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

And if the muscles of his jaws stretched imperceptibly, she would yawn long before he would. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the maid in the attic stretched her phantom limbs and began to plot. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

At the top of the staircase, a drab corridor stretched out ahead, with rough coconut matting on the floor. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his right hand and gave me five as I dropped onto the couch opposite him. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Luna yawned and stretched and gave Fyrian a light kiss on the tip of his warm little nose. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

All around them, uneven ground stretched into darkness under a low ceiling of stone. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“There’s something there,” he whispered, “it could be the scar, stretched tight....Draco, come here, look properly! What do you think?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After a moment for contemplation and prayer, she stretched her embroidery work tightly over its hoop. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

A bootlace, tip fraying, stretched out long for a stem. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

They stretched into weeks, then months, then years. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two men stretched his arms out, as though about to crucify him; they placed a foot on each of his wrists, making them sink deep down in the snow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He walked forward — he stretched out his hand for the handle — “Done,” said Mr. Malfoy at the counter. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

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

Metal shelves stretched into the darkness of a vast gray hall. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was a baby pike, absolutely rigid and probably asleep, and it looked like a pipe stem or a sea-horse stretched out flat It would be a brigand when it grew up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the long, the silent avenue stretched before them like some gray country of the dead. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Lancelot was stretched out in his knightly gown. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Grand High Witch stretched her stringy neck forward and grinned at the audience, showing two rows of pointed teeth, slightly blue. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

It stretched into the tips of her fingers and all the way to her toes until it felt as though she’d been sitting in the sun for hours. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I quickly sharpened my pencil, cracked my knuckles, yawned, stretched my arms, and was ready. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

He stretched out in his bunk, which resembled a coffin - a polished mahogany frame, brass railings, blood-red velvet pillows and blankets. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

Nero uncoiled from Georgie’s side and stretched, his back arched like a Halloween cat’s. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He stretched out in one of the armchairs, so that Lyra could no longer see his face. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The moment stretched out, soft and gauzy tangling with dark and heavy. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Even with my left leg stretched out beside me and one hand on the ground, I wasn’t stable. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Dragon lay stretched out in the sunlight, but he was not asleep. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

It seemed that the minutes stretched into an eternity in which silence reigned over all. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Harry asked Lupin, as Mr. Weasley bustled off to fetch the eggnog, and everybody else stretched and broke into conversation. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I stood and stretched the night out of my bones. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

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

The smile on her face stretched, and there was something...smug about it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Just stretched my arms out in front of me and grabbed my left foot, pulled myself down until my head was on my knee. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He stretched a tarp out from the cabin wall so he could keep working. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A slender, shining silver thread stretched across the ravine, and the moment she touched it, it triggered something deep in the large cave. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

They were come to the feet of the Misty Mountains, and the long arms of Nan Curunír stretched down to meet them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Nero stretched out on the shelf, and Grandma showed Kendra and Seth how to massage his legs and feet. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

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

It became three-dimensional, a towering monster glistening with fresh paint, long arms stretched out in front of it as it raced back and forth. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

Turning towards it, he saw, beyond an arch of boughs, the road to Osgiliath running almost as straight as a stretched ribbon down, down, into the West. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

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

Nico stretched out his hand as he slipped into the shadows. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

I ran around the court a few times, and stretched out my legs and arms. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

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

He stretched up from his boy’s lap and sniffed at threads of scent leaking in through the window, which told him they were now traveling into woodlands. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Thinking that Marburg might be related to rabies, they called it stretched rabies. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled as he stretched out to pat my shoulder; the age spots that dotted his hand stood out because they were so much lighter than his soil-colored complexion. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hit a grounder to the shortstop and instead of throwing it to second he threw it to first, wildly, and again Danny Saunders stretched and stopped the ball. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Above us hung a glittering spray of stars that stretched all the way to Cuba. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Laney threw the lid aside from one of the white cardboard boxes, rummaged through the box, removed a pair of old floral leggings, and stretched the waistband around her head to make a hat. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The hands were linked, but some of the fingers looked dislocated and each ring finger stretched like taffy, connecting into the line of a woman’s chin. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Frodo was still fast asleep, lying now stretched on his side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She stood, stretched, and stared out the window into the utterly clear night. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Beau hung frozen, motionless, my empty hand still stretched toward him. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

The guard grunted as he stretched his arms. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Across the open middle stretched two metal strips. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Joyce'Ann! was worse* She got a devilish delight oat of sitting smack down on his rump when he was stretched out working. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

But that night when she left the store, he was stretched out in the hammock on the porch with his hat over his face pretending to sleep. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He slowly stretched his arm out until the back of his hand was in front of Samantha’s face. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I half expected to see the shark’s white belly stretched out at the bottom of the harbor, as though its weight had split the bands and the shark had just sunk to the seafloor. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she drew in her feathers and stretched her neck. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

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

“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

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

A flash of lightning: Snarler stretched itself, bleated, and began to graze. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

When I came home, she was still there, her work clothes stretched on the bed, rumpled and forgotten. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The back, south-facing wall had been entirely replaced with glass, and, beyond the shade of the cedars, the lawn stretched bare to the wide river. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

At this spot, branches stretched all the way across the river to form a canopy. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched for them, trying to keep his hand on the wall. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

On one side stretched a shipping channel about half a kilometer wide. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The six hundred carriages in Carter Harrison’s cortege stretched for miles. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

JoJo and I stretched a section of it over the top edge of the boat’s side. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The expert stretched his lips into a smile and pulled a large toothbrush from under the table. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her husband stretched his neck in order to see her over his newspaper, “What now, Grace?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He stretched out on the bed, dust sifting from his clothes and hair onto the white sheets. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I sat next to Sunny, stretched my legs out in front of me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Sunny shook everybody's hand, then told me to come get stretched and warmed up. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Before them stretched the wide basin that had once been full of living water and was now filled with dead whales.The bones stuck up like a gigantic bowl of thorns. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She stretched her paws out in front of her, yawned, and silently jumped up onto the sofa. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

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

Young women in modest one-piece bathing suits with frilled skirts splashed in the water or stretched out on warm sand, waiting. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

Velia asked, yawning as she stretched on a satiny divan chair. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

She spent interminable hours staring at the pallid landscape that stretched out before her window. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched out her arms, measuring length, as the undertaker had done. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then she plopped into the camping chair and stretched out her legs, her hands folded behind her head. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The chicken coop squatted between the pigsty and the mango tree, a branch of which held one end of Mami’s laundry line, the other end stretched to the trunk of an acerola bush. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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 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

He came upon a large iron fence that stretched along the road. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

There are patches all over Baba’s tunic, and Mama’s work dress is stretched and slightly too big for her bony frame. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They weren’t surprised that she was frozen mid-step, one black-and-white-striped stocking and a black clog shoe stretched ahead, not quite touching the ground. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

Derrik put his hands behind him and stretched his back with a grimace. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a bailing cup and stretched my arm forward. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was miserable with his crippled hand stretched out for all the world to see. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I must do is run down the mountain with my arms stretched out to either side, for balance, and throw myself in front of the Princess’s car. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As space stretched, the matter and energy in the universe expanded with it and rapidly cooled. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three hunters were stretched out on their sides, their bellies extended with food. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched out and tried to sleep, to doze a little, but in vain. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched out an arm; Hermione hoisted herself up; Ron climbed on behind them, and a second later the dragon became aware that it was untethered. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

None knew yet that it belonged to him and he walked out to see it alone, a long square of heavy black clay that lay stretched beside the moat encircling the wall of the town. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When the silence had stretched unbearably long and the men knew at last that the horn would not wind again, they grinned at one another sheepishly, as if to deny that they had been anxious. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As the music built to a crescendo, Anorak stretched out his right hand. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was the first of the underground chambers that stretched all the way to El Patron’s coffin and his attendants. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ghost stretched out beside him and licked his glove before curling up to sleep. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The shark would have looked powerful swimming in the ocean, but it seemed freakish hanging in a loop on the dock, bunched up in some places and stretched out in others. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“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

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

And in front of them, a long building stretched. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

The taste was strong and strange, but he gulped until his belly stretched tight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Hamilton stretched out on the deck and closed his eyes. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She’s stretched out on the bed in her Bras Prep lacrosse shorts and a T-shirt, with an open calculus book in her lap. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

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

This one was particularly impressive, over two hundred feet long and wide enough for two wagons to pass each other, it stretched over the canyon the Omethi had carved into the rock. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nathan stretched his arms upward, and then bent his elbows and knees. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

He oiled himself with warm, peppered coconut oil, kneading his old, loose flesh that stretched willingly off his bones like chewing gum. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fields stretched from northern Iran into Azerbaijan, which, at the time, was a part of the Russian Empire. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

In the bottom of the boat, our wherryman was stretched out, unmoving. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

However, even if you had an impossibly strong spacesuit that kept you from being stretched into a piece of astronaut spaghetti, you could never tell anybody about what you saw. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The empty desert stretched into the distance, shimmering in the heat. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Joseph Ryan fumbled in his pocket and produced a business card, and after a brief hesitation, Mia took a single step forward and stretched her arm to take it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He would turn as she stretched her legs beneath the blankets, and his arm would reach out, and his breath would be hot and sour-sweet in her face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She hobbled back to June, stretched out on her stomach, and started to draw. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I stretched the cuff of my sleeve into my palm and almost reached over to wipe the sweat from your forehead…something my mother would’ve done. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Minutes stretched into hours, although it was impossible to know for sure because every second seemed an eternity. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

He trembled in all his body, and stretched his hind legs out behind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Boston slowly opened its eyes, stretched, and woke. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Arm lay on his stomach and stretched his long arm toward the little bag. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

His body lay stretched full- length on the ground. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skin at her cheeks was stretched out tight like the rubber skin on a balloon just before it pops open. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched his arms above his head, grimacing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The army of the Scyldings and all their allies stretched off in the darkness as far as the eye could see—down the slopes of the hill, down the stone-paved roadways, away into the trees. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Miss Hilly look up, but she stay stretched out on her pool chair, magazine in her hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As the Bomb said, Cardan is stretched out on one, looking sickeningly handsome. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After they got some more paper and borrowed another pencil, they stretched out on their stomachs, hip to hip, and June Somerset learned how to draw a blue whale. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had a developing carbuncle on the back of his neck and the skin from the inside of an eggshell stretched over it to draw it to a head. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Ron’s nerves were already stretched to the breaking point with anxiety about Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I followed it, expecting soon to reach the dwelling; but it stretched on and on, it wound far and farther: no sign of habitation or grounds was visible. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

I slid my arm out from under Rose, an almost painful separation, and climbed over Slopper, almost stepping on Chi-Boy, who was stretched out beside the bed, a discarded pillow under his head. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They stood leaning back with their necks stretched and their heads tilted away, way back, making a vain effort to see over the shoulders of the tall adult who always appears in front of them. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realised, too, that the car could climb no more, we had reached the summit, and below us stretched the way that we had come, precipitous and hollow. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

Nero climbed to a high branch and stretched himself along its length like a panther surveying his kingdom. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

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

In back of the plateau were the mountains, and every way you looked there were other mountains, and ahead the road stretched out white across the plain going toward Pamplona. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Lili stretched her body out in the knee-high grass in the field. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Then, too worn out even to feel much fear, they stretched themselves out. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

No one was happier than I was to see Big Ma, who, while I ran with my arms stretched open, didn’t seem as tall as she’d always been. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

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

During the day the line for the bathroom sometimes stretched down the hall. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

After a while he rose on his hind legs and stretched his forepaws to their full extent against a tree, then methodically sharpened their claws on the bark. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She stretched her lips into a smile again and got up. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He stretched right out, leaning his head against the cushioned wall of the cab and pretending to nod off, a common avoidance-of-conversation-with-strangers tactic of his, one which left me to entertain Shorty. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

Then he stretched his hand out to be led. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She’s got this smile, sly as the devil himself, stretched across her face. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A brown-skinned girl in a cotton gown got up and stretched her arms above her head and yawned. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

All the people crowding the library cupped hands to their ears as the whistling stretched on far longer than the cousins expected. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It rose three storeys with a front entranceway that stretched out the front as a long corridor. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

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

Seven jumped in front of her right as the cuco stretched its long snout out, opened its mouth, and CHOMPED. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

His legs flopped in a V. His arms stretched up to the ceiling. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Soon, Olanna heard the piano, something stretched out and slow, and she felt a desire to walk across and open Alice’s door and watch her play. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Inside the shed they formed a moving white carpet that stretched nearly the length of a football field. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

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

It stretched as far as the eye could see. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stretched out its neck to reach a little bit farther.... City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

My head pounds, and every muscle in my body feels stretched too far. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She is stretched out on her twin bed. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his legs, which were unusually heavy at the thighs, almost like human bodies in themselves. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I wondered about this as I pried the shells off the rocks, and I would stop and look fearfully at the empty sea that stretched away farther than my eyes could reach. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

David said it had once stretched unbroken all the way back to Tall/s home city and beyond. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

He stretched out his hand to Cal’s arm and felt the goose bumps there. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

He jumped down, pushed the bag of fireworks at me and stretched his arms out to Susie. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Lina sat sideways on the couch with her legs stretched out, and Mrs. Murdo covered her with a soft gray-green blanket. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The shaded lamp catching the lenses of his glasses left half of his broad face in shadow as his clenched fists stretched full forth in the light before him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Sam stood up, touched his toes, and stretched. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

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

Spassky was two seats away, and eventually Bobby stretched his hand across and they shook. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His wings stretched twenty feet from tip to tip, black as jet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“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

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

Their shadows, and the shadow of the tower on which they stood, and all the spectres of the burning trees, stretched over the parkland in broad strips of indigo. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found him stretched out on one of the spectators’ benches, colorless, and his pulse scarcely perceptible. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The cornfield stretched out for miles, but standing here, on a hazy back road in Illinois, you wouldn’t know it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

The 100th Bomb Group was crowded that morning, a dizzying swirl of activity and a bewildering buffet that stretched the length of the room. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shoulder-to-shoulder avatars stretched to the horizon in all directions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Darkness quickly stretched across the land, blanketing miles of sand. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was already running in the opposite direction, across a rolling green field that stretched out behind the school. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I just looked around for a bench in the shade and stretched out on it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

I stretched out on the mg and rested my head on my arm. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He stretched, the sweat clinging to the outline of his ribs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Open water was becoming harder and harder to find: a shifting mass of ice stretched from one horizon to the next. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Trees were carved into the stone ceiling, and they stretched above the sleeping female figure. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But Eleanor's sweaters were always stretched out, and her hair always looked tangled. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Cal and two of the senior girls are sitting outside the dressing room with their backs to the wall and their legs stretched out in front of them. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

And the farther away she got, the faster it spun, like there was an invisible cord unreeling from it that stretched between us, and if she went too far it would snap—and kill me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

The rocks stretched for miles, rising into jagged, fang-like mountains that pierced the cloudy sky. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

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

The two bikers had stretched a length of cheese wire between them. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He just lay there in the sunshine, all stretched out and limber as a rag. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maxim made instinctively now for the chair on the left of the open fireplace, and stretched out his hand for the papers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then I could hear a car passing on the street, and I was free, Charlie’s lawn stretched out in front of me, the house beckoning me, promising warmth and dry socks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jam unfolded the paper and stretched it open between her fingers. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

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

A silence that stretched until Bod thought that he would break. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He reached Fornatee at his apartment; Fornatee had missed the bus and was now stretched out on the sofa, watching television. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

I got up, stretched, and asked Baba if he wanted a Coke. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“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

The three lords of Stormhold got out of the coach and stretched their cramped legs. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tuck began to rave now, his face stretched with horror. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I stretched more, and the chair started to wobble. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Masonry arches stretched from one side of the street to the other, as if to prevent the walls from collapsing. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Salva looked around at the masses of people stretched out as far as he could see. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched out a hand, to give what comfort a touch could give. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

He felt ensnared in a tangle of deep shadows, shadows as black as the night that stretched above his head. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nor could he climb the perimeter fence, not with the razor wire stretched out across the top. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

Rex stretched out next to her, his big head in her lap. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

He just kind of stretched things a little. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Dad stretched out on the bed and looked around. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

The running track stretched out ahead of me, rising, falling, and occasionally spiraling into a helix. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

Finally she could reach the flowers if she stretched, and began to gather some. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The new silver dishwashing machine sits in the middle of the room, attached to a hose stretched from the faucet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

At the shell house, the crew boys stripped off their jerseys and stretched out on the ramp, basking like lithe, white lizards in the sun. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It had felt like a strong cord stretched across the trail. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Planks of wood stretched across the tanks with netting in between. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Yazd stretched below us, stray pockets of fog tucked into the shadows where the morning sun had yet to burn them away. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I call out, “Freeze,” and take out Kyle, who is frozen with his arms stretched wide. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

Before me the low, snow-caked walls dividing the buildings stretched hurdle-like the long length of the block to the corner, and before me empty clotheslines trembled in the wind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Albert stretched out his arms to strangle the dripping animal, slipped on the water, and fell backwards. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Outside, the world had become a formless, swirling mist with no shapes or shadows behind it, while the house itself seemed to have twisted and stretched. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He stretched out full length upon the cot and groaned. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A great flood of water stretched over half the corridor, and it looked as though it was still seeping from under the door of Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Arm stretched his long, long arms, an activity that caused the drinkers at the next table to move their chairs. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

A horse near Anya nickered and stretched its nose out to her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Luke stretched his back and then touched his toes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

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

She rubbed her wrists, stood up, stretched, and only then noticed the condition of her clothes and hair. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

And step by wounded step, Runt closed the distance until he flopped down by the riverbank and stretched his neck out to lap at the cool water. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Several stone bridges crossed the river as it wound through the valley, and in the north, a long line of brickwork arches stretched from the hills into the town. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And as the sun went down, all sorts of golden light flashed here and there, and long shadows stretched farther and farther, until it was all one big black shadowy thing out there. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The small brown cat opened her eyes and stretched to her feet. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Now the crops begin, stretched out as far as the eye can see. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

She took in air, blew it out, and stretched her spine up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He stretched lazily, rubbed his eyelids, scratched his head, and shivered once as a greeting to the early-morning mist. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Show me my grandmother,” she said as she stuck her thumb into the center of the knot and stretched it into a hole. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Chess stretched his legs, then he slipped out of bed. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Peeta's stretched out on top of the sleeping bag in the shade of the rocks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He pushed past her and dug furiously through a pile of paper scraps, until he uncovered a thimble with a piece of leather stretched across its open end. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

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

It was mosdy a skeleton of wooden poles, with canvas stretched only over the wings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stretched his arms out on the table and, with a long sigh, began his story. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skin of her hand that held the pipe’s end was stretched over her little bones as smooth and as yellow as the gilt upon an idol. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She lay on the rumpled bed like a sulky cat and stretched herself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was under the pew behind us so I crawled under ours, over the kneeling bench, and stretched to get the shoe. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I hung the last of Fern’s diapers and stretched. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Bosley wanted shows that stretched over two weekends so word of mouth could promote the last two shows. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Another one stretched out her hand and touched the cut over my eye. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Jon held her against a padded board that stretched from one side of the mews to the other. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

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

Ess shrugged and then stretched her arms up as tall as they would go. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His skin stretched tight over bones like sticks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was instructed to have his search include not just their city, but all of MidMerica—which stretched nearly a thousand miles across the middle of the continent. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And she stretched out her arms and wrapped me in a hug. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

With my arms stretched wide to feel my way through the hallway, careful not to run into the logs, I stumbled back to my mattress refuge. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Friday stretched long and longer because the Hessians had moved in five more of their countrymen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched his legs out, stuck an arm under his head. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

Then I stood up and stretched out my arms. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brooklyn stretched out before her in blinking avenues and cross streets, interrupted by the thorough emptiness of the East River and then the New York Bay. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

And stretched before her in the distance, like a faraway coast, she saw a high wall that seemed to glow. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The words stretched out large and scrawling so that he could hardly read them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

When Papa-Nnukwu rose and stretched, his entire body, like the bark of the gnarled gmelina tree in our yard, captured the gold shadows from the lamp flame in its many furrows and ridges. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

As I stretched each strand of wire, tapped it into place with a staple, stretched and tapped, stretched and tapped, I thought again of that conversation in Wolf Point between Mr. Hanson and Perilee. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Their bodies were slowly consuming themselves, shriveling until they were gaunt and dry as raisins, skin stretched over sinew and bone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

Harry stretched out his hand at last to take the yellowish envelope, addressed in emerald green to Mr. H. Potter, The Floor, Hut- on-the-Rock, The Sea. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

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

He swam in a sulfur spring, watched over by Cahuilla women scrubbing clothes on the rocks, and stretched out to dry himself in the sun. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

Tiller led them through a clump of bushes and there, on the other side, was Sairy, seated on a flat gray stone, her hand stretched toward a big black skillet full of bacon. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

Both men were already stretched thin with other commitments, and Jim suddenly seemed to be backtracking on his promise to attend an important banquet and press conference in Tomsk. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The Mining Station was a black circle on the map, and the light dotted lines that were tunnels stretched out about it in spiderweb fashion. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

Since the lacquer would take a full week to dry, each day stretched longer than forever. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

A single cobweb stretched over the nearest window, across a bloodred sky. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t too long before we were all stretched out, a long and straggling line that got longer and stragglier the farther we went. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

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

He pointed at Edward who was sitting on a deck chair with his long legs stretched in front of him. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

He stretched out the word “Oklahoma” like it went on forever. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched my smile even bigger, proud that he understood my rough Spanish. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without thinking I pushed off with my lead foot with all the strength my muscles had left and stretched forward with my other leg. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Both his arms are wrapped around me, and his leg is stretched out across my bare thighs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Ahead, the moongate stretched wide, just as a cloud cover lowered itself out of nowhere. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twigs of the trees at its foot were stretched out stiff and still, as if reaching out to the warmth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I was stretched out on the big rock in the meadow one morning. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched, trying to blink away her exhaustion. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He would just wait, and if his mother wasn’t sad, with her lips stretched thin, she would stop humming and tell about David the boy, or King David. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Oh, I was flexible, all right. I had both arms stretched behind my back!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

A wide smile stretched her dark-complected face, revealing a gap between her front teeth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed her hair with his left hand and stretched toward the shelf without straightening and pulled out the book. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

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

Below, the Toy Loan River snaked through lush green hillsides that stretched to the horizon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He stretched his arms and looked around and was surprised to see how late it had gotten. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

The creature she’d laid eyes on had been a thing built from nightmares, a mass of raw pink skin stretched tight over tendons and bone. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

His peg leg is stretched out comfy; his real one is carrying both the beat and the guitar’s weight. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned my head against the warm window and looked at the road stretched out before us and at the land rolling away endlessly on either side. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Across the creek the brown fields stretched, bounded by staggering lines of gray rail-fences. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Without thinking of the consequences, he stretched out and licked it off. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Celia pulls on a hand stretched before her, its nails blunt and hard as hooves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Slowly, he stretched out his hand and tried to pick up the gun, but his fingers were too stiff. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

The roof of the car was getting hot, and Trip stretched his legs down the windshield, poking the wipers with the toe of his flip-flop. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the other walls were lined with bookshelves that stretched from floor to ceiling. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Water as blue as a summer sky stretched beneath us, and giant ships dotted the sea. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I rolled out from behind the crate and stretched. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Already they were turning on Ged again, coming quick and ungainly with iron beaks stretched out agape. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

Their necks stretched out from the serpent's throat as the heads shoved each other aside, fighting over which would be the one to swallow me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The river stretched ahead and behind him, empty. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Rosellini’s “experiment” stretched on for more than a decade, but eventually he felt the question that inspired it had been answered. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of your arms is stretched out wide, and your chin is tilted upward. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

One sari might take many weeks, for a sari stretched all the way across the room. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

With my other hand I stretched up and clutched the balcony itself. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She kept running, but the hallway stretched on forever, and she couldn’t reach the end. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where the river broadened out into Blackwater Bay, the boom stretched taut, a bare two or three feet above the water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sky came closer, and it stretched forever above her, away and away to distant lands she’d never heard of. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

Then she stretched the other, wiped her beak, and sat contentedly. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She stretched out her arms to look at me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever skin was left was shiny and stretched. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Whenever her hands hit bass and treble chords at the same time, the bodice stretched tight across her bust, and on fast pieces, the jiggle was something to see! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Joseph lowered his legs to the ground and stretched himself out as the driver came to meet him. The Marvels 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

The few poor rabbis are stretched for time. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

It stretched out before him, narrow and stony and pocked with weeds, a road of no particular promise, yet die sight of it filled Jon Snow with, a vast longing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Das stepped out of the car and stretched his legs by squatting briefly to the ground. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He stretched out on the floor and sighed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

The tall soldier sprawled before the fire, his long body stretched full length, his head cradled in one arm. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine what it would look like stretched out, moving through the ocean, but when I drew more sharks on the page, I couldn’t get them right. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

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

Sherwood stretched for hundreds of miles, from Nottingham to the middle of York. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma had been walking me ’round the yard near our truck patch, and I must’ve been mighty young ’cause I had my arm stretched way over my head to hold on to her hand. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I slid out of the truck, stretched, and took a deep breath. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched out the word until it sounded ugly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wooden counter stretched across the room, and behind it stood a woman. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

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 sat stretched out in a bench seat by myself. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Pecola stretched her hand to touch the pan, lightly, to see if it was hot. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every muscle in my body is strained, like a rubber band stretched a millimeter too far. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

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

Seeing a pile of dried horse biscuits, I got me one and threw it just as Smiley’s mouth stretched in a wide yawn. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Hey, boy, where you going?” the driver shouted to Bill while he stretched his arms across the opening to prevent my stepping down. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

I fixed my eyes ahead on the long, straight road, which cut through hundreds of green fields that stretched for miles on either side. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

They stretched muscles that were taut and tired from pulling and carrying. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he stopped, walked slowly toward her, stopped again, came closer, and, glistening with sweat, stretched his neck to get the carrot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A long dresser stretched from the doorway to the window wall, leaving an aisle just wide enough to open the drawers halfway out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She stretched her neck, looking up at the ceiling in order to wipe the sweat from crevices between her rolls of neckfat with the end of her pallu. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had claymore mines at the end of the cemetery, and then the rest of the platoon stretched out in a straight line along what we had been told was the path the VC took. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He noticed me and his mouth stretched wider. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Standing with his arms stretched over his head and the tight knot of hunger in his stomach, he looked toward the lake and saw the tracks. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others stretched themselves out and were asleep almost as they lay down. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then— miraculously—the animal stretched out in the bag and fell asleep. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silhouetted by lantern light, he stretched, and a long shadow snaked out to cloak the watching fox. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In Windfall, the “hero” in question was lying stretched out on the floor. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The wooden planks that made up the floor stretched lengthwise across the room. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his arms and whistled a tune. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Beyond that stretched a clear field, flat and then rising up to massive crumbling stone walls. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The distant wails of the Grievers grew closer as the night stretched on, every minute seeming to last longer than the one before it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The house had sixteen rooms on two floors, was surrounded by “superb old trees,” and occupied a long rectangle of land that stretched to the lake. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Soon all traces of Dictionopolis had vanished in the distance and all those strange and unknown lands that lay between the kingdom of words and the kingdom of numbers stretched before them. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

That night and many nights afterward for a long time, I could see Mr. Harvey’s feet hanging down and the rope stretched over the rafter, and I imagined his face in my mind. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They were made out of some kind of skin stretched over a frame. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

When she folded herself into a cross-legged position, her skirt stretched across her thighs, putting the crotch of her underwear on display. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Mami wore a printed dress she called a muumuu, which stretched across her pregnant belly like a round plot of exotic flowers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Nhamo gently helped her lie down and stretched out on the mat herself to think. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We asked about the dirt road through the village and were told it stretched all the way to Léopoldville. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A haze of fire that stretched for miles. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

He stretched up and licked my arm, gently. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Now he wedged his claws into a fissure and stretched upwards, gaining inch by inch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Even though the shirt was stretched across my chest, and the shorts kept riding up my butt, I felt very Iranian when I emerged from the stall in my borrowed kit and cleats. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Right outside the window, so close I could touch her if I stretched my hand through the window, is a Candor child, a girl,' holding a gun that is as long as her forearm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I feel tapping and tugging and a vague sense my skin is being stretched beyond the limits of its elasticity. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

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

After visiting the dining room, where caterers from the North German Lloyd company served up hearty helpings of American-style food, most of the boys stretched out on their bunks to read or write letters home. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She rolled over and stretched, blinking up at the blue sky. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

If she stretched her toes out, they met the gardenia thorns. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wall stretched from one building corner to another, right across the street, cutting us off from the rest of Kraków. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched my arms, rolled my head and neck around on my shoulders, and cracked my knuckles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Alfred stretched out his legs, and worked his hands into his pockets. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But an observer at B sees the waves as stretched out, while an observer at A sees them as compressed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

She had changed her dress to a brown figured muslin which stretched tight over her rather wide hips as Tom helped her to the platform in New York. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was tight and phony, stretched Saran wrap thin. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Kitty Randolph rolled over languorously on her back and stretched in the warm sun. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel her weight, the shape of her thighs, if he stretched his foot out. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his 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's something that's best forgot about," he said, leaning close, his big hands gripped and stretched before him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood up and stretched, and then she bent down and picked up her baton. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

The steeple stretched tall up into the sky. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

The horse lines alone stretched out over leagues. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There are beds in it, or rather bunks—a couple of wooden beams over which wire netting is stretched. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were round, like bubbles made of canvas, stretched tight over ingeniously bent poles. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I stretched my aching arms and rinsed off my slippers. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Edgar jumped down from his lap and stretched. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He put his trowel down and squeezed his waist as he stretched his back. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Beyond the glass structure stretched a vast misty jungle. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The road stretched out for miles and miles without a town or intersection to break up the monotony of the scenery. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Above the beard, a fading black ropy tattoo stretched across his cheeks and nose. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The droopy lower lip stretched upward in a smile. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

Bigger dropped the paper, stretched out upon the cot and closed his eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched as far as my legs could go. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And stretched out on the long tables, far from Whatever Surprise was being fed to Camillo Junior High for lunch that day, were a dozen trays of cream puffs—brown, light, perfect cream puffs. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

There was a glimpse of barbed wire stretched across the water and they guessed that this must surround a cattle wade, like the one in the little brook near the home warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The river gorge stretched away, with no easy way down in sight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He took a step back to take in the whole thing, which stretched from one side of the old storage room to the other. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

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

Surprised—it always surprised him to find himself awake without prior notice—he rose from the bed, stood up in his multicolored pajamas, and stretched. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

A wispy cloud bank stretched low across the horizon, like wool pulled thin by a spinner’s hands. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

Then he stretched and touched his toes to take away the night stiffness and went to the bathroom. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I stopped, for I could make out the form of a man stretched be-tween the sleeping house and the store tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The 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

His face is the color of Wonder Bread, the skin stretched tight over his cheekbones. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ashe dropped into a chair and stretched his long legs out before him. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a fire in the center and people stretched out around it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When he came back out, Radar had made himself right at home and was stretched out across the big lounge chair in the living room. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She leaned her body over the ledge and stretched for the tree branch, but she couldn’t reach it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

From the pond as I sat I could look down on the field of wheat, a darker green acre in the pasture that stretched toward the gap. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I stretched my arms and legs, cracked my knuckles, and took a deep breath. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They can be spun, stretched and shaped with a surprising degree of freedom. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled away, but when she stretched out he dove back into her belly fur again. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no idea how far Miles’s definition of legal stretched, but maybe this was his form of a peace offering. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The field, with the pond, stretched to my right; ahead of me lay the road and the store. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had an overstuffed duffel bag at his feet and a backpack stretched taut, which contained only books. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

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

While Edward and the shepherds drove the sheep to their pens across the field, Alyce stretched and wiped her wet hands on her wet skirt. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

They ate at long trestle tables that stretched the length of the room. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

To create the drums, the boys stretched thick plastic bags tightly across the tops of the cans, securing the bags with rubber bands. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

Without being invited, Kaz sat down on the plush settee and stretched out his bad leg. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

Between gulps, Jean Louise told her shame, omitting nothing, and begging that she not be sent to Mobile, stretched, or thrown against a wall. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She and Ginny got into the front seat, which had been stretched so that it resembled a park bench. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

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

Leader stretched, and sipped from the glass of water on his desk. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

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

After a while, Mr. Morrison stretched his long skinny arms and stood up. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

Walking slowly to the hall, where there was a little breeze, she stretched out on the daybed and went to filing her nails. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The cotton brassiere stretched down to her hipbones, where it met the girdle into which she had already squeezed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

There was a small postern-door that opened in an angle of the burg-wall on the west, where the cliff stretched out to meet it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

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

I stretched myself out beside him, close to him in the darkness, and as we touched he turned abruptly towards me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray stood up, brushed his pants off, and stretched his long body, which had to be stiff from all the sitting. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Under a cloudless blue sky stretched a breath-taking glittering universe, carved of dazzling white coral, unreal and silent. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched his fingers out, brushing them against mine on the floor. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

With her forehead exposed and her eyebrows stretched upward by the strength of her hair, she reminded me even more of a Klingon warrior preparing for battle. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The brown field stretched out, the remains of last year’s crop plowed into the soil. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hayley stood up then, her arms stretched out protectively in front of her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

He wore a black suit that stretched only far enough across his vast belly for one button to connect with its buttonhole. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

Chewing on the other half, he stretched out on his back and wondered what to do next. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Portia pulled her earrings so that the lobes of her ears stretched like rubber. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When he arose he stretched, glanced at her, and suggested, yawning, “Lets take the flame birds to town tonight to see an entertainment.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the fourth round, Bobby became involved in a 108-move extravaganza, a chess ultra-marathon that stretched to more than seven hours. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was a noise—a short screeching sound, like a cat—and the door swung in and Fossie was framed there for an instant, his arms stretched out, and then he slipped inside. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Will came around the corner, his cat Moxie, rose up from her favorite spot under the still-living hydrangea and stretched before greeting him with a soft meow and butting her head against his leg. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched out her chubby arms to the giant insects. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

I wasn’t really up for hearing it, but judging by the way she stretched back and put her hands behind her head, I knew she was waiting to be asked. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Not only did they fear that New York City could be vulnerable to an attack launched from Europe, but also the university’s resources were already stretched thin by Urey’s gaseous diffusion research. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I take the ice cream from her and we sit on the step, our legs stretched out onto the walkway. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The noise woke up the bald guy, who got out of the car and stretched his arms and lit up a cigarette. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The shorts just barely cleared her underwear, and the fabric was stretched so tight over her chest, the seams were starting to pop under her arms. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But he felt as if he was nailed in place and lay stretched out completely confused in all his senses. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few moments her belly felt comfortably stretched, but the sensation quickly vanished. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her stomach comfortably stretched, she dozed awhile and set out again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skin on his cheeks was stretched tight, and its surface shone as though it were glazed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The seasons stretched into years like saplings into great trees. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

From New York to Charleston stretched all the way down my fingers to the palm. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow woke up stretched out in the back of a sedan car. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

At noon the pony lay wearily down on his side and stretched his nose out. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stretched out, reaching into the hallway, toward the front of the house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

With his hands stretched before him, he groped in the corner for the shovel, found it, and opened the lower door of the furnace. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They stretched out that night wherever they could: on the beach, under tarps, and in old shipping containers. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The small circle continued to lower, going down, down toward the water, and the string in Yishan’s hand stretched longer and longer. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The elegant woman stretched her hand out for me to shake. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

And when full daylight came at last, they all got to their feet and stretched their poor cramped bodies, and then the Centipede, who always seemed to see things first, shouted, “Look! There’s land below!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

For the first time, I’m aware of the tension in my body, a rubber band stretched to its limit. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I looked over at the guard, then stretched a bit higher for a better view. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She sprouted a tail, and her nose stretched out long. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed deeply, stretched, and bent down again, ignoring the thumping under my skull. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The old man still smiles, thin red lips stretched garishly over large front teeth. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

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

Through the glass, I make out the shapes of three sea lions doing laps around the rocks, their flippers stretched out and noses pointed forward. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

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 castle-like fortress stretched three whole city blocks along the summit of Dactyl Hill. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And once more there was silence; and the expectancy, momentarily relaxed, was stretched again, tauter, tauter, almost to the tearing point. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They look weird, stretched out, as if distorted through some sort of circus mirror. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They found Cleopatra’s lifeless body, dressed in her royal robes, stretched on a golden couch. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I stretched my arm out, hand groping for the megaphone’s handle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

When I woke the next day I felt surprisingly good, considering I had slept in my clothes and my bladder felt stretched to the size of a sweetmelon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

But maybe that was just because her face was small, the skin stretched tight over its bones. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the time, I was contemplating a long pickled worm stretched out in a square steel pan. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The bridge stretched from bank to bank between two low abutments. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we went downstairs, they were all playing spin-the-bottle like little kids, stretched out on the floor, swinging their legs. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Johnny took off the red mittens Aunt Lorne had knit for him and stretched his hands toward the fire blazing on the hearth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smallest one stretched its neck like people in English films who loosen their ties after office. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

A waist-high fence made of swamp-wood posts stretched around the hut’s perimeter. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

His back is to me, his left hand stretched out to hold on to a shelf, his right hand dangling at his side. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

So saying, he stretched out on his back on the carpet again, his slight torso fitting in rather tightly between the 1932 Stromberg-Carlson table radio and an overfilled maple magazine stand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

The track stretched off in two directions, but it was easy enough to tell which one to take. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

Harry sighed and stretched out on the bed. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

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

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

He got out of bed very slowly, stretched, and took the tea cup into the front room. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

Craggy rocks and black volcanic sand stretched inland about a hundred yards to the base of a high stone wall, which marched off in either direction as far as we could see. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

The pony stretched out his nose and shook the forelock from his wild eyes. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The other two sections of train are also stopped, stretched out before us on the track, a half mile between each. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I feel an elastic band inside my throat, stretched as tight as nature will allow, no farther. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

He stretched out his hand and caught the flashlight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stood on the street watching the returns come in on a bed sheet stretched from window to window of a house on the corner. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The forest is a twelve-hundred-square-mile swath of pine and cedar stretched between Lake Tahoe and Yosemite. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When Harry relieved this owl of its burden, it ruffled its feathers importantly, stretched its wings, and took off through the window into the night. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The highway stretched deserted through the swamp forests. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though tautly stretched at the end of the boat, it sagged a little in the middle; it made for three or four toilsome, bouncy steps. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It shows the Golden Gate Bridge, stretched over the bright blue water. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

An empty passage stretched both to the left and to the right. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both set up their looms and stretched the warp upon them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Then he remembered his father and his mother, and all the arms stretched out to hold him back, to save him from this city where, they said, his soul would find perdition. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

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

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

He stretched out on the dirt, jerked once or twice and lay still. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched his mouth in a kind of smile, no trace of pleasure in it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d never twisted and stretched like this before; it felt good. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

He had said good-by to caution and stretched himself far beyond any boundaries he ever dreamed he possessed. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A string of gray yarn stretched across them, and the last woman was working on a large wooden spinning wheel. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Now she sat on the sofa in her khaki slacks, her legs stretched out in front of her, crossed at the ankles. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The stretcher was wheeled down the corridor and my arm stretched out toward the Object. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She stretched out her hands as the passengers left the train, and in the bustle I saw a man stick his finger in her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

My shadow stretched across the browning lawn as shadow Yuki trotted ahead. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

A long I beam stretched nearly the full length of the loft, and on it lay the framework of an eight-oared shell under construction. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

I was at Dad’s side with my hand stretched out for the receiver before he even had a chance to call me to the phone. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad was stretched halfway across the front seat with his head a foot or two from the open window. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

He blinked, yawned, and stretched his body luxuriously. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Are there loops in these places?” asked Olive, pointing to a void that stretched across much of China. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Harry stretched out his arms, lifted the egg in his wet hands, and opened it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The third stretched out his neck and watched the commotion with wet, solemn eyes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie walked over to the bed, his arms stretched out, pointing the gun at George's head. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

They tried to get close to him for a rubbing when he went into the barn and stretched and bleated for a little touch on the nose. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The pleats around her hips are stretched open like accordion bellows. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

It stretched into a three-foot-long wooden staff with dove wings sprouting out the top. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

Abby’s dad had the banner rushed, and it stretched across Main Street advertising the festival. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Just before dawn, I stretched and headed toward the Sacred Rock, Sumac groggily perched atop my shoulder. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Old Dan walked off a few yards, stretched his body, and dragged his claws through the soft bottom soil. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the days stretched, other rooms sprouted off the kitchen. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He threw his wand down upon the sofa and stretched, yawning.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He would spend his days off stretched out in bed, snoozing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Life gets blurry, distorted, stretched out, balled up. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She was bawling like cows do when they’ve lost a calf or when their bags are stretched too tight with milk. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

There was a pause that stretched on as we stared at each other. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was a dismal finish to my morning, and the day that stretched ahead of me was long. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mom stretched her hands to the center of the table. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He reached forward and pulled a lever and the doors opened and he got out and stretched again, then walked over to the luggage bins and bent to open them. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Across the street from the school stretched acres of cotton fields, the raw material for Monroe’s mill and the source of income for many county residents. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

She came round where I could see her, her arms halfway stretched out as though she would have liked to embrace me but dared not. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

She kept walking until she reached the hard dirt road that stretched back to the village. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

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

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

I cupped water in my hands and drank until my stomach stretched. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Above them hung a sign, a sheet stretched between clothesline poles. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Men stretched a heavy line the length of the Putnam from bow to stern. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He stretched his wings—it was like a huge, irascible yawn—then settled again. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up and stretched my hands toward Mama in a plea for mercy. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The shark looked like a ghost with its white belly and broad fins stretched to the sky, reflecting the sunlight. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

They tortured her, stretched her on the rack, tore her sides with iron hooks, burned her with blazing torches, and she said, Nay, I will not deny Our Lord. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I took a flying leap off the carousel, stretched out my arms, and trapped the baby screecher under my coat. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

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

While Cole waited for the medication to dull the pain, Garvey sat upright on his cot and stretched the kinks out of his back. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Finding just the right spot on a giant rock, I stretched out like a lizard till the sun warmed me through. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Have you ever stretched your legs or touched your toes and tried for too much? I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

My friends and I were standing in the middle of the junkyard, mountains of scrap metal stretched out in every direction. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore pushed back the sleeve of his robe over his blackened hand, and stretched out the tips of his burned fingers toward the surface of the potion. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

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

When he saw his partner of sixteen years stretched out in the coffin, Kenneth’s eyes welled up. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

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

Even in the huge forest that stretched out behind their farm. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

Social calls stretched into the evening now that so many colored settlers had put down roots, the advance guard of a great migration. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Our legs refuse to move, our hands tremble, our bodies are a thin skin stretched painfully over repressed madness, over an almost irresistible, bursting roar. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gripping it as tightly as she could between two fingers, Kate stretched just a tiny bit further. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna sat down on the floor and stretched out her legs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He eased the covers of the bed back and slipped beneath them and stretched out beside Buddy; in five minutes he was sound asleep. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched my gum out the way Nancy had, only I pulled mine so thin it was almost all holes. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

As the Giulia blew its horn and moved away from the dock, a few hundred strings of yarn stretched across the water. 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

With that, he stretched out his mighty arms and in each great hand he seized one of the men and dashed his brains out on the ground. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

To one side of him, the fields stretched into the distance with the long grass bending in the breeze. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The old church clock showed a few minutes before ten as the contestants positioned themselves directly beneath the long banner that stretched across the street. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he opened his eyes he was stretched out upon a cot. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It looked strange to see the mercury stretched all the way to the wrong end of the thermometer. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He says that time can be stretched or shrunk, and that it runs faster in some places than in others. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Capricorn was a tall man, and gaunt, as if the skin had been stretched too tight over his bones. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I found him at four thirty in the morning when I came back to the lab after wandering around down at the waterfront—on his side, stretched out in the corner of his cage. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

Charlie Bucket found himself standing in a long corridor that stretched away in front of him as far as he could see. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Moss leaned back into his chair and stretched his leg out, rubbing it up against Javier. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

The fairgrounds stretched below, a wealth of glittering lamps flanked by the endless black expanse of Lake Michigan. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

His long blond flyaway hair stretched all the way down to the middle of his back. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The rope attached to his ankle is stretched to the door of the inn. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her arms stretched in front of her as if she were blind, Violet made her way across the stage, stepping carefully around pieces of furniture and startled actors. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

The beam stretched out into shrinking nothingness, a-glitter with dancing, shining motes. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

At the same time he stretched out his hand toward the horse’s head with the words, “Steady, Strawberry, old boy. Steady now.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

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

The fields stretched like a carpet of jewels, emerald and topaz and garnet. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Elisha stretched out his hand, and John took the hand, and stood—so suddenly, and so strangely, and with such wonder!—once more on his feet. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I felt his body and it was burning hot, the skin dry and stretched. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

A new future stretched out before them, but Dorothy Vaughan and the others found themselves at the beginning of a career, with few role models to follow to its end. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

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

She was standing by the window, smoking a cigarette, an odd, dumpy little figure I should not see again, her coat stretched tight over her large breasts, her ridiculous hat perched sideways on her head. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He let go of one arm and stretched it into the whipping air. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

So for half an hour the boys stretched, jogged, and passed a ball around, all the while watching for Luma’s yellow Beetle. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

Now a weird symbol appeared to be stitched into it, like a sun with rays that stretched out to infinity, or a flower with long petals. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She pulled a ball off one side and stretched it out into a thin sheet. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The long, airless tunnel that stretched to a pinpoint before them brought home forcefully to Powell the exact magnitude of the task accomplished by the First Expedition, with their crude robots and their start-from-scratch necessities. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

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

Her skin was stretched over her puffy cheeks like shiny scar tissue that covers old vaccination marks. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The moment stretched out so long, I thought it would never end. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Beyond the escarpment stretched a valley almost obscured by industrial haze. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Most of the boats were moored at docks that stretched out into the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the road, where the farm itself lay, overgrown fields stretched back to meet a thick woods of pine trees, oaks and tall, topheavy loblollies. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth is stretched out like it’s all she can do to hold back a mountain of sobbing. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She stretched her neck and vigorously massaged her head with both hands. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two weren’t moving, stretched out on the ground. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He stretched his arm along the back of the bench seat. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I came to I was alive and stretched out on Miss Volker’s kitchen floor. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The garden ran neat and tidy from the back porch down to the cobhouse beside the yard where she stretched her clothesline. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ellidyr remained aloof from them, stretched on the ground at the hooves of his roan. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Its hairless gray skin was stretched tightly across its misshapen head, displaying a gaping mouth filled with black fangs. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I watched as she stretched herself out across a couple rows of seats. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

Vitality restored, she lifted one wing and stretched it as far as it would reach. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

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

Lined with doorways, it stretched off into the distance, where it finally turned a corner. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Its branches reached high and stretched wide, and under it sat a little girl who resembled both Charlie and Zooey, staring at the stars overhead, a secret smile on her face. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

Their clothing was stretched tight like sausage skins, and when we picked them up, some made sharp burping sounds as the gases were released. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

About two o’clock the mist cleared away, and we beheld, stretched out in every direction, vast and irregular plains of ice, which seemed to have no end. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Mr. Underhill plodded over to a grassy spot between two graves and stretched his arms between the markers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nokomis drank it all up, stretched her arms, hopped to her feet with a young girl’s agility. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

My classmates, including Curtis, stretched their necks to see the ribbon. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was an enormous bubble around his head, which made his features look oddly wide and stretched. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It now stretched out for another good ways, maybe forty rods or so. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Water spattered all over the floor as Ilya crashed through the low wall of the balcony, a club stretched out in front of him as he soared through the air. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Laleh stretched and yawned and leaned against me, burying her face in my side. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Directly in front of them, a row of twenty or so darkly tinged windows stretched across the compound horizontally, one after the other. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It had been a very long time since he had had such a large amount to eat and his skin was stretched thin to accommodate all the delicious meat. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

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

Steeples stretched up to the moonlit night, and Sierra could make out the gnarly silhouettes of gargoyles jutting out to either side. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The clock chimed eleven and Celaena stretched, but then stopped as pain seized her stomach. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He stretched the plank across to the house on the right and walked to the roof. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

You could see the blurring of the fine ink lines where skin had stretched and then shrunk back again. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He leaned back against the wall with his legs stretched out in front of him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can’t be right. I need a change, or something.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At the top, a wide, flat plain dotted with huge ant mounds stretched for a mile, and Joe left the dirt ruts to slalom between the mounds for a ways. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had dug all the morning and was resting, stretched out along the floor. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

The glass windows I pass reflect a distorted vision of myself—face elongated, dark jeans stretched too long, black gloves, beat-up boots, faded red scarf wrapped around my black hoodie. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stretched out my arm and leaned against the rock. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His wings, which had stretched out slightly, relaxed and settled. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Under certain circumstances that hole can be stretched out. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Long before sunset, Nhamo was too exhausted to row, so she brought the oar inside and stretched out with Aunt Chipo’s scarf over her head. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The senators read newspapers, jumped up and down opening and closing doors and windows, gazed at the ceiling, sharpened pencils, clipped their fingernails, stretched, and yawned. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I flexed my fingers and stretched my palms until my hands mostly worked again, then started pulling off my wet clothes. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I stretched out my foot and kicked snow off one of the peaks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

His right, pinching a cigarette, was stretched out for the knob on a radio, which the nurses had perched on a stack of magazines. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Maya indeed had stretched the meager productive capacity of their homeland. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A high metal fence stretched along each side of the border, and a large building was set in the middle. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The dragon tipped up his great tusked head, stretched his neck, sighed fire. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

On both sides of us stretched the wet plain. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

Relaxed, sitting in an armchair with his legs stretched out in front of him, he was alert, well rested, quick with a laugh or a clever reply. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Scattered here and there, his houses stretched up beyond him like squat ghosts with hooded eyes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

His silver claws scraped stone as he stretched out to grab me, and drops of black drool sizzled as his mouth opened wide to swallow me whole. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I love watching the spread of rice flour on cloth, stretched over a steaming pot. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The finish photo captured the scene: a dense cluster of horses stretched out for the wire, ears flat and lips peeled back in extreme effort. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I finished scrubbing and polishing the bike, I climbed on, stretched my legs to reach the pedals, and wobbled a few feet before falling over. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

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

A giraffe stretched his long neck out over the heads of the other animals and let a little boy in a sailor-suit tickle its nose. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

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

Olanna reached out and grasped Odenigbo’s arm and the screams came out of her, screeching, piercing screams, because something in her head was stretched taut. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

He reached to help his mother, then stretched a sure hand to swing Kit over the boat’s edge. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

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

The fire stretched in an unbroken wall across the opposite shore, a roaring wind pressing at its back and sending embers flying across to alight on the near side. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

I stretched up a little to see inside the box, unable to glimpse anything, though, but white tissue paper, turning yellow around the edges. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Tam Lin stood up and stretched his big muscles. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rose stood up straight, stretched her back and turned to us. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Lice Peeking was stretched facedown on the blue shag carpet, and he wasn’t moving. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The winding black river stretched out before them like a slithering snake. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

When he was through, he lit a cigarette, stretched out upon the cot and closed his eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched out a racing-gloved hand and offered me one of her contact cards. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As if it had disturbed her, Pearl yawned and stretched and Mia had cuddled her closer, stroked her hair, pressed her lips to that unbelievably soft cheek. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Beyond it, the blue sea stretched to the horizon, beckoning. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Commons lawn stretched out wide and desolate like some Napoleonic battlefield: churned, sordid, roiled with footprints. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As Harry’s birthday dinner would have stretched the Burrow’s kitchen to breaking point even before the arrival of Charlie, Lupin, Tonks, and Hagrid, several tables were placed end to end in the garden. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

She stretched out an arm and motioned at the line of eight weathered wooden buildings. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then he stretched out on a bed of Merry Christmas 1982. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He stretched his legs out by putting his feet on top of the cooler. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

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

His arms flailed wildly, and his eyes were stretched wide open. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

But, as it was autumn weather, the rain suddenly disappeared, and cloudless, brilliant skies once more stretched over them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She felt like a universal pet, and the second she voiced that thought to herself, Pantalaimon stretched his goldfinch wings and chirruped loudly. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra’s uncle moved across to the fire and stretched his arms high above his head, yawning like a lion. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Among the dead animals that lay stretched in unnatural attitudes was a badly injured weasel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Finally, there are the words that are so stretched out of shape that they aren’t even words anymore—like that impostor irregardless. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched my neck and opened and closed my jaw. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The eyes were large and deep and dark, with eyelids stretched tightly over them. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

In the mermaid suit, Z. was none too mobile and stretched out across the couch, a Piscean odalisque. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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

If, on an interstellar voyage, you are not paying attention, you can find yourself drawn into it irrevocably, your body stretched unpleasantly into a long, thin thread. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Eyes closed, lips moving soundlessly, Muriel stretched forth a bloody hand, and a gust of wind stripped away the sparkling dust. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Alone, she stretched out in the sand down the beach under the swishing leaves of a palm and stared at the sky. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

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

Jack is stretched out on the other bed, his eyelids hooded, his breathing so slow and so deep, you’d almost think he’s sleeping. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He wore nothing but shorts, his whiter-than-white skin stretched across his bones like a sheet wrapped tightly around a bundle of sticks. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

One second stretched like putty into hours, and Seven was shaking with fear and anticipation. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The newly formed throng haints stretched long, spiny arms to either side and roared. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

I stretched and grabbed her laptop off the edge of the bed. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

Suddenly, he clapped his large hand on the housekeeper’s, like a trap, as she stretched it across the table. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

They crossed the busy street and followed the white tents around the side of the building to the pier, where a maze of additional tents stretched ahead of them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Ku-Ang stretched his hands in front of him, and, with shock, he saw they had turned into claws! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The still waters of Lake Washington, stretched out at the city’s back, slowly shifted from gray to green to blue. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

With his last energies he stretched forward and took hold of it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Martin stretched his hand out and pulled Moss through the crowd. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The rows of cells stretched on and on, infinite, impossible. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

To which my mom, the receiver still in her hand, the coiled cord stretched across the room, said, “We could afford them if you would let me get a job.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Maribel rose to her feet, like a filly finding her legs, and stretched. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

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

When we approached Hankow, she went on deck and stretched out on a long chair. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

And Jasper, dear Jasper, with his soulful eyes and great, sagging jowl, would be stretched upon the floor, his tail a-thump when he heard his master’s footsteps. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

This particular invention lunged with one arm stretched toward the girls; it seemed to be chasing the Ellisons. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then, old womanish, as if he were, though still spiteful, slightly embarrassed, he got back up onto his treasure pile, stretched out his wings, and settled. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they had closed the door to the Palace of Illusions, a winding road stretched out before them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

A dim white ceiling stretched far above me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

It stretched from wall to wall, floor to ceiling, and into the building in a blue and cloudy blur. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Its body was leonine, the skin stretched across its lean frame the pale pink color of something that hadn’t seen true sunlight in years. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A taut spotted veil was stretched over her face. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

As he stretched out his right arm preparatory to giving him a box on the ear he looked as if he were going to reach down a star. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

All around stretched empty hills in the late, dusk light. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched out, closed his eyes, and dreamed he was falling from a mountain of ice toward a cold sea. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his long arms and grasped the platform. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A trail of broken wayns and frozen corpses stretched back behind them, buried beneath the blowing snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

And I can see the woman I knew as a child, too, the mouth that stretched into a smile, the eyes that sparkled with joy. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

His very first blow took a stable-lad from Fox- wood on the skull and stretched him lifeless in the mud. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

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

She raised her arms and stretched like some sleek black cat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Meliton Naranjo was sitting in the doorway of the chopper, desultorily hunched over, smoking a cigarette; the pilot had stretched out on the grass nearby. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lit a fire in his fireplace and stretched out on his bed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Bristle stretched out in a patch of slanting sunlight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

I stretched out on the floor, balled up a One Drum shirt and stuck it under my head. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I took his right hand, and Lord Godalming his left; Jonathan held my right with his left and stretched across to Mr. Morris. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

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

Along its brink there now stretched a wide tumbled flat of scored and weathered rock, cut every now and again by trench-like gullies that sloped steeply down to deep notches in the cliff-face. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In front of them stretched a stone tunnel with a low ceiling. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It consists of an inflatable transparent cone set upon a round lifebuoy-like buoyancy chamber that has a surface of black rubberized canvas stretched across its centre. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

The tiny creature looked up and stretched its fingers, revealing enormous brown eyes and a nose the exact size and shape of a large tomato. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Groaning, Thomas leaned forward, stretched out his back and arms. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Before them, like a brown, menacing serpent, stretched a turbulent river. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

His voice, stronger and more confident, grabbed my attention, and I stretched out an arm. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I always stretched them on the side facing the road, never on the back side. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Derby finished a last glass of wine, then lit his pipe and stretched his long legs out from his chair just as Amari was walking by with the final platter of leftover blackberry pie. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s not,” said Hazel, “and it’s stretched tight, of course, which makes it much easier to gnaw. I can gnaw that, all right.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sleeves of the sweater had stretched so that they hung loose and made his hands look very small. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As we turn a corner, we find Marcus hunched atop a prone form, his face stretched into a savage leer. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The horizon stretched, impersonal once more, barren of all but the faintest trace of smoke. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“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

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

I stretched out on my back because the fish weren’t biting, and hummed. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I would have to be stretched out dead to remain upstairs. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inside of a school bus stretched out in front of us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

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

The river stretched out in front of her, winding its way into the snowcapped mountains. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his leathery palm, which now held two shiny quarters. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Docks, most of them vacant now on this summer morning, stretched out into the bay. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The moment stretched, a snag in time’s stream, and still no one moved, no one spoke. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I scribbled some notes and then I took Jane Eyre and stretched out on the couch. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I stretched out on the living room floor and it felt like I was swimming. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I put on the entertainment center’s visor and gloves, then stretched out on my mattress. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

I stretched my neck to try to see around the back-to-school-shopping families and teenagers crowding the walkway, dodging shopping bags and ginormous purses. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He paused before lifting the rock and slowly stretched his body, touching his toes, reaching for the sky, twisting at the waist, and leaning backward. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

So that’s where we sit, leaning against the wall with our legs stretched forward. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

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

He threw his arms into the air and stretched his fingers into peace signs. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She shook her hands to get the blood moving again and stretched her arms behind her back. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his legs and admired his tanned feet. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam was stretched out on the wide girder, under the burlap camouflage. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He could feel it everywhere, even in the blue sheets that were stretched tightly across the bed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stretched slowly and took a deep breath. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

I could see Dad’s legs stretched out on the chair next to the dresser. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

The scythe was no longer a scythe: it had stretched into ribbons of iron, anchored to the ground with the handle the scythe had once been fastened to. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

To his right, the jungle’s trees still loomed like sentries; to his left, a barren expanse of russet dirt stretched several yards wide between the city’s edge and the jungles border to create a no-man’s-land. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

I flung back my thin cotton sheet and stretched my arms to the ceiling and luxuriated in the chill air. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The tethers of light stretched around Mini, gathering her up and yanking her out of the creature’s throat. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

His face was anxious as the silence stretched on. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

She stretched her numb legs and cracked her neck and back. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

However, tracking Scythe Faraday’s movements on the day he died was like trying to find a needle in a field of haystacks that stretched to the horizon. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

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

In spite of the rain and the throbbing pulse down his foreleg, he felt ready to sleep where he was, stretched upon the planking. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pax stretched high, the danger from above forgotten. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

But countless abuses had stretched the vertical fibers apart and weakened the horizontal ones beyond use. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There lay Lyra, stretched out in the depths of her sleep, right next to Mrs. Coulter. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

Inaudibly, she spoke again; then, with a quick, impassioned gesture stretched out her arms towards the Savage, stepped forward. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It stretched out its chin and tried to raise its head. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crossed the busy street and followed the white tents around the side of the building to the pier, where a maze of additional tents stretched ahead of them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In his mind Kepler stretched an ellipse out more and more, dragging one focus farther and farther away. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I stretched out in the warmth of my bed and pulled the blanket up to my chin. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The young dog became frantic now: he whined, as he stretched at the edge of the rut; then nudged and pushed with his nose, doing everything in his power to rouse the huddled, unresponsive body. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flame illuminated her hand stretched out: roused now, and on the alert for discoveries, I at once noticed that hand. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

One day I came back from school to find a rope stretched across the front room and men’s white shirts, clean and crisp, hanging in a row. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

His beret is pushed low on his forehead, and his mouth is stretched wide, with big square teeth like a horse. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not to mention she’d already stretched her luck about as far as it could go, she was sure, by asking—nay, haranguing—them to let her go to Stanford. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Beside him, his friend lifted his eye patch and scratched the skin stretched over his empty eye socket. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I removed a pad of paper and a pencil and stretched my fingers out and cracked my knuckles. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The third plucked at strings stretched across a long-necked instrument made of wood. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

The unraveled black thread of the embroidered turtle stretched between them and melted away into the dark sky like a thin wisp of smoke. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

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 kicked his boots loose from the stirrups and stretched his legs; the tendons and muscles unlocked from the flexed position of the saddle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gus interrupted my thoughts when he stood up and stretched and said, “Time to turn in.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

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

Together they stretched cloths over the shallow washing trays, poured in water and gold together. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

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

But my chest was on fire, and my lungs constricted, stretched tight and useless by the pain in my ribs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The convoy rolling across the desert that evening stretched for a couple of miles. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

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

Ada whispered, “Get up, get up,” into my ear as I stretched my arms and legs and let out a groan. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

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

I said, “I’m tolerable good long’s it don’t get stretched into geometry.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She stretched lazily and blinked against the clear golden light, feeling as though she had slept so well she might never have to sleep again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The great wolf stretched and strained, but the chains held. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

He stretched his hand out across the side of the dory and reached over as far as he could without tipping the boat. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

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

Except he said “Velly important,” stretched his eyelids back with two fingers, and bowed down low—it was the classic fake-Chinese act. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Freddy stretched his arms over his head, did a few jumps, readying himself. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Jam exhaled when they sat in their seats, welcoming the dark of the large room, the artificial light of the screen that stretched from floor to ceiling, curving in on them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The road dipped now into a broad green valley and stretched toward the horizon. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

But his are overly full, the skin stretched too tight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s amazing what you can hear when you’re stretched out on the prairie grass. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Tally laid it flat, stretched out in the sun, where its metallic surface turned jet black as it drank in solar energy. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I inched closer, stretched out my whole hand now to trace the contours of his forearm with my fingertips. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Luxa was stretched out on her bat’s back alive but wiped out. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wandering boy stood up in our lifeboat, his tiny arms stretched up toward the ship. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Halima stood up and stretched, for a little too long, as though to register her reluctance. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Our family is together again, but I think spending the summer on opposite sides of the ocean stretched us thin. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

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

The silence stretched on as I struggled to wrap my mind around the concept of so many years. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

Then he kind of rolls a little distance away, crouches on a big rock, and stands up facing the wind with his arms stretched out to either side. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

If he stretched himself up on his arms and legs, he was as tall as a bird’s nest in a tree, she realized. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

His wife stretched on the bed, uncovered and cold, like a body displayed on the lid of a tomb, her eyes fixed to the ceiling by invisible threads of steel, immovable. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

It had been stretched around many necks, over the years, and had been the end of every one of the people it had embraced. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It should have stretched east and west, but it extended north instead. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I turned, I saw her face stretched up to the window, watching me leave. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She yawned, stretched again, stood up, and walked slowly down the length of the library and back again, thinking as strongly as she could of absolutely nothing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I looked at row after row of faces in photos, portraits, and sketches that stretched back in time—way, way back. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

Before them and on either side stretched a huge empty hall; its black walls, polished and smooth as glass, flashed and glittered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He stretched his legs, crossed them at the ankles. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She got out of the vehicle and stretched her legs as she looked around. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

Leader leaned back in his chair and stretched. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Once they had him stretched out on the hood of the parked car, they stared at each other uneasily again, for they h ad no idea what to do with him next. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was beautiful, but too solemn: I half rose, and stretched my arm to draw the curtain. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

After a while, he sat down on the bare earth, his legs stretched in front of him, and Ugwu wished he had not; there was something so undignified, so unmasterly about it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He lay on the ground and stretched his back. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched it out and flattened it with my palm. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Miig stood, put his hands on his lower back, and stretched. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

Mounds and mounds of junk and waste stretched out like a mountain range. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And, just five days in, Laila had learned a fundamental truth about time: Like the accordion on which Tariq’s father sometimes played old Pashto songs, time stretched and contracted depending on Tariq’s absence or presence. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He sighed and got up and yawned and stretched his arms high above his head to loosen the muscles of his body. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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 slid on my belly, my arms stretched out, my fingers reaching. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

A huge ocean stretched for miles in every direction. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Bitter stretched an arm around both Jam and Redemption, holding them as close and as tight as she could. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

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

She awkwardly wiped her face on her shoulder, sniffed back a runny nose, and stood up, her bee-stung hands stretched out in front of her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

All through June the writing course stretched before me like a bright, safe bridge over the dull gulf of the summer. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

The eyases sat on their bums, legs stretched out in front of them. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

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

Being springtime, the leaves were out and the woods stretched as far as I could see. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the moment she learned Sarai had fallen, she had stretched her senses to their limits, waiting, hardly breathing, alert to the telltale skim of passing ghosts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Even the many meters of her sari barely stretched around her. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

He yawned and stretched and made himself sit up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A line of gray stake boats stretched across the river, marking the starting line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mario wanted to go to Coney Island for a swim today, but before he could even say “Good morning,” Mama Bellini stretched out her hand and pointed sternly at Chester. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He held the cover for her; she slid down beside him and stretched out. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

One stood up, yawned, stretched, glanced unconcernedly in his direction. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Then he repaired the envelope corners of the bedspread, pulling it tightly, until it stretched across the bed like a drumskin. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was coming from Chicago, after all, where winter stretched through April, where it was normal to keep a snow shovel stashed in the trunk of your car. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The sky was streaked with high, thin clouds that looked like a cotton ball stretched apart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

This was particularly true of Terryl, who kept digging and digging, seeing a great injustice that stretched beyond Valley View Highway on the morning of September 22, 2006. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He centered the kippah on his head, patted it once it was settled, then stretched out his arms toward the bowl. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

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

Peeta sits beside me, leaning against the wall, his bad leg stretched out before him, his eyes trained on the world outside. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

All around them, water stretched beyond the reach of the light. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

My ears stretched practically to the top of my head, and I opened my mouth to utter a humble thanks. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stretched up fifty, maybe even a hundred feet before the first branches. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The maneuvers had her flying an open-cockpit biplane upside down about 10 feet above the ground and slicing through a ribbon stretched between two poles. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

He stretched, easing his back into an upside-down U. “I don’t think you understand what’s going on here, Jackson,” he said. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Stacks of bunk beds, a chalkboard, bright blue cabinets that stretched from floor to ceiling, large windows boarded up with plywood, and strange square discolorations on the wall, where posters must have once hung. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And when I nodded, he stretched his hand across the counter. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I adjust the settings and now everything isn't all stretched and too bright. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In the hall, however, he stretched out his right hand away from his body towards the staircase, as if some truly supernatural relief was waiting for him there. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clayton stretched and opened his eyelids just as the violet of night turned pale blue and before white-yellow sun streams ran the pale blues out of the room. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Alec stretched up and peeked over the chair in front of them, then sank down again quickly. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As we wound south through the canyon toward Julia’s house, the sun dipped down and the shadows of the mountains stretched their cloaks across the snaking roadway. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

He preferred women who were placid and well rounded, and the sight of Blanca stretched out on cushions looking up at the sky during their siesta reminded him of his mother. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The duel stretched on: an eighth, a quarter, a half. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

He stretched out his arm so his fingers brushed five words in particular in the few lines that were understandable: Only the three of you…. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A streak of coconut pomade melting in Princesse’s hair fell onto the white sheet stretched out on the veranda floor beneath her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

And I could see the old tomcat from here, stretched out in the yard. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They both did anticipate, albeit from decidedly different perspectives, the looming sectional crisis between North and South that their own partnership stretched across. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He checked himself into a hotel, and days later an employee found him stretched out on the bed, dead. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Aisles of metal shelves stretched out forever, stacked high with crates of merchandise. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A great yell went up from the crowd, and all the other dancers ran towards him with out stretched hands. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Acres of coffee trees stretched in all directions. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no grass, but deep carpets of green lichen stretched out like meadows. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Ged stretched out in the bottom of the boat to sleep, wrapped in his cloak of wool and fur. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly he feasted off them to the last shred, and then, satisfied, stretched himself out across the cavern and slept. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Renee stretched her neck to see what was happening, and once she saw the mess, she just tightened her lips and shook her head. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He stretched his right hand out in front of him — the hand with the missing finger. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Their father, stretched out on a hard bench in the hospital corridor, was drunk. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clearly a scream—the rictus tension in her face, head thrust forward, throat stretched taut—but no sound came out. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

A window ledge is covered in stretched, dangling strips that look like melted wax. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Central Maryland stretched away to the horizon in folds and hollows, in bands of trees and rumpled fields, studded by silos that marked the presence of family farms. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pounced on the children and stretched them out on the ground. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Endlessly, the weeks stretched out, like mile upon mile of ocean. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Mr. Trace sat down and stretched. ‘This place needs birds.’ Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Mr. T had a smile stretched across his face. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She reached a small footpath that stretched itself into the cold night. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

On the beach I stretched out on my stomach alongside Masson and put my face on the sand. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I just closed my eyes, kept my arms stretched along the back of the couch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

Then the pianist let loose a sequence of rising and falling syncopations and a man’s crooning voice stretched over it all. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

As the days stretched into weeks, Harry began to suspect that Ron and Hermione were having conversations without, and about, him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As Scabior said it, Harry’s scar, which was stretched tight across his distended forehead, burned savagely. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I stretched out on my belly and worked the math. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

However, no sooner was he stretched out than he sat bolt upright, his head and shoulders suddenly propelled into view, with somewhat the macabre-comic effect of a corpse falling out of a closet. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

The minutes stretched into what might as well have been years. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, mam, it looks like her bed wasn’t slept in at all. The cover wasn’t even pulled back. Looks like somebody had just stretched out awhile and then got up. . . .” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His great white mustache stretched in both directions, and he laughed. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

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

The way she said “boy”—silky and stretched out to two syllables—made him realize she had the hint of an accent. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The wall stretched up and up, vanishing into the shadows above. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

He saw corpses stretched out, still, cold, empty. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was hungry, and the line in front of me stretched a long way “Hello, homegirl!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It had a shiny black case, and on the back, a gold spider stretched all eight legs in the cardinal directions. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The pond on my right was frozen over, and an unbroken plane of white stretched to the blue-sky horizon. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

None of us had any money, and the dwindling income from the farm was being stretched mighty thin across five families. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I bought a house at the end of a road that terminated on the very edge of a wilderness that stretched for literally thousands of miles. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

They had walked out onto a stone pier that stretched into the sea. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Harvey was lying on the floor, his right arm stretched out, as though he was grabbing for something. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She sat down on the bed, back propped against the footboard, legs stretched along the bed’s length, gazing up at the ceiling, as if testing it out. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They carried him back to the dressing room, and stretched him out on the table. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful shook her feathers, stretched one wing, and glanced out at the mountains. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Even from a distance, she could see the tent was anchored closely to the snow-cleared ground, the cloth tightly stretched without a wrinkle. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

One by one, naked to their briefs, old and young, Native men came out on their knees and stretched back to full height. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

At some point he noticed me still in the doorway, and his consciousness stretched to remember our relationship. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they approached Government Island and the halfway mark, California slowly increased its rate and stretched its lead out 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

She stood up, stretched her arms up above her head. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

I bet her eww frown stretched clear across her face when she saw the list! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

We watch some random shows on Bravo with Bieber stretched between us on the couch. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Of course the owner would pick a job that took much more than seven hours, so a worker’s day stretched from sunup to sundown. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

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

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

On each side of the Hearse, fields of squat, luminously green plants stretched out into a gray forever, broken up only by the occasional horse pasture, barn, or stand of trees. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I stretched out my body under the willow tree, my face feeling cooler in its shade. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

Some kind of hunchback with three eyes and a long tongue gawked from a banner stretched over the street. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

An arm stretched around the Berg door above, holding the tube- weapon out to take random shots. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

To the south the line of sand and surf stretched as far as he could see with no break. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss glanced toward the south and saw more people trying to claw their way out of the line of cops that stretched across the street. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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 whip was laying in front of him stretched out and resting like it was a rattler that had got a good bite in on someone. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I put Miles on the CD player and stretched out on the bed. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up, yawned, stretched, shivered, and washed in the chilly spring before eating a couple of dried figs and taking stock of the place. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It stretched far and curved slightly in the distance, disappearing into mist. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The skin of my back stretched agonizingly, and the water got pinker. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

Her feathers are flattened to her body, her eyes wide, neck stretched, and her wings are lowered for flight. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

As our time in Gross-Rosen stretched on, we seemed more and more like the walking dead. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Richard was not sure how long they had waited before boarding their flight at Lisbon, but the wait at São Tomé for a relief flight to Biafra had stretched to seventeen hours. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My leotard barely stretched over my protruding belly and my thighs touched no matter how hard I begged them not to. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

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

No, Miss Miss had come to compete in a slinky pink evening gown that stretched across her misshapen body. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He lit a cigarette and stretched himself full length upon the bed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

This one stretched practically across the table, and was as thick as a brick stood on end. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then a different device against her stretched and shaking belly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

They stretched taller, and the soft, pale bark darkened, roughened. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gray eased himself to the ground and stretched out. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

From here, Aru could see the entrance line, which stretched into a bank of clouds. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“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

The people dancing on its deck didn’t spot the rope stretched from bridge to shore. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She was standing at the front of the room, her arm stretched out toward the smart board. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He stretched himself on the deck and a sweet sleep closed his eyes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

From this vantage, the whole world stretched before him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched the cord into the pantry, pulled the string on the single bare bulb. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The paper was stretched tight between us, like two stubborn dogs who refused to let go of a dirty sock. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

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

Its thin leather strap stretched from being fastened around the waist to the last hole, and was now a hardened leather with a blinding, mean snap. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

My pulse stopped: my heart stood still; my stretched arm was paralysed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Along what had been country lanes rich with berries, high wire fences and mile-long factories stretched, and the yellow smoke of progress hung over all, fighting the sea winds’ efforts to drive them off. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stretched out as her barn groaned and collapsed, shooting sparks up to illuminate the black clouds like fireflies in the night. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

In the end, stretched on his belly and inching ahead a little with his elbows, he peered out from behind the bottom upward-starting curve of the rock. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still there must have been a marvelous freeing of beauty when a worker laid down her burden and stretched and arched. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben yawned, stretched, and led the way through the shop to where huge coils of rope were stacked. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Dr. Han stretched and got to his feet. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

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

He opened it, raised his hand above it, fingers stretched taut, and again a mysterious icy stone appeared, just below the old man’s skin. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He sat with his long legs stretched before him, his hands clasped behind his neck. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

And there she was, the huge figure of the Headmistress, stretched full-length on her back across the floor, out for the count. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Kanei stretched his hands as if trying to catch the sun. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The python had his jaws stretched wide, way way past his eyeballs, and the pig was already halfway down. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the camper, Luke is stretched out on his bunk, reading. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In a great slow gesture he stretched out his arms, the gesture of welcome that opens an invocation. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

A friendly, cool breeze slapped playfully at the car, and the long shadows stretched out lazily from the trees and bushes. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one else said anything either, and the quiet stretched like a rubber band, long and quivering. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

Clifton's voice came to me as he spieled his directions for making it dance, and I held it by the feet and stretched its neck, seeing it crumple and slide forward. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keeping my distance, I stretched in the corner by the windows, listening to Daddy’s last album on my iPod. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

They had lost a third of their number, and still the waste stretched before them, bleak and red and endless. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

A thousand roofs stretched out below her, painted in shades of ivory and silver by the moon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

There was a Wonder Woman poster that stretched over his bed, which overlapped one of Selena. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I opened my mouth, the songs poured out and were loud enough for the whole encampment to hear; my army stretched out for a mile. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, the painting came to life: The dragon stretched its long neck as if waking from a thousand-year sleep, blinked a few times in the glare of the streetlight, and then looked directly at Sierra. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They drove south in the powerful car, while outside on the right the sagebrush plain stretched west, and the mountains rose on their left, dark and shining. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Shadows stretched against the hillside, black and hungry. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

Charlie’s face was bright, and his eyes were stretched so wide you could see the whites all around. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The old woman stood at the edge of the light, her arms stretched out to Mother and Daddy. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She wore a stained apron stretched across her wide middle and tied in back. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

She had hardly turned around before Gregor had already dragged himself out from the couch, stretched out, and let his body expand. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Coming out of the hotel, he stretched himself, yawned, looked up at the blue sky and climbed into the Dalmain. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The bracelet turned into a gigantic bolt of lightning that stretched from the floor to ceiling. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Smaller trees grew overlapping against one another, creating an impenetrable wall that stretched around so far that her house and barn could have fit inside. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Not so many, you might think, but when you added them to the half-hundred questions I carried with me wherever I went, I was stretched nearly to bursting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

I stretched my arms along the back of the sofa and tried to hold back the sharp slaps of laughter that were bursting out of me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It grew taller, it stretched its ashen limbs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Milkman had stretched his carefree boyhood out for thirty-one years. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The forest stretched along either side of it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Strands of whatever it was stretched and folded like taffy as I rubbed it between my fingers. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A few strands of wire that stretched to that high overhead duct were all that kept him from drowning. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to bite him cruelly, her coarse, sensual lips stretched back over her teeth like an enraged omnivorous beast’s. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It—for the spirit was both male and female—stretched back to the first human who raised his—or her—shaggy head from the immediate business of finding food. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched his arms above his head and yawned; his eyes moistened. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

Tane stretched his hand through the ropes as far as it would go. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They put some strong logs in the ground and stretched green tarps across the top. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When she looked up again from her watch, a man with a button-up shirt stretched over his belly stood in front of her. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They’d become their emergency selves, in which lopped-off state they felt humanity stretched smoothly between them like one long wash line. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soft indentations in the snow stretched from the attic window over a small incline between four cracked red clay chimneys. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We lay stretched out like lazy seals on wet towels to sun ourselves on the deck while we drank Mountain Dew. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

You’d notice them stretched out on grassy slopes on a sunny day or milling beneath the windows of certain buildings where inmates dropped food for them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She performed a few high kicks, stretched her long limbs, then settled under a tree to get her beauty sleep. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I stretched and walked over to the mirror. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

Now I was free; and my life, which I had thought was lost, stretched out indescribably precious and sweet before me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Princesse returned to the beach and found her stretched out in a black robe, in her usual lounging chair, reading a magazine. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

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

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

She pointed at Ida Nee, who was stretched out on a plaid couch. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Daedalus stretched the frame, and the wings expanded to twenty feet. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

Silky strands of webbing stretched along the upper corners. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A series of buoys stretched out into the placid water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

But not with arms stretched out like airplane wings, nor shot forward like Superman in a horizontal dive, but floating, cruising, in the relaxed position of a man lying on a couch reading a newspaper. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stretched up, and the tips of his fingers touched the perfect apple. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But those few minutes have stretched into half an hour. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Noodles stood on his tippy-toes and stretched his neck as if it would help him see clearer. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

Bianca stretched out a hand as if to touch her brother’s face, but she was made of mist. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We knelt clumsily at the railing and tucked our hands beneath the white cloth that stretched over the top. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where there should have been eyes, there was only thin, gray scabbed skin, stretched blankly over empty sockets. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

Sosie stretched out her arm as if wielding some invisible energy source. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

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

The Great Esquimaux Curlew looked like he was just coming onstage, his body leaning forward, his neck stretched out, his bill stuck up in the air like he was about to sing or something. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When driven with his mates to the new owners’ camp, Buck saw a slipshod and slovenly affair, tent half stretched, dishes unwashed, everything in disorder; also, he saw a woman. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stood barring his way with its arms stretched wide as if to embrace him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then she stretched out naked in the speckled light and waited for late afternoon. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Came upon Ellis Spear, grinning crazily, foolishly, face stretched and glowing with a wondrous light. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

I yawned and stretched my arms into the air. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Surely not by the ropes that looked like Mother’s knitting stretched out. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

Whenever he saw a rowan-tree he halted a while with his arms stretched out, and sang, and swayed as he sang. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Their leashes are stretched taut, and they turn their heads to see what's holding their owner back. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

One of these games was to stand in a circle, while the junior ganders, one after another, walked into the middle of it with their heads stretched out, pretending to hiss. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Her moon eyes are open and moist and her mouth is stretched back in an oval of surprise and it is the girl from the swings and she cannot be over seven years old. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He yawned, stretched, and looked around, confused, then remembered Claire and rushed to the bed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I push open the door just as Tobias, who is sitting on the floor with one leg stretched out, hurls a butter knife at the opposite wall. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bridge stretched and stretched only to disappear, and Pinmei could not even imagine where it ended. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ajay was already stretched out on the muddy bank at the far side of the pond, pretending to be asleep. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were buildings.They stretched in long rows with doors and dark little windows every so often. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the ceiling over every bathtub I've stretched out in. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

A great ridge of clouds stretched above the setting sun, and the air was cold and clean. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He wore nothing but shorts, his whiter-than- white skin stretched across his bones like a sheet wrapped tightly around a bundle of sticks. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

Craig, who was suddenly interested in girls, had started taking his phone calls behind closed doors in the bathroom, the phone’s curlicue cord stretched taut across the hallway from its wall-mounted base in the kitchen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

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

When he came to, he was stretched out upon the floor. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

The sky stretched above the black hills like a cloth embroidered with tiny beads. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stretched his name into two syllables to make the lie more believable and smiled weakly. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Julia and I could look up at the canyon rims on either side of us and imagine the towering monolithic face of a one-hundred-fifty-foot-tall death trap that stretched across the sky from west to east. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

A long pause stretched into several minutes, and Thomas’s hands shook with fear. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I snapped out of it and stood between the doors and held them open with my arms stretched out like Samson. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In between them, the snake stretched up, vertical, as though it had sprouted there, grown as a seed from the earth and now impossibly tall. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

The line at the well stretched back a quarter mile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

Moving slowly Bast stretched and looked around the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

I stood on tiptoe and stretched my hands up to the bars. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Said U.P.I. reporter Stanley Scott: “Shots rang out. Men, women and children ran for cover. They stretched out on the floor and ducked under tables.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He became a huge colossus; his head touched the skies, his feet were lost in the abyss, and his arms stretched from one pole to the other. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Quentin, so hot he was feeling dizzy, stretched out in the creek, and we left him and went back to work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo stretched out, wincing as the marks of the lash met the floor. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

I walked over to where it was stretched out under the sun. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When the lights were on, they cast a yellowish glow over the streets; people walking by threw long shadows that shortened and then stretched out again. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cautiously she stretched her small hand, sideways to be narrow enough, between two bars toward the animal’s bicolored head. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

I stretched out my hand to him and cried, Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Miig squashed his dying smoke under his heel and stretched out his legs, making a pillow between his head and the log with his hands. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then he stretched his legs out in front of him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

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

Early in the mornings it was a little cool and their shadows stretched out tall on the sidewalk in front of them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He stretched his neck a little to match the chilly height he hoped the soldiers had seen in his eyes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The hours she spent trying to fix her beloveds stretched into eternity after eternity, until..." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He didn’t offer me any argument as I climbed onto the stone bench beneath the pole and stretched to reach the iron ring. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her silence stretched across the morning and led me back through the past hundred days, and I knew what she was going to say before she finally said it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

So they asked me, “Touch!” and I stretched, put everything into it, and just about reached—or at least got close enough to satisfy the police. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched out on one of the seat planks, staring up at the moon and wondering how long it would take for somebody to spot us. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I’m going to try, all the same, she thought as Fenoglio stretched out with a sigh on the narrow bed behind her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

His vest, taut and stretched over his round stomach like a second skin, went slack over the depression of his belly button. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They squeezed into the line of kids that stretched across the back of the room. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen boys sat and stretched out on wooden benches, surrounded by whispering men. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The rest of my stronghold was belowground, in a vast subterranean complex that stretched all the way to the asteroid’s core. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She stretched her hand out and Moss gingerly shook it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” Liam said, after the silence had stretched to the point of breaking. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She had stretched out on the bed beside him, her hand on his. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

The sexton had found James Grew stretched on the floor in front of the altar. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d spent most of my life either afraid of him, jealous of him, or just hanging there while he stretched the waistband of my underwear over a parking meter. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

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

He stretched out his hands in front of him and stared at them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

By the time he’d gone outside again, the line of people waiting to see him stretched from the temple’s front doors all the way down to the Takatifu District’s golden-arched entrance. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She laughed, stretched up on tiptoe, brought her face close to mine. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

After a while the animal stood up, stretched, sauntered casually across the yard, and disappeared into the henhouse. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth feels stretched out, like it might be my first smile of the day. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He struck on the piano one last, wild note, and threw up his hands, palms upward, stretched wide apart. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

As we watched, the thing that used to be Susie stood there, all meat and blood, and shook itself like a wet dog, then stretched its arms up to the sky. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

Fields of tall corn stretched into the distance wherever you looked. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

And “This is Giles,” said Maxim, prodding my arm, and Giles stretched out an enormous paw and wrung my hand, squeezing the fingers limp, genial eyes smiling from behind horn-rimmed glasses. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I scratched under his chin, and his body stretched into my touch. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She stretched her arms out wide when she slept so that they dangled over the edge of the bunk bed. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Bobo is lying in the corner of his den, with one arm stretched out over his head and the other resting on his chest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And a big snapping turtle that stretched out its neck to bite a stick, and—whuck!—off fell its head. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Hie water of the Gulf stretched out before her, gleaming with the million lights of the sun. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She sat with her legs stretched out in front of her. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Some stretched across the entire continent, one small part of the Rusty legacy still scarring the land. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He stretched himself upon the ground with his ear pressed against the turf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

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

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

I had never seen August run before, and I could not believe how quickly she crossed the grass with her loping strides, her long legs stretched out under her skirt. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cords stretched and pulled beneath her skin, making lines. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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 was smiling, stretched out on his back, not in exhaustion, but in joy. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

After which he got out and stretched his legs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin is pale, almost translucent, and it’s stretched too tight across her face. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pet’s mouth stretched in amusement, and a sheet of smoke dripped out. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Lyra stretched and yawned, and Will felt a great weight lift off his shoulders. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

After Bobby’s period of post-Reykjavik idleness had stretched to about a year, he decided that his first priority should be accumulating more money, always on his terms. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was a bed made of a couple of deer hides stretched across a frame, a few pots and pans and not much else. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The workouts went on for three hours every afternoon, and as the days grew shorter they stretched into the dark and increasingly chilly October evenings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, Pier 54 stretched out from a series of warehouses and dilapidated shacks over the Hudson River. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He stretched out on the bed, letting his long fingers rub the pocket places in his clothes where matches might be. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see it, but I bet Byron’s lips stretched a mile before they finally let go of that mirror. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie stretched her hand to take the book back, but Amelia held it up just out of reach. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

Ahead of them stretched miles of wasteland, bubbling with monstrous larvae and big insect-hair trees. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His lean front legs stretched forward, and his backside shot into the air, making an in-your-face butt scratch demand. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

Sunday stretched long and hot, through siesta time. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But calling Momma and saying a few unfamiliar words had my heart feeling like it was stretched across Holly’s quilting frame. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It's a polyester film coating made with aluminum stretched perfectly flat against a rectangular board. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

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

“My legs are aching to be stretched after being cooped up for eight hours. I might just run from here to Erie and back.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

As the months passed, Katherine stretched out into the office, as at ease as if she had never been anyplace else. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

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

After she left, Master put his glasses back on and faced his book, relaxing further into a slanting position, legs stretched out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now, with the sun newly risen and the mist lifting, they could see the city of tents that stretched in every direction. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Their gloves were black, their long-sleeved undershirts stretched tight over large arms, and their boots glistened, even in the shade. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I had it half on, one of my shoulders still exposed out of my stretched neck hole, when I realized that in my nervousness I was putting both arms through one opening. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Krystal stretched her arm behind her, speeding up as I was coming in fast. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

Reader, have you ever felt the layers of difference between the bone of your skull and the skin stretched over it? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The hospital corridor stretched, long and white, in front of me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

My eyes followed the leather tree trunks up and the leather turnt to blue jeans, then the blue jeans turnt into a calico shirt stretched ’crost the wide back of a giant man. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I stretched full length and shut my eyes. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

His beak was wide open and his tongue was stretched out into a point. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Bando is stretched out on his back, his hands under his head, looking out at the stars. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fenrir strained and stretched the muscles of his legs, and the chains snapped like dry twigs. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The buildings were placed so closely together, it was easy to leap from rooftop to rooftop or race across rickety planks stretched over alleyways. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her deliberate slowness, the small smile that stretched her lips, made it clear that she wanted them to know that this was not why she called him Ceiling. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He leaned and stretched himself on the bed beside her; she did not move. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Birch rose to his feet and stretched his arms across the open gate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lay stretched out on couches all round the hall. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black skin stretched upon the bones and their faces split and shrunken on their skulls. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

He got up off the floor, stretched, and moved across to his desk. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

They were all sucked under the water even as they stretched out their arms for help. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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 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

Snow-fields stretched down from the pass into the valleys of moraine. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Due south the red waste stretched on and on, he reported, until it ended an a bleak shore beside the poison water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He lay back and stretched, looked into the leaves, and said, “If I do something with this, I’ll come back and play it to you. I’ll bring my portable organ.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the opposite side of the road, grassy hills stretched to the horizon, empty of civilization except for one darkened convenience store at the top of the nearest rise. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Bucky reacted sharply, jerking backward, his fists stretched out in front of him. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the scrub lay Barnard’s Forest, which stretched for about seven miles, lying like a dark animal pelt across the back of the land, and reaching out into the next county. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

A tattooed arm stretched out the back window, holding a Glock. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

The corners of his new mouth had red slobber stuck to ’em, and the same way the cap’n’s brown spit had done, it got stretched up and down with every word Pap said. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The golem stretched and let out a groan to rival the roars of the banished demon. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She does this, not in her bedroom, but on the chesterfield in the living room, stretched out with her shoes off and a knitted afghan covering her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He petted the otak, which stretched comfortably and went to sleep on his knee as if it had never slept anywhere else. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It stretched from the shoulder of the road as far as the eye could see. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When my father finished he rose and stretched his back in several directions and then moved to the side. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 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

We sit at the base of the George Washington Monument, squeezing close for shade, our legs stretched out before us in the long afternoon shadow. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He was high, so high that he walked in mist and cloud, but before him stretched the blank ascent, the steep side of the mountain. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

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

It seemed quite large, if the shoreline was any indication; left and right it stretched on with only a slight curve, showing the is­land to have a fair girth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

After supper I made a bough bed and stretched out with Frightful beside me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z