The whole thing happened super fast: B-Cubed shifted her stance in a way that let me know she planned to steal home the moment the ball was released. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He produced stolen crackers from his pockets for everyone. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It would be hard enough to sneak past two armies and not get stolen again by someone who would tear up my pass. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d stolen clothes and furniture from the palace and strewn it on the lawn. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Within forty-eight hours Perry and his companion had discovered an open window, climbed out of it, stolen a car, and driven northwest to McCook, Nebraska. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had put a stolen watch into a jewelry shop to replace a broken crystal. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s not a lot of love for the girl who steals your brother away in a world where family is so fragile, where people lose each other daily. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I was going to ruin our one and only chance to steal the dynamite back because I was too big of a coward to open a trunk. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“People around here know I don’t take stolen stuff. But I’ll keep an eye out for it.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bottom line: Cory was exactly the kind of boy you’d expect to be caught auctioning off a massive bag of probably stolen fireworks. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was only then I realized how I must look, covered in a year’s worth of alley dirt, trying to get a receipt for a book I’d obviously stolen. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I say, and I steal a shrimp too. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Joe had his own workshop crammed full of tools he had begged, borrowed, stolen, or bought from various friends, enemies, and employers down through the years. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says he's her boyfriend and he gives them to her; I think she might steal them. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A fat man with a red beard, Barbarossa had an antiques shop where he sold cheap trash to the tourists, but he also did secret deals with more valuable, and usually stolen, items. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even before the British got into their transports, word had come back to Boston that the King’s fort at Portsmouth had been seized and His Majesty’s military stores stolen by the rebellious Americans. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to steal down the other side of the mountain to the north stream, found another camp of hunters there, and went back to my tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in a story I can steal her soul. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I did not steal your bird. Its chain was snagged upon a root, and I had just freed it." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were puffing away on fat cigars—I supposed the cigars were stolen, too. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Here's a scrap of paper, Billy," said Cutwater, finding it in the pocket of a stolen coat. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was not the regular pastor; I recognized him as Wing, a boy who used to steal baseball cards with my brother Luke. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lazlo had only the crudely drawn mural to go on, but he beheld now the god who had stolen so much—not just sons and daughters, though that was the dark heart of it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Anything she doesn’t want found on her property—drugs, or stolen goods. Good thing I ran her off, then.” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“The problem is not that public officials steal, the problem is that they steal too much,” Okwudiba said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“First of all,” Mrs. Asher began, glancing at a flitting motion on the side of the road before continuing, “I didn’t steal it. No one but me even knows the thing really exists.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“They had stolen so much from us—our homes and families, our very identities. To take something from them gave us strength.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped out of the car, and he put the cuffs on me and told me I was being arrested on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She wanted to run away, find Sammy, steal a horse, leave town and never come back. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, I came to the city of Warsaw, where I learned to steal food to keep from starving. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

‘You soon broke down. Anyone would have thought you had a guilty conscience. I hope it was nothing worse than a wicked plot to steal one of my blankets.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She went to the testing place, but she didn’t have any photo ID because her wallet was stolen, and of course they wouldn’t test her without photo ID. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet habit had overcome her rationality and had made her ask me: “Boy, do you steal?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men were holding them in front of the same bakery where I had stolen the cake that day. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“They steal the land from the Indians and leave the name, yes?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Under what circumstances did people tend to steal more, or less? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

And when I did, when I had stolen the script from under their very noses, then I would be the one to laugh. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

A few were clad in stolen steel, dinted oddments of armor looted from the corpses of fallen rangers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Prometheus had stolen the fire because he wanted to help the people he had created, yet he was still punished. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

It turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Any man can steal a ribbon,” the lord said, “but those fingers do not lie. You are the onion knight.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It got so bad that I actually spent hours lying on the couch watching Grandma knit, plotting ways to sneak into the kitchen and steal some meat. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this Oskar I’m tucking in? Has an alien stolen his brain for experimentation?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The week before that, somebody'd stolen my camel's-hair coat right out of my room, with my fur- lined gloves right in the pocket and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The cops tried to crack down and one night caught four of us dividing up cases of the stolen wine on a dead-end street. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That's right, Judge Ford. Must be her father's watch. Probably lost it. I don't think it could have been stolen by anyone at the party last night." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the story as it grew went this way: They had stolen liquor and money. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got furious if I saw the children circling the kitchen to steal bread, if the hens were noisy in the courtyard, if sparrows invaded the cornfields. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had he used me all these years to help him steal? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

If you tap it just right, you can peel it back enough to find a message etched underneath, with the tip of a key or maybe a stolen West Wing letter opener. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I gasped, for I had not considered that I might be stolen from the earth and my body opened by robbers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The girl sitting in the stolen police boat was the daughter of a criminal. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It would seize upon a sleeping person, steal into him and devour him bit by bit. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew no one would steal the camera, and he hoped no one would steal the kerosene. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I hoped she would not ask me to clean herel To make things worse, as Sister Claire explained to me, Father Aristide collected boys who lived on the street—those who beg, wash windows, steal. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they are stolen and turn up on a meal-card black market. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

There were two things the factory manager possessed a morbid fear of: insects and stolen chickens. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The man nodded, enjoying his moment, the moment when he got to keep his prize, the one he had stolen, the one he thought he deserved. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, I'll probably steal your idea, because dads freaking love coffee. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He thought that he would steal a march on his famous cousin. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell them,” Zola says, “not to steal anymore. They could get in trouble. We will try to get them what they need. No stealing. Stealing is bad. Okay?” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I had made an oath to myself that I would never steal again. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The thought that people would steal things intended for Martin made me a little more cynical about the world. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds she steals another glance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Follow those blacks in case they steal something.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Don't steal anything—I know where you live! We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Did you steal it? Did you think it would make you beautiful? Did you think it would make you as we are?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“If you had a job, would you steal now?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The stolen books in my bag feel like they’re pulsing with heat. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Our family remains dependent on Khouy and Meng to bring us food whenever they can steal away from their camp to visit us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aru had the sneaking suspicion that the stolen item everyone was looking for just might be a golden bow. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to find a new position. I want to stay here and serve the next High King. So, yes, let’s steal the kingdom.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The first step was to steal the goblet out of the chest.... The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

A slab of concrete, three feet wide and ten feet long, with blue plastic chairs stolen long ago from some classroom. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I figured I’d just steal the march on everybody,” he said. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The brim of his hat was black and shiny like the boots; above it glistened a silver bird that I knew the boys in the stable would have loved to steal. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

In the letter, I had promised to work for him after school at Tuttle’s Toys as a janitor, or whatever, until the money for the stolen Legos had been paid. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I would sometimes steal a bite of the sweet, soft mixture, and my mom would shoo me away. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, it was he who had advocated it in the beginning, and the plan which Snowball had drawn on the floor of the incubator shed had actually been stolen from among Napoleon’s papers. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t need to steal from these guys, too, did I? The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The infected man who’d stolen the Transvice was just outside the door to the cargo room, the weapon clutched in his hands. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We felt as if our home had been stolen from us. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It was said that he was so cool that he had stolen even with people in the next room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clothing that was allegedly stolen was displayed on a table in court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie did not want to bring up the stolen money or Aunt Rose’s death. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

A plucky little bird of complete mischief that steals your tortilla from your very hand if you are not watchful. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I neglect to ask what he had been trying to steal but Vic tells me who he is—the kid with the buzz cut and the earring, you know, he’s back there right now. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael doesn’t have his license, and I don’t think it would help for me to steal one of his parents’ cars. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I got a Crunch bar, Ms. Friendly. Didn’t even have to steal it. Want some?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

His shirt was dirty and the stolen clothes were wrinkled and soiled from having been slept in for a week. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Haley was smart enough to know that Chiltington was hoping to steal the book geeks’ ideas. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Instead of creeping stealthily down an unfamiliar street surrounded by unfamiliar buildings while trying to steal the most valuable treasure in an unfamiliar city, guess what I was doing? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I’d stolen the trailer's battery long ago; it had no ability to move under its own power. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

That sure as hell wasn’t why he had given up so much to come to Permian, to have a black kid come in and steal away his chance at glory. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice trick. But you can’t just steal his Manchurian Fire Thrower.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was guarded only when the children were there: at night it was empty, because there was nothing to steal and no one to be hunted. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, Grandmother,” the family complained, “the bandits will steal the tables while we’re gone.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some of the undertaker’s people may have stolen it.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I superglued. That way no one can steal it from me!” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

But if you meditate in front of your locker, someone might steal your sandals while your eyes are closed. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Nothing was ever stolen in the Hotel Montana. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Each of their stone-carved gazes was all too shrewd, as though they knew he was about to steal from them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

At five that afternoon, some twenty minutes after the stolen Chevrolet rolled off the Nevada desert into Las Vegas, the long ride came to an end. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’d already stolen some dynamite and jumped into a car trunk today—what was a little breaking and entering? The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Taran, with a laugh, “you needn’t act as if I were going to steal it from you.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“They would steal from the Vietnamese that they killed, or whatever,” she said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Our key was just stolen on Friday, and now on Monday we find a note asking where our key is?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

One tribe even tricked us by first trading goats to us for some empty cooking oil cans we had, then sneaking up on us to steal their goats back. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he was unconscious someone had stolen his watch. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait. You mean to tell me you’ve got a bunch of money just sitting out there in the ground? For any old thief to come along and steal it?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

When exhaustion finally set in, we took turns curled up on the ground, trying to steal a few minutes of sleep here and there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Didn’t she realize that this didn’t help his business reputation or his chances for the Chamber of Commerce Businessman of 1968, which that creep Kowalski was trying to steal from him? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

That night before I went to bed, I made a promise to myself that I will never steal anything else or do anything stupid like that ever again. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"You are so poor you had to steal a bite of a long-life peach," the voice said in scorn. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Just out of prison, he steals again, this time silver candlesticks from a shelter. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

What would Mr. Das have said if he had seen me sitting in the room of the person who had stolen his phul-khana? Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It's not fair! I've never even stolen a pencil from school.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They would need to steal something from their suspect, then drop it into the cauldron with the potion. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

ATTN: will be wearing a burgundy velvet suit tonight, please do not attempt to steal my shine, you will fail and i will be embarrassed for you. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was understood that if someone was brave enough to steal it, it was there. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I steal glances at her table during lunch that day while Fina is telling Skyler about her plans to initiate her into the New Kids Brigade, which include an elaborate secret ceremony, apparently. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mama was sure that the man who tried to steal the bell had come back and kidnapped him. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several other guards were harassing the tourists, making animal noises and trying to steal their shoes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to tell her the plates were stolen. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

"Attempted larceny? Trying to steal some books, and failing?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“He’s a thief. He’ll steal—” He stopped, as if he had remembered something, and then to my dismay he gave a terrible groan and tried to get out of the bed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Like her, he had come down from the highlands, and she asked him to station a guard in the backyard because she had the impression that hens were being stolen. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Kronos got you to steal the master bolt and the helm. He spoke to you in your dreams.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the coyotes tried to steal our chickens, I knew it was because they were hungry. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Once someone tried to steal the car while she was in it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We know that the cigarettes were stolen from the drugstore. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

If IOI security caught me before I made it out of the building, carrying a stolen flash drive filled with highly incriminating company data, I was dead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They could scheme all they pleased to hide aboard a vehicle or steal one, but no vehicle ever came into their compound. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For centuries, our family has tried to find the treasure that was stolen from us. My father failed. His father failed. And all the fathers before them? Failures!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

All those properties they had stolen he was going to distribute among the poor. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The locket they had managed to steal so many hours before had fallen out of Dumbledore’s pocket. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

If they were alone, I would steal sidelong glances at them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their literature asks how many of John Kwang’s money club members have stolen their jobs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, it was our cows that had been stolen. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That joker's trying to steal your wallet. Move your pocketbook to the front where he can't get at it." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He thinks I’m here to steal the weapons that will reset the experiments, not deploy one of them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

"Are these the best weapons you could steal?" he said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“They don’t do that anymore, do they?” she asked Mother, but Mother’s spirit had stolen away, and the hut was silent. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very soon, the guards would storm into the secret room and seize the mayor as he sat stuffing himself on stolen goodies. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

That’s all I am definitely not an indent making a daring escape with ten zettabytes of stolen company data in his pocket Nosiree. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I know people used to believe photographs would steal their souls, which makes sense to me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But the bus is a lemon, always breaking down, and after they’ve poured heaps of money into repairs, some thieves steal it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We knew a family who had a sign in their vegetable patch: “Since this is not a Communist garden but cabbages grown by private enterprise, please do not steal from my garden.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might be able to steal Sudden Death right out of their account. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He told one woman exactly who had stolen her knife, and why. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I realized how difficult it was for Miss Grybas to steal beets for us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, I have no plans to steal your bed. I’m just visiting.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Black Swan is a seductress, tantalizing Prince Siegfried with her womanly charms in order to steal him away from Odette, the White Swan. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Without these, the snow would steal my memories, as it does for all who visit here.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And then once we’ve stormed the castle we have to stop the wedding, steal the Princess and make our escape, allowing space somewhere in there for me to duel Count Rugen.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Where I might hide this stolen chicken was another matter. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When tens of thousands of city dwellers are brought to the farms to assist with the fall harvest, soldiers monitor them to make sure they do not steal food. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Further, he claimed that he had not won the World Championship in Iceland in 1972; he already was the World Champion: His title was stolen, he said, by the Russians. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He knows no more about her than about her sisters, but she steals his heart then and there. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Over the years we've learned to stockpile the extra money we steal and stash it away for emergencies. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I could only steal glances at Mr. Pirzada, sitting beside me in his olive green jacket, calmly creating a well in his rice to make room for a second helping of lentils. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

As Hare had imagined, Lion was furious when he was told that the water remaining in the hole had been stolen and muddied. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t steal it, Sergeant,” said Sissy in her soft appealing voice. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what does he think about a daughter who steals jewels for a living?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

So he steals a car or something to get himself sent back inside. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you saw the video, and it’s all crazy. I want to knock on every door and steal every phone, and shout at everyone in the face.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Martin would watch me steal from a supposed stranger and most likely would intercede. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was there that he was attacked and stabbed to death by several teens who had broken into his apartment to steal his black-and-white television set. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And how good I was at figuring out exactly how much food I could steal from Doone’s Market without anyone noticing. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy told everybody in the store that day to never, ever try to steal from him and that if you’re short, just say you’re short, and he’ll try to work with you. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I want the Roach to teach me how to steal,” he says. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He wondered what his lord father would make of them in their skins and bits of stolen steel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“But they steal anything. And murder—and other things—I don't know—the world has gone crazy. I’ll have a key made for you, just one. Until then, don’t leave the house unlocked.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I already said I liked him! You don’t get to steal him!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

But every now and then, when I steal a glance at the Girl, or feel her eyes on me, I helplessly drift back to thinking about her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

One evening when we got home after work, we discovered that someone had broken in our house and stolen our cash. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Even as she said it, he felt the unnatural cold begin to steal over the street. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Only this one looked like the weasel that used to steal our chickens. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

One time some dude came in there and tried to steal. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Mechtild, was a vial of poison not stolen from you this April, before King Hamlet’s death?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Bo, however, would have loved to sneak with Scipio into the city's most elegant houses to steal all the amazing things the Thief Lord always brought back from his raids. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I glance back to steal a final look at our little beach and the pond and then hurry through the trees and beyond the cottage. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“He steals and he tried to murder my mother twice.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I run all the way back to my house, run so hard my heart tries to hammer its way out my chest, and a cramp in my side steals away my breath. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

It was like it was too much coming at you all at once, like it would steal your breathing away from you. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I thought we were going to steal some books from an abbey or something,” said William. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Not if we steal it from you first,” said Mr. Huxley. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

‘At least we are all safe, and if only Papa is well and ...’ ‘I’m going back to Milton, Miss, to get that silver before the riffraff steal it.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is clutching a large clam-shaped bag, as though someone might steal this from her as well if she is less watchful. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His precious bicycle that Aunt Queen had given him had been stolen two weeks after he’d moved in. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they were lucky, and the birds didn’t steal too many of them, the sunshine would shrink and sweeten the firm globes into rich bits of chewy deliciousness. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Edel made us all pack a tiny satchel full of stolen bread and cheese from the kitchen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I run to the window of our living room and steal a glance down at the street. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Though Lupita could never tell him, she wouldn’t have been sorry if it had been stolen too. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t dare use a stolen late pass with Mr. Neck. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Two nights before we moved to Tyhalarha, we decided to steal a pig. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On August II, Louie packed his belongings, the flag, and an array of other stolen Teutonica and left his room in the Olympic Village. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Hades sent a minion to steal the master bolt,” Chiron insisted. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had finally come to understand something that would have seemed obvious had it not seemed impossible: Milligan, the missing agents, Mr. Bloomburg—they had all had their memories stolen. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Another time, he had to run them down and haul them back to Dorsey’s Grocery, where he made them empty their bulging pockets of the fifty bubblegums they had stolen. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bride’s father swore vengeance on the guest who had stolen the bride’s heart before the nuptials.’” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Juno had stolen his memory and sent him to Camp Jupiter for a reason. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When I finished, she said, “It’s not nice to steal. What are you looking at?” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She’d murdered for the Dregs, stolen, brought down bad men and good, and Kaz had never hinted that any of the assignments were less than a command to be obeyed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

By now Paul Revere was in his boat, trying to steal around her. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

That way, they figured, rather than seeming as if someone had stolen the goods, it would seem to Noble’s customers that they had simply gotten a bad batch of hooch. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A lot of the money, instead of helping the poor people, is stolen by the politicians. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shin said he was from Bukchang, the town near Camp 14, the place where he had stolen his first bag of rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Perhaps even a stolen nest or a midnight battle. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Of course, no one strives like they did in mortal days, when the inequality was so great people would actually steal from one another—sometimes ending lives in the process. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Back in the store with the numbers in my vest pocket, I decide to steal a few more minutes and make my calls on company time from the pay phone near layaway. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she originally snuck into her foster parents’ room, looking for something to steal from Francis, who gave her the weakest welcome, she spotted Jenn Lori’s bedside dumbbells and gave lifting a shot. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I walk into a store and the employees either ignore me or they’re hovering over every move I make because they think I’m going to steal something. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t see any sign of a diner. You know what I’m thinking, Sairy? I’m thinking those two boys were pulling our legs. There’s no diner out here, and they’ve probably stolen our backpacks.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The spotted cattle wouldn’t be lost any more, scattered through his dreams, driven by his hesitation to admit they had been stolen, that the land—all of it—had been stolen from them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“How about if I steal the book and read you what it says?” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But anyone could have bought it before the war or stolen it, and it had no merit as a safe-conduct pass. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Lloyd: I think that those boys thought that since Eric told on them they weren’t going to be able to steal candy anymore. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had, unceremoniously, one Christmas when he found her under the house with stolen cigarettes. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Fifty dollars for a steak was a steal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Court records showed, for instance, that Burt had stolen money that Bigheart had intended for Vaughan, even though Burt purported to be Vaughan’s close friend. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He would go to different department stores and steal a bunch of clothes and then sell them on the street for cheap. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“It was our own wheat. We took some to sell on black market. I cannot steal my own wheat!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s half of the bedsheet that was stolen from your tent this morning,” Milo explained. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You aren’t. Possibly aiding and abetting, a little conspiracy to commit, followed of course by receiving stolen money, but trust me, you’ll come out of this smelling like a rose.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Someone in Sunset Towers had stolen the shorthand notebook. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So this is what you have been doing since you came here, you useless man? You came here to steal from me?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You believe in everybody. Someday if you don’t watch, or I don’t watch for you, someone will steal the roof.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We played “lorry” inside the many stolen, scrapped cars strewn about the yard. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only could I not prove I hadn’t stolen the car, I couldn’t prove I hadn’t murdered someone for it, either. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He continued, still speaking to his fork, “You know, the one they were trying to steal at the Ministry.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

One second later...slowly, insidiously, oh most gently, the great peach started to lean forward and steal into motion. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

When she had successfully reduced him to a pulp, and Catherine knew exactly when the time had come, she began to steal from him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said, “they would not have tried to steal it if it had been valueless.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin paid for the meal with the last of the money he had received for his stolen rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“OK, I tried to steal something, and he caught me, So I threatened him with my friends and he let me go on the condition that I took him to meet my gang.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You might steal a chicken!” she said, as if scolding me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And still there had been no proper rehearsal, and the twins could not act, or even speak, and Lola had stolen Briony’s rightful role, and nothing could be managed, and it was hot, ludicrously hot. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"You didn't steal from me, Lev. You were caring." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I hope that my first tennis shoes, stolen by thugs, somehow got this far. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want the others to think I was trying to steal the spotlight, but once I had spoken out of turn, “integrated turkey” became the theme. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just like they stole this from me and Javier, they will steal it from him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The phone’s been disconnected but the house is standing. Nothing but books for them to steal.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bunny lay on his stomach on the hearth rug, doing his homework; occasionally he would steal one of Francis’s sandwiches or ask a pained question. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Heeding his order, I continue with my work, stopping every once in a while to steal a look at my brother. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My good lines are always stolen. I lack all conviction.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Someone is coming to steal your lap, Colorá,” she said, as she passed Norma to Doña Zena, who held on to her with an iron grip. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing here, girl! Get off Hari’s bed! Why have you stolen the honey?” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

We’d climb the fence behind the house and steal into Lalao’s grapefruit grove to fill our faces with the bittersweet pulp while juice dribbled down our chins and our fingers got sticky. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was her conniving that helped Jacob steal the blessing from his brother. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Second, I hate that cashiers always think I’m trying to steal something. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, and tell her about how he used to steal chicken livers right out of the frying pan.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The Murle are another tribe in Southern Sudan, and we knew about them because they would raid villages and steal not only cattle but Dinka children, whom they would raise as their own. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A police boat noticed it two days later, and Dottor Massimo was notified that the boat he had reported stolen had reappeared. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t come here to steal anything, David.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They might even steal their present back she thought, and realized with a pang how quickly she had reverted to thinking of them as though they were a single unit once again. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I tried to steal the ball from him, he’d cross over and breeze on by to the hoop. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“The thing weighs a ton and is still trying to steal my Jaffa Cakes. He and David are mates.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Not only is there no escape, there is no land to escape to. They have stolen that as well.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Valuable jewelry and various works of art stolen. No trace of the perpetrators!" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He kept glancing in the direction of the hospital, then out across Buzzards Bay as if Mr. Sloan’s stolen skiff might appear at any moment, that bully man in the stern. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I had been asked when I had said that one ought not steal. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the corner he saw the newsstand from which he had stolen the paper; the man who had shouted at him was standing by it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When Penkovsky went to trial, the KGB had assembled an airtight case, complete with pictures of him working with stolen military files. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he had been stolen, or maybe he had been sold for some much- needed money. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Come make this girl disappear and steal her identity! We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When it was Dad’s move, I’d steal looks at him in his button-down shirt, trying to remember the fast-fading picture of the guy with peroxided hair and a leather jacket. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was loath to steal anyone’s life the way his had been stolen. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was as genuine as a statue of a saint you want to light candles to, steal flowers for, or pray in front of. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She steals into our food “locker,” she swipes our underwear from the central rod when we aren’t looking, and she has been known to report us for wall tapping with Cell # 60. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You would rather steal from the church than from the king?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The one thing you didn’t do was steal a route from a rival group. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The Japanese military government had stolen it from their own hungry people. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that she had recognized him as the boy who had ‘stolen the cup,’ the very first time she had met him delivering papers at her house, but she pretended not to. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could steal from a hundred stories and tell you a lie so familiar you would swallow it whole. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Out of spite, she told the officers that he’d stolen a valuable toe ring from her jewelry box, and demanded that he be locked up in juvenile detention to teach him a lesson. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why,” asked JT, “if you went to all the trouble to steal the rest—why didn’t you take the last two sticks?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the car didn’t have an owner, I couldn’t prove I hadn’t stolen it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You have tried to steal honor from me, pig-boy,” he said through clenched teeth. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The thing which Elaine had stolen from him was his might. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the recent wars against the elves, both sides had often stolen food from the other. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He went slowly, as slowly as any child who has learned to steal at an early age, whose best chance of survival is in silence and remaining unnoticed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment she thought he meant time for the next toast, and then she realized he meant time to steal the afikoman, the matzoh wrapped in the blue embroidered cloth. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the house in Privet Drive would be so full of letters when they got back that he’d be able to steal one somehow. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The Bible is kept locked up, the way people once kept tea locked up, so the servants wouldn’t steal it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in his imagination, it was impossible for him to steal anything or do anything really bad. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

No shadows steal upon this hard glare, the stony vineyards shimmer in the sun and the bougainvillaea is white with dust. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally they were fortunate enough to unearth the half-buried remains of an Incan village, and in no time at all the house would fill with all the objects they had stolen from the site. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we had made our drop, the representative would examine the stolen articles. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

A year after I watched the boy with the small eyes pull out a gun, my father beat me for letting another boy steal from me. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I smile at him, and take just that one more stolen step, until we’re five feet apart. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The cops and the FBI would hunt him down, rescue the two stolen dogs, send the other mutts to the nearest animal control center, and haul him off to jail. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She never mentioned the best time to steal a giant. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Any silver that English or French pirates could steal from the Spanish was also ideal for buying Asian cloth. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

My punishment was to stay after school and write I will not steal two hundred times on the chalkboard. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Welch Daily News had stolen a bit of his thunder with an article about us and our science-fair wins. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The girl didn’t steal food, sneak ale, or dally with the guests. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kissed him, hoping to steal some of his air. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her lord father had taught her never to steal, but it was growing harder to remember why. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Gregory, speaking purely hypothetically, how would you keep your chickens safe if someone wanted to steal them from you?” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Not to steal, you say? How do I know you do not watch just to see when I have made something of extra value?” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you tell me you had something stolen here at the library?” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The store lady was watching me, and I didn't want her to think I was trying to steal something. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It was as if someone had stolen his five senses, leaving him in a vacuum. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

My mother and father were in the fields, so my sisters and I ran for the trees, only to watch this passing ghost steal one of our chickens. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

By night the rustling leaves would give away anyone trying to steal up to their camp in silence. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He simply looked out the window and said loud enough for all in the room to hear: “What a shame when Jew will steal from Jew.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It could not be comfortable, having a stolen treasure in one’s possession and no way to get rid of it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Fred’s favorite episode was the one where Duke, Nala, and Scruffy had to ski off a cliff in Switzerland to chase down the villain, who had stolen a top-secret chocolate formula. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

This decision makes me nervous, as if I’m about to steal. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I know he’s not very nice, but he wouldn’t try and steal something Dumbledore was keeping safe.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“How long has it been since that piece of your skin was stolen?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Did you steal that money? Did you steal Amir’s watch, Hassan?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I threw a runner out trying to steal second base and we had a double play in both the sixth and the seventh. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It would be a shame to have it stolen before you could sell it,” the doctor said, and he saw Kino’s eyes flick involuntarily to the floor near the side post of the brush house. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I struck the phosphorus match I’d stolen, and dropped it onto him, watching it sputter and flare as it fell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I got mine for a steal at one-fifty, but I wear kid sizes. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

They sat there for a minute, looking like a pair of ant-men who had stolen a truck. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t ever try to steal from me,” he whispered. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth Cady Stanton had often stolen the spotlight when she and Anthony shared the stage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“This is my quest, smart girl! Finally I get to be the hero, and you two will not steal my chance.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’d found what he was looking for—a sheaf of bills from the Unseen City—and it had stolen his attention away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I nearly jumped completely out of my dog-hospital blanket when he slapped the door and said, “Dude. Why did you steal my truck? Are you naked? “ 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Normal for me was stolen bread and ditch water. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Dean kept one eye on Shady but kept the other on Jinx, like a cat waiting for a mouse to steal a piece of cheese so he could devour both at once. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Alice began to find gifts—in her sewing basket, in her worn-out purse, under her pillow—two cinnamon pinks, a bluebird’s tailfeather, half a stick of green sealing wax, a stolen handkerchief. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And that made me wonder if she was the one who’d stolen the can of corn the night before, which got me a little mad. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hear voices approaching so I throw everything into Max's backpack and steal out of the castle, ignoring my hunger pains. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

All of Momma’s people had been stolen too, and taken to Jamaica where she was born. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean,” he dropped his voice to a whisper, “steal it? Now there’s a thought,” he went on eagerly. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle was a very honest man and would never steal anything himself, but he seemed to admire people who did. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold on tight,” Ayanna said, and we shot forward, on our way to steal from a god. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She hesitated, and Kin heaved a sigh and said, “I’m not gonna steal it.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A huge haul of art treasure was taken back to Nazi Germany, but there was one cultural item that could never be stolen from Leningrad: Shostakovich’s seventh symphony. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“How does she get them—steal them?” the teacher demanded. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Josn scuttled around, trying to keep his luggage from being damaged or stolen. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My room was stuck in the middle, a bit stolen from everyone else. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some are shot by ranchers as they try to beg or steal food or drink. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Always watch your things—in New York, they’ll steal them right from you.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so happy that a girl had spoken to me that it didn’t fully sink in that they’d stolen my bicycle. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She was still young enough to roam woods and fields in stolen moments, and to keep caterpillars in boxes and jars. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Chances were they had stolen it, anyway, so why should they give a dam. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead you sent him to Winterfell to steal my bride from me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Taped to the box was a plaintive note: “Please do not steal this. I am on financial aid. Jenny Drexler.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He continues to eat his pie like he's afraid someone might steal it from him, one arm curled around the plate, the opposite hand shoveling food into his mouth. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Or had they been aided in their effort to build it by information stolen from the United States?” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of the locket being stolen was absurd.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It’s not anger, even though I did steal his Walkman. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Now I’m beginning to understand. I didn’t steal that plum tomato, sir. Colonel Cathcart gave it to me. You can even ask him if you don’t believe me.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Like maybe the tallest one—the James Madison of the bunch, though he doesn’t have James’s joke of a moustache—might just pick it up and steal something out of the front pocket. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Barbarossa always pretended he didn't know what we were supposed to steal for the Conte," Prosper said, “He didn't know," Renzo answered. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every time the pigeon-toed runner got on base, she was ready to help him steal home. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Shin's primary preescape preparation was to steal warm clothes, along with new shoes, from a fellow prisoner. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a stolen bag of apples, at the risk of getting his hand sawed off. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

With so many thieves around anxious to get rid of stolen good-quality merchandise cheaply, many Harlemites, purely because of this conditioning, jumped to pay hot prices for inferior goods whose sale was perfectly legitimate. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But a friend wouldn’t steal from a friend.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Never wanted her here...I heard she used to steal from the lockers...All it took was her dumb brother to drop dead... Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He must have stolen plague suppressants and painkillers because he couldn’t find anything stronger. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Our suitcases inside the van had not been stolen, and we yanked them out. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Weird, weird, weird. Did they just steal our names and birthdays? Or—I know.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The constable knew Mr. Armin, and when he was satisfied that the duel had arisen over stolen property, he let us go free. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

"He means sometimes they get stolen," Sander said. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We steal both my ma’s and Ritchie’s barbecues, I ring up and book a jumping castle, and we borrow one of those karaoke machines from one of Marv’s mates who works at the pub. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“No one can steal me. I go where I want. And I wanted to go with you. I knew you were destined for big things.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“That Minny isn’t feeding you so that she can steal every last heirloom I have left.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Or steal my skateboard and use it for a doll ambulance. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Charlie wouldn’t have stolen my lunch, and I wouldn’t have been forced to buy something to eat and sit at another table on the other side of the cafeteria. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’re from yet another world. How interesting. Is that where the alethiometer comes from, or did you steal it on your travels?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you steal, your hand will be cut off at the wrist. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the city, uglies might trade chores or stuff the/d stolen, but trade food?. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, their actions were meant to imply that Caesar had already looted the palace and stolen all the silver. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

And we animals, who are ultimately parasites on the plants, steal the carbohydrates so we can go about our business. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he lives in London he may know people who have consulted the medical practitioner and astrologer Simon Forman, who uses magic to help them recover stolen goods. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her hand drifted toward her pocket, as if she were afraid Id stolen something. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew how much you hated to steal, and I knew that you were suffering, but I never asked you if you were all right. I felt like I’d killed you myself.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Teenie had told her never to look the masters directly in their eyes, but Amari had stolen looks at Mrs. Derby as often as she had been able to. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Foxface must have purposefully left the other packs alone, knowing that to steal one without her number would definitely bring on a pursuer. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Tear away with your jelly fingers. You have not bought these boys, nor stolen them, nor passed any bit for them. You have them by some strange and lovely dispensation.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, what isn’t, when you come right down to it. This whole country’s stolen.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Yet in the years after 1704 a bitter dispute broke out between them as to whether Leibniz had seen a manuscript of Newton’s and stolen his ideas. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Yep, we were, like, ten feet off the ground, but I was still able to reach out and steal the ball from Rowdy. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He licks his lips from the last piece of sugar candy stolen from my purse. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He wasn't in the building when the first two bombs went off, or when the judge's watch was stolen, Jake Wexler thought. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bolden testified that he received stolen cigarettes from Mr. Evans. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

My plan was simple and foolhardy: steal a rowboat, cross the river to Jersey, and walk to Charleston. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, you know, it is a wrong thing to steal.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did steal something in Company with others when he was a little kid. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind wanders to the stash of stolen money that Tess and I have hidden. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“She is the kind of woman who will steal somebody’s husband.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The twelve syrettes of morphine had been stolen from their case and replaced by a cleanly lettered note that said: “What’s good for M & M Enterprises is good for the country. Milo Minderbinder.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Callie may have stolen a look at her file while I was out of my office. But she didn’t understand what she was reading.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The animal salesman said, “The distinct advantage of a goat is that it can be taught to butt anyone who tries to steal it.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

My cellmate was among at least a hundred nutmeg men who, for money or cigarettes, bought from kitchen-worker inmates penny matchboxes full of stolen nutmeg. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he allowed himself to steal fresh bottles of milk or pastries when they were left outside the cafe early in the morning, as his uncle had shown him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He unwrapped a stolen machine gun; he wanted to sell it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazis, under the greedy direction of Erich Koch, had stolen it. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, we would have stolen the cauldron and destroyed it! And so shall I try again, as long as I live!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m as old as you need the character of Elliott to be,” I’m about to say, to steal that boy’s line from the elevator, but instead I go, “I’m thirteen. I’m thirteen, sir.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you ever steal from me, you hear?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You have made me—taken from me—stolen ” He threw his sword into a comer and sat down on the chest. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you’re going to steal, you better be prepared to lie. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment Frodo thought that the memory of stolen mushrooms had been aroused, and that the dogs would be told to see him off. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cilia said happily, ‘I know you didn’t steal.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Talked with his body like an old street hustler trying to convince people that stolen goods are a steal. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Why would a woman with unstable emotions steal a child from their cell?” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I held the stolen pen above the paper. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He had obviously not expected the item he was supposed to steal—which had made the old man's voice quiver with longing—would be a piece of old wood! The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he walked out of Bukchang that day, wearing his newly stolen coat and carrying a small cache of cookies, Shin joined a small group of traders that by chance was going north. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I remember the hospital entrance, the stolen ID tag and the stairwell and the laboratory, the long fall, my knife thrown at the captain, the sewers. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“That’s what happens to filthy little traitors who steal keys and set prisoners free.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

After the brief stolen touch, he continues to talk to her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would like to steal something from this room. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything goes in one ear and out the other because something else steals my attention: an advertisement featuring a black woman in “before” and “after” pictures. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And I suppose tapes, like photographs and videos, are a desperate attempt to steal something from death’s suitcase. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t lie or steal. And he’s strong and eager. They have him working in the fields already. And soon he’ll go to school.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But he knew Whichcee had stamina, and he couldn’t let him steal away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you have a plan for how, exactly, we’re going to steal the Breathalyzer from inside the Eagle’s house?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I guess the history books has got to be rewrit; it’s took forty-three year, two month, and a day or two for the Finger of God to steal its twentieth soul.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The mind builds itself like a sirrah’s nest with whatever is at hand: silk threads and stolen hair and the feathers of dead kin. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I docked my phone to my laptop and downloaded everything I’d stolen from Barrone when I put my Nokia on the diner table next to her BlackBerry and let it sip her drive. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

This is a sign that A murdered B; unless of course A’s knife has been stolen from him, or B attacked A, so that A was acting in self-defence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Kleptocracies with little public support run the risk of being overthrown, either by downtrodden commoners or by upstart would-be replacement kleptocrats seeking public support by promising a higher ratio of services rendered to fruits stolen. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wore stolen blue cavalry trousers and a three-foot sword, and the clothes he wore he had not taken off for a week. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Specifically, Nye hoped to find a Zenith portable radio believed to have been stolen from the Clutter house on the night of the crime, but he had no luck with that. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the man who had brought the Nazis to my flat, the one who had stolen everything else from us while the Nazi took my mother’s ring. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shemar's family and friends say he was a good dude, headed to college, active in his youth group...but the cop claims he caught Shemar trying to steal a car. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“But instead, all the ignoramuses in government do is lie and steal. A number of my students joined the group that went to Lagos this morning to demonstrate, you know.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“First she stole her sister’s lover, and then she tried to steal her sister’s dishes. No, I don’t like her.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s something—” The wind steals the words from her mouth, sweeping out of the dunes with unnatural fury. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

If the burglars take great pains to steal what turns out to contain a homing device that leads the police to them, that’s ironic. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“People pay him to do things. Usually revenge stuff. You know, steal someone’s homework and paste it on the ceiling. Put dead fish in someone’s glove compartment. Stuff like that.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“He tried to get past that three-headed dog on Halloween. It bit him. We • think he was trying to steal whatever it’s guarding.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“A single lawyer,” Nazario continued, “can steal more money than a hundred men with guns.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

My little beast, my eyes, my favorite stolen egg. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Excuse me," he said, hoping to pacify whoever was sitting beneath the hazel tree, and praying that it was not more of the little people who had stolen his hat. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Naw, fool, they didn’t steal no money, they was worth four thousand dollars when they run ’way ten year ago. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“You are still a smuggler, ser, come to steal my gold and blood. You would take my son’s head. I think I shall take yours instead. Guards! Seize this man!” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They’d kept their weapons, but stripped off their telltale uniforms, begged or stolen clothes, and joined the tide of refugees fleeing toward Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to ask him! Why didn’t he steal a suit for me, too? Then I could have disguised myself as a man.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had taken the key because he was afraid I would steal the tractor. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Pd stolen peeks when the teacher’s back was turned. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Buy stolen property from a kid, and next thing you knew you’d have an enraged adult accusing you of having given little Johnnie or Matilda a tenner for their wedding ring. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Determined to live, the next morning I force myself to walk the hospital grounds looking for food to steal to fill my stomach. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see her steal a quick glance out the window but only when they have turned their backs to her momentarily. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We determined that we should make our way to their dock and steal whatever boat we might find. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The good memories I have of these men—of helpless laughter, of bets won and pranks hatched— they are stolen away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

By the time we get back to the truck, Jack and Violet are setting up a surveillance camera that wasn’t stolen by people in the fringe. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“That was messed up! Who steals at the library?” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Rishi took the chance to steal one last look at her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Long ago, my father had stolen Father’s Mike’s fiancee and married her himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Why, I’d even stolen church wine to ease my mother’s pains before she died. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When you kill a man, you steal a life. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s one more thing I would like to steal. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Georgie decided to steal the remote to save himself the trouble of climbing through the window every night. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

That evening in New York, we ate, drank, and conversed in the candlelight, reveling in the feeling, however illusory, that we’d stolen away. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I will trick you and deceive you, lie, cheat, and steal to find you, tempt you out of your hiding place, and chase you until you have nowhere else to run. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Through the din of confusion in her head, Inej thought, They look like stolen stars. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he was Sir Will, a brave knight whose job it was to retrieve precious stolen objects from spooky evil wizards. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I think she would have pled with him not to steal the souls of those who would take his place. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went on and on about different ways to steal money from this person and that person. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"And even that was not enough for you. The Iron Rod, the power of the Black Tortoise...what else have you stolen?" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I would not steal bread from another living prisoner. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And she’d managed to embed some stolen sewing needles into a bar of soap for a makeshift, miniature pike. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

All the stolen girls and boys, their memories taken and much more than that. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“The emperor was always trying to steal immortality. He never understood immortality is a gift that has to be given. A gift you will give him, even though he does not deserve it.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Chief Rabbit’s lettuce was stolen by the Owsla from a garden half a mile away across the fields. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence had invented a superb instrument for smashing atoms, but while he was preoccupied with making the tool better, the quintessential small-science lab had stolen the prize from under his nose. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And I wanted to promise him I wouldn’t lie or steal or associate with persons of loose morals, or covet my neighbor’s wife, or anything. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The angrier, more powerful ghosts used the trolley to find new hosts: tired, unsuspecting bodies to possess for a little while, warmth to steal from cheeks and other exposed skin, and ill tempers to stoke. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

When you kill a man you steal his life. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is the same person he tried to steal plague medicine for. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I also felt guilty about the three pens I’d stolen, but only for a second. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As they groped their way past giant boulders, using their stolen pikes as walking sticks, Werfel cranked his spectacles to maximum magnification and looked back down the slope. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“The senorita never locks her door. There’s nothing to steal in there anyway!” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As her litter passed beneath the stolen monuments, she went from sunlight to shadow and back again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He preferred to pay for what he could with the coins that he found each week, and he tried not to steal anything he thought people needed. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

So when Milkman came to him with a proposal to steal and share a cache of gold, Guitar smiled. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The panes of glass in the windows had been either broken or stolen, and the roof had begun to cave in. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The libraries were afraid their books would get stolen, so none of the books could be checked out. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fourth grade, a girl told me that I wasn’t invited to her birthday party because her parents said Black people steal. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When they finally summoned the nerve to steal back into the ruins the next night, nothing remained but blackened stones, the hollow shells of houses, and corpses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"All these savages know how to do is steal the things better men have built . . . and kill." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You’re one of those, afraid the camera will steal your soul or some such.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

We discovered early that in order to stop stealing we would, for a while, have to steal more than ever. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Not that Lyddie would stoop to steal a bite of bread. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever the explanation, the continuing signs of wealth were not due to stolen gold. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She whispered into my ear, “If anything, I’m afraid you’ll steal the show.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And then she told me a story about a huntress who went to retrieve a stolen princess from the Fairy Queen.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Javier used to steal my micro dolls when he was mad at me and hide them in the creosote bush. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. He tried to convince me once that pictures steal part of your soul. He saw it on some documentary or something,” I said. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“My mother and I might not have much, but we don’t need to steal.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Your closet was a mess...and I found these. Did you steal them?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

"You have stolen some extra years of life, but you are not invincible! That bite of peach may protect you from sickness and age, but you can still be killed." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I stand, head still bowed, but steal glances at her. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was the story of the white shell beads all over again, the white shell beads, stolen from a grave and found by a man as he walked along a trail one day. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to see who it is, and Charlise steals the ball from me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I heard my stolen shirt tear, felt the splintered wood scrape my side... Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Despite Mom’s salary, we didn’t buy the class pictures that year— or even steal them—but that was probably just as well. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced longingly toward the little house by Blackbird Pond and promised herself that she would steal a few moments on the way home. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“We can’t steal anybody’s car. Since you began stealing the nearest car every time you wanted one, nobody leaves the ignition on.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t worry that night when she says, “So Mom wasn’t enough? You have to steal all my friends too?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Though he had stolen from his father, they forgave him that; his father had been a harsh and unjust man. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

From his years holding Irwin’s horses for relay races and matches, Smith knew something about one-on-one races: If one horse could steal a commanding early lead, he almost always won. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then she turned it to a court show about people who steal air conditioners from their grandparents. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She used to throw snowballs at them and help them steal pies from the kitchen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Are you here to steal another of my children?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

How he wished his brother, Mason, could pick him up in a car just like the car Simeon's brother, Chucky, had stolen almost two years ago. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“It was worth tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of dollars, and it was stolen!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him steal money from my mother’s purse and sell our belongings for drugs. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

For now they simply enjoyed the mystery and pleasure of stolen moments such as this. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In parts of Africa little boys were still stolen away by adult slave traders and sold for money to men who disemboweled them and ate them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I was going to leave this! In case you had rice I could take. I wasn’t going to steal; I would leave you the kimono. It’s worth a lot.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

All summer long, kids playing punchball—hitting a pink “Spaldeen” ball with your fist and then running bases drawn in chalk on the streets—had tried to steal home to copy Robinson. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth climbed down from her bunk, shoved her feet into her bear slippers, and tugged on her favorite fuzzy sweatshirt, which she had stolen from Oliver. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know if she’d actually stolen anything of value, but that didn’t matter. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We didn’t go into the cash register and steal all the old dude’s money. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It would be wise for you to return it, stolen or not. Darkness only creates communication stones for important tasks.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They steal kisses in the shadows of her father’s vaulted staircase. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I’ll steal you some clothes and shoes next chance I get. Just get cleaned up, will you?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“What happened to Ginny and the others? The ones who tried to steal it?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Fine, whatever. Just follow me, and don’t steal anything.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Who says I have to try to steal the other team’s flag? Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Last the rear guard—more knights in plate and mail, with a screening of outriders following half-hidden to make certain no foe could steal up on them unawares. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“We ran out because...I guess we just ate it all....Actually, maybe it was stolen. I think it was stolen.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Quite a necessity in my line of work. Well, what can I do for you? Anything lost or stolen, any pet run away?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Two years ago,” said Harry, his heart now hammering against his ribs, “there was a big gold locket in the drawing room upstairs. We threw it out. Did you steal it back?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Them that would steal the sugar out of your punch.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“So, after all that CF has stolen from me—from us—I’m stealing something back.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She’d gathered a few supplies and stolen away to a remote part of the jungle where she could be safe. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He was appalled that the man had stolen their mail—and their job offers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

If you don’t obey and go to sleep, the hungry giant will stomp to your house and steal you. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“They’ve stolen him away!” screamed someone else, and people all over the ward began screaming. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I do not lie, cheat, or steal and will always be accountable for my actions and deeds. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Only Todd had been told why they were being held—possession of stolen goods was the only charge mentioned—and none had been read their rights. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“You could have told me you didn’t want to steal anymore,” Frankie said as we headed deeper into the marsh. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You have visited our city before, I think, taking coin from our pockets and food off our table. How much did you steal from me, I wonder?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then we pass the jail where all the people have to go when they do things like steal from the markets. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Other stolen pieces were hidden in salt mines, abandoned factories, castle ruins, and the basements of museums. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When it came time to run, he decided that for warmth he would wear his old clothes beneath his stolen clothes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The thing that bothers me most is that when he sent me on deliveries he used me to help him steal from Donner. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

To me that meant the big lesson Pizarro learned from history was that it was okay to kill innocent people and steal their gold! Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe the horse was stolen, or the man was desperate for money. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“The ones who stole the cattle beat him up, and then they said he’d stolen the cattle himself and marched him off somewhere.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody who wouldn’t have to steal a ring to get back at whitepeople and then lie and say it was a present from them. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Accruing half a million dollars in high-interest loan debt for an engineering degree I can steal online? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Was someone going to jump out and call me a race mixer, steal my bike, beat me up? The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The basket of fruit had been stolen, but the other boxes were intact. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When I got back Sally was pretending to be mad . . . something about the boys having stolen her keys. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many people in the village are risking their lives to steal corn from the nearby fields. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made swords out of branches, sharpening the tips with a steak knife stolen from the kitchen. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get a move on before someone steals my regular seat. Fridays fill up faster than an Easter basket.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But sometimes there are truly bad ones, too, who just want to be bad, who hurt and steal just for fun. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"I'll try not to be too long. And if any of the fair folk sing their silly songs at you, for heaven's sake, don't throw your crutch at them. They'll only steal it." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Each moment stolen from Shukra’s life was fashioning a sturdy step over the ravine. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s true,” Harry chortled as they reached the top of the marble staircase, “If he hadn’t stolen Neville’s Remembrall I wouldn’t be on the team. . ..” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I fugo? Does he think we employed him to steal us blind, Maxwell?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now he was plotting to steal from it, to desecrate it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

For another girl, it may be that she has a handicapped brother, has stolen food, possesses a pair of red pants, is nearsighted and used to wear glasses, or has tasted chocolate. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t mean to steal the nickels from the baby’s glass piggy bank. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The safe-suit: for some reason he thinks Edward is trying to steal it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

"I was inviting someone to steal from me, singing about my money." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And in the middle of my tears, a calm steals over me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Shin threw away the stolen, ill-fitting clothes that identified him as a North Korean. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I taped the lid to the jar so no one can steal the money.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I wonder if she’s inventing new ways to steal sympathy from her friends—new diseases to feign to make them more loyal. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Cory is not repentant, in fact makes excuses about having had to cheat and steal all the way up from the projects, that’s how his life has been. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to tell what he was thinking; his face remained quite blank as he put the little cache of stolen objects back into the cardboard box. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Moreover it was agreed between Hwin and me that we should steal ourselves away together and we planned it in this fashion. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

That Grover would not have knowingly bought stolen grease went without saying. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She goes out around noon, and while she’s gone, I steal one of Dad’s suits from the closet. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I look down at my ice cream and feel the I know look I wanted steal over my face. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Why pay for milk when I could steal the cow?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

To be fair, last year she had gone all out with the DVD player, the one she may or may not have stolen back later on. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The story was that when he was a boy in Japan, he was attacked by giant crows, one of which tried to steal his nose. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

At least there he wouldn’t have to steal food and worry about the clocks breaking down. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

When the painting was stolen and she realized that her ideas about Vermeer’s work sounded like the thief’s, she had been frightened. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

By this time his father had stolen into Matt’s room, crawling on all fours. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t steal the cows, they followed him out of the barn of their own accord.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We had to keep strict control in and around the kitchen, or all the prisoners would have been trying to steal food,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though it’s not exactly a reward when you’re born with freedom and a thief sneaks into your home at night and steals it from you. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He always orders moo goo gai pan and steals packets of soy sauce to take home. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

One midnight she decided, up in the sweltering loft, I am going to survive—and the next midnight she was in the swamp, tracking after the moon in stolen shoes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“She’s the weeping woman. And she comes to steal children who do not behave and go to sleep.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They just want to steal our valuables and jewelry. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other planned to stand with Wells-Barnett, even though several of her fellow delegates accused her of trying to steal publicity. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I can’t help but steal a few glances at his profile. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I hereby return your stolen goods. I hope you forgive me for returning it too late.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

They walked quickly and without a sound, passing long shadows and the ominous snicker of the mischievous duendes who could take your rucksack just as easily as they could steal your memories. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were plenty of other diamonds she could have stolen for their purposes and other trouble she could have made to attract the guards’ attention. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

All stone and dark wood, it had held up for the most part, though it now had a faded, sad look, as if losing its former occupants had stolen its soul away. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then he ran in “breathless haste” and “spread the news” that he had discovered a hoard of stolen fruit. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s spring right now, and we’ve, like, stolen this place for ourselves.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He had looked so different in the black suit Farid had stolen for him—like one of Capricorn’s men, which of course was the point of the masquerade. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Another good reason to call the police first thing. If he’s stolen what you set aside for yourself, Crow, he’ll need to answer for it.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

An unfortunate pickpocket attempted to steal Butler’s wallet. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Every belonging that could be carried or unscrewed had been stolen long ago, so for the first few nights we camped on the floor. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was cradling a bundle in her arms and giggling sort of guiltily, like she’d stolen a candy bar from a dime store. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Only later Wing went to divinity school, thanks to China Mary, and Luke went to the county jail for selling stolen car stereos. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We started going back again and again to steal more. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Officer Lance Houston of the state police says that because there was no sign of alcohol use and because the car wasn’t reported stolen, Daldry was not being charged with any offense. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He told me he had broken into a neighbor’s house and stolen a gallon jar of pickles. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were strange and shaggy affairs, woven out of stolen things—dropped ribbons and hanks of hair, fringe torn off shawls and even shed feathers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Even in countries where chimp flesh is not eaten, mothers may be shot so that hunters can steal their babies and sell them—for pets, for zoos and circuses, or for medical research. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The two never figured out who had reported the stolen cloth. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Have you been trying to steal my wolf?” he asked her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It helped that his clothing and his woolen hat, stolen back in Gilju, were the dark green of army uniforms. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They had broken into foreign homes, knocked foreigners around, stolen right and left. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, DD is this lunatic man on Richmond Avenue who makes believe he’s the leader of organized crime on Staten Island, but all he handles are the hubcaps and radios that kids steal. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Across from them, a middle-aged man was seated in what appeared to be a plastic chair stolen from a third-grade classroom, examining the muzzle of his shotgun. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The new German asked him why he had stolen the flag. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He would steal, and more, just like Mama would. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

What monsters will creep from the darkness and steal my rationality? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

That way he wouldn’t have to steal the bow guard from Nali. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I say, almost choking, “then what on earth was it? Was it something you were trying to protect? Or steal? Or what?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We’d steal the cream from their cups and the coins from their pockets. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I would not steal. Stealing and begging make a man no better than a dog.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He wondered if it was the same one Magnet had stolen from Mr. Sir, although that didn't seem likely. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“But even if they can, it’ll take a while. In the meantime, Lorraine says we might as well have the food and not let strangers steal it from our babies’ mouths.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I certainly wouldn’t know. Perhaps it w'as stolen. I have warned you about intruders.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when Kathy went to the car to steal a few moments with the radio, she heard Mayor Nagin echoing her reluctance to return. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He’s clearly stolen the snake from my room. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He’d hand over his stash of stolen documents, then hang around a coffee shop while the papers were copied. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys were quickly drawn into the action—cheering at each shot and steal, laughing and trading high fives when one of the girls dribbled around a defender, leaving her competitor in the dust. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He was the one who had stolen the boat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Someone’s really sold you a bill of goods. Plenty of mortals are better at plenty of stuff than the Folk. Why do you think we steal them away?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“But story after story, and songs too, they all say that happens. They steal kids and they’re never seen again. It’s true,” she said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When they did steal, none of the loot ever showed up on the black market. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once, a cop caught us up there looking to steal but we had no goods on us. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But there’s nobody else around to touch you or gawk at you or try to steal a photo of you. You can just be.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A man in uniform opened the door but didn’t bring down a step—he said someone had stolen it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You were stolen from me,” he told her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So, if a fallen rabbi who purchased stolen goods wasn’t bad enough, we now had to deal with a swamp hermit on top of that. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They stopped him as he was trying to get back to his trailer undetected, and he slashed one of them in the arm with a knife he’d stolen from the Mess. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Best steal her quick, before Toregg wakes up and takes her first.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Vonetta, Fern, and me: “Hear the reverberation of a stolen black nation forever lost to foreign shores where thieves do not atone and Mother Africa cannot be consoled.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother had sewn our extra money into our coats so it couldn’t be stolen in a raid! Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Suli caravans had been following the same well-worn roads for years, and she had the skills to steal what she needed to survive until she found them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I stop worrying about my computer being stolen or cooked, I sleep through the night, the sick little plucking habit loses its grip. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could keep my things here without worrying they’d be stolen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Nick liked to shoplift, but Mo told him what to steal. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

‘What do you suppose he meant when he said he had expected something like me turning up as soon as that cup was stolen?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the boy could not be without laughing and play, let them steal to fill their bellies. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Most embezzlers lead quiet and theoretically happy lives; employees who steal company property are rarely detected. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

And nobody had ever stolen from him, though other boats in the marina had been hit several times. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hitler might lose the war, but he wouldn’t be willing to surrender all the art he had stolen. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Or at the very, very least, I could have reached in and stolen your phone to call the police. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The next day the representative would meet me at a prearranged place and would make the payment for what we had stolen—in cash. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no idea if four thousand won was a fair price for his stolen rice, but he happily sold it and bought some crackers and cookies. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She leans over and steals his laptop away from him, ignoring his noise of protest. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“They never get too old to steal,” he said. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So leading criminals into the heart of Fjerda to steal a valued prisoner is a patriotic act?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“When it steals a boy, we let it keep him.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And he certainly would never guess that I have not stolen anything, only taken back what is mine. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Somebody in the family had stolen it, and no one except the thief knew who. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like a thief trying to steal a good look at my father’s face through the rearview mirror. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

They would often sneak in and steal from the refugees. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever she dropped off to sleep, I would steal as many sentences as I could. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, “I’m sorry about letting him sleep here. It wasn’t the whole time. And I’m not trying to steal him.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He sinks back down into his recliner and keeps glaring at me like I’m the one showing up to steal his old .22 rifle. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you’re all right, but hurry up, Calder! I had to steal the keys. Hurry!” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve stolen quite a few copies of Mom’s books from the school library too—every time they replace them, in fact. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The addict steals, he hustles in other ways; he preys upon other human beings like a hawk or a vulture—as I did. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the Kinshasa police were for real and some were random guys in stolen uniforms, looking for bribes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Desperate to unload his stolen cache of documents, he approached a British businessman in Moscow named Greville Wynne, urging him to take a message to the British embassy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was more grateful than ever for those few stolen days we’d had on the beach. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was too big to steal and its owner refused to part with it to the sick widow with eight children whom Mack invented and patronized in the same moment. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel was young and had the taste of stolen honey in her mouth, but she still wanted to tell Mrs. Campbell that it was going to be okay. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

If the Soviets were going to get an atomic bomb any time in the near future, they were going to have to steal it. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that stolen strength...what would have happened if the ridderak had killed her, too? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Those four, they'll steal anything that jingles, even your hands if you got them tucked and they're making too much noise. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

My plan was to steal a first-aid kit and treat myself, but the nurse was there. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

All would make for useful hostages if and when Red Ronnet should return to try and take back the castle that his father had stolen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Originally, the police had arrested my mother for writing a bad check; but Dusty admitted he had stolen the checks, and she was released six days later. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Even though she would never have put the cookie in her mouth now that he had touched it, she added, “You can’t just steal other people’s stuff!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He demanded we row to shore, there to steal another. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“He’s stolen my mirror, and I’m going to leave unless we get it back!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As Pa speaks, I know that he thinks someone in our family has stolen the rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Sam had tracked down Bate, who, posing as Leon Longbridge, had stolen Frightful from Sam. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“So you cheated. And these magical beans weren’t enough? You had to steal the answer sheet, too?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“If only someone could practice stealing threads from you, Ivan. So if the Nightingale tried to steal yours, you’d know how to stop it.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She gets off at four, so I have time to write out the day’s words on stolen index cards before Mom gets home. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Stolen rivers and mountains the stolen land will eat their hearts and jerk their mouths from the Mother. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Probably she didn’t want to eat stolen goods. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After all, every one of us regularly passes up opportunities to maim, steal, and defraud. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“You asked what would make me marry a man who liked to steal. What makes you think he liked it?” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I immediately notice the padding over my breasts, adding curves that hunger has stolen from my body. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get them out every time, but if they was gonna steal on me, they had to earn it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only halfway listened to what Mrs. Amos was saying, I was too busy keeping my eye on my suitcase wondering if they’d stolen anything from it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The comrades acted like a group of neighbors sitting in judgment upon one of their kind who had stolen a chicken. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You didn't steal the sunflower seeds," he said. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Don't tell anyone,” said Thor to Loki, “but the hammer of the gods has been stolen.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“But then,” Lazlo added, “if someone managed to steal it from you—” He looked to her bare wrist where no moon charms now hung. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Last time she’d stolen fruit from me, that was exactly what I did, and I got a beating from Mamita as a result. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Indentured servants complain all the time and steal us blind at the first opportunity. I’ll never hire another.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could afford to be stolen from, but I judged them harshly for doing so. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this time, her two girls are staring at me like I am trying to steal their favorite thing. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Sure, he could have stolen some out of the garden in the back, but for some reason that didn’t feel right. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I open the tin, ready to steal a few of the butter-flavored ones, praying Daddy won’t notice any are gone, praying he won’t realize I broke in here in the first place. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

That night the Voice of the People offices were routinely burglarized, the three rented electric typewriters and the enlarger stolen. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This kid will steal the shoes off your feet while you're running after him to get your purse back." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

If they assess that they can’t return to that nest, then they will either steal or build another. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t shake the idea that Cofield might send people to her house to steal her mother’s Bible or the lock of hair she kept tucked inside it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I ask Janae as she’s laid out on the bed as if someone has stolen all her joy, all her sweetness, and turned her into a stagnant pool of salty water. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

According to Hattie’s sisters, Faulkner had begun to steal money from her while she was “under the influence of a narcotic.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I don’t usually care about the stuff we steal, except how much we can make when we sell it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the air we breathed was drawn in by a stolen fan, run by stolen current. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Cilla, who steals all the cookie dough from the cookie dough ice cream and leaves me with just the boring vanilla. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It never happened again as far as I know—the street sittings—but quiet as it’s kept she did try to steal that baby although there is no way to prove it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

France at that time was flooded with Egyptian artifacts, stolen by Napoleon and later made available to Western scholars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear collapsed backwards—into the arms of another man who had stolen up the path behind him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Discounting a totally negligible incident a couple of years earlier, when he had methodically dragged the entire apartment for a mislaid or “stolen” tennis-racket press. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I wondered if Exalted Lord Crocodile had stolen it.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

We may raise the possibility that Mr. X mislaid his picnic basket and chose to report it stolen in the hopes of making a claim on his insurance, and so on. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then, popping up cunningly out of the blue: How many dollars’ worth of stolen goods have I purchased in the last year? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s this wild animal here. We employed him only last month, and he already wants to steal everything in my house.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I steal a little bit from my momma’s cabinet every day. Refill it with water. She’s so drunk all the time she doesn’t notice.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They could steal a meal among the swedes, halt till darkness and cover the short distance to the farm after a good rest. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I steal a glance to the side, he makes a snap at my throat. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he’d gathered the courage, Roza was stolen by a man who looked like everyone and no one at all. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

People who were dropped on their heads always worry someone will steal their stout. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But he did not dare to put the basket down because he was afraid something might be stolen from it. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He lifted Sophie’s picture and kept turning it, his eyes darting back and forth, as if he might steal something new from the shape of her face, another profile, an unwitnessed angle. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or better yet: It was right here in my pocket; someone must have stolen it. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Sound and air were stolen, and joy and thought and purpose. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Standing on the platform was the man who had once been engaged to my mother and who, at my father’s hands, had had her stolen away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“They want to get to the Weapons Lab and—” “—steal the memory serum, yeah, I heard.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“What kind of person tries to steal from a penniless widow with ten children?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Louie just had a hankering to steal in his head and two persuasive liters of German brew in his belly. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

And that was when I remembered Jim Hawkins, climbing up the side of the Hispaniola to steal her, tearing down the Jolly Roger flag, sitting in the crosstrees and holding Israel Hands back. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Any featherpated girl can steal a heart It lies in giving, in putting on, in adding, in smothering without the pillows. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old silver there was of some value, she told the lawyer, but it represented an almost insuperable difficulty for Luke: it required energy to steal it and transform it into money. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Billy still felt drunk, was still angered by the stolen steering wheel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The more you send the more chances someone along the way will steal the whole thing.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, Janey-Jane. When have I ever passed up the opportunity to steal a little sugar?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I needed a map and had a mind to steal a pass, too, if I could. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most recently, he served several years in prison for trying to buy jewelry at Macy’s with a stolen check, and filed several lawsuits while incarcerated. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

"Then . . . he should have them. He does not need to steal them. He had only to ask. He is my brother ... and my true king." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Even if they steal all your memories, they can’t steal the amazing life you led. Whenever you forget, just come in here until you remember again,” I said. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I went through those pictures, knowing how much my family pictures meant to me, and I thought, I haven’t stolen a camera. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As I gaze up at the crystal stars glittering overhead, cold steals the breath from my mouth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Jeanine attacked us to steal it. And if I am not careful, she will destroy it, so that is all I can tell you.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Leaving the maps, then, Bloom talked about the history of the north, about land grants and how they had been lost, strayed, or stolen, divvied up. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. As soon as the storm ends, I’ll search for some food. You need fish. There’s plenty of it, barrels. I just need to steal some.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was no longer worth killing someone to steal their crack turf, and certainly not worth being killed. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Flies,” he remembered, “On the white wonder of dear Juliet’s hand, may seize And steal immortal blessing from her lips, Who, even in pure and vestal modesty, Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew better than to steal from temples—especially Pluto’s—and the fauns never came up here. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“No. I don’t steal from them, thank you very much,” said Miles. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Nobody steals from Rocky, man. He takes care of this 'hood. Nothing but respect." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They carried him to a cabin where he was strapped to a yellow Barca- Lounger which they had stolen from a Sears Roebuck warehouse. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He orders baklava for me, and I am so hungry that I steal a piece from the bag when he’s not looking. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Shephard asks me how much money was stolen, and he whistles when I tell him. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need you to steal the file.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Therefore, Voldemort would be entirely dependent on the Elixir, and if it ran out, or was contaminated, or if the Stone was stolen, he would die just like any other man. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

To say I had stolen money was merely Aycliffe’s excuse to declare me a wolf’s head. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You would not kill me. You did not steal me from murderers to murder me yourself.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, if I was going to steal any of it, I’d hardly be here giving it back to you, would I?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“A squirrel who writes poetry? Pah! Squirrels are nothing but thieving rodents. Rats with fluffy tails! They’re bullies who steal food from innocent birds.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He had quarreled with his father and climbed out on a winter night with a sack of his own belongings, and some he had stolen, tied to his back. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

On these benches you see men sleeping, stretched out, or couples sitting, young couples, who steal glances at each other shyly and whose hands flutter in the air, happening to touch. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I move to step closer, to steal back a few more inches, to be just that much nearer to him. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

"Are you sure he's got the right Mohammed? It is the most common boy's name in the world. There has to be a mistake. Mo would never steal." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Tommy said he’d just gotten a postcard from the National Gallery of Art, “one of those Vermeer pictures, the stolen one,” from Frog. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “He done try to blow my head off Spencer. He done try to kill me to steal Leroy’s money!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I spit the dirt and leafs out of my mouth and told him, “I’m sorry, Mr. Leroy, I didn’t know he was gonna steal your money, I swear I didn’t know, sir!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

E.J. answers, “Basically, we’re sitting here feasting and celebrating that our nation was stolen from indigenous people. Columbus didn’t discover nothing.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If they lose it, or it is stolen by another beetle, they will have none. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“My grandmother doesn’t steal. White people give them to her.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luck smiled on me the next day, and I managed to steal a bundle of rags off the back of a wagon and sell them to a ragman for four iron pennies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But how are they supposed to have ‘stolen’ magic?” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Their messages jump from tree to tree with stolen electricity. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave them a fearful look, as if she were afraid they might try to steal her dinner, and slunk off into the shadows without a word. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

All the components I didn't steal for the trip to Schiaparelli. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lord Crow is welcome to steal into my bed any night he dares. Once he’s been gelded, keeping those vows will come much easier for him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Would I steal from my sweet queen? If it were a gift worthy of you, I would have put it into your soft hands myself.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced at the dining-room window— the one Mr. Lyte thought he broke the night the cup was stolen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His path had been stolen from him, by a monster. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There was the moment Papito discovered that the dogs had snuck into a hole in our house’s clay wall and stolen the meat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They decided that that very night they would try to slip away and steal out through the city into the open country where at last they could be together in freedom. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Marina answered him: “They are running away to the front all the same, they are taking things into their own hands, and it will be worse, you understand, if they steal airplanes to go.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were like the other blacks. You know how they love to steal.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Ernest had been at the Balboa house trying to steal a few days of rest when the invitation to Geneva arrived from Washington. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"I told you to shut up about the yielding. We don't even know who's in there. Maybe we can steal some food." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Jamie Lowry had somehow stolen the bolt cutter from the janitor’s room at school. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Louie had “stormed Hitler’s palace” to steal the flag in a hail of gunfire that had “whistled around his head.” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He still hoped to get what he wanted from the Black Rabbit somehow and he felt sure that they had been put into this burrow so that they would be tempted to steal away. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so the stolen guns and ammunition became just one more event in the Miracle Valley beanfield war that would never be explained. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d stolen a twelve-ounce bottle of beer, one bottle of Wild Irish Rose, two packs of Newport cigarettes, and about a hundred dollars in cash. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“How do we know you didn’t steal that sash from the real Miss Colorado?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

You steal his wife’s right to a husband, rob his children of a father. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

That little fink had actually stolen her Talent bracelet, and he’d been planning to sell it. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He even tried to steal other detectives’ leads. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

An unaccountable serenity had stolen upon me; I felt the operations of my wits as clean and mechanical, aiming only at that which needed to transpire: the flight at the appointed time across the mud. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She could show her stepsister the medallion in her pocket, but Ana would only think she had stolen it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a circular disk with nothing engraved on it, something we found lying on the floor of the hospital’s stairwell along with the stolen ID. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Allowing them to be together for more than a few stolen hours, without challenging the rules of the game. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I have been a stolen child,” I tell him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It knew thief and steal and, maybe, purloined. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Shan lowered her voice and said to Ifemelu, “I heard Grace steals her students’ research.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Here they were, back in Kansas City—dead broke, to boot, and driving a stolen car! In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cystic fibrosis will steal no more from me. From now on, I am the thief.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

"I heard your paintbrush was stolen," the judge said to him craftily, "so I had my officers search for it, and we've found it. I'm happy to return it to you." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The miller steals the flour, And the baker steals the bread. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I’m not allowed to help in the kitchen—I think Mrs. Byrne is afraid I might steal food. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Whenever there was a break in their conversation, one or the other of them would steal a glance in my direction as though trying to find it in himself to approach me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

How could they steal something that meant so much to me? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“He tried to steal the suit...the way you’re stealing it now.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

You had to play by his rules and, like him, steal by signing the right papers. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

"I bet my buttons that was your sister. Don't want her to steal all the glory, do we? Come on, everybody! Let's give a big round of applause to our newest tribute!" trills Effie Trinket. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“They don’t want to steal, they want to buy. Me. They got a corpse up there and they want a miracle.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

This Night Zoo had stolen many things from her in eleven years; these tears would not be one of them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It’s not that I don’t believe Great-Grampy JonJon’s career was ruined by a missing Joe DiMaggio glove that he didn’t steal. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

There are bars on the ground floor windows, not because we’re criminals or anything like that, but so no one busts in and steals from a bunch of kids who’ve already lost enough. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She wore her rimless glasses that Frank always liked to steal, and her fuzzy gray fleece pullover that smelled like cinnamon. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Does that mean you surrender and will give back the property you’ve stolen from us?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

How if a person dies, and their body is stolen by a zombie master, the zombie master will make the body rise and work all day and all night as a slave. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know where you might be able to find her. Careful boy, that one will steal your heart. Men fall for her like wheat before a sickle blade.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It was Skathis’s dying act—to steal the sky, as though he hadn’t stolen enough already.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I understand now that they had to steal to survive. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad held up his copy of the list of stolen items. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe if our parents hadn’t forbidden us from seeing each other, I wouldn’t have needed to steal her away like I did in the first place. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to steal and no work to be had. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I was told of the police confiscating weapons one day in one area, and then Inkatha forces attacking our people with those stolen weapons the next day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later when the ashes grew cold he would move to the top of the radiator, and then, sometime in the middle of the night, he would steal upstairs and curl up beside the old dog. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have slipped from her belt as she ran, or someone had stolen it and she'd never noticed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I had begun to steal logs to keep the stove fired. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She felt slightly guilty because she had just stolen a pot of the millet-and-honey cakes Aunt Chipo kept to fatten her daughter up. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked to see if the black Civic had been stolen recently. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I know exactly what happened to it. That Jacob Carlyle blew his knee out trying to steal third base during a game a few weeks later. Ended his career.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

"Can you come wi' me, sir? Nick's stolen the book of Hamlet." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

No mouse was going to steal the sword of the serpent. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I mean, where my mother clothes at? Where my mother shoes? I knew about her watch and ring, but it was stolen. That was after my brother killed that boy.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The boy hugged the toddler with alarm, as if Hanako would steal her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Suppose it were true—Adam, the most rigidly honest man it was possible to find, living all his life on stolen money. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

What if bargains were no longer needed to steal mortals away? The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s not funny,” I say, but a small smile is trying to steal over my face. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The first four lines, stolen from my sister: Black brothers, Black sisters, all of them were great no fear no fright but a willingness to fight. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Tobias will sit in it; if he’ll grin at me over breakfast; if he’ll look at me in that secret, stolen way that I imagine myself looking at him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She wondered where Kiyoshi would cook the precious rice he had stolen. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“No! No, this isn't what it looks like! I didn't steal this. The monks said I could have it!” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Leave it to Peach to steal Max’s thunder, though. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Their bodies, however, bore traces that could not so easily be erased, for more had been stolen from them than their memories. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Somewhere I have a family who have rooms filled with nothing but books and who still grieve for their baby who was stolen. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You would steal back to your own world with the boy and leave me here.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Sleeping at your posts, allowing the enemy into our Abbey to steal that which we hold most dear! Is this the way you defend us?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When one of Enrique’s meal cards is stolen, El Tirindaro gives him the unexpired card of a migrant who has crossed the river successfully. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Vonetta, Fern, and me: “Hear the reverberation of a stolen black nation forever lost to foreign shores where thieves do not atone and Mother Africa cannot be consoled.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, Papa, you told me once never to steal!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They had killed Archimedes, stolen his stuff, then messed with a piece of equipment they could never understand. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The cops reported their own car stolen and found it later on the beach. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He apparently had stolen the cloth from the factory floor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He said they were bad hens trying to steal their babies from us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew he was alone and that someone had stolen the bow guard from him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Doesn't learn to hide the belt or steal the bacon or kick the can . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I knew exactly what he was thinking: how can we steal this page? how can we get it away? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And not an animal on the farm had stolen so much as a mouthful. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Then as we moved off a group of boys ran among us and the men started using their lights, revealing darting figures in blonde wigs, the tails of their stolen dress coats flying. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him we'd probably have to steal from a store to get back the money. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then, too, there was quick money to be made chauffeuring stolen cars across South American borders. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be a tube of some kind in my throat, a tube that had stolen my voice. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And Mama knew that wasn't fair girls inside and boys going off to steal peaches! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

My lighter, more superficial side will always steal a march on the deeper side and therefore always win. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They had indeed been searching books for Flamel’s name ever since Hagrid had let it slip, because how else were they going to find out what Snape was trying to steal? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, I was playing soccer when I attempted to steal the ball and felt a searing pain in my heel. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll beg, steal, and cheat just to get a quick line. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I steal glances at her but try to act cool. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then they began attacking the boys at the back of the line to steal their food right after they got it. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s mental, if you could steal magic there wouldn’t be any Squibs, would there?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He faked as though he were going for the steal, then retreated as Rostelli switched hands and passed it to the other guard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now I have been stolen and I am just a piece of luggage for the Orcs. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There’s a woman who genuinely feels that Satan struck her at the checkout line in the supermarket, filling her with the urge to steal. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I thought it would be... Hey! I didn’t steal Jimmy’s bank, you know!” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I was hungry,” explained child bug boy Ralph Neves, who came to the races as an orphaned runaway, “and too nervous to steal.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the 70 as if it had stolen from me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

‘I’ve never yet bought stolen goods. I’m not going to begin now—not even with my own.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was wrong to steal the locket,” he says. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He seemed genuinely offended that she might have thought he’d stolen her notebook, but he still seemed friendly. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"I swear I didn't. I didn't know nothing about it. I swear I didn't steal that car." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Each morning there was a delicate period, between six and six-thirty, when there was a chance, however remote, that they could steal another ten or fifteen minutes of sleep. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Molly turns to Ralph and says slowly, “I did not steal that book.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

As she rotates away from him, Scoob can’t help but look around for all the places it might be possible to stash stolen jewelry. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I think perhaps she saw the wide twisted mouth and embarrassed eyes of Martin Hopps on her and felt that in some way she was reimbursing him for his stolen life. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a Spanish remake, I think—a comedy-gangster movie, full of hit men, bullets, and a suitcase full of stolen Swiss francs. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I understood him as saying she had stolen the seat, although it seemed an odd thing to steal. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Cagey baseball managers try to steal an opponent’s signs. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while a story would start about how young girls were stolen and enslaved by the controllers of the industry, and perhaps many of the stories were true. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had no idea how to steal a sound, even the smallest one, for the Soundkeeper always had at least one eye carefully focused on him. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Certainly not for a common swindler who'd have to steal the ring he put on her finger." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Scipio knows what he's doing. The Thief Lord doesn't steal handbags.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were never the same after that: they had seen what the white people had made from the stolen land. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But for a dog that left home to steal from everybody else—well, I didn’t see much chance for him if he ever got caught. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew my mother thought the marriage was a scandal, but this was the first I guessed that she saw Miss Love as a scoundrel, a villain, out to steal hers and Aunt Loma’s inheritance. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“No. In Tarbean at least I could beg or steal. I’d managed to survive in the forest for a summer, barely. But over the winter?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mosca swore that he hadn't stolen it from a gondola but had instead fished it from the canal behind the movie theater. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Erin hits shot after shot, pulls rebounds, get steals, and carries her team to a twenty-point lead by halftime. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early one morning, when no guard was around, Moniek caught a Hungarian Jewish prisoner trying to steal potatoes. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

No child in the alley would dare to climb into his courtyard to steal his mulberry leaves. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On deck” and then “at bat” and then “steal home.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I think today if we forbade our illiterate children to touch the wonderful things of our literature, perhaps they might steal them and find secret joy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In return for her freedom, they demanded that her father free the English prisoners he was holding, give back stolen English weapons and tools, and send a large quantity of corn. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The treasure had been given back to the earth, and it would be a sin to steal it. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On the contrary. He was seen in the yard, where he had no business to be, and when the chowkidars caught him they found he had stolen a calfskin.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rufus didn’t even mind being the Nazi dinosaurs most of the time and it was O.K. playing with him because he didn’t cheat and didn’t try to steal my plastic monsters. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Shin showed up with stolen daikon, he found market women eager to pay cash. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Or a stolen soul from one of the other children. Are they down here?” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“You’re reacting to your mom and dad splitting up by trying to steal someone else’s best friend. Mine. I see right through you.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He saw that the roof to his right was not joined to the one upon which he lay; that meant that no one could steal upon him from that direction. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It turned out later that only one horse had been actually stolen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We can’t know that, not for certain. We need to steal away before we end up fighting the woman I was sent to woo.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“So after the firecracker incident, the principal searched James Madison’s locker, and he found, like, a raccoon cap and a bunch of stolen answer sheets and other minor-deal stuff.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She just told him she got off the train and somebody had stolen her purse. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She confirmed that she had scaled the spire and entered through the oculus, but claimed she hadn’t come to steal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He runs through the last summer picnickers, who come despite the fog, and I pretend to be angry with him when he steals a block of cheese or a bag of Goldfish. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Please shut up,” she says, and she steals the ice cream back. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The news stories of long lines, of shipments of stolen lenses. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My bike was stolen during Easter vacation, and Father gave Mother’s bike to some Christian friends for safekeeping. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The same women who once harbored crushes would whisper as he passed by, “That guy was a church boy once and now he steals from his mother.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The more I began to stay away from home and visit people and steal from the stores, die more aggressive I became in my inclinations. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think she wonders if my dad steals things, or if I have a cousin who hits people. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, he was trying to steal those chips!” the clerk interrupted, shouting over the cop’s shoulder. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The stolen painting was probably in Switzerland or Brazil or Japan. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Plutarch asks Peeta if he can steal me for a dance. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the skim of shame that he had rinsed away in the bathwater after having stolen from Pilate returned. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cutwater rummaged around in a black oak chest of stolen goods. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“A stolen lucky charm," he always claimed, “brings only bad luck. Everybody knows that." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Supposedly, he had a great-great-grandfather who had stolen a pig from a one-legged Gypsy, and she put a curse on him and all his descendants. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He was probably still mad because the neighbor’s cat had snuck up on him and stolen two of his tail feathers. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’d steal it from an open room—that always seemed to work in the movies. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When you find a technique that works, steal it. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father says that the town steals our freedom; he says that we must build a castle across the river, on the lonely hill of the mockingbirds. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to speak—to say anything that would save his life—but he couldn’t make a sound, as if the air had been stolen from his lungs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“So, as you can see, we didn't steal the taxi. It's an old junker, and we were just...” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I get it. You think we've got some great treasure, stolen from Iraq." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

In my world, things existed to be stolen. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to steal to get stuff free, you know,” he said finally. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Here’s why I ran the number: Scott Pierce, Gonzaga’s neighbor, reported just now that his Windsurfer was stolen, along with his boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually there’d be a police chase, cop cars flying through after some guy with a stolen car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Hold on,” he said, “do you still want to steal the wing? Don't you get it? Scipio has never done a break-in in his life!” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of them is upset because a member of the rival 18th Street gang has stolen his shirt during a train stop in Chiapas. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Beatrice was a girl I saw in stolen moments at the mirror, who kept quiet at the dinner table. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Capricorn's sure to have stolen them long ago! He stole all the copies—you saw that!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You’ve already done your duty and stolen his heart. I assume he has told you the secret of how he might be defeated?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“He barters in stolen goods mainly, but he also has a few respectable clients with more, dare I say, discerning tastes.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t steal bread from a living boy, but I would wish death on him so I could take it without guilt? Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Others spake of boats stolen, of rivers navigated, of days spent humming on smacks. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Hugo learned that Prometheus had created humankind out of mud, and then stolen fire from the gods as a gift for the people he had made, so they could survive. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Still, the Soviets were absolutely determined to steal the bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See what happens when you steal food! Do you want that to happen to you?” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

That sounded as though they were going to steal something of his, something he had to get back. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

John Garrett was sure the men were scheming to steal their horses in the middle of the night. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now his nose is swollen and he meows whenever you pick him up—he was probably trying to steal food and somebody smacked him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I would have more luck trying to steal the moon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“These are items that were stolen from the tented houses.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Butcher them and hide the meat. Or sell it. You can get a good price for the hides from the troops. Sell what you can. I promise you, the stock will be stolen.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t care about us,” she tells me of the hotel guests; in fact, they don’t notice us at all unless something gets stolen from a room—“then they’re all over you.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A starving man will steal food from babies.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked to steal her sneakers and bury peanut butter sandwiches. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s not Roy’s bicycle. This one was stolen from Trace Middle School earlier this afternoon, shortly after classes let out.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They promised me that they wouldn’t steal from me again. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The doors are open, and I see a sprawl of things stolen from the human world, matchbooks, newspapers, empty bottles, novels, and Polaroids. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He put on the stolen cavalry hat and blinked upward into the black sky. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together he and Kira would steal away and leave the only world she had ever known. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'll steal one of the duplicates and send it to you. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I mean, if he lied about the war—why, he could steal.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t steal nothin’,” I said, suddenly feeling too tired to explain, even though I just woke up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

So usually when someone's house gets broken into, it's not to steal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He steals from those shops—anything that fits under his arms or in his pants. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Just walking down the hill toward the woods made something warm and liquid steal through his body. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Jesse claimed that if his computer were ever stolen or unplugged, he would read obsessively; Eric didn’t know what he would do, and hoped never to find out. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran hated that; it made him feel as if the Freys were trying to steal Jon's place. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For a moment Arya was afraid someone had found the sword and stolen it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“So that’s the only reason you drank that awful stuff this morning? So you could steal a teacher’s pen? For money?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They were discalced to a man like pilgrims of some common order for all their shoes were long since stolen. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Shin had never stolen clothing from another prisoner. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He’ll go look to see if the grass is good and for signs of predators or people who may want to steal the cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked past houses that had letters “G R,” George Rex, carved into the front door, property stolen in the name of the King. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Were you responsible for the death of a city patrol captain during a raid on the Los Angeles Central Hospital? Did you steal medical supplies and break into floor three?" Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He flirted so well with Hazel that he had obviously stolen her heart. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But where Europe had the profoundly different civilizations of China and Islam to steal from, Mesoamerica was alone in the world. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I went ice-skating less often, and when my skates were stolen, I never replaced them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s mine honestly. I didn’t beg, borrow, or steal it. I earned it, and I don’t think you’ll blame me, for I only sold what was my own.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sits next to me and steals a graham cracker sandwich. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Do you worry that it will ever be stolen?” she asked. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She shouldn’t trust anyone who steals money from their family, begs friends for change, and digs through her couch just to support her drug habit. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maddie hugged her knees, reeling with the magic and menace of that stolen flight. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are bright, her skin the color of the warm fudge my sisters and I used to steal from the kitchen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“You may keep your stolen rose," said the figure, “but in exchange, give me the first of your possessions you see upon your return." We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

There was the all-night ache in my stomach after I had climbed a neighbor’s tree and eaten stolen, unripe peaches. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mourn my first ones, faithful to the end but stolen. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since, she’s ranted about thieves, double- and triple-checking to make sure our doors are locked, worrying that someone will steal the truck, clutching her purse against her chest in crowded markets. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing at all. He's only here to steal something.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Don’t give in to them. If they steal the ball, they just steal it. We’re as good as they are.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

This is how they steal our right to smile. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

"Then let us hope your brother will be wise enough not to steal anything." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’ve barely been by the Hub because this garden work assignment puts me about as far from it as I can get, so I’ve only stolen a few glances at the Occupy encampment. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I steal a chance to go on deck and have my first sight of land in many weeks. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The prosecution, Miss Petrocelli, paraded in front of you a bunch of admitted criminals, people who have participated in stickups, buying and selling stolen goods, you name it. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘How many other boys could you find for the night’s work? Strong and trustworthy boys—for if one ounce of tea is stolen, the whole thing becomes a robbery—not a protest?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Georgie and I had carved ours more than once, using a jackknife we’d stolen from Mr. Wagner, one of the first caretakers. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They all steal glances into this room from the hallway. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A three-line email, an excerpt dug up from an archived letter, Hamilton to Laurens, You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent, drafted and deleted. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Why couldn’t he make a Sorcerer’s Stone, or steal one, if he was so interested in immortality?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have anything to steal, so they broke through the window for nothing. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Then I think of Zero’s surprised voice, his anger as he faced me in the final game, the way he’d stolen my Memories. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"The boy is my namesake,'did you know that? Robert Arryn. I am sworn to protect him. How can I do that if his mother steals him away?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If so, then the culprits were still at large—and still able to steal American nuclear secrets and pass them on to the Russians. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Vonetta: “I birthed a black nation. From my womb black creation spilled forth to be stolen shackled dispersed.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to them that anyone might try to steal them and run away from the danger, leaving them all behind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He wondered whether she could make him out at all; even if she could, it was the balding Muggle whose identity he had stolen that she would see. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Fissionable material could be stolen from nuclear reactors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A square of night sky, the same deep blue of the stolen rabbit rice bowl, was framed on the storage room wall. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Nothing wrong with that—you can bet I’d have a wicked big boat if I were rich, and a new hat, too!—but it gets my goat when rich people steal from me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was doing 6 months on a stolen property charge. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

A metal dealer never guessed that the grinning Italian kid who often came by to sell him armfuls of copper scrap had stolen the same scrap from his lot the night before. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tonight, there was no danger that they would be stolen. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would never steal from you, Sahib. I borrowed some books, yes. But I returned all of them.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She eyed his muscles, his height, his girth—all strength stolen from the dead Champions. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Booth has stolen the phrase, truth be told, from the state of Virginia. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just...I know he got sent to prison. What would make a lady like you marry a guy who liked to steal from people?” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Did Russia’s bomb-building efforts depend critically on blueprints of the already constructed American bomb, stolen and transmitted to Russia by spies? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’d steal the bait from the traps, spring the triggers, and sometimes even turn them over. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lexicon that had been misplaced, for instance: had Henry stolen it, knowing I’d come back for it? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He’d stolen a case of bottles from a shop at Winter sector’s edge earlier in the evening and sold all but this one for a grand total of 650 Notes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

"I'll ask you to explain all this later. For now, I'll be content to get back the book. You think someone hired him to steal it?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I try my crossover, butDad steals the ball like a thief in the night, camps out at the top for a minute. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Doubtless now that cup Mr. Lyte had actually stolen from him stood with the other three on the sideboard. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I didn’t do anything. Poseidon—my dad—he didn’t really have this master bolt stolen, did he?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Kids were getting their phones stolen and/or thrown into the lunchtime garbage can by older kids. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Five-year-old Eric Morse was thrown out of a fourteenth-story window by two other little boys, supposedly because he wouldn’t steal candy for them. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me that the night she tackled her mother’s medical records and ran home, she’d thought I was trying to steal them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I twist my head from side to side like I'm at a tennis match and steal another glance at my watch. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They had been stolen from villages all over Africa and spoke a multitude of tongues. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And they hadn’t even had to steal it! Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the first floor was a cafeteria, like one in a school, that had nothing you could steal or break. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Although Scipio had stolen his father's sea chart, they still lost their way twice. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She has the bananas look on her face that happens in museums, like she’s going to steal the art. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Had that Accursed One stolen this from the palace itself? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I know that Jeanine decided to murder half a faction to steal it, so it must be incredibly important,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bad immigrants pack drugs, break into your place, and steal things, he says. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“It tastes better if you don’t steal it,” she answered. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the stolen ink pen, hidden in my suitcase. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Did you two ask Ms. Grayson to steal my merchandise for those Internet videos?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They had to retrieve something which was stolen from them, which turned out to be— SCORPIUS: —people they loved. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

While making his rounds on a motorboat one day, Lima observed four men leaving a Walgreens carrying stolen goods. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Our parting was hasty, the moments stolen from his hours with his mother and the king. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I care because you tried to steal my bracelet.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Grace. I heard she steals her students’ research. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If a train stops even briefly, they crouch by the tracks, cup their hands, and steal sips of water from shiny puddles tainted with diesel fuel. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Try to understand. You’re dreaming. There is no Edward, and nothing to steal.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The government might be able to steal our lives from us, but they can’t steal our thoughts. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Your truck will be here, and the key will be in the ignition — unless you’re afraid someone might steal it.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to steal Newt’s keys and help her escape. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Milo was crestfallen, but from that moment on he trusted Yossarian with every secret but one, reasoning shrewdly that anyone who would not steal from the country he loved would not steal from anybody. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"Perhaps so. But you must allow that I had the good taste to steal only from the best." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Though she was aware of his gaze as she crossed the room, by the time she managed to steal another look at him he was once again indifferent, focused on his knees. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, so I have to carry the stolen goods? Nice. Real nice.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

‘No. She thinks these days I’m bad enough to steal a wig off a parson’s head.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shoe that had been stolen from our apartment. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you should be the one to help us steal some food, not me,” he continues. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Once, long ago, he had cared what Pilate and Hagar thought of him, but having conquered Hagar and having disregarded Pilate enough to steal from her, all that was gone. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they had stolen them from the real winners. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other women in the village told Ma this woman had stolen chicken for them in exchange for jewelry. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You do not have the power to steal my magic, boy!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You done helped me to steal enough from the folks you worked for to put you in jail already.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Had she stolen it, and if so how and who from? Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you cheated. You tried to steal the other team’s hard-earned information.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Was I so desperate to survive that I would steal bread from a sick boy? Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

You’d have to be a thief of the worst class to steal one slice of bread and no one would ever believe him, not even Aunt Aggie. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They wore only what bits of armor they had looted from dead rangers or stolen during raids. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They’d run out of rice yesterday, even though Papa had sold the “stolen” wheat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Whatever energy he had left has been stolen from him by this revelation. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They owned a prehistoric car, which they had bought with the proceeds from the silver platters they had stolen from their parents’ house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if on command, Nin began to speak: “What do you want to know, girl? Did they steal it? Did I help them? Yes and yes.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He would need to find new clothes soon; most like, he'd need to steal them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, our golden agouti vanished, stolen by someone who ate it, Father sus­pected. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He did not steal it. He couldn’t have stolen it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had to do with a name, and the discovery that, in addition to being lost or forgotten, they could also be stolen. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His mouth watered at the cold veal and cream pastries and champagne Akaky consumed the night his precious coat was stolen, in spite of the fact that Ashoke had never tasted these things himself. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was so tiresome—people always thinking you might steal. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He did not believe that even Loki would have dared to steal his hammer. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Squibbles tried to steal a few fabric strips to line his drey, the nest made of leaves and twigs high in one of my forked branches. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The fever departed, and Dr. Trefusis now in health, he walked abroad, dressed in his stolen habiliment, swinging a cane like a beau of the first fashion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He has his arms around a live turkey he has stolen out of someone’s yard. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you going downtown with Hamza to loot and steal. It’s wrong! We didn’t raise you to be a thief. And it’s worse that you’re teaching your brother.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t steal—it’s leftovers from lunch, mostly little bags of potato chips or animal cookies. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The hold of the saucer was crammed with other stolen merchandise, which would be used to furnish Billy’s artificial habitat in a zoo on Tralfamadore. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also brought the memory of the haint in the marsh that tried to steal my power. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, I’m living like a normal teenage girl, making up for the years that were stolen from me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There has been little opportunity since then for anything more than too-brief stolen moments. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She referred softly to the fact that her uncles had long ago stolen the deed to the estate. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Because when I came home, the car—my car—was missing. I thought someone had stolen it.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

In his less generous moments he believed his brother had been stolen from him, that the unfairness of taking such a beautiful man so young put many things into question. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“That bird belongs back in the book it was stolen from.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We were black kids, and he expected us to be in his gift shop to steal. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we’ve both had the ball stolen and thrown back, played defense and offense. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He’s all grins as he steals a quick kiss. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mom thinks they’re all out to steal from her so she rifles through their coats and shopping bags when they’re working. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around him, suspended from the tree like misshapen fruit, were other new items: stolen shirts, socks, a length of rope, a tin cup, an extra blanket, sacks of food. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I knew it was his fighting in Vietnam that made him turn to drugs, and I knew it was the drugs that made him steal from us. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The situation had stolen her dignity, and it pained him to bear witness. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Still . . . Hades has the helm of darkness. How could anybody else sneak into the throne room and steal the master bolt? You’d have to be invisible.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The writers forget that the few seconds they add to their own lives come at the cost of many minutes stolen from the lives of their readers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You told Andrew to steal Sierra’s library card.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“She said I would retrieve what was stolen.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of my eye, I spy my parents steal another one of those silent, meaningful looks at each other. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Not really. Anyone foolish enough to steal a scythe’s ring is quickly removed from the world, so they cease to be a problem.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It's tech stolen from the Colonies, Dad once said, although of course the Republic would never tell you that. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He knows it's wrong to steal from the church, but he tells himself it's for the greater good, it's a war for truth that he's waging. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard now to find the time for stolen visits with Prudence and Hannah. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

If it was absolutely safe, they'd try to steal some food and water from the camp kitchen. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I wished I still had the iodine so I could drink, too, but of course it had gone when the street soldiers had stolen my bag. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were thousands and thousands of books, no doubt banned or graffitied or stolen. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And it must have been stolen from a stove some-where inside the prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finds nothing to take with him, as he is unwilling to steal a sign, and the only other things out in plain sight are scraps of paper and the occasional smushed piece of popcorn. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m not no millionaire,” I say, thinking about the stolen sock. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, her name’s not really Boots, it’s Margaret, but we call her Boots because in the winter she steals everybody’s boots and runs around in them and because of this musician my dad likes.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even the five-and-dime, which isn't segregated now but where a woman is paid, my grandmother says, to follow colored people around in case they try to steal something. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Their best player attacks, steals the ball, passes it down court to an open man, who shoots it just left of our sub goalie, who normally plays midfielder: Buzzer. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Beat her butt good. Ain’t nobody got the right to steal your man.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was still wondering at Rosa Parks, and how someone could steal a bus seat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Since they had begun to fend for themselves, Prosper had learned how to steal. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But they had strength and cunning, and they had found a way to steal and harness other people’s powers for their own needs. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other users will then lie in wait until the rich user has turned his back, then hack into his inventory and steal those power-ups. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had the idea that as long as we didn’t steal food, she was safe. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He had stolen away from the school, not wanting anyone to witness his painful passage down the street to the bus stop. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One further bond it established—you cannot steal from your benefactor. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I completely miss one of Cala’s pitches because I mix up the fastball and changeup signals...which gives the Red Devil on third base the perfect opportunity to steal home. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

When a fresh batch of blank exams sits piled on the table, I steal a copy for myself and slip it under the refrigerator. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now turn your pockets out so that I can see that you didn’t steal anything and you can be on your way.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because that’s what you do when you take away someone’s babies—steal their future. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t only the sky that had been stolen that day, Lazlo learned, finding out, finally, the answer to the question that had haunted him since he was a little boy. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It’s ’cause the food was stolen from that grocery store. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you think they would take you back alive to say they had stolen it?” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he got ready for bed Hugo took out the mechanical man and looked through all the little parts he’d stolen since he started working at the booth. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

They had fought in animal form, transformed into seals, competing to obtain the necklace of the Brisings: Loki had stolen it from Freya at Odin’s request, and Heimdall had retrieved it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

When they found the horse, it was still standing there, tied to the fence, only somebody had come along and stolen the saddle off it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It sounds like someone getting stolen away from you. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Like sometimes we used to go downtown and steal gold chains. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annie told me to switch my good luck charm to my front pocket, because in New York pickpockets steal stuff from your back pockets and you never even feel a thing. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I laugh and steal some of her candy. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“And with what money? Did you steal from us?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, they hadn’t stolen money nor anything else of value, just a book. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Eventually the boys thought Cannon had passed out and tried to steal his wallet. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Rontu,” I would say after he had stolen a special fish I had speared for my supper, “tell me why it is that you are such a handsome dog and yet such a thief.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course they had to try to steal something—they were starving, after all—and the SS would never miss the little they could take. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Releasing a secret document he had essentially stolen from Rand was a betrayal of Rowen’s trust and would hurt him, both personally and professionally. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Grant Burch's dad was saying how Gypsies steal dogs for fighting and then eat the evidence. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I was just about to take a picture of the diamond when I remembered that my phone had got stolen. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

His mother would have been amused about meat being a stolen good, and even by her funeral ending up a brawl about stolen meat. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Which means he probably didn’t steal it, and it has a different meaning for him and is worth carrying around with the risk of losing or dropping it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The runaways, ragged, dirty, hungry, cold, did not steal the gun as they might have, and set off by themselves, or turn back. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In those days he was a small-time thief whose heart was stolen by Veronica Saldivia. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Well, maybe he’d learn to care a little more if he didn’t have his precious stolen treasure to sell. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Every memory that had forged it had been stolen from Shukra. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She would have gone on crying if her daughter hadn’t forced her to get dressed, forget about herself, and look for help, even if it meant she had to steal from her father’s household budget. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The week before, I had stolen the watch without breaking a sweat. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When they entered, they saw what they thought were stolen goods on the dining room table. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The worst part was, I didn’t care that we had stolen. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We don’t bother to lock up our bikes since there’s no one around to steal them. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“The machines got stolen, you know all about that.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I speak softly and hope they’ll steal some of my quiet and walk underwater with me for the space of a few breaths, and then I never see them again. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few seconds, Woolf and Seabiscuit had stolen the track from him, nullifying his post-position edge and his legendary early speed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We steal cows so the Marines can eat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The bridge was slowly cobbled together with the girls’ stolen memories. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At one point she’d decided she needed to get a safe deposit box for her mother’s Bible and hair; later she asked if she needed to copyright Henrietta’s signature so no one would steal it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Probably because who would think a kid my age would steal something that looks like brown snot? Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Shame at having stolen a skeleton, like a kid on a Halloween trick-or-treat prank rather than a grown man making a hit. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He steals glances instead, watching the way the light falls over her skin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The white vapour creeps painfully round before it ventures to steal away over the edge. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she is carried from the room, she steals one last glimpse of her husband. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But then he tried to swing around me and steal the ball and missed. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The nasty fellow who had tried to steal my bucket on my first visit, Dibdin, leaned his face against the bars. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glance over at Suma, who floats peacefully in her pod, having her memories of her home and mom stolen that very moment. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Suppose the thief didn’t steal outright,” I said. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I saw him steal a glance at me and look away. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The garage chief believed nobody was loony enough to steal a marked police car. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He showed off the prize he’d just stolen—Leo’s tool belt—then danced away. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Like the seagulls that fly around the lunch tables, trying to steal someone’s sandwich. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

That’s where Harrison Weed lived, the man who had dropped her off at the Colored Orphan Asylum and stolen away her sisters. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I should go to the market and see what I can steal. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She had been spending every minute that she could steal from her chores under that tree for the last three days. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I had not intended for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to triumph from my trick and be so satisfied with their stolen favors. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Were we going to steal the clapper of the school bell, or would we tether a cow in chapel? A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, I steal a letter addressed to Elowyn from a knight’s desk in the palace. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Kidnapping. Grown-up-napping really. My parents have been stolen away into a world on the other side of the mirror in our hall.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Who wants you to fix their gadgets when they think you might steal their info? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bodega was still the same, believing he could recapture what had been lost, stolen, or denied to him and his people. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

For a bowl of food with a tiny bit of meat, he would pretend to go into a trance and find lost objects and catch boys who had stolen things. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can a dwarf steal the web from under a spider?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Many people were complaining of robberies—basic necessities like sadza and cooking oil were being stolen. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Throughout the city, fights broke out between looters trying to steal one another’s booty. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He was convinced they’d stolen the championship, and he insisted that the world know it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, realizing suddenly that I just wanted to get out of there—away from a place where people would think I’d steal. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Nowhere else in Camp 14 was there so much food to steal. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A gang of kids, thinking she was one of the local toughs, tackled her and tried to steal her pants. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he’d try to steal her cells, thinking they might be valuable like her mother’s. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“What would a human be doing with such an item? Did you steal it?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You ask us to lie so that you may steal the Crochan and steal our own efforts with it! You are mad, Ellidyr!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He said to himself, “But of course he knew who took it. Who else would have stolen Marcus Aurelius?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In it were the weapons they had stolen from the old man. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother would notice missing bills, but he could steal coins with no worries. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Erik and Arthur don’t have any friends. Not since we started rounding up all of that stolen jewelry. No. Nobody but Arthur Bauer, Sr., is saying it was a fair fight.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would steal apples from people, but other than that, he was as good a horse as she could hope for. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

"She steals in on little mice feet, but a man hears," he said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She wished she had a heart of ice and a clever smile, not the trembling lips of a child whose father had been stolen away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Think you can steal the key for us?” said Emma, rattling the cage’s locked door. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Others had tried to steal the credit for the geoheliocentric system from him but, properly, it belonged to him alone. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It felt like a confession, as though I had stolen something that now belonged to Fred’s family. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Must be it’s too much work to actually haul up the trap and steal the lobster. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or passing them in narrow halls where they try to jump you, steal your shoes or money. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Assault suspect heading east on Fifty-eighth Street—carrying stolen item. Immediate help requested.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He held out a slightly trembling hand, and in a dreadful blast of realization Harry knew that the goblins of Gringotts were aware that Bellatrix’s wand had been stolen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I hung the fresh cuts of venison up in the dog run, right where Old Yeller had stolen the hog meat the night he came. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra looked at Andrew, the boy.who had stolen her library card during the escape game. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Baleful cries rang up and down the stairwell, all echoing the same news: the basin on the stairwell had been stolen. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

How often had she and Viserys stolen away in the black of night, a bare step ahead of the Usurper's hired knives? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He told her of trolls who steal people's feet and gods who abandon the poor. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

But by the time I made it back to the ground floor, where the daylight they’d stolen had somehow returned, they had vanished from the house. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Now he was alive to the risk that a private corporation might steal away with the rights to his invention if he did not promptly establish his prior claim. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The stolen plates had been swapped out for the ones registered to the address, but I recognized the car by the gash that ran across the driver’s-side doors. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“She’s stolen his tongue as well as his heart. All his words are for her. He can spare none for us.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And his boats and nets were gone, he knew—confiscated or stolen. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

But most of the workers were used in the sorting sheds, stacking the clothing and suitcases and possessions stolen from the prisoners, dividing them into piles to be sent back to Germany. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I fear that Minas Tirith shall fall. Night comes. The very warmth of my blood seems stolen away.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Easy,” I said, thinking of the stolen pen hidden in my suitcase. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

If a mugger were to steal her purse, he wouldn’t get any money, because she carried that in a wallet in her skirt pocket under her coat. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Money? No money was stolen. After all, there was no money to steal, for I had not been able to vend even one of these delicacies. He stole the hot dogs. “ A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that he also believed she had “stolen” it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Useful things ... your father used it mainly for sneaking off to the kitchens to steal food when he was here.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Washington’s lost letter, stolen from a saddlebag by British spies, asks for help from a Philadelphia dentist. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the day I left things on the back step—a jar of jam, a drumstick—but I could never be sure they were not stolen. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“I’ve told my sister that you’re not allowed to leave the house and that her housekeeper is to keep an eye on you to make sure you don’t steal anything.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go buy me a croissant and a coffee, unless you’re going to steal my coins, too.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Most of the furnishings had been stolen from the Sears Roebuck warehouse in Iowa City, Iowa. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only an idiot would have answered: “Yes, ma’am. I steal.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had gone to bed knowing my uncle was a thief who would steal from his nieces. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Sanderson told the family lawyer that at any rate there was really nothing in the house Luke could steal. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

One night he burglarizes a corner store and steals food, toothpaste, Pepsi, and diapers for his baby boy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He steals a key ring from the horn of a sleeping djinn and throws it to a mermaid imprisoned on a salt stone at the center of a pink lake. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

For the next couple of weeks, Kim continues to steal corn for us whenever we run out. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do not try to save it. Someone will steal it.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

My dad looked ashamed, like he had asked me to steal him a bottle of Jack Daniel’s or something. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That boy must have snuck back in and stolen the paper, hoping I’d forget his name among the thirty thousand students I’m responsible for! Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Aru found that very scary, because it meant she wouldn’t know when something had been stolen from her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Noun: An extra shoe you keep in your pocket. In case someone steals one of yours while you’re asleep with your head under the mailbox.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

And the smell went out and out into the surrounding forest, and drawn by the smell, the eagles came back, started trying to steal it from the sled dogs. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"I never plan to, you know, steal one," he told them. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

More than two score of rodents carrying a strong rope net between them had stolen up on the sleeping badger. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But in the hardest winters, when the scavenging was poor and the hunting was worse, Nin had taught Sefia to pick locks, pick pockets, and even steal huge hocks of meat without anyone noticing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

That is, Erik and Arthur will make full restitution to all of you for all of your stolen property. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were deaf as posts and too scared to move, even before they realized they were looking down both barrels of the gun they’d come to steal. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw him steal seed grain,” another testified. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the same person who steals our children and poisons the water. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Standing before her were the stolen mounts of the gods. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was incredible that anyone would steal from such a man. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had stolen a halfgallon of strawberry ice cream from the freezer, and I forced spoonful after spoonful down my throat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Texas, he’d steal a bottle of Maker’s from the liquor cabinet and get wasted with half the lacrosse team and maybe, afterward, climb through Liam’s window and hope to forget by morning. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It had seemed to Lee the only clean pure way was to steal it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She intended to steal only a few squirts. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Which trunk did you steal those from? Cost more than a third class ticket, I’d say.” I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder now if the day I set out to steal that tax return wasn’t the first time I left home to go to Buck’s Peak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The loser of the watch, the person from whom it had been stolen by us, I later found, had described the repair that it needed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fourteen hundred years later, the descendants of those first stolen eggs filled my grandmother’s silkworm box on the Giulia. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She had let him know they had rice, and he had stolen it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

If I can get to the Pizza Pit before Bryce and Aurora’s Head Start bus shows up, I can steal my favorite five minutes of the day. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She glared at me like I was going to steal her birds. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“No one will steal lettuces soon,” said Fiver quietly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran back to the wounded girl who’d stolen her armor. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Soon it grows dark and through the deck opening I steal glances at the bright stars as they twinkle gaily at me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who in this shop would steal gold—who was treacherous enough, low enough—save Ibni the Babylonian? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

True, the Babylonian seldom handled the sweep, nor had he stolen the little ingot as Ranofer had at first suspected. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Although I supported these objectives, I believed that the Communists were trying to steal the thunder from the ANC’s National Day of Protest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Claude taught Hugo how to steal, which Hugo hated more than anything, but sometimes it was the only way to get something to eat. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Jang was also given a coveted job on a nearby farm, where there were opportunities to steal corn, rice, and green vegetables. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

His voice was filled with a child’s enthusiasm, a desire for life that Jesse’s suicide had stolen from me and Audrey both. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Once I visit old country. I pay man to do for house. But he was bad. He steal rent. Now can never go back again.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

It had stolen her home, her family, her work, her good name. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Personally I have stolen an arm and a leg. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are stalls for stolen artwork, poached ivory, currency exchange between virtual notes and bitcoins and Japanese yen, and, of course, gambling on both Warcross and Darkcross games. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Some beg. Some steal. Lots o’ young girls taking up the trade, the way girls always do when it’s all they got to sell. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The runs all failed; Mandela lost control of the ball once, and twice it was stolen by Santos defenders. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He’s remarkably easy to steal from; his trunk combination is the date he got his first broom. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

But the children had stolen all his wonderful beards. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of that as yet I was undecided, but it would give me pleasure if my bags were brought up from the ground floor in order that they might not be stolen. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Afraid that someone would steal his own body after his execution, Holmes left instructions with his lawyers for how he was to be buried. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The boys were on the floor with the blankets, using extra towels stolen from a cleaning cart as pillows. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted everyone I met to know that there was a beautiful little girl whose life was stolen and that she is my little sister—she would always be my little sister. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Ernest comforted Mollie, whispering, “Lie still,” as the perpetrator roared away in the stolen vehicle. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As we curve around into the loop of the City Circle, I can see that a couple of the other stylists have tried to steal Cinna and Portia’s idea of illuminating their tributes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I cleaned the girl's knees with alcohol stolen from a bar, letting her bite down on a rag so she wouldn't shriek and draw attention to us. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Why are we going to the Mess? Are you going to let me steal some extra mayonnaise packets? Mayo counts as, like, what? Eggs?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Ti Jean says you might be talking to a demon who will steal your spirit. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“You didn't steal that copper wire, did you?” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The Polish composer Chopin’s heart was smuggled in a booze jar out of Paris and to a Warsaw church, where it was then stolen by Nazis before being returned. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

How odd, he thought, to have his home stolen, and yet feel relieved. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s half of the bedsheet that was stolen from your tent this morning,” Milo explained with nervous self-satisfaction, his rusty mustache twitching rapidly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Those kids on the ball field looked big, like they wouldn’t appreciate having their ball stolen. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I am on my own, in a dirty room, sprawled on a dirty mattress with a blanket that looks like it was stolen from a child. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“And tomorrow someone will steal one of his,” said Johnny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even steal no more. Not from grocery stores or nothin’.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He could steal the horse and ride north. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each one was fitted with a cloth bag over her udder to keep the milk from being stolen. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt like somebody had stolen one of his hands. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Companies arranged kickbacks for buying certain products, and a black market in stolen equipment thrived. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They soon grew as fierce as the wild ones and only came back to the village to steal food. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the horse gate, plundered gods and stolen he-roes loomed to either side of them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Those gigantic seabirds, they keep what they take. Also, they steal buttons. And hairpins.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I pulled the stolen dog cookie from my pocket. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And sure enough, there was only one, and so I pulled into the empty parking lot and parked the car directly beneath a street light, because cars are always getting stolen on I-Drive. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ever since the Kerkopes had stolen it in Bologna, he was scared he might get belt-jacked again, though he doubted any monster was as good at thievery as those dwarfs. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, they tracked back to a red RAV4 that reported its plates stolen that afternoon. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

When a man set his wall of net upcurrent from your own he’d “corked you off,” stolen your fish by getting to them before they could get to you. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They had “stolen” much more, and Jiichan separated the grain from the straw. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Nothing else in the house appeared to have been stolen, and the presence of the bag indicated that Anna had likely returned to her house at some point after the luncheon. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He steals softly over the grass, careful to make no sound; he pauses—fancying she has stirred: he withdraws: not for worlds would he be seen. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You’ll like this one. It’s about a young man who falls in love with the moon. He tries to steal it. Perhaps he’s your culprit.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"Sister or no," she had replied, "if you try to steal my son, you will leave by the Moon Door." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Henry says, reaching to steal the pillow back. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And so, like an underworld courier delivering a bag of ill-gotten cash, the modern traveler must steal out of Athens in the dark, and slip into Alexandria when nobody is watching. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Barack’s team would quietly reinforce the point, urging us to be more mindful of the politics, making me feel guilty and selfish for having stolen a rare moment out and alone with my husband. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The richest men in America lived in the Mississippi River Valley, and they made their riches off our stolen bodies. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I figured you didn’t have a dog—or he was deaf as a post. What does a minister have to steal?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t have fed you and washed you and nursed you if I’d known you were going to turn around and steal my husband.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were planning to steal the money pouch. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I thought for a long time she was a demon. I thought she’d stolen my mother at first. She scared me. I thought she wanted me dead.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I have made a plan: I will steal the safe-suit and leave the valley. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The ghost also claimed that Hermes had once hidden the stolen cattle of Apollo in that cave. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have to worry about that yet, though, because we add those bits last. Ron turned, speechless, to Harry, who had another worry. “D’you realize how much we’re going to have to steal, Hermione? Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

How else could she explain sitting silently on the seat of a stolen police boat while other police boats chased right behind? A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The only risk was that somebody had come along and stolen them or made off with the goods. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of Morgan Liddle’s mules had gone astray, but he seemed to think the Flints had stolen him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m jealous of every moment away from the work—impatient with anyone who tries to steal my time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What right? You gave us that lumber, we didn’t steal it. The same with the cement for the launchpad.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was sure the fall was more bad luck, and he was sure it was because of the stolen twenty. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

When you tell a lie, you steal a man’s right to the truth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She said this so that the ghosts would not steal us away. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, the dwarf had stolen the zipper right off Leo’s pants. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I had witnessed the sort of atrocities during the war that threaten to steal a man’s soul. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I had left the stolen book with the toad; the last thing I want Prince Dain to know is that I took something for myself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If he had seen the cattle on land-grant land or in some Acoma’s corral, he wouldn’t have hesitated to say “stolen.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell it to Evan. He says they can steal your breath. Or your soul or something.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

"She wasn't hungry," Sansa said, knowing full well that her sister had probably stolen down to the kitchen hours ago and wheedled a breakfast out of some cook's boy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

One of my workers swears the head cook can turn himself into a monkey and steal things from the guest rooms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Percy, the monster’s power is considerable. If the Titans were to steal it, or—” “You can’t,” I insisted. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It seemed like a steal at $2.5 million, but with the glut of rigs on the domestic market there weren’t any takers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, my brother, who had a zero period and always left for school an hour before I did, stopped by my room to borrow the Wu-Tang CD I’d stolen from him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Apothecary shops were broken into and medicines stolen; food was taken from the few farmer’s wagons to appear in town. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

For he shaved our skull, and cleansed our wound and bound it neat with bandages stolen from the home of an unsuspecting leader of the mob, ha! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His office revoked officers’ firearms permission several times a week, he said, for infractions such as being caught drinking while wearing a gun, menacing somebody with it, or having it stolen. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such a witness would prove that Johnny had owned a cup, before Mr. Lyte’s had been stolen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Best thing would be to break into the desk of a British commander, steal a pass and forge her name and his name on it, and act free. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They know well the route of the boat people and travel the sea looking to steal their valuables. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead, shadows began to steal between the trees, the long fingers of the dusk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“That is...I think...I’m pretty sure it was. Nobody was home, and it got stolen!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Theft implies acquisition of another’s property. It is ridiculous to imply you cannot destroy what you have stolen.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had gotten up in the middle of the night and stolen the rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I don’t want my vitiligo to steal it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Of course I knew their reason like I knew my own name: they wanted to steal my fine white woman away from me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many migrants have had their caps stolen, so they wrap their heads in T-shirts. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

These were marvelous singers whose voices would make a man forget all else, and at last their song would steal his life away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

You didn’t steal someone else’s story and pretend it was yours. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She was going to grow up and grow old and fill her head with memories that time would never be able to steal from her. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It didn’t make sense to plant if the kernels were going to be stolen. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

One day at a supermarket in Berkeley, Scruggs impulsively decided to steal a pack of Hostess cupcakes. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She must’ve gotten a steal at the bargain bin on green material. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t steal them,” the turkey man said coldly. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had heard that the houses surrounding ours had been looted; TVs and jewelry had been stolen. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There will be a guy who steals a thing and puts it in your car and the cops find it—something. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Police say he was joyriding in a stolen car after attending a dance,” the voice says so matter-of-factly, so empty of any feeling. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My days were spent looking for things to steal and ways to entertain myself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Very exciting. What is it you want from me, Van Eck? You want me to steal a shipment? The formula?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Bastian says, “This man escaped from a work camp. Tried to violate a farmhouse and steal a liter of fresh milk. He was stopped before he could do something more nefarious.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I know the world of pirated things—stolen videogames have no value because it’s cheaper and less risky to copy them. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes people who seem good end up being not as good as you might have hoped, you know? What if she had stolen your things?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t done anything to you. All this is mine. I earned it. I didn’t steal it from you. I’ve never seen you before in my life. Who are you?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After two days of nervous work the company hauled ten bushels of maize back to the Mayflower, carrying much of the booty in a big metal kettle the men had also stolen. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In 1949 the Soviets tested their first atomic bomb, using plans stolen by spies from American labs. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

‘I didn’t steal it. That was settled for all time, in court.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

On May 18, he awakens to find that someone has stolen his right shoe. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I have it not, I have it no more! It was, many years ago, stolen from me!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I should have stolen a knife from the kitchen, found some way to the sewing scissors. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stolen information was translated into secret code and sent by telegram to KGB headquarters in Moscow. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a hard day and Barnabas had had enough and decided that he was going to steal himself a puppy. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“We thought you should be informed, because who else can arrest the mayor? And once you’ve done that, the guards can put all the things he’s stolen back where they came from.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“So, I’m going to get an exorcism from someone who knowingly buys stolen goods? I’m sure that’s going to go perfectly well. Like getting teeth pulled by a grave robber.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She felt the despair from the stolen rice exiting her body, almost like smoke escaping. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"He was in a stolen car," he said, not looking up from the papers. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Someone had slashed him apart with a knife and stolen all the money. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"How can I not? If that fellow is still planning to steal the book, they need to know." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was stolen, because the soldiers and police who arrested Zeitoun had left the house unlocked and unguarded. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She’d tried to steal a new bandanna for herself—all viridian with gold paisley, much finer than her faded red one—but the clothier had noticed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then the crook that had stolen them probably would've said, his voice very innocent and all, "What gloves?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I know I shouldn’t love it as I do, stolen as I am from the mortal world, my parents murdered. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In his anger Tayo imagined movie images of himself turning the pockets of his jeans inside out, unbuttoning his shirt to prove he had stolen nothing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

These goggles were a lucky steal from a military supply shipment. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

"Oh," the guard laughed, "you steal a car, you rob a store." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then she told him of the weapons she had stolen from her grandfather and hidden with her Uncle Jaime, and she offered to take him to look for them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sorry, dude. We thought you were something else. We weren’t trying to take anything from you. We were trying to steal from white people. Have a good day, man.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And why did the conquistadors think it was okay with God to kill the Incas and steal their gold? Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“While we were gone. He died because there was no one to help him search for the cattle after they were stolen.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

If you steal again, your foot will be cut off. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

One sunny morning, with stolen bread in her pocket for dinner and a bit of old cheese to share with the cat, Beetle started for the fence post. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

How I had stolen from the cash register and bought candy for everybody I knew, not just brothers and sisters, but strangers too and ghost children. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore the jersey for almost a week without taking it off except to shower, because he knew that someone would try to steal it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In truth, he hadn’t stolen either of these things from Snape. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Most likely, someone had stolen it off her wrist. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jake couldn’t believe they were being forced to help the bad guys steal the treasure. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I did not manage to steal the Sorcerer’s Stone. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Probably she didn’t need the sugar but it was the only thing we could find to steal. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

This message took the form of a stolen missile launched at the Fowl Star on her way past Murmansk. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“It was not stolen. And Douglas, it has nothing at all to do with the problem you and Principal Peattie are talking about.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Did you and your brother steal my bike and the other things?” she asked. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe he thinks someone else will steal his idea of putting a disappearing mockingjay on a watch face. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the suspects called a notorious drug dealer to offer him a chance to buy some stolen watches. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Mostly, I’d steal liquor from my mother, or from her friends’ houses when I went to mow their lawns on the weekend. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

There are no cars, but there’s a man on the corner up ahead tearing through trash bags, furiously, as if there’s a garbage truck approaching to steal them all away. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was wrong to steal from a dead man. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Mine were stolen recently, but luckily I recovered them today.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled half awake and half asleep, and then suddenly, in the middle of my fevered, stolen nap, utterly awake. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, we had originally intended to steal the Story Box, and now Nyame was just going to give it to us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

How could they steal from their own child? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, by chance, Kit would find herself alone, and rushing through her task at double speed, she would steal down the path to Blackbird Pond, hoping that Prudence too had been able to escape. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He’d stolen a cop car and was cruising through the streets. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“And she brought her own Bible. It was nicer than mine. Should I steal hers so I can offer mine?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I mean, how can I steal his Holo and desert now? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Of course I didn’t. I have a job, remember? I don’t need your money, and I certainly wouldn’t steal it. Why would you even ask that?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Our golden agouti and spotted paca got along very well, contentedly huddling together and sleeping against each other until the first was stolen. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I did not steal from you,” Ash said angrily. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve turned into a young man, Hiram. Not much like that little boy who used to run around here and steal Gramma’s gingersnaps.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It would be easy for Mrs. Danvers to open those doors softly and close them again, and then steal quietly across the shrouded room and look down upon me from behind the drawn curtains. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His buddy on the right looked up and said in the same voice: You shall find what was stolen, and see it safely returned. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you know you had lost it? Was it stolen from you?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

That way, if the police catch him again, they cannot steal it. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The vivid green of the trees along the sidewalk seemed to steal into the atmosphere so that there was a strange greenish glow over the street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He hoards fast-food ketchup packets and steals the small containers of jam from restaurant tables. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was as if his memory loss had stolen a chunk of his language—it was disorienting. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Since everyone who knew the secret would be at the wedding, the Chandrian can come in, kill everyone who knows anything, and either destroy or steal whatever it is.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had a good arm, but we played against a lot of teams that could do the hit-and-run and steal a lot of bases. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I would like to steal is a knife, from the kitchen, but I’m not ready for that. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She understood why people had to lie and steal and harm one another. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took me a while, but I finally managed to piece together what happened in Coalwood after my nozzles got stolen. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was no way Helen and the cousins hadn't stolen their money outright. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“So that grave robbers won’t try to steal all of my jewels.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo looked at the rows and rows of jars, filled with pieces from all the toys he had stolen from the toy booth over the past few months. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I knew LJ was going to try to get me to go away for a minute so he could steal a bunch of my monsters. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must not wed, they said firmly, until the sea gave her back what it had stolen, until she knew what her life had once been. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even steal a slice of pizza from Gabe’s poker party without getting busted. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You had the gall to steal from me—and by doing so, you saved us all.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When they found one of the stolen watches under a seat cushion, they suspected they had their man. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

For days and days Arya tried to work out how she might steal past the door guards to see him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Remember, as long as we don’t steal the towels, everything else we do is okay with the management.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He told her to be careful of people looking to find out where Henrietta’s grave was because they might want to steal her bones, since her body was so valuable to science. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

After a week, and a few more stolen kisses, I knew I had to tell Kim. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he sets me down he leans in and steals a quick kiss, and I’m just as quick to slap him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, well, wouldn’t want to play with them anyway. Probably steal all the bases.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I was a man, and I would never again play thinti, or steal maize, or drink milk from a cow’s udder. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But,” he said, “we don’t want to steal your does. All four of you are welcome to join us, bucks and does alike. There’s plenty for everyone on the hills.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never really wanted to steal your library card,” said Andrew. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s complicated, Scoob-a-doob. Bottom line, he was unjustly imprisoned. Yes, he did some stealing, and yes, stealing is wrong. But he didn’t steal everything the police said he did.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“We do not heavily guard it, for only an immortal could take it from Sea Bottom. Your emperor must have gotten an immortal to steal it for him.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Several times I had to sneak into the pantry and steal cookies. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think it would be easier to steal his teeth. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Once, as they were walking home from the village, Clara asked her, “Where did you get those jewels, Ash? Did you really steal them?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kapos in the different barracks had special privileges and could steal food before it reached the prisoners. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was wicked to steal—she knew that—but worse to disobey an elder. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have stolen vegetables from the garden I planted myself, and eaten them raw, or cooked them over a fire at night. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Dauntless initiation has stolen whatever softness my body had. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then Heqet, straightening from the oven, murmured, “You can tell Rekh. He would not believe you meant to steal from him.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

All the candles and other goods were stolen the day they ran the chandler out of town. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cystic fibrosis will steal no more from me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Why would they steal a year and a half of my life? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I remember you were always surprised by this, like you expected the chairs to disappear overnight, stolen by some daring bandit. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Suppose a soldier should see him sneaking into the Valley, or coming out of it with stolen gold, or should catch him walking about the streets right now, with that bundle under his arm. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Host of that time was spent copying as much data as possible from the Sixer database to my stolen flash drive. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There are no ghosts crowded in here with me, making me scribble things on toilet paper and eat them or trying to steal the air out of my lungs. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The police often check the bindings for money to steal, the migrants say, but usually hand the Bibles back. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He reminded me of a kid at my old school, a bully who used to convince other kids to do stupid things like steal lab equipment and vandalize the teachers’ cars. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t steal your bike,” I told her. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She wanted him dead, so she could steal his place as their father's heir. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Professor, I think — I know — that Sn — that someone’s going to try and steal the Stone. I’ve got to talk to Professor Dumbledore.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“You don’t mean we’d keep an old ugly dog like that. One that will come in and steal meat right out of the house.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I want you to steal the man.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The spirit did not steal away on gospel wings. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Harry became aware that this was the first time that he had been alone with her since those stolen hours in secluded corners of the Hogwarts grounds. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"But he tried to steal whatever it was?" she asked from down the hall. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The old man watched him with victorious merriment, sitting in his musty blue armchair like some satanic and hedonistic deity on a throne, a stolen U.S. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The Redwall contingent had stolen a march upon him, and the battering ram had failed miserably. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t get any food now I’d have to steal something out of someone’s garbage or I wouldn’t be able to eat until the mission opened for supper. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“But — only a Gryffindor could have stolen — nobody else knows our password —” “Exactly,” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Then he began to steal from diem, take trips to Cincinnati and sleep for days in his room with the record player going. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It merely explained what was being done and why, and threatened like treatment to the next buyer of stolen weapons. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have not told us a story since the first day. At the ...” She hesitated a minute, afraid to name the memory, afraid a guard might hear and, somehow, steal it away. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, as she lay here, she thought of him as a boy, dreading being stolen and spirited up to the citadel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When my drinking buddy, Will, came to visit, he was always nervous his new Camaro would get broken into or stolen. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But when no one was looking I would slip into Ella’s room and steal a book and take it back of the barn and try to read it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I briefly consider that Finnick could have stolen it to trick me, but somehow I know this isn’t the case. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I could feel bad in my body. Yes, I could. I knew was something bad in house. But it was stolen rice, not about Akira.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Which was easy to get, because my brothers and my mother always had something in the fridge I could steal. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dennis came over first around seven thirty because I told him to steal a bottle of 80 proofer out of his father’s whiskey cabinet. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It's hard to apologize when the miles steal every last bit of affection. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“You might not have a choice, Amari. If you were ever to be challenged by another magician, you could have your magic stolen. Magicians don’t survive that.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Toby knew Jimmy was involved in some petty criminal activity—selling stolen cell phones, the occasional scheme. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You would steal...” the king continued, his words strangled noises. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Now then, the objective was to retrieve what was stolen, and we gave ye a hint that it was the most valuable thing you’d find. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Suddenly that summer she decided that my mother was the woman who had stolen her husband. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of my family’s things had been stolen on the drive to the camp, but we still had our photo albums, which my mom had grabbed on the way out of the house. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I ate the stolen gum. I don’t want to die, Papa. Don’t let them take me!” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The first night after their arrival here Dustfinger had stolen into the village, his scarred face blackened with soot because it was too easily recognizable. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how you found out about the Stone, but rest assured, no one can possibly steal it, it’s too well protected.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

In light of their obstinancy, I called Jaime in and told him to get ready to accompany me to the cemetery to steal Rosa s body. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could also steal glances at the lizard when it moved, swinging its tail from side to side. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Vonetta: “I birthed a black nation. From my womb black creation spilled forth to be stolen shackled dispersed.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant that they were not going to sneak out of the house and break into Building 10 and steal Archie. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they had been stripped to ensure that they hadn’t stolen anything, and now, deemed clean, they were being sent away on a bus? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Snow has stolen him from me, twisted him beyond recognition, and made me a present of him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“We will eat meat that we can buy or beg, but not that which we steal. Beggars we may be but thieves we are not.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I would wet my pants trying to steal answer sheets, but I know what Libby means. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to conjure Ali’s frozen face, to really see his tranquil eyes, but time can be a greedy thing—sometimes it steals all the details for itself. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I paint a woman who steals hearts, but none of them fit the hole inside her empty, black chest. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His head bowed, he walked up to Clara’s grave and threw a spray of half-withered wild flowers on it that looked as if they had been stolen from some garden. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they wanted to steal my candy and the money. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Probably that he wants us to steal things for him,” I said. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

We needed to keep all our belongings around us, the water, the food, packed tightly in bags and jugs so no animals or people would steal it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

You think about saying that your bag was stolen. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

But Joey said that wasn’t funny, because if we didn’t find Chas and he got into trouble or something, it would look like we’d stolen his car and ditched him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This hand, which has stolen more than any other hand in the history of the world, hangs limp over the side of the bed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were black kids, and he expected us to be in his gift shop to steal. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

You shall find what was stolen, and see it safe returned. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I had felt that my intelligence and industry could cope with all situations, and, until that time, I had never stolen a penny from anyone. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I was going to steal a car, it wouldn’t be an El Camino,” Toby said, reaching in and turning down the radio. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Stalin has stolen more than land, Hannelore, he has stolen human dignity. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

On April 6, 1775, Gage’s mole in the Sons of Liberty reported that he had seen four stolen British cannon and other weapons in Concord. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Ser Willem had died, the servants had stolen what little money they had left, and soon after they had been put out of the big house. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“My copy was stolen as well,” he said at last. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It takes all of your momentum and you spend a week wondering how that steal slipped up on you. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Hugo knew he shouldn’t steal anything else, but looking at all these pieces was just too tempting. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Ibni had not stolen the little ingot, perhaps he had stolen nothing at all. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And, in the day’s most interesting incident, he argued with an inmate who came in after working in the mess hall with his shirt stuffed with stolen food. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So instead I look around, wondering who I might be able to target in order to steal myself one more valuable power-up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain had wanted to steal his memory, or wipe it away—or whatever it was that might be done to memories—and then retrain him as a Helper. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“When you kill a man, you steal a life,” Baba said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“If the Iron Rod has been stolen, it must be found immediately,” he said to them gravely. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Iranians respected properly gained wealth, but they objected to the shah's fortune because much of it was stolen from the people. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You never know when someone might steal your baby.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A group of our colonists have burned the natives’ houses, stolen from their gardens, robbed valuables from their temples, beat the people with clubs, and shot them with muskets. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She wouldn't put it past that uppity Grace Windsor Wexler to steal the notebook from an unfortunate cripple and then rub it in. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is the word love, but it’s been stolen and used wrongly. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Something has been stolen,” said Hanuman, sniffing the air. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The whips were the property of the stolen truck’s rightful custodian, a cattleman; it had been Latham’s notion to use them as garrotes—which, after robbing the women, is what they did. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I already had a bike stolen outta my yard a couple years ago.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I thought Jeanine attacked the Abnegation to seize power, but she attacked them to steal information—information only they knew. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I set out in the early afternoon, hungry because I couldn’t find any bread to steal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, rival clans would actually try to steal a girl to marry her to their son. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then he glanced about at the bare furnishings, the hanging ropes of garlic bulbs, the bed straw, the chest of stolen goods. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even the £250 never reached them, though; it seems to have been stolen by the man entrusted by the Earl with delivering it to his sons. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

For the longest time I thought she meant that the other kids were going to steal me, but she was talking about the police. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Rather than steal from the till, I started to give wrong change to customers for my booze money. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Skathis had stolen the sky from the city, and the city from the world. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I only drive and try to steal a few more looks at him, unsuccessfully. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Who needs children when you have monkeys rushing into the dining room to steal the very food off your guests’ plates! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes children are stolen by women who can’t have babies,” remarked Ear, overhearing a woman complain that she had too many. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I need you to help me steal a dragon.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They had not looked happy to get the mochigashi; they had looked absolutely panicked, as if somebody might steal the sweets from them. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t going to let them steal this monumental moment from me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Nobody’s worried about their stuff getting stolen in the middle of the day. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I returned home to Uruk and told my scribes the snake had stolen it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Let them steal what they want; what do we have worth fighting over?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I think she was intending to steal your pipe,” she said. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

If she could steal beauty from swans, even for a moment, maybe there was some kind of hope. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

And for two and a half hours before dinner and two and a half hours after dinner, I'm in my room going through the names from my crumpled stolen list. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or the boy who had tried to steal their precious Tandoori away from them? Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“You had the gall to steal something from me,” he says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I have stolen the real Horcrux and intend to destroy it as soon as I can. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“To feed him is more important than not to steal. I do not steal my whole life. For myself, I would starve first. But Akira must eat.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Instead he drags me to the police station, kicking me and spitting out bad words like bullets, probably angry that I have nothing he can steal. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was mending the dress she’d wear to the gathering when he “come sneaking out of here holding his boots in his hand and looking like a dog that’d stolen some scraps.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Where are you going so badly you need to steal a ride?” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Their bayo- netted rifles were slung over their shoulders, and their very red faces made me think they had been drinking stolen liquor. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jenna steals away to press "play" on the cassette player she'd hidden in a corner, and soft music wafts through the whole room at just the right volume. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Somebody had stolen from one of the traders while she was taking cover. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Longshoremen, or fences for them, would come into the bars selling guns, cameras, perfumes, watches, and the like, stolen from the shipping docks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t raise you to steal from others, so dont complain to me how tuff it is in prison. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d sing about far-off places and about days gone by, about silly things like peach cobbler and the devil trying to steal their soul. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The killing here is the key to what these proceedings are about, not the stolen cigarettes, and you understand that. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I swear to God I didn’t steal it, sir,” the chaplain pleaded with distress, almost in tears. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z