He only has to take two steps along the string to reach this tasty morsel. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The cab driver steps out to open my door. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As they climbed the steps out of the dungeon an hour later, Harry’s mind was racing and his spirits were low. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

All these thoughts storm through his mind in the one second it takes for the water to reach the bottom of the steps. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Percy and Hazel pulled him up the steps. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When Harry reached the spot he found steps that led into a large cave. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Aunt Nancy,” Axel says after a few more slow steps. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then instead of going up the front steps and in the front door, he’d follow a path he’d worn in the grass around the side of the house to the back door. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She stayed sitting on the steps, watching him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a sort of daze, but still holding the drill, I stumbled back to the front of the boathouse and sat down on the wooden steps leading up to the door. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He steps off the porch and disappears into the night. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

So the stairwell was filled with echoing noise, and I was climbing the steps head down, just following the heels of the person in front, when a voice near me went: “Kath!” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was it possible that he had already entered the cabinet in the Room of Requirement, or had the Order made steps to secure it, to prevent the Death Eaters retreating that way? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He imagined his father’s temple hitting the side of the concrete steps. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Seven takes the steps two at a time and throws the front door open. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Charlotte Hamilton, Miss Beauty Parlor, pranced her way down the steps and looked at me a little aghast. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She retraced her steps, walking backward slowly, so silently that not even the dust knew she was there. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But she's already down the steps and waddling across the brown grass on her tiny front lawn. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod, though he can’t see me, and climb until all the steps are gone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was true that she came up on these top steps sometimes so she could see Mister Singer while she was listening to Miss Brown’s radio on the floor below. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Pearl heard the door close, but it was a few minutes before Mia came back upstairs, her feet slow and heavy on the steps. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She hurriedly bumps down a couple of the porch steps, then two more, waiting for a reaction from Mom. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Auri relaxed a bit and came a few steps closer to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Large tree, smaller tree, steps, garden, stone path leading to a gate with a picket fence on either side. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Addie and my mother screamed and rushed down the steps and tried to pull Granny’s body out. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the teachers reached the courthouse, those in front of the procession climbed the marble steps to the entrance. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made my way to the stage and stood at the bottom of the steps. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They waited, listening to the sounds of the uneven steps behind the dark trees. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Four steps, holding on to the bed. This morning, three steps.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Crimson doors are spaced out every few steps, matching the rug that runs down the center of the hardwood floor. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Down you go, a whole new flight of hidden steps. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The little girls from apartment 2C are sitting on the front steps when we arrive. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She went up the steps and pushed on the heavy, studded door. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He trailed through the bush after her mother as she searched for late mushrooms, then sat on the cabin steps and patted the dropped corn kernels as she shucked a stack of cobs. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went down the alley to the rear steps and mounted to the second floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nick began to bark, then Lottie, and the wagon clattered into the yard and stopped by the steps. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

But Madame had turned sharply at the gate, covered the tiny front path in two or three steps and vanished inside. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came in a police van and carried the body down the steps past the four pear trees and into the van for all the world as with Hannah. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She steps farther into the room, grabs Axel by the hand, and brings him into the new space. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I have to bang our old wheelie cart up the steps, one at a time. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

To my relief, it didn’t lead outside, where we’d never have a hope of catching them, but to a stairwell, down a set of spiral steps. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They are people whom all of us can reach in only a few steps because, for one reason or another, they manage to occupy many different worlds and subcultures and niches. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He steps aside and I head through the lobby and into the main hallway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You have not asked about your sister,” Melisandre said, as they climbed the spiral steps of the King’s Tower. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she’d turn left and head for the steps leading to the foyer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Jordan, drunk and unsteady, blocked Angel’s way to the door and the steps. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Short of riding Belle up the church steps, I couldn’t get inside fast enough, so I pushed John off her back, yelling, “Get them home! Minding their fences!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The priest ascended the curved steps to the pulpit. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone else came running down the steps, footfalls like hammers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And there, sitting right by the steps, is Sandy. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The first I chose was Céline Varens—another of those steps which make a man spurn himself when he recalls them. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

If knowing the exact steps of complicated and exhausting dances was so important, why had this subject not been taught at Swanburne? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Then the doors opened slowly and a woman came out and stood tranquilly on the steps. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moves a few steps forward and disappears from view, hidden by the edge of a eucalyptus grove that borders both our properties. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

So I danced a few steps, conversed with myself, and laughed at nothing. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“He was okay, but you could see in his face that he was trying to remember the steps.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

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

It was up three flights of stone steps to Lord Ramsay’s bedchamber, one of the rooms the fires had touched but lightly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I rush to follow my sisters, but Mama steps out of the kitchen and stops me in my tracks by holding a wooden spoon out in front of me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My eyes are pulled back to the steps. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Joffrey had a dozen veteran gold cloaks waiting at the foot of the steps. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She pulled down her shorts and stumbled forward, running the last few steps to the counselors' offices. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She descended the steps, gingerly, as if for silence, and went around the corner of the kitchen. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put one hand on the hip of her polyester slacks and took a few steps forward. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Daddy takes a few steps into my room and runs his hand over his hair. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Trevor sat very still in his seat and kept his eyes on his mother as she walked up the porch steps and began telling Grandma that she caught us getting out of a cab. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

There are twelve steps to the attic floor. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Because my mind wanders in the morning my feet are always a few steps ahead of me and suddenly I found myself on Miss Volker’s back porch. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Heaped by the steps of Blake’s cabin, the tangled vines already drying out. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She found her sitting on the steps of the back porch with the lamps all filled and the chimneys cleaned. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

But at last she struggled free and ran up onto the steps of the school. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So at seven o’clock, Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked straight past the doorway to the packed Great Hall, which was glittering invitingly with gold plates and candles, and directed their steps instead toward the dungeons. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The steps went up and up and up, spiraling along the inside of the building. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she saw them on the steps, she laughed with pleasure. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And now they were twelve steps to the left, putting them right around where Crab always parked. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Do you know it is past one o’clock? Come on,” and he mounted the steps and went into their room. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing I knew, I was hanging off the edge of the porch roof, swinging in the air above the front steps. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely, Castor is asleep under that pile of furs, Finnick will come bounding down the steps in a minute, Boggs will tell me his plan for our escape. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Without hesitating, Werner steps to the edge of the platform and shuts his eyes and jumps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Even though Zeno’s sequence has infinite parts, we can add all of the steps together and still stay within the realm of the finite: 1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ... Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Before you know it, he's dragging this wagon out from under the steps. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I keep going, and do three steps and come down, then four steps and come down, then five steps and come down. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He turned as Eliza came down the steps carrying filthy sheets. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At any rate, this time Mr. Popper found himself suddenly sliding, on his own white-clad stomach, down the three flights of steps. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed the metal steps to the train platform. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As they cleared the crowd, a sudden gust came down the wide Capitol steps, catching Scythe Curie’s long silver hair and blowing it back like a bridal train, making her look almost mystical. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When Sula said no, the boy turned around and fell down the steps. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Figure 4.10: All intervals in a whole tone scale are whole steps. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Although it is true that I was changing, I couldn’t bring myself to dance with anything more than small, careful steps. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

An Exclusion Guard immediately steps up, grabs her by the shirt, and elbows her in the face, like she’s inconsequential to him. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Before he had a chance to react, she had already put a record on the portable phonograph she had brought with her and was trying to teach him the latest dance steps. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The lawn climbs a slope se_veral yards in front of the summerhouse, and in those days, as today, four flagstones embedded into the grass served as steps by which to negotiate this climb. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mike laughed again, giving Chubs’s shoulder a squeeze before he hopped up the steps, ducking under a white sheet that had been strung up over the building’s small porch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She spun, felt the moment push her along, guide her steps, and then caught a glimpse of herself in the full-length mirror hanging on her closet door. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Wash stopped in the middle of Mr. Crane’s yard, but his father continued up the porch steps and knocked softly at the door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss Chen,” the nurse says as she steps back in. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I lick my lips, sprint the last few steps, and thrust the heel of my hand up. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My parents and I walk her the few steps back to her trailer. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She scaled the steps swiftly, following the curve around to the upper landing. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then he climbed the worn brick steps and heard through the closed shutters a booming chant. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck the car in reverse and pulled to a stop about thirty giant steps away from where I was hiding. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

We descend the steps and are sucked into what becomes an indistinguishable round of dinners, ceremonies, and train rides. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not quite one year old, with just a few words forming on my tongue, a few steps wobbling into a walk. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ron was still slightly inclined to laugh at Hermione’s boggart, but an argument was averted by the sight that met them on the top of the steps. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Mother, match my steps. Walk with me. We must get back. There’s a storm.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When Kwang’s car arrived he got out and we immediately led him up the steps, inside the church. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Special Agent in charge, the man in a dark blue windbreaker with FBI emblazoned along the sleeve and back of the jacket, steps up to the podium. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

At night I sat on the front steps and stared blankly at the passing people, wagons, cars . Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below the newly-discovered steps, a pair of lanterns cast pools of golden light into the inky blackness. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“A few months ago,” he said to Isa, “you played Luciana’s favorite song outside on the brownstone steps. It was too much for me. I thought it would be easier...” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Naked now, he walked down the thirteen stone steps into the water and further, until the river was chest high. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She probably looked crazy to the neighbors, she thought, sitting out there on the steps in the dark, but for once she did not care. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I slam open the door to the stairwell, buttoning my jacket as I book it up the steps to the roof. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

And it did not occur to me—not even when Dr. Hyde shuffled into the gym, taking tiny, slow steps toward the Colonel and me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

James Ford steps out of the box office thinking Booth is pulling some crazy stunt to get attention. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

But Dray starts pulling her down the bleacher steps. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Once freed, the captives stripped the dead guards of their weapons and darted up the steps with steel in hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I glanced out the window to find Trevor already walking down the porch steps, wearing a Medford Middle School Basketball T-shirt and jeans. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was frightened, for as he stepped forward he was conscious that these might be the first steps toward those gallows—waiting in the dark beyond the town gates. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then after two shaky steps she turned obstinate. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Four turns around and walks backward a few steps- backward, on a narrow path with no railing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But he steps back and takes my face and kisses my forehead, then kisses me long and deep. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She takes a few steps back from me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Her house shoes slap against the floor as she takes the few steps toward me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“No, sir. But ye needn’t have no difficulty about that. It’s a ’igh ’un with a stone front with a bow on it, an’ ’igh steps up to the door. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And the birds which spent the day in the brushland came at night to the little pools that were like steps in the mountain cleft. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He steps back to let some of the others get on first. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He used the hand rail to help himself up the steps of the Trask porch. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just down a short passage and then up the tower steps.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She went indoors, quickly crossed the black and white tiled hall—how familiar her echoing steps, how annoying—and paused to catch her breath in the doorway of the drawing room. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They followed Mullet Fingers down the steps of the icecream truck and out of the junkyard. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the lawyer reached the steps, however, he was trembling almost uncontrollably, although nothing else had happened. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old men looked at their stalklike legs, dwelled on the cords in the backs of their knees and remembered old dance steps they had not done in twenty years. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What did you say about change? Small steps? If the world changes, I suppose minds do, too. Sometimes it just takes time and perspective.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I heard him take about three steps and then jump down the rest of the stairs. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He hesitated a moment longer at the door, then went in, walking with firm steps to the rear table. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sounds of expensive leather soles on the cracked front steps of the old house on Westover don’t sound any stranger than his own boots. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I see his feet first, slipping down the steps some but not hurrying, taking his time now that he knows we’re here. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They reached the bottom of the steps just before the cellar doors fell in, consumed with flames from the outside. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I hang back, taking laboriously slow steps as Farooq is right behind Aliya, and the last thing I want to do is give him a thrill by colliding into him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I stumbled on the station steps, a man with red hair helped me up—I think that he was kind to me, although now he makes me feel afraid. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no sidewalks, only wide, flat shale steppingstones arranged in the same curving path from the pale concrete driveways to the whitewashed porch steps. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The Magpie climbed the steps and took up her position behind him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The blond policeman steps forward, palm on the door, leaving me with the choice to either let him in or smash his arm. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Stranded in the wet desert of the Amazon, the culture struggled to gain its footing, tottered a few steps, and died. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I dumped it out of the bag and left it there, right in the middle of their front steps. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“First we’ll need to retrace Luke’s steps. We need to know more about his past, his childhood.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Up comes the machete and Matthew steps forward again, threatening enough to start Manchee barking, “Back! Back! Back!” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was the fountains of Isfahan, the steps in the stone, cut by the hand of Farhad. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Great!” he said when she saw Jenny and Abby leading the dogs up a set of steps. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mentally I retraced my steps from that morning. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Lewis storms off, mumbling the whole way down the steps. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Ms. Albright steps back into the wings, slamming the handbook down on a chair. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The voice followed her down and up the steps and out of the house. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He turned around and backed his wheelchair toward the six steps. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We took two steps into the trees and stopped. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

We children would range around him, but it was only when he reached the steps that he’d wind up his arm and throw the ball over the light post and toward the stars. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he tore away from Prosper and jumped down the steps to watch a gondolier push his boat off its mooring. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sam steps in and motions for me to follow her. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We sped up our steps and took dives into the bush before the grenade landed, followed by several rounds of machine gun fire. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Every time she steps on the accelerator it’s so tentative. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

On the fourth side was a steep hill with a crumbling set of concrete steps. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He took two steps forward before stopping, as if he’d been about to charge and attack Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Just a few steps farther, she said silently. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

BaiMa’s steps made a hollow, mournful echo, and when the swallow stopped in front of a red carved door, they heard the unmistakable sound of weeping. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The fool turned his patched and piebald head to watch Pylos climb the steep iron steps to the rookery. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then they followed Artemis up the steps of the amphitheatre and over the crest of the hill. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then that dog wags while Jerald passes the bag down the steps of the truck to me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

In the upheaval the steps collapsed and he felt himself falling downward. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then she begins to approach the pyramid with strange little hops, sometimes landing on one foot, teetering slightly, sometimes risking a few steps. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But he had not gone six steps down the passage when something hit the back of his neck an agonizingly painful blow. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I took a few steps forward, walking blindly now, unthinking, yet my mind registering it all vividly. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every few steps, Aunt Nancy pulls on the brakes of her rollator, stops to look up, look around. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A few steps later, black workers saw the fate that awaited them. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He took five steps and fired a shot just over the goalie’s head. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

With a heavy sigh she settled herself down on the porch steps, her sturdy calves poking out the tops of the oversized boots. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

With that, my grandfather stalked tall down the steps. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She came down the steps and disappeared into the dark beyond the columns. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I craned my head forward a little and realized I was really close, only a few more steps to go. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Come on, you guys,” said Kyle as he took off running for a different set of steps. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He tips his hat, steps gingerly onto the crate, and dismounts. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was dark when Jam started walking home, but she hopped through the large patches of yellow streetlight on the sidewalk, her steps soft and hopeful. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She took tiny steps in the dirt in front of her house, sometimes making a slow twirl, sometimes smiling to herself. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Millie and I had a very long, very frank conversation yesterday. I’ve made it abundantly clear what steps I will take if this bullying continues.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The secret was to take small steps and just keep moving forward. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The cop takes one final look around and then steps toward the door. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And then my thinking part steps forward and quickly realizes what I’ve done. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I sit on the steps of our hut with Kim, Chou, and Geak, watching our parents disappear to bring my oldest sister home to us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes several clumsy steps toward the house and I quickly close the curtains. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In something of a daze, she took his hand and allowed him to lead her down the steps. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

John Henry took two giant steps to the right, then nodded at me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The two lines stretched from the steps of the church out to the street. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I retrace her steps, I can find something to explain what she was hiding. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She had reached fifty-four when the steps finally ended at another iron door. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I found some old clothes and headed down the steps, preparing to be marinated in fish entrails. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Her mom keeps staring at me though, like she knows about me and Jeremy in the elevator, so I quickly join Muhammad and Saint Sarah as they head down the basement steps. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Max and I take the steps two at a time until we're out of the station and back on the sidewalk. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Usually one valve gives the harmonic series one half step lower than the valveless intrument; another, one whole step lower; and the third, one and a half steps lower. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He took off his coat, dropping it on a chair, and was about to start into the living-room when he heard Sarah running up the steps. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They had put an iron-pipe railing on the steps since last year. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Sabeen opens the car door, and we scoot out, following her mother’s flowing black gown up the steps. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Jake steps forward and moves the security detail away from me, gently pulling me back from the fridge and placing his hand at the small of my back. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The wind was cold, and they quickened their steps to keep warm. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

After the lecture, I go down the steps carefully, remembering taking them at a run after stabbing Valerian. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After a dozen steps I heard a low moan that froze me where I stood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sun burned down on Ngwabi and before he had taken more than a few steps he felt all the strength drain from his limbs. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Backing up a couple of steps, he said, “We’re not going to jump on him. All we want to do is make a bet.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when you can decide what steps are best, what actions are wisest. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We were twenty steps away already, and I thought my eardrums would burst. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Now the official procession is approaching the stage, mounting the steps at the right: three women, one Aunt in front, two Salvagers in their black hoods and cloaks a pace behind her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she lost count because she started distractedly thinking, Surely we didn’t walk thirty-two steps before. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The cats darted out first and leaped down the steps. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

After a few steps, she turned back and gave me a strong hug. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Five bumps down to the bottom of the steps. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione climbed the steps to the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Ignatius climbed the back steps silently and looked in through the greasy glass of the back door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The watch changed when the sun came up, but dawn was still half an hour off as the three Domishmen made their way down the servants’ steps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A girl steps forward to belt out the high notes. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Without even looking, you could tell he was coming down sideways and with care, as if the steps were glazed with ice. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She began to show us a few steps and tricks, be-ginning with the splits. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tub’s deep, with three steps to the bottom. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She had not taken two steps before she felt the first blow strike her ribs and she fell on her knees, the breath knocked out of her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tender-footed across the porch to the steps; then her chair creaked, and without my willing it to do so, my body turned around, and my eyes looked straight at Mrs. Evans. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The whole process took even longer because I kept stopping to check my phone in between steps, to make sure my ringtone notification was still on and the volume was still up. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Feeling small in the darkness, they walked through the entrance hall and up several steps to the next room. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was steps ahead of Volpe, leading his teacher on a path that, at the time, he would not have walked on his own. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But she couldn’t just stand there while someone waited on the steps. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

My coming here, my attempting to learn Quichua—these alone are big steps for me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked across the kitchen floor, down the steps, leaving the kitchen door open behind him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We lower our bags to the steps of a large municipal building and sink to the cool stone to rest and take stock. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nine steps down and she’s on the sand and the twenty thousand sounds of the ocean engulf her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Daniels steps forward, putting his hands in his pockets. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He spotted Alec a few feet away, jamming the end of his weapon into a woman’s face; Alec then broke into a run, jumping onto the steps and passing Mark, heading for the door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I went up the steps and stood just inside the door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He kissed Javier good night at the top of the steps. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then the steps continued, but seemed to be fading. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Stuff came falling onto the back steps: socks, shirts, jocks, towels, candy wrappers, pizza crusts, Cheerios, mouse... Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Another deep sigh, another subtle shifting of weight, and then she takes a couple of steps backward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Many residents of the Black Belt were reluctant to retire into their stifling-hot homes, choosing instead the cooling breezes blowing across their front porches and steps. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A few steps ahead there's a building with tall ground-floor windows giving a view of the lobby. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Lucifer moved inside, taking possession of the rug at the bottom of the basement steps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I caught Noodles in the corner of my eye as he sort of limped down the steps. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She took several hurried steps backward, until her body found the standing stone. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Even though he thought she was recoiling from him, he took another couple of steps in her direction. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting on the front steps of the school so antsy and twitch-ity that he looked like he’s sitting on a hot stove. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The boys sat on the porch steps looking like they were going to a funeral. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She steps through the gate and is about to lock it behind her when a male voice says, “Good morning, mademoiselle.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His steps rang out loudly on the pavement, adding to his fears. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As we climb the steps to the house, she says, “You can’t blame Mary for being afraid.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She leaned heavily on the girl as she walked downstairs slowly, Francie keeping time with her mother’s uncertain steps. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rustling of leaves, a silence, more rustling, more silence while Malcolm watched the man reach the little iron footbridge to the piazza and climb the steps. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As we left Phoebe’s house, there on the front steps was an-other white envelope with a blue sheet of paper in-side. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Timidly, he lifted the latch on the gate and walked to the steps. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the earth beside the steps of one sat three canvas chairs. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Viola nods and catches my eye as she steps outta the green and back to the path. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I stalked up the three steps to the throne. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep my eyes forward and feel for the steps under my feet, but it was hard not to see what the darkness and flashing lights were doing to the other kids. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he tightened up and ran a few steps and sprang for a leaf about four feet above his head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The three of us are all together on the steps when Dell comes in from the carport. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She steps from behind the screen and joins me at the princess's bedside. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Bellingham took two steps and stood a fingertip away from Lockton. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if Percy somehow managed to trace her steps, the cavern of Mithras had collapsed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I can't take my eyes off him anyway as we dodge through the crowd, a few steps behind him. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

We were standing in our front yard on the lawn one evening and we saw him coming with little fat steps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wooden steps creaked down into a small hallway that led into the kitchen. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raised one arm and then retraced her steps, tapping each chalk mark as she passed. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Two women in evening gowns hunch hip to hip on the cathedral steps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She stepped closer to the archway and froze when she saw the steps that descended into the murky darkness. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The pattern for the minor scale starts a half step plus a whole step lower than the major scale pattern, so a relative minor is always three half steps lower than its relative major. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But as I hop off the bus, he’s not waiting for me at the bottom of the steps. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

From time to time the steps doubled back on themselves, and she could see Stone below them, and the Cates of the Moon farther down, its torches no brighter than candles. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sula fled down the steps, and shot through the greenness and the baking sun back to Nel and the dark closed place in the water. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The White Star Line had built a charming little temple at the northwest bank of the lagoon opposite the Wooded Island, with steps to the water. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

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

They saw him climb the three cement steps to the white door, the portal of death. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked down to where she pointed, farther to the right, where people in dark blue jackets were standing at the base of the north set of steps, which led up to the front entrance. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They reached a trapdoor at the top of the steps, and the old man gave it a firm push with his shoulder. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Someone had painted a heart next to the name at the top, and there was a bunch of dried flowers on the stone steps in front of the memorial. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Cora had been to town plenty, even climbed the steps of the white bakery to buy a cake. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Agent Fiona is about to tell us something when the gray bigfoot steps into the room. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He’s the only one who will listen but he’s at the other end of Limerick and it takes me an hour to walk there, sitting on steps, holding on to walls. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His small brown eyes darted around the room and he took quick, short steps like a duck. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It was so dark now we literally couldn’t see ten steps ahead of us as we walked toward the woods. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I went back towards the steps into the street. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he didn’t hear you,” I said, climbing the porch steps. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

We hear the front door open and Mrs. Byrne clatter down the steps. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe the Germans got tired of walking up all those steps. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is the infinite that lies at the heart of Zeno’s paradox: Zeno had taken continuous motion and divided it into an infinite number of tiny steps. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Every thirteen steps or so, they came to a landing and an iron door leading to the inner core of the building. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled as he watched the newchild plant one small foot carefully before the other, grinning with glee at his own steps as he tried them out. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Amara watches as I make my way down the five steps. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I noticed a detail I hadn’t seen before, a set of steel steps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pax retraced his steps back along the ridge, back across the river, back downstream. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I can see her chess mind sorting through the pieces of my words, not quite believing my excuses, looking a dozen steps ahead for what I might do next. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, why don’t you ask him in? Don’t make him state his business on the steps.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She steps into the warmth of the entrance hall and hands me the coat she has been wearing over her shoulders. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The lawn and drive had been crowded with the faces of those who guessed at his corruption--and he had stood on those steps, concealing his incorruptible dream, as he waved them goodbye. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I'm about five steps away when her door opens behind me, and she says, "Hey ... can you come back?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm back in the stairwell going down, down, skipping steps. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He steps forward but stumbles against the pulpit. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Key in one hand, he led me up the steps to the second story. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It took three steps for the remorse to hit her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I ran down the steps to find him on one knee, holding on to the kitchen counter, trying to pull himself up. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’m halfway up the steps when she rolls down the window and goes, “Have a good day, Bookie!” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She should never have talked about the wolf dreams, Bran thought as Hodor carried him up the steps to his bedchamber. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Moss jogged back to the classroom, confusion slowing his steps. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He took a couple of steps toward me and reached out his hand. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” I say, and he steps back to let me in. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think this is sweet, and go along, walking hand in hand with Dawn up the front steps. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The chickens scratched about in the dust of the farmyard with quick waltzing steps. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a few steps back, turn, and flee quietly to my room. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Footsteps landed on the floorboards in the hallway, precise, unhurried steps. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hopped a few steps in the air, skipped back to where he started, and then began again. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she went down the steps and said, “Mrs. Partridge, when was it you met my brother?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

When the lady's heels have tapped across the wooden porch and down the steps, Mom turns around and calls softly, "Bobby?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maggie waved at me from her front steps and then she walked over. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He climbed the steps, but stopped when his shoulders were out and pressed his fingers into the grass. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The noisy one took a few quick steps backward and said, “No time to waste; come along now.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Military and naval intelligence units, he said, have the situation well in hand and are taking proper local steps to guard against saboteurs and spies. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A code that would instill discipline, restrain passion, and order his steps. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The full moon is rising over the chimneys and gabled rooftops of the little town as I walk up the steps to the Ruffed Grouse Hotel and enter the lobby. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farid let the cat go and climbed the steps to the memorial. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The door closed and he could hear her high heels clicking on the steps. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not counting that part in the back where the aluminum’s peeling off, or the one missing window, or the front steps that are sinking. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was about to turn away and try to retrace his steps when it occurred to him the panels themselves might be important. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her studio was a mess, frightening in its chaos, but after the first few steps I forgot about all that. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

With our movements so controlled, the number of steps Barack and I took in a day had plummeted. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Only when we reached the foot of the steps did Aycliffe pause. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

So I took two or three steps, tripped, and slid down the ice on my chest, headfirst. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He helped my father get her down the steps because she refused to let the EMT guys put her on a stretcher. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He helped Yvaine to her feet and, awkwardly, the two of them took several faltering steps on the cloud. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The encouragement of birds is one of the first steps. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

That night, the four walls of that shack squeezed so snug that I did my reading on the front steps. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

From there she would move onto a series of outcroppings that formed something almost like steps. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Go down very slowly, she told herself over and over, not thinking of more than the steps which seemed almost to bend and buckle beneath her feet, go down very very very slowly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He steps forward to place a square piece of metal on the floor in front of my chair. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t take more than a few steps—could barely breathe—without a reminder of how much she depended on him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t dare look down; there were only my feet on the steps, my hand sliding along the shivering rail and my other hand holding the gun. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Aragorn came last, moving slowly: he was scanning the steps and ledges closely. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My pleasant, placid expression, combined with forward momentum, gets me to Prince Dain’s chambers without so much as a second look, even though I lose my way twice and have to retrace my steps. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The chief guard moved aside to make way for them, and they went through the door and out onto the wide front steps. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I take those last few steps, laying Helene down against the tower and reaching out a hand to touch the stone. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I shouted, jumping to my feet and charging down the steps in front of my house. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Janina knocked me aside as she ran from the room and down the steps. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The slow, careful steps came along the hall; the Count was evidently prepared for some surprise—at least he feared it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I sat on the porch steps with my earbuds in while Butternut napped in a patch of sun at my feet. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

One by one, each of us steps to the microphone to state our name, grade, and ambition in life. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He descended the tower steps in a red rage. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ice layered the marble steps leading up to the Capitol, making the stairs treacherous. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Her Uncle Jack was standing on the church steps when they arrived. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She could hear her Dad grinding his teeth together in a nervous way as they came up the steps. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This 1846 lithograph by Currier & Ives shows the nine steps of “the drunkard’s progress”—from having “a glass with a friend” to the decline into criminal activity and “death by suicide.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Robert Baratheon was dead, and her father as well, beheaded for a traitor on the steps of the Great Sept of Baelor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Just as I had before, I count the two hundred and eighteen steps and open the door. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It took about ten minutes of this to get him to the house, up the porch steps, and into Joseph and David’s room, which fortunately is on the ground floor next to the living room. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She took a few steps toward the stairs but didn’t want to be alone in her room. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then he let go and walked out the door, his steps measured, his footfall softened. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The people nearest to the gates take a few steps back. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He followed her down the steps and outside into the driveway. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Six steps—again—and columns on each side of the door and then marble floors once you got inside, which made everything cold and echoey. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We sat on the steps and I told him how mean Sra. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Trina jumped back a couple of steps when she reached the boarded- up shack, then turned to face Mark and Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I was standing a few feet to the left of second, and I took two steps back. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Augustus took me by one arm and grabbed the oxygen cart with the other, and we walked up the three steps to the lacquered blue-black front door. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

They followed him quickly up a flight of steps which couldn’t be seen and through a door which didn’t exist. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Schools are in the business of knowing, and when a school wants to find something out, the school takes steps. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in those first steps along the way, it seemed a broad, bright road. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She took two steps and hugged Mother, tears flowing freely and without apology. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madam Marsh clamped a handkerchief to her mouth and tottered down the steps. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“It belonged to Karl’s mother,” said Chase as we climbed the steps to my front door. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I step out of my room, out the front door, down the eight flights of steps. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Kendra ran out of the church, down the steps, and over to the wagon. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He ran down the steps and advanced with the lifted switch. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hurried home and ran up the steps and went on tiptoe into the room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Eyes forward," the Beauty Minister whispers before we take our first steps inside. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

While I was sitting on the porch steps, R.C. crashed through the back bushes. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He steps away from the wall and simply falls forward until he’s upside down on his hands. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to know if it’s true. But Hilly..She steps closer to me. “ The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I fly down the steps to Command, mind racing a mile a minute, and burst right into a war meeting. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Nobody answered the door, and I was already down the steps when Shelly appeared from behind the trailer and nearly scared the you-know-what out of me. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Talking about his appointments and exuding an odor of new money and idleness, he danced down the steps and strutted toward the pea-green dress. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled and took a few steps away from me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But even Finn seemed weighted down, his steps sluggish. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He paces back and forth on the shore, makes a couple of steps into the water as if to swim out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like Achilles and the tortoise—an infinite series of steps, each getting smaller and smaller. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her high-heeled cowboy boots hadn’t taken two steps before the first boo came, low and clear. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

And gradually, it all became natural: light steps, small stitches, quiet voice, ramrod-straight back, deep curtsies without creaking knees, no yawns, soup tilted away from me, and no slurping. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We murmured as we followed him inside the building, up the steps to the sixth graders’ floor, and into our new classroom. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Some little boys had come up on the steps and were looking into the hall; when I told them who had arrived they went reluctantly away. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

They grinned and nodded and said how much they’d like to go to Raleigh, and I felt jealousy poking at me so hard it made me squirm as I sat there on the porch steps. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Embarrassed, I bounce down the steps, walk closer to the forest, and sit beneath a tree. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

At the base of that, the land rose hundreds of feet in jagged steps, as if chopped with a giant hoe. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The Preacher walked off twenty steps and set up five hunks of wood ’bout three feet apart one from the ’nother. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The lawyers walked past the crowd, up the steps, between the majestic white columns—and into the sudden silence of the courthouse. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She set down the vase by the uneven steps that rose to the fountain’s stone basin. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Not a little old jar full. Lots of water. To scrub the steps with, dumbbell!” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jog a few steps next to the car and then throw my body to the side, landing on my left arm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The kitchen door was up three steps, so I grabbed the ice cream and headed up. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We had to climb up about two stories of steps to get to the High Line, but when we did, we had the most special view of the city all around us. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They even have really nice inlay steps for your feet, so you don’t slip. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When Em was called, she mounted the stage steps with her head down, glancing up only when she got to the big blue X taped to the middle of the stage floor. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was so mad I threw the bag of gifts she had left on the steps for me over the wall. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Turning, Jonathan walked to the field, moving amidst the trees, his steps keeping pace with the sound. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully, his fingers trembling, he went through the loading steps. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

As it dissipates, I descend the steps, faked message in hand. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"Fool! They ain't neither going to lop him. Since when do they knick traitors on the steps of the Great Sept?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Just stone and steps and my heart beating loud in my chest. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Declaration took two steps away from me and asked her daddy something I couldn’t hear. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had walked up several steps before stopping and looking back. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Every few steps, Anya had to tug gently on the rope to get Zvezda away from whatever plant he was nibbling on. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

If I were you, I should take steps to make these men disperse. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He straightened up and took a few steps toward the edge. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

As they were walking up the steps, Jamie spied a Hershey’s almond bar still in its wrapper lying in the corner of the landing. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if on cue, all 150 of them joined hands and began to slowly retrace the same steps Martin Luther King, Jr., walked down over thirty years ago. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He came up the steps to explain in his formal French that the tracks of a large lion, a solitary hunting male, had been spotted on the path from the river. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conversations about next steps and tests and surgeries. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was sitting outside on the steps waiting when Francie came out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shrug and walk a few steps ahead to prevent him from seeing the wetness pooling in my eyes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on the concrete steps at the front of the school, staring out at the row of yellow buses. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Max lays down two sheets of paper, and although she cannot hear them, she can see the huge man talking Max through a set of steps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I told him about the only time I’d broken a bone, when I let Trevor convince me that skateboarding down our porch steps was a good idea a few years earlier. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Brandy squeals, running down the steps, and I follow. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The more steps he took away from the grand gallery of quartz chandeliers, the dimmer the light became. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He wanted to walk the last few steps along the snowy bank of the canal. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she lets go of my hand and sinks onto the steps that lead up to Ma’s building. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

But that morning my father smiled at me as he came up the steps. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She was walking a couple of steps ahead of Calder. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She takes a deep breath, taking two steps back to my one step forward. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They had been waiting on the steps for perhaps an hour, and were beginning to grumble about how hungry they were, when the front door opened, and Rhonda Kazembe appeared. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

To the point that I’ve somehow moved from the sidewalk near the street, up the cracked walkway, to the base of the porch steps. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

And if someday my small steps bring me near you, Please don’t rush to tell me all you feel. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

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

She climbs the steps like a much older person, and I wait for her at the top. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But I’m taking small steps, ’Cause I don’t know where I’m going. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

When it's over, the steps flood with mourners leaving. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He darted behind the three-sided wooden structure that sheltered waiting passengers from the wind until he heard her wide rubber heels padding down the steps. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner went to the bottom of her steps. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

They climbed the steps into the entrance hall and went into the Great Hall for lunch. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

People were dancing, and the feed was going, I walk these itty-bitty steps. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him on the steps was the woman in black. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My belly is large and I mount the steps to the railing with care. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In the same way that the steps that Achilles takes get smaller and smaller, and closer and closer to zero, the sum of those steps gets closer and closer to 2. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She took a few more steps, leaving at least twenty meters between us. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She looked all around them, retracing her steps as best as she could; it didn’t matter. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Camilla was at the foot of the steps, out of earshot. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I shuffle my feet so that my journey from the door to the car is exactly 29 steps. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Happiness would come, Harry thought, but at the moment it was muffled by exhaustion, and the pain of losing Fred and Lupin and Tonks pierced him like a physical wound every few steps. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then, he peels off, heads up the couple steps to his trailer, and disappears inside. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Three steps back was a Pole with a Soviet gun, following me—a Prussian carrying enough secrets to blow up the kingdom. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I reach her just as she is about to mount the steps. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Two dozen or more children raced out the door, few of them touching the three steps that led from the stoop to the ground. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a few steps back down the staircase, but it was pointless to pretend that I hadn’t been listening. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He leaped from the car while it was still skidding dangerously and hurtled up the flight of steps inside, where three men were busy at the instruments and the controls. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Taking a few steps along the edge of the road, the sheriff stopped. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father lights a lamp, steps into an elevator, and disappears. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I leapt up the steps and burst through the doorway. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the shaking stopped and she froze at the steps. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father parks the car, gets out, and helps Uncle Clyde up the steps. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I crutch forward a few steps and take a deep breath. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He steps closer, but she does not notice, she stays completely absorbed in the book. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he leaped forward, and ran to the summit, across the great flag-stones, and up the steps. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He unbuttoned the shirt completely, as if the journey of three steps had taken him into an oddly tropical zone. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I slowly placed it on the ground, then retreated a few steps. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She stood near the steps, trying to see. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

After fidgeting with his trunk he steps into the yard. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to lift it up the steps but could hardly raise one end and twice he dropped it painfully on his foot. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath and went up the marble steps, feeling as awkward and out of place as Cinderella at the ball. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Three springy steps down from the risers — girls in pastel dresses screaming, the music director lunging — a leap from the stage, out the side door and into the starry, sweet, onion-grass-smelling night. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was pretty easy to spot you out there, scanning the steps with one hand over your eyes like a salute. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She gives a hollow laugh and releases me, then steps forward and grabs a pair of Mollies, twin swords as long as a woman’s forearm and wickedly sharp on either side. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Behind their van, the police chief pulls up in his squad car and steps out. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Captain George Crowninshield had built a lookout there for him on a high point—a solid granite base, with steps leading up to a seat. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its hem was frayed from dragging up and down the rough stone steps of the stacks, and it was large, so the shape of him was quite lost within it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You just said I’m like every other Mask. You just said you could never-never love—” She spins away from me, but after only a few steps, turns back. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was early in the morning of the twenty- seventh of September, and as I walked up the steps I could hear angry voices inside the office and furniture being moved. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I start pushing my hips from side to side, taking long steps and putting my arms out like I’m on a runway someplace. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then, without another word, Mrs. McCracken steps away from the doorway and quietly disappears into another room, as if she never even saw me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I take the broom back to where it was hanging, my steps echoing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s from the guest room on the second floor, where Aunt Nancy used to stay before she couldn’t do the steps any longer. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

After sealing the envelope, Booth steps outside and mounts his horse, which has managed to remain hitched. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She squeezes into the lift and Werner steps in behind her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Why would you come to Italy to see Spanish steps?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Soon, Lee marches up the front steps and takes a seat in the parlor. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

A few houses away from where Ivy was standing, a girl ran down the porch steps and waved her hand. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Aravis went a few steps away into the wood and came back looking odd in her new, ragged clothes and carrying her real ones in a bundle. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He got up, and began to retrace his steps, winding the string up again into a ball. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She steps forward, intercepting me in the middle of the lobby. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was twenty-six steps up to the world above. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He finally started to back away from the steps, pushing against Mark until they were both in the hallway again.Without a word,Alec reached out and slowly closed the door until it clicked softly. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The first stairway consisted of about nine steps, a sharp turn, and then seven more steps to the landing of the second floor. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I sprinted the three steps to Pike, grabbed the lute by the neck, and pulled. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tyrion cursed and made for the steps with a rolling waddle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She carried an old lady’s giant sack of onions up some steep and crooked steps. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine that at the same time the rat steps from the dungeon and into the castle, a mouse is being born upstairs, a mouse, reader, who is destined to meet the light-bedazzled rat. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Throughout the long night, I listened to the sound of her anxious steps on the tile as she moved back and forth between the door and the window. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

We have gone through all of these steps in Birmingham. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Mother steps foot out of the house in her black Capri pants, why, they all just gawk and stare. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A gradual rise in population densities impelled people to obtain more food, by rewarding those who unconsciously took steps toward producing it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Part of your name is Indian,” the man said, pacing his steps with hers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It angled from the corner of their yard to the front steps. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

My legs are still trembling as I climb the steps to Corly station. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hina steps into the kitchen while I head down the hall. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

When the plane door opened a few minutes later, McNamara walked down the steps into a foggy Maryland morning. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I walked down the steps just ahead of it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plutarch steps back and pulls out a gold watch on a chain from a vest pocket. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He killed at least ten more people before he was suddenly tripping over the steps of the porch. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The miners still trudge up the old path to the tipple, and the people bustle in and out of the Big Store and gather on the church steps after Sunday services. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Walking at a steady pace, my boots scuffing the gravel, I count a hundred steps and start again. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Around 12:30 p.m., prison officials led him from his cell to the courtyard and up the scaffold steps. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She bounded up the main steps of the temple, then climbed a section of metal scaffolding so she could see above the heads of the ogres and Cyclopes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Ash sat on the front steps and watched her father and his driver loading trunks onto the carriage. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pinched his cheek and went bounding down the steps. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sounder had not died in his favorite spot right behind the porch steps where he had a hole dug out and where the boy’s father had put two coffee sacks for a pallet. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down on the steps and laid her head on her knees. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Together, we run across the wet grass and up the steps to the community building. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Gandalf came flying down the steps and fell to the ground in the midst of the Company. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

While I scraped plates and massaged migraines, she practiced dance steps with our classmate Farah. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When he came back to lock up the house, he found Esther waiting for him on the porch steps. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He paused at the porch steps and glanced over at the empty lot. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Trumpets blare and bands march in uniform steps, and Miss America herself, Vanessa Williams, stands on top of a beautifully decorated float and for me, is the highlight of the whole parade. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A tall, thin young man exits the restaurant and turns toward the patio steps. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I run down the steps, two at a time. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Emma started counting her steps as soon as they entered the tunnel—right after Chess pulled the door to the empty house’s basement shut tight behind them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I toss the sword onto the top of the wall and locate a couple of possible handholds before backing up a few steps to get a running start. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She steps out into the hall unnoticed, slipping out of sight into the shadowed library across from the parlor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The two notes that create the ear-piercing clash are placed at a distance of eleven steps from one other: an E and the Et above it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She picked up a candle and led me through the pantry and up a set of steps, which in my exhaustion I was hard put to climb, to a small attic room. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We were led through a small wooden door, then up a narrow spiraling staircase whose stone steps seemed numberless. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Teachers gasped for breath, doubled over in pain, fell to the steps. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trish takes Muhammad in for the first time as he steps forward to shake hands with Malcolm, pumping enthusiastically like a goofball politician. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, the man who looks so scared jumps up, steps on my knee, and leaps out of the back of the trade. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Max took a few steps away, his eyes on the untag game. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Five days later, when Charles had gone to buy some calf feed, Adam drove the buggy to the kitchen steps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cari pushed the screen door open and clattered down the porch steps to meet Henry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We ran up the kitchen steps, onto the porch, and Caddy knelt down in the dark and held me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone, likely Bill again, steps close to me, and I jerk in surprise as the back of my shirt is grabbed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She looked past him and saw their grandmother standing to hold the porch door open for James, who struggled up the steps with a basket of tomatoes in his arms. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad steps out into the upstairs hallway and closes the door to my sister’s room. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

A crocodile lumbered down the steps, followed by a peacock. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was the lady from the nearest house, out to sweep her steps. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one arm on her back, he was gently leading Tessie down the steps to get a good seat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He relaxed, feeling his head bounding painfully down the steps. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not daring even to look at each other, Harry and Ron followed Snape up the steps into the vast, echoing entrance hall, which was lit with flaming torches. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It’s what a mouse must feel, she thinks, as it steps from its hole into the open blades of a meadow, never knowing what shadow might come cruising above. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

"Red door on your left," I say sharply, and she follows me up the three concrete steps to the doors. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The kid boarded the bus, the dark man wearing the long apron waved, and the kid stopped at the top of the steps and waved back. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stood aside the steps to let Poirot enter the train. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon was set, and it was very dark; Bessie carried a lantern, whose light glanced on wet steps and gravel road sodden by a recent thaw. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

My solitude would give me an opportunity to take the first steps in that direction, without the kind of scrutiny that might destroy such efforts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wash pulled off his cap and took a few steps toward the truck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But there was still no sign of the potter, so Tree-ear tiptoed the last few steps to stand before the shelves. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I’m only two steps out of the building before I dial the number. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

One step, two steps, three steps — at last six steps. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Darin steps in front of me and glances at the fence, as if gauging the time it will take to reach it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Raised voices and hurried steps echo in the hallway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

There was no door on her right, and the steps went down, not up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They moved quickly between other enclosures, but when they reached the grounds’ border, her steps slowed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I was standing at the top of the stadium watching the kids walking up the steps and I saw the look on Grace’s face and the way he was interacting with his teammates,” Tracy said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The hum of the metal detectors could be heard from the bottom of the steps. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I described our stay-away of 1961 as a last resort after the government showed no signs of taking any steps to either talk with us or meet our demands. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They left no equipment that might attach the steps to the trailer. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It landed on a sock and scampered over a shirt, down the steps, and into the grass. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Nick was as stunned as I. His face went white, and he backed up a few steps, his eyes wide with surprise and alarm. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hollered as I hammered my way down the steps. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s the traps, isn’t it? The number of steps you took would bring you almost exactly to the one behind the Institute Control Building.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She says it all very slowly, like she’s said the same five steps at least one hundred times before. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He climbed the cracked, eroding concrete steps to his front door and had his hand on the doorknob before thinking better of it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

We climb the school steps, push through the heavy doors. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She cheerleads, watching with joy as they take their first steps with a prosthesis. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The other retreated a few steps then turned round again. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They formed a circle, swayIng their hips and flipping their wrists and taking tiny steps in intricate patterns on the floor. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Bod went up the stone steps inside the hill as fast as he could. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

From here two flights of steps led: one going on, as it seemed, up on to the high bank of the stream; the other turning away to the left. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The maid led Nok into the house and up a short flight of steps to the second level. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I take a few steps and somehow wind up on my hands and knees. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

As I run up the porch steps, he asks wearily, “Did you invite our new neighbors?” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom steps back, and Dad moves aside, and the policeman and Ms. Pagett walk out of my room, down the stairs, and out of our house. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after the children had gone a few steps down the room they came to faces that looked a little different. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The night was very dark, and Dox showed his disgust for night- traveling by stumbling every few steps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She takes one of their arms in each of hers and whisks them off down the steps. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She saw Julian Singh push his way forward and then scurry down the steps and out of sight. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Etienne feels strangely good as he steps outside; he feels strong. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I get three steps out of the way. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I go up the entrance steps, take a seat on the bottom bench, lay my crutches down, and unload my backpack. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

We took a couple of steps in silence, then Lori said, “Ding-dong, the witch is dead.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He retraced his steps, almost casually, caught her perfume again about fifty feet away, beside a small mausoleum with a closed metal gateway. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

By counting his steps they knew when he was far enough away for them to act. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Two steps came down from the cockpit to the cabin floor. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath at the top of the steps. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Barb steps forward, grabbing my shoulders and pushing me gently back down onto the bed before I can fully stand. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Bod led Scarlett carefully up the steps, through the hill, into the jutting black masonry of the Frobisher mausoleum. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Friend? Oh, that other girl. She’s not my friend—we just met at the bottom of the steps. I didn’t even know her name. For that matter, I don’t know yours, either.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fuchsia is sitting on the steps just inside the rec, like I was hoping she might be. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

As they left the steps, Concha went on, “They can call la migra whenever they want to.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The old lady dragged behind, taking slow steps, and by the time they reached the airport she was limping. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to organize my “social awareness” thoughts before the rest of the gang shows up for a quick fifteen-minute “next steps” meeting. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He went down the front steps and saw' Patrolman Mancuso’s white Rambler parked before the house. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That's where we were going to load the wagon so we wouldn't have to wheel the wagon down any steps to get it to the meeting room. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I took the deserted side steps down to the street two at a time, without meeting another soul. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The door opens, and Tobias steps halfway in, the door dividing his body in half. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once she found it, she stepped around to where she’d built makeshift steps. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I take some more steps and he does too. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Just like I knew it would, it moved a few steps backward. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one hand she lifted the folds of her sari; her walk was flavored by her costume: her steps were short and light and there appeared to be great movement around her knees. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment at the top of the steps. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

With his long stride, Mr. Bender steps over them, but I step in them. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I start running down the first few steps, reaching up to realize...I forgot to put on my face mask. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then he steps on the gas, crosses the street behind me, and keeps going. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

On the steps of the Gathering Hall, the two guards moved a little closer to the mayor. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mom jogs up the steps and into our father’s arms. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He took three steps back, squared himself like he would do in a drill, and bolted forward, angling his shoulder toward the door. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“If you or your daughter will just read that over, it’ll explain all the steps you need to take to renew Young Ju’s green card.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“But in such a case,” objected the doctor, “the person indicated being innocent, would not take steps to conceal her identity.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach to kiss her on the cheek and give her a big hug, but she steps back. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She smiles with such incredible warmth and says, “I knew you’d come, Jimmy” She steps toward me and hugs me hard, her soft, wrinkled arms encasing me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Moss’s memory filled in the blanks: Javier was at the top of those steps. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Grabbing my arm to stop me from leaving, she shined her flashlight up a dark flight of steps leading to the third floor. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I took several steps backward, expecting him to leap down and attack me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She shuts the journal herself and steps out of the circle without looking at me and walks out of the room. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They got to the front door, and Finn was really happy about being just a few steps away from no longer having to walk all stooped-over and sad. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He skipped off toward the cake shop, which, a few steps away, filled the alley with its wonderful baking smells. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Twin urns are toppled on the front steps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The picture is complete before I can take two steps forward. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I hesitated because I wasn’t sure I’d be able to follow the steps, but Dad nodded and encouraged me to try. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She steps out into their hallway, leaving the door an inch ajar. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He tips the driver excessively and steps out of the car. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

From her bed she heard Úrsula’s weeping, the steps and whispers of the multitude that invaded the house, the wailing of the mourners, and then a deep silence that smelled of trampled flowers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The men sitting on the steps turned to look at me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jake puts a finger to his lips and steps closer to me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The last thing I see that day is Thomas and Tony O’Reilly sitting on the steps of the church, smoking together. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She hurries down the steps, crouches down next to him, runs her hand down his back. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Myron reached the bottom of the steps with the biggest, goofiest, dorkiest smile I had ever seen on a human being. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Moments later, as a band played, Nixon and his daughter, both beaming, walked arm-in-arm down the White House steps and into the Rose Garden. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was just a few steps to her room. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Tentative, A’Leia steps off and zooms, screaming, “I’m going to die.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Noodles just sat back down on the stoop, flicking those folded leaves down the steps. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When I opened the door, she stumbled back three steps and gawked at me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He is always two steps ahead of me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He steps aside, turns, and gives me what I guess he thinks is a wink through his glasses. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I took five steps toward the dawn and stood there, feeling the warmth of the sun touching me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pausing for an instant, Shadow looked about before descending the stone steps from the ramparts to the cloisters. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She steps forward, pushes her hair away from her ear. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But William strides right at him, and the young man steps back. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I climbed three steps, peered down into the container, and my jaw hit the floor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There would be no glorious moment on the Gathering Hall steps after all. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He executed a series of tricky dance steps. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Daddy hobbles two steps forward, towering over me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As she steps out of the hotel elevator, smiling at him like he made the sun rise, his brain goes to mush. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They heard each other’s harsh breathing, they heard their footfalls, they heard the little stones their steps dislodged. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She walked through the cabin door and down the short steps into the frosty yard. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell took the side steps off the stage and sat down in the first row of the audience. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Laura’s heart was beating so fast that she could hardly climb the steps. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made camp in a sloping pasture rimmed by enormous oak trees and pines and nut trees, a stream moving down through the center, over steps of rock. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

After giving a wide-eyed Miss Watson the slip, I ran down the front steps of the school, only slowing when I reached the road. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A travel attendant steps aside to let Edel go, then taps an hourglass hanging from her jacket lapel. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Mary sat on the outdoor concrete steps with the officer standing over her, the two mirroring each other’s despair and frustration. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He was eager to move away from Wab’s glare and took a few steps towards the fire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She steps into the light, beautiful and dark as ebony. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, a bobcat will match its steps to a coyote’s tracks—will go footprint for footprint.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She rushed down the steps before Park could stop her . . . and almost ran into his dad standing in the driveway. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Webb steps to Malik, gives him a high five, and then presses him back onto the bench. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

As Ellsberg turned toward the policemen waiting for him at the top of the courthouse steps, a reporter shouted: “Do you have any concern about the possibility of going to prison for this?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Occasionally I’ve snuck out of my room and sat on the steps to my trailer, listening to the night, gazing up at the stars, dreaming. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Dwarf feet are designed for spadework, not for the delicate intricacies of ballet dancing or balancing on wooden steps. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Bigger saw Mr. Dalton lift his hand for silence, then walk slowly down the steps and stand near the men, just a few feet above them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, no, that was two days ago. Yesterday I slipped on the ice and fell on my backside. Near broke my tailbone, I did. Could barely come up the steps this morning.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had hiked 500 miles, a million and a quarter steps, since setting off from Amicalola. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I scattered a handful of sunflower seeds thirty paces down the drive to draw the birds and then I sat down on the steps on a ratty old cushion I’d scavenged from the trunk room. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The proposal was welcomed by all; and they sat down on the upper steps, dim figures in the gloom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I started up the steps of the church and then turned back. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I believe I actually took a few steps towards the doorway, but then I turned to her again and said: 'So, Miss Kenton, the new recruits are getting on well, you say.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her bare feet skipped over the carpeted steps and soon she was standing before him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Pa yelled from a few steps behind him. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

When we come to the steps leading down, Pollux and I are scanning for a possible alternative on the Holo when I start gagging. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I found Jessica sitting alone on the steps of the gazebo. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

As she walked him down the stone steps and out into the cold November afternoon, she put her hand on his shoulder. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Normally, I wouldn’t have heard him come in over the music, but he didn’t tiptoe up the steps and slip into his bedroom like I would’ve done if I stayed out way later than usual. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The steps were so deep that I could barely climb up. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Lincoln steps past the sentry boxes, grasps the wrought-iron railing, and marches up the steps into the Confederate White House. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She retraced her steps around the perimeter of the camp three times, grinding the remaining powders into the forest floor. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I would always hear his tired steps in the hallway as he came in the door. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

So they laid broomsticks across their doors at night and sprinkled salt on porch steps. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Two white men grasped him by the arm and dragged him down the steps to the main floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Next thing, I hear someone on the steps, these light feet trying to be real quiet, and then a flashlight comes on and this woman's voice says, "You there, kid?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

August reached for me, but I got to my feet and pushed open the screen door leading to the porch steps. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wide steps swooped up past a line of pillars and up to the central doors. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I relax my grip on him and he steps back, out of my arms. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Each of the two upper tiers had been built so they staggered outward, reversed stair steps. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Each of their steps sent a gentle puff of dust into the air. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But the first time he showed her how to climb down the jagged steps, Olanna saw a snake coiled in a corner. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Capricorn's men climbed the steps and sat at their master's feet, Elinor among them like a pigeon with ruffled feathers in the middle of a mob of marauding crows. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Virgil applied more pressure and said, “Why is it, Bull, that I’m always about five steps ahead of you?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, if I had to synthesize my own enzymes, if I consciously had to remember and direct all the chemical steps required to get energy out of food, I would probably starve. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I climb the two short steps but then turn and face my grandfather. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

At the far end of the house, beyond the hearth and facing north towards the doors, was a dais with three steps; and in the middle of the dais was a great gilded chair. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When he turned in to the apartment, Luke was sitting on the steps waiting for him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Barred from Constitution Hall, she would give a free open-air concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

We were walking up the steps of the infirmary, everything was very swift, and next I was in a corridor being nudged by Dr. Stanpole toward a door. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I climb the first set of steps and tell myself I can only sit for a moment. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A pair of Unsullied went down the steps before them, bearing torches; behind came two Brazen Beasts, one masked as a fish, the other as a hawk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I spun quickly, taking two steps back and banging into a tree. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Propelled by her downward momentum, Kendra found herself taking larger steps than she wanted. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I want my first steps into my new life to be ones I take on my own. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Near a pool she lost all sight of her steps and then with relief recognized an empty lemming nest, a round ball of grass that she had kicked open. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead the water-course came to an end in broken steps of rock; for out from the main range there sprang a high barren spur, thrusting eastward like a wall. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The front door opens, and Byrd steps into the room. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Barry sat on the steps next to what had to be the ugliest fountain in all of San Francisco. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They all stood still and looked at Baby Wilson coming down the steps of her house across the street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the other direction was the entrance of a Chthonic Railway station, with more crowds pouring up and down the steps. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I mean nobody steps on little kids down there, so why should they step on Freak? Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Softly, I say, "I'll get that," and she waits while I push it open, and then she's off again, out and down the steps to the pavement. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat next to me on the steps and draped her arms around me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Jus steps inside and the fragrance of chicken cacciatore assaults his senses, he’s one hundred percent sure he doesn’t wanna be here. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She could go from one side to the other in six short steps. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She walked down the brick steps to the Misses Spink and Forcible’s front door. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I gauged I could be up and down those porch steps, compass in hand, in five seconds. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Esteban began to climb the creaky steps, which had not been waxed in a long time. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men came a couple of steps closer and raised what was in their hands. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They ascended the low, wide steps of my porch. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben’s hurried steps return, another softer set of footsteps with him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He throws open the front door, slams his body against the screen and, hearing the tap tap tap behind him, jumps over the porch steps and down to the driveway. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I try to clamp myself around the wide trunk and shinny up, using the rough bark as steps, but it doesn’t work. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

This time the gates of Hel were opened for him, as he left, and he retraced his steps. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He steps over to Pri and taps two fingers on her temple. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The driver lugs Ainsley’s science project up the steps for her. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

And then she noticed the padded steps, stalking the hallway of the Tower each night. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He steps closer to me, his beady eyes in my face. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The bouncer at the Bear Flag steps out on the porch in his shirtsleeves and stretches and yawns and scratches his stomach. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I climbed hand over foot for as long as momentum would take me and then switched to a slower shimmy until the branches started and I could use them as steps. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes I went up the six steps to the library doors and tried them and they were, of course, still locked, so I’d go sit down. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When Bear finally appeared, he fairly stumbled down the steps, bawling for his breakfast. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When they came out, he stood on the rise of the church steps among the four enrobed ministers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noiseless on his deerskin moccasins, he ran up the steps and tried the door. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no way to retrace our steps, the mill wheel’s turning — For God made the water, and the water makes the river, And the river turns the mill wheel and the wheel goes on forever. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Through the windshield, I spot Dray sitting on the steps to our house. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We started down the steps into a basement. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tall man gave a quick look over to Doc’s cabin, then loped up our front steps. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I heard his boot steps quicken as he tramped down the front porch. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Trailing a few steps behind Gale, I try to collect myself before I’m thrown into what’s sure to be another relentless Mockingjay session. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We get to the steps and it’s halfway up that she first speaks. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Until one day, when Sadie appeared on the steps of the high school with Charles. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The man got off the steps, pressed his back to the wall and started sliding against it to the cellar door. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I follow the number of steps and turns out of the entrance, and then burst through the front tent flaps to find myself deposited back in the narrow alley. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She steps in front of me and grabs my shoulders. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The guy who steps out looks a couple of years older than me, and is almost a foot taller, with thick black hair to his shoulders and black-rimmed glasses. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Khadijah auntie steps up behind him and thwacks him across the back with her cane. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Amber steps forward—eyes gazing ahead, shoulders back, slight smile on her face—looking exactly how Du Barry trained us to. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I took but a few more steps when a beating sound, as if someone were striking a drum, came from behind. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

A large tour group was a few steps ahead of us. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I walk up the three steps to the altar and step over the small railing that separates the masses from all that is sacred. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Taking small steps, I walked along the gravel path back to the school. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The steady chanting draws my wearied steps, which know their way despite the dark, to the chapel. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Stuart waves from the steps and smiles at me so our parents can’t tell that anything has changed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the flashlight from under the kitchen sink and turned it on just as I started down the back porch steps. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I am several steps in front of him before I realize that the Colonel has fallen down. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Denna seemed steadier than when we’d left the tavern, but kept her eyes on the ground, choosing her steps with deliberate care as if she didn’t quite trust her balance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I take my favorite spot on the steps after he hands me the colorful bouquet I recognize from the Key Food on Broadway. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He went with slow, reluctant steps up the slope to the mausoleum, avoiding the still-damp blood, and opened the door. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was a soft scurry in the doorway, and running steps for a moment, and then silence. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she made her way down a few steps of the rickety ladder. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She shows us her watch that tells steps, distance, and calories. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

So I just walk up the front steps, stomp across the porch, and use my key to open the door. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the guards passed him, he took the tower steps two at a time. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Between eighty-six and ninety-four steps to the corner where the crossing guard, Ms. Post, stands. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The TV showed the boy’s back as he was marched in handcuffs up the steps of the police department. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The attack: of the gull had consumed precious time, and when she reached the steps that would be the final climb, dusk had come. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But the dog was quickly out of sight, and the man gave up after a few steps. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The steps are just here. If you put a foot forward you can find it. There. Now I’ll go first.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The memories haunt and follow me like my shadow as I climb slowly up the steps to our hut. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second factor is that, just as the depletion of wild game tended to make hunting-gathering less rewarding, an increased availability of domesticable wild plants made steps leading to plant domestication more rewarding. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She takes a couple of steps in, and stops to look at my wall of pictures. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“That sounds scary. Everyone who even steps foot in that yard disappears.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I headed out toward the mercantile with her right alongside, grumpy old Alexander a few steps off so’s no one knew he was following. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled and jumped down the three leaning steps to join him. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He taps me on the shoulder, and I take three hurried steps to catch up to the Chancellor again. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I took five steps into the room, and everybody fell silent, abandoning their activities to glare at me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the back of the basement, the floor had been excavated, revealing another set of steps—these of white stone—leading still deeper underground. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Whenever the calls are left to the referees, it is our personal coach who steps in to persuade the refs to call a point one way or the other. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There were cunning steps cut into the slope all the way down and set with flat stones. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

They found a broad path, paved with hewn stones, now winding upward, now climbing in short flights of well-laid steps. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Lou waits in the aisle for me and steps back to let me go first. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Drinker takes giant steps across the roughed-out driveway of the building lot. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Driver Francis Burns steps down and walks the horses the final few feet to the theater. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Douglas pulled the chain that released the steps. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The next evening, while sitting with Kim outside on the steps of our hut, I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom steps back into the living room and hands me her phone. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The gargoyle leapt aside at the mention of toffee eclairs, and Harry took the spiral staircase two steps at a time, knocking on the door just as a clock within chimed eight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Experienced black Urban League staff worked side by side with white women workers from the Travelers Aid Society to get migrants’ first steps on the right path. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They got out and walked toward the temple, posing first for pictures by the pair of lions that flanked the steps. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Bobby left the ballroom of the Empire Hotel, just steps away from the construction site of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts cultural complex. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I growled something I probably wouldn’t say anywhere near Nana and stalked up the rest of the steps. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He waddled out into the lower bailey; his stunted legs complained of the steps. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I walked toward them with those tiny feather steps you expect of a girl in Japan, and lowered myself to the floor, determined not to cry, but the sting was already gathering in my eyes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

George took the steep steps onto her own bus and shuffled along the narrow corridor, her feet sticking to the rubbery floor. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Grandma smiled, “Exactly. It is as though he is clearing a trail for us to follow, and of course we are making steps forward here that we must be grateful for.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Watson, when she sees me, rushes down the steps. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“As I was saying, since the orphan children are not legal. Zola steps forward. “ The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

He heard steps approaching, and a moment later a hand was laid on his shoulder. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lourdes exaggerated her steps, flawless and lilting, teasing the rhythm seductively. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was surprised when I found myself in my own yard, with Mr. Whiskers there on the steps, curled up next to the sunflower I’d planted in a coffee can. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They learn how to change the South without violence, how to not be moved by the evil actions of others, how to walk slowly but with deliberate steps. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sizwe decided we needed a dance crew to show people the steps to the songs we were playing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Abuela took small steps toward a group having a business lunch, and they immediately stopped their serious discussion to speak with her. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As I run back home, my heart leaps out of my chest, my head pounds, and I almost collapse on the front steps. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I heard a chair moving, quick steps, the locks turning— click! click! click!—and then the door opened. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Auri came a few steps closer, stopped, waited, then darted forward again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sun was high when Rontu barked and I heard steps below me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Powell’s eyes widened momentarily and he stopped on the stairs; then he recovered and resumed his upward steps. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He steps to my mom and takes her free hand in his. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They now were tugging him down the steps, and he glanced back over his shoulder, as if sharing a confidence. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn't easy, and I think we hurt Lucas twice trying to get him down the bus steps, and again when we crowded him into the elevator. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I steady my feet and turn with him as he steps round toward the pulpit half of the church, the half nearer the edge. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The door across the street opens, and Mikey Sanders steps outside with a shiny, black bag of garbage in his hand. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, the ball comes flying at us, and, cigarette between his teeth, Charlie steps backward once, twice, once more, as if he’s not in any hurry, as if he knows he’s got this. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the way back to his chambers, he came upon his daughter Arya on the winding steps of the Tower of the Hand, windrnilling her arms as she struggled to balance on one leg. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Blond Homecoming Queen who had come up the steps earlier with her pink shirt and her perfectly brushed hair didn’t want to think about that. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There was a powerboat tied up at the base of the steps, and Alice was right: there were two men. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Track officials viewed any effort to create funds for injured riders as unionizing, and they were ready to ban any jockey who took steps in that direction. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we walk up the steps, he stops the knife and tosses it into his other hand, which is gnarled with scars. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Ms. Brenda was walking up the block, stopping every few steps to chat with someone else. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Dana nods her agreement and steps out into the hall...but not before she shoots me a stink eye. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As he mounted the steps to the Monk Building’s broad front plaza, Reynie saw two girls well ahead of him, walking together toward the front doors. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I tossed the carton and cookie up onto my bunk and took two steps up the ladder. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Olanna laughed and noticed that they were both walking at a leisurely pace and that their steps were in harmony, their slippers coated in brown dust. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

An involuntary, wordless shout left him as he took a few hurried steps along the drive, faltered, ran on, then stopped again, knowing that pursuit was pointless. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Hennessey, who was working catcher, casually hands him a bat as he steps up to the plate, and I jog to take over for her. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He reached for a bottle of whiskey stashed under the eaves overhanging the back steps. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

After a while, she walked to the top of the brick steps and looked directly at the tree that hid me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

A Jeweled wine cup and a pair of silver candlesticks spilled out of the crimson cloak he'd wrapped them in and went clattering down the steps. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At least she was a few steps back. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I screamed, but my voice got lost in the cries of Sir Zurt and the lumbering steps of approaching hunters. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He ran through the streets, and kept running until he reached the steps of a relative’s house, where he collapsed on the porch. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He almost slipped on the icy steps as he spun around to find me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But if you take a few steps in any direction, until you reach the edge of the stationary platform, then the relative position of the horses will appear to change all the time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The men were standing on the steps outside. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I marched down her rickety steps, a bead of sweat already trickling its way down my back. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had his own set of small steps to take. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She took several quick steps up to the trunk of the maple, threw her arms around it, and kissed that tree soundly. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Ghostlike, Mrs. Dalton moved noiselessly down the steps until she came to Mr. Dalton’s side, the big white cat following her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

Melina was still at the top of the steps, fooling with something. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She was silent for a few more steps. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Grammy gets up from her puzzle and steps next to me. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Figure 4.11: Going from C up to F takes five half steps. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She climbed down the steps and saw him looking frantically about in the wrong direction. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They walked up a flight of stone steps and crowded around the huge, oak front door. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They heard steps coming down the stairs and Mrs. Trek calling their names. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Twelve times two is twenty-four steps to safety. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

They took the left hand way and found themselves in a passage that was hardly lighted at all and which soon began going down steps. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Anyway, she stood so close I got the feeling she was going to try to push me down the steps. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When I reached the steps, though, she was waiting. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then she lifted herself, reached across, grabbed the now visible handhold with her uninjured arm, and pulled herself triumphantly across the cliff face and to the steps that would lead her to the top. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Shorter steps. You’ll get the hang of them after a while.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Freeman steps back, as if he has just seen something new in his own picture. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

At night me and some of my friends sat on the cold stone steps, deep inside St. Nicholas Park. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Together, they climbed the creaking stairs, stepping over broken and mildewed missing steps and finding their way around the holes and gaps in the floors to their room. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were all escorted to the steps of City Hall, where the Mayor of New York made a speech of welcome. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, Gogol empties his pockets and steps through a metal detector, as if he were at an airport, about to embark on a journey. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Basta was standing at the foot of the steps with his fists clenched, his back still turned. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I can’t go outside because there are five steps from the entrance of the building down to the street. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Or a homework tracker,” Tamika said, “where you enter all your assignments, the steps to complete them, and due dates, and then mark them off when finished.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It started ringing, so I got up and walked a few steps away from the house so Grandma definitely couldn’t hear. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath and climbed the steps. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

At that same moment, a man comes out of the driver’s side and takes long, deliberate steps toward the corner. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I ran from the door and got halfway down the steps before I said, “Nothing, Momma.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The group of men clustered on the front steps did not look like angels, but they could have been in disguise. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Removing his yellow cloth riding gloves, Grant steps forward and shakes Lee’s hand. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The edge of the glacier was jagged, a series of huge steps torn from the earth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We sat on the steps holding each other, laughing and crying at nothing, the chicken’s wings thumping against the side of the house. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A black man dressed in overalls went up the steps and into the flat adjoining the one in which I lived. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the girls sprinted down the steps, Zoe almost ran into me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

His father walked off to his own bedroom with Chip’s mother a few steps behind, still asking questions. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’s worked through lunch, and when he steps out of his office building it is colder, the light fading rapidly from the sky. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ice is a half-step behind him at the foul line but two steps in and he’s dead on the dude. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then the Headmaster advanced several steps and enlarged his gestures; he was apparently addressing the troops. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gabe helped her through the door and down the front steps. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Iran down the front steps and stood in the middle of the street. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

"I remember well my first faltering steps upon the boards," Mr. Pope said. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He turned toward the opening, ran forward, took the steps in one spring, and when he reached the outer portal, bounded through it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Instantly, Stella steps in front of Ruby to shield her. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

She stumbled on the steps and all the girls snickered and the boys guffawed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I backed up a couple of steps, went into a crouch, swung my gun arm up, straight out stiff, left hand clamping right wrist, like I saw on TV. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

A set of broad steps led up to the main entrance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pass Sugar sitting on the front steps. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He hit the first step, feeling it sag under him, but he kept going, up wooden steps worn so smooth his loafers slipped backwards, but the chilly legs were getting warmer now. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after ten steps she did so despite herself—it was too hard not to turn around. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Three quick steps brought him to the door. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I stumbled off the steps and squinted in the general direction everybody was looking. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the steps, not sure where to go next. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Perhaps some key steps in the development of the genetic code, or the Cambrian explosion, or bipedal stature among our ancestors were initiated by cosmic rays. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, it was his mother, Ms. Janice, dressed in a mini skirt and a mini-er shirt, trotting down the steps, holding an overnight bag. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The door opens before he can get to it and Oslo Fouke steps in, smiling, in a white button-down shirt and black necktie. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I heard the back door close behind him and his boots on the steps. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

We barreled straight for the front steps of the library. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Dad’s feet took the two steps from the sink to the toilet. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roshan steps over to her and murmurs something in her ear. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was so stunned, so angry, so upside-down confused that she just stood paralyzed at the base of the steps. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Deputy Mayor,” Hildy says, walking up the steps, clomping her boots loud against the wood. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mother Water Monster took ten steps and was towering over Nathan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

For instance, only a few steps from my feet lays a threefoot square of plastic. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He took tiny steps toward the lectern, his heels not moving much past his toes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I walked back along the border of the lawn, traversed the gravel softly and tiptoed up the veranda steps. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

When I’m almost home, I sit down on some steps near my house, and cry. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Iron streetlamps line the sidewalks, and I see Uncle Carlos from a few houses down, sitting on his front steps in the dark. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She cowers to my largeness, taking two steps back. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“And two of ’em sound like the steps of a fool.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

As my counting reaches five, the thunder cracks and rumbles above, shooting vibrations through the wooden steps. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

We were standing on Arnold’s front steps and he handed me some kind of hippie iced tea that tasted sweet but, he said, had no sugar in it. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

To keep the policeman’s attention on me, and not the workers who aren’t workers just a few steps behind. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

So the next afternoon when it was hot and close, Turner climbed the steps to Mrs. Cobb’s house with the sea breeze at his heels, urging him to play. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Robb turned the big grey stallion and walked him slowly away from her, Grey Wind shadowing his steps. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Afterward, Ben danced with my mother, his steps sure and stately. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We ran up the steps and out of the bright cold, into the dark cold. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly walk up the steps to the big wooden door. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He took two steps, fell, and didn’t get back up. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I ran up the steps and tried to force my way past her into the house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go down the steps, and there’s a lantern already lit, Henek and a woman with sleek, dark hair sitting on crates on either side of it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He and the inspector stopped by the car and turned at the sound of her steps. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We went down the steps, where our shadows were. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked a few steps closer to her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They rushed down the interior steps and into the enemy base. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I take a few steps closer and notice that Rock has some gray hairs in his beard, just like Daddy did. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

As he went up the steps there came frequently to his ears a slight creak, as of a tree bending in wind. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Back to the street, he yanked a handsome clothes press out a door and conducted it, thumping, down the building’s brick steps. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When I stepped closer, she hopped away, only a few steps, but fast; I wasn’t going to catch her like that. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

His gorgeous pink rag of a suit made a bright spot of color against the white steps and I thought of the night when I first came to his ancestral home three months before. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He flicked a nickel down the staircase, where it bounced off some steps and landed in Isa’s violin case, then he scooped up Laney and placed her on top of his shoulders. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Her shoes seemed frail, and Celaena took a few steps back, ignoring the guards at the door as she lifted her feet high and set them down to test the strength of the shoes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Before she recovered from the shock, I was past her and down the steps. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year, Vonetta practiced her curtsying more than she practiced her wings and time steps for the Tip Top Tap recital. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His men leaped to their feet as he rose from his chair and walked slowly down the altar steps. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But no one steps up to say it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I headed right between them with Belle, both boys throwing themselves a few steps back to get out of the way. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then this one great step forward was pushed two steps back. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When the planks were unloaded, Henry turned his back on his son and the Negro and climbed the porch steps. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bennie’s brother, Vincent, had been killed by the cops on the adjacent corner, just a few steps from his own front door. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Hideo steps inside the wall, then gestures for me to join him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dad is sitting by the fire with Mam and they want to know what steps I learned today and what they’re called. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The courthouse is an imposing, old, pillared brick building occupying a full city block, but the entrance is off to the side, down a set of steps. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For me, it was reminiscent of the weekends I’d spent as a child trailing my dad as he climbed up all those porch steps, going about his duties as a precinct captain. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he seemed to be counting the steps it took—six steps for the length, two steps for the width, six steps for the length again, and two more for the width. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Turner stacked his plate atop hers and then went out to the front porch and sat on the steps. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When he reached the entrance, he spied, with a feeling of good fortune, Colonel Korn trotting up the wide steps alone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

If Mary Anne happened to move a few steps away from him, even briefly, he’d tighten up and force himself not to watch her. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held her staff in front of her and took slow steps forward. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When she saw me looking at her, she bolted down the stairs too fast and tripped the last three steps. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Maybe eight or nine steps into the living room before reaching that door. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We ease out of the house, then bound down the porch steps, turning right when we hit the street to head toward the river. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The light turns red again and she steps off the curb. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was shuffling painfully up Trotter’s front steps. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t afford rent, so he slept most nights on a bench on Federal Hill in downtown Baltimore, or on the steps of a church across the street from his father’s house. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They chip and break, tiny pieces shattering on the Windemere steps. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Lina ran up the steps and through the door into a broad hallway. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor sprinted three steps for the exit before he whipped around and headed back to Luxa, catching his sister’s hand on the way. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Together they were learning to take small steps. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was a gap between the cage and the steps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As his rapid, clipped footsteps died away Cockerell, who had been sitting on the steps, laughed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They were heading, as Harry saw when he stepped out onto the stone steps from the front doors, toward the lake. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"You think I have forgotten? I have climbed these steps so often I know each one by name." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She steps back, just an inch, from Frank’s side, turns to her son. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Francie talked and talked until the genial little boy fell asleep sitting upright on the steps with his head against the iron rail. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still a little groggy when Alice came running up the steps and into the attic to get me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He felt it flaring as he went down Parker Head, and flaring again when he passed Mrs. Hurd’s empty house, and flaring when he passed First Congregational and climbed the porch steps to his house. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The church isn’t as big as the one Dad drags him to every Sunday, but a wide set of steps leads to a covered porchlike area set between two square towers with domed roofs. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I jumped over the sprawled lump and caught Belet at the outside steps. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It takes Mr. Allen a long time to climb the steps, but when he reaches the top, he looks around and says, “I’ve never seen so many trees.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The helicopter shot of their school, the gates with yellow police tape like party streamers, the shots of students huddled in tears on the front steps. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The queue for Chariots of Fire snaked down the cinema steps and along the street for eight or ten shops. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I ran down the steps back into the kitchen. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Scrimgeour took a couple of steps back from Harry, glancing at the hole he had made in Harry’s T-shirt. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Nervous, I hurried my steps on the crossties. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He pivots, retraces their steps, climbs an alley, then turns around. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“She finds out that she has dropped the handkerchief and immediately takes steps to conceal her Christian name.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately behind him, at the bottom of the steps, teachers stood in rows. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes later they stopped in front of a huge white building; he was led up steps, down hallways and then halted in front of a cell door. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could just walk up Kristi’s porch steps and ring the doorbell like nothing happened today at the park. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too early even to do my chores, I drank the coffee black, sitting on my steps, watching the sky blush the palest pink. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Around eight o’clock a heavy policeman came out of the main doors and stood on the steps, looking over the crowd. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the steps she reached an old wooden door with an iron pull ring. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

After they assured him that such a thing would never have occurred to them, he hastened back down the steps. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They huddled together on the steps to keep warm as merry snowflakes drifted through the air. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The old monk's walking stick clacked in time to his steps as he called to the people who came out to greet them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

They find the stairwell, descend rapidly, taking two steps at a time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I take a few steps back, see a bank of windows on the side of the building, all lit up—the studio space must be back there. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Lately, though, Havens has been contemplating steps that would take him away from Brown and campus ministry. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The Director steps past me, presumably heading to his office in the admin building. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They were never more than a few steps from the cool Mediterranean, and Abdulrahman would follow Ahmad to the shore and up the great Phoenician stones of the wall. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Two steps behind her, I say her name. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

For contrast the girl wore a large blue hat, fetching as a frying pan; Ralph watched as she took two steps, gazed up with rapture at the tree branches, then took another two steps. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wolf started up the steps, stopped, looked back at Jon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He climbed the monument’s white marble steps and stood in front of the imposing, seated figure of Abraham Lincoln. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Cook had said this as she completed all those steps in what seemed to Ophie like no time at all. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

When we reached the bridge by our house, I ran as fast as I could and took the steps in one leap. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He started up the stone steps, staring at John, who blocked the way. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I nodded, leaned down, and shook hands, whereupon she came around me, tucked into a perfect heel against my left leg, and gently push-nudged me up the porch steps to the screen door. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But the man was already up the steps and, before she could escape, had either heard or seen her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Each step along the way seemed airtight, and if all the steps are correct, how could the conclusion be wrong? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Fina reaches down to her chest for her binoculars and takes the tiniest of steps forward. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Leaving Qarl to his dreams, she padded down the keep’s exterior stair, the steps creaking under her bare feet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I ran back to Shady’s place, clomped up the wooden steps to my room, and reached under the floorboard for the Lucky Bill cigar box. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The dream change, I hear feet coming fast up the steps. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They heard the girl’s steps receding and the dogs settling down in front of the door. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every few steps, we swing Andrecito in the air and he squeals with delight. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked down the hall and down the four flights of steps. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A few cadets, eleven-year-olds with yellow stripes on their sleeves, linger on the steps outside an academy, the old and worn Walt Disney Concert Hall letters almost completely faded. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I nod, and he steps so close to me, I'm breathing in the cologne on his neck. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A blond sophomore girl steps out with a violin and sheet music. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Coach Rockford raises his hand and steps next to Webb. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I’m halfway up the steps when I hear a mom down at the bottom of the staircase shout, “Crush it, Ainsley!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

How he always made sure to exhale his last breath into the bus on the way up the steps. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

This touched off a parade of boycott leaders who filed inside the courthouse one by one and minutes later came out, freshly booked and fingerprinted, descending the steps into a cheering crowd of spectators. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Barry sat on the steps next to what had to be the ugliest fountain in all of San Francisco. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The gardener, the last one of Gatsby's former servants, came to the foot of the steps. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Some are migrants, who sit on the steps of the big clock tower. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He walked back angrily but his anger went away when he came to the Bear Flag and climbed the steps. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all took several steps backward, stunned by what they had done. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Bigger tiptoed up the steps, one at a time, hoping that the roar of the furnace and the men’s voices and the scraping of the shovel would drown out the creaking sounds his feet made. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped off the steps and pulled me over to the side of the schoolhouse so’s no one else could hear us. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He warned her about the steps, which were slick with a gray slime. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

With the help of the handrails I went down the stairwell four steps at a time. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kira hurried inside the Council Edifice while the boy waited on the steps. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around, saw me being patted down, and realized my escape had lasted a mere four steps. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The floor is slick with spills, forcing us to walk through the kitchen with tiny steps, like Susan McDougal in leg irons. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My first few steps are long like Lee said, but slow and tentative. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Later, Cora crawled back up the steps, perching just beneath the door, and listened. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A brick walk led up to the front steps. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’ll kindly take all the necessary steps as soon as possible. As soon as possible,” he emphatically repeated. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I took a few steps away, she rushed at the food, so I guess she was hungry. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Once Elizebeth knew what all the steps were, the rest of the messages were easy to read. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But anyway all of a sudden she gave Harry a push that nearly knocked him off the steps. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Took my word for it, then showed me the steps. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I pushed off from the lockers, took three quick steps, and slammed into Jay Perkins’s back. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He steps closer to Charlise as if he’s about to grab her hand, and this little exchange makes me raise my eyebrows, because Colin and Charlise used to hate each other when we were younger. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and start climbing the steep steps to the main building. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

A group of men was walking down the distant castle steps. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Six and six, damas and caballeros, they went through a complicated series of steps, the women's maracas clacking a teasing beat, the men echoing their partners' moves with sultry struts, and foot stomps. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He counted his steps—four, a bad number. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When we got to steps of the library, the official program began, and I received a handful of official awards and proclamations from various city officials as well as artwork and letters from local artists. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Bailey steps down from the railing and turns back to the conversation, all the elation he had felt moments before draining away. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Finch’s Landing was used only by travelers: the steps gave the ladies an excellent excuse to swoon; their luggage was left at the cotton landing— to debark there in front of the Negroes was unthinkable. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He jogged down the steps and met us with hugs. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

No need to listen for doors opening—to fancy steps on the pavement or the gravel-walk! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Give her some space," I say, arcing my arm in front of her as a shield while we make our way to the church steps. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Miig carefully put her bag by her feet and took a few steps back. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

William Clark visited the island of Antigua in the 1830s and painted the steps in making sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Up the front steps, up the marble staircase inside, and still Professor McGonagall didn’t say a word to him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She starts walking backward toward her entryway, smiling at him, taking an impressive number of steps before giving a final wave and turning away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As if glad to have something to do, Mr. Bates dashed up the steps. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Let him curse and I remember him falling down the cellar steps, and howling, and I remember, with pain, his tears, which my hand or your grandmother’s so easily wiped away. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I shove her harder and she almost stumbles down the school’s front steps. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Van Eck took a few steps backward, putting distance between himself and Kaz’s loaded gun. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He steps forward, opens the trailer door, and walks out. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Mark ran past him a few steps before he could do the same. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

You could walk with care along between the rocks, picking your steps, and if you slipped you’d fall and cut yourself, but it was no use blaming the rocks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fearfully he took a few uncertain steps in the dark, and then all at once there came a flash of red that leaped upward, and smote the high black roof. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I took the steps two at a time and was near the top when Madam stepped into the hall and pointed at me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here was a picture of Mr. and Mrs. Dalton standing upon the basement steps. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And so am I. A few steps into the woods grows a bank of wildflowers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’s knocked over his stack of self-help books, and they lie like shallow steps between the couch and the radiator. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I sling the strap of the bag over the back of a chair and dash up the steps to my bedroom. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He threw up on the steps of the church. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She returned through the kitchen and out the outer door and stopped on the steps. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peeta steps up on a crate against the wall of the sweetshop and offers me a hand while he scans the square. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He steps forward and lifts the lid to inspect the damage. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He walked quickly down the steps, the long, steep, dirty steps. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this time she has hurried down the porch steps and retrieved my sister. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Eventually, he said: 'I only fell that time because of those steps. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then they vanished, one by one, into the narrow passageway that opened up a few steps down from the movie theater's main entrance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I trotted down the steps and met him at his car. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She walked backward a few steps and waved, and I waved back. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He took half a dozen steps, then spun around and marched back to her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

As the hoofbeats grew nearer, she pulled her sun- bonnet farther down over her face and shortened the length of her steps, edging over to the side of the narrow road, hitching along. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair looked quite combed, and he was tall and thin and carried the same cane he had waved from the steps that morning. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

They went down a short passage, then up some winding stone steps. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He steps back and aside to let me pass. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

My steps slowed as I approached the market. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a glance behind, and seeing no one, I hold Carmine close and follow him, keeping my eyes on the wide steps so I don’t fall. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was in a space big enough to stand up in, and he could see steps cut into the stone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He knew he was under the ground because he had been carried, in his cage, down a long flight of steps into dimness and coldness. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“This is fine,” she said, as they began to tread the steps of the dance together. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I walk up the two flights of steps to our apartment. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was so quiet that the only things I could hear were the steps I took walking across the marble floor and my heart. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They took a few steps before he charged them. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Restlessly, she wandered over to the steps in front of the memorial and sat down. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Always two steps ahead, that was Master Artemis. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It’s Luz, and as she steps forward, we hug, and whisper “Congratulations” in each other’s ears. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run down the steps and he hugs me like it’s been weeks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"I hear that a good many rangers have vanished of late," Lannister said as they mounted the steps to the common hall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"It's not raining that hard yet," Starry says, but she quickens her steps. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nico says “we,” but he’s the one doing everything while I’m writing down the steps in my notebook. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

So I had the outlines of a plan, and I think I went on refining it for several days before it occurred to me it wasn’t actually necessary to carry out all the steps. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Director steps forward, fists clenched, sweat shining on his forehead. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Y’all come on,” Wash called as he scaled the bank in a few steps. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I snapped out of it and got up to the steps, kids were yelling after the police tank. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As we walked up the steps into the schoolhouse, Mr. Travis said, “Good morning, scholars, strivers, and questers for a better future! Are you ready to learn, are you ready to grow?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I stood on the front steps alone, waving goodbye to him. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Yet I edged cautiously toward the steps of the house, holding myself ready to run if they should prove to be more violent than they appeared. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I climbed over the railing and joined the ninety steers, which retreated a few lumbering steps. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Professor Sprout headed off into the gathering darkness in the direction of her greenhouses, and Slughorn directed his steps to the spot where Harry stood, invisible. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Restored to power, Ptolemy took steps to make sure that his position would be secure. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I lead her up the steps, turn the corner, and there they are. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And apparently every single person who steps in and out of my life. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But before she steps on the gas, Uhmma holds the steering wheel tightly with both chapped hands. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The steps themselves were half-covered with ivy; they seemed an inviting place to rest. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She could hear the bukavac’s steps behind her, the scuttling rapid-fire of six feet punching the ground as it chased her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Tunnels branched off to the sides; some of them slanted down; others had steps carved into them leading up. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She hiked her bag up onto her shoulder as she came down the rest of the steps. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Following Dad, we walked down the front porch steps and stood on the sidewalk like a little parade. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled, a smile as beautiful as the yellow day, and came down the steps, leaving her broom against a post. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She was pointing at Ron in dire accusation: It was like a malediction, and Harry could not blame Ron for retreating several steps. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Livingston also was perplexed about his inability to coax the protons to more than seventy-five accelerating steps, a mysterious constraint on the machine’s effectiveness. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Though danger dogged my heels, urging me to hurry, a greater sadness slowed my steps. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But up those ominous fourteen steps is a shower. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The guards marched Lina up the steps of the Gathering Hall and through the wide doorway. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He steps out of the entrance and lets the door shut behind him. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Instead, Lev enters the gate, counts out eighteen steps along the side of the garden and four steps toward the house, crouches down and begins to dig with his hands. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The old man stopped too, several steps ahead of him on the forest path, and looked back, polite by an effort. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Terrorists attacked the Twin Towers on 9/11. Except our teachers are taking baby steps. Teaching pieces. Treating us like we’re five instead of ten.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The man in the grey suit releases her wrist and she steps back, retreating into a corner and staring at her hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then, trying to watch in all directions at once, she withdrew a few cautious steps from the tree against which she had been leaning. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Forcing my way quickly through the crowd, I stood on the steps facing those in front, talking rapidly without thought but out of my clashing emotions. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He steps back and watches Henry take it all in—the butter-yellow siding, the big bay window, the handprints in the sidewalk. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But he had seen something huge and grey, on the steps beneath, pursuing them. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Slowly he steps behind my parents, gesturing the security detail with guns aside. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He was a long time thinking but finally he saw and stumbled down the steps with a surly “’Bye.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He came forward and sat down on the porch steps, as one does to chat with a passing neighbor. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I stand on the school steps and think, Carlos. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

She was stronger than Alebelly, though, and had no trouble lifting Bran in her arms and carrying him down the steps. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Doctor was standing on the steps, and about him were a group of women all crying. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben backed into the car window, then struggled to pull Toomer down the steps of the bus and through the window without hurting him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just a little bump to make those steps quicker. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I let Vonetta and Fern beat me out of the Wildcat and up the steps so they could tell Big Ma all about our day with Pa’s lady friend. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Dripping, their clothes clinging to them, they made their way up the steps. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Now he turns and bounds up the roof in a couple steps. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Kyle saw Haley Daley dash down another set of steps into the basement, to what the floor plan called the Stacks. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I’d left Lansing unable to dance, but now I went around the gymnasium floor flinging little gills over my shoulders and hips, showing my most startling steps. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car door opens and a uniformed policeman steps out, adjusting his sunglasses. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Hazel looked at the ground and hurried her steps, trying to pretend she was not about to burst apart with fear. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

After he drove away, I sat on the front steps waiting for Grandma to come home. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Webb spits a seed across the steps at me. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I catch David’s eye as he steps closer to me and the man who is still holding me against the fridge. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Miguel was waiting on the steps of the Lonogan house, work gloves in his lap, a little sheepdog frantically bulldozing his knee. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Children played in the aisles and chased each other up and down the steps. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s doing the whole baseboard—but he’s studying the windows, too. See how he steps back to look up?” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

An aide steps out from the room across the hall and startles me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When they passed a tiny bakery, Guitar swallowed hard and quickened his steps. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At last!” cried Capricorn as Basta stopped at the foot of the steps with his prisoner. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Pong stayed at the bottom of the steps and watched him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

On the third day they finished the screens and James set to work mending the front steps, with Maybeth to give him an extra hand. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walks down the steps of the porch, and in the porch light I can see that she's wearing the same green hoodie but now with red flannel pajama pants and socks. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Logan dropped his shovel and made two or three clumsy steps towards the house, then stopped abruptly. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. And maybe not—I wish she’d say something else to you. Like, ‘Down this street, up those steps, in this cupboard, and presto’!” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Nico and Leo grabbed her arms and helped her to the steps of the foredeck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As I’m going up the steps, wide steps with a stone urn on either side — Ofwarren’s Commander must be higher status than ours — I hear another siren. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes thirteen steps to open, and she discovers the sequence in under five minutes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I dashed past her, up the steps, into my room....There he was, my one-eyed teddy bear, sitting on my pillow. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the street was a building that had been turned into a hospital, and I watched through a hole in the blanket as the Nazis pushed sick people out the door and down the steps. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

No. Two steps from the pit, we were ordered to turn left and herded into barracks. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

At school, I sit on the steps by the side doors that lead to the hall where English is. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He’d already made a hurried deal with the universe: if he took the steps two at a time, she’d be there. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Two steps later, his stomach pushed everything up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When the ceremony is over, I sit on the steps of the auditorium with my scarlet-red graduation robes folded in a pile next to me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the corner of the landing was a steep set of steps, sort of like a ladder, covered almost completely with boxes and old bolts of fabric, that must have led up to an attic. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

"I have always wanted to ride in a handicapped van. All my life, I have wanted to see how a disabled person like yourself applies the brakes and steps on the gas." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He jogged down the steps to the court. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet took her down the porch steps and onto the stones already warmed by the sun. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They stopped at some wide steps leading to another ruined building - the Temple of Zeus, according to Frank. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As Florida passed Dallas on the steps, she said, “My turn. Hope you kept the seat warm.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I figured you could use some support,” Wanda said as they ascended the steps at City Hall. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We began to retrace our steps down the slope, but we knew we still had time and didn’t hurry. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My cousins are whispering to one another at the top of the steps. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

By the time I had said one—“T’ad ta i”—we had gone three steps. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waited at the foot of the steps as the kids filed out. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

A man in a khaki Army uniform steps into my room, hand extended. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They walked together down the steps in Mr. Frost’s high narrow house, to the little entrance hall at the bottom of the stairs. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A dirty bundle of rags and mud was trying to worm its way up the steps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Drawn by my mom’s screams, people step out of their trailers as I’m escorted down the steps. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Josn took a couple of steps back and gave a very good appearance of being at ease. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There were no sidewalks or grass or paved anything at Stagecoach Pass—just dirt and old wooden buildings with old wooden steps and old wooden porches that looked like they might collapse at any time. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sefia gripped the straps of her pack and took a few steps to the side. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When she took another few steps she saw them, dark shapes in the furthest corner. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I imagine my uncle doing his smooth dance steps down the wide road, smiling as the music plays loud. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Maya and Grace had left their shoes back by the steps, but Joaquin carried his. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The dactyl screeched and took a few steps back from the noxious fumes now rising from the carpet. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Jim and most of the other football boys went off down the street, but Buck caught Sherman and O’Dell and me out on the church steps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

With a few steps and a leap he was off the boat. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

While I waited for the television to warm up, I looked out the window—just in time to see Nigel walk my sister up the porch steps and whisper something in her ear. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We went in another door without a knob, into a smaller hallway with steps leading up to a landing. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I follow a few steps behind and risk a quick glance at Roger before he disappears in the fog. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered walking down these steps to her funeral, holding his piece of firewood in his coat for the first time. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He suddenly wished he hadn't come up the steps, that he was somewhere else, anywhere. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma got ahead of him again, jumping past the last three steps. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Babulya made her way to the table, bobbing as she took tiny steps and swept her hand in front of her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then Tats, who’s more with the program, steps up to the plate with her input. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

And in the afternoons, he stood at the bottom of the subway steps and hawked magazines, turning whatever money he made over to his family to buy food. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We climbed a few steps, which were already swaying like a boat in bad weather. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Because when Daddy and I pull into the driveway, there’s a person sitting on our porch steps. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I made a terrible racket walking up the steps and almost slipped several times. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I check to see whether Ma’s holding her cane before I take a few steps toward the dining room. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I jumped out of the car and ran to the front door, Ivette and her mother only steps behind me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She took a few wobbly steps forward, then firmed up her stride. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He looked at Prosper, who had taken a few steps back. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

More people gathered, until a crowd was standing on the steps of the Gathering Hall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As he made his way around and around and down the two flights of curling, corkscrewing steps, his shoes were honking out a song: “The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Rufus’s voice from near the steps where he was talking with the other white man. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She walked up the back steps, from the courtyard where the bakery and adjacent tavern kept their waste bins. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The steps were very intricate and their faces were intent and concentrated. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She took a few steps into the room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In time for his languid descent down the steps. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A few steps into the walk, I see the kid from the roof, leaning against a tree, the same grin, the same dark green hat spinning now on his hand. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a man hit in the head would go several more stumbling steps before falling. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He whistled assembly as he hit the front steps, and we helped him unload. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slammed the door of the car and came up the steps to meet me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my duffel and slipped through the people still standing outside and up the steps onto the bus. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath, walked up the cement steps, and knocked on the off-kilter screen door. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He dismisses Jake, who glances at me, the distress clear in his eyes, and steps out. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The hall was not dark, nor yet was it lit, only by the high-hung bronze lamp; a warm glow suffused both it and the lower steps of the oak staircase. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mike steps forward, arms slightly extended to try and hug Violet, but she is clearly going for the fist-bump and ends up punching him in the shoulder. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

They had seen him watching their women and rubbing his fly as he stood on the steps. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I already knew how to do a basic six-step, which was exactly what it sounded like: it was a series of six steps performed on the ground. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He steps away and kicks the loose leg of a picnic table so it tumbles to one side, then he swings around. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

One of the Indians—“not 15 steps” away—fired a gun at them but missed. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'll never forget how you came up those dark steps. Alone. At night. Scared. You conquered your fear. You worked hard. You almost quit once, and then you came back and worked harder." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He therefore approached the final lesson of the afternoon —- double Potions — feeling considerably more cheerful than he usually did when descending the steps to the dungeons. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They were at the top of the steps now, watching the rest of the class pass them, heading for the Great Hall and lunch. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Surprised and charmed by it, he retraced his steps and went inside. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have sat down next to me on the stupid steps and we would have talked about the season, like pals. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I can crawl under the tables to the steps and go up them to the ledge near Madoc’s strategy room. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But that was not what Perry really believed; he believed what he’d written Don Cullivan, with whom he now corresponded regularly: his crime was “unforgivable,” and he fully expected to “climbs those thirteen steps.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There's a jetty,” Scipio whispered, "and steps leading up the shore toward a gate in the wall.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

How a lost part of yourself steps out and reminds you who you could be with a little work. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Licking his chops he walked up the steps, lifted a bold demanding paw and scratched at the door, then sat down, pricking his ears expectantly. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly I climb down the steps to where Chou and Kim are waiting for me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stay where I am until she steps out of my room and the door slides shut behind her. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There are steps into the air and I go up them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We step through a tiled foyer, past a coat check with uniformed clerks, and descend a few steps into a marble-floored dance hall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Jack carries me away, his strides long and brisk as he steps onto the sidewalk. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A pair of Peacekeepers dragging the old man who whistled to the top of the steps. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The steps are made of thick wood, but slick and punky soft where the water has been dripping all these years, and I can feel how it sags under my feet. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She stumbled down the first few steps, clinching Mr. Whitaker’s arm tight. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Together the Vanderbeeker children clambered down the steps to the kitchen, all talking at once. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Martin Sheen, by contrast, can be connected to every other actor in 2.63681 steps, which puts him almost 650 places higher than Bacon. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They can eat their grocery-store Thanksgiving dinner while I sit out here on the cold front steps. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She walked faster, but Agnes kept up with funny, little skip steps. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

We walk down the steps to the street level and then he turns to me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He groped his way forward for twenty steps or so, and there the tunnel ended in a securely locked door—he couldn’t see it, but he felt it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped down the steps and tore across the back lawn, barefoot. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Finding there were no more steps to climb, Captain Cook turned around and surveyed the steps that now went down. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The chaplain rose tentatively and took a few steps away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

As he steps into the living room, I offer him a squirt of hand sanitizer from the bottle I keep by the door. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I'm amassing quite a pile of dead before me, and I take a few steps back, giving myself a bigger space to work. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But he could hear the man’s pounding steps, and his grunting breaths. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, something heavy dragged after the boot steps, and liquid leaked through the wood slats of the barn floor into the cellar. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

They ascended the wall steps in single file, acknowledging the murmured good wishes of those on sentry duty. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Shaking all over, every vein throbbing in rhythm with my steps. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Malcolm steps to the center of the room, his hunched back to the kitchen. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“She may have attempted it,” he said as they retraced their steps through the garden and along the side of the house. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As Salva walked, the same thoughts kept going through his head in rhythm with his steps. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without another thought, Moss bolted up the steps, his legs a quivering mess of nerves and soreness and his heart full of misguided hope. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dr. Mahmoud steps aside, and there’s Mom, trailed by the nurse who let me in, with an overstuffed tote bag on her left arm and Jordan in her right. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I eased off the steps and went back inside, onto the screened porch. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flowers swung in the light breeze, tickling her face as she crossed the terrace and carefully negotiated the three crumbly steps down to the gravel path. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Pop sits on the school steps, his elbows on his knees, his head in his hands. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Beads clicking in time with my steps, like a clock ticking in my ears. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He judged the height, ran seven steps, and hurdled over the silver back of King Gorger. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh no. Not up there!” said the girl as Scipio walked toward the steps. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped toward the door, and then walked back a few steps and looked at me again. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My manager tells me I need to take big steps,” she said. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I run through the twelve steps of recovery in my head. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I take a few steps toward the tree where the dark form slipped away. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She sat on the steps in front of the house, and Zvezda plopped down next to her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Eh, well, we shall have to take other steps, though I do not know what. Weigh all sweepings again today.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Miss Fulton comes up the steps, struggling with a bag. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

As the wagon took us up to the front steps, I could see the river off to one side and some of the land I had run through a few hours—a few years—before. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I went up a few steps and heard Pa snoring, they were sleeping for sure. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

As I turned the comer, I noticed two large white boys sprawled on the front steps of a house across the wide boulevard. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the sound of horse hooves and the roll of carriage wheels and the front door opened and then closed and the house fell quiet save for Hannah’s steps in the kitchen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crossed the square and climbed the steps of the Gathering Hall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The blackness encroached around my field of vision as I pulled myself up, eighteen steps, steep as hell. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

And as 1 walked up the steps to the stage, the most amazing thing happened: everyone started standing up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I had taken only two steps when the ice broke. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with that she left the balcony, reappeared a moment later on the great steps of the castle and, quite alone, walked open-armed down into the crowd. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He turned in at the gate and went up the steps. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The car had just passed the zugangi barracks when the hospital door opened and a small thin boy limped down the steps, his right knee bloody and his blue eyes ringed with dirt. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We settle in, huddled together on our bellies in the small space, which gives us good cover and a faraway view of the steps going up. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took about five steps and looked both ways down W. It was 425 feet long and three and a half feet wide. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Saturday evening I hopped up the stairwell steps, trying to get to Vega’s apartment as fast as I could. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” he said, running up the steps to shake her hand. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her steps quickened at the rumblings of arguing male voices that echoed off the stones as they neared a bend. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She took a couple steps up to a large chair behind a desk built into a tall wooden podium. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Wilson was leaving and they had all come out to the front steps with her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He stops running at the steps of St. Catherine’s Oratory, where he sits down and takes out his steaming, battered prize, leaving a trail of gravy on his shirt. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, a woman of the same age as the man, about fifty Dicey guessed, struggled up the steps to the next-door house, carrying two huge bags of groceries. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl followed the light, counting the steps as she went down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They will enter through the basement doorway and make their way up the back steps to the lower tower rooms. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

We search where Mother sat, then retrace her steps to the cafeteria to the bathroom to the parking lot. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

That night, I swung open the back door and hopped down the steps into the yard. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

In a few steps they were in utter and impenetrable dark. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Abby steps aside, so I can twist in my locker combination. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Mama takes the envelope from Janae, pulls out the letter, steps into the middle of the room, clears her throat, and begins, “We, the Benitez family, have been invited...” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She ran down the steps and called again. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He steps closer to me, and I don’t move back. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

One winter day we ran through the house as usual, chasing each other up and down the steps, laughing and shouting, daring Miss Lilian to come after us with her broom. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He brought back chunks of driftwood, and he would pass long hours sitting on the steps carving myrtle limbs into benches, table legs, and lamps, filling our rooms with bits of gnarled, polished furniture. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children also seemed to be enjoying themselves, and they remembered all their steps and turns perfectly. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Together they examined the stone steps minutely, going back over each one several times. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Since it's Technique Tuesday, and because I don't know nothing about throwing the discus, Coach wanted to just walk me through the steps. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I leaned over the steps and stuck my head between my legs. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Tobias lets out a frustrated sound and turns away from me, pacing a few steps. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

After just a few steps, my good shoes are coated in dust. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pinkeye went up alone to see how matters stood by light of day, complaining all the while that his old bones could not abide steps. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Bobbie and Clay slide me onto the stretcher and just as carefully bring me back up the steps to my building. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I took a couple of steps toward the barn door and the blind girl sat up, her milky eyes blinking. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The cow retreated a few steps and regarded him with watery, mooning eyes that indicated a massively substandard intelligence. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chip handed me a book from a few steps down. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I did not ask you to handle it,’ he cried, turning sharply and seeing Pippin coming up the steps, slowly, as if he were bearing a great weight. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And by the time he had run down the street and up the steps and through the door and upstairs to his room, it wasn’t just a big idea. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before we could start up the steps toward him, Needles began to scream. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Sitting next to you. Your mother. Who held your hand as you took your first infantile steps.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He’s the one who steps forward, out of the group, in front of us, blocking our way. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes out his phone and moves a few steps away while he talks. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I forced myself up the concrete path, climbed the porch steps slowly, pushed a glowing white button. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But then Mom steps forward, in some kind of trance... Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I clutch the food basket to my chest, hurrying down the steps to the left to day care. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

No. “It is not my place to counsel you, Prince Quentyn ... but if I were you, I would not return to my chambers. You and your friends should go down the steps and leave.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Something about how he didn’t fail ten thousand times, he just found ten thousand ways that didn’t work. Or took ten thousand steps to success, or something like that.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Darren saw me walking up the steps and pulled me over. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, to make money, Morrie and his younger brother, David, would wash porch steps together for a nickel. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decide to label them accord- ingto how many steps I take before I turn. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He reached the bottom of the steps and waited for the Sleer to manifest. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

John Kwang walked a few steps with her and said something I couldn’t hear, but she nodded and then led us to an upstairs room. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every few steps, Ivan would thump at the ground with his staff. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I had gone about thirty steps when I fell over Timothy’s body, plunging down in the water. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond were still more steps, hewn out of solid rock. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Something humorous?” she asks, trudging down the steps. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He walked down the steps on the outside of the house that led up past Coraline’s front door to the door of his flat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I followed him up a flight of steps and he unlocked the door of the office. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Britten went up the steps and left Bigger standing with the crowd of men. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He steps closer and takes my hand in his. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Many women, she said, “seem to know nothing of the...progressive steps made by their own sex in the last fifty years.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The orders were given over the loudspeakers: “Form ranks of fiv es! Groups of one hundred! Five steps forward!” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I arrived home from work that evening and found Mamá waiting for me on the front steps, waving a white envelope. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

In a vague fashion she moved toward the door to the hall; her steps dragged and she seemed depleted, her store of energy fading almost out. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Jenna and I stand at the bottom of the school steps watching everyone check each other out. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I've taken only two steps into the driveway before the door opens on the patrol car and a female officer appears. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I was measuring my steps, trying to go as slowly as possible. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Gino’s head snapped up and he sprang forward—one, two, three steps. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother’s father and mother—Papa and Grosie, we called them—were waiting for us on the steps of the house. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heft the pack on my back and take a few steps forward. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Jake steps forward and moves the security detail away from me, gently pulling me back from the fridge and placing his hand at the small of my back. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He then climbed the broad, shallow, carpeted steps up to Main Deck, one flight up. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

A mountain of trash lay scattered along the steps. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

There’s a long flight of white steps, leading to the rank of doors. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, feeling her way to the toilet on the fourth morning after their arrival, she steps on something small and hard. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

After going up the first few steps, I stopped and crouched down in the stairway. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

As I pulled into Abby’s driveway, she burst out the door, jumped down the steps of her porch, and ran to meet me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

As they went down, By’s feet touched the steps only one or two times. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I would have to call out to attract his attention, but a few steps short of the entrance to the ward he saw us. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I push my way through the reinforced glass doors and go down the steps. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He took two steps forward, then froze as a searchlight directed from a tower he hadn’t even seen rolled past, inches away. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The earliest arrivals found places as close as possible to the steps of the great marble monument. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

She deals with securing the boat against the wall as her partner steps closer to the broken window where Alec and Lana stand. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I staggered back a few steps and by then my nose was spewing like an elephant bathing himself. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The well-dressed patrons paid their admission to money gatherers, and mounted steps leading to upper galleries. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve been folding extra boxes all week, but still, all the part-timers are back on the steps folding more. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m about to reassure Dylan that Samantha will reach out when I see Hudson and Harriett sitting on the front steps of the school. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“This could be just the first tiny part of the abyss, like the front steps.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His feet shuffled through the underbrush as he took a few steps closer. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And with that, he threw himself down off the box, and assisted the coachman in preparing the steps for the ladies’ disembarkation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Auguste steps from behind an ivory screen in a silk robe. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

From where the man dropped us off, it was only ten steps or so to the building Frankie called home. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A few even tried to do some dance steps, Corporal Radant and a blond Marine from Boston named John Smith among them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He steps out of the office, leaving me with a form: name, address, Social Security number. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was about to begin going over the steps of indirect proof when I heard Danny say, “You’re always sleeping! What a sleepyhead you are!” and I opened my eyes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

These cumulative developments constituted the unconscious first steps of plant domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though she traces her steps through the library and the dining room it is nowhere to be found. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She passed the Auditorium, which stood at the end of the plaza; earlier in the day the community had gathered in throngs on its steps, and they would be there again in the morning. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The procedure doc we sent has instructions for carrying out each of these steps with tools you have on hand. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath and bolted up the steps toward the waiting Jordan. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish Dad would come and help us because Mam has to stop every few steps and lean against a wall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was so much taller than I that we jostled each other down the steps, so I let go of his arm and slipped my hand into his. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It’s a four-legged thing that he pushes ahead, steps into, pushes ahead, steps into, like that. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She looked around: the thing that had once been the other father was between her and the steps up and out of the cellar. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

And halfway down the fancy round-and-round steps with the crystal chandelier hanging over us like ice frozen in the air, my phone buzzed. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I was taking what seemed like giant steps with my right leg. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Despereaux lay on his back at the bottom of the steps and touched the bones in his body one by one. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

They climbed the back steps into a kitchen and began to go through the cabinets. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Stick intercepted him with a shoulder bump that sent the man reeling a few steps back. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Their walking had developed a pattern: three quick steps to the left, pause, three quick steps to the right, pause. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nods, picks up his bag, climbs the steps to the station, turns to wave and he’s gone. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“No, thanks....I may practice a few steps in the room.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

When his brother Robb burst into the room, breathless from his dash up the tower steps, the direwolf was licking Bran's face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was in the strange, the welcoming faces, it cried up to him from the altar, it sat, as he mounted the pulpit steps, waiting for him in his seat. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When the time is right, I go sit outside on the steps. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And then I notice the ramp—the one that goes up the left side of the porch steps. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Finally we heard steps on the stairs, and we all held our breaths while we watched the door. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elodin ran for a few steps, then stopped, his stocking feet gliding across the smooth marble floor, his master’s robes streaming out behind him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The boys slowly backed away toward the bottom of the steps. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She came to the edge of the back steps and called again. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went down the steps and into the street. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The door closes behind me with a click, but before I get three steps into the yard I see them. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

On the steps going in we met Mr. Ludsbury coming out. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ayesha steps over to me and gives me a hug and squeezes my hand. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I took two steps back and quietly padded back down to my bedroom in the basement. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I sit on the school steps and cry. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I wait for the disembarking passengers to disappear down the steps and then I sit on the only covered bench on the platform. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘First we go to Rome for Spanish steps. Then we go to Greece for Italian ice cream.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The girl nodded, solemn and silent, and pointed to the steps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ignatius squatted uncomfortably on the side steps of the cathedral. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went down the steps, through the basement to the stairs leading to the kitchen door. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi faltered in her steps as a hush fell over the tent. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m nobody,” Milligan replied, and without further explanation, he pointed across the street to a three-story house with stone steps leading up to its front door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He came down the steps a moment later from his third-floor room. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran down the steps, then paused and looked back up. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her steps, when she walked or danced, were clear and graceful. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She came back down the steps and leaned over Frightful. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He made it just as they were pulling up the steps, then climbed to the top of the double-decker car and slid into his seat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He took a few unsteady steps and nodded. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Watch the steps,” advised the policeman as they started down a steep circular staircase. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He leans on the bicycle or sits on the steps outside houses, grinding down on the pipe in his mouth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He took two steps away, then turned back and pointed at me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle had to smile when he saw what was tethered to the railings on either side of the steps: balloons! Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She stepped across the creek, picking her steps carefully over the mossy rocks, and grabbed a waterlogged stick from the creek bank. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her serjeant had to go find an axe before he could pull it open, hinges screaming, to reveal stone steps spiraling down into darkness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I followed him down the carpeted steps to the living room. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Lightning flashed across the sky as their carriage came to a halt before the great oak front doors, which stood at the top of a flight of stone steps. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You leave that doll on the steps?” he roared. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This new voice belonged to an old beggar sitting barefoot on the steps of a bullet-scarred building. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Small steps, Somehow get myself together, Then maybe I’ll discover Who I am along the way. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He steps into the gloom, ushering me in with him. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Thundering steps issued from behind her, and someone grabbed her by the neck. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Curly attempted to give chase but he made it only about five steps before tripping in an owl hole and falling flat. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Guess what was on the steps?” she said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Sure,” I say as Natalie and I head down the steps. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I just feel stuck, like I’m afraid to take any steps, in case they’re the wrong ones. I need a little more time to think.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I walk a few steps and see high school graduation, Stuart proud in a military school uniform. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The boot steps are getting closer, deliberate in their plodding pace. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They cross the street and climb the steps. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a few steps forward and then gently lowered myself to the ground. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Oslo steps to one side and walks into the living room, where he takes a seat beside Lucas and Mena on the couch. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

They walk through the moonlit ballroom, their steps echoing together. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The woman with the gills nods and steps to the podium. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I toss down a couple steps of something approximating the Charleston. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time she steps outside, she becomes aware of all the windows above her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I raise my eyes up to the girl’s and she steps back from the force of it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

My stomach tightens into a ball, but I run out the door and down the steps toward home. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Three more steps and Naheed would be on the bus, that much closer to home. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Stoker walks through the 2nd problem, outlining the steps with his red marker. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up, but before he could take two steps, the front door flew open. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

They took the steps to the nearest pier and raced to the end. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Somebody ran down the steps next to Eleanor and accidentally kicked her bag. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She even steps forward and pats the top of my head. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Reassuring us if we were having trouble with a new routine: “Small steps, girls! Everything starts with small steps!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The mayor steps forward and presents us each with a plaque that’s so large I have to put down my bouquet to hold it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the work, the process, the steps...they’re all tidy and easy to follow, with the answers clearly boxed. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was not unusual to see them sitting on the Big Store or post office steps during the day, quietly hacking up black spit. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And that’s how he felt now, as if he was only steps ahead of something monstrous reaching, grabbing for his shoulders. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There are still kids in the building practicing sports and participating in clubs, and some of them sit outside on the steps talking and laughing. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I hurried to Dryades and along it to the well-lighted steps of the Catholic church I had visited in the after-noon. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she was not afraid anymore, even when her stepmother yanked her up again and pushed her out the back door and down the cellar steps. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put a hand on Alfred's shoulder, bracing himself as they walked slowly down the steps. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I count my steps past it until I’m a good thirty paces in. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Me and Imani are sitting on the front steps of the school, sharing a bag of grapes, waiting for the day to happen. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The sleek, modern robot ahead of him hesitated and halted his backward steps, then resumed them. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I climb up the wooden steps, stand where I used to stand. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wet ground muffled his steps and the brush hid him. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were sitting at the bottom of our porch steps one afternoon, eating orange Popsicles after riding our bikes around the neighborhood. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Every four or five steps I’d have to stop, lean against the rope, and suck desperately at the thin, bitter air, searing my lungs in the process. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The others turned to watch me climb the steps to the porch. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Ms. Fender stood and took a few quick steps over to her desk. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than go back and down the three wooden steps again, Helene decided to spare herself some embarrassment and walk on through to the colored car. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She dare not go back up those steps, but she couldn't stay here, either. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

For the next ten minutes, Mr. Larson walked the class through all the steps in the process—things that would happen before the hearing, at the hearing, and after the hearing. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

For half a heartbeat it eluded him, and that frightened him so badly that he tripped on the steep dungeon steps and tore his breeches open on the stone, drawing blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I take a few steps with her toward the car, but something tugs at my insides. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

On their way up the fourth flight, voices and boot steps suddenly burst into the stairwell. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I’m not on the front steps, because if I were on the front steps, someone would see me out of Haley and Semaj’s window. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I went down the steps and walked toward the gate, not running, but pretty fast. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The serpentine steps twisted ahead, striped by bars of flickering light from the narrow windows above. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Riker’s tyrannosaurus roared and leaned forward, chomping its huge jaws and sending Magdalys and her trike stumbling a few steps back. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

An older woman, probably her mother, stood a few steps behind her, smiling at us. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Billy Buck sat down on the steps, because he was a cow-hand, and it wouldn’t be fitting that he should go first into the dining-room. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The street took a sharp turn and then ended in a flight of steps which led down into a sunken alley where a few stallkeepers were selling tired-looking vegetables. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I could barely contain my excitement as I walked up the steps to the house, sprinting across the living room to the kitchen. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“That’s why there’s a recipe. You follow steps just like with baking. Here, let me see it.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Agent Magnus steps out of the elevator first and I follow. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He stopped a dozen yards away beside a copse and waited for the star, who limped down the side of the caravan steps and came over to him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

And he couldn't run more than a few steps without coughing, which meant the fights usually ended badly. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Now we are going out and down the steps,” Theon told the girl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There were no steps to reach the door. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The woman was sitting on the back steps when Bull Meecham hurried out the back door. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go up the steps and enter a stone castle. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Until the day their lord father’s heart had burst in his chest as he was ascending a steep flight of steps to her bed, that is. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As we walked up the steps, we saw the three MPs sitting at the entrance of the compound, chatting and ignoring us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the back steps to think. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Coach’s sitting on the steps, knees apart, his elbows on his thighs. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I take two steps backward and the round eye of the camera is pointed at me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I beg for my life because it must be Death that awaits me at the bottom of the steps, in the living room, in this house. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She took a few steps forward, her chain dragging in the dirt, her tail still. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“So I scrubbed steps,” Marian recalled, “and I would get five or ten cents, or whatever. I did steps for four or five dif-ferent people.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

He scrambled to his feet and took a few trembling steps back for a better view, finding it hard to believe what his eyes were seeing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Aware of the growing sense of alarm in Jules and the others, the mate reached out and took a few halting steps, adopting the bent shuffle he’d never thought he’d have to use again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They watched the four men climb the castle steps and disappear from view. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

All the way out the door and down the steps between the stone lions, Webster’s Dictionary kept calling after her, Monster, Monster! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A girl stood on one of the lower steps, and she watched our halting, slip-sliding approach without enthusiasm. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Soon the steps came around the corner and into the narrow hall, and then Oscar stepped inside the closet and ran his hand over the hanging suits and dresses, then stopped cold. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I took off my top, pulled off my shoes, took off my pants, and climbed the wooden steps. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

So Grandma bowed to them all and did a few steps by herself. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rough concrete pillars stood proud above the courthouse steps, looking weathered and bored, like they were tired of carrying the weight of the law on their shoulders. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

Mom steps over the yarn and heads to the laundry room. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I undid the water tube, took one, two steps toward her front end, and felt the click/slam/push of a rattlesnake hitting my ankle. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There had to be nearly a hundred people on the steps and spilling out on either side of the building. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He steps closer, so that we’re toe to toe, and pushes his face closer to mine. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, I stand on the school steps. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Well, she speeds as well as she can as she watches where she steps, nervous sweat pouring down her sides, her heart beating in terror. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The other policeman was about to do that anyway, for he had taken several steps away from the door. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked down the steps one at a time, holding the punch high up over her head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

One night I did hear a material car there and saw its lights stop at his front steps. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He steps away and grabs a handful of Kleenex from a box on the kitchen table. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mere weeks ago, they’d stood on these very steps crowded among fourteen other Yaba boys who, like them, had spent their whole lives dreaming of becoming Sons of the Six. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Katherine falls back next to me, her face reddening after only a few steps. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We went down the steps and into the carriage. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And then he and I sit silently on my front steps until his grandfather comes to pick him up. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

All this was forward motion, I reminded myself, steps taken along the broader path. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I gulped down my hot chocolate and dashed up the steps past Jim coming down. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I head up the steps so I can change out of my shrimpy-smelling work clothes, and once I do, I sit on my bed for a minute and stare into space. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I follow him out and take the steps two at a time behind him. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Every few steps we have to stop at a check-point and flash our invitation. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite these very early first steps, neither pottery nor weaving took off until people became sedentary and thereby escaped the problem of transporting pots and looms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her steps were small and light as a deer’s, Omakayas thought, watching her proudly. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I breathed easier, but when we pulled into the empty lot behind the police station, they were waiting on the back steps. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last week of March, as the hearing began, the steps to the courthouse were crowded with journalists and tabloid reporters alike, all rabid for scraps of anything that emerged in the testimony. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t even ask me into the house. They made me stand out on the steps like a vacuum salesman.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I placed the coffee can on the front steps and peered inside. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Walls, doors, halls, steps, everything was built to an inhuman scale that made Arya remember the stories Old Nan used to tell of the giants who lived beyond the Wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He walked two steps to the right of the hole in a clockwise curve and thrust the shovel again into the cornfield. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad it’s over,” Mom said, watching Jim stomp morosely up and down the steps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her brown limbs flashing in the sunshine, Lupita ran up the steps past the first and second floors. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The Osage, meanwhile, had taken their own steps to protect themselves against future plots, persuading Congress to pass a new law. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The smell of roast beef made Harry’s stomach ache with hunger, but they had barely taken three steps toward the Gryffindor table when Professor Slughorn appeared in front of them, blocking their path. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He takes off his coat and steps into a zippered jumpsuit with no pockets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The tall soldier, moving silently, took several steps in Jonathan’s direction. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She cannot hear the man’s steps or feel his breath on the back of her neck, but he still lies in wait. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They started up a flight of wide, marble steps that shone softly in the darkening air. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guilt digs its claws into me, but if I go home, confessing my lie before figuring out some astonishingly clever next steps, I’ll be under total house arrest until I turn eighteen in June. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I watched as Maribel got off, walking down the steps like a deer carefully picking its way down the side of a mountain. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The discussion of next steps continued the following morning. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The Prawn steps inside with us and presses floor two. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I bolted outside and down the crumbling brick steps into the grass, screaming, “Wait! Stop!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And mutants in the very first steps of embryogenesis were nearly impossible to capture alive since the embryos, with scrambled heads and tails, died instantly. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Reg pointed to someone coming up the center aisle, and she bounded up the steps and smothered Moss in an embrace. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I hear Apa cursing loudly as he steps into the living room. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

By the time he resehed the bottom of the steps it was all he could do to stand erect. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My brother and I had great fun running up and down the tall, shaky steps. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifty yards along the crowded pavement there were spiked black railings flanking two flights of steps, one labeled GENTLEMEN, the other LADIES. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She jumped up the front steps three at a time and threw her sweater toward the hatrack. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

An older black woman sat on the marble steps in the massive courthouse hallway. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The girl emerges from the bakery, steps neatly off the curbstone, and makes straight for him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His words drift off as he opens the door at the far end of the car and steps from this train car into the next. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We hurry down the steps, pressed against the handrail with heads lowered. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I stayed five steps in front of him as we made our way back around the rest stop, past the water fountains, through the silver benches and tables under the overhang. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He heard the man’s heavy breathing mixed with his own, the solid thumps of their feet pounding the steps. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The salon stood at the top of marble steps leading up from the garden.The party guests drifted toward it, dutifully obeying the summons to greet El Patron. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She steps down from the pedestal and strides over, holding the enclosed vial casually. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then he went back down the basement steps. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You come show,” I said, trying to lead her down the steps. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leads him up the steps to an apartment on the third floor. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Tom’s steps sounded on the porch, and he came in with an armload of oakwood so high he could not see over it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Albert pulled his fur coat tightly around himself, opened the latch on a gate, and walked down a long series of battered concrete steps to the rocky beach. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The candy bowl on the table clinked in tune with his steps. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He angrily jerked his away, but then a few steps later he reached out and took her hand for a moment in his again. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

After a few burning steps, I sit down again. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some of them bowed their heads as she climbed the steps to the main deck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I retrace our steps, starting from the moment the gong rang out, searching for the source of my discomfort. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man steps over the rope and disappears behind the elephant. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Safer steps out of his shoes and lines them up on one side of Mr. X’s doormat. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He waits for me at the bottom of the porch steps. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Reggie steps on the stone slab and opens a valve in the bottom of the water tank. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I take a couple steps and stand next to her. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I walk quickly down the hall and leap the school steps. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I looked around the front steps and sidewalk, assessing my options. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roughly halfway along the front there was a wide row of steps, surmounted by a portico where classical columns supported a pediment….Was that a figure among the columns? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

We pulled into the parking lot and walked up to the store, which is this weird warehouse-looking thing with rusted metal steps leading up to it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

On the second day, Mom walked me to the top of the long, steep steps down to the grade-one classrooms. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But she turned and went up to her room with slow, heavy steps. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Twenty-two more steps and they were at the subcellar, The tunnels here were cramped and crooked, black wormholes twisting through the heart of the great rock. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

He takes a final puff of the cigarette, lets it drop to the driveway, and steps on it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had the same thought as he sat on the front steps of the school that afternoon, waiting for Esperanza to show up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Outside, Tyrion swallowed a lungful of the cold morning air and began his laborious descent of the steep stone steps that corkscrewed around the exterior of the library tower. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Narrow paths and steps carved from rock connect them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z