| 单词 | stretching |
| 例句 | Sometimes when a meadhall burned, the survivors would go to another meadhall and, stretching out their hands, would crawl unarmed up the strangers’ hill and would beg to be taken in. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And then stretching to yawn, but not yawning, he asked me if I knew that he too had written to Yale. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They dealt in transformations; they suggested an endless series of possibilities, extending like the reflections in two mirrors set facing one another, stretching on, replica after replica, to the vanishing point. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z That jetty was made of men, a long file of them, six or eight deep, standing up to their knees, their waists, their shoulders, stretching out for five hundred yards through the shallow waters. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I found my roll and did a quick patch job, stretching a strip of tape across the bottom of my shoe and over the sides. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The place was empty except for some crates tucked in the corners and a floor-to-ceiling section of wall stretching ten feet along the center of the room. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Next, there is endless flat farmland, stretching like a yellow sea. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She’d been taught in school that they were full of life, but this one was like the deserts she’d imagined as a littlie—featureless humps stretching into the distance, one after another. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I feel my smile stretching, stretching so wide it could wrap itself around the whole wide world. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z There ought to be a suture, a layer of scar tissue, stretching up the eastern seaboard of the United States. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z How am I supposed to go back to my old life, my days stretching out before me with unending and brutal sameness? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z On bookshelves were bound volumes with my name and my mother’s embossed upon the spine beside a date; the dates stretching back to the time of my birth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The snake turned back to the Sea King, stretching its neck as if pleading. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z She glanced over the rail and saw the dust of Arion’s wake stretching across the hills of Italy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He clutched the Ring in his hand, as if he saw already dark fingers stretching out to seize it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The quiet afternoon opened up between them like a woman stretching her limbs. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia played the piano once and still exercises her hands, unconsciously stretching them two notes beyond an octave. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z After that I’m looking at a lot of overshoes, and the floorboards, stretching into the distance, at eye level. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z "Why didn't you do stretching exercises? Your body is important! Eat more fiber," or whatever. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Another plane was crabbing in as low as it could safely fly, two broad searchlight beams stretching and leaping toward the ground before and behind it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z And then the tower opened and a man climbed out, stretching himself in the cold morning air. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Everybody who had made money during the war moved as close as they could to the valley, and the white people were buying down river, cross river, stretching Medallion like two strings on the banks. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The sight of all that grass stretching out before her had taken her breath away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “He’s cute,” said Eva, stretching her mammoth feet by the fire. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Well,” my dreadful smile stretching across my face, “thanks most awfully once again, it’s been so ripping...” using words I had never used before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The shrouded corpses and the pulley system stretching across the ceiling were my own contributions. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There was much more corn, stretching downhill, away and away, and for as far as he could see it was all eaten at the edges, in the curious half-moons. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z You tell him about the invisible lines of meaning you feel stretching and winding through and around the people in your life. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Then he steps into the open doorway and turns to face the viewer, stretching out his arms to hold open the giant double doors.* Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z My body was changing, bloating, swelling, stretching, bulging. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Again I remember my mother stretching to pick an apple in this orchard, years ago when we came to help the Amity with the harvest. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I watched women seemingly fill every available space, running, stretching, fencing, warming up for this, the first World Cup of the season. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Suddenly, I feel something gurgle inside me—a warm, stretching pain—but it’s not my stomach. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Two or three hundred yards away and directly across their line, a belt of trees ran straight across the down, stretching in each direction as far as they could see. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon Mamita will awaken, standing up and stretching in her white blouse that hangs midway down her thighs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I use her dress to create a new one, stretching it over her frame and letting it bell out at her waist like a parasol. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I asked, even though I was already stretching my shirt to show her the bright stripe of white that fell between the dark skin on my neck and my shoulder. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z But stretching ahead of them into the white horizon was a scene of utter devastation and chaos. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z From up here, Tally could see the perimeter wire clearly, stretching around the buildings in an almost perfect square. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Thanks,” said Harry, stretching out his hand for it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He takes the walkway in long, eager strides, a smile suddenly stretching across his face, his deep fatigue vanishing at the sight of his favorite general. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I saw the cobwebs stretching from the little masts. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Schrödinger imagined a chemical with multiple chemical bonds stretching out along the length of the “chromosome fiber.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The MacGregors ruled the land near San Diego, and the Alacrans had a vast empire stretching from central California all across Arizona and into New Mexico. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll take him over the hallucinations, so I open the door and get out, stretching. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Now?” asks my brother, stretching out my frustration, knowing I am in his clutches. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Fie was stretching it out with one hand while measuring it with the other. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He couldn’t see anything but a white haze stretching from horizon to horizon. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those nopales look like poor men stretching out their arms in prayer.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z We gazed at each other, the moment stretching on. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The day had brightened considerably, the shadows stretching in the opposite direction from what Thomas had seen yesterday. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They were silent, listening to the stretching and groaning of the timbers, the hissing of the wind in the sails. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Can you do twice a week? I’ll cover your train fare,” he said, stretching and dismissive; he wanted her to leave. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He dipped one of the drabs into the pitch and stuck the other one to it, spoke several words I didn’t recognize, and slowly pulled the bits apart, strands of pitch stretching between them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “All this food in the story is making me hungry. Good story, though. I have never heard it told like this,” Alhaji said, stretching his back. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but was it, like, huge?” she asked, stretching out her hands. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Jam ran and blocked it, stretching her arms out past the doorframe. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z We passed a group of people with swim caps stretching by the water, talking. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Her hair’s particularly bloodthirsty tonight, snaking all around the room, swarming the furniture, vining up the legs of chairs, stretching over the walls. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z But he could see the prisms in the deep dark water and the line stretching ahead and the strange undulation of the calm. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, stretching the earphones over his head. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She envisioned a chain of Yankee Doodle bakeries stretching across America to St. Louis, Dallas, Los Angeles, her apple pies and cupcakes on main streets and in suburban shopping malls everywhere. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while I get up and pace, stretching my arms above my head. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Consisting of wire mesh stretching from floor to ceiling, it was rigged to set off a siren if anyone tampered with it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaned in close, stretching on tiptoe like he was looking up Mr. Griswold’s nose. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The streets are wider, with tall elm trees like back home running along the sidewalks, their branches stretching over me like umbrellas. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “You have a life stretching out in front of you with a million possibilities,” Gat says. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He stuck out his tongue, stretching it as long as he could. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I guess my sister saw me stretching out my shirts on the back of a chair and told my mom, and they figured it out. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I remember pulling up to an event in Delaware with Melissa and Katie and seeing a line of people five-deep and stretching around the block, waiting to get inside an already-jammed auditorium. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He ended up buying Ginny a silk scarf that showed the Golden Gate Bridge stretching across a background of blue sky and green ocean. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The drivers who’d been stretching their legs got back into their vehicles and slammed doors. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The hot black mastic sucking at their shoes and stretching in thin bands as they stepped. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Hill tiptoes against the sideline while stretching his head back to pick up the ball. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Slopper threw himself back on a pile of hay, contentedly stretching his back into the softness. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Below them was a frozen waterfall stretching fifty feet to the ground. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I spent all the time I could on deck, watching the ocean stretching in all directions. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z King asked everyone to kneel, and 1,500 marchers in a line stretching back almost a mile sank to their knees. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Hanging out, in the middle of thin air, were ivy vines stretching to nowhere. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Justice, a voice said, a newer ghost in the house stretching phantom limbs and reaching out. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z There, in front of him, where the small stars had been the night before, was an endless row of date palms, stretching across the entire desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It shares roots, of course, with tending—a farmer’s or gardener’s activity—but also with tension, the stretching of a pea tendril to incline it toward sunlight or to train it on an arbor. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Most of them were dark and empty, but Mr. Brunner’s door was ajar, light from his window stretching across the hallway floor. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The people who are angry with him are hollering and pointing at him, stretching the police tape as far as they can. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z As the crowd grew, it spread back along the Mall, stretching around both sides of the long reflecting pool and extending beyond to the base of the Washington Monument, three-quarters of a mile away. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z It wasn’t much warmer in the cab, and stretching our legs seemed like a good idea. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Yawning and stretching his arms, he said, “It sure is hot today. It doesn’t look like it’s ever going to rain.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I shut the book with a snap, and put it away under my gloves; and stretching to a near-by chair, I took up an old copy of L’llustration and turned the pages. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Red wooden train cars lined the platform, stretching in links as far as the eye could see. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z There is a tall fence stretching wide across the landscape, which looks empty compared to the densely packed buildings I saw before I sat down. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They stood facing away from one another in two long rows stretching from the house to the street, where Leroy’s car was waiting. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z We got out of the car and started scratching and stretching. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They looked and saw the sky stretching back behind the houses and the trees. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Their fingers flew as they chatted together, the pale fibers stretching and uncurling into threads for what would become kente cloth. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt as if his body had been put into one of those medieval torture racks, stretching his bones and sinews. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I tense my shoulders, about to shrug and say I don’t know, and then an image of the pier stretching out beneath me comes into my mind. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The maturation of a fly is the serial unfolding of these segments, like the stretching of a live accordion. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The whole farmhouse looks like some kinda bird with the chimney as its head and neck and a shiny front and wooden wings stretching out behind, like a bird resting on the water or something. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The trees are bare and black, their branches stretching into the bright blue expanse of sky above them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Seth stopped the wagon and I hopped out as they were stretching away the kinks from the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Ruth was actually sitting on the bench, while Tommy was standing with one foot up on its rusty armrest, doing a kind of stretching exercise as they talked. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the driver switching off the engine, taking off his hat and stretching, pushing back his hair. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Caul stood cricking his neck from side to side and stretching his arms boredly. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Pet crouched down and slid its spine from side to side, as if stretching. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I watched the Commandant as she carved it into me, a thick-lined, precise K stretching from my collarbone to the skin over my heart. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Adam lay down on my bed, stretching his arms above his head. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she drew a long line coming out from either side of the palace, stretching out across the landscape of the paper. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She turned to him as they made their way to the dressing room, stopping right beside a couple of people stretching their hamstrings, who paused to give them thumbs-up signs before resuming their stretches. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Tommy had stopped his stretching and was looking questioningly at me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Other men lie in stretching bandages with heavy weights hanging from the end of the bed. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Just another high cobblestone wall, stretching up into the infinite blackness overhead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She sat on my chest and leaned back, rolling her little head like she was stretching her neck, and sighed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z But there was only the frozen, sandy beach stretching as far as the eye could see, and Con, sitting on the ground propped up against the packs they had pushed over the edge. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Us both rowing, stretching our backs, our legs. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Once, when I looked out the window, I saw washerwomen stretching out lengths of saris to dry in the sun, long strips of yellow and blue and pink against the green fields. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He was filled with a great happiness and in his dreams he saw more and more food stretching out before him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I came to my feet, stretching carefully so as not to aggravate my wound. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I would pass Chloe in our bathroom, stretching out one of her eyes and dabbing it with an applicator. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z So he sat for hours in the Lornes’ sunny parlor, the books about him stretching to the ceiling. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z From there I could look out over the basin, a patchwork of expectant fields stretching to Buck’s Peak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He'd showed them his leg, stretching it out on the bed in dorm, and letting everyone peer at the puckered, wartless skin of his knees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He lifted his hands high above his head as if stretching for the sky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I thought about stretching out on the bed, but I remembered Daisy Mae was outside and part of the relaxation was having her curl up beside me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A long dark trench sliced through the steep slope of Isihlangu, stretching up into the clouds, where it disappeared. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The streets were empty and silent, stretching before him white and clean under the vanishing glow of a long string of street lamps. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry, I was just getting out of the shower,” he said, his face stretching into an easy smile. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The goat’s dawdling was stretching Anya’s time in the woods, and she really wanted to get out fast. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The tiny particles that seethe through space-time exert a gentle outward push, stretching the fabric of space-time imperceptibly. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He opened the door, and got out, stretching his aching limbs and neck as he did so. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He dozed, slept for a time, awakened again just at dawn-gray light, and added wood to the still-smoking fire before standing outside and stretching. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I traced a blue hand, a woman combing her hair, a cat stretching. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Don’t they pump your body full of strange chemicals to prevent your skin from stretching and puckering, to keep your face from resembling a rubber mask? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Valerie had reserved twenty minutes on her schedule to talk to me that day, but our conversation ended up stretching for an hour and a half. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He makes himself taller by stretching his neck. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z In the gap left by the half-closed door, I could see a telephone cord stretching from a wedge of cluttered desk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Chaplain, aren’t you stretching things a bit far now?” he inquired with a smile that was indulgent and unfriendly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I parry then lunge, my arm stretching for a touch. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She scanned the water stretching out all around as they approached the islands. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “I’m not even sure it matters,” Viola says, her voice stretching out. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z On the last sentence it opened, horrible and vast, the skin stretching ravenously from bone to bone and tooth to tooth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Spiderwebs spin a network of time gone by, stretching from lantern to lantern. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He came to sit by me, the tidy spikes of his hair shining golden in the light, his grin stretching across his face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I slowly sit up, stretching, the pain from my surgery pulling at my side and chest. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The Warden looked at Zigzag, who was still stretching and massaging his neck. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z His foot was still up on the armrest and he kept on with his stretching. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Dad lifted Mother from the station wagon and I saw her face—her eyes, hidden under dark circles the size of plums, and the swelling distorting her soft features, stretching some, compressing others. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Hundreds of dirty, unshaven men pour from the train and surround it, like ants on candy, cursing and stretching and lighting cigarettes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Good morning, Auntie Xan,” Fyrian said, peeking out of the pocket and yawning, stretching his small arms out as wide as they would go. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Another long pause, stretching from Michigan to Texas and back again, was finally broken by my next dangerous question. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Young squires hurried about on errands as their masters woke, yawning and stretching, to meet the day. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He and Lucky Girl paddled for the life rings, stretching for salvation. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “There she is, a little sparrow. Coming back from stretching her wings, I should think.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Manipulating my body parts, bending and stretching the limbs to assure a good fit. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He dug into his pocket stretching his leg out straight before him to do so. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There he was, stretching out his arms above his head while he leaned up against the wall to the right of the closed door, his legs crossed in front of him. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The moon dimmed and shone with an ordinary light, and I could see the highway stretching away, empty. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He was in another long passageway, stretching back under the complex, the way he had come. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Now it felt like they were stretching and shaking it out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Legs and arm shifting, flowing into a lunge, his arm stretching, seemingly forever. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She watched the girl dance, bending and stretching and leaping. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He was picking up the sword, and stretching his hand to the latch, when the door opened on its own account Gareth came in. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia stands on a shimmering white desert with a sparkling night sky stretching in every direction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Even as I leaned out, stretching my hand as far as it would go, I knew I couldn't reach him. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A long row of robot icons appeared below the wise man, stretching across the screen horizontally. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Yes,” I said, a dummy to her moods, going into my bedroom and flinging off my dressing gown, fastening my inevitable flannel skirt and stretching my home-made jumper over my head. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A car swept by, and its headlights stroked the far wall, stretching out the shadows, bringing them to life. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Me neither,” he conceded, stretching out his bad leg. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I put on my other jogging suit, the cerise one, and do some desultory stretching exercises on Jon’s floor. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z When Zora spoke you were aware of the skin stretching over these cheekbones and hollowing out between her jaws, the tight mask it made, banshee-like, with her blue eyes piercing through above. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It’s the kind of cold that reminds you that you’re alive, that you have a whole day stretching out ahead of you and you just never know what it will hold. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Meitner pulled out a scrap of paper and pencil, and Frisch sketched a diagram of a circle stretching into a long oval shape, and finally breaking in two. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab Seven’s shirt, stretching it until I have a good enough grip to pull him back and get ahead of him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I’m stretching the truth and he knows it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z While Madison was probably stretching the truth for his Potomac-driven political purposes, it was nevertheless a truth that he and many Virginians sincerely believed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “I think we should take it in turns to keep watch outside the tent,” he added to Hermione, standing up and stretching. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I could take she from you?” she asked, stretching her arms out to Jam but talking to Pet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z In silence, Chou and I follow the red dirt trail winding and stretching before us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked off to the east and west, at the Wall stretching before him, a vast white road with no beginning and no end and a dark abyss on either side. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I was so excited that my flower exploded, the petals bursting through the wires like thick tentacles, knocking my sisters' cages to the floor, and stretching between us like an octopus creature. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When the girls had finished their dancing, they went through some stretching exercises. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Ms. Felicia asks at the front desk, stretching her neck to see. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Then the woman and the swan sailed across an ocean many thousands of li wide, stretching their necks toward America. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Alec had shifted all his weight to his knees, stretching his back. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He became silent, looking with his blue eyes far beyond the field stretching away in the sun. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z At last he pushed aside the stone at the entrance and sat down there, stretching his arms across, thinking thus to catch them when they tried to get away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Midway was to be fun, a great pleasure garden stretching for more than a mile from Jackson Park all the way to the border of Washington Park. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She pulled herself away from Kaede, feeling the link between them stretching like a gossamer thread. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then I feel it—the lift, the rising of the plane, and I see the ground stretching wide beneath us, everything getting smaller by the second. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z When he spoke, I felt as if he was inside my head, stretching and stretching it. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I had not realised how closely the trees grew together here, their roots stretching across the path like tendrils ready to trip one. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The beach, I now believed, was about forty yards wide in most places, stretching all the way around the island. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z For a long while he was quiet, looking away, and the silence kept stretching out until it was almost embarrassing. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The buildings are narrow, closely built, as the city’s perimeter is longer than it is wide, stretching two miles along the Tonle Sap River. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The people, thousands of them, crept forward, their limbs stretching, elongating as they limped and crawled and skittered like insects. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I looked out, and I saw below me the smooth grass lawns stretching to the sea, and the sea itself, bright green with white-topped crests, whipped by a westerly wind and scudding from the shore. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes you could see an expanse of farmland, the fields stretching into the distance, separated from any houses. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He just kept at it, torturing the soft body of the creature, pulling harder, stretching the tender thing as far as it would go. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z We were in a hallway so narrow you felt you’d be able to touch the walls on either side just by stretching out your elbows. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He could feel his nerves stretching a ridiculous smile across his face. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I see a few hands stretching out to me at the edge of the net, so I grab the first one I can reach and pull myself across. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z And I felt the unbroken line of me and of her stretching back from our cribs to the dead guy to acquaintanceship to now. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Davos tasted a trap, yet he saw no sign of any foes sweeping in behind them, only the great fleet of Stannis Baratheon in their ordered ranks, stretching back to the watery horizon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She stands, her shadow stretching from ceiling to floor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The rain washed the soldier’s blood down off the bus windows and yellow panels, stretching the bloated dark lines, drawing them out as they disappeared completely. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the men continued to eat and rest, enjoying the feel of solid ground under their feet, stretching their cramped limbs, melting glacier ice into drinking water. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Max is stretching herself, standing on tiptoes and craning her neck to see over the fences and trees and into the zoo's enclosures. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But what I get is the familiar scene of a football player stretching himself into the day. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Well, it got less silly after warm-up laps, stretching, and the usual clowning around. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Here was the South Side—a million in captivity—stretching from this doorstep as far as the eye could see. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Everything becomes a blur, the stars above stretching into glowing streaks. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Everything suddenly felt perfect: an hour set aside, stretching ahead of us, and there wasn’t a better way to spend it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “No more studying,” Ron sighed happily, stretching out on the grass. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Lucky thing there was Old Chao — stretching on like taffy, but in an effort to save her, it seemed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I squeeze my eyes shut and try to sink deeper into the moss, stretching out my arms and imagining they are tree roots. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Ah, there you are! Thank you for waiting. Im afraid I’m a little late,” said the child, stretching out her bright arms to Jane and Michael. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z When Turner looked over his shoulder to the east, more than a few stars had already yawned themselves awake and were stretching to begin their run. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z We would stand side by side, looking at a large red mouth stretching itself around a chocolate bar, and I would turn to her and say: Cordelia. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally I walked to the window and gazed out at the peach trees stretching halfway to North Carolina, the way they held up their leafy arms in gestures of pure beseeching. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Because visibility was so low, they had formed a human chain stretching all the way around the track, each man clocking a portion of Seabiscuit’s workout. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, we were already walking, stretching ourselves to keep pace with Styx’s long-legged stride. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z My face pressed against the fence, I’d try to count the blinking red taillights inching along, stretching as far as my eyes could see. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A marine garrison forms two lines stretching across the quay to the harbor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After six minutes she turned to face him, sighing and stretching, to test if he was really sleeping. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He looks a little fidgety and keeps opening his mouth extra-wide, as if he’s stretching out his jaw or yawning like a lion, only he doesn’t look tired at all. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only the sheer brick wall stretching down to the pavement, the cars and buses moving like toys so far below, and the blast of the wind against his face that made it terrifying. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Nancy was pulling the chewed gum from her mouth and stretching it out with both hands so that it was a flat, rubbery piece punctured with holes. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She rose up in the saddle, stretching her tired legs, then spurred Missy forward. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I went to physical therapy twice a week for a few months, and did some basic stretching and core exercises, which was a total drag. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z There was my whole life for you, socks stretching all the way to the infinite horizon, a yawning valley of knitting tedium. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z To say he trusted Inej would be stretching the point, but he could admit to himself that he’d come to rely on her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Eugenia Perez,” she said, stretching her hand out to shake his mother’s. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “These are stretching jobs. Maybe three extra inches on their spines. They might even live. Now why don’t we find a bed you like, huh?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The top row thrust forward so enthusiastically that I had trouble closing my mouth completely, and I was always stretching my upper lip to try to cover them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Ashoke does as Patty tells him, stretching out his arms, putting one hand below the neck, another below the bottom. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “The biggest I ever saw in my whole life,” Mancuso said, stretching his arms as if he were describing a fishing catch. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then in my mind I saw him stretching out a hand from which the fingers had been eaten away and I ran—back to the dark, and the cold and the present. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The three of us sat up all groggy, stretching our arms and looking all around. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She also saw that his uniform was slightly ill fitting, his girth stretching the scales of his armor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Then she sighed and, stretching out her leg, poked me gently in the ribs. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The mystical reverence that he felt for her was somehow mixed up with the aspect of the pale, cloudless sky, stretching away behind the chimney pots into interminable distances. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Far below, cows speckled the rolling pastures, their shadows stretching toward the silo. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z With his left hand he drew back Gollum’s head by his thin lank hair, stretching his long neck, and forcing his pale venomous eyes to stare up at the sky. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Parked vans with big antennae mounted on top, stretching around the corner toward the church where the funeral will be held this afternoon. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “But we’re supposed to be six feet—” I start to say as she moves away from me, stretching our arms out but refusing to let go. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Enormous screens stretching from floor to ceiling line the walls, as well as the backdrop of the main stage, rotating through an animatic of each Warcross team. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then, you would have a house like a boat, almost floating on air, and the long, leafy branches stretching above like sails. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Lelia liked houses that you could go all the way up and hide yourself in, high stretching houses with garrets, widow’s peaks, secret attics. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath our feet, stretching from wall to wall, were marble slabs chiseled with writing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Like in Supernatural, when those Leviathan things were in Castiel’s tummy and you could see them stretching the skin and stuff. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Ow,” Viola says, stretching out her legs as she steps forward. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “And now let’s come to you, Silvertongue!” said Capricorn, stretching his legs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He leaned in close, stretching on tiptoe like he was looking up Mr. Griswold’s nose. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He slowed his movements and stood slowly, without stretching unduly, and went to the lake for a drink. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Others had raised tents or made rude shelters by stretching their cloaks over low branches. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She shifted herself around at this so she could look at me, trying, not very well, to keep the smirk on her face from stretching wider. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z His dark hair is pulled back behind his head, stretching the skin across his cheekbones. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The children piled out of the crate, stretching their stiff limbs and rubbing their bruises. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z We’d learn later that nearly two million people had flooded the Mall, arriving from all parts of the country, a sea of diversity, energy, and hope stretching for more than a mile from the U.S. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Maleeka,” she says, stretching out her arm and showing me her watch. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z "I hear ya, kid," he said, wincing, stretching out his right leg, bending it, then straightening it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z So I just sat down on the bench, kicked my half shoes off—thankfully, everybody else was focused on stretching, and not on my feet—and rolled my pant legs up. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Keth-Selhan was fast; so fast that the wind tore at my cloak, stretching it behind me like a flag. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t think you really grasp the situation,” Ben said, stretching his feet almost into the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I never heard of none, but judging from the way these kids were stretching and jumping around on the track, some of them probably had. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The afternoon sun casts long shadows across the tents, stretching over the dry ground. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Its brown stone walls were immense, stretching away for as far as I could see. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Everybody started waking up and stretching and scratching. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The nut tree, wide above my head, stretching its cool black limbs to take the sun, sends darkness down my chest. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The meadow, with its high grass stretching all around them, was familiar. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z There’s a thin pink scar stretching from his back to his swollen belly. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He was secretly helped along by a net of supporters stretching wide across the Congo, from Léopoldville to our own village and far beyond. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Logic and Pseudoscience Since numbers and logic are inextricably intertwined both theoretically and in the popular mind, it’s perhaps not stretching matters too far to describe faulty logic as a kind of innumeracy. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I rub my eyes and move my head from one shoulder to the other, stretching my stiff neck. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The screen has a brand-new crack stretching from corner to corner. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z There was the delight I caught in seeing long straight rows of red and green vegetables stretching away in the sun to the bright horizon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I can almost feel Max’s ears stretching out in our direction. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She invented “rest time,” a period of endless inactivity stretching out after school and lunch, in which we were ordered to stay in our beds, under our mosquito-net canopies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He smiles and closes his eyes while he sings, stretching his arms wide and twirling around. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Like a plant of maíz stretching for the sun, I am taller. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z He was surrounded by dozens of stacks of sheet music stretching across the room, both loose and bound into books. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z After stretching, we went over to the benches, got our last-minute jitters out by adjusting our jerseys and tightening the drawstrings on our shorts. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z We could see the glow from the U-Haul’s taillights and the road we’d come down, stretching back through the silvery desert. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Carmine flops over, tucking his legs beneath him and stretching his arms, and both of us shift to accommodate him. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The silver towers of the partially completed Bay Bridge rose dramatically from the water before them, elegant spires stretching with surprising grace across the bay toward Treasure Island and San Francisco. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes the class would be right in the middle of saluting the flag, when in would burst Dad, with a grin stretching from ear to ear. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only Rocket standing and stretching on the basement couch, but Emma jumped. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But beyond that again there was something he had never seen the like of—a great yellowish-grey thing, flat as a calm sea, and stretching for miles. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z "You know what, don't worry about it. We'll figure that out later. Let's just start with some stretching." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Is Bunny there?” she would say, stretching up on tiptoe and craning to look past me into the room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The acceleration dragged at her body with invisible hands, stretching the flesh over her arms and face. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z My body bounced in my seat, my nerves stretching with each passing second. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He pulls his foot back like he’s about to kick me, and I roll onto my knees, stretching my arm out for the gun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She was getting creative with stretching their food, so maybe she’d get a couple of extra meals out of it for him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Finally, the ruins of Stalingrad appeared—a dark line of demolished buildings stretching endlessly along the Volga. Then came the first explosions of antiaircraft artillery shells.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z What was within their control, however, they took pains to bulletproof, even if it meant stretching—then breaking—their timeline. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She helps Terry make the beds, stretching the clean white sheets over mattresses that have never been used. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Then, stretching, I tried to figure some way to lighten up the conversation. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Can I pray over it for you?” he asked, already stretching his hands out toward her burned arm. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She saw the ocean stretching to the horizon in every direction. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Even in years when there wasn’t much money, they managed to have a wonderful Christmas, with Aunt Queen always stretching the cookie dough and the turkey dressing just enough to make ends meet. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I backed away and scurried down the narrowest of alleys, the walls so close I could have touched either side by stretching out both arms. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Taking something real and sort of stretching it out like a piece of taffy into a thing that’s true but distorted. You know. Like old lady Henley’s face-lift.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Gram is rolling dough for a rhubarb tart, back and forth with the big rolling pin, dusting the yellow dough with handfuls of flour, stretching it to cover the brimming pie dish. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The ropes were really stretching my friends now. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Darius is stretching out his legs, and both of them have patches of sweat around the necklines of their T-shirts. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They went into the schoolyard to do light exercises: bending, stretching, twisting, swinging, and a little bit of jumping and running. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He was stretching one arm out up above his head, toward the sky. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z A minute later the breeze grew stronger, filling the sails with the huge rippling sounds of stretching canvas. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The wall is endless, clean and white, stretching far down to the habitats beyond my own. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Mrs. disappeared into the kitchen and then returned with the telephone receiver, its long, coily cord stretching into the living room. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She’s bent over the table, stretching a little ball of dough into a perfect circle. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Through the opening, Watney saw red sky stretching out infinitely ahead. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z On top of this workers would set down a layer of steel rails stretching from one end of the pad to the other, and over this a second layer at right angles. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And finally the thirteen colonies, spread along the eastern seaboard and stretching inward to the Alleghenies and beyond into unexplored forests occupied by hostile Indian tribes, had no history of enduring cooperation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z By stretching one arm to the utmost, I was able to reach the beast’s lower jaw. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Surrounding us was a thick, wet, living stand of trees and tall grasses stretching all the way across Congo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of hands reached out from the infield, stretching to brush his shoulders as he blew past. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then sprang, stretching out and out, feeling the air ruffle his belly fur. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I lift my foot and after stretching slightly, it springs back into place. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She’s back at the sink, stretching a black rubber hose from the faucet to the dishwasher. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I am glad to have the chance of bidding you good-bye, Mr. Wemmick,” said the man, stretching out his hand between two bars. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Now he seems so much bigger than he ever has, his presence stretching far before me and far after, coming at me from all directions. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Most songs my father set to writing were finished in a single season, while this one was stretching toward its second year. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They saw the likenesses of their foes and their friends: the sons of Atreus, old Priam stretching out his hand to Achilles, the dead Hector. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was nighttime and we sat by the fire stretching our arms toward the flames as we listened to stories and watched the moon and the stars retire. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He could see the figures stretching out in every direction in perfect concentric rings. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “That’s great,” Tai says, standing and stretching from side to side. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Just dry, empty land stretching as far as the horizon. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Swaths of green below the collarbones, stretching from one shoulder to the other. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The cow, standing before the closed door, kept lifting her head, stretching, and lowing. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Once, in middle school, back when I played soccer, I was stretching with three other girls, and a boy walked by with his friend. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I can almost feel it now, the stretching and knotting in his intestines as the two of them stand over him waiting to see what he will do. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z No. Marigold tightened her bracelet more securely around her wrist and pressed on, stretching her toes to their tippy-tips and arching her arms above her head to figure out if her Talent was ballet dancing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Once he had sworn never to leave the ocean, convinced that his soul craved sand and the green expanse stretching all the way to his ancestral home in Europ>e. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mile after mile of dusty road stretching out straight before us, lined here and there with cool shady banyans or tamarind trees. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Chronicler and Bast stood as well, stretching their legs and attending to calls of their own. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She knelt beside Tali’s head, stretching her hand out over his eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z There was the usual line of holiday visa hopefuls stretching to the corner of Elevator Plaza, but Holly bypassed it by waving her badge at the waiting line. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z They stood together, gazing out at the waves, silence stretching between them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Lefty could see die train tracks now, the huge silos along the river, the giant spice box of coal, coke, and iron ore, and the catwalks stretching overhead like giant spiders. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I asked, wanting to stretch out my stretching out. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I lay them one by one in front of me, a row stretching across the table, this gluey narrative of a family and life and death. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She was stretching out her hand and shouting. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Half her blouse is untucked, her fat stretching the buttons, and I can see she’s gained more weight. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The rose-garden lay below, and the eastern part of the terrace, while beyond the rose-garden rose a smooth grass bank, stretching to the near woods. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Behind it was a web of rope stretching sixty feet high, making Fabyan look like an oversized spider hulking beneath it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Its beginning has the pleasure of a great stretching yawn; it flashes in the brain and the whole world glows outside your eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I can see something along the wall, stretching for the entire length of it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Soon he too would be waking, stretching, yawning, going about the business of his day. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z How peaceful it is, thought Kit, lazily stretching her toes nearer to the blaze. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Bull needed no period of adjustment, no time for the luxurious stretching and lolling that Ben thought was the most exquisite pleasure of morning. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull back the curtains to greet my little corner of Bushwick and Jefferson Avenues, my very own way of stretching out my arms and yawning at the morning sun. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He had peanut butter in his whiskers, and he kept yawning and stretching. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I bend down and hold up my toes, stretching the backs of my legs. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Walking into the library, I took in my breath sharply and stopped: glass-fronted bookcases and Gothic panels, stretching fifteen feet to a frescoed and plaster-medallioned ceiling. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It is like stretching the rubber cover away from the north pole and toward the south pole. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “At ease, Captain,” Bull said, stretching back in his chair. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I feel it stretching out to my fingertips that hold the coin. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He made a show of stretching, and Ekon resented how much bigger his biceps were. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Khaled sighed heavily, stretching his upper body as if his neck were stiff. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Before I can ask what a Night Brother is, Elsie holds up the sneakandle to show me her collection of magazine covers, centered around a small Mexican flag, stretching up to the ceiling. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It shows a field stretching away away, and in the furrows a family pausing from their work, grinning, all happily. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z There was a crevasse stretching right in front of me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I open my eyes and flop over onto my stomach, stretching out my hands, reaching under my pillow for the coolness of the sheet. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z A long pale flame awoke, stretching upward like a girl on her toes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Matt was startled to see the lotus pond and a pair of ibises lazily stretching their wings. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And then they disperse, passing around bottles of water and dribbling balls and stretching their legs. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z That is like putting your hands on the south pole and stretching a rubber cover on the sphere away from the south pole and toward the north pole. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Our people were stretching out to knock down the fences of segregation. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Now living with her grandmother in America, she had been badly burned in the attack, the scars stretching across one side of her body. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Irene asked, toe-nabbing her flip-flops and standing up, stretching her arms far above her so I could just see a thin line of her stomach. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z With no way to service a utility stretching across the heart of darkness, the engineers watched the monster’s tail crumble as fast as the front was erected. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Central High was located on Park Street, stretching a two-block distance between Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Washington listened to their report, then made the decision in January of 1791—the hundred-square-mile area stretching east from Georgetown to the mouth of the Potomac. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Tally took one last look around, taking in the ruins splayed out below them, the dark woods, the pearly strip of river stretching toward the glowing sea. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “So you’re not worried I’m going to run for it?” he asks, stretching out his legs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Stokely sat down on the blacktop, stretching his long legs out in front of him. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z They threw him upon the bar, stretching him out with his arms folded across his chest like a corpse. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Cal sits on the edge of the piano bench, stretching his arm back behind his head. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z She yawned, and raising a hand to her mouth she went back into the room, stretching. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Well,” she reiterated, and stood up, stretching her arms, and feeling the need to relax her muscles after having been so long seated. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, thank you,” he said, stretching the elastic band to raise his kid-sized hat and tipping it toward the crowd. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z He is stretching but certainly not breaking the convention that old-fashioned facts have agents. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He turned from her and lay on his back again, stretching his legs wide apart. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z If you can remember how that first terrific stretch feels, pleasant and painful, then you may understand how my mind felt after all these years, stretching awake on the rooftops of Tarbean. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A moment later the lighthouse beam swept past and I saw the hull of a ship stretching beneath us on all sides. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z There was a warning sign and an electrified fence stretching as far as he could see. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He led his teammates through a stretching routine and then had them take the pitch to practice penalty shots. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Yes, we will,” Hermione said, getting to her feet and stretching. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She pulled on the rails of the bedstead, as if she were stretching, but her knees were folded up to her belly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z We were outside the city—there was nothing but a truck stop and red sand stretching out in all directions—so we ate Cheetos and played Mario Kart in the sleeper. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The first one was shaking her wings, shaking her hair, stretching each leg in turn, and flexing her claws. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There was hardly anyone else about, so I could see an unbroken line of wet paving stones stretching on in front of me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z "He gave it to himself. I guess he did. Ras is a title of respect in the East. It's a wonder he didn't say something about 'Ethiopia stretching forth her wings,' " he said, mimicking Ras. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s an enormous power line stretching across eleven hundred miles of jungle, connecting hydroelectric dams below Léopoldville to the distant southern mining region of Shaba. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was in a valley I could see nothing and when the canoe rose out of it, only the ocean stretching away and away. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z When he looked ahead of the plane, through the whirling propeller, he saw the endless trees stretching away to the horizon. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The space was much larger than it had seemed from without, stretching off to right and left into the adjoining hovels. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z While Otto’s legs dipped in the rushing water all the way to his calves, Mr. Flux fell in fully, stretching and flopping his limbs against the current. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Yanna slowed and looked behind them, the covered pathway stretching beyond them like a dragon’s backbone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But there is only the sound of my breathing and what I’m sure is the stretching of my heart’s sinewy muscle as it reaches its breaking point. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The Nile River The Sahara desert covers the northern part of the African continent, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Reporters waited for Smith to give his horse a similar workout, but they never saw Seabiscuit doing anything more than stretching his legs. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Trey and Dad have been helping—running, wrestling, stretching with me. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Instead, he’s right in the middle, elbows on knees, stretching and releasing his rubber band. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I had a vision of the celestially white kitchens of Ladies' Day stretching into infinity. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I listen to sailors laughing and arguing, their card games stretching into the night. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Good day,” Maya murmured, leaning forward from the backseat and resting her head on Grace’s shoulder, her arm stretching out to wrap around Joaquin. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He opened up his bag and pulled some donuts and the leftover cans of beer and we ate and drank in silence, stretching out our tired legs. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z It halts the stream of people who spill off the road to fill the stony land on either side like a stain stretching across the brown earth. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He picked up his trowel, slid a thin layer of cement on it, and leveled it on the floor, smoothing and stretching it in arcs that formed half circles, like grey rainbows. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z "There," said the woman with the dark, curling hair, stretching like a cat, and smiling. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Pax shook the night’s rain off his back and headed for the road without even stretching his stiff muscles, straining for his boy’s scent. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I had to recognize that this had happened to me, but that feeling I’d once had of possibility, of endless possibility stretching out in front of me was gone. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Below them, at the bottom of a fall of some fifteen hundred feet, lay the inner plain stretching away into a formless gloom beyond their sight. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Charred and limbless trunks of trees stretching away on every side. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Now, after stretching his wings he retracts them again, stretches out his head, and waddles, making his tedious way up one branch and down another. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a bedroom and a living room with a curved glass window stretching from floor to ceiling that overlooks a glittering Tokyo. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When she stops stretching and reaches for her sweatshirt, I climb from the ground and make my way toward her. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Russian forces stopped the German advance just short of Moscow, but the two massive armies were still slugging it out along a battlefront stretching 1,500 miles from north to south. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Looking back,” she remembered, “I see stretching behind me year after year of singing, traveling, packing, unpacking, rehearsing, and studying.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Did I think this a timeless category stretching into the deep past? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z After spending the day with fire in my legs, stretching made so much more sense now. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I guess it’s okay to wander around without the swoop swoop of your heart rising and falling in your chest and your wings stretching over water if you’ve never had it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Amaroq wailed again, stretching his neck until his head was high above the others. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Other men were crawling from their shelters, yawning and stretching. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “It’s good Dad can get us these again,” said Ron appreciatively, stretching luxuriously as the car moved smoothly away from the Burrow, Bill and Fleur waving from the kitchen window. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Simon grabs my hand and lifts it, and suddenly, I'm stretching both arms skyward, smiling with my eyes closed. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z In my ordinary life, this level of disability might justify a day of ice packs and stretching. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He turns it so she can see the way the workings extend through the entirety of the cage, stretching in all directions. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Its horns thinned, stretching longer to coil spiral at the ends, as sinuously as ink poured into water. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She lugged the view camera downtown to photograph a rusty bridge stretching over the spot where the three rivers collided. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I point and flex my foot, stretching and tensing through my entire leg as much as I can. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They ended up stretching their daily ration to last a day and a half and gave over half of their daily bread portion to the camaradas. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z He led the way down the slope, his shadow stretching behind him on the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And for the first time in his life, he smiled thinking about the always-coming infinite future stretching out before him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I stand by the car, the soapy sponge still in my hand, and gaze off at the street, empty and long, stretching far into the distance. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z And then, suddenly, all the fires on the hillside form one great wall of fire stretching across the city and— it’s inevitable now—start moving down toward them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Pterodactyls had wings formed by a thin skin and muscle membrane stretching from one of their elongated fingers to their hind limbs. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I could have my own grid stretching off to the edges of the map. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I worked diligently, oblivious to the long lines stretching away in the dark. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Quentin rose from the bed, stretching and yawning, and again perused my work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Everything else, stretching back throughout recorded time, was merely a history of those exceptions who had tried to change the world and had failed. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z He was just getting to his feet, stretching himself and yawning. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He rubs his temples, stretching his hand across his eyes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Valmiki raised an eyebrow, as if to say You’re stretching the definition of rhyme, but then, you are on an urgent deadline…. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Oh,” he said, stretching a smile across his face. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Better get the Cloak,” Ron muttered, as Lee Jordan finally left, stretching and yawning. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Flames twist, lick the air, stretching miles high. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z "Please," the old man said, stretching out an arm, "your master is having a grand feast. Surely you can spare a small bit for me?" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Then there’s time stretching, where you insert new frames in post-production between the ones already filmed but linger longer on each one. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She climbed majestically up to the peak of the bed, stretching her limbs out like a spider’s, while Kelly jumped onto the floor and snorted. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z At the tide line a woven mat of weeds and the ribs of fishes in their millions stretching along the shore as far as eye could see like an isocline of death. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z There were steps stretching out behind them, but steps made for giants, and the ochre rock wall to his right. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Every once in a while, the view out the window changed from woods, thick with pine trees and ferns and moss-covered rocks, to a wide-open view of the mountains stretching on forever in the distance. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The clothes fit perfectly: there was not even the stretching around the chest or the shortness in the arms he had expected. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I uncoil the flowers, stretching out their petals and stems. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Green hedges, dazzling with red wild roses appeared behind my eyes, stretching with a gentle curving to an infinity empty of objects, a limpid blue space. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Rich and ripe and rotted, Volantis covered the mouth of the Rhoyne like a warm wet kiss, stretching across hill and marsh on both sides of the river. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Tai says, standing and stretching her arms to the ceiling. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z You could see it from miles off, a pale blue line across the northern horizon, stretching away to the east and west and vanishing in the far distance, immense and unbroken. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She looked north, away from the Wood, and the land was a broad expanse of white stretching toward a faraway horizon. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then he looked ahead of her, squinting against the darkness and saw, or thought he saw, or felt that he thought he saw, a white line stretching horizontally. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw perfect pink membranes stretching into precise edges that looked easy enough to cut. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And then more of the head, then the long bony crest stretching back over the wide neck. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Me, she could still kiss on the top of my head without stretching. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z At the beginning of night, I saw owls coming from their hiding places, revolving their eyes, and stretching to become familiar with their surroundings and get ready for the night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He kept stretching his eyes all big and waggling his eyebrows. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The bird remained still against my chest, except for occasionally letting out a squawk and stretching out his right wing as though to see if it was still sore. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Years and years of it stretching back and back until he was just a young man, serving on the deck of an enormous golden ship. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Ten feet above ground, there’s a rope bridge stretching upward from one platform to another, higher platform, across the glade. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “You stole my husband!” she screamed at me, then she reached for Jorge, stretching her arms pathetically, her fingers moving like worms. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Flux twisted beneath the stranger in ways a normal person could never manage, stretching like he was made of taffy. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I looked at the narrow black ribbon of the highway stretching out between the tall, dark pine trees. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z If I attempted to account for scenes and characters, to tell why certain scenes were written in certain ways, I’d be stretching facts in order to be pleasantly intelligible. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Yawning and stretching, I looked down at the pond that had been the source of such fire and fluster the previous night. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z "Ahhh," the short one says, stretching the word out, his mouth round like the barrel of the revolver he has emptied and is passing around so the children can all hold it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Reconstruction is most typically described as stretching from 1863, when the North freed the slaves, to 1877, when it abandoned them and withdrew federal troops from the South. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Beetle liked to watch the cat stretching in the sunshine, combing his belly with his tongue, chewing the burrs and stubble out from between his toes. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He figured maybe this was just the kind of moment when God wouldn’t mind his stretching. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z So February sneaks in a couple of beautiful days early on, and just when you’re stretching out like a cat waking up, bang! Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat in his usual place at the dining table, the phone against his ear, with the cord stretching behind him from the kitchen. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “Hey, it’s okay, man,” Mr. Ray said, stretching his neck to see the traffic light ahead of us. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They dressed in silence, too sleepy to talk, then, yawning and stretching, the four of them headed downstairs into the kitchen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Then I felt the smile start to creep over my face, stretching my lips and cheeks, an embarrassed and amused smile. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z At a mile and a half, Washington was out in front by open water and stretching its lead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z María goes to one of the rowboats and lies down, stretching her legs. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “I was contacted by another bounty hunter,” he finally says, stretching his arms over his head. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I should be putting on my uniform, stretching, getting ready to play in the county semifinals. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Then, unprompted, Henry says into the stretching stillness, “Return of the Jedi.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Glancing over his shoulder he saw the convoy stretching back down the hill for a mile. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z From the next to the top step she could reach “Sarsaparilla to Sorcery” without stretching. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Finally she puts clean sheets on the bed, stretching the cloth tightly at the four corners. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Then, one hand in his pocket, he tested all the other white pieces and sat down, stretching his legs under the Scandinavian-designed mahogany table. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Let me take that,” he said, stretching out a hand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Gilly nearly tripped over herself, leaping down and grabbing up “Sarsaparilla to Sorcery” from the chair seat, stretching her guts out to tip the book into its place on the shelf. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “Peekaboo!” she sang, her ghastly smile stretching wide. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He holds the handles on either side, his arms stretching wide, and leans forward so his body is mostly outside the car, though his feet stay planted inside. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He sat at my feet, stretching his bare ones out and lying back on the dirt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In the mirror I see him gazing out at the shops and lots of the boulevard, the rows of bulb and neon stretching west before us like a luminous trail to the island. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z For long hours each morning and evening, he lay on his small bed, swinging his arms and legs, arching his back, and stretching to keep his body from stiffening. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Alex nods appreciatively, stretching in his chair and folding his hands behind his head. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Her long legs stretching practically to the wall. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Let me see it,” Caleb says, stretching his hand out to his sister. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The outline of the palace shines in the distance, stretching out in so many directions it has no beginning or end. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The Orléans archipelago is a string of islands stretching like a rose with a crooked stem out into the warm sea. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Their friendship broke a lifelong pattern— stretching back to Shin’s malignant relationship with his mother—of wariness and betrayal. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z How dark and stupid it was to be mangled and strange, to be no particular shape, to have no self when life was stretching out before her. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It held her like a vine, stretching across the miles, comforting, strangling. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z "So today is Thursday," Coach said as I sat down to join in on the much...much-needed stretching. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z We usually started out with a warm-up run and group stretching led by the team captains. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She climbed up again, stretching almost to the point of falling, but it was no good. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The long morning of marching was stretching into an even longer afternoon of standing still. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He could see its smooth, unnatural surface stretching away over the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I woke up early and had coffee with Darma,” she says, stretching. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Bruno creeps out from underneath the bench, stretching his legs. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Harry—” said Hermione, stretching out a consoling hand, but he shrugged it off and walked away, his eyes on the fire Hermione had conjured. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A few hours later, Bryson was awake, standing, yawning, stretching—all of which felt like he was pulling himself apart. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “I’m a pencil pusher,” he told us, stretching out the cup of pencils in his hand in front of him again, like that would make it make more sense. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z It would be stretching a point to say they had developed any real confidence in Dad’s indoor photography. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “Time isn’t a line stretching out in front of us, going in one direction. It’s— well, time is just a construct, actually—” “Look,” Julia said, cutting him off. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I tried stretching my neck to see if I could spot the granddaughter sitting in the usual spot, the front row, or as Robbie Ray called it, the good seats. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But when she smiles, her skin pulls back like a curtain, stretching her features until they are as lineless as a young woman’s. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z My friend Liliane and I were coming home from school, taking the long way, stretching the afternoon. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She winked at me, then got up on her knees and worked her hands forward like a cat stretching until she was all the way down on my bed.Click. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Seeing that he was awake, Madam Pomfrey came bustling over with a breakfast tray and then began bending and stretching his arm and fingers. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z On January nights I’m visited by desperate dreams of stretching myself out over the water, reaching for balance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas opened his eyes again and forced himself to sit up in the bed in which he lay, pushing his back against the wall and stretching out his legs. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He saw the cat stretching its head and flattening its eyes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He led me over to the window and motioned out at the landscape stretching out beyond it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The single tone draws itself out like the stretching of arms. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The Chattahoochee is part of four million acres—6,000 square miles—of federally owned forest stretching up to the Great Smoky Mountains and beyond and spreading sideways across four states. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen in Redemption’s house was yellow and enormous, with a long farm table on one end and a large stove system along another wall, green-tiled counters stretching everywhere. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I kept stretching and moaning, pain stabbing me with every move. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Surely that wasn’t even stretching the truth too far. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But it’s perhaps stretching it to claim students who’d left were an actual taboo. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you know, Dèja, stretching steel shrieks, clangs as joints shift? Something told me the tower was dying. “‘Come on, Mrs. Able. We’ve got to move faster. Come on.’ Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Countless times on that long Santa Anita backstretch Seabiscuit’s legs reached out over the track, stretching to gather up the ground, pounding down into the dirt, then folding up under his belly. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On either side and in front wide fens and mires now lay, stretching away southward and eastward into the dim half-light. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He smirked as he watched Cain, who was stretching out his muscular arms. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He held down his head so that she could reach, and she, stretching up backward with a white arm, twisted his forelock round her finger. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked out at the blue water stretching away and all the fear I had felt during the time of the voyage came back to me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z In a line stretching back nearly a mile, marchers kneel on the highway to pray. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned back toward the bed to see if maybe, just maybe, he was stirring, stretching his arms overhead and rubbing his eyes. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Welles responded by slowing down the first part even more and stretching out the musical numbers. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I saw the days of the year stretching ahead like a series of bright, white boxes, and separating one box from another was sleep, like a black shade. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Then they saw them, stretching in a line to the north, traveling at walking pace. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “It’s all right,” said Moody, sitting down and stretching out his wooden leg with a groan. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She didn’t want me stretching my neck over her way, ripping open the peace with any talking. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa Lázaro had slumped over the side of the easy chair, a strand of drool stretching from his mouth to his stained white T-shirt. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He doubles over in feigned pain before stretching his bent arms back, as though getting ready for some basketball shots. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It was the ocean of his blood, stretching in all directions, grainy and mysterious, faintly glowing with green. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I fold back the blanket, quiet, listening, stretching my legs to the floor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He and Minho were stretching their legs by the West Door when Chuck walked over to say goodbye. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z All the Renegades take stretching seriously, even though we like to goof around, talk, and eat. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z They walked to Little Gator Pizzeria side by side, the silence stretching on. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “From the perspective of Aeneas,” said Reverend Buckminster next, and Turner despaired with the hero in the groaning and stretching ship—or maybe it was Aeneas who was groaning and stretching. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z David wakes, stretching his legs long as he can, still wearing his seat belt. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z To my great relief, it thrived under our tender care, first stretching for the light and then trailing along the windowsill. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I could imagine the radiant smile stretching across June’s face. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Why do we always start so early?” said Scruffy, stretching into a yawn. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “We can cover that much ground in ten minutes,” said Nala, stretching and rolling her neck to limber up. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Adele was married on a hilltop, with a view of Kigali stretching out below, a stunning backdrop of red roofs and green hills. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Mostly, the island was a hilly moor of sharp grass and wildflowers stretching from shore to shore like a lumpy quilt. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z As he pulled up next to Fentons and saw the line stretching outside the shop, it was like he was in a different world. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was a vertical line with an inverted peak stretching upward from its middle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Time doesn't fly—it flaps, the numbers turning on a wheel that operates much like the gears on a stretching rack. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They were on the garden terrace, which was at the top of the great seraph’s breast, stretching from shoulder to shoulder, and overlooked the city all the way to the Cusp. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When I got closer, the high wall of snow looked more like fingers of snow stretching out on the ground. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, I just hang there against the railing, letting go of the banister altogether, stretching my arms up high above my head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He could look directly down on the gray crest of Little Round Top, saw the gunners there rising and stretching and heating coffee near black cannon. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding its body between her knees, Ma takes its head and bends it backward, stretching its neck. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t let go!” he yelled, stretching his tan arms outward until his fingertips touched the water. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Judith had the gloves on before the sentence was finished, and stood stretching out her slender arms admiringly. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I lay my head all the way back, stretching to make sure no skin pinches or pulls. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Revenge,” said Dr. Trefusis, smiling widely and stretching his hands around his knees, as he could not be more delighted by this welcome turn in the narrative. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z "Focus, newbies! We're not talking, we're stretching! It's been an eventful week, and you four always seemed to be part of the events. So today, keep your heads in the lane." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The nausea swept over me, the choking tension, the buzzing in my ears, my stomach knotting and stretching as if it wanted to tear itself out of my body. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Finally, we saw the edge of the junkyard about half a mile ahead of us, the lights of a highway stretching through the desert. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Simply stretching out my limbs requires an enormous effort. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Her arm heavy around my shoulders, she pointed to a house at the end of a long walkway stretching out from a pier. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The block castle towered over the foot of my bed, stretching so tall, it nearly touched the ceiling and so wide, we could only partly open my half of the closet door. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z After a while, Mr. Bykovski came down the stairs into the living room, yawning and stretching his suspenders over his shoulders. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath, my back stretching tall like a live oak. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Lincoln Park was a long finger of wooded land stretching up the banks of Lake Michigan. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z By the time Osh joined me, yawning and stretching, I had his coffee at the simmer. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Nicodemus closed the door behind her, then sat down on one of the benches, facing Mrs. Frisby; the others sat down, too, Mr. Ages stretching his splinted leg in front of him. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Shae and Con returned from the river as Tali spoke, and Shae set her heavy water skin down on the ground and sighed, stretching her arms. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Not one of us was limber enough to do the stretching exercises, and soon we were all trying to look as disgusted as we could while we hopped around the floor to the music. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I took everything out, and, stretching out among the fallen peaches, I rested them across my abdomen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They could loop it around their feet and then pull up with their arms and shoulders, stretching it as far as they could. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My sleep was dreamless and deep, and I rise languidly, stretching as I meet the Snakes eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z You don’t really understand the ocean until you are in the midst of it, nothing but ocean on all sides, stretching away endlessly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Out there, road stretching to road, the occasional jagged ridge of snowy mountains in the distance, it’s a playground for her thoughts. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Nylon mesh was attached to it, stretching out on either side for miles and miles to keep the tigers inside the reserve. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He was stretching his neck and then lowering it, stretching it and lowering it, as if he were working up the courage to make an announcement. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The city sprawls across seventy-eight square miles, stretching from the shallow, salty estuary at the edge of San Francisco Bay to the undulating green-and-gold hills where bobcats and coyotes roam. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She flinched, and he laughed and turned away, stretching his arms above his head and yawning. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She tried stretching out her supply by making a very weak drink, but she might as well have drunk nothing; the headaches were prevented only by coffee that was black with strength. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad wasn’t above stretching the truth, because there was nothing he liked better than a joke, particularly if it were on him and even more particularly if it were on Mother. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z When I couldn’t take it any longer, I reached out and grabbed some of the dust the Amagqirha had kicked up, and some of the shadows stretching across the stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z We had to stop and walk a few times, traversing rickety wooden bridges stretching across ponds. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Stella, honey—I might not be fit for dancing, but I can certainly stir some batter,” Mama said, stretching her arms for the bowl. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Jeanne’s neighbors were spilling into the sunlight, adjusting their brown woolen tunics, stretching, scratching their oily heads. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Ethan stands now and then, stretching his back, rubbing his knees, but I don’t tire. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Already, there’s a line stretching out behind me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He’s stretching and hasn’t looked up at the paper yet. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “I could easily sleep the whole day through,” he said, yawning and stretching. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “How are you feeling?” he asks me as I’m stretching out after some warm-up laps. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I lifted up, over the cot, the tiny thin string holding me to my body stretching like chewing gum. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I left for school under the benevolent gaze not only of Mother but also of bright-eyed otters and burly American bison and stretching and yawning orangutans. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Axel and George spread out before Dr. Martin, the teacup sheet stretching at least eight feet between the two. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Catching sight of her red-fletched arrows, the man grinned, stretching the crooked scar on his bottom lip. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It was like he understood humans objectively and could see your entire life stretching out in both directions including whether you were going to make a detour to the bakery and which one and when. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole thing changed from a little walking and stretching to a mathematical dilemma. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z We pull into the empty parking lot and to the far back fence, where there’s a concrete aqueduct stretching as far as the eye can see in both directions. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Kelly began to twirl around George, stretching her arms out wide with each Melissa. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z This was stretching the truth to breaking point; as far as Harry knew, Ron and Dumbledore had never been alone together, and direct contact between them had been negligible. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I forced myself into a longer warm-up routine than normal, including some basic calisthenics and my usual stretching routine, but I couldn’t shake the fatigue I was feeling. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I slipped it over my finger and stood stretching it taut. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I lingered on Chad Turner, Phil Stroper and a couple of the other guys, stretching the moment as far as the tension would take it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z "Come here, Roland," he said, stretching to see over the stone stoop banister. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir,” I lie, stretching to my full height. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Lewis was an avatar of old-school solitary research, but he was delighted to play a role in stretching science’s boundaries. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Taylor looked around as if she were seeing everything for the first time: the arsenal, the unassailable wall of green, the volcano stretching up from the land like an angry fist of rock. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There had been previous encounters with Pauling, stretching over a twenty-five-year interval. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z When he turned back, Toby was stretching out on the couch. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Then he scanned the horizon as if he sensed trouble, but there was nothing to see—just the lighthouse and the field of grass stretching inland. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I reshape her body again, stretching her limbs like sugar-sticks, cinching her waist, and making her a whole four inches taller. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They all stop when they get to the line of elm trees with the single strand of barbed wire stretching between them. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Practice starts to wind down, and we’re all stretching out our sore muscles and guzzling water. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The tear in the sky, directly above and stretching off into the horizon, smothered everything in a thick heat that made breathing a struggle. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the guards from Sayle Enterprises had formed a line stretching back almost to the point where the vehicles were parked. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Half the Pilates girls will be here, head to toe in Sweaty Betty, competitively stretching, manicured hands wrapped around their Starbucks. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I said nothing, merely waited, blocking my mother by stretching out an arm when she came near. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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