Louisiana was stretched out on the grass by the pond, which was really a sinkhole. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

They dressed in silence, too sleepy to talk, then, yawning and stretching, the four of them headed downstairs into the kitchen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I stretch one foot out through the burning wall. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the morning, Connor blinks and rolls over and stretches his arms, his small knuckles grazing the headboard behind his mountain of pillows. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Paths stretched through the park under huge maple and elm trees, past sculptures and playgrounds and shady benches. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She has loosened her laces and stretched her old running shoes to accommodate them, but she still feels like a C-grade zombie. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then he stretched himself out, dizzy and weary, and he spoke no more for a while. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mother took a deep breath, stretched herself out on the surface, and sank like a stone. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The character said something about seeing his future stretched out in front of him and how it—the future—was just a looming empty space. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was the usual line of holiday visa hopefuls stretching to the corner of Elevator Plaza, but Holly bypassed it by waving her badge at the waiting line. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

They hovered just above the ground, making a long, low hum that stretched to the end of the world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train cut through deep green pine forests where the ground was covered with the slick brown needles and the tops of the trees stretched up virgin and tall into the sky. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Catching sight of her red-fletched arrows, the man grinned, stretching the crooked scar on his bottom lip. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Kira opened her eyes, sat up straighter, and stretched her shoulders. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“He only agreed to pay if I did something that would benefit LID, Inc., somehow. Philosophy, no matter how I stretch it, doesn’t fit the bill.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He pulled himself up to stand against the tree and stretched, bringing new aches and pains. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, miles of flatland went on and on, tempting the eyes to stretch just a little farther, until they seemed to meet with the silver-and-white sky. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He laced his fingers behind his head and stretched his legs out stiff. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the last stop I left the car and went down a stretch of marble hallway until I found the door marked with the trustee's name. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His belt is undone and he has it stretched between his hands as a kind of shield. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m afraid to let go of the branch, so I continue to stretch. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Instead, the Doorman’s snoring and his back leg is stretched across the card on the floor. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The President switched off the music and, with the final note of the final stanza, there was absolute silence—the silence of stretched expectancy, quivering and creeping with a galvanic life. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look down and notice that there’s something on the floor, a hair band, purple, stretched, well used. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Closing the door behind me, I sank down and leaned against it with my legs stretched out on marble tiles. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I said, a dummy to her moods, going into my bedroom and flinging off my dressing gown, fastening my inevitable flannel skirt and stretching my home-made jumper over my head. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He bent at the hip and stretched his spaghetti arms, his flattened dough hands, and his spider-leg fingers toward the camera. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I sit next to Chou and Geak on our small piles of clothes, listening to the sound of shrieking birds while the others stretch their bodies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a stretch of grass in a place where the palms left a wide band of turf between the forest and the snore. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The mo- ment stretched out until Chronicler looked up from his page. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I see the scar on Amara’s cheek stretch as she winks at me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Before me stretched the portentous menacing road of a new decade. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He and Mrs. Weasley were in front with the Ministry driver; the front passenger seat had obligingly stretched into what resembled a two-seater sofa. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Green sea and blue sky stretched all the way to the horizon. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his arms and took a deep breath, like he had done when he showed Vera his renovated tenements. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The hot spring that began in Orangeburg stretched into another hot summer, with angry protests flaring up both in the black community and before various city bodies. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In front of her, the prairie stretched to the horizon like an ancient seabed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But as time passed without significant changes in my life, I was becoming increasingly anxious waiting for Ethiopia to stretch forth her wings. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carried his canoe across the bridge over I-10 and continued on, reaching the residential stretch of the road. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I returned the bow respectfully, then stretched out my palm, a gesture he recognized from the time we’d spent questing together. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Lyra’s first glimpse of her father’s prison came when Iorek Byrnison stopped at the foot of a ridge for the children to move and stretch themselves, because they had been getting dangerously cold and stiff. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Two men in coveralls stretched a thick steel cable with a hook from the back of the wrecker down toward the brush at the edge of the river. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

On both sides of the stretch ran roads, and houses stood facing one another across the grass. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged his leaden feet, begging them to cooperate, but the row of Barbies seemed to lengthen, stretch out for miles. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Malik’s my partner, and right now we’re working our hamstrings, the last muscles we stretch before running and conditioning. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The people, thousands of them, crept forward, their limbs stretching, elongating as they limped and crawled and skittered like insects. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He began to leap wildly from side to side of them, his legs stretched as wide as they could go, and for a short time, it seemed that he did go faster. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The Distracted Globe was located at the western-hemisphere intersection of the Boulevard and the Avenue, two brightly lit streets that stretched completely around the planet along its equator and prime meridian. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The magician stood up as straight as a pillar, stretched out his arms in both directions, looked at the ceiling and said the first few words of the Nunc Dimittis. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rode his horse slowly through the long stretches of green that separated the pastures, asking after her as he went, until he spotted her on the path that led to her hut. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel the stretch and curl of the Sister’s muscles. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She barely heard the other girls’ voices, and as soon as possible she stretched out on a sleeping mat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boardwalk stretched dark and empty to either side. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I stretched and bounced up and down on the sidelines, keeping to myself. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

That jetty was made of men, a long file of them, six or eight deep, standing up to their knees, their waists, their shoulders, stretching out for five hundred yards through the shallow waters. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her watchfulness stretched her, made her taut and tense. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, all my volunteers are stretched back and forth across the front of the school, while the unbroken chain rustles in the cold wind. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Grassy, it stretched away, smooth as the mown gallops on Watership Down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Samuel squatted beside it and instinctively stretched his hands for warmth to the butterfly of yellow light. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He ended up buying Ginny a silk scarf that showed the Golden Gate Bridge stretching across a background of blue sky and green ocean. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She’s bent over the table, stretching a little ball of dough into a perfect circle. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

While I was making those two seconds stretch into two infinities. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A street car rumbled forward and the pigeon rose swiftly through the air on wings stretched so taut and sheer that Bigger could see the gold of the sun through their translucent tips. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched over my lap and reached out her hand to Mami. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A walkway stretches from the boathouse past the tennis courts and over to Cuddledown. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Cecile stretched tall in the door frame and then stepped outside to join us on the back porch. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

And he puts me on it: a black stretch of tape, crossing the room. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The silence stretched a little longer this time. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Can you imagine what it’s like to go to Gym and have Coach Quatrini, the pied ninny, announce that morning exercises will be stretches so that we can all practice soaring like Ariel the Fairy? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The entry hall stretched from one side of the building to the other, an expanse of glittering crystal, plush Turkish rugs, and carved wood. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She took another sip of water, laid her cup aside, blinked and stretched and rose from her chair, her muscles sore and stiff. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We pull up as gently as we can, but the skin under Edna’s eyebrows just stretches up with us until she yelps again. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The Appalachian Trail was formally completed on August 14, 1937, with the clearing of a two-mile stretch of woods in a remote part of Maine. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When he was seated she stretched her right hand toward him, and he took it in both of his. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shadows stretched across the road, late afternoon, a softness falling down from the sky no matter what people did. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed a sigh of relief when Mr. Banner flicked the lights back on at the end of class, and stretched my arms out in front of me, flexing my stiff fingers. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The cow, standing before the closed door, kept lifting her head, stretching, and lowing. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Surely that wasn’t even stretching the truth too far. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jesper stretched his long arms overhead and grinned, his teeth white against his dark skin. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We stretch our arms wide, as if we are embracing the wind. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The scariest part was traversing the walkway through the glass enclosure, a long, brightly lit stretch that left them completely exposed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Fidelito stretched his arms through the mesh, as though he could touch the enticing blue if only he tried a little harder. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grinned as he stretched his arms wide. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama,” I said as I yawned and stretched. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put them on beneath the sheet, kicked the sheet back, and stretched her legs. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She was the color of pale caramel, with skin thin and waxy stretched over long, delicate bones. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned the car onto an endless stretch of country road, cornfields along either side. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

"You can rely on us," Lavender said, making her height of three feet two inches stretch as tall as possible. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It stretched out to the horizon in every direction. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dug into his pocket stretching his leg out straight before him to do so. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When "stick" is called out, my job is to stretch my left arm behind me, without looking, while running full speed until Krystal slaps the baton in my hand. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Enormous buildings stretched to the sky in the distance while raucous traffic whizzed through Greenwich Village streets. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Between turns run long stretches of paving stones. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Glancing over his shoulder he saw the convoy stretching back down the hill for a mile. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his arm and puffed out his chest before leaving, blocking out the sun so that I was thrown into his shadow. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The actual time on the way from Chicago was short, but the overwhelming size and variety of the land, the many incidents and people along the way, had stretched time out of all bearing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched, and pulled his chair closer to Chronicler’s. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I lay my head all the way back, stretching to make sure no skin pinches or pulls. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The world of sugar centered on the Muslim Mediterranean, but it also stretched as far as China to the east and even Europe to the north. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

And then she would stretch out the cards on the floor, position me on a big pillow so I could reach them, and I’d push the cards into sentences with my fists. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The wide blue of Lake Michigan stretched out in front of us. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Twenty paces stretched twenty miles, every faint crunch of our shoes sounding like gunshot. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack sat up and stretched out his legs. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then I see in his face that my stomach’s about as interesting to him as stretched canvas. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later they walked up their hill and down the other side, ending up in the middle of a stretch of shops and restaurants. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He gave Beatrice a pillow and a blanket, and she stretched out happily on the carpet. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretches out on the floor in front of the stove, hands behind his head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He opened his window, stretched out a stubby arm and cleared the snow from his side mirror. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They spent the long afternoons sunbathing together, stretched out side by side on top of their bunker, or playing backgammon in the shade of a giant palm tree, or just sitting quietly. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing I could say, really, was that I was stretched out, with my body in a straight line from head to toe. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression was intent, but his body was relaxed, as if he had just stood and stretched. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Just like when Samira had paired with me for the stretches, Ms. Platt seemed to be cheering me on, happy when I finally did a straightforward punch “clean and sharp.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

After they finished cleaning up in the kitchen, Trotter went into the living room and stretched out on the couch. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I stretch my legs out in front of me, settling in for the long haul. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

When Momma saw him she invited him to stay for supper and told me to stick some sweet potatoes in the ashes to stretch the evening meal. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My cheeks heat, thinking of the way it had felt to wake up with his body stretched out beside mine. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We run and lift things and stretch our muscles. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth stretched like he was smiling, but he wasn’t. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“His ‘couple of questions’ stretched into an interrogation from which I soon discovered that he knew more about me than I could possibly remember about myself.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slowed his movements and stood slowly, without stretching unduly, and went to the lake for a drink. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perched on a crooked branch, a brightly colored parrot stretches its wings. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Adele was married on a hilltop, with a view of Kigali stretching out below, a stunning backdrop of red roofs and green hills. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Celia stands on a shimmering white desert with a sparkling night sky stretching in every direction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Use any of these when you want to have them stand up to stretch, change where they are sitting, or move for some other reason. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Let me see it,” Caleb says, stretching his hand out to his sister. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He stretched out a hand that was as badly scarred as his face, and Dumbledore shook it, muttering words Harry couldn’t hear. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It shows a field stretching away away, and in the furrows a family pausing from their work, grinning, all happily. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re literally driving to Waffle House. Right now,” Simon says, but he stretches his hand back to take some. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It had become his custom, each time he was deserted, to buy a gallon of wine, to stretch out on the comfortably hard bunk and get drunk. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth filled with the taste of lemonade, and his face became grotesque, as though he really were being stretched on the torture engine called the rack. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that moment, the future—uncontainable by any Theorem mathematical or otherwise—stretched out before Colin: infinite and unknowable and beautiful. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Old scars and some festering blisters stretched along her hide. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“We do those little golf claps,” Zach says, demonstrating with his hands stretched far out in front of him and his wrists pressed together. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Rowing as far as the rope would stretch, they dropped the anchor. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Soon he too would be waking, stretching, yawning, going about the business of his day. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

Below them was a frozen waterfall stretching fifty feet to the ground. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

There was a big flat pan of milk, too, with a cheesecloth stretched over the top and held down at the sides with stones. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then he added, “We’d best come in by the back. Run into a little muddy stretch on the way down.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Our daughter, after a stretch in Austin, was visiting New York friends. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dumping the bags, he stretches out his hand. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The steer was down now, his neck stretched out, his head twisted, he lay the way he had fallen. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

One is to stretch one rope as far as possible toward the other, anchor it to an object, such as a chair, and then go and get the second rope. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She held like this, held, held, shivering, the cords in her neck stretched, sweat dripping from her face, her fingers crushing Mariam’s. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I lingered on Chad Turner, Phil Stroper and a couple of the other guys, stretching the moment as far as the tension would take it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Gilly nearly tripped over herself, leaping down and grabbing up “Sarsaparilla to Sorcery” from the chair seat, stretching her guts out to tip the book into its place on the shelf. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He nods and stretches his arm out, holding up a gloved pinky across the distance. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Kill And Go tied the men up in pairs, their hands behind their backs and the rope stretched taut between them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. disappeared into the kitchen and then returned with the telephone receiver, its long, coily cord stretching into the living room. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Salmon nets stretched across almost every ocean-bound stream in the Northwest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even though the cheetah’s head stretched over my stomach. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She stretches out both hands and squeals, “Puppy!” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We formed a long line, each boy taking hold of another boy’s hand until we were stretched out like a long string of human beads. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sighed a lot, stretched his legs, cracked his knuckles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Alex nods appreciatively, stretching in his chair and folding his hands behind his head. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

You don’t really understand the ocean until you are in the midst of it, nothing but ocean on all sides, stretching away endlessly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He became silent, looking with his blue eyes far beyond the field stretching away in the sun. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched her neck again, felt the bruised arm cautiously, and raised the cigarette to her lips, more steadily this time. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The dungeon floor was composed of floating circular platforms arranged end to end in a long line that stretched out into the darkness ahead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The garden stretched up into town, winding like a black river through the bright party towers and houses. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Surrounding us was a thick, wet, living stand of trees and tall grasses stretching all the way across Congo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was kneeling on one knee, looking down from a higher rock which he held with both hands; his other leg stretched down to Ralph's level. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I stretched out my arm, the one that had been broken in the accident. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was bad enough my insides squeezed in and stretched out like a monkey grinder’s accordion—no need to let anyone know how frightened I was. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found her lying on her stomach, her hind legs stretched out straight, and her front feet folded back under her chest. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he pushed the straw to one side and stretched out in the manure. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The phone drops away from my ear as I stretch. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sheryl stretches out a bunch of flattened soda cans strung together. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning, all I wanted to do was stretch out fiat on the couch, watch a few hours of the Hearth & Home Network, and then get back to my craft room. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Even some you can’t. Far off, into the forest, land stretches for miles.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

They both stretched their arms to the rising sun. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He stretched out on the ground in a pose of complete relaxation, but Gregor could see his muscles were still tense with anger. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

During a stretch of overcast Paris weather in February 1896, he shut away in a drawer his latest preparation: a uranium salt sprinkled over the wrapped plate, awaiting the sun’s reemergence from behind the clouds. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He drifted off to sleep, his legs stretched straight out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We rise and stretch and a few others walk through the cemetery, some bringing flowers. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

If he could have moved he would have stretched out a hand and laid it on O’Brien’s arm. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They stretched Old Ringy out between them and pinned him to the ground. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched his legs out comfortably under the table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It showed a long straight stretch and the contour lines were spread far apart, which would indicate a large low or flat area where there might be a lake. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

His face was dark with the violent pleasure of making this stupendous noise, and his heart was making the stretched shirt shake. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And if so, it also meant that it had taken them more than ten hours to move down a stretch of ridge that was typically covered by descending climbers in less than half an hour. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He came to his Feet and gave a great stretch, arms over his head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I am glad to have the chance of bidding you good-bye, Mr. Wemmick,” said the man, stretching out his hand between two bars. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was a silence in which Crookshanks stretched luxuriously, flexing his claws. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“The biggest I ever saw in my whole life,” Mancuso said, stretching his arms as if he were describing a fishing catch. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nausea swept over me, the choking tension, the buzzing in my ears, my stomach knotting and stretching as if it wanted to tear itself out of my body. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stretches his legs out along his side of the bench. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The two huge machines faced each other, with their tall metal booms stretched out at an angle, like two medieval horsemen with their long swords tipped forward. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The land around Trebon was rough, mostly thick forest broken by stretches of rocky ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now that she really looks, now that the land is not simply her day’s chore to cross, the fields roll and stretch below the large sky. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Its beginning has the pleasure of a great stretching yawn; it flashes in the brain and the whole world glows outside your eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey turned to look behind them, where flat farmlands stretched off. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The line of cars and trucks stretched as far as he could see. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Gingerly I stretch out my leg into the pool, propping the heel of my boot on a rock so the leather doesn't get too sodden, and sigh, because this does offer some relief. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The wire, strung diagonally from one comer of the parapet to the other, stretched across her view of television antennas, billboards, and the distant arches of Howrah Bridge. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The assembly looked with him, considered the vast stretches of water, the high sea beyond, unknown indigo of infinite possibility, heard silently the sough and whisper from the reef. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“We must stretch before sitting down, sweetheart,” said Mother. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I felt that if I stretched out enough, I could touch it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And once she was stretched out I pulled her woolen afghan over her. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But they fade, though I stretch out my arms towards them, they slip away from me, ghosts at daybreak. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the rooftops I could see men pouring water on the flattish roof of St. Paul’s, the buckets handed to them from a long line of people that stretched to a backyard pump. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lakes and huge stretches of woods cut through the middle. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Dinner passes the same way it has for months, stretches of silence broken by his mother’s attempts at polite conversation and Caroline’s occasional sighs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A vast, empty desert stretched out before me, all under a night sky filled with wild splashes of color. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I stretched out beneath the covers, hearing the springs groan beneath me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She perches on the edge of the desk, her skirt pulling away from her knees, which are crossed with stretch marks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But the cat made no answer, simply stretched luxuriantly and walked away. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Valerie had reserved twenty minutes on her schedule to talk to me that day, but our conversation ended up stretching for an hour and a half. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Only money can make the rope stretch, only money. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

At about ten o’clock that evening, we saw before us, glinting in the distance, a maze of lights that seemed to stretch in all directions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his bare, unsuntanned legs, feet together, on the leg rest, and, almost simultaneously, took a small, ten-cent notebook out of his right hip pocket. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

They were not so close, but she followed her husband as he climbed over the rock, holding Safiya with one hand, over the jagged ridge and down again to the next stretch of beach. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

An endless series of cattle pens stretched to the horizon, each one home to a hundred or so animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I stretched my legs out as far as they’d reach and could just get to the gas pedal. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

They lay stretched out on the floor, asleep. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He holds the handles on either side, his arms stretching wide, and leans forward so his body is mostly outside the car, though his feet stay planted inside. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Standing on our toes, we stretched as tall as we could to see what everyone was watching. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back on the farm, her life stretches ahead to the flat horizon line, already populated with the only characters she’ll ever know. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on the floor, with his back against the door of the room and his legs stretched out. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

When we tired of this, we’d turn on the CB and listen to the lonely banter of truckers stretched out across the interstate. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Soon the ideographs lifted their feet, stretched out their wings, and flew like blackbirds; the dots were their eyes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shan shrugged, fond and offhand, sipped from her glass, and then leaned sideways in a stretch, like a tree bent by wind. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She yanked the already stretched telephone cord a few feet farther so she could keep talking while digging through her closet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Dicey grinned at him, unable to stretch her mouth wide enough to let out all the feelings his silly stubbornness let her feel. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keth-Selhan was fast; so fast that the wind tore at my cloak, stretching it behind me like a flag. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was getting creative with stretching their food, so maybe she’d get a couple of extra meals out of it for him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Airborne for a moment, Otto stretched, grabbing at a frozen brick that had been dislodged then restuck in time when the Time Suck crashed through the wall. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Good. I see you got a bedroll. If you need a place to stay, you stretch out on the barge. That’s what I’m doing.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went to Johnny, stretched out a hand, and touched the widow’s peak—all that he had ever got from the beautiful Vinny Lyte. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skin on her face suddenly felt stretched tight across her cheekbones and her eyes began to prickle with tears. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laughing loudly, he spun around, his arms stretched out wide. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched, pulled on his pants, and said, “We’ll play Tom Swift. I’m Tom.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But because the light travels such a long distance, the magic in it is fragile and diffused, stretched into the most delicate of threads. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The lifeboat, the raft until it was lost, the tarpaulin, the stills, the rain catchers, the plastic bags, the lines, the blankets, the net—all became worn, stretched, slack, cracked, dried, rotted, torn, discoloured. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A minute later the breeze grew stronger, filling the sails with the huge rippling sounds of stretching canvas. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“A bit drowsy,” I said as I stretched and yawned. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stood up, stretched, yawned, and listened to the peaceful wonder of the valley around him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The great monster looked around the forest, scanning the stretch of undergrowth, narrowing his eyes and extending his gaze as best he could. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I let it stretch out for a while, a cold audience. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Wooden stalls contained under a thatched roof stretched for several yards in every direction, full of the temple’s varying livestock. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She came to America often and would live with us for long stretches of time. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The day had been so long, it seemed to stretch back to eternity. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

No thick northern clouds; just a clear stretch out to the ends of the world. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

So he stretched long side of the road to rest. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She’d snuck an “N” in there, too, stretched out like a flourish under his initials. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the mile stretch of water that lay ahead and leaped up in terror. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of a headboard, a spreadsheet stretched behind her bed, pushpins tracking her best catches. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

If I stretched all the way across the table, the seam under my arm would split open. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako gaped—the destruction stretched on and on, only seeming to stop at the mountains rising on the horizon. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He hung suspended for a moment, holding to the end of it as it stretched straight up through the Snow Sand to the security of the giant tree. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Khaled sighed heavily, stretching his upper body as if his neck were stiff. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Windy turned off the lights and Dicey stretched out on the sofa. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the swamp banana farms stretched into the horizon. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When he turned back, Toby was stretching out on the couch. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He looks a little fidgety and keeps opening his mouth extra-wide, as if he’s stretching out his jaw or yawning like a lion, only he doesn’t look tired at all. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles was stretched out on the row above them, his battered notebook open over his face. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I just hang there against the railing, letting go of the banister altogether, stretching my arms up high above my head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hiked inland through the scrubby grass, her legs grateful for a stretch after the long night on board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The cowhides stood about two feet off the dirt floor, stretched tight inside a pole frame Papa had built in one corner of the room. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she knew he would not leave and that when she stretched out on the bristly carpet he would lie next to her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Reach with her left hand, arm stretched across the rock, under the nest and grab the handhold firmly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He looks straight at me and stretches his arm across the doorway. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

With my eyes closed, I slowly raised my arms, weaving them through the bees, until finally I stood with them stretched out from my sides in a dreamy place I’d never been before. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His memory was a catalogue of vital notes on horses and men: hangs in the stretch, balks in close quarters, only hits right-handed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Frodo’s great joy the hobbits stirred, stretched their arms, rubbed their eyes, and then suddenly sprang up. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He kissed the stretch of her right forearm, which had healed from the burn at last. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took a long stride with his free foot, and his anchored leg stretched in that rubbery way of his. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone breathed deeply and stretched as they stepped out of the car. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even in years when there wasn’t much money, they managed to have a wonderful Christmas, with Aunt Queen always stretching the cookie dough and the turkey dressing just enough to make ends meet. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On June 22, 1941, Hitler broke a peace treaty and invaded the Soviet Union, sending his army storming across the huge nation in a battlefront that stretched for over a thousand miles. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The bus stretched out over the whole length of our driveway. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

A private staircase stretched up and out of view to Ms. Lee’s floor. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A trellis of a dog with the hide stretched over it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

There was such a gusto about the landscape which stretched before their window, such a riot of unexpected people and things, that you hardly knew how to begin describing it The Dark and Middle Ages! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he bowed, and his lipless mouth stretched into a mirthless smile. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He stretches the rubber band taut between his thumb and index finger. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A bridge made of green glass slats stretched across the hall. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Ah, there you are! Thank you for waiting. Im afraid I’m a little late,” said the child, stretching out her bright arms to Jane and Michael. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Dad sits, long legs stretched out in front of him, and wraps an arm around me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Carmine flops over, tucking his legs beneath him and stretching his arms, and both of us shift to accommodate him. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And then they disperse, passing around bottles of water and dribbling balls and stretching their legs. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

And Capital City stretched out in golden glory under a golden sun,—the newest and youngest creation of Homo metropolis. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

When I reach the harbour, I turn left and walk around its edge towards the stretch of beach along which I could walk, if I w'anted to, all the way back to Holkham. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, we find it now,” Amari said as she stretched her arms up to the sun. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom stretched a nightmarish version of the Grand Canyon: a river of fire cutting a path through a jagged obsidian crevasse, the glowing red current casting horrible shadows across the cliff faces. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Over fifty percent of the country’s contraband made it ashore somewhere along this half-mile stretch. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

As he begins to speak to the cast, Britney Harron, a diva since he first encountered her as a freshman, is stretched out on one of the couches, her feet up, her eyes half open. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I squeeze my eyes shut and try to sink deeper into the moss, stretching out my arms and imagining they are tree roots. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He climbed some more, then asked the tree to stretch again. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

A private staircase stretched up and out of view to Ms. Lee’s floor. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There was hardly anyone else about, so I could see an unbroken line of wet paving stones stretching on in front of me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore waited a moment or two, apparently to see whether any of the Dursleys were going to say anything, but as the silence stretched on he smiled. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She stood up inside and stretched her arms over her head. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now Pigeon Forge has 200 outlet shops stretched along three miles of highway. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t think she’d even walked down the beach this direction since Ess had given the bracelet to her, but she wanted to walk, to stretch and think. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I know, but Z, I need the space. I need the wide-open space to stretch out my arms. I need the quiet to hear myself think.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Our class sizes were large—mid-thirties, sometimes close to forty—and many of our teachers were stretched to their limits just trying to keep us all from teetering over into chaos. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

A slant of orange light stretches across one of the rock walls. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He jumped into the cockpit and untied the towel which was still stretched from the boom to make an awning. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rapids stretched on for a mile and included two waterfalls. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

There is a flat place where the road first reaches the top of the hill—a stretch of about a hundred yards or so before it starts descending again, into the valley. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I see cornstalks, fields of plants I can’t identify, long stretches where there are no houses or streetlights or anything man-made at all. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched the sheet from the tree branch to the hive in the same way Petey had done back at the Chat ’n’ Chew. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They would sit for a moment and stretch out their legs, revealing the holes worn into the soles of their boots. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned against it with his arms stretched out before him and his hands flat against the wall. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My burning cheeks stretched into a huge grin. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The Chattahoochee is part of four million acres—6,000 square miles—of federally owned forest stretching up to the Great Smoky Mountains and beyond and spreading sideways across four states. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

They had some sort of oiled, opaque linen stretched over them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stand gazing at each other in silence for moments that seem to stretch for hours. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Schrödinger imagined a chemical with multiple chemical bonds stretching out along the length of the “chromosome fiber.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They stood up, stretched their stiffened limbs and started leaping about in fury. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At another practice, the Under Fifteens had gathered in a circle at midfield to stretch, when they heard noises in the woods—snapping twigs and the crushing of dry leaves. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Their petals wink and stretch as I move under them. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The tiny particles that seethe through space-time exert a gentle outward push, stretching the fabric of space-time imperceptibly. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I navigated the winding highway as I’d done numberless times before, racing down the Bear River Hill, coasting through the flat stretch parallel to Fivemile Creek. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At a place where the undergrowth ended and the papyrus began—the water’s edge in winter, now a stretch of mud—he stopped beside a spreading patch of some low, green plant. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. Prapan put his hands on his desk and stretched this spine left, then right. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Afterwards they stretched the linen smooth to dry on the shore where the sea had washed it clean. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed the door, and a dark, packed-earth landing stretched before them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I also never told her that I loved her, or that I loved the two little stretch marks she got from carrying Vera. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The hallway stretched on, the world silent except for the rumble of the machinery. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They packed sand around the edge into a high wall, stretched the evening gown, which they had ripped open to make it bigger, across the hole, and weighted the dress’s edges with rocks. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Once enough Eeople had crowded around, Nicolas proceeded to remove all is clothes and, naked as a baby, lie down in the middle of the street with his arms stretched out, making a cross. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other men lie in stretching bandages with heavy weights hanging from the end of the bed. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trapdoor clanged back and he found himself looking into a black hole that stretched farther than the daylight could reach. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She snuffled, stretched her back legs, and kept on sleeping. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was the delight I caught in seeing long straight rows of red and green vegetables stretching away in the sun to the bright horizon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I meant to stretch the truth, but then I out-and-out lied to my sisters. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She saw the same raw pink skin, muscles stretched lean over a bony frame. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Vendors rented space on the curb before a store and stretched a rope from pole to pole and leaned the trees against it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The attic stretched contentedly as her windows were scrubbed and cobwebs were dusted away. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

If I even blink he sneezes and stretches, and that night’s sleep is over for me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Straight ahead he could see more beach, about a mile away, but to the left and northward there was a large bay that must have stretched close to three miles. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chubs stood and stretched, throwing the rest of the bread out into the water. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We had not the slightest doubt that these things were saturated in the dreaded anaesthetic which, as Thwaites had many times pointed out to us, could put you to sleep for hours at a stretch. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I traced a blue hand, a woman combing her hair, a cat stretching. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I slipped it over my finger and stood stretching it taut. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent from side to side, loosening her spine, stretched her arms above her head and rotated her shoulders, and eventually felt a little less stiff. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A ragged blanket of white covered the tom and tortured earth that stretched from the Wall to the edge of the haunted forest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The gesture stretches out the freckles on his skin. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Papa asked every night at dinner, often after a long stretch of silence. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

To say he trusted Inej would be stretching the point, but he could admit to himself that he’d come to rely on her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Some lines merge; others stretch to and from Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

"He gave it to himself. I guess he did. Ras is a title of respect in the East. It's a wonder he didn't say something about 'Ethiopia stretching forth her wings,' " he said, mimicking Ras. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

An expanse of clean, unbroken snow stretched blue and twinkling as far as I could see. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

For years I had heard about the Golden Gate, a narrow stretch of water connecting the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco Bay. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The afternoon stretched the shadows like taffy and the park entered its period of diminished popularity as supper approached. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But the moment has stretched out as long as it can and I have to do something. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their tears run down and they stretch their hands out toward the dead child but never do they reach it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fallen log jutted out into the water from its end, and with one more desperate kick I surged closer and stretched out through the fear and choking cold and blackness. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then in my mind I saw him stretching out a hand from which the fingers had been eaten away and I ran—back to the dark, and the cold and the present. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The notation “7, 7, 14, 10, 11, 11,” for instance, means that in one six-second stretch, one member of the couple was briefly angry, then neutral, had a moment of defensiveness, and then began whining. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The dogs would crawl from their baskets, yawn and stretch themselves, wander out on to the terrace and blink at the first struggles of the pale sun coming through the mist. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to get past the gorilla demon, but it growled and two pairs of claws stretched out from its fists. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The kitten stretches up on its hind legs with a soft mew and licks Poppet’s fingers before turning its attention to Chandresh. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The room was so narrow I could touch both walls if I stretched out my hands. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Long stretches of time go by where we don’t talk as we work. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She stretches out the newspaper lengthwise and folds it in thirds. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He was picking up the sword, and stretching his hand to the latch, when the door opened on its own account Gareth came in. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I roll up my sleeves and stretch my dark, strong forearms into the space between us, right under Harm's nose. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sea stretched below him, the red stone was in his hand, and the top of the mountain was not far away. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It’s only been hours since we were taken from our homes, but each excruciating moment since has felt stretched, elongated beyond what it should be. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The fields stretched for miles in either direction. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

After Saturday dinner, Mr. Lapham as usual prepared for a snooze, stretched out in the one armchair in the shop, with his basket over his head to keep off the flies. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He led his teammates through a stretching routine and then had them take the pitch to practice penalty shots. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The empty land stretches as far as I can see, a brown plane colliding with the horizon. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I put my pencil box into my desk and stood up to stretch. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the final stretch, when land is within reach and people are running toward us, our dinghy flips over entirely. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I have the sudden urge to stretch my spine, as if every part of my body feels cramped and constricted. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I know that stretch of the North Sea very well because the train from Edinburgh to London goes that way, and I was up and down all year when I was at school. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It’s a long stretch of silence before Henry shifts in the bed beside him and rolls onto his back, pulling a sheet over them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In front of them stretched a chasm so wide, Hazel couldn’t see the other side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Red wooden train cars lined the platform, stretching in links as far as the eye could see. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They made a cracking, snapping sound when I stretched. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Only the skin on her throat was taut and smooth, stretched over an enormous goiter. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was damp, and covered in shiny, grimy oil, and it stretched out in front of them for dozens of yards before it faded into darkness. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Around the house and grounds, which stretched away on either side of the hill, ran a low compound wall. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was crying onto his cheek, and her sorrow stretched her lips against his. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s not easy to persuade Mother to tell of her girlhood in the North, where her grandmother’s land stretched farther than doves could fly, where looking pretty and writing poetry were her only duties. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He dared not step left for a large ratdesnake was stretched full length with his head in the wind. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I stretched and noticed my shirt was off. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The cemetery stretches out before us, acres and acres. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond this, the sea floor stretched into gloom. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Having made this announcement, my employer put his volumes down on a table, seated himself on the chaise-longue, and stretched out his legs. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the sofa and listen to the clock cutting up moments so that time stretches out forever. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched, trying to see through the woods toward the house. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

His mouth was open in a furious snarl, and his claws—no muffling here!—stretched themselves between the bars in a downward swipe. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I watched women seemingly fill every available space, running, stretching, fencing, warming up for this, the first World Cup of the season. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He stretched out a hand to the twins on either side of him; at least she was spared touching him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She let out a sharp whoosh of breath, stood, and stretched. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I had to recognize that this had happened to me, but that feeling I’d once had of possibility, of endless possibility stretching out in front of me was gone. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dividing the cavern was a new fifteen-meter-wide chasm, spanned only by two rickety stretches of bone flooring. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Grayson got up, stretched, and told the class, “Looks like it’s going to be a good day after all.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The empty hall outside our room stretches to the other empty rooms of the empty apartment. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I knew she had mustered up all her courage to come along, the way she kept looking behind us when we first hit that isolated stretch of highway. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clay stretched himself out on the bed, shoes included. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“We can stretch the rice and beans for two meals each,” she said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, they just left yesterday,” I said as Irene joined me in the aisle, a big grin stretched across her face. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She envisioned a chain of Yankee Doodle bakeries stretching across America to St. Louis, Dallas, Los Angeles, her apple pies and cupcakes on main streets and in suburban shopping malls everywhere. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No hug?” he says, getting out of the truck to stretch. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The old bridge stretched massively across the water, its huge iron frame as black as the sky. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She stretched a flap of tarp over the top of the crate and tied it down with an elastic cord from the hem of JoJo’s sweatshirt. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here; stretch out on the bed. You’ll feel better in a little while,” the mother said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shanti stretched her arm out and wiggled her fingers for a vine. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Slow, faraway notes from a clarinet player Emily couldn’t see made her think the station must stretch pretty far back from where they stood. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Nancy was pulling the chewed gum from her mouth and stretching it out with both hands so that it was a flat, rubbery piece punctured with holes. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we ate slowly, as if the longer we stretched each bite, the more it would become. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cliff face isn’t even and the ledge curves round it as it stretches forward. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

On top of this workers would set down a layer of steel rails stretching from one end of the pad to the other, and over this a second layer at right angles. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He picked up his trowel, slid a thin layer of cement on it, and leveled it on the floor, smoothing and stretching it in arcs that formed half circles, like grey rainbows. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He takes the walkway in long, eager strides, a smile suddenly stretching across his face, his deep fatigue vanishing at the sight of his favorite general. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then, unprompted, Henry says into the stretching stillness, “Return of the Jedi.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Bitter picked it up and stretched the elastic to fit it over Jam’s afro. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A federal court order limited the number of marchers to three hundred along the two-lane stretch across Lowndes County, where four out of five residents were black and not one was registered to vote. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He charged down the stretch in front with Pollard up over his neck, moving with him, driving him on. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t just an arranged marriage to Rishi; this was the rich fabric of history, stretched through time and space. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I lie down on my back, stretch out my arms as wide as I can, and whisper, “Help.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Ahead, Pinmei saw a dull crimson barrier that stretched for miles. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Arbuthnot and I thought we’d get out at—what was the name of the place?—Vincovci to stretch our legs a bit. But it was bitterly cold—a blizzard on. We soon hopped back again.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again, after an undetermined stretch of time, my mother announced that we were going to move, that we were going back to West Helena. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Navy, Syracuse, Cornell, Columbia, and Pennsylvania stretched out across the river in lanes three through seven. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the end they came to the inner chamber, where Morgan le Fay herself lay stretched upon her bed of glorious lard. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth was stretched wide in a kind of silent scream and his eyes were popping. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

A moment later the lighthouse beam swept past and I saw the hull of a ship stretching beneath us on all sides. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

In the southeastern corner of Kentucky, in the stretch of the Appalachian Mountains known as the Cumberland Plateau, lies a small town called Harlan. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The anxiety stretched out inside him as if preparing for a long haul, spreading from his chest up into his head and down through his torso. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The dark, churning depths seemed to stretch on for an eternity, while the mikveh should have been no more than waist deep. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Once well out of Hampden, we turned off the main highway and onto a stretch of gravel road that I had never seen. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then I stretched out my legs to give them the once-over. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I climbed in and tried to stretch out, but the seat was too short and my head got all cranked up against the door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, washing the Doctorita’s huge, stretched- out underwear, I’ve noticed bloodstains, which I soak in soapy water with my nose wrinkled in disgust and horror. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wall of red-hot steel, blazing wood, and swirling green flame stretched before him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A girl with thick, short hair stretched up to the ceiling, then bowed down to her feet, holding her position and letting her arms dangle toward the hardwood studio floor. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Facing the stern of the boat, each boy began with his chest bent over his knees, his arms stretched out in front of him, and both hands gripping the handle of his one long oar. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The fog was rolling in, but Mary Lou could still see that the black water seemed to stretch forever. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When the two had managed to get the basket into the room, the girl stretched her back and turned around, facing them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weight of the iron ball causes the material on which it is sitting to stretch and sag slightly. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He drew Freya’s feathered cloak around him, then stretched his arms and took to the skies. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The home did not have the money to check the growth of the wide stretches of grass by having it mown, so it had to be pulled by hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa skinned the deer carefully and salted and stretched the hides, for he would make soft leather of them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bast gave a great, seated stretch, his arms arching over the back of the chair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He took the forks in his two hands and walked slowly, his arms out and stretched before him and the wand tip up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before I can ask what a Night Brother is, Elsie holds up the sneakandle to show me her collection of magazine covers, centered around a small Mexican flag, stretching up to the ceiling. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Dad takes the pencil-on-a-string from the superintendent’s door and stretches it over to the Spy Club notice. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

No thank you, I’d rather be stretched out on my favorite rug in front of a nice, whistling radiator. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

I lean my head against the headrest, trying to think of a way to change my future so it stops feeling like an empty hallway that stretches forever and ever. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Uncle Neville sat at the kitchen table, his long legs stretched out in front of him, a cup of steaming coffee in his hand. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

All four of Ben’s assailants were stretched out in the grass in various postures of defeat and pain. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of black lines, a tattoo, stretch up from her collar and disappear into her short, cropped hair. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But I can close my eyes and see her at school, wearing black from head to toe and with her mouth stretched over her teeth, so that maybe people will just forget. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Big Joe was a real good cook and the food line was stretched halfway down the block. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And finally the thirteen colonies, spread along the eastern seaboard and stretching inward to the Alleghenies and beyond into unexplored forests occupied by hostile Indian tribes, had no history of enduring cooperation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Young children climbed the tree and passed down the fruit, while the taller adults simply stretched and grabbed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody started waking up and stretching and scratching. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There!” he exclaimed, as he stretched out his hand and bent from the saddle: “You can’t do without me, that is evident. Step on my boot-toe; give me both hands: mount!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And it’s a short stretch of street, up a hill with very few houses. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The Augur and I are alone, looking out over darkened sand dunes that stretch all the way to the Serran Mountain Range. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Don’t they pump your body full of strange chemicals to prevent your skin from stretching and puckering, to keep your face from resembling a rubber mask? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” said Harry, stretching out his hand for it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The roads stretched out slick and empty in the drizzle. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He tilted his head back, looking up at the shelves that stretched toward the ceiling. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Kaz leaned back in his chair, one knee bent, his bad leg stretched out before him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Robin nodded and tossed me a pair of gloves, which I stretched over my fists. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

His voice, when he finally answered, sounded tinny and sluggish, the words drawled so that each syllable was stretched into two. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched his hand to give it back to me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

True, they had settled a few islands by swimming short stretches of water or crossing them on improvised rafts. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animal seems quite relaxed about being stretched on the rack in this manner. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Behind it stretched a graveyard, with groves of trees planted among the tombstones. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its brown stone walls were immense, stretching away for as far as I could see. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Before him, then, the slope stretched upward, and above it the brilliant sky, and beyond it, cloudy, and far away, he saw the skyline of New York. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Louisiana stretched out her baton and moved it around as if she were writing golden words in the air above their heads. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I yawned, stretched, and sat up on the edge of the lounge chair. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He stretched the fingers of his hand and was surprised that he could no longer feel Lizzie’s hand in his own. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Beyond these the land stretched away to low, flat country. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I entered the alley that stretched alongside the Masthead. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I looked out at the blue water stretching away and all the fear I had felt during the time of the voyage came back to me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clouds stretched thinly across the sky, with just enough moonlight glowing through to light my way. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Here was the South Side—a million in captivity—stretching from this doorstep as far as the eye could see. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of cold that reminds you that you’re alive, that you have a whole day stretching out ahead of you and you just never know what it will hold. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The elevator cables stretched high above her, disappearing into blackness. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Already, there’s a line stretching out behind me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The road stretched empty as far as I could see, with heat shimmer making the air seem wavy in places. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two tables stacked with printed material stretched across the middle of the room, and in the far corner an oversized printer was spitting out page after page. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The young dog rose and stretched, then walked towards the road. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the receiver wedged against her shoulder, the cord stretched across the kitchen, she cooked, cleaned, and strained tinctures of goldenseal and blessed thistle, while having the same conversation over and over. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux examined the device, which looked tiny and toylike in his ghoulishly stretched hands. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And then stretching to yawn, but not yawning, he asked me if I knew that he too had written to Yale. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stops at the ocean’s edge, smiles almost shyly, as if he fears disturbing her, and stretches out a colossal hand. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father’s measly wage of ten rands a week was stretched even tighter as a result of the new addition to the family. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, they stretched out on benches and yelped in pain as they tried to regain the use of their limbs in the steam room. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At the end he stretched Texarkana out long like he was holding on to a note. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I said this I remember he laughed, and stretched his hand to me across the breakfast table. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, it’s okay, man,” Mr. Ray said, stretching his neck to see the traffic light ahead of us. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Some Virginians even said that their colony stretched across the continent. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Countless times on that long Santa Anita backstretch Seabiscuit’s legs reached out over the track, stretching to gather up the ground, pounding down into the dirt, then folding up under his belly. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On this stretch of the wall the wind was in his face, and melting snow ran down his cheeks like icy tears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Dad stretched out his long legs, put his arms up behind his head, and yawned. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But I just stand here, staring through the storefront glass at a long stretch of marble counter. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

As the maddening laughter continued, each whirling object suddenly contorted, enlarged, ballooned, stretched, shrank, into all sorts of grotesque, shifting monsters, all of them attempting to swallow me up. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meadow, with its high grass stretching all around them, was familiar. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched my hands across the wood tabletop and rested my head on one arm. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Aisles filled with all kinds of gadgets, puzzles, and games stretched in every direction. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he liked to lie stretched out on the ramp, his face to the sun, dreaming. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fingers of deeper pink stretched across the sky. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

My mother was asleep; she was as deadlocking as a red-gray old sea-elephant stretched on the shore of a summer day. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair fell into her face as she stretched. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Jonas and I were spread out on the grass, trying to stretch our stiff muscles. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I could have my own grid stretching off to the edges of the map. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

At last she shook back her hair and stretched herself and stood up. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The silver towers of the partially completed Bay Bridge rose dramatically from the water before them, elegant spires stretching with surprising grace across the bay toward Treasure Island and San Francisco. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sleepily, he stretched his neck and sniffed at the wall outside. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

For a short stretch the path became broad and flat, and just ahead, leaning comfortably against a dead tree, stood a very elegant-looking gentleman. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She slipped out of her work clothes and stretched languorously, and he admired the lean grace of her arched back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

For a long while he was quiet, looking away, and the silence kept stretching out until it was almost embarrassing. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was enormous, as big as Loo, stretched out, so that its many strange slimy legs draped and fell over the rough board surface into the sand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

How am I supposed to go back to my old life, my days stretching out before me with unending and brutal sameness? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We passed a group of people with swim caps stretching by the water, talking. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The hot black mastic sucking at their shoes and stretching in thin bands as they stepped. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Its great metal arms stretched into the darkness, and the silver turning rod shone with the ghostly reflections of the phone’s glow. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Beidleman, who had lingered at the South Summit to inventory oxygen, arrived on the scene to see Fox plunging the syringe into Pittman, stretched out face down on the snow. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched his arms out, and turned his head one way and the other to make his neck crack. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rich seems like a bit of a stretch. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She drew them too large and this made her face seem stretched. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We’d catch frogs, rabbits, muskrats—basically whatever creatures happened along our stretch of the creek. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up there it looked like a trout stream, flowing swiftly with shallow stretches and pools under the shadow of the rocks. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I got this one typed up as Miss Volker stretched out on the couch and took a restorative nap. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It’s a public beach on the Puget Sound waterfront, with concrete trails and grassy picnic areas, huge stretches of sand littered with driftwood logs and chipped seashells. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Biblical scholars don’t stretch their imaginations—at least reputable ones don’t,” he said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One is long and scrawny like somebody grabbed his greasy brown hair and pulled up to stretch him out. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Delsa and Norma followed her skirt, but I stared at the dirt, where squiggly lines stretched from one wall to the other. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s just a run-down stretch of outdated stores with merchandise that’s been there since the Bay of Pigs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The streets were empty and silent, stretching before him white and clean under the vanishing glow of a long string of street lamps. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And I felt the unbroken line of me and of her stretching back from our cribs to the dead guy to acquaintanceship to now. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ideas were too similar to reflection, and my reflections were always of the expression on my father’s stretched face the moment before he’d fled from me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He stretched out on the bed, facedown into his pillow, and groaned. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If you twang a rubber band it will make one pitch, if you stretch it so that it is longer and tighter, the pitch of the note will have changed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He carefully straightened his long legs under his desk, then tensed his back and stretched his arms, tilting his head slowly from side to side. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The line of my classmates—my archenemies—stretched long. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Up the wet, winding boardwalks and through stretches of mud that cake my hiking boots in sludge. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

What gulf of years stretched between him and that other time, what deed of thought and action, what difference in temperament? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His girlfriend, Heike, was stretched out across the backseat of the van, eyes shut. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I gave Art3mis a courtly bow and stretched out my hand. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The shack had one window, but when they turned off the light and stretched out on the cots, you could barely see its outline, the night was so dark. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ahhh ...” He scrambled out and stood in the morning sun and stretched his back muscles and his sore leg. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marco comes and stands next to her as she looks at the midnight sea that stretches out into a clear horizon with no land in sight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He chuckled and stretched out in the worn blue plush armchair, his feet up on the equally worn stool. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Black cut the clippers off and stretched out to give her a kiss. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

We even stopped at Volksrust, a town along the way, and they allowed me to take a brief walk to stretch my legs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of their dead comrades stretched upon the grass moved some of them to tears. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

When he got up to stretch, Joseph realized for the first time that day how tired he felt. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He sat at my feet, stretching his bare ones out and lying back on the dirt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They camped that night in the woods on a ridge overlooking the broad piedmont plain where it stretched away to the south. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When the world reappears again, we are both standing in a sterile, white space with white walls that stretch to infinity. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the ordeal stretched on, there was more canonization. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two English travellers got out to stretch their legs, pacing up and down the snowy platform. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stretch out on the floor and bask in the weird green glow. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forty leagues it stretched from the Far Downs to the Brandywine Bridge, and fifty from the northern moors to the marshes in the south. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The door closed, and the stretch limo drove off, quietly. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

What had been a frigid expanse of whale habitat became a flat stretch of countryside more than a thousand miles wide. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Its long tail whipped behind it as it ran; a row of spines stretched from its head to the tip of its tail, colored gold and reddish gold. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I take my time with each letter, trying to stretch out how long I have before I’ve got to give an answer. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Jinny would have to show her everything—the beach that stretched on forever, wrapping around to the other side of the island. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He pulls a face and stretches out his hand. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

An inky dark sky now stretches out above us. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The long morning of marching was stretching into an even longer afternoon of standing still. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Fie was stretching it out with one hand while measuring it with the other. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The line to get into the boxing gym is stretched out to the sidewalk, but as always we head straight for the doors. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The ruins stretch as far as I can see, dappled sunlight dancing against their surfaces, and drifting over them are a field of shining, jewel-like power-ups. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She scanned the water stretching out all around as they approached the islands. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He was stretched out on the only new piece of furniture in the house, a tilt-back lounge chair. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there’s time stretching, where you insert new frames in post-production between the ones already filmed but linger longer on each one. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Like his father’s, Wes’s grin stretched across his entire face and had a way of putting everyone at ease. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Miss Honey's mouth dropped open and her eyes stretched so wide you could see the whites all round. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He held down his head so that she could reach, and she, stretching up backward with a white arm, twisted his forelock round her finger. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach Whit stood off to the side, kicking her legs behind her, one at a time, catching them by the ankle and holding them for an extra quad stretch. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Trying to stretch it out, give the tinker just enough to stay in the vicinity and not a speck more. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up sweating, my arms stretched over my head and gripping the rope of my hammock. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Come on, just forget him!” she said quietly, She slowly stretched out her hand and stroked Prosper's face. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like a plant of maíz stretching for the sun, I am taller. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stand by the car, the soapy sponge still in my hand, and gaze off at the street, empty and long, stretching far into the distance. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Every tendon is straining, stretched taut like the muscles of cows at the butcher shop that had died in fear. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a purplish metallic shade of lipstick and as she panted with anticipation the letters stretched and quivered, up hill and down dale, and she was lit up like a luminescent sign. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lies down on the floor of the kitchen and stretches his arms over his head. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He and Lucky Girl paddled for the life rings, stretching for salvation. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Davos tasted a trap, yet he saw no sign of any foes sweeping in behind them, only the great fleet of Stannis Baratheon in their ordered ranks, stretching back to the watery horizon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Interstate 35 goes from the Mexican border all the way up to Lake Superior, and some of the heaviest traffic is along the two-hundred-fifty-mile stretch between San Antonio and Dallas. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Håkon sat on the floor, back against the bed, legs stretched out in front of him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

We passed another long stretch of farmland before finally coming to the gate, where Javi instructed the driver to drop us off. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched out her neck to try to get her head back above the goo. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

She leaned back against the bench, stretched her legs out, and took a long breath. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My sleep was dreamless and deep, and I rise languidly, stretching as I meet the Snakes eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Instead, I stretched it out to the side and placed my left hand on the ground for extra support. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The hushed silence seemed to stretch on and on. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

After another long stretch of silence, he said, “Your counselor told us your grades are slipping.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The liquid stretches into a long line, as if it's a rope being tugged forward. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She stumbled and fell onto her back, where her weight stretched the cuffs painfully across her wrists. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They were solid silver, and so heavy that when I tried them on, I was afraid my ears would stretch to the size of an elephant’s. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dragon had stretched out on the floor, looking drowsy. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Their large round shields were made of skins stretched over woven wicker and painted with skulls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My mouth was full, so I stretched out my arm to show Dad my da-dui-zhang badge, a plastic tag with three red stripes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have stretched for several acres, and to support all of his bulk there were a hundred golden legs, each carved like some creature of the sea. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glance out the window at the long stretch of beach buried in fog. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He unsticks the phone from his ear and stretches it out to me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He had a crick in his neck from leaning against the cabin side and he stood and stretched, felt his neck pop a bit, then carefully reached and stretched his left arm. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had already stretched out his hand, though he remained ten feet away, when a voice behind him said, “Hold it, Potter.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was located on the long narrow stretch of land, owned by the Widow Cane, that ran alongside the mine. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The rain washed the soldier’s blood down off the bus windows and yellow panels, stretching the bloated dark lines, drawing them out as they disappeared completely. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The second and third plants are bent all funny, toward the holes, and the third one even stretched its way through the holes, escaping from the darkness and reaching into the light. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I stretched the word “binder” out to about twenty-two syllables. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Instead of giving the right time, Gen sat down with her legs stretched in front of her and grabbed her toes. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I stretched the shower cap over my head and then pulled the hood of the suit down over the shower cap. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She motioned me to help her stretch the second sheet across the roof of the car. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the second day, Jamie wanders around the shopping center while I paint shards of broken cerulean glass onto the stretched canvas. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

‘Help!’ cried Frodo and Sam running towards him with their hands stretched out. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I laid Ayanna on a flat stretch of ground, thick with grass. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Pollard tried to rally him, but he was blocked by traffic until deep in the stretch, when he shook loose and flew up, almost catching Professor Paul for the win. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On either side of us the cars hissed past; red on the left and white on the right, the lanes encased by thin metal trussing that stretched out from the walkway. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

What they settled on was a specially engineered thin elastic mesh stretched tight over the plastic frame. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“For a short stretch only,” said Fudge, not meeting Hagrid’s eyes. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I stretched out our held hands, straightening both our arms. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, Auntie Xan,” Fyrian said, peeking out of the pocket and yawning, stretching his small arms out as wide as they would go. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

During the early years of his banding, Mr. Broley used to find 125 active nests a year on the stretch of coast he had chosen for his work. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The fishermen had warned the group to take plenty of water for the next stretch of their journey. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here there was a bank from which they looked out over the empty stretches of grass beyond. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept stretching his eyes all big and waggling his eyebrows. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There were long stretches of beach, with palm trees waving and little naked dark children against the white sand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her sleep Alcyone moaned and stretched her arms out to clasp him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our destination turned out to be an empty stretch of road cut off by a pile of stones and logs heaped in the middle of the path. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He stretched one hand toward the pilot, saw that his fingers were trembling, and touched the pilot on the chest. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Beefy’s room was just at the end of the hall, the distance seemed to stretch out infinitely. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Now all the mute objects of my life seem to tell my story, to stretch back in time, if I look closely enough. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It climbed through several switchbacks and, for a stretch, rose at an angle so steep you had to walk on your toes; if you tried walking flatfooted, you stretched your calves till they hurt. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had stretched out in the back, and the bright lights of the service station shone through the rear window. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

That light would not have disappeared as the balloon universe expanded; it would instead have gotten stretched out as the rubber fabric of space-time stretched. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She smiled so hard it stretched the muscles around her eyes. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

And they weren’t rich yet by any stretch of the imagination. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

We have learned to associate each thought with a little stretch of sound called a word, and can cause each other to think that thought by uttering the sound. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Beck stretched the sheet tight to the seal-strips on the airlock's exterior. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood up, stretched, then gazed out over the swift dull water as an unspeakable restlessness and agitation held them. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the realm of numbers, multiplication is a stretch—literally. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A third had skinny black arms that stretched longer and longer until he awoke, sweating and shivering. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It stretched like an intricate web, a thousand lines and shapes spidering out in all directions from the map’s very center to the farthest corners of the paper. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Brother Ugo’s lips stretched into a nasty smile, exposing pink gums and broken teeth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Once, I saw her doing a yoga stretch near the Sierpiński sculpture even as people were walking by. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“The preserve stretches for many miles in some directions. Much bigger than you would suppose.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Three times he walked up and down in front of the stretch of blank wall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Tenorio has taken the body into town, and like the mad man that he is, he has stretched out the corpse on the bar of his saloon!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped an arm through one, then the other, and shook my head in wonder as the Box stretched and changed and settled against my back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Early editions of Archimedes come with illustrations which show objects floating in a vast ocean of water, an ocean which stretches right around the globe, and Galileo drew such sketches in his own text. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The wall is endless, clean and white, stretching far down to the habitats beyond my own. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s good Dad can get us these again,” said Ron appreciatively, stretching luxuriously as the car moved smoothly away from the Burrow, Bill and Fleur waving from the kitchen window. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

From this one, when I’m stretched out on my bunk, I see the sky and that’s all I see. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Our shadows stretch long in front of us and crisscross with the shadows of other people strolling along. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sky stretched wide and blue, and laun­dry drying on clotheslines glimmered in the sun. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched out the piece of white cloth she was carrying, held it by two corners, flipped it front to back a couple of times before I even recognized my shirt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The father and mother stretch their legs beside us, with the children sleeping on both their laps. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the class would be right in the middle of saluting the flag, when in would burst Dad, with a grin stretching from ear to ear. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could take she from you?” she asked, stretching her arms out to Jam but talking to Pet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Neither boy was faster than Mr. Flux, who moved like snakes, and living taffy, and malignant rubber bands, slender and stretched. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When they saw the baby stretched out over two places, they scowled fiercely at Katie who sat rigid and scowled back twice as fiercely. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After these three, I can see that there's an empty stretch of pavement before the next wave of runners. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It is long enough to stretch beneath me and onto a second girder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stretches his thin arms above his head, and his whole body, especially his white beard, quivers. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Inej gestured to a pair of big metal doors set into what looked like a giant chimney that jutted out from the wall and stretched all the way up to the ceiling. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The marsh stretched for miles on either side of the road with an ominous symmetry. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Low white buildings with black windows stretched out in both directions. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as we were rounding the curve—on that stretch where the house shows the most from the road, I glanced up. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kid was stretched out, a crumpled cardboard box serving as a pillow. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the door, and got out, stretching his aching limbs and neck as he did so. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I was sitting on my butt doing butterfly stretches with the rest of the team. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I stretch out my arms as I fall, gasping, and my armpits slam into the railing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They went into the schoolyard to do light exercises: bending, stretching, twisting, swinging, and a little bit of jumping and running. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Its horns thinned, stretching longer to coil spiral at the ends, as sinuously as ink poured into water. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The rawness of Edna’s grief made her helpless, brought the urge to stretch her hand into the past and reverse history. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

All these stretch marks I got from bringing them big heads into the world, and you don’t trust me around them?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve never seen them stretch that long before, and they spring back up again into a spiral pattern when Mrs. Walton lets them go. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

This lower stretch of the river, from Hoover Dam to the gulf, has little in common with the unbridled torrent that explodes through the Grand Canyon, some 250 miles upstream from Topock. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pipkin, who was lying on his left side, breathing quickly and heavily, rolled over and stretched out his front paw, underside turned upward. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Candice stretched out on the couch with her eyes glued to her dad’s old iPod touch and her feet tucked underneath a frayed throw pillow. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He spat and stretched out his long arms with white snapping fingers. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I kept stretching and moaning, pain stabbing me with every move. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

After stretching, we went over to the benches, got our last-minute jitters out by adjusting our jerseys and tightening the drawstrings on our shorts. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

At the end of this stretch, with all its many windows dark, stood a house larger than any other on the street. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up and stretched himself, first fore and then aft. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flat trolleys with the rubber wheels pass continually along the corridor, and always with someone stretched at full length upon them. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see its smooth, unnatural surface stretching away over the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its massive arm stretched toward the prone figures, and I felt my heart drop. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Kvothe gestured for Chronicler to set down his pen and stretched, lacing his fingers together above his head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The three of us sat up all groggy, stretching our arms and looking all around. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The October night was still and mild as Jinx stretched out by the fire in his shorts, his belly full of catfish. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When she stops stretching and reaches for her sweatshirt, I climb from the ground and make my way toward her. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They came to a stretch where Matt had been unable to find a peephole. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Only the strongest, smoothest, wildest hero ever. Rides a crow the size of a Cadillac truck—no, a stretch limo! He even has his own walk-up music—they say drums play when he walks.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The line already stretched halfway down the aisle. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fully stretched on his hind legs, Fig was pawing for attention. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

They saw the likenesses of their foes and their friends: the sons of Atreus, old Priam stretching out his hand to Achilles, the dead Hector. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the shadow shudder away from him and shrink together, then stretch hugely up over him, over the sail, for an instant. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

If my roots stretched past the property line that separated them, well, that’s never been my concern. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

David wakes, stretching his legs long as he can, still wearing his seat belt. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their fingers flew as they chatted together, the pale fibers stretching and uncurling into threads for what would become kente cloth. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw them as we approached the short stretch that lay between the railroad tracks and the Golden Day. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground now became damp, and in places boggy and here and there they came upon pools, and wide stretches of reeds and rushes filled with the warbling of little hidden birds. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When they were finished my father stood up and stretched his back in his familiar way and then motioned to her to do the same. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He still slept, so she didn’t move, even though her stiff muscles ached to be stretched. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred stretched out on his back, putting his hands under his head and pointing his toes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Closing my eyes, I pictured the ocean stretched out the color of fresh-polished silver, the white froth on it, light scattering everywhere. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long stretch of low, overcast skies at Cape Canaveral put the kibosh on two more scheduled launches, on January 20 and February 12,1962. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He said you won’t sink if you stretch your arms out on the water like Jesus Christ crucified, or like ten minutes to two on a clock. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She could feel Archer stretched out beside her, his shoulders and elbows and feet, the quiet calm of his breathing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her long legs stretching practically to the wall. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She remembered what Nico had said: Their courage is already stretched to the limit. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

All around them, Manhattan stretched out in rowhouses, great majestic cupolas, church steeples, and glowering government domes. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The creature they belonged to was tall and skinny, like a horse that had been pulled until its limbs stretched into spider legs. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Probably more than once, though watching with Dad stretched back to when I was little, and my memory was a bit hazy. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I had stretched it as far as it would go, and still I had no energy left to walk. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The quiet stretched out, over the long grass and distant trees. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His left side seemed one single long unpleasantly stretched scar, and he really had to hobble on his two rows of legs. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lancelot and Guenever were sitting by the window in the high keep, and Arthur’s England stretched below them, under the level rays of sunset. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silence between Cain and me stretches until I think it will fall and shatter on the ground. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Max is stretching herself, standing on tiptoes and craning her neck to see over the fences and trees and into the zoo's enclosures. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“We searched and searched, sir,” Sela mumbled, “but all we could find was this big stretch of marshland and bog...” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He clasped his hands behind his head, leaned back in the coffee shop booth and stretched his long legs under the opposite bench. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

My face pressed against the fence, I’d try to count the blinking red taillights inching along, stretching as far as my eyes could see. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“More than a mile and a half of chipped coral runway stretched out before me in the darkness,” he said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking about? Yesterday I ordered a stretch limo when I wanted to run to the store to buy a pack of gum. Isn’t that what everyone does?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Coach sat down on a bench, stretched his legs out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Trees stretched up into the darkening sky like yearning giants, their thick branches contorted and mean from reaching out for something they could never grasp. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Their homeland in the early 1600s stretched from what is now called Chesapeake Bay, inland along the Chickahominy, Rappahannock, and Potomac Rivers. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Man in the White Shirt kept up a steady pace now as he crossed the tall bridge that stretched over a railroad yard and a narrow river. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I got closer, the high wall of snow looked more like fingers of snow stretching out on the ground. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grin disappeared and High John’s shadow started to stretch and grow. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But when Clancy had told him to go long and heaved the football into the air, Satchmo had tried his best to extend his body, stretched out for it, but it was just beyond him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He looked at me closely, and when he was satisfied that I wasn’t joking he swung on his hips and pointed across a small stretch of open water, and he didn’t bother to speak. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A quiet street stretches in front of me with a row of identical houses on each side. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Jonas, who had already been stretched out on the bed when the question came to his mind, sat back up. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

His long red body, stretched to its fullest length, seemed to float in the air as he sailed over it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She winked at me, then got up on her knees and worked her hands forward like a cat stretching until she was all the way down on my bed.Click. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The Warden looked at Zigzag, who was still stretching and massaging his neck. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

There was a crevasse stretching right in front of me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Once you got it gripped good, and believe me, you gonna be surprised how strong one them cats is, grab his tail right at his butt and stretch him out. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The hills stretched out into bleak rolling moorlands as far as the eye could see. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Though he looked closely, he could see no difference between this stretch of forest and the one they had just passed through. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he spotted her, circling above a stretch of parkland that ran for several blocks between rows of old stone buildings. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I stretched my numb legs and looked up anxiously at the sun. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She stretched her fingers out, then curled them into fists, in and out and in and out, trying to get the blood flowing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The sun was coming up: The pure, colorless vastness of the sky stretched over him, indifferent to him and his suffering. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He stood, pulling the handle...and the wood stretched. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They were all sincerely amazed at this stretch of road, this stretch that I took for granted. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cora descended into the attic proper, to stretch and breathe different air. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, a particle loop approaching a black-hole loop stretches out and touches the black hole. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Each morning she rises at 6:30 and stretches in her underwear and makes a good pot of coffee. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been slashed sixteen times by mighty boars, and his legs had white weals of shiny flesh that stretched right up to his ribs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blank space on the screen stretched taller and wider, into infinity. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I saw his body, so immeasurably vital, stretched in the air above me, a fleet­ing, furred rainbow. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The whole farmhouse looks like some kinda bird with the chimney as its head and neck and a shiny front and wooden wings stretching out behind, like a bird resting on the water or something. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She groaned a little as she stretched out, but her big eyes were wide and wary and tracked both Finn and Sean around the room. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I had had my fill, I stretched out and watched the clouds, as I had so often done in the meadows about Berwick. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ghost was stretched out asleep beneath the wattle-and-daub wall of the granary, but he woke when Jon appeared, bushy white tail held stiffly upright as he trotted to them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The pump was near a mile from the tea water back down the island to the Lockton house, a long journey carrying heavy buckets that stretched my arms into sore ribbons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And High John could sense it—his shadow stretched across the rooftop over flowers and statues. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Night was fading, and faint gauze ribbons of light stretched through the window toward them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Along the bank we were almost fully exposed to the sun, though the thick woods continued to stretch for miles around us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Once, when I looked out the window, I saw washerwomen stretching out lengths of saris to dry in the sun, long strips of yellow and blue and pink against the green fields. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then she stretched out her arms and cried, “Don’t leave me!” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The walls of the trench we were moving through had dropped, and the view beyond stretched for an eternity. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Far below, down a side of the mountain I had never laid eyes on, the dry Tibetan plateau stretched to the horizon as a boundless expanse of dun- colored earth. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Appleby spoke in a soft voice so that he would not be heard by the driver or by Captain Black, who was stretched out with his eyes closed in the front seat of the jeep. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The river that had seemed so narrow from a distance now stretched wide as a sea, but the city had grown gigantic as well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It brought some comfort to every member of the family to know that the big animal lay stretched at the foot of Jethro’s bed, his sharp ears alert to every sound outside the cabin. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his arms over his head, stretched up, and floated them slowly to his hips, where they stayed as if he were posing for a picture. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Exchange stretched nearly the length of a city block. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The piece of cloth barely covered my body, and I kept trying to make it longer and pull it close around me, but it wouldn’t stretch. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched his lips to show every one of his multicolored teeth. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Another plane was crabbing in as low as it could safely fly, two broad searchlight beams stretching and leaping toward the ground before and behind it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Silks, woolens, crinolines, cottons, satins, taffetas, tulles, and velvets are stretched over long tables by teams of people. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I stand, stretch my back, and shrug down at her. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Malik stretches his arm across the back of the booth, technically around Shana. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She followed her and found Sosie stretched out on her back in the sand, watching the clouds and stars perform their own choreography. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The long front end came to a point, like a nose cone, and from there the craft stretched back along the driveway in a long, beautiful, ominously perfect shape. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I still may bring to memory the smell of the varnish, my face smothered against the desk, my hands stretched before me in a gesture of offering and obeisance. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stuck his legs out in front of him and leaned forward a bit, hoping that he could get a good stretch. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A corridor stretched out to their left and right. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I watched him lift his head and arch his back and stretch his arms so wide it seemed he was hanging on nothing but blue sky. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I held my grin in place, stretched onto my toes, and kissed his Nazi face. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Half the Pilates girls will be here, head to toe in Sweaty Betty, competitively stretching, manicured hands wrapped around their Starbucks. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below, ruins stretched out for maybe a quarter of a mile: limestone blocks, a few broken walls and some tiled holes in the ground like wells. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"I'm sure Watney can stretch the food to last four extra days, malnutrition notwithstanding," Teddy said, looking to Dr. Keller. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only the sheer brick wall stretching down to the pavement, the cars and buses moving like toys so far below, and the blast of the wind against his face that made it terrifying. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She had stretch marks on her belly that could only have come from childbirth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Julia woke at the sound, stretched herself luxuriously, and got out of bed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I started to get up, but before I could, the fullback stretched out my goggles from my face, scooped up a handful of mud, and smeared it in my eyes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch it bend and stretch like a slow-turning cyclone until it stops at the street signs—where Joy Road meets American Street. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I relinquished the remote and snuck a peek at Faith, stretched out on the other bed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The desert stretched ahead of them without so much as a dead tree for shade. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over a longer stretch of time, the Farewell Address achieved transcendental status, ranking alongside the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address as a seminal statement of America's abiding principles. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Dimple stretched out her stiff muscles as she made her way to the cluster of stores and restaurants across from the parking garage. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He straightened in his chair and stretched back, making a giant W with an arm up on either side of his head. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He flung himself out of the room and strode into the middle room of his own house and he put two chairs together and stretched himself on them. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He drove beneath a canopy of elms, then along a stretch of open shore, then past the municipal docks, where a woman in pedal pushers stood casting for bullheads. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched his toe beans wide, with an expression of blissful calm. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I stretch out on the floor of my closet, the bottle in my hand. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the last sentence it opened, horrible and vast, the skin stretching ravenously from bone to bone and tooth to tooth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out in front, the Japanese, still rowing like demons possessed, stretched their lead over the British to a full length. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The pitchfork’s tines bent and stretched like claws, grasping Håkon around the neck and yanking him to a stop. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The large center hall of the Sillington house had a staircase that curved upward like a stretch of DNA. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Han stretched and got to his feet. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I see a line of little flags that stretch about a mile long. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Their span was three times their length, each wing a delicate fan of translucent skin, gorgeously colored, stretched taut between long thin bones. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The spirits’ steps grew wider and their hum stretched across the open sky, filled Sierra’s soul with a melancholy contentment. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

If she stretched her toes out, they met the gardenia thorns. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is here that the stilted mannequins of my initial acquaintance begin to yawn and stretch and come to life. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

This one stretched practically across the table, and was as thick as a brick stood on end. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Breathless with haste we filled the basket and I was back while the line of waiters still stretched before the hut. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tub was uncomfortable, too short for him to stretch out, though he remembered when he could almost swim in it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A leopard stretched out asleep on the diving board. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Closing my eyes, I could almost see them running, bodies stretched to their fullest length, legs pounding up and down, white steam rolling from their hot breath in the frosty night. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I use her dress to create a new one, stretching it over her frame and letting it bell out at her waist like a parasol. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I pull myself, dripping, onto the land strip and sprint down the sandy stretch for the Cornucopia. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They all stop when they get to the line of elm trees with the single strand of barbed wire stretching between them. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

One sleeve was ripped off, and the other was so stretched out it was hanging down to my knees. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Just as multiplying by a number stretches the number line, dividing shrinks it. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Buildings lined the walls and across a wide stretch of open courtyard Tree-ear could see the grandest of them all—the palace proper. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It stretched away for half a mile, becoming more calm and peaceful as it dropped, nestled in trees and thick brush, a blue line in a green background. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Two columns of about a hundred rosewood pews stretched beneath a vaulted glass ceiling that let in so much light that no candles were needed during the day. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Hank sat down on the narrow windowsill and stretched his legs halfway across the sidewalk, apparently oblivious to the cold. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

On Robben Island I would do my exercises in my own cramped cell, but now I had room to stretch out. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were outside the city—there was nothing but a truck stop and red sand stretching out in all directions—so we ate Cheetos and played Mario Kart in the sleeper. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He extended his arms over his head and landed on the ground, stretched out and parallel with the crossbar. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The tracks resemble endless ladders that stretch ahead rather than upward, rooted to the ground. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly, the island was a hilly moor of sharp grass and wildflowers stretching from shore to shore like a lumpy quilt. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I felt strength come into my arms and hands and legs and feet, and my neck and head stretched for the first time. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ged fell, struggling and writhing, while the bright rip in the world's darkness above him widened and stretched. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then sprang, stretching out and out, feeling the air ruffle his belly fur. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He could feel his nerves stretching a ridiculous smile across his face. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she smoored the fire, stretched herself on the big bed with a strange motion, and lay then in the darkness for a long time without sleeping—her body moving discontentedly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In honor of the moon landing, there was the Apollo 11, whose skin gradually stretched until, bursting, the wiener appeared to blast off into the air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If there was any relief, it was in his work, in which he could sometimes forget himself for ten minutes at a stretch. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Tally took one last look around, taking in the ruins splayed out below them, the dark woods, the pearly strip of river stretching toward the glowing sea. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Chains rattle, rivers roll, animals startle and bolt, forests inspire and expand, babies stretch open-mouthed from the womb, new seedlings arch their necks and creep forward into the light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch, they stretched out and fell asleep. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He stretched out the hand still grasping his wand and just managed to close his fingers over the small, struggling Snitch. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sleepy, darkened clusters of houses had given way to empty stretches of wilderness that had become winding streets, and then they were trudging up, up, up a long hill. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Ruth didn’t stretch out her hand to pick them up, or even shift her feet. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the room was dark, there was the same electric spark, the same restless craving to stretch my hand across the short space and touch his cold skin, as yesterday. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore did not break the silence that stretched between them now, but waited, with a look of pleasant expectancy, for Voldemort to talk first. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They motored over to the stretch of marshland just off the town shore. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of your arms is stretched out wide, and your chin is tilted upward. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Yawning and stretching his arms, he said, “It sure is hot today. It doesn’t look like it’s ever going to rain.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you very much,” she said, “but comments on my appearance are uncalled for. Anyway, I could be your granny. With a little stretch of the imagination.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The wilderness stretched for forty years before others found their promised land. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He yawned and stretched and made himself sit up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The silvery pellawi-fur dried fast, and as soon as the wool of the facing was at least warm, if not dry, he wrapped himself in it and stretched out by the firepit. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

NASA's already working on ways to stretch his supply. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between these lampposts my shadow on the winter snow would stretch ahead of me, double, shrink again and disappear, the lamps casting their haloes around them like the moon in fog. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Owner removed his hand from his pocket, just as he’d done so many times before, and stretched it across the counter. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I stood and tried to stretch the kinks out of my aching back. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The rest of the group lined both sides of the road along a hundred-foot stretch where it narrowed from encroaching bush into a single lane. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He dropped it on the track in front of us as we bent and stretched, getting ready for the usual "Technique Tuesday" routine work. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Light green weed stretched ahead of him as far as he could see, two feet deep, like a meadow of very overgrown grass. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I caught a glimpse of midair Cade, a gangly pale missile diving headfirst through the rain, hands stretched toward the center of the muddy river. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Deoch ran both of his hands through his blond hair and arched his back in a great stretch, the muscles in his arms straining against his shirt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bulldozers had flattened millions of tons of coal tailings to create a black desert that stretched far down the narrow valley. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“High peaks, impassable cliffs, steep snow-slopes, and sharply descending glaciers could be seen in all directions, with stretches of snow-plain overlaying the ice sheet of the interior.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I stand up straight, letting the muscles in my back stretch. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Beyond, jute fields stretch out to the horizon, with no other house in sight. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It stretches behind us like a giant snake, the linked cars jiggling and bending as it rounds a curve. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His mother lay in her chair, with her legs stretched out and pressed together; her eyes were almost shut from weariness. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I kiss him again quickly, and we both stand up and stretch. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He moved over to his desk, sat down, stretched out his wooden leg with a slight groan, and pulled out his hip flask. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Tanaka had no appreciation for bloodlines or former lives—the kind that stretched back generations, the ones that no one knew about. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Every muscle in my body is strained, like a rubber band stretched a millimeter too far. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When she stretches out both arms, she can almost touch walls on either side. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Chronicler and Bast stood as well, stretching their legs and attending to calls of their own. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It is like stretching the rubber cover away from the north pole and toward the south pole. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

If a star is moving away, the opposite happens; the light is stretched out and redshifted. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

There was a hammock stretched across one end and a couch lumpy with a sleeping body. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I can’t wait for the day we don’t have to stretch or choose. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I shut the book with a snap, and put it away under my gloves; and stretching to a near-by chair, I took up an old copy of L’llustration and turned the pages. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas opened his eyes again and forced himself to sit up in the bed in which he lay, pushing his back against the wall and stretching out his legs. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The dragon tipped up his great tusked head, stretched his neck, sighed fire. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most often in New York, but there are long stretches in other cities. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The squirrel drew the bow full stretch and stood up. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I applied and was accepted to mop long white tiled hallways that stretched around the entire perimeter of the office floors of the building. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was finished, when the pause had been politely respected as the frontier of the story, Billy Buck stood up and stretched and hitched his trousers. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a certain stretch on the P. L. M. between Fontainebleau and Montereau that always made me feel bored and dead and dull until it was over. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“There are fields of lemongrass that stretch for miles, food that tastes like paradise.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The yellow spot sprang wide and dim on an empty stretch of floor; he moved it over a circle of crumpled bedclothes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was getting late, but time seemed to stretch like taffy. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

At a mile and a half, Washington was out in front by open water and stretching its lead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The cat transferred his attention to a hind leg; the old dog stopped panting and lay down; the young dog remained stretched out, only his eyes moving and an occasional twitch of his nose. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before going to bed, I would stretch it all the way around the entire set of my upper teeth. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Far below, cows speckled the rolling pastures, their shadows stretching toward the silo. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I stretched out and tried to sleep, to doze a little, but in vain. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the tide line a woven mat of weeds and the ribs of fishes in their millions stretching along the shore as far as eye could see like an isocline of death. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

After a while, Mr. Morrison stretched his long skinny arms and stood up. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

At the Supply Depot, crowds of shopkeepers stood in long, disorderly lines that stretched out the door. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

You could stretch the tube map into all sorts of hoops and loops and it would be the same map, as long as the junctions were the same. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no day for him now, and there was no night; there was but a long stretch of time, a long stretch of time that was very short; and then—the end. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The black stripes stretch out into empty space as their white counterparts brighten, reaching upward and breaking apart into branches. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I’ll take him over the hallucinations, so I open the door and get out, stretching. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ethan stands now and then, stretching his back, rubbing his knees, but I don’t tire. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He sat in his usual place at the dining table, the phone against his ear, with the cord stretching behind him from the kitchen. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She shook her hands to get the blood moving again and stretched her arms behind her back. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At first the plan was to tell each other ghost stories ’cause it was so dark and eerie walking the long stretches of abandoned beach. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was my whole life for you, socks stretching all the way to the infinite horizon, a yawning valley of knitting tedium. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Hanging out, in the middle of thin air, were ivy vines stretching to nowhere. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The TSA agent at the scanner yawned and stretched so hard, I thought the buttons would pop off his uniform and fly everywhere. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

His fingers are long and pale and stretched out across the keys. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They stretched out in the middle of the road, flat on their backs, not wanting to miss anything should one of my celebrity friends decide to drop by and help me dig the septic tank. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

King asked everyone to kneel, and 1,500 marchers in a line stretching back almost a mile sank to their knees. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amaroq wailed again, stretching his neck until his head was high above the others. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He'd showed them his leg, stretching it out on the bed in dorm, and letting everyone peer at the puckered, wartless skin of his knees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The stretcher was wheeled down the corridor and my arm stretched out toward the Object. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The forest of Burnham Beeches stretched like a great pool of darkness towards the bright shore of the western sky. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched her paws out in front of her, yawned, and silently jumped up onto the sofa. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you could see an expanse of farmland, the fields stretching into the distance, separated from any houses. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Abby’s dad had the banner rushed, and it stretched across Main Street advertising the festival. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Sabeen picks a new pin and punches it into New York, then stretches the dangling thread far west to Arizona. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

At our next track practice, after we’re all stretched out, Coach West tells us what specific events she wants us to train for. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Cole stretched his arm out, picked a small chunk of fish from the grass, and brought it to his mouth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“See this pipe connected to our faucet? Watch. It stretches all the way down and turns here, under the pier. It never touches the water.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

At the top, a carving of a dragon stretched from one side of the door to the other. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Sherwood stretched for hundreds of miles, from Nottingham to the middle of York. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snowden was lying on his back on the floor with his legs stretched out, still burdened cumbersomely by his flak suit, his flak helmet, his parachute harness and his Mae West. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The longest stretch, atop the hillside, runs roughly parallel to the riverbank, a few hundred feet below; extensions at either end angle down the hillside. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He offers me a slim, pained grin, and I try to offer him one back that’s not quite so stretched. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then he stretched his hand out to be led. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Clouds had formed above the mountains in streaks, like clumps of dough that had been stretched too thin. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When he stretched out on his bed in the dark he found that his whole body was trembling. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some stretched across the entire continent, one small part of the Rusty legacy still scarring the land. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They liked to be there, before the warm fire, with Black Susan purring on the hearth and good dog Jack stretched out beside her. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the train emerged from yet another long misty stretch into a red sunset, and Slughorn looked around, blinking in the twilight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then I stood up and stretched out my arms. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kicks us out and says ‘Jes’ a little stretch down the road.’ Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raised her arms over her head and stretched in that full-bodied way of cats. “jEpa!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked along the dock connecting our house to the main pier from which many other piers and bridges stretched to houses in the water. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A sea of hovercrafts restlessly prowled the air.The buildings stretched on as far as Matt could see, which wasn’t far because a smudgy brown haze covered everything. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I just sat down on the bench, kicked my half shoes off—thankfully, everybody else was focused on stretching, and not on my feet—and rolled my pant legs up. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But when he runs, he looks like a camel—all knobby-kneed and loose-jointed with his neck stretched so far out that his nose is over the goal line five minutes before his shoulders. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It eluded us then, but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Sullivan ambled down the stretch of land between the O’Learys’ and their neighbor, crossed the street, and sat down on the wooden sidewalk in front of Thomas White’s house. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled on the rails of the bedstead, as if she were stretching, but her knees were folded up to her belly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had always been very flexible, and my skin stretched like soft rubber. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I couldn’t take it any longer, I reached out and grabbed some of the dust the Amagqirha had kicked up, and some of the shadows stretching across the stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then, stretching, I tried to figure some way to lighten up the conversation. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But beyond that again there was something he had never seen the like of—a great yellowish-grey thing, flat as a calm sea, and stretching for miles. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Their father, stretched out on a hard bench in the hospital corridor, was drunk. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She savored the stretch and release of tension in her stiff muscles, and turned the page in the book she was holding aloft. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Without being invited, Kaz sat down on the plush settee and stretched out his bad leg. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Jule stretched her knees straight, one at a time, then folded herself back up in the space behind the seats. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They pounced on the children and stretched them out on the ground. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A curse that stretches back to the Great Prophecy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Shadows stretched against the hillside, black and hungry. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

While Otto’s legs dipped in the rushing water all the way to his calves, Mr. Flux fell in fully, stretching and flopping his limbs against the current. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was smiling, stretched out on his back, not in exhaustion, but in joy. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She climbed up again, stretching almost to the point of falling, but it was no good. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She stretched out across the backseat and me and By argued about who would hold her head and who would hold her feet. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hank slides a small ring up the dangling end, then stretches out the rest of the sock and doubles it up over the ring and over my stump. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Seconds and minutes stretch into an hour or more. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

His mother first looked surprised, and then her face stretched into a tight smile. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The streets are wider, with tall elm trees like back home running along the sidewalks, their branches stretching over me like umbrellas. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The branches were strong all the way up into the crown of the tree, which stretched fifty or sixty feet into the sky. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I yawned and stretched my arms into the air. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

After a while I get up and pace, stretching my arms above my head. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The steeple stretched tall up into the sky. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled down all four windows, found a towel in the back seat, and stretched out, using his jacket for a pillow and the towel as a bandage for his face. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground moved farther and farther away, and the top of the tree stretched into the clouds, which were pink. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He stretched his fingers out, brushing them against mine on the floor. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He yawned—for ants do yawn—and stretch themselves too, like human beings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Python flicked his tongue out, slithered off the rock, and stretched out beside the pole. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Taylor looked around as if she were seeing everything for the first time: the arsenal, the unassailable wall of green, the volcano stretching up from the land like an angry fist of rock. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Carmetta shows all the newbies like me the proper way to stretch. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

My arms reach way farther when I stretch too. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Stokely sat down on the blacktop, stretching his long legs out in front of him. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

No one else said anything either, and the quiet stretched like a rubber band, long and quivering. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Helmuth takes his time, stretches out each task to pass the morning. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Seashells dotted the surface, evidence of the living sea that had once stretched from horizon to horizon. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretches his hand out for her to shake, but she doesn’t, and my father is left with his hand dangling in the air, a piece of bait she did not take. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Outside Dr. Medina’s Wild Animal Hospital, Mr. Reynolds, the mailman, was frozen in midair, both knees raised like he was leaping a fence and his mouth stretched in a yell. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But there is only the sound of my breathing and what I’m sure is the stretching of my heart’s sinewy muscle as it reaches its breaking point. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

My mother stands in the aisle with her arm stretched above her head so she can hold the bar. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Ms. Brennan, we always start class with some stretches,”she said. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nearby, the three Mondragon kids were stretched out on the threadbare carpet, intent on the tube. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then he would yawn and stretch, get up, and go to sit with his great bicolored head on Aurelia’s lap. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The polar bear lies on his stomach, head and snout stretched in front of him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His front paws stretched like a slinky as he leaned against the cupboard, paws inches from the countertop. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

His hands stretch out like claws as he lunges for the Mask’s throat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Travel was so difficult that it made sense for him to stay for long stretches without coming home. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

With no way to service a utility stretching across the heart of darkness, the engineers watched the monster’s tail crumble as fast as the front was erected. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I step over old railroad tracks and continue to walk down one more stretch of American Street. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He smiled to back up his words, but it had the stretched shine of a mask, and Jam knew it wasn’t true. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They look weird, stretched out, as if distorted through some sort of circus mirror. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They stretched muscles that were taut and tired from pulling and carrying. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped right in the middle of the song, and I was left in the silence with my hand stretched out. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey went to him each time with his hand stretched out, ready for a manly handshake, but Reverend Thomas would push away the hand and encircle my brother for a few seconds. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two rows of trees stretched their branches toward the sky, reaching across the trolley wires and holding hands with their sisters on the other side, giving the street a huge green parasol in the summertime. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I looked at Curron and nodded as Coach commanded, "Now let's stretch it out. Toe touches. Everybody down." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Jam took a step closer to it, her good hand stretched out, the paleness of her palm like a cooling flag, the old bandage still a brown patch across it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Legs and arm shifting, flowing into a lunge, his arm stretching, seemingly forever. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My curls loosen and stretch past my neck. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The silence stretched on as I struggled to wrap my mind around the concept of so many years. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The summer stretched golden in front of us with promises of picnics and fish frys, blackberry hunts and croquet games till dark. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dark rock stretched as far as she could see. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He lit a fire in his fireplace and stretched out on his bed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The route takes her down the street of a town, North Bend, and on a backcountry road through a long stretch of green meadow. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I fell asleep at some point, and, when I woke up, daylight had dimmed a bit, the shadows had stretched, and Sohrab was still sitting next to me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We had to stop and walk a few times, traversing rickety wooden bridges stretching across ponds. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“He brought her over already stretched out in the hearse, and I looked her over and signed the papers and I would say that right about now she is about to go up in smoke.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Didu stretches out a hand and I use my quad strength to heave her to her feet. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of night, I saw owls coming from their hiding places, revolving their eyes, and stretching to become familiar with their surroundings and get ready for the night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

One series stretched across an entire wall, photographs taken week by week of a nearby construction site. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She slipped her arm between two crate slats and stretched it out as far as she could. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was just space enough for them to sit side by side and stretch their feet out. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then I felt the smile start to creep over my face, stretching my lips and cheeks, an embarrassed and amused smile. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched out full length upon the cot and groaned. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The machines stretched in long rows—row after row after row—across a vast underground warehouse. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

As the sun drops into the afternoon sky, the shadow undrapes itself and stretches out toward the horizon, long and thin, and far behind me.... Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She held my face in one sticky hand, and the other was stretched behind her, as if she were seconds away from smacking the taste buds out my mouth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Even with us, he wears a mask of courage that stretches tight over his inflexible face. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Canvas sides are stretched over a metal frame, like dozens we saw crossing the border between Turkey and Syria at Bab al-Hawa. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Madoc sits down on the goat-footed stool in front of my dressing table and stretches out his bad leg, looking for all the world as though he’s about to tell me a bedtime story. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The next stretch brings us back into neighborhoods. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“And I’ll do as you requested and put a memo in his file for all medical personnel to take note of his lucid stretches over the next twenty-four hours.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Now we just call it “Millenium,” and it is a stretch of bare land and several rusted metal sculptures—one an abstract, plated mammoth, another shaped like a lima bean that dwarfs me in size. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Still, I push forward on my bike, flying down the last stretch of road, which dead-ends into the Pacific Coast Highway and the beach just beyond. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A stretch of shore had been as yet between us and the steamer’s smoke, by reason of the bend and wind of the river; but now she was visible, coming head on. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Another one stretched out her hand and touched the cut over my eye. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then she stretched out naked in the speckled light and waited for late afternoon. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were more people on this stretch of the road. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

For an instant, the trees are gone and I see open space over a short stretch of bare earth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I force myself to ignore it, blinking moisture from my eyes as I push my board to its highest speeds along an empty stretch of highway. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My only hope was that he’d find something that would clear my name and keep me from swinging from a limb with a stretched neck and tied-up feet. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Levy had stretched Miss Trixie across his favorite couch, the yellow nylon one, and was rubbing skin cream into the old woman’s face. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gray eased himself to the ground and stretched out. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It had an earthy sound, not like the metal drum at home, of something burrowed out of a tree trunk with an animal skin stretched over the top. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I listen to sailors laughing and arguing, their card games stretching into the night. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The skin of my back stretched agonizingly, and the water got pinker. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Moss shifted his position on the ground, trying to stretch his aching back and move it off the pole. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She stretched slowly and took a deep breath. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Beau hung frozen, motionless, my empty hand still stretched toward him. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Wrinkled skin was stretched taut over protruding cheekbones. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The telltale sound of tires starting down the long wooded stretch of Argyle Road sent the Owner floating back inside the building. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she drew in her feathers and stretched her neck. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Behind her, a stretch of white sand hugged the foot of the hills. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He let go of one arm and stretched it into the whipping air. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a dismal finish to my morning, and the day that stretched ahead of me was long. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The field stretched along a highway that ran from Burundi to Congo, and cars whizzed by us as we lay in the dirt. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I hunched over, trying to stretch the shirt over my lap. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He rubs his temples, stretching his hand across his eyes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Beside them, a parade ground stretched for two miles until it stopped at a cluster of buildings that Ben could barely identify as the PX and commissary. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stretched its wings as he looked down at it, and bared its minuscule fangs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

His legs were stretched out before him, showing high boots of supple leather that fitted him well, but had seen much wear and were now caked with mud. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Brangwain Spurge and the archivist Werfel stood for several minutes, staring around in wonder at what they could see of the underground castle that stretched above them. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

As it stretched into the night, it quivered in the moonlight. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Either way, everyone on the raft oohed and aahed as the bubbles of mist surrounding us swirled and stretched into a diorama. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mami’s mother had been one of fifteen children, and Mami had endless aunts, uncles, and cousins in the barrios that stretched like tentacles from the wide avenues and shady plazas. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then the woman and the swan sailed across an ocean many thousands of li wide, stretching their necks toward America. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meitner pulled out a scrap of paper and pencil, and Frisch sketched a diagram of a circle stretching into a long oval shape, and finally breaking in two. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Martin stretches and yawns in this weird vertical maneuver, and I watch as he attempts to position his arm next to Abby’s on the table. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I know I shouldn’t, but I glance down at my black sandals and my red suit stretched over my round belly. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His limbs seemed stretched, even more so than when they last saw him, the way a sweater sagged after Grandma pulled it from the washer but before she put it in the dryer. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Cahokia was located next to the largest stretch of good farmland in the entire American Bottom. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Lightly, easily, as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world, she stretched up her right arm and wrenched off one of the cross-bars of the lamp-post. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He took an apartment on Fourteenth Street in Manhattan, near Sixth Avenue, on a stretch of city block that was then heavy with homelessness and drug dealing. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Britain closes his eyes and stretches his arms out like he’s standing in the midst of one. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

When Immie looked at her expectantly, she added: “Every day there’s time to actually see the sky, and to taste what I’m eating. There’s room to stretch out. No work, no expectations, no adults.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Enjoying the breeze, I stretched out, face down, to look through the crossties at the water below. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I stretch out on the end of the bed, just beyond Mama Ya-Ya’s feet. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Upstream a narrow suspension catwalk stretched fifteen hundred feet across the river, swaying slightly, like a cobweb in the evening breeze. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The wrinkles on her forehead are like ocean waves, her eyes are deeper and piercing, and her thin lips stretch into a weak smile when she sees me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Luke came across the room and held out a hand to each of them to help them up, and Eleanor, moving awkwardly, almost fell; Theodora rose in a quick motion and stretched and yawned. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

His feet firmly on the ground, the Owner stretched out his hand to shake. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

My arm stretches across the aisle and accidentally bumps someone. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He threw his wand down upon the sofa and stretched, yawning.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When he laughs, the wrinkles stretch tight, and you can see the muscles and sinews of his neck. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But when he got down to G deck, there was a gate stretched across the doorway. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

It only felt like being spaghettified because the more we tried to avoid the pain, the more it stretched, twisted, and burned, trying to get our attention. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She sprouted a tail, and her nose stretched out long. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After six minutes she turned to face him, sighing and stretching, to test if he was really sleeping. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

We got out of the car and started scratching and stretching. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fields of tall corn stretched into the distance wherever you looked. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to stretch the plastic band they’d tightened around them did nothing but force it to cut deeper into the soft skin there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Whiskers was stretched across the doorjamb, spread out as long as he could be, trying to catch every possible breath of air to cool off. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Now, after stretching his wings he retracts them again, stretches out his head, and waddles, making his tedious way up one branch and down another. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under certain circumstances that hole can be stretched out. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But there was only the frozen, sandy beach stretching as far as the eye could see, and Con, sitting on the ground propped up against the packs they had pushed over the edge. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Walker, America soon learned, was overseeing a massive KGB spy ring in the US Navy that stretched back eighteen years. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had his hand stretched palm up in the air, like a man trying to determine whether it was drizzling. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We gazed at each other, the moment stretching on. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

On the side of the road, a field stretched out like green bed linen, dotted by mango trees with faded leaves struggling to retain their color against the drying wind. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

An awkward pause stretched into an embarrassing silence. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She knew the city well enough now that she could track a route down their hill and through the grid of streets that stretched below to the general location of Pier 39. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The Horntail’s head rose with him, her neck now stretched to its fullest extent, still swaying, like a snake before its charmer. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

No. Marigold tightened her bracelet more securely around her wrist and pressed on, stretching her toes to their tippy-tips and arching her arms above her head to figure out if her Talent was ballet dancing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The world around me and my past seem far away and distorted, as if time and space were taffy being stretched and looped and twisted out of shape. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I watch Monek stretch to his full height and Cesia walk from room to room with her arms out, feeling the space. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then we spent large stretches of the journey watching the road together in silence. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As far as she could see they stretched on either side, a great level sea of green, broken here and there by a solitary graceful elm. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The third stretched out his neck and watched the commotion with wet, solemn eyes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Come here, Roland," he said, stretching to see over the stone stoop banister. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“From the perspective of Aeneas,” said Reverend Buckminster next, and Turner despaired with the hero in the groaning and stretching ship—or maybe it was Aeneas who was groaning and stretching. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Bristle stretched out in a patch of slanting sunlight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They also drape across long stretches of text. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The beach stretched away before them in a gentle curve till perspective drew it into one with the forest; for the day was not advanced enough to be obscured by the shifting veils of mirage. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Years and years of it stretching back and back until he was just a young man, serving on the deck of an enormous golden ship. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The Wall stretched east and west as far as the eye could see, so huge that it shrunk the timbered keeps and stone towers of the castle to insignificance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I fold back the blanket, quiet, listening, stretching my legs to the floor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Percy led them right to it, on an abandoned stretch of hillside overlooking the ruined Forum. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She stretched out her chubby arms to the giant insects. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hie water of the Gulf stretched out before her, gleaming with the million lights of the sun. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Howards came to the barn almost every morning, and Charles stayed on, sometimes for fourteen hours at a stretch. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its walls stretched out gray and ominous for miles, and its spotlights beamed even into the Atlantic. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if we mixed the flowers? It would stretch them out, and there would still be marigolds on each one.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some stretches of road resembled a dry riverbed; other places were strewn with boulders or eroded down to rough bedrock. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Rows of blue runway lights stretched out along the valley floor behind us, delineating Og’s private landing strip. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He had pushed his seat as far as it would go, so he could stretch out his legs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was a straightaway, a relatively easy stretch, though narrow. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

On our side of that sentence is empty land, grass and stretches of road. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But she doesn’t answer so I go get the book and stretch the phone over to the bathroom door and tap on it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I squeezed Sohrab’s shoulder and then stretched my arm all the way across it, so I was kind of holding him. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Beyond the escarpment stretched a valley almost obscured by industrial haze. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“And if you’ve already signed in, please take a spot on the dance floor and start doing your stretches.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The buildings are narrow, closely built, as the city’s perimeter is longer than it is wide, stretching two miles along the Tonle Sap River. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his hand and found another hand with two rings on the same finger about to go astray in the darkness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He stretched his wings—it was like a huge, irascible yawn—then settled again. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his legs and admired his tanned feet. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The terrace sloped to the lawns, and the lawns stretched to the sea, and turning I could see the sheet of silver, placid under the moon, like a lake undisturbed by wind or storm. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let go!” he yelled, stretching his tan arms outward until his fingertips touched the water. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched out her rough, chapped hand and, with a gesture that came automatically, smoothed his hair with the same caress she had used to console his children for the past twenty years. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three lords of Stormhold got out of the coach and stretched their cramped legs. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

When you’re trying to stretch your money, food is where you have to be careful. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When we got to a long stretch of newly graded road, I shut off the engine, and the sudden silence sounded like noise. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I stretched out along the pew, closed my eyes to shut out the burn of the overhead lights and took a deep breath. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow Spanish Harlem would run faster, fly higher, stretch out its arms farther, and one day those dreams would carry its people to new beginnings. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Sugarcane plantations stretched in all directions, worked by imported slaves and native Arawak Indians who were pressed into service by Dutch and Portuguese plantation owners. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Revenge,” said Dr. Trefusis, smiling widely and stretching his hands around his knees, as he could not be more delighted by this welcome turn in the narrative. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He went into the front room and stretched out on the couch. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reception committee had organized a rally at the Grand Parade in Cape Town, a great open square that stretched out in front of the old City Hall. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were round, like bubbles made of canvas, stretched tight over ingeniously bent poles. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

You held the butt of it with your right hand an the ground to take the shock, while you stretched your left arm to its fullest extent and kept the point toward the charging boar. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The few poor rabbis are stretched for time. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He could swim thirty miles at a stretch, and faster than anyone else. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

That would allow him a chance to sit in the car and stretch out his cramped and aching legs while they ate. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pull away the sheet from my left side, so she can have a look at how the cast stretches from my toes to my waist. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He and Minho were stretching their legs by the West Door when Chuck walked over to say goodbye. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It began to stretch, and fearing that it might break, I walked forward, yet I made him pull me every step. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we approached behind them, we could see only the clusters of white people that stretched for a distance of two blocks along the entire span of the school building. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ocean of people stretched farther than I could see— waves of people ebbing and flowing, shoving the sawhorses and the policemen who were trying to keep them in place. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretches his length on the grass and shuts his eyes in excitement. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But somehow the Thicket seemed to shift and grow and stretch around him. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I checked on him again before bedtime, and he was motionless, stretched full-length along his twig. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The children piled out of the crate, stretching their stiff limbs and rubbing their bruises. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I follow them to the grass to stretch. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It would stretch over a lifetime, and would always, always, end with the name of its maker. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In those early weeks she had fed Mirabelle every four hours, held her every time she cried, and watched her grow until her heels stretched her newborn rompers almost to the breaking point. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lucky thing there was Old Chao — stretching on like taffy, but in an effort to save her, it seemed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the Lord’s command, a squad of soldiers brought a set of shimmering wings, shaped like a dragonfly’s, of some thin, transparent stuff stretched over a framework of gold wire. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had stretched out on the bed beside him, her hand on his. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes, wobbled to his feet, stretched a long stretch, and shook himself all over, slowly, as if he were coming back alive. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The girls stretched out on the carpet of green and fell asleep. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When they had arrived and were comfortably stretched out on the pneumatic sofas in Bernard’s room, Helmholtz began again. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled and stretched her arms out to hug almost everyone from behind the food table. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Sure. Richard, you keep time for a while ” Mom stretches and peels off her purple sweatshirt. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The star sat on the cloud beside him, wearing the robe she had borrowed from the woman in the inn, with her broken leg stretched out on the thick mist in front of her. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

You and Muthu helped us stretch the other end of our tarp from the wall to the ground and weight down the bottom edge with stones to make a sloped roof. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his hand, put his finger under the head of the pin and slid it up, out of the thick, striped body. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Ash felt Saerla’s muscles bunch and stretch as they rode hard toward the sound of the horn, and though she had wondered if she would be afraid, she was not. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was tight and phony, stretched Saran wrap thin. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Tuck began to rave now, his face stretched with horror. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as we came down the back stretch and hit that final two hundred, I felt my legs start to stiffen. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

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

Her husband stretched his neck in order to see her over his newspaper, “What now, Grace?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

My legs screamed from a night and day of ache and stretch marinated in old adrenaline and scabbed with tree bark cuts. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I saw that La Saline stretches for many kilometers along the sea, built out on dumped refuse. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few more stretches, and Aaron's way-too-serious countdowns, it was time to run. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Irene asked, toe-nabbing her flip-flops and standing up, stretching her arms far above her so I could just see a thin line of her stomach. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She stretched out on a mat by the bed and, worn out by fear and misery, sank into a dreamless sleep. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spacetime is usually explained by asking you to imagine something flat but pliant–a mattress, say, or a sheet of stretched rubber–on which is resting a heavy round object, such as an iron ball. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

At such times the ridge came down, and the continental shelf, so to speak, stretched out, and the algae along the shore became so slack that I tended to catch my feet in it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He refused to budge, and Milo had no choice but to stretch both arms about the trunk in a distasteful hug and start climbing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My memory of the fight with Assef is amazingly vivid in stretches: I remember Assef turning on the music before slipping on his brass knuckles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A taut spotted veil was stretched over her face. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled Momma’s picture out and held it as far away from her eyes as her arms would stretch. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I slipped Eddie’s journal into my backpack, then stretched and looked warily out the window. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He danced out the door and danced down the road and was seen by many witnesses, who have all testified that he was dancing for the entire three-mile stretch from Mount Pleasant to Norvelt. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We all stayed together coming down the home stretch of the first lap. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

After a long time, Kit dared to stretch her aching muscles. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He sits up and blinks his eyes hard a few times and stretches. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

There, in front of him, where the small stars had been the night before, was an endless row of date palms, stretching across the entire desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns the telephone off before she flops out on the bed in the dark red room, then she stretches once more, and she closes her eyes, and she sleeps. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Time doesn't fly—it flaps, the numbers turning on a wheel that operates much like the gears on a stretching rack. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He stood up and stretched his arms over his head, leaning to the left, then to the right, working the stiff out of his back. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It had felt like a strong cord stretched across the trail. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We stared out atSnapfinger Cemetery, and the blacktopped Rural Route 2 that stretched out to bigger roads across all of Mississippi and beyond. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched a hand toward him and patted the end of his nose with a small smile. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Gram is rolling dough for a rhubarb tart, back and forth with the big rolling pin, dusting the yellow dough with handfuls of flour, stretching it to cover the brimming pie dish. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was filled with a great happiness and in his dreams he saw more and more food stretching out before him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Heavy branches stretched out almost at right angles to the thick trunks and gave Nhamo the idea of making a platform. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

From New York to Charleston stretched all the way down my fingers to the palm. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he went to close the door, Jon saw that Ghost was stretched out beneath the anvil, gnawing on the bone of an ox. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The swan stretched his wings out as far as they would go. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It’s too close to the Sausun I know, so I get up off the floor, stretch, and go to the door, opening it cautiously. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Vitality restored, she lifted one wing and stretched it as far as it would reach. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Only a strange object right in the center—two metallic rods, standing tall, with a shimmering wall of gray stretched in between them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Sighing, I stretched out on the mattress I had left to air out on the platform and stared at the night sky, exposed in bits and pieces through the fluttering clotheslines. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her legs stretched long and thin beneath a short skirt, and she wore lacy black tights, which I frankly didn’t think was very professional. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was hard to find adequate space to run and stretch and even harder to find a quiet corner for my breathing and mantra ritual. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Sated and tired, the girls stretched out in the soft grass and watched the pale rind of moon grow more pronounced. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Robbie was silent, but she could tell from his expression—a forced, stretched smile that did not part his lips—that he regretted what he had said. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As the crowd grew, it spread back along the Mall, stretching around both sides of the long reflecting pool and extending beyond to the base of the Washington Monument, three-quarters of a mile away. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The cottage and lighthouses were situated on a flat stretch of land between the fashionable Cliff and the Bathing Beach. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Mr. D was returning the test papers, he gave the class a few minutes of free time to sharpen pencils or stretch or talk. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Well,” my dreadful smile stretching across my face, “thanks most awfully once again, it’s been so ripping...” using words I had never used before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Flames twist, lick the air, stretching miles high. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Checkerboard windows stretch from the floor to nearly the loft’s roof. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They would stretch their big paws through the narrow space between the cold trees and, when the food came near, try to hook it with their claws and draw it close more quickly. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his arms as he turned to face the onslaught of Sixers. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Blue walls covered with superhero and comic book posters, a solar system slowly revolved from the ceiling, a stuffed boa constrictor stretched across the foot of his bed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Others get off the train and stretch out across the rails, using one as a footrest and the other as a pillow. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was quite safe; the oddly garbed animal posed no threat to his authority as bailiff of this stretch of water. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He led the way down the slope, his shadow stretching behind him on the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That seemed to make sense, so the seven men lifted the young lieutenant up and stretched him out carefully on the hood of a parked car, still pinning each struggling part of him down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The old man still smiles, thin red lips stretched garishly over large front teeth. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The fat young man at the other end of the stretch limo took a can of Diet Coke from the cocktail bar and popped it open. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It had been many weeks now—I couldn’t say how many exactly—and they would stretch on. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rolling hills stretched to the horizon, dotted with oak trees and cactuses and boulders. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his arms and whistled a tune. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At her gentlest touch he will preen, stretch, and open his mouth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

A year seems long again now, not because so many stretch before me, but so few. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Now it felt like they were stretching and shaking it out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

No, it stretched out high and smooth and far, like a heavenly quilt on an unseen frame. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Alfred stretched out his legs, and worked his hands into his pockets. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stretched from one end of the garage to the other. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched out on the living room floor and it felt like I was swimming. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

His shoulders stretch broad and muscular beneath his shirt. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lined with doorways, it stretched off into the distance, where it finally turned a corner. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and stretched and went around to the front yard and looked at the violet bougainvillea that crept up the walls. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just another high cobblestone wall, stretching up into the infinite blackness overhead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It stretched under the bridge, out of the rain. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When I don’t get sick, I look at the road stretched out ahead and start to run. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His bad leg stretches out in front of him as dead as a fallen tree. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Another kept time on a small drum made from an animal skin stretched across a hollowed gourd. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She saw the ocean stretching to the horizon in every direction. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

By the time Osh joined me, yawning and stretching, I had his coffee at the simmer. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The sunlight filters through lacy hemlock needles and we stretch out on our backs, chewing the tasty twigs of a spicebush and silently admiring the forest. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silky strands of webbing stretched along the upper corners. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The trees are bare and black, their branches stretching into the bright blue expanse of sky above them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He gripped his trident loosely in his right hand and stretched his left hand out like he was blessing Leo, or possibly attempting to levitate him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I stretched out on the mg and rested my head on my arm. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Whenever Parslow came into the room, baby Charles would stretch out his arms to be picked up. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had not been up this long a stretch since the old days, and he felt terrific. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We went into the living room where my mother stretched out on the sofa and my father began talking about what had been going on in Hankow. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remarkable men,” the count said, glancing at the workers who were making sure that, from above, the black stretch of tarmac would look like bush. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They explain the puzzle that we still cannot make a fistful bigger than a fist, or a stride longer than our legs can stretch, but that we can now know more than Montaigne could know. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Along the way, tables full of people stretch their legs or tilt back their chairs to form an obstacle course that begs me to spill my drink. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Charlie walked over to the bed, his arms stretched out, pointing the gun at George's head. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And it was something of a confirmation of their new dreams and good intentions when at the end of their journey the daughter first lifted herself up and stretched her young body. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wandered the streets, watching the German soldiers and their tanks, the breadlines that stretched around the block. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched my hands over my head to make it easier for him to reach me. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Chacko took the shortcut through the tilting rubber trees so that he would have to walk only a very short stretch down the main road to Comrade K. N. M. Pillai’s house. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked to one of the small windows and there, tied to the sill, was one end of a line that stretched along the ground and into the distance until completely out of sight. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was bored and tired of picking on my knees, so I stood up to stretch. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his arms and they became branches, from which smaller branches shot out and grew leaves. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She knew the city well enough now that she could track a route down their hill and through the grid of streets that stretched below to the general location of Pier 39. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in his life, he smiled thinking about the always-coming infinite future stretching out before him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

While Papa tended to the team, I turned my dogs loose and let them stretch. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But her voice seemed to slow down, stretched out and distorted all crazy in my ears. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The city of Kiev stretched in front of her, climbing up a gradual slope to a plateau that overlooked the lower city and the river beyond. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Snowdrifts covered the stretches of grass that I had walked every day of my life, the mounds of garden earth that I had turned with my bare hands. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the many meters of her sari barely stretched around her. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been saving my book since Christmas, waiting for a long stretch of time that didn’t include bickering sisters, a heap of chores, and homework. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Only a few minutes before, I’d almost gotten them stretched to death on deluxe water beds, and now they were trying to be brave for my sake, trying to make me feel better. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It had stretched very far, so far that she was afraid that when the plane touched down, the rubber band would break, and a part of her life would be over. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The desert was all sand in some stretches, and rocky in others. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched back in the sun and hummed the song of the brown thrasher and of Barometer, the nuthatch. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isa quickly scanned the article and felt her heart stretch tight. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

"Jesus, now, try not to stretch it all over the place" I said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The fields stretched like a carpet of jewels, emerald and topaz and garnet. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The streetlights shone on the treeless stretches of asphalt and cement and continuous old slate roofs. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I had to do was to press my front paws on to a tiny wooden platform and hey presto, a spring would stretch and a weight would drop and the door would swing open. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Darius sits in the front seat to give Layla space to stretch out her legs in the back of the cab. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When Tatterfell comes in to light the lamps, she finds me dressing for a lecture, which begins in the late afternoons and stretches on into some evenings. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Maps of Orléans stretch along the walls, showing the kingdom's growth over time. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Its roots stretch back to the dawn of mathematics, in the time thousands of years before the first civilization, long before humans could read and write. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A sea of sand dunes stretches below the cliffs, lifeless and unforgiving. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He builds highways that stretch into the sun, and we must travel that road with him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the men continued to eat and rest, enjoying the feel of solid ground under their feet, stretching their cramped limbs, melting glacier ice into drinking water. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

But stretching ahead of them into the white horizon was a scene of utter devastation and chaos. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I’m stretching the truth and he knows it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Long division will stretch his intellect such as it is, God help us. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He dipped one of the drabs into the pitch and stuck the other one to it, spoke several words I didn’t recognize, and slowly pulled the bits apart, strands of pitch stretching between them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To the left, pine-clad slopes, frowning cliffs, narrow gorges, and blue peaks stretched away as far as the eye could reach. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

When he was through, he lit a cigarette, stretched out upon the cot and closed his eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead, the moongate stretched wide, just as a cloud cover lowered itself out of nowhere. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ashoke does as Patty tells him, stretching out his arms, putting one hand below the neck, another below the bottom. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t have needed to stretch more than I did through those nine hundred miles—although Vonetta’s legs were growing longer. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Along a three-and-a-half-mile stretch of Fifth Avenue, the flag-bedecked buildings with flat roofs, balconies, and fire escapes were stuffed with sweating spectators. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I could see Dad’s legs stretched out on the chair next to the dresser. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

From the dining room, they cross under the shadow of the elephant-headed statue in the hall, passing into the library and stopping at the stained-glass sunset that stretches the height of one wall. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He merely stretched on his stool a little and shrugged his shoulders when Father Nicanor began to rise up from the ground along with the chair he was sitting on. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

A few seconds later, a hand-shaped section of blades wriggled and stretched and grew until they were brushing the bottom of her palm. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He was so skinny, just skin stretched taut over bones. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Next day, I took home as much as I could carry and told everyone all about it, except my arms wouldn’t stretch big enough to tell it right. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got out of bed very slowly, stretched, and took the tea cup into the front room. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed my ankles and the two of them stretched me out on the metal table. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

From there I could look out over the basin, a patchwork of expectant fields stretching to Buck’s Peak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I walked over to where it was stretched out under the sun. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I could see how tightly the skin was stretched across her face, showing the cheek-bones. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

On the Saturday before my dinner a very good-natured friend and I drove down to a lonely stretch of shoreline beneath the San Mateo Bridge. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They stretched taller, and the soft, pale bark darkened, roughened. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long dark trench sliced through the steep slope of Isihlangu, stretching up into the clouds, where it disappeared. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Others stretch wide and deep into the ground, their roots seeming like legs and feet. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Snow-fields stretched down from the pass into the valleys of moraine. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was carefully made up, heavy mascara on her eyelashes, rouge on the bones of her cheeks, over which the skin was stretched like a rubber glove pulled tight. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched and grumbled out a groggy command: “Make sure you be quiet when you leave so you don’t wake up my mother.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

"The hours she spent trying to fix her beloveds stretched into eternity after eternity, until..." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The corridor stretched in both directions to infinity, strewn with cardboard boxes and trash and monkey biscuits. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned from her and lay on his back again, stretching his legs wide apart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched my voice from twelve to twenty-one and said, “Operator, I need the number for Ming’s in Oakland on Magnolia.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I watch her ride down a long stretch of sidewalk, passing trees, parked cars, and houses. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He had one of his legs stretched out front of him, and there was a big rip outta the skin by his knee. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Shae and Con returned from the river as Tali spoke, and Shae set her heavy water skin down on the ground and sighed, stretching her arms. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Chaol stretched and rose, finishing his apple as he strode from the dining hall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Harry—” said Hermione, stretching out a consoling hand, but he shrugged it off and walked away, his eyes on the fire Hermione had conjured. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Platforms hang at all levels: some low by his knees or his waist, others stretch high above his head, overlapping in irregular patterns. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The sergeant gives my mother a blanket and she sleeps stretched out on a bench. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Seriously, Boo? Do you have to stretch out your wings now? Must’ve been so tiring just sitting on our shoulders the whole time.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The red planet's crater-pocked surface stretched out seemingly forever, its thin atmosphere a slight blur along the edge. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wave of molasses had deposited him in the harbor, where a fireman spotted him, stretched out a long pole, and pulled him to safety. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Her hands stretched out to me, “The Lord bless you, Madam, for being so good,” and my saying “Just send up to the house for anything you want.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

If I attempted to account for scenes and characters, to tell why certain scenes were written in certain ways, I’d be stretching facts in order to be pleasantly intelligible. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

There had been previous encounters with Pauling, stretching over a twenty-five-year interval. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

His great bulk had been stretched upright upon a ladderlike structure, arms bound high over his head, unshod feet bound below just as tightly. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

And his mind could not contain the terrible stretch of time that united twelve men fishing by the shores of Galilee, and black men weeping on their knees tonight, and he, a witness. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She fake-scowls at me, then stretches and stands—incredible view, by the way. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Grandma Knife stretches her long arms and rolls up her straw mat. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He stood up and stretched his back, unable to keep himself from wincing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Consisting of wire mesh stretching from floor to ceiling, it was rigged to set off a siren if anyone tampered with it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The empty desert stretched into the distance, shimmering in the heat. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man was sitting with his legs stretched out straight in front of him, chained to the floor. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

His friend Theseus stood before him and stretched out his hands to clasp those bloodstained hands. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slopper threw himself back on a pile of hay, contentedly stretching his back into the softness. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He stretched sheer silk fabric over the stern and bow sections and painted the silk with varnish. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My usual time to arrive was after lunch, and I’d come up to find Tommy stretched out on the narrow bed—always fully clothed because he didn’t want to “be like a patient.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gives me a sheepish smile as she stretches up to pat both his cheeks like he’s a small boy. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There’s a bedroom and a living room with a curved glass window stretching from floor to ceiling that overlooks a glittering Tokyo. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She redoubled her attentions, rubbing Clara’s stomach with sweet almond oil to keep her from getting stretch marks, and her breasts with honey so her nippies would not split. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked, yawned, and stretched his body luxuriously. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She just lay there, stretched across the car, her fingers struggling for a grip on steel. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the semidarkness we could stretch out our arms, when the Aunts weren’t looking, and touch each other’s hands across space. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whilst he was talking, strings of dark brownish slobber gathered up in the corners of his mouth and was getting stretched from his lower lip to his upper one with every word. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t change or disappear for stretches or show up only in certain words or phrases. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She stood up to stretch, and then noticed the dark shapes of two people far off on the road. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She got out of the vehicle and stretched her legs as she looked around. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Instead of sleeping six to a room, as they had the year before, they now had to find places to stretch out eight or nine of their long frames in each room. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Without thinking of the consequences, he stretched out and licked it off. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The shade of the mango stretched all the way across the yard, and I realized it must be afternoon, a fact that surprised me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, that’s just what Tiller said. Maybe some big calm stretch or maybe if we both broke our arms or something.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The stretch of ground from the edge of the town to the bull-ring was muddy. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Divide by a number and you undo the multiplication: a tick mark that had been stretched to a new place on the number line resumes its original position. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Lyra stretched and yawned, and Will felt a great weight lift off his shoulders. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding its body between her knees, Ma takes its head and bends it backward, stretching its neck. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sip tea in long stretches of silence. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

That was a bit of a stretch, but Mrs. Caruthers hadn’t seemed bothered by the woman. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She wore a spectacular outfit: close-fitting pants, a layered tunic studded with whorls of iron, and knee-high boots; she carried her wooden staff, which stretched as high as her head. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He stretches his arms forward, cracking his knuckles under his gloves. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I move onward, through the colors and cheers and music, floating into my future, and it is a clear, open space that stretches wider than the sky and higher than the Andes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman hung laundry on a line stretched between her house and the next one. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Riot stretches his legs, pushing his paws against my chest, before jumping off the edge of my bed and rubbing himself against my bedroom door. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The hallway seemed to stretch on for miles. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Boston slowly opened its eyes, stretched, and woke. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He led me over to the window and motioned out at the landscape stretching out beyond it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She reached again into her crocodile bag and drew out a long acid-green quill and a roll of parchment, which she stretched out between them on a crate of Mrs. Skower’s All-Purpose Magical Mess Remover. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

Simply stretching out my limbs requires an enormous effort. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The ancient Kongo used to stretch across all of central Africa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment she was seated with one leg stretched straight in front of her and one behind. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I looked at the narrow black ribbon of the highway stretching out between the tall, dark pine trees. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The sea stretches before me, vast and bright and inviting. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Director’s red face stretches into a tight grin; his fists shake at his sides. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I stretch my legs out behind me and lean on my elbows. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Ruth was actually sitting on the bench, while Tommy was standing with one foot up on its rusty armrest, doing a kind of stretching exercise as they talked. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the windows were rolled down, the smell of fried chicken and sweet potato pie lay unmoving, and there wasn’t enough room to stretch. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the crops begin, stretched out as far as the eye can see. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, on a sudden but apparently pressing impulse, he stretched out supine on the carpet. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

It stretches plausibility to the breaking point that he would have decided to deliver one as important as this off the cuff. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a pen and stretched his arm toward a black-and-white framed picture. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Frodo was still fast asleep, lying now stretched on his side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Docks, most of them vacant now on this summer morning, stretched out into the bay. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The setting sun played hide-and-seek with some purple clouds stretched out along the Jersey City skyline, and a warm summer breeze swooshed in through the open Cadillac windows and made a mess of her hair. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He yawned widely, so that his scars stretched, and his lopsided mouth revealed a number of missing teeth. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Gregor set Boots down to stretch her legs and asked the cockroaches to keep an eye on her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Arms stretched out before her, eyes shut, breath held, Anya was wholly unprepared for what she hit when she landed. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

You tell him about the invisible lines of meaning you feel stretching and winding through and around the people in your life. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But that night, as she stretched out in her Vancouver hotel room, she had no idea exactly how lucky a trip it was. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"You know what, don't worry about it. We'll figure that out later. Let's just start with some stretching." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“We can cover that much ground in ten minutes,” said Nala, stretching and rolling her neck to limber up. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She said nothing about it when she awakened with a stretch the next morning. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I looked over at the guard, then stretched a bit higher for a better view. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I can almost feel it now, the stretching and knotting in his intestines as the two of them stand over him waiting to see what he will do. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with her hands in the small of her back, she stretched and let out a deep breath, probably as deep as that well. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maxim lit a cigarette, and then stretched out his hand to me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They had arrived on what appeared to be a deserted stretch of misty moor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The day stretches out in front of me, not a minute of it filled. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

One girl brought two limos—stretch limos—to accommodate all her stuff. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He wore leather gloves and some kind of heavy canvas apron beneath an open fur coat that stretched down to his ankles. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She stretches her arms out, so she can catch me if I lose my balance. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Wilkins had obtained some highly purified DNA from a Swiss lab and stretched it into thin, uniform fibers. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He hikes up his pants and stretches his arms. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched his mouth in a kind of smile, no trace of pleasure in it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, the view out the window changed from woods, thick with pine trees and ferns and moss-covered rocks, to a wide-open view of the mountains stretching on forever in the distance. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“But we’re supposed to be six feet—” I start to say as she moves away from me, stretching our arms out but refusing to let go. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then she goes to the market for the next day, hauling the fake bags back and forth, while two of my thirteen sneak downstairs to wash, stretch their legs, and prepare food for the others. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Kitty Randolph rolled over languorously on her back and stretched in the warm sun. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rounds of the tournament stretched into October, and toward the final weeks it was often cold and rainy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s an empty hallway, wide enough for a grown man to lie across with his arms stretched up. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A year seems long again now, not because so many stretch before me, but so few. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Marcus McCoy had called me Space Boy so many times that I knew by heart the way his faint Southern accent stretched out the a and clipped the y, but doubt lingered. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

From below the scanty curtain that was stretched across the doorway that led directly onto the street came the relentless slip- slap of disembodied feet in slippers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stretched up, and the tips of his fingers touched the perfect apple. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

At the apartment, I stretch out on the. bed and think about how Dad used to lie right here when he was a kid. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At the top of the stretch, he shot out of the front of the pack. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stretched out long and grey and very high, and against the base the small mat sheds clung like fleas to a dog’s back. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Rich and ripe and rotted, Volantis covered the mouth of the Rhoyne like a warm wet kiss, stretching across hill and marsh on both sides of the river. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The rest of us would get off the train to stretch our legs and see whether a new engine had been switched on. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

January stretches into February and it turns even colder. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Beneath our feet, stretching from wall to wall, were marble slabs chiseled with writing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The man in the grey suit’s past stretches back a long, long time. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his hand and we bumped fists. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I saw a little black head and two little black arms coming out of the rag that was stretched out ’cross her front. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Its fluffy green branches stretched across the cracked cement and hung over the soupy brown water of the Chattana River. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He smirked as he watched Cain, who was stretching out his muscular arms. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After he does this a couple times, I realize that he must have some sort of wound on his upper arm that stretches painfully whenever he reaches too far up or down. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Others walk around to stretch and wake up. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” he said, stretching a smile across his face. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Their hind legs were stretched out in front and raised to shoulder level, their arms resting on their knees. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

His fingers were higher than the ball and straining toward it so I pulled it down and stretched my body out and pushed the pill with my fingertips. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Stella, honey—I might not be fit for dancing, but I can certainly stir some batter,” Mama said, stretching her arms for the bowl. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They threw him upon the bar, stretching him out with his arms folded across his chest like a corpse. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right,” said Moody, sitting down and stretching out his wooden leg with a groan. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My father picks up one letter, then pauses—and stretches out his hand to me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Thomas couldn’t believe he was still looking upon a human being—the madness in Ben’s eyes, the phlegm flying from his mouth, the pale skin stretched taut across his veins and bones. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was just getting to his feet, stretching himself and yawning. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they came out from the shelter of the trees and the Great Meadows stretched before them, Kit caught her breath. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The beam stretched out into shrinking nothingness, a-glitter with dancing, shining motes. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I looked out, and I saw below me the smooth grass lawns stretching to the sea, and the sea itself, bright green with white-topped crests, whipped by a westerly wind and scudding from the shore. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But this time, instead of using a hand, he stretched out into the darkness with this toes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

All I could see were her eyes, stretched wide above trembling white fingers. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The canteen is his refuge, and beer is far more than a drink, it is a token that a man can move his limbs and stretch in safety. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stretches her foot out to tap it against mine. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

As the clumps of men stretched and thinned into a long, broken thread, Louie sank through the field, to twelfth. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The black-glass beach stretched inland about fifty yards, then dropped off the edge of a cliff. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

All night they rode, feeling their way up the twisting pass and through the stretches of broken ground. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And in front of them, a long building stretched. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He thinks about Henry, and something twists in his chest, like a stretch he’s been avoiding for too long. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His torso was disfigured by an old burn scar that stretched across his spine and midsection, coiling like a shed snakeskin around his left hip. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his hand to Cal’s arm and felt the goose bumps there. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was beautiful, but too solemn: I half rose, and stretched my arm to draw the curtain. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It stretched as far as the eye could see. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Okay, so the valedictorian was a bit of a stretch. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They were entering a stretch where the wrecked equipment along the road was more or less continuous. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The guy stretched his arm in front of Armpit’s face and said, “I’m very honored to meet you.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He would tie the other end to the wall, and then he would swim—three hours at a stretch, strengthening his arms and back, testing himself. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

My job was to hold these glass tubes over fre and stretch them into test tubes. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His gaze was planted on the stretch of track, his face unreadable. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The bright spread of water stretched on and on around them, finally merging with the white radiance of the sun. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then he stood up, stretched, and checked the time on the luminous alarm clock on his bedside table. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Like a doll pushed from behind, I fell face down between the rails and lay flat and thin as I could, head low between crossties, arms stretched overhead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And the unyielding demands of Project Mercury and the sprawling, still-forming organization that was being built to manage it stretched everyone to the limit. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Coach West lets the question stretch out in the air between us. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He knew he should be leaving soon, he should be polishing his shoes, but instead he leaned back in the chair, stretched his great length and yawned. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A few yards away, Leen Ellison stretched, enjoying freedom, the gear in her tool belt clanking with each movement. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I slid on my belly, my arms stretched out, my fingers reaching. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Bigger dropped the paper, stretched out upon the cot and closed his eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He could look directly down on the gray crest of Little Round Top, saw the gunners there rising and stretching and heating coffee near black cannon. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his massive purple hand and might have plucked up Percy like a weed, but Bob interrupted. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When he looked ahead of the plane, through the whirling propeller, he saw the endless trees stretching away to the horizon. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I could look out then and see the city of Oakland lying stretched out at the foot of our hill, all the houses looking like toy blocks. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he died in 1844, forty thousand people viewed the coffin, and the funeral cortege stretched for two miles. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Many rabbits spend all their lives in the same place and never run more than a hundred yards at a stretch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The golem stretched and let out a groan to rival the roars of the banished demon. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she would not have thought about William so much had there been anything else to break the long monotonous stretch from Saturday to Saturday. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a fire in the center and people stretched out around it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They saw the kid, cool times ten, stretch out on the forbidden steps and open his book to read. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The river was low and there were stretches of sand and pebbles with a narrow channel of water and sometimes the water spread like a sheen over the pebbly bed. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir,” I lie, stretching to my full height. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her vision blurred, time stretched and knotted, memories looping, bringing her back to where she had begun. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Over the next months, Allen’s squad was repeatedly sent into the bush for three or four weeks at a stretch. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Our line stretched out so far between the first boy and the last that it took two days for everyone to pass the same spot. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edgar jumped down from his lap and stretched. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

One size can fit all because the skirt flares out and the top is ribbed elastic that can stretch to accommodate most anyone. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Luke stretched his back and then touched his toes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She kept walking until she reached the hard dirt road that stretched back to the village. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I stretch and burrow down into the bag. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He wore a wrinkled brown suit that stretched into folds around his waist because he was so fat. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I stretched full length and shut my eyes. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they stretch to hidden houses, like they will to mine one day. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

A cluster of stretch limos lowered over a distant building. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The hours stretch on, and I fall in and out of sleep, and at some point she slips out of bed and out of the room. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dad wasn’t above stretching the truth, because there was nothing he liked better than a joke, particularly if it were on him and even more particularly if it were on Mother. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms stretched all along it, alive, like lichen. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched her arm across the table and I held on to her fingers. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He found Mormont stretched out in the lower one, swaying slowly with the motion of the ship. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Armpit was feeling claustrophobic in the car and stepped out to stretch. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

At a stretch, she and Bobbie could have been distant cousins. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The block castle towered over the foot of my bed, stretching so tall, it nearly touched the ceiling and so wide, we could only partly open my half of the closet door. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He found his clothes, put on his pants, and stretched the suspenders over his shoulders. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The face-off lasted for seconds that stretched into eternity, and then, with the scrabbling of claws, the dragon fled to the darkness at the rear of the barn. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

After about an hour, the wings stretch to full size and harden. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He just looked across at me, and I stretched out my hand to him. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The people dancing on its deck didn’t spot the rope stretched from bridge to shore. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She stretches the material out, examining the colors. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He props a pillow up on June’s knees, stretches his feet out over Nora’s legs, and goes to sleep. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He opened up his bag and pulled some donuts and the leftover cans of beer and we ate and drank in silence, stretching out our tired legs. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Only now and then, when his fists would suddenly ball up — skin stretched even whiter over the bones — did I wonder if he wasn’t quite as oblivious as he appeared. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lice Peeking was stretched facedown on the blue shag carpet, and he wasn’t moving. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Once, in middle school, back when I played soccer, I was stretching with three other girls, and a boy walked by with his friend. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sixth grade is over and the nice, lazy summer stretches ahead. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Stunted stalks of corn, just waist-high, their leaves already russet colored and curling in on themselves, stretched forlornly in broken rows across parched, brown fields. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I stretched out my body under the willow tree, my face feeling cooler in its shade. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

His neck stretches into tight cords as he screams, "See how the Jew twists my words? See why Jews can't be trusted?" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The keyboard is more than four feet long, while the rest of it stretches at least six feet. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Some of us would go away, or suffer, or die, the future stretched away in front of us, unknown, unseen, not perhaps what we wanted, not what we planned. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mami held a yellow blouse with a ruffled collar against her bosom, patted the neckline into shape, and stretched it across her shoulders to check the fit. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I’d looked at Kat’s little finger, and imagined Dad going around it, in miniature, stretched and pummelled into an odd-looking, living ring. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made a curious sharp sound with his lips and stretched one of his hands over the fence. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rocks, dirt, barbed wire, ferocious dogs, menacing guards, and acre after acre of drab barracks stretched as far as I could see. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Halfway through the morning he awoke, stretched, and jumped down! looking warily around before stalking over to the stable door. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dalton looked round the entire kitchen, not at anything in particular, but just round the entire stretch of four walls, his eyes wide and unseeing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Brand then dropped to the concrete floor, stretched out on his back and yelled with laughter, shaking all over. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the trees had been cut, and the orchard now had stretches of cultivated grass. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

This bird, boasted the market vendor, was once a duck that stretched its neck in hopes of becoming a goose, and now look!—it is too beautiful to eat. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he opened his eyes he was stretched out upon a cot. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our milpita, beautiful to me, lies not far from a lonely stretch of railroad tracks. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I liked embroidering: the cloth stretched tight within my embroidery hoop while I filled in the stamped pattern with cross- stitches and lazy daisy flowers. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How are you feeling?” he asks me as I’m stretching out after some warm-up laps. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

When it was completely stretched out, we all looked at it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The clothes fit perfectly: there was not even the stretching around the chest or the shortness in the arms he had expected. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

At least I could stretch my legs out across the seat. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Old master'll lie in the grave and stretch out his arms, To lay his body down. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above them hung a sign, a sheet stretched between clothesline poles. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat next to Sunny, stretched my legs out in front of me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The street stretched before them, long, and silent, going down, and whiter than the snow. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It had been the hardest winter since records began; the Red Army was stretched even thinner than it had been at the beginning of the war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The wound now looked several days old; new skin stretched over what had just been open flesh. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When there’s a baby in the house, time stretches and contracts, abiding by none of the regular rules. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She was dividing one chicken so it stretched into three full meals by using the back and wings in her lemon-rice soup. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flashes me a smile, and the world spins—chairs stretch into colorful putty, laughter crescendos in peaks, and the floor beneath my feet wobbles like the land is melting out from under me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I pull back the curtains to greet my little corner of Bushwick and Jefferson Avenues, my very own way of stretching out my arms and yawning at the morning sun. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Which is not unreasonable,” Nathan said impatiently, “seeing how one portion has sometimes to be stretched to three!” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some were covered through Medicare, others on and off by spouses, but they all went stretches with no coverage or money for treatment. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And I was stretched between loathing his voice and wanting to listen to the sermon. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like he understood humans objectively and could see your entire life stretching out in both directions including whether you were going to make a detour to the bakery and which one and when. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the east the land was lower, the ground flattening to a rolling plain that stretched away as far as the eye could see. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But no stray pup came to him along the lonely, empty stretches of road. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time she hit the second lap, she had a pretty big lead on everyone...until the home stretch, when her legs turned to mush. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She sank down on it as soon as she got into the room and stretched out, feeling bathed, scoured, vacuumed, and for the first time simple. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma always said the car couldn’t run more than ten miles at a stretch. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly exhausted, I sat on the bed—his bed, maybe—and for reasons I can’t quite explain, I stretched out on those filthy sheets and stared at the ceiling. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore walked around the desk and told Harry to stretch out his arm. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She also saw that his uniform was slightly ill fitting, his girth stretching the scales of his armor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Our flight’s in three hours,” Mom said as I stood and stretched, bending over Laleh’s seat to try and extend my back. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

That was in another hiding place known to Julia, the belfry of a ruined church in an almost-deserted stretch of country where an atomic bomb had fallen thirty years earlier. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There was another stretch of silence, which made Richard uncomfortable because he was not sure how to react, what expression to have. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was miserable with his crippled hand stretched out for all the world to see. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie could have stretched out full length in front of it and her head and toes would have remained on the hearth with room to spare. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Rob tried to offer me a plastic water bottle from the front seat, his mouth stretched in a thin line. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I turned back toward the bed to see if maybe, just maybe, he was stirring, stretching his arms overhead and rubbing his eyes. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

When the blizzard subsided, a scene of destruction stretched from one ice-white horizon to the other. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He had dug all the morning and was resting, stretched out along the floor. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, he had gone 15 miles when he came to the junction of the Weser, and so to a stretch of river over which a guild of boatmen held a monopoly. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When his coughing spell was over and he saw his daughter stretched out supine on the moonlit ground, Dufarge put two and two together. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The Maryland studies produced similar results: African Americans comprised only 17 percent of drivers along a stretch of I-95 outside of Baltimore, yet they were 70 percent of those who were stopped and searched. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Below them, the blur of the meadow and the prairie stretched out like a green-gold sea. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If a word doesn’t want to be stretched out of shape, don’t force it. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled, trying to get it stretched out in front of me After several terrifying minutes I managed to get my arm free. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I stretch my hands over my head and hook them in the net again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then the events of the night before came back to her, and she relaxed, stretched, bounced on the sofa and smiled to herself. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But look at how the officer’s experience and skill allowed him to stretch out that fraction of time, to slow the situation down, to keep gathering information until the last possible moment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Instead the bird struck his temple and slid hot and greasy down his face, and he had to hunker down and stretch for it with fetters clanking. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The fields stretch out before us, green and promising. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It held her like a vine, stretching across the miles, comforting, strangling. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

In a series of publications that stretched to the 1970s, the two men combed through colonial financial, census, and land records. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Between them they apportioned their mother’s seven silver stretch marks. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No more studying,” Ron sighed happily, stretching out on the grass. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The three hunters were stretched out on their sides, their bellies extended with food. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the arch stretched the great span that the Valyrians had built at the height of their glory, its fused stone roadway supported by massive piers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then long streaks stretch from crater to crater. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cavern is empty and the hallways stretch into darkness. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I thought I was back at the front and stretched out in bed. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He stretches out on the bed in his undershirt and trousers, his back against the wall, and I lean against him, feeling his body curve around mine. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He could see the figures stretching out in every direction in perfect concentric rings. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Water was sometimes plentiful but more often nonexistent for long stretches so that we were never sure how much we could prudently swallow without leaving ourselves short later on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Although it was still dark, they could make out the white shape of the land stretched out below them. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z