No matter how many times he signed one, it always came back for still another signature, and he began to despair of ever being free of any of them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The gym is still locked at three, when classes are over. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

His thick, heavy lips still trembled and he bowed his head far down over his plate. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Harry felt the bike drop a little, though the lights down on the ground still seemed remote as stars. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Volpe and his younger sister, Rosemary, were exceedingly close as children, and still are. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

His brother was still there, and looked at Matty with more respect than he ever had in the past, but they were strangers to each other now. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The faces were still frozen in my mind. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She also told him she still loved him. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I still kept my head down, vaguely wondering if she were intimidating me or if she really wanted me to repeat my curses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you hit him. What if his parents decide to press assault charges? I can’t believe you were so irresponsible. Are you still seeing things?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Moss could still see the pity in Diego’s eyes as he spoke. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And then no one noticed that she was still screaming when they buried her alive. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And, despite the farce that ended my attempt to say "yes" to the Brotherhood, I'm still plagued by his deathbed advice . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at Bernard with an expression of rapture, but of rapture in which there was no trace of agitation or excitement—for to be excited is still to be unsatisfied. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the wood, the field was still bright with evening sunshine, but among the firs the light was dusky and here the bats were coming and going thickly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I justified this desire by the fact that I was still in school, and I began, fatally, with Dostoevski. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Joaquin could still hear the crack of bone, one white-hot pain replacing another, but nothing was as loud as the sound of Natalie falling to the floor. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The pup was a tiny ball of grey-black fur, its eyes still closed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I sat still for a moment and watched Daddy. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked extremely frail, but life still sparkled in his jet-black eyes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She still wishes Will felt that way, even though she hasn’t heard from him since the day at Whole Foods. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He still rocks and he still paces the halls whenever he isn’t shuttled into a room. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the end he had to find what he wanted for himself; but he did not have to go far, not out of sight of the place where his master lay, still sleeping. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When they put on their coats to leave for work, Gold was still in his pajamas. he told them. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sore feet are evidence of the truth, but it still doesn’t give him what he needs. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It seemed very quiet when the motor was still. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whistling, he let the escalator waft him into the still night air. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the clouds made the sky grow dark even though it was still day. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Somebody had clear-cut the top of the mountain more than a decade ago, and the forest still hadn’t recovered. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A sheriff demanded their freedom papers, looked them over, detained the couple still, clearly unsatisfied, searching for a reason to send them back south. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The gyropters were faster than zeppelins, but they were still some way behind. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He still can’t believe Henry can talk like this, that he gets to be the only one who hears it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The nitrogen runoff has creating a “hypoxic,” or dead, zone in the Gulf that is as big as the state of New Jersey—and still growing. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Midway through the half, the Fugees had taken seven shots and Blue Springs none, and yet the score was still tied. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I move in my seat to get a better look, but I still can’t see. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her voice still had its brittle razor’s edge. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Stranger still, if you press the “Q” key, it isn’t the “Q” indicator that glows, but perhaps an “A” or a “J” or a “Z.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Your dad’s still alive,” Ali said, like I didn’t know that. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Mama is still calling after me as I run downstairs, take my bicycle, and start down the street. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My hair was clean and straight, still a little damp. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Later still, when I overcame my grief and came to have nothing in my heart but loathing despair, my youngest aunt told me of others. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The river was still racing; a dog that fell in the water at Botley was whirled away and drowned before its owner could rescue it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Now twelve and a half, he still remembered his first day of school, at McClendon Elementary. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

With a single sweep of his sword he cut through her neck and, his eyes still fixed on the shield with never a glance at her, he swooped low enough to seize the head. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought it was still one of the most beautiful faces she had ever seen. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There wouldn’t be time to get the canoe into the water, and even if they did, the man still had that gun. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Adah and I were nine then, too old to be jealous of a baby, but still I had to wonder if she had ever loved me that much. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you still have chores to do. And I don’t appreciate her not asking me. Tell her you can’t go.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I still do a lot of selfish and terrible things. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Elinor was still looking at Capricorn, a blurred sight through the veil of her false tears. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The houses on the opposite side were dark—except for one window, where a light still shined. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A sleepy Elisabeth, still in her nightgown, stares back at me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In the August heat, she lay very still, and I saw pain written across her face. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But there are still lots of countries where people solve it the old-fashioned way. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We sat for hours under that tree, sat there until the sun faded in the west, and still Hassan insisted we had enough daylight for one more story, one more chapter. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pyramus had not come; still she waited for him, her love making her bold. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked to Biology with more confidence when, by the end of lunch, he still hadn’t showed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A bunch of kids are still playing on the swings and the slide, their parents standing of! to one side, chatting animatedly. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As I already explained,” he says, “when we began our work, there were only a few Deltas still living. Before the Deltas, the Gammas performed those duties for the Collective.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

People still waved and bowed, cheering and laughing, throwing flowers and other nonsense before their horses. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Beyond them, cedars wove a steep mat of still green. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But we still couldn’t get it all the way out. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She may cut off their tails with a carving knife, this husbandless wife, whose school friends are still promenading through their girlhoods. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the sparrows never got still until full dark. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She still remembers her bewilderment, looking up from her book and seeing him, her heart skipping, feeling the attraction instantly, powerfully, in her chest. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you ask me, you’re still the prettiest in the family,” Hilly says. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Aru dramatically flipped her hair over her shoulder, which was a bad idea, because it was still damp from whale spit and ended up smacking her in the eye. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And when he come round they was all still sitting there, waiting and looking at him. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I duck down and let the curtain fall closed, but still I listen, confused. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I still can’t look at Tobias when I see him in the dormitory, in the cafeteria, in the hallway, without seeing the exploded wall next to Uriah’s head. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The discovery of a fissile isotope that could be separated from its parent by chemical means might quell the skepticism still bogging down the uranium program. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

With his back pressed against the house, he stood still for a moment, just breathing. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was describing things that had happened more than thirty years ago, but the memory still made him angry. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think this stuff’s going to fix what’s ailing me. Sheriff Dean is still going to shut me down when I don’t have his whiskey ready by tomorrow.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Still far ahead, and still high above, Frodo, looking up, saw, as he guessed, the very crown of this bitter road. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I knew all this about range hogs, and plenty more; yet I still wasn’t bothered about the job facing me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her waits a small convoy of vehicles packed with Amity—but not just Amity, because Abnegation, with their severe hairstyles and still mouths, are among them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looked quickly at the sea, saw that the swells were still rolling toward the Frog in long, oily moves, and turned away. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matty, just a boy when he first came here to live with the blind man, had attended school full-time for a while, and still went for added learning on winter afternoons. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

As the practical details piled up in his mind, Conant, who had come to Chicago still imbued with the skepticism about atomic weaponry prevailing in Bush’s circle, finally began to reconsider. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I’m happy Deb says that; it’s a little sign that she still knows me. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I ran back to south beach, where I stood very still and listened. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I still would not speak to her—and I wore the charm against demons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without using any tools, you can still tell if it’s crooked—even by a tiny bit. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Javier was a number, unspoken in the count but still part of it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were still half a mile from the island. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If it weren’t for the voice in the back of her head telling her Valley still didn’t like her, Seven would almost think they were becoming friends. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I still wasn’t sure what Tucker had meant when he’d told me not to let Miles pull anything on me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But I still pretended to myself, then, that we should try to preserve something resembling dignity. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those were a bit more interesting than geometry, but he still had to push his brain harder than he liked. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the next circle he was still too far away but he was higher out of water and the old man was sure that by gaining some more line he could have him alongside. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the morning, when Schillinger is still at the window and everyone else is asleep, I very gently wake Helena. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

NOTE: Trombones77 still use a slide instead of valves to make their instrument longer. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We walked so many times on the same gravel road that I could close my eyes and still avoid all the big rocks on the road. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

One gloved hand still clutched the rusty iron longsword he had taken from the crypts below Winterfell, and from time to time he would lash out at a branch, knocking loose a spray of snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And better still to be alone with one’s books. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still staring at the hanjari, feeling the goose bumps on his skin. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Harry leaned still closer to the door, desperate to hear more. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

If I’m being honest, I know I push her away because I can’t be the daughter she expects me to be and still be what I want to be at the same time. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He hurried out to the curb, still angry but back under control. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Before they turned, Lizzie felt her grandfather ebb as though his soul were passing out of him, the way the last waves of a falling tide pass into still air and are gone. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I stood carefully, and I was still fine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She felt more like herself than she had in a long time, but did this new Ivy—the real Ivy—still fit with her family? Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They were here, and they were still together. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Remembering made my afterlife harder,” she told Frank, who still drifted next to her as a glowing purple Lar. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Kyro asks everyone to settle down, then announces, “This weekend’s car wash is hereby canceled, and those of you who are still baking can stop already!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

When he was informed that Garfield was still alive, Guiteau said, “I wish I had given him the third bullet, and put him out of his misery.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Despite deep cleaning, the shag carpet still smelled like cigar smoke and bacon grease. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

More surprising still, he had been admitted, and there he had stayed, behind that closed door, for the past half hour. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Bo was still sleeping in the chair, right where Victor had put him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He walked outside, still panting, and looked around. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She only blinks at me, her hand still hovering in midair. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

First published in 1905, the book, at the time Bobby found it, was still believed by some to be an authentic work of wowfiction. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was Saturday morning and her parents, still in pajamas, their heads almost touching, were absorbed in an article in the Chicago Tribune. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He saw Brother Eugene still standing there in the midst of the shambles, tears actually running down his cheeks. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl nodded vigorously, still with a mask of fear, then burst out talking—saying more than she had in all the time since they’d found her. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But I did think, if everyone is such a person, how come Mom and Dad still hated all the politicians in Israel and Palestine? Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was still in a state of shock—relief so strong can also drain the blood. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Shazam!’s been teaching Mr. Ram this handshake for almost two months now, ever since he started working here, but Mr. Ram still can’t get it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

My body still protected by the tree, I peer out to look at her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wooden man, who still danced near Grandpa and Lena, sprinted to intercept Hugo. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Camera crews rush toward the fence and are stopped by police, but they still seem to be filming. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He’s still groggy, but his eyes grow wide. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t believe my eyes,” said Lupin, still pacing, and ignoring Harry’s interruption. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When Mom kept looking at him, he finally said, his eyes still firmly planted on the funnies, “This is man’s work, Elsie.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Pacheco’s still alive,” an operator whom he did not know informed him. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are still many more to cut,” Amah said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“But we still don’t know what she forgot.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“He's staying in a nearby motel right now, but he's going to get a small place of his own. Of course, you'll still see him.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“You know, I would still take you on my team, Parky, any day of the week.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

One early morning when the grass was still wet with dew, Amari was returning to the kitchen with a bucket of water for Teenie. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were still there when my parents got back. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were and still are a lost people.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, Tanaburi was a scrap of a town with one school and a tiny temple, but they still had to follow the same rules as everyone else. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Poppy had said Bedouins, like their camels, were much fewer and farther apart than they used to be, but still as friendly. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“All her schoolbooks are still here,” I heard Ben say. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“And good riddance,” added Reason, “for no matter how beautiful it seems, it’s still nothing but a prison.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

They said maybe they will still use me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Come closer, Nell; keep warm,” and she pulled Eleanor even nearer to her under the blanket, and the sickening, still cold surrounded them. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides, the Capitol hates me so much, I’m as good as dead now. He still might have a chance. Please, Haymitch. Say you’ll help me.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped to cough, then cleared her throat and said in a still husky voice, “How could I manage? You’re the plague of my life—my—my guardian angel.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

All of them began to slowly back up, and Moss hoped desperately that they could find a way past the cops who still stood motionless in a line by the gate. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Behind me lay the still body of a young boy. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were a half mile from the finish now, still in third place, still two lengths back. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The truth is, I only called so that I could remind him—and myself, maybe—that I'm still a part of the world. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even though the bottoms of my jeans were still damp from the snow, I accepted her terms and conditions and crawled under the covers. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Although Lucretia felt much better since malaria had sickened her about six weeks earlier, she was still too weak to join them. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The morning had turned bright and warm; dew still clung to bending blades of grass. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Yes, there were five whole safe places listed in Monroe, Louisiana, but still: everyone he’s seen at this campground so far has looked like G’ma. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Doña Ana’s barn still stood, and the animals inside whimpered softly, as if their normal voices would make the wind start up again. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Yatzkov told Gold to try to find out if Fuchs was still in New York. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still get the shivers when I think about it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Must be a fresh one. He’s still moving!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I still feel like I’m nineteen years old. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She’s still worried about me tripping or slipping, and the track just seems safer to her. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Since laudanum was an opium extract, I didn’t doubt that she still needed it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was still thousands of feet in the air, and unless he landed on the very doorstep of the Science Museum, he wasn’t going to make it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Work still did not flow digitally, and collaboration did not happen digitally, as easily as it might have. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Only the still trees and the grass and the unmoving little patch of sea remained. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

A rabbit in fear of an enemy will sometimes crouch stock still, either fascinated or else trusting to its natural inconspicuousness to remain unnoticed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go back to the goat room and check that Camel is still breathing. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She begged me to be still, but the fever compelled me to repeat my awful tale over and over. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. My mom and dad came to America fromCuba. We still speak Spanish in my house...and English, of course.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Four stones still marked the corners of the boundaries, stones set with the great seal character of the House of Hwang. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Get up,” he says, his horse still jumpy and edgy from the heat coming off me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He washed his face in the water; the surface water was still warm, so he plunged his hands deep into the cool layer above the yellow sand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I still feel uncomfortable with the idea that everyone has been watching us, like I need to cover myself or hide where they can’t look at me anymore. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Like a skulk of foxes taking to its dens, the soldiers had retreated to their trenches: a few still digging, others working on equipment, still others talking together over charts. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the kingfisher screams his alarm note, and the forest becomes still. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scar on his forehead was still throbbing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

So he crept into his mother’s bedroom where she was still asleep, climbed the lamp cord to her bureau, and pulled a strand of Mrs. Little’s hair from her comb. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The left side of my face still would not cooperate. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The tidy basket, with the bit of work she left unfinished when the needle grew ‘so heavy’, was still on its accustomed shelf. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur Smith, once a slender man, now was slender still except for the beach ball he sported under his shirt. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sprawled across the snow and lay still. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It still said “parsecs,” the figures still ended in “1,000,000” and the indicating needle was still pressed hard against the zero mark. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The stranger stood as still and silent as a figure carved of wood. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyelids are still heavy, but color is slowly returning to her cheeks. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It sounded like three or so uglies, talking in low tones as if still wary of the ghosts of the Rusty ruins. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He still hadn’t officially announced his varsity boat assignments, but he was frank: “The sophomore crew has been a deep disappointment to me.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He said something, but suddenly, there was too much noise for me to hear him—even if he had still been there. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But your greater judgment is still somewhat in question. The lamp itself we will melt down for metals, I suppose.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So much fun he’d made of the dog; still, now he turned mournful. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And still not recalling his name or nothing?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Frank was still below, but Leo almost wished the big guy would come up the stairs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the mornings Dad handed us the comics out of the paper and flipped over to the obituaries just to make sure everyone we knew was still alive and kicking. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some houses are empty, too, but the windows are boarded up and their dry grass is low and still kept neat. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t think they are running. I think they’re still in their warren.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Pyke, it would seem, the old wars were still being fought. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was seventy-seven, but her last important battle was still in front of her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The night before I’d had to bring him home in a taxi, help him upstairs and into bed, where, judging from the condition in which I’d left him, he still was now. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We stood still, trying to determine whether the soldiers had fired the shot. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The figures grew larger every time I looked up, and then when they were still a fair distance away I recognised my daughter. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But obviously something within them, no matter how deep, can still be curious and impressed by something beautiful. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She noticed they were still sinking, but it was slower than their initial descent. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I still wanted so badly to tell August what I knew. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crick’s handwritten scribbles—A, C, T, and G—still adorn the plates. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Behind her the stairway rocked and clanged as Luke leaped down the last few steps and walked steadily across the room to fall against a chair and stop, head down and trembling still. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny: even though Christopher’s the one who moved far away, I still see him more than I see Zachary and Alex. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She still looked fabulous as ever, in a long fuchsia trench coat and wedge peep-toe booties. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My Dallas Cowboys jacket I got last year is still better than that thing.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Beside me, Nero tensed his long black body and twitched his tail, his green eyes wide with curiosity.Georgie was still breathing hard from running to warn me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even the Springer Swingers were there, still in their dancing outfits. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The sails were still up, were catching the moonlight and must be visible for miles as a white triangle against the ocean. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she saw I would not go, she grew still and lay like a log, not a murmur from her, but the sweat forcing itself up in oily drops on her throat and temples. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey didn’t say that wouldn’t make any difference, they’d still be walking. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some are cooking breakfast, others are just waking up, and many are still asleep on the side of the road or in the grass. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Shephard asks, nodding at the Langston Hughes books I’m still holding. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

But it’s still possible to compare newly emerged alphabets of the past with previously existing ones, and to deduce from letter forms which existing ones served as models. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I still didn’t know what to say to her, and the Stick situation was too big in my head today, anyway. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Basta swore and threatened, giving me a nasty cut on my upper arm, but then, suddenly, the front door was thrown open and they both disappeared into the night, still reeling like drunks. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The sky was a sheet of slate but it was still warm, an August afternoon that let you know its kind was running out. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Before we entered, Mother said that she was unsure whether Maha was still breathing. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

While I scratched and petted them, I let them know that I still loved them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meals are pretty minimal already, but I think I can eat a three-fourths portion per meal and still be all right. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It still could be that the kid dropped her.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remembering that now, with Dad’s voice still ringing in my ears, I sneered at my brother. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And there she was, standing on the grass in his Oxford with Pan still as a wasp on her shoulder, and no one, as far as he could tell, had seen her appear. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls still standing are tagged with paint. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She still believed the third clue was telling them to add something up—that the sum would lead to Parkers inheritance—but the idea was beginning to seem more and more unrealistic. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I knew right where it was--it was right near Central Park South and all--but I still couldn't find it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

And still Harry stood frozen there, wand poised, Black staring up at him, Crookshanks on his chest. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“All this ritual—it’s like something you’d see in a tone cult,” she said when Faraday returned to his seat, hands still damp. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Her head was fully formed, but her face was still a blank. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Tyson pushed me out of the way, but the explosion still blew me head over heels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She stood still inside the tree for a few heartbeats, the Nightingale holding on to her wrist. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mom still lives in the small house we all used to share. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

This made her scream even louder, but her screams proved useless, as she still was unable to gain the attention of a single child. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the water was still again, dark and still and swift. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you know what it feels like, reviewing North Africa’s geography, which you still haven’t read about, while waiting to go to the principal’s office, which you’d better not try getting out of? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The bird hung around, casting his vexed eye down on us from the trees, still needing to be fed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group of more interest appeared near the hearth, sitting still amidst the rosy peace and warmth suffusing it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

His eyes were still tightly closed, but I guess he could hear the thing gurgling and steaming. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The shell of that 1826 cellblock still stands, on the other side of the high wall I park against; the prison has continued to grow all around it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Progress on the atomic pile gave reason for optimism, but Fermi—unhappily relocated to Chicago on Compton’s orders—was still building only prototypes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

We visited a set of converted buses where local artists were doing art therapy with displaced children who, despite their losses and thanks to the adults around them, still bubbled with hope. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

While the rain forest had more kinds of animals than any other habitat—with many species still undiscovered—they were often difficult to see. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

So, when I go to give them a hug, the smell still lingers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I saw Jordan Baker and talked over and around what had happened to us together and what had happened afterward to me, and she lay perfectly still listening in a big chair. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

In the house they still had guests for lunch and the old routine was never really set up again until the banana company left years later. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Gregor was still here and wasn't thinking at all about abandoning his family. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My lovely Amari,” he greeted her quietly in their language, as if hope still shone in their sky. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was hurt, as I still loved my other children also. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, I offhandedly asked Itchy if he was still mad. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My teacher still slept, and this weighed on me and sucked the happiness out of everything. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

‘And when their spears have rotted and rusted, long still may their mound stand and guard the Fords of Isen!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I will still act like your mother, no matter what you call me,” said the robot. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Between them, they have managed to rally most of the loyal faction members to their cause. Surprisingly, though, the Allegiant still don’t outnumber the factionless.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

After nearly two months, he still couldn’t walk. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But since he was still the team’s captain, he decided he needed to give a pep talk. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

But still—it was a pretty cheesy thing to say. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Those still alive at Ricketts’ were moved to Bush Hill, and other desperately ill people followed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I’d expected her to tell me that she was still working on her revenge scheme, or that she was afraid their weapons were too strong so there was no use in fighting. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I guess I didn’t expect you to still have the same pull as you used to.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And worst of all, I still didn’t feel right about what I’d done with the drill. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She spoke clearly, and she didn’t look either scared or mad, just kind of sad, like she was still hurting something awful for Emmett. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I stand up and rush back out into the hallway and to the lobby, where some people are still hanging around eating pizza. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

"I am glorious still! Do you not know who raised humanity out of the quagmire of the Dark Ages?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t talk to Maria or Tam Lin, but knowing they still liked him made all the difference. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Tell me, do I still smell like roses?" he asks Caesar, and then there's a whole run where they take turns sniffing each other that brings down the house. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Above him, a tear in the tanker’s hull still spewed oil, marking where the ship had vomited him into open air. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The chalk was still in her hands and she did not feel really satisfied. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But she told him that was silly, why sit in the middle of a roomful of people speaking a language he doesn’t understand when there was still more of the city he could see? The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He knew C.P. was a Klansman and still spoke respectfully to him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And if they weren't there, the container might still hold a clue that could help us find Nergal, something the police might have overlooked because investigating ancient monsters wasn't part of their job description. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I still remember the feeling of unease, indeed nausea.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon, but the sun was still high in the sky. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I ran and dragged her behind me, still screaming, stumbling and tripping and bumping into things as if she were blind. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Booth hoped that Ned Spangler or John Peanut stood on the other side of that door, still holding the rented horse. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's still not warmed up to Chase but lets Mattie fuss and pet at him to no end. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much in the garden yet beyond spring onions and baby kale, but she still had some potatoes and carrots in the root cellar, and cooking had brought them back to life. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

By the sledgemeter we had indeed traveled about four hundred miles, but probably only three-quarters of that was real forward gain, and we could estimate only very roughly how far still remained to go. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

His expression was grim and reproachful, as if to say: Now, hold still, or I can't kill you properly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The indoor lights are off everywhere, but the neighborhood is still lit up orange. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The snow was still falling, dissolving against the windshield, leaving wet asterisks on the glass. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There were so many people still out, gathered around the food tables. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But still there were patches of woods here and there, so as I plowed along through the snow I kept looking around for woodlots to run to if something happened. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally got his body—twice my size, chest still as stone, eyes slung back—to shore, and to revive, I was so furious at him I almost rolled him back into the surf. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“If your teeth are still too sore, let me know. But it’s been a few days. Dr. Ashworth seemed to think you’d be more adjusted by now.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs she couldn’t sit still and study for the English test. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This evening, when Bep was still here, the doorbell rang long and loud. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Although Seven realized, deflating just a bit, that Valley still sounded like a kid. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“But I still go to class, every week, because I have to.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He stood and walked from the water, still holding the fish and arrow and bow against die sky, seeing them as they fit his arms, as they were part of him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look down toward my legs, one out of the cast and one still in the cast. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Soon after this I was sent once more to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, for still more missile and radar schooling. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was a kindness in his eyes that I hope will still be there when I end this. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He ran his eyes over the group of travelers and their gear—their wagon still full of supplies, the fine workmanship on their horses’ saddles—and suspicion flickered over his face. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I still remember her kindness nearly sixty-five years later. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I still remember bits and pieces of the plot, but everything’s fuzzy. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“River’s still high,” said Tom, who was a faithful follower of whatever Malcolm said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Be still and carry these up with me.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He made her swear on the Bible never to tell and never to follow, but still he lay awake a long time. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

They were one of the few families that still had daily white rice, but just like everyone else, Doha’s mother mixed it with barley, millet, and beans to make it last longer. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

By 11:25, we had five more minutes in our lunch block and the mailman still hadn’t come. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I still want us to be close, even after we grow up. Like Mama and Doc.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was still raining hard and 1 thought some of the stops in the movement of the column might be from cars with wet wiring. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But today, I still want to keep my distance. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The chill wind presses, and her eyes are watering, but there is still so much more beautiful stuff to see. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I was so tired that, with one boot off, I fell back with one leg still hanging off the bed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old dreams still burned with the power of their one night on earth, but burned deep and forbidden in regions denied to men. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s nothing against you, Aunt Pooh! I swear it’s not. I still want you to be a part of all of this.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

My mom is sitting at the kitchen table, still in her scrubs and with her blond hair piled high on top of her head, watching the news on her portable TV. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

With a baby still tugging at my breast, a girl just filling out, and my young-man son behind bars, I wasn’t ready to enter His Kingdom. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were still very young when they set about proving that they were the gods’ superiors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked back to Emma, still poring over her massive book. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“You were real lucky, man. Real lucky. You could’ve gone to jail. But they just sent you to the hospital again. If it had been me, I probably still been sitting in jail.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She first tried to kill them with a broom, then with insecticides, and finally with lye, but the next day they were back in the same place, still passing by, tenacious and invincible. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The life that has borne me through these years is still in my hands and my eyes. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even though Namwon was no longer a jail, Pong still had a hard time visiting. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The storm had troubled him little, and he alone of the Company remained still light of heart. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I can’t be sure, I’m still woozy,” I managed to respond. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

After the sun was up he went, still fasting, to the door of the House and knocked. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And I also found out that my dad still loves me. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

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

“How are we still having a match? There is a crisis afoot!” one witch in the crowd walking to the race said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She still remembered the bird’s glossy dark eye, how it trembled when she lifted it out of the box. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to call the police, Ms. Peck. We’re already here. We still have a search warrant, and we’re executing it.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Jon could still recall how Hewett had dragged him from his bed, and the feel of his boot slamming into his ribs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On the floor around them were hundreds of wood chips, but they were still stuck up to their knees inside the gazebo. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The back door was still unlocked, the way we’d left it, which was a good sign. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

At the end of an hour’s work, the water in his bucket was still clean enough for a lady to wash her hands in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had been poked and stabbed and poisoned for years, and still I trod on. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I hate that that five-year-old is still inside of me, and I hate that she’s freaking out right now. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But if Frankie was still in here somewhere and heard someone yelling for help, he wouldn’t run for the exit. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Children who seemed to have escaped evacuation ran about on the grass shouting and laughing, the band struggled with music beyond its capabilities, and deck chairs still cost twopence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Emilika is still gone, so Helena will have to be on her own, feeding herself, keeping the doors locked, and staying warm without burning down the apartment building. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Then I’ll stay still. I don’t care much for company dancing. It’s no fun to go sailing round. I like to fly about and cut capers.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just in case I still doubted who he meant it for, he locked his gaze on me once again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a day for napping, for sitting still, for clover chains, and picking swinks in the windless sunshine. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The Earth was still regarded as the central object in the Universe, but everything else revolved around the equant points, not around the Earth itself. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her hair is up in a bun, and her hand goes to touch it, pat it smooth, as if she has to make sure it’s still there. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But as the sun began to go down in a red, stormy-looking glare, they still had not found a harbor. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Only the tall oaks were still holding all their leaves, like self-conscious old men. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And I still have the MAV to modify before then, too. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t real, Ekon knew that, but his heartbeat still quickened. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As the diagrams on pages 128 and 129 show, the related words are still connected in the tree, just in a different order. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He waited for me, but I still couldn’t move. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was our first car, and cars still were a novelty. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rebel passed the first few cottages, so snug and inviting to his comfort-loving soul—smoke rising in the still evening air, and the reassuring smell and sounds of humans everywhere. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I thought of how far I still had to go. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

At the worst it can only be death; and a man’s death is not a calf’s, and the dreaded Hereafter may still be open to me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m still ironing out a few things,” my dad replied quietly. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I trotted back toward the house, but when I looked over my shoulder, Susie still stood in the middle of the twisted vines, almost like she was trapped and didn’t know how to get out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Cars were still stacked up at the border long into the night. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked pained, as if the memory was still fresh. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He’s heading into the Dark World tomorrow, and I still have no answers as to why. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Briony cleared her throat softly and the sister looked round and was annoyed to find her still there. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He patted his shirt pocket to be sure the map was still there and set off down the path. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He is able to take a few painful steps with a cane now, but it is still hard for him to get around. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The bedroom was on the other side of the airlock door, still fully pressurized. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a very hard time sitting still and doing nothing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Since I still had food and a little wine I stayed where I was rather than risk falling when I tried to climb down to the street. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But my cases against the Mosses and the state were still alive, and we received notice that Mr. and Mrs. Moss were going to give their depositions. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I still get the occasional stare, but I try to remember what Fina said on Monday. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Decades later, she still vividly remembered entering the darkened parlor in their home and finding the mirrors and pictures draped in white, a mourning custom of the time. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They had always played in the same gang when they were kids, but in the last three years he had been at Vocational while she was still in grammar school. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was smiling even though there were still tear tracks on her cheeks, her mascara pooling under her eyes. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe I still wasn’t great at talking to Elle, but I had come a long way since that sophomore dance. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He still wore the semblance of his worldly body. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Her arms still ached from wresting the heavy ears from the stalks, row after row, hour after hour. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost one o’clock, and although Frankie had already been picked up and taken to a friend’s house, I still had to get to Grand Island before the matinee started. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been holding on for nearly half an hour. Is my husband still there or has he gone?” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jackson has her gun trained on Peeta even though he’s still cuffed and unconscious, draped across a deep-blue sofa where Homes deposited him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He was reaching for another cigarette, and the last, untouched, was still smoldering in the ashtray. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

What if Cool Papa sent the hard-staring woman to let him know he still had his eye on him? Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“It couldn't be helped. There's only one barge that stops at Tanaburi, and we were on it. We can stop at the temple and still get to our house with plenty of time to spare.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Next we’re going to Seoul to visit Grandma’s friends and do a lot of sightseeing, and then Seosan to visit Grandpa’s relatives who still live there. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I hold still, remembering what Constantine told me, years ago. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But Citra wasn’t quite ready, still wondering if this might be a trick. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

His own home was dark; he was still using the whip when he turned into the lane and then into the stable lot. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet it was still out of reach. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I never visited the White House while JFK was president, for our story was still top secret in those years. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is, they still used stone tools similar to those superseded in Europe by metal tools thousands of years ago, and they dwelt in villages not organized under any centralized political authority. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mother, she still pays attention to it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the difference still eludes you, mentally substitute a pair of words less likely to be confused: Josh ran the race honestly; afterward, he looked honest and he smelled honest. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wick’s ramblings about “crossroads,” the line was still the best clue she had that would lead to Lucera, and it still meant absolutely nothing to her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Though I had yet to see a live enemy soldier, the Japanese were still there and a constant danger. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t answer, but she knew he was still rubbing the worry stone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mark knew his brain was still jumbled up from being hit during the crash, but surely the old man didn’t want to hike all that way before going back to the settlement. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She is still giving almost a gallon at each milking. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Nobody she recognized, but it was still too much for her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

All this over a simple pomegranate, still lying uneaten in my satchel buried beneath my bed. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Father was still right out there in the doorway, so we could see his face. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Flee, now. You have two of us. Flee this place while your blood still flows.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The air outside was still and muggy, but I could smell cordite in the air. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can barely sit still for it, especially with all this religious talk. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Course, a lot of families were still busy fighting the war in their heads. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without guards or army escort, despite the danger that might still lurk in Washington, Stanton and Welles rode in a carriage to Ford’s Theatre. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, realizing I still held the book in my hand. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It hurts because I still don’t know why you didn’t write back from Aunt Maureen’s. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He can still remember the day that sparked a small rebellion in his mind. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She still wore the pretty tortoiseshell comb, and Ophie’s only idea was to find a way to take it out. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

"Is there still room tonight? I can pay." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But he still drove to the school and got out of his car! While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I lie still, feeling the cold seep into me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Wishing for my father, who was still wandering. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s cooler in the forest, it’s still hot. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

All along you know this, but still, in the middle of the show when he’s tied up and a bomb is about to explode, you hold your breath and dig your fingernails into your palms. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha stood still and for a moment an icy chill stole over him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still having difficulty breathing, and tears were running down her cheeks and neck, staining her blouse. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inka doesn’t say anything, of course, but she still gives me an idea. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Had the Friedmans still lived there, they might not have survived it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My children were now grown, and Jerome and I were still in Birmingham. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Thus it did not seem prudent to cash my checks, which were still sent to Copenhagen at the beginning of each month. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I dashed up to our front door, but it was still locked. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I was still getting used to being part of a family again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Once, these images of parenthood had troubled Shukumar, adding to his anxiety that he was still a student at thirty-five. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

If you had, she wouldn’t have been so foolhardy and she’d still be alive. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Just back off now, and everyone can walk away with all their limbs still attached,” Brian said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were still three bodies lying in the square. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“We would have called,” Grace said, her voice still thick and papery-sounding from crying, “but we didn’t have a number.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He stepped back on to the pavement, the smile still on his lips. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The car was still there, its motor purring. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning, so early that the dew still jewelled the grass and the clamour of the tannery had not yet begun, I went out on my errand. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spectacle of Lawrence’s lending his highly developed talent for persuasion to a project of such dubious morality was more painful still. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

If I kept my eyes closed and lay perfectly still, that is. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But she still won’t look at me and I don’t know what to do. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The brief glow fell upon a huge sitting figure, still and solemn as the great stone kings of Argonath. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

On May 6, the prescription was still hanging on the kitchen cabinet door. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I sat perfectly still and watched her move into the music. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Everyone stay in your seats,” one says, still cheerful. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The authorities always found it distressing when I wanted to defend myself in court because the accompanying publicity would show that I was still fighting for the same values I always had. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With parmesan cheese on the pasta, that was all you needed and you could eat three bowls and still crave more. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

"Why didn't you tell me that this was still happening?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She still rode the grey ^garron that Mully had given her the day she left the Wall, a shaggy, stunted thing blind in one eye. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sophomores had come south with a new, still- unchristened shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“We found the building faster than we thought. There’s still twenty minutes before her class ends.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be our job to remember the parts we got wrong and make it better for our children and grandchildren. Embrace our differences, and still find a way to make peace.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Legolas lay still, looking up at the sun and sky with steady eyes, and singing softly to himself. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A mother is still the only one who can kiss a boo-boo and make it all well—explain that scientifically. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white-paper announcements of the unloading of the bulls and the big schedules of special trains were still up on the pillars of the arcade. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Even though the United Nations and the National Guard were very successful at stopping the violence, the intolerance is still there. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Percy still didn’t look happy about it, but he took Annabeth’s hand. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Washington, If I stood on my head and stripped butt-naked in the middle of Fountain Square, screamin “I’m sorry!” as loud as I could, it still wouldn’t be enough. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though he was just a mismatched collection of memories, he still disagreed with me—over everything. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her brown feet were bare, her outgrown boots still slung over her shoulder. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

His face was too wrinkled to still be alive, yet his dark skin was shiny and he spoke slowly, gobbling the words in his jaws before he let them out. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Ash realized that she was still holding the huntress’s hand, and she became suddenly self-conscious. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her room was contaminated with blood, and there was also the question of the two nuns’ rooms, both of which were still locked and bloodstained. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, she still has a way to go and a few more adventures before she’s done.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

This was my first time playing it, and I still beat both of them! Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sheed judged the farthest distance his long and scrawny arms could stretch and still touch the vehicle. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the morning Ged woke beneath his friend's roof, and while he was still drowsy he felt such wellbeing as if he were in some place wholly defended from evil and harm. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But according to most theories the universe at large–the meta-universe, as it is sometimes called–is vastly roomier still. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He went as still as Nina had ever seen him, and his gaze focused on Inej for the first time since he’d entered the little cabin. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But my psychiatrist just looked bored, his hand still propped under his chin. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blanket of pale mist still clung to the surface of the water, the murky green current swirling past underneath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s still alive but not strong enough to fight, or to keep me from looping the rope around the stern cleats. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He resolved not to speak, for his voice was sure to give him away; yet he still avoided eye contact with Draco as the latter approached. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad still make me go to church, even though I’m mad at God. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The other men from the platform had gone elsewhere, but the old shaking man was still with them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

How would I let him see that I understood and that I still respected him, and that I formed no judgment against him for this momentary slip? Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The farm had had a fairly successful year, but was still short of money. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

That stopped him, but he still wasn’t satisfied. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

By April of 1972, her application to join her husband in heaven was still working its way though a vast, celestial bureaucracy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But now I do nothing but sit perfectly still. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

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

“It will still be there even if we slow down. My cramps have cramps.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Why are you lying, taking the blame for him? You’re covering for him to protect me. So he and I can still be brothers, right? So I don’t totally and completely despise him.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can still remember her Portuguese accent, the way she rolled her r’s. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Only Mrs. Beale was still downstairs when they walked into the house. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catelyn had ordered garments sewn to her measure, handsome gowns to suit her birth and sex, yet still she preferred to dress in oddments of mail and boiled leather, a swordbelt cinched around her waist. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was not until fifty years later that Harris, working as a social worker and still living in Chicago, finally told his story. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

‘Mike, I told you not to speak of my, ah, problem. But to answer your question: no, there still seems to be some interference with Apollo’s usual gift to me.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You still don’t know how to tie that hitch. You go far out?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The air still feels rich in my lungs, though summer is drawing to a close. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A few embers were still glowing in the fireplace, turning all the armchairs into hunched black shadows. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I became friends with a girl named Mabel, a white girl who was intelligent and tried valiantly to speak with me, even though I still knew little English. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The bus was still lodged inside the welfare office’s walls, smouldering. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she stood still in the middle of the room the pressing silence of Hill House came back all around her. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I fall into bed while I’m still chewing the last bite, and she tugs off my shoes and snuggles in beside me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

So it was still early in the evening when the discussion turned to matters of greater import. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It’s been six months and they still can’t even look at each other. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Though no such felicitous circumstance transpired, still I walked with light enough step. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They appear to be arguing about something, but it must not be serious, because some of them are still smiling. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t any of my business, I knew, but I still felt like asking her. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She stood beside him, still holding her dead bundle over her shoulder. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t aware of any other Athena kids who’d gone on a quest in the Sea of Monsters, but still she felt a sense of dread. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Would she still be able to have tea with her? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad still had the bottle but it was only half full. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was moved that Julie still had some faith in miracles. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Just a small reading lamp on in the corner, lighting up the chair where Cramp still sat, reading a newspaper. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

At least v our letter let me know that you are still alive, if you can call what you do “living.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Innumerable fingers, like moving trees, were still streaming past in either direction, crossing and recrossing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In 1920, two years after the World War, the soldiers was still traveling about. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were still standing across the street from school, even though the light had changed once already and then gone back to red. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I focus harder on the words but still can’t make them out. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Wilfred worked wherever he could, and he still read every book he could get his hands on. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words had an underwater warble and there was still a tinny ringing in his ears, but he could hear. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When I received Joe's response to my letter, a scribbled note in the handwriting of a child, he could still only read at a third-grade level, despite the fact that he was thirty-one. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her words and artwork told fascinating, intertwined stories to a public still highly suspicious of insects. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The rain was still drumming heavily against the high, dark glass. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was still too torn on the edges to file away. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A clerical error early in the war, when food was still getting through to prisoners, had caused the Red Cross to ship them five hundred parcels every month instead of fifty. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy was still running at her side, holding her hand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I left one hand on him to keep him still and opened a plastic menu with the other. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Noodles would read his comics and draw in his book, and Needles, who at the time was still known as Ricky, would kick freestyle raps about whatever he saw on the street. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was in one of hose huge dormitory-like buildings where kids in detention were cept in those days—and still are in most places. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a stronger feeling was the one that stayed with her after that dream: the excitement of opening the drawer and seeing that he was still there, that he was safe and smiling. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Lawrence was working full-time on the railroad and living in a house filled with children, Zakariyya was still in jail, and times had gotten tough for Sonny, who was now busy selling drugs. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

High John shrugged, but anger still lined his face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As they backed out of the tunnel, Neel realized that the hardest part was still ahead. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to move, in order to make it to the cape while there’s still daylight.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone scrambles to their seats, but I’m still lying on the imaginary train tracks. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He could see that she still lived, and he covered her with the thick woven coat that he had thrown aside as he entered the sea. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Or he'd wake up when it was still dark, sure that she was waiting for him outside. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I try not to wince, my body still weak from last night. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Woke up with the worst headache ever, bleeding, and he was still there, muttering to himself.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It made for a nice pool of deeper and still water. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Las Vegas still has water,” someone points out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In them lies our brief hope, for in one thing only is the enemy still poorly provided: he has few horsemen.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

At least the drumming of the rain had stopped, and at least the canoe was still lying level on the water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The broken shards still lay on the ground, and the thought of him coming back to terrorize me sent a shiver down my back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When I first started getting high, I would be strung out and I couldn’t sit still. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Tata was my mother’s mother, who had left Puerto Rico while I was still a toddler. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But it still hurts to picture him in a hospital bed. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Even so, I had more such dreams—and sometimes, I’m sure, I was still half awake when they began. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s not that bad, but I still wish I were in my old house. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sure, we still numbered years for a few more decades, but at the moment of immortality, passing time ceased to matter. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

On nights when my mother and father talked about their life back home, sometimes they mentioned an “outcast table” whose business they still seemed to be settling, their voices tight. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Automatically, while still admiring himself in the mirror, Lefty made a fist, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“You—you know this is still not convincing me to sing, don’t you?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But Miss Kenton had departed, and sure enough, as I continued with my work, an occasional footstep or some other sound would serve to remind me she was still there outside the door. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, those would work. Let’s imagine another world, a different one again, where there are bees but no people. Would there still be a connection between a beehive and sweetness and light?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I left the building still feeling as though I had been violently spun but with optimism growing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s still much too cold, too early to think about it.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We running, Clippinger ordered still that we affix our bayonets, which I did with trouble, the metal slick with rain, my fingers skirret-stiff with fear—and we found our van overtaken by the brutes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

John’s feet began to slip; tears and sweat were in his eyes; still moving backward before his father, he looked about him for deliverance; but there was no deliverance in this street for him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The law says the penalty is harsher if someone should have known of the risks and harsher still—manslaughter—if the person does know the risks and wantonly disregards them. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The sky had brightened ever so slightly in the east, but Brooklyn itself was still a dim, gaslight-speckled shadow world. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I can still recite the litany of efforts it took to push a husband and children alive and fed through each day in the Congo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His friends were still dazed, staring in amazement at the jitterbugging metal guys, but they got his warning. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Erm...brain fluid, I think. We had a pressure leak on the last mission. But that’s plugged now. And the officer lived. Down a few IQ points, but alive, and he can still take liquids.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Many of my family’s things had been stolen on the drive to the camp, but we still had our photo albums, which my mom had grabbed on the way out of the house. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

With the hostage crisis still fresh in the country's minds, we were public enemy number one. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

When their mother was still around, she would buy them ice cream bars from the freezer at the grocery—an almond bar forSean, a Bomb Pop for Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

If that was the case, a student asked, why was the war still going on? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I figured if I left right away, I could still get some studying in back at the dorm. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

With her face still frozen, like a statue, she started to cry. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals had poor eyesight, and the best thing for a human to do was remain perfectly still and silent. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Growing up out in the country, I still miss country things. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother was from Georgia and still cooked like it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

There’s still a little under two hours left until midnight. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I still really hadn’t looked at any of them yet, not directly. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even though I was already taller than Abuela, she still made me feel as little as when she’d read stories to me when I was younger. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Demigods stopped sinking, though many were still buried up to their waists. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Some of her anxiety ebbed when she saw that Taisin still breathed; the snow beneath her nose was slightly melted. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Morehouse pushes Jason’s chair across the carpet toward me, and Mom picks up her bookmark, leaving Harry still searching in the hallway. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was still a small group of donors huddled under the roof as we came into the Square. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walks over and squeezes my shoulders from behind and gives me a hug from back there while I’m still sitting down. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Maybe she was still a college student, working at the library for the summer. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It never would have occurred to her that she would be working this hard and still have to choose between paying the phone bill and paying for her daughter Ishtar’s prom. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Somewhere in this very area, around 1855. He was twelve or thirteen then, and still called Light Hair.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It would still be nice if you taught me, like you’re supposed to,” said Ben, looking hurt. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Even though the guest user hadn’t known the right details about her book, Emily still felt uneasy. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I could see the desks lined up, still waiting for workers. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

We can still hear Big Harm's sharp voice. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He said that all kinds of people—men, women, and children—have been killed in unthinkable ways and are still being killed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I still have it, all these years later, there on my bookshelf. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

As we left the principal’s office and headed home, my mind was still against going to school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few inmates were still out but, much more ominous, Wickersham was now at Robinson’s end gate, talking into his radio. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They waited, almost holding their breath in the still, frigid air. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She laughed much more than she needed to and was still at it when she signed the form recommending me for the following year's speech therapy program. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I went up to the head of it, still calling her name and praying she would come to me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is strange, but true, to relate, that at this point in time I was still capable of being upset by the fact that my career at Hampden had pretty much gone down the drain. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He still needs help with the human form. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The changes are still unfolding and will likely continue until I die. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Although still angry over Woolf’s suspension, Howard didn’t want to court more trouble with California racing officials by hiring Woolf for the Mexican race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As much as Paris has given him for his art—the color, the experience, the association with other artists—as much as it could still give him, he has to leave. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Are you still looking for someone to do deliveries?” he asks. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He didn’t look at old Candy, who still faced the wall. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are in so much trouble. And you still owe me an explanation!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They were still warm, so I kind of hated giving one up for Chas when we stepped outside and into the drizzle. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he still resented the chat about his health before lunch. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jay was still in her room when I left, and Trey doesn’t pay enough attention to stuff like that to notice. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to explain that the N and the Y were initials that stood for New and York, but still they insisted on joining the letters into a single word. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Posters, covered with a thin layer of dust, still adorned the tunnels. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want her to find out I was still reading baby books, even though on my reading log it said I was reading a book for a fifth-grader. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The first sunny day, when Nat came down to breakfast, he still had not thought of anything to do about his good-luck spell. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even though the labels have changed over the years—from “bonehead,” to “remedial,” to “basic”— the effects are still the same. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was past 8:00 P.M., and they still had not gotten into their carriage. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mercifully, some vestiges of Mike’s chivalry still survived; he came to stand beside me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Where she’d parked her mule I didn’t know, if it was still alive. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were getting it while it was still cheap. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Where you going?” he whispered as if he didn’t want Vera to hear him, which was impossible because she was still inside. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I watch his shadow resting still on the curtain. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

His face had been inches away from Chubs’s feet, so his hands went there first, yanking at them like he was making sure they were still attached to something. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“The weather was still good,” he explains, “and I saw no reason to break my promise to Rob at that point.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The salary was generous enough to support a wife, and I was honored to be hired by a world-famous university, and so I obtained a sixth-preference green card, and prepared to travel farther still. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

In his mind’s eye Reynie still saw the faces of his friends. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

These old girls still have their marbles, and they’re good to me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

"Baba provides just fine! So many of his friends in London still can't find permanent jobs—he found one as soon as he got here." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, you can be minding your own business and still find that you need to protect yourself.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the age of one year old, Harry had somehow survived a curse from the greatest Dark sorcerer of all time, Lord Voldemort, whose name most witches and wizards still feared to speak. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I was scared, Dèja. The building kept moaning, chattering its pain. Then electrical power went. Battery-powered lights switched on. Folks were scared but still trying to be nice, helping others. “ Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I still see his hand reaching for me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We hoped this was just another of his five-minute ideas, but by the time we reached the house, his eyes were still glowing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Yet for millions of Americans—for most Americans—the hard times still seemed as hard as ever. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And in PR, even though we had to speak English and Spanish in school, I still liked speaking in Spanish better. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Ben was such a self-absorbed idiot sometimes, and I had to remind myself why I still liked him. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I still think not saying goodbye is the right move, but it’s something I’ll regret all day.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Kayla would be tossing pretzels at me while I tried to catch them in my mouth, and Emily would be complaining that her parents still wouldn’t let her wear makeup. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I'd almost forgotten that I was still sitting in her kitchen. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Why are you still here?” he asked us. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Those fish bits still contained energy, and energy was life. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Tyler’s bedroom light is still off, so either he’s having a detailed conversation with his parents or he’s still hungry. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The thought of Benjen Stark saddened him; his uncle was still missing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I might be able to get some of the adult slaves freed while they were still young enough to build new lives. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I deposited my foodstuffs at the cave and hurried on, while it was still light, to finish my fire wall. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

By him stood Piggy still holding out the talisman, the fragile, shining beauty of the shell. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The motorman yelled again, louder: “Why are you still sittin’ there?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Most of my parents’ relatives still lived in Haiti. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

They gave ground before the charges, still orderly but giving, and were shepherded along a glade of Sherwood forest—a wide glade like an estuary of grass with trees on either side. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry did seem a bit better after that, but it still took a while longer to get our old Harry all the way back. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I supposed that meant he was still mad at me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

So she sat quite still, and talked less than usual. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I should be excited that things are going so well, but still no one’s told me how they’re going to grade me for the supernatural ability demonstration. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. St. John—sitting as still as one of the dusty pictures on the walls, keeping his eyes fixed on the page he perused, and his lips mutely sealed—was easy enough to examine. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

We were still under a cool marine layer that was supposed to linger until the late afternoon. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He was still quite near the shore, and he forgot his anger and impatience in the triumph of the moment when he was finally standing upright without faltering. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Because you can fight. You’re popular with the crowd. That could still make you desirable allies. But only if you let the others know you’re willing to team up with them,” says Haymitch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have taken it, and am waiting for sleep, which still keeps aloof. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Fatigue, he thought; I shouldn’t be driving still. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The other one still gasped, “He tried—he tried-to—murder me. Bear—bear witness.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

We could fight together, but back home we still couldn't be in the same railcar.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I’d just put the souffle in to bake when we sat down, so dessert was still a ways off. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“The junk was still in the car. The cop that stopped us wanted to know where we got it. A little checking was done, and, as they say, we were ‘returned’ to Phillipsburg, Kansas. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the moonlight, the beach where the girls still slept was a series of undulating curves. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

And because, though I knew Arul was right that we had nothing to fear from the dead, a part of me was still scared a ghost might float by. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The war over, a fake prosperity was still around. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The guys were still being stupid, slapping books out of people’s hands and running through the halls dodging teachers. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“There’s corruption everywhere, Thorn,” Seven said, still upset herself. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Scarce had they drunk when she flew after them with her long stick and shut them in a pigsty— bodies, voices, heads, and bristles, all swinish now, though minds were still unchanged. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s still in his fancy work clothes, but the tie is loose around his neck. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a miracle Vonetta made it from New Jersey to Atlanta without picking on Fern, and a bigger miracle that Fern’s watch still hung from her puny wrist. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But still, his father was a father and he was standing there, challenging us. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m stayin’,” said Hagrid, fat tears still leaking out of the corners of his eyes and trickling down into his tangled beard. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I hope I don’t come off as bitter in your story. I’m really not. I still believe in ‘true love’ and ‘meant to be’ as much as anybody else. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Is this still about keeping things professional?” he asked quietly. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Afterward I was ashamed, for I still had some rupees, and the child had nothing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess not. Come on. Let’s go. There’s still an hour until ten. Maybe you can at least get Isabel to dance with you.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was still too distant to make out clearly, but she knew it was him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She still needed to tell her about the camera. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Mr. Ray said he understood where I was coming from, I still felt a little stupid turning down his offer when the only other option was to work in a grimy chicken spot. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She stood perfectly still and breathed, alone on the frozen water. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Surely the Yanks looked in every hole and cranny of every Nazi they captured and still Hermann wiped their eye.There you are. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The panic was beginning to subside but she still felt tense. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know we still do, but not like we did when I was an assistant.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I was still treated poorly sometimes, but I had gained a different sort of confidence since being with Isabel, and the poor treatment didn’t bother me as much. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The dried food was still good, but the water was stale, so I went back to the spring and filled a fresh basket. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My granddad was a racist. My dad—he says a lot of things he shouldn’t. I can’t do anything about that,” Sandy tells me, “but I can still be sorry for it.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“We still have spring break together! And I haven't missed a spring break ‘Besties Weekend’ since eighth grade, when I got that cold!” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Full to bursting with Christmas dinner and still wearing their party hats, Harry and Ron got up first from the table and she shrieked loudly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But I realized he still was that man: He had survived not only a massacre, but a devastating body blow from a vehicle that had nearly taken his life. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Now it looked like a golden net had been stretched over the forest, but it was eerily still. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I was still kind of afraid of Megan, and had no misconceptions as to who was holding the power in our quirky relationship. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He’s still here when Mom gets home, so she invites him to stay for dinner. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The birds are still making a lot of noise, but whatever was following us seems to have stopped. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Sure I do. But he still a pain. Can’t help loving your own child. No matter what they do.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her eye immediately caught Gilly’s, still seated in the room on the other side of the counter. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Hands-on cyclotron operators, a species of which Bethe was not a member, understood that there were so many imponderables about how the machine worked that empirical experience still trumped even the most carefully polished theory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As usual, she looks plump and respectable, but for all her prim and proper, Aibileen can still tell a dirty joke that’ll make you tinkle in your pants. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The singing got louder still, and then to his horror a line of nuns, hands pressed together and eyes lowered, came around a corner and straight towards him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The smell of paint was still faintly apparent near Lyra’s nursery. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She would watch as lights-out fell across the river, bedtime for Uglyville, and know that she still had all night with Peris and her new friends, all the beautiful people she would meet. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was still raining as they coasted along the steep lane that wound down the cliff side to St. Catherine’s Bay. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It was the longest I ever stayed still in my life. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When they pulled up to the house, Benji still didn't move or speak. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Marriage made people old and familiar, while still young. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then there is a little group of babies, still feeding from baby bottles. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I comply and take a seat on the couch but still don’t look at her. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But that still didn’t give that man the right to talk about her like that. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“What other explanation could there be? You still have visuals, don’t you?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and sat still for her. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But there are certainly good reasons to believe that if Homo sapiens had never gone Down Under, it would still be home to marsupial lions, diprotodons and giant kangaroos. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d seen Olympus several times, but it still took my breath away. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I still don’t know what comes next for us after Arthur leaves. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

All these weeks of practicing, and I still don’t look half as good as that. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Now that Eric was working—and his job at Andersen was actually a little livelier than Jesse’s, with more young people around—-he was still feeling bleak, it seemed. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day he asks her why she still keeps it. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that he was still alive was a secret they both planned to keep. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I want to look at him, but I force myself to stand still and keep my eyes forward as the train starts to move. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Danny’s brother sat staring at them with his mouth open, finally lost interest, and began to eat some of the food that was still on his plate. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He got heavily recruited and ended up going to the University of Texas in 1973 when the legendary Darrell Royal was still the coach. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She probably still didn’t want to reveal who she was.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

This did not lead anywhere, either—probably because Fabyan was still stealing her mail. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

For seconds he did not know where he was, only that the crash was still happening and he was going to die, and he screamed until his breath was gone. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still holding on to the string. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It had rained heavily, and though the rain had stopped, wind still blew, and the leaves of the trees fluttered and revealed their pale undersides. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“It will get better with practice,” she said gruffly, anxious to get the stilled looms roaring once more. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody else seemed to care, but I was still worried about getting caught. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m still sorry. I’m sorry that my family has hurt a whole bunch of people in this town for no reason at all. It’s wrong.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I didn't even know people still carried briefcases, but I figured since he still was, there must've been some pretty important papers in it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

My head ached with my thoughts, all the memories of moments I still didn’t understand. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Katz was still wearing half a grin, but it didn’t belong to his emotions any longer. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I can help Mom and Sam by being nicer at home, but I can still be embarrassed about being poor. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When we checked at seven o’clock, our doors were still shut tight, thank goodness! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The framed poster from the Playhouse’s production of Little Shop of Horrors, signed by the cast and crew, still hangs on the wall above where Grace’s bed used to be. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

It’s too late to join any clubs or anything like that, but I still try to go to the things that I can. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpop was still at the table, turning the dial on his radio, trying to clear up the fuzz. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And if Derek was still on the raft, still alive, he was downriver. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

And still trying to comprehend why I was in so much trouble. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Ron was still in a bad mood with Hermione next day. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“OK. That leaves twenty-six, twenty-seven—stand still—twenty-eight. You get twenty-eight, Greg?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Brandenburg Gate, a monument to the city's former greatness, still stood in the middle of the city, in the midst of a no-man's-land between East and West. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It looked as if we might lose the house because my parents still owed money on Lynn’s medical bills and my mother wouldn’t work as many hours any longer. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

My dad is still dressed in the suit he wore to work. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Some Argie diplomat in New York, still harping on about the Belgrano being outside the zone, said Britain no longer rules the waves, it just waives the rules. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“They were your brothers. I saw. The wolves had ripped their clothes up, but I could still tell. Their cloaks were black. Like your hands.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Strangely enough, it gave me hope to know our little house, the only home we’d ever shared, was still intact. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Connor finally brings Hector over to where I’m sitting, the old ladies are still playing peekaboo with him over Connor’s shoulder. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I know it was an accident, but you still have to own up to it.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Cobb was still throttling the arms of her chair, but she was leaning back how and not breathing so heavily. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He leaned on a spear, silent and still, watching the other boy through the slats in the door. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I went north on clear ground under the trees, or through the water when there was no clear ground; the river, a hasty little tributary of the Esagel, was still unfrozen. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was his own breathing he heard; he had been breathing so loud that he had not been able to tell if Bessie was still breathing or not. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I do. Would you still like to go to the museum?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They had made land; they were safe from the sea, but they were still in the chest, with no way to get out. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Athena Parthenos still lay sideways across the top of the temple. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Her father had been consumed by hate for others—and perhaps even himself—but he had still been a great man, and had done much for the community. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was all I could manage before he cut me off to address Rose, still at my side. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Considering how often we all see Ms. Washington get theatrical like this, it’s pretty lame that we still have trouble controlling ourselves. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The firemen still on the balcony knew their situation was deadly and began to tell each other good-bye. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I still don’t see why we have to go through that every time you come home,” said Mrs. Weasley, still pink in the face as she helped her husband out of his cloak. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her foot was still wrapped in its makeshift cast of board and Bubble Wrap, still tangled in cobwebs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Flora’s mother, “I don’t know. Flora Belle’s father is coming to pick her up for their Saturday visit. He’ll be here any minute now. And she’s still in her pajamas.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

It is more recent and is recognized in our national consciousness, but it is still not well understood. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I still have to earn money to hire that tutor,” he said. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

It would be much worse if phone service was working perfectly and we still didn’t hear from them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The witch did not step toward them, she did not call to them, she merely stood there, completely still, the center of this desolate universe, while the air bowed to her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

A hundred years ago there was a hotel on this bleak, forbidding spot, and its wind-worn foundations are still a landmark—I have seen it in photographs—but I have no recollection of it now. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I had to touch the grass with my heel like all these times to make sure it was still hard. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Briony remained standing with one foot still on the garden path, the other on the front step. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Waved the candle until the lights of the tanker were completely gone over the edge of the earth, gone from his life and his eyes forever, and still he waved. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enough of me—but only just enough—was still located inside Harold to hear her voice, to follow the well-worn path to school. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was still dark, although the crowing of a rooster told her dawn was not far away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Hodgkin’s Disease can go into remission. That means I’ll still have it, but I won’t be sick. Right now, I’m holding my own.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But he still keeps coming back to ask. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I still don’t know when Great-Uncle Jim bought that food or anything, but it would still be okay for now, right? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It still had the smell of the mimeograph machine that it had been printed on. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He could still remember the first night she danced only with him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Begging your pardon, Mr. Frodo,’ he said, ‘but have you any notion how far there is still to go?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You still mean to ride to Hard- home. I see it on your face. Let them die, I said, yet you will persist in this mad folly. Do not deny it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One light from the ceiling was still hanging down by a wire, dickering and swinging back and forth, and every once in a while I could see stuff inside. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, we are still not able to read the writings left behind from those ancient cities. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I turned back front, but I could still see her, swaying with a rhythm of her own. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

After the keen still days of September, the October sun filled the world with mellow warmth. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Ron was standing there with his wand still raised, staring at what he had done. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Piggy kept still for a moment, then he had his asthma. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“You’re still here illegally,” he says, but his voice is not as hard as it was before. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

His tools still lay on the worktable: small chisels with which he had been meticulously recarving, reshaping the worn, smooth places on the elaborate staff that the Singer used. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There I drop down on my knees, but have still enough strength to fall on to the side where Kat’s sound leg is. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tissue bombs are still stuck to the ceiling, but I guess she couldn’t reach up that far. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Even if they hadn’t, it was ridiculous to believe they would still look exactly as they had when the photos were taken. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Only the beast lay still, a few yards from the sea. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He read the inscription again, and still again, but there was no mistake. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Often, returning in the evenings, he would find her still lying there, the tea untouched. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I still have work to do; it’s already three o’clock. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But then a puzzling thing came up, a thing we’re still not sure about even now. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The horse performed better, but he still wasn’t working hard enough to get himself fit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You lived there forty years. You still love New York.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was perfectly quiet, and between the still curtains at the window she could see the sunlight. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

And even though he didn’t—die, that is—I still felt so alone. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Harry had forgotten they still had detentions to do in the furor over the points they’d lost. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They were still quite capable of wiping the floor up with me, so I kept my distance and recommended that the other rocket boys not tease them either. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan’s eyes had to take a moment to adjust to the amount of light around him, even though it was still pretty dim. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The heart tree was an oak, brown and faceless, yet Ned Stark still felt the presence of his gods. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In 1861, illness was still a big part of life at Down. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I have a chance to reply, Elizabeth, still in her bright red, white, and blue outfit, walks up with an older boy who is a taller, skinnier version of her. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And the knife, clean of all blood, is still in my hand. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Under the new law, drug busts motivated by the desire to seize cash, cars, homes, and other property are still perfectly legal. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Even though the rain has stopped, the gutters are still like small rivers. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Hard fighting and long labour they had still; for the Southrons were bold men and grim, and fierce in despair; and the Easterlings were strong and war-hardened and asked for no quarter. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I can still hear that chant in my ears. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Even though I continued working my two jobs, I still didn’t have enough money to fully support my quest for glory. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The three of us climb out of the jeep into the heavy, still air of mid-afternoon. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My hair was still too tangled for me to run my hands through it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He knew she was kidding, or thought she was, but he still felt anger rise up in his throat, and he knew the hurt was betrayed in his eyes. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Jonas, I gave you a memory that I told you was my favorite. I still have a shred of it left. The room, with the family, and grandparents?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The ear pendant would still be there if I needed to use it later. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I inquired, “Is it not surprising, sir, that despite its long continuance and your constant intimacy with it, you can smell it still?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

As they drove away, the officer was still flogging the man. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The four hobbits stepped over the wide stone threshold, and stood still, blinking. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

My stomach was still in a knot, and all I could do was clutch the microphone, but at least I wasn’t croaking anymore. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

"Okay, okay, ladies," Coach Whit cut us off, still laughing, and tried to wrangle us back in. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“So the poor knight is to be left sticking in the hedge, is he?” asked Mr. Brooke, still watching the river, and playing with the wild rose in his buttonhole. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t, at first, remember how to move, but Taisin did, and she was still within her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Fifteen minutes into the evening shift, I still had not been relieved. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found Arya on the banks of the Trident, trying to hold Nymeria still while she brushed dried mud from her fur. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Memory lane is too painful when she knows he’s still out there, alive. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Father glanced at me, but still he said nothing. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Master, the figures remain the same, though I checked them thrice over. The weights do not tally. Again we are lacking. It is not a large amount, but still it is gone.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I played “In the Garden” very softly, and when I looked around again he had fallen asleep, still leaning forward in his chair. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It had enough Goth influences to fit with Slash's aesthetic, but it still felt classic and timeless. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Had it still occupied that space, the impact would have separated it from Butler’s shoulders. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He must not of known I was still there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The sidecar rose like a cork, unsteerable but at least still airborne: He had but a split second’s relief, however, as more curses streaked past him: The three Death Eaters were closing in. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But I needed to know that she was still out there—that there was one more person in the world who remembered me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He puts his hand on my shoulder and squeezes gently, his eyes falling on the phone I'm still clutching. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Birkway liked this passage because it showed that even though someone might be our best friend, he or she could still drive us crazy. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Turtle was so close to winning she could feel it, taste it, but still the answer eluded her. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Augustus looked over at me, cigarette still in his mouth, and half smiled. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The veins in his arms pulsed as he clasped her hand still more tightly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My cousin Mehdi, who still lives in Tehran with his wife and kids, made his first trip to America in 2015. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The other side argued that tigers were native to Africa and some still lived there. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We still have some sugar cookies in a round tin, which Hannah immediately pries open. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Why she fell in love with my father was something I still couldn’t wrap my head around. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She saw that Laura and Mary were still awake, and she said to them: “Go to sleep, girls. Everything is all right. Pa will be here in the morning.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But class is still a powerful force in American life. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in her black Assassin’s garb, with frost still clinging to her dark hair. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But the original color could still be seen through the dye, and he had to put on a second coat. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Westerosi who came over from the Windblown with the three Domishmen. We still have them in cells, do we not? Use them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If not for the ragged state sashes they still wore, it would be hard to tell them apart. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then she clapped it out like we were still on the East Bay bus. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I had left the island eight years before, my memories of prison were still fresh and untinged by nostalgia. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he still didn’t announce a varsity boating. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A few hundred yards out, still in the open field, they would come within range of skirmish, aimed rifles. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I still need lots of help on my costume. It’s for the fall festival—and for extra credit.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“In fact, Finn here is actually a virgin. Can you believe it? I know, right? What guy Finn’s age is still a virgin?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s glass all through your hair. Hold still.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I still can’t even believe it happened. I mean, I thought it would be a disaster, but…” She never finished the sentence. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But the cave is still our chief workshop. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you guys still live in that same house I used to visit?” she asks. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

That way, if I still didn’t like it, at least I’d be hanging with my girls. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Hell could freeze over but they would still come marching across the tracks, wrestling, kicking at each other, stomping into the classrooms where they fidgeted nervously all day and made things miserable for their teachers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he did recognize her and he still loved her. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Two years here, and I still hadn’t quite adjusted to the city’s loudness and bustle. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His hand was still smarting, muttering to itself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Once the robe was tied on and the hen's legs came through the bottom, she rippled her body back and forth, as if to see how much she could still move. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course he did. It’s still standing out on Fairville Road.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was still early, and I had a couple bucks, so I could get me some chips and a pack of gum to kill the chip-breath. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My dad was still tuned in, however, playing sofa soldier from the pullout in the office, the one with the metal bar underneath the seat cushions, specially designed to ensure maximum discomfort. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

At the time, psychiatry was still a relatively new field. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Find a key a bit lower that still has nice, easy-to-play chords for guitar. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was cold but we still wanted it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Joey Pow worked so fast that I hadn’t even gotten back to my seat; I was still standing near his corner of the ring, between Rock, who looked worried, and Zed, who looked furious. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard them slap the boy a few more times, heard him cry out. Heard car doors open and close; then they drove away with the lights still off.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“There may be hope that Gwydion still lives.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

They felt better after they passed through the main gate, and felt better still as they drove down the long white-fenced driveway and reached the road. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Ophelia, you are a natural philosopher! If I admit that my heart still beats, will you allow me to admire your beauty?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The tent was drenched in shadow, still and close. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And it was still early in the day. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And fifty years later, Clive’s Diner was still there, passed down through the proud Marlowe family like a priceless treasure. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was still far below the 200,000 daily visitors the fair’s planners originally had dreamed of, but the trend was encouraging. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Apparently they do have them. Bunny was in the Boy Scouts and his troop went in and was fingerprinted for some kind of Law Enforcement badge, years ago. They’re still on file somewhere.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Who cares, he’s still going to lose,” I scoff, settling in to watch. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

She was still giggling when Dad sat back down. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

All seemed quiet and still, but Frodo felt a cold dread creeping over his heart, now that Strider was no longer speaking. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I still can't believe how everything turned out once the championship round began. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“We’re still in our old barracks. And we’ll keep the same class schedule as before, except instead of Rhetoric and History, we have extra watches on the wall.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“That’s what she told me. I still wanted a monster truck, though.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Take out for gas and bait, I’m still ahead by nine hundred dollars, and next week looks to be better, everybody says so. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m still not seeing the joke,” said Ted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I thought we’d have a memorial service for Mango tomorrow,” Dad says, still standing by my bed. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Now Cole had danced half the night, but still a defiant flicker of anger remained inside him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It must have survived the crash because the plane’s main body was still intact. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

How holding her hand warmed everything in How he sometimes still felt her hand. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I was still listening—but now to another of her favorites, Bob Dylan—when my mom got home. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

According to some, the backwoods stills of the old men on the Stone plantation produced the best corn whiskey in the county. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

By the time it was dark, they still hadn’t come back from the hospital. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Kira says, “Living on my own but still close to family was good for me. I needed that.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They aren’t sure how to react—happy because I’m behaving, or angrier still that they have to be happy about such a minor thing as a kid who goes to class every day. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Slumped by the fire, in the midst of all of that shouting, was Dr. Trefusis, insensate, shivering though near flame, stubble upon his cheeks and chin, his scarce hair still clammy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Their lives were about to change in ways that still didn’t seem real. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The family was still struggling financially, but most of the kids were back in school, and it seemed as if they had survived the worst of the destruction. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was holding his bat in his left hand, standing very still and staring at me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They were still in the same place and they were looking with the same indifference at the spot where we’d just been standing. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

His eyes were red and a little swollen, but there was still a touch of wonder in his voice. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

His tail’s two thirds shorter than it used to be, blood everywhere, but, God bless him, he’s still trying to wag. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I noticed he looked relieved when I told him that I was still a virgin. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Bobby was World Champion—or so he still claimed—and she aspired to be. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But after all these years, words are still important. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still a child, but in some ways she seemed older than Briana. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Even though Joseph knew this part was coming, he still felt the terror of the wreck. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He still has the axe in his hand, swinging it a little. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The poem was over, but the ambulance was still driving away from us, so I kept writing it. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

At least Dad can still help me and Malia with homework, and make us hot chocolate with extra marshmallows. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Not to diminish your accomplishments, but the Allegiant are still too insignificant to be any more than a small uprising,” Marcus says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And tell me of my wife: how runs her thought, still with her child, still keeping our domains, or bride again to the best of the Akhaians?’ The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite my being on my second internship with him and seeing him every day, the mayor still intimidated me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The monstrous Watchers sat there cold and still, revealed in all their hideous shape. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It carried with it the whiff of a father that he remembered from before, when he was small and his mother was still alive. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The feet were extraordinarily small, the ankles were still slender, and, perhaps most remarkable, the calves were still firm and evidently never had been knotty. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then, “Those places. They’re still there. I mean, there’s a whole world out there. Can I see it? Can I go there?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“The pi-ana cinched it. Then two days later here come Mr. Texas. It like to kilt me, seein’ you was still in love with him.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And it is one part of our lives we can still control. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Hopelessness had erased the color and anima- don from Judith’s face, and set her lovely features into a still mask. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“You live under my roof, which means you still have to do what I say.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The pillar was still standing, but the graven hand had been thrown down and broken into small pieces. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My heart is still racing from the encounter with the soldier back at the truck, but everything I see just makes it worse. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth could tell Laney was still in a deep sleep without even looking at her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Remember, whatever you do or whatever happens I am still your mother and there is nothing I would refuse you if you wanted or needed it, and nothing would change it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“She got the money when she was still in high school?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The housing shortage, the schools crisis, unemployment and the crime rate still remain. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days after the search we were still cleaning up. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that she didn’t even know what had happened, but she still sounded sincere. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

We move through the Market Quartier, still busy with merchants selling wares better suited to the dark. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“But move very slowly, okay? Bees are myopic. Anything large and still looks blurred to them; anything quick or jerky gets their attention.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Icicles bearded its stony banks, but Jon could still hear the sound of rushing water beneath the thin hard crust. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I think she and Patrick spent a lot of time here when Bob was still in high school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Part of me is still freaking out, too. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Leo could still see open sky above him, but claustrophobia started to set in, making it hard for him to breathe. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Joaquin realized that she still made that same face whenever she was annoyed. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When he discovered there was still a little water left in the bottom of the pail, he raised the pail high in the air and dumped the water on himself and made faces. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The clouds were still low and misty, pressing in upon them. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I returned to the house and found that the giants had grown somber, although the small people were still merry. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The other side of the bed looked still made. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Yet I believe for those of us who keep it in our hearts, Coalwood still lives. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Candice knew Tori was talking about Mrs. Stanford and not her, but she still took that as a sign not to ask any questions. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had never seen a night so peaceful and still. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fish and meat served side by side, so many courses that people had to eat in shifts, the food still in the pans they were cooked in crowding the table. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rain was still falling, so the cart drivers suspended woolen blankets between four stakes that stuck up from the corners of the carts. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The children could still make out the wavery image of the news reporter gesturing toward the crowd behind her, but her voice faded away, replaced by that of a child. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Trust him or not, I might still get some use out of him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The woman’s face is still in the crack of the door. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I open the door, and I'm about to yell and see if Mom is still home. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We still got to reach shore before nightfall, or our troubles have only just begun.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was so loud he couldn't have slept through it, and when silence still followed, I told myself that everything was fine. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The conductor let his arms fall limply at his sides and stood quite still as darkness claimed the forest. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

So you’re walking around this empty house, and all the towels are folded up, and the soap is still wet on the soap dish. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad looks at my mom for help, but she is still reading, her food forgotten. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she would sit at a restaurant alone, at the bar, ordering sushi or a sandwich and a glass of wine, simply to remind herself that she was still capable of being on her own. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cat still lay there and seemed to have gone to sleep. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He is much fish still and I saw that the hook was in the corner of his mouth and he has kept his mouth tight shut. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Brooklyn. Alabama. You still have to carry yourself just to get by.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

A large wooden house and a barn loomed before them, and hidden in the surrounding woods were five-hundred-gallon copper stills. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Her back still itched, even after napping on the newspapers, and she was beginning to want some prickly-heat powder after all. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I still feel a little weight in my limbs from the truth serum Cara, Caleb, and Matthew tested on me earlier, as part of our plan. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“That’s because those people still think you can get rid of the left end of the stick.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But Grandma could still stretch one chicken through an entire week of meals and keep all of us going. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The deep green pool of the Salinas River was still in the late afternoon. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will she still think I belong at this table? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew everyone was focused on Ernie, but he was still a bird killer. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I'm still toward the top of the Ramp, but the whole thing is only 45 kilometers. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Didn’t matter, though—it was still an awful feeling not to be able to get by on our own, as we had when Papa was alive. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could still see her but she was fading: the reds and yellows of a dying summer obscured her dark form. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

‘It’s his pipe!’ shouted the small sister, still convulsed with laughter. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Ruth the elephant was the only one listening, my hands were still trembling. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d invited him in, but he still stood on the welcome mat outside the door, his hands stuffed in his pockets. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I slam the door and hold it shut with my knee while I check whether I still have an arm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They are pixels, of course—but the man still falls backward, his left hand now cut off from the rest of the space, useless. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Would he still remember the mean things I called him? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t had a successful season, but they still weren’t about to lose to the younger team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But he was ashamed, and yet half proud too, as one feels himself who is still lusty and a man when others hold him to be only grandfather. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It was an American-made movie and I knew we would win, but still I could feel myself getting all worked up. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Harry hastily checked that the Cloak was covering him and lay very still, staring up at the dark outline of the wizard he had hit. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’m still standing there in amazement when Viola goes by, waving her hand frantically to me to get on beside her. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She stood there looking at the parking lot and then down at Toby, who was still giggling. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When Johnny came home from work, he stopped in the doorway of the bedroom, squinted at his wife, briefcase still in his hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Kochu Maria was asleep on the drawing-room floor, curled into a comma in the flickering light of the television that was still on. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother still doesn’t know that I’ve been kicked out of bridge club or that Patsy Joiner got a new tennis partner. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Poetic though they sound, and I appreciate that you’ve just described both tender ballads of love and socially prescient commentary, I still don’t believe this rings any bells.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben was still moaning a little, as to himself. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Agency was still smaller than its Russian counterpart, and its agents had to train hard to learn the techniques of spycraft—which Soviet operatives had been mastering for decades. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even when they can’t stand each other, they still always know what the other one’s talking about when nobody else does. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her head hurt all the time, and even though the others seemed to have recuperated from the mayapple incident, she didn’t want to tell them that she still felt dizzy and nauseous. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they finally pulled apart, Rishi’s mouth tingling still, Dimple smiled shyly and looked down at their hands, entwined between them on the bench. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Repressing a strong urge to throw something at him, Harry plowed on, “I still reckon he might have hidden something at Hogwarts.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After coffee Odile wanted to know whether they would still have to go into exile in Brooklyn if our work was as sensational as everyone told her. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

It was still putting up a terrific fight. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He turn off the motor and my seat go still, feel strange. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Amari could still smell the sweetness of the pineapple her mother had cut from its rough skin and sliced for the breakfast meal that morning. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my head, eyes still too wide. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The general—still in his gray suit—and Baba embraced, gently tapping each other on the back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had almost forgotten about the cut in all the chaos, but it still hasn’t stopped bleeding. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The end sank lower a few inches, but still was well above the surface. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Queen Alysanne and Lady of Silk, still locked together, were a ranging green inferno, drifting downriver and dragging pieces of Lady’s Shame. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There were still three little china figures in the middle of the table. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She looked down at The Westing Game, still submerged at the bottom of the fountain. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The courthouse, quickly. The night court should still be open downtown, unless the riots shut it down.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Class time goes by so quickly: I’m still reading stuff when the bell rings. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The task of finding fission neutrons was dumped in the lap of Alvarez, then a junior researcher still searching for a career-making project. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There was still a chance Julie could get onto the January 9 convoy, if they could both stay alive until then. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

At first she nodded politely, her attention still with the chattering customer. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The only person at school who actually still sees me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping art school, but I didn’t get in. I’m still trying to come up with a plan B.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was still in the strait-waistcoat and in the padded room, but the suffused look had gone from his face, and his eyes had something of their old pleading—I might almost say, “cringing”—softness. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Four hours later he still hadn’t found the green leather case. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The anger is still there, but it’s simmering now, no longer boiling over. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Three hundred jars, you say? That still does not account for these totals. You are several thousand jars ahead of the best estimate you gave me when last we met." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There was something wrong with how Mom and Joe were talking, almost as though they were still using code. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They always took the back pew, which is where we sat, so, yeah, most of the time I was sitting real still praying to God not to let me suffocate. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It was Lyra’s little canvas rucksack, and from the weight of it he knew without looking that the alethiometer was still inside it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I can’t walk, I’m paralyzed, but still I see the bright side of life, happy happy!’ Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Though, to be honest, Conor was still a little unclear about why it was the parson’s house that got knocked down. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, his question was met with silence, the only possible interpretation of which was: There was still no place for them in this world. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Children can laugh all day and still cry themselves to sleep at night. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When he opened them, he saw that the soldiers were standing absolutely still, straining to listen. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and he could see fields of snow, miles and miles of Wyoming snow, and white mountains in the distance, all clean and incredibly still, and no man anywhere and no motion. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when the Stirling Wildcats were up by twelve with two minutes left, Felix’s cheering section still yelled and clapped for every basket. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Steck is still cleaning up from the Socrates Project party, and I refuse to take off my toga. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It takes a few minutes to compose myself, and even then my eyes and nose are still streaming. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I made my way back to my room, where the lawyer had left but Miles and June were still smiling and laughing. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She still sent me for water at the pump, but she began doing other things for me, things I could do perfectly well—cooking rice, peeling onions, scrubbing clothes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are still pews with kneeling benches and stained-glass windows. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And what would we do if it happened while we were still trying to get to Mexico? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It is a way the Olinka can show they still have their own ’ ways, said Olivia, even though the white man has taken everything else. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trap was still there, a little glop of peanut butter as bait. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“I would like you to stay living here, in the brownstone,” he said, then added hastily, “if you would still like to.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

This half-and-half companionship could not fully content her; still she was happy and the time passed swiftly. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Higher and higher he climbed, through the clouds and into the night sky, and still the tower rose before him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He could go without breakfast, graze at lunch, and barely touch dinner, all while working twelve-hour days of constant activity, and still his weight never fluctuated. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The boys and the girls still stood in separate bunches, though—and nobody prommed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Show him the ticket, Charlie!” shouted Grandpa Joe, who was still dancing around the floor like a dervish in his striped pajamas. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

"It's been four years for us and we still haven't moved. They don't give promotions to Indians. Your husband is just like mine—all talk and no money in the bank." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Those North Africans would hardly be confused with blue-eyed blond-haired Swedes, but most laypeople would still call them “whites” because they have lighter skin and straighter hair than peoples to the south termed “blacks.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Erma, still on her knees, twisted around and glared at me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The neighboring businesses were still there when I was a kid. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, Cristiana was still skulking about She sidled past and I smelled lavender. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I—I still remember how it felt when I made my first kill. It wasn’t easy.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I think he may have bought the gifts long ago but wanted desperately for us still to like them, still to like him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could still do simple, everyday things, then. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The crowds were still there but he seemed to be looking beyond them for something. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked very tired and sad, and even though his hair was still black and shiny it was thin and short. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab a fluffy pink pillow and cover my head—I’m still embarrassed remembering everyone laughing at me about the straws. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I am still nervous that I will become him, even now, standing at odds with him with my mother at my side, like I always dreamed I would when I was a child. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Inside the homes all the fires had been put out, but some still smoked, and none of them were cold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He still didn’t enjoy the attention, but it didn’t bother him as much anymore. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The place was still not crowded—it was the hour when men who have been up all night meet those who are freshly wakened and ready to start a new day. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

From the kitchen across the hall Kit could hear the voices of the family as they sat cozily about the fire that was still welcome on these cool May evenings. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He arched out and then fell, his legs still on the bed, his hands falling with a loud slap against the floor. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farid was still trying to get the lock open when they reached the cage. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I nearly wept for joy until I remembered: We still did not know whether our school had survived. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Byron poked his head out of the door, still in his underpants and still doing his morning scratches. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to reach for my sword when I realized I was still holding the Copper Key in my hand. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When my father bought them for me, he was still hopeful for all he would accomplish here. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“And him telling me and Vega it was all a big joke. I still can’t believe he’s really gone. It’s crazy.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He was still staring at her, and it was hard to read the look on his face. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But the scarf-like trail of blood, deep and red, still wrapped around her neck, undulating in an unseen wind, and she could see now the wound in her throat from which it ran. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Blue Eyes stood over him, one hand pressed against her gushing wound and the knife still embedded in her neck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Where I am still standing, never having been away. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A medic bounds in next to me, still pumping the little plastic bulb that is apparently breathing for me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carried the pearl still in his hand, tightly closed in his palm, and it was warm and smooth against his skin. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as still as a fence post. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Gwydion helped him rise, Taran still stared in disbelief at the simple attire and the worn, lined face. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

If it affected the Special like it had Tally, she might still make it into the forest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

My afternoon had spoilt me for the hours that still remained, and I thought how long they would seem until my bed-time, how empty too my supper all alone. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Farid still had the smell of it in his nostrils from the night when they had shut him up in the sheds. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Some of the puddles on the forest floor were too deep for Gum Baby, so she rode on my shoulder, still holding the journal, and shouted encouragement. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I am still Adah but you would hardly know me now, without my slant. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fluorescent hospital lights are still dimmed, and it's so quiet that I can hear my heart thumping in my ears. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had traveled its paths for years, six years now, since that first time, when he was still very young and had left the home that had been cruel to him. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“My precious. We still have to get a dress for the party.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was still outside, speaking with a teacher on the steps, but as soon as he noticed Javi, he began to lead the conversation into the building. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan was wearing the bow guard, but because it was still pretty bright outside, it wasn’t working. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Most of the others still looked thoughtful and guarded. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

At this, Aru’s mother flinched, but she still raised her chin. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The materials for this story are taken from two poets, the Greek Aeschylus and the Roman Ovid, separated from each other by four hundred and fifty years and still more by their gifts and temperaments. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His body was still sweating and he continued bleeding. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Only, I’m still not sure what I’m going to do. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

No one looked at Gaily, breathing but still. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mother, you can still hold on but forgive, forgive and give for long as long as we both shall live I forgive you, Mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I marveled that without it, lights were dark, the merry-go-round was still. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

There was still the noise of some people back at the party, but not as many, and we heard some others on the path below. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed out of the snow heap as if he had'not noticed it, still calling out, “I say. I say!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still in the rear, and when I opened my eyes again I saw one of the mice sliding past me, clawing uselessly with his small nails at the smooth metal beneath him. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But in the Old England there was a greater marvel still. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had taken her to Harlem Hospital and they said it wasn't serious, but she was still coughing. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Possibly Sergio was still riding the wave of his math award, giving the school a good name. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

She had been bathed and changed and while she was still warm to the touch, Dulcet promised him the illness was not serious. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It still makes me shiver to think of the dull, distant drone that signified the approaching destruction. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The rain made the treasure more beautiful still. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Affianced,” he explained, still busy with the fruit. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Of course I love him, but you can love someone and still have a not-so-great relationship with them. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The light was thicker, the breeze had dropped and the beans were still. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would still have to pass the Senate and be signed into law. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

While Shin was still in the Seattle area, he invited me to a Korean American Pentecostal church in the city’s northern suburbs. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He seemed utterly unconcerned as he turned back to Chronicler, still holding the tip of the broken sword in his bleeding hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps because we are still living their legacy, we have yet to reach a genuinely historical perspective on the revolutionary generation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I still haven't gotten around to writing amusing sketches that I could read aloud at a later date. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“And you’ll still sprint in from center when I go out to the mound.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Though the large house was still, I heard the TV from Mrs. Davis’s room somewhere on the other side. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to hold very still to make sure I’m not imagining it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Inej stood perfectly still, but not even she could vanish with nowhere to go. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He still needed Egypt’s wealth to finance his army. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He tried again, but her head still remained out. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The corpse had been removed, but there were still traces of dried blood on the ground. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the beds are made, and some still have rumpled sheets bunched up at the bottom or the side. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It only meant he was still in the world. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the film prompted many viewers to give money to help the Lost Boys still in Africa. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still at the window when Mama came into my room. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But my days of sitting still and hoping for the best are over. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Most of the smoke had gone, but a mugginess still hung everywhere, like the air in the bathroom after a long, hot shower. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Many different types of music notation have been invented, and some, such as tablature2 , are still in use. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The older offspring, even after they have become independent, still spend a lot of time with their mothers, and all the different family members help one another. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He puffed out a few notes, but the time still sounded suspiciously like Hilary Duff. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

When we came out of the stall, a cluster of girls in the Senior Division were standing by the sinks, watching us, arms folded, a few still in their dripping swimsuits. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“At least,” Phoebe said to me, “he’s doing something, but I still think we should call the police.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The memory of Maddy’s words at the mall is still a fresh ache in my stomach. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Although people were still about the surgery, exchanging ideas, trying to guess what the future might be, he immediately fell asleep. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the wind, which was still shrieking and moaning. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

They assured him he’d be up and walking around in a few days, but he was still resistant. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

Kelsea has email access on her phone, but I’m still worried about anything being traced, especially after my slip-up with Nathan. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The leaves are just starting to spot brown with defoliant and I can still smell the sour chemical in the air. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It is a moment that shocks her still, and that she prefers, in spite of all she tells him at night about the life they now share, to keep to herself. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He is a squat, balding, flabby man, but still a man. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was still examining me, the lenses of her glasses magnifying her eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She was still wearing her emerald-blue gown, too lazy to change. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Anderson appeared at Armstrong High again in 1937, but as the demand for tickets to her performances continued to grow, Howard University rented the still larger downtown Rialto Theater for her 1938 concert. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

It still needs oil, and it’s nowhere as good as my sickles back home, but it’s better than anything else, and I’m glad for it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She’d washed her face, but her neck and temples were still dark with grime. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His varsity came in at 16:15, still five seconds better than Ulbrickson’s crew. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She was alive and sizzling and could usually be found in the library, where I was still spending most of my lunch hours. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“No need to be sorry. He died eight years ago. Anyway, I am ninety- one years old. Not many people I once knew are still alive.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She thought of the first time she’d seen it, eight years ago, cold and still, frozen like the earth beneath her fat pony. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mom still had cupcake in her mouth, so she nodded and smiled. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But somehow it still feels as though I did something wrong with the girls in my group. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She still felt a bit muddled, and seeing the iron dagger still protruding from the creature’s belly made her shudder. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He enjoyed some of the philosophies of Buddhism and Christianity, and he still felt at home, culturally, in Judaism. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually he’ll set his ear to the doors of the wardrobe, where it will be louder still. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Dominion won by fear and secured by fear was still sweeter than any that could be got another way. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pauline was fifteen, still keeping house, but with less enthusiasm. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although I tried to buy the softest of foods now, they were still beyond Morrie’s limited strength to chew and swallow. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept that posture for two days, eyes open, not saying a word, still as a bush in that dry, windless heat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When Moch finally turned them loose in the final mile, they exploded into a seven-length lead, and they were still pulling away as they crossed the finish line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Are we still doing D.A. meetings this year, Harry?” asked Luna,who was detaching a pair of psychedelic spectacles from the middle of The Quibbler. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Anya stared at him, hands still clasped securely on the cart’s handles. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A kind of still and violent fecundity that satisfied even bread-hunger like. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t get me wrong—I still wanted to find someone who could help me rescue Eddie’s journal and get out of this place. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When they were gone, Toby still didn’t know what to say to Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I turned my head, still bent over to catch my breath, expecting Derrick or quick Bullet. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“He mourns her something terrible. He is still in bed recovering. He’s weak, but he’ll survive. Thank the Lord the boys haven’t taken ill.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had found him still holding her body, silent with grief. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Jule took her shoes off and stood still with her toes in the sea. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He motioned for me to take his position and I cuffed John at the elbow, his head still covered beneath Eduardo’s outercoat. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex tosses his head back and laughs, and Henry watches, still grinning. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His counts still didn’t look good, and Dr. Moses had almost kept him in the hospital for another few days. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold a moment,” Buttercup said, still shaken by the unexpectedness of what had happened. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When they got back to the house, some ten or twelve guests were still there. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still angry with Trotter for bursting in on her, but she was curious to know just what sort of poetry old man Randolph fancied. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The rooster was still and lifeless beneath the sock even as the man took sips of white rum and blew it in a cloud at the rooster’s shrouded head. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Dad chases him, orders him to stand still. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“And it still took me a while, but around her, I felt...well, I felt awful. Anxious and sick to my stomach. And I stumbled over my words. It was terrible.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He did not know if they were still in the forest or flying through the sky. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

And Lotus was still angry with her, and she rose and went into her room without a word. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

If we had to depend on the gentlemen, many of whom still don’t want to dirty their velvet, we would be at the mercy of the Indians for many more weeks. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Later I lie on my blankets, still damp from being laundered, and reread my letters from my momma for the millionth time. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But this is hardly a comprehensive explanation, and I have the nagging suspicion that some essential feature of the Martian canal problem still remains undiscovered. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon, the sky was still blue, but the sun was dull, hiding behind the only cloud. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I ask her for her email address, and when she raises an eyebrow, I tell her again not to worry, that I’m still gay. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The holograms display a giant photo of me stepping out of Hideo’s home at night, of him leaning in to kiss me, of his hand still holding on to mine. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In Wilmington, Delaware, at a reception following a concert, she was introduced to a tall young man named Orpheus Fisher, who, like her, was still in high school. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“Because everything requires energy,” she recites obediently, eyes still focused on her hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I do not think it will,” stopping to look once more at all the outward wretchedness of the place, and recall the still greater within. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

But Calliope’s head, like a midwest- erner who always got the fashions late, still thought it was the sixties. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When Caleb is all the way down the street, I can still smell his cologne. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was motionless, still aware of the blade against his skin. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was still moving slowly but was rapidly picking up speed. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

That finger still don’t do everything he wants it to do, but at least it’s still there. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Until the mother bear made the first move, Omakayas knew she should stay still, or as still as possible, given the terrified jumping of her heart. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I imagined him still standing in our yard, frozen under the deluge, baptizing an endless circle of children, who would slip away and return with new faces requiring his blessing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote, “I can still see the horse with the man’s empty boots and carbine suspended to the saddle, and the firing over the grave.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers were still laced across his chest. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Let’s take it inside. 5TH JUROR: You still don’t think there’s any room for reasonable doubt? 7TH juror: NO, I don’t. 11TH JUROR: Pardon. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saved those writings—they now sit in a box on a closet shelf—and to this day it still hurts me to read them. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I knew it was a good deed to read to sick people, but there was still nothing wrong with wanting a real gift just for me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the moonlight I could look up the length of the bed and see Dad still awake and when Oliver cried in his sleep Dad reached for him and held him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She watched his ruined eyes, and saw that they were able, still, to weep. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yet we still must have a Warden of the East. If Robert Arryn will not do, name one of your brothers. Stannis proved himself at the siege of Storm's End, surely." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was still having bouts of nausea and now headaches. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes landed on the gloomy hearth, where the odd crutch her gran had been carving when she had taken ill still stood half-whittled. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Amidst these alarums, Will pleaded still with men around us to take him back out to the island; that John could be saved; that they had come so far together, he could not leave him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Harry still had two of them left, and so, looking forward to a real breakfast when he got back upstairs, he ate his grapefruit without complaint. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I smile, threatened by an animal already dead, still climbing. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Locke is beside me on the bed, eyes shut, still in his party clothes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She was still asleep, face to the wall, her pillow bunched up under her neck. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the floor of the grimy kitchen, where I can still hear everything the men say, since they aren't bothering to speak that softly. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

France dispatched thirty-two observers, Britain eighteen more, and still others set out from Sweden, Russia, Italy, Germany, Ireland, and elsewhere. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The official syllabus was still largely based on Aristotle, and Galileo dutifully, but without enthusiasm, taught the party line in his lectures. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It looked mostly empty, but clearly there was still something inside. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“My dear pullets,” replied Orddu, “you still don’t understand, do you? Evil? Why, bless your little thumping hearts, we aren’t evil.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The pulsing pain made it feel like their hands were still on her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he didn’t go to DeMarco’s because he’s still mad at Pigeon. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And so they set off, without saying good-bye to anyone, on a morning that still seemed much too early and smelled of rain. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was still clutching a single page of “The Overcoat,” crumpled tighdy in his fist, and when he raised his hand the wad of paper dropped from his fingers. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I touched my belly to make sure I was still intact. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And still, the moment I brushed up against that white wall, it felt like he had reached over and slapped me across the face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As they became still and perfectly quiet, the boy hummed a note in a beautiful tenor voice. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sweetie Pie was still sitting in her lap, but her eyes were closed. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Can’t be anything dangerous, all our mail’s still being searched at the Ministry,” replied Ron, though he was eyeing the parcel suspiciously. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The outer cakes are mouldy, still it is possible to eat them. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sister has her nose buried in a book, but I still say hi once she’s close enough to hear me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

What that means is that even in the absence of interruption, they are still developing the capacity to set and sustain goals. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

There’s a sweatshirt that still has the scent of his cologne lingering on it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The rain is still falling around them and there is nowhere to go. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As I was still surveying the room, a slim man walked in. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lady watched him, still smiling, and then, catching Lyd- die’s eye, smiled even more broadly, as though to imply that Lyddie was a comrade in some peculiar way. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Mine still beat the borrowed wand. Do you know why that is?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Colonel Wilson contacted the Norwegian volunteers who were still training in Scotland. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed the others as if they were standing still. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s still morning, and the shop doesn’t open until noon. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I lie back, putting my hands behind my head, the room seeming uncomfortably quiet even though it’s still just me in here. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Wish I didn’t still have feelings; it sucks feeling sorry for another ghost. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

You still don’t feel like talking, but it feels good to be doing something. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

In England, abolitionists spoke up for Africans, but kings and lords still ruled. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Ma was still at work, Willy still snored in the trundle bed below me, and so I got up and stood in the living room, staring out the window. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I could tell from Barack’s grim tone that there was much still to be resolved. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Cholly was kindness still, but began to resist her total dependence on him. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes, his nose, his mouth—all his facial features were a bit too big for him, like they’d grown up but his face was still a kid’s. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her little black husband crouched like a cat by her right shoulder, and for many hours he seemed as still as she. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I am still sitting on the floor, holding the paper and charcoals. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He scanned the city like he was still looking for Annabeth until they passed under the Golden Gate Bridge and turned north. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes,” said Mrs. Hurd, her hand still on his cheek, “I do, too. Just light out for the Territories.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Grass still stained the white mesh from his last game. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It amazes me that there are so many different words to pray with, and so many people praying, but there is still so much misery and cruelty in the world. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We still had a long, long way to go. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still wearing the jean shorts, but no longer carrying the floral boa. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the distance, he could still faintly hear the cheers and whoops of the feasts’ revelers, getting louder and more uproarious as it got later and the wine poured more freely. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The winds were still many days from being relevant to his life. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I still had an hour, but my mom was well known for jumping the gun. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The snow continued to fall dense and heavy, but the wind was still. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still angry about the spitting contest. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yosho-to’s Japanese-Malayan dinner still en masse and riding my sternum like an elevator, one or the other of the Yoshotos began to moan in his or her sleep, just the other side of my wall. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

With luck, there might still be someone there. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She takes her hand away but the imprint is still there, a spot of warmth on the glass. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But it hadn’t finished yet, and she looked back, frowning, until the instrument fell still. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We’d worked so hard for God’s favor, yet it seemed God was still waiting for some extra labor on our part, and it was up to my father to figure out what. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t feel too bad; I have some pain, but the worst of it is that apparently there are still lice under the plaster bandage. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched them disappear over a ridge, and in a few minutes he saw the lead cow reappear on the far slope, still following the fence line. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody is trying to fight me, but track is still sort of awful. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Let’s each have three, and whoever is still alive at breakfast can take a vote on the rest,” says Johanna. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Room 2B,” he says, dangling a key in front of him and still drinking in the sight of us. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She was still kicking and cursing and scratching ferociously. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I guess,” Moss said, “but I still don’t even know what we’re planning to do. I mean, most of the people here don’t even go to school anymore, so how are they supposed to help?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Come on. You know you’ll end up having fun and thank me later,” he said, still jumping into the air. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The house lights are still on, and people are hoisted up onto the backs of their chairs, yelling across the room to each other. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He asked me if I was still having dreams. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Even as I was still rather fanatically devoted to neatness, I was losing the battle. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She still had the same strong, unstoppable gaze, the same regal, beautiful face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I saw the island spinning past my eyes; I was still alongside it. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And there was usually a tin can with food still clinging to the inside. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He was still choking from the dirt that flew around him. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the opposite room came Rachel, still fully dressed. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, knowing full well Charlie had withdrawn from all his classes but still hadn’t told Mom. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I can use them still, till they get more holes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Malcolm was still aching and a little dizzy, but the thought of lounging in the cave while Lyra was captive was too horrible to bear. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And it was still a long way to the door of Capricorn's house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But the Great Gate of the Union Stock Yard still stands, just down the road from well-kept old homes on streets that the Irish now share with Asian and Latino families. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

How much I miss her even though I still don't trust her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His hands were still wet, and he was drying them off on a handkerchief. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Alas, there are still plenty of people who think, with Nick Wilding, that ‘social constructivism does not go nearly far enough.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Like she was still there but was doing something else in her head. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He gave orders, sang, whistled, threw remarks at the silent Ralph-remarks that did not need an answer, and therefore could not invite a snub; and still Ralph was silent. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My grandfather says, “Your mother’s lavender is still there.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“Plus, we’re all still alive. That seems to indicate that it was something else.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was only one Nazi saboteur still at large, Hermann Neubauer. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Pong would have thought it was all a bad dream if he didn't still have the faded glass orb tucked behind his mat in the boys' bunk room. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Still only eighteen, still silent, he tended sheep now, and nursed a deep despair. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I was still in awe of all that he and I had accomplished working together for only one year. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Likely because Khyler is still rubbing the side of her head. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

His voice was quiet, but all the other boys suddenly fell still, for in his tone as in Jasper’s the spite between them now sounded plain and clear as steel coming out of a sheath. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her mom’s voice was still grating from three floors away. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I called him Mr. Lewis—still do in my mind. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still quite often go for walks on the trail near my home, especially if I am stuck on something I am working on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Those two men still held their ropes fast around the bollards, and the balloon lurched sickeningly sideways. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily pulled back slightly, their noses still touching. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was still a long dark hour till dawn. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stupidly hoped that time would stand still if I stayed still. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra didn’t want to look, but Will went to see if the man was still alive and needed help. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Major Danby was swearing some more and still shifting his eyes about uneasily. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

After stopping at several places and asking for work, we found a rancher who still had a few cotton fields to be picked. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand is still on his shoulder and she’s still laughing. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

With us grown and out of the house, my sisters and I reasonably expected our parents' lives to stand still. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I can see she’s in her house clothes again, but her special pearl earrings are still on from this morning. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Luna sat very still, her mind racing at what her own memory had revealed to her. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I hope you like it,” Dill said when he finished, still blushing. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I’m still working on the Spanish-language formulation. Tweaking the protein mix.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She was probably eighty years old, but she could still carry one of the giant trays that held a dozen bowls of cowboy beans. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun was deeply suspicious, still trying to parse how this man had ended up in their cage, and what his intentions might be. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Though his vision was still cloudy, he could see the doctor going from cot to cot, giving the sick men shots. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He backed out of the garage, still wanting to argue, feeling more denial twitching in his throat. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I was still thinking about what I’d heard when, several minutes later, there were footsteps and Francis emerged in the kitchen, edging his way around the ironing board to gather his gloves and scarf. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

David opened a can of beef stew and ate the whole can— with his shrunken stomach it filled him to bursting— and still the whales tore the bay apart. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is still difficult at times, but I don’t get that knot in my stomach when I read out loud. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He still felt angry that the young prince Mamillius hadn’t been saved, too, and he thought about Marcus, but as he looked up at his mother’s face, a new thought came to him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She still has one hand on her face, claiming that she’s bleeding, but when she removes her hand there isn’t any kind of mark. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her hair was still curly, curlier than ever, but calmer somehow. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The next day they began to steer a steady course eastwards; and still all was quiet and peaceful. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She had already cried while Gregor was still lying quietly on his back. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held the back of my sleeve to my nose—gently, tenderly, it still hurt so badly—trying to stem the bleeding. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes still closed, he pointed to the wall. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As long as blame still existed, so would his anger. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He and Isabelle looked at each other, their eyes still shining from the flickering images. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I had napped for a few hours, waking up in the evening while it was still light outside. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He looked over to his bedroom window, shut tight even though the night was still warm. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

As I get closer to Madoc’s, I remember my cloak, still bunched up and hidden in a woodpile outside Hollow Hall, and curse myself all over again. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“We still got space in my cabin, sir.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You were just an ant of a thing," she said, picking me up like I was still two instead of nine and squeezing me to her. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“But what are you doing here?” demanded Michael, still very surprised. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

After dinner, however, Mr. Richardson’s thoughts were still clouded. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, you still scared her,” shouted Jinny, wiping water from her eyes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Apples were ripening still, but the early ones were picked and pressed into cider. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You still friends with that colored girl?” asked Red at a stoplight. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it had been left to the Italians, classical music would have made it to the modern age without so much as a scratch, still completely mainstream, still loved by everyone. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And with that, he would wander back into his study, to all appearances still thoroughly engrossed in the volume held open in his hands. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The three Riders that were still in the midst of the Ford were overwhelmed: they disappeared, buried suddenly under angry foam. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Are you still concentrated on the enemy, soldier? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m not still reading it,” I told her. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

As it disappeared around a bend, we could still hear the squawking of the gosling. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s still very hot, isn’t it?” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the exposed parts of me through the boy’s eyes: the scrawny waist, loose pants moldy and spotted, bug bites up and down my arms, bruises from Anastasia’s bite still healing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I folded my arms, my eyes still on that window. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We went back to Gus and Bertha’s a few times to check the trap, but the table scraps were still in the pie tin. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s still a big deal to me,” said Shadow. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t he look still and easy,” a boy said. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The shadow of our dark time still haunts us.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That meant they could be sent across any terrain, including enemy lines, and still arrive almost instantly. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I tried to convince myself that it was possible someone could still live there, run-down as it was. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Though I still don’t really understand how you’re in the position to ask to borrow it. I feel like I haven’t seen you in ages.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But it was still better than wrestling with the alternatives. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lying next to her on the deck, Blackjack wheezed and shuddered - still alive, but badly wounded. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I must’ve suffered some kind of brain trauma, because no matter how many times I blink or shake my head, they’re still there. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But Windy still wants to make a difference. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I still have my appendix, and any number of other organs that might burst or sputter in the empty wilds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow we were still not quite conscious of what we were doing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Did she still believe blindly in the Dream? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then move your foot and keep your stupid mouth shut. Will you speak up, please? I still couldn’t hear you.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When I got to my bed, I saw that not only was the curtain still around Mr. Savo’s bed, there was now a curtain around Billy’s bed, too. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Sir,” said I, “I am still apprehensive of my health, lest this new fever spring into the place vacated by the old.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The wind was swirling from the west, driving still more snow across the frozen surface of the lakes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even though I was in pain for most of it, I still loved it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“It is still your choice, whether you will bargain with it. Yes, we know the brooch well. Menwy Son of Teirgwaedd, first of the bards, fashioned it long ago.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the fish was still calling my name. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

If she’s still alive, there must be proof somewhere—and if she isn’t dead, then she has to be living somewhere too, somewhere that I can find her. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The coy smile was still in place, but he wasn’t looking at her, and she left dissatisfied. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He looks like a Tally, she thought, yet he’s still his father’s son, and Ned taught him well. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On Friday, things were still slushy, damp, dirty, dark, and cold. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Behind him, he could still see the part of the house he was used to. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He had carved it for her, when she was still a child. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

They were still there, grinning and clapping themselves silly. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him it doesn't have to make sense, but then he said he still loved me and wanted to see if he could help me with whatever else I wanted to do. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Bad Leg is still on the ground, rolling from side to side. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His parents told me he was still sleeping downstairs, so I knocked loudly on the basement door before entering, then asked, “Gus?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It’s still so wonderful, I can hardly believe it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He feels groggy still, a bit lightheaded from having skipped his lunch. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The trouble was that February the twenty-fourth looked a lot closer from this side of Christmas, and he still hadn’t done anything about working out the clue inside the golden egg. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He turned to leave and the other two men, still silent, followed him to the door. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Or is it still a taste of my mother's milk you thirst for?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“However, at this very moment, they are still locked in the barn wearing nothing but blankets, and Lady Constance has not yet given me leave to move them into the nursery.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

If I was still Abnegation, her comment would be rude and out of place, but among the Dauntless, challenges like that seem common. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Govinda had also aged, but he still showed the old characteristics in his face—eagerness, loyalty, curiosity, anxiety. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally spread her jacket, but the air in the gorge was still. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But still, that doesn’t mean she doesn’t despise me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She could still hear that voice in her head—not his—the singer's. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Another long hour passed and still no one came to talk to them. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I haven't heard the cannons fire yet, so perhaps Glimmer is in some sort of coma, her heart still struggling against the wasp venom. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There were still a few bushels of grain to sell for feed but that wouldn’t make a dent in my empty money pot. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I tried to open the windows to get the smell out, but they only opened three inches, and the air outside was still thick and hot. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She said she still cared about him a great deal. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s still for sale, but I think they want too much.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And with but a few minutes between him and the beginning of judgment, the obscure longing to possess the thing which Max had dimly evoked in him was still a motive. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty-four feet tall, wearing his black cloak with the grace of a nobleman, still carrying his long trumpet in one hand, he strode magnificently across the Palace lawn towards the window. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was puzzled by what I thought to be wastefulness on the part of white people: they threw away, still in excellent condition, things that many black people could not even afford to buy secondhand. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“St. Martin’s? That’s still standing. It’s in Victory Square, alongside the picture gallery. A building with a kind of a triangular porch and pillars in front, and a big flight of steps.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Regardless of this gain, nearly all the women still worked at the behest of an engineer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“So ancient that I believed-it no more than a legend. There are still deep secrets concerning Dyrnwyn, unknown even to the wisest. Its loss destroyed Spiral Castle and was a severe blow to Arawn.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The Fall had partly disrupted this perfect arrangement, forcing human beings to labour to survive; but the original architecture of the universe was still visible for all to see. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Without the coal cars, Coalwood was no longer covered by a daily pall of dust, but I still saw a gray, ugly crust on everything and everybody that would never come off. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

This was before she was at her largest, but still pretty big. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I kept checking my watch, uncertain if I wanted its sluggish hands to move faster or just stay still forever. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his head down on the side of the bed to escape the terrible eyes, and he could still see them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I'm still catching my breath, still feeling the pressure on my chest, definitely still holding the knife way out in front of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Surely, he thought, one of his scholarship offers was still good. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

All of that had happened eight years ago, but still, just that one sniffle last night had made Chess move his foot back from the stair below. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When the car had stopped, he sat still for a moment to let the road jumps get out of his nerves. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children were still and silent—too silent, in Penelope’s opinion. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Before I fall asleep, I ask Mom, “Will I still be able to play the piano?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It was already Wednesday, only two days until winter solstice, and we still had a long way to go. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I’ll call first thing tomorrow,” Byrd says, still in her whisper voice. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Any wizard who had hated me ... as so many of them still do. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“He’s still got T. P.’s bottle of lightning bugs.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The empty place disturbed me deeply, and, come to think of it, it still does. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He still looks like a chipmunk, but now with skin, plump and fresh. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

And I knew I probably wouldn’t wear it, but still, I wanted it with me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

His words were still swirling in the air around us, and I breathed deeply, trying to draw them into myself. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

At first, Percy thought he was still asleep. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The shadow in the doorway stood very still. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I walked in she was still asleep. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, she glanced at Sherm, being careful to keep her body still, to move only her eyes. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She looked at her ruined nails, shrugged, and patted her hair to make sure it was still in place. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The Pope is still there and that means we haven’t moved again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“If you can teach me more of your ridiculous language,” said the princess, though some caution still lingered in her eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Jason was still trying to wrap his mind around Nico’s past. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They lifted him into the waiting car and he sat between two policemen, still looking fearfully at the fiery cross. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mom quieted down a bit after that, but she still looked glum as a kid without a party invitation in hand. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She lay still and listened for a moment as Michelangelo moved to wake up the other children. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I remember how Mango’s mango-colored wheezes used to be comforting because they meant he was still around. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“The hellhound is still in the arena. It won’t let anyone approach. I did not have the heart to force it into a cage ... or destroy it.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Keep still,” said a voice from the air, “and be quiet. I have your dæmon in my hand.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was one of the few times in the day when the gallery was practically empty; mainly, it was keeplocks who were still in the cells. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It appeared to be moving and sparkling, yet still and serene at the same time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I decided to find out if she still felt that way. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Whether a lawyer, a doctor, a football player, a toilet cleaner, a garbage handler, a panhandler— keep it real and still— be the best you can be. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Don't say such a thing! It's still our country, no matter who leads us. We must obey the law. I hate the thought of war, too, but we must defend the Fatherland, no matter what." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ogden Morrow had coded the place himself decades ago and was still its sole owner. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I took off my pants and shoes and got into the tub still wearing my blouse. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, leave him be,” I whispered as the toad sat still as a statue on his tiny moonlit stage. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Their sweet voices stilled the conversation in the salon. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our job was to dig out this tree, roots and everything, in front of a huge house that’s still under construction. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He claims he’s gotten back involved with the diamond business in the Congo and has many foreign partners, but you still have to remind him to take a bath on any given day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of the other skulls, they found, had its own daemon-coin, showing its owner’s lifetime companion still close to him in death. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I’ve heard that we have over eight thousand already and we are still boarding.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Outside the walls, however, they were still fathers, sons, brothers, and husbands—mainly of poor people from New York City. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d come over after a day in the fields, all washed up, the comb marks still in his wet hair, looking uncomfortable in his good guayabera. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was clutching the rigging, still dazed from her flashback, but she gestured that she was all right. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We turn our backs on the unwinding of a new day and walk west into the dark of the still starry sky. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

As we ride the elevator, Gale finally says, “You’re still angry.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Yes, an echo still warns: “Learn to forget.” Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

And yet it still scared me being out there in a place I was supposed to be watching. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We still have the old couch, but there is a new blue sheet covering the cigarette burns. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if Charlie was still asleep, or if he had already left. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Maybe you've forgotten that you still have two brothers. Both at the mercy of the Republic. Watch your tongue, unless you want to see their bodies lined up next to your mother's." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Yes, years after she had last seen Lio, he was still a presence in her heart and mind. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two minutes later, still no sign of it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They were still a long way, though, from being good enough to spot a helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

But the third rope was still moving: the child, too light, was still breathing . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which is true but I still ain’t sure if it feels right. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I still remember what you said to that little girl in the hospital about Luke Skywalker: “He’s proof that it doesn't matter where you come from or who your family is.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

All four tributes seem to still be recovering from the tracker jacker attack. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He must have known I wouldn’t react on the site so he’d saved it, hoping that in front of Charles it might still have sting. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes, and the sealed guardhouse is still pitch-black. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Teddy lay still, his gray eyes wide open, still staring at me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can still feel it in my chest. It’s like it’s ready to tighten up any second to stop me from breathing.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I still wasn’t fast enough, not with an answer in Social Studies, not on the field with a football. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I still have some water in my ear from my swimming lesson yesterday,” he said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

There were still some treatments to take before my course at the Ospedale Maggiore was finished and I walked along the side street practising not limping. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They still didn't talk on the bus, but it had become a less confrontational silence. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Despite the artificially created separation and distance between us, we still remained very close in our feelings toward each other. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well. I got half of what I wanted. You’re still you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes flickered open, but for a moment he stayed completely still in his bed, lying on his back with his head resting on the pillow. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Amazingly, he’s the only one still functional enough to get us moving. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It is possible she escaped to one of the giant communities still existing in foreign mountain ranges. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe concealing the threats gives them a bit of solace, the belief that they are still able to shield me from a few of the horrors of the world. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I still need to find Closure for Michael AND I have to find Closure for a whole entire school. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed so long ago, but I still recalled the different names of the dance nights: “Back to School,” “Pens Down,” “Bob Marley Night,” and many more. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He straightened himself again, blinked into the sun, and strolled, whistling, toward the gondolieri who were still out trying to net customers at the base of the bridge. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She still clung to the hope that someone would come after her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She still couldn’t keep her eyes on Luna. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The jam was still hot and on its sticky scarlet surface, thick pink froth was dying slowly. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And my "Little Shirley Beans" record--I still had it with me and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

As I rode along, my thoughts were still bouncing all over the place and I wasn’t paying attention to what was ahead of me. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Even if my brother made a phone call, he's still wearing his armor. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I hear Mrs. Malloy say, “Negroes might not be hanging from trees here, but there is still sorrow and injustice.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I sat next to him, watching him; I no longer dared to believe that he could still elude Death. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more we thought about it, the less likely it seemed that a burglar would have forced a door so early in the evening, when there were still people out on the streets. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They were all still there, settling on the ceiling beams. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The summer sun was still hot, and most of the flock of people had gone to stand in the shadow of the building. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I wonder if, unlike Thoreau, two hundred years from now I might still be able to visit my pond and forest. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Most of them have abandoned their blue clothes in favor of black-and-white ones, but they still wear their glasses. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rondell asked me was our plan still to go to Mexico, but I just stared back at him without answering. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Would we still ignore it if Charlie started to get hurt, too?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted a slice of the fresh, still morning all to myself. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she still doesn’t bite, I lean forward a little so she can see down my shirt. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Something that might be considered valuable in a third-world country by a kid who had grown up in a dump—like a nickel, a piece of gum still wrapped, a book of matches. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

She found to her agony, that the doctor was still there, poised needle and all. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abbey and I slipped out of the kitchen and parked ourselves in front of the television, which still wasn’t working. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Most of us find the old usage awkward, though I must admit that I still use “This is she” when someone asks for me on the phone. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cold cereal and the twig were still in place as they headed in opposite directions to their lockers. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve been at it for four months and the store still refuses to hire Negroes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was afraid, but fear meant he was still alive. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I waited on the long line; it became afternoon; still I was not attended to. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was still one outstanding commitment to be resolved. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He still had the words written on the backs of his hands. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Laila was lying still on the living-room couch, sweating through her blouse. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was still in that hallway, hearing those screams and their terrible, bloody dwindle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Your father loves you very, very much. He’s far from perfect, but he’s still about the best dad you could ask for.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Do come please; I have begged you in my thoughts now these many weeks and still no word. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I still had that french braid in my hair, so maybe I looked pretty, too, even in my shorts and ratty T-shirt. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“The checks come still. It’s not much, like it used to be. Should I have them made over to me?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“If things go badly, I still did the right thing.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

And I might still be very sick if they give it to me early. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My voice hadn’t changed either, but I was twelve, so I still had hope. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he’d already left and at that moment was still tiptoeing down the stairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She gave me a black still look, chewing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The measure of his past triumphs was sufficient reason in itself to act differently; only a genius of his stature could play like a ten-year-old boy and still get the right answer. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Your brother is doing very well at the Exchange. He makes a fine living, and there’s still room for you. I’ve only got a few years left, and somebody has to take over.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You’ll do nothing of the sort! You young scallywag, I could give you a ten-second start and still beat you to the top of the wall! D’you want to try me?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He turned the light upon the pallet, half-expecting her to still be there; but there was only a pool of warm blood, a faint veil of vapor hovering in the air above it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The murderer would now be known to be still on the train.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lifeboat came equipped with twelve solar stills. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He still holds out the knife and so I take it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like Uncle Darnell for what he did, but I knew I still loved him. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I’m shaking from the cold still and it’s all I can do to stand but I breathe and cough and shake and look at him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The third quarter ended with Permian still ahead by two points. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny saw redcoats going down in heaps, but one, more persistent than the others, a sergeant, still hung to his bridle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eyes still tightly shut, Harry began to run blindly sideways, his hands outstretched, feeling his way — Voldemort was laughing — Harry tripped. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

April still didn’t think it was any riot, but she guessed it was okay for that kind of joke. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry went back to the kitchen, still staring at his letter. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I still remember the day in sixth grade when my teacher, whose name was Mr. Lawson, caught me studying that map of the Pacific when I should have been doing my math. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still weak, but at least now she was able to walk outside in the sunshine and fresh air. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

And still Herbie’s unblinking eyes stared into hers and their dull red seemed to expand into dimly shining nightmarish globes. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Tad could still feel the way their hands brushed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

May these, as we go to still higher energies, in turn be found to be made from still smaller particles? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even old stallions, decades away from the track, still duel with one another up and down the fences of breeding farms. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The huge waves still pounded them, the torrents of water still poured down, but the worst was over. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody ignores her because they’re still busy with their last-minute campaigning. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Though baptized, I still continued being skeptical about Christianity. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The head of the man up the street was red, but he was still banging. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

No matter what happened at the dance, I still had a valentine card to come home to. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his wand, which he was still clutching in his hand. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He pulled his legs up onto the toilet and sat as still as a statue, his mind a kaleidoscope of shock, pain, and disappointment. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The N’daa was scheduled to begin next Monday, which was in five days, but there was still a lot of work to be done. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Darius was still holding on to her as if he was afraid of what would happen if he let go. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They were still yelling and shaking their fists, but they weren’t moving off the curb. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

With trembling hands I took the gun, saluted him, and ran to the back of the line, still holding the gun but afraid to look at it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It remained still because she was pretending, she was not entirely serious, and because willing it to move, or being about to move it, was not the same as actually moving it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, on the very brink of certainty, I failed; yet still I clung to the hope which the next day or the next hour might realise. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Trevor and I were still friends, he could help me bake. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The lieutenants words still echoed in my head: “From now on, we kill any rebel we see, no prisoners.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I sat very still, listening to the registrar, and felt myself get angry. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

If they had not become the cooks, he was not sure either of them would still be alive. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to free Piper, but he was still weak. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand any of this,” Nox said, still keeping back a step. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His eyes were wide and manic, his shirt was untucked, and a cluster of pimples that reminded me of the constellation Andromeda dotted his forehead, but he still smelled like summer. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Another bend, and another, always reaching, and always Brian’s eyes sought the still form, the thatched top of the raft. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was still pale, but it had been paler at other moments since the two had been in Sickler’s. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The crowd had begun forming some forty hours earlier, but up to twenty-four hours before, there were still fewer than one thousand. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He said this very quietly as well, so I still didn’t realize that he was angry. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips, however, were still silently forming words. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You said you were teaching. Do you still? Your noble win-the-war effort?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She emerged with her back to him, her hands over her head, the tops of her bare shoulder blades perspiring, supporting something still hidden from view. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

At least hers was dark gray, and so hadn’t gone see-through like Ruby’s, but she would still have to change. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It did not come fast, for the other wave was still running out. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to get over to Mtisha’s house to do the homework and I called her just to make sure it was still on. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t of known then that her trip was still on, since Grandpa had been too busy to come home to dinner that day and just ate sardines and crackers at the store. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Sure. I still see them—when I can walk.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was good wind, fresh enough so he could point the Frog up a bit and run slightly north of east and still hold good speed. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

William and Mary were still running around on the platform, and I saw The Grand High Witch aim a swift running kick at William. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

My head is still swimming, but not like it was. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The sun's still in the sky, and I can feel beads of sweat on my face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

After four weeks of slow, painful drills in the practice room, Erastis had still only allowed him to manipulate one object at a time. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“What do you want?” she said, her eyes still on the other women. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The throaty sound of the mortars could still be heard, and the incoming fire was getting closer. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And still the questions behind the questions are never asked. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Chelsea says their ghosts are still here, along with Miss Willis's ghost. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

"All right then, what do you really want?" asked Mrs. Samsa, whom the cleaning lady still usually respected. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifty years from now if I’m still living I will look back on that one afternoon, and the morning that followed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was afraid of her but he sat still. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If Grandpop’s dad could be that tree, still trying to break free from the guilt. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“And my brother still plays, unwary of his foe. Laertes is vengeful and rebellious. You saw him threaten the king. I fear he may be the next victim.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Finally, he raised his right hand and used it as if to check whether his collar was still open. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I still have to figure that out,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I expected her to tell me that she loved me, and that she missed me, and that she wished she were still on Saint Thomas, and that she was sorry. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the dark and the rain, making our way along the side of the road I could see that many of the troops still had their rifles. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Now if there is anything mortifying to our feelings when we are young, it is to be told that, and to be bidden to “run away, dear” is still more trying to us. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay still and endured; that was all. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But Shasta's horse was still the last of the lot. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I used to bury cotton wisps in my ears, pull the blanket over my head, and still the sounds of Baba’s snoring—so much like a growling truck engine—penetrated the walls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The jasmine plants were still the smell of the entire city of Isfahan to me, but that’s only because I mostly played in our backyard. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Aru felt like she was spinning even though she was standing still. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I still don’t like that our house always smells like onions and spices, or that Mama runs her catering business out of our kitchen.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Okay, I knew when I opened my eyes, they would still be there. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“So do you still believe he will use it before the coronation?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My pants were still on, I knew that. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She and I are still on eggshells over the dress, and honestly, if she doesn’t let me wear it, I’m done for. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Perhaps you want to lie down and be as the lichen: not dead exactly but just very still for a long, long time. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

And still there was more to reap: horns were turned into spoons, sinews into bowstrings, tallow into fuel for torches. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

"That storm dragged it out to sea. It wasn't half dangerous with all them tree trunks falling. There must have been some kids still in it." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I looked down at my hands, to the dark mud still caked under my fingernails. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Even if the fabulous Brotherhood was a reality, there still remained the difficulty of finding one’s way into it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I mean, that honey would still need to be delivered and vegetables would have to be picked and laundry would need to be done when I was so miserable.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Their other friends were still focused on the statue, and Hazel’s cry was lost in the general shouting and the rumbling of the cavern. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ndoros were still worn by spirit mediums, but they were made of porcelain. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We still had the march in our ears. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It still makes money because, people or no people, the corn keeps coming, more of it every year. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

My bed still needs to be changed for Bubbe to sleep in. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Norris gave a loud meow, still peering around Filch’s legs, looking for the source of Harry’s bubble-bath smell. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s still strange not to see you in blue,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We were headed home—home being the strange-familiar city of Washington, D.C., with its white marble and clashing ideologies, with everything that still needed to be fought and won. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Ugwu still stood there, and she knew he would not leave until she had started to eat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Where that put me was I had to either quit and give up what I was about or go back and still play with the team and just give up my respect. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

With that, he lowered Sunny, who was still wailing, to the floor. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

But when she poured turpentine into the place, I couldn’t hold still. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

There by luck she found winecups and tables still in place—for Father’s attendant counselors had dined just now before they went to the assembly. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my heart I was still a Jew. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nail polish also points to maybe her still being in the area? Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking about my shoulder, which hurt, and also I still had the headache, but maybe only because I’d been thinking about a girl who’d died of brain cancer. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Five times she had written these words now, and still they weren’t enough. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then when Ruth looked at her watch and said even though we still had time, we should get back to the main house, nobody argued. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was not as stupid as some I have had, and better company, but still perhaps her going was for the best. She was not what I needed.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I put the rock back and sat still, my eyes closed tight to keep the tears inside my head where they belonged. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fixed his eyes skyward, though he knew he must still be very deep, the water above him was so dark. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

More than that, her clothes are still dry. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I still love you, Gustavo, but it’s a habitual love, a wound in the knee that predicts rain. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he’s off while the rest of the group is still caught up in Pez and June’s performance. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The teller gave the Chinese guy a bag of cash, he gave it to the guy in the car, and soon after he was arrested while still waiting for his bus. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

So Lyra held still, supporting one arm with the other, and the blue hawk wheeled and turned and swooped again, to seize her knuckles in sharp claws. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I still don’t want the neighbors to hear. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Really really lucky When David dropped me off at home, Mother was still sleeping. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z