When the weather was first starting to cool off, I got arrested for lighting a fire in the park—the local cops aren't my biggest fans. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And that was even with starting his writing career. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Clarke had the heartbreaking task of writing a full inventory of the damage; by half past nine in the morning, her hand was already starting to cramp. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Before starting the ignition, Mr. Kapasi reached back to make sure the cranklike locks on the inside of each of the back doors were secured. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The children joined in, immediately animated, excited, starting to laugh again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all too busy starting in on Thoth’s altar and planning the ceremony for Consulting the Oracle. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then—this was starting to get embarrassing—a sergeant responding to the incident failed to secure a gate and had liquid of an unknown nature thrown in his face. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was even starting to think that you guys were a couple. I didn’t know what to believe.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There were only nine weeks left until the final duel, and some of the others, including Nox, were doing well enough that those four spots were starting to seem rather precious. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We were starting to feel the effects of this transition, especially at school. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Annabeth tried to hide it, but I could almost see her mind working on the possibilities, maybe starting to hope. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

For a moment, with the fear of my sister’s working me before my eyes, I had a desperate idea of starting round the room in the assumed character of Mr. Pumblechook’s chaise-cart. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Through the windows, she could see the first stars just starting to peek into the sky. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I sat up straighter, taller, my heart starting to beat so I could hear it in my ears. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the afternoon’s entertainment was only just starting. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Finally starting to push Toby from his mind. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There are about seventy thousand accounting grads in India each year, he added, many of whom go to work for local Indian firms starting at $100 a month. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

The cure was usually a long process—sometimes lasting years—starting first with childhood memories and even, if possible, memories formed in utero. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tiny and I actually played Little League together—not in this park, but in one closer to our houses, starting in third grade. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Of all the ways of starting a fire, the best is dry matches. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were almost discovered by Úrsula one afternoon when she went into the granary as they were starting to kiss. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Only thing you know is every Saturday, starting now, you got two more quarters to put in your sugar bowl.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t stand what?” asked Harry, now starting to feel definitely alarmed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The room is starting to smell too, like dirty people. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then, on Day Eight, the humdrum routine that Genie and Ernie were actually starting to like was broken. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He had been rowing hard against the wind all the way, and his arms and legs were starting to feel as if they were encased in cement. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Putting one foot after the other, I chug up the stairs, my arms and legs starting to burn as I drag my body up to the fifth floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The smoke was starting to get to us, so we gathered up our stuff to go inside. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes are so sad now they are starting to water. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he said this, his own boat would already be starting to surge, as if by magic. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Just swamp is all I see, the tops of swamp trees, little clearings of swampy bits of water, the river eventually starting to form itself again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Without saying so, they both starting walking back toward the road. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Other vendors along the street were starting to arrange their wares—rubber sandals, wool shawls, toys, baskets of pomegranates, cinnamon sticks, and cloves. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes, ma’am. All my life. I was starting goalie for my last school, back in Houston.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been talk of moving the city out from under the shadow, starting anew someplace else. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

On our side there’s a thick forest starting to stretch back from the clifftops. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Harry raised his eyebrows, but said nothing except, “We’ll be starting in about five minutes, you’d better get your boots on.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Toby stood up and walked into the kitchen, starting to get plates down from the cupboard. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was at the car, starting it, when the telephone rang. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe my luck was starting to change. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The idea of starting a whole new gathering made her ache from her head to her toes. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

For him it was equivalent to starting a sentence with “You know,” or “Let me tell you.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It was midafternoon when he and the men noticed that the current was starting to pick up its pace. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

We broke the circle, and the starting players took their positions. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the life he leads is far from that and uncertainty hovers over everything about his life, starting with his paycheck. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Get — away — from — there —” Percy said, striding toward them and starting to bustle them along, flapping his arms. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to think that they might be right. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My last doubts about the marriage flew from me like a flock of birds starting up from a field to be lost in the distance. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Since I wasn’t allowed out alone now, days often became boring and I was glad that we’d be starting lessons and I thought my mother must be glad too. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already the boar was starting to make some headway through the drift. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I apologized like a madman, because the band was starting a fast one. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It’s even starting to be kind of fun when Pouncey comes running back from a bathroom break, his face grave. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I was glad to get rid of the fish because it was already starting to smell. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s starting,” he whispers, and finally lets go of my hand. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The snake-haired ladies were starting to annoy Percy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I walk swiftly back to the lab knowing Nyla’s meeting is already starting. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He's starting to exhibit a degree of understanding. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Because she did not see the possibility of starting a relationship with him, Elizabeth felt at ease around Henry. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He is standing by the bed with his back arched, dragging in air, rubbing at his chest, starting to cry. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I skim through the information I’ve already read before, starting on the new documents. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The dough was starting to form up more, be less sticky, and roll easily. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Nobody’s starting in on you, buddy,” Zooey said, in the same dispassionate tone. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Du Barry enters last, starting a round of applause. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

That Friday evening Lupita was just starting to eat her supper when Linda burst suddenly into the kitchen, waving her hands in the air. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

My heart deflates because my mother is starting to feel farther and farther away. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was fifteen, starting my junior year at Stuyvesant, and I was lost. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

By Family to Fashion I was beginning to wonder about going the other way: starting on the Zs and working backwards. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before starting my homework, I changed into a pair of dry sweats, pulled my damp hair up into a ponytail, and checked my e-mail for the first time. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

This was something Mom said sometimes; it was amazing that Emma could speak the words without starting to cry. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’d attended so many elementary schools and middle schools I couldn’t keep their names straight anymore but this, this switching high schools all the time thing was really starting to make me want to die. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was an odd pause, and then he said, “So do you feel like you’re starting to get a better handle on who your grandpa was, being here?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Nothing to do but drag it out of her, name by name, starting with the least likely. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But Romeo over here never told me he was into her. Although now that he says it, it’s starting to make sense. He has been acting very weird lately.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been going over Mr. Benedict’s message in my head all day, and I think I’m starting to figure it out. What is it Mr. Benedict sent us here to get?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s even starting to sound like him,” Mike blubbered with his mouth full. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I’m starting to wonder if we’re missing a clue somewhere. I need to read that letter again.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sun is already starting to go down by the time Fina, Mom, and I pull into the driveway of Morning Glory Cottage the next afternoon. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Camp rumors were insistent that Hitler’s government was starting to collapse and Russian troops were moving toward Germany. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I was starting to grow up, because for the first time I understood at least a little about the loneliness and frustration that often seemed to fill our house. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I dreamed I was back at the beginning and they were starting on me all over again, a side effect of having to watch them work on someone else. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

City buses and trolleys circulated from morning till night, swelling with riders before the orange and pink of dawn, as employees punching out from the graveyard shift met early birds just starting their day. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Whether Cecile heard Vonetta starting to insult her or if she saw me kick her second child, she didn’t let on. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Think about it, right now. Picture us abandoning this place and this game and starting over together somewhere else, and mean it.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Especially me, because I was starting to know better. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I thought about how my feet were already starting to feel cold from the snow. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

People were starting to file into class, so the Colonel leaned in toward me and whispered, “If any of ’em are in this class, let me know, okay? Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s been on and off, I guess. I don’t know. It’s starting to become more and he wants to be something official. And it’s so stupid because, yes, obviously that is everything I want but...” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

On the track, he fought savagely in the starting gate and sulked his way through races, sometimes trailing the field from start to finish. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm starting to tell when he likes a piece; I can see it in his eyes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Momma still had her arms crossed but was starting to smile. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could hardly admit starting four days after her sixteenth birthday. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I walk past the food trucks and see that some are starting to shut down. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Someone kept starting it up, and then the others would swear and tell them to shut up. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then again, I was starting to believe that nothing was impossible for him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

That is, cattle were domesticated independently in India and western Eurasia, within the last 10,000 years, starting with wild Indian and western Eurasian cattle subspecies that had diverged hundreds of thousands of years earlier. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to suspect that the danger will come not from boys but from someone else. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

From their starting blocks to their jumping standards to their landing systems and cages and hurdles and bleachers, their equipment totally puts Liberty High to shame. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But on the other hand, she was also starting to sound like a street-corner preacher. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Rommely wanted to hear every word of news and Katie told her everything, starting from the end and working back. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was starting to get more cookies. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“There is a photo club starting next week,” he mumbled in a rush. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Then when it’s starting to get light—just a wee little bit—we’ll know where we are,” Florida said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

We point the fan at her and wait for fifteen minutes before starting layer number two. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Everyone was starting to feel pretty good about being in Germany. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

So we go down in shifts, starting with Nora and me. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Lenny is putting on his nice face for me but I can tell that underneath the gears are starting to turn. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t stopped chewing on her iced-coffee straw, and now it was stained with her pink lip gloss, the top starting to fray into pieces. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Besides, she was starting to look noticeably affected—drained and pale, and she even mentioned the headaches.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Ben regarded Jinny in that delicate way that she was starting to hate. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"Let any trash in nowadays," he grumbled, rolling over and starting push-ups. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man in black was starting to get nervous. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the flesh already starting to swell. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a gold-threaded salwar is not going to change how I feel about starting school in America. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just as I’m starting to think that there might not even be a single living fish in that river, and we’ll be waiting here until the end of time, Sandy says, “Jasmine, huh?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The nails from one of the bear-fighting dog’s front paws had disappeared into the front of my shirt and my blood was starting to leak out. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It's really starting to get dark now, the rain pelting down. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And you certainly have it together with your strong ambition to make the world a better place by starting with yourselves and your surroundings. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was starting to think I didn’t get what was cool and what wasn’t. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

There would be one of three reasons: He was just starting up his own business, and he had to work seventy-hour weeks just to get it off the ground. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

White would run the machine for the permitted hour starting at one in the afternoon, and then power down, returning for another hourlong run at three in the morning. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I remember running with her towards the fence, the baby starting to wake and to grizzle a little. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her touch was light, yet it sent needles of pain all over me, starting from my head. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He traced the scar lightly with his index finger, starting at the top by the eyebrow. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And it's worse because I'm starting to see what's happening to my life. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take starting a private high school for the Negroes, for example. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s starting to get annoyed, and so we shut up because the faster we eat, the faster we leave. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But today it’s just starting to feel so real. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He’d hold himself there for a minute, because he could, because he was that strong, and only when he felt his arms starting to go would he bend his knees and let himself drop. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

This all starting to make a sick sense. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The music begins with its joyful melody, starting soft, getting louder and louder. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Arthur said he stopped by Yale’s campus. He’s kind of baby-faced, but he can be starting there this fall, right?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Always, then, just before starting the coffee, Bernabe ambled into his backyard to check out the sun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My remaining scabs are starting to peel off. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rigor mortis was starting to set in, and the jaw opened only with difficulty. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I waited until he quit thumping before starting on. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bruise on his eye is still there, although it’s starting to fade. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Coach Korfanty had had an illustrious fencing career in his native Poland before immigrating to the United States and starting a career in coaching in Portland, Oregon. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Luckily, Easter vacation was starting on Friday, and it distracted things a little bit. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Having this presence breathing down my neck was starting to annoy me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Besides, she was pregnant and I guess it was time for me to be starting to think about more than just the two of us. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept rerunning the dream all day until the coach’s whistle blew and he called “Race-off!” and there I was, heading across the field to the starting line. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

At the murky press of daybreak on May 20, Pollard took Seabiscuit to the track, jogged him around to warm up, then walked him to the training track and into the starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The English then set out to conquer more sugar islands, starting with Jamaica, which they took from Spain in 1665. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Yes,” he said, starting to sing the words. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A new phase is now starting,” Westmoreland told the press later in November. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I felt like I was starting to understand Connor’s tics—what made them worse and what made them better. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

To many Americans, this was starting to sound very familiar. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He sampled the cigar again, this time managing to hold the smoke in for a moment longer before starting to cough. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He corrects himself, starting “again with passion,” erasing, and finally wearing “a hole in the paper with the rubbing of the eraser.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But when the cold came back, all in one night, it seemed as if winter was starting over, and everybody was disgusted. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I give them the grand tour, starting with my favorite place in the house—our safe room. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She is starting to drift away from me, just as I imagine she drifted away from the girls talking next to us. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I want to ask Mr. Keller for tips, like, well, how do I know if I’m starting the right way? The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

This whole paper chain project is starting to get under my skin, in a good way. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Of course, any choice of a starting date for the history of science is arbitrary, and my own account is restricted geographically, as well as in the time span it covers. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“How was your first day? I was starting to wonder where you guys were.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was starting to think this was going to go down as one of the most awesome days in the history of my life, but then I got to homeroom. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Soon he was wildly excited and shouting with laughter as the tiddlywinks climbed hopefully up the ladders and then came slithering down the snakes again, almost back to the starting point. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Let us try starting somewhere else,” he said. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d heard that so many times I was starting to think I was crazy, but the thing was, I wasn’t. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. He is going to train me, starting as soon as possible. He says it will not be too difficult for me, for I am not without learning.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

After cleaning my room three times, I decided to leave Ian alone for a while because I was starting to get mad at him. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was warm in the waiting room, and close, and the blanket was heavy, and my thermal underwear had thawed and was starting to heat up again. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Piper stared at the statue and snake, both of which were writhing and starting to smoke. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In the beginning, of Marina Raskova’s thousand recruits, only about fifty of them could count on starting out as pilots. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And just like that, I was starting to flail, tossed without warning into deep water, drowning and desperate. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why do you need a Last Friend before starting your day? They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was that time of day when the birds were getting ready to be quiet and the toady-frogs were starting to get louder with that chirpity sound they make most the night. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She has waited for me to take my seat before starting to eat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I think about the afternoons at Waffle House and the late evening rehearsals, and the way I was actually starting to like him before things fell apart. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I waited until we got back to the house before asking my parents to delay the starting date of our grounding. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I was finishing the last sleeve of a jacket for Ji-yun before starting to make dinner when I heard a soft voice calling me from the alley. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the street trees are starting to turn orange-yellow, matching our bright artwork. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He had returned the hide to its place and was starting for the courtyard with the bowl when the deep, gentle voice of Rekh the goldsmith stopped him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Halfway through dinner, Ellis tells Dad about starting against Wilson tomorrow. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The sun was starting to set and the sky was a bright orange now. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He had left his last paper for the day with Paul Revere and was starting back to put up his horse at the Afric Queen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper was just starting to think, Frank’s been gone too long - when he appeared at the cave entrance. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I thought he would laugh at the bottomless stupidity of my cynicism, but while the laugh was still starting at the corners of his eyes, another look came, close to fright. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Gran’s passing, school starting, and starting our root training, I almost forgot. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We cried a good bit also, but I could tell we were starting to feel better about saying good-bye. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe my problem is that I was starting to think of myself as one of the ‘greats,’” I said. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kugler came upstairs this afternoon with the news that starting Monday, Mrs. Broks would like to spend two hours in the office every afternoon, just imagine! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I was used to almost every church funeral starting this way, and it killed me because I knew that the truth is that people do come in sadness. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Despite my best efforts, I can feel tears starting to pool in my eyes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I felt I was already starting to go back to how I was. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He was starting on a new model, in the room with the dolls, drawing it out very carefully on graph paper, first, to see whether it could work. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

We’ve followed trolls making their way across Europe, giants starting to cross the seas, and the werewolves— well, I’m distressed to say we lost sight of them some weeks ago. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He stood for the national anthem and the announcement of the starting lineup. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was like starting to write a novel. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to believe that there isn’t anything you can do to fix it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer wanted to surround himself with people, particularly friends, who shared the same zeal and commitment to fighting poverty on a global scale, but starting with Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“You must be starting college in the fall.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s only the middle of October. He wasn’t planning on the game officially starting for another three weeks. Maybe there aren’t others out there yet.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Who are you to talk to us like that?” the wispy-haired man demanded, starting forward. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Work? Ah, I see, I will stay out of your way,” he says, starting to laugh. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

After ’bout a Week Mr. Leroy’s patience ran out and he said, “I’m starting to agree with Henry Polite. Don’t seem like changing some words ’round gunn take all this time. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m starting to get a sense of that.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He also had starting blocks, which are big and metal and heavy, shoved in there. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to think that I’ll never learn my way around this place. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The boats lined up, the starting gun fired, and the regatta—and Washington’s quest to sweep the Hudson—was under way almost before anyone realized it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But I’m starting to wonder if it’s like a bad puzzle. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I find myself analyzing every sensation, with every experience passing down the realization that I'm just a really fancy robot Everything has its downside, and in science it's starting to show. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s starting to feel like springtime—the weather is flat-out warm this April morning. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He was starting to feel definitely sick now. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Okay, I was starting to worry,” I said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m starting to like this elephant,” Bob whispers. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

This was Daniel Ellsberg’s daily routine now—thirty laps, starting at six o’clock. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Everything’s starting to make total sense and no sense at the same time. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He reversed the order, starting with the little finger. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She was starting to doze in front of the fire, the warmth and comfort conspiring to make her eyelids heavy, when the front door slammed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I was enjoying Freddie’s confusion, but his new line of attack was starting to get under my skin. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Tony said, doing the same, his eyes starting to water. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m starting my own religion and the Festival of Eating Sacred Pizza is coming up—your treat.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Is it just me, or are you starting to develop a sort of allegiance to the tribe?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

After the service, my parents and Heather decided not to stay for the party already starting in the reception hall. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

What I wanted to find out were the fundamental principles for starting a revolution. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a shame, starting out your first day on the planet as a murderer but there you go, I didn’t have much choice at the time. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said we were going to meet the others,” I tell him, starting with what I know, trying to keep up and avoid stumbling on the uneven ground. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know where we went wrong with them,” said Mrs. Weasley, putting down her wand and starting to pull out still more saucepans. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He suggested starting with a colleague of his at Berkeley, Robert Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if a word starting with re could be confused with one that’s spelled the same but means something else, add a hyphen. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even this warm tropic water was starting to suck the heat from him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke was suddenly everywhere, like the air in a living room where someone forgets to open the flue before starting a fire. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned the rings, starting on the outside and moving in. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon waited until Piers was safely out of the house before starting on Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

In silence the miner belted down the liquor, then belched, his eyes starting to water, and as he left he remarked: “What does that little jerk want to do, cause a lot of trouble?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems,” Myron said, maneuvering me around Taylor and starting us for the exit, “I already have.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

We think that starting all-star leagues and gifted programs as early as possible is the best way of ensuring that no talent slips through the cracks. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I don’t know exactly what my mother means by things starting again, but I’m too angry and hurting to ask. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't need that," said Major, starting the car. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just that some environments provide more starting materials, and more favorable conditions for utilizing inventions, than do other environments. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

With one foot jamming the brake pedal to the floor and the other just as resolutely stomping on the gas, Durham’s civic engine roared deafeningly—but it did not budge from the starting line. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t think there are some pretty compelling reasons for wiping the earth clean and starting over?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She was just starting to relax when a man in a dark uniform jangling with medals walked over to the woman. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she should rip them all out, starting with this one. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When Nico plays what we have so far, I hear something that’s starting to come together but is not nearly a song yet. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

My plan for a new law project to represent people on death row in Alabama was starting to take shape. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Didn't know that people weren't cheering him on, but were yelling for him to pull up, to go back to the starting line. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Now class was close to starting and people came wandering in. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I really was starting to like Arizona—the constant sunshine, the smell of orange blossoms in the air, the soft green grass I walked on barefoot whenever I could. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was starting to cry and didn’t bother hiding it from her. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I am starting to feel short of breath as the revelations begin to work their way into my mind and heart, as David peels the layers of lies and secrets away. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her eyes never leave me and the wide open part of them is starting to make me uncomfortable. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to think that maybe I don’t know him at all. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe you! I think you’ve been keeping your mom’s secrets and now her secrets are starting to ruin your life.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m doing a salsa crawl, starting with Chevys. Because I’m broke. Like, I have no idea where I’m going to sleep tonight.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The frustration at getting no answers from anyone was starting to grind his nerves. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I can hear the gunfire starting again, as the Peacekeepers are no doubt trying to fight their way in to rescue their comrades. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

"Here you are, suh," he said, starting to put the yam into a bag. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a time of drug experimentation and excess, Bill was starting to look like a casualty. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Through the schoolhouse window, framed by two of the older cabins—their whitewash smeared to gray, worn down like those who slept inside them—Cora huddled with her favorite at the starting line. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

On the fourth lap, he came across the starting line first. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was, in effect, the starting point of the twentieth century’s preoccupation with what we now call ‘world music’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I took in a couple more deep breaths and I could hear Momma starting to read another story to me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

And although we hadn’t had any part in this latest plan to rile Tommy, we had taken out ringside seats, and we were starting to feel guilty. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were already starting to tip and shake by the time Captain Reed reached the seafloor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Look, I know you hate her, but I’m starting to think you’re obsessing about her because you like him.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

What makes people like Mark Alpert so important in starting epidemics? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes go to the trees, and to Byrd’s garden, young shoots just starting to pop through soil. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

For a second, he hesitated, part of his mind starting to come awake. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I suppose you will be the oldest in class, starting in standard three at your age,” Master said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Angela, starting up to help her partner, was distracted by shouting in the corridor. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like starting a bunch of books and never finishing any of them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And, two, it’s starting to rain, which, in this temperature, will probably turn to sleet before it hits the ground. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We didn’t need to check our watches—we were starting to feel the fear that crept around the edges of our consciousness at dusk. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I can hear the buzz of the rider’s Noise starting but for a time the galloping is louder and I can’t hear it clearly. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Soviet Union believed that Germany should pay for starting the war and for causing such horrific damage to other countries. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ron launched into the story, starting with the barrier at the station refusing to let them through. “— so we had no choice, Professor, we couldn’t get on the train.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He was starting to turn around toward me as he was fishing around in his pants. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

School was over, but that garden was just starting. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad badgered us into watching Doctor Who, starting with the old-school episodes, and we got hooked. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I put it on and did up the buttons, starting at the top and working down. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s made it halfway through that trunk and the tree’s starting to sway a little, drunk as my daddy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Coach told us to get on guard, or starting position. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When I get to the hospital the streetlights are just starting to click off. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

We milled around behind the starting blocks, nervous, shaking out our arms and legs, everything as quiet as if the coach had already said, “Ready.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Smuggled in the back of the Chevrolet, smuggled into a memory, smuggled into a tree inside that memory, Beto was starting the work that would save him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The frost on them was already starting to sweat off. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Ginika’s parents had been talking for a while about resigning from the university and starting over in America. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The world was starting to spin again and the taste of throw-up in my mouth wasn’t making me feel any better. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Through the open door, I can see Yo’s snow globe, the storm starting to settle down so the tiny deer can eat the flakes strewn on the ground. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I look up and see it’s starting to sink in on Miss Leefolt. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“In starting and waging a war,” he told his generals, “it is not right that matters, but victory. Close your hearts to pity! Act brutally! The stronger man is right!” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I hear the grind of a truck’s engine starting up, desert floor crunching under heavy wheels. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

That pineapple plan of his was starting to get on my nerves. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

"Screw that," Cal said, "I'm starting at the top. And I'm getting you a girl, too." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It’s starting to sink in that she’s about to have two “baby girls” in college. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Mikey took his position on the starting line as Freddy rounded the final bend of the second lap and was about to take the straightaway. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I think the fact that her mom has to constantly defend all those thugs is starting to screw with her head. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Audrey comes over, and I tell her I’m starting tomorrow night. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It is really starting to sink in that no one is listening to me. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The police officer then began to ask many questions, starting with their parents’ names, their father’s occupation, where the rest of their family was, when their parents had left, and so on. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But just like this deaf cat Sugar who fell nineteen stories and lived, without a scratch, I was starting to believe that Fig and I would survive this crummy silent cat killer. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The regular guests always had their tables reserved for them and most of them were already in their places and starting to eat their suppers. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

We’ve always been friendly, but I’m starting to feel like maybe he could be a real friend to both Boy21 and me—someone we hang out with regularly. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mike is talking to her tomorrow about a position in analytics. If she takes it, she’ll start ASAP. You, mister, are not starting until after graduation.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I slide open the drawers, starting with the top and working my way down. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She could imagine her hand clenched on the end of the bow, but even that was starting to feel fuzzy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was starting to get cold, since the sweat in the little cotton compartments of my thermal underwear was turning to ice. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

We’re starting to realize that maybe it’s a risk we have to be willing to accept if we really want to get out of here and aren’t just pretending at escape. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Our starting point in Chapter 5 is the invention of perspective painting, which involved the application of geometrical principles to pictorial representation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Trub laughs, and his gold tooth catches the sun, which is finally starting to come out. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I am starting to get tired of relying on words. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

In Chicago, meanwhile, the political chatter was starting to kick up again. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I barely hear the doctor give my parents my at-home care instructions—a sling, a prescription, and physical therapy starting next week. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

After the starting whistle, it was the Fugees who threatened first. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Well, my journal was starting to look like some kind of weird origami factory, with page after page folded on different angles and edges sticking out all over the place. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was August, right when school was starting. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, but it’s nice to see them here. I was starting to think we were the only ones here.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The ship was starting to dip into deep water, the waves churning under it as it made its way out of the safety of the bay. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

When starting, she recommends accepting and reinforcing behaviors that come close to the desired behavior. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Maya’s eyes were starting to well up again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Back then, I couldn’t wait for her to come home from school so she could play with me before starting her homework. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

This would be my first year in the coveted starting lineup on the varsity team, and I was really looking forward to contributing tangible wins for the team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“You know, it’s starting to sound like you actually believe in me. You’d better be careful.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The voice belongs to Lou Johnson, the starting running back on the high school varsity team. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Small seal colonies were starting to form on some of the islands around Nantucket and Cape Cod. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It propagated all the way around until it met its starting point. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says he is starting a school here, and not just any school, but “the best of the best.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Let me explain—” the man in black began, starting to edge forward. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’m wrong, but everyone at the table starting talking about it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

We had been inseparable all our lives, but I was starting to see the difference between us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The first set consists of continental differences in the wild plant and animal species available as starting materials for domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In my own life, I was starting to encounter questions I couldn’t readily answer. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Shackleton did what he could to encourage his men, going from one tent to the next and asking how they were, or starting conversations on topics totally unrelated to their present dangers. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And more and more than that, sweat running into my eyes and starting to sting. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was starting to care, starting to wonder. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

And there’s Mr. Porter, facing away, but starting to turn. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I'm starting to wonder when the smarts are going to kick in. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was starting to feel better than I had all week. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dashed his opponents against their limitations the instant they left the starting gate, leaving them to ebb out like spilling water behind him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was starting to ex- plain its destructive power when Kurnakov cut him off. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began by fashioning a homemade starting bell. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the starter shouted, “Row!” both boats bolted off the line like nervous racehorses held too long in the starting gate. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It takes nearly two minutes for us to reach the starting mat. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I could feel the rage-induced tears starting to fill my eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even as I’m saying it, I’m starting to realize it’s true. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then I heard him start the washing machine and I heard the boiler starting up and the water in the water pipes going into the washing machine. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And if I’d been starting a band right that very minute and needed to give it a true-to-life name, it would be All Hell Raining Down on Kevin. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner was starting to sweat and feeling sort of weak. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

They pulled the shell up in front of the starting line, pivoted the Husky Clipper 180 degrees, and backed her up against the gangway. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Even in their armour, the Romans were starting to gain on Solace. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I was starting to get real nervous, like maybe I only thought I knew the answer but really I was wrong. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some English teachers frown on starting a sentence with there, possibly because they prefer keeping the real subject before the verb. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that period, Saharans began to tend cattle and make pottery, then to keep sheep and goats, and they may also have been starting to domesticate sorghum and millet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. C. Eric Lincoln’s book was published amid widening controversy about us Muslims, at just about the time we were starting to put on our first big mass rallies. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just starting to hit me what he said, that even though I’m different, maybe it’s not in a strange way or an abnormal, tall-girl way. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

That Band-Aid, which had become a symbol of my life, was really starting to bug me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Tonight is no different from any other night, except that their voices are starting to sound more desperate. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

It came out sharper than I’d intended because I was starting to feel weirdly defensive. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My heart swells because this is starting to feel like a family. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The papers and television stations were starting to go back and forth with “information” and “statements.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if Dusty Muleman was starting to obey the law, I thought, how would we ever prove that Dad’s accusations were right? Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Somehow, no one felt very enthusiastic about starting the ceremony, without really knowing why. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And dark stains were starting to bleed through the binding on her arm. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was strange, a little laugh was starting to get into Momma’s voice. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my teenage mind, I was starting to see that it had become the “American way” to kill those who rejected the status quo. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They would ski a set distance with one load, put it down, return to the starting point, pick up the second load, and make the trip again. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel the mucus in my lungs starting to slowly loosen. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The day was starting to pick up a nighttime bite already. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“We’re starting the first unit of the Socrates Project in humanities next week, and I’m kinda excited,” I say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Over each one hovers its name in gold letters, along with its starting bid price. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their internment starting in 1942 and spanning the war represented one of the darkest periods in American history. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I felt myself starting to shake, inside where nobody but God could see it. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

All the place names were starting to run together, and I’d never been good at keeping details like that straight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Nguyen was starting to think that no amount of money was worth another minute in this strange company. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Instead, Garfield's bullet wound had been contaminated with bacteria by his own doctors, starting with the first examination on the dirty floor of the railroad depot. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

With the advent of the first primitive, unpadded starting gates in the early thirties, some riders actually died in the saddle, speared into the exposed steel overhead bars by rearing horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, three weeks after starting X-ray therapy, she began burning inside, and her urine came out feeling like broken glass. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The silence was right on top of me and I was starting to panic. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“So that our propos will air in the Capitol, too. He’s down working on it in Special Defense now. There’s live programming tonight. Snow’s making an appearance or something. I think it’s starting.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes after starting out, I finally haul myself onto the outcrop on the other side, completely spent, so wasted I can barely raise my arms. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We get to their lobby, the rain just starting up again. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She was a good Jewish wife to him, but their marriage was starting to crumble because he didn’t care about her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the buzz of touching her faded, he was starting to realize that Eleanor hadn't actually done anything to touch him back. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

In April’s room they talked about the Egypt Game and about school starting in the morning—what they were going to wear and things like that. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We move over into the drain ditch, cause the traffic on this little street’s starting to build up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I’m going to need it, because I’m starting college in the fall. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Our numbers seem to hold them back from physical assaults, but more shouting matches are starting to break out along the border that is quickly forming. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Jake spoke, I watched David’s face and could almost feel the full range of his thoughts—starting with defensive anger and moving on to fear, then sadness, and finally horror. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Two thousand meters up the course, on the far side of the lake, a gangway had been constructed to the starting line, 325 feet out into the Langer See. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The cans were coated with dust and starting to rust, but we figured the food was still safe to eat, since the whole point of canning was to preserve. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My view of things was starting to reverse itself, like a sweater slowly being turned inside out. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And I’m starting to let them get a little farther ahead, too. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe she's starting to go mad from being gray for so long. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I used my fingers to sketch the image in a layer of dirt on the floor near the front of the train car, wiping the drawings away and starting over, again and again. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And this is also the proper starting point for understanding the words he left as his final valedictory, the Farewell Address. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Check that no one’s watching,” said Ron, starting the ignition with another tap of his wand. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We were at airplane height now—so high the sky was starting to look black. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile at meets, my hard work in the gym was starting to pay off. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Even in the dim illumination of the bonelight, she could see his face was starting to swell. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Each mission presented myriad pathways to disaster, starting with the notoriously temperamental Atlas rocket, a ninety-five-foot-high, 3.5-million-horsepower intercontinental ballistic missile that had been modified to propel the Mercury capsule into orbit. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I’d always believed that the cello was a solitary instrument, but now I was starting to wonder if maybe I was the solitary one. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And how the dew was starting to soak my sleeping bag. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The evidence is starting to come in that this is the case. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

To forestall her, he said, “We’ll give you fifteen a week, starting...” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was starting to see where this was going. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then Don Billingsley, the starting tailback for the Permian Panthers, got the ball on a pitch. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Maybe later," said Alfred, starting to edge away as a slim girl joined the boy. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I entered the kitchen to rinse out the pots, starting with the leftover Lebanon and Cairo sauces. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I frantically unzip it, starting to slide out of it when I see Patches, floating away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

"College? She doesn't have the marks for college. I still think she should pursue a profession before we arrange her marriage, but I'm starting to lose hope." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the starting gate before a race in 1931, he issued his declaration of independence. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew’s glaring at me again but he’s starting to back off for real now and I’m wondering who Hildy is that he’s obeying her. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

However, when the heavens have no water left to give, I’m starting to realize the Powers That Be just find the next best way to screw you over. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Compared with cereals and legumes, they had the drawback of not starting to yield food until at least three years after planting, and not reaching full production until after as much as a decade. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to call, “Don’t go out of sight, Joe,” because dark was starting and there was that strange light, rather eerie, as night fell over Maple Mountain. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was the eighteen-year-old moron starting all over again at a new high school. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I caught up, my arms and legs were starting to cramp. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sir is our starting small forward and our number one wide receiver. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our time of starting from the Cross Keys was two o’clock. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I compromise by starting with the truth and ending with a lie. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I can’t do that,” wailed the boy, tears starting to roll down his face. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swore to him, though, that the next time he got caught starting fires she was going to burn him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes ’cause the smell was starting to get me dizzy. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She tightens her hold on her cup and I can feel her mood starting to shift. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was starting to get a picture of this new place, and I was glad I had come here. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was her grandparents and her mother starting to come out of the field, though it was still light out. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was starting right away, like it always did with Eliza. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

His dad asks if I’d mind getting in the car and starting it for them. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And Mark had already felt something like it—the faintest trace—starting within him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was all there, starting with Truman’s decision to back France’s war to recapture its former colony, knowing a majority of people in Vietnam supported independence and Ho Chi Minh. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They’re rounding the corner for their eighth lap now, and he’s starting to see some flaws in his logic. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was starting to think Piper was right about the storm or fire line in the prophecy—one of them, Jason or Leo, would not come back from this voyage alive. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I was just starting to learn the names of our cows, and I was lining the rocks up and calling them in, the way my father and brothers did with the real cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

This came at a time when William’s work travel was starting to step up, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mom dropped me off just as practice was starting, which was exactly how I planned it. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I went over to join them, starting to pace my breathing so that I would not stutter. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The eggplants gave them an excuse for breaking the rules and starting a conversation. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As much as he hated the idea, I could tell that the constant fighting, defending, leading the charge—it was starting to wear on him. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The marriage line is faint, crisscrossed by tiny cracks in the skin starting and ending in a mystery. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s her journal, starting from the day you were born, Todd.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He recognized that my life was starting in earnest and would take a different course from the one he had envisaged and planned for. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were starting to water from the pain. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember starting out that morning, but I do remember trying to sleep and feeling quite alone except for a dull, bittersweet ache. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The cohorts would be starting roll call, and Hazel had no desire to be sewn into a sack of weasels. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Jamming the torch end into a crevice in the stone floor, I used my dagger to cut his bonds free, starting with his feet. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

This first venture outside her new home was not starting out auspiciously for Kit, but as they set out along the road she could not repress her curiosity and bouncing spirits. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I tell her about starting to go on rounds with my father during my teen years and of how proud he was when I was accepted into Cornell. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

While the other kids cleared out of the room, laughing and joking and starting their after-school games, I gathered up my stack of books and came to stand by Mr. Ostrowski’s desk. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted them to stop fighting because I was starting to get upset, so I asked another question. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hubble’s discovery that the universe was expanding, and the realization of the insignificance of our own planet in the vastness of the universe, were just the starting point. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please? I don’t know if I can stand being in the same boat with her. She’s .. . she’s starting to worry me.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to realize how hard everything was for you. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The starting five broke to the center of the court. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No worries,” said Kyle, trying to buck up his teammates, even though he was starting to have those “champions become chumps” feelings again. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s starting to hurt me,” Snowden cried out suddenly with a plaintive, urgent wince. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She was starting to feel overwhelmed with exhaustion. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if this is empathy I hope Josh can feel some of the empathy that’s starting to come out of me. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I’m starting to understand it now. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Several meters behind us, one of the Green Police has turned around, starting in our direction. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was hot walking through the town but the sun was starting to go down and it was very pleasant. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Though I’m starting to think it’s the latter.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

My shoulder is aching and my arm is starting to go to sleep from the pressure of the clump of paper in my armpit. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think my doctors were also starting to notice me noticing how girls noticed how I looked. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to think working on a team is a form of torture. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or when he was just starting out in the business of buying houses, he would lounge around the barbershop and swap stories with the men there. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel the ambrosia she’d eaten earlier starting to repair her leg, but it still hurt so badly that the pain throbbed right up to her neck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His arm burned from the weight of the longsword, and he was starting to feel his bruises now that the fight was done. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I could feel my mind starting to awaken. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to laugh it off, shrugging and starting a stream of “no big deal” sentiments, but he refused to allow it. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I tried to fish my camera out from under my layers, but the numbness now was past my fingers and through my hands and starting up my arms. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He told himself no one was as clean as they had been, but with school officially starting again the next day, he wanted to look as respectable as possible. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Justin then takes his turn talking to Grandpa about school and soccer until we notice Grandpa’s eyes starting to close. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Or, at the beginning of vacation, “School will be starting up before you know it.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah, it’s coming. Watch out for it. And I’m also writing a piece about the princess industrial complex,” I say, starting to feel comfortable and finally eating my food like a normal person. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The horse had proved fairly useful as a stakes horse, but he was an incorrigible rogue at the starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using the Willow Creek ticket as a starting point, Kalitka launched an extremely thorough search, chasing down leads that led as far afield as Europe and South Africa. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maya wasn’t sure why, but she could feel a spiral of darkness starting to weave around the people she loved. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I lift my eyes and follow the trail of his sharp jaw to his dark hair, which is just starting to curl above his ear. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was starting to unravel the wrapping paper when a hand slapped the candy away. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But his sunglasses were starting to melt from the heat of his eyes. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Since break is only twelve minutes, we don’t have time to waste, and we’re already starting late, so I blurt out, “You’ll never guess who my lab partner is.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

This Jones was really starting to get under her lotioned skin. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she smiled, Percy saw that her front teeth were starting to come in. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was also starting to understand that I could try to ignore or shake off the way I felt when people called me names. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Then I see the red streaks starting to crawl up his leg. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I just remembered. The gorgon’s blood—maybe it’s starting to heal my mind. The Sea of Monsters. Hylla... she welcomed us at the docks, took us to see her boss. Hylla worked for the sorceress.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When the car shuddered without starting, she muttered, “Blessed Mother, please not now,” and tried again. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I declare, anger starting to replace the shock. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

"It...burns," he said, his eyes starting to water. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He decided just to hold things as they were for now, but he was starting to seriously doubt that Hume could finish the race, let alone sprint when the time for sprinting came. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But perhaps the best part of starting Louella was that it gave me balance, something outside of fencing I could focus on. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Peach sobbed and sniffed, and I heard leaving noises, the kind of settling-down, murmuring noises that drift across people when they are all talking at once, softly, ending a conversation or starting the next one. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My rib cage screams as each cough pulls more and more air from my lungs, my eyes starting to water. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to think he never takes those dark sunglasses off. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

This was the practical thing to do, he hinted, to imprison the man rather than risk the anger of Haitians who were starting to lose confidence in Captain Carroll’s leadership. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I felt it again, and I still didn't feel anything, but I said, "I think it's starting to, now." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I know what this sounds like because it’s the starting tone that every teacher takes with me, and it only goes downhill from there. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I turned around, but only because I was at the end of one row and starting on another. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Other prisoners were starting to stir, and Jack forced himself to stand up and look around. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Around me others were slowly starting to move and I pulled my jacket shut and started home. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. Truly, I am innocent,” I said, but could speak no more without starting to weep. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And I thought he was starting to love me back. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Pa was still humming and Ma and Mrs. Holton were starting in on something the growned folks don’t like talking ’bout much in front of us, ’bout the times they were slaves. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

His face had that look old men get when they’d shaved the day before and the beard was just starting to grow back, white specks of dust all over his cheeks. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I was starting to wonder if this was really something I wanted to learn to do. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I had just patched things up with her and now here I was, starting something new. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

"We kind of need a break from running a business, because of school starting." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Ben’s shoulder hurt until the bell rang at three o’clock releasing the students like a pistol at the starting blocks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy had never felt sorry for the jerk before, but now he was starting to sympathize. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I knew that basketball season was starting sometime next month—I knew this, because I saw the posters plastered everywhere—but the gym was, for some reason, already busier than I’d ever seen it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was starting to feel words piling up inside him, crowding his lungs, forcing out all the air. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“How can you ask what I mean? It’s self-evident, starting with the Herero people.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

That big dark eye starting to cloud over. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The moment I pull the door shut, like the trigger on a starting pistol, he begins. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

When Helena trudges back to Tatarska, exhausted from hauling the food bags up the hill, she gets a slap in the face from Karin for starting a fire in the stove and leaving it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I am starting in on the shower rack when my phone buzzes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was just starting to ask myself in my head if this kid might be super weird, but then he ran off all of a sudden and he answered my question for me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s starting to rain,” I say, as if she doesn’t know this. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“They’re starting to bring it out today. The building is shut down tight. They’re checking everybody who wants to come in or out. They’re afraid the FBI will come after them before they can print.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My alarm went off at seven exactly, switching over to the radio, just as Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” was starting. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, the treaty forced Germany to accept full responsibility for starting the war and pay huge reparations as punishment. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She moved restlessly, afraid to draw away from him too obviously, and yet wanting, with small motions of starting the car, to make him stand aside. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

After grammar, we do silent reading for the last ten minutes of class, and I think about starting The Perks of Being a Wallflower but reread Brown Girl Dreaming instead. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was starting to get jumpy because she’d never seen Momma so mad either. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turn the pages of that diary, and her inky scrawl rewinds the clock, to a time when her story is just starting. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I was starting to catch on to this Grand Rapids talk, I remembered that a ax was a instrument. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But I’m starting to get nervous about the performance. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Conor could feel himself slowly starting to get very, very angry. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I walked past the restaurants along Amesfort Avenue, which were finally starting to get busy again now that the weather was becoming warmer. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I squatted down, pushed my feet back against the blocks, stretched out my thumbs and index fingers and placed them on the edge of the white starting line. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The terrible things he promised were already starting to happen. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” said Ron, sweeping the jumble of scrawled notes off the table, dipping his pen into some ink, and starting to write. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The sharp smell of overdone meat starting to stink up the room. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you do. But having witnessed your last attack, I doubt it,” said Ripred, starting on a wedge of cheese. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he goes on to say what a punk Stephen is and that kids are starting to speak out in bigger numbers. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Next to the river is starting to become too rocky and steep to run on and I can see a path cutting its way up from the riverbank, going along the top of the canyon. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Help me, Harry,” he muttered, pulling a roll of Muggle money from his pocket and starting to peel the notes apart. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Well then,” said Harry, starting to feel annoyed at her lack of helpfulness, “I suppose I’ll just have to sleep out here and wait for morning.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then, just as I was starting to wonder if we’d need climbing gear to get onto the island, its steep cliffs sloped down to meet us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

"Oh, goodness no. I just know that starting high school can be a difficult transition for any young girl. I can only imagine how much harder it is under your circumstances." The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Jess was glad to see that their friend was starting to smile again. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, the announcer called us to the stage, starting with number eight and finishing with the top three on the podiums. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

John is thirteen, just barely starting his growth spurt. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I thought about the dozens of black people I'd met who had complained bitterly about Walter's prosecution, and I was starting to see Chapman as either naive or willfully indifferent—or worse. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t say anything—mostly because I’m embarrassed how close I came to starting to think like the rest of them. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then, starting with Jackie, he went from cage to cage, checking on the cheeping birds. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The day was warm and sticky, and she realized with creeping horror that she was starting to stink. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She was starting to get very excited now. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The chief minister there was starting a new network of schools; all the children would receive laptop computers. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I was seventeen, in my last year of high school, and for the first time in my life I was starting to have opinions of my own. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"These old folks had all their stuff cluttering up the sidewalk and we cleared the street . . ." "You mean you're interfering with an eviction," he called, starting through the crowd. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glance at the door and see other kids starting to arrive. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He was starting to feel that nothing would surprise him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

When everything was settled and agreed upon, Sissy announced to her friends and family that she was starting another baby. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to think that this isn’t just about the school incident. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t have on a bra and the weave in my hair is starting to look like a fuzzy hat. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’m glad to see that he isn’t starting a fight. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

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

Then Roy remembered that his father seemed to have a supernatural memory—for instance, he could still recite the batting averages of the entire starting lineup for the 1978 New York Yankees. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I hadn’t been eating much because of the swallowing problem, but my body was starting to show signs of weight loss after only two weeks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The young mouse lost track of time until he became aware of the sun starting to sink in a reddening sky heralding the twilight. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She patted Henry on the arm, more to keep him from starting a business conversation with Atticus than anything else. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She went on to tell us that were her first homeroom ever, and that she’s looking forward to starting each day with us. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun is starting to set, but it’s still light as anything, light that don’t feel like it’s going to hide you. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t mock me, Prometheus! Those cursed centaurs will be sorry they interfered. I will feed them to the hellhounds, starting with that son of mine—that weakling Chiron.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was like starting school all over again, having unsuspecting adults pass me on the stairway. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

"Will this do? I am not practiced at starting fires. Morrec did that for me." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“With Raleigh starting his own business and tax season not for six months... things are real tight for us right now.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Since starting in the car business more than a decade ago, Golomb has sold, on average, about twenty cars a month, which is more than double what the average car salesman sells. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The treaty forced Germany to take all the blame for starting the war and to pay high reparations that made Germany poor. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Kids are starting to appear in costumes, on the street, looking just like the kids back home. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He should be starting middle school with the rest of us. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson’s plan to have the boys row themselves quickly into fighting form ran into trouble starting the day after his fiery speech. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Angel, who was starting to feel the danger of the situation, started to back toward the door. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel a little bit better, and though at first I just kind of played with my food, the more I eat, the more the meal is starting to grow on me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“How is it humanly possible that I have a daughter who’s starting her senior year in high school? How in the hell can my baby boy be starting second grade?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to get that stuff off my chest, because it's starting to grate on me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was starting to attract a lot of funny looks, because of Hedwig. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

My aunt Tuti paused for a second to take a quick breath before starting up again. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then I'll put my right foot on the pedal...It’s starting to feel overwhelming. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

From the starting gun to the final salvo, they had rowed as if they could keep going at the same pace for another two miles or ten. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t nothing but the train starting to move. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was starting to care so much I was having a hard time standing, because my knees felt weak and rubbery. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt my face turning red and that familiar feeling of anger starting to churn in my stomach. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But it’s going to happen anyway, starting tomorrow morning. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And even though Coach is talking about the aftereffects of a murder, I’m ashamed to admit that I immediately begin worrying about my starting position. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma was worried, but Pa said that by starting before sun-up and walking very fast all day he could get home again before dark. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cap’n was starting to catch on to what the man was saying, and wasn’t finding it too pleasant. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

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

We were starting away at last when a strolling policeman stopped in front of our path. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You know, I’m starting to think it’s time for more direct action. I wonder how you get into the school kitchens?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I make the egg rounds, starting with ole Miss Walter first cause she the elder. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I extended my hand so that we could shake, my lower lip starting to tremble. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we got into Manhattan it was sunset and starting to rain. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Falkbridge was starting to explain when the noisy one clubbed him across the neck. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the JV squad finishes, we shoot around—I hit every shot I take—and then in the locker room Coach announces the starting lineup, leaving out my name. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of starting right off, she pulled out her map and showed the younger children where they were. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My throat was starting to fill up with all the days Mama had been dead and me not crying. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He wrote and wrote without stopping, filling sheet after sheet of paper, tearing up what he'd written, beginning again, putting one sheet aside and starting another, frowning, crumpling up the paper—and starting once more. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Rashid sipped a beer and stared at his food without even starting. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edith was in high spirits, and still insisted she felt fine, but the physical exertion was starting to wear on her. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

By the night of July 3, the boys had grown nervous and unsettled, the magnitude of what was at stake starting to sink in. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Several men were bleeding from their noses and Shmuel had a dark bruise starting at his temple. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A heavy weariness was starting to weigh on him, but he forced himself to focus on the man across from him, hoping for answers. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“All right, things are starting,” said her father. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He was starting to feel nostalgic about the monsters he’d fought in Rome. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She did not appear nervous, but she was starting to feel a little bit nervous. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crouched, waiting for the starting gun, which did not go off. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I recall a mist starting to set in as I crossed the lawn that afternoon. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

One of the supporting pillars was starting to buckle. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hated making a decision, starting on a plan, and then not finishing. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you could ask her to play with you. She’s probably feeling lonely and worried about starting in at a new school.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could see that the daylight was starting to go, because some windows at the ends of the hallways were getting dark. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the legion ranks, everything was still in chaos, but the officers were starting to reassert control. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Those starting the grousing would tell you that problem wasn’t the players. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Summertime riots had become an annual event in America’s inner cities, starting with the Los Angeles Watts conflagration in 1965, and the climate in Durham that spring was particularly volatile. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It did this by starting a number of projects, including state histories. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The strain in my voice is starting to really come through. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I was starting to feel a little annoyed that he even brought it up, because I was definitely trying to forget about it all. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Just when I was starting to feel like we were invisible in this teeming city, I realize how wrong l am. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Except Ruby never texted me back this morning when I asked if her mom had said she could come, and I’m kind of starting to worry. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Pita asked, her eyes full of wonder, as if they were starting to wake up to the seriousness of our situation. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Percy tried to think, but he was starting to get a headache. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was crying properly now, starting to scream. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure what the first part meant, but he was starting to have an idea about the second. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His red eyebrows flared above his scowling eyes, with the bad one starting to squint a little from the strain of it all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Danuta hustles me out the door as soon as she has the food hidden, giving me plenty of advice about keeping my head down and not starting conversations. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

You can imagine the situation: the pale knights starting to their feet in the candlelight, the ineffectual attempts at aid, and their supposing eyes turning upon one another with ashamed suspicion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of June was spent smoking it, tanning it, and finally, starting on my deerskin suit. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was now a little higher in the sky: it was starting to warm my feet. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I hate to admit it, but I’m actually starting to like school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She held June, who was starting to cry, but she kept her eyes on mine. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As things began to look more and more dangerous, Rob found Mary’s wraps, and they were starting for home when a drunken youth named Travis Burdow saw them leave and followed them on horseback. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m starting to wish I didn’t,” I say, sighing, and Isabella laughs at that. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And for the rest of that day, when I wasn’t moving a desk, my body felt like it should be leaning, grabbing, lifting, and starting over anyway. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

However, now, staring into the endless snarl of automobiles, she’s starting to wish they had named her Patience. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Already he was starting to suffer from a shortage of breath, just as in his earlier days his lungs had been quite unreliable. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Long Count tracks time from a starting point, much as the Christian calendar begins with the purported birth date of Christ. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was starting to bug me more than the button. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Then, starting into one of the offices, the boy stopped short and grinned. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I back away from the sparks I can feel starting to shoot off the top of Tonni’s head. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said the items, starting with girl and working back to cockroach, and I swear he looked just like a great big baby that had just made a superduper mud pie. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

As McCunn’s food supply dwindled to almost nothing, he wrote in his journal, "I’m getting more than worried. To be honest, I’m starting to be a bit scared." Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Light was starting to seep through the cloud cover to the east, and he urged me on even while he pulled harder. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Stephanie is starting to get close to me like she wants to grab at me or something. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I could already feel my spirits starting to rise. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I really am starting to slip, he thought. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The camp was now alive and swarming, throngs of men starting to swell together like boils of a plague. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

An idea was starting to click into place. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Instead of starting junior high school, I lived like the Victorian recluses I read about. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to increased communications, the ‘global village’ was starting to become a reality. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“I am not tired of fighting. I am just starting,” I say. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was starting to think I’d take it to the grave. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She could feel the sleeplessness starting to unravel her brain like a kitten with a blanket, pulling at important threads until it wasn’t even functional anymore. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then, starting home, he walked toward the trees, and under them, leaving behind him the big sky, the whisper of wind voices in the wind-bent wheat. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they finally reached camp it was 4:30 A.M., and the sky was starting to brighten above the eastern horizon. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She had been lying in the semidarkness nursing this palatable sadness for half an hour when she heard the sound of the police car parked below her window starting up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“But it works good,” he answered, starting down the trail ahead of Tayo, “it works real good. That’s the main thing.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was starting to look just ’bout like a regular woman, but a regular woman that was afeared and had four arms. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He keeps stopping to pick up rocks, examining them, and then either tossing them back or stuffing them in his sweatshirt pocket, which is starting to sag with the weight. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

If we are interested in starting an epidemic — in reaching a Tipping Point — what are the most effective kinds of groups? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some places were starting to wear smooth where I always stroked them with my thumb. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When he clapped his hands again, Loki began to eat, starting at the far end of the trough and working his way inward. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“O.K., the game is over, Mary Anne. Go knit bootees for your first kid or something. You’re starting to bother me.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nico had expended so much energy travelling through shadows . . . perhaps he was starting to fade permanently. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I must go now,” said the boy to his brother and sisters, “before it gets colder. The wind is starting up, so keep the door shut.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In each stake boat, an official sat ready to hold the stern of the shell assigned to that lane until the starting pistol was fired. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

People were starting to look over their shoulders at her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In just a month, we’re starting to look healthier, particularly the kids. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She sat at the kitchen table sipping a little muscatel and blew away the one baby roach that was starting to cross the table. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holmes had assigned me several days in a row to R-and-W gallery, dispelling any thought I had entertained that he was starting to like me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull more ice from the back of the truck, but find, even in a thick plastic bag, it’s hard to grip now that it’s starting to melt. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

One thing I was starting to understand was that August loved to tell a good story. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had got his wife’s wire just before starting. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He was beginning to feel cold, and slow, as if he had been bitten in the heart by some arctic viper and it was starting to pump its icy venom through his body. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“And starting it’s not a problem. There’s an override. You must have a code or keys around here somewhere.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Now, now! The revelry is supposed to happen over dinner! No fair starting without me!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The same rules that apply to if statements apply to those starting with as if or as though: He acts as if he were infallible. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

These hidebound trustees were determined to run the Research Corporation as conservatively as they ran their own businesses—that is, accumulating a large capital cushion before starting to give it away. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Her stomach was starting to bother her and she was starting to have these fainting spells, you know, she’d just black out in the middle of the day. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the sun was starting to creep up into the sky in the east, it seemed like everybody was asleep on the entire bus except me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Beatrice was our good- luck charm. Things are finally starting to turn around for this family. I can feel it.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Harry could see that he was starting to worry that none of his information would be of any use to the Ministry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"I remember like it was yesterday. We were all of us living over in the tenements in those days, because the rent was so cheap and we were all just starting out." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The starting salary was $6,400, which was more than Elizebeth ever earned at the Coast Guard or the Navy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like to leave you in danger,” I said, starting to dismount. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I fill the water bag and am starting back when a squirrel runs over the leaves. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we hold the bag high, tilt it, and begin shaking it until we feel the fertilizer starting to pour out. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The river’s starting to bend and I keep on floating down it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Whether stopping or starting, everything happened with a tremendous JOLT. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I trudged up the stairs and could hear Father starting the blessing again from scratch. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In the early morning you hear the clang of the garbage trucks, then the low growl of the buses and you know the people who got work are starting off downtown to their jobs. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And happy seemed like a starting place for everything. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But that December morning, just as the marines were starting on their pancakes, an airraid siren began wailing. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Like sprinters cued by a starting gun, Baker rushed into the barn with Conger at his heels. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other men were just starting to build stoves and came to Yossarian’s tent during the day to marvel at Orr’s workmanship. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I know Thunder Pitcher’s starting me off with a fastball. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I was about to use it as a pretext for starting a conversation when the train stopped again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Go ahead and take a seat. We’ll be starting in just a minute.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I devoted myself to investing money, starting new companies, and importing. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was starting to seem as if the Taliban had never really left. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I felt it—like a plunging rock hitting the surface of a stream and slowly starting to sink. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She asked each student in my seventh-grade English class to pick one place for a pen pal program our school was starting that year. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He could push them in back to the starting point and then out again, but they would only move those three steps, and still the box wasn’t open. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I pull my phone out, starting to dial. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

And just to complicate matters perfecdy, I was starting to feel responsible for their safety and happiness and got panicked at the idea of them being captured or corrupted by the outside world. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gash was long and crooked, starting a hair under his left eye and ending on the right side of his jaw. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was still working away with her hand, and nothing was really happening, and I tried to move away, and she had her arm around me and was starting to look worried. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And who knows, maybe this time will be different, with the holidays starting and all. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Michelle and her older sister were just starting at Guardian Angels that year. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Inside, I’m starting to realize that I don’t know Stuart. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We’re starting a big unit on ancient cultures that will last until December. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I could feel the tears starting, so I grabbed two bags of the chips Louisa had brought over, went to my room, and slammed the door. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

His face tightened, and he could already feel the warning sirens starting up inside his body. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of ‘starting to live together,’” Byrd says, borrowing the phrase that Axel just used. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She set down the box of crackers and got up slowly, starting to sniffle. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a faculty sponsor, there's no chance of starting a club, he tells us. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I never eat canned food. I did once, and I could feel my intestines starting to atrophy.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But another part of me, the newer part, isn’t ready to give up the world I’m starting to know. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to be the starting point guard and team captain.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lemony scent turned acrid, as if she were starting to burn. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Two hundred yards up there seemed to be a belt of thick, lower brush starting— about ten or twelve feet high—and that formed a wall he could not see through. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t go imagining how my friends would all want to dance with him, starting with Lucy Raleigh, but he’d say he’d only dance with me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

A white van was starting up its engine. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bees had shaken the pollen dust off their feet and were starting to settle back into the hive. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Story is, my ma was friends with Ben before they left for New World, that they were both members of the Church when the offer of leaving and starting up a settlement was made. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She was starting to worry that he wasn't coming at all—he could've gone to the wrong high school or changed his mind—when he honked for her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I’m just starting to wonder if she’s, you know, all there when she looks down at me again. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The woman was starting to get back her unna-standing of where she was. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I mean, I might be starting off with her talking about how scared she is with the smallpox spreading around the ship and killing people. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I am starting to dread what this has to do with my mother. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Shh,” I say again, cuz my chest is starting to rise, my Noise starting to buzz too loud to be of any use at all. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was starting to wonder if someone had swiped it when I realized that the leathery thing was the apple. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Aunt Sponge shouted, waving her fat arms and starting to dance around in circles. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

There’s movement to his right: Zahra is there too, pulling a stack of papers toward her and starting in with a red pen. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Please,” Dill said, also starting to lose composure. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I can feel butterflies now, I’m starting to get nervous. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I grab for my cloak, toe on my leather shoes, and am out the door, palms starting to sweat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But if Dusty Muleman was starting to obey the law, I thought, how would we ever prove that Dad’s accusations were right? Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Spectators, people who had been wandering the streets because of the earthquake, were starting to gather. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Colored folks are starting to move into the white neighborhoods there, and well, there’ve been a lot of bombings. In one part of town there have been so many explosions, they call it Dynamite Hill.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have looked forlorn because she added, “Don't worry—you’ll be starting yours soon.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Living on a remote island, I was starting to realize, turned people into pack rats. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I run back inside and straight to my room, which is starting to feel like a prison cell. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Still, it will serve as a starting point. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under Khrushchev's aggressive leadership, communism was starting to spread around the globe. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was starting to feel like the majority of boys weren’t buying into Julian anymore. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She called the welfare department to have the family’s public assistance cut off, and then reported the violation to the Housing Authority, starting the eviction process. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Also whenever he went upstairs he went up two at a time, always starting with his right foot. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew was even starting to sport the same roll of fat around his waist that Dad had. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kids were starting to file into the gym. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“This house!” shrieked Uncle Vernon, the vein in his forehead starting to pulse. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They rounded a corner, and from around another corner just up ahead, a kind of drunken mumbling was starting to get louder. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hopefully, meeting Jopie and Lies will get them excited about starting our new writing project—and reaffirm the power of the written word. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Pink Whiskers accused him of starting a union. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would leave the starting line with just enough of a surge to get some momentum behind the boat but then drop immediately to a low stroke rate of twenty-eight or twenty-nine. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The day before our first game, Coach announces the starting lineup, and I get the nod at point guard. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, he’s already starting with the big vocabulary words,” I heard Molly whisper to Claire. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I was surprised that he said it, because, naturally, I was just starting to work my way into that subject matter. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was starting to feel confident that I could reach all the way over the other side. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to point at other men, conveniently dead, starting with the ones who first scooped up mud from riverbanks to catch the scent of a source. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s starting to come down pretty hard now, I think.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Still, the half globe of it was starting to look like something from a dream, like something that Mrs. Borkowski would have pulled out of the suitcase. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Effie makes me say a hundred banal phrases starting with a smile, while smiling, or ending with a smile. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to think about what Daddy would say if he knew that I was hanging out in a house where a known drug dealer lives. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It's just starting to hit me how close I came to sabotaging our mission. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Plus, I was already starting to feel a twinge of guilt for the way I was about to take a lot of Tina’s free time away from Connie. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re starting out better than I did,” Marigold told her with a smile. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s an inch thick, double-spaced, and starting to look like something that can sit on a shelf. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Now Billy was starting to get worried about it, about his mind in general. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was starting to see everything, all at once, with a blistering clarity. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Or—with a faint blush—“Trip’s going to be starting forward on the soccer team in the fall. He just found out.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We roll into Witney station and out again, the train starting to pick up pace as suburbia melts into grimy North London, terraced houses replaced by tagged bridges and empty buildings w'ith broken windows. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

At parties, I was starting to get real lonely, even when there were other people around me, and it’s worse when you leave. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cliff Ackerley and a few other football player types stood at the foot of the bleachers, holding up signs for Ria Wolf, who I gathered was the starting setter. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“It meant starting over from scratch,” said Ruth Lieberman, a young Jewish girl living in Stuttgart. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He bit his lower lip until the blood flowed, carrying the old man a hundred yards, then halting to rest for five minutes, then starting off again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither was Al Ulbrickson, though he was starting to have some serious doubts about the sophomores. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

So why was she suddenly starting to forget about me? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s starting to get mighty wet, and Gum Baby took a bath last month, so don’t take forever.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They were a big help and let me use my lower limbs to provide some extra momentum, but they would only stay on for a minute or so before starting to slide off. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

My body is starting to feel different too, like a soft white roll or mushy white rice, from all the mestizo food I eat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still not knowing if Guzzo had said anything to Paul was starting to eat away at me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"The window for starting the maneuver ends in thirty-nine hours." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 11 Smith began the third phase of starting gate instruction. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day’s first class would be starting in five minutes, but I didn’t want to move. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It might have been because school was starting the next day, but this felt different somehow than in years past. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Yanna was starting to stammer, but she took a deep breath and continued. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It is not as though we would be starting from scratch. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the four days since starting their journey into the unknown, the expedition had traveled only twenty miles down the river. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Now she was tired all the time, she rarely got to leave the hospital, and her bones were starting to ache every minute of every day. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would mean starting out for the ninth time. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Four miles from their starting point, they had to rope up for security. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He looked back at the girl; it looked like she was starting to cry. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Take Civil Service,” said Johnny starting on another angle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would watch and know precisely when a ewe was starting labor—had a wonderful knowledge of sheep—but could barely move. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

From the front window, we can see a swarm of black Volkswagens, engines starting up. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Eurytion,” Geryon said, “the boy is starting to annoy me. Kill him.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He stumbled and without a word began half walking, half trotting over to the starting line. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I got a new pair of kicks for Christmas, and they’re already starting to wear down. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have the whole background story about why I was so happy to be leaving Beecher Prep and starting over somewhere new. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

With four weeks to go, Dieter was really starting to get on my nerves. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hadn’t thought of it that way,” said Milo, starting down the stairs. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone looked at me and I was starting out when the thin man called, "There's plenty of seats for late comers. Come in, brother . . ." Brother? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a cough, a noise like a railway engine starting and then an explosion that shook the earth again. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re starting to outgrow these braids. I need to do some new ones soon. Did you eat?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was quarterback on the Muscatine high school football team, a starting guard in basketball, the president of his class and its valedictorian. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The sparkler had faded, and nothing was visible in the dawn light just starting to spill across the sky. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I am starting to realize what this means, and how sad it would be. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I was still ticked off because I wasn’t starting but I figured that once I got to play in a game things would turn around. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I could see that his eyes, too, were starting to swell closed. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tune out some of what Maxine is saying because now it’s starting to sound like something she practiced, something Sabrina told her to say. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“What happened?” she says, already starting to tug away the rolls, getting one off his face and leaning down to see if he’s still breathing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The world had already gone to shades of gray as dawn approached, but now colors are starting to bloom. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A line of gray stake boats stretched across the river, marking the starting line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You tell him you don’t know why. Don’t commit to anything. She’ll have to work that out starting tomorrow.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

"Neither am I," I say, even though that's starting to feel like a lie. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I was starting to get hungry just watching her stir the pot. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She didn't talk much about her family, but from what Pong had managed to learn, it was at least as complicated as starting a new government. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Because of the bread shortage, we eat potatoes at every meal, starting with breakfast, but then we fry them a little. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Why is a book on warfare starting out by telling us what war is not? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Guard me,” Amil said, grabbing the note and starting to climb out the window. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, the whole glittering thing was finished, some parts of it newly sprung to life, the first few lines already starting to fade as the sparklers exhausted themselves. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

"I was starting to think we would never reach Winterfell," Robert complained as they descended. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“If I were home, the corn would be ripe, and the apples would be starting to grow on the trees. The wheat fields would be golden.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

By Sunday morning all I wished for, besides going back home, was to be left alone with my music, my zine supplies, and my denial that school was starting. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Even though I was starting to win more consistently at gymnastics meets, at school I was nothing special. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“H-he is a...bad...guy...in the beginning,” he tells me, starting to stutter. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Or rather, I’ve made a huge digression and doubled back to my starting place. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

From time to time it scraped against the Wall, starting small crystalline showers of ice that sparkled in the sunlight as they fell, like shards of broken glass. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The main character, Mary Richards, was a young, single woman who was interested not in starting a family—as practically every previous television heroine had been—but in advancing her career. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I can see everyone in the cafeteria is starting to pay attention to their heated argument, and any minute now, the teachers will come over. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

And as he stood in the rain, Joe’s feelings began to shift—moving around like notes on a musical staff, bits and pieces of new themes starting to fall into place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe Sally was starting again with the insults, and I hadn’t even been there five minutes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who was responsible for starting the fire? they wanted to know. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph heard the metallic scrape of a car starting up outside — the waitress, leaving. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They only paid four twenty-five an hour, and with all the casinos right across the river starting people at six twenty-five, well, it was hard to keep bodies behind the counter. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s starting to understand a lot of math. I’ve actually seen him put his skills to use.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The deed was done and word of what Prentisstown had done spread like wildfire, starting with the few who’d managed to escape. All men from Prentisstown were declared criminals. We couldn’t leave.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s only really starting to make sense now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

That buildup began with the rise of agriculture starting about 10,000 years ago and then accelerated with the rise of cities starting several thousand years ago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s not there enough to listen. She’s always dictating, then out the door. But starting in two days, when I’m eighteen, I make the decisions.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

By the way he was acting I was starting to think that maybe Lefty Lewis was on the lam too. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I watch as girls with last names starting with A, B, and C file in and out of their interview. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The hall was starting to empty as people headed off toward their first lesson. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Or was it, I thought, starting up the walk, that I was no longer afraid? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see where he got his boxy, top-heavy shape, and I imagined my own body starting to do the same. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The class a person is born into, she said, is the starting point on the continuum. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And not when a plan is starting to form in my mind. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was even starting to bear a strong resemblance to our weeping willow trees. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"He's coming," he said, nodding toward the approaching policeman as he swept up the dolls, dropping them into the carton and starting away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pole at his back was starting to feel a little too hard. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Thinking back, she feels her heart starting to beat fast. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its spiral score is laid out graphically, has no set starting point and can be read left to right, right to left, upside down or back to front. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The very first time I went, years before, my dad walked me through the entire paper-making process, starting with where the trees come in and are ground to pulp before being turned into paper. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Our spies among your loyal subjects tell us that only very few want another war, and that word is starting to leak out that the army is on the march right toward the goblins. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I sincerely hoped I was not starting to lose it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A shock went through my body, starting at my head like a lightning strike, then moving down, down into my legs, freezing them to the spot. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the early 1850s, Mendel had tried a more audacious variation of this experiment, starting with white and gray field mice. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I can see that, but—” “Look, just tell me what it is,” June said, starting to get into one of her huffs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was back at her starting point and thought she was bound to see the others, or hear their calls. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After we had been traveling for a few miles, I put my note pad back in my shirt pocket, took the top off my coin box, and starting looking at my pennies. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

After starting his classmates in song, the young man stepped off his chair and joined them in performing a heartbreaking melody with tremendous care and precision. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Before we went to bed, Dad suggested that we avoid rush hour by starting out late in the morning instead of early. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was groggy and confused most of the time and my head is just starting to clear. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was starting to wonder if we’d even see each other today. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, the gun show is starting in about an hour.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The clouds of dust shielding us from view are slowly starting to clear. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Which it is just starting to do when my fellow underage Frenchy's pilgrim runs up to me and says, "Who are you?" Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

She always ends up back at the starting point. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I was starting to think you weren’t going to come.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I cheeked to see where the sun was starting its midday descent. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of starting a fire in the pit, Cole crawled into his sleeping bag and went to sleep early. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

There is no doubt that a statement starting with there begins on a weak note. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I thought about her and Emily, and whether Soojin was starting to think the two of them had more in common than we did. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He spun around, the familiar, icy cold penetrating his insides, fog starting to obscure his vision; more were appearing out of the darkness on every side; they were encircling them.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Today we know that technologically sophisticated societies arose in Peru first—the starting date, to archaeologists' surprise, keeps getting pushed back. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“So small, I’m starting to feel claustrophobic,” Carrie says while shifting in her seat. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I take the long way around school to avoid seeing any teachers or staff who are now starting to head home. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

In just a couple of hours, the Halloween dance would be starting. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

It was sunny and warm, and the shivering chill of the cold water was starting to evaporate. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

If they were where they could talk, Toby thought to himself, one of them would be starting a sentence and the other finishing it—as if they had Siamese brains, or something. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to worry that I might disappear—really, really disappear behind the courtroom door. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her own face was starting to get that green look, and she was panting, but not just from fatigue. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I would gladly have taken the burden and the pain off her hands, but there was no sense in starting something I couldn’t finish. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I echo, an incredulous smile starting on my face and then fading when I remember that Vivi didn’t bother to tell me the story, even though it must have happened days ago. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And when the starting pistol sounds, you push off and go! A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The next time I woke up it was just starting to get light and somehow I was in the front seat and Momma was in the back. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even last night, as I was starting to fall asleep, I could hear the trickling of music in the streets, the laughter and singing. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“The teachers are nice, especially my art teacher. We’re starting a new project on Monday, and I’m dying to know what it is.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

At some point, I just starting asking Dad for money to buy new pairs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

By the time the three of them sat down on a bench, Joaquin bookended by his two sisters, his breath was starting to come back a little. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I’m also gradually starting to believe that the invasion will come. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We get ourselves back in the starting position, and this time I push myself off the wall at the right moment, and I push harder this time. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But for every minute my BlackBerry lay dormant in my lap, I felt the walls starting to breach, the doubts beginning to rampage. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Whereas the black women enjoyed the support that came from being part of a group, starting in a pool was not an option for a male engineer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

So early the next morning, I set out with Old Yeller, glad for the chance to hunt hogs a while longer before starting in on the corn gathering. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was cold in the inn and the wind was starting to blow outside. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

And years later, it was also to be the starting point for my work in theoretical physics. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waved his hand and the starting signal dropped. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The elephants were fading, and some were even starting to look like hippos. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

For me, some of the old questions about who I was and what I wanted to be in life were starting to drift in again, fixing themselves at the forefront of my mind. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to,” Conor said, his heart starting to thump. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

And, besides, we had another rugby game coming up that week, and the team would never be able to get by without Kevin, our winger, and our starting fly half. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was excited about leaving El Camino Junior High School and starting Santa Maria High School on time in the fall. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

My hands were starting to lose feeling after being bound in the same position for so long. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It’s a crisp December night and a fine rain is just starting to fall. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Still, she was starting to feel some regret, and now she was glad her grandparents didn’t have a mirror. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And to hinder Germany from starting another war, the treaty reduced their armed forces, which caused more jobs to be lost. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The starting front line plays against the starting defense. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is even starting to talk like a king. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

People were starting to stare at Emma for being different, for not turning around and looking back toward the huge screen at the front of the auditorium like everyone else. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There are a few more white folks in finer clothing, and I'm starting to wonder why they ain’t storming the sheriff's office, asking where their loved ones are. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Come off it,” said Ron, starting to laugh. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

First my starting position was taken from me, and now Erin. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come,” he said to the captain, and jerked his head at the steep, grassy hill that the company was starting to ascend. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Today we are starting our physical science unit, and we will begin with magnets'.” Mr. Neely said, trying to be chipper as usual. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, her eyes grew wide, as if with fear; I realized, to my horror, that her face was starting to melt. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Lord, I’m starting to sound like you, ain’t I? Must be getting old.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I quote what I said when I was just starting out, and then later on in other places, as I can best remember the general pattern that I used, in successive phases, in those days. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus is still moving, the driver just starting to register that something is going on way back at the far end of his vehicle. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I haven't seen Papa in a week, and I'm starting to panic. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Genie exclaimed, now starting to see all the things he knew Grandpop hadn’t. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I’d thought nothing could be worse than listening to him drone about the proper inflections of my vowels; now I’m starting to wonder if I was mistaken. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Conor felt suddenly light, like he was somehow starting to float in the air. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He said he’d call out the names two by two, starting with the first pair to wrestle. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I found it hard to work out what to say because I was starting to get scared and confused. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m a month away from starting my junior year of high school, and I just found out my father only has four months to live. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

It was just starting to dawn on me that I would never see him again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Genie worried his apology wouldn’t be enough, even though he was already starting to feel a little better. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I blink and find myself standing there, staring down at a kid who is gasping for air and starting to cry. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to feel like I know Janelle, at least a little. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all on edge, sometimes starting at nothing and, again, lying down in any patch of long grass that offered. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coming into the race with an excellent shot at winning, Granville fumed, stormed, and lathered through the post parade and bounced and shimmied in the starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus had stopped, and the students were starting to board. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gears were starting to shift into place inside Thomas’s head as well, almost as if a prior memory was beginning to break loose. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Each of those little stools in each of those rows, about four hundred seats in all, was taken well before the scheduled starting time of seven-thirty. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was starting to think that maybe I could use the springiness to help me fly even higher. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I smiled and thought about what Mr. Ali had said about starting over fresh with my father. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I retrace our steps, starting from the moment the gong rang out, searching for the source of my discomfort. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t very well tell Lissa that without starting another round of questions. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Let’s hear it for our starting goalie this year!” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Brian Chavez, starting both ways at tight end and defensive end after missing the first game of the season because of an ankle injury, walks through the locker room shirtless, his body drenched with sweat. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was I still just starting, halfway along, or nearing the end? The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you upset about losing your starting position?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought we weren’t starting crystal balls until next term,” Ron muttered, casting a wary eye around for Professor Trelawney, in case she was lurking nearby. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

This put him right back where he’d been in 1904, arriving in a new land and starting over from economic zero. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just starting to feel all right when Miss Lizzy asks could I come make some iced tea and meet Stephen. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His only problem is the fact that MaiVs car has about a 5 percent chance of starting first time round. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He has done some brave things in the past: starting a school without a coin in his pocket, standing up for women’s rights and girls’ education, and standing up to the Taliban. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was this new sort of knowledge that Sprat had in mind when he defended the Royal Society from its critics, insisting that the starting point of the new knowledge, experimental evidence, was extremely reliable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I’d been Mrs. Obama for the last twelve years, but it was starting to mean something different. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But starting to enter I lost my nerve and backed away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother was putting out a cigarette and starting to make pound cake for lunch. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Secret Service agents became aware of him only when he starting firing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I heard the sound of the car starting up in the drive. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I think I’m starting to get a little obsessed with him. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Thus most of my classmates, starting with their seven weeks at the Academy, were becoming a kind of migrant worker. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weighty burden of his dream was finally starting to fade a little. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Harry, who was starting to feel warm and sleepy, looked up at the High Table again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I figured that if American children learned English through books, so could I, even if I was starting later. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There are crocuses starting to poke through the dark earth. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He could smell fresh-cut hay and alfalfa; their immediate next door neighbor, Eusebio Lavadie, was on a tractor nearby starting his second cutting. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he climbed again out of the cabin top he saw that she was starting to swing up a bit more. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s so old,” Buttercup muttered, starting to storm a bit now. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

One look at her told me things were starting to happen. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if Mama likes anything as much as her bottles, which I’m starting to see more and more, but I don’t tell Charlie that. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I finally look to Dad, and I see for the first time my father truly starting to worry. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Goldy told Ducky he was starting the second half and Ducky looked over at me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Even his beard was starting to look wet. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The repetition was so relentless that, instead of feeling sharper, I was actually starting to feel blurry and a little bored—which might be why I started wobbling on my beam routine. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As I walk, I’m surprised that I’m not thinking about the game or losing my starting position. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had more to say, starting off with “but,” until JoJo cut me off. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Figure 4.19: The interval patterns for major and natural minor scales are basically the same pattern starting at different points. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

As they drew closer, Tally felt her heart starting to pound. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Tom Bolles followed his freshman crew out to the starting line in his launch. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was definitely glowing now, his skin starting to smoke. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Papa pointed to the smoke starting to rise from the stove. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He’s trying to read my Noise, see what truth he can sift from it, which most men think is a good enough excuse for starting a fight, but I don’t mind with Ben. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

We seem to be starting at the beginning, from scratch. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t my fault that its seams were starting to split. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The toes were starting to freak me out, too. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The floor beneath them gave a shudder, as if it were considering starting up again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’d answered an ad, after all, and would be starting in two weeks as a chambermaid at Brown’s Rooming House in Great Falls. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was starting to feel a little more like myself again, less cotton-headed and weary. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Every time you feel yourself starting to get mad, say ‘Pineapple.’” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The sun was finally starting to set by the time we ate dinner, did homework, gathered eggs, and got our clothes ready for school the next day. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

For now, my sole occupation should be to acquaint myself with my new home—starting with this charming room.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I told him, “It’s starting to hurt too much.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He blames Caroline for starting it, even though the raising of the issue was the fault of his maternal grandmother. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My feelings were starting to change, I began to have second thoughts. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The sun is barely starting to shine in the sky, and there’s an orange-pink glow down Main Street. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

"You're a magician!" my grandmother shouted, starting to wave her stick about once again. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Ooh, good, we’re starting some new subjects today,” she said happily. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The first birds are starting to twitter sleepily in the branches above us, and the only color so early is the first bits of scarlet dappling the trees. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

This bright canary-yellow bus lets out one long, steady honk before starting off. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I ask, a fierce grin starting on my face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s amazing, isn’t it, Harry?” said Colin, starting to speak the moment Harry had closed the dungeon door behind him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The day after I arrived, starting at dawn and ending well into the evening, I followed Farmer on his rounds, for the first of many times. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I'm glad to stand up, because the way I had scrunched up my legs under there was starting to make my toe hurt. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows were getting longer, and the light was starting to fade in the east. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

There’s another one about starting your own business and another about fruits and vegetables. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Are we starting something that in two or three years we simply can’t finish?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I got a coaching offer at a nearby college starting next month. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Carl Tiflin and Billy Buck were not in sight, but from a metallic ringing on the other side of the barn, Jody knew that Billy Buck was just starting to milk a cow. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy wanted to draw his sword and give the giant a haircut starting at the neck, but he was powerless to act. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Now that Baba is getting more gray in his hair, he’s starting to resemble his older brother more than he used to. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

By the time they were finished, the walls of snow rose above Turner’s shoulders, and he had to pitch the snow so high that his arms were starting to ache. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Yes, Warren had been the starting running back on the football team; yes, he’d been a forward on the hockey team as well. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As long as he continues to wind the second clock, and as long as it is accurate, he will know the time difference between his present position and his starting point. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He walks me to the curb, where it's starting to rain. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His skin was all withered like an old apple, and his eyes were starting from his head. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, it seemed like Tommy was starting to like him. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Katz, it was quickly evident, was starting from square one—actually, several score pancake breakfasts to the wrong side of square one. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He examined the ball-handling skills of Pinkie Taylor who had been a starting guard on the team the year before. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The purebred plants were only a starting point for his experiment. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The clouds were just starting to clear, like cotton-wool tufts reluctantly letting go of one another. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel like starting my homework, and there was nothing fun to do by myself. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then my heart suddenly rises, rises so high I can feel my eyes popping open and my throat starting to clench, my own Noise coming all high hopeful white. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He hasn’t for years, not since he was a young man starting out. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A little before 4:00 p.m., in a driving rain, Tom Bolles’s freshmen paddled upriver to the stake boats and took their starting position, with Columbia on one side and California on the other. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I was now starting to actually feel a bit angry, which then made me feel worse, as if I were fulfilling some prophecy laid out for me by the haters, as if I’d given in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Ms. McCrea says her goodbyes, and we’re back to the starting lineup. It’s been a pretty slow lunch, and the shot clock is ticking.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I get through half before I think I might choke on it, or on the tears I can feel starting up. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Lately, he had taken to starting up the instant Flittman got off to deliver milk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was starting to seem everything he did got someone hurt. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was starting to rain, so we hurried. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

So I ran home, just when the snow was starting, and I told Dad. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The shopkeepers and other folks looked at my face and saw only the angry red scar, just starting to fade at the edges. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew these halls so well—and finally it was starting to feel like they knew me, too. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Burnside’s smile is starting to resemble a snarl. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Inside I was quietly starting to panic, but I smiled and kept trying my gentlemanly best to be a good date, holding the door for her, telling her how beautiful she was. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My neck was starting to itch, the telltale precursor to an outbreak of hives. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I guess a good starting point would be the longest journal I’ve ever written in English class. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Determined not to be left behind as they had been in the Bay Bridge Handicap, Pollard shot Seabiscuit from the starting gate and sent him blowing past the field. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bob was starting to mildly freak me out. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She’s always loved the ritual: starting off the day with a devotion to God. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He was starting to grow fluff on his chest. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Before long, they had us set up with a mountain of old newspapers starting at 1908. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few days it was fun just doing everything over for Elizabeth to appreciate; , and after that they got around to starting a new part of the game. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, in the fall, Adria would be starting ninth grade at a public high school that was half an hour away. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“How come after Mom died,” I ask, pushing the uneaten lettuce and cucumbers and tomatoes around my plate, “you gave up on starting your own landscaping business?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Our starting point will be a comparison of Eurasian and Native American societies as of A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon sun, tall trees growing along the bank cast long shadows over the starting stalls and the boats, but the heat had not abated appreciably. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Just go ahead when you’re—” But I’m so excited that I cut him off, starting in on Elliott’s lines, working my way down the whole page. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“But I’m starting to know you. And I think you need yourself a bat.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

No job as a lifeguard this summer, no starting college in the fall, no more swimming. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to see little flashing spots before my eyes but I ignore them. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Only a month after starting the therapy, Father Jack died. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“That’s our journey this month. Figuring it all out. Home is our starting point for connecting to the past.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

After about two weeks of traveling, Benton Sage was starting to get used to the routine of passing out food, water, and Christ as quickly and efficiently as possible. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m starting now to check every figure in every table that’s published. Just to see how many errors are in them.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no point in starting this conversation off on the wrong foot. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I was starting to think that she was not a very bright woman. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The boys backed the Husky Clipper into their starting stall, on a floating platform that had been specially built for the Olympic trials, and waited. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Salvation Army was starting in on “Bye Bye Blackbird” at which they were far more adept. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In January, all of Coach Reed’s classes were starting a new unit in PE: Physical Fitness and Endurance. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He felt like he was crouched at the starting line, waiting for someone to yell ‘Go!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I want to stay, but I’m also starting to feel trapped. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Even though my heart was beating my ribs to death, I still felt myself starting to blush. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Being...whatever he’s starting to suspect he might be, is definitely not universally appealing to voters. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The shah decided to change the starting point from Muhammad’s spiritual journey to the beginning of Cyrus the Great’s reign. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

They called for Grandpa and Lena in the barn, just to be sure, starting with small voices to avoid startling the cow and gradually building to shouts. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s the best way to get to know a person. And in five minutes we can do way more than twenty questions. If we don’t dilly-dally. I’m starting. Ready?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The following preparations work very well for songs in duple meter if you sing them on the starting pitch that you want the children to come in on. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Now that the Cranes had spent years bouncing from state to state, their family adventures were starting to feel...Emily wasn’t sure what the word was to describe it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was starting to get a prickle of fear every time You-Know-Who was mentioned. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She left, and I watched TV until dark, and then, when my eyelids were starting to droop, Marta showed me my bed. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ml this walking around she’s doing is starting to get to me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I chipped away, my arms already starting to ache from weakness and malnutrition, when I heard someone cry out from the chamber around the corner from mine. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m getting sick of selling stuff. Jeez, my father’s starting to call me ‘my son, the salesman.’ The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this point I’m starting to realize that I have to do most of my homework at school because both TJ and Pop Pop pounce on me as soon as I walk through the door. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Angrily Pauline threw her book on the floor, starting to cry as she stomped across the living room. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

No longer would he have to share a room with Levy who, after a troubled start, was completing his GED requirements and starting his vocational classes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I remember starting to hound her as soon as the sun went down. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

What follows is a growing mumble, two voices starting polite, quiet, like when a lady buys stamps at the post office and gives the minimum amount of respect required to the teller. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was starting up the driveway when I noticed something shiny in the dirt at the edge of the road. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Then your mom and I have agreed that you’ll be grounded for two weeks starting tomorrow.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Because truthfully, no matter how good it felt to be back on the ice, I was starting to feel hollowed out sometimes when I was around the guys. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had been sitting facing the front window, which looks out across the lawn—which by this time, what with Pasqual’s efforts, was starting to look pretty good. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

When I hear one of the coaches from Oak call, “Set,” I make sure I don’t move anymore and just wait for the starting pistol. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Emma sensed rather than fully saw the others starting to unfreeze and let go of the shelves they’d been holding on to. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing shorts, and my exposed skin is starting to sweat against the leather seat, all clammy and sticky. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Margo had given me a way of starting a counteroffensive. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He said he was tired of chewing up the road, and the white lines down the middle of the highway were starting to wiggle. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t a black shirt anymore, just another white shirt trying to work his way back into the starting lineup. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind it, the sky was starting to lighten into a pale lavender, the clouds almost soft looking now. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"It is starting to vurrrk at exactly nine o'clock, vhen the child is arriving at school!" shouted The Grand High Witch triumphantly. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

My eye is starting to swell some and I notice a gap on the side of my mouth where I lost a few teeth. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And, honestly, I was surprised at how I kept up for at least ten minutes before starting to drop back. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A couple bullfrogs were starting to croak in the marsh grass, and every once in a while there was a little bloop! when a fish jumped. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

To provide an alibi, he ordered air strikes right up to the edge of the Vietnam-Cambodia border, starting twelve hours before they would cross into Cambodia. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I heard Mama’s soft, weary voice from 1945 say, “It’s all starting over.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith was starting to think that Kayak was going to be awfully good. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leans down in front of me, starting at my feet, then brushing it upward over my skin. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was totally confused and starting to become a little suspicious. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I had other debts to settle as well, and as much as I wanted to be out from under Devi’s thumb, I didn’t relish starting the semester without a bit of coin in my pocket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Farmer was refreshed and ready to get to work, starting with tackling his most recent bwat list. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to imagine that this landscape of loops was made one link at a time, starting that afternoon in the art room. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“The Commandant will whip you for starting a fight. Marcus isn’t worth that.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I thought for sure I could distract her by starting a discussion about the whole piano-genius thing, but it didn’t entirely work. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know the way,” said Jonas, starting off through the dirt. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I was just starting to feel grateful that he was here when he booked out of here like the devil was chasing him. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They huddled together for a quick talk, and then Freddy headed to the starting line. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It was starting to sound like it wasn’t a hypothetical conversation. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Redmarley's Bulldogs formed a pack in the middle and us Runners slid to our starting goal. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the kitchen floor with his mother's blood all around him, Charlie could feel himself starting to tremble, and within seconds the blood slowly began to trickle out of his nose. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

On the very first page, in careful handwriting, I spelled out my reasons for starting it: One, I feel very confused about where I want my life to go. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Several of the officers were for starting at once, but Woundwort, now that he was sure of his followers and his enemy, took his time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other villagers who were starting to stir up the lanes with noise and dust didn’t seem to notice anything unusual about Naima either. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

The hotel room lamps were glowing warmly and the sky outside the window was starting to dim in the evening sun. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I could see him freaking out and starting to cry while we were trying to sneak past a monster or something. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sand was starting to get hot underfoot. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You’re starting to act like one of those girls. Do you need to get me a gun?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tanisha’s version of later is starting to feel like a heaping load of never. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was starting to snow again, steadily, prettily. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Clay stopped to scratch his head, then said to his father, “I hear talk in town of folks in the North starting to speak about ending slavery.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found the Air Force base all right, barricaded, walled, fenced, with keep out signs starting a mile away. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Getting chased out of the last school was one thing—starting at a new one was something completely different. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

All of these tantalizing clues make it likely that Jomon people were starting to practice some slash-and-burn agriculture, but it was evidently in a casual way that made only a minor contribution to their diet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The reality of what he had suggested, the plan Newt was trying to convince the Keepers to accept, was starting to hit him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then we set our minds to starting a fire again. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The monkeys’ shrieks were starting to sound like hysterical laughter, getting louder and louder like a volcano about to erupt. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Joe and the boys had limbered up and paddled to the starting line, at a little before 5:15, perhaps twenty-five thousand people had entered the regatta grounds. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She always said starting a conversation with her might bring me a mess of sorrow for what couldn’t be, for what was lost. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

We do pick up some valuable skills, from starting fires, to knife throwing, to making shelter. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It gives the audience a starting place for the betting that will continue throughout the Games. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was just starting to rain, and Toby held the blanket over their heads. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In other news, my equipment is starting to show signs of age. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Okay, Defenders, here we are, back on the battleground—" Coach was starting strong on his windup speech, when he glanced at me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He’s so calm, it’s starting to spook me out. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

That somebody might be him, for Vincent is starting to draw what he sees. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We all ate fried chicken that Mother had cooked, southern style, starting from scratch with killing them and lopping off their heads. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandmother, displaying a theatrical flair akin to her hypochondria, registered complex emotions: surprise; initial delight; second thoughts; prudent near refusal; and then, to the applause already starting up, dizzy acceptance. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was all starting to make more sense now. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Whatever,” Viola says, turning and starting to climb the rocks to where the old woman stands. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Whatever anesthesia had carried me through the event was starting to wear off and with each passing second the thought of sitting around all night, alone, was seeming more and more unbearable. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Rick. It looks like someone’s finally starting to grow some balls.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The houses were starting to look familiar—big gray and white clapboard houses set far back on their lawns. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It’s like I’m back to when I was eight starting school in Florida, and people would ask me what Congo was like; I’d say, “Poor,” and move on. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, she’s been here for a long time,” he said, starting along another corridor. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Hephaestus chariot was starting to gain on us, too. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Tyson was starting to have trouble with the sheep. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Fifty thousand people at the Pentagon, Holling. Fifty thousand. Something big is happening, and it’s starting right now. Maybe it’s time to think about growing up.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I would have panicked, but the injection was already starting to make me feel groggy. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

People were starting to push, to stand as close to one another as they could, backpacks bumping, everyone’s feet taking little steps closer to the doors. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He’s suddenly starting to sound angry, even though I know he’s trying to stay calm. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The piece of black tape that covered her perpetually illuminated “check engine” light starting to peel off. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I dunno about that. Maybe all the worlds are starting to move into one another.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Rad Lab was starting to operate on an industrial scale, with graduate students working in shifts to keep the cyclotron running round the clock. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Murdering Lumumba, keeping Mobutu in power, starting it all over again in Angola—these sound like plots between men but they are betrayals, by men, of children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a clear sky, the stars out, the moons starting to crescent in the sky above us. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Both. I mean, I’m starting at MIT in the fall for computer science and engineering, so this is a good thing to have on my CV.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The curls are starting to fray on the ends, but the rest of my hair is still smooth. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I haven’t checked as much over the last few days because I was starting to think I’d never see another reply. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Several days later, starting linebackers Ivory Christian and Chad Payne found jersies with the numbers of Irving Nimitz’s starting running backs on them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm starting to lean down toward her face when suddenly she pulls her hand back and turns away. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then here I go,” said the Angora, starting up the vine. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even though I was now competing in local and state meets against gymnasts who were much older and taller than me, I was starting to win medals regularly. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In fact, many of them have starting salaries that are higher than their parents’ retiring salaries. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

"Words can't describe how poor we were. But we were starting to see better days." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

They want to stay friends; they feel smothered; it's always them and it's never you; and afterward, you're devastated and they're relieved; it's over for them and just starting for you. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to think that the charmed folk were only ever real because Gram said they were. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I only ever get like this when Mom is acting crazy, or Sam is starting something. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I already make excellent fires, but I’m still pretty dependent on matches for starting them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of our chaperones, Mr. Andrews, who is a sixth-grade homeroom teacher, has shown everyone how to build a campfire, starting with sticks placed in the shape of a teepee. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He became an assiduous collector of government contracts large and small, starting with the production of radioisotopes at a standard fee of $25 per hour of cyclotron time. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"It's starting all over again. She did this with Amber, too. Oh, this is all my fault." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“You know what? I’m starting to realize that maybe you need to stay in here.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The tone in his voice was flat and deadening and frankly starting to scare me a little. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She’s starting on the second fist when the doctors show up, remove the collar, and give me a shot of something for pain and swelling. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

You can never tell when new things may be starting up from improbable lines of work. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like his father, Don was also the starting tailback for Permian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the finish line is back where the starting line was, and the benchmark is black. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“He couldn’t talk,” she said, starting the car. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The consequences for opening the window were brutal enough without placing blame and starting arguments. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I could see people starting off to work, a few guys who had been out all night collecting cans were coming back, and some people had already found them a spot on the stoop. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m starting to worry that I’ll never learn how to twirl a baton.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Seconds later she came to the barn door, pushing a reluctant ewe who was starting labor. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was as though I was starting a new life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I say: "It might fail. They are only going to be in these containers for a short time. We are just starting out here." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The night is starting to wind down, and Alex is over it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Before starting back up, he took one last look around in all directions. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The baby and the normal activities of everyday life were starting to help a little. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was starting to understand what was easy and comfortable and what was more challenging. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Then they stepped into the shell, sat down and laced their feet into the stretchers, pushed off from the float, and started to paddle up the lake toward the starting line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Luckily, Coach blew the whistle and called us all back to the starting line. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She looked at the teacher, then at her abacus, then at the other kids, who were already starting to giggle at her confusion and were murmuring ‘America-gaeri” to one another. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“My father is starting a new business. He works seventy hours a week. Sometimes more.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Violet lay back down in the dark, her legs starting to sting. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went out to the well and got the boys just as they were starting a water fight. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Harry tried to concentrate on his food, but his hands shook and his face was starting to burn with anger. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

That all-too-familiar combination of confusion and anger is starting to bubble up inside me again. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Weight of the head starting to pull it down. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She found the puncture with redness starting from it already. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed it from its current hiding place in my bedroom and starting reading in reverse. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pig bones appeared in Jomon times on offshore islands where pigs do not occur naturally, making one wonder whether Jomon people were starting to experiment with pig domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

My face is starting to burn so I step back in my little room. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

New images were starting to form in her mind. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"If you sit back there, I gotta treat you like a customer, kid," Coach said, starting the car. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It might be like starting all over from nothing, like closing a book and opening another one. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

When we reached the starting line to begin the last lap, Coach Quatrini looked like he was having some sort of fit. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Not much else happening, but it's starting to get real hot and humid down here. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made their way under the graceful arches of a stone bridge, around a long, sweeping bend in the lake, and up the straightaway to the starting stalls. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I was starting to conquer my disability and grasp my place in the small world I inhabited. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The sun and moon and stars had been gone so long that Asha was starting to wonder whether she had dreamed them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I heard a bell ringing dimly in the distance and it occurred to me that my shift in the Medica would be starting in an hour. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Something was starting to smolder inside her—why couldn’t Reggie just call and say he was sorry? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We had been instructed that in such instances we were never to move toward the person in danger for fear of starting a riot. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He expecting you?” the guard asked, his hand starting for the gun in his holster. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Counting them in gives them the tempo, and singing the counts on the opening pitch gives them the starting note. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I really was starting to feel defeated….I wondered if... The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But the children, even little Maria, had sensed what was up, they understood perfectly the danger represented by those two men above their heads, and they were already moving, starting to run, heading automatically downstream. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wound is reddish, about two inches long, a little swollen, with what’s going to be a scab starting to cover it. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I am also tired of the way the people on this boat are starting to stink. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Then the starting gun cracks and my heart gallops away. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Natalie might have grunted again, and this time the sound could have gotten lost in the noise of the engine starting up. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“There you are! I was starting to worry. How was the drive?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The sun was starting to bum my cheeks, and I could feel drops of sweat gathering in my eyebrows. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“No—I have never seen Mr. Elton,” she replied, starting on this appeal; “is he—is he a tall man?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

At the flag, I smiled and saluted the judges, adjusted my starting position, and took off sprinting down the runway. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He’d been shooting so long, his fingers were starting to lose their feeling. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was early spring and we were her garden, and she was starting to see the bulbs and seeds that she had planted in us last fall coming up. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She studied the pattern, shades of dull browns, starting nearly black in the center and spinning out lighter and lighter to a dirty yellow at the outer edge. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But Chigger got lucky because Miranda was on a losing streak and was starting to get a little desperate. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Scaly animals were starting to look for new homes. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was just starting to cook when I heard a loud thud from Mr. Loomis’s bedroom, and then a series of smaller thumping noises. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

At two miles Bobby Moch would tell Don Hume to gun it and start taking down the leaders, who would by now be starting to tire. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Men trot by on burros with tin milk containers strapped to their saddles, starting their morning deliveries. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“What did I do? Sonny started it. He’s always starting stuff, you know that.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t like this quiet girl with the haunted eyes, and I’m starting to think that maybe I didn’t do her a favor after all. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Remember,” Cecilia was starting to say, but he spoke over her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At 2:30 p.m., as the boys continued to prepare in their shell house, the first race of the day—the four-man with coxswains—got under way at the starting line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But that’s just it: this tedious existence is starting to make us all disagreeable. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

California made a move, starting to sprint, going up to forty strokes per minute and charging forward again, back into the lead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The second clock tells a different time, the time at the starting point. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m starting to think birthdays are bad luck.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And yet he walks along the track, and then...he gets down in the starting blocks. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

We watched them in broadcast order, starting with The Original Series, though things got complicated after the fifth season of The Next Generation, since its sixth season overlapped Deep Space Nine. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I just sit with her, her wavy hair tickling my cheek, and I imagine that time is starting to slow down. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I felt myself starting to spaz, even though I was trying not to. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion greeted them pleasantly, and grimaced before starting up the stairs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The school day was long, starting at seven in the morning and running until four or five in the afternoon. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been good about giving her space, but she knew he was probably starting to wonder. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Four casinos down on the strip, Jule surveyed six restaurants until she found a place to order a coffee and chat up a lonely college student who was just starting work on the night shift. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Let me know about starting work on that new kennel.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Because it was starting to get dark, and because the streets were crowded, I bumped into a googolplex people. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, I’m starting to see where the nickname Bumbletongue came from.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And within months of her starting the job, tragedy struck: Harold Washington abruptly had a heart attack and died at his desk, thirty minutes after holding a press conference about low-income housing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I pulled out too much hair, so the bangs are too long and my hair is starting to frizz already. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I think things are actually starting to pick up a bit. It’s gotta be the billboard. People see that baby elephant and they just have to stop and spend their hard-earned cash.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

But several things militated against my starting to work. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His starting salary as a support tech was far higher than his father’s as a fire inspector in Idaho. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was starting to look tired all the time. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The good old Royal Mail didn’t seem to have any clue that there was a war starting up and that day there was a letter from my dad, and one from Leah. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun’s just starting to set as we pull into the Chattahoochee Nature Center, but people are already streaming across the parking lot in groups of two and three and ten. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

They went chronologically, starting with volume one and working their way toward one hundred and fifteen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But take a look at the following list of where the last twenty-five Americans to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine got their undergraduate degrees, starting in 2007. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Dante never had any trouble starting up conversations. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to admit it, but her arms were starting to burn from holding the broom. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I could feel my eyes tearing up and my throat starting to close the way it does when I get upset. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, I should get going,” I said, starting for the door. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I’m starting to get scared. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

In poverty, as in certain propositions in physics, starting conditions are everything. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The starting point for Volpe is when you become his student. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then she held her hand out, and said, "It's raining. It's starting to rain." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I usually chose Sunday—usually starting in the late late afternoon or the minute Ty'ree started getting after me—whichever came first. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

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

They were starting to slip out of the twists, and Father Amadi ran his hand over the loosening braids, in gentle, smoothing motions. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And just like that, the fragile connection we were starting to build snapped. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet it’s soon, though. I think that new corny health program is starting up.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Her long neck would curve back, raising her face, and she’d look straight at Aloe, and her smile would be like a whole new day starting. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It said it right there—Sever Hall, room 215, from 12:00 to 1:30 on Thursdays, starting that same day. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The maester told her the pain was just starting now, and gave her milk of die poppy to help her sleep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I could feel my heart rate starting to slow, and then it raced again as I heard him ask me, “You work in public relations, is that correct? Huntingdon Whitely?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crops starting out as weeds included rye and oats, turnips and radishes, beets and leeks, and lettuce. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I think he is safe. The war has ended, and country is starting over. I think he is safe, yet we will not tell.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I still had hope in the possibility of starting a life somewhere else. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Unable to sleep, I sat midst the swarming darkness, starting at every random rustling and crackling that came to ear. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“What on earth — ?” Hermione said, taking the letter from the gray owl, opening it, and starting to read. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And their Noise is starting to turn different colors as what they’re seeing starts making sense to them. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

If he’s even half as good as Coach thinks he is, I’ll lose my starting position. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your Excellency, our uniforms are starting to fade and we have worn-out shoes.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Rule Number One. No interrupting. But anyway, so they starting calling me Lass, short for Lassie.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Lord, I am thankful for the gloves Charlie’s mother gave me,” I said, starting my daily upward conversation. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was wide, and the trees on the far side were starting to shake their leaves down. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When he began to swim—after he’d overcome the agony of starting and his muscles had loosened somewhat—he tried to think. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Runners from eight different teams all lined up in their lines, staggered at different starting points. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I have no clues yet, and I can feel frustration starting to creep in. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I’m starting in on that theme when she suddenly dives behind the rack that separates the place where we’re standing, in the Jordache/No Boundaries section, from the Faded Glory region. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was getting the feeling that Gaskill wasn’t on my side after all, and I was starting to feel tearful again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I’m starting to feel like what I dreamt about her last night was true. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Joe turned the ax over, starting to file along the other edge. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The colt spent three years plunging around the track in devil-possessed rages and nurturing a vendetta against the hapless assistant starters assigned to hold his head in the doorless starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other bonus of this approach, as far as he was concerned, was that it treated the symphony, not other operas, as a structural starting point. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Some obvious things have changed at Truman, starting, somewhat oddly, with the name of the school itself. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She giggled nervously, which she hated, but the whole thing was starting to feel so bizarre. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I mean, sure, she’d always been cute, but she was starting to be seriously beautiful. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Everybody at Fullbrook seemed like a genius to me, already worldly, already honing their special skill, building robots, singing arias, starting their own tech company. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My oily face that is indeed starting to trade freckles for zits. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was all really starting to hit him how much his world had changed in just over a year. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

And then they saw her face—suffused with blood, with blue lips and starting eyes. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“You heard the man,” Dad said, starting to close the door behind him. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see a boy pup nowhere,” Matthew says, his eyes starting to burn. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The singers were starting on “The Song of Darkness.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been thinking of going to San Francisco and starting a little business.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Terryl had never really thought about it, but was starting to. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was starting to explain that I had had a chunk before I arrived when the sound of a machine gun peppered the night. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Cooter saw I was starting to believe and said, “And if family breeding contests don’t count as some up-north, big-city learning mess, I don’t know what do.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

As a builder, it certainly is easier starting with a piece of flat, cleared land. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Word on the street is that cops were starting to mess with people over at Maria Hernandez Park. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I think about starting a Fly to the Moon Every Thursday club. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I stop walking, my chest starting to feel heavy. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

My mom was on the phone somewhere,starting the maze of paperwork and office appointments to get us to safety. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The juice had stopped flowing, but the eye was starting to turn a milky-white color. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to worry about where all this is going to end. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They were screeching so loudly the campers in the stands were starting to take notice, glancing nervously at the trees, which shivered under the weight of the birds. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kids are starting to swarm all around us, heading into the building. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was a clear, cool day with a very light breeze; there would be no visibility problems this time, and Harry, though nervous, was starting to feel the excitement only a Quidditch match could bring. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit gazed at the throng, stirring gently in the sunshine; Woolf studied War Admiral, watching him unravel at the starting line, whirling in circles. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A triplet-based code had 64 combinations—enough for all twenty amino acids, with extra ones still left over to specify other coding functions, such as “stopping” or “starting” a protein chain. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Volpe, it becomes slowly clear to me, still has much to teach me—but we are starting out on an entirely new relationship. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

"You weren't but four years old," he says, and now his big hands are starting to curl around my neck, except he's holding me soft. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

When they finally got the shell onto the dock, the boys trooped back onto the Manhattan, their serge coats soggy and their straw hats starting to droop, and waited for the formal disembarking. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She did not wonder that Lord Fredrick occasionally suffered from headaches; ten minutes of conversation with Lady Constance and she was starting to get one herself. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I took the reins and maneuvered the chariot to the starting line. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be stupid,” Hermione snapped, starting to pound up her beetles again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Instead, she thanked him a real lot, and then she took me out of the store, and I was starting to get the picture and think it was all pretty funny. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

James II had succeeded his brother in 1685 and, after a cautious start to his reign, by 1687 he was starting to throw his weight around. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

In one way it seemed a small thing, starting, after a six months' lapse, where I had so vehemently left off. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I saw myself starting a race war in the holding cell. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"The media's obsession with Watney's death is finally starting to taper off," Teddy said evenly. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s not twitching no more and the steam is starting to blow away. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They lost no time, though, in gathering thirty of the best cattle and starting the journey back home. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m starting to get jealous. Maybe I should leave you two alone.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Jimmy, the last of the Coal children, was to be starting school in the fall. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

List my previous jobs, starting from the last held and go backward to the first. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

From here, Pong could just see the lights starting to come on, one by one by one thousand, until there were two cities: one on the shore, one in the water, both made of light. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I'll bet we've gone ten miles at least, because my legs think it's a hundred, and even as light as Freak is, he's starting to feel heavy. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what time it is and am starting to fear that Ollie Mae will be upset that I am getting home later than usual. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She was down the hall from me this year—which I was starting to look forward to. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cora always arranged the children at the starting line, aiming their feet, calming the skittish ones, and graduating some to the older kids’ race if need be. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the dark, I find myself starting to believe her message about the enemies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By two o’clock, Reynie was abandoning his last letter to Miss Perumal, starting over, then abandoning the new one as well—too anxious even to think about being anxious. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

One person, starting from scratch, should redesign the whole of philosophy, including natural science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The starting point is generally calculated to have been August n, 3114, b.c., though some archaeologists put the proper date at August 10 or 13, or even September 6. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But, Peris,” she said, her stomach starting to hurt “I don’t think I’ll...” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But there was the sea breeze, and the trees were starting to yellow and blush. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

By the one-mile mark, the two boats were even and Washington was starting to edge out ahead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was starting to level out his swing, and he even tried sending one or two down a sideline. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Frankie slid behind the wheel of the old white Mustang his dad had given him when he’d become the varsity’s starting quarterback. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And him showing up is all I hope for tonight—a clue, a starting point, a narrower direction, something personal about this boy criminal. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I scroll through the photos I took from the beginning of the day, skipping over the ones from my time before meeting Mateo and starting with my first color photo. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He thought about starting to teach Lily to ride so that she could speed off proudly after her Ceremony of Nine, which would be coming soon. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The office was starting to fill up with kids, and Dr. Johnson was needed elsewhere. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was starting to be less dependent on the vine rope, and sometimes it seemed to me that Timothy was trying hard to make me independent of him. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes waiting for a question to finish is like watching someone draw an elephant starting with the tail first. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside in the brisk air, with a few early songbirds starting up and our eyes getting used to the darkness, I felt a little bit better, like somehow life was going on. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

There were more courses than usual, but Harry, who was starting to feel really nervous now, didn’t eat much. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Last June, when John Green came and did a reading at the Brooklyn Public Library, we went together and stood on line starting at three in the afternoon, when school got out. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was already starting to dissolve with embarrassment. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I looked over at Emma and, doggone-it-all, she was squeezing that awful doll and starting to pull her lip down and cloud her eyes up, getting ready to bawl right along with the new-free folks. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The horse reverted to his rebellious habits in the starting gate, bulling forward and raising a fuss. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m starting the car,” he says, trying to hide how concerned he is. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was starting to respond when I heard Daisy return. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But now adults were starting to gather around the perimeter. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I didn’t hear the answer, on account of the moped starting up. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Through a gap in the curtains around his four-poster he watched snow starting to drift past the tower window and wondered . Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Their fellow campers were starting to wake up. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He felt incredibly sorry for her, but he was also starting to realize just how smart she was. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His eyes darted around the cavernous room as if he was starting to feel trapped. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Ever so slowly, Washington began to claw its way back, inch by inch, still keeping the rate low but starting to gain on sheer power. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We went trick-or-treating all over our building, starting on the first floor and going door to door, to every apartment with a pumpkin sticker outside. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No one knows, baby. But I know folks are starting to worry. And that makes them scared...and angry.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She thought of Lonnie and Kelly and Barbara, her friends, just starting to streak their lips with pale lipstick for special events. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Two or three soldiers were starting to struggle up the slope. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a contract with my studio to fulfill, Warcross or no. The others told me to come up here and get you. They’re starting a round of games downstairs, if you want to join.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was starting to see what kind of a person he was. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She stood in a large wooden bin; starting at her feet and rising in a slope to the wall of the cave was a small mountain of grain. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I want to ask Coach about my starting position—how he can ask me to help the kid who’s threatening to take it away—but I don’t say anything and Coach drives me home. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The child’s privileged position allowed him to see at that moment that the wild mass was starting to get to the corner and the row of machine guns opened fire. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

No use being too good-natured. “...starting the first of October.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just starting to rain when I got there, with not a soul in sight, but I parked the car and walked around the graveyard anyway. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was on the starting line—skinny kids on either side of me with big eyes, bad haircuts, and white T-shirts of their own—and happy to give it a go. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The city’s murder rate was starting to tick upward—a sign of even more trouble to come. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The eyelids pulled back, and the eyes were starting to look like cheese mold. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What?” said Harry, now starting to laugh himself. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

That's the way I remember relationships starting in college—those obsessive marathon beginnings. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The attorney offered letters written by Guiteau that demonstrated his erratic and often irrational behavior, starting from childhood. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“There’s a tree that’s been visiting me,” he said, talking quickly, starting to peel the label off the Coke bottle. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

They were starting to mount Ares and Aurora when Ripred stopped them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. McNamara got us doing warm-up exercises before starting us on laps. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes. You see, I’m thinking of starting a little dairy of my own, and since your cows are known throughout the land as being Florin’s finest, I thought I might pry your secrets from you.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mayor Axelrod got up with a megaphone on the platform at the front and started calling out the winners, starting with the novice classes. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s no use sitting out here. I think it’s starting to hail.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“And I’m sorry I got so mean,” she says, starting to pace. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He lay awake, thinking about the needle jabbing into his thumb, thinking about Ebola starting its inevitable replication in his bloodstream. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s starting to try to get better, like me and Dad. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The Governor had ruled Ampai a criminal, guilty of the most severe crime: starting a fire. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

After we ate, we starting talking, and before we knew it, it was four o’clock in the morning. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I press my lips together and stare at the floor, hoping this will conceal the emotions starting to boil up inside of me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The waves rolled all around him and were already starting to break, but he was going to be fine. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

By then it was almost noon, getting really hot, and Percy was starting to wish he had a trireme filled with Diet Coke. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

You could see bits of skin starting to bond, and soft red bits peeping up from underneath. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abbey and I are finally starting to believe it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We would have lettuce, radishes and mustard greens starting in two more weeks. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I think Aunt Queen had a heart attack,” declared Gerald, who was really starting to feel scared. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of my eye, I can see the hovercraft appearing over us, the claw starting to descend to take her away. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They heeded him, but it was obvious they were hungry, and they were starting to realize Tyson didn’t have any treats for them. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They had spent hours shouting his name, firing their guns into the air, and even starting a fire, with the hope that the smoke would help Julio find his way back to them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He took the rider and Seabiscuit out to the starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take her hand, and we walk fast, until we’re two streets away and standing in the line starting to form at the bakery. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I had a feeling. Now you’re starting to look like a rival male. I might have to keep my eye on you.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It smells terrible in here. I’m starting to get worried. How can you live like this?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Jubilee, I know we just got here, but talk about starting off on the wrong foot.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Frank and Tony will be at the forwards and Nick and Trip will be the starting guards, but everybody on the team is important and everybody will get a chance to play.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

However, instead of backing down, the women continued their protests in prison by starting hunger strikes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Charles tried to help, but he was starting his senior year of high school and had his own schoolwork. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

People were starting to compare some of our players to great players of the past. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt something wet in my pants starting to run down my leg. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do my best to ignore the fact that my leg is starting to go all jittery. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Pippin cowered down with his hands pressed to his ears; but Beregond, who had been looking out from the battlement as he spoke of Faramir, remained there, stiffened, staring out with starting eyes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then, when I graduate, I can actually start fresh, rather than starting with a hundred-thousand-dollar stone around my neck. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I feel myself starting to calm down, heartbeat dialing back to normal. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He felt certain he would regain his role as starting fullback by the Odessa High game, when the stadium would surely be rockin’ ’n’ rollin’. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gary turned his back and headed for the starting line. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to sleep when you know the next day you’re fourteen and starting your first job as a man. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He felt like the lethargy of the addled sea creatures was starting to affect him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Chiron was at the starting line, ready to blow the conch. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to like him, and that’s a losing scenario for everyone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I could feel one of my tornado explosions starting. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I do not know why, but I know what he has been doing, because every morning I can hear the tractor engine starting, and it continues, sometimes loud, sometimes quiet until midafternoon. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to think I should’ve left this project for Mr. Neely’s “top students,” but then again, five hundred dollars. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The shortwave-broadcasting boat took up its position behind the starting line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it had been rushed, with the fire starting; perhaps he had simply grabbed what he could with his impetuous, generous small hands. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m gonna be a politician. You always knew that. I’m starting as soon as I graduate...in a month. This is how my life is gonna be, okay? I’m choosing it.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Aunt Pooh just started something, regardless, and starting something in the Garden is never good. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s really starting to irritate me how she never leaves the house, how she smiles like the maid walking in every morning is the best part of her day. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Before you open your mouth, Private,” Captain Stewart was chewing on the end of his cigar, “make sure you know what you’re talking about. I don’t want any rumors starting anything around here.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy could tell she was nervous, because all the silverware on the table was starting to move toward her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I guess it’s all starting over, isn’t it?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

It reminds me of Mom starting fights in public. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It helped that I was starting to rack up some wins in gymnastics meets, where most of my teammates had muscles too. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They had food, Alex told himself, plenty of canned goods, and starting on Tuesday when school reopened, they wouldn’t have to worry about lunches. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I tried to stay focused on my coming calc exam, but I was starting to feel like maybe there was more string to the story. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The gulls are starting to edge closer now. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you two be interested in starting one?” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

All four coxswains dropped their hands, and the starting gun flashed immediately. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The blisters on her arms were starting to fade. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Hoping her idea would prove right, Elizebeth lined all the messages up starting from their ends. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But the boy was trying to fight off the dementors, even though Harry could see their cold, draining power starting to affect him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Genie drew his knees up—his legs were starting to go numb—and Dad noticed the red truck in his hand. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I'm starting class nine in New York, not Mumbai. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The cop pulled Moss’s shirt down and then knelt next to him, running hands down each of his legs, starting at the top, just inches from his crotch, and squeezing every so often. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mother listened in silence to my whole story, starting with Lula. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“You know how I had a lot of problems with starting and stopping my sentences before?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Love always, Charlie March 28, 1992 Dear friend, It’s finally starting to get a little warm here, and the people are being nicer in the hallways. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

His father wanted Colin to transcend all that stuff, but maybe even he was starting to see the unlikelihood of Colin ever becoming extraordinary. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

My throat was starting to close up again. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Relax. It’s just to show the race is starting.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The most difficult quirk was Seabiscuit’s behavior in the starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing I have now is this low temperature that I’m really starting to worry about. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He could feel himself starting to tremble again, and that's when he heard his mother moaning in the kitchen. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They stepped inside the gym, where everyone was just starting to wake. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It’s starting to rise as the sun makes its way to some other part of the world to bring smiles onto other people’s faces. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She and Shin’s brother were the ones who had been complicit in starting a chain of events that resulted in his arrest, torture, and hazing in secondary school. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Grover,” I said, because he was really starting to scare me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was because of my letters that I happened to stumble upon starting to acquire some kind of a homemade education. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out the window, the snow is starting again. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

By the time we reached the starting line again, the seven of us were out front—actually the six of them were out front, and I was running behind them. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Seven felt guilty; she knew Thorn worried about them fighting, but she was starting to understand this was just how she and Valley joked around. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

From Hank, the Colonel told me, it went downhill until you reached Wilson Carbod, the starting center, who was almost six feet tall. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Finally, she evanesced the ghosts, starting with Azareen’s grandmother, infusing the dream with their sighs of release. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But since seeing the dead, Ophie had been lying a lot more often, and it was starting to get so that the truth was so unbelievable that fibbing seemed more honest in a way. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

From that common starting point, they then devised diametrically different courses of action. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It had been short and to the point, which Grace was starting to realize was Maya’s usual mode of response. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was starting to get too thick for my apartment’s air purifiers to handle. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His legs, jammed into the sidecar by Hedwig’s cage and his rucksack, were already sore and starting to go numb. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The leaves are just starting to spot brown with defoliant and I can still smell the sour chemical in the air. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Clarence the crow is starting to trust me. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m actually starting to feel guilty about this, can you believe it?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The day after her fight with James was the first time in the weeks since starting Booker that Emily felt lost in the big school. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was scratched out of one race because the field was gigantic, and the post position hung him out so far that he was practically starting the race from the parking lot. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up early that morning and lay in bed, looking at the stars and savoring the thought of not going to work and of starting sixth grade for the first time that year. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then there’s the pop of the starting gun. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

With all her heavy-duty stirring, her beans were starting to look like pudding. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't like the idea of starting to work for a man who was in such a nasty mood. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even pig was starting to sound good again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I held up the pit and all the boys starting oohing and ahhing. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew that it was too early to get an answer to their letter, but they couldn’t resist starting down to Grand Central Post Office to take a look anyway. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

To other cultures, like the Mayan people of Mexico and Central America, starting with one didn’t seem like the rational thing to do. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The earth’s immune system, so to speak, has recognized the presence of the human species and is starting to kick in. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were both still chuckling as we walked to the fire pit, where they were just starting to set up for dinner. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“He has his second year of medical school starting in September, and I have school too. I don’t think we can.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

That just made me feel worse about not starting. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Before that, I had never realized people thought feet were gross. Anyway, that was right before starting kindergarten. You know what the first day of kindergarten is like for a five-year-old with no arms?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At the crack of the starting pistol, Syracuse immediately jumped in front, rowing at thirty-four, followed closely by Washington, rowing at thirty-one. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I consider starting the long list of chores she made me memorize. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the day of the performance, my dad drove me to the starting point of the procession in his car, and my groom, Merewe, came to take my hand. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We assumed fight-or-flight positions, some of us crouching with fists raised like boxers, others like sprinters before the starting gun, though no one knew which way to run. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We find bits of paper and cardboard that will be useful in starting the fire again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I hear the world go to sleep and wake up: the slowing of traffic, birds chirping, cars starting, my parents making coffee. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was a dilapidated place—one former rider compared it to an outhouse—but like everything else in Tijuana, it was innovative, offering the first primitive movable starting gates and photo finishes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, and before I can even shake it again, Jasmine’s turned her back on me and marched down the hallway, leaving me alone with the colors that’re already starting to fade. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Something like that,” I say, starting to bite a hangnail. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

His mother says good night, and we tiptoe back down to the basement, where Layla is just starting to toss about. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In June, Nixon made a bold move, announcing that he would begin withdrawing American troops from Vietnam, starting with twenty-five thousand men. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I’m kicked out of the game and back into my starting room, looking out at a virtual view of Tokyo. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You know, school will be starting up again soon,” Connor said. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He was starting to panic, and I wasn't sure what to do. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Come on!” said Mr. Wonka, starting off down the corridor again. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

She makes him go back to the night of the firebombing and reenact it, starting at his house, working his way down across the Meadow and through the woods to the lake. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I heard about the match,” said Lupin, turning back to his desk and starting to pile books into his briefcase, “and I’m sorry about your broomstick. Is there any chance of fixing it?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In order to give the plot enough spark to grab a radio audience, he’d have to make so many changes to Wells’s story that he’d be starting from scratch. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

All is going as planned, and I sort of forget about Boy21’s ability to take away my starting position. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know when the tension started—days ago, maybe—and it’s finally starting to bubble over. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Hazel was just wondering whether it would be worthwhile starting a side passage to link Bigwig’s hole to Dandelion’s, when he felt a stamp of warning from somewhere close by. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nursing home wants me on weekends for $7 an hour, starting tomorrow; The Maids is pleased to announce that I “passed” the Accutrac test and can start on Monday at 7:30 A.M. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s 4:15 p.m. and the streets are starting to fill up again with evening commuters heading for the subways. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

This is starting to become our new normal. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then she would probably tell me goodbye because she was starting her new life without me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I thought for a second as I looked over Needles's body, now starting to blue and purple up, the bruises looked like they were made with bats, not fists. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Most embarrassing, but probably effective at giving us an advantage, were our starting blocks. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

With everything going on with Sir Fig, I’d completely forgotten that camp was starting next week. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I left work that day happier than I’d been since starting at the Academy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the Cranes had spent years bouncing from state to state, their family adventures were starting to feel...Emily wasn’t sure what the word was to describe it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Of course he thought of little else, but it was a dull circular thinking that came back to the starting point again and again: Where had he gotten it? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to think maybe I’m the problem.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My fingers are starting to shake, and my throat is dry as toast. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But I could barely see where I was going because my eyes were starting to well up with tears. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

There are still three people I might confide in, starting with Cinna, my stylist. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The gods were in giant human form, as Hades had been, but I could barely look at them without feeling a tingle, as if my body were starting to burn. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“And even worse, the fellow was starting to sweat like a hard-run horse, his eyes were wild, and his hands...” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t listen to him, Ben. He’s starting on you now. Just think about the game,” Lillian called out. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Douglas Moore had always intended to enlarge their direct-action protests to include other cities and states, but neither of them had set an official starting date. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Benny is shaking his head, and starting to flail. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

So, starting tomorrow, it’s back to the drawing board. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The maroon matched the stress hives that were starting to appear on her chest and neck. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, now,” she says, crooking the rifle in her arm and starting to make her way down from the rocks to where we’re standing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I just realized tonight that my own place is starting to resemble her apartment—a mess. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Reader: Are you starting to see a pattern here? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel myself starting to get angry. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When Poplar Springs Middle announced that an afterschool cooking club was starting, I signed up immediately. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The wind is starting to provoke the water, and a big beefy cloud drifts toward us. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Instead he said, “Lily, you’re starting school tomorrow, so there are things you need to know. About your mother.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because then mine will be angry with me for making her work for her money,” Nately replied with an anxious look at his girl, who was glowering at him restlessly and starting to mutter. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe this pain in my stomach is remorse; maybe it’s fear because I’m starting to understand what I have to do. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The sun and moon and stars had been gone so long that Asha was starting to wonder whether she had dreamed them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I nod too, because I’m sure I know what she means, but then she adds, “Because it’s also the starting line.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Following my first McMillian argument, we had filed almost two dozen death penalty appeals, and the court was starting to respond to our advocacy. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I toss my half-eaten sandwich into my lunch bag and feel myself starting to get angry. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It’s starting to feel like I shouldn’t be listening in on this. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Everything finally seemed to be starting to turn golden. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sentences starting with there get a bad rap in many grammar guides. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured if I shorten it, God will hear this time, cause I’m starting to slowly fall apart. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He was starting to think, in fact, that he might just put together a freshman crew that could beat even last year’s bunch. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Two years ago he went to the Knicks camp and rocked with their starting five. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Vanderbilt gave him a reasonable starting proposal: He would make the Pimlico Special, the prestigious stakes race that War Admiral had won in 1937, into a two-horse event. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The parade is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. with the rally starting shortly after at 3 p.m. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The snow Hodor disturbed slid downhill, starting a small avalanche behind them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The death scream was starting to fade now, fading in the clouds. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The big heating vent on the wall was starting to shoot out warm air. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Maybe every cell in my body is starting to feel her absence. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She could feel her eyelids starting to close. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see a few people out walking their dogs or talking to neighbors, and even one guy starting to put up his Christmas decorations. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Thus, the commonsense view of invention that served as our starting point reverses the usual roles of invention and need. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was starting to learn something about that and to think that maybe I could help someday. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole thing was really starting to get on Zach’s nerves. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Hard to believe that this time last year, I was starting my whole experiment. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to get annoyed, and it must show, because Mr. Gore writes me a pass and holds it up between his fore- and middle fingers. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank unzipped his backpack and starting bringing out souvenirs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m actually starting to think that Jack has serious anger-management issues.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

My heart was beating really fast, and I was starting to get nervous. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were starting to dance around the bull. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mai is thin, but I'm starting to realize that she has a monster appetite, especially for things that she previously has been denied. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

We passed the starting line and thundered into our final lap. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I never thought they would make me move all the way to Arizona and go to a new school right after starting eighth grade. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t angry, but I felt a bad pain starting in my stomach. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we rushed back to the starting line, and we all screamed like crazy when he ran past in the top ten and set off for the woods again, the second lap. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The reality was starting to hit me: I was going to be sent to a camp. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was starting to feel attracted to him more than I ever had before, and I felt totally lame about it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I noticed he was starting to come around, because he was mumbling about peace and nonviolence. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Departures were to take place street by street, starting the next day. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

After years away from the plantation, after taking a wife and starting a family, they had convinced themselves they were free. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Harley kept wiping away the outlines he drew in the dirt and starting over again, angry that he couldn’t draw them the way he wanted them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Seven varsity crews paddled to the starting line, to race for the national title, in a ghostly light mist. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was a sign that things were starting off right. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I had only hoped to get a glimpse of you before starting my journey north, but I think the sight of me alarmed you. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I bend down, starting to clean the gravel from my knees. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I could see people starting to say, ‘No, you can’t take my tissues,’ ” she told me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The shorts just barely cleared her underwear, and the fabric was stretched so tight over her chest, the seams were starting to pop under her arms. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He was aware of the score of soldiers starting to surround him, and probably he could have made a few of them perspire for their victory. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

After listening to my dream about Grover again, she looked like she might be starting to believe me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I should tell her to let go of me; it’s starting to hurt. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In that big starting room were forty or fifty other prospective inductees. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was such terrific noise following Paganini’s show that at first no one noticed the persistent banging on the ceiling, dull thuds that came in short spurts before starting again. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Do you think it’s starting soon? Why am I so nervous?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I can feel mv heart starting to race as I step up to his front door and press the bell. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I do finally hear is another bird starting up somewhere off to my left. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z