He liked this area—it was the only place on Ogygia where he couldn’t see the sea, so he could pretend he wasn’t stuck on an island. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A plate was set out for her on the roof deck, sealed in plastic wrap, her name stuck to it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She was the middle child, stuck between adorable Finn and responsible Chess—sometimes she just needed something to be all hers. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The book cover was mostly red and worn down, and a marker stuck out from the back of the book. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Even the words stuck in his throat, as if to choke him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s those children S.Q. mentioned, sir. One appears to have been apprehended. The other is stuck on the flagpole outside the window.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Believe it or not, she lived for six months like that, upside down on the ceiling with her legs stuck permanently in the paint. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Muhammad opens the door, talking into the house phone stuck between his ear and shoulder. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She was breathing hard, her eyes wild, her cheeks flushed, her hair held back only by a pencil she’d stuck behind her ear two hours ago and clearly forgotten about. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Wisps of grass stuck to her toes and her calves and the hem of her skirt. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

You are, as they say, stuck with it and have leisure to feel all its peculiar irritations and discomforts. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The name Cougar followed Pollard from the boxing ring to the races and stuck with him for good. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever made them mark our door in the first place has apparently stuck around. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I could tell she had been hanging decorations off the trees, because of the little twigs and leaves stuck in her hair. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I stuck the mop head into the wringer. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Rain had told me to stay off the county roads, but that I’d be okay so long as I stuck to Garland property. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I just realized that you've been in here the whole time, but you've been stuck in a dresser drawer with old toys piled up on top of you. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The road was full of potholes, and she had to drive very slowly so as not to get stuck. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But his voice had a particularly authoritative ring when he said it, for he had his head stuck in the oven. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the clock on the wall seemed to stop ticking, its hands stuck in time. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mami had baked a nice flan and stuck a candle in the center. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The squirrel was shivering, and clumps of ice stuck to her fur. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When we get to the bridge, she loses the time and gets stuck but then I hear I ask a question like this, and Tanasia has taken the mic. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Steady Eddie could see I was stuck so he lifted it out of the suitcase and fished around in the bag for the mouthpiece, the neck and the reed holder. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I will say, he stuck pretty much to the facts, but I didn’t think his big dramatic pause before he got to the part about the license plate was really necessary. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Cletus took one last look at the photograph, then stuck it inside his math book. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It is,” Rafe said, then stuck his hand in the front pocket and flapped it a little. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But Tayo’s stomach clenched around the words like knives stuck into his guts. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rose, her massive curls tangled on her head in a sloppy bun, shot me a look from the tent she was dismantling, having been stuck with Homesteaders. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When he finished, he grinned and stuck out his hand for me to shake. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Imagine being stuck in the kitchen, no matter how interesting it was! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck a pipe that wasn’t lit into his mouth and walked off the stage. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Cora was getting braver but still stuck close to the dormitories when not attending to the Andersons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And quickly she took her own world-record piece of chewing gum out of her mouth and stuck it behind her left ear. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Andy stuck his head inside the door of their mess tent, flashed his most winning smile, and inquired, “Hi, there. Is anybody home?” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It stuck, heel-first, into the bark of a small tree with such force, it split the tree in two. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The flashlight beam fell on a teddy bear, a stuffed toy rabbit, fishing rods, a toolbox, piles of books, and a plastic sword that stuck out of a sleeping bag. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The smallpox had thinned her face until her teeth stuck out. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

But the back was on stilts stuck into the steep mountainside. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Kelly tugged at the elbow of her best friend’s shirt, but George stood, stuck in place. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s a big risk for them. They might lose their jobs, maybe their families, if they got stuck on the wrong side of the border. Or their lives if they ended up back in Syria.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

All sixteen black chess pieces stuck out of her mouth like finely carved tumors. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It’s tough to live with people stuck in the past, isn’t it? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

She’d stuck a fresh peony at the front of the crown to dress it up. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had heard all about her, and he had seen fifth graders in the library last year, noses stuck in their dictionaries, frantically trying to finish their vocabulary sheets before English class. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she lifts it, the wound heals as if she never stuck me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The conversation didn’t go any further ’cause when I stuck my hand in my bag I couldn’t find the leather petty-cash envelope. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His sunglasses stuck to his mountain of gelled hair, and his collar was popped so high, it shot up across his cheeks and almost covered his ears. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

So I am usually stuck with a brown bag and her healthy sandwiches instead of sinking my teeth into the meal of the day made by the school chef. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Harry muttered to Ron as he stuck his hands under the icy jet that poured from the gargoyle’s mouth. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When Tisquantum approached the Pilgrims and identified himself by that sobriquet, it was as if he had stuck out his hand and said, Hello, I’m the Wrath of God. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I stood up I stuck out my hand and he slapped five dollars into it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I was on my way to Dictionopolis when I got stuck here,” explained Milo. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene poured questions into the silence like a hose stuck on full blast. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was as stuck as a fly on flypaper! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I then stuck my thumb into his wide-open mouth, as my mother had told me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She breathed a little easier when she remembered that, in Hinduism, death wasn’t a place where you were stuck forever. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I stuck out my hand and he lightly placed the gun into it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She points to the pens still stuck in her bun. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

We all stuck up our hands and started guessing. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow he’d fit his entire skinny body down the opening of an owl burrow, so that only his noggin stuck out. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time the guy went through—head, then shoulders, then waist—before he got stuck. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

CHUH-hoong and left the axe stuck in the tree where it last bit. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It had doughy, unhealthy skin and red hair that stuck up in bristles. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The potatoes had to be peeled while they were hot, she explained, because the skin stuck if they got too cold. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You blame him for being stuck here,” I said. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Plucking a handful of silver straight pins from her plump cloth belt, she stuck them one by one, standing up, into the sheets around Liyana’s body. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She crossed her arms and stuck out her tongue at me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Clumps of soft wood stuck to her side as she stood and faced her attackers. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He’s framed in the light from the room, looking like he stuck his toe in a socket. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t know a good time if it sidled up to you and stuck a lollipop in your mouth.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The second day of the hunting season I stuck my head out of my door and decided my yard was messy. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rutty road had not changed except that the ruts were deeper and the round stones stuck up higher. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The furniture was badly made and the drawer stuck on the frame, but it jerked open a few inches. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Your mom's stuck at work," I tell Will. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"I hit him all right The spear stuck in. I wounded him!" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I stuck out my tongue and made faces. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He was dying when I got to him, sprawled and twisted away from his skis that stuck up out of the snow, his chest half shot away. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Never ever did she lie there, stuck like a turtle on its shell. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t even realized she was crying, but her cheeks were wet and her hair stuck to them when she moved her head. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Too bad we’re going to be stuck on Step Two forever. It’s not like they’ll suddenly decide to make the VanQuish files unclassified just for us.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I never stuck with dance classes or did violin or any kind of organized sport. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Of the 113 establishments that had licenses to sell soft drinks in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, the two that stuck to the law and did not become speakeasies went out of business. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The fingers trailed after her leading wrist, and her little finger stuck out grandly from the rest. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet were stuck fast, the way the lamps in the suburban house had been stuck to the floor so she could not use them as weapons. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He stuck his hand into the pouch, and felt around for one of the stones. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they passed the shoe shop, Lina saw a white piece of paper stuck up on the window. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He has on his old jacket again, his baggy pants, his squashed felt hat with the fishing flies stuck into it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She got stuck on a boot heel at the third comer, unzipped the bag, and laid it open on the floor to rearrange her things. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Now why do you think that’s stuck in your head?” he asked. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The scent of the oils and the roots stuck to my hands, so I smelled like the earth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Minerva. Minerva has the language and us poor guys are stuck with her so we learn.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

If he’d have known how far his ears stuck out to the side I bet he never would have gotten that butter! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard we tried, we’d be stuck in an in-between place—nowhere, really—forever. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Harrison looked at the narrow spring bed in the corner, the table and chair, the shirts hanging on nails stuck to the wall, the two pairs of shoes arranged carefully on the floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“What I’m afraid of,” said Will after a minute, not looking at her at all, “is getting stuck somewhere and never seeing my mother again.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His mouth was so dry and clammy his lips almost stuck together when he closed them. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d like to take a walk far back in the flinty hills and search for a souvenir, an old double-bitted ax stuck deep in the side of a white oak tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a simple, buoying faith that if you stuck to your principles, things would work out. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Refugees fled frantically ahead of the German troops, and when they got stuck at river crossings, the German Air Force swooped down overhead and fired their machine guns into the waiting crowds. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The battlefield roared to life on the television, and Moss laughed as Javier began to jump Tracer around the screen, shooting at every object in the waiting room he was stuck in. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The younger one also lacked her mother’s abundant hair; instead she had thin curls stuck tight to her scalp as though glued there. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Would I be stuck inside my house all summer, forced to listen to their voices and laughter echoing throughout my own house? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He stuck his lower lip out as if he were four years old. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Me, on the other hand, I get stuck on the past. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Freebie’s brown-and-gray head stuck out of the water like he was sniffing at the ceiling. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

If a taxi I had hailed was stuck in traffic for over a minute, I got out and walked. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She put down both bags, picked the skirt up and brushed away the crumbs of gravel that stuck to it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually, I began to be called “Detroit Red”—and it stuck. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel sorry for any child stuck with that name because that means he’s gone through the sorriest kind of upbringing possible, but I can’t let him go around cutting up the other students. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zing got up, walked over to Amaroq, and stuck his nose in the corner of his mouth. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Man, they can hardly get him loose, the way he's stuck deep in that mud, and before they drag him to shore they're all covered with slime and mud. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some of us even stuck our heads out and hollered at stupefied white passersby. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck his head inside, pointed to the back, and said, “Look at this.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

You always used to think that was funny, how everyone in our town stuck their lawn chairs out way before parade day and how they didn’t strap them down or lock them up, either. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He pulled his swollen fist from the ice bucket, flexed the fingers, then stuck it back in. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The phrase stuck in my mind for days after. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought how sorry he felt for Grover, stuck with his hollow victories. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Velia sat forward in her seat and stuck her face out the window to get a better look. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The bayonet stuck, so I pulled it out with force. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But when he was little, he loved the backhoe so much they called him Digger, and it stuck. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her stomach creaked, so empty it stuck to the back of her body. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“The college is going to get stuck either way,” said Davenport. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some of it is very delicate, and even something as small as a human hair might get stuck in the wrong place and cause a computer to give a wrong answer. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd circled so thickly that I couldn’t see him anymore, and I was stuck through by my horrible imaginings of what was happening. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

How could they if she found herself stuck on a man old enough to be her father? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Which means that no matter what, you’re stuck with me for eight more months.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The upper part of Aravis's face stuck out beyond the sofa, so that if anyone came into that room with a light and happened to look in exactly the right place they would see her. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He stuck his stocky legs straight out in front of him and tapped his toes together. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"I don't blame you for wanting to go with her instead of being stuck here with me," I said. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I helped Sohrab to his feet, swat­ted the bits of crushed grape that had stuck to his pants like barnacles to a pier. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The duffels are knocking into each other like rowdy patrons at a bar, with Molly stuck between. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And was being a coward something you were born with, like ears that stuck out? The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I’ll get stuck hurting because I don’t have Benny anymore. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Dari smiled big and stuck out his hand for Twig to shake. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Their faces bristled with long pear spines that they’d got stuck with, reaching for apples. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to get stuck like so many of the women she saw on porch steps and street corners looking like they’d been through a war of their own making. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

If that wasn’t crazy enough, I went home afterwards, wrote up a note, then stuck it in her mailbox. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I peeked: all the other kids had bare feet, so I took off my socks and stuck them inside my sneakers. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Every section has the name of a saint whose picture is painted on a shield stuck on top of a pole by the prefect’s seat. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Several randomly placed mechanical arms stuck out here and there, each one with a different purpose. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They don’t get stuck in any of the stuff that gets people in trouble. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

One hit the doorpost of the hall, another stuck in the door’s thick timbering, still others rang on the stone wall, shivering hafts of ash. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing about slices at Mother’s is that they are huge, so she stuck around to help carry it all outside. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I let the smile fade, but the words stuck with me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

"I hit him," said Ralph again, "and the spear stuck in a bit." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I got stuck checking this tall athletic dude people were calling Slim. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He noticed that she had a couple of Rice Krispies stuck in her hair but decided not to say anything about that, either. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

A small note was stuck in the vent. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But anyway, the key stuck, and was a great inconvenience to anyone trying to play the piano. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

My own palms were slick and sticky, my feet stuck to the floor. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’m dreading being stuck at home, where Mom’s sadness hangs over everything like the smell of burnt toast. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He tried to yank out the knife and stab her again, but the blade was stuck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, I liked it, and the songs got stuck in my head for days afterward. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I ran upstairs and stuck the postcard to my bulletin board, Miles’s face looking out with a deep crease in his forehead above his nose. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Some of Wilbur’s friends in the barn worried for fear all this attention would go to his head and make him stuck up. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

If all the workers stuck together and didn’t give in, the factory had to shut down, and the company owners lost money. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

‘Are you crazy? Even if you don’t get stuck in the tube, you have no idea how deep it is.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The men all knew what that meant: they were stuck until the ice broke up in the spring. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

If I had to be stuck on a bus full of kids I didn’t even know, I wanted to at least sit by myself. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He dipped three fingers in the cake mix, and while staring Travis’s mother dead in the eye, sucked them clean and then stuck his fingers back in the bowl for a second helping. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

A vein stuck out right above his temple. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the second she did, the liquid stuck to her legs. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her prosthetic arm felt weighty on my shoulder, her hair stuck to the tears on my face. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Downy feathers from their soft chests stuck between the bars of the cages. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Being stuck in the middle seat, I was mad at myself. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck the Fury on the left with its hilt, sending her toppling backward into a seat. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of the best drivers “walked into it,” but I was stuck standing on the mat. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m lucky. We received a letter this morning that snows in the mountains prevented Hollin from coming home. He’s stuck at school until after his spring term, and he’s beside himself.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

No. Tomás stuck out his hand, palm upward, and the young man dropped the car keys into it. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I had my arms stuck out like the wings of a plane, and the long curved leaves sliced me up but I didn’t feel the stinging. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel’s peepers are sort of stuck on golf-ball size as she stands next to Michael. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Ess stared at the hands stuck out in front of her face. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Harding said when you were stuck, you should factor the equation. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon looked as though he had something stuck in his throat; Aunt Petunia, however, was oddly flushed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was around noon when Cabot found Alma’s house, and only knew it to be so from her maiden name stuck to the mailbox in tiny black and gold letters. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I stuck my hand in my pocket and touched the tip of the feather. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles stuck to his routine as much as possible, but when he walked on the Sandwalk he worried. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, thank you\\ If it weren’t for your family, we’d be stuck in a bind.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Little-boy droppings,” she says, examining whatever is stuck to her broom. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the short arrows of the Lamb Men stuck through the meat of his upper arm, and blood covered the left side of his bare chest like a splash of paint. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The building itself wasn’t that imposing; it was only called the Tower because it stuck up like a broken finger in a sea of one-story wooden shacks arranged in rings. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Somebody had stuck gum in my padlock keyhole. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Instead, she had saved four, and so she would always be stuck in that hallway, hearing those screams cut away one by one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His thumbs were stuck in his belt, on each side of a square steel buckle. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he wasn't only stuck with the packages. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck my elbows very hard into the ribs of the people who were crushing in around me, and kind of wedged myself in. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Things I want to see. I don’t want to get stuck here forever. I want to live in a big city. Travel.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

His eyes held me once more so that my feet were stuck to the ground and I could only wave my arms like branches swaying lightly in the breeze. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“And the answer is no, she’s not. Nor has been for weeks, stuck in dry dock in Portland after a run-in with a shoal. But home soon, I expect.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I’m still stuck on the eyes of my picture however and I stare at the paper. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the darts bounced off, but a few stuck. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Back when he played music, his ban on driving meant that his bandmates were the ones stuck behind the wheel on tours. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the second attempt, the shrapnel stuck out two inches from his flesh. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I stuck in another CD, this time from Gran’s personal stack by the boom box. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The words Get away from me and Don’t were stuck in my tight chest, wedged between terror and want. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was a vanishing-looking kind of a man as if there used to be parts about him that stuck out individually but now he hadn’t a thing about him that wasn’t dwindled and blurred. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The burbs ended suddenly, a last band of parks fading into the transport ring, where underground factories stuck their heads aboveground and cargo trucks drove concrete roads all day and night. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mama jumped up and stuck her nose right in her young sister’s face. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Nixon so dreaded social events he sometimes asked aides to write ideas for conversation topics on index cards—when he got stuck, he could sneak a look at the cards. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When Grandma’s back was turned, Mary Alice broke open a biscuit and stuck a sausage patty inside it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Brandon stuck a finger in his book to save his place. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Umbridge had stuck it to her office door, to spy on people. I couldn’t leave it there...but that’s how they knew there were intruders.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And then they stuck a blade right in the heart of her confidence. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The dry skin was still stuck to his body. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled his time book out of his pocket and opened it where a pencil was stuck between the leaves. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dodged that bullet, she thought, as Grace stuck her straw back in her mouth and continued to chew it to oblivion. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I stuck my head out of the tent. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They cut electricity to specific apartment blocks and then raided every apartment to see what tapes and disks were stuck inside the players. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He took his glass counter and held it close to the water; finally he stuck one end of it in the water. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Wait. Wait. I’m sorry. I’m still stuck on the part about David getting snuck in by a guard. An Exclusion Guard. One that you’re on first-name basis with.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Nok folded up her map and stuck it under her mattress, Leaving her staff behind, she stepped out of the room and slid her bedroom door shut behind her. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Koontz joined them, incredulously surveying the damage that Bernabe, by parking in the mud, getting stuck, rocking his vehicle, sideslipping and whatnot, had done. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a writhing mass of pure muscle, so big its tail stuck out from beneath me, pound­ing hard against the raft. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom shook her head and stuck the paper back in my folder without even looking at all the good reading in my reading log. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He'd stuck a Post-it on the front with a simple message—Plant this!—and the initial A4 hastily scrawled in the corner. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They left the targets and had several shots at the popinjay—which was a large, bright-coloured artificial bird stuck on the top of a stick, I see a parrot—and Kay missed these also. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I got up and went out in the living room and got some cigarettes out of the box on the table and stuck some in my pocket. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, at this very minute, while I’m stuck here in Colby, North Carolina, surrounded by hillbilly kids, ole Scrappy is back in Raleigh in the county jail again because of his fondness for fighting. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She’s just stuck there letting people twist her any way they want, letting them dress her the way they like, telling her what to do. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Finally able to breathe, he got his hands underneath her body and stuck his elbows out, then pushed hard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m warning you, Peeves —” Peeves stuck out his tongue, threw the last of his water bombs into the air, and zoomed off up the marble staircase, cackling insanely. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I flipped over and stuck my finger on the verse that I had memorized gleefully. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his hands on his hips and stuck out his bottom, which sent me into a fit of giggles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lid stuck enough so I had to work it open. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

You were supposed to put them on your forehead or at the corners of your eyes, but Adria and I always stuck them on our belly buttons. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I was stuck here, and stuck at third level. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In a panic he twisted the throttle and the johnboat picked up speed, but that didn’t help—Jasper Jr. was stuck on the end of my line like a moray eel. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But what stuck in my head was that chant. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The corners of his new mouth had red slobber stuck to ’em, and the same way the cap’n’s brown spit had done, it got stretched up and down with every word Pap said. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The hat itself was one of those flat-topped pork-pie jobs with a jay's feather stuck in the hat-band and Mr Wormwood was very proud of it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had been lean since the early days of the war, but now he was emaciated—so thin that his bones stuck out and his face looked craggy and old. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Things went from bad to worse at the beginning of the school year because my brother and sister were both in high school and I was stuck in that yawning chasm of nothingness, middle school. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grinned, folded it neatly, and stuck it into the wooden box. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men didn’t see him for a few moments and then one of them stuck out his arm to show where he was and the boy shot him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had had a steak knife stuck in his belt until Rita took it away. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled down the window and stuck my arm out. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The warm ash stuck to the raw scrapes on Cole’s chest and legs. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We’d been captive in them for so long, stuck in their belly like Jonah. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

A car eased up the road and I stuck my thumb out and it stopped. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As they drove up the hill Mother always called “the great slippery” because of that first time they were stuck on it, Joe suddenly said something wonderful to Marly. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

It stuck out in my memory; it was the reason I had got interested in telling space stories. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see her put the scrap of paper, the one that had been stuck on our fridge since the day Stan died, the one with my uncle’s phone number on it, onto my desk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She stuck close to the building, and when she turned the corner, she walked under the row of windows. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He stuck his tongue out at her as the train arrived. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But he needed the income, and he stuck with it. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

One dip in the road before the old Perkins place, he said, “Just let me out at the road, Miss Edmunds. Don’t try to turn in. You might get stuck in the mud.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

For the life of him, he couldn’t see why plankton was supposed to taste better if everyone was stuck with it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crab spat again, then stuck the cigar back into his mouth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She stuck her hand out for my mom to shake. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

His eyes were stuck completely on the garden land being uncovered. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only that, my mother had gotten stuck with T. Ray because of me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same moment, I realized I had once again bitten my cheek in the exact same place and that it was bleeding like a stuck pig. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if it doesn’t turn into proper English soon, they might get stuck.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A piece of corn casing was stuck to the side of Sumac’s beak. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Where black women cleaned manure from tobacco leaves, the stench was so bad that the women stuck orange slices in their mouths to keep from vomiting. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I was born, my older brother, Carlton, looked at me and declared to the hospital room, “It’s not a baby, it’s a skeeter!” and from there the name stuck. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

So I stuck Willy on the end of one of the two picnic tables and went inside to see if it moved any faster. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Twig stuck out her jaw, like she always does when she’s annoyed. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Morrison opened the door and stuck his head out. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

His jeans stuck uncomfortably to his legs as he pulled them up. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Reggie replied to the message, and stuck the phone back in his pocket. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Because of what was stuck inside the last cellophane sleeve. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I went to college in the United States; I guess some sort of accent stuck. My wife teases me about it, but I thought she was joking until now.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Kissinger reminded Thieu that Nixon had stuck it out in Vietnam for four bloody years. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It feels like a lump of granite stuck in the gears of my brain and stripping them raw. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It looked like a giant can of frozen orange juice stuck there on its side. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She padded up the ramp to Duke’s doggy door and stuck in her head. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

That was the way he figured it would be for his son, Michael, until the federal government stuck its fat nose in and started telling everybody what to do whether they liked it or not. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just thinking of the one Sing Sing story I’d heard at the Academy that had really stuck with me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I'd actually eaten a black crow, but with my words stuck in my throat and my eyes cast down, I knew what eating crow was. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I feel stuck, waiting for my own life to happen. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Jagged rocks stuck up through the red clay. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hated being stuck in a safe zone. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The conductor stuck his head out of one of its windows and shouted, “Eight-thirty to London! All aboard!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I'm a little stuck on this Martin situation. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Samuel wrapped the lines around a stick stuck in the whip socket, and Doxology stumbled on down the rutty road. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

First it stuck, then suddenly it gave, and, with a jerk, Coraline stumbled into the dark room beyond. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“We used Caitlin's money again for August's rent,” she continued, her eyes stuck to the floor. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“One time I said something like ‘You mind your mama,’ and she stuck out her tongue and said, ‘You’re not my mama!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

That was one thing I hated about Juanita, the way she clung to things and wouldn’t let them go, like a dim-witted gnat stuck on a piece of rotting fruit. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The chicken Betty Jean had made was moist and delicious, but it stuck in my throat. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get stuck into him again, and we press on to the top, to the Cathedral. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But today her hair was a little out of place, and gray strands stuck out in several places. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

After a few whiffs, Ralph stuck his head all the way out to see what was going on. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Luna showed up with a pride flag unapologetically stuck in his lapel; Alex wrote that down. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In Baltimore’s Preakness Stakes, Stout stuck to his stirrups but finished second to Derby winner Bold Venture, foiled by the brilliant reinsmanship of Seabiscuit’s onetime jockey, George Woolf. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou pushed aside the leaves and stuck her head out a bit farther. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Nina might not be able to put you back, you know. Not without another dose of parem. You could be stuck like this.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The house in which she has lived for the past twenty-seven years, which she has occupied longer than any other in her life, has been recently sold, a Realtor’s sign stuck into the lawn. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And we’ll die and time will be stuck in the wrong position. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Annabeth stuck her head in—her blond hair in a rat’s nest. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

One of the children—a boy—stuck his finger into it, and his older sister slapped his hand. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used my own hairbrush and worked real hard at all the knots and patches of fur stuck together. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The country was starved of hope, cars stuck for days in long, sweaty petrol lines, pensioners raising wilting placards demanding their pay, lecturers gathering to announce yet one more strike. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They really stared when Gum Baby hopped off my shoulder and stuck her face into my food. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Even the cowlick on the back of his head stuck up like a wing waving hello. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When he does the dishes, there’s dry food stuck on them in the morning that someone has to chip off with a table knife, but he’s still on the schedule, week after week. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Luckily her tongue got stuck and her mother replied, “Um—we don’t think—quite in those terms.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Owing to our car not having made a trip,” Gronau said, “the trunnions stuck slightly in their bearings and a crunching noise resulted, which in the condition of our nerves was not pleasant to hear.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In Brandywine, if you didn’t drive, you were stuck with me, on the bus. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I managed to break several panes before my hand got stuck in the glass. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Harry took off his black school robes, removed his wand from his pocket, and stuck it inside the T-shirt he was going to wear under his Quidditch robes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He walked to the door and stuck the two needles in the form of a cross at the top of the door frame. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grit my teeth when I say the Collective’s stupid name, remembering what Nyla said about Suma just before she stuck her back in stasis. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sonia wears a sari, too, fuchsia with silver embroidery, a red rose stuck into her hair. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and stuck my head out the window and took a few breaths. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I can’t help other people get unstuck because I was never stuck.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then he stuck in a peg and instructed, “You hold this in. Do not let it move. I beg you for not let it move.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It used to be Eleanor who was stuck with the baby all the time. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

A stick stuck up from one corner of the basket, and, on it, like a sluggish flag stood six pretzels. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood on our hands and stuck our legs out of the water, did underwater twists, and played Marco Polo and chicken with the other kids. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I staked out the driveway from the porch with my book on my lap until Mrs. Baylor stuck her head out the door. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I tried to eat but the food stuck to the roof of my mouth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he’d tried a hundred times last night, and it never stuck. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t have to send all that treasure at once. You think they stuck that trade ambassador?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Bailey stuck branches in the ground behind the house and covered them with a worn-through blanket, making a tent. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of the students had gloves, and in winter their hands sometimes stuck to the cold rods. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

His elbows stuck up on either side of him, and his head, bent down, was nearly invisible. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That conversation we had really stuck with me. My first reaction was ‘Gosh. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Griggs stuck his head out the window and waved to him. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

When it was good and soft, I rested a clump on my tongue and stuck this out for the hungry bird. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I was not always stuck inside myself, or inside my selves. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She had a spear tied to her back and a panga stuck into a makeshift belt. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were four of them, stuck together in perfect two-inch square, perforated tear-off foil packets that were colorfully labeled in glossy blue print. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

My parents, looking fondly down into my crib, got stuck on every one. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But the economic and social mobility that had been held hostage by that legal discrimination remained stuck. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he takes me to restaurants, with checked tablecloths and candles stuck in Chianti bottles; sometimes to foreign films about Swedes and Japanese, in small uncrowded theaters. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly all the other witches, more than eighty of them, were beginning to scream and jump up out of their seats as though spikes were being stuck into their bottoms. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Social isolation? Hostile atmosphere? Are you saying that Julian was the only kid who wasn’t nice to this boy? Or are you suspending every kid who stuck his tongue out at this kid?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It had fewer corrections than my previous papers, but the grade was only a disappointing C. I stuck it in my binder, and for the rest of the class I had a hard time concentrating. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He shifted in his pajamas, and the part of him that made him a man stuck out, reddish purple and frightening. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I squirm, just like the leech stuck in the grip of the tongs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to get stuck in the front of the bus with the chaperones.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It was stuck in that jar because of me; I couldn’t pretend it didn’t exist. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Mine was stuck back in a remote corner, far from any windows. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There were a few townsfolk stuck in the square with them. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Charlie’s legs stuck out from under the Wrangler when I trudged home twenty minutes later, and country music filled the morning silence. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Actually, he had arms but they were tiny and sticking straight out from his shoulders like fleshy pink brussels sprouts with twiggy little fingers stuck on the ends. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can only help those who want to help themselves, Nathan. Some people are stuck in a cycle and they will always be stuck.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I guess the iron tire on the spinning wheel was roughed up pretty badly and maybe had chips of broken rock and gravel stuck to it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The corners where tears come out feel like someone stuck a pin in them, they’re so dry. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I used my bare hands to scoop away the wet sand that stuck her fast. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Coach glanced over to the track just for a moment, then turned back to me, his expression still stuck as if he was wearing a plastic Halloween mask of his own face. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The engine cover is stuck where it swelled up. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess. Believe me, I’d be there if I could. Being stuck in a car with these two for a few days is probably worse.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

So I guess the humiliation of being stuck in the back row mixed with everything else that had happened these past few weeks—it was too much. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Wart took it out for them, and stuck it back again once or twice. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

His frame had withered, wrinkled skin hung off his face, his hair stuck out in brittle clumps, and he'd lost his top front teeth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Father had had a good chuckle over the mix-up and Richard Parker s name had stuck. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie gunned it, trying to shift quickly through the gears, but it stuck in third, and the transmission chewed metal like it was grinding bones. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Athena’s feet stuck into sick bay, so you had to squeeze past her ivory toes if you wanted some Advil. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Being stuck in a metal bullet hurtling alongside other metal bullets at eighty miles per hour is not my idea of fun.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I whimpered with them but mine was stuck in my throat and only showed in my raised eyebrows. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she just got stuck in the snow?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

By the end of the week I’d managed to squeeze into introductory courses in English, American history, music and religion, but I was stuck in a junior-level course on art in Western civilization. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As we drove away from the upscale neighborhood, I stuck my head out of the van’s window and shouted, “Hey! Anyone want a kid?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

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

“Don’t be so stroppy. I mean, what time is your watch stuck at?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I stuck my head up again, and the tracers kept coming at me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie’s shoulders are hunched up like she is stuck in a shrug. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d also repay the kindly truck driver by saving their life when their gas pedal got stuck to the floor. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Of all the witches in all the world, Seven would never understand why she got stuck with the likes of Valley Pepperhorn. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Drew reluctantly stuck his hand out to me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Mom was worried that the door would close on them and get stuck and that no one would know where they were for hours and hours. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She rinsed the colander of peeled potatoes and stuck it in the refrigerator. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It’s not so bad being stuck at home tonight. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But as my luck in life seemed only to snowball from there, I thought more about the twenty or so kids who’d been marooned in that classroom, stuck with an uncaring and unmotivated teacher. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I stuck my hands under my arms, and my sweat was ice-water cold. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stuck her fingers in her ears, in her nostrils. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Frank stuck the jar in his backpack and thanked Esther, who had already switched from calling him sugar to son. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Here he comes bookety-bookety with that spear stuck out in front of him and that shield on his arm, charging, man. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the people who were too terrible for Heaven got stuck on earth with all the living folks, everyone just making each other unhappy forever and ever. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But first he owed an explanation to Ron and Hermione, who had stuck with him for so long, and who deserved the truth. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You have to help me! No time! I’m stuck in this cave. On an island in the sea.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a bit, Kingshaw found one, and stuck it in the corner of his mouth, between his teeth. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I pushed the door to and stuck my head inside. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later when the nameless man stood beside his desk in the front office of the old red county jail behind the courthouse, Sheriff Quinn stuck the will out in front of him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered the Sea of Monsters, when he’d been stuck in a Cyclops’s cave. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Then we took it back to Walski. My dad stuck it under his nose and made him sign it.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was her default when she was stuck—to look at the photos. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The host had stuck to the roof of his mouth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It surprised her, because the man had seemed to be stuck in a sort of time loop, living the same moment over and over. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He looked at her through the sagging screen that had a fluffy ball of cotton stuck in the middle to scare the flies away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sheed braced himself—or rather, tried to relax into a comfortable position he might be okay with should he be stuck in it for all eternity. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There lay a rocky ridge that stuck out overlooking the lake, about twenty feet high. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one pocket of my overalls I had me a line, and my sinkers and my hooks stuck in a cork. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He stuck the sword blade out the window, where it made a cloud of boiling bubbles. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was working up the courage to ask for her contact card when she stuck out her hand. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

My mom used to call him Bugs Bunny; he had a cheeky smile with two big teeth that stuck out the front of his mouth. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Using the wire cutters, she snipped the pointy end of the hook, then stuck it into the hole she had just made in the bottle cap. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Tourists always clogging up the streets, I think as a detour forces me down a path right into Times Square, where I get stuck behind a cluster of auto-taxis jammed at a pedestrian walkway. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He cursed, and stuck his fingers in his mouth, and I could see he’d got a little gash from the bayonet dip when I jerked it out of his fingers. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was a True Persian by the density of his luxurious chest hair, which stuck out of the collar of his shirt. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on the door and Buttercup stuck her head in. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the floor beside him, clutching his leg, which stuck out at a strange angle, was Ron. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She stuck her head out between the coats. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He stuck with a band of street gangsters. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t even get the words out, his mouth stuck open and his skin turning red under the hot sun. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

We lived on the middle floor, stuck between cooking smells that floated up and feet sounds that drifted down. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My legs in the dirty bandages, stuck straight out in the bed. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She reached up one finger and stuck it curiously into a nostril. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

So, when the alarm went off at seven, I dreamed I was back in that car, stuck in the river, sitting behind Screaming Ned as he sharpened his meat cleavers. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Instead, I took two big slices of bread, stuck my steak in between them, wrapped it up, and stashed it in my combat pack. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But you got her dress all wet when you stuck her head in the pool." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The afternoon my mother died, there was a suitcase open on the floor, sitting near the stuck window. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they have destroyed another aircraft and there is another Special Duties pilot stuck here. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I rolled one up and stuck it between my upper lip and gum the way Miss Volker taught me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

One paw, seemingly too large for its body, stuck through the bars of its cage. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

After several minutes, he stuck out his belly and scratched at it to show he was full. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

This one was much smaller, though the ceiling was quite as high; it gave the claustrophobic sense of being stuck at the bottom of a deep well. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Everything behind me continues to move forward, while I am stuck here. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every skill flowed effortlessly into the next one, and I stuck the dismount as if my feet were glued to the mat. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Albert was round as a kettle and his big teeth stuck out pleasantly when he grinned. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“No. I mean I am literally stuck. I can’t move my feet.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

After two weeks of being stuck at home, we’d begged our parents to let us take the bus. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the back seat, I opened the window and stuck my head out, looking for road signs saying Santa Maria. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But there was a sort of black leaf stuck to my calf. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She stuck the gun-shaped cigarette lighter in the waist of her jeans and got out of the Jeep. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Dislodging with their tongues the sodden yellow mulch that stuck to the roofs of their mouths. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The husband stuck the money in his shirt pocket. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam said, “You two have studied this. I only got it through my skin and not much of it stuck. Then Cain was driven out for murder?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi stuck her head out from behind the tapestry, glaring at him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I stuck with what I was good at, i.e. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It shocked him, how unchanged he looked in the mirror, how the hair of his eyebrows still stuck out unrestrained and his eyes were still the same stained-glass blue. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Part of his brain keeps getting stuck on how strange, and strangely wonderful, it is to see Henry like this, open and bare in every way. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Lena stuck her tongue out and swam away. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But his eyes were human—pale green like a shallow sea—and a bloody arrow stuck out of his left calf, just above the ankle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I find Abuela sitting motionless on her wicker swing, wearing a worn bathing suit, her hair stuck haphazardly to her skull, her feet strangely lacerated. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was going to be stuck doing math homework for JT forever. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matted hair that looked like it had never met a comb stuck out like petals around a face that seemed much too large for his skinny body. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And they’re scurrying about, fluffing Jeffrey’s pillows, while I’m stuck here, getting lectured daily by Annette, just because I’m skipping an assignment here and there while the rest of my family is ON VACATION! Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

For no good reason they made me think of Paris, and ever since then I have had that song stuck in my head yet again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Her elbows stuck out like wings, and a huge white enameled tub occupied the space above her head, somewhat miraculously holding steady while her head moved in quick jerks to the right and left. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm stuck enough with the picture in my head. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Dante got stuck with watering my mom’s plants. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Pictures of dogs would turn up inside their favorite magazines or stuck to the refrigerator door. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Nobody knows why the notion stuck— possibly because it’s closer to Latin grammar, or perhaps because the word preposition means “position before,” which seems to suggest that a preposition can’t come last. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron, who had fought his way through to Harry’s side, doubled up with laughter as they watched Malfoy fighting to extricate himself from the robe, Goyle’s head still stuck inside it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

"I know. I stuck my head into my job, raising you and Charlie. And Charlie, I don't know. He went somewhere inside himself. You see it. See the way he sits there staring off sometimes." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

They were stiff and very sharp on the ends that stuck out, and he knew then what the attacker had been. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Caught! I stuck it in too far and couldn’t have got it back without you noticing. Don’t be cross! It’s a game.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He took one of the laces and wrapped it around his wrist a few times, and the metal points stuck together. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Billy found it stuck into a telephone pole. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin was already beginning to react to the grass cuttings stuck to the ball, whose sogginess was suddenly explained by the overweight Labrador who now limped into view. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

‘I’m claustrophobic. I’d pass out, being stuck in one of those perspex pods.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck out a mile and was asking around about Shotgun Cheatham. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once he was on the floor, he stuck his head around the door of the pantry and saw Cook standing in the center of the kitchen, wringing her fat hands. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had stuck up for her when she wanted to marry Papa. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When I visited the graves in the morning, an arm or leg stuck out of the ground. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I couldn’t help remembering he was Momma’s number one ally, that she stuck with him and not with me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Three, and then I was thinking about that and lying in the bed staring up at the ceiling, and I could see the stars that we stuck up there in like sixth grade or whatever. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I pulled my earphones out of my pocket and stuck them back in my ears. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Jackson might not have been mine, and it might be his fault that I'm stuck in Summerland in the first place, but I still loved him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A few officers from the city stuck around—Ellerbe, Foster, and Chavez—and I was glad for the familiar faces. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The keys clanged as he walked, and the more noise they made, the more he stuck out his chest and lifted his chin. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

From outside he stuck his head back in: “I may be late, or gone overnight. Can you manage here?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It fell from his shoulder after he had crossed the clearing, and as we ran away, I saw him pulling on the bag, which was stuck between tree stumps. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Twig stuck her tongue out at him behind his back. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

With sugary bits of churro stuck to the sides of my mouth, I started. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I hope he’s right. I hope Rufus has used up all his bad luck just in getting the set of parents he’s stuck with.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My pretend brother looked back at me and stuck out his tongue, then reached up and took my pretend mother’s hand. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it would help,” he said, “if I stuck this gum up your nose.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He nods, despair stuck to every part of his face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t eat cookies,” he said, and was about to close the door on them when Matthew stuck his foot in the way and held the door open. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Henry’s looking at him in the piercing way he has sometimes that makes Alex feel like a bug stuck under a shadowbox with a pushpin. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But Julian did not appear to be stuck. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then she took the da-zi-bao and stuck it to the door, smoothing it out without hesitation in spite of the ink that blacked her hands. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point they got stuck on a rock, and Percy and Jason had to get out and push. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

No wonder it was a name that stuck. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I’m stuck wondering if I can truly be friends with someone who doesn’t understand what I go through, how I feel. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I stuck my finger down my throat and pretended to gag. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Those twisted dendritic legs get stuck in the pitch, and the stuff begins to pull me down like I’m a dinosaur in tar. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But at least they wouldn’t be stuck with them forever. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I had this image stuck in my mind. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He took his cap from Annabeth, brushed off the mud, and stuck it firmly on his curly head. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The porpoise thrashed and swam away with the harpoon stuck in her. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie’s favorite among the lead molds was the head of George Washington, though sometimes the nose stuck and it was ruined. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I felt as though someone had stuck a hot poker through my back, into my insides. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The domesticated wilderness of pine, maple and oak rolled to a halt and stuck in the frame of the train window like a bad picture. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Someone stuck a Christmas tree there in December. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few stray white hairs stuck out from his chin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The domovoi stuck his tongue out and rolled his eyes back in his head. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

That was the only time Dad and I were on the same team: when we were stuck with Farsi-speakers and left with each other for company. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Loving mischief, she spread icing over a cardboard box and presented it as a birthday cake to a neighbor, who promptly got the knife stuck. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He stood outside the curtains and coughed, and Adina stuck her head out. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mom says, to whoever’s listening, her head stuck in the pantry. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Without the pendant, Tally was stuck out here in the wild forever. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

One day after work, she went to her car and there was a note stuck to the windshield. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It could talk, but only in Portuguese, and it bit anyone who stuck his fingers through the bars. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they were stuck without much of an option aside from Wanda quitting the job she’d had for over a decade and uprooting themselves from the neighborhood where they’d built up a network. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Vehicles were a valuable coup, even one stuck full of arrows like a metal porcupine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Despite his efforts to help them, they risk becoming stuck in a permanent underclass of the poor, the unskilled, and the uneducated. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“He got stuck and they had to feed him for forty days and then he finally died.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Our bad things stuck very much to her. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He stuck out his tongue, set the bee upon it, and closed his mouth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Approaching Twig when she got stuck on an idea was like approaching a wild bear. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Three years stuck in Ojo de Agua, and I was like that princess put to sleep in the fairy tale. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Riptide, being magic, would appear in my pocket sooner or later, but for now it was stuck somewhere under the wreckage of the crab, and I had no time to retrieve it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Only the bow was stuck, like a knife in a rum cake. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It’s like she landed at Ellis Island, where immigrants used to enter the United States, and got permanently stuck there—afraid to make her way to solid American ground. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It went down to her mid-waist, and her wrists stuck out. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

His tufts of black hair stuck up in curls like baby bat wings. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her hair hung wet and heavy, a loose strand stuck to her forehead, and she could imagine how ragged and wild she must look, but for once she did not care. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Growing up, he used it to talk to his parents; Sunny and I stuck to English at home even though our parents spoke Bangla. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Treski had a pencil stuck in her hair and a worried look on her face. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The furnace had cooked the air so hot my mother had peeled off her sweater and stood in short sleeves, jerking at the window in her bedroom, wrestling with the stuck paint. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you stuck together, they sure couldn’t kill you all.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shows me a tube stuck into the ceiling of a house. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

There must have been a hundred of them, all partly melted and stuck in long crooked rows behind where the bed had been. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lopsided sign stuck in the ground near the entrance read, the burrow. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But that sheet of paper has probably been stuck up there for months. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And while I was stuck within that endless moment, I was doomed. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Soon it came to the hole and stuck its head inside. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck the two bits of metal together with pine pitch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“She’s right. If we don’t get out now, we might be stuck here.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She landed smack on her back, right in the water, with her legs stuck in the air. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Croy stuck the boards together and headed back up the river. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Ivy got a whiff of her peony body lotion, and it smelled so familiar and nice after the smell of dirt and sweat stuck up her nose for the last few hours. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I took off the contraption and explained to Dad that, because my front teeth stuck out so badly, I needed braces, but they cost twelve hundred dollars, so I had made my own. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, when I’m not walking Ziggy with Nora, I’m stuck in my room thinking about Dad being gone and what that means. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

His superiors were being told I should be sent abroad immediately, but Colonel Junaid stuck with his decision—and it was a decision that saved my life. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She mumbled, “Yes, sir,” and made a move to sit back down, but he stuck out his ruler to stop her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Liddy pulled the tobacco pouch and a pipe from his pocket, and stuck the pipe in his mouth. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Wishbone stuck his head out the window, his ears flapping like crazy in the wind, while me and Howard sang Bible school songs. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Finn stuck his lip out like he was sulking, which wasn’t like him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Looks like you’re stuck with me a while longer...little brother.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Fowler peeled off a glove and stuck out a paw. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I hope you and Pop are—” He got stuck. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The door in the hill is as stuck as a thing ever was. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It seems to be stuck—or locked—and as the squirrel tries harder to open the cupboard, her feet push the metal breadbox closer and closer to the edge of the fridge. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

If he stuck to the stream, he could change his location and always be near water. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I looked at the spot he was examining and said, “Well, no, I pounded it on a rock there, but I did have to chew it a bit around the neck. It stuck me.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We made our schedule and stuck to it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Debris, dirt, grass, and twigs from the river still stuck to his clothes. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There were names carved on the bunks and magazine advertisements stuck onto nails in the walls, as if the women had tried to personalize the place, but it did not help. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s stuck inside his brain, on repeat, the same loop. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, when he leapt backwards, he collided with several of the stuck hand mirrors. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The uniform was too large, and the starched shoulders stuck out in crisp, unnatural angles. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just like “Trap the Birdie,” except instead of throwing up feathers stuck inside the hole of a coin, the player bounced a ball against the step and called out a mystery number. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

When he fell skinning the cat on the monkey bars, it was Mia he ran crying for, and Mia who dabbed the gash on his temple with iodine and stuck a bandage across it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then she gathers up the tufts of white hair that are stuck in the teeth of her wooden comb. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

They stumbled into the road, shading their eyes, the trunk of fire and smoke tearing out of the mountains like God’s finger stuck suddenly toward the sky. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The name stuck, and eventually, the symbol for the square root of –1 became i. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

As we started down the hallway to his classroom, he stopped, and I waited while he peeled the sticker off his shirt, folded it, and stuck it in his pocket. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Often he calls to say he's stuck in a motel somewhere. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When Señora Ramirez started going over the brochure with Mom, I stuck my hand into the trash can and pulled out the paper Selena had thrown away. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

We all got kind of stuck on watching Shayleen march across the top of the bed in her socks. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Particularly pleasing was the possibility that Joshua might be so stuck on his classical way of thinking that I would accomplish the unbelievable feat of beating him to the correct interpretation of his own experiments. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Her homework is still clutched against her chest like her arm is permanently stuck that way. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clump was stuck and refused to go down or come back up. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Are we to be stuck forever with this problem? The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Clarke stuck her head in the bathroom to see this remarkable sight. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It stuck up at the back, just as Harry’s did. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I could see my mother in the closet, the stuck window, the suitcase on the floor. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her big toes stuck out through the canvas. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck out his foot to show her his shoes. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was stuck, and I could guess why. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Then they scoured my head clean and tied up my hair in ringlets with cotton rags that stuck out all over like a frightful job of bandaging. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He said, “What if we get stuck in a sand dune? What if the sand shifts while we’re visiting and swallows the car entirely?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She wants to get stuck in her imagination. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carried the pieces home in my pockets and stuck them on a sharp-pointed stick which I kept hanging in the corn crib. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry couldn’t answer them, he just nodded, feeling as though there were a golf ball stuck in his throat. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her hands are freezing on my face, and she tastes like coffee and the smell of the onion is still stuck in my nose, and my lips are all dry from the endless winter. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I had sense enough not to take no shortcuts and stuck to the road so’s I could at least see the hoop snake hunting party if I ran up on it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I mopped at Peach with my handkerchief, then stuck it into my dress pocket. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like someone had stuck an air pump nozzle under my skin and had pumped away. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the nurse gets there to take him to the emergency room, his shirt is stuck to the tiles, and he has to be cut free with an X-Acto knife. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The Spanish words felt like they were stuck in my teeth. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I stuck my hand out, but he just stared at it. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I only stuck with it for the fall, but that didn’t seem to be the point. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Don’t think just because I’m stuck in this jungle all day long I don’t know what’s going on. I’m not stupid.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He stuck the cigarette in the corner of his mouth, lit it, coughed again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A twig stuck into a wormhole made the mast and another twig through a leaf served for a sail. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The little boy sees us and grins around the thumb he has stuck in his mouth. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But Valentina was worried that if the hatch to Marina’s cabin was crushed, Marina would be stuck in the forward cabin even if she survived the landing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Since Darin’s eyes were sharp as a cat’s, I was always the one stuck stealing apricots from the neighbors, or pouring cold water down the back of Nan’s shirt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Hera is often called “cow-faced,” as if the adjective had somehow stuck to her through all her changes from a divine cow to the very human queen of heaven. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

When wagons arrived to retrieve the downed silk sleigh and its passengers, the four of them stuck to a simple story of mechanical failure, which was questioned by no one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Of course, Ralph had to investigate and found his back stuck to something he had not known about—Scotch tape. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

While he talked in the mornings, Billy Buck cut twenty or thirty straws into neat three-inch lengths and stuck them into his hatband. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The church was a strange little white frame building stuck up on a hill behind the police station, built when the city was a country town instead of part of the metropolitan Washington sprawl. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

That boy stuck his hand out and say, “Glad to make your acquaintance, Biddy.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

An even closer one of Simon’s face where his nostrils look so big, Abby stuck a panda graphic inside one of them. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Nhamo had steadfastly refused to do this since the horrifying moment when she saw the wall spider with the burr stuck on top. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the dough stuck to her skin, so she shook her head. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She laughed and stuck her hand out for me to shake. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be teeth stuck into the meat, and pieces of jagged skin hanging over the hole. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Prentiss Jr. puts the knife underneath it and tries to flick it off but it stays stuck. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She demonstrated this, stepping to an arabesque on pointe, wobbling only a little before she stuck the landing. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I stuck out my tongue like I was gagging. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

But hunger was clawing so fiercely at my stomach that I shut my eyes, scooped up a handful of the swill, and stuck it in my mouth. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Even more notes were stuck to the glass. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, one night after a bombing mission, their aircraft got stuck at their intermediate airfield without food and low on fuel. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He stuck the key back in his pants pocket, walked out of the room and slammed the door. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It looks like the words are stuck inside his tight jaw. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Hana is at Regina’s house, so I’m stuck helping Momma all by myself. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Let’s say we didn’t get stuck in those god-awful camps—no, just listen. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My breath hiccups, knowing I don’t have to live my life on Sagan wondering if she was stuck in stasis another four hundred years. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dexter hung his head and stuck out his lip. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Searching for a way to get ahead, some blacks stuck in service jobs thought that joining forces in an organized way, black and white laborers together, might be their ticket to something better. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dibdin stuck the first one in his mouth, then passed the others to the men who suddenly crowded the window. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I'm stuck here for the day anyway, I'll leave the solar cells out. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mother kissed him when he emerged from within the elephant, and then she wiped away the fat and the pieces of pumpkin that stuck to his skin. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Because Mia and I had both arrived in the United States sick, we spent a lot of time in the doctor’s office, where we were stuck with needles many times. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the water was good and hot I stuck the jelly jar underneath until it was filled to the brim. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then she spat it out in her hand and stuck it on the wall behind her cot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, while I was puzzling over my algebra, Jim stuck his head in my room. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They was so stuck on ’em books that they didn’t take no notice that I was there. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

No, I wanted to explain, there was something stuck in my teeth. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Nancy Bobofit was throwing wads of sandwich that stuck in his curly brown hair, and she knew I couldn’t do anything back to her because I was already on probation. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Noah Gershom, who was three seats in back of her, stuck out his right leg. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Help! These kids stuck up in here! Help!” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When she got stuck, she knew her mother was wrong. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Suppose it’s a bit mean to say he “bottled out,” anyone with half a brain would have done the same and I don’t think I’d have stuck around as long as he did. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

They usually stuck to the front, but on this night, Grandpop said he wanted a new count. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Tufts of hair stuck out from under a head rag, and the eyes stared from a face gone skeletal. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought he would be stuck up like all those other important people, but I was wrong. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I absolutely must go in by myself, though I hate being stuck up in the barouche-landau without a companion; but Augusta, I believe, with her own good-will, would never stir beyond the park paling.’ Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Her lips pursed, like they were stuck in a pre-scold, but she held it back. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“So why’d she call an ambulance? Did she get her arm stuck going after it?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I stuck my tongue out so Seth Justman could see the key from his desk in the next row. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stuck the injured finger in her mouth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And I was stuck in the house with a child abuser, woman beater, murderer, drug user, and ex-convict. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Like Anne Frank, I live through the pain of being stuck in my house because I don’t want to become a casualty of war, gang warfare that is going on outside of my bedroom walls. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The right hand was bandaged, and the left hand — which I thought was bandaged — just had an IV stuck in it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was stuck with whatever was on her dad’s iPod, which shuffled between slightly dated and extremely ancient. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Why should I help you? You treat me like something stuck to the bottom of your shoe.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of it stuck unless I went over it a dozen times. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"So this is where the geezers stuck you, huh?" he whispers. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I poked the thumbtack into the top of Momma’s picture and walked to the wall that she’d stuck all the pictures of horses on. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Feel like my mind stuck I try to speak, nothing come. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came to fields where the petals had fallen.These lay in drifts all over the ground while the seedpods they left behind stuck up like green thumbs. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know if it could hear thoughts, and it definitely couldn’t see signs, so she decided to voice, even though it might not hear that either, what with its head still stuck in there. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel comfortable with the newly arrived Puerto Ricans who stuck together in suspicious little groups, criticizing everyone, afraid of everything. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A fellow missing most of his teeth stuck his head down the hatchway and waved us over to the ladder. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was stuck in Texas. We probably made her feel bad by telling her about our week-long sleepovers and all the movies we saw.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He seemed to see something stuck to the back of it and picked at the spot until it rubbed off. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She opens her mouth, but her words seem to be stuck in her throat. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I tried to cross my legs, then stuck my feet farther under the seat, then pull my pant legs down, but then my butt was out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Sahara, though, stuck even closer to me than before. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It had gotten stuck once, with all the money the Bellinis had in the world inside it, so Papa decided it would be safer never to shut it again. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

His words are all stuck in him, and he’s trying to force them out. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

You could see the way their eyes stuck out, and the thin veins along their wings. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Better to abstain from the gardens of delectable delights than to be stuck planting them, dawn to dusk. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have hated being stuck here all day long. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Riccio stuck some bushy eyebrows over his eyes, popped a hat on his head and tried to give his face a dignified expression. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to kick Basta, hit him, stab him in the stomach with his own knife, the brand-new knife he wore stuck in his belt. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s like a song stuck in my head. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even angry Fern stuck to Big Ma’s rule about never using the word liar. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

And so, she stuck a couple of them between the pages of the histories, and would sneak them out when Mrs. Caruthers was dozing. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

After all, Jaimito had stuck his neck out for a man whose politics he considered foolhardy. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Straw stuck every which way out of his shaggy hair. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, because we get to go learn from Miig and you guys are stuck with that.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He dragged Riccio into an alley so narrow that Barbarossa would certainly have gotten stuck in it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I—it was an accident. I—I stuck him—" Mr. Armin supported Julian with one arm and helped him sit on the floor. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck my head up and saw a tracer come at me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They draw to me like someone stuck a note on my forehead saying, “losers wanted here.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I stuck in some tissue paper,” she said quietly, glancing down. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The beans were so overcooked that they fell apart when I stuck my fork in them and so salty that I could barely force myself to swallow. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And she heard about shared poems and anger and about how anger only makes sense when you’re stuck in the middle of it. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Everything would be stuck in one position for eternity, unable to move. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Irritation — at being stuck in this car, at being stuck in this country — fired away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t feel like getting stuck for the whole cab fare again today,” she said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Did you pass or am I going to be stuck holding your hand for another term?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ignoring the dirt caking my fingernails, trying to forget that these were a stranger’s leftovers, I stuck a sweet in my mouth. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Black stuck his elbow in my side and asked her, “Do you know anything about this key?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The woman's stomach stuck up so high I couldn't see her face or the upper part of her body at all. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

One hundred and fifty yards and they were stuck twice. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

You are also standing with a hip stuck out, which makes me wonder if you are waiting for Dylan to walk past. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

If they did, I’d be stuck on Frobozz with no way to leave, while the entire Sixer army closed in on me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His tongue was stuck to the top of his mouth, the tip half out, his eyes were wide and his hands were reaching for a berry. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than forty years later, civil rights advocacy is stuck in a model of advocacy King was determined to leave behind. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It stuck to people, animals, and inanimate objects like peanut butter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stuck microphones in my face and shouted out questions. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended to ignore him and struggled with my locker door, which was stuck. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Ben reached in, lifted the flap of flesh, and stuck a hand inside the creature. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My vocabulary is just not as extensive, and sometimes I get stuck. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Well—” Gilly slid off the bed and put her left hand on the doorknob and stuck her right hand on her hip. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I mean, it’s been bothering me a little and as long as we’re stuck. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We would have been stuck in Pakistan without the chance for asylum. We would be a family without a country. There was no way we could go back to Afghanistan.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Next, we all got stuck in digging the hole for the pond. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

A wedge of honeycomb stuck in the crook of Our Lady’s elbow. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I delivered Mrs. Mason’s groceries, she saw that I had Jane Eyre stuck under my arm. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

By now I've figured out that there's something stuck up in the branches and he wants to get it down. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

So I was stuck with my family’s guilt—a guilt that not even my mother would talk about. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

You’d have loved all of this—as well as the strings of lights she wound around the crèche and the branch she stuck in a pot and called a Christmas tree. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Arul brought it over to me and showed me how the previous night’s drizzle had left some pages stuck together. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Of course, the memory of doing math worksheets with Rabia is now stuck in my head. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The friend swallowed his, Johnny stuck his in his pants once the teacher saw them. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia stuck out her hand and placed the quartz back on the bar top. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The knight with the heavy unibrow stuck out his chin and sighed. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Bristly hair stuck out of his cheeks and chin. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, then, it had had to be managed with the Old Lord’s agent, an oily scoundrel whose hands were heavy with the money that stuck to them in passing. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Some of those legends stuck in my head for years—the Nightbringer and his hatred for Scholars. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Being stuck in the seat behind Miles was my payment for getting to be partners with Tucker, I guess. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A glint of shrapnel stuck out of his leg. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She landed just below the statue’s knee and stuck there. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

That sounded good, so she stuck with it, but the mistakes bothered her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Why are you ruining everything? and then I feel like falling out of that stuck roller coaster. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Up in the attic I carefully peeled apart the sheets of paper that were stuck together and then hung them on the clothesline to dry. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

His little brother just stuck his tongue out at him and skipped ahead. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A small stone island stuck out of the middle like a lump of oatmeal in a cereal bowl. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Eventually, it tapers off, stuck on nearly a million notes as one of the users hesitates. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a black suit, and his sharp nose stuck up like a beak against the ivory silk fining. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the biggest bug I’d ever seen, bigger than two giant pink erasers stuck together. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a cloth stuck to my face, with ointment oozing out from the edges. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She then opened a piece for all of them and stuck it in the little boys’ mouths. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Look, Cap’s president. We’re stuck with that. But there’s still time to puncture the tires of this bandwagon before the Halloween dance ratchets him up to icon status.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

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

Momma stuck her head out of the back door and got ready to yell for me but when she saw me plopped down at the foot of the tree she smiled. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Insectile limbs stuck out from a few of the jackets, and mandibles clicked from grossly wide mouths. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She stuck a hand in her book bag and handed me a folder. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when he’s nervous, his words get stuck in an endearing stutter. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around seven-thirty, dressed and slicked up, I stuck my head outside my door to see if either of the Yoshotos were on the prowl. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Then I stuck a piece of meat loaf through the wire near him and waited. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I cleared my throat to answer, but got stuck. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She snorted, stuck her tail in the air and made for him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had white hair and ears that stuck out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Preeti stuck up for her, but she could see it was halfhearted. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Despite those logical pitfalls with the party-in-power approach, Paul stuck with it. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Right there as she reached for it, though, she got stuck somehow, mid-straddle over the oranges, unable to bring the other foot over. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sandy brown hair that stuck up all over the place. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I stuck the first pencil in the sharpener and began to turn the crank. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He placed the cup of soil before them and stuck some incense sticks into the soil and lit them, so that Monkey and the Buddha-to-be would be comfortable in the pleasant smoke. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck the end of the rain-catcher tube in my mouth and I drank and I drank and I drank. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It stuck to her teeth in a thin layer. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

When he was about six inches away, he stuck out his paw, closed his eyes and batted at the object tentatively. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Was it fate that took you from your family and stuck you in a pleasure house in Ketterdam? Or was it just very bad luck?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Because of that, we’ve stuck our necks out so far, we feel like two giraffes. Last night we convinced the Circle to release you to our custody.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I remembered the ruined letter that had been stuck to my tiny chest. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake stuck out till he had some breakfast, then he talked and acted out the story. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I was looking to see how I could hitch the wagon to my bike without the handle getting stuck in the spokes or dragging on the ground, when Chris rode up. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I just don’t want to be stuck with my own thoughts. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I think I recognize the face, but its trajectory takes it underneath a chair, where it gets temporarily stuck, so I can’t be sure. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“The two of you can visit me at the hospital later if you’d like. I’m sure by then I’ll be stuck in some dreadful room.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not as if the art room she’d been stuck in was right around the corner from the music department, where he’d first spotted her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Piper nudged the arrow that was stuck in the mast. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I capped my sword, stuck the ballpoint pen in my pocket. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the map in the truck, trying to memorize it now; hopefully I wouldn’t have to walk around with it stuck in front of my nose all day. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Had apple blossom petals stuck all over me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Then they took that bus ride to Palmetto Middle School, Home of the Whippoorwills, and got stuck in a 0-0 tie. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vonetta stuck her hand out to me and I shook it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He just asked, “What about then? Did you hear anything when you were stuck?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then I lifted a corner of that note and stuck the older one beneath it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The Monday after Thanksgiving we were stuck in the school cafeteria for lunch. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Whenever he was hurt or angry or sad, the feelings stuck their claws into him until they were ready to let go. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peeves stuck out his tongue and vanished, dropping the walking sticks on Neville’s head. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She stuck out her butt so he could see. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Were they all right, or were they also stuck at home? Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

In the air and at the girl’s fingertips, stuck in her hair and in blades of grass, like she had just broken free. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His belly stuck out above his pants top. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I now had all four limbs stuck in the mud. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I stuck it out, reeling at times from hunger, pausing to get my breath before clambering up a hill. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just picked it up and stuck it in my coat pocket. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I kept water boiling for the midwife and stuck cloth in my ears to keep out the noise. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I suppose you have lots and lots of affairs in Cambridge," I told Irwin cheerily, as I stuck a snail with a pin in one of Cambridge's determinedly French restaurants. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

As long as we stuck together in battle, nothing too bad could happen to either of us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he falls back and rolls into a corner of the bounce house and gets stuck. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

On the opposite wall is a map of the United States with colored pins stuck in it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My eyes are stuck on hers—I can’t even close them. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He suddenly steps forward, knee bent, and I am stuck in the chest with his blade. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

So most of our days are spent commuting to and from everywhere and stuck inside the small two-story house, minding our own business. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As a result, the English stuck to Newton’s fluxion notation rather than adopting Leibniz’s superior differential notation—cutting off their noses to spite their faces. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He was a gruff man with a good sense of humor, quiet, and stuck in his ways. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Louder and longer than she’d screamed when the dentist stuck her with the novocaine needle. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bedraggled, in dirty party clothes, her hair stuck to her fece, she was still stunning. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

As I pushed open the door, Miss Turner leaned over and said to me, “Sam, we have some very good books on plants and trees and animals, in case you get stuck.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cardboard sign in Turkish and Arabic is stuck inside the door: No Syrians. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, a ruby-red head stuck up out of the water, and what would probably have been fearsome teeth to someone else grinned widely at her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

When he had almost pulled his back free, his paws were stuck. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Spareribs stuck his dirty hand up to her eyes because she had been staring off at space. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My mountain and all its elevations were on it, so I was studying the contours for the waterway when she stuck her head in the door. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can tell you, you’ll be sorry you stuck your nose in. I always stood up for you. I should of had my head examined.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally I would try to plow through one, but inevitably I’d get stuck and put it aside for another day. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

About four hundred pilots were stuck in horrific North Vietnamese prison camps. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He dropped to his knees, straddled the president, opened his mouth, stuck two fingers down Lincoln’s throat, and opened an airway. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read this in a book somewhere and it’s stuck in my mind. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He crawled to the edge of the Cliff once more, stuck his head over again to get a better look now that dawn was in full force. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Blood just poured onto the floor from the cut end of her nose and she stood there shaking with her eyes wide open like she stuck her finger in the electric socket. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck my hands in my pockets as we walked, afraid the others would see them shaking. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I fingered the face, wondering at the single-stroke eyebrows; picked at the pearly teeth stuck like two piano keys between red bowline lips. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strange, floppy, thick-rimmed ears stuck out through his fine, white hair, and I was struck by their blood-red color next to the pallor of his face. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I pulled the black feather from my pocket and stuck it in one of my braids, like an Indian headdress. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t look at it or nothing, he just stuck it in his pocket and I heard it bang up against some silver dollars. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

If I’m stuck with her, I might as well make conversation. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A trussed-up chicken stuck its head out of a sack and watched them mournfully as it was carried past. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

My dry mouth almost stuck closed with the chocolate and caramel, but I didn’t stop until the bar was gone. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The impact makes the wound in my right shoulder burn like it got stuck with a hot poker. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But they didn’t; so that when Cammy left suddenly, in June, Ralph was stuck with a veritable stockpile to bury away in the darkness of his black trunk. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barefoot and trembling, I stuck close to Mother. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I can’t imagine what it must be like to have all my words stuck inside,” she finally says. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

There were salt and pepper shakers stuck to it, the contents hard-ened. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The train had started and I waited for it to pass before I scrambled back up to get my bedroll, which got stuck in some bushes about halfway down. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the name was so clever that it stuck. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The word stuck in her throat, the merest whisper. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His three bubbles lay nearby, stuck together in the form of a triangle. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

His armpits were sweating, and parts of his shirt stuck to his shoulder and stomach. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My mother stuck her head out the second-floor kitchen window just then and said to him, You be careful with that bad boy. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Terrified that they would run and give the alarm, he hauled himself up until his head and shoulders stuck over the top. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They seemed to come out of a dun-colored recruiting house on the far side, with blue and white "Join the Navy" posters stuck up on billboards round it and all over the inner walls. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Three long quills were stuck shivering in his paw. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was more than a year since Endurance had first become stuck in the ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to be stuck with him. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She stuck to the argument that in a democracy, women must have the right to vote, noting that female suffrage “serves the highest interest of the country.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Still, coal miners in the Allegheny and Kiskiminetas river valleys, a region rich with natural resources, seemed stuck in poverty. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

He's not stuck in a bad part of town anymore. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Last year for the earthworm project, he’d been stuck with some kids who didn’t want to touch worms and another kid who kept trying to force everyone to eat the worms. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Resolutely, Luke stuck his fork in the pile of scrambled eggs on his plate and took a bite. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sunflowers decorated the curtains, and a plastic sunflower was stuck into the front lawn. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He has been stuck here for weeks, and he trumps everyone. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Moving back to India would be our doom—the two of us married off to "suitable" Bengali boys and Ma stuck in a small flat with a mother-in-law she hates. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

An arrow stuck there quivering less than a hand’s breadth from her left arm. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even if he Faded, he was still stuck in the backseat of a police car. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Whoever it was meant for, I was the one who folded it in half and stuck it in my pocket, so I could feel Faith and the frogs’ true story riding close to my skin. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Nice pin,” Kaz said with a glance at the ruby stuck to Van Eck’s tie. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Being stuck with Daddy on a cruise liner! That would be purgatory.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He remembered reading about wild boars that came plunging through forests, and how the hunters waited, and then leaped out and stuck knives into the throat and heart and eyes of the animal. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

When we get up to Mr. X’s, we both automatically look for the gum wrapper, which is still stuck in the door. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Zu, Chubs, Zu, Chubs, my mind was stuck on a loop. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She stuck her tongue out prettily, but there was a stiffness about her that belied a deep discomfort. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She tries to answer, but it gets stuck. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Finn looked like he wanted to act stubborn, but he’d gotten stuck on forlorn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But it was locked, and they were stuck in a hallway lit by a dim red light. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The first rubbery bite stuck in my throat, but I got it down. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He stuck to the borders, avoiding the carpet inlay. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

And, most of all, that frayed and tattered letter stuck to my chest like a scar. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Dustfinger stuck them on that sharp-toothed little devil of his. For his performances.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I still quite often go for walks on the trail near my home, especially if I am stuck on something I am working on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The big bone in the man’s thigh stuck out of his trousers and his other leg bent in a gruesome arrangement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I had no idea how long I was sitting there, stuck. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He was a mountain of a man with deep oak-brown skin and a mane of thick black and blond dreadlocks that stuck out in every direction. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She reached into the console, only to realize she’d stuck it in her purse at her last rest stop. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The floor of the pier was four feet under water, but piles stuck up and offered hand-holds. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

His grey shirt hung in loose tatters except where it was stuck to his body, stained a dark, sullen red. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A little white goat butt stuck out of the door. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He shoved his hands into his pockets and stuck out his bottom lip. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Very shortly, fewer people asked her, and she achieved the reputation of being “stuck up.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“No, none of those keys worked. We found it stuck in a book in a box.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There were tiny pins, like the kind seamstresses use to hold fabric in place, stuck to her hat. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Husky Clipper remained stuck on California’s tail. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Knowing that I couldn’t carry him and the ax and lantern, I stuck the ax deep in the side of a white oak tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will run back to the garage and find the dead body of a woman stuck in my windshield, blood everywhere. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I guess I'm stuck standing halfway down the block, alone, again. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He kept the gun hidden, stuck in the back waistband of his pants. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He remembered the day they had gotten stuck in the underground workshop in Rome. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I took the glass from him and stuck my nose into it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Jam’s T-shirt stuck to her back, a cold sweat licking down her spine. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There’s a loose noodle stuck to the side of the bowl and she carefully pinches it, dangling it above her face before letting it drop into her mouth. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He had a tiny piece of tissue stuck to his chin. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t even turn around because I’m stuck staring at her End Day and my birth date. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then she stopped, stuck, halfway up, halfway down. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Next to me, Rachel yelped like someone had stuck her with a pin. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“How do you think a needle stuck up in your arm would feel?” she said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His horns had gotten a little bigger so they just stuck out over his curly hair. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Otto said, “Me too. He really does seem like he’s been stuck all day. If he knew anything that would help us, he would’ve said so.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He laughed a little, kept his eyes stuck on me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Thinking of Peris, Tally stuck on a big plastic nose. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Till finally he settled into pictures, and that seems to have stuck. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Great Esquimaux Curlew looked like he was just coming onstage, his body leaning forward, his neck stretched out, his bill stuck up in the air like he was about to sing or something. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I could have been a great guy and stuck around to help with the impending chaos. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You plunge down into the darkness, down until the space gets narrower and narrower and you’re finally stuck, pinched between two ice walls, far from any rescue. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He froze mid-scoop, a big glob of oatmeal stuck to his spoon, suspended over the dish. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was stuck with a big hot dog wagon. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took off his gloves and stuck his hands inside his jacket to wipe the broken blisters on his shirt. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Good,” said Albert, who had a piece of potato stuck between his teeth. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Old and new are mixing together like oil and water, and I’m stuck here in the middle of it all. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The Confederate flag is stuck to the wound now, so I no longer need to hold it there. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Although the elves left a thank-you note for the shoemaker, he put his coffee cup down on it, and it stuck to the cup’s damp bottom. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Guest stuck her head back in the cloakroom and said, “I will be right outside. I want no talking and no moving about.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She might like that, but it would pale before the diamond ring Reba had stuck down in her dress. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Declaration stuck her face so close to mine, I could see the downy hairs on her cheeks—and then she hissed: “No! They don’t say it’s odd! They say it’s stupid!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

If I were in Cabo this past week but stuck inside a hospital, I wouldn’t just be bummed. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When all the catfish were in the net, flopping their last in the bottom of the boat, she took the new cheese out of the gunnysack and stuck it in the crate. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

If it got stuck, the navigator had to climb out of her cockpit onto the plane’s lower wing in the dark sky full of gunfire and jiggle the bomb free with her own two hands. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The real drag about being stuck on the water is the monotony. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, good,” she said, “because I was a little bit worried this morning when you came out with your shirt on backward and then stuck your cereal in the microwave.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She stuck the candy in the baby’s warm, soft mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We’ve seen too many people make mistakes and get stuck here—like Erin’s brother, Rod, and my pop did. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You must be so bummed you got stuck with him,” he said. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The analogy stuck with Reggie, and he kept wrestling with it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was the one dumb enough to get the pitch stuck. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was motded green, with blisters the size of buildings, and blackened patches from eons of being stuck under a volcano. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He just stuck out his hand and said, “Nice to meet you, Mergatroid.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He slipped closer and stuck his head close to the hole, listening. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She stuck her knuckle in her mouth and then pulled it back out. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Idiptu stuck his head through the bigger opening and his tongue rolled out, searching for the dead bolts. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The boy obeyed and stuck out his arm, popping the thumb of his other hand into his mouth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Not a bad way to end the shift for a guy stuck on desk duty! Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she stuck to her story and since there was no other explanation, people had to accept it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was stuck in traffic a few miles outside the city. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We folded them, put a little water on each one, and then stuck them on the sill. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t got six giant steps away when a boy stuck his head out the door and yelled, “Hey, Slim, is this your paper?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He stuck one in front of my face. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Occasionally they were able to scrape out an extra bit of food for themselves and the little ones while cleaning the pots, burned pieces of potatoes that had stuck to the bottom. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

So close to normal, and then, just like that, we’re back to this new, terrible normal where I’m stuck inside my room crying, listening to her downstairs cleaning up my dishes. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The edge of the record stuck out a bit, like a tab on a five-subject notebook, and I grabbed it experimentally. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They stuck up at intervals in every direction, strangely sharpening the loneliness and desolation, sometimes the only sign of human presence in an acre or two of sand. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flash left Mr. Flux stuck in his sprinter’s pose, arms at runner’s angles, one knee high. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He stuck the lollipop into poor old Derby’s gaping mouth. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Hazel had had things stuck in her eye before, and it did not make her want to rip her face off. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I stuck out my hand and Miss Franny took hold of it, and I pulled her up off the floor. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

After I finished voting, I returned to my car and got stuck at a red light next to a rowdy group of Iranian protesters and shah supporters. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The process of social evolution would then grind to a standstill, and we'd be stuck in today’s rut for a millennium. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stuck like that for a hot second, but it felt like a long time. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Several other images from that day have stuck in my mind: for instance, Perez’s face when he caught up with us for the last time, just outside the village. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Bending over with great effort, Ignatius stuck a finger into the valve of one of the tires until the hissing stopped and the tire’s bottom pancaked across the brick gutter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly Lupita stuck her head out and gave the front of the hotel a sweeping glance with her dark eyes. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The poor innocent would be stuck in limbo all eternity! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie closed his notebook for a moment, his finger stuck in to keep his place, and thought about what he would’ve done if he had been in that Cake situation. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But no one ever cared what Ophie thought, and so she was stuck with how things were. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

That guy had not cut himself or stuck himself with a needle. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck the book in his waistband and grasped Meggie’s arm. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

With my fingernail, I scrape at the dried blood and bits of crushed tooth and gum stuck to the metal. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to get to them, but his feet were stuck in the ground, and he could only watch as they were washed out to sea. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It would be ridiculous to leave a child like that stuck in the bottom form. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi crumpled up his strip and stuck it into the recycling bucket provided. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You have to relax. I’m sure she’s fine. Maybe the bus is stuck in traffic.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Guosim stuck her paws between her lips and emitted a sharp whistle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, no, I wouldn’t say that. Here we are stuck in a snowdrift and nobody doing anything about it, and my boat sailing the day after tomorrow.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing I stuck in was this diary, and then curlers, handkerchiefs, schoolbooks, a comb and some old letters. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I stuck my homework in the Audi’s backseat and got in front. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She flailed her arms and legs until Dussel finally let go of his probe and...it remained stuck in Mrs. van D.’s tooth. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

His words spark a fresh shock of jealousy that courses through my veins like I had stuck my pen into an electrical socket. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene stuck out his hand and they shook on it. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They stuck me with a needle, inflated me like a state-fair balloon, and shipped me off to a hospital with steel-eyed nurses who wrote down every bad number. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

There’s a coconut sprinkle stuck to the side of my lips, but it’s too late to remove it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Macon Dead never knew how it came about—how his only son acquired the nickname that stuck in spite of his own refusal to use it or acknowledge it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The school was built on posts, and a stovepipe came through the wall and stuck up above the rafters. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some peanut butter gets stuck in my throat, but it’s not the only reason I swallow. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I managed a small smile, but the fear and frustration still stuck to my skin. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He stuck his hands in his pockets and quirked his lips. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After a while, I stuck my earbuds in and turned the music up really loud. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He stuck the feather in his pocket, then noticed Hazel was glaring at him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He took a big lump of clay, poked holes in it for eyes, and stuck a few bristles on its rump. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I thought I was stuck, I found a little ledge and shinnied up to it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its triangular, speckled head angled up, jaws wide, stuck mid-hiss just inches from Mr. Reynolds’s toes. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It had pictures stuck in it, cutout pictures of fairies and witches, trolls and dragons, goblins, nymphs, and ancient trees. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He didn’t move, fearing a sudden flash at the awkward moment he attempted to stand, and being stuck half bent over, staring at his shoelaces forever. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But don’t think I’m getting stuck up or anything. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom stuck her head out the window and said, “Be careful!” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Why weren’t they stuck in time like everyone else? The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They stuck out at me, oh yes, at me. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

But going gave him an excuse to leave the apartment, so he wouldn’t have to spend the whole day stuck with his sisters and nothing to do. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, the game is no fun if you’re the booby stuck in the trap!” said Haley. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I pressed stop and stuck the whole thing in my pocket. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“When our plane crashed here, and we had to bury the dead and deal with really bad wounds and Miss New Mexico got that tray stuck in her head —” “Hi!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Way better and the sesame seeds don't get stuck in your teeth the way the poppy seeds do. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So they were stuck in a vicious circle. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When I touched it, it stuck to me; when I manhandled it, it turned leathery. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Zane could not believe Marigold had gone and stuck her nose in his business. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The marquee didn’t have screens with electronic letters—instead, it had black letters that had to be stuck to the sign. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then she stuck her foot on the bottom row of wire and pulled up the top row, making a wide space. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Nowadays we are able to fix pitch using an electronic, measurement, Hertz, which gives each pitch a numerical value, though we have stuck with the alphabetical names for ease of use. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But he was stuck in Berkeley helping Molly tend to their daughter Margaret, who had undergone an emergency appendectomy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Like she should’ve never left when she was a baby. And I wonder sometimes what it would’ve been like if she and her moms stayed...if we stuck together like family.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The bonobos were unsure of the change in terrain and stuck to the edge, calling out to me when I stepped into the greenery. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Mr. Huffer pull the sheet back up over her, so I stuck my head around the corner. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then this one day, at the beginning of semester, I came in to find a note stuck to my locker. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It looked like iced apple juice, with a green straw and a paper parasol stuck through a maraschino cherry. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The man took a piece of gum out of his pocket, unwrapped it, folded it in half and stuck it into his mouth, chewing on it a couple of times. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was slack and red, and his golden hair stuck to his brow in tear-damp strands. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I’m stuck back with Tam who’s waiting for me to start. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was a pretty tight fit I hoped she wouldn’t get stuck. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Just then, Officer MacDougal opened the door and stuck his head into the room. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the tube attached to his arm, and a different one wrapped around his ears with prongs stuck up his nose, and the hanging bag of clear liquid drip-drip-dripping beside his bed? Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He just stuck his head in extremely quickly, said something I didn’t understand, and walked away. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I might have stuck myself on the mountaintop working hard all summer if it hadn’t been for her.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lavender that Mama had woven through his collar stuck up like the flowers on headstones in the cemetery, stiff and straight. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled off his kippah before they crested the hill and stuck it in his pocket again. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

For once he found him hard at work, his lower lip stuck out, his whitish pig-lashes wet. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went back to the room, but I stuck around in the can for a while, thinking about old Jane. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I inched one foot forward so my toes stuck out over the edge. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I walk ahead on the sidewalk, kicking away pine- cones and rocks and sticks so his chair won’t get stuck on them. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the kind of thing, she knew, that stuck to a girl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

I could see that Mom didn’t like that answer, but she was stuck with it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For what?” she tried to say, but the sound got stuck someplace inside her throat. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to her: maybe the little statue of Mithras wasn’t stuck in the rock. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her sweaty bangs stuck to her forehead where the helmet had mashed them down. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

They stuck to me tight, all the way. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

In PE he’s not around, so maybe she won’t get stuck on that. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The last thing I want to be is friendly right now, stuck in this hot kitchen with a bunch of rude kids making Mama nervous. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Grace let out a small sigh, not even strong enough to blow away the strands of brown hair stuck to her lips. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A bargeman, poling away from the shore, found Chicken late that afternoon stuck in some rocks and weeds, his knickers ballooning about his legs. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Cyclops stuck one hand into the room and groped around until he found the loom. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It still has her five-dollar bill stuck under the salt shaker, a half-empty cup of coffee, a dirty fork and an empty place mat with syrup stains. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She inspected Barack with her chin lifted and her bottom lip stuck out, as if to say, Who are you to be telling us what to do? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Macy spit her hair out and it stuck to her chin. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

So we piled in around him, and he stuck his hand in the middle. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

For a moment above and below eye level, all four limbs stuck out, and then, just as quickly, all four disappeared. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was limited in my wardrobe choices because I was stuck buying in the shops my mother let me go to, and my mother did not believe in spending money on clothes. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

According to Boo, their proximity to the lamp when it was lit meant that they were going to be stuck in place for just a little bit longer than everyone else. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The creature, whose legs were so short they stuck out in front of it on the chair, was wearing a tea towel draped like a toga, and it had its face hidden in its hands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I am summoned because she is stuck inside her mama. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“They were sympathetic, but without the key, I was stuck.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she stuck out into the future, imagining her life different from what it was. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

After class, while I packed up my luggage of schoolbooks, I heard him talking to the professor how he'd gotten stuck and couldn't think of anything. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She seems to belong on that beach with those people more than she belongs stuck here in this room with me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel stuck her index finger out into the sky. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mom turned once and waved, and Dad stuck his hand out the window. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stuck her finger in her mouth and looked up annoyed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck the round red petals on my toenails so they looked like Mother’s painted nails during the Eid holiday celebration. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She stuck her head into the hole, hoping nothing would bite it off. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Other times, when I was feeling stuck all over again about which path to take, I’d whimper, “Mom, tell me what to do.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The woman had stuck a nail into Hazel’s cheek, and it was like a talon. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I imagine that the administrators at Princeton didn’t love the fact that students of color largely stuck together. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And he’d get stuck there and start cooking like a lump of pot roast. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Ever so often, I come to work and find her bawling in her crib, Miss Leefolt busy on the sewing machine rolling her eyes like it’s a stray cat stuck in the screen door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Pete was every bit of fourteen, yet he was still stuck in the seventh grade. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

What if it gets stuck in the pipes? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He skidded to a halt in time; the pitchfork stuck in the ground just before him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Jonas stuck his hand out of the opening in the hoard, trying to wave. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

His eyes were wide and his hands were stuck up in front of him, holding his camera. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I sat down at the small wooden table next to the stove, the shaky tabletop stabilized by pieces of cardboard stuck under the legs. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He picked up the hairbrush and removed a couple of strands of hair that were stuck to the bristles. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I stuck the gun through, followed by my head. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Sweat ran down Matt’s face and stuck his shirt to his chest. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She measures me against a paper strip stuck to the wall, asks me to describe the clothes I wore when I arrived. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck our flag at the top and saluted it. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Two Chinese food cartons, one with bits of fried rice stuck to the sides, a white plastic fork sprouting from the top, and the other with some sort of sauce caked around the rim. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She hissed, “You should have stuck with virtual breaking and entering.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

When the timer went off, I stuck toothpicks into a couple of the cupcakes to make sure they were done. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She looked like a wall spider with a burr stuck to its head. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sniffed a ladylike sniff and quickly stuck her handkerchief into a pocket. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ten miles from the highway, worried that he’d get stuck if he drove farther, Gallien stopped his rig on the crest of a low rise. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I had climbed aboard, I remembered Timothy’s knife stuck in the palm tree. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m stuck down here in the mud on my belly, caught like an animal. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He saw that Beowulf had left his sword stuck in the top of the mound. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man gave him the finger; another woman laughed and triumphantly stuck her phone into her pajama pants. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Since there are no other kids, my brother and I are stuck eating with all the adults in the dining room. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Posters were up all over the walls, mostly of bands, plus dozens of Polaroids that had been stuck to the wall with bright blue tape. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

One of the reception committee stuck his head into the car after me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Her tongue stuck to the top of her mouth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“He changed. But you came into this dark place filled with mysteries, wonders, and terrors beyond your imagination”—she stuck her hand out, palm first, and swept it though the air dramatically—“to save him.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Its long, slender legs were stuck out at odd angles where it had fallen and its mane was spread pearly-white on the dark leaves. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He runs his tongue along his molars like he has food stuck there. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The working people were dressed muchly as we did out in the country, but there were a few gentry who stuck out of the crowd like peacocks wandering in the chicken pen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoulders rounded a little, and she must have been conscious of her pelvis because she kept it stuck out in front of her so she could always see it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

People got meaner, stuck beneath all that hard light and stone. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he pulled up the covers, his feet stuck out the bottom. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope so,” he said, “otherwise, the truck will get stuck so deep we won’t be able to get it out until next spring.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She asked the women, “Did any of you break a test tube? Do we have anyone here who stuck himself with a needle or cut himself?” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cold weather had stuck around, but the heat from the bonfire and the press of bodies made me wish I’d worn shorts rather than jeans and a button-down shirt. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Barker carried a suitcase with stickers labeled “Rush” and “Air Express” stuck to the side. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She’d been stuck in that black hole of a cell for so long. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He hopped up into his seat, closed the door, and stuck his hand straight out the window and gave me the thumbs-up. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Dr. Darwin was now in a wheelchair, Bessy was stuck in a fog, and Josiah was sinking from either a stroke or a degenerative neurological disease. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hull stepped forward, his eyebrows arched, but Mr. Jacobs stuck a hand out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And since her father agreed with her, Flora stuck out her foot and tripped the man with the knife. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Back in Ohio people had them hooked to their fences or stuck out in their gardens to scare off the birds. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

More often, though, he stuck dreamily to, “She is like a star. Like a star in the sky.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I peeled off the Post-it note containing my list and stuck it on the wall in front of my desk, and then, as my mother had commanded, I thought again. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at the plastic star that was still stuck on her thumb and then, without saying anything else, leaned down and stuck it on my forehead. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

While we’re stuck at the red signal, I look for them. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were even some inside, stuck to her clothes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And seeing how “It” wasn’t even close to something I’d ever even consider discussing with another human being, I stuck with the dead boyfriend instead. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

There was no such book, no such publisher, no such circle of learned men, but the notion stuck anyway. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

We didn’t even bother to say any good-byes, and to boot, I’d soon be stuck with mean and unlucky Okonkwo for the rest of our trip, and we had a long, long way to go. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I try and say something to her, but I’m stuck. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Only children of Hades can eat them. Nico always kept some in case he got stuck somewhere. But if he’s really imprisoned—” “The giants are trying to lure us,” Annabeth said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was stuck looking behind them, far back into the Gnarled Forest where a pair of gleaming red lenses flared ten feet above the forest floor. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The creature stuck out a long black tongue and slapped the glass with calloused hands. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Sierra’s yell got stuck somewhere in her throat. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The covering of them was torn and filthy and the wadding stuck out of the holes, grey and sodden. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He had an Afro-pick stuck in his ball of black hair and he was talking loudly to someone on the telephone. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Loo only pointed at the inkfish, stuck out his tongue, and made a retching sound. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Even with the most nattily dressed boys now gone, he still felt that he stuck out among the survivors. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sailors who’d stuck with him for the past five years, after...well, after what had happened. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The mosquitoes were thirsty and flies flew around Genie’s face, buzzing so loud he felt like he had stuck his head into Grandpop’s radio. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But the golden godson was stuck on a camel, farther back in the caravan, and Lazlo had to be content with echoing exclamations from Calixte, who was given to gloating. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Another time, Isabella and Julia were two parts of a table, and I was the gum stuck underneath them. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He stuck his hand in and we followed. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I figured my portion had been the one which stuck to the bottom of the pot. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hate when they fight because we always get stuck in the middle of their wars. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Perfect,” I said, and her smile stuck around. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Billy smushed his face against mine, then grabbed my hair and made my head bend sideways and stuck his tongue in my mouth. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In front of the domed courthouse someone had stuck a Confederate flag in the mouth of their public cannon. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because she was stuck in her house, Jinjoo had no concept of what was happening in the outside world, where occupation by the Communists had become a reality. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Pipes and conduits stuck up out of the roof here and there. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Momma gets a fork and stabs at the charred food stuck to the skillet. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I stayed in my seat until everyone had gone, pretending the zipper on my coat was stuck so I could avoid looking anyone in the eye. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Now Coach caught a glimpse of the diamonds on my feet and got stuck. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“It was suicide every bit as much as if she had stuck her head in the oven,” Mom said, “only slower.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His beard and nose stuck out through the cheekplates, and his eyes, in the shadowed recess of the helmet, were like two dark holes in a tree. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe. I mean, not really, you understand, but there’s something about those women, my sisters, that makes me comfortable. You have to remember, back when I was in school, kids stuck with their own.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I guess,” I said slowly as I tried to puzzle out what would happen if I stuck with the truth. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He opened it, swapped out books and stuck his head in his locker for a moment to take a few deep breaths to get himself together. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I found a bunch of them stuck to my bulletin board the other day,” I say. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

On top I put everyday clothes and at the last minute I happened to think of “wholesale murder” so I stuck in some first-aid equipment. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck the portrait and letters in my pocket, and balanced Ruth’s doll on top of the boxes in my arms. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It popped loudly, and the knife stuck into the board just above Coraline’s head and twanged there. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The thaw and spring rains had turned parts of the roadway into muddy sloughs, and despite the coachman’s skill, early on the last morning they were stuck fast. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

All over America today people would be dragging themselves to work, stuck in traffic jams, wreathed in exhaust smoke. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mr Wormwood was a small ratty-looking man whose front teeth stuck out underneath a thin ratty moustache. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then he says, “My eyelashes get stuck together.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe two hundred years later, scientists would find two boy skeletons stuck in the top of that tree. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Genie stuck his fork into the white slime and hoped it didn’t taste like peas. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She was the one who’d been arrested and nearly shot just because she’d got stuck on the German side of the front lines. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The truck revved and revved and shook and shook, but it was still stuck. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She sounds like a laugh got stuck in her throat. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The date had stuck in Winston’s memory because it chanced to be Midsummer Day; but the whole story must be on record in countless other places as well. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A man in a metal hat stuck his head out of a doorway and shouted, “You are advised to take cover!” then ducked back inside. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was frozen, hardly breathing, with my mouth stuck open and my stomach flopping like a fish in the bottom of a boat. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A second man stuck two branding irons into the metal basket to heat them up. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Is there a storm coming? If so it’s going to be the worst there ever was. We shall wish we were down a deep hole, not just stuck under a hedge.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He stopped and stuck a finger into the middle of my chest. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

All the rest of time she would just be stuck in this terrible swamp... Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The seam of bark caught her in the small of the back, stuck tight. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, he stuck around to watch the Korean conflict, where Ensign Stephanides served on a submarine chaser. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I hate feeling like this—like when I was little and got stuck on my back like a stupid turtle. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

His mouth was dry and his tongue stuck to his lips when he tried to moisten them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She looked like she’d been stuck in a cool, dark mausoleum for decades, slowly withering into a desiccated husk. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Nailer began to imagine himself stuck like a cork in a bottle. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The children were inconsolable, and Mr. Bhaer’s hair stuck straight up all over his head, for he always rumpled it wildly when disturbed in mind. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night, in a taxi stuck in midtown traffic, she had impulsively asked him to marry her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They immediately laid him down, removed his clothing, and stuck an IV tube into his arm. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Zola and Paolo return from the kitchen and stand there with their mouths stuck in open position. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

With the way he took it so casual, and the relief of getting it told, I felt like I’d been stuck back together. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But the kingly man let fly an arrow at that instant, and the quivering feathered butt sprang to the nipple of his breast as the barb stuck in his liver. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On that first day of tryouts, Jeremiah played with all of the joyful abandon you might expect of an eight-year-old who had been stuck inside a dark two-bedroom apartment for months. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The bailiff stuck his head through the door and called out, “Miss Maxie Brown?” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I raised the sash and stuck my leg out, then paused to listen for Mama. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I missed a day of class, and so I got stuck with this book and the topic of ‘forging identity.’” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It reminds me that I’m stuck with her—she’s unavoidable, even when I’m ignoring her, because Mom is an actual black hole. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I made sure Mrs. Maxy wasn’t looking, then grabbed one and stuck it in the sharpener. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sean took off his fly, tied on a plain hook, picked a buttercup and stuck it on the hook, cast, and caught a fish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stuck here together in this place, both so all alone. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was streaked with grease, and several leaves were stuck in his hair. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fern couldn’t get back at the Mouseketeers who had stuck their tongues out at her, but only one person separated her from Vonetta. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“And how much you like whoever you’re stuck there with,” Poppet adds, kicking his black boot with her white one. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The moment the captain shot my mother plays over and over in my head, like a movie stuck on the same scene. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Noah has stuck his pencil through a block eraser and keeps tapping it on his desk. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Smile,” I said again, and stuck my tongue out at her. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Her dark twists had unraveled partially into delicate spirals that stuck out in all directions. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

After her first sunburn, Tally stuck a sunblock patch onto her skin every morning at dawn. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Whatever song was stuck in her head was upbeat, chipper, and, for a moment, I really did think the stars had aligned for me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I stuck my stinging fingers in my mouth. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He’s going insane from being stuck in that attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She hated it when I stuck a pin in her balloon. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Frank grabbed a tourist brochure stuck under the napkin dispenser. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He shook it, fumbled with the lock, which appeared to be stuck. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The appointment slip, dated November of last year, is still stuck to the refrigerator door with a bumblebee mag net. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She stuck her thumb back in her mouth as if nothing had happened. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Twenty years. I wasn’t much older than you. My name used to be Hallelujah. That’s what Ma named me, but my mistress give me ‘Glory,’ and it stuck. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

David laughed, and I stuck my tongue out at him. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Settlers who stuck to the Old World crops often perished. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then he beamed—a big, winning beam—and stuck them in his pocket and walked on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Grandpa knows the places to avoid! You don’t even know what you’re dealing with. Besides, when Grandpa finds out, you’ll be stuck in the attic the rest of our stay.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s like Guantanamo, except in California. I’m scared of what will happen if we get stuck here. There’s got to be something we can do....” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I guess I should feel lucky that she stuck around the twelve lousy years she did. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I would tell Him myself,” Augustus said, “but unfortunately I am literally stuck inside of His heart, so He won’t be able to hear me.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She stuck the bag right out in the middle of the aisle, where the conductor and everybody could trip over it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

My mother stuck with her classes, trying not to break down in biology and doing her best to keep the numbers straight in calculus. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was asleep, stuck in the middle of a long, weird, totally annoying dream. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

This is the real story of our friendship: I haven't been stuck with Tiny. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

It seemed like you were stuck in your room for a million years. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

If Queenie went into the kitchen and stuck her head in the oven, Violet would go stick hers in, too. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was twice now he’d stuck up for me when my own parents wouldn’t. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe Mini could see that, because she smiled and stuck out her elbow. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I knew this was a big mistake about a second before he stuck his hand out and said, “Lemme see it.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if Moss hadn’t known that Reg was in pain, the position he was stuck in was so unnatural that it was bound to hurt. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But one thing she had said stuck in his mind. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is still stuck on the side of my head. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It was like being stuck inside a rolling water balloon, but instead of actual water, the balloon was filled with a galaxy of stars, making him an astronaut with no suit. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Many academic articles contain bewildering non sequiturs and digressions that the authors stuck in at the insistence of an anonymous reviewer who had the power to reject it from the journal if they didn’t comply. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

And as she saw her mother punching away at her keyboard one night, four different pens stuck in her hair, Candice thought, If the news won’t tell the right stories, I will. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her small right hand with the signet ring on the middle finger was stuck out too, but it made no move toward Aron’s hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen times a day they had to stop to free a wheel that had stuck in a rut, or double up the teams to climb a muddy slope. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We packed a change of underwear for each of them, and socks, and inside the socks I stuck a comb and brush for them to share. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Florida rolled him onto his side and probed her finger in his mouth to see if anything was stuck in there. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dad often comes out of the bathroom with bits of blood- drenched toilet paper stuck to his skin. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have stuck around long enough for Abel to get a bead on me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It stinks of roots and mud and ugly herbs but I’m so tired I let her tie it round my forehead, right over the bandage that’s still stuck on the side of my head. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When you think about it, the king could stand on the jewel-encrusted carpet—the kaleidoscopic radiance of human greatness—and yet, if he stuck his head out a window, it’d still be raining. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I found the widest flathead screwdriver and then stuck it in the waistband of my khaki shorts, cinching my belt tight. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

While the raft followed the current well, because the logs stuck down into the water and were not streamlined, for the same reason it moved with the paddling horribly. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

When she starts to get close, I start running with my itchy hand stuck out behind me, hoping and praying we’ll connect. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

When she looked at where she’d been standing, she saw a handful of arrows stuck in the air. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The boy grabbed him and stuck him in the coop. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t make nearly as much money as you used to at Harpy’s and your car’s stuck in the shop. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

This was an important lesson, for I suspect I was a bit stuck up in those days. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As long as he stuck to the trail, I was bound eventually to overtake him. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maya looked at Joaquin, who seemed like he’d rather be stuck in a broken-down car on the freeway than between the two of them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Dad told me to put the cone-on-a-string part up to my ear and just talk really loudly at the cone part stuck onto the phone on the wall. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I might as well have been stuck between Vonetta and Fern, kicking, punching, and yowling like cats. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He took a stamp, dampened it on a small sponge, stuck it on my envelope with a dramatic flourish and said, “Any kind of special occasion?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Now I was stuck with Bradley every afternoon for as long as this project lasted: six whole weeks. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

His brown hair always stuck out from his head in every direction, earning him the nickname Riccio the hedgehog. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m still stuck. I’ve been trying to crack the code all night, and I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. It’s just a bunch of numbers.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Burl’s legs stuck out from under his truck in the driveway. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I stuck my face in the pot and took a big whiff. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

That nickname stuck like a fishbone in my throat. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said, sighing dramatically, “it seems that I am stuck with you.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, one of them was Smitty, who was stuck to my side like a burr. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yanked his overalls on over his nightclothes and stuck his feet in his shoes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It is totally unfair that I’m stuck with two boys liking me who I don’t like at all, while she gets the one I do like. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And his ankles are stuck under a mess of brambles and boards. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“No advanced magic. No flying. We’ll probably be stuck working for one of the terrible families on...” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I stuck my finger in the batter, which my mother would’ve tripped about, but I just had to. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The poor baboon swelled up until his paws stuck straight out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jermaine turned to me and this time stuck his finger in my face. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Remora had complained to Hollister about living on Fillmore Street near the Fillmore, which stuck in Emily’s brain thanks to her brother. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Officer Delinko was depressed at the idea of being stuck behind a desk, doing nothing for a whole boring month. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told myself I should go on already, pull myself through the window and be out, but something inside my head was stuck. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It had been reinforced with pieces of wood that stuck out at odd angles and made perfect hand- and footholds. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The carpenter’s assistant grinned at this with mutton stuck between his lordly white teeth. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stuck out one pretty boot so that the green leather tip pointed at the ceiling. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I shrugged, and the man shuffled over and stuck his head under the hood. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Because at least he wasn’t stuck somewhere in Georgia, walking around playing at being alive. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then as I continued to polish the shoes and buff them, Miss Volker walked over to her needlepoint map and stuck a red map pin into Mrs. Hamsby’s roof at A-41. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then he stuck one finger up in the air and said, “What kind of greeting do Jews use to one another?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I watched as Selena folded the flyer and stuck it into the pocket of her skirt before going inside the auditorium. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we wished people had stuck to sweets. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Henrietta stuck her head out the door and hopped down on the ground, hawking and cackling and having a huge old chicken conversation. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

A part of me will always be unflyable, stuck in the climb. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Here’s where that brute stuck his nose out,” she said, kicking the wainscoting immediately below the picture. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“We were in that boat for a day and a half,” she says, running her nail at something stuck on the table. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

That had to be it, since Petey was stuck in time like everyone else. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was all very well to eat pretend cake and chicken, but her real stomach felt like the two sides were stuck together. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy's stomach. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was good to escape into his world for a while, because after we walked Jill home, I was still stuck in my head and it wasn’t fair to Willy. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My mind felt broken, stuck in an endless loop, and I couldn’t think anything except: Mom decided to stop working. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was old and some of the twigs stuck out at odd angles. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Another knock came on the door and Mr. Brown stuck his head in and said, “Ready?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I stuck my upper lip out for Dad to see. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck with him not only because we could work well together, but because our teamwork was so automatic that I was free to indulge my romantic fantasies at the same time. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Beast is stuck to me,” he noted. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The stinging smell of garlic surrounded her, stuck fast to her fingers and nostrils. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then, to cover my tracks, I pretended to have a piece of food stuck in my throat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

My letters might be getting stuck somewhere the mailman can’t reach them. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“When the shark got stuck in the net?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The young birds hatched out there and stuck their heads out through the holes to get at the worms and bugs the grown birds brought to them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The collar of his silk shirt stuck out over his breastplate. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I stuck some beautiful pink polish in my pocket and walked calmly out. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The old people, Ultima said, always helped each other; through good or bad they stuck together, and the friendships that were formed in that desolate llano were bonds for life. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

By problem three I am feeling stuck and frustrated. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Aunt Rose had said that ghosts were stuck, in a way. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I remember stupid stuff, like the feel of a lump of oatmeal stuck on the roof of my mouth or the taste of toothpaste not rinsed off my teeth. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Bill Anders, however, wasn’t too happy about eating such a strange creature, and stuck to heart of palm. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They might hate each other but they stuck together against the world and against any woman who would ensnare one of them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m stuck here. With you people. Doing stupid things like looking for library books under old people’s beds.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

My mother used to always clown him, saying he was stuck somewhere between 1970 and outer space. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The policeman had a big orange leaf stuck to the bottom of his shoe which was poking out from one side. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I bet he’s been stuck in the apartment a lot. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He stuck his face inside the cabinet and nuzzled the three kittens, who responded by batting his nose playfully. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Another brave otter stuck out her paw and flipped the hand over. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They were not loose, but stuck down tight in moss and sand, and were black and shiny, as if they had been polished. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom has some kind of work party so I'm stuck at home on chocolate duty. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He clears his throat, and it’s harsh, like he’s got something stuck in his pipes, and some spit flies out of his mouth. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The baby was bom with a coating of moonlight stuck to her skin, and she was named Soledad. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were stuck down here with no way out. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much to read about in the paper—in the Chat Line section a pet ferret had gotten stuck in the tailpipe of a car. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

What if Maddy had stuck up for me in that moment and told her cousin off? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Tiny dead flies were stuck to the windshield, and the van was parked outside an iron gate. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” said Moss, and he stuck the key in his bike lock. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They stuck their long spears in from different angles and carried it between them. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Days passed working, burning, cutting, gathering food, and each day I cut another notch on an aspen pole that I had stuck in the ground for a calendar. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They d been stuck up there so long, they hardly glowed anymore. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Neither one of them has toilet paper stuck to her boots. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s got two knuckles stuck up his nostrils looking for a lamb’s tail.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are too many tears stuck in my throat to think about eating. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama found the pills I stuck on the wall. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so hypnotized by that starlet he simply reached over and grabbed a piece and stuck it in his mouth without looking. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was stuck with them, with all of them, for good. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

By the small beam of light, August plucked out the tiny green leaves stuck in the plaits in May’s hair and tucked each one into her pocket. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are thin disks about the size of a quarter which are stuck on your chest with a special kind of glue and then covered by adhesive tape. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A couple of months and we’ll be stuck inside the river. Pretty and boring.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She fixes them up with paint and collage and steel wool stuck on at appropriate places. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I stuck my little finger in and gave it a good turn but in an instant I jerked it out and started shrieking. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another comely sister stuck her head out a window. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She’s smiling sadly in a disappointed way; her hands are outstretched as if in welcome, and her heart is on the outside of her chest, with seven swords stuck into it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her volume button got stuck on high, and the whole block could hear her yelling about how he had to pay more attention. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I named it Smaug my first week on the job, when I got scalded three times in a single shift, but so far the name hadn’t stuck with anyone else at Tea Haven. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But he was stuck with her, at least until he could find someplace that would take her in. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You don’t understand, do you? The gods are laughing at both of us. If the raft will not appear, that means they’ve closed Ogygia. You’re stuck here the same as me. You can never leave.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Franz stuck his head over the top of the box and licked the forehead of the very same black kitten with white smudged feet they had left on the Beiderman’s doorstep the day before. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He smiled at himself, realizing there was sawdust on his face, stuck there by his own sweat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A door opened at the end of the hallway, and a man stuck his head through it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A little to his right a hummock of rubbly rock stuck up, covered with young oysters not ready to take. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. He stuck it up to my throat.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keisha hangs over the table laughing while Albert looks like I stuck him with a pin. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

So I sat there with my arms folded across my chest and my legs stuck straight out in front of me and I told him to go screw himself. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When I finished that I found a couple pieces of chalk and sharpened those down so that when I stuck the flat end up between my upper lip and gum they hung down like fangs. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck his head in the hole and licked the dirt. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t think of a thing to say, so I just stuck my thumb up in the air, awkwardly, and slipped into my seat. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caught on a piece of iron that stuck out of the concrete wall, a ragged T-shirt hung, limp as a flag of surrender. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Pong picked it up and stuck it out between the bars, angling for the peg on the wall. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“They’d say, ‘Oh, can you believe she made them run barefoot?’ or ‘Oh, can you believe she made them run laps because we were stuck in traffic?’ Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The giant dinosaur had leaves stuck between its teeth. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The occasional car whizzed by, and Dad stuck out his thumb, but none of them stopped. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They stuck tubes in her bladder and nose. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

What makes my breath get stuck in my throat. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Tayo watched his belly and the way the shirt stuck to it with sweat; he watched the belly quiver when Emo laughed at him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Ophie had no way of doing so when she was stuck running around all day, fetching fresh tea and sitting by Mrs. Caruthers in case she needed another log thrown on the fire. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

You can sit and not feel like you’re going to get stuck in the hot black tar. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He stuck his hand out for me to shake. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

On hands and knees, I leaned forward and stuck my head in the tunnel and was overwhelmed by the raw, powerful stink of whiskey. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“They look like somebody stuck them in a bucket of bleach and forgot they were there. That goes for their passion, too!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is hard talking over all those salty tears stuck in my throat. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I remember when she came to visit us in Boston. She was dressed in a pink romper suit and her hair stuck up straight off her head. Johnny wasn’t born till three weeks later.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

But the kids wouldn’t listen to me because I wasn’t big like Red, and besides, there I was stuck with my arm around Horse. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His friend, a boy with thick hair that stuck up at the top, also hung back, near the trunk of the mango tree. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I feel like there is something stuck in my throat. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

So, Abby’s stuck at school until the late bus leaves, and I feel really terrible about that. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Two more pens were stuck in her hair. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Climbers have fallen into crevasses and gotten stuck like that before, pinched between the walls of ice. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"Anything I hate is to get my head stuck in a pool," mumbled Miss Baedeker. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She freezes, her arms up, toilet paper stuck to her shoe. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Really, a lot of people are having trouble focusing today, because everyone’s obsessed with this sophomore who snuck into the chem lab and got his junk stuck in a beaker. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It would start to ease as they saw that I didn’t try to mix, but stuck close to someone on our team, or kept to myself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember digging a foxhole, but I found myself inside one, my shovel stuck in the moist dark sand and tree roots at the bottom of the four-foot-deep hole. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their singing and all those sad Spanish words and the sweet spicy smells of the food at their hands all mixed together into something that stuck me right there where I was standing. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Preoccupied by the thought of going into hiding, I stuck the craziest things in the bag, but I’m not sorry. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed tiny pieces of folded-up paper stuck in the crevices around the stones. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was stuck in a grim Chicago suburb almost as far from an interesting cultural life as Caldwell was. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to get pictures of Limerick stuck in my head in case I never come back. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tip stuck her finger into the high, frilly collar of her blouse and pulled it away from her windpipe. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It had a piece of tobacco stuck to it from Grandfather’s pocket. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I stuck around for the trial, I’d be wasting my time. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Celia leaned forward and stuck her head out past the door frame. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Dried algae stuck to the walls and the sand formed a strange topography on the floors. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, I tried to think of a scientific question for Mr. Neely, but I just kept thinking, over and over, like an annoying song stuck in my head, Mom would’ve helped me with this. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was trying to rescue you because life stuck inside a plaster mask wouldn’t be fun. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Daddy finished the last harvest weeks ago, but the side of the road is still snowy with cotton stuck in the grass. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When it was completely gone, Ivan stuck his hand where it had been. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I killed Daddy. I stuck him in the butt,” Karen crowed in triumph. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how Robert stuck out those remaining weeks,” his only friend at camp later said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The small bird stuck its neck out for more, and I fed it in this manner two more dried pieces, until it didn’t lift its head any longer. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The driver’s car had a set of longhorns stuck to the hood, and the horn sounded like a cowbell. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She stuck it in the oven to keep warm. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Like a new Boy Scout, transported with enthusiasm, he would have stuck the cross on his escutcheon, on his coat, on his helm, on his saddle, and on the horse’s curb. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose you know why you got stuck.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

A large daisy was stuck into his shirt pocket, and a purple bow tie with very thin white stripes lay against his throat. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The mud stuck to their feet like glue and each seedling had to be painstakingly planted by hand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

And I stuck at it, through ladders on Wednesday, and Thursday's long run. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Harry, give us a hand!” called Hagrid hoarsely from the door, in which he was stuck again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I turned to look at him, then turned back at the brownish gray paper stuck to the wall. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Andrew always gets stuck on questions like: “How come y = x + c? Why not z?” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

But wherever I go, whispers follow behind me like bits of toilet paper stuck to my shoe. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Your head feel like it’s gonna pop with all those facts stuck inside?” she teases. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I stuck my head into the Treaty Room. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And in the front, where the band had stuck directly to the bare skin, there remained a whole lot of small patches of brown leathery stuff that no amount of washing would get off. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You still think that? Even being stuck at your grill?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She stuck three hairpins in her mouth, bunched up my hair to stuff it under the cap, and pinned everything in place. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

That horrible sound stuck and echoing inside him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I try to smile and act like I don’t mind being stuck in bed. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

My two friends, so different from each other, stuck with weird old me in the middle. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I can see it stuck in her braces from where I’m sitting. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He tried to defend his ride, protesting in vain that he had indeed used his whip and that he was stuck on the slow part of the track, but no one seemed to be listening. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up, stuck her head out into the dusk, and lay down again. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Big Rose stuck her big head in through the crack and met eyes with mine. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

When we got out of the bus, Mary Hudson stuck right with us. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

And sometimes you just get stuck in the blocks. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Annabeth craned her neck to see the Gateway Arch, which looked to me like a huge shopping bag handle stuck on the city. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her shaggy mop of red hair stuck out in all directions. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Bridge ran to catch up with him, then stuck out her hand to shake. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The hook fastening the bookcase had gotten stuck, which is why no one had been able to warn us about the carpenter. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She picked up one of the pieces and stuck it in her mouth, biting to squeeze out some of the juice. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mami fed us broths, and in the evening, a bland, watery boiled rice that at least stuck to our bellies and calmed the roiling inside. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Lamar stuck out his tongue at me, but of course the disciplinarians at the table missed it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And many of them stuck their tails up in the air. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben was just a few years older than Hazel, and he was stuck here. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Cecile let her hair grow and grow in thick, natural braids, and she stuck pencils and pens in it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

His legs stuck out from beneath the table, and they looked like they could run down a train on the Long Island Rail Road. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

"Yep, it sure did get me here. It also got me a two-year-old stale french fry stuck to my butt." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The three of them sat in the back, chatting away, and they stuck me, Long Legs, up front. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Poor thing. Another girl stuck with a son of Zeus.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Consequently, Aunt Anne stuck courageously to a losing cause for six years, in an unusual display of devotion and fortitude above and beyond the regular call of family duty. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are stuck on me as if she can’t believe that it’s me, that I’m here. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Especially if you’re stuck in there with your little sister and your mom and your dad and your puppy and your imaginary friend. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Once in Zaire, he had stuck himself with a bloody needle while taking blood from a mouse. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked scraggly and freakish, permanently stuck in its twisted, tortured position, and it made me think of how some adults tell you not to make weird faces because your features could freeze. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The ball had hit him high in his ribs and had stuck there without damaging him much. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You being stuck is kind of my fault.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“My car is stuck in the mountain pass,” said the doctor. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe Uncle Albert’s time had got stuck, too. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A few officers from the city stuck around—Ellerbe, Foster, and Chavez—and I was glad for the familiar faces. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next few weeks I stuck with Captain Carroll and other military personnel, continuing to write my story, more sympathetic than Farmer had been to their mission of nation building. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Does anyone really think this guy sat down and stuck all kinds of hidden meanings into his story? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I recalled my expulsion, feeling quick anger and attempting to suppress it immediately; but now I was not quite successful, my resentment stuck out at the edges, making me uncomfortable. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flipped the bolts—one, two, three— but something went wrong and the door stuck. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I stuck out my tongue and hissed at the python as I walked underneath it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Aru watched, stuck somewhere between awe and horror, as the stone elephant that had been standing in the museum for decades suddenly sank to the ground. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Over by the bathroom, there’s even a black Charlie with an Afro and a 1970s pick stuck in it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I stuck out my thumb while every car on the highway sped up the second they saw us. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That's the worst weakness you can have, right up there with having a family stuck in a quarantined zone or a street orphan needing you. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The Hessian stuck the stick into the ground so that it stood like a candle. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Others stuck out no more than a few inches—just enough for a quick step. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I tucked my sketch pad into the waistband of my shorts, stuck the pencil through my ponytail, and ferried Dad and Mr. P to the carcass. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

At first a response won’t come, since words like better and sick are still stuck in his head, but eventually, Axel is able to say four words. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But it beats being stuck in that smoky motel room. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She flung the mirror aside, where it stuck in the air like a piece of fruit suspended in Jell-O. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I pushed open the door and stuck my head in for a moment, then went inside. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I didn't want his hand anywhere near me, but it was stuck there, glued to the spot where wings would sprout if I had them—I wanted them. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was one of those undetermined campers who got stuck in the Hermes cabin because his Olympian dad or mom never claimed him. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby’s back was stuck to my wrist as if it were glued there as we continued to tumble down the fiery tunnel. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I was quick to claim my trophy, though, heading home that afternoon with my head up and one of those gold-foil stars stuck on my shirt. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need to see the inside, Mrs. Henderson, I can tell ...” But the dress was over my head and my arms were stuck in the sleeves. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

First the boat, then all that hiking, and now he was stuck in a cell until the guards came by to make their evening head count. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Carefully, he stuck out his bare foot and pushed the trunk a few inches. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” Mitchell added, “I stuck up for you.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, Mr. Poe knocked on the door and stuck his head into the bedroom. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

It looked like I might be stuck there for a while. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I certainly didn’t want Vonetta to get the wrong idea and think I was as stuck on Hirohito as she and Janice were. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crossed his eyes, looking down his face, at where his dragony snout no longer stuck out. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t much take to living in the holler, I guess. Wanted to see the world. She hated being stuck up there in his little cabin, so one day she up and left.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But he stuck, and he got this poetry thing going. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t observe any suspicious characters on the train, but were stuck now. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She got stuck and began looking for ways to procrastinate. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He leaned over and stuck out a hand to shake. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I see them. Looks like some big trucks got stuck in the mud.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

One woman stuck her hand out of a carriage and let a man cut the bracelet from her wrist in exchange for a loaf of bread. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

After staring at your picture for a few seconds, and then giving me the type of once-over that would’ve made the guys from my neighborhood throw a punch, dude finally stuck out his hand. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"I gotta give it to Sunny, Coach. The kid stuck with me the whole time." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I touched the place on my shirt where I’d stuck the black Mary. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But listening to Barack, I began to understand that his version of hope reached far beyond mine: It was one thing to get yourself out of a stuck place, I realized. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Her words stuck in the air, like flies caught in a spider’s web. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kainene is just stuck on the other side for a few days.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stuck my tongue out at Delsa, who sent daggers with her eyes, but only until Mami pulled out a sky-blue dress with ruffles and lace on the collar. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh, good morning. Lock was stuck. How did you get in?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck the other in his own ear. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“What happened?” said Harry eagerly, regretting more than ever his isolation from the Wizarding world when he was stuck on Privet Drive. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He stuck his stick upright in the little mound and then asked for water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It crawls like a maggot into my head and gets stuck, unwelcome lyrics and music playing on a loop. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A lump of gratitude stuck in my throat, but I managed to say, “Yeah. Let’s fly.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Women with milky eyes led children whose hands stuck out like wings from their shoulders. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The phantom Samaritan stuck the book between his teeth, crouched down, hoisted Arnold Jones’s limp carcass over his shoulder, and hauled him out of there like a sack of flour. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was stuck in a stranger’s barn with seven loose chickens that no one knew were mine, and a hawk-chicken outside. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She opened the door with the utmost caution and stuck her head out just as a tiny crouched figure was moving down the hall. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door to the roof of the tower was stuck so fast that it was plain no one had opened it in years. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the eye corners a crust of hard mucus stuck. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am stuck watching Jace and Isabella like I’m playing freeze tag. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I stuck my little foot down and dug in and got stubborn and set all this up. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to swallow my bite of egg but it stuck in my mouth. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

So I survived one nightmare, and now I’m stuck in another: the Super Saver with Mom. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She stuck the giant pot of potatoes on the floor for me, and I worked on handling the masher with my feet. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I told them about getting stuck in the trunk. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t imagine how horrible it would be to wind up stuck in a place like this,” Julia said. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I’m stuck with the character I was born with, and yet I’m sure I’m not a bad person. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And not a bit stuck up in spite of her brilliance. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I walked anywhere near the forest, the gnats stuck to me and flew into my eyes, mouth, and ears, and it drove me crazy. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

His tongue seemed to be stuck to the roof of his mouth and his throat didn’t work right. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, as Toby sat on the ground shivering, it felt like he was stuck in a nightmare and there was no chance of waking up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

‘And I’m thinking that I won’t spend a moment longer than I need, stuck up on this edge with the eyes of the Dark Country looking over the marshes,’ said Frodo. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

No time for sorting through options, no thinking at all; you just stuck your hands in and started plugging up holes. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stuck together for only one thing: to trample on some other woman...whether it was by throwing stones or by mean gossip. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck my leg up in the air and rubbed it with soap. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The story had stuck because the lesson was vague. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me, I’d rather be out in that world than stuck in those closed-up ivy halls that weren’t meant to fit me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Adelaide stood in front of Hazel, positioned her own feet, stuck her arm in the air in an arc like a swan’s neck, and bent her legs so she slowly dropped toward the ground. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Would I be stuck here, like he once was? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They were bending down and pulling the calf by the legs, heaving at it like a cork stuck in a bottle. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He stuck his right foot behind my feet and pushed me. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Your leg's broken in two places. You'll be stuck in a cast for months." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Or maybe the angelic tune is simply stuck in my head. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t see anything move that night we got stuck out there.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I brought out my hollowed cork with pins stuck down to make bars. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cilla, who didn’t care that I stuck out my tongue and gagged when she told me about her first kiss with Alex. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I spit a sunflower seed into the plastic cup stuck in the fence. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

In their expeditions, Tally and Peris had always stuck to the waterfront, where vegetation and the dark backdrop of Uglyville made it easy to hide. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I almost stuck out my tongue back at her. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She stuck her gloved fingers through the bars and pinched the monkey’s toe while she watched for any eye movement. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We weren’t dissing him, we just gave him the tag and he seemed to like it, so it stuck. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She unbuckled his trousers and moved back to pull them down and laughed because they got stuck at his shoes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

For a guy like Simpson—a fellow senior who’d been stuck behind Luke for three years—he could go half speed if he wanted. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I have been stuck in this house for so long that I think the wallpaper is moving. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, I did cut them off on purpose, but only because she was stuck inside a plaster mask. It was the only way to get her out.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Must be a piece of food stuck way in there. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He helped me tug my wet coat off—the fining was all stuck to my sweater. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

In a new galley made by wrapping canvas around four oars stuck upright in the snow, Green kept the hot potato can stoked. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Dimple thought of how Rishi had stuck up for her, over and over again. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately for you, you stuck with me for a couple more months,” he says, and looks at Curtis. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The scream is stuck in my throat, choking me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stuck to the floor immediately and began billowing green smoke. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

If she stuck around, maybe they wouldn’t beat him up. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Thank God I skipped a grade, or else I’d be stuck here for another year. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My brother crossed his arms in front of his chest and stuck his lower lip out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Lancelot stuck his blade in the ground and went over to examine the wound. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The corporal steers Werner into a dining room where a narrowfaced woman with three fresh daisies stuck through her hair sits in a chair turning the pages of a magazine. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The lockers in the quad were dented, covered in graffiti and stickers, and most freshmen got stuck with locks that actually didn’t close. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Like the plant could come to life at any moment and wonder what he’s doing in a place like this, stuck to a wall, near a boy reading about birds. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And what if the ferry is stuck without a battery on the other side? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck my right leg forward, knee bent, pointing in the direction I wanted the bowl to go. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She sits in a chair between a few of the bunks, her wounded leg stuck out in front of her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She makes a single noise: a cough, as though she has something stuck in her throat. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Suspended means being stuck at the Smoky Inn, watching Charlie and hoping Mama doesn’t stay mad. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Is it lame to say I think I’m stuck in a nightmare? I always thought everyone was being so dramatic when they said that: ‘This feels like a nightmare.’ They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Aunt Eliza had brought Ma a large red apple stuck full of cloves. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck his own arm into a tsetse cage. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"When they stuck me in here, I almost lost hope, Kabir. Then I found out I was having you, and I started hoping again," Amma told me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

A fork stuck out of the open bottle of olives that she had placed on a tin tray on top of the covered and folded rollaway bed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kote slowly removed his shirt, grimacing and sucking his breath through his teeth as the dried blood stuck and tugged against the wounds. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the words of Orde-Lees, they were stuck “like an almond in the middle of a chocolate bar.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

"Okay. A golden nail stuck in the ground." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’m still stuck on being called an actor. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When he stopped, he grinned, stuck his hand out to her, and said, “It’s nice to meet you!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Did you just say this sword was stuck in a stone?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had served out the punch to anybody who stuck a cup at him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The stone. Have you ever seen a piece of amber with an insect stuck inside it?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They were both furious, and to make them more furious yet I stuck the butt of my rifle out and whacked one of their feet, hard! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The only reason I remembered this play was because it had a mad person in it, and everything I had ever read about mad people stuck in my mind, while everything else flew out. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“We were fishing for cod and it got stuck in the net.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

If God cared, he would have made the wasp smarter, so it wasn’t stuck, bouncing against the glass, trying to get outside to the sunshine and the rest of the world. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But until our language has a sex-neutral possessive that everyone can agree on, we’re stuck with his, her, or the clumsy compound his or her if we want to be correct. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie stuck out his arms and pretended to fly around the room. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

On an impulse, I stuck the cap in my pocket. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Miss Effie Belle had a grim face any time, punctuated by a big pink wart that stuck out from the side of her upper lip like the feeler of a bee. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, just where would you be right now if you weren’t stuck in this lovely little resort?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“I mean, when he was remembering the shark that got stuck in the pond.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

His black, bushy hair stuck out from his head in untidy tufts. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My name was going to be stuck on my work. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I’d picked out that tree because it had a huge branch that stuck out to one side. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even the cry stuck in my throat. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing was, Tommy must have been sitting on the ground earlier, because there was a sizeable chunk of mud stuck on his rugby shirt near the small of his back. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like being stuck between a rock and Ryan Gosling's chiseled abs. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

As the Korean Bar Association has noted, “South Koreans, who publicly cherish the virtue of brotherly love, have been inexplicably stuck in a deep quagmire of indifference.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Her face happened to be angled their way, stuck in a wide friendly smile, but it would’ve been that way even if time weren’t frozen. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Lines like Many workers in Zimbabwe receive a small pay which can’t even feed the families and Two families have to share a room in some parts of Zimbabwe stuck out. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Bri had spent the morning in the apartment without being able to use the electric heater or the electric blanket, stuck in the sleeping bag. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I realized that my feet were stuck in the soft muddy bottom. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck his shaggy snout into my neck and shivered. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I got out of the creek we were stuck in, I found enough fallen tree bark and rocks to begin making sufficient braces all around the rear wheels. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If anyone even looked at them, they threw themselves against the sides of their cage and stuck their scabby snouts out as far as they could and clacked their long yellow teeth together. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She had given him first choice, and she was stuck with it. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t eat anything and am stuck on the couch in front of the TV for the rest of the evening. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Strands of her hair are stuck to her lips, which are wet with spit, or tears, I can’t tell. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

From that unfortunate expression came the appellation of Widge, which stuck to me for years, like pitch. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck my finger in my place and shut the book. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The reason must be stuck somewhere in there. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I say”—the veins on his neck stuck out with the effort of raising his voice to an audible level—“I say, It sure fly good.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Ben took four and stuck two behind each ear. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As much as I love playing piano, it stinks to be stuck in the background while other people shine onstage, a soundtrack no one pays attention to, like the music piped into The Voice. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Ned could see dried mud and blades of grass clinging to the leather where Robert's feet stuck out beneath the blanket that covered him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

One let out a sound reminiscent of a squalling baby; the other sounded uncannily like a stuck pig. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll find out soon enough. We’re stuck inside today. Commandant said any slave out on the grounds will be killed on sight.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then I stuck it in my schoolbook for Amil when no one was looking. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I move hair that is stuck to my forehead. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Ricky shrugged and stuck another wad of tobacco in his cheek. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He folded it up and stuck it back in his pocket. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He stuck it into the wooden ceiling to steady himself as they halted to look for the next loft door. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Like I was stuck in some kind of fog and I couldn’t escape. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He wears a leather coat with a sword stuck in the back of it; he regularly just walks around with this thing. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A player stuck to either side of him, anticipating his every move. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Fadi’s throat was dry, his tongue stuck to the roof of his mouth. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I got all curious and asked why he stuck around, especially ’cause all him and Mom do is fight. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She had stuck golden star stickers on her model where all the sidewalks were. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The cop who unlocked the barred door looked sheepish, as if he couldn’t believe Chief Taylor had actually stuck me in there. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Aside from the tiny red flags stuck on houses, there was no outward sign of the fever anywhere. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Mark’s mom sat with her mouth stuck halfway open. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The cloth of her shirt seemed stuck to her rolls of fat, and her hair was long and spiraled into a large ball pinned to her head. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was stuck because she wasn’t thin and athletic like her father had tried to convince her she needed to be. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I didn’t get stuck like everyone else.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He stood and put one leg over, found a brick that stuck out an inch from the wall and tested his weight on it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a grocery cart with a squished grape stuck to one of its tires. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure she just got stuck in traffic,” offered Ms. Denis. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then you stuck her back in your bag and slumped against my shoulder. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The aides kept putting her off and sending her away, but she stuck it out and finally she got to see him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teashop owner stuck his hands on his hips. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was called Efifi and was stuck in the middle of a wilderness. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

You set your beads down and hummed the tune along with me, and Kutti stuck his nose in the air and yowled. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s the same face I make when I’m stuck watching the twins. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She stuck out her pinkie when she held a cup. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

At one point she crossed her eyes and stuck her tongue out at Zakariyya, but he didn’t see. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Harry’s shirt was stuck to his back with sweat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Special Agent Gonzales continued to question us, we all followed Abuelita’s advice and stuck to the more realistic part of our story. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The guard stuck his head in the other door before I could form a scathing but polite response. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the swamp we ran past people who were stuck in the mud, past handicapped people who couldn’t be helped, for anyone who stopped to do so was risking his own life. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It stuck in die mind like one of those spiny sticker burrs they had in the South, in Florida, small hooked seeds that lurk in the grass. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, maybe if he did, you’d have a real life instead of being stuck up here in the ghetto." The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Shoot, I know folks who are cranky or stuck up or bold-faced liars and their dogs love ’em like they’re saints or something. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But the words often stuck in his mouth, and his voice now was hoarse and not loud as it had been before. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was running at top speed when someone stuck out a foot and tripped me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck the letter back in the envelope, Scotch-taped it together, and readdressed it to Buddy, without putting on a new stamp. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I stuck a red ribbon on top and made a card out of folded construction paper. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Lord, don’t tell me you got your lip stuck out because I told you I don’t care about how you doing in school?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I shrugged my shoulders, and felt a warm sensation rise from my belly and get stuck in my throat. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to put this right on your side,” the doctor said, and he stuck it on and smoothed it down. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new uglies all stuck together in a tight group, afraid to stray too for from their guide. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Alfyn’s member was a wee thing, even smaller than yours, but he was never shy with where he stuck it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He stuck the pad of his thumb accidentally on to a thorn. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Both wore rumpled suits and stuck out their tongues, but only one displayed true genius in such films as Booty and the Beast and The Three Stooges Meet Hercules. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She squatted and pushed her fingers deep into the soil, then pulled them out and stuck them back into a different place in the dirt. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

One thought stuck in her mind: However it had happened, it was her fault “Shay, if you fall off, take me with you.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Nathan stuck out his arm and could feel that there was something in the air. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

So when he stuck his hands into our bag, we didn’t try to stop him. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It stuck in my head for some time. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And I’d stuck all my landings, capping off my Olympic experience with yet another gold. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It’s stuck in my armpit, and as I maneuver down the tree, I feel sad for the first time since Charlie died. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Evangeleen was stuck looking over her shoulder, a long wrench gripped in one fist. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I love how she stuck up for Albert. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She used the book once, gasping and sweating for ten minutes, then stuck it angrily on the bookshelf and flopped on the sofa. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m stuck here until I come by some manner of help.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a list on white paper, stuck to the wall with yellowed Scotch tape that my grandmother—my mother’s mother—had written years ago. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z