There was a lot of shuffling around when the bell rang and everybody got up to leave. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m downstairs. Outside, I mean. I was afraid it would alarm you if I rang the bell.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She's found a row of large bells that dangle from thick rope. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

That evening, just at the closing bell, she made her way down the street beyond the boardinghouse row to the trim, frame houses of the overseers of the Concord Corporation. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t really know how it works. It’s some kind of series of cables and bells.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But Papa told them how he had been going straight for the bell. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A brass bell jingles when I open the door. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The bell rang in Pollard’s ears, and he felt Seabiscuit drop and push beneath him, hammering the track and powering forward. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a ding from the bell above the shop door, to let him know someone had entered, and he looked up, guiltily, but there was no one there. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The bells rings, but you can hardly hear it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When I again unclosed my eyes, a loud bell was ringing; the girls were up and dressing; day had not yet begun to dawn, and a rushlight or two burned in the room. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Enough,” the father’s voice echoed in the lonely church, and the bells that called us were silent. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I wait outside the door for the bell to ring. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

And when the bell rings, I am surprised the day is over. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The agony of those wheels on the drive, of that pealing bell, of my own first wild rush for flight to my own room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his own finger on the bell. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

She detested housework, in part because it had no end in the Simdars household and in part because it held her under the bell jar of her mother’s watchful eye. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You’re exasperating! Yes, yes, if you die before me—and you won’t—I will come. I will be there with bells on.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Spectators murmured among themselves at Smith’s homemade bell. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Getting through the crowded hallway after the bell rings. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The metal rings out, echoing through the room like a bell. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The minute the bell rang, me and Pork Chop and Ira headed downtown to where the New Dealers had set up shop. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lingered by my desk till the bell rang. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My mom was Kitty Hammer, and as I implied before, if that name rings a bell, you’re probably a big-time tennis fan. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The school bell called us back to class and the girl turned and ran. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We logged out simultaneously, just as the final bell began to ring. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I hesitated, and then rang the dining-room bell. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The warning bell rings at 7:25. The 2nd bell at 7:30.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I dream that I’m naked and standing in the bell tower at school, in the cold and the rain. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He let a bag drop to the floor, and it hit with the ringing sound of an iron bell. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s the same bell the fire alarm uses,” I told him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bell clanged; and from the Watchers there went up a high and dreadful wail. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

With a shout of triumph he raced up the stairs onto a narrow landing, found the bronze bell Rhonda had told them about, and rang it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When there was no answer I banged on the door, thinking maybe the bell had stopped working. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear all the fire bells ringing last night?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

To hug in the hallways, same way I see some of the upperclassmen doing before the bell rings? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

My mom comes out of the kitchen when she hears the bell on the door jingle. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The church rose up from the dust of the road, huge brown granite blocks rose skyward to hold the bell tower and the cross of Christ. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It frightened him, this glee, but he stuck to his habit—singing his song, ringing his bell and holding fast to his rope. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She rings the bell in the carriage, and the thing lurches forward like it’s drunk on rotgut. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And anyway, the bell is always five minutes late, which means it’s already a few minutes past midnight. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, he took the pad to Mr. D’Ulney’s classroom. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Joon asked as she rinsed the last few dinner dishes, abandoned by someone at the sound of the bell. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

So when the bell rang, Cara Landry, the secret coward with the cold sweats, put on her bravest face and walked like a robot down the hall and into room 145. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Just then the bell rings for next period. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

King leaves, pushing the door hard enough to nearly break the hinges, the bell clanging wildly. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Benton, he thought, wouldn’t do such a thing as jump off a bell tower on Christmas Day. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Church bells were beginning to ring all over town. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Edna moves down as I take a seat to wait for the dismissal bell. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Frightful awoke from time to time, when the wind blew so hard it rang the church bells. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

His rope was improperly tied; his bell had a tinny unimpassioned sound. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We go into the hallway just as the bell for second period rings. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

That night, just as the church bells began to ring midnight at the First Baptist on Washington Street, Benton was walking up the stairwell of the bell tower. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

If they spotted someone approaching, they yanked a pull-chain that rang a bell in Miss Peregrine’s room, which meant that whenever I arrived she’d be waiting inside the door to interrogate me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The bells were ringing, the sirens were sounding. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“No, I changed my mind. Can you imagine some jerk just leaning on the bell demanding ketchup?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

If you find it a breeze to write a simple sentence, but start hyperventilating when a few bells and whistles are added, you’re not alone. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder about the existence of God because, unlike my grandparents, I live much of my day in a secular city where I do not measure the hours with the tolling bells of a church. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The howling wind and pounding rain made a frightful noise, and yet through it all a single, chilling sound could still be heard—the awful tolling of the church bells. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Hatted, bell- bottomed and Loved from the Beginning. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, and everyone gets up to leave Mr. Davanzo's class. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

So I did, and the second time, I hit the bell pretty square. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The royal ducklings fell in behind them as they made their way across the yard, marching to the music of the bells on the fool’s hat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then, on the captain’s order, the bell is hurled overboard. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She went to the telephone and rang the little bell and waited, looking at the floor and listening. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The bells clamored as loudly as ever, but now the sound was associated with the regular procession of the monks going to devotions. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The chime of those little bells proclaimed their value to anyone with ears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

All over Boston bells were calling everyone to church. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At exactly 7:30 the teacher again picked up the brass bell that sat on his desk and swung it over our heads, while we charged down the stairs, our cheering magnified in the stairwell. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings and from TV on the Radio last night to this moment feels like one hundred years. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘I certainly trust you not been waiting long. So many folks been coming that us thought it wise to untach the bell. You gentlemens just let me take you hats—Father been mighty sick.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Years later, Daily Racing Form reporter Pete Pedersen noted that “Tom’s eyes were sparkling mirrors” when he recalled this incident, making one wonder if the old cowboy had a hand in the bell’s demise. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m curious to know what Nico is talking about, but as the bell rings, he crouches behind his desk and rummages through his backpack. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I still didn’t believe them but the bell rang and lunch was over. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made that promise so easily, alarm bells rang in Hazel’s mind. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I nodded gratefully as the bell rang, chasing away that image of the sandy-haired paramedic with the green eyes. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And we were busy then with powder, scent, and rouge, until the bell rang and her visitors came in. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

If the shades were drawn full, and no lights were on, and there was no answer when one of the girls rang the bell, we would take the chance and go in. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then there was a sound like quenching iron, and the wheel rung like an iron bell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The bells were ringing again, high in the scudding sunlight in bright disorderly tatters of sound. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded like a bicycle bell and I thought there might be a kid on a bike, so I hit the brake and slowed to a stop. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When it seemed that it would never end, a bell rang announcing lunchtime. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then the school bell clanged recess to an end and C.P. heard the two boys at the top of the stairs give a final snicker before tearing off. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lady Seymour’s bell rang upstairs as the door closed behind him. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I place the bell into her open palms. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then right after the final bell, Ivy found another note in her locker. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When the lunch bell rang, we flew down the stairs in a big huddle, not knowing exactly how to get to the cafeteria. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Clearer and nearer now the bells jingled, and clippety-clip came the quick trotting feet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mohammed rang a bell and asked a steward to bring some drinks. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And while she was laughing I rang the bell. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Who wants to stay up all night so they can see a bell? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The bell over the door chimed and the woman—tall, casually dressed in a straight navy skirt and white blouse—pushed through it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I’m just about calmed down ’cuz I made it to my class before the bell rang and that’s when I see Lymon sitting in back of the class at his desk, smiling. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

As we waited for the opening bell, I stood with Brian at the edge of the playground, my arms crossed to keep my coat closed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

After sterile weeks he came to an unknown city where all the bells were tolling a dirge. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When Catherine comes in, just before the bell for language arts class, I’m ready for her. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Once they were outside, Emily grabbed his arm and swung it like she was ringing a giant bell. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A bell rang over my head and I closed the door behind me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

In the midst of supper, at approximately seven-thirty, someone rang the bell at the front door. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The final bell rang, and it was time to go to the library. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eight bells; the watch was relieved; eight bells again, and the starboard watch lay below. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ring the bell near the Orléans tapestry. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Before the bell rang, I noticed Diego waiting outside the door. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

As the bell for the last period rang, the guests arrived. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

It returned again in greater force with the ringing of the bell. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Once all the hubbub was finished, it was nearly third bell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the bell finally rang, they hurried out into the corridors toward the Dark Arts classroom and found Professor Moody leaving it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then he leads her through the metal detector snitch box, which blares its sharp alarm bell. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang a second time, and he looked at the digital alarm clock glowing beside him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I watched two girls in Mr. Porter’s class recite a version before the bell rang. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, I walk past Ryan Cross and Roamer and Amanda until I’m standing so close to Violet that I can smell her flower shampoo. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The bell above the door chimes as we walk in. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone stared at her when she walked into the room right before the bell rang, but Grace was prepared for that. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then finally I got to the address I’d been given and rang the bell, and the second he opened the door I recognized him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, she gathered up her books and made for the door. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had only come out just before the bell rang to saddle. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

There was activity below him now, cattle and horses and sheep moving, the sheep bells clanging, and birds—magpies and bluebirds and killdeer—everywhere. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I placed it by the bell under the Swiss book on electron-positron accelerators.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But by the time the bell rings, we have a pretty good-looking cast of our dead queen. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The door had an old-fashioned bell pull, like those in Lyra’s world, and Will didn’t know where to find it till Lyra showed him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Moor’s slaves—in other words the chorus—had taken up their song a bar too soon and this had nullified the simple rhythm of the magic bells. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, ladies,” says Mom, her voice ringing like a bell. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, some of the boys shouted and ran out even as the teacher scolded them, but the rest of the kids walked outside in an orderly fashion. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As I fled down the stairs, the clang of fire bells filled my ears. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I nodded as the bell sounded from on high, sending me to history. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I packed up the rest of my lunch, stuck it in my bag, and waited for the bell to ring. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The class went back and forth like that day after day, and when the bell rang it was always a surprise and an intrusion. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Almost at random he said: “Did you ever happen to hear an old rhyme that begins Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St. Clement’s?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The bells of the church kept ringing and calling, but I did not go. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father Byrnes went up to the altar, the altar bell rang and mass began. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is quiet, and when the belling tower strikes the late hour, it doesn’t break the silence so much as it underpins it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then, about ten minutes before the bell, I asked for the bathroom pass. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They stood embracing without talking until the girl leaned back and unknowingly pressed the bells. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The building loomed above us, soaring bell towers framing its giant dome. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

First bell was ringing; the school was still a block away. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men with vacant eyes, bells on diner doors, motels so bleak and lonely they settle in your bones. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Along its quiet length white people in bright clumps moved churchward, under the windy bells, walking now and then in the random and tentative sun. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But class ran until five minutes before the bell, which was just enough time to get changed, slather myself with extra deodorant, and run to geometry on the other side of the school. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The cord that came through the window was tied to a brass bell and the bell was fixed in a rough wooden jig that had been nailed to the window molding. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

JT handed me one of the pencils and our fingers touched and I could almost hear the wedding bells. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the voice I recognized—so sweet that it sounded like little bells. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I walked up the steps and was about to ring the bell when I saw a big mulatto woman staring at me through the window. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First rule: attendance is taken only when you are in your seats before the second bell rings.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Somewhere down below deck, a large alarm bell thrummed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

How long she stayed there she could not have said, but after a time she heard a bell ringing, far off across the city. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But Bit, full of fire and impatience, rang the bell again. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

A dark-skinned black man dressed in a Santa suit is clanging a bell next to a Salvation Army sign. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They crossed the main road and walked a short distance to the university quadrangle, where bells in a stone tower chimed on the hour. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They had only just finished when the bell rang for the afternoon’s double Potions and they beat the familiar path down to the dungeon classroom that had, for so long, been Snape’s. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A little bell rings as we open the door, and the waiting room is very warm and inviting. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as the bell rang, he left Mr. Torres’s World History and Civilizations class and wove his way through the crowds to reach the large studio at the back of the school. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She heard Festus clacking and whirring, the reactivated alarm bells ringing. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They rang the bell, and Nob came to the door, and opened it a crack and peeped through; and when he saw them standing under the lamp he gave a cry of surprise. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When Colonel Aureliano Buendía returned in the midst of exploding rockets and ringing bells, a children's chorus welcomed him to the house. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

A warning bell goes off in my head. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

High tide came too late now, so each afternoon, Turner waited for the bells of First Congregational to ring three times. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Still, every day at the ringing of the three Congregational bells, Turner left his kindling and set off to Mrs. Cobb’s house, and every afternoon Lizzie would be there. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The first bell rang, letting everyone know that classes would start in two minutes. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

When the bell sounded from the castle at the end of their lesson, the three of them dropped their trowels at once and hurried through the grounds to the edge of the forest. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Beneath it, the bell tower angled down to the clapboard front and granite steps, hewn a hundred years ago by the first congregation. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The bullock cart lumbers up, the bells around the animals’ necks jangling, they have tiny bells fixed to caps on the tips of their horns too, which tinkle as they move. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the lunch bell rings, I don’t even stop at my locker. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“There’s a bell?” she asks after the waitress leaves. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She throws her boots in the direction of the bell, and they fall with a thud, thud onto the concrete. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Just like his sister, he’s cute enough that he looks like he flies out to international modeling gigs after the last school bell rings. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

From the first bell the next day, I start counting how long until choir. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

But it was the same way the whole feel of school can be in the sound of a bell ringing. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, and Doc closes the door and turns around to face the class, but before he can say “Good morning,” Jared’s hand is in the air. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When Esther rang the bell to Ida's house, a round, surly-looking nun opened the door and silently signaled Esther to follow her. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had scarcely finished ere the bell announced bedtime! no delay could be admitted; Miss Temple embraced us both, saying, as she drew us to her heart— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

From up the hill he could hear the church bells ringing. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No wonder you can never find a paper clip when you need one,” Jordie comments when the bell rings and we’re heading for the door. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The bell went for the end of break and the shadows passed by in the other direction. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But there was no car in the drive, and no one answered the bell. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He'd heard church bells ringing in Manhattan and seen reporters converging on the sidewalk outside his house. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The bell hadn’t rung yet, and so the hallways were almost deserted. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“And look where it got—” He was interrupted by a guard’s voice shouting in Fjerdan just as the Elderclock began to chime six bells. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I feel like I'm standing on the top of a bell tower, staring at the ground forty fathoms below. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Ever the political pugilist who felt obliged to answer every bell, Adams refused to back away from his belief that the new American government needed a strong executive presence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

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

The last bell rings and the halls clear. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I was carrying a bottle of Irish whiskey like a dinner bell. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could be heard throughout the building practicing their hops and their little songs that sounded like silver bells. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quaro and the others followed his lead, the bells in their hair chiming. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dancers wearing bells stepped high, clapping to the beat of tabors and the whisde of pipes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Perry picked up the jesses, leashes, and falconry bells he had taken off the birds and walked the short distance to his bird barn. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

At exactly that point, we heard the school bell ringing in the distance and we had to gallop the rest of the way so as not to be late for prayers. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

And again he began to pelt toward the sound of the bell, his blood as warm as the swollen, spring-tied earth. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The dinner bell rang and I did not go to the table, but hid in a corner of the hallway. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air of the bell jar wadded round me and I couldn't stir. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Twig got to school just before the second bell. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then the bell rings, thank God, because I’m out of stories. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Goober couldn’t wait for the bell to ring. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see past color and culture, but I was immediately confronted by it when the first bell rang and a student named Sharaud sauntered in bouncing a basketball. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The sound of the bell brought us back to reality. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the thought of what she had to do came back to her like the clanging of an alarm bell. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Muokelu was in front of her classroom fiddling with the bell. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As they stood at the window, they heard the joyous peal of a church bell. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I found Captain Snow. Actually I was led to him by Squire Julian Gingivere. Does that name ring any bells?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He grabbed a seat next to Njemile just as the first bell rang and the students all slowly assembled into their seats. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and students started to stream into classrooms up and down the hall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As a young man Norwood had traveled to Bermuda with a diving bell modeled on Halley’s device, intending to make a fortune scooping pearls from the seabed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But I was thirsty, and no one came when I rang the little bell Betty Jean had put next to my bed, so I pulled on my robe and crept down the hall. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They joked and laughed and looked completely at ease, until the moment when the bell in the court rang. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Many minutes pass before the back bell rings. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Falling Women showed the women, three of them, falling as if by accident off a bridge, their skirts opened into bells by the wind, their hair streaming upward. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I walked down the hall to hang out with Max before the bell rang, listening to him go on and on about that phone game he was playing with Jared. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A message flashed on my display, informing me that the three-minute warning bell had just rung in my classroom. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When the twelfth bell had rung, Benton felt air rush against his face, his arms outstretched on both sides. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The old woman pulled the bell cord and got out of the seat, trying self-consciously to avoid any contact with the anatomy of Jones, who watched her writhing through the detachment of his green lenses. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rang the bell, banged on the door, and everyone took off. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The mmuo making its way down the road was surrounded by a few elderly men who rang a shrill bell as the mmuo walked. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, a loud bell started ringing. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had always spent Christmas at home, with bells tinkling in the streets, and warm smells wafting from the kitchen. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

As soon as the last bell rang, I found my brother. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When the bell finally rang for the end of English, I raced downstairs and was almost out the door when I realized we couldn’t leave until Ben and Radar finished band practice. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

They make a sad noise, like muted church bells. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Massachusetts tried and, fortunately, failed to mandate that cars be equipped with bells that would ring with each revolution of the wheels. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would always ring his bell and then call out the names of people who had letters and packages. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The ten-minute bell rings, and everyone begins to gather their things. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then the sound of the jingling bells began to grow faint. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And then the bell rings, and break’s over. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The actors walk in a few minutes after the final bell, and after a few minutes of conversation—often raucous, frequently profane—they put their cell phones in their backpacks and walk up onstage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Before my eyes, gold bells shredded into gold tassles that fanned into two royal capes that softened into lions’ fur. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with the iron word forbidden tolling like a heavy bell by his ears, Turner would not let himself be brought to Malaga. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Without so much as a glance Emily’s way, James jumped to his feet and ran upstairs, the bells on his reindeer antlers jingling with every step. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Before too long we heard the belling tower striking noon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I got to the elementary school’s all-purpose room to wait for the first morning bell, Julie took a big, exaggerated sniff from across the room and asked, “Did somebody bring in Chinese food?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

A bell has all the personality of a cast-iron skillet. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

At that moment the bell in the corridor sounded for the end of class. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Now you get off the porch. And if you ring the bell again I’ll phone the police. Now, get!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

From somewhere across the city, a church bell struck the half hour. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was a slave in a golden collar, with little bells that tinkled cheerfully with every step he took. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He noted the tiny silver necklace of skulls that circled her neck, her charm bracelet of heads and hands that jangled, like tiny bells, when she moved. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then, with the Olympic bell tolling in the background, he turned, rose on his toes, and touched the torch to an enormous bronze cauldron on a tripod. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The belling tower struck the hour outside, and Kilvin looked around, marking the faces of everyone there. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the bell Ms. Mac said, “Why don’t you stay and help me pop the popcorn for the rest of my classes today?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The next morning I’m at Violet’s, ringing the bell. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I kept looking up at the clock, praying the minute hand would strike 1:40 and the bell would ring. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The cluster of bells thong-tied to the upper hinges of the entrance door jingled and a short, thin woman with a cigarette hanging straight downward from her mouth walked in. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He zooms his electric chair around the raggedy old snowman, tossing Velcroed stars and bells at it, asking, “Snowman go zoom zoom?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The tolling bells that had so thoroughly terrified everyone were ordered to remain still. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He is, I am afraid, a very sceptical person, for when I asked him about the bells at sea and the White Lady at the abbey he said very brusquely:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Park walked with Eleanor to her locker, and they both stood there quietly, leaning against the wall almost until the bell rang. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

By the time the last bell rings, I make up my mind. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“As you can probably hear, the fire alarm bell is ringing.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For added security, the giant Courthouse bell was also rung. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled through the window at the back of the class, the one I’d casually unlocked before final bell. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The crowd of thirty-five thousand hushed, and the bell rang. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded like bells I’d heard in St. Anna Bay and in the Schottegat Small boats and tugs use them to tell the engineer to go slow or fast or put the engines in reverse. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed in there until I heard the bells signal the end of lunch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

Trolleys went to every corner of the city, zipping up and down hills, their clanging bells a warning for anyone careless enough to wander onto the tracks. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She recorded a piano song about a cathedral engulfed by the seas and sent it to me, full of dim, chiming bells and green gloom. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The bell rings and the boy stands up and looks at me with his Bambi eyes. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella could hear the clanking of its bell and the sound of it bumping into things. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She holds out the bell, wrapped in tissue. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At the bell, Jill and I took off in different directions. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Finally, the bell rang for lunch, and I found Omi in the cafeteria line to get yogurt. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t specifically remember meeting your father. His name doesn’t ring any bells. I’m really sorry.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Abbot Mortimer called order by ringing a small bell. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The bell rang again, and again and again. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we rang the bell at someone else’s house, then ran away and hid. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When finally I return to my tower, I fall asleep in the hammock and hear nothing until the church bells at noon. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I liked picking up my book satchel each time the bell rang and looked forward to talking about something entirely different the next period. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

That's the most implausible aspect of the whole story, as there's no way the bells of France would allow a foreign worker to fly in and take their jobs. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Chester shook the silver bell furiously; it rang like a fire alarm. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

To distract myself and her, I talk to her like we’re on the bell tower ledge. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Those nights when I was invited to stay for dinner, I’d notice that my friend’s mother rang a small silver bell to tell the black woman when to bring in the food. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the surrounding silence and darkness came the quiet ringing of a distant church bell, thin, faint, but clear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I pressed the calling bell, the woman with whom I had spoken on the phone hollered from what seemed to be just the other side of the door, “One minute, please!” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He sat exhausted up in the dark belfry with his legs dangling over the stout timber bell axle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, I get up slowly. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He covered his ears and shut his eyes, for the sound of the bells was deafening. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

A flock of fairies twinkles past like floating Christmas lights, their laughter like tinkling bells. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

We went up the steps then to the hall, and I rang the bell for tea. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The bells were actually tolling in recognition of Nebraska’s ratifying the Eighteenth Amendment. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Diego and I loitered on the side of the math building while we waited for the final bell to ring. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

So I texted Davis while waiting for the second bell to ring and commence biology. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Outside there was a rustling early summer movement of the wind; the seniors, allowed out later than we were, came fairly quietly back as the bell sounded ten stately times. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But one day, I had been working on this new bell tower. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Raymie pressed the button and heard a bell ringing somewhere deep inside the building. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Then the tardy bell rings and everyone falls silent, waiting for Ms. Rucker to speak. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and above the scraping chairs and zipping backpacks, Mr. Quisling shouted, “Bring enough copies for the whole class.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The bell rang again, a little louder this time. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Me and Branch must go along now,” he said, “but I be bringing the things to you when the bells go four. To the steps, aye?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a legitimate sound of home, one that would remind the Meecham children of their youth more strongly than the singing bells of ice cream trucks or the cadences of lullabies. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell goes, I’m up before it, ahead of time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did the bell on the door even ring? I must be losing the hosting touch if I missed that completely.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

And why fly one in from Rome when they’ve got more bells than they know what to do with right here in Paris? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

We were waiting for the bell to ring. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

And even as he stood there, unsure what to do, the bell resumed its vibrant call. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I lock the door quietly, wrap a scarf around my head, and take off down Tatarska Street while the cathedral bells ring. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Finally the bell rings and I run to the bathroom. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And he drove on out of the bells and out of town, thinking of himself slogging through the mud, hunting a team. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the bell rings, I catch up with Piper in the hall outside. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can stand here in the girls’ room and practice saying that name ’til your tongue falls out, or the change bell rings, whichever comes first, and it still won’t ever be true. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The school bell rings loud and I remember I’m a long way from Alabama, dirt roads, and slow walking. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

A bell rings, and I nudge Sunny with my elbow. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kaz struck his walking stick against the cobblestones as the bells from the Church of Barter began to chime. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And these were poor folks too, but they were so proud of us that they didn’t mind doing without some things so’s we could have the bell. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I had spent several hours resting fitfully in Michael Reese Hospital’s lobby, stirred from uncertain dreams by the pealing ambulance bells and the groans of patients. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

By the time I’m done, I’ve got just about five minutes before the first bell rings, and my dad might be late for work if he doesn’t hurry and go. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Yet so far as he could remember he had never in real life heard church bells ringing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They had long, muscular upper lips which they could shape like the bells of bugles. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a sad sort of clanging From the clock in the hall And the bells in the steeple too. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we’d have snowball fights by old First Congregational, and Joseph would defend from behind the Bridge Out sign, or sometimes we’d just lob snowballs at the bell. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I caught her in the hall by the front doors before the bell rang as she headed toward homeroom. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You poor dear,” said the witch, with a voice like bells. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I did. But one of them got off a few shots. Another guard came running. That was when the bells started.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

On Alcatraz a bell rings every hour to remind the guards to count the cons and make sure no one’s escaped. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, as if in agreement, the bells of the Black Protocol began to sound, loud and insistent. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and I thanked Emily Sue for the nice things she said about me, didn’t argue with her about the rest, and then made my getaway. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sleep lasted for about sixteen milliseconds before the second period bell rang. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then, for days on end, I was free from school bells and school regimentation. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

So I stand there awkwardly until the bell rings to signal the end of lunch and fidget with the straps on my bag. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

All those scraggy- looking Santa Clauses were standing on corners ringing those bells, and the Salvation Army girls, the ones that don't wear any lipstick or anything, were tinging bells too. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then the bell rang, class was over, and I had to go back to H-5. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

A dinging bell dragged Ophie from her musings and back to the icy day. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then, as soon as the shop bell tinkled, I would slip the chocolate back into the display, the coins into the register, and this made Mrs. Diamant chuckle. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

At one o’clock when the bell finally rang to start class, I heaved a long sigh and walked out of the library. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell above the door jangled as he entered. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Right after the bell rings, I’m going to talk to my counselor and make her move me out of here. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

As he fainted, the clang of police bells filled the air. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Next to his chair was a table, and on the table was a brass bell the size of a fist. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then I threw my lunch in the trash and hid in the library until the bell rang. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and we both took our seats. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chapel bells ring, calling us to evensong, but neither Marguerite nor I move. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Two o’clock out in the city, and bells toll in a hundred churches. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Father had its horns painted bright orange and little plastic bells fitted to the tips, for added authenticity. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

After a considered time he walked around the corner on Central Avenue and rang the bell of Adam Trask’s house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cars drive the losers and winners out of the stadium while we applaud their collective greatness, and then we’re all sent back into school before final bell. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

From the first bell to the last, everything moved too fast. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, I headed to practice. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The bell rings at 3:00, but at two minutes before, I slip my books quietly into my satchel. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

It had grown so silent in the hall that she could hear the bells in Khal Drogo's hair, chiming softly with each step he took. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s an indirect reference to the bell tower incident. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The door swung open with no announcement just before the bell. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, one of the girls even looked back at her and said, “Come on!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She remembers the way one could hear the bell throughout the day, telling time. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Years ago, there used to be a church within earshot that would play melodies on the bells,” Lena said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know, the late bell is ringing. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Captain Prince said, “Eight bells. Your watch, Mr. Bowditch. Men’s lives depend on that, too.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell called the people to six o’clock mass. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bell clanged, and a red-and-tan trolley crested the hill, stopping at the intersection with another clang of the bell. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I arrived precisely at noon and the air rang with a thousand church bells. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what I saw were eyes that were sixty-percent-cacao chocolate, a face that was cafe au lait, and an expression that was so familiar it made my whole body ring like a bell. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The guard froze, turned, and—at last—he rang the bell. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The bell had just rung for lunch, and the photo club was having an all-hands meeting. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“First bell after noon,” a female voice said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Along about three bells Nat came on deck with his spyglass and went to the larboard rail. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It echoes in my head like church bells. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Every time they shuffled forward another place, the bells on their collars tinkled brightly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We were always able at some point each day to call in at a bakery or post office, to hear the tinkle of shop bells and eavesdrop on conversations we couldn’t understand. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But whatever you do you’ll be running your mouth like a bell clapper! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mesquite bushes were green, and even the dagger yucca was stately as it pushed up the green stem that blossomed with white bell flowers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little bell tinkled, and a blast of chilled air hit us as we walked in the door. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It illuminated the bell tower of the abandoned church at Beaver Comers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I walk in just as the bell is ringing, and I’m in a serious daze. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

After a while I wanted a drink of water and found the bell on a cord by the bed and rang it but nobody came. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. García, the school lunch matron, opened the door and stepped out, a bell in her hand. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, he was sideswiped by a horse named He Did and nearly went down. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

So paranoid he even felt like every clock was actually a giant eye, and every time the bell rang he imagined it was the building laughing at him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Raj will ring the front bell to create a diversion. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Some examples are warning devices, bells, whistles, horns, sirens, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Turtle climbed the stairs, rang the bell, and waited. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had gone no more than a hundred yards before a man carrying a pikestaff and a bell and leading a mastiff on a leash stalked up to us. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

As he lay there, he saw himself as he had been that morning, listening to the tavern bell. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The bell for World History rings and I barely make it through the door before Miss Rubio shuts it behind me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His question was lost in noise as the train engine screeched to a stop, brass bell ringing and steam belching over the rails. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But most of all there were bells: big brass bells, old tarnished handbells, little jingling bells on silver chains, with a few gongs and chimes hanging amidst the rest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

On the afternoon she visited, she stood outside the door of their flat for a while before she pressed the bell, suddenly and wildly hoping that they had gone out. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And I heard the bell clang and the sound of the feet scuffling forward. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Septa Scolera rang her bell, singing, “Shame, shame, shame upon the sinner, shame, shame.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Having forgotten his song and his rope, he just stood there high up on the bank ringing, ringing his bell. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, and we leave the pool area and start down a long corridor. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

No more bell, no more roll call, no more work. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the first bell rang, we formed two lines behind the cheese-gold “three” painted into the asphalt. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She said she’d stayed inside a few minutes after the bell because her teacher wanted to tell her what a good girl she was. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I thought hard until I remembered hearing the church bell ring that afternoon, and looking down at the bell on my wrist, shaking it to make it chime along with the real one. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon, the trip wire quivers, and the bell hidden beneath the third-floor table gives a single ring. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was almost louder than the fire bell. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell had already rung, so I got up to leave. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She giggled, a sound like a small silver bell. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, saving me, and we all rose like Pavlovian dogs, eager to run to our next classes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A tinkling of bells from a horse’s harness floated from the street over. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

That’s when a chorus of bells sounds from out behind the house, and I quickly extinguish the lantern. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Finally an alarm bell went off in my brain and I threw up both arms, shouting, “Don’t shoot! We give up!” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The school bell rang loudly over the courtyard, and the students’ voices rose to drown it out in frustration. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At Alexa’s house I ring the bell and her mom greets me with a big hug. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

We sat there until the lunch bell rang. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The noontime music of church bells had passed an hour ago, maybe two. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

In just a little while the merry sound of the bells was gone, and Christmas was over. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the sound of bells in the air—and he looked up immediately. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached for the handle of the bell, but before she could reach it, the door opened. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The altar bell tinkled and we knelt; we bowed our heads and with our right fist softly beat our hearts, saying we believed in the mystery taking place before our eyes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Happy New Year, everybody,” she says after the second bell. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

We still had time before the bell rang. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The bells jingled as we crossed the room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Again he pressed the bell, holding his finger hard upon it until the door buzzed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The letter to the FBI set off alarm bells. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly self-conscious, Patrolman Mancuso rang the bell again and assumed what he considered his erect, official posture. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily desperately hoped the bell would ring or someone would pull the fire alarm as she watched Mr. Quisling transcribe the note. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As soon as the final bell rang, Toby ran to the parking lot and jumped in his car. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Some are vaguely familiar from the hallways at Fenway, but most don’t ring a bell for me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The two-minute bell rang, and Bridge’s attention jerked to the blank page in front of her. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then came the voice of the Witch, clear like a great bell, and sounding as if, for once, she were almost happy. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The bell rang overhead in the castle and both Hermione and Ron jumped to their feet, looking terrified. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Apparently, every sixth bell he told a story. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She pointed to the bell tower and uttered a single word. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They would look, smile, and leave a little before the school bell rang and the work crew arrived. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Finally, the bell rang for the last time, and Madam Maryam announced it was the end of the term; but unlike in other years, no date was announced for the start of the next term. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We had five minutes before the first bell. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But before I think of something nice to say to Madge, the bell rings and she packs her trombone away. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure they’re really missing out. Better get back to your table and finish up now. The bell’s about to ring.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

In the distance, she could hear the bells of the Ice Court ringing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You must always take care to be here when the bell rings.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, we stuff our notebooks and pencils into our backpacks and file out of the classroom door. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The bell announces that another customer has entered. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t always easy for him to lift the bell, and he got frustrated when he couldn’t make it work. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still upon the ground, but his arms were long, and his huge hand held me fast while the bells of his hat tinkled with the force of his exertion. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing I heard was someone pecking at a typewriter and then the little bell dinging when whoever was typing reached the end of a line. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Far up above, like an answering signal, a harsh bell clanged a single stroke. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But hardly had he given the globe a single spin—he hadn’t even located Stonetown Harbor on it yet—when he heard the bell clanging outside on the stairway landing. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

One night, near eight bells of the first watch, Johnny came to Nat’s cabin, his teeth chattering with fright. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every afternoon when the school bell rang we ran across the schoolgrounds and over dusty streets and alleys to the church. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang out just then, and everyone began to slowly assemble their things. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The bell meant that the museum was closing in five minutes. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There might even have been bells somewhere far away now ringing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When the last bell of the day rang, I couldn’t get out of there fast enough. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A bell rang and a light showed over another door farther down. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell ringers in Saint Gabriel's began their weekly practice. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was funny—we would walk into one of those stores with alarms and bells and electronic wires on the leather goods—you know the type I mean. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam walked up the wide veranda steps and rang the bell. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And both have bells that ring to tell you when to move.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Back in the cott, the sound of the bell meant that it was time to go to work. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the last bell rang, Miss K hurried into the room with a worried look on her face. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s blood now,” Abel whispered when the priest raised the chalice with the wine, and his thin voice mixed mysteriously into the ringing altar bell. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At work, her hands sewed hundreds of jeans before the lunch bell sounded and then boxed hundreds more before she left for her night job at Johnny’s Steak House. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Church bells in the distance roused Joseph out of his memory. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At the bell, as we left the lunchroom, I looked back. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The final bell rings, and the entire school bursts at the seams. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The morning bell rings, and the hallway fills with moving bodies. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

My mom put a little bell on his collar so we always knew where he was, which was unnecessary because he never left my side. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then the bell rang and kids started to pile in from the playground. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another bell rings and the rest of the people drain out of the hall, leaving us alone together. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I feel like Mr. Powell is trying to warn me, but I’m not sure about what, and before I can work my courage up to ask him, the bell rings. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The day stretches longer than an Alabama road and I do my best to pay attention, but I’m really just waiting for the bell to ring. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, but nobody comes to answer it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was in the morning when Jonathan first heard the bell. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

One time when the air was particularly eggy, she suggested, “Lepers used to carry bells to warn people they were coming.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I heard the tinkle of a bell in the distance ahead. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rang not like a bell, which was a hollow sound. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Finally, they approached the intersection for the Black Cat restaurant, and James stood up to pull the bell wire. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She ignores me for the most part, until a bell rings, loudly, as if it’s right outside the room. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Jesper was supposed to wait until three bells,” said the pale boy. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Hear the jingle of bells on a door. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Go in front of me with a bell and say, ‘Unclean!’ Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Looking Chronicler full in the face, the mercenary twisted his hand sharply and the sword broke with a sound like a shattered bell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The little bell tinkled once, faint and clear and invisible. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, and crowds of students pack around me on their way to first period. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When the supper bell rang, the sound was deafening. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

After each name spoken, an iron bell was rung, solemn and resonant. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“No children that you know of,” I said, then let out a cackle loud enough to drown out the sound of her ankle bells. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

His face reminds me of the sound of bells. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was nearly twelve bells, and the Exchange was deserted but for the guards who patrolled the perimeter and the rooftop. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His long stick had a crude bronze bell hanging from it, and he wore a tattered bag over one shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And so they went, the bells in their hair ringing softly, while Dany settled down with her small band of survivors in the place they named Vaes Tolono, the city of banes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Good,” said Mr. Lemoncello, raising his bell and striking a heroic pose. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She made it to almost five months before she woke at two a.m. with a terrible stillness in her belly, like the silence after a bell has stopped ringing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and my mom shook hands with all the teachers. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When the second bell rang, the students with musical instruments went to band class and the rest of us were on our way to chorus. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Early Tuesday morning, before the first bell rang, Jake headed to homeroom. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

So many bells, gold and silver and bronze. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang for lunch, I raced to my locker, but somehow Ben had beaten me there, and somehow he was talking to Lacey Pemberton. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then the bell rings, kids fly in all directions, and the week is over. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Abbot Mortimer’s old face was stern as he shook the bell vigorously for silence. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The moment the bell rang, I saw a fist, then the canvas coming up, and ten seconds later the referee was saying “Ten!’’over me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I could hear the traces of the communication, the fading echoes of the crystal bell. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

So when the bell stayed silent, Jonathan sighed with disappointment. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was still bright, but not like a bell now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There it was still, so that they could hear the voices of people up in the town, and a bell ringing, and only far off the hiss and roaring of the storm. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

If Werner rings the bell, the old man will assume he’s being arrested as a terrorist. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Remembered ringing another bell four years earlier, with Miracles for Breakfast clutched in his hands. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Luckily, the bell rang, saving me from having to answer any more questions. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The cricket jumped up and knocked against the bell. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I looked into the temples, I could see the holy sadhus sitting in long rows, bare chested, their heads shaven, holding sacred lamps and accompanying their chanting with bells. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

As Fred and George led a round of applause, the golden balloons overhead burst: Birds of paradise and tiny golden bells flew and floated out of them, adding their songs and chimes to the din. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s in the back, mooing like a cow, even wearin’ a bell like a cow, but it ain’t got no head! Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Joseph Bell which was broken has been recast into two smaller bells. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But before she can bring the brick down, the trip wire behind her jerks, and the bell rings, and someone enters the house. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Back downstairs, where Winslow was waiting for us, the dinner bell sounded, and the boys filed into the dining room. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings and I skip out, barely resisting the urge to give Mrs. Newman a hug. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He looked up, and the referee was standing over him, wagging a finger, ". . . two . . . three . . ." The bell rang. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I made my way up to the performance space as quickly as I could after the last bell. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The little bells kept chiming as I followed her through a dark foyer into the living room. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Relief floods her face—I guess because somebody has finally understood what she’s known probably from the first tolling of the bells. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Drogo's braid was black as midnight and heavy with scented oil, hung with tiny bells that rang softly as he moved. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I watch the clock, listen for the final bell, and dash. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Before he could reply, the bell on the bakery door jingled, and Nina sailed inside, cheeks rosy, brown hair in a gorgeous tangle, and declared, “Someone needs to start feeding me sweet rolls immediately.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The door was scarred; the bell-chain was dangling loose, and the bell would not ring. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She felt as if she had swallowed a bell. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang and everyone collected their things, James shuffled down the aisle and out the classroom without a glance her way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I closed the door and turned off the lights so no more children would ring our bell. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

My insides are on fire when the bell rings. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Soon after they were gone he rang the bell: a message came that I and Adèle were to go downstairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton makes everyone sing like this until the bell rings. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Her bell rang softly, and Dany found her thoughts returning to the Palace of Dust once more, as the tongue returns to a space left by a missing tooth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"I want you to run across at the bell and give it to him right in the belly. If you don't get him, I'm going to get you. I don't like his looks." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell around his monkey’s neck had made that same jingling sound. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The electronic bell over the door would ding-dong when I walked in, and Baba would look over his shoulder, wave, and smile, his eyes watering from fatigue. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

One March afternoon, I get up to leave biology lab as soon as the last bell rings. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

From the time that Colette Ogilvie collapsed, the church bells of Philadelphia tolled without cease. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the clinic bell jangles again, I peek up long enough to see Jason’s mother isn’t holding a guitar. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly as they were talking a single clear bell rang out. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Potatoes, mushrooms, bell peppers, and carrots were all dumped together in a roasting pan with olive oil, salt, and pepper. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mom drives me to school in the morning, but I make her wait until right before the bell rings. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The hallway had filled with an assortment of costumed kids now that the first-period bell was about to ring. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It had a red part inside the bell that could crumple or expand, just like a folding paper lantern. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I make it to class right before the bell rings, and the teacher is already writing an equation on the board. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I waited and waited until the bell rang. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He went to the security door on the nearest apartment building and tried to ring the bell. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Silent, waiting for the bell to sound, I remained dazed, diffident, afraid. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As for the whole bell tower thing, even though it wasn’t at all what you think, I can still promise that it won’t happen again.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I saw them smile, laugh—it was nothing; the light of the candles had as much soul in it as their smile; the tinkle of the bell as much significance as their laugh. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was shortly after the church bells rang for late-afternoon Vespers that the widow reappeared, someone to help you escape Great Wexly,” she said. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

So it was that at the sound of the bell they both stood still and listened. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the bell again; then the engine went into reverse, the propeller thrashing. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was on a Wednesday, as the nine o’clock bell was ringing, that they told him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They leave with some colorful glass beads, mirrors, bells, needles, pins, several pieces of copper, and three hatchets. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She gives me a small shove and disappears, the bells on her ankle tinkling. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The noise from his collision echoed loud, as if he were sitting inside a Christian church bell. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

His snorting laugh and the tinkle of a bell carried down through her open window. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The bell had rung a few minutes earlier, but a straggler clipped us. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I ring the bell at the priests’ house and a big man answers,Yes? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But then my dad says, “Why didn’t you tell us he was the one in the bell tower?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In the room, the bell clanged and clanged, and the mayor bellowed. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Shirley hurried to greet her, but just when she was within shouting distance, the bell rang and the door closed. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, signaling the end of lunch. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Ben, with an arm around Sam, and Joon, standing slightly apart, holding the horrible bell. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The overlords never relaxed their hold on the swinging doors until the bell clanged the end of recess. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want yesterday and Theodore Finch and the bell tower to go away. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, she heard bells ringing the three-quarter hour, but she didn’t care. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In the midst of calling Jesus they heard the hollow clang of the ambulance bell struggling up the hill, but not the “Help me, ya’ll” that the dying woman whispered. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the lunch bell sounded, Shirley raced to be the first in line and waited impatiently for the new girl. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang and we stood up, I noticed for the first time Quentin’s worn, faded shirt, thin at the elbows, and his patched cotton pants and his scuffed, ankle-high shoes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a big, beautiful pool with turquoise water surrounded by trees with huge orange and red flowers like upside-down bells. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He boosted Pollard onto Seabiscuit, picked up the starting bell and a buggy whip, and without a word of explanation, led them to the training track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a voice like the chiming of a hundred tiny silver bells she said only, “The dead should have charity.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

They had rung the bells when King Robert died, she remembered, but this was different, no slow dolorous death knell but a joyful thunder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“If he doesn’t turn up by then we’ll . . .” The ringing of the telephone bell interrupted him. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jessica,” she says after the tardy bell rings, “when are you planning to return to your regular seat?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Little jingle bells chime as we walk into the office. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“My mother says you almost froze to death,” she whispers as we stand in line, two by two, waiting for the bell. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once he was inside the arcade, Kyle’s ears were bombarded by the blare, buzz, and bells of three dozen educational video games. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

For an instant after the bell there was dead silence and frozen motion. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When, in the night, poor Burt got so tormented that he had to go home, he asked the cop on the beat to ring the Nolan bell three times. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How about you let him ring a bell while you’re at it?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The truck pulled up outside a building with a tall spire, like a bell tower, but this was no church. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a time killer when you’re running late, a bottleneck when the release bell rings; and it’s noisy. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

All strangers who passed through the streets of Macondo at that time had to ring their bells so that the sick people would know that they were healthy. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The gold spoons on the table and the jingle bells on the juggler’s cap, the strings on the minstrels’ guitars and the crowns on the king’s and the queen’s heads. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

They signaled their coming with the high, sweet jangle of hame bells. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the breakfast bell she was almost too tired to eat. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

We jump out of the truck bed and line up, then walk to the schoolhouse, a small clapboard building with a bell in front. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

My name rings out clear as a bell. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The space at the top of the tube has been expanded to include a bell, on the theory that if there was a vacuum no sound would be audible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

VP Marten cruised the lot for a couple of minutes after the last bell before heading back toward the administration building. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Gloom tolled its heavy bell in my ear. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When Miss Agnew’s first period class showed up at the bell, they found the three of us up to our elbows in color and wet fabric. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

One of the cooks rang the bell, drawing the lesson to a close. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Little bells dangled from the horse’s neck and jingled with each step. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

To the tolling of the bell we walk along the paths once used by students, past buildings that were once lecture halls and dormitories. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We rode it all the way down to the wharf, cheering with every clang of the bell. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone is trying to start to pack up without Ms. Smith noticing—she doesn’t like it when you pack up before the bell. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But the man who opened the door to them, after Mo had rung the bell twice, was neither. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When the last bell rings, I find myself hovering outside Ms. Singh’s doorway. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, by six o’clock, the house redolent of enticing smells, Viola rang her bell at the back door and pounded the gong. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I held my breath to keep from screaming, but the bell got louder and louder until I burst awake. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except it wasn’t a bell; it was a loud squawking sound that came from overhead. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He listened to the constant parade of sounds outside, footsteps, bicycle bells, the incessant squawking of crows and of the horns of cycle rickshaws in the lane so narrow that taxis could not fit. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A great deal happened in a very short time: Mr. Benedict fell asleep, having been startled by the emergency bell, and toppled sideways into the ready arms of Number Two. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The lunch bell rang while the principal was yelling at me, so when he finally let me go I grabbed my things and bolted. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

At this there was a simultaneous tintinnabulation of all the bells, as each graven image lowered its raised foot in distress. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the dismissal bell rang and I hightailed it to the bus. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“They told me to come back to the Edifice when the bell rings four. I’m to gather my things.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said, “that name doesn’t ring a bell!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She swung the door to, then jerked it open again, making the bell give forth its single small note. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an officer outside the locked front gate of the block, wondering why nobody was answering the bell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so busy thinking, the bell rings before I write a single word. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I am in the bell tower of the high school, standing on a ledge about four inches wide. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

All the hawks, and of course we are using the term loosely, for some were hawks and some were falcons, raised their belled feet again and sat at ease. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had lost his tin helm with its antlers and bells. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was about to give up my hunt until morning when I heard a faint sound, something akin to church bells beckoning in the distance. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

After the announcements and before the bell rang, the intercom speaker came buzzing back on. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The clicking of gears that she had felt almost her whole life was now more like the gonging of a bell. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Liyana said to Rafik, “I would like to go to school with the donkeys in the field. To stand all day in the free air with an open mouth. No bells ringing.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The bell sounded for the next class and she waved me away. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But he had gotten such a late start; the closing bell was about to sound. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I moved here from New Mexico,” Emily finally replied as the tardy bell rang. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Bandit heard the sounds of laughter and voices, footfalls and bicycle bells, as guests departed from one court, then another. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Mom, let’s go. The bell’s about to ring.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, and I go to my locker. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"Never mind that the bell has been rung just once in three hundred years," Patrek had told Theon the day after, as he shared his father's cautions and a jug of green-apple wine. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She didn’t get a chance to start on the subject again during class, and as soon as the bell rang, I took evasive action. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Every morning, I call up to her window, Come outside or she rings our bell, Come outside. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and kids started arriving in the classroom. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I never knock or ring the bell because I’m allowed to let myself in. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Before I can decide whether or not to tell him, a bell signals the end of our eating shift. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I met her on the bell tower when we were both thinking about jumping. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, the bell rang and I was able to escape to lunch. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He yanked on a chain hanging by the gate, and a bell rang somewhere inside. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Shortly after Mrs. Olinski made her way through the door, the bell did ring, and we all left, and were just behind Mrs. Olinski as she made her way down the hall. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I rang the bell to get off at this stop. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, the bell rang, which meant all the students and faculty would be on their way to the auditorium for the morning assembly. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I stood there as the third bell rang and the crowds dwindled. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The man carrying the feet pushed a button that rang a bell. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Alarm bells were beginning to ring faintly in our ears. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and both fighters rushed together, Willie's left arm pumping out like a machine, slamming into Becker's face, rocking him backwards against the red velvet ropes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the bell rang, the class had returned to the normal state of boredom and disinterest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Not now, Gantos boy,” he shouted over his right shoulder, and rang the shiny new bell on the chrome handlebars. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and Nicole sprang out of my seat, bumping me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I got to have that bell fixed,” she said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the bell rings, and the tolerance portion of our day begins. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

When the bell on the door clangs behind me, both of them look my way. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The pair left the shop and remounted their creatures, Isagol holding up her bracelet so the moons tinkled like bells. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He rang a bell, and Brother Louis came in almost at once. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

At that point, the bell rings, and we all begin to shuffle off to lockers and homerooms. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The bell rang for lunch, and the room emptied in what felt like record time. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Upon the air a bell came, then as if at a signal, other bells took up the sound and repeated it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though she’d been waiting for it—the bell. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He improvised an altar in the square and on Sunday he went through the town with a small bell, as in the days of insomnia, calling people to an open-air mass. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When the music started, it sounded like tiny bells and jumping string instruments. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He winced when the clerk banged the bell on the desk for Matt, even though Matt was standing right there, waiting to carry the guests’ bags. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter is like pealing bells that don’t need a hand to pull on the rope; it just goes on and on until you are weak with it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, it rings a sort of bell,” said Ron slowly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Then the bells of the Elderclock rang out, loud and panicked, high and demanding, an escalating tide of echoes, climbing one on top of another, booming over the White Island, the ice moat, the wall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The bell rings then, and Fina and I have to go our separate ways. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The world will give you that once in a while, a brief timeout; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Golly head for the exit as the five-minute bell rings, and I go and drop down into the sad, unused chair behind the teacher’s desk. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

By eighth bell, the mansion is packed with the finest Illustrian families, along with a few of the wealthiest Mercators. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It would soon be the ringing of four bells. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked until she ran into Mariam, who shot her a cheerless glance and went back to slicing the stem off a bell pepper and trimming strips of fat from meat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The bell rang at Brookshire Boys Academy, and an ocean of testosteronies crashed into the hallway, green ties swinging like polyester tails coming from their throats. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, the bell rang, and about a dozen kids lined up behind me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I shall be there with bells on,” Ignatius said happily. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell on the starter’s stand wouldn’t work. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to climb the church tower and cut the tongues out of those bells myself,” Eliza grumbled as she beat a dozen eggs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The change bell rang and I was still cleaning off my shoes. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Today is truly a momentous day,” the captain tells us, “for we shall test the diving bell and see if Caden’s knowledge of deep-sea exploration rings true.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It was a gorgeous thing, delicately fashioned of gold and hung with bells that tinkled as she moved her arm. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

If any more guests arrived, they would have to ring the night bell. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The bells stopped ringing, and Robin heard the boys from the Brothers’ School running and shouting along the street. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

When the bell sounds after social studies, I scrunch my shoulders up and press one ear into my shirt. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The door opens before we even ring the bell, and this hand comes snaking out and reaches for the mailbox and finds this rolled-up newspaper and pulls it back inside. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

They entered the store, tiny bells tinkling as the door opened. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The bell pealed again, and it was time for first period. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Michelangelo's voice sounds like the tolling of a bell. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He recalled every single thing Bo had told him until one phrase rang in his brain as clear as the church bell chiming across the square. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was not, however, till midmorning—which I knew by the position of the sun and the ringing of the church bell proclaiming Terce—that I reached the rock. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Seven minutes after the bell, I finally slap my composition notebook down on my desk and read the prompt on the whiteboard. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was about noon when I heard the bell. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the hereness of dusk I am moving toward the doomlike bells through the flowered air, beneath the rising moon. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they were about to take the first step down, the great bell rang and startled him so, he nearly dropped the clumsy bundle; but it was only telling the time. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He looks up from pulling weeds around his bell peppers. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A bell rang to call them to class. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang to signal the beginning of the assembly. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

So the boy went to the front door, rang the bell, hoping some other less obdurate servant might let him in. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next day at four bells of the dog watch when the men gathered, Lem was not there. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the bell already rang, lots of kids are up talking. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

While he was waiting for someone to answer the bell, he read the faded sticker on the crystal of the door, “A slip of the lip can sink a ship.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, we wait for Dr. Newman to dismiss each class by row. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The queen lifts a golden spyglass and stares at me and Holly like we're bugs trapped in bell jars. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Just before the bell, Alfred thought he heard Donatelli whisper, "Be careful, Alfred," but it was lost in the roar of the crowd and Henry's scream, "Look out." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I walked out the bedroom door, my father’s wife’s ankle bells began to chime. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When I get to school, the tardy bell for first period is ringing. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His finger went out to the bell, but he paused as in the stillness he heard a ting. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door starts to swing open, sending a bell dinging. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And the bell rang and everybody ran out shouting, “Merry Christmas!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We awakened to the ringing of the Meeting House bell, the firing of warning muskets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"The king's not dead, that's only summoning bells. One tower tolling. When the king dies, they ring every bell in the city." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“A cap and bells. Put it on and I might let you out.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the background, church bells toll, warning the public to evacuate because the Martians are coming. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

In a minute he rang his kiddy bell as he passed me on his giant tricycle with the red wagon full of meals trailing behind. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It looked just like a church, with a funny bell tower. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t come back into school the minute the bell rang after their long lunch. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know many of the alums from the fifties, but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to see if any names rung a bell.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Deep in my brain, the name rings a bell. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Someone standing at the window started rambling about a dark mushroom of smoke rising from across the river, and the bell, without any awareness of what was going on, rang for first period. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly its harsh bell clanged again, and then broke into a shattering peal. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She heard church bells ringing somewhere in the distance, and more and more people came running. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandparents’ eyes glazed over at the sheer activity, streetcars rumbling, bells clanging, and the monochrome traffic swerving in and out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I rang the bell, for I wanted a candle; and I wanted, too, to get an account of this visitant. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A cyclist dings his bell, so we step aside. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The huge bell in the tower of the Council Edifice began to ring. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as suddenly as it had begun, the ringing of the bell stopped, leaving an empty silence. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, even, and he still kept waiting. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“What in seven holy bells happened to you two? You are a level mess.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“We don’t operate on your time, Mr. Bolitar. The bell has sounded. That means you leave the room. You aren’t special.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was past nine o’clock and the Sunday bells were silent now. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He always had to ring the bell after that, and sometimes it took a long time for her to answer, and at other times his ring was not answered at all. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sounds of the Marvels, their voices and footsteps, their silverware and bells and carriages, came to life all around him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang he bolted out of his seat and hurried to the office, where he asked the secretary if he could use the phone. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The blackbirds whistled it in the hedges, the pigeons cooed it in the elms, it got into the din of the smithies and the tune of the church bells. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

According to legend, if they were close enough, any sound the clapper made would be echoed by the bell, still lost in the Ephygian Bay with the Desert Gold. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as the bell rang ending homeroom, Garrett took him aside to share a weird new detail. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tardy bell has rung, so she heads to the front of the class calling, “Good morning, everybody! Let’s welcome Jessica back!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

"The boy will clean them. I won't have you tracking mud up my stairs. Mind the bell. Those who come late to meals don't eat." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My next class seemed to be on the other side of campus, and I was trying to figure out where I was—cross-checking room numbers against my new class schedule—when the final bell rang. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But before I could actually say it, the bell rang and it was off to history class, where I had to sit with it all. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

We went out to where they posted the numbers and the bell rang to pay off and they put up 18.50 after Japalac to win. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

At the second bell, the fifth grade, as always, scrambled to their feet. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the back yard With three red Chickens, the goat With a tin can For a bell drinks From a rain puddle. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hit dead centre and busted through some paper and runged a bell. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He stepped up to the counter and rang the bell next to the register. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

"No, begging your forgiveness, my lady, but it was Lord Jon who—" A bell tolled loudly below them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t say another word until Emily gets up to put her tray away and go to the bathroom before the bell rings. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

As the bell rang, kids ran into the room and sat in the remaining chairs. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

When the final bell of the day rings, I take my time. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Rabbits move from place to place, while most bells can only go back and forth—and they can't even do that on their own power. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“If Hildegarde Schmidt’s story is true, how is it that the real conductor did not mention having seen her when he came to answer Mrs. Hubbard’s bell?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they all sang together, led by Colonel CuDy at the top of hia voice, ail belling triumphantly hi the terrible moonlight. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leads Maxine up the flagstone path, ringing the bell because his parents always keep the front door locked. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang three times, announcing that we were about to be let down. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But once the day was truly over, when the curfew bell had rung and all lay still as stone, I crawled from my hiding place. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember, we’ve only got two months to prepare for the Winter Choral Concert. This is a big deal, guys,” Ms. Holly calls out as the bell rings and we file out for lunch. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I was breathing hard when I rang her bell. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only sounds were the steady clop of their horses' hooves, the rhythmic tingle of the bells in Drogo's hair, and the distant voices behind them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The scheme failed because there were no pearls and anyway Norwood’s bell didn’t work, but Norwood was not one to waste an experience. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

When we blow the notes through the mutes in our trombone bells, the sound is rounded, soft and muffled, as if underwater. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

About two hours after Prosper and Riccio's return the bell at the entrance rang and the Thief Lord was at the front door, just as he had promised. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You have less than a minute before the bell. Please find your seats.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bell that had been chiming inside her fell silent. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I stilled the ringing bells with a clammy palm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Signora Divino, I see her in her yard in her pink bedjacket, gazing up at the mountains and listening to the bells. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and he started to walk off. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the bell rang again, much louder than before, and he heard a choir singing, as if the door to a chapel or an oratory had opened. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Their medals and weaponry clanged like wild bells ringing out. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe those words had come out of my mouth, but as soon as they were spoken I felt the truth of them, resonating in me loud as a bell. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Older students are allowed to roam until the bell, but ninth- graders are herded into the auditorium. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Chris gets there before the bell rings, headphones draped around his neck. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Every day except Mourning. Sixth bell, more or less.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In answer to her question, the bell rang—only once, and almost imperceptibly, as if Sticky had just tapped it with his fingernails. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, she blew out the candle and lay in the darkness, feeling the presence of the small body nearby. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

As it bounced, it made a clinking noise like a small bell, then became a dark dot rolling in the distance. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

A moment later, Helene kneels, offering her sword, repeating the vow, her voice singing out across the field as clearly as a bell at dawn. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Jesper bounced from foot to foot in front of the incinerator, the dim clang of alarm bells filling his ears, rattling his thoughts. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A church bell struck ten times and I shivered. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He chimed his bell three times, our signal to meet. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He jerked his head with each word, the bells in his antlers sending up a clangor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

To think about it as a stage in a game, a board beaten only by making it to the end of the day bell. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

At the same moment the ting of a bell sounded sharply. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the door opened when she pushed on it, and a bell attached to its doorknob clanked. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Resonant and inevitable, like the dull toll of an iron bell, confident in the ability of its peal to reach all those who needed reaching. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Emily desperately hoped the bell would ring or someone would pull the fire alarm as she watched Mr. Quisling transcribe the note. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The jingle of ricksha bells blended with car horns, the come-ons of street peddlers, a woman’s laughter, music from a nearby bar. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

With its soaring steeples, stained glass windows and chiming bells, it was a way more mainstream affair than the little white clapboard number that had spirited Stan away. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When the dismissal bell rings, I make my way to Sam’s locker before I leave. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He coughed and reached for the small bell that lay on the chair. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made it into Mr. Hill’s class just as the bell sounded. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The bell tinkled as he slammed the door. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loud Outside Another bell, another line, this time outside. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

On that, she walks out, the bell tinkling behind her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, they approached the intersection for the Black Cat restaurant, and James stood up to pull the bell wire. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Laura and Mary heard the gay ringing of sleigh bells, growing louder every moment, and then the big bobsled came out of the woods and drove up to the gate. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The transmitter remains on, the microphone tucked into the bell of the electrophone as the needle traces the outermost groove. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The bell in his braid rang softly as he dismounted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The great bell rang, sending waves of sound that went out over the hills and came echoing back into the stone of the bell tower, which trembled with the vibration. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The bell jar hung, suspended, a few feet above my head. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

After last bell, I hurried to my locker. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Viola rang her bell on the back porch as I reached the driveway. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A cheer at the sight of the new pastor, the quartet sliding into “Come, Ye That Love the Lord,” and the bronze bells of First Congregational suddenly tolling. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

A violent throb of desire tugs at me, followed by a frantic alarm bell. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, he left it like a shot. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dings, pings, bells, whoops, and techno music filled the air. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I don't tell her Rémy teased me on the entire walk to her chambers, calling me a pavilion bell. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The late bell had already rung and the school felt strangely empty, like they were the only two people left on campus. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and church bells all over ring out the Angelus and Nurse O’Halloran weeps for the waste of a dress, that child still in there and me in me finery. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We get there, and the bell rings, and everyone gets out their paperback and Mr. Shunk says, “Page twenty-five,” and looks at his notebook. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

As he dropped the memo pad into his drawer and opened up his newspaper again, Mr. Larson said, “Please be sure you’re both back here five minutes before the last bell.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

A bell rang and Diana looked up at the sound. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of the voices and the bells, the chanting and the chains mingled to make a sort of music. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the 2nd of June, 1854, when Anthony Burns walked toward the Long Wharf through streets lined with marines and cavalry, guarded by one thousand policemen, bells were tolled. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rang the bell and ordered away the tray. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were larger than when he had come in and had a purpose to them, a rapid movement in spite of their size that almost triggered alarm bells in David’s brain. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell is only ten minutes away, so the lawn is crowded with kids. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

We were still laughing when the bell rang. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The very name like two sharp bells of glory. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The moment the last bell rings at the end of the day, I head straight for the school bus. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Thunder boom over in South Jackson and way off we hear the wail a the tornado bell. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The Dothraki would esteem her all the more for a few bells in her hair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Jon stepped up behind him and rang the taper's helm like a bell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Smiling is bad for T-bone playing, and so we have to break to laugh, slides on their stops, bells down. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“You still have about fifteen or so minutes until the first bell rings. Stay as long as you want. But can I ask you two what’s wrong?” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The same bell Hannah listened to whenever she came in for a candy fix. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Saturday we're up early: The Watchtower and Awake! in our hands, we walk like sleepy soldiers through Nicholtown, ringing bells, knocking on doors, spreading the good news of something better coming. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The colorful bangles on her arms—there must be twenty at least—jingle like noisy bells. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The 1st bell rings, and Windy finally makes her way to her seat. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

More red lights were starting to blink and more alarm bells were starting to ring. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bell tied to the bakery door jingles, and someone enters. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She is not wearing any earrings or her silver bell necklace, but her class ring was shoved on her finger. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The lift bell rang twice, and the men shuffled aboard. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, whenever we heard a bell ring three times, we were to grab our life jackets and hit the deck. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed to be reading three books at a time while also conversing on the phone in a language that sounded like a chorus of tiny bells. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The bell was clanging, banging away at her dully aching head. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, from high above and some way off, a deep bell rang three times. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The explosions ceased, the bells stopped ringing, the shriek of the siren died down from tone to tone into silence. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the school bell rang, and Hazel unballed herself from the toilet and opened the stall. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The auditorium roared with kids waiting for the bell to ring. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, marking the end of the lunch period. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

We came into the camp from the east, stepping over the wires and ducking under the hanging bells. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Joseph was sure he heard voices in other rooms again and footsteps above him, and then the sound of bells returned. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A bell on the door jangled as X-Ray pushed it open. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

After the bell, the twins bounded up to her in the schoolyard. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Foreigners,” she said, peering up at the bell. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith lifted the buggy whip and flicked it over Seabiscuit’s flanks just as he hit the bell. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Second show would be when school-closing bell rang and the little black face had to look out at her accusers again. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Friday afternoon, when the bell rang at just after one, Pearl settled herself into seventh period and set her bag beside her chair. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Twill taught at school, Bonnie was one of her pupils, and when the final bell had rung, both of them spent a four-hour shift at the factory that specialized in the Peacekeeper uniforms. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we reached the first level I could hear, if only dimly, church bells ringing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you to wear bells, Comfort. I just want you to come.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The air in the little square chamber above the bells was hot and stagnant, and smelt overpoweringly of pigeon dung. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Many were Dothraki horselords, big men with red- brown skin, their drooping mustachios bound in metal rings, their black hair oiled and braided and hung with bells. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Lyra had planned to leave the way she’d come, banking on another few minutes before the Steward’s bell rang. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Nico asks me after the bell rings, and we file out of chorus at the end of the day. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was a great formidable cry of anger and despair, a deep loud “Oh-o-o-o-oh!” that went humming on like the reverberation of a bell. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I stood in the hall and rang the bell. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"May I give my cousin a quick tour before the bell, Dr. Williams?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the funeral train left Washington for Cleveland, warships in the Navy Yard fired their guns and bells in the city's churches and schools rang. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang the fighters came out of their comers and took a stance in the middle like they were going to box. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“I was just bringing up fresh towels and heard the bell.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, but it was far away now. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

As if roused by a sudden bell, Frodo rose quickly, and stood up and looked away southwards; but when his eyes beheld the Mountain and the desert he quailed again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The Monday following Thanksgiving break, Catherine and I roll into Miss Gordon's language arts class a few minutes before the bell. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and they all went in to write haiku—special poetry—and Hanako decided to write about eyes, because that just seemed like a good idea. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And now the tolling of two tiny bells? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Finally he climbed the steps to his cozy garret beneath the bell tower. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We make red bells out of construction paper, folding the paper in half before cutting out the shape. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He began by fashioning a homemade starting bell. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell above the clinic door jangles and Mom looks up from the pages. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for many instruments, such as piano, organ, harp, bells, harpsichord, xylophone — any instrument that cannot be fine-tuned quickly — tuning is a big issue. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The church bell tolled and drew to it the widows in black, the lonely, faithful women who came to pray for their men. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could say more, a bell rang, and Jo flew up, exclaiming with alarm, “Mercy me! It’s your grandpa!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he was gone before I could question him, his footsteps thundering down the hall as he raced to dinner before the last bell sounded. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chester rang the silver bell to get their attention. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she and Joe brought out that old sleigh in the barn and even found the bells in the harness room. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The bell had rung, and the last of them were just going in. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Round, simple, whole as the peal of a bell. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, they all come running. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

As we walked rapidly along I abruptly resented the bell and my West Point stride and hurrying and conforming. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nearest well was south and west of the Harridan, so they set off in that direction, the bells on their collars ringing merrily with every step. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later the church bell began to toll the alarm. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last the evening bell rang, and Mr. Marsden pulled the cord to end the day. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The bell for lunch rings, and Missus Wilhelmina slowly finishes her sentence, to remind us that we aren’t allowed to leave until she dismisses us from class herself. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I had done, I looked for a bell, so that I might let the servants know I had finished; but I could not find one. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I had to utilize all the commentaries this time and was able to finish explaining the thought unit a moment before the three o’clock bell sounded. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings at the end of the day, I’m not the first one to the door, not even the second. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The bell rings and I look at Mr. Freeman with puppy-dog eyes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, Vanessa shoved her notebook into her pack. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Just as I walked through the fire doors into the hallway, the elevator bell dinged and a glassy-eyed Will and his Mercer Day buddy Eric came spilling out. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They’d even made him imitate the different patterns of the bells. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Doctor Nolan had said, quite bluntly, that a lot of people would treat me gingerly, or even avoid me, like a leper with a warning bell. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Already, in certain circles, discreet alarm bells were ringing. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She raced out of the classroom on the bell, leaving half her things behind; Harry, deciding that her need was greater than Ron’s just now, scooped up her remaining possessions and followed her. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Polite said, “Only five? You sure you done your counting right, boy? Much as y’all runged that bell, I’s expecting to come down here and see that half of Tennessee done got away.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The guards dragged Inej through the courtyard, past gaping onlookers, and out the ring wall gate as the bells continued to toll. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A minute and a half later, I’m ringing Hilly’s bell. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and they both looked toward the school, already late. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The radio crackled over the voices and the murmur of the crowd and the occasional ding of the round bell. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A voice came through the trees accompanied by the dull clank of a bell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I thought for a second to see if the name rang a bell. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was no need to cut Cynthia off anyway, because the punchline landed at the exact moment the bell rang. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Just two and a half more years until I could get the hell away from this existence organized by school bells that, let’s be honest, didn’t even ring. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she had asthma attacks and would summon her granddaughter with a tiny silver bell she always carried on her person. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings above my head as I push the door open to find Harpy’s busy with all ten people in Clover City who didn’t attend the pageant. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My voice quivered as I said “See you later” when the bell rang. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But as the bell rings, and the students rise collectively from their desks, Mr. Lawson holds up a hand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We scoop up the rest of the kids and get to school before the first bell rings. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Quite usual, sir. He used to ring the bell for the conductor and then send him for me when he was ready to get up.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The warning bell rang, and I rushed to rinse the last of the shampoo from my hair and shut off the water. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Papa occasionally used some money to buy more rice and once even surprised them by giving Mama money to buy one-day-old fish when the fish seller bicycled down the street ringing his bell. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In sound of funeral or of marriage bells; New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the starting gates of the day had no doors, the only breaking signal horses received was the ring of a bell. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they were eating, they heard the slow tolling of the big bell on a nearby Congregational church. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, standing in the rows of ripe red bell peppers, tomatoes, orange pumpkins, and green cucumbers, I thought of Keav. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For her we make the familiar paper objects, the pumpkins, the Christmas bells, but she has us do other things too. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the final bell rang, I found a quiet corner outside and called her cell phone. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And a pair of sun-white whale ribs arched over our doorway, a tarnished ship’s bell hanging from their pinnacle. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Because of this, church bells have always made him nervous. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The creature clicked its heels together, and the silver ankle bells rang out impossibly loud. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When it finally did, Miss Crofts tinkled her bell. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and the teacher began to talk, and Hazel’s brain identified her voice as background noise and moved it to the rear of her consciousness. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I'm a little embarrassed to be back, but I can tell she's pleased when I set the bell on the counter. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The tower is pretty small, with only a few feet of concrete floor space on all sides of the bell itself, and then this low stone railing, which I’ve climbed over to get here. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Without a word, they began to pick their way through, the hush broken only by the faraway bells of the Elderclock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The sounds of tractors, bicycle bells, and children playing cricket in the street filled me with a sense of calm. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The first bell goes off, and through the windows, we can see kids hustling to get to class before the tardy bell. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The bell rang ending the lunch half-hour, and he grinned. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The bell shrieked, and the lines of students began falling into the building, starting with the kindergartners, then the first graders. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He, finished in a breathless run just before the three ringing bells and ran down Parker Head carrying the fire in his hands. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

If he doesn’t hurry, the bell is going to ring. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The bell is suspended and the wire remains taut, running vertically through the hole he has drilled in the wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Look, it was a stupid thing to do. I just wanted to see what it felt like to stand there and look down. I would never jump from the bell tower.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But, instead, he checked around the side of the church, found a door with a bell, and rang it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then the bells rang at noon to welcome her, singing from all comers of the city. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey turned her head when she heard the shop door open with a jingling of bells. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone cried out on the next street, and the church bells of Wawel Cathedral rang out in alarm. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The—the Commandant has requested you and Aspirant Aquilla to report to her office at—at sixth bell.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

That was ruined by the sound of a bell. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

That day, as usual, a bell jingled over the door as I walked in.Cha-ching!went the register. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The late bell rings, and the last people in the parking lot sprint for the door. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

It was covered then with a coat of wax of the same thickness that the finished bell was to be, and the required decoration on the outside of the bell was carved on the wax. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

A couple of people wave and call hello, but mostly it’s people shortcutting across the lawns, hurrying to beat the next bell. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Soothed a little by the thought I drifted into sleep, broken often by bells ringing and the low rat-tat of drums for the prayers which went on at intervals throughout the night. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the bell tinkled again, Borgin slammed the door behind her and put up the closed sign. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A bell sounds between the explosions, gongs, and metal clappers warning everyone—Gas—Gas—Gaas. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Mr. Powell will let us out right before the bell for break, which is awesome. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then, on subsequent National Suicide Days, the grown people looked out from behind curtains as he rang his bell; a few stragglers increased their speed, and little children screamed and ran. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and there was the usual scuffle of activity as everyone packed their bags and swung them onto their shoulders. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The bell for rising rang, Kira awoke with a sense that something had changed: she had an awareness of a difference, but had forgotten what the difference was. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With no other options, the officials asked if they could borrow Smith’s homemade bell. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each stroke of the distant bell seemed to make her wince. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the first curfew bell, the woman in charge pronounced the meeting adjourned until the following Tuesday, and the girls broke into a buzz, gathering their sewing things together and putting on bonnets to leave. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The rabbit had elaborate scrollwork making up its middle, and bells hung off its feet. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The bells rang merrily as she took the last few steps at a run and plopped down on the ground. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

This was followed by some loud sobbing, not Leslie's, thank the Lord, and some sobbing and talking mixed up and—the bell. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then, footfalls, and the jingle of bells with each step. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘There hasn’t been a ring at the bell for the last hour.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She was interrupted in the midst of these uneasy speculations by the sound of the telephone bell ringing in the other room. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

No voice was raised, until along towards noon iron bells spoke out aloud in the Chanter’s Tower, harshly tolling. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the warning bell rings, she tells me, “You will do great!” but it isn’t until math class is over that I believe her. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Michelangelo’s voice was like the pealing of a funeral bell. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

With the bell captains help, the family loaded up their bus and, one by one, the kids climbed into the backseats. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It is between bells when I get to the school. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Then the bell rings and we head to fifth period. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

A model of the bell, as if it were solid, was first made of clay and plaster of Paris. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

Plus, my sister pointed out one very important detail that helped me emerge from the bell jar: senior prom was the only prom that really mattered. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I told her, just as the bell rang. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She hurried across the street, went up to the front door, and rang the bell. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It’s a five-hundred-pound bell that came all the way from America. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

For once, the bell was my friend, and it saved me from having to continue to talk with Gregor. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Holding his large hands up, pumping his knees high, prancing, his great red beard flapping, his two-pointed hat bobbing this way and that, the hat bells jingling, he was like one possessed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The sound the bell made was nearly as excruciating as the White Noise, its pitch stretched and distorted by the dream. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and the crowd pulled us apart. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everhart melted it down, and made the metal into souvenir bells and other trinkets. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He says, Ring this bell again and I’ll break your hand. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The rabbit had elaborate scrollwork making up its middle, and bells hung off its feet. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Somewhere near, a passing bell was tolling; the dogs all round the neighbourhood were howling; and in our shrubbery, seemingly just outside, a nightingale was singing. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The referee pulled them apart, and Alfred kept Barnes away with the jab until the final bell rang. ". . . decision of the judges ... a draw. . . ." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I manage to get through the day without spilling anything on my clothes, and I’m relieved to see Mom when the last bell rings at school. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

There we shall see all and hear all if we are not deafened by the bells.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Chester was leaning up against the matchbox when suddenly two fingers began to work their way through the bars of the cage toward the little silver bell. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So can I. But that passage is lovely and it’s because of the terza rima. The music of it. The trimeter tolls through that speech of Klytemnestra’s like a bell.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The second bell rings, jolting me back to normal Williamson, where I’m not normal Starr. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

In the distance, the Purina Tower, our tallest building, is lit up, and beyond it the bell tower of the high school. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We rode it all the way down to the wharf, cheering with every clang of the bell. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long ago in China, knot-makers tied string into buttons and frogs, and rope into bell pulls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Belle-apartment doors reopen, and his dandies push in massive bell jars that hold three dress stands. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

According to tradition—and it does not much matter whether it really happened—he descended beneath the Red Sea in the world’s first diving bell. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bells rang again, this time signaling lights-out across the camp, there was an audible groan, loud enough to get Liam chuckling. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Is that how geniuses spend their time? Picking up toys and ringing bells?” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

At the three o’clock bell, she slammed her chair upside down on her desk and headed for the door. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The first bell had already rung, so the showers were empty, which I was grateful for. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Church bells tolled for the dead, over forty thousand and counting. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“The bell’s about to ring. Do you have anything with you?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I also insist that the collar have a bell. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I see a tiny flash, like a speedy picture, of Franz in the basement of a bell tower, cold and shivering among the mices and roaches. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to miss the first bell anyway. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The cold thing in his hand chimed once: a crystalline tinkling like the bells of a tiny glass cathedral. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

My hand moved automatically...even as my brain clanged like a bell, connecting the dots. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

As the bell rang someone else was sweating. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he rid himself of them, bells were ringing and Tyrion knew he would be late for the installation. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was about to put my hand in the jar to touch the caterpillar when the bell rang. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She tried the bell again, after some time, and then leaned over the concrete banister to ask a woman leaving the building next door if she knew where the Dumfrey women were. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I told him how I had rung the bell for the lift, and as I had done so she had fumbled in her bag and given me a note for a hundred francs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“When the bell rings, I want them to feel like they wish the class wasn’t over and they don’t want to leave. If I see that, then I know we’ve had a great class.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

When the bell to end recess rang, Ms. Udell met her class in the playground instead of waiting for them upstairs as she usually did. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Were you in the bell tower again today?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As we stepped out from the palace, the town’s church bells were still ringing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jessie disappeared, and soon the chimes and bells of a newly installed water wall rang through the neighborhood. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The once fresh green of the trees was dark and drying now and somewhere down below a clothesline peddler clanged his bell and called. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bats pierce the night with bell voices like knives. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull open the heavy front door right as the bell rings at the end of sixth period. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

No one answers the door, so I ring the new bell again, pressing my face close to the glass. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It clanged like a hammer on a bell. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First bell is in exactly three minutes, and I have no plans whatsoever to write tardy slips for any of you. Good day.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I need you to meet a friend of mine in the Archives tomorrow evening. Fifth bell, by the four-plate door. Can you do that?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden Byron’s face jumped like a bell went off in his head. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had a name, and by the time the bell rang, we had a plan to meet at Joe’s the next day after school. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“All a matter of routine. This poor conductor, he seems to have had a busy night—first waking you and then answering bells.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice is like a billion tiny bells. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Juanga and Lorena get up and dust the snow off their clothes, but I lie there for a few seconds, listening to the church bells in the distance. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The bells in the seven towers of the Great Sept of Baelor had tolled for a day and a night, the thunder of their grief rolling across the city in a bronze tide. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“The bell is going to ring soon and we have to hand this in.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There was still about a minute before the bell would ring and the teacher was busy writing the day’s lesson on the chalkboard. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Christ,” he shouted, stepping into the block and standing a little too close to the bell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s what happens when you take your gloves off so you can hit the bell of old First Congregational. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

But when the bell rang and I walked into the hall, there you were. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It will rely on church bells, industrial plant whistles, and automobile horns. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and after cleaning the floor, a couple of the girls said good-bye to her! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He reached for the bell, but before he could ring, Mrs. Coulter spoke. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And we both end up giggling until the bell rings. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aureliano Segundo helped her with a lever, and the enormous swollen body gave a turn like a bell and was dragged away by the torrent of liquid mud. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Only struck the bell with the hammer, like a silly idiot. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Good-by! Good-by!” they called, and off they went, the horses trotting gaily and the sleigh bells ringing. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like this every time the bell rang. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was the first one out the door when the bell rang. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She summoned her husband from his workshop by pulling vigorously on a ship’s bell he had rigged up for this purpose, unpinned her hair, and led him by the wrist to their bedroom. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

High above, the Elderclock’s alarm bells still clanged like a drawer full of angry pots and pans. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When you opened the screen door a bell runged to let people know you were there. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

In Mr. Ferris’s physical science class we were distilling aspirins, very large aspirins, which by the time the last bell rang Mr. Ferris said he needed. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Of bell or knocker there was no sign; through these frowning walls and dark window openings it was not likely that my voice could penetrate. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Above the pulpit hung a battered Christmas bell, the accordion sort that collapses. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The combined sound of bells tolling and sirens wailing seemed not just a cacophonous way to ring in the new year, but a sound that symbolized a new era in our freedom struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rusty bell hung under the pointed roof, and barely a meter lower down a seed carried by the wind had grown into a stunted tree that now clung to the sand-colored stone. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

How did I know that someday—at college, in Europe, somewhere, anywhere—the bell jar, with its stifling distortions, wouldn't descend again? The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Towards me, Monsieur. He apologized and passed on down the corridor towards the dining car. A bell began ringing, but I do not think he answered it.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her key did not fit the lock and she was obliged to ring the bell. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The homemade bell worked perfectly, and the horse began blowing off the line with explosive power. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a mechanical sound like the ring of a holophone but a real bell with a metal clapper. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mario thanked him for the bell and the story and everything. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Salvation Army girl in her red-and-blue bonnet tinkled a bell on the corner, and when she looked at Singer he felt obliged to drop a coin into the pot beside her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Michael S. comes over and rings the bell,” she said. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

On an unusually warm day in early November, she stepped to the open sill of the bell tower. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The bell rings before I can ask Lorena to go downtown with me after school. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Okay. And please remember to ring the bell if you need the bedpan.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then they turned the corner and pulled the bell of Number Three, Robertson Road. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The dinner bell rings, and everyone trots off, Frederick coming in last with his taffy-colored hair and wounded eyes, bootlaces trailing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then, just as the bell rang, she reminded us to drop off our science papers at her desk on the way out. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

We watched the video again and again, until the bell rang and lunch was over and it was time for math class. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The smoke was agonizing and there were no rounds, no bells at three minute intervals to relieve our exhaustion. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She holds up the bell sleeve of the tunic. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It rang and rang, very loudly and with no sign of stopping, and from this he gathered it was Kate at the bell. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The first period bell rings, and Simon stands, tugging the straps of his backpack. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

As we struggled along, I heard sleigh bells jingling like Christmas. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Before any of them could answer, they heard the unfortunate ring of the bell that signaled that they were indeed going to be late. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I rang the bell to get off at the next stop. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A miner came out of the little cement blockhouse and, at Dad’s nod, pushed the bell three times. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I must have dozed off because the bell rang, startling me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“The shadows come to dance, my lord, dance my lord, dance my lord,” the fool sang on, swinging his head and making his bells clang and clatter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Connor, Zion, and I sat outside on the lawn together before school, waiting for the first bell to ring. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At least I don’t get stuck, I tell myself as the count bell rings. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like when the last bell rang the dam would break and a flood of people would pour out of school. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

With each explosion, every bone in my body vibrated and hammered, clanging violently against the bell tower that was my flesh. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Billy hadn’t heard the bell ring but walked back to his own corner. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sneaked into the building the next morning before the first bell. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Many have bells tied on strings around their necks, which chime when the animals slowly move their heads. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cat and the mouse were sitting on the shelf outside, and Chester Cricket was crouched under the bell in the cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell goes still, and Fina and I stare at each other for a long moment. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

By the time four bells struck, Sefia was exhausted, but she could wield her Vision with the precision of a filleting knife. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, Rachel turned to me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

After the chief issues us our meal bowls and spoons and assigns us our hut, we have only minutes to settle down before the 6 p.m. bell rings, signaling mealtime. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell on the door jingled behind him. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She just looked at the clock on the wall and when it was exactly nine o’clock, she tinkled a bell that was like the one my mother used to call the servants. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in some, the shape of the instrument — usually a tube, block, circle, or bell shape — allows the instrument to ring with a standing-wave vibration when you strike it. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

To still the bells that rang so loudly in his dreams whenever he closed his eyes to sleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We would stop to wipe the blood off our lips, arms, and legs only when the bell rang for mealtime. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When they were pulled the bells would rock back and forth, causing the hammers inside to hit the sides of the bells. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

Then two things happened almost simultaneously: the town’s church bells began to ring. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I pressed the bell I expected the same long wait as that day of our first meeting, when I did not have a key. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

In this daze of death and sky, I hear a bell. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then whoever it was started to singing “Ring de bells of mercy. Call de sinner man home.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

At the sound of the drumming and singing, these dancers stepped in a counterclockwise circle to commemorate the rotation of the earth, their feet pounding the soft earth, their bells jangling. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I banged the little bell on the desk, then called out, “Anybody here?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

On days when I was not in school, the honking of the horn was for me like the final bell on the last day of school. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I heard high Javanese bells deepen in midring to Indian bells, Hindu Indian, American Indian. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A chorus of exclamation points says two things about your writing: First, you’re not confident that what you’re saying is important, so you need bells and whistles to get attention. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, I’m slow to get up on purpose. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Harriet comes down she looks around to see who rang the bell. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

A bell rang in the house, calling us in to prepare for bed. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped up to pull the rope and get the bell ringing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Hardly had the bell stopped ringing in my ears than it clanged again and I saw him moving swiftly toward me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the homeroom bell rang, Annette came rushing in to give me the latest totals on box office receipts and the profits from the program ads. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tall fire bell in the cemetery, which alerted everyone. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Calm yourself, Michel,” said M. Bouc, “and cast your mind back to the moment when you ran to answer Mrs. Hubbard’s bell. Did you meet anyone at all in the corridor?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each day during the Series, at the sound of the school bell, Shirley and her classmates dashed to Mr. P’s to cheer their team. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She stares wistfully in the direction of the graveyard as the church bells ring, five minutes late, like usual. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Jesper shouted over the din of the bells, caught somewhere between excitement and terror. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Each bell hammer was set just one-third of an inch above the metal plate. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bells had stilled in their steeples, and houses had stopped collapsing momentarily. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, Ivy didn’t stick around to see if June might talk to her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If I know Embryo—as I call him to myself—like I know Embryo, he’ll want to know just what the hell I was doing in the bell tower. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Once all had gathered, the bell ceased to ring. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

For now, we ran around on the playground until the lineup bell rang and our teachers stood at the head of our lines. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

My heart was still beating fast from the rush of the fire bell. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Louis took a count of two and then rose to his feet, covering his face and retreating until the bell sounded. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Conversation started up around us as the last echo of the bell died. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so keyed to go that if a paddock official rang the saddling bell, he would lunge from his stall and drag his handlers toward the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I just went on pressing that bell, and oh! the relief when I heard footsteps coming running down the corridor and a knock on the door. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the seven o’clock bell, Brigid was looking a little less distraught, and Mr. Marsden came past to pat both girls proudly. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

And she doesn’t come, not even when the school bell rings. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They stood a few moments until Alice sounded the bell for breakfast. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Four bells—the third was resonating now—meant that the day’s business could end. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved heavily up the little garden in front of the brick house and rang the bell. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I woke at midnight when all the bells in the city started ringing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he saw the patron, the poor man frantically rang the schoolhouse bell, which had been hung nearby in case they needed to sound an alarm, and quickly threw himself to the ground. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now when the bell rings, instead of wondering what’s happening out there in the halls, I’m out there too. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

A bell started clanging from a distance, jarring me out of my thoughts. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Betsy snorted, reached over, and blew out the candle as the final curfew bell began to clang. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and Miss Taylor rapped on her desk. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have slept through the bell that was to ring at two. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the last bell rang, we both ran to his house, which was only three blocks away. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A little bell rang as she did so, and a gentleman who was seated on a high stool behind a slanting desktop looked up at her over his spectacles. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The two walked along the bank and watched frogs jump into the river until the bell rang at the end of recess. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“What in the hell were you doing in the bell tower?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He turned his head, the bells in his braid ringing softly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Out, along the corridor to the stairs, turn, nock, loose, and another man fell; and already a loud jarring bell was filling the ship with its clangor. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spaced and peaceful and serene, with that quality of autumn always in bells even in the month of brides. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

So there was little ceremony: the tolling of the ship’s bell, the torch, and the lowering of the pyre into the sea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I hold my thumb against the button of the bell till it becomes numb. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell is the round part of the jellyfish that pulses like a heart—it’s the only part you can touch without getting stung. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

On wet days we wait for the bell in the main hall instead of the playground. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

At the stroke of midnight, the bells began to peal. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, Luke looked into the room one last time, as if he could’ve missed Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“The pegs’ll have picked this place clean by now,” he said, picking up his walking stick and shaking it so the crude bell clanked loudly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Someone was ringing the bell at the emergency exit. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was on the other side of the clearing, putting up the string of bells that we used as an alarm system, when she yelled. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His hat sported antlers hung with bells and long brown flaps of squirrel fur that hung down over his ears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The bell wouldn’t ring for fifteen minutes, so Toby leaned back in his seat and thought about Lily. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I rang the bell and in a little while Miss Gage came in. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

My voice rang like a bell in the still, frosty morning. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was thirsty and I reached for the bell and pushed the button. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

There was no time to talk until the customer’s order was complete and the bell rang, signaling her departure. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was more like when the fire bells clang on Cold Sassy’s horse-drawn fire engine and you just got to go chasing after it to where the smoke is billowing up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There’s always a box full of cotton in the school’s steeple so’s you can stuff your ears whilst you’re ringing the bell. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

"Each of you will ride escort to a herald. Command the people to return to their homes. Any man found on the streets after the last peal of the even- fall bell will be killed." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even though the bell hasn’t rung, I say, “Break’s over,” and get up for class. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And the water roiled, and the witch watched on, and Hazel could hear the bells of her voice in her head: Do you see, now, there are things worse than the ice. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He walked around the room quickly, ringing bells. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

They were standing in the hall after homeroom, waiting for the first-period bell. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t go out for inclusion classes all day—I wanted to study until the last minute—but as soon as the last bell rings, I grab Catherine’s arm. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He wore a peaked cap with jingling bells and a suit of motley. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He went behind the counter and took a little bell, no bigger than a honeybee, out of a drawer. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the dismissal bell rings, Sam and I do our usual stop at Mrs. Parker’s office for our candy fix before we head home. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

From somewhere outside, the bells of Black Protocol began to ring. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“He whistles for his sheep, or rings a bell, or shouts ‘hey.’ Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Every time we try to stop, we look at each other and start all over again until the bell rings. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When the last bell rang, Ivy hurried down the main hall and out of the school before she could run into Taryn. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The vicarage had a knocker and a bell and I'd tried both, but still nobody answered. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t. I remember that young boy sobbing in the dark. Clear as a bell after all these years.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the distance, a bell began to toll. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

From over on Castroville Street came the sweet sound of jingling horse bells from an eight-horse grain team down from the ridge. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The second bell rang for the beginning of the next period; by that time students were expected to be settled into their seats. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fell asleep, only to waken at the sound of ringing bells. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a courtyard that lay deep under snow, surrounded by a low wall, and as Iorek pushed open the gate they heard a bell ring somewhere in the building. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, bells chime through the belly of the palace in honor of the queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The bell shrieks, and no one seems to notice. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A church bell rings, shaking down the leaves of the maple tree. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a young student he traveled to Paris on a mare that was as large as six elephants, and hung the bells of Notre Dame on the mare’s neck as jingles. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sequestered Father Nicanor in the parish house under pain of execution and prohibited him from saying mass or ringing the bells unless it was for a Liberal victory. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The bell kept ringing again and again as Prosper ran down the dark corridor toward the exit. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, signaling that the selection had ended in the entire camp. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It led to a crowded street where cars honked and bicycle bells trilled and motorbikes and auto rickshaws spewed trails of smoke. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then, a bell sounds, and acrasin is released by special cells toward which the others converge in stellate ranks, touch, fuse together, and construct the slug, solid as a trout. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of the spoon hitting the edge of the bowl sounds like a bell. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, signaling the end of a long day of classes. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The mare jingled the steel shanks of the bit with her grazing, and he remembered the sound of the bells in late November, when the air carried the jingling like snowflakes in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lying in wait and ringing the bell in the house for their companions to come. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Church bells send arcs of bronze careening off the windows. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, the room became even more noisy with people shoving chairs, finding their books, and rushing toward the exit. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then one morning Nat wakened suddenly to hear bells clanging and men shouting. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the bell rang, Miss Ehlis, my English and social studies teacher, began to take roll. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The ankle bells grew louder as she approached me until it seemed as though they were ringing inside my head. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang at last, I turned my back to him to gather my things, expecting him to leave immediately as usual. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There’s an old golden bell on the door that chimes when we walk in. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Laughter burst out from behind my back, and I held in my smile while arms jostled one another and feet ran out the door, setting the shop bell tinkling. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was already awake—she believed in waking up with the dawn whenever possible—when she heard the bells of a Buddhist monastery chime from her phone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The bell jingles and an elderly man walks through the door. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

By the time the school bell ranged, Cooter had me so worked up that I was looking like I was sitting on a hot stove too! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and above the scraping chairs and zipping backpacks, Mr. Quisling shouted, “Bring enough copies for the whole class.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The bells had been brought from the Indies, regardless of expense, and the pair worn by the jer were made of silver. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, I swallowed my pride and anger and turned to Audrey. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Montag opened his mouth to answer Faber and was saved this error in the presence of others when the station bell rang. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the unlikely tinkle of a cow’s bell. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Dad pushed the bell twice more and we stepped aboard. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then there are some trees in the valleys under the mountains, sound as a bell, and bad right through. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But the intercom never came back to life, and as soon as the bell rang, Toby ran to the office. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, leaving Curtis no chance to crack back. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The warning bell rang: One minute to make it to class. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

His watery eyes drank in the description of the bell, as if he could really hear the deep tolling and the voices keening in the water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then, we ask the new-free folks to, one by one, climb the ladder of the steeple and rub the bell with their left hand. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, and we gather our stuff, me grabbing my bag and walking out of the library ahead of her. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The bells were still ringing the half hour. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pounding on the front door, and from upstairs she heard a bell ringing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood waiting for the bell announcing its end. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Receivers dangle from their bases like temple bells. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Just before they reached me, a bell started ringing. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the bell has rung, some of my classmates are still milling around on the ground. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When Selena had rung her apartment bell, the girls were admitted—or rather, the door was drawn in and left ajar—by a colored maid with whom Selena didn’t seem to be on speaking terms. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She pressed the bell button three times before she entered the hallway so that Mama could be on the alert and make sure that Francie wouldn’t be attacked by someone lurking in the hallways. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as the bell rings, Roger ducks into the door and slips into his seat. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“No, Monsieur, I went first to answer another bell that had just rung.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone was ringing the church bell and not doing a very good job of it; it clanged unevenly to and fro like a bell at a seance. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He looked out over a valley blanketed in snow, distant church bells chiming through the glittering silence. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, and David’s hand brushes against mine as he picks up his books. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he stopped in the middle of the room, the bells strapped around his anklets stopped jingling. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The school bell rang and a warning flashed in the corner of my display, informing me that I had forty minutes until the start of first period. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A black bell hung beside the door, with a leather thong dangling from its center. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her next wail rings out, clear as a bell, and there’s no mistaking the source. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I even discovered a bell for room service—all this for 150 rands a week. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I am the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, not some grass- stained savage with bells in his hair," Viserys spat back at her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Saint Gabriel's bell rang eleven or twelve times; the crows made me too uneasy to keep count. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They heard a jingle of bells as he closed the door. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She played the high harp and the bells. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The cathedral bells rang out, and all the other church bells followed—light and sweet, like children answering a parent’s call. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When he came out again, the little silver bell was hooked over his left front leg. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone left an alien mask on my chair in Ms. Faraci’s class that I discovered when I slipped in right before the final bell. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We look at some things together and then I make another round and Mabel drifts back to the bells. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Before he could ask questions, a bell rang inside: not a modern electronic sound, but the old-fashioned buzz of a hammer on metal. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"Port ahead! City of Metairie," a man shouts and rings a bell. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“But the bell is about to ring. So we should probably finish this after school.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And when the bell rings at the end of the day, I take my butt home, close my door, and dream of a place far, far away from here. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Shards of broken glass in a window frame chime, trembling and shivering like distant bells. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, I tell the others I have to do something, and I follow Esther out. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

And then Viola’s bell clanged in the distance. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

"I guess so," ' she said, and she laughed like tinkling bell s as we watched my big, lumbering buffalo make Iris way to the water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“No one,” it repeated until it sounded like the ringing of a temple bell signaling something sacred, some great happiness, a moment freed from attachment. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

A second bell rang in a sweet jangle just outside the room. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

After the bell ending the school day sounded, they headed into the massive main building. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Heather gives me my Christmas present early—bell earrings that chime when I turn my head. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I am at the top of a bell tower, and the wind is blowing hard at my back. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She said it was her asthma, but Alba noticed that she no longer rang the little silver bell so she would come and cure her with prolonged hugs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There came the tinkling of ice in a glass, the shrill of bells. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, I’m glad to get out of there and put my mask back on. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The bell in the ceiling kicked itself two hundred times. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feet pounded the floor, the bells jingling in perfect harmony with the beat of the tabla. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the late arrivals straggled in at 7:52 and the bell for first period was ringing, the hallways were crammed with gleeful students, bewildered secretaries, and furious teachers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It certainly seemed like an inappropriate time for the bells to be ringing, some in celebratory fashion. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

On Monday when the dismissal bell rings, convincing my feet to walk to the library feels impossible. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She walked up the path and rang the bell, and while she stood waiting she could hear the television blaring inside. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I tell her about Mom calling me Dumplin’ in front of the carport, with all the freshmen and Patrick Thomas standing around, waiting for the first bell to ring. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Luckily, the bell rings, saving me from having to say anything. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

"I have won no victories," she tried telling her handmaid when the bell tinkled softly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He tried to explain into the ice bag about the red blur and Griffin's speed, but the bell rang. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here comes the Lord of the Sun and Moon, the Lion that prowls by Night!” they sang to the sounds of hand pianos, iron bells and the shell anklets of the dancers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pilar ran away in the Miami airport, her crinoline dress swinging like a tiny bell through the crowd. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I counted four bells, but didn’t know how many I might have slept through. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, I walk home without stopping by Tats’s locker as usual. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

In the months before the riot the bells rang often at our mess hall, sending out the calls for public meetings. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are we playing or what? The bell’s going to ring pretty soon.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

But before she can step between me and Tonesha, the bell rings and teachers start to make their way to the crowd of kids surrounding us. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was like a bell sounding, taking her back to the course on the analytic geometry of space that Dr. Claytor had created for her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

All I heard was the sound of the bell and muted forest babble—nothing to alarm me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

We leave the middle school building just as the second class-change bell rings behind us. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“Hurry up, now, the bell rang five minutes ago,” she barked at them as they struggled toward her through the snow. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Standing on the porch, before she rang the bell, Miss Ellis took out a comb. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The alert, a distinctive and endless gong, like a church bell one block away, is blasting from my phone on the other side of the room. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I waited a moment at the desk and then rang a call bell. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Temple bell until sundown, every day,” said Min. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

When the bell finally rang for lunch, Ms. Faraci caught me at the door and pulled me aside. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It’s when the last bell of the school day rings that Jasmine finally pays me any mind. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

A hand cranks an alarm bell; sailors jump out of bunks, double-time it up stairways, assuming battle stations. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Seconds later, a bell clanged, and Malfoy stepped into the shop. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The big gun detonates a third time, and glass shatters somewhere close by, and torrents of soot rattle down the chimney, and the walls of the hotel toll like a struck bell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Starting the stopwatch, she said, “Please go ring the bell again.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dancing, his bells ringing, the fool neither saw nor heard his approach. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And the next day she had to go to the shops again and she made me promise not to answer the door if anyone rang the bell. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then the bell rang up at. the castle, signaling the end of the lesson. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes and looked about him in the darkened room, hearing a bell ring. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

From the moment he had pressed the bell he had nothing to lose. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His tone of voice set off a small alarm bell in my head. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But there must be another line after the bells of Old Bailey. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“What’s the bell for?” asked Tucker when he arrived at the drain pipe. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel picked her way to the Campbells’ front doorstep and rang their bell twice, their special ring. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He sat upright and reached for the iron bell. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I—I’m not sure,” she said, though the mention of a flood story rang a distant bell. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

That Friday, I meet Mama in the school parking lot as soon as the last bell rings. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I was watching one ringing a bell and throwing the secondhand clothes he was selling up in the air to attract passersby, when our car stopped at the hospital where I was to be examined. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He unfastened the bell and put it way back in the cash register drawer, next to Mama’s earring, so it wouldn’t tempt anyone else. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls would get into houses to case them by ringing bells and saying they were saleswomen, poll-takers, college girls making a survey, or anything else suitable. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, everybody scrambled to line up. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

In my dreams, the air was full of smoke and the sound of the fire bell ringing. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pycelle lifted a tiny silver bell with thumb and forefinger and tinkled it gently. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Before I could say anything else, though, the bell rang for class to start. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She puts a small silver bell on the dresser and instructs me to shake it if I need anything. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I knew Selena always arrived at school just as the bell rang and would come in through the front door instead of around the back, where everyone was supposed to enter. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Then faintly, as if it was blown away from them by the breeze, they seemed to catch a dim ringing, as of small bells tinkling. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And the silence was cracked, suddenly, by an ambulance siren, and a crying bell. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I go sit in my stall in the bathroom until the bell rings. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And indeed, even as they spoke, the bell on the landing began a furious clanging. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I toss the ball up in the air and catch it just as the four o’clock bell rings. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the best part of every day was when my mother rang the bell which meant that school was over and she could be my mother again. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faith gracefully lifted her arm and gave the bell another solid ding. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The noise never let up: car horns, bicycle bells and the cracking of whips combined to produce a deafening bewildering clamour, amid which is was impossible to heed every warning sound. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shifted her weight from foot to foot, and her ankle bells jingled merrily. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The bag was still there when the bell rang. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like to watch the “regular” kids as they play four-square while they wait for the bell to ring. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“The school bell is going to ring in less than five minutes!” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Twelve paces farther on, the bell tied around the handle of a shop door rings, and two women come out, jostling her as they pass. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Lifting her wings, she walked into a square, moldy room and jumped up onto a rusted bell lying on its side. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Poetic though they sound, and I appreciate that you’ve just described both tender ballads of love and socially prescient commentary, I still don’t believe this rings any bells.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, Annie gave Luke a kiss and hustled out of the cafeteria. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was cut off, as if with a sharp knife, when the end-of-recess bell clanged. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the music playing around us sounds cold—synthetic bells, echoes, a background wind, and a deep, thudding, rhythmic beat. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The bell rings and startles both of us. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

From afar off there was the soft, silver ring of church bells. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I saw Poppa, but no, not truly him; another son of Africa, brow furrowed, his voice deep and strong as a church bell. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was curious, but when you said it to yourself you had the illusion of actually hearing bells, the bells of a lost London that still existed somewhere or other, disguised and forgotten. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And I move more rigid than all the others with a sense of judgment; the vibrations of the chapel bells stirring the depths of my turmoil, moving toward its nexus with a sense of doom. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at 2:35, when the bell rang for dismissal, I remembered one good thing: today was Monday, which meant the boys would be staying for basketball practice with Mr. McCabe. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some buses are honking already, and a few cyclists are tinkling their bells, but the city isn't all woken up yet. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Fridays seem like the longest days, counting every minute till the school bell rings at the end of the day. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The cauldron rang like a deep bell of doom, but remained undented. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She landed on the bell tower of a church. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Harry still hadn’t decided what he was going to say to Professor McGonagall when the bell rang at the end of the lesson, but it was she who brought up the subject of Hogsmeade first. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

All around him, Seth heard the tinkling of miniature bells. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I woke to alarm bells ringing throughout the ship. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

That name shook a little bell in Lyra’s mind. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She rings the doorbell a dozen times, alternating with a series of loud knocks, though she can hear the bell echoing within the house. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A single fly buzzed about, sounding to me like an alarm bell of insanity. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The second bell rings, and I’m late for pre-algebra, but I don’t think I can sit at a desk and listen to a teacher right now. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She had not set off any alarm bells when Zeitoun had provided an estimate and begun work on painting her stairway and guest bedroom. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I rang the bell, and after a while I heard a pair of sandals approach, and a maid I had never seen before came to the door. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dinner bell sounded, and his mother called to him to come inside— called until finally her husband said, “No. I’d leave him alone.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted the familiar sounds of bells and desk lids and voices calling in the dining hall, the smell and the rows of faces. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The sound of her fingertips striking the bucket’s side seems louder than the gong of a cathedral bell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was a bell that, given the block’s acoustics, echoed loudly off everything and lent an aura of night-mare to the surreal scene. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell captain tapped the trunk and the Chevy drove away. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

We walked over to Radar’s locker and were standing there when he raced up just after the first bell. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The other operatives were crowded about, jostling her as they all waited for the bell. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and we ran to begin another year of school. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cow groaned, something coughed, a sheep bell clinked once as the animal changed position. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word alone rang like a broken bell. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

At recess we had the school to ourselves, and also we could roam as far as we could go—downtown, Chinatown stores, home—as long as we returned before the bell rang. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the bells and the MP jeeps patrolling up and down the streets, I was a long time getting to sleep. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d just been looking at each other, hardly breathing, when suddenly the bell rang. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The bell over the door chimed as they walked in. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was three o’clock; the church bell tolled as I passed under the belfry: the charm of the hour lay in its approaching dimness, in the low-gliding and pale-beaming sun. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The little bell over the door ding-a-linged as they stepped inside. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

By the time Attorney General MacVeagh walked over to the Elberon Hotel and made the official statement to the press, bells were already tolling in city halls, courthouses, churches, and firehouses. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Fact: Pavlov’s dog may have learned to salivate when hearing a ringing bell, but when a bell jingled as Dad and I entered the Brevard Animal Clinic, my poor skittish nerves were startled. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Higher up, I crawled along a branch and peered out of the green bell. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Standing on the ledge of the bell tower isn’t about dying. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then, as the bell rings for us to go inside, someone touches my shoulder. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And I did not ask any questions, because now a bell was sounding and a ship’s steward was calling our arrival in Tientsin. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew what he would have to do when the bell rang the following afternoon. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the market, a tall wooden pole supported a bell. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the school bell rings for the day, I get out of there as fast as I can and begin the hour-long walk down the road, in the opposite direction of my neighborhood. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I just came down. Rang the bell for water five minutes ago.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, I don’t rush outside. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They come back up after a few minutes and only say that we have to leave or Mai will be late for the first bell. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

From the fields across the creek came the monotonous shout to the field horses; up at the house Jenny’s voice came clearly, pleasant as the sound of a little bell ringing. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps 'Mursden' will ring a bell for you, as it did for me upon my first spotting it on the road atlas yesterday. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Never one for the long good-bye, she lingered over her children in the house on South Main only until the bell rang at the front door. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We were dependent on bells and warders’ whistles and shouts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The bell rang,” she said in a clipped voice. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Each day, Mr. Kennel read a poem before he rang the bell. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Fairy gowns and suits shimmer like the wings of dragonflies. Fairies drink from cups the shape of lupine bells. Fountains of juice and nectar of all different colors fill their cups.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and I could hear the kids changing classes in the hall. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

At the bell, Seabiscuit shot straight to the front and set a blistering pace around the first turn and down the backstretch. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have been here before choking in solitude, but this time when all the earth is hollow as a bell, I hold one end, ring it, and you come— a pale-skinned surprise, a friend. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk into homeroom six minutes after the bell, because I couldn’t force myself to come straight here. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The dinner bell rings, jarring me out of my reverie. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Sansa was wondering what it might mean when a second bell joined in, and a third, their voices calling across the hills and hollows, the alleys and towers, to every comer of King's Landing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

More bells seemed to ring from somewhere far away. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He could tell things apart that looked exactly alike to Marly—at least for a while—like Dutchman’s-breeches and squirrel com, and Solomon’s seal and twisted-stalk with their tiny bells, and violets! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I sit at my desk and wait for the first bell. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I walked over and rang the bell on his red brick townhouse. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Dimple managed a curt nod, thinking, Saved by the bell, Mamma. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The Steward’s bell began to toll, announcing half an hour before dinner. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

His snorting laugh and the tinkle of a bell carried down through her open window. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It had all the bells and whistles like AR support and 5G capabilities. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The bell no longer sparked, but it was too loud, and whenever she needed to go to the toilet and rang it, the echo reverberated all over the house. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

More students poured into the classroom, a couple darting in just as the bell rang for the start of third period. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my bag when the bell rang, ready to run for my life, when he said my name and only the very basic rules of etiquette held me in place. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

End-of-school bells don't mean much to Martin when he's in the middle of an experiment. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then a bell rang and the wheels stopped at a small window. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“We only have five minutes left until the bell rings, and we still don’t know what to do with the hidden sentence. Quick”—Emily nudged James—“ask Raven about that.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Ignatius staggered up the brick path to the house, climbed the steps painfully, and rang the bell. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here comes the mare,” said Joe, “ringing like a peal of bells!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Out in the city, church bells strike one. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“But then I got lost. Baba tied these bells around my ankles so he could find me if that ever happened, but..She looked down at them. “I don’t think they work anymore.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Precisely at that moment, the garden echoed with temple bells. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Harry was relieved to hear the lunch bell. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She hastened to ring the bell; and when the tray came, she proceeded to arrange the cups, spoons, &c., with assiduous celerity. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nick raised his hand first thing after the bell rang and said, “Mrs. Granger, I forgot my frindle.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang at that point, and they had to line up in their classes and go in for the long, dreary afternoon. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I pushed open the door, jangling the bells hanging overhead. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But...it’s the wrong kind of bell,” I say, feeling small and impotent. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

There’s no bell by the door, or there was a bell, but it’s been dismantled, or chewed up by a wild animal, only a bunch of ravaged wires sticking out. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I loved school, but I was envious of the children whose parents walked them to the classroom door in the morning and were waiting outside when the bell rang each afternoon. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I hesitated, torn, but then the first bell sent me hurrying out the door — with a last glance confirming that he hadn’t moved a centimeter. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I cried quietly as my head beat like the clapper of a bell. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then the bell rang, and Mrs. Jacobs motioned everyone into the building. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Usually, on the tenth lap, my food would be gone, and the bell would ring. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

‘Yeah, Dad. Everything is fine. Hey, remember when you stole the school bell and buried it in the cemetery?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

An enormous eagle-owl who was sometimes used as a decoy, but who was at present standing on a perch in the shade of the cloister, opened his eyes when the bells rang. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first-floor lobby opened up to a recreation room filled with some seventy-five boys sitting around waiting for the lunch bell to be sounded. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, but neither of them heard it, grunting, straining, slugging, and then everyone was in the ring pulling them apart, grabbing their gloves. ". . . by unanimous decision . . . Elston • Hubbard." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped his spectacles upon the seat of his trousers, the only accessible piece of doth about him, while the belling and bloody cry arose all round. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I can ring the bell, Sara throws open the door. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“It does ring a bell,” said Reynie, who didn’t like where this was going. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

For example, if the story speaks of a bell chiming, play a bell peal on the glockenspiels for older children’s response, or more minimally, hit a triangle. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

As Nina raced down the hall after Matthias, the clanging bells of Black Protocol filled her ears. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I pick the lock to the bell tower. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings Mrs. Brook tells me I have twenty minutes of recess with the little kids and then I have to go back to my classroom like they do. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bramble and bits of leaf were tangled in her hair, and...two tiny silver bells looped on ribbon were tied around each ankle. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I ring the bell and stand there holding the gum wrapper out in front of me, totally forgetting that Safer never answers the door. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I could hear Viola ringing the dinner bell on the back porch. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Somewhere else a bell rings, unheard by me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love the way that the bells on my ankles and wrists keep time to the mathematical rhythm of the tabla drum. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Watching it, Samantha felt something chime inside her—a bell vibrating in resonance. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When the bell finally rang, I hightailed it out of there and headed for the bus. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

This was the way Chinese offered congratulations on special occasions, and the greeting, as it was repeated, sounded like little bells tinkling. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Mr. Ingman gives us a short lesson on the importance of American literature, the bell rings. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You can keep Bridge company until the bell rings.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Saleem rode by, ringing his bell loudly, the white handkerchief poking out of his pocket. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

One minute she was clear as a bell and the next she was calling him Simon. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The crooning notes of Bing Crosby’s treetops glistening and children listening and sleigh bells in the snow followed me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was a pleasant, mellow-toned bell, but even the airiest, tinkling chime can be rung insistently and in a panic, and that was unmistakably the type of ringing this was. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“The bell rings once for each year the person lived,” he explained. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I study the ease of the fabric, how some skirts swing like a bell and some lie stiff and barely move at all. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You ever hear the one about the bell of the Desert Gold?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Michelangelo whipped the leather thong against the metal, and the bell hummed quietly in reply. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When the metal cooled the mold was destroyed and the bell was prepared for shipment to the building. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

He tramped steadily back and forth beneath the twisted paper and the Christmas bell, hunched, his hands clasped behind him. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his church, Little Richard raced to the belfry and began to toll the bell in celebration. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The second bell rang, and Radar and I raced to calc. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dozens of glass bells chimed above his head as Prosper opened the shop door. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I made it inside just before first bell rang. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was as if all its little bells had run away and forgotten their clappers. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Those bell bottoms are so big, you could use them as mops.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until nine o’clock at night when I was in bed that a bell went off in my head. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A whistle sounded in the distance, red lights flashed, and a bell clanged as the gates were lowered across the roadway. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We only have five minutes left until the bell rings, and we still don’t know what to do with the hidden sentence. Quick”—Emily nudged James—“ask Raven about that.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Lay him in the guardroom,” the sentry told them, and as they did so, he turned the crank of the telephone bell and reported what was happening to the officer of the watch. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Through the crystal Sabbath morning the Meeting House bell tolled steadily. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The bell wasn’t going to ring for another fifteen minutes, but everybody was already there. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Then they heard the siren, and the headlong, warning bell. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

But of course there weren’t enough nurses, so the bells would constantly be going, ringing and ringing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She rang the little silver bell on the desk in front of her. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was pedaling madly and waving his arm overhead while his other hand repeatedly rang his little chrome bell. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Francie polished the brass bell plates in the three vestibules and cleaned each banister spoke with an oiled cloth. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama was sure that the man who tried to steal the bell had come back and kidnapped him. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not in white, with bridesmaids, and bells and choir boys? What about your relations, and all your friends?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When he left the house he drove rapidly to town, overreaching the slow sabbath groups and the peremptory bells along the broken air. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could help you hear the bells on the neck of a sheep. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He gave them an incurious glance as Malcolm rang the bell. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Down the street, the school dismissal bell rang. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I bit my bottom lip and prayed for the bell. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

So for once I didn’t have to sit outside the band room—the seventh-period bell rang and I raced out to his car. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That allows time for all companies to be in place, and with the sounding of the bell to move in about the town and castle wall at once.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The final afternoon bell has just sounded, and the room is beginning to fill up with students arriving to audition for the fall play. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

On Sunday morning while church bells rang in the villages along shore the world and its mistress returned to Gatsby's house and twinkled hilariously on his lawn. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, everybody settled down, the class started. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He began to tear off chunks from the burned parts and toss them into the trough, and the front bakery bell rung and the mother disappeared to help a customer. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His voice and his loudspeaker jingle bells are muted by the dusty glass; he rocks back and forth behind his mechanical reindeer, looking soggy, blowing kisses to the crowd. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We whitewashed no more than the fourth part of the roof before the church bells rang terce, the hour for our lessons to begin. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

No one noticed that the church bells were tolling more often than usual to announce one death, and then another. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

On Friday I arrived early and waited by the picnic table, and again JT arrived just before the bell rang. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Impatiently, the stranger rubbed his hands together, then suddenly swung around to face the bell, where Jonathan was standing, watching. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The lunch bell sounded—two rings, for second meal. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, he grabbed his bag, and hurried to the dungeon door. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When Lazlo didn’t respond, he added, “Large orange orb in the sky, low necklines on the fairer sex. Any of this ring a bell?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Shrugging, Jamie pulls the glass door open and a bell shakes above our heads. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and the two fell in step. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The bell tolls for a ninth time and falls silent. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and we gathered our trays. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The sound of a bell ringing startled me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

A bell rang across the grounds, and they hurried to finish their food. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The porter rang the bell, then knocked on the door, then he opened the door and went in. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The man couldn’t answer every bell at once. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last bell rings, and I know Sam will be looking for Margaret soon. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Like all the bells that ever rang still ringing in the long dying light-rays and Jesus and Saint Francis talking about his sister. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she passed the place in the cove where the boat sat up on the sand, beside the bell on its hook, Jinny stopped. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was too far from Washington to hear the ringing bells of the city’s churches tolling in mourning. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deen had lifted the bell and rung it to summon the others. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After the bell, Roy waited for the other students to file out ahead of him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful caught one of several wet rats that had retreated to the church and crawled up to the bell tower. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Knowing Ella, I knew that she had already extracted Laura’s entire life story—and all but had the wedding bells around my neck. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ended up with only two minutes to eat my food before the bell rang. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I thought the bell would never ring, but it finally did. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The musicians, with strange orchestras of bells, large horns, harps, viols, zithers and organs, were playing as the people ate. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world was completely quiet except for the ringing of the Fūrin—the Japanese glass wind bell—that hung in a tree. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Jesus Jesus Jesus,” rang over and over again in his mind, like a bell—as he moved closer to her, undone by her breath, and her wide, angry, mocking eyes. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They sat quietly for a few moments until a bell rang in the distance, and someone knocked on a door that wasn’t there. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Each clock had a little metal hammer that rang its alarm bell. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

While sitting in class one day I was startled to hear whistles blowing and bells ringing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bells had been removed, but the hammers were still in place. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thanked Miss Maestas for her help, and when the last bell rang I ran home. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Lumley patrols the playground with her brass bell, her face clamped against the cold, minding her own business. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, keeping her other arm out of the way with his other elbow, he leaned forward, picked up the hammer, and struck the golden bell a light, smart tap. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had arrived, as was his custom, shortly before the first bell rang, the bell that warned everyone that the museum would close in five minutes. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the sun; maybe the clots of green showing in the hills promising so much; maybe the contrast between Shadrack’s doomy, gloomy bell glinting in all that sweet sunshine. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The door opened to a complicated tinkling of bells. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Take it easy. There’s six minutes to the bell, cowgirl.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when Johnny Cakes asked me to set off the fire alarm bell again, I said yes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the hall was bare, with only a few stragglers rushing to class before the bell rang. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

At one minute past seven, after a brisk cold walk, she rang the bell of a large, comfortable-looking villa in one of the roads a little way north of Jericho. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The two noses passed over the line together, the flag flashed down, and the hushed track clanged with the sound of Smith’s bell. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the dinner bell, she does not come down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Either he didn’t know which bell it belonged to, or he was a really good liar. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The bell had rung over a dozen times, and I was going up on my toes for a second turn when the door flew open with such force, the bell jangled all by itself. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

When he spoke the hawks moved slightly, so that their bells gave a whisper of sound. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take no interest in bells or snowmen or for that matter in Santa Claus, in whom I’ve ceased to believe, since Cordelia has told me it’s really just your parents. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Meg was absent-minded, shy, and silent, started when the bell rang, and colored when John’s name was mentioned. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The point is, it was Friday, “uniform day,” and right after the final bell rang I ran to the bathroom with my duffel bag full of clothes to change out of everything green. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A short time later a small bell rang in the room. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

And of course that’s when the clanging bell on the wall right next to us starts rattling. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The bells of the ice-cream truck jangled across the street, and a sudden roar burst from a dozen transistor radios. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Thirteenth and K streets, someone rang the bell at the home of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and Jasmine and TJ had just left their last class for the day, the only class they had together. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

And it grew sadder when the bells of the church began to toll, and the afternoon shadows lengthened. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the café, Mabel isn't in the booth but she's not at our table either, so I slip her bell inside the bag with the other gifts and wait. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And I hear the bell on his collar ring. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Let’s get over there before the bell rings. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl was shaking the keys, causing them to clink together like bells, and Kaede realized they were the keys to the cages. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We walk in through the atrium together just as the first bell is ringing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The silence was shattered by the bell, and as Mr. Larson dropped the shredded paper into the trash basket, he barked, “Class dismissed!” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just get to class before the bell rings,” said Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was a bell pull with a porcelain knob, attached to about six feet of wire when I stopped pulling and knocked. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

After class, I head for the bell tower, not caring who sees me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The hallway had filled with an assortment of costumed kids now that the first-period bell was about to ring. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Off you go, off you go, the bell rang five minutes ago, off to class, now,” he said, shooing some of the younger students away. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Then a bell went off in my head. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing Toby heard was the faint sound of the bell ringing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Church bells rang, and the air in the room seemed to swell. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Hand in hand they went back into the City, the last to pass the Gate before it was shut; and as they reached the Lampwrights’ Street all the bells in the towers tolled solemnly. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“One of my bells rang, Monsieur—I remember—I told you. It was the American lady. She had rung several times.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has a narrow waist and a crinoline skirt that bells out like a ballerina’s tutu. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

When the last bell rang and Ryan went to the back of the room to collect his parka, Ralph poked his nose out of the shirt pocket. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the bell, hearing the gong sound softly within. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soojin shouts two days later, rushing into the gym, where the rest of us are waiting for the morning bell to ring. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, a few kids had glanced back at her, impressed, as if they were noticing her for the first time. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She twirls so that her flowing purple dress fans out like a bell. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Time here is measured by bells, as once in nunneries. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dieter, in fact, was already planning for it: he announced that he had set his big alarm clock, which had bells on top, for 5 A.M. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, you should keep it on,” I tell her as the warning bell rings. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The three-story brick structure had a white statue in the bell tower and looked like a suburban Catholic high school. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Lou doesn't need to be, Sunny. He's already fluent. Are you guys ready for the assembly? There's the bell now." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang for school to be dismissed, I was set to fight again; but the boy was not in sight. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo rang the All clear bell and headed for the stairs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“This is war. Even our churches are making the sacrifice, delivering their bells to be recast as cannon. Surely you do not rate your home above the houses of God?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It waren’t till about five or six rings that the bell got tolling real good. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The morning bell rang and the mass of students in the school yard formed into a series of lines. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Every time, before I can make out what they say, the cyclo’s rusty bell clangs noisily, forcing the children to scurry out of our way. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings, and we dump our trays and head to the playground. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She did the same thing with the next four targets, ringing a bell every time. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I meet my sisters in front of Madoc’s stables, where silver-shod faerie horses are penned up beside enormous toads ready to be saddled and bridled and reindeer with broad antlers hung with bells. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"Oh. I thought the name rang a bell. Patients zero, aren't they?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Today is Sunday and throughout the valley the church bells are pealing dong dong la-dong, that most warming of sounds ringing in the air, dong dong la- dong. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Must be a really posh place, it rings a bell even to an idiot like yours truly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the bell tower the pigeons cou-rouing made a mournful sound. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the last school bell rang, he picked the nearly dry pickles out of the strainer, jammed them into his pockets and threw the strainer behind the oranges. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our interest in each other was never keener than during the fifteen minutes before the first bell of the first day. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“Your boy’s on watch, but he’ll be down at eight bells. The kid’s hardly left your side.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A bell was fitted into the top of the tube, and it could be made to ring, so it seemed there was air present. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We had spent the minutes before the bell rang dancing around it while Holly sang that old song about having a hammer, I’d hammer out danger, I’d hammer out a warning... Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I hardly moved when the bell rang to end school. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only sound in camp, the only sound in Owens Valley, the mess hall bells, their gongs echoing between the Inyo Range and the nearby Sierras, their furthest ripples soaking into dry sand. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings for second period, I slowly get my things together so he has time to catch me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and we marched to our assigned class, filed in in pairs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, the school hallways get crazy. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The city was bursting with sounds; the shouts of vendors rang in my ears mingled with the blare of Hindi music, the sputtering of rickshaws, and the jin­gling bells of horse-drawn carts. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He rings the bell twice and runs across the street to hide behind the tree. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

A bell tinkled as Maribel and I walked out, and before the door even closed behind us, I saw the boy again, still slouched against the wall, holding his skateboard upright. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It sounds like bells when she says it. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

By the time the final bell rings, I’m exhausted and perturbed, since nothing out of the ordinary has happened. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Softly at first, but with growing sureness, the bell began to ring again. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the edge of the garden in a cold frame the tomato and bell pepper and cabbage sets were nearly ready for transplanting, waiting only for the passing of the frost danger. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

With the pealing of the bells, flares went up from castle and town, windows and doors opened. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The hot air tinkled the silver bells that decorated the white artificial Christmas tree that never dropped a single pine needle in the Perfect House. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Immediately, a warning bell goes off in my head. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the first bell rang, instead of waking Rachel as usual, she waited until she herself was dressed and ready to go. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

And they chimed and jingled like distant glass bells. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Workdays dragged by with nothing to look forward to at the evening bell. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It shot up my spine and rang a bell in my head, and I charged Jerome in a blaze of fury. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I had put a little bell on the desk so she could ring it when a class was over or when it was time for recess. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bell chimed overhead as Mrs. Abbott pushed through the door. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Just as the last bell rang, Headmaster stalked into their classroom. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I think of Flaubert, who spent most of his adult life in the same French village, or Emily Dickinson, whose poems echoed the cadence of the local church bells. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Malfoy crossed the shop, looking lazily at the items on display, and rang a bell on the counter before turning to his son and saying, “Touch nothing, Draco.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The morning quiet was broken by the great ringing of bells from every church and steeple in Nuremberg, a medieval German city on the northern edge of the Bavarian Alps. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he touched her she felt like she were a great golden bell that had just rung out its first note. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Eight bells again; the starboard watch was relieved. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the final bell rings, I just about fly out of class so I can get to track practice. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Her husband took a drink of orange juice as the bell rang again. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The girl wrapped her arms around her knees, and her bells jingled again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I think this means “bells, bells, bells,” and I do not know why he is saying this. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“We’d better get up there. We don’t want Coach Hedge tying bells around our necks.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At the registration desk I tap a bell and a tall man appears. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone was jingling bells, too, and for a moment I thought of Christmas and sleigh bells. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The pencil woman had a hand to her forehead, as if perhaps all the bell ringing had given her a headache. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, a bell dinged, and the British lady in the sensible shoes disappeared. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Soldiers,” said his friend, fitting the word between strokes of the bell. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

That rang a bell in his recently reassembled cranium. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The only human note was the first tolling of the bells for mass. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And then Helena is shaking me, telling me that the cathedral bells have rung. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But when the bell rang and the other kids started filing out into the gym, Garrett still didn’t budge. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z