He and I had a good time finding limbs that were twisted and bent by the wind, the sun, and the ice. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came toward me and, in haste to get out of his way, not knowing whether he was bent on attacking me, I stepped back. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she plucked at a thread on her ragged cape or bent over to pull on her socks, which were loose and tended to slide down around her ankles. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Seanie got off me, and I stood up, but he stayed between me and JP, who bent forward and kept his back to me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

John bent over and picked a small object off the ground. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But the face of an American missionary lady bent over her and smiled, talking to her in a soothing language she did not understand. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent to pick up another piece of laundry. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Yesterday you walked into school and there Vinny was, bent over the table, filling out a card with her hair falling all over the table. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She looked feverish, weak She held on to the goalpost, bent over, and vomited a white liquid into the grass. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he stooped and bent low with his face almost in the grass. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He bent to look through and saw the road in Oxford, his own world. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I show him how to get ready—knees bent, sponge in hand, waiting for Apa’s signal. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Inside the cabin, the boy’s mother sat by the stove, picking kernels of walnuts with a bent hairpin. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent and sucked greedily at the pipe for a moment and the sharpness passed from her eyes and a film of forgetfulness came over them. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I drank from ditches, and when I bent to cup my hands in the water, the ringing pulsed in my eyes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He removed his hat and bent very close to squint. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The back is bent into sharp spikes wet with blood. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The years had bent her spine and put a crone’s hump upon her back, but the widow’s eyes were bright and black. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Stick bent over his essay again, but I kept watching the two of them in the kitchen. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She bent one knee and dug the toe of a ragged gym shoe into the dirt. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

As I watch Auntie An-mei, I see a short bent woman in her seventies, with a heavy bosom and thin, shapeless legs. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poppy sat on a wooden stool in a cell bent over with his head in his hands. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Never mind,” he said, and bent back over his book. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hazel bent over Fiver, pushing the limp body with his nose. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

White Deer bent over and whispered in my ear. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

To his right was Wargrave, slowly pacing up and down, his head bent down. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Just inside the door they found Fossie bent down on one knee. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood and listened, and then she bent over and put her hands on her knees and started taking in big gulps of air. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He handed the pair of sandals to Tree-ear, who bowed his thanks and bent to put them on immediately. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He bent his face close to mine and kissed me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent down so that her ear was close to his whiskery mouth. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I bent down and picked up the two needles that had been stuck to the top of the door frame. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent her whole mind to delivering her sister and devising a fit punishment for her husband. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And also, clearly, it was bent on destruction. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then he bent over and hid his face in his arms, weeping like a boy. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while she’d take a drink of water, then she’d sit there crumbling a biscuit up, her face bent over her plate. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made no move to help her with it simply because he wanted to see how her thighs looked when she bent to put it down, knowing that she wanted him to see them too. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Rubin was about ten feet ahead of me, bent over, running with the ax held out in front of him. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent forward to kiss the scroll, then pointed for Anya to do the same. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Rose was bent over, throwing up between her feet, hysterical in between retches. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Her fine body, itself a profitable investment through the years, bent reverently over the Formica-top altar. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong stood in a half crouch, his knees bent, like an animal ready to spring at her. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She bent to scrape the paper into a tighter ball. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He felt for the brim of my hat, and took hold of it, throwing it over his shoulder to the back seat, and then bent down and kissed the top of my head. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then slowly, with bent back, the old man hobbled past them and was gone. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hands in his pockets and head bent, he walked like a man trudging up the hill behind a coffin. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent and scooped up the rags in his arms and piled them on top of the shoes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Him being bent with rheumatism, he couldn’t do work like that anymore himself. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Against the waxy green foliage, melon-breasted Hindu women bent over double, offering up orifices like prayers to the well-endowed men who answered them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Hermann Goring, in a dark uniform and cape like Hitler’s, bent over and slapped his knee with each German victory and then turned and beamed at Hitler. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He planted his feet and bent his knees and balled his fists and let it come all the way out: “No nothing! No Treatment! No wringer! No Snots!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He bent to jot the price on the receipt pad. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings they returned to Kopenick, where the town fathers seemed bent on providing nightly entertainment whether the athletes wanted it or not. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But the big girl turned her back, bent down and put her hands flat on the ground— she didn’t pick up anything. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had learned that when people were bent on doing something they believed was a good deed, it was usually impossible to dissuade them. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One of the children who had been romping among the tables bent down and looked incredulously at the little horns. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Only when her uncle closed the Book and bent his head for the long evening prayer, did the clicking needles cease. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She bent all her will into redirecting the magic of the Labyrinth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Shawn bent unsteadily and lifted a piece of heavy iron, then heaved it toward the Shear. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Papa smiled at Sarah, then he bent quickly to unhitch the horses from the wagon. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

We headed back into the bathroom, where I bent my head over the side of the tub. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Whatever perils lay ahead, it seemed better to float down the broad tide of Anduin to meet them than to plod forward with bent backs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She bent over Ida Nee, and the baton became a silver rope running through Beverly’s fingers. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I bent forward and looked into the lower bunk. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her hands and feet were gnarled from arthritis, her back so bent her chest nearly touched her knees unless she propped herself up with an elbow. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Blue Eyes flailed for him, trying to reach around and get hold of him, then bent forward sharply and tumbled him over her back. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin bent over Con’s leg, and she said hesitantly, “I can set it.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

For a second I saw him bent over holding his hand, then going down as a blow caught his unprotected head. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was bent over an anvil, hammering a red-hot sword blade. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Ron, catch—and GO!” he yelled, throwing one of the wands to him; then he bent down to tug Griphook out from under the chandelier. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And I too saw Bing trudging wearily at the far end of the beach, his shoes hanging in his hand, his dark head bent over in exhaustion. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw dropped his own stone, in silence, bent down, and began to scrape out a hollow in the ground. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The Frenchmen gave courteous thanks, complimented Turner on his French, then bent over the table to pack the empty bottles and glasses into the canvas bag. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The shadow of a nearby dune bent and then morphed into the shape of a human that was nearly three times Nathan’s height. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The boatman bent to listen and then shook his head. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was out of the line of fire....His knees were bent. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She was bent over a little, from the weight of her backpack I guess, and when he noticed, he slipped it off and carried it for her. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I cannot straighten my back, and can walk only as before, halfway bent over. What think you, Brother Luke, shall I ever straighten?” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

His motorcycle was broken in two pieces, the muffler dangled, the spring forks were bent, the handlebars twisted. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Smiling, she brushed past me and bent down to turn up the Peppers. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I bent for another clothespin to secure the petticoat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Laertes’ housekeeper, who reared the boys and tended Dolios in his bent age, had gone to fetch them in. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Eilonwy clinging to his belt, he bent low over the horse’s silver mane. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Travis hopped out and bent down to look in the car, his hand on the roof. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Suddenly with a strained sound, Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to cry stormily. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

There was even a grey muslin flag hung at half-mast by the bent bough archway into our spot. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I switched on the light and looked into a cracked piece of mirror bradded with bent nails to the wall. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry bent down, ducked under the tent flap, and felt his jaw drop. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Just inside the auditorium, Noah bent down to tie his shoe, and Ethan tripped over him. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She bent down and rapped a knuckle against one of the logs from the ruined cabin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Reynie gave a melancholy little wave—one part hello and one part goodbye—then bent and hid the note beneath two big rocks. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

See if he was bent over, limping, or if his ribs had healed any so he could at least stand up straight. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Taisin began to giggle, and then they were both bent over double, clutching the twigs and branches to their chests as they guffawed, their voices ringing in the twilight Wood. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His father eats with his head bent over his plate, flipping through the latest issue of Time, occasionally glancing at Gogol to make sure he is eating as well. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma kept at it, bent double in the boat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He seated himself beside her, bent over her, and explained softly. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Head bent, with unsteady steps, he walked past Capricorn’s men. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He bent over to put his face quite near to Cassiopeia and spoke loudly and slowly, as if she were an idiot. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He bent and kissed me on the forehead. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It bent and rippled and folded in on itself. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She bent and flicked away a green aphid that had perched on her dress before she walked away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

All day they went back and forth, bent double under their loads, sweating and chanting in a tired, singsong way that seemed to get them from one step to the next. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind- bent boughs of trees were frozen in place. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She bent and unbent her neck exactly how Dad does after a very long drive. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

My grandmother pretended she had dropped something, and as she bent down, she slid me out from under the napkin on to the floor under the table. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

All heads, except one, were bent over papers on the tables. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He helped them to lift her on to the sofa and bent over her. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She shuffled in her oxford-clogs, with a gliding or skating motion, her knees bent and her weight thrust forward. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He bent down to draw another line, quickly, with a fierce determination that shook the flesh on his arm, which was hanging low like a brown leather pouch. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jose’s heels were up, he bent his knees, and put the ball up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione had her back to him and her head bent, but Ron was looking delighted. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Still bent, Turner shuffled back to the kitchen, checking once more to see if Mrs. Cobb was asleep—or dead. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He bent over and forced eye contact with Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The pirates bent over their paddles, rowing in rhythm until they were a safe distance from the island. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Two pencil stubs, one bent playing card, and a small ash tray. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Here, take this fork,” the man said, handing Ignatius a bent and corroded semblance of a spear. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My body felt strange in the neutral fencing position with my knees bent and pointed outward. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

With a little exclamation he bent and picked up something from the floor. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she waved it off; the tackle was clean, and to the delight of the Thirteens, now bent over in hysterics, Muamer decidedly wasn’t. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He bent down near the bars to show me the slashes across his right forearm that he had made with a tin-can top. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent over, shivering, examining a trap, not liking the scaly look of the tails of the muskrats and yet not liking to see them caught in the traps. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain had gone on and on with the legs bent and I could feel it going in and out of the bone. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The crystal bent and warped until it cracked and shattered into dust. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Another spear, a bent one that would not fly straight, went past his face and one fell from on high where Roger was. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Legs bent at the knee, along with the other beginners, I awkwardly advanced down the strip in this position over and over again. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When he returned to the room his mother was still bent over Vera, placing a wet towel upon her head. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he bent over and began to rip out long handfuls of grass with quick, energetic jerks as though tearing out the hair of the world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down to unbuckle the saddle from his horse. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He bent over and embraced me long and hard. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It had ached for a long time now, for several years, but it was getting worse, and Claire had difficulty straightening herself She walked bent. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nhamo bent down, whisked a smallish fish from the cone-shaped trap, and popped it into a basket. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how this woman could have ever bent to Marcus’s will. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

People hurried across the park, their heads bent. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eye, bent on me, expressed at once stern surprise and keen inquiry. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She bent her head over the autoharp and her long hair fell down like a curtain. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

If he paused to yank it out someone might jump him from behind or cut him down with a sword at the moment he bent over. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry was bent over like an old beggar and kept wiping his nose on his sleeve. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I headed for Hambro's, passing a man sitting on the curb with his head bent over his knees. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petey come by, seent the pouch, bent o’er to pick it up, and the rock come swinging out at him and, ’stead of catching him in the butt, it crashed into his left knee. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The whole mind and purpose of the Power that wielded them was now bent with overwhelming force upon the Mountain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Rishi sat on the edge of his bed, his head bent as the phone at his parents’ house rang. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then the prince seeing her beauty, though her face was pale and cold, touched her hand as he bent to look more closely on her. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I rub my hands together for the feeble warmth as I pass by the door of the refectory, where the nuns eat in silence, their heads bent in a row over their food. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Other scientists bent down and with equal approbation scooped up handfuls of dirt. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He shoves it as best he can under his seat, his long legs bent awkwardly, aware that he is perspiring. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His father bent in and spoke in a hiss. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She giggled, bent her bear over at the waist, and pretended it was vomiting. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then she bent down and touched me as mothers of the church “lay hands on the sick and afflicted” and I quieted. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

With immense interest, Mrs. Glass bent down and picked up the manuscript Zooey had been reading before she made her entrance into the room. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She bent over and picked up Despereaux’s tail and held it up, proudly displaying it to Cook. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She approached the egg crate using the correct Egyptian walk, which was done by walking with your shoulders sideways, arms held out from the body and bent sharply at the wrist. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was bent over the table where Nana prepared her meals. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ranofer bent over the bin, outwardly intent on scooping charcoal into the furnace pan, inwardly cursing the Babylonian and Gebu alike. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The vice president thanked them and bent down to accept the document. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He holds the gun up toward the ceiling, his elbow bent. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She bent down, and as the other two watched her, began rummaging in a small wooden box that lay at her feet. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

On the stage, Em pulled off Bridge’s ears and bent down to lay them at her feet. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She bent down quickly to loosen them, and when she found the right lace was knotted, she nearly burst into tears. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was leaning against the wall, bent shoulders sagging as if under a heavy load. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her finger, its knuckle bent and thickened by age, ran the length of the wound. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In spite of a million-to-one odds, it was at that precise moment that the figure bent low to the earth. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

McCutchen walked to the center of the room and slowly bent down to pick up his silver dollar. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had to. And I think it did her good. She seems like a changed girl to me. Maybe we haven’t bent the twig enough. We’ve spared the rod. Maybe we were wrong.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I filled the interval in walking softly about my room, and pondering the visitation which had given my plans their present bent. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The oldest of the crones, a bent and shriveled stick of a woman with a single black eye, raised her arms on high. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Far ahead they could see how the road curved and bent through the field as the sun began to set to the west. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Patrolman Mancuso, in a tom suit and a hat with a bent rim, purposefully held open the door of the car. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch for bent grasses and hoof- prints. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned to watch this Spanish dude stand near a wall, with his knees bent, staring off into space. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Thus we confront a characteristic bent of the ancient mind—that tendency to equate what appears to be with what ought to be, without being distracted along the way with what is. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

On our other side, Franco’s mech comes charging through the water, bent against the strengthening winds. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the full, silver moon with two bent fingers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His hair jutted out from the sides of his hat, and he had to lift his shorts up every time he bent over to pick up more flyers. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Her legs were bent, with great knobbed joints high above her back, and hairs that stuck out like steel spines, and at each leg’s end there was a claw. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Sairy heard a baby cry and saw Mrs. Trepid leaning over a baby carriage, her face bent down close to the crying occupant. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

What if he grew up to be a junkie, and when I caught him with a bent spoon under his thin dirty mattress, he'd scream that he learned how to do drugs from watching me? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley set the potion down on the bedside cabinet, bent down, and put her arms around Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He bent at the waist and moved with jerky motions, trying to pretend he was gliding through water the way whales in the bay had. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He bent closer to see the soft shadows created by the hazy light at dusk. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I seemed to exist in some other dimension, utterly alone; until after a while a nurse bent down and forced a warm fluid between my lips. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down and gave me a peck on the cheek. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Hitler bent from his box, smiled, and offered his hand. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Two small heads bent earnestly over each of the three dog-eared primers which were all the dame school could boast. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at Alys, wrinkled and bent, it was hard to imagine her as a willful, wild girl. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the underbrush, Harison bent to the ground and picked up a green tail feather with a curious curlicue at the end. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His nose was bent in an odd direction. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mandy returned with her umbrella, uncompromisingly black and with two bent spokes. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The right leg was only three-quarters as long as it should have been and had a small foot bent forward at a very strange angle. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Now Hope stays mostly quiet unless asked to speak, his head bent inside the superhero comic books my grandfather brings home on Fridays. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

In the bathroom, I bent over the sink and splashed cold water on my face. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I could not see exactly what he was doing, but he walked slowly around the wagon, bent over it a couple of times, and then stood up straight and stared down the road. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I lowered the gun and turned instead to brace Miig, who was bent over with his hands on his knees, pale with the shock of seeing a school official. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Baachan would not have thought that someday her back would be bent. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He bent down to toss a bill on the ground, and waited for a throw. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now in my mind I stood upon the walk looking out across the hole past a Hooverville shanty of packing cases and bent tin signs, to a railroad yard that lay beyond. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was bent over my knees, still sobbing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He bent over as if to comply but faked away from me and tried to run. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Cora marched past them, bent as if burrowing her body into a gale. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It had a black basalt relief figure of an African slave in chains, bent down on one knee. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent a metal coat hanger into a horseshoe shape to fit the back of my head. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Who goes there?” demanded the sentry at the door, but seeing Robin and the friar, he allowed them to pass, thinking they were bent on some holy errand. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She did not answer, but continued opening the door a little wider and inching her blanketed body, still bent low, slowly forward until she was halfway in and halfway out. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean back in the lounging chair I constructed from bent saplings held together with rope made from the inner bark of the basswood tree, and enjoy the primitive forest. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he bent down and wormed his way into the center of the mat. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I asked as the two of them sat at the kitchen table, heads bent over a piece of paper I assumed was an application. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The plastic swords bent under her, but they provided some extra bulk to the knots in the cord, so at least she could keep a better grip. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Danny shook his head, still smiling, bent over the Talmud, and began to give his version of the passage. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Jason, bent upon punishing this wickedness, turned to Medea for the help which had never failed him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced over at Rose, who was bent over a model, building a girder. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They held our arms and smiled as they bent and talked to us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watching them, Gabe found that he could make tiny veers into each of the boys as they bent over the paddle, carving carefully. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Pearl had loved watching her mother at work, bent over the kitchen table, laboring with the precision of a surgeon—scalpel, needle, pins—to transform these toys into art. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stabbed one of the hot dogs with a fork and bent over and offered it to him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The witch saw her and turned up her tear-stained face, and Serafina bent to kiss it and slid her knife gently into the witch’s heart. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A monster, warped by others, bent on revenge. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Any time I bent over—to put on my shoes or pick up my bunny—it felt like I was being stabbed at the base of my spine. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The other man at the bar bent toward them to listen; he had been silently following their conversation for several minutes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat on the ground with our knees bent, at the edge of Julia’s yard. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Soon they are bent almost double to avoid getting entangled in the thick canopy of branches overhead. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was bent and dull, so it wouldn’t be much good in a fight, but it looked like solid Imperial gold. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Stanton closed the blinds, took a small knife or pair of scissors from his pocket, and bent over Lincoln’s body. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above their bent heads, huge spindles pound steam- powered fists. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He bent low over it, looking like a greedy child stooping over a bowl of food, in a corner away from others. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I could see the ribbon of crushed grass all the way back to the figure of Atlas, who looked peculiar, bent under the weight of absolutely nothing. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Every time he scored a TD or cracked a home run, Hands was bent over in his face, talking trash. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was hunched over a piece of paper, her head bent low to the desk, pencil moving. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Did you watch for me?" he'd ask when he bent to hug her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I bent down to look in one of the concrete barrels on its side, and inside were Mitt and two other boys, the three of them crouched like commandos around the micro-recorder. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pilate and Reba, seated beside the bed, bent over her like two divi-divi trees beaten forward by a wind always blowing from the same direction. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped onto the platform, pushed the mini Barbarossa aside so that he nearly fell over, and bent over the lion. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

We passed a few older adults pedaling away on their bikes, balancing precariously on two wheels with their briefcases or bags, their heads bent toward the sidewalk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She'd lost control of her liquor now and suddenly I bent and kissed her upon the lips. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he bent his head down and touched his cold lips softly to the hollow at the base of my throat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I dug a shoe in to accommodate for the kick back and bent at the knee, just like Miig had showed me. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I bent down, picked up my bag, and walked into the building with Mrs. Eckhart. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He bent now and kissed her ghost, and found her mouth full and sweet and smiling. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She bent over the album again and riffled through its pages. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Mini pulled back her sleeve and bent her arm. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As Louie bent, gasping, over his spent legs, he marveled at the kick that he had forced from his body. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Coconut trees bent into the river and watched him float by. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Hab canvas rippled under the brutal assault as the internal supports bent and shivered with each gust. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heaving up again, wrenching away from the pain, she bent her writhing limbs beneath her and sprang backwards in a convulsive leap. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I bent over my Talmud, put the index finger of my right hand below the first word of the passage, and began to read. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She stood up and walked to the window and bent over to shimmy out. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Their backs bent under the burden of the Witch, and their sorrowing hearts were as heavy as stones. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He sat in the back of the rowboat trailing his hand in the cold wake while his uncle bent to the oars. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She bent her head to her knees; he caught hold of her arm again and dragged her to the window. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Hooper could not hear him, he was hunched forward, his neck bent over, and his face buried in his knees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But many of the strongest and most desperate got out on the west side, and attacked their enemies fiercely, being now more bent on killing than escaping. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had constructed a flange that ran an inch past the length of the fin on both ends and bent it to match the curve of the casement. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I gagged from the smell but bent forward to inspect the place above his belly button where they’d surgically installed the tube. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe he had cramps from all the laughing, but I wasn’t sure he hadn’t punctured a lung, and I was trembling as I bent down to check him out. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I bent my fingers back to loosen them up. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In my mind, a train of ghostlike figures flitted in the corridors of Elsinore, followed by the figure of Claudius, cruelly bent upon his evil course. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

No surprise that people bent over backward to please scythes in every possible way. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

His eyes glinted under his deep brows as he bent his gaze upon the man. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He found Sefia exactly where she’d been the last time he looked: bent over the book, her bare shoulders slender and dark with sun. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Bod bent down, took the objects from the altar stone, put them in Jack’s open gloved hand. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

They gazed out with solemn eyes, but they were not looking at the riders: their eyes were bent northwards. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He bent over to pick it up, pointing the gun barrel down. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

In two days when they came out upon a road he set the bag down and sat bent over with his arms crossed at his chest and coughed till he could cough no more. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He bent in the air like a thrashing fish and spun into the ground shoulder first. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They were leaning toward each other as the water oaks bent from the sea. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept her head bent over the phone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He seemed to dwindle again to an old grey man, bent and troubled. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ear and Eye bent toward the Mellower like flowers to the sunlight. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still the sleek brown head bent mesmerized over the list. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her head was half bent to watch her shoes stir the circling leaves. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a second breath and bent over to fill in the empty bits of the pass: New-York, I wrote in 18th, January in the blank space. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pillars look bent just because I didn’t know how to do perspective well yet. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The BFG gazed at her for a while longer, then he bent his head again to his slow laborious writing. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched her, bent over to sweep the floor, and remembered how she used to smack Anulika’s bottom for not bending properly to sweep. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now she bent her head forward, and Immie pinned up a couple of pieces on the neck that had come loose. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He wears dark sunglasses and his mouth is bent into a snarl. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He reached down to touch his oddly bent leg tenderly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And what would Zed look like stuffed in the passenger side of his pickup upside down and bent double? Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he had already bent down to cut through the leather thong that Basta wore around his neck. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He bent his head and covered the back of it with his hands. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In moonlight, two acres of coarse bent grass, undulant and ankle deep, tumbled and rough as a horse’s mane, appear like a bay of waves, all shadowy troughs and hollows. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent down a little, bringing my face level with his. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flora bent down to examine it more closely. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Several men were bent over plates of food. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog looked after his master for a second and then bent his head to the ground, snuffling something. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t even know it until I was bent over the drinking fountain and I felt her cool hand rubbing the back of my neck. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Inej barely had time to gather up her cape before the guard bent double and heaved her dinner over the tiled floor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His chair fell back and he bent down to pick it up but he looked at my mother the whole time. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Again he bent over, this time making sure the gun kept pointing up. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

"No one bent on mischief gets past me." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men were silent, bent over, poking into the pile of grey ashes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I will," he promised, and Alayaya bent over and kissed him on the brow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Maya gasped, grabbed her backpack, and pulled out a tube of paper that was folded in thirds and slightly bent at the top. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She added a bent stick to the pile. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Miles bent down to pick up the pieces. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I looked away, too, and when I did, I spotted a dead chick, its little feet twitching, and bent over to pick it up. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“The hell with them,” Ben said, pulling both of his feet upon the railing, encircling his bent legs with his arms. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent down and shook it, laughing helplessly, then invited him to follow her into the house. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the last of them had bent the knee, night had fallen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘It looks like a tomb,’ muttered Frodo, and bent forwards with a curious sense of foreboding, to look more closely at it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She bent her head to the cold hand on her shoulder and kissed it warmly. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The branch bent under my weight as if delivering me to the deep, and I murmured, “I come to you, waters of death and life. Take me from this world of madness and strife.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Christmas Eve “I added another cog wheel with a bent iron. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost seven feet tall, so even bent in half, it still looked terrifying. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

People said because of this nonsensical bent, the sheriff was driving himself bananas. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, she’s not dead. Don’t think that for a minute. Last I saw her, she was recovered from the fever and bent on following you to the farm.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the shape of a man, bent over low so as to clear the doorway. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Setting down her empty glass, she bent forward, reached back, and unfastened her bra. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

"Me master seemed bent on having me back." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Through the holes in her ears you could see the hot river and the dark trees that bent into it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goose tenderly bent and nudged her upright with his beak, and the sparrow became a mouse, staggering and confused. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I keep my head bowed, looking at my bent knee. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He bent down so that the blood wouldn’t fall on his pants, too. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He’s bent over the guitar, black hair falling in his eyes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Fred and George were sitting in a far corner, quills out, talking in whispers, their heads bent over a piece of parchment. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I started out the door, turned around, bent over, gave Gay a peck on the cheek, and rushed from the room. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Up ahead the road climbed and bent to the right. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Once he had his fill he bent down and pulled my arm so’s my hand was at his lips. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw bent his head forward, closer to the model, breathing in the thick, acrid fumes of glue and metallic paint quickly, trying to forget. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I bent over, pinched the bridge of my nose, and blew out as much blood as I could. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His body was bent over to the left by his crooked spine, and his eyes lay deep in his head, and because of their depth seemed to glitter with intensity. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

His whole long belly overhung Cammy’s desk; he had his arms spread and bent, his fingers on her blotter. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I bent to take my shoes off, my stomach lurched, my vision tunneled. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He shook his head hard, as if to clear it, then bent forward and began planning the day’s march. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry bent over him, and Snape seized the front of his robes and pulled him close. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“That road,” said our mother, bemused, gesturing with a lazy bent wrist out the window. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At each machine a white man was bent forward, working intently. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent her fingers to inspect her nails and the frown returned. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mac bent over to pick up the plane. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Slowly, he bent down and gently closed their eyes. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fourth or fifth drink I served this soldier, wiping the table I bent over close and asked him if he wanted a woman. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take your pencil and we’ll lighten the strokes here, and bend them just a bit, since light is bent when it enters the water. Now, follow my hand.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

So awed was I that it was a moment before my eyes fell on the figure at the writing desk, bent over some close task. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Robb answered each of them with cool courtesy, much as Father might have, and somehow he bent them to his will. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I looked out over the field at the black men, the backs of their shirts stained with sweat, bent over their hoes chopping weeds among the cotton plants. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I sneezed and bent to look closely at the white veil that lay over the weeds. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Chinese did not admire a bent back; goddesses and warriors stood straight. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We found life vests, two short-arm paddles, a plastic milk crate filled with rope, binoculars, a bent screwdriver, a wrench kit and a rusty hammer, and a long-dead muskrat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My understanding of the universe was physical, and its moral arc bent toward chaos then concluded in a box. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He bent down, and Petey ran over and. wrapped his arms around Luke’s neck. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The clothes and backpack in her lap tumbled to the ground, and she bent down to pick them up. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When I bent down to pick up my books, she said, “I guess I’ll see you tonight. Mom said you were coming over.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I heard a groping at the stove, and then he struck a match and the light flared about his face as he bent over the kerosene lamp, intent on lighting it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His long serpentine neck bent like an archer’s bow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

By stringing the fiber along a gap in a stretch of wire—a bent paper clip worked marvelously—he hoped to diffract X-rays and obtain images. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Cantonese, village people,” she whispered as we passed women in knitted caps, bent over in layers of padded tops and men’s vests. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guy bent down by a small clump of old mushrooms, near the boy’s feet, trying to get a better look at the plant. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When we get to the house, Holly lets me look at the ankle, and while I’m bent over it—not that there’s anything to see— she whispers that the pain is really wicked now. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twitched once and lay motionless, his legs bent at unnatural angles, a pool of his blood soaking through the sand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But he bent his knees, pulled the ball to his shoulder, and shot. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Right then, Caroline only smiled and said, “That’s a very nice letter, dear,” and bent her head back down over the sequins. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each splintered bar bent gracefully outward, like the petal of a chrysanthemum, and in the center of the empty cage lay one small golden feather. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is made of substances that once grew, that once bent in the wind and felt the night air. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were a little splattered with rain, and the storm around them bent the trees and shook the earth, but the drawings were safe. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I helped Mr. Diamant to his feet and watched the group make their slow way to the road, backs bent. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Several of the poles were badly bent, and my headlamp revealed that two of the main seams were in imminent danger of being ripped asunder. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin stroked the flower with one finger and bent her head down close to it, trying to breathe in the air around the tiny growing thing. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I never think about how old he is because he never acts old, but tonight he's all white and bent and his skin is saggy. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He bent his face as low as possible, wiping them off on his robes, pretending to do up his shoelace, so that Lupin wouldn’t see. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was bent over his walking stick, and his long white beard hung almost to his waist. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was tall and bent and his thin beard straggled up his cheeks like dry moss on gray rocks. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

My right knee bent and my brand-new Nikes stained with blood. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

He looked at the little girl ironing away so quietly with her head bent over the board and he was stabbed by the soft sadness on the child’s thin face. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Owens bent down to the baby and extended her arms. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She bent down and opened my suitcase a slight crack. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It ticked, but the face was splintered and the minute hand was bent. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked over to the couch and bent down to lift the little flap of fabric that covered the couch’s legs. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I bent down to play with one of the babies—one who had forgotten his own feet and crawled over to investigate my shoe. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The surgeon had bent over the man and the red eyes had gone wild with new fear, rolling horselike, terrified. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have something for you,” he says, then hands over a paperback, its edges frayed and bent. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He thought of how Darkness bent and moved from shadow to shadow like a fire jumping from tree to tree. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And then I bent and whispered fast in his ear. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent her head to the little dæmon fast asleep around the child’s neck and nudged him gently. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

We see master and slave alike, confounded at the celerity and ineluctability of our approach, calling warnings— messengers sent on horseback, riding no faster than our progress, posting along ridges, bent close upon their steeds. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

According to Hutchison, Boukreev “was bent over, retching, about a hundred feet from the South African’s tent. When I asked if he needed help, he answered, ‘No! Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The long candles on the altar were bent. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bast bent to pick up the iron ring by its broken cord, knotting it together again with quick fingers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His gratitude widened his smile and bent his back. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The deep black grooves isolating his square chin from his jowls were bent again in a kind of jeering and reprehensible mirth. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Rather, he was bent on the acquisition of another skill: chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Holding it in place with his feet, he then bent another over it. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

At first, the cans just bent over and started to collapse into themselves, but after a few blows they split open, and chili spattered out. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Theon bent the bow, drawing the grey goose feathers back to his cheek. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He slapped his knee and bent to let his laughter jerk out of his gaping mouth. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent his head over the bowl again. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore bent down over Moody’s limp form and put a hand inside his robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Their massive throwing arms bent back like ship masts listing in a storm. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Keep your eyes open,” he said, and bent back to the oars, trying to get the stern steady and the bow pointed to the island. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She bent down to peer through the glass case, but she could only see Mrs. Castleman’s hand reaching out to retrieve the pastries. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then he bent down, and, with his face almost touching Lucy’s, examined her carefully. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I said as I bent to my breakfast, sad about deceiving him. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He digs into one and retrieves a bent cigarette. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

With one knee and a forearm pinning the guy beneath him, Paul bent low and said something into the guy’s ear. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His arms gradually bent at the elbows and his hands closed into fists. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent quickly and picked up the box, and let the spilled matches lie. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

As she tied the first piece of cloth to a bent sedge, she looked down on a small pile of droppings. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he rose to walk, he bent forward even more, making a deep cavity of his body, and placed his feet down very carefully, moving ahead by inches from the knees down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Reaching over, I removed a bent piece of wire that locked the machine’s spinning wheel in place. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Up from the plains the riders sped, bent over their saddles, urging on their steeds. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

She turned around and saw him with his chin bent against his chest. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The boy gulped, then bent down and grabbed his books before running off, back to the school gates. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She sighed, bent her body into a “c” as she crouched in the chair. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He’s lying on his back with his knees bent and his eyes closed. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Me and Rondell stopped too, bent over trying to catch our breath and looking at Mong and all around us to see where we were. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

On Saturday, June 10, the Tribune sniffed, “Her Highness...has a way of discarding programs and following independently the bent of her inclination.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was bent at the wrist and held close to her chest. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another hunter came into the dining room then and bent down to whisper in her ear, and the huntress stood up. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the mirror; Mary was lying flat on her back in the rear seat and Jan was bent over her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They’ve bent the rules, allowing me to have markers outside of the rec room. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Sadna and Pima were lashing down a skiff, tying it to a tree trunk as it bent in the wind. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the wounds that kept us bent, that tugged at our shoulders, so much as it was the fatigue. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent over his plate and poked at a slice of tomato with a thin, stubby finger. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I bent forward and put my hands on my knees. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This time Jon caught his wrist and bent his arm back until he dropped the dagger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Doc bent down behind the counter and when he stood up he had something in his hand which he did not show. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Automatically, everybody bent down and picked one blade of grass—everybody, that is, except Augustus Gloop, who took a big handful. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then she bent down and lifted her sister, holding her tight to her hip, and they left. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Sunny asked, his noodle-y body bent over, hanging limp, his fingertips pressing the track. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I was now in the schoolroom; Adèle was drawing; I bent over her and directed her pencil. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Instead, she bent down to Ash’s eye level and looked at her closely. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Patel put her briefcase on the floor and bent to massage one stockinged foot. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Robinson bent down and took the key she held out. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He stood up and trudged into the house, his figure as bent as if he were carrying a heavy load of wood on his strong shoulders. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The front door opened, and a woman bent over and patted my head. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He bent down over the fireplace; they couldn’t see what he was doing but when he drew back a second later, there was a roaring fire there. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t impose on them anymore than I already had, or risk ruining them with the invisible fingers that seemed bent on tearing apart every single connection I managed to make. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We are fascinated by him, goggled and bent over the stove a clamped test tube protruding from his gloved hand. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He grinned, and bent to press his lips lightly to mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Look at the map,” she said, pointing above my head with a finger that was like a bent nail. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha bent down, lifted a stone from the ground and held it in his hand. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent under the guise of adjusting his boot, and Celaena saw a small dagger glint in the sunlight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Having no claims upon others, I bent the way the wind blew, rendering unto my environment that which was my environment’s, and rendering unto myself that which I felt was mine. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys that watched fled, and Jasper bent down to the ground hiding his eyes from the terrible light. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

He did not stir, but remained exactly where he had fallen, with his left arm bent out at an awkward angle and his mouth gaping. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The dripping man bent down and looked at me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent over as if a great weight had suddenly been dropped on his back. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The leg was straight, bent at the knee, and the foot was clad in a polished kid congress gaiter. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were bare limbs that bent against the car, scraping as it passed, brushing off their snow. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

A strange creature also had been seen, running with bent back and with hands near the ground, like a beast and yet not of beast-shape. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I bent down to hear him, but there was nothing to hear. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Bellingham, bent over the clerk’s inventory book, looked up. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doon bent to feel the strands that grew out of the ground, almost higher than Poppy’s head; they were cool and smooth and soft, and there was dampness on them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Forming its head was more difficult, and Tree-ear bent studiously over the work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Tickham bent over and looked down at the vacuum cleaner. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

And he thought of her lying on the bed with the two technicians standing straight over her, not bent with concern, but only standing straight, arms folded. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like dogs, so I bent down and I said hello to her dog and it licked my hand. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

All around him, bent on one knee, there were teenage boys in tears, their great, compelling belief in themselves punctured. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent over and again forced back the leaden flange; and then a shock of surprise and dismay shot through me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Nailer bent to the screens, scanned the black shoreline ahead. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the classroom, they bent over workbooks or wore scared faces when Sister Beatrice, their beefy, no-nonsense teacher, scolded them for missing their homework. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I’d tripped over an aboveground root bent like an arthritic finger and picked up a limp. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He found that the stick bent with great ease, but that once both ends were fixed, the stick was completely firm and unmoving. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

We were ordered to lie on our backs in the smoky huts, with one leg flat, and one leg bent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen bent over May and spoke in a loud voice, trying to get through to her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I peeped into the sickroom again, Grandpa was bent forward in the rocker, his arms and head resting on the bed by Granny’s side. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When Miss Hendrix bent down and slid her bottom onto the passenger seat, swinging her legs in last, I knew my days of riding up front next to Pa in the Wildcat were numbered. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

In a flash, I can see Radar bent over the backseat, his head in the cooler, digging a bottle out of the ice. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was bent almost double, hefting my straw chest with his good hand as it rested on his back. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bring em out, undo the wax paper I got em in so they don’t turn out bent. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He bent down to pull the shroud over the face of the dead creature again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She watched the BFG as he bent down and filled his suitcase with empty glass jars. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent to pick it up and the name on the cover daggered me with guilt. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be mad at Mom,” he said as he bent down to give me a good-night kiss. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He bent forward and squeezed his right hand in his left to still the fiery pain. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gully was bent over, his face sneering into mine. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It was made in the Indian way of a circle of poles stuck in the ground with their tops bent together and tied. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strips of bandage that bound her feet had been taken off and her stumps of feet, hard little hooves with the toes bent under, were soaking in a pan of water on the floor. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit down, rest my elbows on my bent knees, and watch and watch, the swimming, thirsty feeling taking me over. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They bent over me, studying my parts, while Luce led a guided tour. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Nurse went scuttling off through the crowd, bent over the huge yellow Yunkishman in his litter, whispered in his ear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He bent his head lower, hoping that no one would see him closely enough to see that it was he who was pictured there. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as he bent over his new gray shirts, pushing his glasses up on his nose while applying a precise military crease to the middle of each breast pocket. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned to Estha bent over the scarlet broth in the black cauldron. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piggy bent his flashing glasses to them and could be heard between the blasts, repeating their names. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In the midst of the crush Nathan and I, Nathan holding out his hands to Ira in blessing, she with dark head bent low to receive it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The orange go first, then the yellow, then the red and finally blue, the uppermost piece slightly bent under the white speckled ceiling. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Carla bent down as if she were about to speak to a little kid and peeked in. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

At last the coastguard’s voice gave out—he bent over the pommel, coughing into his fist—and the leader answered. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madu watched him for a moment and then bent down and held his face between wide palms and examined his nose closely. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mud was all over everything, and one of the paddles was all bent and twisted. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Kali bent forward eagerly, quivering in her excitement, and at that moment as ill luck would have it the child woke, opened his weak, pinkish eyes, yawned and began to yell piercingly. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jack!” she hollered, and bent down to gather some snow. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The band that connected the two, the Lobot part, was bent down the middle. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Silvertongue bent down, picked up one of the branches, and weighed it in his hand. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Back at the house his mother bent over his rough hands, inspecting his fingers and nails. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Mom sat for a long time, whispering with their heads bent together so Ivy and Layla couldn’t hear. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When I blink, I see Rita’s sister on the pavement below the train tracks, limbs bent at strange angles; I see Rita screaming and sobbing; I see myself turning away. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“So it runs in the family!” he murmured as he bent to pick it up. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Almost in spite of himself, he bent down, trying to save the child, and as soon as he did, he lost Julie. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then she bent down and kissed her on the forehead. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Stupefied, I walked back and bent down to look. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A bent bicycle wheel and one soccer boot, caked in silt. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mulefa couples, for example, on entering marriage, would exchange strips of bright copper, which were bent around the base of one of their horns with much the same meaning as a wedding ring. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her knees bent under the force of braking, her grippy shoes squealing as they slipped across the riding surface, her body turning almost parallel to the ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She hugged Beto tight then bent him over her knee right there and gave him a spanking to remember. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I love the electric-blue chairs around her dining table, which are all bent in unusual shapes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The man bent over and grabbed the can of pineapple. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It bent to the left, curving back into its eastward line as it rounded the feet of Bree-hill, and then it began to run swiftly downwards into wooded country. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was already late afternoon, and I passed through spotted light, then brighter clearings, with grass so tall it bent from both sides to form a tunnel overhead, then back under trees again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I bent closer to look at them, I saw that their stems were uneven, and they were tied with twine, like they were hand-cut instead of from a store. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Captain Fleery bent down and lowered her voice, as if telling a secret. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Where is it, boy? Where is it?" roared the giant "boss" creature, his hulking, fly-infested body bent over so his head wouldn't scrape the ceiling. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Not only is it Mom’s car, but Mom’s in it, bent over the passenger seat. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Francis was sitting on the edge of an examining table, fully clad, bent almost double and looking miserable. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She bent down and picked up the toddler who was crying the loudest. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A girl with tight braids swayed and bent hypnotically. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wizened old women bent like hunchbacks sold flavored waters and goat's milk from glazed ceramic jugs strapped to their shoulders. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I wonder who been sleepin on that old thing,” the intense woman with the spiritual bent, who was to be the leader of the choir, said. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dressing rather shakily, Kit was compelled to ask Mercy’s assistance with the buttons down her back, and was shocked when her older cousin suddenly bent double in a violent fit of coughing. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was bent over a little table and he straightened and stared at me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head faced over his shoulder, so that when he bent in the middle his toes were moving toward his ear instead of toward his forehead. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Tehlu bent to pick up the hammer that the smith had dropped. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

James bent to a low shelf and slid aside books to create a tiny window. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He feared it might snap as he bent to place the books on the dining table. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Heads bent, mouths fanning straight pins, hem-covered oxfords working unseen treadles, they continued production. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She bent down to touch the pale crystals, then rubbed her cold fingertips over her lips. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even as bent and crooked as she was, the woman was tall. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A tired half hour later, he could see his own house, the roof of the barn canting as if leaning a bent elbow on a dark line of cloud. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But as Grandpa bent to crank up the engine, she reached forward again and, with a chessy-cat grin at me, turned the switch back off! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

One of their assistant coaches saw Luke and bent down to whisper something in Herrera’s ear. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The frames were bent and a lens had popped out, but there was nothing that couldn’t be fixed. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley bent over her son and pressed her lips to his bloody forehead. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They moved as fast as they could, bent almost double; ahead of them, Crookshanks’s tail bobbed in and out of view. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He bent to look and sprang back again, stifling a cry. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The young bucks here, I know, lie in wait for him in a cutter, bent on murdering him before he reaches home. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart unraveled as I bent to kiss her. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She took the pen, but instead of signing it she just stood there with her head bent and the pen shaking in her hand. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kiowa picked up the rubber sandals, clapping off the dirt, then bent down to search the body. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent and kissed the boy on his forehead. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I have something for you,” he says, then hands over a paperback, its edges frayed and bent. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Tehlu bent and with great effort lifted one edge of the wheel and set it leaning against a tree that grew nearby. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The kestrel sailed into view and took up station, the black-edged flange of its tail bent down and its pointed wings beating rapidly as it searched the down below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped over the double walls and landed with swords drawn and knees bent, ready to spring. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pale bodies—human bodies, but mangled, arms bent at odd angles, too-wide mouths with needle teeth, empty eye sockets—topple into my bedroom, one after the other, and scramble to their feet, scramble toward me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The young man bent and picked the cub up. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Blanca smiled at him for the first time, and he bent down and kissed her quickly on the mouth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent over and held his stomach, then ran off behind a tree. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw my deformed legs and bent toes. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

That night the bent woman seemed all violet-colored as she tied a piece of seal fur and blubber to Miyax s belt. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jenny bent and kissed his forehead; he did not mind, really, but he was a little embarrassed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smoothed my palm over the cover, flattening a corner that might have bent in the fall from Fred’s window. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mark bent over, hands on his knees, relishing the chance to rest.The wind had died down and the fire seemed at a somewhat safe distance now. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He bent down, touched the ash on the floor beside the fire, sniffed it, then touched it to his tongue. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

All that afternoon she directed toward me calculated words that spawned in my mind a horde of invisible demons bent upon exacting vengeance for what I had done. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned away from Uncle and bent over the enamel bowl on the left side of the ironing board. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The glass shattered, and I stomped again, and the clock hands bent. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I bent down and gave the dirt a feel. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent forward and heard myself whisper, “Oh my God.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was at the fourth cab that she bent down and rapped against the window. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat bent over, smelling the sharp dry odor of wood burning in the hot sunlight. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once more the man lifted the lid and Lina bent over the pencils. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The accident left him bent, crippled, and in chronic pain, with a spine damaged beyond repair. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Your mouth opens and you get a real heave going, and swallow another wave of rancid smell, and that’s when I bent over and puked right into the trench. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She comes at me again, this time seizing my shoulders and pulling me down, toward her bent knee. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Alecto took care that the news should spread quickly, and fighting started at once, the furious farmers bent upon killing Ascanius and the Trojans defending him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he bent and picked up a flat stone, but threw it so carelessly that it did not skip at all. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He bent down to tighten the lacings on a puttee. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bruto!” she howled at him in hysterical fury as he bent her arm up around behind her back and twisted gradually until the potato peeler dropped from her grasp. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Their heads were bent, in sorrow or in prayer; Ralph, passing by, bent his head in sympathy. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent the pup’s head up and looked in its face, and he said to it, “Now maybe George ain’t gonna let me tend no rabbits, if he fin’s out you got killed.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Savage was on his feet, bent over her. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nokomis bent over and looked very carefully at the cache to make certain that it was properly packed. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Where’s my passbook?” she asked in a frantic voice, her tense body bent low over the table. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few eejits bent over the earth, tweezing up weeds and squashing bugs.This was their country, the country of the eejits. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was bent over a dahlia bush with a pair of scissors. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Kaede rolled over, pillowing her head on her bent arm to look at him. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He put his laser beam away, bent, and, with curiosity, examined the body of his quondam superior. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I stood waiting, bent forward with my feet apart, flat-footed, till they ended their interminable orations. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked bent forward, as though there were some kind of enormous burden on his shoulders. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Forty feet away, Percy bent over the giant king, trying to yank a sword from the braids of his hair. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Boots pointed out a bent antenna on one of the roaches. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She still couldn’t see him, but the tips of the ferns bent and tilted at his passage, sending ripples among the fiddleheads. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She bent her head to write something on the papers in front of her, and attorneys up front started whispering because I guess Digger wasn’t supposed to go on like that. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Although her fingers were bent with arthritis now, and I could see her veins, I pictured her young hands covering her young face so many years ago. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

As Cora bent in the rows she looked out for an overseer, haunted. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Eagerly he bent down to pick up some food, but when he put it into his mouth he spat it out quickly. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Cupping her hands over her mouth, she bent her head toward my wrist. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Some were bent and wizened with age; it was a sight that stamped itself on the brain. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse bent over me and called my name. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Now, remember, keep your elbows a little bent and your wrist tight for the kickback. Aim at the can, and when you got it, squeeze the trigger.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Her scream bent instrument dials like palms in a hurricane. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“Keep your elbows bent just a little, but lock your wrists,” Crab was saying. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She’d pull out an old scarf that would fall to pieces in her hands, or open a box that proved to be full of bent carpet tacks. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tally snapped her fingers, bent her knees as she rose into the air, then leaned forward to pick up speed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Eventually they covered her and all he could see was a mound of tangled tulips bent low over her body, which was kicking to the last. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent more and rested on one knee. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She looked eager as her dogs, and when Mama ladled the soup into her bowl she bent to it with a savage will. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They were still for a moment, the girl twisted in pain but grimacing to prevent herself from crying out louder, the man bent over her frowning like thunder. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She bent and flicked gently at the rough white calluses on his feet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She kept her head down but bent her mouth into a smile for politeness’ sake. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She bent over, her hands on her knees, her breath rasping out of her throat. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He held the boy and bent to hear the labored suck of air. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Despereaux bent his head and sipped again, and Cook stood over him and smiled, saying, “It don’t need a thing, then? Is that what you’re saying? It’s just right?” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I leaned over and picked up his knife, bent the blade closed, and handed it to him. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent over, picked up the flashlight and flicked it on. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Byron walked up on the porch real cool and kind of bent over to give Grandma Sands a hug. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Muthu bent to pick up a tiny bead that glittered near his foot. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The three backs were bent once more over the ledgers. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their figures are bent, their faces full of grief, despair, haste, and resignation. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

After climbing eastward for some time it bent back upon itself at a sharp angle and went westward for a space. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She shrieks, and then scrambles to her feet, bent over. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And I walked after him and I bent down again and I said, “Toby ... Toby... Toby,” and I held out my hand so that he could smell my hand and smell that it was me. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She bent her head over the wires and made her fingers fly faster. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about how those weighty biology texts that I had used to press flowers or smooth bent photographs had served other purposes for her. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He bent over the case, studying the figure inside. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

June frowned and bent down to pick up her journal. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The California oars bent like bows with the strain, and for those ten strokes the boys from Cal held their position. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I bent my head and touched my cheek to the warm shingles. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We bent like dogs, each taking turns lapping out of the bucket while the blond guard drank leisurely from a large canteen. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

At first I was puzzled and did not understand, and it was only when I bent my head to avoid the low swinging branch of a tree that I realised what had happened. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

This time Piper bent all her concentration toward the horn of plenty as well. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Before she reached it, a foot kicked it open and Milkman saw the bent back of a girl. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sighing, Kit glanced over the docilely bent heads of her charges toward the open doorway, and as she did so a sudden motion caught her attention. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped it on the track in front of us as we bent and stretched, getting ready for the usual "Technique Tuesday" routine work. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

His face was neither lifted towards the rain, nor bent away from it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Closer and closer he bent, and then became rigid; his lips moved soundlessly for a while. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He bent over and vomited, while the cold killing went on. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Annabelle muffles a snort, but this cracks him up, and that cracks her up, and they are both bent over and laughing silently, holding their stomachs. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Good thing you’re not him, then,” Claire said, then bent down to kiss Maya, making yellow sparks shine behind her eyes. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

So zealous in their charge were those proud cats that they bent the last joint sideways for safer custody, and in time the faithful tails became crooked forever, and their childrens’ and their childrens’ children... The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we ought to put your aunt in the middle of the street, and she can lie down with her leg bent under her.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she was shuffling and bent, and it was hard to catch her breath. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He came in very fast and bent down over the bed and kissed me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They know we are down here now and they’ve unleashed something, a pack of mutts probably, bent on finding me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He took Pippin’s hand and bent over his face, listening for his breath; then he laid his hands on his brow. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When we were away from the bank and someone else was rowing and there was nothing more for me to do, I bent over with my head on my knees, my heart in pieces. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Harry bent closer, his head right inside the cabinet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As he bent nearer the light of the pitch pot, I caught my first glimpse of his features. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ana bent over the cot and put the bandage over her eyes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shakily, he rose to his feet and bent over double, his hands on his knees. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

His back was bent with the weight of the line across it and he carried the fish in his right hand. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pictured Fiona smiling her gentle smile as she bent over the lists of duties and methods that she would be required to learn in the days to come. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the flames had reduced to coals, he placed a bent coat hanger over the top as a grill and set a pan on to heat. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed for the first time how his back was becoming bent with age and the hair on his head was wispy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then it bent over the discarded flesh and fussed over it, doing things with its hands that I couldn’t see. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She smoothed the bent pages and laid the book on the bed again. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marco bent toward me with a tight smile, and in one swoop my drink took wing and landed in a potted palm. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Madame Semele bent down and pulled a wooden cage from the cluttered space beneath her bed, and she took the blinking dormouse from her pocket and placed it into the cage. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He harvests parts from supply sheds: snips of copper wire, screws, a bent screwdriver. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Slogging to the edge of the road with his back to the child where he stood bent with his hands on his knees, coughing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

But he looked at her as she bent her face to her work. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was not like other lads, forever running about and bent on sport; he wanted most of all to learn whatever his foster-father could teach him about the art of healing. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he bent down and touched their feet. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He had removed the papers from the center table and was bent over dusting it when Master’s bedroom door opened. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pearl bent over the mailbox, and Mrs. Richardson imagined the faint squeak as the mailbox door opened, then shut. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He bent over and tied the lace of his left sneaker while his father, still raised up on one elbow, watched him like a monitor. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He was bent in two, like he was being torn right through his middle. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She bent down, took a small bottle off the bottom shelf, and placed it on the glass countertop. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Dunbar swallowed and bent his intense face very close to Yossarian’s, the muscles in his bronze, rocklike jaw bunching up into quivering knots. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He bent over, gripped the rim of the boat with one hand, turned backward, and stepped in. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Eat! Eat!” my mother would shout at our heads bent over bowls, the blood pudding awobble in the middle of the table. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nun bent to speak to her and she looked up. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a contingent of canoeists who had finished their races, and been badly beaten, and were bent on holding a consolation party downstairs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had no way of understanding that Pizarro’s men formed the spearhead of a force bent on permanent conquest, rather than an isolated raid. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I bent down to pull the shoe from under the concrete and tugged and pulled at it but it felt like something was pulling it back. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knees bent, swords outstretched, a seemingly natural extension of the arm, point at an invisible foe. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

If you did the wrong thing at the mort or the undoing, for instance, you were bent over the body of the dead beast and smacked with the flat side of a sword. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bwana Mutunga chortled as one of the dogs faced him and bent its forelegs in an unmistakable bow while another hopped adorably in place. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Two tomcats were fighting somewhere on the rooftops, and the guard bent to pick up a stone to throw at them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And that’s when his dad closes the space between them, puts both hands on Axel’s bent knees. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But as his skinny, bent fingers could not release the projectile in time, he wound up drilling it against his own foot instead of at the bird. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sorceress backed away, her hairdo bent sideways like a collapsed cake. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin strode over to the man, bent down, and felt his neck. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to the opening, bent down, and clambered through on his hands and knees. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

In a trance, Bloom bent between barbed wire strands into the first field. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba bent to give Headmaster a pranam of respect, but Headmaster stopped him. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

She strode forward into the woods, then bent over at the waist and hoisted the rifle off the ground. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He bent his head and looked into Elizabeth’s face. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry bent forward, took a deep breath, and plunged his face into the silvery substance. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I came to the hall, bent down at my chink, peered in. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, crowds of blue-shirted people sit around tables, typing on computers or bent over books or passing sheets of paper back and forth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

After drying myself out the best I could, I took the lantern handle from the pole, bent it back to its original position, and put it back on the lantern. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the oblong mound of fresh clay of a newly made grave, the red coals revealed the bent outline of Mary’s body. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was not disguised, it was simply that the bent back and the chickens, legs tied together, transformed her into a granny, obviously coming from or going to market. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could skin a bear, repair a watch, build a house, bake a cake, darn a sock, or catch a trout with a bent pin and a piece of string. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the honey house, August waited till I crawled under the sheets, then bent over and kissed my forehead. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Biff bent close over his sewing and meditated on many things. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Shadow bent down and kissed her thin hand. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He bent down like the old man did when he passed through the low doorway. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll see,” he said as he bent to retrieve the ball. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She bent down to pick up something from the sand. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She bent over and tickled the top of Ida Nee’s arm. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He sighed and bent over the little table, examining the charred fragment of paper. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before we had got a hundred yards a wheel wedged fast and the axle bent. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was just as I remembered—tall and gaunt, bent with arthritis, wrathful, hateful. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She bent over my seat and rested her arm on my shoulder. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stumbled into one of the chrome chairs and bent forward gasping for breath, waiting for the blood to come back to my head. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma handed the pod to Ernie, who bent it until it broke open, and showed Genie. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He brushed the damp hair from his eyes and bent to examine the fender. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But the tough woman seized her hand and bent her fingers around the handle of the cup. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Nailer bent and ran his hand through another tide pool, wincing a little at the movement but still feeling better than he had in days. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The smaller squirt spilt his books too as he bent down to help. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

There were shields with monster bites out of them, and swords bent in the shapes of daemon heads, and a bunch of taxidermy, like a stuffed harpy and a bright orange python. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Picking a lock to rob someone’s house was the only way my knees had ever been bent before. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Margie had earlier laid flowers around the graves, and she bent down and straightened one. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

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

He bent over to tie perfectly tied shoelaces and came up with a flushed but straight face. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The four Earth Men sat around a wooden table, their bleak heads bent over their whispers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been violently bent back, and the combatants had been in and out so many times, they’d beaten a muddy trail. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Under roofs of bent wood and stiffened leather, the wagon beds were heaped high with old weaponry and armor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Love bent over him and touched his cheek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Kaz had warned them to anticipate competition, other teams bent on gaining the prize at any cost, but this was early in the job for things to be going so badly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I bent to pick Mr. Ebgard’s glasses up out of the dust. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When she stood up to look at the rich colors and exciting shapes of her clutch, her knees bent. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“With your apparent musical bent, you might apply yourself to something worthwhile.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped with one leg straight and the other bent. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

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

His head was bent and his shoulders curled in, as if he’d already been put in handcuffs, He looked at her from under his hairless brows. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The children slept, Eliza still by their side with her head bent. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips twisted into a sinister little smile as Sinita bent down and untied me with her mouth. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the tongs, he picked up the bent iron and examined it. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

There were five folders of faded cardboard, bent or torn at the corners, each one full of paper. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He sat bent over his knees and he whispered, “Now I won’t get to tend the rabbits. Now he won’t let me.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent over and put my hands on my knees. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The pages of our wandering notebook rattle in the breeze as she writes, head bent, one leg crossed over the other to make a kind of table. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Adam’s face was bent down, and his jawbone jutted below his temples from clenching. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he bent down and placed a range ball on top of the rubber nipple sticking up from his practice tee. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The pounding on the window stops, but a screeching sound replaces it, and the fists turn into hands with bent fingers, scratching at the glass, fighting to get in. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Queen’s men, king’s men, and black brothers sat at their separate tables, some bent over bowls of porridge, others filling their bellies with fried bread and bacon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mini scowled at Aru and bent down to rub one of the tiles like you would a dog’s belly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She bent closer and started to lift the phone higher. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She spent most of the day in front of a big loom, head bent, arms moving back and forth. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her head remained bent, but her breath came more quickly. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Sinis, who killed people by fastening them to two pine trees bent down to the ground and letting the trees go, died in that way himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Salt bent further forward to get a closer look. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Lady of O cried out with pleasure, and bent her shining head to the young sorcerer in praise of his mastery. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He bent slightly and lifted Cora by her arm. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I bent in two, hands on knees, gasping for the air to call Miig to me, to us. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He thinks back to Psychology 110, wishing his memory would yield some image of her, taking notes on the other side of the law school auditorium, her head bent over her desk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Genie bent over, trying to catch his breath, his chest burning. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Harry bent swiftly over the tattered book Slughorn had lent him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Over her bent head Kit and Hannah exchanged an affectionate smile. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She bent down and gathered up the fallen books. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Harry bent down, recognized Ron’s handwriting, then tore open the envelope. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

South of Rivendell they rose ever higher, and bent westwards; and about the feet of the main range there was tumbled an ever wider land of bleak hills, and deep valleys filled with turbulent waters. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her mother’s thoughts she plainly saw were bent the same way, and she determined not to venture near her, lest she might hear too much. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

His belt buckle gleamed and he bent to peer into the car, a dark face with very white teeth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Several heartbeats later, she bent down, pulled up a dry stalk of grass, and began to shred it with her fingers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Its trunk was bent almost double, and its gnarled boughs were pummeling every inch of the car it could reach. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She bent over an enormous trunk by the wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down, pinched them between his fingers, and deposited them in his cupped palm. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I bent down to the crack I’d used before and watched. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the mind and will of the Black Captain were bent wholly on the falling city, and as yet no tidings came to him warning that his designs held any flaw. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was an action shot—women’s volleyball—and Martha was bent horizontal to the floor, reaching, the palms of her hands in sharp focus, the tongue taut, the expression frank and competitive. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was bent over, his glasses slipping down his nose, his left hand curled around so he could write properly. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She was standing before her house, almost bent horizontal at the hips. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One huge branch had recently broken off and fallen, and three pine trunks lay bent double under its weight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He bent low from the waist and whispered in her ear, ‘Chef sends his apologies, Your Majesty, and he says he has no more eggs in the kitchen.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent down and kissed both Jasmine and TJ on the tops of their heads, the remnants of her day now hovering around them like hard-work halos. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

There’s some folks in this town always bent on stirring up trouble.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking at us with his thick neck bent toward the ground and his head positioned sideways, to give Abbey as much slack as possible. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We ate the food in near silence, the Korean family way, bent over the steaming crocks and dishes like scribing monks. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had hidden her face with a heart-shaped betel leaf, kept her head bent low until she had circled him seven times. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting in a chair with his head resting in his hands, bent over like he’s been that way since the day I left. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Father Time simply bent forward, bumping his forehead on a table repeatedly. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I slipped into the garden to visit the candle trees, which, devoid of their leaves, resembled rows of skeletal arms bent at the elbow. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before him stooped the old figure, white, shining now as if with some light kindled within, bent, laden with years, but holding a power beyond the strength of kings. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She bent over, making her shoulders droop, bending her back in the posture of an old woman. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very slowly up the ladder, first Call’s head, his neck bent. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Granny, bent low on her stick, came bringing a rupee which she gave me to keep for the child. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the others bent over him and then shook his head. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

At any rate, I felt invisible, creeping bent over toward that great gray clapboard house. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When that boy bent over, coughing, Jule turned and hit the first one in the face with the heel of her hand. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Which, you know, was hard to do when he was bent over, wheezing, with sweat dripping into his eyes. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Somehow he had kept hold of it throughout our near disaster at sea, but now it was stove in on one side like a bent muffler pipe. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the square a man, bent over, was playing on a reed-pipe, and a crowd of children were following him shouting, and pulling at his clothes. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

In order not to hurt yourself on landing, you bent your knees, landed on your heels, and fell to one side. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He sat a trifle closer to her and bent down and kissed her, briefly. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She bent down and picked me up and hugged me. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I did cities on the ocean, cities with two rivers meeting in the middle, cities with one big river that bent, cities with bridges, crazy interchanges, circles and boulevards. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She bent down to look more closely at Edward. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

To let them know he was done talking to them, he bent straight back to his paperwork while the three young women were still standing in front of his desk. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Mailboxes have been hit or bent. We’ll see where cars have gotten keyed. But that’s about it. “The good thing about it is that it is a very comfortable neighborhood to live in. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

For a while he rambled with bent head along the streets. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She's bent over the potted plants in the kitchen windowsill, watering them and putting her face so close it's like she's thinking of licking their leaves or something. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She spread her arms and the earth bent towards her - trees tilting, bedrock groaning, soil rippling in waves. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He looked at me and smiled, then bent down and held my face. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He sees Jutta’s crestfallen face, bent over the pieces of their broken radio. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She worked in Spain during the Civil War as a foreign correspondent and got very badly treated by the Republicans, hence her pro-Fascist bent. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The hobbits, bent nearly double, toiled along behind the taller folk, but it was plain that they could not go much further, if the snow continued. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She bent down to touch Lyra’s forehead, but the child was fast asleep, with no fever. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I bent down low and checked the basement windows. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Backpack straps gripped and head bowed, she bent forward and charged. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She stopped suddenly, her head bent in listening. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Crane-man bent over and picked up his crutch, then bowed in farewell to her. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

She was in front of her room with her son, his cloth-covered head bent over a steaming bowl. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Charles was “bent on going, chiefly for the worms.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man took a small stick out of his pocket and bent down. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The young man bent down and took the blind man’s bird from the trap. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I bent down and started blowing into Mitt’s mouth. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not tell until they got closer, for they crawled on their hands and knees as they bent over the stones. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his piece of grass got bent, he dropped it, picked up a little twig, stripped the leaves off it, and used that. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m just leaning over the sofa to pull the curtains shut when I see a woman, her head bent to her chest, scuttling along the pavement on the opposite side of the street. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent over and rummaged through the pile. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He bent at the waist, trying to catch his breath. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the first kind of Friedmann model, which expands and recollapses, space is bent in on itself, like the surface of the earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was sobering and yet they seemed bent upon pretending that nothing unusual had happened. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down at the foot of the bed, and I felt the head of the bed go flat. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He put one foot on a higher step so he was bent under the slant of the door and tried to rise. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Threw our bags down and bent over gasping for air and laughing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He bent and picked up the shard from the table. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He bent to no god save the glowing iron he tended in his forge. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Buddy bent to pull off my boots and the several pairs of white wool socks that padded them. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They were walking in. the Egyptian manner—one shoulder forward, arms bent at the wrist—except from time to time when they had to chew off another fingernail. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys were bent over a piece of cardboard. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

And, dutifully, I bent down so he could kiss my forehead. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Lupita fumbled her way to her mother’s side of the bed and bent over. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

We stood there bent over, catching our breaths. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Holly bent to the ground, brushing the dried leaves and twigs from the clay’s surface. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Mac bent down and gave him a big hug, then stood back up as Alex introduced his parents. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I took off the glove, and Mr. Galanter poked and bent the wrist and fingers of the hand. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She seemed bent on giving no real insight into Mr. Dixon’s character, or her own value for his company, or opinion of the suitableness of the match. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Even in church during the privacy of Holy Communion, Father Gabriel bent down and whispered “/Viva la Mariposa!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went with him, and he bent down and picked up a flat stone by a rock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

However, when his men accidentally knocked over an old bent man carrying buckets of water, the king insisted on stopping. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Viola was bent over an elaborate cake, holding her breath and applying the final decorations of nonpareils, those tiny edible metallic nuggets that crunched thrillingly between the teeth. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The man bent down and inspected the locket, grasping it perhaps he was Talented at solving mysteries. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Ugwu saw Eberechi right away; she was with some men and women who were bent over a pile of palm fronds, cutting, matting, passing them on to a man on a wooden ladder. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She bent to read the card, and whipped around. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Frodo was asleep Sam bent over him and listened to his breathing and scanned his face. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She bent lower to get a closer look. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Milkman bent low to see her face and saw darkness staining his hand. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

His rubber sandals had been blown off He lay at the center of the trail, his right leg bent beneath him, his one eye shut, his other eye a huge star-shaped hole. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down and lifted Sophie from his pocket....She was still in her nightie and her feet were bare. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’d never noticed the way the tall pasture grass bent with the wind. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He was the only person there without cuffs on, and when Moss saw the unnatural angle at which his arm bent, he understood why. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He bent down and lifted Sophie from his pocket and put her on the ground. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On the count of three,” Jeff, the taller Med-jack, was saying, his tall frame looking ridiculous bent in half, like a praying mantis. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Amah rushed over and bent down to smooth my yellow jacket. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And while he explained how bone healing works, and Maddy started getting into how our mother had had her legs cut off, I bent down and pretended to try to move the chair. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

For a long moment the trackers bent over the road, and then they moved on slowly, studying the ground ahead of them, and the horseman moved after them. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roan whickered and bent her neck, nuzzling her master. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

With the help of the beaver, Constance bent the yew sapling against the Abbey wall and strung it to the right tension. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Before I can ask about these ideas, her head is bent over the notebook again, and the pen is scratching across the page. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In that way they would, if all went well, cut off a great loop of the Road, which further on bent southwards to avoid the Midgewater Marshes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She bent over, falling onto her knees, feeling the icy floor beneath her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Alone and apart, Gwydion leaned heavily on the black sword Dyrnwyn, his shaggy head bent, his weathered face filled with sorrow. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, Joseph bent over to catch his breath, and he dropped his suitcase. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She had reached the front door and opened it, but now, she turned suddenly and bent down, clasping hold of him, so that his face was pushed up against her breasts. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He bent o’er the man and went through his pockets too. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Hornet bent over the desk with her friendliest smile. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He set the box on the table and took the scarf off, and he and his father both bent over to look inside. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Esteban bent down and removed her burden, held it in the air for a moment, and then hurled it violently to the side of the path. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meekness of the wire hangers, with their twisted throats and bent heads — they waited too patiently, too neatly, every one a spinster. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he upended the box and shook it too and slowly replaced the papers and stood again, looking at the broken lock, with the box in his hands and his head bent. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too little wood and you bent too quickly to listen to other people’s ideas, unable to stand on your own. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachael rested very slightly on the fore-part of her feet, and her arms, as they hung, bent at the joint: the stance, he reflected, of a wary hunter of perhaps the Cro-Magnon persuasion. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He bent down and looked at the shoes underneath the partition. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dark outside my hootch, even though I bent toward him, almost nose to nose, all I could see were the glossy whites of Azar’s eyes. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A baker’s oven in the ruins of the shop like a grim totem, human remains bent behind the steel of a jail cell. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

By then, I was lodged in the heart of darkness, so thoroughly bent to the shape of marriage I could hardly see any other way to stand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood for a while with his hand on the knob and his head bent a little. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor was startled by the sudden commotion behind him, so much so that his little limbs bent double under him. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Looks like a bent paper clip on a string," I say, and Freak tells me to shut up and follow orders. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

More to avoid watching this irritating sight than anything else, Harry bent over the Half-Blood Prince’s book and turned a few pages with unnecessary force. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had risen up in bed, I bent forward: first surprise, then bewilderment, came over me; and then my blood crept cold through my veins. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He noticed how the wind from the south bent over the new little leaves of the tall privet bush. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

This was a new entry in his repertoire of poses: back to the wall, arms crossed, cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth, his good leg casually bent. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The goddess bent her head in assent, and the girls, filling their shining pitchers with water, hurried home. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree limbs bent to the ground under heavy sleeves. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Harry, sweating, managed to hoist Ginny half off the floor, and bent to pick up his wand again. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She then bent each piece of the rod into several sharp angles, leaving tiny cuts on her hands as she did so. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I closed the bathroom door, locked it, and bent close to the mirror to examine my face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then she bent and whispered to Ugwu, “I am coming. If they look for me, please say I went to get something from Ngozi’s house.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Elderly waitresses bent close to take my order. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The gardener bent to the handles of the machine and walked slowly along the bank scattering the short-tipped grass and the pin-point daisy heads. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She bent forward and pulled him into her arms. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

But when she bent down to undo her bag, Michael could not restrain himself. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Grandma bent over, placing her hands on her knees. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He was bent over it, polishing the leaves with meticulous care, like some crazed gardener from Alice in Wonderland. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It bent back in a, way wrists weren’t supposed to bend, but I ate the pain, swallowed it down with blood, and became stronger. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The hobbits now noticed that as he walked his knees hardly bent, but his legs opened in a great stride. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Gravity is so strong that space is bent round onto itself, making it rather like the surface of the earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her spine was bent like a question mark. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When Palmer opened the window, Nipper, as usual, hopped onto his head—and bent down and gave his ear an especially ouchy nip, as if to say, “Who said you could wake up without me?” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He bent and pulled the ring of the trapdoor, which swung up and open. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He unlocked the door and took the trunk inside; his back was bent beneath its weight and he walked slowly with his eyes on the wavering red shadows on the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two teenage boys, kicking a football back and forth twenty yards away, stopped to watch, bent double with laughter. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I saw was the pole, bent at an acute angle. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she squirmed happily when I bent down so I could scratch behind her ears. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The others bent over to look as Father MacPhail fiddled with the catch. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His back was to Joseph, and his head was bent. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She bent over the instrument, concentrating furiously as the needle darted this way and that. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“He's bent near double with longing for her, isn't it so?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A doctor bent over the now unconscious Ear and dabbed him with antiseptic. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They felt dry, but when I pressed one, the Shoestrings bent easy as a honeysuckle vine. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Here was a bent glade I knew from when us village kids used to fight war games in the woods. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“The gate’s padlocked. And look. Dead weeds standing outside of it, not even bent. Nobody’s driven in here for a while.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She bent and grabbed handfuls of sand, throwing in rapid movements, and the sand fell on his shoulder, arms, belly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I saw women chained in collies, bent over on the wharves. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I bent and picked up a tangle of shattered wood and metal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Searchlight waited too—ears perked up, eyes alert, legs slightly bent, ready to spring forward. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he flexed his toes, the rear one bent only at one knuckle. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Aware of the growing sense of alarm in Jules and the others, the mate reached out and took a few halting steps, adopting the bent shuffle he’d never thought he’d have to use again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He’s slouched all crooked on the couch, one leg bent up, the sax splayed across him. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caught at the infield rail, they bent themselves over it, pounding and clapping and flailing their arms in Seabiscuit’s path. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put down her basket and bent and stared at Edward. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

One arm was bent under her, caught under her, in a way that must have been acutely uncomfortable, if not rather painful. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Jody’s father gave him an old pair of spurs and bent in the side bars and cut down the straps and took up the chainlets until they fitted. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m busy right now,” said Despereaux, and he bent his head again to the open book. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

In Smilen Brothers a bearded white man bent nails with his teeth and talked about the poisons in our foods. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Papa bent down and gave Frankie a hug and a kiss. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was Gregory the jailer who bent to pick it up. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I cannot call them handsome—they were too pale and grave for the word: as they each bent over a book, they looked thoughtful almost to severity. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He sat with him in the sand and held his forehead while he bent and vomited. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She bent over the tub, over Drogo in his bath of blood, and kissed him lightly on the brow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His beard had gone almost completely gray, and he sat stooped forward, bent, as though he were carrying something on his shoulders. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The two round yellow heads bent towards each other, and Momma’s strong hands cradled the back of Sammy’s little head. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cluster of figures round something lying on the ground; a few seemed to be darting this way and that, bent like dogs on a trail. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His breath was warm on her neck as he bent his head, resting his cheek against her hair. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She bent over, kissed Bri’s hand, then straightened up and left the elevator. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He scootched up, wincing a bit when he bent his stiff leg, and crawled to where the hatchet lay. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not far away the bent woman was dancing and gathering invisible things from the air. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent down, tore a length of cloth from the bottom of her dress. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The glass face, the hour hand, and the minute hand'd gone and only a bent second hand was left. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He bent over to pick up a rock big enough to brain me with if he’d been strong enough to throw it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she wasn’t fussing about him seeming glad to bring home the bent cans and weevily rice and flour we couldn’t sell at the store, she was complaining about his not having any get-up-and-go. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Even as Frodo spoke he felt a great malice bent upon him, and a deadly regard considering him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When Helene bent to loosen the ribbons of Nel’s hat, a woman in a yellow dress came out of the garden and onto the back porch that opened into the bedroom. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The alchemist stopped abruptly, and bent to the ground. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry bent down and the goblin clambered onto his back, his hands linked in front of Harry’s throat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mom shouts from her seat on a long, bent piece of driftwood. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They look so young, their faces bent over the pages, squinting against the dying light. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

We plodded up the road, bent steeply, buffeted by winds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, to call his bluff, I turned around, bent over slightly, and rested my hands on my knees. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When it clanged, he bent forward to read, then paused again, wondering about the man who had just left, amazed at how friendly he had acted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And they burned every fence and house and barn in sight; the railroads they bent up like hairpins—over two hundred miles of’em.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy bent over, his face getting closer to mine. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We almost bent in half with a laughing fit. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Remember when Joon fell out of the tree she was sleeping in that time and bent her finger back so far it didn’t work for a while?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Malcolm pulled his painful body upright and bent to grasp the man’s feet. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Closer, before his nose, every blade of grass, every bracken frond was bent, dripping and glistening. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushes me forward so I’m bent in the middle. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I walk downstairs, slowly, a little bent over from the pain, and go into my dark room. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It bent somewhat towards the west so that at first all was dark ahead; but soon Frodo saw a tall gap of light before him, ever growing. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Well you—why there are lots—you can—” He bent over the suitcase again. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel was bent over, trying to un-contort her arm, her body alive with panic. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She bent her face into the palms of her hands and pressed hard against her closed eyes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her right arm was bent at the elbow, and rigidly upright, although she wasn’t aware of it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I bent over and gathered up the spilled cash. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then his head bent over it, and his cold lips pressed against my skin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then a wide, wicked grin spread across his face and he bent to tuck his lute safely away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

With a flick of her left wrist, she bent the air in front of her, forcing Luna to her feet. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Quiet as mice, thought Ralph, as heads bent over spelling words. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He bent his head to look both me and Jay in the eyes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was an ancient woman, withered and bent, and Buttercup thought of all the faces that had gone by in her lifetime, but this one she could not remember. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was quiet for a time, then she suddenly stood up and kind of bent over me and hugged me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent down so she was eye to eye with Carmen. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Singing in Navajo, she bent over and scattered a handful of red, blue, and purple kernels in the hole. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Miss Love waited till he bent down to crank and then turned the key off again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As I bent to the oarlock a weakness ran all through my body. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her back was bent with pain and her head was low. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you are a clumsy,” said Ellen, as she bent down to mop up the water. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Inside the Hole were the usual collection of inebriated men bent over foamy pint glasses and the battered tables and dingy decor I’d come to know as my home away from home. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I took these techniques, these ways of seeing and feeling, and twisted them, bent them, adapted them, until they became my ways of apprehending the locked-in life of the Black Belt areas. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down low so that his enormous face was close to Sophie’s. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Running along the ramparts, bent double, the Abbot cried out, “Stretcher bearers! Over here! Help me to get the casualties down into the cloisters.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Lost in thought, he stroked its long, bent nose. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her chin is bent down and you can see the precise part in her hair, a neat white line drawn from above her left brow then over the black horizon of her head. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Skill he had, and he might have stayed there his whole life, bent over a desk, his neck growing forward instead of upright, had not the brothers taken ill one day from bad fish. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That he distorted life, bent it, for the sake of gain, was a measure of his loss at his father’s death. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent over me on the way out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She bent close and explained that she was Adele and the man was my mama’s daddy. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She bent his ears so that he could hear well. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I bent down and pulled back the lining of the trunk. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kit looked back at the gray figure bent over a kettle, stirring something with a long stick. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I bent stiffly to pick up my mattress, took it back inside, and got myself organized for the day at Wolf Creek. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I bent to scoop some up but she stopped me. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Her leg splayed out in an unnatural, bent angle. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He bent and examined the mare’s hoof with a gentleness of touch which surprised Taran. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was Hannah who found the bent spoon black from steady cooking. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And I hate to say it but Adah is just as ornery and bent on destruction, in her own slowpoke way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the crowd thundered, a man eased up beside a thin, pale woman with a bent neck. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She bent lower and lower over the glass until her nose was touching it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She bent her neck back and kissed him like she never had before. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

As I bent over, the wads of bills cracked in my pockets. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

The doctor held my white broken arm like a big bone in his two hands, feeling how my fingers bent. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that split second, the man fighting with him bent down and seized the neck of a broken bottle from the ground. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He placed my hands on the car and bent me over the back of the vehicle. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He bent forward, peering into the still face. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Frank bent down to clean up the mess. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He saw a plastic bag floating in the corner and bent down to reach for it. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

She bent and put out her cigarette against the inside of the metal wastebasket. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I bent and dipped my fingertip into the water, picking my droplet, then let it fall on one piece of glass. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And then he lands, and it’s horrible, awful, because the hit and the landing instantly turn the animal—beautifully alive and running across the road just a moment ago—into a gruesome, bent corpse. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He bent down, removed the thorns carefully, and turned round. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then, about the time I bent over him, he heaved a big sort of sigh and struggled up to start licking my hands and wagging that stub tail. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rinaldi sat on the floor and bent the knee gently back and forth. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

As he bent, the glint from his collar caught Pinmei’s eye again. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Once, as I talked, he began to cough, and I stopped and watched helplessly as his thin frame bent and shook. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then he bent to take the black object in his teeth once more and dragged it along to where his armor lay. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Legolas took his bow and bent it, slowly and as if some other will resisted him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Robin’s father bent to pick them up, laughing to keep from showing how deeply he was moved by the sight of them. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He bent down in the middle of the circle and led the team in prayer, as he did before every game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent down to fill in the hole Aretha had made. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They are bent over, haggard, three with just a horseshoe of hair left. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He bent down, picked up the door, and fitted it easily back into its frame. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Hazel stood, the pelletlike snow falling around her, and then, so quickly it was like she had superpowers, she bent down and packed a snowball and hurled it at him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

At other times, he’d hear late-night preachers, often of a fundamentalist bent, giving sermons and talks, usually about the meaning and interpretation of the Bible. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It went down easily for two inches or more before it bent in her hand. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally shoved the hash down all the way I bent the spoon in half and left it in the hole. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

Stumbling off into the trees, I bent over and vomited. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent and moved her head with his hand and found that she was relaxed and limp. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had bent over and kissed her cheek, and she had put her arm around me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Robert bent down and rubbed the dog’s head. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mayor yipped and jumped as more people bent to the ground. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He bowed again, then shook out his feathers, which were ruffled and bent from travel. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

At one point, Salva found himself in a line of half a dozen people, all in an identical pose—bent over, holding their stomachs, and waiting for the next wave of nausea. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naked and dripping wet he bent over her couch. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

One wheel is bent, and the only way to push it is to lean it on the other three wheels. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and bent again to his work. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She bent down to me, her skull’s face close, her dark eyes searching mine. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t so crazy: we’d pass older students bent over chess sets, in window seats or on the grassy slopes, and Ruth would often pause to study a game. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope jerked tight and bent the railing, and we lost our footing. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their dark withered plumes bent and tossed in the light cold airs, hissing softly and sadly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Without breaking her gaze with him, Nok bent down and set her staff on the stone at her feet. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In that position, the four horses bent around the turn and hit the homestretch. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux’s bent knees straightened, lifting the rest of his body to a standing position in a way no normal human could ever manage. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

All day I work, my back bent, just like my mother’s, and even when I try to stand tall, my shoulders hunch over with invisible weight. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent over Loki and placed the thing she carried above him, winding it about the stalactites that hung from the ceiling of the cave, so that its head was just above Loki’s own. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Very gently, the men bent the medium’s body forward until his lips touched the beer. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yet when he bent to pick up the shoe, it wouldn’t come loose. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In shop, I try and joke around with Yolanda, but she is in a bad mood or something and stays bent over her project. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The other end he slings through a bent strut wedged into the congestion of timber, stone, and plaster that has become their ceiling. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Colonel was sitting on the floor next to her bed, his head bent toward the floor, looking under her bed frame. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He bent down, took up a double handful of lukewarm water and rubbed the mess from his face. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They were members of the town’s trash-collecting corps, and as they huffed and bent to lay the box over the hole, they smelled vaguely of pine and rotten fruit. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knelt for a while, bent with weeping, still clasping Boromir’s hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I bent down and pretended to tie my shoelaces. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped out from behind the candlestick, knelt down, bent his bow, and took careful aim at Snowbell’s left ear—which was the nearest to him. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then she broke open one of those sterile packets that needles come in and took out a truly large one, which was bent in the middle at a ninety-degree angle. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he bent over to pick up the boy, the boy resisted. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I stepped outside, my mother bent down and embraced me much harder than my grandfather had hugged me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with effortless ease, as a skilled musician fits a bit of catgut to his lyre, he bent the bow and strung it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A short way back the road had bent a little northward and the stretch that they had passed over was now screened from sight. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He laid him on the seat, bent his legs so he could close the door. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Narcissus bent over a clear pool for a drink and saw there his own reflection, on the moment he fell in love with it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she didn’t answer nor move he bent closely over her. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent over and looked back into the car at him. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The game of Twister collapsed into a mound of crushed bodies, bent arms, and wriggling feet. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The old man bent down, grabbed something, and then in a sharp voice said, “Go! And stay out of mischief!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

The girl listened, her shining black head bent down. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The priest was bent, in black, very old. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Two aged crab apple trees, bent with the wind, stripped of leaves but still heavy with berry-sized red fruits and bushy crowns of white-beaded mistletoe, stood sentinel on either side of the front door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Stone-faced, the stocky lad bent, unlaced his boot, and drew a yellowed parchment from a hidden flap within. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I bent my neck forward, tucking my chin to my chest, and then snapped my head back with all my might. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Cady bent to pick up the fork that had fallen off Toby’s cake plate. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He bent his head low over his plate so nobody would see. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The wife was bent over her husband as the soldiers squashed into the car and drove to the bar. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After being appointed director, in 1921, Burns had bent laws and hired crooked agents, including a confidence man who peddled protection and pardons to members of the underworld. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And I bent down to catch Toby but he ran off. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

All three of them bowed low to him, and after regarding them imperi-ously for a moment, Buckbeak bent his scaly front knees and allowed Hermione to rush forward and stroke his feathery neck. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The man at the end of the line sits in a folding chair, looking out from under the brim of a bent fedora. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

So me and all my buddies went to the yard, and we all bent down on our right knees and said prayers for my son and the little boy that died. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to keep my elbows bent to raise the frame above my jutting knees. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent the paper over the corner of their laminate countertop to rip it, but accidentally tore off the corner of Griswold’s photo. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Capricorn handed Cockerell, who was standing beside him, the book that Mo had kept from him for so long, and bent to open the box. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She bent over and closed her eyes, taking deep breaths to center herself, and she didn’t notice that Redemption had entered the studio until he was taking hold of her shoulders gently. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But getting a little wet seemed vastly preferable to climbing that hill twice in one morning, so I bent my head against the spitting rain and trudged onward. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When she worked on the quilt, head bent, awkward fingers guiding the needle carefully through the material, she experienced a strange, tender feeling that was new to her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I bent over to tie my shoes I thought I would faint, but fought it off. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent his body to the arc of the rail and punched into the belly of the field. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she bent down to touch the dust of her dida’s feet to her head. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They nodded and murmured respectful greetings to Danny, and one of them, an incredibly old man with a white beard and a bent body, reached out and touched his arm as we passed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The blinds are bent in the left corner. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Nothing happened, so she bent down carefully and placed her hand on it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Gurgi led the way, loping ahead, bent forward, his long arms dangling. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

At last he bent down and pulled Aurelia up by the arm. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Other boys and girls bent over their paper, writing, pausing to gnaw their pencils, writing again. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

When my parents, shadowed by Fang, finally ditched the preacher and piled into the car, they definitely looked a bit bent. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

As soon as the Witch saw that she was once more in the wood she turned pale and bent down till her face touched the mane of the horse. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He bent her fingers one by one, cracking the knuckles. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They bent the knee when they saw the boys, and Robb greeted each of them with a lordly nod. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She could not, she had thought as she bent to kiss the baby’s flushed cheek, have loved this child more if it had come from her own flesh. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I went down the steps and up the walk in the dark, making it out of the building just before it bent me double beneath the wisteria that hung from the trees on rope-like vines. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent down and tried to calm the injured child with her free hand. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the candle glowing from his hat bill, the man bent forward. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I never knew words could be so confusing,” Milo said to Tock as he bent down to scratch the dog’s ear. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He doubles over in feigned pain before stretching his bent arms back, as though getting ready for some basketball shots. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The nurse gasped at the sight of her former charge, but she said nothing, merely bent down, lifted her to her feet with surprising strength, and smacked her hard through her torn clothes. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was on her hands and knees, head bent, her hair a wet and tangled mess covering her face. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Emily smiled at the heads of her brother and James, bent together in concentration. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The women clapped; some bent over in hilarious laughter. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He bent over and began scraping together a pile of the white mush. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

First the chimp bent a branch down over some solid foundation, such as a fork or two parallel branches. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Taking the thistle flowers, she dropped to her knees and bent low before the birdbath. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent a little lower over Advanced Potion-Making and continued to make notes on Everlasting Elixirs, occasionally pausing to decipher the Prince’s useful additions to Libatius Borage’s text. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I turned to give the phone back to Alice and found her and Jasper bent over the table, where Alice was sketching on a piece of hotel stationery. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Two figures had appeared in the yard, and as Harry ran toward them he realized they were Hermione, now returning to her normal appearance, and Kingsley, both clutching a bent coat hanger. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He sounded a little like Mouse while he ate, purring and blinking as he bent low over the steam rising from his bowl. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He waded into the river, bent, and tried to thrust his shoulder under the cauldron. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Julius led them, bent double, peering at the dry grasses and broken scrub, moving slowly, a terrible air of desperation about him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Shaking his old grey head, yet trying to hide a smile, Abbot Mortimer bent and helped to gather up the fallen nuts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The coral was scribbled in the sea as though a giant had bent down to reproduce the shape of the island in a flowing chalk line but tired before he had finished. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She came closer to the girl and bent toward her, putting a firm hand on Ash’s shoulder. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent to pick up a dark smooth stone. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

The awkward stems of the flowers had been bent to just the right degree of restful looseness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This diet he administered religiously, seemingly bent on moulding George and me in his image. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were the Ptolemies in essence colonial occupiers and exploiters, bent on wringing the last drachma and obol from a captive land regardless of the consequences? Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

In the doorway of the forge stood the tall, bent figure of Dallben. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Lem bent on a rope, lowered a bucket, and pulled. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The quickness of the responses kept Brother Leon busy at his desk, head bent, pencil furiously scribbling. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows before him bent and became distorted. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Papa bent down to give me a kiss on the forehead. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She was speaking to a customer, her head slightly bent toward the short woman, a polite smile on her face. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed there was something familiar about Rashid Uncle, his movements, his bent head, the way he holds his shoulders. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His two- dimensional universe must have been warped, bent or curved through a mysterious third dimension. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent down with her twig in hand and began to write in the dirt, all the while shooing her hens away. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I sat again and he bent over my handiwork. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry forgot everything else: He sprinted out from under the Cloak, running bent double to avoid the curses illuminating the whole hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Colonel Regan bent down so that his face was level with mine. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent down with her match, lit the gas, and stepped quickly back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, slowly, with a drugged, fathomless calm, Henry bent and picked up a handful of dirt. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I returned my seat-back tray to its upright and locked position and bent forward to dig pills out of his backpack. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I bent down to see if it was okay but as I did I heard, very near, the wry, ostentatious clearing of a throat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He bent over his desk and brooded upon some papers, glancing now and again with extreme penetration at his guests. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

McNeil often shopped at Johns’s small clothing store and there the white radical had bent his ear, with the usual results: maybe, someday. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Papa and Mama were still sitting on the sofa, heads bent, when I came out. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Encanis was now hard pressed and bent his whole thought upon escape. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Fayge bent over at the waist and her long black hair was like a blanket over her. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent her head over it to make a tiny stitch. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed and raised a hand: a blue flame flickered about her fingers for a moment, and then, as she lowered her hand and bent down to touch her chariot, the fire vanished. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Doon bent over, his hands on either side of the paper. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down and picked up a plastic fan from a doorstep. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I bent down to kiss the tattoo and was pleased to discover that she wasn’t wearing perfume. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prickles rising on the nape of my neck, I bent to scrutinize the tree trunk more closely: silvery bark, cool to the touch, ants marching out of a fissure in a glittering black thread. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But when he bent to see into the boy’s face under the hood of the blanket he very much feared that something was gone that could not be put right again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The Martian bent to touch the cup but could not touch it. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was older, back bent with age, her face partly obscured by the hood of a Emma erupted at him. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I watched them go by, a few hundred or so, their heads bent low and every one of them silent as the grave. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Mama and Omakayas’s older sister tied together a frame of bent willow poles. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Arthur bent and kissed her, and then we sent him and Quincey out of the tomb; the Professor and I sawed the top off the stake, leaving the point of it in the body. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He bent down to retrieve his briefcase again, replacing the unused supplies in it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Staggering up the stairs, he remembered Pilate’s back as she got out of the Buick—not bent at all under the weight of the sack. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

You called me Pease, then!” he spat, rising and slapping me till I bent sideways over a bench. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the man bent down and hit him between the ears. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sosie snaked an arm around Jennifer’s waist and bent her side to side as if they were a robot couple taking a turn around some factory dance floor. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She was bent over counting blades of grass. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I hardly had to paddle at all as the river bent to the west. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Gaunt and bent and crooked, with a left shoulder half a foot higher than his right, he had a scrawny neck, squinty grey eyes, and yellow teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was bent over the kerosene stove, trying to get the fire to spread across the wick. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Other mutant flies had forked bristles; sable-colored bodies; curved legs; bent, batlike wings; disjointed abdomens; deformed eyes—a Halloween’s parade of oddballs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But my tooth just bent back, the one on the bottom row in front, with a sharp stab at the gum. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

The frame contained a picture of a woman in profile, her head bent toward a little girl who sat in a high chair with a smudge of baby food on the side of her mouth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent right over, right in my face, and said, “What the hell happened to your eyes?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rowers bent their strong backs while a lad up beside the master beat the stroke on a drum. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Evan bent over the casserole pan and scrubbed as if his life depended on it. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Arms at the sides, knees bent, lift the pelvis, roll the backbone down. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christoph bent over the microscope to bring the cells into focus, and an image appeared on the screen that looked more like hazy green pond water than cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Now there he was across the aisle, bent over his copy of Othello. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just the other week, he bent all his refrigerator magnets and tried to sell them online as miracle medical bracelets to gullible senior citizens. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I live in my children,” and he was silent, and then I heard him murmur my name and bent down. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat in the rocking chair bent forward, her arms folded at ease across her aproned lap. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting with his legs splayed, his head bent, and arms soft at his side, TaShon is and isn’t himself. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

As I bent to get it, a white hand flashed out and grabbed it before I could. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Some pages were bent and beat up from use, and others were never opened to the light. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Take care of the evil in the wind,” she whispered and bent low to kiss my cheek. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her head was bent forward against the arm of the swing; she had to look up to see me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Within weeks, the organization was hijacked by embittered Democrats bent on deposing the white Republicans who had replaced the old planter rule. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As Mama bent over the wash basin on the floor to wring out a towel, Grandpa fixed his eyes on her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He bent down and uncovered my head gently, without touching me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Let me,” he said as she bent to pick it up. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes on the shirttails and bent backs. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He threw the book bag at Clayton’s feet, and when Clayton bent down to scoop it up, Train Ear swiped his hat, when he was tall enough to just take it. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Luna scrambled to her feet, keeping her knees bent in a low crouch. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

According to the Underdowns, the Belgians are bent on protecting against independent thought on native ground. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet I imagined Ade Coker and the rest of the staff in an office beneath the ground, a fluorescent lamp flooding the dark damp room, the men bent over their desks, writing the truth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mama Tataba bent over the table in our mother’s large white apron, which made her look counterfeit and comic, as though acting the role of maid in a play. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four, five, six—until his hand was bleeding and the red metal locker was bent nearly in half. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He stopped next to the window, bent over and grabbed the man around the torso, then lifted him, holding him sideways. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Before he bent over again, he grinned at her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He saw a rifle by a dead man, the man missing a leg and the leg nearby, bent and chewed at the knee, and the rifle clean and new and cold. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to poke my eyes, but I had seen him do that in matches back in freshman year, and I grabbed his hand and bent it back. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

All that was left, a cliff drop of some forty feet below the heat-buckled walk, was the shell of concrete with weirdly bent and rusted rods that had been its basement. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait!” said the Hamadryad, as Mary Poppins bent to pick up the skin. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Having indulged a while in this sedative, she raised her bent body, took the pipe from her lips, and while gazing steadily at the fire, said very deliberately— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I bent forward, suddenly conscious of my legs in new blue trousers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minho waited until he made it back through the Door, then bent over, hands on his knees, and sucked in a few breaths before answering. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We shook hands and I watched him walk quickly away, tall, lean, bent forward with eagerness and hungry for the future, his metal-capped shoes tapping against the sidewalk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I stand there with my arm bent around my body, scratching my spine. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She bent down, scooped up her sherry bottles, and dumped them unceremoniously in a large blue-and-white vase standing in a nearby niche. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

‘You may keep your bows bent, and shoot me at least, if I fail. I shall not run away.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He’s only bent slightly now, both hands on his thighs. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The bull-man bent his front legs and lowered his head in a bow, which Piper found both sweet and a little sad. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And Father bent down on his knees near the bed and he said, “Christopher?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She bent her head and examined my tail. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

They hit the flying aku down with the newspapers and then bent to pick them up and put them in the tins. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he bent to look at my head again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The man in the white coat bent down and looked closely into Winston’s eyes, felt his pulse, laid an ear against his chest, tapped here and there; then he nodded to O’Brien. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But as soon as he spotted Alexia bent over her square, he wound up and sailed a beauty in her direction. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Colin sort of bent each slice into a pretty fan shape. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

At the start of class, James bent over his backpack and pulled out a handful of long, skinny strips of paper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He gave a final wave of his hand, and walked off at a surprising pace; but Frodo thought the old wizard looked unusually bent, almost as if he was carrying a great weight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But on a quiet sea, with lungs and nostrils unburdened, no responsibilities, and much time on his hands, the traveler with a philosophic bent could find his imagination enlarged. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I had not been particularly bent on taking Greek, but what Laforgue said intrigued me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The mother is bent and betrays the pain in her limbs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent down to check on Radar’s bandage. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I stared at the picture, trying to conjure up the image of the man I saw with her that day, his head bent as he stooped to embrace her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was bent and crumpled, and now that Liz wasn’t talking to me, I wasn’t sure it had any magic anymore. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The aspens and birch trees, however, were still bent like Indian bows. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He piled on more wood and bent and blew gently at the base of the little blaze and arranged the wood with his hands, shaping the fire just so. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She bent the paper over the corner of their laminate countertop to rip it, but accidentally tore off the corner of Griswold’s photo. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He put his hands behind his head so, that his arms were bent and looked like wings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

An old woman passed, bent down with two shopping bags, her eyes upon the slushy walk, and I thought of the old couple at the eviction. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its casement was bent and its nose cone turned to sawdust. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I bent over and looked down at my own murky reflection in the water. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai swam along the bottom, over waterweeds that bent in the current, and splashed to the surface beside a flat rock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly bent down and picked up the rock that had struck me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He's bent, with a wild thicket of white hair that looks constantly buffeted by his own personal gale-force winds. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Nor was the Sacramento of the fifties bent on teaching them a contrary lesson. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have stood there gaping, but the servant shoved her as he himself bent over. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Certainly I’m no mad exterminator bent on killing devil microbes; on the contrary, I admire them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boy in pale blue robes jumped down from the carriage, bent forward, fumbled for a moment with something on the carriage floor, and unfolded a set of golden steps. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He had a disquieting new habit of boring into my eyes with his look as if actually bent on piercing my head, the better to analyze what went on inside it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Will bent down and squeezed her hand, and the other dæmon nudged Pantalaimon, lifting his heavy head, whispering to him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The sheets slid from his body and the sandbags tumbled free as he bent before the radio. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent over and kissed him on his gritty brow. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Moira stood politely aside, and Aunt Elizabeth hurried into the cubicle Moira had indicated and bent over the back of the toilet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that point it bent left and went down into the lowlands of the Yale making for Stock; but a lane branched right, winding through a wood of ancient oak-trees on its way to Woodhall. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His arms were folded over his chest, his head bent down. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Parker bent down, close to Candice’s ear, and whispered something to her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Only the high wailing continued, and then both Will and Lyra saw what it was: a tabby cat, cowering against the wall of the tower, its ear torn and its tail bent. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman is bent over, hurling her whites into the dryer. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mr Morgan, who had said little since his arrival, bent forward and said to me: 'What do you suppose it is, sir? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But he bent down mainly because his legs were weak. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

When you bent to wash your face you saw tiny cracks in the porcelain, as in a Ming vase. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I bent over and put my hands on my knees. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She bent over the side to try to wash the smell off her hands, nearly swamping the boat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Holding firmly to the trunk, I took a step toward him, and then my knees bent and I jounced the limb. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we made it back to the spot where the tracks curved, we bent to catch our breath. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The judge in his suspenders with his sleeves rolled up, squinting and half bent over. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The witch turned away and bent to pick up the pine branch that lay on the ground beside her. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The two heads bent over the parchment together, Brother Luke’s tonsured, Robin’s dark and thickly thatched. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The Runner stopped three steps in, then bent over and put his hands on his knees, gasping for breath. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She liked Islam’s sense of personal responsibility, its bent toward social justice. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She bent forward and started drawing in the dirt again. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

In the office with him Portia sat on a bench against the wall, her hands cupped beneath her chin, her body bent almost double. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Victor bent over the balustrade and suddenly felt distinctly nauseous when he saw the drop below. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed two bars on our cell door and bent them wide enough for even a Cyclops to slip through. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her arm was bent at a funny angle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He hardly poked his head out of his shell when Prosper and Hornet bent over his box. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He bent in close, so close it stole my breath. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The She Elephant slapped Kuda’s hands away and bent to unchain the others. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, there she is, wearing old gardening clothes, bent in some position that looks hard to get out of. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Like a rabid beast bent on ripping my throat out. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He spread the blankets he was carrying on the floor, and while Asta carefully lifted the sleeping Pan away, he bent and picked up the child, feeling a little surprised at her solidity. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

At this I stepped aside, and in the scabbard let my long sword ring home to the pommel silver, as he bent down to the sombre blood. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was there now, his gray head bent over the wheel, chanting his wordless song. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

His best option was to join the dozen or so kids who were already scattered over the bleachers, heads bent together in clusters of two and three, and blend in when they left. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His body was twisted like a doll's, his waist and legs bent improbably to the side. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone quieted to see this lump of rags, shuffling forward, his weight leaning on a gnarled stick, his legs bent like bows and caked with mud. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Monotonously repeating over and over the healing song of the old bent lady, she hypnotized Kapu as she closed the wound. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

An ambulance has pulled up to the curb, and one uniformed paramedic is pulling a stretcher out of the back of the vehicle while another is bent over Max, taking my place. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He’s something of a whiz with snares, rigging them to bent saplings so they pull the kill out of the reach of predators, balancing logs on delicate stick triggers, weaving inescapable baskets to capture fish. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

I wouldn’t give a bent pin for your chance of survival if we were alone on a jungle path, they said. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The girl was tottering forward, bent at the waist, one arm draped protectively across the taut drum of her belly, the shape of which was visible through her burqa. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The pale-faced man bent low and took the lock from Father MacPhail’s fingers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But when I bent my head forward, I could see out the sides. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down and kissed her very softly and stole out of the room with a beating heart; taking the core of the apple with him. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He was hungry, and he bent over his plate and began shoving in the food as fast as he could. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as the taste of maple sugar faded along her tongue, she bent over, pushed back delicate leaves, and found masses of plump red little berries. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

His breath fanned my hair as he bent closer. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Here, as in a photograph, a woman bent to pick flowers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

His upper body was bent forward, as though to discuss some private matter. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I bent down, dipped my fingers in a puddle, and scrubbed the spot where that woman hit me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw Uncle Daoud’s pass on the ground because it was slightly bent and made him get out of the car to pick it up. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His body was bent and emaciated to the bone, almost flesh- less. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some white people in my city were so bent on maintaining segregation that no one was immune from their hate-filled actions. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I work my bent neck free and struggle into a sitting position. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He was hoping he’d be some kind of protection after the naked man showed up, but he’s so old he’s bent up like a paper clip. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Too tardily William bent to catch it and had to get heavily down on his knees to retrieve it from under the settle. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Horatio settled himself on a stool near my pallet, resting his elbows upon the thighs of his bent legs. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She bent down and picked Florence Nightingale up off the floor. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He looked over to the wings, saw Eugenia still bent with grief. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Alice was kneeling in front of her, facing away, as the woman bent over her and with deft fingers wove her hair into complex braids, twisting flowers into it as she did. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She stirred slightly, and Aunt Beast bent over her immediately, “What a lovely sleep, my darling. Do you feel all right?” A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found him bent over a tankard of ale and the remains of a pigeon pie, more than a little drunk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I bent down to pick up the pieces anyway. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When she bent over to pick up Ben’s stuff, I offered to carry it. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He rocked against me, not letting go, his hands reaching up for my elbows as I bent over him. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she bent over 1 could see the knobs on her spine. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He eased his foot back to the floor and bent to gather up one of the tiny children who was beginning to stir restlessly on the blanket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a wild, lonesome place, down in a deep canyon that was bent in the shape of a horseshoe. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped up to the brink where the solid ground plummeted to the water, bent down, and ran my fingers through the exposed dirt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Station Inspector, not letting go of Hugo, leaned over and moved the fabric until he could see the mechanical man lying on its side, its neck bent backward. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I remember wondering if there wasn’t something a bit odd about her posture, the way her head was bent down just a little too far so she looked like a crouching animal waiting to pounce. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent over so that he, a short man, could properly arrange the turban on my head. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent down and whispered in my ear. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Grandma bent over to help me pick the envelope up, and it was like I was watching her in slow motion. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

My legs are spread, my knees bent, my arms moving jerkily to the side, like the tightrope walker’s. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She nimbly tied a knot on the cord that had connected the baby to its mother’s blood, then quickly she bent and with her teeth she bit off the loose end. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of his forearms are bent at nauseating angles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mary mumbled again; he bent over her, his fists clenched in fear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra bent down and kissed her mom on the cheek. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger bent, picked up the spent matches, and put them back in the matchbox. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Standing on tiptoe she placed the ribbon over his bent head and patted the shiny gold medal in place on his chest. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

You crouch lower and count your grenades and make sure the pins are bent for quick throwing and take a deep breath and listen and try not to freak. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shut the door and bent forward to say something to the driver. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A full symphony orchestra was swelling out of the radio; their eldest sister Gwen was slicing onions and singing; their mother was bent broad-beamed and red-faced over an oven. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy picked up Sounder’s bent tin pan and carried it into the cabin. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Haymitch is actually bent on keeping us alive, but there are too many ears listening, so I just say, "Yes, he's gotten very responsible lately." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She bent down and picked up a gold ballpoint pen, the fancy kind. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was swollen and bent to one side, his eyes larger than I remembered. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately I have an engagement. Au revoir, madamoiselle,” and Laurie bent as if to kiss her hand, in the foreign fashion, which became him better than many men. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadow bent and picked up the luminous ball. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I bent forward, put my arms up, and she wrestled my shirt over my head, discarded it in the sink, while I shivered in her bright kitchen, feeling cold and dirty and sick. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I bent my knees and pushed off hard from the floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She bent her head and went back to reading about the amazing Incandesto. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

In the second kind of model, which expands forever, space is bent the other way, like the surface of a saddle. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent over to speak to the young Negro. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the front of the rank an authoritative cluster of state troopers and policemen marched ahead, heads bent, talking in low voices as a barking German shepherd dog circled around them at a trot. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jaja bent down and covered Papa-Nnukwus body with the wrapper, but he did not cover his face even though the wrapper was long enough. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The few who came seemed as closed and secretive as the freezing grayness of the weather, bent on some narrow business of their own. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Harry bent down, picked up a few of the pieces of paper, and examined them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At once, the spider’s legs bent in upon its body; it rolled over and began to twitch horribly, rocking from side to side. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The needle struck the dimpled peel and bent sideways. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I bent down to pick up that beautiful red umbrella. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

We were like odd ruined flagpoles, bent double, with our bright clothes flapping. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blanca got up from the bed and bent over to kiss me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

George’s fingers are bent at harsh angles into Amar’s shirt, the knuckles white with tension. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He himself, Hermes said, would give him a sword to attack Medusa with—which could not be bent or broken by the Gorgon’s scales, no matter how hard they were. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sea breeze bent the pines behind them, blew across their backs, and sped out over the water, tearing the whitecaps back even as they came to shore. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Teece slowed the car and bent out, his yellow eyes fierce. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunch, in class, and even in our free period, when we’re supposed to be sitting together, I see the three of them with bent heads, giggling and whispering. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

His black eyes stared at Elinor as she bent over the boy to adjust his bandage. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Massey bent for a drink at a fountain, then stood up and continued his walk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The creature’s face seemed to be protruded, because of its bent carriage. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Zero knelt, bent over with his head on the ground. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Father had already bent his will to Africa by remaking his garden in mounds, the way they do here. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The branches of the tree are bent over, they are so weighed down with figs. There must be over three hundred figs in that tree.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He bent down on one knee and whispered to me, ‘If you’ve ever wondered where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

A hand, the fingers bent into a claw, reaches into the light, followed by another hand, and then a head, with stringy blond hair. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He flexed his arms and bent his knees as he shot a free throw. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The vixen bent to lick more dried blood from her sleeping brother’s haunch. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Backpack straps gripped and head bowed, she bent forward and charged. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Jefferson, she explained, was like a willow who bent with every political breeze. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

If she’d of bent down in that dress, her bosoms would of looked like two puppies trying to climb over a fence. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

His knees bent; he could feel the sea breeze wrapping itself around the cupola and leaning into it some, setting the frame to creaking cheerily at the familiar nudge. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Thousands of lips repeated the benediction, bent over like trees in a storm. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man bent down and awkwardly got started. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she came to the shoes, she bent down and picked them up. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The woman, her head forward and bent, suddenly padded out from her back rooms in thickly socked feet and stood waiting for me, silent. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The effort succeeded; for an instant he unconsciously relapsed into his old servile manner, bent low before me, and actually fawned upon me as he replied:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

His teacher bent slightly, and placed her hand on his shoulder. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Now they seemed bent on making a fool of him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Finn bent down and saw that Rocket was lying upside down, his paw swiping up toward a cord plugged into the wall behind the dresser. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Both of them made gestures signifying that they were hanging up telephone receivers; then they bent double, laughing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She bent him double and put him in her basket, which smelled of weeds and fish, and then she kept walking, swinging the basket and singing, “Nobody knows the troubles I seen.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He’s messier, and he is leaning into the other man, his right knee bent toward the other man’s leg, his right foot forward, touching, or almost touching, the other man’s left foot. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

So, when the next lot of little ducklings hatched, Lorenz bent over them, quacked, and gradually moved away. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down to tie up his shoe lace. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wiped my face, bent down, and picked up the receiver. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, she bent down and picked me up with one hand. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She gazes upon his bent back with flattened ears and then seems to adjust her attitude, swinging her trunk and investigating the ground in front of her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

As Zau half turned, both boys bent their heads, each with one hand on the opposite shoulder in the gesture of respect. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

In this account of the creation the gods seemed bent on experimenting with the various metals, and, oddly enough, proceeding downward from the excellent to the good to the worse and so on. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But you bent down and scooped it up anyway. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And then, at the mercy of an overwhelming impulse, he bent forward, pressing the flaring end of the clarinet to Tessie’s bare knee, and blew a long note. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Hugh manned the oars opposite me, and behind him, at the bow, sat Emma, her eyes hidden beneath the brim of a sun hat, head bent toward a map spread across her knees. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He bent to scratch Ghost behind the ears. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Before he moved out of her sight, the woman raised an arthritic hand with the middle fingers crossed and the others bent awkwardly. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Nora is bent over the New York Times crossword opposite him, brown curls falling across her forehead. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He wondered how the tides and waves had come into play on that afternoon along the Jersey shoreline when Martha saw the pebble and bent down to rescue it from geology. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent to pick up a piece of charred shingle and muttered a binding under my breath. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His black skullcap fell off his head, and he regained his balance and bent quickly to retrieve it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

His back bent more than I thought possible, and then his feet went up and over the log, and he disappeared from sight, sliding into the thorny mess of darkness down the slope. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked up, and she bent down and kissed him on the forehead. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Emma and I clambered over the ship’s door, which lay bent on the steps where it had landed, and entered the lighthouse. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Iorek bent his head over her and nuzzled at her scorched and smoky hands. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And Brother Leon’s head still bent, concentrating on the ledger. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah bent her shoulders over against Shifre’s muffled sobbing, guilty because she had been the cause of it, relieved because the blow had not fallen upon her. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after photographs of the 1919 total eclipse showed that light bent as it passed the sun, the facts proved without a doubt that Einstein was right! Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Walter puts the jug back in the trunk and then stays bent over, riffling through the bottom. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I looked closely at one doll that sagged and bent over. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my mind’s eye the green orchards of Elsinore appear, ripe with sweet pears and apples that bent the branches and offered themselves to our hands. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he’s broken his Hand of Glory,” said Ron vaguely, as he attempted to straighten his broomstick’s bent tail twigs. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They all turned to look at her, the boys shirtless and small against the walls of raspberries, Carl bent at the knees, his knife in hand, a giant with a russet beard. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked at Peggy; she was bent over the sink, washing dishes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As he stood there, bent over and sucking wind, he thought about Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then, he bent down and lifted the thing up carefully. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He’d make that harp start from a deep place, then turn around the corner until that bent note came up crying. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I was glad it was dark, so August couldn’t see my face, how bent in it was. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our backs are bent by work and unanswered hope and the inevitable disappointment with our lot in life. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Last I saw her she was bent over Pa, tryin’ to clean him up. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I bent down and scratched his scruff, then gave him a fingernail massage up and down his back. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When he bent his head to spit, I saw honey-crusted sores on his scalp. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

You must admit your glorious King Degravaunt rode out of the west with his barbarian hordes bent on slaughter, and drove us out of the homes we’d lived in for centuries. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He bent down just in time to grab Crookshanks by the end of his bushy tail and drag him outside. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He bent over, clutching his stomach and panting, then knelt in the mud of the stream bank and watched the troubled water subside. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I bent forward, tripping on my goalie stick. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Two dozen black men and women, knee-deep in thick mud, bent over the delicate-looking rice plants. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up to see her yank Olive away from a clown who had bent down to talk to her. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She bent down and gave me a kiss on my head which always made me feel better. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She bent down and kissed him on the cheek. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Pieces of rockets, old nose cones, bent casements, and scarred nozzles were scattered everywhere. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Riccio was running eagerly after the cabbages while the signora, cursing loudly, bent over to pick up the apples. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frantig was standing bent over with his hands on his knees. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They chose a big orle, so big that the strongest field hands bent their backs under its weight. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pax bent to Runt’s wound and licked it cautiously, wary of Bristle’s reaction. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When he bent his head to listen to my heart I was treated to an aerial view of the Galapagos of scabs on his bald pate. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He bent down and flipped a switch on the fire pit. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The glass had a wavy bent, and through it, Joost could see a girl seated at a table, clutching her red silks tight around her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The light cones, which indicate the paths followed in space and time by flashes of light emitted from their tips, are bent slightly inward near the surface of the star. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jay Perkins was on the floor, bent over and holding his nose because of all the blood coming out of it. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He looked up at the face of Saruman with its dark solemn eyes bent down upon him, and then to Gandalf at his side; and he seemed to hesitate. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I haven’t figured anything out by the time I get to shop, so I just stay bent over my birdhouse and ignore Tyler. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then, holding the saucer in one hand and the cigarette in the other, he pressed on the stub until it bent, then broke, and squiggles of tobacco poked out of the paper wrapper. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent a little and offered her cheek. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I took the handle off, straightened it out, and bent a hook in one end. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The path bent around the base of a hill rising in the woods. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the man grunting and saw him bent over, digging at the ashes in the bin. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Papa was tall and somewhat bent over, but he had a kindness that shone about him. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent over and put my hands on my knees and breathed deep. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Their backs bent under the weight of secrets. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A Trotskyite or a man bent upon wrecking or disrupting the work of the Communist party would have remained within the organization so as better to quarrel, obstruct. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Six,” he said, but his stomach cramped on the fourth and bent him double with a pain that lasted off and on all the way to Roanoke. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tab bent down to grab it, then flung it back onto the field, where a swarm of yellow sweatshirts ran after it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was as he had put her: her head buried in one corner and her knees bent and doubled toward her stomach. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen Mom with pneumonia hacking up lungs while bent over that drawing table. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Begging in the gutter, a broken old woman bent into the sum of her mistakes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

His right knee bent,just as it always had, and he leaned to the left, onto the bad leg. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan bent over to pick up the backpack by his feet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She bent over, lifting the front of her dress to dry her eyes, and stood so for a moment on the bottom step while he watched her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He picked up the fish line nail, bent over the fish, and jabbed the nail into its side. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I kissed Harry’s bent head and went out to the porch, where the others were assembling to watch for the first firefly. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The Americans created gridlock at the entrance to Maracanã Stadium, as one athlete after another bent to take selfies with me holding that giant flag. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He took the envelope and bent down to put it in his considerably lightened book bag. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Thinking that, I bent my bead, and saw, lying on the anvil, a miracle: that sprig of hawthorn — from his cloak, on the anvil. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I watched her slow, careful progress down the steps, her back bent, both hands gripping the rail, as if she were blind and had to feel her way. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ivan pulled on his coat as he bent to peer at the boy. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His bow was bent, but one gleaned arrow was all that he had left, and he peered out now, ready to shoot the first Orc that should dare to approach the stair. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Or to replace the lockers, most of which were too bent out of shape to be locked anymore. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Caputo bent so close to me, I could count the hairs in his unibrow, and the ones curling out of his nose, too. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I went to his chair and bent over to hug him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He bent down, pretending to tie his laces, and ran a finger over the red swoosh on his Nike Air Flights. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I quickly bent his arm away so it wasn’t lying across the gun anymore. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way out the door he bent close to my ear. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The workers bent and slashed, bent and slashed in a hypnotic rhythm. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent down to adjust the hem so it did not tangle around her ankles. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

We walked along with our heads bent forward to keep the wind and snow from flying in our feces. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother bent down suddenly to brush off the bottom of her gown. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one bent to help me in my struggle to stand. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She buried her hands in his hair and bent to whisper in his ear, “What am I going to do with you?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Without a word she bent over and picking up one end of the box she placed it upon her shoulder and, staggering under its weight, tried to rise. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The light from his hut showed him bent from the waist with his upper torso completely swallowed by the mouth of the open window. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colin sort of bent each slice into a pretty fan shape. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He bent down and picked up the bill, smoothed it with his fingers and held it out to Stewart, who came forward to take it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the light broke over the beach again he saw that the boy was bent over and was whispering to himself. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He was again breathless, but he bent over the map. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t answer at first; he simply bent his face to mine, and brushed his lips slowly along my jaw, from my ear to my chin, back and forth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He bent over to take the ball out of the cup, and the sun went behind a cloud. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I saw them, the closest ones, bent over in tears, it felt like a warm rain came down inside me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When they were zipped, he bent down and rolled the bottoms up as far as they would go. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The arcanist bent at the waist and gasped a short, painful breath. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Maribel bent down to get them, and Garrett crowded up behind her, settling his hands on her hips, drawing her against him. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He bent over his trunk again, but almost immediately stood up once more, his hand clenched on his wand. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They said some words, most of which I didn’t know, and rubbed my shoulders, and bent down to pet Beau. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I squinted my eyes up real tight and thought crazy hard and after only a minute or two something happened: the guy bent over choking on a chip. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He spit and bent over for a sec, looked up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He took the red straps to his anvil and punched screw holes in them and bent the angles with his hammer and the forked sparks leaped out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Emily smiled at the heads of her brother and James, bent together in concentration. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She bent over and picked up from the tiled floor what appeared to be a long, mysteriously blondish human hair. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I let Johnny get halfway across the roof before I jumped, my legs together and slightly bent. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She remained bent on the ground, her back as rounded as the turtle in the pond. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What were you doing bent over like that?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I said stop!” the voice bellowed again, and looking over my shoulder I saw a uniformed soldier standing on the platform, his knees bent in firing stance, rifle aimed at us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Jack bent down to them as though he loved them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then he bent down and kissed Nunu softly on the head. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He bent down to pick it up, and when he looked up he saw Lee. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked back to the blackberry bramble and bent down, kicking the branches aside with his foot. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I bent down low, looking for a reflection of light in the water, and then I saw it glittering like a goldfish. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I turned to the man, who had bent down again to his futile digging. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The man bent low, holding a sheet of cardboard as a dustpan for her. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin bent down and whispered, as though he had to hide the information from the swallows, the duck, and the dragonflies. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent forward and neatened a stack of papers on the desk. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

As I fell, my weight bent the branch until it broke. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was leaning on his musket with his head bent forward, and I suddenly realized that he was asleep. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still on and up the stairway bent and crawled, until at last with a final flight, short and straight, it climbed out again on to another level. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

One of his knees is bent next to my head and the other is curled beneath me so I’m sitting on his ankle. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingers proudly along the makeshift handle, demonstrating how he’d bent the wire and attached it to the can. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His hands went to his mouth; he choked, shut his eyes, bent, and a thick rush of fluid filled his mouth, spilled out, fell to splash on the tiles, covering the designs. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little girls lined up and when they came to her, turned round, lifted their heavy braids and bent over. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man was now bent over the side of the bed, his face buried in his hands, weeping. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I looked I saw black men in dusty overalls looking tired and bent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually the heads bent together and sharp spikes of laughter mean that Anise has something planned. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

With the beam of his field light, he shows Werner that he is holding two bent screwdrivers and a box of electrical fuses.“The radio,” he says into Werner’s good ear. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He bent and looked closely at my bruised forehead. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The wind bent the palm trees almost to the ground. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The bodies—bent and broken, so covered with molasses that he couldn’t tell if they were men or women. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

The height and the swaying dizzied her, so she bent down and let her breasts graze his chest. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Sir,” he addressed his father, “mind you not that I must go thus, bent over, and with these crutches to help me walk?” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, he threw out his arms to break his fall, and the fingers on his left hand bent backward. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her crown is bent and broken and her sash is too faded to read. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He bent his clear bright eyes again upon the Ranger. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"I hardly get to see you. Haymitch seems bent on keeping us apart." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

So I got up and walked back over to the hospital bed, then bent down and pressed my lips against my father’s cold forehead. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

On bad days the orange walls held hands and bent over him, inspecting him like malevolent doctors, slowly, deliberately, squeezing the breath out of him and making him scream. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll see about that,” he said, as he bent over to speak to Ralph, “after you run the maze on Friday.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He sighed with accomplishment while she readied a new pile, then he bent again into their slow waltz of sorrow. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Miss Brent said stiffly, "Thank you," bent her head and entered one of the taxis, the door of which the driver was holding open. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Another one had poured the coffee from that same silver coffee pot, had placed the cup to her lips, had bent down to the dog, even as I was doing. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I went back to the car and bent down. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They were galloping in a pack, their necks craned forward, their arms bent at the elbows, and worst of all, their stomachs bulging. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head bent, he focused on something on the ground. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She was bent over, splashing water up her arms and across the back of her neck. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I bent my knees and told myself I could carry the load, but suddenly it was too much. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And I’m bent over there in the beam of Dad’s flashlight, bawling, and I don’t even care. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The policeman bent over and studied the hole. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent my knee and jammed my foot backward, up his crotch. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car was empty apart from hay bales, dead mice, and bent nails. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“So to find x—” She bent over the notebook, correcting his work, and Trip watched her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I let myself slide down against the cold glass, knees bent, trying so hard to hold back tears. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The two Earthmen bent anxiously over their creation. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Even though my cousin was bent on flaunting his age and height over me, I relished the time I spent with him apart from my sisters. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A seaman in a blue coat bent to check a row of barrels, and as he straightened up, even before he turned or before she consciously recognized him, Kit began to run. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down and picked up his pails. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Monroe bent down to take the towel from Chester. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Their great hinges and iron bars were wrenched and bent; many of their timbers were cracked. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I am the bënduka, the single word that describes me precisely: someone who is bent sideways and walks slowly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I looked beyond our life on the islands, he became the moon itself, bent on tugging me back, as if I were made of sea instead of blood. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

As she waited for sleep she listened to the polar wind whistle, and the dry grasses whined like the voice of the old bent lady. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days later, she bent to pick up a dropped spoon, only to find that her toes had begun to flicker like the dying flames in the hearth. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Faramir stirred, and he opened his eyes, and he looked on Aragorn who bent over him; and a light of knowledge and love was kindled in his eyes, and he spoke softly. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She stirred slightly, and Aunt Beast bent over her im-mediately, “What a lovely sleep, my darling. Do you feel all right?” A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Jemmy found something even more valuable to him—a bent and battered birdcage. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was only her and Feral in the gallery now, and he was bent over his book. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Old Man reached beside him for his walking stick — a bent, twisted wood stick — and tapped it on the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She bent over to examine a dark, spidery plant growing along the fence to the left of the house. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

At the start of class, James bent over his backpack and pulled out a handful of long, skinny strips of paper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson bent down to pick up his briefcase and his red thermos, and as he did, Dr. Barnes stepped out from behind his desk and pulled open the door to the hallway. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Back once more in Goblin’s saddle, he turned to watch them, Cilia bent under the heavy load, Isannah skipping about and for no particular reason chanting the shorter catechism once more. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped once and bent nearly double, a great spasm rocking him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around in her chair, and gripping its arms she bent over backward, dipping the back of her head to the plate. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Her face was bent over mine, the scent of coffee and grape jelly coming from her mouth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Many a time I have longed to see you. Now at last you come,” and I bent down to kiss his feet, shod as they were in leather shoes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent down to fill her glass first. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was still gripping the knob of the brass bedpost, which he had bent at the joint all the way down to four o’clock. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa-Nnukwu was on a low wooden stool, his legs bent into a triangle. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a moment of consideration, Laila thought, maybe a change of heart, and, when he bent down, she imagined he would pretend his shoelace had come undone and walk back to her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He saw a covering of brown kudzu over three winter-dead trees, twisting them into strange, almost human shapes: they could have been witches, three bent old crones ready to reveal his fortune. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Can see lights on inside the houses, heads bent down, lights that should be off this time a night. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I got up on my feet, bent over, squinting, and edged back through the trees toward the town. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent my head under the gende press of his hand and felt the blade scrape carefully across my neck. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Moody limped around the table and bent down; Harry thought he was reading the S.P.E.W. notebook, until he muttered, “Nice Cloak, Potter.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He bent his head to light a cigarette, and did not reply immediately. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was a meaty box of flesh, and her torso bent sharply at the waist to offset his bulk. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I bent down to Jasper, putting my hand on his collar, and looked round the edge of the door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His knees were slightly bent, like a runner’s poised for a race. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down and plucked a shell from the grass, then put the open end of the shell to his throat and hummed low and long. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It meant If you and I were alone on a jungle path, I wouldn f give a bent pin for your chance of survival. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down and showed the top of his head to the others. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She set the damp stick on the counter and bent over it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It looked like a skinned person creeping on all fours, bent, a horrifying open gap where a mouth should be. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then he bent, pressed the key of the intercom. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The painted ceiling bellied overhead like a sail, and down below the green desk lamps glowed, illuminating faces bent over books. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

James bent to a low shelf and slid aside books to create a tiny window. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

‘I bent my thought upon him, bidding him to make haste; for yesterday he was far away in the south of this land. Swiftly may he bear me back again!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He reminded me of a vulture, his neck too long and bent at odd angles. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The whisper was barely audible; her lips were an inch from his ear, her head bent so low that her long hair shielded his face from the onlookers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

‘I will look,’ said Frodo, and he climbed on the pedestal and bent over the dark water. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they took the shapes of humans, and sometimes of snakes or fish or, if they were bent on evil, crocodiles. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a pillowcase in one hand, and when he bent over occasionally, I knew he was picking out the dead chicks, or the ones that were hobbling around, getting ready to keel over. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He signaled an order to the waiting bard, then bent to his own task. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I bent to pick it up and it made a noise like a wounded animal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Slowly she bent one knee, lowered herself, remained there poised, then rose again. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They bent low and inched out of their hiding spot, slowly walking from tree to tree, Alec checking each time to make sure it was clear to move on to the next one. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He stopped at what was apparently my own box and bent to stick something in it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He looked up at Lindsey, who was standing on one foot, bent over the pool table at an absurdly awkward angle. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

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

She bent over and picked up her tennis paraphernalia. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The walls rang with the sound of hammers, and burly men in leather aprons stood sweating in the sullen heat as they bent over bel-lows and anvils. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The lady with the spiritual bent blew a pitchpipe and the choir members began singing lustily, “Oh, Jesus, walk by my side, / Then I always, always be satisfied.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a raptor emerged a few blocks away, its shiny, bloodred body bent forward in a low stalking position, the hooded rider leaning all the way back to stay balanced. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I dribbled three times, bent my knees, released, and followed through. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

A serving man with a goose under his arm bent his knee when he caught sight of them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She always confused her for one of her sisters and whispered childhood secrets in her ear every time my mom bent down to help her up. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

One of the figures was on the ground, another was bent over, hands on knees. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A large woman holding a candle bent over me, and a man waited in the shadows. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned his tall, lean, bent body and walked slowly up the steps. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that sound the bent shape of the king sprang suddenly erect. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The hollow is bent and twisted, its tongues waving in the air, open jaws dripping black on the mat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Though bent almost double, she stared up at me with black eyes that seemed to know my past, while Elnora stated her business. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She bent over the rock pool and studied her body. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down to unhook the dog’s leash. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

And even five minutes before the game, in the dugout, he bent down, pretending to tie his shoe, and closed one eye and prayed: “Please let me win this ball game.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They flocked to watch peasants bent over in the fields, digging the hard dirt, crying into the furrows to water the seeds. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having finished chopping his roots, Harry bent low over his book again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He bent over and fished his razor out of the wastebasket. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He bent down, and threw a stick for Jasper. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The guard moved among the other patrons and bent to help them pick up the coins, and Koffi took her chance. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z