an all- important stage cue. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

A group of locals formed "The Mockingbird Players of Monroeville" to present a stage version of the story. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She came to the stage, looking beautiful in a white silk blazer. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

After a little more singing, a lady came out on the stage and announced a special surprise. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The streetlights made the scene look artificial, like a stage set. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The signal was then transmitted to two giant screens on the stage. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want her taking the stage until the audience had worked itself into a frenzy. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

And what accounts for the failure of Aboriginal Australians to pass beyond the stage of hunter-gatherers with stone tools? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He takes center stage, clears his throat, and smoothly launches into his rhyme. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next, he grandly marches to the lip of the stage and says, “Maestro, if you please?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I’m too stunned to even react, my feet rooted to the stage. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the middle stage of a grueling distance race, Seabiscuit had broken the half-mile world record by two seconds, the equivalent of more than thirteen lengths. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With this, we were off to an explosive developmental stage in which great varieties of respiring life, including the multicellular forms, became feasible. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crew experienced weightlessness for several seconds, then were pressed back into their couches as the next stage began. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In an improvised “dressing room” behind the stage we lead actors sat on folding chairs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Malcolm refused to see the impossibility of the white man conceding secession from the United States; at this stage in his career he contended it was the only solution. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the prayers end and the doors open the Bells hit center stage and the curtain opens up on the afternoon pick-up game in the gym at the county recreation center. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

At the ceremony, standing on the stage to receive her Assignment, she had not been able to see her parents' faces in the crowd. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Like actors on a stage, new CIA agents posted to the Soviet Union played carefully crafted roles. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We had a brand-new brick school now, and a brand-new Confederate flag out there on the stage. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Tibe evidently was going to press Karhide’s claim to that region: precisely the kind of action which, on any other world at this stage of civilization, would lead to war. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Theoretical differences amongst those fighting against oppression is a luxury we cannot afford at this stage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a stage scream; someone was truly terrified. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I was only in the thinking stage for this one, but it was going to be about my daddy’s secret sister. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Cassandra said we had about a dozen, in various stages of ripeness. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She’d been keeping an eye on them in a pavilion of the guildhall as they took shape in stages, day by day, until finally becoming the crafts she had seen in the faranji couple’s dreams. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Lot’s nerve began to collapse at this stage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I built the cable company, in the early stages, I was making deals where I would have been bankrupt if I hadn’t pulled it off. I had confidence that I could make it work.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Four huge screens hung above the stage, rotating flashing psychedelic images, but about halfway through the song I just closed my eyes and leaned back, pounding the killer rhythms on my gut. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was only a matter of time before Ava implemented the next stage of her scheme. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I remembered about old logs and all the sleeping stages of insects that are in it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled back the curtain and let me precede him onto the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The typical commercial jetliner—at this point in its stage of development—is about as dependable as a toaster. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He announced his intentions by staging a ceremony of his own. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

With a few of my colleagues in the league, I even went so far as breaking up CP meetings by storming the stage, tearing up signs, and capturing the microphone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t have taken much for him to be able to play Caliban on the Festival Theater stage. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The elevation gave it the dignity of a stage and everything that happened there took on the aura and significance of performance. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a smell on that stage, thick and reeking of tension something awful. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Ruth, perhaps seeing danger, said to me quickly in a stage whisper: “Not a word!” and smiled again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

An old man at one of the tables clapped feebly, and Ignatius peered over the rim of the stage and saw that the proprietress was gone. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I waited to see how fine everything was, I watched the theater fill up through this little hole in the stage wings. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The quiet urban scene was a carefully staged KGB setup. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now that they are on stage, he switches to a definite noun phrase: the herons head. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was transforming into some gruesome, slithering stage of weird. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Flap-Jackeroos started playing on the newly cleaned stage around noon. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was staged a great transformation in the world, and when ’twas done, nothing would be as it had been; and nor could I be. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“He got wasted,” Mom interjected, poking her head out the stage door. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt she was helping her son; he felt she was simply being a pushy stage mother. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

Their faces were twisted hideously as they grunted their way to the stage and began spooning the mushroom soup into their mouths. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. But of course she had only called up forty-nine to the stage. Then she apologized to the audience.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sleepily he tried to reckon the times and stages of their journey, but his memory was drowsy and uncertain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

My father’s life and its stages of personal metamorphosis and enlightenment documented in this text stand as a confirmation of how one can, through witness and transformation, ultimately claim one’s own divine path. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“While the third circle provides a comfortable privacy for young lovers, its view of the stage leaves a little to be desired. I didn’t know you played.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“My name is Adam Costello,” I explain in a stage whisper, “and I have a fever of a hundred and four, as well as an ongoing syndrome that makes digesting anything living hell.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The squeal of feedback from the microphones at center stage pulled their attention away from each other. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the perpetual gloom that prevailed behind the stage, I could see a faint light issuing through the crack at the bottom of the door. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

New Twelves were called to the stage individually and their attributes described. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"An even more effective medication is now in the developmental stage." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The brunette from earlier, Becky, is called to the stage and she performs Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Behavior: Singers on stage are expected to act in a certain way. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

There were no crowds, no ordinary citizens, only the Council of Guardians: twelve men who sat facing her across a long table at the foot of the stage. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than lend his presence to the occasion, Adams had taken the four o’clock stage out of town that morning in order to rejoin Abigail. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You have a poem also, Alexander? Well, this is one delightful surprise after another, children! Let’s hear it, then. Beowulf, come here next to me, and let your brother have the stage.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he’d already been drinking and was in the friendly stage of intoxication. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The damp, moldy smell beneath the stage threatens to choke me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Adams correctly regarded the five-hundred-mile trek back to Quincy as his final exit from the public stage. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

This stage lasted around three days, and then the fever suddenly broke and the patient seemed to recover. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

When the shutter was closed and it had been lit by electricity the room had more the appearance of a setting on the stage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The drama sponsor, a woman named Joan Mott, a “very nice person” and his colleague on the English faculty, was staging a scene and blocking the actors. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It should rush quickly past the initial stages of euphoria and mania. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were two chairs on stage: the infamous Hot Seat itself—painted red with flames running up the legs—and an ordinary chair for the host, Kevin. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I’m standing behind the stage curtain, waiting for my turn to practice my evening-wear modeling. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Instead, he headed up to sit on the stage with the officers and handed the leftover agendas to the person he sat next to. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And next thing I know, Mrs. Walton’s heels are click-clacking their way over to the grand piano below the stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I did not believe that guerrilla warfare was a viable option at that stage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Scatcherd herds the three of them off the stage toward a table covered with forms, Carmine’s dark head on the woman’s shoulder. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We stood together, our trio at the corner of the stage, and listened as a steel guitar started off the first song. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I was watching everyone else get summoned to the stage to audition for the roles they’d signed up for, but I wasn't hearing my name. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

By the time the sun reached center stage, a punctuation mark in the cloud-lined sky, I was miles into the woods. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But Mrs. Hawkins took control right away, moving the group quickly up to the stage, placing the little ones in front and the taller ones in the back. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As the cannoneer started for me again, his cue was spoken on the stage: "Go, bid the soldiers shoot." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he thought that the two cameras hidden in burlap-covered towers might be distracting when he began to play, and the towers themselves, looming over the stage like medieval battering rams, were disconcerting. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I turn around at the other end of the stage, Dale whistles again. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You can ditch us. Cal’s getting demoted back to stage manager.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was going up on the stage when the magician called for volunteers. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were satisfied that all of the building’s inside surfaces had been scoured, they moved on to the final stage, the gas. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked through the little hole in the stage wings again. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Whether disguised as Ben Franklin or a lowly drummer boy, he always acted a role in the elaborately staged pageants which he wrote and directed. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle was thrilled to see his two friends be the first ones called to the stage. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

In October he trained a second time, as a radioman, and was sent to a staging area on the North Island of New Zealand as part of the Second Marine Division. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The family sat through a long-winded commencement address delivered by Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole, and then Billie snapped pictures of a grinning Chris traversing the stage to receive his diploma. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom steps out from the wing closest to the audience on the other side of the stage. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“At this stage of the game, it shouldn’t make much difference, Aunty.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Only twice did I share the stage with our Hamlet, Mr. Burbage, and then only to work out where I was to move and on what line. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Goldman played Friar Laurence, and winked at me once from the stage. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I’d seen it off-Broadway and loved it so much that I went to see it again when it hit the big stage. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She also got a music school to set up a stage outside, where our band and chorus would hold a winter concert dress rehearsal. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

At the same exact time someone banged a drum one terrible boom, and a flash of red and yellow powder exploded and popped and hissed all ’long the front of the stage. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Throw these out on the stage,” she whispered. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

After staging a false “burial at sea” to throw the press off the trail, Booth’s body was buried in a simple crate in an unmarked grave at the Old Arsenal Penitentiary. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when Hirohito ran over, I said, “That was really neat” Sister Pat pushed us to the stage and we marched out before all those people. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the far side of the stage, I think I see one. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

They shuffled back across the staging area to the airlock door that led to Level 4. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

West Riding, scarcely five miles from the Royal City, was known far and wide as the staging ground for the Royal Hunt — and hunting season had already begun. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Dauntless decided to spare him until the next stage. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We eventually clap and Mrs. Clawson takes the stage to thank her and offer her a bouquet of flowers. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“A few days after I injected them with the compound, they reverted to an adolescent stage.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Instead Booth would have to cross under the stage and emerge on the other side. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gunthrie stood, perhaps to haul Miles off the stage, but Miles slipped away at the last second and made his way down the aisle. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

At the ballet, in operas, on the concert stage, lilting, driving, whirling, tiptoeing, leaping, gliding, jumping, gyrating and twirling, Russian music can’t get enough of it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I just have to stand there, at center stage, soaking up the applause. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The other three of us look at our food in silence, until Ren takes the stage. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It’s a relief when one of the ten or so men on the stage orders us to stand and start singing, because the folding chair is torturing my overworked back. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like two invisible puppeteers, standing stage left and stage right, were yanking on strings to lift up the corners of her mouth. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Once that stage was over, I began slowly to explain to her what I’d been up to—Mr. Pignati and John and me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The student body watched with glee as Leon’s stooges tried to scotch-tape the posters to the wall at the rear of the stage. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crashed through a curtain at the side of the stage and kept going, into more darkness. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

On the stage, Mr. Shakespeare gave the cue in his hollow ghost's voice: "Adieu, adieu, adieu. Remember me." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Massari was the first of many Truman athletes, male and female, to act on Truman’s stage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lemoncello pranced across the stage to a giant cartoon version of a wall switch. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The moon was hoisted to the center of the sky as I ran, a big stage spotlight among the smaller bulbs of stars. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Not really. Stage one was about skill, sure, but no one can prepare for stage two,” he says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Lucidly, at the last stage, on the lip of the gunnel, it would often happen that a turtle would help me without meaning to. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had a device that made a loud clicking sound up there in the balcony, and when that noisy dicker sounded, the contestant was supposed to stop singing in midpassage and walk off the stage. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Instead it would strongly suggest that one chain in each molecule had at some earlier stage served as the template for the synthesis of the other chain. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He just sits there with his lips squeezed tight and his fists on the armrests and he stares at the stage. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they jumped up on the stage, ran over the footlights, and hid under the singing lady’s blue skirts. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He could stage a little trial of his own, pass sentence, and mete it out, too. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The odd seat was three rows in front of ours and closer to the center of the stage, but I do not think Ethan knew it at the time. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took off his apron, moved closer to the stage, and waved for Felix to follow. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

By now though, Newton was happy to be out of politics, as he had found his last great stage. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

As the applause begins once more, Lou stands back to let me descend the stage first. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My partner and I exchange a grin and then he darts behind the curtain, leaving me the stage. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It had been more than a month and some of us had almost gone through the withdrawal stage, even though there were still instances of vomiting and collapsing at unexpected moments. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the floor and drew pictures of clocks and gears, imaginary machines and magicians on stage. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

We wander to the dance stages, filled with pairs: husbands and wives, fathers and daughters, siblings, friends. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Why isn’t she lifting a boulder, if that’s what she does on stage?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I walked out onto the stage, stepping into the blinding lights wearing high heels and a white suit, to give Barack a congratulatory hug before turning to wave with him at the whipped-up audience. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The rest of the cast, sitting with her on the edge of the stage, seems braced. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

By extending a low platform from one side, they created a stage for priests to perform ceremonies in full view of the public. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The young brothers Bach, though, did not have the kind of natural genius required to lead a new movement out of its initial rebellious stage into the mainstream. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I was trying not to let the door bang shut behind me when I heard the man on the stage say, “Leah Diamant?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The idea came to Moss suddenly and he thrust his hand in the air from the side of the stage. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He ran up the stairs to the stage and took the document from Justice Strauss. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Trucks and vans already covered the parking lot to set up the stage and equipment. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

As he retched, Bull spilled the mushroom soup out of the pocket, letting it roll off his chin and mouth before it dripped onto the stage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, Taylor freaking Metternich, of all people, runs down the steps at the side of the stage and down the aisle of the auditorium. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I see too many men delay their exits with a sickly, slow reluctance to leave the stage. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dismount was the envy of stage mothers across Texas.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Even more than the movies, Dad liked the shows that we staged once or twice a year in the parlor, for his and Mother’s benefit. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, at last, the Chief Elder called number One to the stage, and the Assignments began. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

In early 1949 Jack Tenney, who had staged the earlier hearing into Rad Lab security, resurfaced with a package of thirteen bills targeting suspected communists at the university and elsewhere in state government. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"Among those overdressed fops and their painted doxys? You might as well go right up on stage. No, I've a better spot for you. Come." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, before I accompanied Farmer on his last rounds of the day, he sat across from a sad-faced young man named Ti Ofa, who was approaching the final stages of AIDS. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

On Tuesday across the stage front in the auditorium. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“He could have been killed,” Piper says in a stage voice. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men busied themselves with repairs to clothing and equipment, readying themselves for the next stage of the journey. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, he did not appear early The lecture hall was full when he entered by the hall’s lower door and climbed the three steps onto the raised wooden stage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If we examine its successive stages, we find that the youngster must develop all the skills that go into adult art: coordination, intellect, personality, imagination, creativity, and aesthetic judgment. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

To her delight, he had drawn stages of each species on one page—caterpillar, pupa, and butterfly—which confirmed what she herself had observed. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

‘I reveal this only to you,’ he said in a low stage voice. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Everyone waited for Ulbrickson to stage the decisive time trial that he had promised before leaving Seattle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She was temporarily lost to view at the start of the second stage. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

So drawn in was I by the events on the stage that it seemed less important to me to copy down the lines than to find out what these people would say or do next. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think that you can come onto my stage and ruin my festival?!” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

An undefined shape, larger than John Henry, swirled above the stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And now the same young man as before came out on the stage and announced, “Wait, everybody! The Moon Lady has consented to grant one secret wish to each person here. ...” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked toward the stage and stood right in front of him, letting him see the wound, her red and seething insides, the place where her fury pulsed, where her fire lived. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

A next stage of crop development included the first fruit and nut trees, domesticated around 4000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s disorder on the stage now, too, as the lights go out and we’re left to stumble back into the Training Center. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could almost hear the Star Wars theme music playing in my head as I stood on the stage. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We all exchange terse nods then focus our attention on the temporary stage that is set up before the Justice Building. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He carefully ascended the steps to the stage and walked the seeming half mile to the middle, where two microphones stood. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She stood up there on centre stage in her green breeches with legs apart and riding-crop in hand, glaring at the sea of upturned faces before her. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

At her elbow, Briony was telling Leon about the play she had written for him, and lamenting her failure to stage it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His confession and encouragement are what got me through the Quran competition last year and gave me the guts to stand on the stage at the carnival that followed. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was silent, but pervasive, as if they had just accidentally strolled onto some theatrical stage and fouled the performance. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He belonged on that stage more than he's ever belonged with us. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And then it’s Abby’s turn, and she emerges from the wings, dragging a skinny black music stand to the edge of the stage. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Hurry up,” Moss said, and he guided Javier to a spot on the edge of stage right. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Midway through the showing, the screen went blank, light flooded the theater, and a man hurried onto the stage. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was pointing towards the stage where the lights were dimming. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Just the important words like “cancer” and “out of remission” and “stage four.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

But even if all of us meet terrible ends, something happened on that stage tonight that can't be undone. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When my name is called, I glide across the stage, imagining I’m a bird or a deer as Dona Amelia suggested in our lessons. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A whistle blew and everyone ran to claim seats in a row of folding chairs that faced the stage. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But several studies have shown that black patients were treated and hospitalized at later stages of their illnesses than white patients. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The entire process was a holdover from more primitive stages of development. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The man appeared younger on the stage, his age buried under the glare of the footlights and layers of makeup. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"We'll go on unless the stage is under water, and even then they'd likely haul out boats and do The Spanish Armada." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We broke apart and took turns taking center stage, each of us performing a different combination of moves; but our performances were fluid—they talked to each other. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the world she thought she knew had opened up, as if stage curtains had been yanked back to show her that there was so much more than what she’d imagined. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They are not yet adults, but in that middle stage, late adolescence, coming of age. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

At six that evening, all other conclave business ceased and the day revolved into its final stage. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The trouble was that instead of watching him from the wings, as they should have done, the penguins got interested and walked out on the stage again to watch him more closely. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the final stages the curse turned inward, to muscles, bones, and inner organs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The girl who was to play Annie stood center stage, clapped her hands upon her thighs, and Arnold leaped across the stage, placed his paws upon Annie's shoulders, and caused her to lean backward. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Along the wall of the staging area was a row of stainless- steel cabinets with rubber gloves protruding into them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her legs shook the whole time she was up there, and she’d been relieved when she lost in the first round and could get off the stage. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Charred bits of black silk swirl into the air, and pearls clatter to the stage. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at the ancestors on the stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He admitted that one could not see the intermediate stages of a species’ development in the fossil record. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Volpe, because he does the calligraphy for the certificates, traditionally calls out the names from the stage at the front of the big theater. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“A little stage fright is normal. But after that, it’s up to you, child.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Several others were in various stages of dismantlement in the corner, and bits of chain were scattered across the table. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He hurried off just as everything went pitch dark, and then the music shook the stage, nearly knocking Armpit out of his chair. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I’m still awed by the amount of courage it must have taken, to approach the stage with her head held high, to stand and speak before that booing audience. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It also set the stage for a formidable, arguably unprecedented, challenge to the human brain, one that was often unseen and widely underestimated. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Set off by lightning, wildfires reset the ecological clock, dialing the array of plants and animals back a few successional stages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Members staged plays, sponsored sports teams and sewing circles, and taught courses in black history and current events. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I walk to a separate part of the bookstore, where there’s a restaurant, a small stage, and a black man wearing a bow tie. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He trotted out of the greenroom and weaved his way across the kitchen to the ballroom stage entrance. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

We walked out onto a stage that contained only two chairs and a smoking stand. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took her to the stage door of a theater given over to Broadway shows on the first lap of the road. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stage in King Middle auditorium is massive, which is nothing compared to the Miss America stage, I’m sure. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A property man, dressed in black, moved items around the stage, concealed by his dark clothing, lighting, and the imagination of the audience. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I stride forward, push through the knot of students, and trot up the stairs to the stage. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

What happens is this: After a minute or so, Mr. Kiley steps out onto the stage and gets everybody quieted down. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The other Miss Forcible picked a knife out of a box on the corner of the stage. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

From the stage, I can barely make out anyone in the audience. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Numerous persons later said they saw two men rushing toward the stage, one with a shotgun, the other with two revolvers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, doesn’t matter,” he continues in a stage whisper. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

People nearest the stage shout in alarm and begin shoving. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But this stage is not the same after all, because of the three wooden posts that stand on it, with the loops of rope. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ginger walked across the stage with enthusiasm and dignity and quietly nuzzled Stage-Annie's hand before sitting at her feet. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her temper had not diminished with the passing of time, and when a passionate nature is not eased with moments of compassion, melodrama is likely to take the stage. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights shining onto the stage made the rest of the room dim from where I sat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She decided at that stage, at least, she would not tell them about their father’s connection with the rats. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then at the conclusion, after the Singer had acknowledged the people’s applause, after Jo had scampered happily down from the stage, he moved toward the steps to descend and walk down the aisle. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was ready, by whatever means necessary, but after I fell short in my attack, Cecilia took over the attack, patiently staging her moment as she moved down the strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A hush came over the auditorium as Mr. Turner took the stage. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Derby grabbed the arm of his new slave and attempted to lead her off the stage, but for some reason she just went wild. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many students protested the leader’s remarks, booing him off the stage. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The very early stages of the universe, however, are an arena where such energies must have occurred. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some pastors were more violent than others, but what they all had in common was that they wouldn’t stop until the demon was gone and the congregant had gone limp and collapsed on the stage. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mena told me one night after it happened that Lucas had to be pulled off the stage and was quite lucky that he didn’t get charges pressed against him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Bright lights illuminate the street like a stage. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Haymitch watches, his face devoid of emotion, as friends of his step up to take the stage. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I have already exited the stage. Now you must bear this news to him. Tell him that I had knowledge that could have aided his revenge, had he come sooner on the scene.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I grab Rufus’s hand and drag him to the dance floor right as a young black guy named Chris takes the stage. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Up on the stage, someone started to play “Chopsticks” on the piano. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Just stepping on the stage makes my breathing rapid and shallow. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Principal Rivera walked onto the stage and welcomed the audience to what she called a “very special celebration.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The stage had been set up for a town-hall-style meeting, with a long table and six chairs behind it for the board members. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The custodial staff brought risers out and set up a stage on the grass. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I looked and saw her coming through the crowd in the square, walking, her head up, as though the fiesta were being staged in her honor, and she found it pleasant and amusing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

How had it crept up on him, this advanced stage of fetishizing the love object? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s been acting ... I don’t know. Like a different person. Ever since stage two started.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When it’s my turn, I bend my knees and close my eyes, and I can see myself on the Miss America stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

This minuscule 2 per cent of the earth’s surface constituted the stage on which history unfolded. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I opened them again, a group of men and women sat on stools at one end of the stone stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Taking in the situation, he threw his wide minister’s hat clear across the stage in a dramatic but unseemly gesture, stepped stiff-leggedly to the machine and ground the coffee and thus saved the heroine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Denna lay a finger to her lips and pointed over the railing to the stage below. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Together, they peeked over the rim of the stage. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She led the guards to the other side of the stage, past the large wooden structures of the judge’s podium and the empty jury box. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

While that assault was carried out, federal agents arrested 450 suspected anarchists and Communists in raids staged in nine other eastern American cities. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

There was as much of a lesson in that, Willow had explained, as in anything she had been told by anyone about life or death or the stages in between. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Then he turns and stomps off the stage. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

All they needed was a stage, and they could perform one of those dark, savage little scenes from the Komedie Brute that the Kerch seemed to find so hilarious. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow will be the last day of stage one,” Eric says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"Her parents are in London for one year due to my daughter's stage career, and they've sublet their Manhattan apartment. So Anu will be coming to stay with me." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I found the drama teacher, whose name I didn’t know, sitting in the lotus position in the middle of the stage. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most malignancies develop so slowly that they may require a considerable segment of the victim’s life to reach the stage of showing clinical symptoms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I am leaving!” he announced curtly, with the bearing of a Russian count, informing Fischer and Schmid that he was going to the stage to play the game there. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A quick survey of current diseases lets us trace out four stages in the evolution of a specialized human disease from an animal precursor. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A makeshift stage was set up at the south end of the basketball court, closest to the boys’ locker room, where we dressed and waited to perform. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

His hands were clasped in his lap, his eyes focused somewhere around the edge of the stage. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The performances were staged by the swimming pool. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their business is the first stage in the production of a hamburger. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

How immense a figure she was on the stage before him; what a shadow she threw on the wall with her slender body! Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again, they relayed one boat at a time in quarter-mile stages, trudging back over their own tracks to bring up the second boat. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I tell her I was just drunk and coming off the stage high. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He pictured his father, who must have been a shy and quiet boy, for he was a shy and quiet man, seated with his group, waiting to be called to the stage. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Agent Fiona clears her throat and steps to the center of the stage. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She shows me how to make a spotlight in the middle of the stage. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“The stage is set: the curtain rises slowly on the great tragedy of the Osage—the long-awaited federal trial of two old-time cowboys,” the Tulsa Tribune reported. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I find them inspiring for lots of reasons: the intensity of work, intellect, and emotion they bring to the stage; the obstacles they overcome; the love they show one another. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

At some stage, I began prodding him with a foot, the way he’d been doing to me earlier. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four took it down yesterday so he could calculate our stage one rankings. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Everyone is drawing away from me—Gale, Cressida, the insects—giving me the stage. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

My academic failures had forced her to go through the stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“You acted in a play on stage in front of people.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Alex yells, waving him over, and Henry spares a second to look panicked before he’s tipping his chin up and buttoning his suit jacket and stepping out onto the stage. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden hissing noise from behind the stage. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I leaped off the stage, hurdling a group of men. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

"We will now proceed to the next stage of our inquiry. First however, I will just add my own credentials to the list." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, Imam Malik runs back up to the stage, looking flustered and excited at once. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

What other club got them a ball eagle 011 the stage?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a knack for pulling together a group of artistic people, guiding them in staging a play, raising money, and managing the finances. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance marched up to the stage and pulled the curtain shut. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The little boy started clucking and pecking ’round on the stage then he commenced scratching at the floor with his bare feet and you’d have swored he was digging up worms! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Inside we find a small table off to the side of the stage and far, far away from the bar. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

That maybe one day I too can make it to the Miss America stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"He's our stage manager, among other things. Mr. Armin you already know." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the second stage fired, the craft experienced a sudden jolt of immense force. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figure she must be the stage manager in charge of running the show. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Gandhi sat on the stage awaiting his turn to speak. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

They were at the stage the potters called “leather-hard”— dried by the air but not yet glazed or fired. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I wonder if the next fit of coughing is staged so that I can have time to absorb his words. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I heard brave Red call out above the confusion and free-for-all on stage and the howling of the audience. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has a long monologue to speak—twenty lines of type in the script, delivered as he walks the stage and leads a tour of first-year students. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The city rulers encouraged and rewarded the workforce during construction and maintenance of the mound by staging celebratory roasts of fish and achira root right on the worksite. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He lashed the Roc’s tin bowl nest to the top, then fixed it on the stage. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But then she entered that awkward preadolescence stage, all pimples and big glasses and brand-new curves, and Lázaro acted like he didn’t know what to make of this new creature. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Everybody else left in stages over the next two days. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Malia would ask me sometimes over the months that followed as we stood on one stage or another, with celebratory music blasting around us, her young mind unable to grasp anything but the larger purpose. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And from the absolute passivity of their limbs, they seemed in the last stages of exhaustion. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

That wouldn’t cut it on the Miss America stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Four initiates will be cut at the end of stage one. The remainder will be cut after the final test.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I have the idea to stuff it under my shirt and stagger around the stage with my hand on my lower back like I’m pregnant. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He held out his arm to him as though he were looking for a stage prop to be delivered. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Em waved, did a goofy kind of jazz-hands thing, and then bounced off the stage and back to Bridge, who adjusted her ears and couldn’t help feeling a little bit proud to be Em’s friend. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Each page of her caterpillar book featured one or two caterpillars, clearly showing every stage of their development. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They know it doesn’t play out in life as it does on a stage or between the pages of a book. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I breathed in deep and forced my Jell-O legs onto the stage. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He stuck a pipe that wasn’t lit into his mouth and walked off the stage. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But to Harry’s and Ron’s utter amazement, stage one of the operation went just as smoothly as Hermione had said. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It took no great leap of intelligence to realize that Hamilton Knapp had laced Gingers dog treats with tranquilizers and laxatives so that she would do one, possibly two, embarrassing things on stage. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

But now Emma could make out the dim shape of her little brother beyond the door, halfway up the towering stairs to the stage. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And after his head-dive off the stage at the reaping, everybody knows him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Though the horse was dollar sound at this stage of his career, reporters given to hyperbole began regularly referring to him as a “cripple.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that stage in my life I regarded seeing a doctor as unmanly and having a medical procedure seemed even worse. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They don’t even walk him down off the stage. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I dived in and rode a couple of waves, but they had reached that stage of power in which you could feel the whole strength of the ocean in them. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did he wish—dream—that one day he’d be up on a similar stage playing against the world’s finest players? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Their job was to load coal into two-ton ore cars and push them uphill on a narrow rail track to a staging area. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

At the moment the stage, which itself looked a bit dirty, was empty of orgiasts. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I watched the pageant on TV, the stage and runway seemed so small. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

That visit was also the first time he entered the educational room, the first time he marveled at every staged bird, read every plaque. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Actually, Warren, do you want to get closer to the stage?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The two film towers had been pushed back, at Fischer’s request, and the lighting intensity on stage increased. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he opened the door to the staging area, and she blinked at the light and came out, pushing the bags ahead of her. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Beatniks used to read poetry and play bongos on that stage.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It's not like I'm going up on stage with him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Now Jonas’s group had taken a new place in the Auditorium, trading with the new Elevens, so that they sat in the very front, immediately before the stage. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Why don't we stage a march?" one of the white men called, going past. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I neither marched up to the stage like a conquering Amazon, nor did I look in the audience for Bailey’s nod of approval. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that stage, I didn’t know about his glamour status in the field. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In intermittent beats she can see the stage, and the singer with his narrow hips and long hair. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Stepping onto the stage of the empty auditorium, it was hard to tell if they’d come back to the right day, year, or century. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It took me a second to remember that there were a dozen or so steps up to the stage and she was walking up them. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Once full-size, the caterpillar searches for a safe place to anchor and enter the pupa stage. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She didn’t end up taking the stage after us, but I hoped she would get to take those Irish dance lessons she wanted. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Booth is in the office, gathering a bundle of letters, when stage carpenter James J. Gifford bounds into the room. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

As the form fed, it grew and grew, until it nearly covered the entire stage, and when it had gorged on all the shadows it could find, it turned and floated toward the crowd. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He placed my guitar in front of a chair on the stage for me, and I sat down. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I darted fast as a lizard behind the stage, to the other side of the moon. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

So were the young stages of several thousand steelhead trout and other species of trout. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The front end of the rope runs up onto the stage. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The final stage has been dubbed by some advocates as the “period of invisible punishment.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s not like he’s standing on a stage; it’s like he’s standing in a doorway or something.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The chorus comes in and all the counselors flood the stage shooping at the top of their lungs. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

"No, no, no. They don't want it all coming back up on the stage," says Octavia, but she secretly slips me an extra roll under the table to let me know she's on my side. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was just around this stage that I became aware of the first footman beside me, who whispered: 'Miss Kenton would like a word with you, sir. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Built of white limestone and pink Aswan granite, the Pharos had a tripartite structure based on a vaguely Pythagorean geometric theme, with a square-sided base, octagonal middle, and circular upper stage. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“To the stage. He pushed through everyone. He shoved and jostled them aside, Seer. It was so odd. Then he went to the stage when Trademaster called his name.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Hulking, menacing, with eyes of blazing silver, Abiyoyo stomped around the stage, roaring silently at children he spotted. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The shadow children linked arms and danced in a giant circle around the stage, with a second circle and then yet another inside of the first. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Throughout his long career in the United States and Europe, Welles worked in stage, radio, film, and television. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

That stage of Loomis’s life ended with World War I. At the age of twenty-nine, he enlisted in the officer’s corps, where his mathematical skills, honed at Yale, were promptly put to the test. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Volta chimed in with a hearty but staged laugh. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In the staging room, they began to suit her up. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the first shadows of night they started out on the next stage of their journey. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I kept a smile plastered on my face as an announcer called each new team member to the stage. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Spassky appeared on stage at two minutes to five, to a round of applause. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We were in the basement and June sat on the couch while I stood on the fireplace like it was a stage. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was as if I were an actor on a stage, and I found I enjoyed the attention as long as people didn’t press in too close. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He flipped past more pages stacked with strange letters until he found a drawing of one of these life stages. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Everyone was lined up on the auditorium stage, everyone’s hair looked great, and everyone was smiling. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the third stage of their day’s march drew on and afternoon waned, the forest opened out, and the trees became larger and more scattered. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Herman E. Calloway grunted and the three of them walked up on the stage. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Tobias said that stage three is about mental preparation—coming up with strategies to overcome my fears. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Up on stage, the actors stood frozen, staring at a flickering light that emanated from a far corner of the theater as the feathered microraptors shrieked and scattered. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The headlights from other people’s cars are like the lights on the stage, making everything bright and then dark over and over again. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then the boys from all three boats were called up onto the stage. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Chandresh leaps up to the stage, taking the small flight of stairs in only two steps. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And when Ellis rose up, his long legs made a clean triangle, then he snapped his legs together and spun one, two, three times, then did a mashed-potato slide off center stage. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

One after another, the peculiar children came out of the audience and took the stage, each with an act of their own. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But Mrs. Caldwell just puts a fake smile on her wrinkly-behind face and shoos me center stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Jews were the greatest artists, the greatest poets, composers, stage directors. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Berlin's role as the main stage of the espionage wars came to an abrupt end. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Word spread quickly around the stage: none of the bands was getting through the traffic, now at a dead stop as people abandoned their cars and walked the last few miles to the festival. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Catch the Spirit!—and they handed out a stack of dittos, and for the next thirty minutes, Principal Peattie stood on the stage and read them to us. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Brooke is waiting in the wings, eager to take the stage. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Brown walked to the edge of the stage and curtsied to the audience. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The musicians kept on playing, and the lady on the stage, when she saw the penguins, sang all the louder to show how angry she was. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The first time Sandy appeared, running across the stage being chased by the dog catcher, the audience broke into spontaneous applause. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched, Ambrose caught the eye of the woman on stage and gave her one of his smiles that seem so greasy to me and so charming to women. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After her speech, Woodhull stepped off the stage and listened from the wings to Judge A.G.W. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Why would Hamlet stage scenes that rubbed the still-raw memory of his father's death and his mother’s remarriage? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Because it is as though the one who is left steps for a time upon a stage and each second swells to an unlimited amount of time and he is watched by many eyes? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As he approached, it was easier for Kira to watch without changing her position, since her chair faced the audience, away from the stage. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice to see some lovely faces back in the crowd,” Ms. McCrea said from the stage. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

And my role, as her closest friend, was to give her silent support, as if I was in the front row of the audience when she was performing on stage. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cal rushed to the English classroom, and just as Miss Norris took her seat on the little stage he waved his handkerchief and blew his nose loudly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even their opening performance in Seattle went off without a hitch—probably because they had already rehearsed on a real stage. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone cheered, but I felt so disappointed that I wasn’t on the stage. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had taken her through all the other stages of healing, and somehow, I couldn’t abandon her now. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

From the stage, Kammerer could easily identify Mackintosh’s group, about twenty people in all. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

This is the end of the first stage of Pip’s expectations. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When the other girls crouched to slap the stage, I tilted; when we were to cartwheel, I swayed, refusing to allow gravity to do its work, to draw the sweatshirt any higher up my legs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The poet looked at the point of his spear and then the curtain wire and, deep in thought, walked back and forth across the stage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At no stage did they ask me whether the operation should be done. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother, Gloria Grace, the woman who Grace shared her name with, had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer a month before Grace had been born, and died right after Grace’s first birthday. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Carrying herself with the dignity of a queen did not prevent Cleopatra from staging tricks and playing practical jokes. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“There is learning, there is understanding, and there is acceptance. It is time for you to enter upon the second stage.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A giant stone was nestled between them, and they curled around it to form an elevated stage of sorts. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The bossling clambered atop the stone stage in the middle of the room and screeched. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“At that stage, I took over the controls,” he went on. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They’d rigged the stage area with lights, the wires feeding into a generator mounted on a rusty Jeep. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Not a big, elaborate stage, just a concrete platform about the size of the wooden crates Cinder used to stand on in the store, a bronze plaque bolted to it that read, CINDER'S BLOCK. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Booth was already dead, so four of the eight conspirators who had been put on trial took center stage on execution day. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other girls will come out on the stage and tell what they want from Life and Fate will tell them what they’ll get. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his stomach pleasantly full, Theodore Roosevelt walked onto the stage. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He gestures for her to move to the center of the stage, unable to take his eyes from her as he announces her to the mostly empty theater. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was about this guy, Glendale, who spent his whole life playing different characters on stage, and how when he died, all those characters showed up at his funeral to talk trash about him. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A miracle would be useful: if I could stage a convincing rebirth, I could dissociate from everything I’d said and done in the last year. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She slinks off the stage, holding her songbook to her chest. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He held the stage curtain open just slightly, so she could only see half of his smile. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

On the way home, they passed the post office at Jefferson Davis and Lafitte, the staging ground for helicopter rescues. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“And, anyways,” I continued, “it’s kind of at an early stage, you know. Don’t embarrass me with all the boyfriend talk, okay?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As she puts the sash around me, the journalists are clicking their cam- eras frantically and Susana is running up to the stage with a bouquet of lilies. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now for the next stage of the virus isolation. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I came through the rear door, Mr. Pope was just making an exit from the stage, his face set in the jolly grin required by his role. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

His hand became see-through; his black suit lightened to gray; from the stage you could see rows and rows of burgundy velvet seats right through him. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Every act of violence was deliberate, and every favor came with enough strings attached to stage a puppet show. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It's like stepping off a stage and finding out your underwear was showing. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The Englishman got up on the stage, and he rapped on the arm of a throne with a swagger stick, called, “Lads, lads, lads—can I have your attention, please?” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped, held the radio like a microphone, and began to sing the words at the top of her lungs, moving around as if she was on a stage. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When their names are called, they step into the glaring stage lights and up to the adjacent podiums. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was the day Ishtar walked across the stage and became the first of Angela Whitiker’s children to get a high school diploma. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

That shuts her up, and I turn my attention back to the stage. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I’m ready to kiss him again when his eyes move away from mine, beyond the stage and into the audience. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

For instance, if we were discussing some future large occasion to be held at the house, I might put in: 'That is, Miss Kenton, assuming you are still with us at that stage.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The microphone and podium on the stage, where I heard a presentation by a children’s book illustrator a few weeks earlier, are destroyed. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I hope you don’t plan a career on the stage,” he said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

In painting after painting, she pieced together the stages of all these strange lives. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m not dancing on that stage by myself.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Stanchion led her from the stage and bought her what I guessed was the consolation tankard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The next stage saw the fever shoot up again. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Although Homo erectus, the stage reached around 1.7 million years ago, was close to us modern humans in body size, its brain size was still barely half of ours. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you have any other hidden talents you aren’t telling us about? Can you build a stage using your bare hands? Manufacture a full house out of thin air?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I know! You’ve got stage fright. I know all about stage fright. My uncle Bill says my dad has terrible stage fright and that’s why he lets other people get rich performing his songs.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

And I might be factionless by the end of stage one. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Zach walks to the front of the stage, alone in the spotlight, in khakis and a blue blazer with a St. Joseph’s Prep coat of arms affixed to the left pocket. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The tender pointed, directing them to a row of three wooden chairs on the left, just below the stage, facing the au-dience. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the door and flung herself into the staging area. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A stage? You didn’t say anything about a stage!” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It’s really a stage, and arcing above it are massive metal plates that curl in different directions, like an exploded aluminum can. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Lincoln’s funeral procession was the saddest, most profoundly moving spectacle ever staged in the history of the United States. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the back of the stage, a massive screen displays her round face and neatly trimmed brown hair. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Greenery enveloped the stage front, and in the center, for no particular reason, were large red cardboard letters: MCHS. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They form up in the center of the courtyard directly in front of the stage, just as Cook said they would. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He leads me off the stage and up the aisle toward the exit, where Director Van Helsing and a few agents are helping people out of the auditorium. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

As DePreist left the stage, Marian Anderson’s recorded voice rose up and filled the hall with the words of the spirituals she loved. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Lana Lee appeared on the stage in what looked like gold lame overalls. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On April 10, Ulbrickson finally staged the formal time trial that was to determine who would race as the varsity. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

David rolls onto the stage and announces he’s singing “A Fond Farewell” by Elliott Smith; I don’t know if he’s a Decker or singing for a friend, but it’s beautiful. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I thought there weren’t any cuts after stage two,” I hiss. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“How many stages the size of Truman’s would fit on this stage?” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Keenan says, weaving past the dance stages and between two tents. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I entered the stage door, conducted my rehearsal and returned to the hotel— three simple, normal acts denied to my aunt in 1939,” DePreist recalled. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“Hurry up! We don’t have time to stage a tableau-vivant here before the house.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man on the stage, a slick-haired, bearded fellow whose white gloves move like birds against the black of his suit, performs simple tricks and sleight-of-hand misdirections. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Even though I was well beyond the trick-or-treating stage myself, I usually threw on some mask or other to accompany him up and down the blocks, watching him knocking on people’s doors, giddy with excitement. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Second, developmental sequences are not invariant, so examples pigeonholed under the same stage are inevitably heterogeneous. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the song ends, the lights go down again, but Tiny doesn't leave the stage. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Some people start to move closer to the stage. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

On one end of the stage there were five bull’s-eye targets. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I grab Laia's hand and pull her out from under the stage. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“And, you know, I could really go for some of those brownies! So what do we have to do to get to the not killing me stage?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

What really happens during the very early or late stages of the universe, when gravitational fields are so strong that quantum effects cannot be ignored? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon as the mouse hit the floor we opened the cage and shoved it onto the stage. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“In theater, everything is staged and organized. It goes in order and fits together. I’ve seen how Mr. Volpe is so brilliant at that, and it’s helped me organize my life in the same way.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

That night when the heavy curtains parted to show the lit stage, the crowd yelled and clapped till Chap Cheney stood up, grinning, and took a bow. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Unlike much else composed in the 1940s, it is still popular and regularly performed both in the theatre and on the concert stage today. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Instead of lunch, we sneak into the auditorium, and it’s strange seeing the stage stripped of the set for Oliver! Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Fairy bodies were scattered around him in various stages of shock and unconsciousness. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

At one stage I found myself on a road I’d never been on, and for about half an hour I didn’t know where I was and didn’t care. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We finally staged a sort of intervention one night. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The walls of the choir were constructed in three stages. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

Inside the theater, three seating levels face the stage. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped so high that he landed on a small table up there on the stage, and he started hopping about on the top of this table, waving his arms and yelling his head off. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I want to introduce the people up here on the stage.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Mqhayi sat on the stage next to Dr. Wellington, we were barely able to contain our excitement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, I started with Elf Ear, Nebraska, and the stage and the sundering that occurred there. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Volpe will be the first to put this drama on a high school stage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

His voice echoes through the empty theater as they stand alone on the stage, Mme. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Moss ascended the steps to the stage and found his mama crouched down behind the pulpit. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was always open to new gestures, new ways to use the stage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

As we wait for our turn to cross the stage, we girls whisper together, getting to know each other. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at the front, on a raised stage, were the first two baby grand pianos I’d ever laid eyes on, their giant hardwood tops propped open like black bird wings. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

For the next two days, neither Ulbrickson nor Ebright staged time trials, or if they did, they kept the results to themselves. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Abby and her violinist finish to surprised, appreciative applause, and then the curtains close partially while the stage is set for the final act. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Country Joe walked to the side of the stage and asked his manager if it would be all right to play one of his antiwar songs. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I knew there must be a third stage, but I had no idea what it might be. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

That’s when Mr. Douglass came and took me from Ma, walked high up on the stage with me, and held me up in the air over his, head. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

That sweet little Donna Correlli was booed off the stage when she tried to sing opera. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Grace went to Hughes, she had Ms. Washington for ELA, too, and in high school, Grace was the stage manager of all the shows Ms. Washington directed. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I was stepping onto the stage after having been demonized as an angry black woman who didn’t love her country. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mingo, with his schemes for the next stage in the progress of the colored tribe, and Lander, whose elegant but opaque appeals offered no easy remedy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I left you the seat closer to the stage,” he said. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In his eyes, that was all I was, a stage actor, a cutout, Shylock and Fagin and Judas all rolled into one. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, it took years to solve the riddle of the orbit of Mars, with Kepler moving in stages away from the idea of a perfectly circular orbit centred on the Sun. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1937, he displayed such overwhelming acceleration and stamina that he was never off the lead at any stage of any race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Our word for the cellar beneath the stage." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I even planted some milkweed, violets, and wispy salt grass for the caterpillars—you know, when butterflies are in the larval stage. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then an older man was brought onto stage by Stanchion as if he were trying for his talent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This is the major distinction between the indefinite article, a, and the definite article, the.6 When a character makes his first appearance on stage, he is introduced with a. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The Supreme Court has now closed the courthouse doors to claims of racial bias at every stage of the criminal justice process, from stops and searches to plea bargaining and sentencing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The girls peeled off and formed a line across the stage. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

At a time when most scholars were trying to separate the natural world into categories, Maria insisted on finding connections—between life stages, between insect and plant, between art and science. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Such a system set the stage for explosive increases in specific insect populations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Zach is what in sports is called a “red-light player”—the bigger the stage and higher the stakes, the better he is. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth Cady Stanton had often stolen the spotlight when she and Anthony shared the stage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He paid strict attention as his friend went to the stage and stood self-consciously beside the Chief Elder. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced at Theodora and Luke and found both their faces fallen instinctively into a completely rapt classroom look; high earnestness, she thought; we have moved into another stage of our adventure. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the second paragraph, cold weather takes its turn on the stage as a topic in its own right. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Al isn’t dead last, but unless the Dauntless-born initiates completely failed their version of stage one of initiation, he is factionless. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I felt, that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Each creature progressed through its own stages of transformation. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I could see the tears brimming behind his sunglasses as he watched Malia cross the stage to pick up her diploma. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was strange to stand on a stage and have people address me as Madam Speaker, but I took the responsi-bility very seriously. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If you’re from Iran, imagine a big bathtub on a balcony, center stage, behind a pulpit, under a giant cross, and three grown men in white hospital gowns getting in. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When the song ends, Tanisha breathes a sigh of relief and runs off the stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“At four o’clock this afternoon, Monsieur Farival,” Robert replied, in a high voice and with a lofty air, which reminded Edna of some gentleman on the stage. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few moments, he reached the stage and followed Booth into the wings. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benji did a dance on the stage that would probably become a GIF, and he also spoke to a few reporters. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I turned and saw Fern still standing in the center of the stage. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A stage hung with the blue livery of Claudius had been erected for the day’s events. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He drew her up out of the nest and eased her to the stage, where he’d propped the child puppet beside his carved fox. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Bronwyn finished dragging the rock to the middle of the stage, and for an awkward moment she just stared into the crowd, as if someone had told her to pause for dramatic effect. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I race across the stage with my cup of room-temperature water. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

In a dignified way the Poppers and the penguins walked out on the stage, and Mrs. Popper sat down at the piano. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was watching Sherm drag a bundle of microphone cord toward the stage, measuring with his eyes how much they would need. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

In the second stage a former animal pathogen evolves to the point where it does get transmitted directly between people and causes epidemics. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The primary agent of its progressive spread is the wind; the larval, or caterpillar, stage is extremely light and can be carried to considerable heights and over great distances. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

One Saturday evening not long ago, an improvisation comedy group called Mother took the stage in a small theater in the basement of a supermarket on Manhattan’s West Side. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The Punch and Judy stall was made of striped canvas, red and white, with a frill round the little square stage. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Euwe called Fischer to the stage, draped a large laurel wreath over his shoulders, and proclaimed him Champion of the World. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Madame Sabbar herself was sitting on the stage smoking a cigar. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The first and simplest stage in the discipline, which can be taught even to young children, is called, in Newspeak, crimestop. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

At one stage Prosper thought he could hear footsteps behind them, but when he turned around it was just a bird, fluttering out of an overgrown hedge. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the singers streamed backstage through the wings, Mrs. Atanabi made her way around the front of the stage to wait for Mr. Tushman to introduce her, and we took our positions. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The stage was set, it seemed, for a new conflagration in East Asia. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“As always, she presented a stage picture of beauty, grace and generosity.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Laura Keene has the presence of mind to march to center stage and cry out for calm and sanity, but her words go unheeded. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

They waited until they were sure the guards’ attention was on the stage, then they sneaked behind the Jeep and into the jungle to make their way to the ship. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He had been dancing about the stage, waving his spear, modulating his voice, and now suddenly he became still, and lowered his voice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pastor Kim smiles and gestures as though announcing me on stage. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Inside, there’s a giant auditorium with a stage at the far end and hundreds of seats. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swore, “Blang it all! This here’s the fourth time I seen him and I still near ’bout jump out my skin when he first come on stage!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

So much happened today: the hidden camera, and Ollie, and the horrible red glow of the barren stage at the theater. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He captured the stage and its scenery as it was at the time of the assassination, the exterior of the president’s box, the approach to the box, and the outer door leading to the vestibule. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at the giant spruce that dominated the stage. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

But the mystery lay in the fact that no 2,4- D had been manufactured at the arsenal at any stage of its operations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We have now followed the initial stages of the Austronesian expansion for 2,500 miles from the South China coast, through Taiwan and the Philippines, to western and central Indonesia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The corporal didn’t say much during the initial stage of training. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The first stage depleted its fuel, and the booster coasted for a fraction of a second as it jettisoned stage clamps via explosive bolts. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lara decides to test out her supernatural ability, doing a long run of impossible jumps and flips across the stage. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Boxes on either side of the stage allow the more privileged patrons to look straight down onto the actors. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The stage has risers for the choir and chairs for us to sit in when it’s our turn to play. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Rolling aside, I yanked my stage sword awkwardly from its hanger and brought it to broad ward. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a stage at one end of the hall and on it a door that led to Dr. Wellington’s house. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, that’s exactly how it feels when the emcee announces my name for evening wear, and Daddy and I walk on that stage as though we’re gliding on clouds. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The Dreamers will have to learn to struggle themselves, to understand that the field for their Dream, the stage where they have painted themselves white, is the deathbed of us all. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The Preacher waved for me to come up on the stage. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

By this late stage in the expedition we had all been subjected to levels of misery and peril that would have sent more balanced individuals packing for home long ago. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Volpe talks a lot about “stage pictures,” the way actors arrange themselves in scenes. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of American universities, colleges, and high schools shut down for the week as students staged impassioned protests. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The dance works like this: pole holders lay long, thick bamboo poles flat onto the stage. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

On the same stage where Fischer and Spassky had fought it out for two months, an orchestra now played, but the music was a pleasant potpourri from The Tales of Hoffmann and La Traviata. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The finish line was marked with a cap and gown and a march across the stage. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Now they were at the edge of the stage. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He wanted to say more, but his mother ascended the short set of steps to the stage, Reverend Okonjo behind her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And Anne, who later married and took the surname Treisman, was destined to be one of the researchers at the center of that stage. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The following day, while Anthony stood on the stage, Woodhull entered through a side door and walked across to the center of the stage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The auditorium is dimly lit, with most of the lighting focused on the stage, where a stout white lady stands behind a wide glass podium. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

That was impossible, he was told, as a scene that required the full stage was being performed and there was nowhere to hide from the audience by creeping behind the scenery. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beginning in 1960, black high school and college students staged sit-in demonstrations at segregated lunch counters and restaurants in more than a hundred Southern cities. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would remodel these places, then stage a big, gala reopening, with banners and a spotlight outside. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus the orchestra, instead of merely providing the musical backing for the characters to sing to, was able to express or hint at the meaning of the stage action, even in passages without singing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

One of them had drumsticks in his hands and was leaned over softly tapping out a rhythm on the wooden stage floor. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

About three quarters of the food of the chickadee is animal, including all stages of the life cycle of many insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Fischer signed his score sheet and left the stage without another word. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His head struck the edge of the stage doorway with an audible thump. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Up on stage, a mannish-looking girl was dragging a boulder the size of a small refrigerator out from behind the curtain. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He rushed inside, he saw Malcolm X lying on the stage, and then some people chasing a man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

One at a time—there were always fifty in each year’s group, if none had been released—they had been brought to the stage by the Nurturers who had cared for them since birth. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

There are so many staging areas around this school, it could have gone anywhere. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There is a podium stage in the park, and the Reverend Sloan is on it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But part of me wants to run straight through the stage door and home to bury myself in my room. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Except I’m next to Abby at the edge of the stage. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He had never acted, never painted a set, never worked on a stage crew, never ushered or as much as sold a ticket. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The other kids make way immediately allowing me a straight path to the stage. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He felt as if he had left a stage behind and many actors. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was typical of our attempts at humor, at this stage of the journey; they were always very stupid, but sometimes they made the other fellow smile. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy’s hands came up to his neck and he staggered out from behind the board with the jungle and the holes and started flopping ’round on stage like a fish tossed out of water. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Having reviewed the stages in this transformation from bands to states, we now ask what impelled societies thus to transform themselves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s brought a microphone and a chair with him that he places at the center of the stage. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

My feet push me past those haters, toward the microphone, and plant themselves center stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Undoubtedly such inquiries are essential in the initial stage of any study, for lower minds. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

More time for us to develop stage fright. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They arrested the four men, brought them to the staging ground, handed them to the authorities there. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Across the stage, the tall Tribal boy from earlier is dancing with a dainty Tribeswoman who has a smile like lightning. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Out back there was a little courtyard with stone columns and an ancient-looking coral stage that was part of the building structure. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The news reporters are crouched in front of the stage, cameras ready to snap photos. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We share a giant plate of greasy fries at a picnic table by the stage. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even months after the event, such remarks still tended to make Miss Kenton go quiet - though by this stage, I fancy, this was due more to embarrassment than anger. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The first stage had been very busy, steering from side to side, while the second stage had been as smooth as glass. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blabbed about the three stages of salvation—repentance, baptism, a strict diet of Godliness. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I decided not to tell my sister this, and she and her boyfriend had to go on stage and try to dance the Time Warp. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I warned him that if he failed to call the con-vention we would stage the country’s most massive three-day strike ever, beginning on May 29. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crew rolled open the big barn door at the far end of the sound stage. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Everyone had seen coffee ground a thousand times but on the stage it was a revolutionary thing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most critical problem is the size of the stage, which is much bigger than Truman’s. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I stood still, and felt instantly trapped inside a stage play of rehearsed hostility. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I told her that the Emperor Nero, from Rome, had a giant sea built where he could keep sea monsters and have naval battles staged for him. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I walked up to the stage, I said, “You love me, you really love me.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I sweep away my illusion and step out onto the stage in front of the microphone Dylan left for me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“If your name is called you will advance to the third stage of testing, so please remain seated and await further instructions. Those whose names are not called are free to go.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We must enter from behind the stage curtains three at a time, stopping at each X before it’s time to hit the X in the middle of the stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

If it had been up to him, the demigod version of the Adams-Jefferson dialogue would have captured its essence and ultimate meaning as a staged performance for posterity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I manage a nod, and then he's leading me to one of the dance stages. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Horse jumped up and shoved Florence across the stage, and at the same time a blood-curdling scream filled the air and Bones came sailing through the air and landed on Horse. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one the contestants took the long walk to center stage to give their speeches. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The staging room was crowded, warm, loud, confused. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll do my best to represent Big Creek,” I said, frowning into the stage lights and trying to ignore my splitting head. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

To their right, the lighting trusses are going up quickly over the stage where Bea will be playing an £8,000-a-ticket concert with a live band and celebrity guests tonight, her first solo fund-raiser. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I walked on stage and sat opposite Ellen in her comfy chairs, all of my media training went out the window. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I love releasing all that emotion on stage, but I am ready to release more than sadness and pain. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“I wonder where Jordan is,” muttered Monique, who spent more time watching the door than the stage. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s no endgame in that plan. No escape hatch. See that clear wall keeping the crowd back from the stage?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Laborers moved quickly to the stage with brooms and swept away the mounds of discarded hair. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I'm met by a gaggle of cast and crew in various stages of costume, and for once they are quiet, working away on each other's makeup. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Smiling, overjoyed to be center stage for once, Father Mike cut a lock of my hair and tossed it into the baptismal pool. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When kids did stage desperate, pathetic breakouts, it had been in small groups of Reds, Oranges, and Yellows. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But I’m not going to be part of any stage show. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cousins and nephews and nieces prepared food and moved silently through the apartment in which the funeral was staged. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I looked through the branches of the bushes and in front I could see a crowd of people and, above them, a stage holding up the moon. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Sandy appeared on stage, and the clapping and the chanting Arf! The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully jogged down the steps at the end of the stage. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

On their third trip, they played 48 times, for a total of 172 hours on stage. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I described every stage for you. I saw everything. It’s clean.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We staged spontaneous "shows" of our own in the courtyard behind our building, and I mimicked a comedy routine with a hat teetering on my head. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

And the last stage was the clerestory, which consisted of sixty- foot windows that reached right up to the roof. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

There are police around him as he leaves the stage. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holly took the stage with Rayburn trotting close behind wearing a red bandanna, and my hands burned from clapping so hard. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

We divide into two lines again, one on either side of the stage, graceful and smiling, and then disappear behind the curtains. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a rehearsal one day, I give a ride home to Tyler Kelch, who had worked on the Good Boys and True stage crew and would land a lead part in Volpe’s next two productions. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He knew the narrow hallway behind the stage where a back door opened to the alley and he knew how the president’s box hung directly above the stage. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At none of the early stages of undressing was I in the least conscious of her body. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Orchestra, mezzanine, and balcony spreading out from the empty stage in a cascade of crimson. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He made an expansive gesture for me to join him on the stage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But the consensus came about through this conversation: This community needed to stage a demonstration outside the campus during school hours, something that would be dramatic, distracting, and unable to be ignored. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Epiphany had never before won even the local championship, and there they were, up on stage, ready to compete for the state trophy. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sage joins the students on the stage to take questions from the audience. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In early stages of food production, people simultaneously collected wild foods and raised cultivated ones, and diverse types of collecting activities diminished in importance at different times as reliance on crops increased. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Around her, the theater crowd guffawed and cackled as three microraptors that had been adorned with flowers and fruits cavorted in ridiculous circles across the stage. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And he looks at me sitting here centre stage, see? Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faced with the possibility of disrupting their favored position as middlemen, the Narragansett might think twice before staging an incursion. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The inflatable shark naturally led to the puddle of heavy cream, which, if lapped from the floor with slow, steady precision, could account for up to twenty minutes of valuable stage time. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t realize how many people are actually here until I stand at the front of the room, which we’ve designated as the stage. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Jones clouded the area in front of the stage. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone claps for Imam Malik, who ducks his head and rushes off the stage to join his family at a table. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Last Friend has been an incredible resource over the past two years, since its prototype stage, but she’ll forever be horrified by the eleven Last Friend serial killings last summer. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He threw his arms out like a hammy stage actor and began to strut around the case. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Gaslights illuminated a large brick chamber centered around a sunken stage of the sort used for rat-baiting and cockfighting. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Much of the impetus for these changes came from places and people whose voices had not yet been heard on the world stage. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Peculiarities in the silkworm are known to appear at the corresponding caterpillar or cocoon stage. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She’s never made a single appearance, though she almost always takes the stage when I’m alone. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

This was levels beyond the simple memorization I had practiced for the stage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Prospero the Enchanter gives no formal reason for his retirement from the stage. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

From the stage could be heard the hoarse barks of the seals, who were going through their act. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

At this late stage in the Games, with an important event like the feast, school will probably be canceled. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You’ve had your answer, Captain. Now, please. This is a delicate stage in the proceedings.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The same thing happened when, in Harlem, I staged a rally that drew seven thousand people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sets up a folding aluminum chair in front of the garage doors and applauds as I take the stage on the oil-stained concrete floor. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Ford’s may be the city’s most important stage, but business has been extremely slow this week. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Standing on stage at the talent competition, looking into Lydia’s eyes. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

People with autism are obsessed with mechanical objects, but this was a movie that followed very much the spare, actor-focused design of the stage. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Weirdly intriguing videos of these staged events flashed around the world as part of a soft-focus, Entertainment Tonight makeover for the Kim family dynasty. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The Vitamin Kid had recovered and was running around the stage. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The receptionist, a chunky, pleasant woman with lots of makeup and frizzy hair, directs us to the staging area. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

We’re going to build and paint the sets and be in charge of the entire stage the night of the performance. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We walk around one of the plates on the right side to the back of the stage, which rises at an angle from the ground. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t tell his parents about the drawing class, something they would consider frivolous at this stage of his life, in spite of the fact that his own grandfather was an artist. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We found many of them, as many as three dozen in a day, but on being cooked, many turned out to contain dead embryos in various stages of development. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Musicians performed on a stage set up at one end of the pasture while families sprawled on blankets. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped forward on the vast stage at the top of the world and bowed to her immense audience. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miig leaned in so that the fire illuminated his face from the bottom like unsteady stage lights. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

We debated whether or not to stage a protest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either Og had cut their voice links to me, or Halliday had coded this final stage of the gate so that no outside communication was possible. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They moved the animals up the mountain in stages, to let them get used to the climate. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the applause, the flutist remained on stage while Stanchion circulated in the crowd, gathering opinions. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When Libby and I workshopped our two-person Fiddler on the Roof, for the private performance we put on for her mom right when she started getting sick, I decided to stage the famous Bottle Dance. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy had told me about the wasp that could opt to be male or female while in a larval stage. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they watched him stride across the stage and take his diploma, he was grinning from ear to ear. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles staging ground and gathered a crew of police and military personnel. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I was still tugging it downward when we lined up on the stage. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She climbed onto the stage and began reading the Declaration of Rights aloud to the gathering crowd. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell took the side steps off the stage and sat down in the first row of the audience. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

To salvage what she could of her standing as a teacher, Aunt Anne used to tell the audience before we went on stage that we had only recently shifted from the piano to stringed instruments. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

A great vat was overturned, and our little band of music stood upon it as upon a stage, our instruments accompanied by the unison tread of the company assembled. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Because he was one of the performers, Country Joe was allowed to hang out on the stage, where people were busy running sound and equipment checks. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

They head up to the front of the theater and sit really close to the stage. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Sheryl’s laughter travels from the audience to the stage, and I stick my tongue out at her. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Marco emerges from the wing of the stage with the girl in the green dress trailing close behind him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But I am quaking as I make my way up the stairs to the stage. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And the last stage was the clerestory, which consisted of sixty-foot windows that reached right up to the roof. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

Not long before Henrietta’s first exam, TeLinde presented his argument about carcinoma in situ to a major meeting of pathologists in Washington, D.C., and the audience heckled him off the stage. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Behind the stage, others were carrying pieces of scenery and furniture upstairs, and carrying new ones down. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

On our right is the outdoor theater—a Greek-style semicircle of stepped cement seats going down to a stage—an area that the upper classes tend to dominate during lunchtime. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

In the spring of 1951, the lab staged Project Greenhouse, a test of thermonuclear technology at the South Pacific coral atoll of Eniwetok. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“This is not a director’s play. I can only stage it so much. It’s an actor’s play. It’s up to you to elevate it.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“At this stage, it really doesn’t matter,” she said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Aunt Loma seemed excited, like when watching a spooky stage play. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Now the official procession is approaching the stage, mounting the steps at the right: three women, one Aunt in front, two Salvagers in their black hoods and cloaks a pace behind her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Taker is getting like this, stalking her, pacing, because she’s getting nearer and nearer to the point where she will stand on a stage and tell his story. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Meteorologists at Los Alamos scanned their weather reports, searching for a period of clear skies under which to stage the test at Alamogordo, some 250 miles to the south. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Hearing shouts and loud cries, the crowd shifted its gaze away from the stage and began to surge toward the gate. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Him and the Preacher stood next to the stage. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

In the bedlam of shouting, screaming, running people, some ran toward the stage. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the rock where the landing stage had been he lifted Grumman’s pack into the boat, and filled the little engine, which fired at once. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My prescription is one of the newer anticonvulsants out there, still in the experimental stage—read: free, the only reason I’m on it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He dutifully took his seat in the auditorium, as though he were at the Academy Awards of chess, scanning the stage “wide-eyed with amazement,” as Nigro noted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Portman!” she said, peering down at me from the stage. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The third- stage engine of the Saturn had a character all its own. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he washed the two soldiers down with bleach, spraying it all over them, and pounded on the door that led to the staging room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Bobby looks at the script, he notes a scene in which the stage direction says, Justin is electric in this scene. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

An empty green bottle flew through the air and shattered at the base of the stage where the director stood. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby threw her little hands up with so much anger, sap flew across the stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The parade ended with a tableau, or silent play, staged on the steps of the U.S. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Dusky Devastators of the Depression were still putting their instruments on the stage, waiting for Miss Thomas and Mr. Jimmy and Herman E. Calloway. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the side of the stage. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

On the stage, Em pulled off Bridge’s ears and bent down to lay them at her feet. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I climb the stairs to the stage and look down at Professor Ghering. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Once we took our seats the convicts parted the red velvet stage curtain and sat down on folding chairs. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

That would explain everything—it would also explain the place chosen for the staging of the crime. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what I knew to be practical advice didn’t lessen my disappointment at not being able to watch Ernie march triumphantly to the stage to receive that diploma. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still his sleep had not been without all healing virtue: he was stronger, more able to bear his burden one stage further. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Haircuts for all the Tens, with the little girls losing their braids, and then the sweepers coming quickly to the stage to remove the shorn hair. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was frantic and close to the first stage of starvation. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“This stuff was supposed to be off the stage for my class tomorrow,” Miss Saunders is saying. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

When the second stage, or upper half, of the Titan separated from the first stage, I thought we had blown up. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, when the human population became sufficiently large and concentrated, we reached the stage in our history at which we could at last evolve and sustain crowd diseases confined to our own species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was an ugliness about Billie on the stage that filled the entire theater and lingered long after she had left. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When the play was finished and after all the players had taken a bow, Arnold-as-Sandy walked in front of all the actors and sat down, center stage. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one thought much about it until a couple of days later, when Tommy took off the dressing to reveal something at just that stage between sealing and still being an open wound. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were actually kind of cute at this stage, so small and fluffy. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The obscuring lanes of dust contain organic molecules; some of them contain stars in the earliest stages of formation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I was just overwhelmed at having to perform on this big stage in front of Martha. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

At the other end of the room was a stage. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

This was the last stage before the battle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mommy sets my daughter down, rises, and makes her way to the stage. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one end of the room was the stage. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I sucked in a big gulp of air, got a good grip on my suitcase and walked into the light of the stage. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Unlike the staged kisses and caresses so far, this gesture seems natural and comforting. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Matthew was nowhere to be seen, no doubt standing as close to the stage as he could manage. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They lit the lanterns, and Pinmei could see everything as if it were a stage. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They were in the Justice Room, Gawaine and himself, waiting for the last stages of the negotiations. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that stage, I did not witness nor even suspect the violent tribal rivalries that would subsequently be promoted by the white rulers of South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re caught in the act, lit up like performers on a stage. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I held myself there for a few seconds, staying steady, then decided to walk on my hands across the stage. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

When Jesus cured those crippled beggars, didn’t they always get up and dance off stage, jabbing their canes sideways and . waggling their top hats? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The event included all the big ideas and some of the same players as Reggie’s trial, but played out on a much bigger stage. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The ball of paper bursts into flame and ascends across the stage. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Instead, they committed a world- class blunder on an international stage. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

After the audience had left, we cleared the stage, played rock ’n’ roll, and danced the Chicken, the Mash Potato, the Twist, the Stroll, and many other dances. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She decided that the balance had been happy and with a sigh said goodbye to the first stage of her life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another son entering the scene from stage left. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s ring dangles from a golden chain around her neck, and the stage lights make the diamond twinkle. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The overall effect, he wrote, “is thus to be in some degree of the character of a theatrical scene, to occupy the Exposition stage for a single summer.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And when I gave a concert or recital, it was alone, on a stage, my cello, myself, and an audience. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The store window being like a little stage and her having taken elocution, she considered herself the only person in Cold Sassy qualified to act like a dummy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It bounces, bumpity-bump, right across the stage like a rubber ball, and falls off the edge. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I reiterated my proposal that talks take place in two stages. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jessica’s dinner with Mike had gone very well, and she was hoping that by Saturday night they would have progressed to the first-kiss stage. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She would have to do the operation in stages. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to contemporary reports, some female fans became ‘hysterical’ at the mere sight of him on stage. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

My great-grandfather sawed my great-grandmother in half on a stage in Elf Ear, Nebraska, and then refused to put her back together again. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I push through the door, and Ms. Albright herds us on stage. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He watches her with equal attentiveness as they traverse the shelves of timepieces in varying stages of construction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

By then she had retired from the concert stage, following a farewell tour that began with a sold-out concert in Washington’s Constitution Hall, where she had once been barred from singing. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The third stage vibrated quite a bit, not from side to side but with a choppy fore-and-aft motion which was felt as almost a buzz. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they show some very staged- looking shots of concerned citizens welcoming grateful refugees into their homes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But for Elizabeth Bentley, the end of the war was the beginning of a terrifying, unknown stage in her life. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bones climbed up a stage rope and perched on a beam near the ceiling. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hard facts would come only when further data had been collected which could allow the crystallographic analyses to be carried to a more refined stage. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

A silkworm cocoon, the pupa stage of Bombyx mori. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There was a motto Barack and I tried to live by, and I offered it that night from the stage: When they go low, we go high. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

According to scientists, there are three stages of love: lust, attraction, and attachment. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

You saw her being born on the kitchen floor, and I saw a poet being born up on that stage. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He put his hand over his eyes to shield them from the stage lights and looked out into the dark part of the bar. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

For this assembly, the seventh graders, most of whom were twelve years old, were told to sit in the front rows,close to the stage. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Doc said she had no idea how your grandmother was even doing because Mom—G’ma—quit coming in for checkups. She’d already reached stage three, and—” Dad pauses to take a breath. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

They are symptoms of absent-mindedness in a writer who has forgotten that he should be staging an event for the reader. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

His scripts—for that is what they were—were meticulously detailed, and came complete with stage directions. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

But when I arrive in the auditorium after chem, there are already at least fifty people lounging around the stage and the first few rows of seats waiting for the auditions to start. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the community hall claps as Imam Malik takes the stage. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Her cousin’s removal left Briony center stage—there was no sign yet of Robbie—and the way she was listened to, deferred to and gently prompted seemed at one with her new maturity. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When he says Closure everything stops and I blink and look up at him and I squint because the stage lights are so bright and his bald head is reflecting the light like the sun. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second time, the policeman asked, "Is that your dog, little girl?" and Sandy walked across the stage and sat at Stage-Annie's feet, and once again the audience broke into applause. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Standing on a stage above the singers with the headmaster beside me, I looked up at the ceiling—at the majestic artwork. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was an example for them—they could compete on the international stage, too. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Radios were innocuous, being still in the catwhisker and headphone stage, and featuring such stimulating programs as the Arlington Time Signals. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that stage of my youth, death remained as abstract a concept as non-Euclidean geometry or marriage. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have white mice riding on white rats, and the rats would gallop furiously round and round the stage. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She led Coraline over to a board by the side of the stage, and put a balloon on top of Coraline’s head. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Climbing the ladder on the landing stage, he reached the ascent stage and entered the airlock. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t think about that stage, not yet. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You think you’re so smart, don’t you? Well—” Mr. Flux lunged away, attempting to exit stage left. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The problem is,” said the governor, “that this man has to be discouraged before we ever even get to the hearing stage.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time ever, Seattle was going to play on the world stage. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

This is a singularity, a concept that became very important later in the history of science—but at this early stage, mathematicians knew little more than the artists about the properties of zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The band did not step out on the stage but rose from some hidden basement. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

When has Truman Drama ever been hooted off a stage? Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She caught up to Finn right at the edge of the stage and pulled his head down beside hers. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

On January 15, 1872, they staged a nighttime march to voice their anger over laws they felt were designed to penalize a single class, namely the poor. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He exaggerates his movements, lifting his feet like he is stepping onto a stage. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I’m taking long breaths in and out to calm myself when I notice Saint Sarah up on the stage, giving me a huge smile. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The rise of literacy, of the culture of writing and reading and bookselling, had reached a critical stage in the classical period. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Ma acted like a waitress and served everyone as Caroline took center stage sitting on the loveseat that we designated the “shower chair.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

As he sat in the theatre's presidential box facing the stage, Abraham Lincoln had no special protection. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m a little bit excited to be going to lunch with my stage makeup still intact. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The great actress was past seventy, but looked half that age from the stage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is remembered, not for her talent as an accomplished actress or her lifetime of performances onstage, but for the scene she staged in the president’s box. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go and turn on a light over the stage. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Jonas prepared himself to walk to the stage when the applause ended and the Chief Elder picked up the next folder and looked down to the group to call forward the next new Twelve. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Number 1, a mousy blonde who identifies herself as Marie F, climbs the stairs beside the stage and slouches to a microphone. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hurt Minnijean’s feelings, given the heroic effort she was making to convince school officials to allow her to sing on stage. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As chapter 3 demonstrated, the Court has closed the courthouse doors to claims of racial bias at every stage of the criminal justice process, from stops and searches to plea bargaining and sentencing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Get her squinty eyes fixed first, then her lips, and cross the river in stages. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The stage was massive, with vast red- and-gold curtains drawn back to reveal a magnificent make-believe forest with a rolling painted ocean at the back of the wooden deck. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

By this time the news anchor was gone and Lance was now solidly center stage. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They could laugh at her, shout at her to get off the stage, or boo her into tears. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are the larval stages of caddis flies, stoneflies, and mayflies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Seats rose in tiered semicircles around a small raised stage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Personifications of “Just Discourse” and “Unjust Discourse” take the stage to slug it out. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, I’m like Vanessa Williams, tall and demanding, gliding across that stage. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes as though the details were never any farther than a stage behind his eyelids. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The cafetorium has a kitchen at the near end and a stage at the for end. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My bar mitzvah folder under my arm, I edge my way to the stage. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And speaking of cake-related casualties: Martin Addison is sprawled out on the stage with his face in the empty cake box. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He was at the stage of a meal when one becomes philosophic. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sarcasm, Emma thought, because the emergency backup lights here were brighter than the ones on the stage. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Lara’s polite grin bursts into a big, toothy smile as she jogs up the few steps to the stage where Chief Crowe swallows her in a big hug. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Manhattan was going to be the next stage, the next phase of his life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I felt as if those of us on the stage were floating in another layer of the world, removed from those below. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shoved his hands in his pockets and hopped down off the stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The Todd School allowed young Orson to take control of the student stage productions. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Momma says Ms. Rosalie was one of her biggest supporters and cried at her high school graduation like it was her own daughter walking across the stage. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Two days before the stay-at-home, the government staged the greatest peacetime show of force in South African history. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Amagqirha held her beaded skirt off the floor and circled the stage in a half-run, keeping the ancestors connected to us as Abiyoyo chased her, stomping and clawing as he went. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The curtains of the stage would be red velvet and M.K. would be printed on them in gold. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Generations of Volpe’s students had heard him say, “If all we had was a bare stage with one light bulb, we could still do theater.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

As I walked up the aisle toward the stage, all I saw was a blur of happy bright faces looking at me, and hands clapping for me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Ah! We do have a Mary, a very bashful Mary but a Mary just the same. Come right up on the stage, Mary.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Dorothea could barely keep up with all the various stages of their ongoing experiments. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Years later, Welles acknowledged that Houseman made possible the staging of the Mercury’s theatre productions. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The puppy seized the opportunity and tried to stage a combined entry. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Still in planning stages, I suppose? Or expecting?” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

People scurry into the first few rows as Tiny hurtles onto the stage. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Of course, Miss Kenton cannot hope by returning at this stage ever to retrieve those lost years, and it will be my first duty to impress this upon her when we meet. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m still not sure about that stage name.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

First, because each stage grows out of some previous stage, the lines of demarcation are inevitably arbitrary. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the guards on the stage—the ones closest to the smoke bombs—just stumbled about, barely even managing to hold on to the Gustano kids. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was led to a seat on a stage set down on about the ten-yard line, with the Blue Ridge section of Levittown—Butternut Road, Balsam Road, Bittersweet Drive—just behind me. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The festival is in some ways like any other kind of conference, in that awards presentations, schedule changes, and various other routine business matters are transacted at a lectern on the stage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

King Robert had staged it in her father's honor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The door stood ajar, and through the crack, I could just make out lines being spoken on the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't get sore. Don't get sore at this stage of the trip. How did you ever happen to know this fellow, anyway?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Because I can feel the plate lifting me up to the stage. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

At the Fourth of July celebration, the five suffragists squeezed into their seats in the press section as close to the front stage as possible. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was dark but I could see that there were six men sitting in a circle on a little stage at the other end of the room. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Those in the back rows of the audience were having trouble hearing him, so they got out of their seats and rushed closer to the stage. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I walked across the stage to Mr. Tushman, who shook my hand with both his hands and whispered in my ear: “Well done, Auggie.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Three years after Truman’s staging of Rent—and thirty-six years after my own high school graduation—I was asked to give the commencement speech at Truman High. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the second stage, general elections would be held for a constituent assembly and legislature in which all political parties winning 5 percent or more of the vote would participate in the cabinet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps because he had sensed even then the force of what he felt, and he wanted to prepare her, to tell her in stages. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They had evidently finished the hungry, intent stage of feeding and were browsing and talking at leisure, and he could see that one of them had the attention of the other three. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I follow her, and she holds my hand and leads me to a beat-up leather love seat a few feet from the stage manager’s desk. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We were not so noble as to stage a hunger strike. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The classic honeymoon stage where everyone feels like they’re riding a unicorn on floating rainbows while drinking Skittle smoothies. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

At that stage, we had no real urge even to push our favorite classics at the two of you—not, anyway, with the same gusto that we had at the twins or Boo Boo. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

A small stage at one end, folding chairs stacked along the walls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Just after midnight, the street outside the hotel is lit up but empty, like a stage set before the actors appear. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was an excited whisper in the hall as Maestro Dubrowsky came onto the stage in his tux, with his long mane and mutton chops. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

There was a sound of dreadful confusion on the stage, the audience was in an uproar, and the curtain was quickly rung down. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the final part of our tour, Miss New Jersey takes us to the Miss America stage to practice our model walk. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

One that I know nobody else will be bringing to the stage on Thursday night because it’s not usually considered, you know, a talent in the traditional sense. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are pleasant but unoccupied, as if she’s observing a staged drama. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"Pitch and roll complete, twenty-two seconds till staging." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Justin pacing off stage left, mumbling his lines nervously. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“We’re all fine. We’re all just fine,” my mom said, but I wasn’t so sure because her head was bobbing around like she was in the early stages of some shaky disease or something. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And, it turns out, each of the stages is orchestrated by chemicals—neurotransmitters—in the brain. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She climbed down from the stage, shone the flashlight about the old theater looking for the way out. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Ms. Holly’s voice echoes from where we’re sitting on the stage in a circle. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The pastures are the stage and the main action of the dance is to rotate the animals through the pastures. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was the stage for her capture, a second bandstand for the town’s amusement as she lay on the planks at the feet of four regulators in their white and black uniforms. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Ah, leave him be,” I whispered as the toad sat still as a statue on his tiny moonlit stage. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Though I’d long grown comfortable on the biggest stages, I still found huge comfort in preparation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They weren’t bumbling like the ones on the stage. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

As Tal and Fischer left the stage, journalists rushed to them begging for a comment. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose the truth was, by that stage, each of us was secretly wishing a guardian would come from the house and take him away. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She really said four, though, so we hung around outside the stage door by the picnic tables and the weeping willow tree. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

You stage a power play by conning the older guy out of some fake winnings, then mouth around that you one-upped the boss. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ninth graders are putting on The Wiz and they got all kinds of junk on stage. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

A woman dressed all in black, wearing a headset and carrying a clipboard, comes to center stage behind the curtain. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I used an old stage trick to keep myself from blushing, gave my best unconcerned shrug, and looked down at the willow wand I was peeling. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But there was nothing more for him to say and so he turned and walked off the stage. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

News of the DAR’s ban had caused an angry controversy and set the stage for a historic event in the struggle for civil rights. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

We walked over to sit on the cushions below Shabnum's stage. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As he turned to mount the few stairs to the stage, Kira could see the broad blank expanse across the Singer’s back and shoulders, the blank that she had been picked to fill. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He argued, reasonably, that it would be unfair to American athletes to let German politics deprive them of their chance to compete on a world stage. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We watch as drag queens every shape and size and color give it their all and leave everything they’ve got on that stage in this dingy little bar out in the middle of West Texas. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Most people had cleared out, drifting to the stage. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They staged emergencies of one kind or another in different situations in order to see who would come and help. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were they waiting for the journalists to depart and then stage a massacre under the cover of darkness? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you don’t need to know. Not at this stage.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It not only offered an escape from society but also was an ideal stage for the Romantic individual to exercise the cult that he frequently made of his own soul. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In August 1864, when a bacterial infection known as erysipelas sidelined him from the stage, Booth used his time to recruit a gang that would help him kidnap Lincoln. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

That is to say, each of us is at a certain stage of life and has a history. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he could not see the stage, he could hear the dialogue. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second stage pushed the ship ever higher, and into low orbit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The espionage war with the KGB had taken center stage, and MI6 was determined to send its best agents against the communist foe. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Marriage was still in the distant future, but the stage was being set. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I work at the local NBC station,” said an Indian woman off stage left, her hand in the air. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Miss Spink went off the stage, and the noise of trumpets squealed as the gramophone needle dug its way across the record, and was pulled off. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Once inside Ford’s, Booth wanted to cross behind the stage to the other side of the building where a door led to a narrow passageway that ran to the front of the theater. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went through a stage where they were just like fish. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

On the stage Luba Luft sang, and he found himself surprised at the quality of her voice; it rated with that of the best, even that of notables in his collection of historic tapes. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

At a memorial service in Carnegie Hall, attended by two thousand admirers, a silent piano stood at center stage, flanked by flowers. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

But tonight, as we've agreed, we're staging a coup on the same Avenida where a decade ago the dictator was cornered and wounded on his way to a tryst with his mistress. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But staying on center stage takes work—lots of work. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Call it Em standing on that stage with her knees shaking but her voice strong. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t even noticed there was a stage. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

After nearly fifteen minutes of gathering opinions, Stanchion mounted the stage again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But comrade, you cannot stage their revolution for them. You can only create awareness. Educate them. They must launch their own struggle. They must overcome their fears.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Matilda, so far as I can gather at this early stage, is also a kind of mathematical genius. She can multiply complicated figures in her head like lightning." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

They’d constructed a wooden stage with a red curtain across the front. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

After two and a half minutes, the first stage shut down and fell off into the sea, and the second stage, with its own five engines, took over. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here in Mill Town on my crosstie stage, folks would suspicion her if they saw me acting friendly. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And she led Raymie by the hand to the stage and pushed aside one of the red curtains. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

When my name is called, I wobble to the X in the middle of the stage, imagining that this must be how Pop Pop feels walking on his prosthetic leg. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There would be a decorated Christmas tree on the stage, a Christmas play, carol singing and a gift for each child. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But my story is still more complex. I have taken part in such a drama as would only be believed on a stage, a tragedy ending in the death of kings and princes.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Even if we could imagine the act of death in isolation, without any preliminary stage of being struck down by disease, we would be fearful of it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had ridden this way with Kaisa several times before, and she knew where the hunt was to be staged, but this morning she saw everything with new eyes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forget whether revenge is a stage or not. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did calm me a bit, having something to do, and Sander was as good as his word, though he got me to the stage with a scant half-minute to spare. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s very good. A mind-reader. You should be on the stage. I only recognised you just now. But yes, I remember that occasion. I still think about it from time to time.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of our wagons were built to be come stages for just that eventuality. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, think about it. Maybe you’re playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered whether or not she had considered that the audience would boo her off the stage. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Saying farewell to the crowd from the stage at the end of the evening, C.P. struggled to control his emotions. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Because the aids virus’s penetration of the human species was still in its early stages, and the penetration was happening inexorably. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Reggie, you are in a severe stage,” she told him after reviewing the numbers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A loud screeching sound comes from the stage and makes me jump. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When we reached the house, Emma led me around to the backyard, where a small wooden stage had been erected. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

This sixth stage always instantly eliminated what so often defeats the average social agencies—the characteristic addict’s hostility and suspicion. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were in Julius Caesar now and the stage direction “Alarum” confused Katie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cordelia wants us to act out plays, with her dining room and its curtain for the stage. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, Mr. Small got up on the stage and asked everyone to refrain from applause until all the names were read and all the diplomas were handed out. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I brush past him and lead the way to the stage, trying to hide my nerves. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At least nobody noticed this time, because hoots and hollers abounded as dozens of people stormed the stage. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

There were three cameras: one for the stage, one for the jury, and Chico. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

We’re next in the queue and we wait by the stage’s sticky steps. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He races into his office to share the good news with his brother Harry and then barks the order for the stage carpenter to come see him at once. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

And at every point it was riveting: here was a group of eight people up on a stage without a net, creating a play before our eyes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The game was resumed the next day and Bobby, feeling ebullient because he was in a winning position, agreed to play on the main stage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Men climb up and over the seats, some fleeing toward the exits while others race to the stage. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Both he and Scott came early enough so that they obtained seats up near the stage. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I should dress up like a horse and trot around the stage for five minutes.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Late in May, the government staged countrywide raids on opposition leaders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One after another, these kids took center stage and poured their hearts out about how Cap had changed their lives. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Schmid stopped the clock, walked to the front of the stage, and announced the first forfeiture of any game in World Championship history. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned and left the stage, left him there alone, standing and facing the crowd, which began spontaneously the collective murmur of his name. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Drawings of gowns were tacked to a corkboard, and racks held examples of work in various stages of completion. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Behind the big glass windows, on a narrow wooden stage, stood the prize to end all prizes. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The audience roared when the quartet took the stage, and I leaned back and shut my eyes, pretending the applause was for me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And with it the stage starts to transform. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“His stage presence is awful, and he has no sense of style.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Shoes, slippers, and boots—in various stages of manufacture—lay scattered. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It is true the event was still a month or so away, but then it had always been our habit to talk over such events from an early stage. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

We must have looked like a small troupe of performance artists staging an imaginary event. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red giants find their outer atmospheres blowing away into space; planetary nebulae are the final stages of Sunlike stars blowing their tops. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah exits stage right where all of us wait for her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Jimmy Blassingame didn’t even have sense enough to get off the stage. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Up on the small stage, the guests were sitting on yellow school chairs, waiting for their moment to speak. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The house was like a stage with all the actors missing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence could afford to scoff at suggestions that the cyclotron was still in its shakedown stage. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Claudius led me to the stage, the broad foyer where Hamlet often passed and the very place where I had watched him instruct the players. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A hysterical young woman with flowing brown hair is also called from 4, but she’s quickly replaced by a volunteer, an eighty-year-old woman who needs a cane to walk to the stage. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The stage has no curtains, but the ropes that used to open them still hang from their pulleys, swaying and ghostlike in the middle of the stage. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Joseph dried off his glasses and pounded on the stage door. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My entire body is drowsy, and I have to extract myself from bed in stages. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The essence of that originality was to take what composers normally did in symphonies - long, abstract, streams of ‘pure’ instrumental music - and turn it into a sung drama on stage. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

We were paraded across stages before adoring audiences, chauffeured about in limousines, and treated like royalty at luxurious hotels. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right then, boys,” says Cecil, clapping his hands and climbing the stairs to the stage. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I sank down on the edge of the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

In general, they do not seem as young—do not present at all like kids you often see on school stages, in grown-up clothes, who have dressed for the part but cannot quite inhabit it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But Volpe’s stage is not a place for them to work out their personal issues. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The man came down from the stage and handed out copies of the student code of conduct. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Terryl did the driving to and fro, and waited by the stage as her girls practiced. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When a noun is repeated in quick succession, readers may assume that the second mention refers to a different individual and fruitlessly scan the stage for him. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It had been to bring back the Old Way more than for the empty vanity of a crown that Lord Balon had staged his great rebellion. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When this is all over, I’m going to run off this stage and straight into the arms of Pop Pop and Daddy. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Against the stage’s backdrop is a towering screen with an ice-blue dragon’s head breaking out through it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They settle into seats and squint at the stage, where a small group of black women are seated. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

In the planning stage, Grandpa said I could be the drummer boy and march right behind him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But then I remembered how my voice would betray me, shrink back, and cling to my lungs, while I stupidly stand on a stage with people staring at me. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I would like you not to sneak around the center. We have all kinds of fun activities, but the offices and the stage and the kitchen are off-limits. Do you understand what I’m saying?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Two thrones made of gold stood on the upper level of a towering stage decorated with silver. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

We’re seated in a circle on the stage, and she is putting on an unexpected show for the drama club. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Feeling betrayed, he straightened himself and pointed to the stage. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The lights came up and the man of honor was then invited up on stage, where he was given a gold laurel wreath to wear as a crown. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

A veteran, he approached this stage of the process, the arraignment, with efficiency. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The stage was a triangular space in the comer, raised about a foot off the floor. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The rat ran over his hands and hopped down the single stage step... Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

A large man wearing a black suit walks to the center of the stage—it’s the same blotchy-faced man who watched the guards take down that kid. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Beginning in 1864, Booth, the young stage star, had pledged his cash, his celebrity, and his connections in hatching a bold plan. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our entire public performance will be staged outside on what Effie refers to as the verandah, the tiled expanse between the front doors and the stairs that’s shaded by a roof supported by columns. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I have an impulse to get up, stand at the edge of the stage and open my mouth to sing. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He appeared through the thick red curtains and walked to the center of the stage. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t wait but a minute afore the white man with the walking stick and straw hat came out on stage and told some jokes that didn’t no one think were funny. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Other scientists are working on the so-called “juvenile hormone,” a powerful substance which prevents metamorphosis of the larval insect until the proper stage of growth has been reached. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I inhale deeply, trying to appear calm even though my heart thumps wildly as I walk up the steps to the stage, where Imam Malik is standing. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When it got to the editorial stage everyone knew the cards were down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only when he was well north of the Tower did he mean to turn and seek for some way to take him east, east on the last desperate stage of his journey. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He brings his sense of beauty and aesthetics and discernment of character to the staging of Truman shows. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

There’s no stage, so we walk to the front and turn to face the crowd. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The announcement in the paper states that Hector Bowen, better known as Prospero the Enchanter, entertainer and stage magician of great renown, died of heart failure in his home on the fifteenth of March. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was wigless now but still in his stage makeup. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We in the Youth League had seen the failure of legal and constitutional means to strike at racial oppression; now the entire organization was set to enter a more activist stage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. But I’m part of the stage crew, so Macy and I can still hang out together.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Everyone, please sit toward the front,” a man called from the stage. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

So one has to use a quantum theory of gravity to discuss the very early stages of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is fortunate that at least during these early stages most of the men working with chemosterilants seem mindful of the need to find safe chemicals and safe methods of application. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then, abruptly, sun filled the clearing, it was like a curtain being drawn back in front of a brightly lit stage. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He begins to see life as a ladder, as a permanent examination with some praise and some further exhortation at each stage. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bucci and Wayne take charge of fastening the set together on the stage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In his mind, he’s on a Broadway stage, just like he’s always dreamed about. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

But the young man paid no attention to me and walked off the stage. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At some stage they began keeping a greater number of such lambs. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scarlet splotches glistened on his cheeks as if he had been made up for some grotesque stage show. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lasting less time than the massive first stage, and thrusting much more smoothly, it seemed almost like an afterthought. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, it was Schaffer’s evidence, not Newton’s, that was ‘staged’ to produce the required results. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But now: Her face is all lit up and flickery as she sets the stage, telling us how first the car filled with Grandma’s perfume. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The crimson rhododendrons made his background, and the clearing itself was like a little stage, where he would dance, and play his part. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

You subpoenaed documents and took depositions and pored over court records until you had put together a detailed and precise accounting of each stage in the deadly quarrel. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

TJ adds that I need to cover the whole stage and not just stand there and sing. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A musician who wished to set foot upon the Eolian’s stage had to pay for the privilege: one silver talent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Further confusing the matter is that the stages or ages in North America have different names from the stages in Europe and often only roughly intersect in time. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Sit here, Mother. There! I guess the shock of taking a rest kind of threw you. Here! I know it’s a dish towel. They say that Billy Sunday drives the Devil all over the stage.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Afore I could do any more worrying, a curtain on the stage got whipped aside and a tall, round white man in a long black cape was standing right in front of us. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I pass food stalls and dance stages, jugglers and fire-eaters, acrobats, Kehannis, singers, and players. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

As legal scholar David Cole has observed, “The Court has imposed nearly insurmountable barriers to persons challenging race discrimination at all stages of the criminal justice system.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Not a single person in that audience believes for a second that what I do up there is real,” he says, gesturing in the general direction of the stage. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They came to terms, and a moment later they walked to the stage, applauded by the journalists and well-wishers who’d been waiting patiently. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It's a great privilege, after all, to have been given a part to play, however small, on the world's stage.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She plopped onto the piano bench in front of the stage and caught her breath. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then I mounted up and gaited him back up to a gallop by slow stages. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He could hear the wooden planks of the stage creaking overhead, the distant, muffled voices of the actors, and laughter from the audience. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Min always stayed at the kiln during the crucial first stages of warming and adding more fuel, he usually went home after the openings had been sealed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I stand on the edge of the stage looking out for a second, feeling a little bit famous. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He held his Staff as he stood at the foot of the stage, and the audience applauded him in acknowledgement of his remarkable performance in the morning. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped across the area behind the stage to the rear door without attracting anyone's attention. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She moved gracefully across the stage, wearing a shawl around her shoulders, echoing the way Mollie used to wear her Indian blanket. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Fix your face,” she says, straightening his collar as she shepherds him and June through to the main exhibit hall and into the back of the stage area. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’m about to rush the stage, thinking she’s having a heart attack, when she suddenly ditches the speech, the page fluttering to the floor, and speaks directly to the microphone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of August 1943, as our training ended, Admiral Nimitz was getting ready to stage amphibious assaults on the Gilbert Islands with the First and Second Marine divisions. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he was relegated to the sidelines as a marginal player while Johnny-come-latelies like Hamilton and Madison occupied center stage. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But there was Dr. Max Pavey up on the stage—the man Bobby had played in a simultaneous exhibition three years previously—ready to play for his country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We played capture-the-flag in the auditorium, where Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek’s pictures hung at the back of the stage, the Chinese flag on their left and the American flag on their right. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every footstep kicked up a little cloud of dust that flashed silver above the stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When my cue came, I froze, and he was forced to propel me onto the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

So, Mom and Wells are at the love you stage. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

My throat starts to dry up as I stand on the stage and study everyone who has come together to help my community. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I look down from the stage and see Mom dabbing at her eyes with a handkerchief in the front row. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

At that time, Chicago headquarters was even discouraging me from staging large rallies. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mariel staged her attack, pushing me down the strip, and as she accelerated with her arm a little behind in speed, I was able to hit her in preparation of her attack. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There is a tunnel under the stage, crossing from one side to the other. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The last stage of the Quest was before them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Bull reached the lights of the stage, he fell to one knee, contorted his face in the pre-agony of nausea, then threw his head forward violently, pretending to vomit. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I pulled back the edge of the drape slightly, I could hear well enough; I could also see the front half of the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t think young boys should be dancing around a stage in skimpy outfits. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In the fourth game Karpov moved his knight on his twenty-first move, which Bobby insisted was the “proof” of the beginning of the staged sequence. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing that he could not make up ground at this stage, the jockey changed his game plan, eased up, and settled in to wait. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately, a long-ago trio appeared, as if they were sneaking out from behind a curtain and taking their turn on stage. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

As we watch people line up and begin to mount the steps to the stage, I feel like one of the cows in the agricultural show my granddad took me to in Kinvara. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Any such attempt to define stages of any evolutionary or developmental continuum—whether of musical styles, human life stages, or human societies—is doubly doomed to imperfection. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There, at last, was the river, full of reflected moonlight, and a little landing stage and a few pleasure boats. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Then four guards marched out on the stage. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The last level was the smallest of the three, hardly more than a thin crescent that hugged three walls, high above the stage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The next month, five hundred students staged a peaceful protest through downtown Hampton. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Lee Wei has us all lined up on the stage in high heels while Dale, the bouncer/owner, sits at the bar sipping on a tall boy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Rows and rows and rows of cushioned seats leading up to the giant stage. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

His arm slipped off my shoulder and he moved to the center of the stage, one hand on his hip and the other pinching the bridge of his nose. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We watched as my dad followed one of the deacons into a room that led around the stage, up to an elevated pool that looked out over the crowd. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

To stage the Ring, Wagner had his own theatre erected at Bayreuth. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Her arms stretched in front of her as if she were blind, Violet made her way across the stage, stepping carefully around pieces of furniture and startled actors. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

When he tells them they could do theater with a bare stage and a lightbulb, they absolutely believe it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

As Maysilee Donner bravely disengages herself and heads for the stage, I catch a glimpse of my mother at my age, and no one has exaggerated her beauty. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, we found ourselves dressed up and waving from a stage, four Obamas and a lot of confetti, glad to have another four years. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She unzipped it and took it off, looking around at the various stages of costumed finery. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He raised his arms and headed down to the stage. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

Their periphescence existed simultaneously with a less passionate stage of pair bonding. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They would have to perform under immense psychological pressure on the most prominent stage in the sport, in full view of the whole world. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Do you have a microphone hidden in that coat, too? Could we drop it down from over the stage? Or, I don’t know, there’s got to be some way to make this work!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Allied troops staged at Camp Patrick Henry, five miles up the military highway, then were delivered by train to the pier. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

But as it happened, a central tenet of life in the Klan—and of terrorism in general—is that most of the threatened violence never goes beyond the threat stage. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

They did not run in a straight line but zigzagged and yipped their way across the stage. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The interviews take place on a stage constructed in front of the Training Center. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I went down the back steps and out the basement door, then over to Commons—its red brick facade flat as a stage backdrop against the empty sky—and called Henry from the pay phone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Apparently, in the Capitol, there were opportunities to vote for your favorites at each stage. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The whole household seemed so reasonable, she had to keep reminding herself it was all a stage setting in some kind of elaborate dream. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For any true stickler, you see, the sight of the plural word “Book’s” with an apostrophe in it will trigger a ghastly private emotional process similar to the stages of bereavement, though gready accelerated. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

At his seat Bobby studied the stage from the audience’s perspective, seeing it as they must have seen it for two months, when they’d watched the combatants in profile. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sat there on the stage for a few seconds, enjoying the moment. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We walked down the wide aisle and followed the signs to the fifth-grade staging area, which was in a big room to the left of the stage. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Emily was in the advanced stages of labor when Mother realized she needed a hospital. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I don't know what comes after the anger stage. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When it came time for the candidates’ speeches, I stood behind the lectern and let the paper cascade off the stage onto the floor. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The guests were never less than courteous to one another, but for all that, a rather tense atmosphere, charac-terized largely by distrust, seemed to prevail at this stage. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The hypnotic stage was even longer in coming than before; and when it came the time remaining until full sunrise was so short that we began to despair. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And even though there was no stage to dive off, Joe stood on one of our little amps and leaped into the crowd, where he was caught by some of Selena’s candy crew. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Dozens of bronze and gold spheres like steampunk basketballs sat around in various stages of disassembly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Our productions were what might now be called minimalist: no stage, no scenery, no costumes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now we have to hurry,” said the Big F. “We should go through your stage directions. The hypogeum is all set!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But even so, if the transformation is a coordinated, integrated physiologic process in its initial, local stages, there is still that permanent vanishing of consciousness to be accounted for. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When both twigs were undressed Nel moved easily to the next stage and began tearing up rooted grass to make a bare spot of earth. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The FTP employed nearly fifteen thousand writers, actors, directors, designers, and stage technicians. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

We walked up the stairs to the stage, where we sat in cold metal chairs. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

To understand how chemicals can alter the course of heredity, we must first watch the basic drama of life as it is played on the stage of the living cell. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Since Aristarchus, every step in our quest has moved us farther from center stage in the cosmic drama. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

What the hell was Archie involving him in an assignment at this stage of the game for? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this stage, the accuracy of the quotes have not been disputed. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He moved to the center of the stage, closed his eyes, and fingered the Staff, looking for the place. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The empty auditorium is dark and spooky with the main lights off, but the stage lights are shining on us. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“T. nutricula is a jellyfish that can actually revert its body to the polyp stage. To its younger self!” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the inaugural stage in front of the U.S. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I was making a stage curtain, and it was the moment before the curtain parted or rose. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And were now at Clint’s Graveyard, which receives high praise online, and this could be the perfect stage for me if I outgrow my insecurities—in the next few minutes. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to go up on stage so people can come gawk at the girl with no arms playing the guitar. I’m not some circus show.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Too late I see him standing at the back of the stage. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Nip it in the bud, not butt, Ms. Hardwick, she answers, then adds, Sorta like when you prune a flower in the budding stage, to keep it from growing. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I figure Miss Saunders is on the stage, so I go into the auditorium by the backstage. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was dark behind the thick red cloth that draped the stage, and the air smelled musty, but once the curtains were pulled, the light from the auditorium windows would fill the stage. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her parents stepped into the room, staging happiness. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The drawing room had been prepared for the interview as if it were a stage set, with two chairs drawn near each other and a tea tray already in place on the sideboard. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“And what happened when Mentor got to the stage?” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

We climbed the teak ceremonial chairs and made flying leaps off the stage. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hates when they stand in a straight line across the stage, because nobody does that in real life. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The ARVNs got into a staging area and started moving out. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z