I start by pulling the soft hairs at her scalp very tight. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She let the coat fall onto both of our heads, then put her arm tight around my shoulders. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

"The skirt's too short and the shirt's too tight," she says. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We found her unraveling the splendid shroud, and then she had to finish, willy nilly— finish, and show the big loom woven tight from beam to beam with cloth. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think they will fit you. They will be tight, though.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

My chest feels tight, like my ribs are a real cage, squishing my lungs and heart. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes tight, like I did when I didn’t want to see something scary. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then Dell shouted: "Get in! We're on a tight schedule!" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Arthur puts on his 3D glasses and grabs the blaster with a tight grip. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Us be’nt no common urchin,” quavered the poor creature, staying curled up as tight as ever. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can tell how furious she is by how her lips have disappeared into a tight line. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

For the thirteen-day journey, they slept on straw mattresses on a deck above the engine room, hanging tight to their bunk beds as the ship pitched and rolled. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I wished he hadn’t said that ’cause it stirred my worries up and I’d been doing such a good job of keeping them locked in tight. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“How’d you get up there, anyway? The door was open when I tried it, but it’s usually sealed tight.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And then she hugs me tight around the neck until I kind of pat her on the back and peel her off. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She clutches her hands together in a tight, tense squeeze. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Thumb and forefinger tight, then run down your other fingers.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Just hurry up. Don’t make them all puffy. I need them tight.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Not one single hair escaped its tight bind. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had on green earrings and her hair was combed very tight and neat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Otto wrapped his remaining length around Flux’s hands and leaned back, drawing the rope tight. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Its tongues wriggled into the booth, snaking around my arm, my waist, then around my neck, squeezing tighter and tighter until I couldn’t breathe. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It would be a tight squeeze for Nina, but they’d manage. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She wasn't sure what kind of car to watch for; her dad was always buying classic cars, then selling them when money got tight. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Taking a deep breath, I gripped the tree tighter and wrenched my gaze away from her saddle shoes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pattie must have the same thought, because she moves out of the kitchen, through the clutter of the living room, back to the tight hallway. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Because of Daddy’s tight leash, I also wasn’t allowed to spend the night at any of my friends’ homes or babysit for children in the community. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra held Pantalaimon tight and let Mrs. Coulter stroke her hair. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie pulls his lips into his teeth in a tight smirk, but he doesn’t say anything. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We crouch tight and hard in the corner, breath panting, hearts hammering. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

They hugged, tight and warm and full of the promise he’d made upon waking up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

While she turned my hair into tight cornrows, she chattered nonstop to Mama Bomboy and to Mama Caro, whose voice I heard but whom I could not see because she was a few sheds away. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a pair of soft leather construction boots, tight jeans, and a black Led Zeppelin T-shirt, and was chewing gum and blowing bubbles. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Adam’s cheeks hugged the bone and pulled the skin of his nose tight and slimy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’s got black, black hair and a tight white little face, as if her skin’s a size too small. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air stretches tight; Marie-Laure has the sense that they are watching someone slide onto thin ice or hold a palm over a flame. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I hold the one tan-sandy shoe tight until I can give it back to Calvin. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

An answer to the fury tight in his own chest. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“That border is locked down tight,” Nina said. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He had known that money was short, but he hadn’t realized Baba was in such a tight situation. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

That got my jaw a little tight, but I didn’t say anything. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his hands in tight fists, he closed his eyes and shook his head back and forth, trying to clear the anger and pressure from his mind. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“He could not bring up a word. I mean he was all tight and excited.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I reach my arms around her, holding her tight as we sit together on the park bench. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of awkward lingering, a large woman in a tight leather dress and red mask comes running toward us. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Money has been tight recently. You know that.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I pried the tight lid open, working it back and forth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Did he have Hope and Dell's loose curls or my tighter, kinkier hair? Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He thrashed around, making it impossible for me to keep on my feet, but I gritted my teeth and squeezed tighter. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The instant the hymn ended, the choir coach began to give her lengthy opinion of people who can’t keep their feet still and their lips sealed tight during the minister’s sermon. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Iorek could see the face of his old comrade drawn and tight with the pain of his wounds, and see the jagged holes in his garments where the bullets had entered. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

At first, all she saw was darkness—a tight, closed-up sort of darkness, with a single, pale, horizontal line of light cutting across. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The cargo straps were cinched tight, and the doors to all three units were closed. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pulls Frank tight against him, the way hope is meant to be held. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

After shifting back down into a comfortable position, she hugs him a little tighter. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

TOC picked her off her feet and squeezed her tight, his biceps flexing. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She put it on, and her robe over it, belted tight, and considered her face in the mirror: her huge haunted eyes and the tale they told of nightmares and sleepless days. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I held on to the phone tighter so I wouldn’t drop it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

A streetlight flashes across his face, revealing how tight his jaw is set. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

My own hands are clenched, I note, tight around the handle of my basket. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hold tight to the top of the bag and wait. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and curled into an even tighter ball. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I looked at her in surprise and she gripped her kierie and spear tight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She drops her medical bag and the book and holds me tight. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He felt himself grow tight inside, and for a long time he could not sleep at night. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he gripped my shoulder real tight, mounted his horse and rode off through the brush. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were tight enough to fight too, and we were on their private property. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hold the other three leashes as tight as I can as the dogs and I run back to the apartment building. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was not like the riot that occurred when big, fat women laughed—her breasts rose and fell against the tight cloth of her dress. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She returns her prosthetic arm to her stump, wincing at the momentary pinch of the magnetic fields that hold it tight. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She gives me a tight smile but doesn’t say a word. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Her face gets tight and she says, Is there anything else your lordship would like this day? and he laughs, Woman’s work, Angela, woman’s work and free rent. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“She was seducing my Rogelio! She had on a tight dress that came up to here, with a neckline to there!” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was tight with pain, and he leaned heavily on a chair for support. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The cuffs on her hands were too tight, and her pain nanites were fighting a losing battle to quell the ache. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He frowned, and his eyes were tight as he stared past me out the window. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We hold on tight for several seconds, before Uncle Phil groans. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When she found him, he always hugged her tight, smelling, as she would remember seventy years later on her deathbed, of wet wood and sweat and the sweet wildness of the outdoors. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Encanis threw his body tight against the chains again and the sound of his scream shook the earth and shattered stones for half a mile in each direction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No matter what I run on them, each one looks like a cube of gibberish floating in my view, locked tight behind a shield. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Butterscotch, you’re a good, good girl!” she said as she petted the dog and hugged me tight. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He just kept staring with his eyes all tight and full of mean. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Every word Emo said pulled the knot in his belly tighter. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

With each tiny step I took with him, my whole hand wrapped tighter around his middle finger. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I turn on my favorite movie score playlist and wrap myself tighter in the blanket. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The stairs swung left and right and pulled down into a tight spiral into the edge of the central room of the prison floor. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“The rest of you sit tight. I’ll send another Executive to monitor your quiz—which, thanks to this cheater, you’ll all have to start over from the beginning.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

With one hand, I pull it into a messy tail and twist it into a tight knot. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was pursed and tight like a bright pink sphincter, and her silence spoke louder than any slammed door. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Pulled the blanket tighter around his shoulders and drew a long, shaky breath. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Linda tried to get up again, but this time Bloom’s fingers abruptly dug into her so sharply that she collapsed back against him with a tight little .gasp. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a hoverboard course made solid, complete with tight, banked turns, sharp climbs followed by long drops, even loops that took Tally upside down, her crash bracelets activating to keep her on board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She squeezed and squeezed me, like she was worried I would blow out the window if she didn’t hold on tight enough. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then he put on this very tight black evening dress. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Chou is with him, holding on tight to his hand. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held tight to the handle and shouted, “Give it back!” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is shaking, and though she steadies when Marco holds her tighter, she continues to tremble in his arms. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When I get into my room, I curl up on my mattress and shut my eyes tight. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But I kept my lips tight and my head nodding. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She still smiled but it was tighter now, and she traced her fingers along the threaded pattern of the duvet, grizzly bears that Conor had outgrown years ago. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

At her summons, a woman appeared sheathed in a black satin dress that was far too tight and could barely contain her exuberant femininity. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My chest is so tight, I can barely breathe. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I am a little girl again, holding on so tight, my hands hurt and the cold chain of the swing gnaws itself into my knuckles. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But first, we have to avoid those floating rock lasers. Everybody, hang on tight—I need to be sure you’re not rolling about, getting sick over everything.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When Yoren had dragged her into that alley she'd thought he meant to kill her, but the sour old man had only held her tight, sawing through her mats and tangles with his dagger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then they breathed out again, with something like a sigh; and Henry, his eyes squeezed tight, and his knees giving way beneath him, fell with a thud to the carpet. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ear waved his ears at a woman in tight riding pants. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes tight and thought of her tree, thought of Wash, thought of the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jeremy looks tight, his arms stiff against the sides of his body, but he’s doing most of the talking. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

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

He looks down at me and holds me tighter. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I hold my coat closed tight to keep my hands from shaking, even though it isn’t that cold, and walk at a leisurely pace toward Tatarska 3. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She squeezed tighter, and the pain made her gasp a breath into lungs that felt too small. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

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

A thick red carpet covered its floor, and its walls were lined with glass-enclosed wooden bookcases jammed tight with books. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But Emma just gulped and held on to the chair even tighter. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I held on tight to my mom as we walked home. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted his approval—I wanted him to think I was cool—and so I hopped on.“Hold on tight!” he said. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Lizabeth’s eyes seemed to go far away when she say that, and her voice got all tight. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She was wearing serious trick-wear: all black clothes, hair tied back tight, a knapsack over one shoulder. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Uncle Bill’s hand was large and his handshake was firm, but not tight. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She wore a blue cotton tank top with tight blue jeans, Converse All Stars, and—as if she knew what he liked—no makeup. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Jasper Jr.’s forearm was locked tight against my throat, and it hurt to breathe. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The outfits worn by my fellow students were, in my opinion, either way too tight or way too loose. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Everything had been shut tight while so much was still supposed to happen. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He was still watching the horses, his hand tight on his sword hilt, but he was smart enough to follow Annabeth’s lead. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She had to inch her way through a tight spot where mostly boys sat at tables on either side of her path. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, there are two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches packed tight in plastic wrap, an apple, slices of cheese, a few cookies, and a mostly full bottle of Gatorade. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Agent Fiona puts both hands on her hips and presses her lips tight. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

For a minute Daddy sat looking tight all over. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I grip Natalie’s arm so tight, it feels as if I’m holding bone. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was holding his mother tight and she was trying to push him aside, as if to be allowed to pummel Olanna, and Olanna wished she could let her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he finally stood in front of me, he held my hand tight and said, “Macbeth shall never vanquished be until great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane hill shall come against him.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

See, when you’re close to someone you get a feeling, and by me and my son being real tight, when I heard it over the radio I just had this premonition. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reined the mare in tight and kept his heels hard against her sides to let her know he meant business. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We had to go through a rundown part of town, and as we drove past those buildings, I wrapped my jacket tighter around my chest, even though Dad was blasting the heater. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Fig released a strangled whimper and scuttled to the back of the carrier, then crouched into a tight ball. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, the clouds pull together, forming many tight balls. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat now with his lips pressed tight together. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The three boys have copper skin and tight dark-brown curls. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Owen would have hated it, always liked the boat to be “tight and shipshape.” The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Mama told Jaja and me often to remember to hug Papa tighter, to let him know we were there, because he was under so much pressure. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

Walking the reverse path to Port Authority, everything that seemed exciting on the way into town now seems frenetic, dangerous, wound up too tight. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I protested, trying to scratch her* but C.C. squeezed me so tight I almost blacked out. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Clicking off my seat belt, I leaned forward, kissed her cheek, and she wrapped an arm around me in another tight squeeze. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Their tight smiles were not convincing, did not welcome us. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was sort of weird, but it seemed the looser things got with Faith, the tighter they got with Astelle. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I know,” her mom said, rocking and squeezing her tighter. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We go up to the second floor, where our bedroom is, this tight spot that wouldn’t really be all that comfortable for one person, let alone three, but we make it work. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As the bearers shuffled along through the tight passageway, they passed the parlors and stepped into the back room. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had made her a small box with a tight fitting lid, its top and sides intricately carved in the pattern of the plants she was beginning to learn and to know. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the usual lust to part tight legs with his own, but a tenderness, a protectiveness. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just one gulp of him had my throat, my chest, my gut so tight. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His hug was strong and tight, and I knew it was his way of telling me that he’d had a wonderful time. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The n got out okay, but the harder I forced the rest, the tighter the noose got. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Sleep tight,” I said through the closed door. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Cora jumped on Ridgeway’s back and strangled him with her chains, twisting them tight against his flesh. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I’m scratching at my wrist, prying under the loop of line, but it’s way too tight. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ernie immediately winced and tensed, his hands closing into tight fists as Dr. Maris pushed the first tooth back into his gum, like a plug into a socket. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Inside the car, he told me Sammy had telephoned about how I was jammed up tight and told him he’d better come and get me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We filled pouches with the graveyard dirt and tied them up tight, putting them in Doc’s big bag. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And you grieve because you hadn’t held it tighter when you had it every day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the muscles in his body were tight, wound up, like twisted wires about to break. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The scarf is too tight on my mouth. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

When they finally saw that they couldn’t, the old hogs stopped and formed a tight circle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He growls and apologizes and growls and apologizes until Viola’s covered the whole wound up tight. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I stared at that middle line and waited so long for its black center to resolve into tight strokes and dots that I forgot to pronounce it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he’d finished, he held out his masterpiece so I could take a look—tight white cylinder, small cardboard filter inserted at one end—then sparked it up. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

All the guys in the cast wear White Sox uniforms, complete with cleats and high socks pulled up over their tight pants. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I just made the weird robot face I make when I’m taking pictures—big eyes, tight lips—and tried to stuff the pamphlets back in the pocket as quickly as possible. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She saw the hand of the father closed tight on the bridegroom’s arm. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then our hands were pulled behind our backs until our elbows touched, making our chests tight from the pressure. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and put my hands together tight. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He took a fresh grip on the glass and pulled the door tighter and tried again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were squeezed so tight her eyelashes disappeared. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Leticia is a great dancer, but it feels weird to see her onstage in booty shorts, and wearing bright lipstick, her curls pulled into a tight ponytail. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I am still tight with fear of capture and also with excitement—to be at last in the United States. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Colonel’s hand was so little, and I grabbed it tight, his cold seeping into me and my warmth into him. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

His mother would be preparing the evening meal now, pounding akpu in the mortar, the pestle grasped tight with both hands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

That his best friend was a woman, an architect with a long straight weave who wore high heels and tight jeans and colored contact lenses, said something about Blaine that Ifemelu liked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I love you! I love you!” she kept saying as she kissed us repeatedly and held us tight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But having Mom there made it different, like walking down the street with a blanket wrapped tight around me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

We got back into the chopper, and everybody grabbed something and held on tight as it pulled away. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He squeezes his eyes tighter, repeats the last words, chants them fervently, asThouwiltasThouwiltasThouwilt, until they wrap around him and the floating feeling comes. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The bag was tied tight, but Candice was able to pull it open enough to peek inside. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Shoulders tight, I take note of who sits where. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The truth, of course, was that any warnings he may have issued about the dangers of the lab’s physical environment were drowned out by his endless demands and tight deadlines for improvements to the machine. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was a guy in a tight suit, a high collar, and a silk necktie. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fezzik stood in shadow, the great rock tight in his great hand. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She told Curt about the taxi driver, how his sincerity had infuriated her and how she had gone to the station bathroom to see if her pink long-sleeved blouse was too tight. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Put your hands together tight like a closed book. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Me fly out on to roof. Hold other end of rope plenty tight. You swing out. No worry, me pullee up.“ Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The thought of dropping into the center of a whirlpool only makes me cling tighter and climb higher until I’m at his shoulders. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When I stare up at the Ferris wheel from the ground, my throat feels tighter. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Our downstairs neighbor comes out, her two kids hanging tight to her. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my eyes tighter and kept counting...43, The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Esteban was as madly in love as an adolescent, despite the fact that the movement of the ship made Clara uncontrollably ill and the tight quarters gave her asthma. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can still change your mind, nne, the four places are paid for,” she said, climbing into the car, holding tight to her jewelry-filled bag. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Holding Precious Coins even tighter, Bandit inched toward the carved ebony chair in the center of the room. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Shakily he eased it into the bottle and snapped the cap—perforated by means of a needle—shut tight. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her throat closed tight and her knees shook. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

You’re going to pay for that, boy, the man yells as he loosens his belt and wraps it a couple times around his hand to get a tight grip. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Doc: "I know this is horrible for you. Don't try to look, Nicole. If you have to, look at your mother. That's right, close your eye and hold Mom's hand. Hold it tight." Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Beto stood in the darkened kitchen and traced the edge of the real casket, the one that was right and tight and smooth from sanding. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we hail taxis for the ride to the hotel, Lili is holding tight onto my hand, pulling me along. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began to pull at the tight knot she had put in the bathrobe cord, and said, “Intense cold is one of the symptoms of shock.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

There’s the new Alice Wu novel, pages crisp and cover tight and unopened. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nothing happened, except me scrunching up a little tighter. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

That was a tight knot of a question. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

His fists were shut tight, and even in sleep his eyes were squinted like he was thinking about something very hard to figure out. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her mother quickly pulled her robe tighter around herself. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It sent pain signals to his brain in tight waves, but he grabbed another, pulled it, then another quill. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her handwriting was small and tight, and she pushed down so hard with the black pen she was using that she made indents on the paper. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Exchange my father’s old leather jacket for a fine wool coat that always seems too tight in the shoulders. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

I dig my fingernails into that other boy’s stomach and hang on tight like a crab. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mom wrapped her housecoat tighter around herself and walked away from me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was voted neatest junior boy last year, and Papa had hugged him so tight that Jaja thought his back had snapped. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and closed his mouth tight against the food. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I yank it tighter around my shoulders and turn away again, and then I am falling. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled the blanket tighter about himself, but it was too late. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept her hand tight in mine while I scanned every door. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bet they were warm as toast and tight as drums down there!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

My eyes are burning, my throat is tight. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

The tight feeling was still in him and he knew that it would remain until they were actually doing the job, until they were in the store taking the money. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Liquor was medicine for the anger that made them hurt, for the pain of the loss, medicine for tight bellies and choked-up throats. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold tighter. Your grip is loosening,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You can have a bit more space to play with, but try to stay tight. I won’t be able to keep moving my laptop to track you guys.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The space between us was too small, too tight. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had to be careful; if they got the sense that he wanted them gone, they’d be stuck to him tight as ticks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then I burrow into the blankets, situating the ice against my throbbing knee, a tight breath hissing between my teeth. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Dewey two was light-skinned with freckles everywhere and a head of tight red hair. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe you notice that your bathing suit straps are just a little too tight on your sunburned shoulders or that the sun is too bright in your eyes. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The beginning was a little slow but the ending was tight. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Harry drew the curtains tight shut, then pulled the Cloak off himself and Ron. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Lovey held my hand tight now, weaving her fingers in between mine. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The music started and again we danced, tight in the crowd. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her father hugged her tight to him, and she pressed her face into his shirt. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Refusing even to acknowledge that he’d heard, Amarante remained stiff backed, his shriveled sunken lips as tight as he could make them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he simply kept a tight hold on me and looked at me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I earnestly expressed my hope that he wouldn’t, and held tighter to the tombstone on which he had put me; partly, to keep myself upon it; partly, to keep myself from crying. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She straightened and faced him, her cheeks and eyes wet with tears and her lips tight with anger. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were seated at the same spot again, near the whitewashed railing, by a Nigerian waiter in a tight black suit. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was sitting next to me, with her arm around me again, hugging me tight. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was short and dark and wore tight dresses cut low to show the tops of her breasts. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I pull myself up and lean against the wall, thinking it’s a good time for hair ruffling and sleep tight, kid and don’t stay up too late. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“I know. But Lemoncello said books did no one any good sealed up tight. He said books need to ‘have their spines cracked, their covers opened, and their pages ruffled for them to come alive.’” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I see his lips pull tight, like a seam within him is splitting. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They stuck to me tight, all the way. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words trailed off, aimless, disconnected, and hung in the air for a long moment of tight silence. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Its horns were a more refined version of what they’d been, fluting out to tight spirals, and the eyes that filled the empty sockets were large and shining. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Lily rolled shirts and pants and skirts into tight tubes and placed them back into her largest case. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Just as Teece sat down and eased his tight shoes off someone cried, “Look!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took my hands and squeezed them tight. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"Well, I'm tight. Is that what you want?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Squeezing my hand tight, you buried your face in Kutti’s fur. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When she rode close, she saw dead men hanging from the battlements, slumped at the ends of long ropes with hempen nooses tight around their necks, their faces swollen and black. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I start to say—but he cuts me off with a quick, tight hug and a wet smacking kiss on the cheek. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

My breath came faster, and something coiled around my chest and squeezed tighter and tighter, until suddenly, like somebody had snapped off the panic switch, I felt myself go limp. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s not going away, so I swing my legs over the side of the rowboat and break free of the tight space. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Something tense hid behind his calm face, like a spring pressed into a tight coil. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“You look good. You got on your Jordans, some nice tight jeans. If anybody look at you funny, you tell ’em you reppin’ the west side.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And then she does stick her arms round me and pulls tight, like we might fall down, and we just stand there on the wet hillside and breathe for a little bit. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Jesse sat with his hands clasped between his knees, the seat belt tight across his chest. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks had gone a blotchy, unflattering red, and her jaw was so tight I really thought she might snap and start screaming at me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

After we filed in, a group of police officers formed a tight cordon between us and the spectators. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom wrapped her arm around my shoulders, hugging me tight against her side on Alice’s behalf. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She wore tight jeans and dark pink sandals. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

For me that was the hardest thing, sitting tight. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clung tight to the copy editor as they wove through Washington traffic to the Post building. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He gripped tighter on the hilt of his sword and went on doggedly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mitraillette and I taking turns holding her tight and exchanging horrified glances over her head. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes tight, then opened them again. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laura and Mary held tight to each other’s hand, at the edge of the field, and watched with all their eyes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d yell, “Hold on!” and Grandpa would whoop and hold Miss Love tighter, and she’d shriek and giggle like a schoolgirl. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The prosecutor swiveled with a faintly military flourish and executed a tight circle over the courtroom’s waxed floor, his hands against the small of his back neatly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The cameras are tight on me as I reach out my hands to the man, to the wounded, to the reluctant rebels across Panem. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Our choreography was fresh; our moves were tight and perfectly in sync; the music was mixed beautifully. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The guys have their arms wrapped about each other, holding tight like paper dolls. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then she took an Ace bandage out of a metal cabinet and wrapped the ankle up for me tight so that it felt better. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a tight knot in my stomach that won’t go away. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It has a tight bodice, a low neck, a full skirt; it brushes against my bare legs as I walk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The smoke was a tight little knot on the horizon and was uncoiling slowly. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Mom gave me a tight hug when I got off the bus, but she didn’t slam me with questions like I thought she might. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

They had tight, smooth horns thrusting up here and there where the snow had all disappeared. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Shivering, she wrapped her blanket tighter around herself and crawled over to the hearth to stir the coals. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My teeth chatter as I pull my jacket on tighter. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“That’s all I wanted to know,” she said, and she grasped him tighter to her own body. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I did some basic acceleration and deceleration, turned in increasingly tight circles, and even did a power-stop. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t shake my weird feeling, and I give Grandpa a tight hug. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I could even catch a rich old woman whose tight strand of pearls pinched in the sags of her neck whispering to her friend right behind me, “Oriental Jews.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Noah,” I said, holding on tight to my backpack strap so I wouldn’t grab him by the neck or punch him in the face. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

At night before bedtime, we all took turns brushing our teeth, but when money was tight and we couldn’t afford toothpaste, my mom told us to brush with coal. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Bast’s eyes were now the pale blue-white of lightning, his voice tight and fierce. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Third, Roberval devised an experiment where a carp’s bladder which had been flattened and sealed tight was placed at the top of the Torricellian tube. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The hands forced Samuel’s head down and forced his face tight in against his father’s black best coat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked worn, her skin pulled tight against the fragile bones, and she still wore black. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swung his arm in a tight arc. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She puts her hand on Carmine’s back and he clings to me tighter. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Wound too loose, it was like to fall off; wound too tight, it would tangle, trip, and bind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Make a wish, honey,” Bryce said, his voice high and tight. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

When they started the call for boarding she gave me the list, squeezing it tight between our hands. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phiri kicked and screamed like a tethered animal, but my father held on tight. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

She sniffed and pulled the shawl tight about her shoulders. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He snuggled tighter against Mother, hoping he was wrong. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Start of the Battle Once it sailed out of the strait, Mark Antony’s fleet held a tight formation facing Octavian’s fleet of 400 ships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

On Monday, the twentieth of April, under the tightest of security, we were taken to the Palace of Justice, this time to begin our defense. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got all set, their daddy said, “Okay, now, boys, walk the mule back till the rope gets tight.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tail had a fine, tight curl in it. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

One of the relieved organizers grabbed him in a tight bear hug. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Her ivory dress was tight at her hips. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When the mercenary’s hands touched him, Bast’s face became a tight mask of pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The tight little bud that was the real Prudence had steadily opened its petals in the sunshine of Kit’s friendship and Hannah’s gentle affection. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t complain when Mrs. Bigio stares at you as you’re going through the lunch line, with her hands on her hips and her hairnet pulled tight. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The family curls together in a tight knot. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth closed tight, as if it hadn’t been open in a hundred years. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the bark tight, then looped it under itself and tugged on it once more. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once in the oven it put up a bubble like a baseball which grew tight and shiny and then collapsed with a hissing sound. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was carefully made up, heavy mascara on her eyelashes, rouge on the bones of her cheeks, over which the skin was stretched like a rubber glove pulled tight. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He curls his lips so tight that only his two front teeth are showing. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The black plastic arms of his glasses were so tight they’d etched deep grooves into his head, but he couldn’t afford new ones. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her half-closed eyelids are fluttering, and the muscles of her face look tight. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It would be so tight to be able to do that. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Reyna, the praetor, stood to one side, her face tight with suppressed emotion. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had been pulled down tight onto the bow and his face was in the cut slice of dolphin and he could not move. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the covers I made a tight fist, feeling the thick edge of the coin in my hand. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Riley’s book was safe, comfortably pressing against my stomach, my belt cinched tight against it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Go on, Paine,” said my mother, her voice tight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on the veranda alone, wearing that buttocks-molding tight skirt he remembered, but her hair was different, cut in a short rounded shape rather than plaited with thread. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the tape lies flat and tight, I slide Frog and Toad Together into my cassette player and push PLAY. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they had first gotten to Pittsburgh, thinking about Georgia and her life there had made her chest squeeze tight as she fought the tears that would inevitably come. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I squeeze my eyes tight and even try burying my head under my pillow. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Tally shivered in the ocean breeze and pulled her soggy jacket tighter around her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Zane tensed the toes of his sneakers tight against the rope. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

His face reddens to a deep crimson, the veins on his neck taut like wires pulled too tight. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I bit the inside of my cheek and held on to my backpack strap a little tighter. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Townspeople straggled by carrying umbrellas, their coats pulled tight around their throats. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We moved out in a tight group, holding on to each other through the field of moving slop and splintered boards. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a last effort Frodo, dropping his sword, slipped the Ring from his finger and closed his right hand tight upon it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He exhaled with his lips tight and pulled down. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Towards dawn, his tight holding of her hand relaxed; peace came into his face and made it boyish again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he throttled up, turned tight, and motored west, adjusting to the north less than five degrees in the hope of stumbling across a buoy marker. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

My stomach pulls in tight, like working through a final sit-up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

One was asleep, curled up tight and buried beneath a great mound of skins. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They hug us real tight and real hard. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

My mom’s eyes narrow into a full-on glare, her jaw tight. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Kurry was shut up tight in a basket on my lap, and the Jordans, who were traveling all the way to Hankow with us, led our procession. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry’s muscles quivered with the effort; his jaw was clenched tight. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I reached a hand to my tight, thin braids. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped the chicken crate and tried to wriggle free, but he had me good and tight by the arms, and there was no way to get loose. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But everybody knew what “Soaphead” meant—the tight, curly hair that took on and held a sheen and wave when pomaded with soap lather. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

My pants are too tight in the waist and in the crotch too. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time, he says nothing, and my arm wraps tighter and tighter around my legs. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My skin still smarts from the scrubbing I got from two slave-girls, and my head aches from the tight bun they tamed my hair into. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“But—” “Chris, I don’t need you to agree,” I say, my throat tight. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I cut most of the hair and then trimmed as tight to the scalp as I could. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It made a little white balloon, and he tied the end tight with a string and gave it to Mary and Laura to play with. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tayo sank down into sensations—the truck vibrating and bouncing down the road, the bodies squeezed around him tight, the smell of perfume and sweat and wine, and the rushing fresh air cooling the sweat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Juana and Kino gathered their clothing tighter about them and covered their noses and went out into the world. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked on, hardly noticing the people pushing past him, their annoyed, tight faces. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tries to pull away, but I squeeze tighter. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I plucked at the snare’s tight rope, and it twanged like a guitar string. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They got the canopy fixed and sat still, Alice holding Lyra tight and whispering to keep her quiet, Malcolm hardly daring to breathe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were shut tight with the effort of clinging to the hood, and she didn’t hear the door open and shut, nor Porter’s footsteps as he moved around to the front of the car. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pocket for fishline and flies; another pocket jammed tight with first aid equipment, a snakebite kit, a small whetstone, and other necessities of outdoor life. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is what it feels like to drive in a car with you,” I said, and he smiled, but kept his jaw clenched tight and I said, “Okay?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She pulls her dark paisley scarf tight around her shoulders. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then at last the opening music came again, with all the different instruments bunched together for each note like a hard, tight fist that socked at her heart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Not the positronic brain, sir. Too many factors are involved in that, and there is the tightest possible government supervision.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She pulls her hair back tight, like she is trying to pull it out or something, but then she lets it fall around her shoulders in a thick black curtain. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Her skin is pale, almost translucent, and it’s stretched too tight across her face. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

For all its enormous range of space, climate, and physical appearance, and for all the internal squabbles, contentions, and strivings, Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The terraqueous globe theory was not underdetermined; in this case the relationship between the theory and the facts was a tight one, not a loose one. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The screws were stubborn, most of them factory- tight, resisting the twists of the screwdriver. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took all Cap’s wingspan to move the huge steering wheel, swinging the bus into a tight right and speeding off down the street. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But with each word that left Lev’s mouth, my grip on the sponge grew tighter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her light hair was pulled back tight behind her head. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rubbed his little stomach; it felt tight and hard against her hand. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clutched his hairpin sword a little tighter, wishing Sally were with him. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Seated at my desk, my beret as tight as an acorn's cap, I projected myself into the world represented in the art books I'd borrowed from the public library. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I gripped the joystick tighter, refusing to let this wreck my concentration. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He climbed carefully along one of the branches, holding tight to his broomstick, trying to see through the leaves. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Not just a respectable grocer or dry cleaner or doctor, but a larger public figure who was willing to speak and act outside the tight sphere of his family. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drought years shrank the hide tighter to the bones; ewes dropped weak lambs and cows had no calves in the spring. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed the beam tight and kept climbing, looking for the next desk leg or metal beam or cabinet that didn’t shift when she took hold. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The feed was deep in January, and in February the hills were fat with grass and the coats of the cattle looked tight and sleek. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I put them back in their pouch and pulled the string tight. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He sighed and hugged her tight, rocking her softly. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Morrie’s mouth was open, and his skin was pale and tight against his cheekbones. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His grip on his Transvice was a little tighter than Mark’s. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If she suspected this, she would have shut up tight, and been more prickly than ever, fortunately she wasn’t thinking about herself, so when the time came, down she dropped. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few of the sketches, I paint Abuela Celia just the way she wants—dancing flamenco with whirling red skirts and castanets and a tight satin bodice. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple snorted but remained silent, cinching her hood tight around her head. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Carefully he attached the two pieces to the green shawl and showed her how to fit them into each other and hold the thick fabric tight together. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Jack cleared his throat and spoke in a queer, tight voice. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They reached the target, everybody dropped their bombs, and the squadron soared around to fly home, still in tight formation after Zhenya. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The males in the family should enforce this order, he said, and “keep tight control over their families or be punished themselves.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"What a hell of a reason for sitting with any one. If you're tight, go to bed. Go on to bed." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mom wraps an arm around me and gives a tight squeeze. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Fake Uncle whistles happily, gripping my shoulder as tight as an eagle I saw on TV once, holding on to a squirming mouse. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

"Oh, you know how it is, Brother; things are tight and lots of folks who got jobs through you people have lost them. You know how it goes." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, he just set his teeth in her nose, doubled himself up in a tight ball, and swung on. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time Liyana visited his stand with her mother, she idly tried to see inside a tight cabbage’s head, but Abu Hamra snapped at her so loudly, she dropped it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy squeezed her only possession tight and finally breathed a normal breath. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then, when he was quite sure the man in black would not go to his maker embarrassed, Fezzik locked his arms tight around. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mom kept us shorn pretty tight, and Styx had edges so sharp they could cut like razors. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Darius hugs me so tight, picking me up off my feet, it feels as if he's inhaling me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I went on holding his hands very tight. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Long before President Nixon met his Waterloo over the Watergate burglary, he escaped from another tight spot with a magisterial speech, at the heart of which was a nakedly cheesy pathos appeal. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

This was where the island snakes spent their mornings, rolling their tight, smooth bodies in the warmth and hissing pleasantly. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

By the time Arturo arrived, not more than ten minutes later, I was pacing outside, knotted with worry, every knot pulled so tight that it had begun to fray. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

When he started toward us, it was almost like it was in slow motion and everything went into a tight focus....When he made his move, my whole body just tensed up. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I rested on her, my cheek so tight against her it was as if it were welded to her breast. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My jacket was too tight and I lost the ball on the way up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He held me tight for a long time, till I quit shaking. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Why hadn't he ever noticed how tight those gym suits were? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Uhmma grips the steering wheel tighter and tighter, the outlines of her knuckles growing sharp. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She flings her arms out when she sees us and envelops me in a tight, perfumed hug as if she hadn’t seen me this afternoon at the open house. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Two of them were open, but the other four were locked up tight. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“We’ll get this whole place as tight as a barrel, Mama. I already met a guy who told me where they pile all the scrap lumber.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dream of being alone on the top of a mountain, surveying the land around me, greens and yellows—and the sun directly above, pressing my shadow into a tight ball around my legs. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jack mackerel was not as good as tuna but was better than cat food, which we ate from time to time when things got really tight. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I put the rock back and sat still, my eyes closed tight to keep the tears inside my head where they belonged. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blossoms on the morning glory vine were little tight blue fists, and you could hear husky sighing from the cornfield across the fence. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The guns’ll be real,” says Russell, still prone and firing, the stock of the toy gun tight against his cheek. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I still hate you a little,” I say, squeezing her tighter. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Instead of taking it, I wrapped my arms tight around his wiry frame. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

All I could do was wrap the rope tighter around my hands and pray. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear my name before I see my mom—but when I do see her, calling my name and looking all around frantically, I run right up to her and let her hold me tight. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I hold on tight as we walk toward the elevators together. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Almost all the women were wearing aprons, and the strings, which were tied tight around their waists, made their bulging stomachs stick out even more. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

As we started to walk away, Mr. Tushman gave me a quick, tight hug but didn’t say anything. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Without warning, she flung her arms around Aru and squeezed her tight, managing to catch a little of Boo’s wing. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was gripping them tighter and tighter together. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He thrust his axe into his belt, jammed his cap tight on his head, and furiously held his breath. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Her chest was tight then, and she couldn’t stop thinking of what Nava had asked: Are you going to marry my brother? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She was very pretty, with almond eyes and a hairdo that was flat and straight at the top of her head then dipped into tight curls at the ends. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He had tied a bandanna tight around his eyes. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon putting down his pencil, he held up his hands, fists clenched tight. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

At a Florida airport, she gives Lourdes one last tight hug. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Tuma scratched his beard and pulled the old quilt he had wrapped around him tighter. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Did they tell you in the Academy about the guy who’s in such tight control of his gallery that you can usually find him with his feet up on his desk?” he asked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope goes suddenly tight around my waist and I clamp tight with my gloved hand—it doesn’t take much strength. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

My glove is tight on my foil hand. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It looks like mostly rope tied into wooden stakes driven into the rock at either end, with tight wooden planks running all the way to the other side. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

His voice was tight, a little breathless, when he finally said, “There’s really no chance of you getting out of your house right now, is there?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I yanked my arm, but his grip was tight. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I pull my jacket tight around my shoulders. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Know how to hold my purse tight at night when walking down dark streets, know how to duck at the sound of a shooting gun. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Beryl rode with her arms tight around Maddie’s waist, like I did that time. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He poured a sip of vodka into a Dixie cup, swallowed, pursed his lips, and squeezed his hands into tight little fists. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Like hell, naturally. Mike was awful. He's terrible when he's tight." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

But he clung on tight to the cup. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do it,” said the stranger standing nearest to Harry, a big, rangy man with matted gray hair and whiskers, whose black Death Eater’s robes looked uncomfortably tight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Looks like studying’s going to be a tight squeeze working double shifts.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was holding his fork and knife extra tight. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Percy," she said, her voice tight “Rachel is just a mortal.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, I hold on tight to Meng as he steers the bike abruptly left and right to avoid the holes in the road. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Well, you don’t know my family. We’re tight. Always have been. Always will be.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Has he learned something, or does his new wife run a tighter ship? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had freckled cheeks and tight red curls upon her head, which gave promise of freckled breasts and red hair between her legs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“He’s not tight with her. Anyway, there’s nothing happening between us.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Not counting that time at the Vanguard when you were so tight. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

They trudged back through the field as a group, Colin's sweat-soaked T-shirt sticky and tight against his back, his eye still throbbing. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

A fire burned in the small wood stove and the windows were closed tight. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tighter and tighter he gripped it until the point lifted from the floor and the bright blade stood out level in front of him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her hand twitched as if she intended to draw it away, so I held it tighter, pressing the bones in her fingers. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ruth looked up at me anxiously and gripped my hand tighter. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands were hot and dry and she had to grip the porcelain all the tighter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The camp grew so large that the controllers staggered our schedules, so we ate by color and gender—and even then, it was still a tight squeeze fitting everyone at the tables. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He had a thick neck for a small man, and die chain was tight, but a few pulls had it all the way around. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Next to the dry fountain in the disused square, a group of four boys, young teenagers with fuzz on their lips, stand in a tight circle, passing around a cigarette. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And she didn’t know about the starlight or the moonlight or the tight knot behind her forehead. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Alby s eyes narrowed; his mouth pulled into a tight grin that didn’t look like it had anything to do with humor. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His pulse beat too fast and his throat was tight. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I shut my eyes tight, and my arms fly up to shield my face. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had bright red hair and wore a man’s shirt over tight blue jeans. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and hold on tighter, but it doesn’t do any good. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I tried to extricate my fingers from hers, but she held tight. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I took them down, folded them in tight rectangular squares, and brought them inside, where my grandmother, the ironing board, and two flaming irons waited for me. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She gripped the feathers on his back, felt the beat of his powerful black wings, felt a dizzying upward surge, and shut her eyes tight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

After being pressed up tight to life and death, it’s what I believe in—a distilled hum that I plan to follow through this life and maybe the next, like my own personal anthem. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When I got outside, I felt pains in my crotch, I had held my legs together so tight trying to make that woman understand. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her tight frown eased, fell, and disappeared completely, replaced by confused awe as she tried to take in everything at once. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She rested her palm against her forehead, and heard another tick as the building shrank tighter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her chest felt tight and she needed some time to breathe slowly to free it, to free herself so she could answer the questions the elders would present to her at the meeting. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His jaw was clenched tight, his eyebrows pinched together. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mom kisses you goodbye Sleep tight, Nicky, she says, and they both walk out. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And he shut his eyes and his teeth tight. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t talk about it,” I said, hoping that Bull would think I was tight with the pirate guy. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then they went down in a tumbling roll that stopped with the big wolf on top, his huge jaws shut tight on Yeller’s throat. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of actually seeing his parents’ faces after so long made Tendai’s throat feel tight. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

"You just sit tight here a minute," he says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He started at quarterback his junior year at Permian, but his own obvious lack of confidence caused some of his teammates to lose faith in him in a tight game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was in a tight mood by the end of the evening. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Doc had bound his chest tight with strips of old sheets to keep the broke ribs from moving every time he breathed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Girls and boys with their yards and yards of ease, each group knotted tight around their belonging. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Max screws the hinges back on tight, and the shattered hole is in the back, against the wall, where it doesn’t show when the doors are shut. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her own band was a little tight, but Rasheed had no trouble forcing it over her knuckles. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was dressed stylishly in a gold jacket, tight jeans, a scarf, and lace-up boots. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She said Noodles looked so scared, and that his lips were poking out and puckered so tight that it looked like he was slurping spaghetti. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

My hand was stiff from cracking Kerns’s skull, but I’d made my fist really tight, so I knew I didn’t break anything. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Finn drew his forearms in tighter so that they brushed against Petey’s waist. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They had hair as short as Amaka’s, wore shiny lipstick and trousers so tight I knew they would walk differently if they were wearing something more comfortable. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I am fine,” she said in a tight voice. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The old man gripped his grandson’s hand tighter, picked up his suitcase, and walked away. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Jus looks at Mr. Rivers, who has his jaw clenched so tight, it wouldn’t surprise Jus if his teeth were cracking. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I kept Pap’s pistol gripped tight in my hand, relieved I hadn’t had to use it on the sheriff. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Most of her body was bloody, latticed in an assortment of nicks and cuts, and the few parts that weren’t cut were bound tight with thick rope. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I need to fetch us some food,” he said, pulling the knot tight. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ernie’s face got so tight it looked like it was going to suck into itself. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

With Benny’s asthma and Sugar still in school and Kindra and... we was tight on money already. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As I was swallowed up in fire and thunder, I hugged my arms tight against my ears. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But they saw what I was doing, what a tight wire I was walking, and they sat biting their nails and let me win that battle on my own. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I held on to Fern tight, afraid for Papa. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But zippers didn’t stop him; neither did tight belts. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She had been to New York only once, in college, in the days when you had to hold your purse tight with both hands and didn’t dare touch anything on the subway, even the poles. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My skin feels too tight, and the room seems suddenly too small. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I—” “They’re tight. I thought so. Nothing more annoying that a shoe that pinches.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Me and Cooter jammed our ears up tight. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I give him a tight hug goodbye, and watch him drive off. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I must snap my jaw tight to keep the song inside, so Lagurie not suspect. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way I saw it, he was in a tighter spot than I was. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hugged her close and closed his eyes tight over the tears. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Han opened his eyes and pulled Doha into a tight embrace. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

So beautiful that even when I wake up again, I just lie there with my eyes shut tight, trying to remember every color. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

To hold on tight to the Emma that I almost let slip away before. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

His jaw is tight, and there’s a vein pulsing in his neck. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was a big old tree with tight limbs and it was slow cutting. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave me a hug and squeezed me extra tight. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He held the reins tight and moved closer to her, slowly, speaking softly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

That night I clutch the gun tight to my chest, my fmger resting on the trigger, alternately aiming at the sight of the Youns and up in the sky for the witches. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something inside me loosened a bit, like Nan’s pride in me had melted away the tight nervousness I’d carried without knowing it was even there. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I squeeze the leash tighter in my hand. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm a little tight you know. Amazing, isn't it? Did you see my nose?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mami rushes to me and holds me so tight, I can hear her heart pounding in my head. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I’m gripping my seat belt super tight when Mama starts driving again. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She tucked her elbows against her, pressing her arms against her ribs, making herself a tight line. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Next came my shirt, swatting it out of the tight ball it had been in for the previous five days, the wrinkles deep and seemingly permanent. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She turned the spigot on, letting water break up the tight knots of Kentucky Wonders and float them to the top of the bowl. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma took us in, waved to Papa, who was in the middle of a meeting, and hugged Jaja and me in her tight way before leaving. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a much tighter squeeze than it had been the last time they had entered it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Twig reached out and squeezed my hand so tight, and I squeezed back, and we counted the stops—five, four, three, two, one. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Once she’d seen them go inside, she gripped the braid tight and stumbled back to the closet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He caught Buddy’s arm in a tight grip. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She held me tight, saying “Yes” and “Thank you” over and over. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The other boys at the Lycee Jean-Jacques called him “pepper head” because each separate kinky strand was coiled into a tight tiny ball that looked like small peppercorns. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I nod and leave, holding tight to the straps of my backpack. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Bernabe sat there for a while unable to move, staring at the ground, stone-cold scared, and so tight and weak he thought he would vomit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit kept pulling, but Pollard never gave in; the turns on the little track were too tight, the leg too delicate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When, on a day after a trip to collect coal, I cough once, loudly, through bronchial tubes already packed tight with phlegm, my mother frowns. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hugged her bag tight against her and thought about the gun inside. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As everyone continues to press in around us and yell questions, I start to feel invisible because no one says a word to me, even though they obviously know Boy21 and I are tight. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pressure of his hard and tight little fingers was still in Sula’s palms as she stood looking at the closed place in the water. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

My wrist still hurt where he’d grabbed me, his grip was so tight. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I liked embroidering: the cloth stretched tight within my embroidery hoop while I filled in the stamped pattern with cross- stitches and lazy daisy flowers. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley nodded and turned the doorknob, but apparently Mr. Weasley was holding tight to it on the other side, because the door remained firmly shut. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t even notice it until I was coming back. Mrs. Dudley said no,” he added, his voice tight. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this too tight? I just don’t want to fall, helmet or not.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dark was pressing in tight now, and he wished there were somewhere to go. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Makes you want to hug your kid a little tighter, doesn't it?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The collar was not tight, but by no amount of tugging, twisting or shaking was I ever able to get it off. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He held his fingers outstretched and clenched them tight. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

We all pulled our soaked blankets tighter around our shoulders. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my chest felt tight, and it was hard to breathe. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I squeezed tight, our hands resting on the soft fabric of her skirt where it draped over her thigh. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She smiled at Sherm and began straightening the cards into a thin, tight pack. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Not because the seat belt was too tight, but because it was all just too weird. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He grabs it, grips his fingers, holds tight, but his feet miss and are suddenly in open air. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton came up to me on the stage and squeezed me tight. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"It's not that big a deal," said Jessie again, her voice stretched tight like a rubber band. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I help her roll up her hair, and even when I don’t get the rollers tight enough, she doesn’t say anything. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Our eyes meet and, since I can’t hug him, I wrap my arms around my own waist, holding on tight. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

That invisible ball of twine was right there in her hand, and she had to hold it tight, because if she let go of it, she and Dallas would be lost out here. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mama says, squeezing me so tight, I can barely breathe. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Quickly Kate worked to untie the ladder from her belt—but after the long drag uphill, the knot had grown too tight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled tight on his reins, swinging the raptor off to the side, and then dug his stirrups hard, urging it into a pounce. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

In his quiet way, Fleming was giving the witness a rough time; Wells plucked at his tie, as though the knot was suddenly too tight. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mummy stepped forward and hugged you, her grip so tight it left bruises on your shoulders. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She wore shorts and sneakers, and a tight white shirt that displayed the bumps on her chest. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Donna has picked out my clothes for a birthday party—a new black dress that’s so tight, it looks like another layer of skin. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I get the plastic wrap and put it over one of the stuff tomatoes and wrap it ’round the plate tight. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He looked faintly absurd, stepping over the carpet of dry leaves in his tight airport suit, his tie blown over his shoulder. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed against his chest and belly, and he clenched himself tight until he felt the warmth and softness of her legs and belly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When Flora came back upstairs after dinner, she found Ulysses curled up in a tight little ball, sleeping on her pillow. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

As she whipped around tight turns and down steep descents, the world whirling around her, Tally felt like something caught in the wind, not knowing which direction the journey would ultimately take her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

As the silk ribbon cinched tight, my anger was overwhelmed by debilitating terror. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We undressed the prisoners and tied them until their chests were tight as drums. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Windows along each street are shuttered tight and blackout shades drawn. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

And even though Judy had always been the one I’d told everything, I kept the rest of my news locked up tight inside of me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Umm...I mean—” His throat gets tight and he looks out the window. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Only her hands had really aged, the palms and fingerpads shining and tight, the backs wrinkled and splotched with brown. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice is not as deep, but her slim arms are all hard, tight muscle. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I curled tighter into a ball under the covers. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had used a yellow pencil to pack it in there good and tight. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Big Bill Thompson was running in a tight race for reelection. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The planes overhead tipped to one side and circled in tight loops as photographers snapped aerial views. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And he never came back to the pitch without some tight compression shorts on under everything. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She had the longest hair I’d ever seen, a cascade the color of field mice that fell to her knees when she took it out of its tight bun. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The habergeon was rolled in a tight bundle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy looked down, her throat too tight to talk. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We’re only halfway through health and PE when he adjusts his tight collar and says, “Time to go.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She puts her arms around me tight and I wish that she would stay that way. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

You stretch the string tight between your two hands, but you start by keeping it very short, only about three inches. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He felt it burn his hands and slide over the sides of his tight face. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

My throat felt tight and my stomach roiled. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

A hot, tight feeling crept up my throat. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Lyra had stopped crying and found her thumb, and she lay in Malcolm’s tight grasp quite happily, interested in everything. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Not because my sisters try to console me and even Janae comes down to the ground with me and hugs me tight. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Bigger’s teeth clamped tight and he stared straight before him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The geese gathered in a tight group in the middle of the pond. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Bernard yells, his face and his fists scrunched up tight. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Just then, there was a rustle at the window and Hedwig fluttered through it, a note clutched tight in her beak. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

With a rough finger she scratched at the tight homespun across her chest. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I shut my eyes tight, but even so, the tears ran down. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My throat is tight with tears, but I will not let them fall. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Grandma would put her hand around my fist, which I would ball up tight. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The girl was seated be-hind, both arms tight around the Hound's chest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It’s raining and blowing hard and I hold my raincoat tight around me and the satchel. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I struggle again, hard, and Max pushes me tight against the floor, muffling my noise with his neck. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She looked betrayed, and she stomped out of the room, her staff gripped tight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We pass a public bus, with people jammed in so tight their faces are nearly wedged against the window. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Watson looked down at the casket and clinched the podium tight to try to keep herself from shaking. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But he didn't slip into my room and under my sheets and hold me tight against the empty, endless night. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“He’s asking us to leave the castle at night and he knows security’s a million times tighter and how much trouble we’d be in if we were caught.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The low growl of ten guys in a room huffing and bouncing, packed in tight. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“They have to squeeze in tight,” Horse grinned with his ugly horse teeth, and he took the white stuff he had been picking from them and wiped it on his pants. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It's just a dream, I tell myself, curling into a tight ball. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The guard’s eyes soften, but his jaw is tight. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His arms slip around me and hold me tight, lifting me onto the tips of my toes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The holy man’s mouth was set in a tight line, and a large vein near his temple throbbed dangerously. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her corn-yellow hair is tamed into a tight French braid, but a few strands of silver hair flash in the candlelight. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Around her throat was a red gold choker tighter than any maester's chain, ornamented with a single great ruby. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Things had grown so tight in Harlem that some hustlers had been forced to go to work. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nearly grown girls wore skirts as tight as the custom allowed and the young men slicked their hair down with Moroline Hairdressing and water. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s staring at the toddler, who is walking across the dock, holding tight to his mom’s hand. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He steadied himself, clenching his fists, jaw tight as a cornerstone. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“If you won’t do it for yourself, at least do it for all the people on the train who had to suffer through your cologne in such tight quarters.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Noodle keeps his arm around me, firm and tight and safe. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He leapt for the door, clasping Lyra tight. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“How about this?” he asked, his breathing tight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And all of it pressed in on me as I pulled the brim of my cap down tight and yanked the cord to start my motor. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She gripped my shoulders tight, as though if she let go I would disappear. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold tight now, Ron,” said Tonks, and Harry saw Ron throw a furtive, guilty look at Lupin before placing his hands on either side of her waist. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Finally, Kyle scooted down a corridor so tight he had to turn sideways to squeeze through. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

One extremely large vein in Mr. Dimblewit’s forehead looked like it was about to explode as he gave the Gran a tight smile. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t speak, my mouth pressed shut tight. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

After a while I didn’t have to hold my throat so tight. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gripped it tighter, until its edges dug into her palms and the flesh of her cheek, and then she took it with her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“She always complains, though, when I give her a tight hug: ‘If you love me, stop squeezing my old bones so I can be alive longer.’ A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Nothing too tight, because that gave people the wrong idea. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A tight line replaces my baba’s usual smile, and I know at once that he’s in pain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

All of a sudden she started sobbing and she rushed up and hugged me mad tight. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’m alone in my seat, with the seat belt pulled as tight as I can make it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“I knew that would get your attention,” Frankie said, his voice as tight as a garrote. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

All you can do is close your eyes, hang on tight, and wait for it to end. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He was still holding me tight when I looked back and saw that T.R. was right out there where we’d left him on the trestle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The girls wear their hair in tight low buns and the boys have kerchiefs around their necks. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Habib flipped over his menu when a man in tight purple pants and an apron came by. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

So I put some seeds in a jar, one of those blue ones with an old metal lid, and I put the lid on tight so no squirrels would eat them. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He was staring at the ground, his hands tight around his backpack straps. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She reaches for me and holds on so tight, I’m reminded of the hug she gave Lucinda the day El Jefe’s roses arrived. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

On very hot days, the algae’s weave became tight and dense, and the island increased in height; the climb to the ridge be­came steeper and the ridge higher. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

My head is tight like my brain is overloaded. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Still holding Mango tight, I lower my head and rest it on his as the propeller speeds up. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She wrapped me in her arms so tight I felt cocooned. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We were standing near the wire screen, forming a tight circle around Mr. Galanter. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As Boomer runs off to chase a stick floating down the stream, I draw Gram’s sweater tight around me, settle into the nook of Throne Rock, and begin to read. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The mother cat walked around her babies a few times, rounding them up in a tight writhing ball of fur. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She runs a hand over her hair, braided, as always, into a tight, silver-blonde crown. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She dressed quickly, then brushed and braided her hair extra tight. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I wrapped the shawl tighter across my shoulders and pulled it high to protect my neck. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christina clutches me tighter as he walks past us, without even looking at me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

His jaw clamped tight and he stood up. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down in the chair next to me, still holding tight to her coffee, and smiled. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

My hunger had honed itself into a tight, throbbing knot, but I felt too nauseated to eat the hard mandelbrot-like cookies he offered me with my drink. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I scrambled to find something else which might provide a tighter bond. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Marly felt her hands clenched tight with excitement. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Carry on with the briefing, Danby. And make sure they understand the importance of a tight bomb pattern.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Héctor and Raymond were buttoned into their school assembly shirts, and us girls put on our good dresses, while Mami combed our hair into tight braids held at the nape with modest white ribbons. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Dimple felt warm in spite of the cool breeze; the gauze of Celia’s dress seemed to cling tighter to every part of her body. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

In Dede’s tight little heels, I suffered my Calvary, which I offered up to my Nelson’s freedom. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was silent at first and then, hips thrashing, her hands tight around his back, she called out the same thing she said every time. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He walks toward me, his hand sliding on my flat chest around to my back, pulling me close to him in a tight grip. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all he could see now was Scipio's pale face, his look of misery, and the tight lips—probably holding back the tears. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nan dialed, and I crossed my arms, held tight, and listened in. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He fumbled with it, then snagged a strap and clutched it tight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I bent into a tight ball and peeped out. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Yeah, that’s a lot to expect him to get, but me, Sonny, and Malik have been tight since womb days. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He tugged a cord tight and knotted it before he answered. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is tighter than any other clothes I own, and no one has ever seen me in it before. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She held tight to him still, focusing on her arms, on her too-shallow breathing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my mother’s hand and held on to it tight. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gripped my fingers so tight they turned purple, but she stayed still, like Will asked. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The camera digs into my hip, and he holds me tighter. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She pulled her handkerchief from her pocket and held it tight against Lyddie’s temple. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I started down, I shut my eyes tight and gritted my teeth. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long planks of wood rest along the wall, bundled in tight stacks, a ton of them, sitting on top of each other. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She and Margaret and the other women in the Gey lab spent countless hours there, all in nearly identical cat- eye-glasses with fat dark frames and thick lenses, their hair pulled back in tight buns. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Cecile picked her up and hugged her tight and swung her around. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Yes-there was no doubt about it, they were huddled into a tight knot of bodies in the central grass. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my fingers tighter around the revolver’s ivory handle. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ralph was so horrified that he curled up in a tight ball to stop his trembling. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

We drove for the next two hours in stops and starts through tight car-jammed streets lined with old row houses. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry’s jaw is tight, but it’s not anger, only fear. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The space gets tighter, more claustrophobic as people arrive. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

An auburn-haired woman with a tight bun and pursed red lips peruses the laptop on the desk in front of her, reading the data from our barcodes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

So you hold on tight and let her lead you down the stairs and out the front door. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It is so tight, she can barely speak. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The warm desert wind blows over us as Lita pulls me into the tightest hug ever. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her face tight with disgust, as though they were all criminals bringing shame on upright Nigerians like her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like Dad when he talked like that, and I tried to move away from him, but he just held me tighter. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Into each child’s hands O-lan thrust a rice bowl and a pair of chopsticks and the two little boys grasped at them eagerly and held them tight as a promise of food to come. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

"Listen," he said, "to-morrow my nose is so tight on the handle-bars that the only thing touches those boils is a lovely breeze." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

But now it was as thick and as tight as a caul. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house was holding itself tight and lonely, even its curtains pulled together and tied against the day. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When it’s all done, I feel all the stress that was tight in my neck and shoulders suddenly relax. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

In the island humidity, Nicole’s hair had gone rogue; the new growth was tight. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The fit was tight, and the sweat on Frankie’s back made him stick to the floor as he pushed himself along with his feet. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Our lips were tight together and then she turned away and pressed against the corner of the seat, as far away as she could get. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Tyson strained, pushing with all his immense strength, but the snake squeezed tighter. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He held on tight to Prosper's hand so he wouldn't lose his big brother in the crowd as they circled the Basilica. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The elf collapsed next to Wielaf and pulled him into a tight embrace. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He and the Fin Chaser owner were really tight until Mom got sick and Dad quit working. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

If you don’t repeat the answers, if you don’t hold tight and turn them over and over in your head, one day you’ll forget, and then they’re lost forever. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“We can’t just leave them for the wolves,” she said, her throat tight. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She pulled Håkon into a hug, arms wrapped around him tight. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

At its birth the two of them had felt the same raw pain of separation, a wound that only the family pressing tight could close. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cut out all the talking ’bout love and held her baby tight. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I took that money, put it in an envelope, wrapped it tight with a rubber band, and stuffed it away at the bottom of my bag. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hundred paces away, the rest of the family huddles in the dirt in a tight little knot, half hidden by rising dust. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The creature shrieked and reared up, its bunched skin pulling tight. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When she got to the bathroom, she pulled her hair back tight and washed her face again. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I closed both hands around the lamp and the fuzzy cord and gripped them tight. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

His hand went to a pencil and he drew tight little spirals one after another on his blotting pad. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, he rolled the newspaper up into a tight paper pipe, grabbed the brown bag next to him, and stood. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, those two are tight with Link; where he goes, they usually follow. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Ruth watched the crowd with big eyes and shy smiles for strangers, but she did not release my hand and kept her doll baby clutched tight to her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My throat is so tight it’s hard to talk. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In lieu of a response—because I’m a little choked up—I kiss her forehead, and she squeezes me tighter. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Today, her blond hair was done back in a tight braid. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Joaquin’s grip on the steering wheel was tight, but Grace could see the sad slope of his shoulders and neck, the way he seemed to almost hang his head. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She was flipping through the copy of Lagos Life, her silk robe tied tight around her skinny waist. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gina smiles the tight smile of an Italian countess in a Renaissance painting. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She busied herself with sticking the thumbtack a little tighter into the wall. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She shifted in front of me, holding what I could now see was an Old Navy sweatshirt in her tight hands, waiting for me to clue in, but nothing registered. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Even though white plastic circles my wrists, pulling my hands behind my back, tight, I keep my head high. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She wore her hair always pulled tight back and bunned behind in a hard knot. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pull my arms tighter across my chest. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was no question now of creeping out unnoticed: she’d have to sit tight and hope. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

My new teacher has brown curls looped tight to her scalp like circles in a beehive. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I looked past Cotton, and there was a head full of tight curls poking out the passenger side window, a sly grin on her face. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

His stomach froze tight, and sweat ran down his ribs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the story, all of us kids would be in one tight huddle around my mom. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just get on with it! she thought, her jaw clenched tight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I follow behind, noticing how she holds the stair rail tight on the way down, like she’s afraid she might fall. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The wrinkles in Bullet's forehead smoothed out like a sheet pulled tight. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Even if the words would come, my throat is so tight it won’t let them escape. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Her hand turned into a claw and she spun Rachel around, holding her tight with her talons at Rachel’s neck. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her hair smells like citrus, and she hugs all tight and motherly. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She wore a grim, determined expression and I swallowed, then squeezed my eyes shut tight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

My instinct was to hold him tight and make the torture go away. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Once he pushed back his hood, I saw that he had a smooth brown face, dimples that threatened to pull out a wide smile, and tight curly hair so black it shone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It’s not like you can blame a mattress when people don’t tie it down tight enough. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

King Pellinore dosed his eyes tight, extended his arms in both directions, and announced in capital letters, “Whoso Pulleth Out This Sword of this Stone and Anvil, is Right- wise King Born of All England.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the bayonet out of my belt and clutched it tight in my hand. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plane made another tight circle, coming bade almost directly over me. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “I will. I have to. I’m stuck. It’s so tight. And Mason, I’m not in great shape. You need to tell them. I can’t stay awake...and...and...” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I shivered as I passed, drawing my coat tighter around myself to keep out the rain and the cold. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

She had her lips tight together and her eyes scanning the night. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clip on the waistband and pull it tight. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get my head in the zone—and found myself keeping an eye on English and Shannon Pushcart, and I knew exactly why—they were tight with Rashad. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She held it tighter than she’d held on to Papa’s back in the flood. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

I smoothed her hair and she calmed after squeezing my finger with one of her tight curls. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Now just let go of the branch with your other hand and hold on to me tight.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

After I laced them tight, I stood up and bounced up and down a few times like Tia suggested. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Coraline held her breath and squeezed her fingers into two tight fists. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

There was David, of course; he is that and more, and I have friends on the tennis team, and in student government, but no one tight—not recently, anyway. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

How she knew just when to take my hand in the heart of her palm, holding me tight like she would never let me go. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There were tight lines around her mouth and a sleek confidence to the way she stood, wearing a new wig that made her seem much taller. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But there was a catch in her voice, and her smile seemed just a little too tight. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thatha must sense this, because his hand squeezes mine just a little tighter. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He follows me with a tight look on his face, but he won’t come down the steps all the way. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Are you...do you...find men attractive? Are you having unnatural thoughts about..She shuts her eyes tight. “Girls or—or women?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Me neither. But there wasn’t anywhere else. We’ll just have to keep tight in the canoe and go as soon as we can.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Emma started counting her steps as soon as they entered the tunnel—right after Chess pulled the door to the empty house’s basement shut tight behind them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Try and make your scarf tighter, Mama,” I say, reaching out to touch her shoulder. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing quite fits; the shoes are a little too big, the waist on the costume is too tight, but it will do. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look up and see he’s staring at a woman who’s at the door, a busty blonde with red lipstick and a tight green dress. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The little boy was crying, her hold on him so tight her fingers puckered his pink skin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Everything inside him felt cold and tight: Again he saw the contemptuous expression on Ron’s face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sarah and her mom hold tight to each other. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

The shadow children scampered like kids chasing bubbles, hunting down every last piece of the monster and clutching it tight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Deputy Collins pointed his sweaty finger in Doc’s face, and I could see, even under his thick beard, how my uncle’s jaw clutch up tight. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Boys are crowded around, so that all you can see is them purple shoes of hers and that tight, black designer skirt. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The church had one of those low, dropped ceilings with the fluorescent lights, which made the room feel instantly tight and obscenely bright. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The mother tried to get people to move along by shouting and shooing, but they held tight. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was high in the clear sky, and I had to squint my eyes tight against the brightness. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

Once, leaving mass, I was thinking so hard that I forgot my shoes, which because they were too tight, I had left under my pew. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped and curled himself up into a small, tight ball. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I have that doctor’s note clutched tight in my fist. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Gay’s skin was the color of an eggshell, and her expression was so tight, I thought her lips might crack. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But I have learned to keep my eyes tight shut. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the Governor had squeezed his fingers tight, and the orb in Pong's hand had gone dark. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“In fact,” Papa wound up, “all we lack having a tight tail-holt on the world is a little cash money. And we can get that at Abilene.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the sun rose higher in the sky, he felt drawn thin and tight as a fishing line. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Each contract contained a tight deadline for completion, with a financial penalty for every day beyond. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Madeline Ryan stopped at a flower stall, bought a bundle of peonies wrapped in green tissue, the buds still balled in tight hard fists. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When they walk by his drug haunts, she holds his hand tighter, hoping it will help. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He wore tight jeans and a white t-shirt with the sleeves rolled up to show off his muscles. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie squeezed her eyes shut tight, and didn't open them until she could hear the gravel under the car tires once more. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He sat in a plastic chair by the gate, and held his bag so tight he hurt his hand. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The dress was tight across her newly budding chest, and it hung unevenly to just above her ankles in a ragged hem. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

His senses were disordered; all he knew was hold tight and drag down. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He pulled the strings tight and slipped the purse around his neck, then sat holding the old Snitch and watching its wings flutter feebly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I jerked my hand out of my mother’s tight grasp and spun around, knocking into an old woman. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Sister Benedicta picked up Lyra with the utmost care and held her tight. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

"I thought I'd sit here because I felt a little tight." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Climb good. Dunwing have rope plenty tight hold,” the sparrow called out from the roof, her voice muffled by the wind. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He hugged me tight, and awkwardly, then pushed me away and gave me a left-handed handshake. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She slowly walks back to the car, hugging the soccer ball tight. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She nods, giving my shoulder a tight squeeze before leaving. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Sadie was sitting in the front row with her arms folded and her jaws tight. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she tied the skeleton’s dress over the bones, gently, just tight enough to hold them in place. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Fems, which had been nothing but tight hairy little curls, stood huge along the roads. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Leave the roller in till tomorrow and it’ll be curled tight.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Irrelevantly, she wondered why they didn’t snap off in her tight grasp. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d got into the habit of loosening the long laces that held the leather socket tight to my left stump when I sat down. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Her wild hair is drawn into a tight ponytail, and her makeup is muted and faint. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her palms pressed tight against her ears, Sarah bows her head. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Richard’s friends knew his mom ran a tight ship—no disrespect, no talking back. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The knot in my tie seemed to have gotten tighter, like it had come to life and was choking me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, plea bargaining would never work. tight ship. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi hadn’t worked with him in the Night Zoo long, but she recognized his bare face, mahogany brown like her own, framed by tight black curls. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

With the doorknob jammed against the small of my back, I watch Joon return to his drawing, his neck so tense and tight the back of his head touches his shoulders. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” he said, his voice a little tight. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She wound it around her head, deftly, smoothly, and then tied it in place, pulling the knots tight and hard. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The line became taut and she strained to hold on tight. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Belet, her jaw fixed, nodded even as she clutched the side of the chariot all the tighter. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her mouth folded into a tight, wrinkled stamp. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I squeezed him back as tight as I could. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The Abnegation sit in tight rows a few yards to my left. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But he cut that too, and inside the smallest little bit there was all the Specters packed in, twisted over and folded up so tight they took up no space at all. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and squeeze tight my grip on the memory of my Baba Haji, smiling, reaching to squeeze my face in his bloody hands. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You are a foolish child,” Tatterfell says, scraping my hair into tight warrior braids. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her smile is gone and her arms are folded tight. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Queenie’s hair was scraped back severely from her forehead flat against her skull and wound into a tight bun at the nape of her neck. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Marv’s playing well now, too, and it’s tight for a long time. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her lips would be sealed tight, and after each move I made, a soft “Hmmmmph” would escape from her nose. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His muscles were tight and he fought against making any crying sound or sniffle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seven’s amulet filled with the muddy red color of the Spare coven, and she shut her eyes tight, wishing that she could just disappear. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Instead she caught his hand in her tightest grip and ran. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

So tight that it squeezes tears out of my eyes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The same threadbare jeans and a tight gray T-shirt with the sleeves cut out. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Emma!” she says, throwing her bag down and squeezing me in a tight hug. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Now, it plunged the book back under his arm, pressed it tight to sweating armpit, rushed out empty, with a magician's flourish! Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh no,” she whispered, and curled up tighter as she grappled with what this meant. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He’s got his brown skin, like mine, and tight curls that get all flattened as he sleeps. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Gingerly she untied the tight leather strip and let it fall away. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I get out, and Uncle Carlos meets me with a perfect Uncle Carlos hug—not too tight, but so firm that it tells me how much he loves me in a few seconds. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The rancid smell fills the room, and Mama’s lips get real tight. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She is fatter than Manman, but her clothes are smaller and tighter and shorter. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The other Elders stared at the Grand Elder, their lips tight. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I limped slowly back toward the apartment, coat pulled tight around my neck, trying to smooth away the fear from my face before I had to see Helena. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mark thought it was a tight contest as to whose eyes showed more fire. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m just glad you two made it back to civilization,” Shay said softly, holding on tight “And I’m not sorry about what happened. If that makes you feel any better.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, folded my hands, squeezed them tight, took a deep breath, turned, counted to three, and opened my eyes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sneaking back there was a tight fit for us, but we needed to practice undercover operations. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

At night, when she took off her bun, she allowed her grandchildren to plait her remaining hair into a tight, oiled, gray rat’s tail with a rubber band at the end. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stand, our backs pressed together, our empty hands locked tight. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, I'm fine," I whispered, holding her tighter around the waist. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Pierced by every word that was spoken, the tight balloon of Bernard’s happy self-confidence was leaking from a thousand wounds. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fights to work her hair into a pile on top of her head, like getting that locked down will replace the fact that they’re stuffed into a tight space with Frank’s old junk. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“We are the selfless messengers of Christ—the only true God,” he proclaimed pompously, as he walked, with theatrical steps, between the tight rows of people, megaphone in hand. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be a tight squeeze for any of them, aside from Diana and Kaitlin, to fit through. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and gave a tight smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I reached up to stretch my arms partway around her waist and hugged her as tight as I could. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My hand was still holding real tight on to the plastic spatula. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She’d pictured deserts, donkeys, and carts—not so many busy, cosmopolitan cities, not so many Mercedes and BMW dealerships lining the highway heading north, not so many women in tight clothes and uncovered hair. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

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

Sophie had to hang on tight to the side of it to save herself from tumbling out. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After it was over we went out and were pressed tight in the crowd. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Moss had never seen the Millers act bashful, but they gazed at one another, scarlet cheeks and tight lips, and they looked like shamed children. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I bury my face into Keav s chest, my arms tight around her waist, stifling a cry. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My clothes got tight in some places, and boys whistled and said, “You be fine!” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The upright of the frame pressed tight against the lower strip of leather, but it held smooth and firm, offering no purchase for teeth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

About two-fifteen she entered Minnie Franken’s beauty parlor, stayed an hour, and came out with her hair pinned up in tight curls and a silk scarf around her head and tied under her chin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not happy to have to ask if everything is all right with a scowl tight on his face. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The end was tight in her dead fist. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It had wet the back of her tight, deep-red blouse and stained it a tighter, deeper red. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inej turned to run, but her path was blocked by a huge bruiser, his blue velvet coat stretched tight across his big shoulders. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I’d put away my book and journal so they wouldn’t get wet and just sat there on my bag, holding my legs up tight, watching everything. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The thought twisted my core into hopeless knots, tight enough to carry me to a place where I could see only action, no consequences. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I clutched the baby tight and closed my eyes. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She pressed her face into his shirt and kept her eyes closed tight. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There’s a tight shot now of Mario Reed and his friends. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She took one look at my hand, then pulled out a handkerchief and wrapped it around and around, holding it tight. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave it to him, and he shook it tighter than anyone had ever shaken it, and then he balled it up into a fist. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“It has in other cities when there was a tight election,” said Mrs. Brewer. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slide my hands over my smooth conk, down to my neck bone, fingers locking tight. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"At home,” said Martha, "they think the children have enough sense to fix their own hair. And they don’t have to wear hair ribbons tied so tight that they can’t wiggle their eyebrows.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

You sprint down all twelve flights of stairs, hugging the banister on the turns to make them tight. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her hair is just as bad as the dress—tight, crunchy curls that remind me of a rich lady’s poodle. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her mama kept a tight rein on her and I wasn’t too sure that her mother liked me, but I came up most weekends or days that I had off. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone didn’t let her use their stapler after she bought everyone doughnuts last week—seriously, I’m not making that up—and her shrieking voice is making my chest tight. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mami balanced on the floorboards to her bed, lay me beside her, held me tight, kissed my forehead, my eyes, and murmured, “It’s all right. It’s over. It’s all right.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Security was tight; I went in a convoy of cars and military vehicles accompanied by at least a dozen warders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She holds tight to that satchel and turns her back to them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He kicked and twisted, whimpered like a dog and wept like a child, but the Dothraki held him tight between them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mom pulled out the copy of Seventeen from last October, the smiling twins on the cover unaware of Mom’s tight grip. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go below and have a look. Take it careful, Lyra. Hold that tight.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then my thoughts strayed to my parents, as they always did when I didn’t keep a tight rein on them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Park kicked the door closed and fell back on it, pulling her even tighter. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The rope jerked tight and bent the railing, and we lost our footing. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam exhaled in relief, the tight knot of worry in her chest loosening a little but not entirely. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It had a tight little door about four feet high. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to be okay sitting tight for a few hours until we leave?” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Osha placed soft pads over the bites on the maester's forearm and bound them tight with long strips of linen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“What are you—isn’t it late for you to be here?” she asked, pulling the blankets tight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

‘You must grab your anklet very tight with both hands!’ he ordered. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie went to give him five, but Grandpop caught his hand, clamped down on it like a mousetrap on a mouse, and shook it hard and tight. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A short dark man with a high lisping voice, named Mr. Manzi, stood in front of the class in a tight blue suit holding a little wooden ball. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to remember my arms tight around her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She had the big eyes, smooth skin, and small nose, but her cheekbones were too tight, the skull practically visible beneath her flesh. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

My skin feels too tight, and my heart won’t stop racing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Still, held tight in the palm of his hand, bright and shiny as the day it had been minted, was a 1922 Liberty-head silver dollar. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I explain this to my own mother every time she begs me to cut off the bracelet, which is now too tight to slip over my hand. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I finished up, of course, back in my grandmother's house with her arms around me tight and both of us crying the whole night long. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her throat felt blistered, and her stomach was clenched tighter than a fist. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My face getting tight, burning in the sun. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When I looked back up, Liam was studying me, his light eyebrows pulled tight together by some unspoken thought. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her hands closed tight on my wrists, colder than the snow, stronger than steel. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

And all the work was governed by extremely tight, rigid discipline. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

His hands, clenched into tight fists, were shaking slightly. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The deafening silence that filled the room was broken by the squeal of the wheel handle as Mark wrenched it tighter and tighter. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She ran across the room and hugged April up into her arms and held her tight. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reliable information about who could be trusted meant that small bands could expand into larger bands, and Sapiens could develop tighter and more sophisticated types of cooperation. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept nibbling, spacing, arranging, and rearranging until sleep overcame him and he curled up tight and nodded away. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She stared at Jinny, her mouth drawn into a tight worried frown, her eyes huge. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Rows and rows of numbers, over and over again, in neat columns, in her small, tight script. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She held the coin tight in her left mittened hand and, holding the knife like a pencil, scratched the lost daemon’s name deeply into the gold. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Anger filled my throat until it was so tight I could hardly breathe. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I whirl around, holding my dress tight around my thighs and punch the doorbell four times. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She sprang high and then, paws tight over her black nose, dived into the grass with a flash of white-tipped tail. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My books dropped to the floor, and before I knew it I was holding on to her hands, gripping the wrists tight. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The crashing waves grew closer, and yet the throng haint stayed tight behind her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Dell has on a suit, which is pretty tight. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Jackson works out a guard schedule, and, since I’m not on the first shift, I wedge myself in the tight space between Gale and Leeg 1 and go right to sleep. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The dogs fall silent at the edge of my spell, and where the king’s hall surmounts the town, the blind old Shaper, harp clutched tight to his fragile chest, stares futilely down, straight at me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feared my inadequacies; supplicated Bono to yank tighter, which he squatted and did. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Jemmy took a tighter grip on the handle, but was ready to fly if he had to. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

I purse my lips and close my eyes tight against snowflakes. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

A lone sentry stood high on the battlements of the inner wall, his cloak pulled tight around him against the cold. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But right then all I did was push my foot to the floor and hold on tight to the steering stick. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still gripping me tight, Beatriz pulls me so close, I’m sure she can smell the fear on my breath. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Penn came away fairly well convinced the whole interview setup was a complete sham, and Julie herself was being kept on a tight rein somehow. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Next I slipped out of my damask gown and wrapped my shorn hair and my clothes in a tight bundle for Horatio to destroy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Cooter’s ear was getting wound up so tight that he started dancing on one leg trying to get some of the pressure off it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Then, she held on to me a little tighter, and for the next half hour, Mary Elizabeth didn’t talk at all. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Montague, really...” said Luke, but Mrs. Montague brushed past him and sat herself down, her lips tight and her eyes blazing. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now that money was so tight at home, it was the only way to buy postage. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He held her tight, pressing her to his chest, feeling the wild beat of her heart against his ribs. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mom pulled me into her lap and wrapped her arms tight around me. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

His black hat was pulled down over his eyes and his yellow oilskin was strapped tight against his throat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the lights of the coaches’ office the agony showed, the handsomeness replaced by a weary sallowness, his eyes drawn tight and puffy from lack of sleep. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept saying, ‘You just sit tight, Amari, and watch all the TV you want. I’m gonna talk to you later.’ Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, yeah. Listen, just sit tight and don’t talk,” she told me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

At first he held his jaws tight, but after a minute his teeth began to rattle. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was taking tight close-ups of a scab on her leg, and I had her flat up against the very brick wall that had scraped her. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pulling on her gloves, I noticed how tight they fit all of a sudden. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Izzy came next, holding tight to Tee’s hand and cursing out someone behind them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

And I hugged the package, which I’d cleaned off with a bottle of water and a handful of napkins from Mama’s glove compartment, tight to my chest as we moved through the hallways. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Naomi closed her eyes tight and laid her cheek on his shoulder. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wrap Papi’s sweater tight about me, the sweater with his scent. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he saw the weatherworn gargoyles atop the First Keep where it had happened, he got a queer tight feeling in his belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She imagined them fighting, her mother grasping the front of her father’s shirt in a tight knot as women often did to cheating husbands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She tugged against the night riders who gripped her tight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The Gladers surged toward Thomas, forming a tight group, forcing him to move out into the open intersection where the Cliff corridor met the long alley. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The difference in weight was enough to jerk him up, hoisting his body from the floor and cinching the rope even tighter around his throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s that same tight feeling my skin gets after swimming, after the chlorine has turned me into cardboard. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I wipe my face fast, ready to jump up out of my seat and run out of the dining room, but my mom grabs my hand and clenches it tight. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ve still got this, anyway,” she said, and she hugged one package tight. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Celia takes a deep breath in that tight pink skirt and for a second I guess we all think she gone pop. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You mentioned your son one night when you were tight,” I say quietly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“How do I know where he went? I had my eyes tight shut.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set it down and wrapped his arms around the old lady, tight. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I pursed my lips, deliberated, then shook my head with a tight grin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I thought you might like it,” he says with a tight smile. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A tight boat is a good boat,” my dad used to say, but now he don’t care if the Mary Rose sunk, so it’s up to me to raise her. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

His chartreuse polyester pants were grotesquely tight, and his acne had only gotten worse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Also my tops were getting tight across my chest, digging into my armpits. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

"This,” said Theresa, her voice tight, "is what I knew would happen. This is Grover’s influence.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop texting with my sister,” Maya said instead, her teeth gritted so tight that her jaw pulsed a little. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And the thing is, Miss Warren was hugging me so tight that I was pretty sure she could feel my, er, physical reaction. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

We huddled together and pulled our coats tight for warmth. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was tight but no red ink yet, as Uncle Holt would say. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

My shoulders felt tight, like they were attached to my body with strings that might snap any second. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had a tough bantam body, easily detectable under the tight sweat shirt he wore. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

My thighs and calves were tight, hard knots of pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Turning to greet her, I’m startled by her low-cut white blouse and tight striped skirt, her teetering heels and crimson nail polish. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Finally I just keep still, because the more I move, the tighter the rope gets. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her cropped dark bob, usually in tight waves against her head, is sticking out all over. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She just held her tight and forgot everything else. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he whispered in my ear, "Sleep tight, sweet Pancake, your mama and the Waffle need me." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

But the door had not shut tight for some time, so perhaps he’d shut it as best he could. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I walked toward the front of the room and faced those white students, all staring at me, my knees felt weak and the back of my neck was tight. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yanked the seat belt around Maddy and me, strapping her tight to my chest. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

As I walked up, I held the railing tight and started inventing things in my head: air bags for skyscrapers, solar-powered limousines that never had to stop moving, a frictionless, perpetual yo-yo. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And this dude, decked out in layer upon layer of flab, a thin undershirt and a pair of tight red polyester pants, poured himself into the alley between the door and the desk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My field dressing covers them, the blood runs out under it, I press it tighter; there; he groans. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My chest gets tight sometimes and it’s like breathing through pudding.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Uncle Willie held tight to my dress and I only got close enough to smell the clean dry scent of hot iron. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said it in a tight sort of way, urgently, so I did. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

In an instant, Fina is there with her arm around me, hugging me tight. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I tried them on; both were tight under the arms. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He charges, jumps on me, gets me in a tight headlock. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She had me dig a hole for it and put it in the ground and pat the dirt around it tight, like it was a baby and I was tucking it into bed. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I hope you don’t go wandering again tonight. Security is very tight at the moment, and as you may have noticed, my men are all armed.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need to be out here, Jax. You just sit tight, and I’ll try to get us back on track in a minute or two.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

But we were too smart, Old Yeller and I. We knew better than to try to break into that tight ring of threatening tushes. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squeezed him as tight as I could, and when I finally let him go, we both started walking toward the lobby. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra’s arm was so tight around Pantalaimon that she was trembling with the force of it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach twists even tighter at the thought of having to explain all this to my parents. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The muscles in my shoulders feel tight, heavy, and I pound my fist into the locker. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She clung even tighter to the Iron Rod and the baby, who only stared up at her grandmother with eyes as old as a mountain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Briony was on her knees, trying to put her arms round Lola and gather her to her, but the body was bony and unyielding, wrapped tight about itself like a seashell. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The top was as solid as a brick wall, each nail fastened tight. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dress is too tight and too short and I don’t want Dray’s piercing eyes on me, not even the blue-cap boy’s, Kasim. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It felt like the hush of the woods before the snare yanks tight and the rabbit starts to scream. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I buried myself in my bag and pulled the drawstring tight over my head. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was queer to be so strange and tight in the mind. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was very upset with God that day as I held tight, trying not to wet my pants until we got to the church. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His tie was too tight, he looked strangled. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sansa leaned forward, her hands tight around the gallery's wooden rail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It would be Marion, her little mouth tight, looking like a small, angry doll. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t even say a word as she pulls me into a tight hug, then holds me away by my shoulders. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She pulled her robe tight against the draft coming in the window. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The timing was tight, though, and she had a lot to do to prepare. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My chest feels tight, as if my heart has suddenly grown huge. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But I clutch his arm as the plane bounces enough for me to make sure my belt is tight around my waist. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

There's no more pus in evidence, but the swelling has increased and the tight shiny skin is inflamed. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Packed tight like a case of celery, only much darker than that. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

In the late 1930s and 1940s, security was so tight that “you just hoped and prayed you wouldn’t have to know what you didn’t want to know.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Instead, I just ran back and forth across our property line like a guard dog on a tight leash. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

T's got fingers in my brain, gripping tight. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Claire pulled her own shawl tight and fastened it with the willow clasp. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

While the blur is still in his eyes and the little fists shut tight like buds, I’ll send my baby away from me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was pulled back and held in a tight bun. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get dressed and meet me downstairs once you’ve used the privy,” Mama said, picking up a hand mirror and double-checking her own hair, which was as neat and tight as Ophie’s. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He held her tighter, and pushed his face into her neck. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I try to yank and tug away, which only makes his grip tighter. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

She turned to face him, and he watched her bright smile go tight at the corners. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Maya felt Grace’s hand press against her own, and she wrapped her fingers around Grace’s and squeezed tight. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When I read the circular, I felt a tight discomfort in my chest like the heartburn I got after eating greasy akara. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t seem to mind their off-key voices, although Gregor could feel the muscles in Ares’s neck getting tighter with each verse. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He crumpled on the floor holding his finger tight and his face went red and I realized for the first time that Devon feels pain. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she weren’t so tight, this wouldn’t have happened. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you should find that box,” my mother said, her lips tight. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

So I yanked one of Needles's socks off his foot, and wrapped it tight around his wrist. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She sat straight and proud on the sofa, her mouth clamped tight, her hands clasped together, her eyes sparkling with angry tears. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held tight to the bag of food and ran with Mohamed, trying not to lose him in the crowd. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

One of the deputies pulled the chain tight and tied it to the wagon seat. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not believe she was really there and held her tight to me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to leave, but as soon as I crept more than a few yards beyond the pile of ogres, my complaints started: thudding heart, tight chest, spinning head. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As if someone enters your body, stands there with one fist in your throat and the other tight around your gut. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Aimee would wrap her arms around her mother’s waist and hold tight, really tight. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

My stomach was tight as I found a spot to squat.. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

TaShon’s legs are dangling, his hands holding tight to the roof. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She’s not very tight with her own parents, and Christian’s parents live in Florida. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I stared at the sun, then shut my eyes tight. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Just so, yes. Do not squeeze it so tight, no, the grip must be deft, delicate." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

OK, I’ll give you a hint She wears very tight shirts, and you drool over her like a deranged monkey boy. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speed and agility were the benefits of a tighter group, and we needed both now. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It waren’t nothing but a old sock that someone had jammed stuffing up inside the toe part and then tied string tight ’round and ’round the neck to turn it into a head. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

My palms are sweating, and my eyes are tight. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“His pants are too tight. Derek’s happy, though. Don’t think he’s going to beat you up anymore.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The yellow skin on his hand was tight and glazed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips together tight and tried to force an answer into her vision, but nothing came. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Her lips are pursed, though not tight, and they can work well enough to say be careful and lightly kiss my ear. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the army never learned to bunch its troops into tight formations, as the Greeks did at Marathon, forming human masses that can literally stand up to cavalry. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I fold my arms tight in front of me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I turned first one way, then the other, but bodies were packed around me tight as could be. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the crowd packed tighter, people slipped in between me and Jules and Aileen, and soon we were all dancing with other people. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He felt his mother’s arms tight about him and he looked over her shoulder and saw Vera and Buddy come slowly inside and stand, looking about timidly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

No part of her body seemed to be moving except her fingers, which clutched her feather tight and low, just above the inky point. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I frowned, puzzled, but John Henry’s fist clenched even tighter as he pounded his leg softly. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And Peter’s arm is tight around my shoulders, and at one point out of nowhere, he leans over to kiss me on the cheek. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She gripped the pencil so tight, it made a mark on her middle finger. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They fit okay—a little tight, but okay. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

"If he says anything, just say you were tight." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mom’s mouth presses into a thin, tight line. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Petey’s throat had gone tight at the mention of Finn’s name. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And then the whole crowd behind him became so stiffened and packed tight that he couldn't move at all. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Some were tighter than others, but all of us kids were scrawny and sunburned and wore faded shorts and raggedy shirts and sneakers with holes or no shoes at all. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair had been braided along both sides of her head in tight knots. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She was frozen in time, hugging Hazel as the cave collapsed, her eyes shut tight. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I cry as the river takes us away, my words ragged things torn from me, my chest pulled so tight I can’t barely breathe. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Kit drew a deep breath, and sitting on the floor, her knees drawn tight against her chest, she waited for William. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I squeezed them tight, until I saw silver stars on the insides of my lids. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt was the first person I opened my heart to after it was closed up tight when my mum died. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I look to my left at Mom, curled up tight on the sofa, covered by a thin blanket. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Then she held the braid tighter on one edge, and kept on sewing it around and around. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some cases there seem to be two or more asteroids in tight mutual orbits. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

From there she smiles at me, her tight smile. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled the white cotton in tight, pulled her legs to her chest, made herself as tiny as possible. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Newt went after him, right on his heels, and then the rest of the Gladers followed, a tight pack of roaring boys charging ahead to a bloody battle, weapons raised. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His livery is pulled tight across his chest, and pieces of fur stick out of the gaps. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her blond hair, pulled tight to her skull, reflects the light, catches my attention. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The rays from the lantern fell on his wasted face, on the tight yellowed skin, on the lips split with fever, on his limbs which were like a child’s. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers were swollen and her wedding band looked uncomfortably tight. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its grip was so tight she could barely breathe, and the Cursed Forest passed before them in a blur of black and gray. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She knew that now, of course, because both Max and Peach were gone and her hands were empty, scratched from clinging too tight to something that should never have been held in the first place. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I imagine my home, with its shutters drawn tight. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The dirt floor was circular, just big enough that you could drive a car around the rim if you pulled it really tight. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Somebody was setting off firecrackers in the woods,” he said, and I closed my eyes tight, the ineluctable fact of the matter at hand: I had killed her. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

There would be lilac, and honeysuckle still, and the white magnolia buds unfolding slow and tight beneath the dining-room window. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It gave me a tight feeling in my stomach that had nothing to do with being hungry or full. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My breaths are tight, like when I was laying into Peck earlier. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s tight, but it might work. It just might work.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was because she was gripping it so tight. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I just want him to be gone,” Evelyn says, her voice tight and small, like a child’s. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I said, easing my tight grip on the receiver. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The suit is rather tight and short, I have grown in the army. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brushed her hair up into a tight ponytail and put on her nightgown. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fidgeted on his robot’s shoulders and clenched his fist in tight impotence. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He wished that she would not hold him so tight. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He lifted her down onto his branch and held her tight, and she knew for certain that hers was not the only heart full of light. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Liam looked down, and when he looked back at me, his lips were pressed tight together. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Ellidyr rolled on his side and strained desperately against the tight cords. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

My breath felt tight inside my chest as if it couldn’t get out. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walks quickly into my room, portable phone to her ear, her palm so tight around the receiver, I can see the veins on the top of her hand. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

They were all one, a tight feeling in my breast and nothing more. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking of her letters made me feel like there was something winding up inside me, and that pink envelope wound it one notch tighter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t stop screaming until I saw Walowick, who had rolled himself into a tight little knot, get up. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And besides, wasn’t it you who said my clothes were always too tight?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her aunt held her tight and began to beat her on the back with her fists. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Now your fists were clenched tight, like they used to be when Appa was angry. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually Joe’s father wrestled him into the car, tied him tight to the door, and drove to the doctor. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

As I climbed into the boat, my stomach felt tight as a drum. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The father stood very rigid and quaint in a double-breasted suit with padded shoulders that were much too tight for him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I kept my mouth locked tight against the king of England. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if my head got blown off they’d have to say, “Here’s that kid’s head, and yup, his eyes are locked tight as a safe!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below them, in Razorbill Street the birds were packed so close, and on such narrow ledges, that they had to stand with their backs to the sea, holding tight with long toes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Elise tripped on the way out of the house holding Aaron, but he was bundled up pretty tight. Could you check on him, though?” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He wrapped his scarf even tighter around his fat neck and peered at his visitors over his handkerchief. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

That was when he became extra tight and argumentative. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Ophie stilled her expression to blankness and gripped the increasingly heavy tray tighter. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I know this isn’t a surprise to you, but there’s a long, violent history of resistance against the police in this city,” said Wanda, and she squeezed his hand a little tighter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His father turned and gave Wash a hard stare, his lips tight. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dark and rank, and too tight for two people who don’t want to be there. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I tried to find out what was wrong, but all I could pry from her was that her mother’s new boyfriend had moved in with them, and the fit was a little tight. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It felt good to be back in a field uniform, and Root even managed to convince himself that the jumpsuit was no tighter around the middle than it used to be. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and put my hands together tight. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“All right” Tally held his hand tight They unfolded the hoverboard and waited as the sun climbed, watching for any sign of a human being below. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You be careful. That woman is so tight she can barely sit down, but that doesn’t change a thing. What would your father say?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I was left standing there, a sad little boy holding tight against my chest the thin blanket in which my few belongings were tied. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it’s because she’s mad at me or because, despite a gap at the waist, the pants pull kind of tight across Tia’s behind. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Holding tight through the scary parts, until we tell him Scooby-Doo will save the day, Bugs Bunny will get away, Underdog will arrive before the train hits Sweet Polly Purebred. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

And then he noticed that the man had fallen still, though his hand still gripped as tight as ever. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it flares up, I slip between two huge slabs of limestone and sidle down the tight tunnel. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yeah, the guy can be wound tighter than a spool of thread, but that was a lot even for him. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Brokk walked away, leaving Loki with his mouth sewn up tight, unable to complain. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“The doctor thought you had been abused,” Special Ed said in the same tight voice. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought we were on a tight schedule!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Isaac asked, his voice tight with the same desperation I felt. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he came down the steps at last the tanned skin was drawn unusually tight on his face, and his eyes were bright and tired. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Genie could tell Ernie wasn’t holding the gun as tight as he was supposed to, but Genie wasn’t sure that he could. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Why, very nice, pretty—a blue dress and a little coat, pink but tight about the waist.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

One morning, my roommate and I were in our tight five-by-eight room, sitting on our respective wooden chairs, shining our shoes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Held her so tight that she winced, her shoulder still a sack of broken bone. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Over and over she did this, until it felt thick and bulky, uncomfortable, and tight. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He’d been strangely quiet the entire time, his lips pressed tight together, but his face otherwise perfectly devoid of emotion. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Luke paced in front of the swimming pool, cursing in Ancient Greek, gripping his sword so tight his knuckles turned white. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He curled himself into a tight knot on the rock. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sapo always taped them up really nice and tight, because that way he’d know if someone messed around with his stuff. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He stood up, and she wrapped her arms around him tight. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t ‘put up’ with it, Samira,” I said, my throat tight. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go, Bull. My God, that uniform’s tight on you. You look like a package of pork sausage.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has fought his way out of a number of tight corners by a simple combination of sheer luck and more talented friends. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She squeezed him tighter, wishing she could make this moment last forever. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He suits up, pulling the straps tight across and under his chest and then says proudly into the camera: “See, I am the vacuum cleaner.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air around him pressed in a little tighter. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

They were tight and heavy, unwilling to cooperate. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I scrunched the white paper down the straw, making a tight accordion. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

If I close my eyes tight enough, I can still see Long and Tate pinning me to the ground. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Jenny pressed her lips tight together and poured coffee for Lockton and for Mr. Robert. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lance and the anchorman got all revved up speculating how the sting must have netted a couple big local players—guys with enough power to keep the names locked down tight. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She had to hug him tight for soon he would be gone, and she had to tell him for the last time. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I slipped them both into my bed and pulled the covers up tight. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When his behind hits the center, the edges flap around him, sandwiching him into a tight hug. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He had to wear his silly bellhop’s cap tilted sideways, its tight plastic strap sunk into his sagging dewlap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was squeezing me so tight I could hardly breathe. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I blink a few times at him suspended there midair as if on a tight rope. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They stopped a mile from the first spot and formed a tight circle. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, Malcolm X began to talk, now walking in a tight circle. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I braced myself for more insults, squeezing myself tight. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

Arya squirmed through the press, ducking between the legs of horses and clutching tight to her sword stick. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He struggled to his knees, hands pulled tight behind him, and looked up. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Since you couldn’t use a telephoto lens underwater, he’d probably zoomed in and cropped the shot tighter. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The stretch of the bowstring as she shot arrow after arrow into their bodies, her stomach tight as a fist. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He shrugs, his button-down shirt going tight across his shoulders. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She took out three—no, not books of Shakespeare, like you might think—three brand-new baseballs, their covers as white as snow, their threads tight and ready for fingers to grip into a curve. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

High John had both hands in his pockets, but I could see the anger in his jaw when he spoke through tight lips. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Fallen boulders and rotten trunks and the roots of gnarled trees left only a tight way to steer. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Kay and Mama and Peaches, in tight skirts singing in a band. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Frank’s hands were clenched so tight Percy thought he might break his gold spear, but he managed to grumble, “I swear it on the River Styx.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She touched the white flower behind her ear, the one from her uncle, and wrapped me in a tight hug. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Half of me wants to spit out Fuchsia’s name, but the rest of me knows enough to keep it locked up tight. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes like tight stars so that I wouldn’t, but I did. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Its Latin name. Ammonite family. You can tell by these close tight ribs it's got, with these extra-fat ones every so often...” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I want to help my mom out. Things are tight at home,” she said, a trace of a non-British accent underlining her words. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The wind whistled through the open door and Cora pulled her shawl tight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes tight and pray, Dear Father who lives in heaven. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She climbed into his bed and wrapped her arms tight around him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the base of the captive balloon, Manager Morgan ordered his men to grab mooring ropes and hang on tight. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He set off, drawing the Invisibility Cloak tight around him as he walked. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

On that day, long ago last summer, she had freed him from the tight bonds of his tikinagun, let him tumble and play. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He held his eyes shut tight, but that room would not become clear in his mind. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her voice had gone tight, strained in a way I’d never heard it before. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She opened her pocket and lifted out Fyrian, who had curled his tiny body into a tight ball. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he drew it so tight about his wrist that it hurt. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a sternlooking witch who wore her hair in a tight bun; her sharp eyes were framed with square spectacles. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Next a Mexican American fellow takes over the mike, shuts his eyes tight, and delivers a rapid-fire summary of our debt to the crucified Christ. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger’s teeth clamped so tight that his jaws ached. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

"You are the blood of the dragon, little one," she whispered as her litter swayed along, curtains drawn tight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I say, and cross my arms tight. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She skidded down the hill on feet made clumsy from suppressed emotion, and sank down on the ground beside her mother’s grave, clutching her knees tight to her chest. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as if the universe heard me, as if, for one moment, all the feet in the world leapt and landed in time with the song, another body squeezed into our tight circle. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mira Bro was a line of really sparkly men’s jewelry, tight patterned shirts and jeans, and most famously, a really, really potent men’s deodorant. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I shook my head, my chest tight with all the things I wanted to say. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He’s just standing there in the back of the room with his hands in his tight pants pockets. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was a pretty tight fit I hoped she wouldn’t get stuck. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Imagine if Michelle Obama got tired of all the heat and decided to go natural and appeared on TV with lots of woolly hair, or tight spirally curls. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His belly was swelled up as tight and round as a pumpkin. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s still holding my hand, and I don’t know what to say, but I’m also afraid that she’s going to let go, so I grip her fingers in mine even tighter. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As he was leaving the mute handed him a pair of blue overalls, rolled into a tight bundle, and seventy-five cents. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘You must always be holding on tight with both hands to the inside of the window-sill.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winnie was standing with her cheek pressed into Tuck’s chest, her arms flung tight around him. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brian’s still studying those spines of books, his back to me as Heather takes my hand and leads me toward the closet, her arm pulled tight as if forcing an unwilling dog on a leash. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She holds me tight, hugging me close to her, and I can smell the warm, flowery scent of her perfume. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He’s holding his plastic utensils in two tight fists. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Hunger came to his stomach; an icy hand reached down his throat and clutched his intestines and tied them into a cold, tight knot that ached. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I accidentally make eye contact with a hot guy wearing a tight V-neck shirt, and I look away quickly, but my heart pounds. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I wince as my G-tube rubs up against them, but I hold on tight, not wanting them to let go. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and chilled, and miserable. I feel as if I had been wound up to a certain pitch—too tight—and something inside of me had snapped.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Doc’s heart pounded deeply and his throat felt tight. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I didn’t hang out with these girls on the weekends, we were a tight bunch of Black women who lived in the dorm together. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She pulled her knees up to her chin and hugged them tight. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Zora spoke you were aware of the skin stretching over these cheekbones and hollowing out between her jaws, the tight mask it made, banshee-like, with her blue eyes piercing through above. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Still, we were in tight quarters, with Fang and the fence behind us and the table in front, and every so often the magnets collided. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Hall ran the tightest, safest operation on the mountain, bar none. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Serafina Pekkala moved closer, even among the tight throng of men around the witch, and none of them felt her presence at their very elbows. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hugs me and Ford tight, and kisses Sam on the mouth. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Grandpop pressed his lips tight, then said, “You know what I like about you? If you wanna know, you just ask.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I could feel the strain all over my body as nerves grew tighter and tighter. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew that the tighter parents hold on to their kids, the more the kids want to break away. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He waved again, and Old Familiar shot into the air before tucking his wings tight and diving into the hole. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When Jude speaks again a moment later, her voice is sharp and tight. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Grandma asked, mashing the paper from the fireworks into a tight ball. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Squeezing it up tight, she ran for the house to show it to Mama. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just like that, Mrs. Carlisle storms out of the auditorium, with her back so straight and her face so tight that we are hypnotized into silence long after she is gone. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Fayge’s curls, tight from the shower, scattered across the floor like patterns in a rug. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scrunched his shoulders up tight and said, “You are a ghastly, dry little man!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

On nights when my mother and father talked about their life back home, sometimes they mentioned an “outcast table” whose business they still seemed to be settling, their voices tight. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Might be more comfortable than forcing him to wear tight clothing for eternity. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He settles a tight little cap on his head. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her jaw goes tight, and I wish I’d kept my mouth shut about the kissing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dryver wears fitted overalls with a tight red shirt underneath while Lucy’s in one of her signature sack dresses, but with a touch of blue eye shadow. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Felicia, her eyes closed tight, cautiously patted the floor until she touched the peeled grapes her sister had left for her there, and screamed to holy hell. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then Mother was pale, her lips drawn tight as she glared at me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks up finally, her grip on her phone tight. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I can feel myself getting tense and tight. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I tossed an iron drab onto the bar, keeping another clenched tight in my fist. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All work had been done with the utmost secrecy under the tightest possible security. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The princesses sat tall and unafraid, Milo held on as tight as he could, and the bug swung crazily, like the tail on a kite. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The more nervous I got, the tighter I would clutch the control stick, and at the end of an hour my right arm would ache. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were red and pufly, but the boy was in her arms, bundled tight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She should make sure the barn was closed up tight against any dragon invasion. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I make my bed with the tight corners like my father taught me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I reached for the limb of a small cedar and held tight, as though everything I had was about to slip from my hands. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To get away from the monks and the rules and the chores and the life that pinched like tight shoes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She had deep brown fur with a splash of white on her front paws, and one of her hind legs was bandaged tight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Come help me,” he said, and Miss Maggie held one side of the loop, Osh the other, so they could more quickly slip it around Mr. Kendall’s ankles and pull it tight. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her hands are pulling at the rope, nervous and quick, but the knots just keep getting tighter. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Roger clutches the empty leash to his chest in a tight ball. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She moved along just under my elbow, her shiny tight pigtails, and then the last house played out and the road curved out of sight beyond a wall, following the river. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, they picked up their daughter and held her tight and cried for joy. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

R.C. held the catfish tight in his left hand and had the nail of his fish line in the other. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“These haunches are too tight” “Don’t bend over.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dude stays disappearing when things get tight,” Sierra said under her breath. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

But even had my tight throat been able to form the words, I feared distracting him, so I watched in anxious silence. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls me to her and holds me so tight that all my broken pieces slowly start to mend back together. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then, holding the struggling Gwin tight, she removed the note from under his collar. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Right. When you were here a few days ago, everything was in order and locked up tight. You thought that Mother had gone to the Ludingtons’ farm.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” I say, my throat so tight it aches. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My sister, Hana, would say I’m being just like those people who take one look at a Black person and think they need to clutch their purse tight or lock their car doors. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Tally climbed to avoid the wake, spinning her board in a tight circle to bring it to a smooth halt. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He wanted to drift off to a dreamless sleep in his own bed with his arms wrapped tight around his lady, Catelyn. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Bernabe negotiated a tight U-turn, paused to let a two-ton flatbed, piled high with hay bales from Colorado, zoom down the highway, then crossed the road and pulled over slightly ahead of Amarante. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a tight grip on my arm. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Shoulders slumped, head down, hair pulled back tight and plain. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Ivy spied Emily Dickinson with her hair parted down the middle and pulled into a tight bun. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her black hair was in a tight ponytail, slicked with hair spray. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, I am in love,” Isabella says, and my stomach squeezes tight. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Was something—a biting fly, spider, tick, bee—something stinging or biting him inside the tight binding of his tikinagun? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They had risen some four hundred feet and were now into tighter aspen stands, well above all pinon trees. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first traces of dawn had crept up on them, and Thomas could see every detail of Newt’s face, his skin tight, his brow creased. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Shivering, I pull my jacket tighter, wrapping my arms around my body as I move my eyes back to him. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go,” Alec says.“Stay close together, tight. Defend each other to the death.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I ask them, now that my tight sphere of concern can extend beyond my brother. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"The Others can keep his love, I want his swords and sails. Holding tight to those twins is the best way to make certain that we'll have them." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I noticed that his gestures were becoming tighter than before, that somehow he appeared more calm and ordered, which seemed to me unusual, given how we were drinking. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shame of it makes my skin feel tight. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sumac was circling in a tight arc, as if he was guarding against any possible dangers that might threaten me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The hard little knot had kinked up inside her tighter than ever. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Doha could see they were standing next to each other, his aunt’s hands wrapped tight around her husband’s arm. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

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

For several days the pack closed in tight again, and they could no longer detect the movement of the ocean. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t make any fuss at all when Miss Maggie heaved a saddle onto his back and cinched it tight. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

When she comes back, she is looking up at the plastered ceiling, her arms folded, pinning the sheet tight against her chest. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, without quite knowing how they’d gotten there, they were all six standing in a rather tight little group in the center of the storage yard. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at Dr. Malone, whose face was tight and unhappy. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

You think too much beforehand and you get too self-conscious and tight and you don’t function well. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes blur and my throat feels tight. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He put on his tight pants but did not button them up, nor did he put the gold button into his shirt collar as he always did, because he planned to take a bath. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He is dressed in dashing fashion, with tight black pants, a tailored black coat, and a black hat. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was something heavy and dark and tight about the day, riding stiffly in the broad barren field, in harsh sunlight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes slid back to mine, still tight. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I sit with my arms crossed over my chest, my lips a tight line. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Resting a knee on the pew, he moved in tight so he was crouching over me and pressed the cloth firmly against the back of my head. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Chico,” I said into my mike, “stay tight on her face.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She wrapped herself tighter in my jacket and slid beside me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grip her leg tight, my nails digging into her flesh as the nurse swabs the alcohol-soaked cloth on the wound. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet we were still as tight as friends could be. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I curled my toes into tight angry balls in my shoes. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Coloring, keeping my nails tight, watching Redskins games with Daddy. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the edge of my seat, every inch of me pulled up tight as spooled thread. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Harry could see what was funny this time: Professor McGonagall, with her hair in a tight bun, looked as though she had never let her hair down in any sense. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’ve tied it super tight to make sure it stays up; the worst thing in the world would be if it came unwound and fell down in front of hundreds of people. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The taller one, the one who was trying desperately to not look like she was crying, had his tight jaw. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The crawl space was tight, with a slanted ceiling covered with tiny saw-toothed stalactites. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

They whispered, “Jesus, Jesus,” and together hoisted up their tub of water in which tight red tomatoes floated and threw it on the smoke-and-flame- bound woman. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We all hugged again and again, holding one another tight. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Many of the lecturers’ children clung tightly to him, as if the tighter they held him, the less likely he could break free and leave Nsukka. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I squeeze my lids shut tight for a moment, to track her as I would prey on a hunt. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Just before lunchtime, into the office walked a woman in a tight pencil skirt and patent shoes high as stilts, her straightened hair sleekly pulled back. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“These were my fourteenth-birthday present. From my mom,” she says in a tight voice. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She was wearing this loose white blouse that pulled in tight under her tits and these faded yellow bell-bottoms that shimmered when she moved. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

You’d think people would hold tight after a tragedy like the one with Ben. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The tight feeling in his chest now, as well as the weak feeling in his loins, had been exactly the same. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Tanisha squeezes my hand tight, and I can finally breathe again. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I stood to her left, draped the useless arm over my neck, and held her body tight to mine. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slide in next to them so I can wrap them both up tight. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

They fan out in a three-person semicircle as she hugs me tight, the kind of hug she used to give me when I was a five-year-old, complete with swaying. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

And not just beautiful, but hot, too, with her breasts straining against her tight tank top, her curved legs swinging back and forth beneath the swing, flip-flops dangling from her electric-blue-painted toes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Serafina looked at it, she put more herbs on the wound, and tied the silk tighter than ever, but this time her face was troubled. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Natalie sees this, she curls up in a tight little ball on the wood slat seat and will not move. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took one look at her mouth closed tight as she stared down at her phone, and my stomach wobbled. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He rushed over, a woman trailing behind in a red cape and tight shiny blue pants. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mia was a fast packer, good at squeezing an improbably large number of things into a tight space. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As for the deck, it was just big enough to sit on cross-legged or to lie on in a tight, nearly-to-term fetal position. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wraps me up in a tight hug, resting his chin on the top of my head. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There are no beds, just blankets on the floor, everyone squished in tight as sardines. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They hung on tight to each other, longer than Maya had ever hugged Joaquin or Grace, and then let go. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The walls were lined with shelves and the shelves were jammed tight with books. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Most of them slept outside in normal times, so packing all those bodies into the Homestead made for a tight fit. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

My chest is getting tight, but my feet take me right over to the table. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

On homemade stretchers, in wheelbarrows, on carts, slung across shoulders, and clenched tight in arms. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Before he could protest, I tucked the blanket around him tight, flipping it over his head. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

English was staring at the TV again, his face now becoming a fist, tight and angry. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ben untied his shoelaces again and began lacing them up, tighter than before. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She offered him a tight smile in return and quickly looked away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Two of the turtles kept their heads tight against their shells. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She squeezed me so tight it felt like she was pressing the breath out of me. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was such a support network there, a vast and tight fabric of family. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The space behind the coffin was tight, but she went through the hole into the hill and pulled the coffin back as best she could. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Our chain strains with each gust, but we hold tight. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She looked at me a second, and then she hugged me very, very tight while we both cried a million tears. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Ayanna fidgeted, and then, before I could say anything, hugged me tight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She held on tight, chewing her lip, flinching when she heard it coming. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Between them I wove many strands of bull kelp, which shrinks as it dries and pulls very tight. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after the door opened a crack the padlock and chain on the outside held it tight. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The fabric of her skirt is pulled so tight over her thighs, the pockets gape open. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Every muscle in his hands and arms stood out, strained, his jaw tight. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She was misshapen; her belly, tight and heavy and distended, made it impossible for her to stand without supporting herself with her hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re starting to bring it out today. The building is shut down tight. They’re checking everybody who wants to come in or out. They’re afraid the FBI will come after them before they can print.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My mother arrives in the middle of the night, and sleepily, we pile into her arms and hold tight. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

My locker is right next to Ducky’s and he thinks we're tight. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The coroner paced to and fro a few seconds before he spoke again; his face was red and his lips were pressed tight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Which I will be confiscating, by the way. Security is going to be tighter than ever now. This place will be Fort Knox.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His grip on her hand remained tight as though he were aware of her presence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She was small and tight and dry, just like her house, but with a shine that attracted me. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I concentrated on my hands, holding tight to the edge of the table. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Erik stared at me with growing fury, with growing hatred, moving the bat in a tight circle. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Thursday he shared the sweet milk candy with the guards and put on his clean clothes, which were tight for him, and the patent leather boots. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

As the train lurched to a start, Will tucked himself neatly into an overhead luggage rack and curled into a tight ball, doing his best to rub some warmth into his muddy toes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her fists are clenched; her face is tight and wet from tears. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When I tried to jerk away, he held tighter. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Which I will be confiscating, by the way. Security is going to be tighter than ever now. This place will be Fort Knox.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She shut her eyes tight and wished blindly that everything would turn out all right. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The book drops to the ground and I still keep hanging on tight, till I see tears coming to Lymon’s eyes. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Jeanne manages to loosen her noose a little, but when Jacob tries to do the same, the knight with the lazy eye yanks the rope so tight Jacob goes choking and staggering to his knees. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

How in the heck can he do the splits with pants so tight? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He held himself tight to keep from crying out loud and totally ruining his image in front of Chacho. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shimmied up, belly to the wood, butt pulled down tight. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She shut her mouth tight and her sharp teeth bit down on her lower lip. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lissa pulled the hood of her sweatshirt over her head and drew the drawstring tight under her chin. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

My skin grows too tight for my body. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m tight with all of them. Being the baby and the only boy means I grew up with multiple mamas.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

His breath showed in the crisp morning air, and a tight knot twisted at his gut—he needed food. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

My arms and legs get all tight and lash out like tree limbs in a storm. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He looked up at Winnie’s frantic dancing and then he looked at the toad, who had pressed down close to the dirt, eyes tight shut. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m just wearing a thin hoodie since I don’t have my jacket, and the frigid air grabs tight to me as I run. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Stella’s mom pulls her dad into a tight hug. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Stewart reached for the reins, but Booth, an experienced rider, spurred and pulled the horse in a tight circle away from Stewart. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tight pressure around her ankles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looked about as pleased as he felt; her lips were pursed tight, her eyes fixed longingly on Celia’s retreating back. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The way he closed his eyes tight told me he wasn’t talking about anything on the prairie. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Thorn was standing practically across the street, her arms wrapped tight around her own body, her face red as if she had been crying. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I put on my waitress uniform, the short, tight cream-colored dress and the ironed brown apron. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But the grip on his windpipe grew ever tighter. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Another rope was wrapped ’round and ’round his neck and was pinching his throat narrow and tight. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Her fingers find his hand and hold tight, as if she were pulling him up from an edge she lost him to years back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Longstreet could not see the bony face clearly, in the dark, but the voice was tight and very high, and Longstreet thought: he could be a dangerous man, out of control. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran up the porch steps and hugged her tight. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Elijah the prophet comes in to pitch for them in tight spots.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to do but to pull the door tight upon its wooden hinges and fasten the iron hasp. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Veruca struggled furiously, but the squirrels held her tight and she couldn’t move. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Baba’s lips, formed from the tree trunk’s bark, were pressed tight, his ligneous face full of a quiet sadness. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I closed the door and slid the steel bars back in place, making sure they were tight. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

When it came time to leave, little Miguel put on a poncho and held tight to his sister’s hand. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the stern talking-tos she’d gotten at the orphanage, all the wagging fingers and tight faces...they circled back around her like a whirlwind of shame. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When he pulls the dress tighter with some clamps, I can see a waistline. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Too tight to perform any kind of trick. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I saw that Mrs. Baker had a tight little cap of auburn curls, as if she'd just taken the rollers out and hadn’t yet combed her hair. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I held tight to that hope through the dark hours of night, until the sun rose and I fell asleep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I kept my mouth closed tight and held my breath. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

My thoughts were wound so tight that my temples pounded with a killer ponytail headache. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He could tell that by the way his lips were tight and thin and his eyes flashing like neon signs. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her back was straight, and her dirty hands made fists so tight her knuckles looked ready to split. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

If they crossed paths, Mom might smell smoke in her hair or tell Lily her pants were too tight or ask why she put all those blond streaks in her hair. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

All she could do was hold tight to Poppy. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My fists are squeezed so tight it's painful. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I started to kick, and my arms got all tight. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Finally he climbed up and lay on top of the layers of cloth, his body curled in a tight knot. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I adjusted my backpack, pulled the straps tighter against me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a tight sweater that did little to hide the fact that he had the body of an athlete. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Governor curled his fingers tight into his fist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

As soon as Jonathan was close enough, the Hessian leaned forward and quickly tied the rope around Jonathan’s ankle, then tied a tight knot. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

If I refused, it meant that I did not love my mother, and no man in that tight little black community had ever been crazy enough to let himself be placed in such a position. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The troll squeezed tighter, somehow securing a grip on the helmet’s anti-friction coating, which, according to Foaly, was impossible to grip. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The two of us have always been tight, in part thanks to an unwavering and somewhat inexplicable allegiance he seemed to feel for his baby sister right from the start. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His own heart was hammering, and his lungs already felt tight. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And once I know a thing, I hold it tight and don’t let it stray off. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Drinking deep from the water jar, he yanked his sash tight around his hollow middle and let himself out the gate. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray pressed his lips tight, obviously frustrated that he couldn’t get it out. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ares flew in tighter and tighter circles as they ascended. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hector Santos kept the beat tight on percussion with two buckets, a brass hi-hat, and a snare drum. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know who was in that crowd,” Uncle Kufa replied in a tight voice that told Nhamo he was struggling not to get angry. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, Mom,” I say sweetly, holding tighter to the stack of books—my books now—almost not believing my good luck. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was small boned to begin with but seemed to be starving herself, and she wanted everybody to know it with her skinny jeans and tight T-shirts. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Today as we labor in the cold sunshine, Therese pulls her threadbare cloak tight about her thin body. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The statue was wedged tight in the corridor, so Leo had to climb over the top and wriggle under her limbs, searching for levers and buttons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I went over to them when I saw Valentine Carmina, drop-dead gorgeous in a tight black skirt and a white V-necked sweater. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

While she talks, I'm rolling the bills into a tight cylinder, and Mom's watching me. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, your hair can do this. That will look good on you because you have high cheekbones. All we have to do is roll your hair real tight.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

All Dad said to me was “Keep your legs crossed, honey, and keep ’em crossed tight.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I glance over at my mom and I see that my dad has a tight grip on her hand, as if to say Chama. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her wrists were bound and his grip on her was tight—probably too tight—but he needed this to be convincing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

With teeth clamped and fists tight, I hurled myself at his back. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Only her body is left, rolled up tight and completely still. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its lid's so tight it guffs when you open it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I squeezed his hand tight and lifted him onto my back. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

At home we grouped into a tight knot, two adults and seven children inside two rooms. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Now Hamlet knelt before me, like a spring coiled tight with energy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was swollen up to the shoulder, making the skin look like it was being stretched too tight. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She pulls me into a tight hug, and it’s at that moment, of all the moments, that I realize I’ve gotten an inch or two taller than she is. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And his two sons held him, one on either side, each holding his arm, and he held tight in his hand the warm loose earth. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Portia sat up suddenly and began arranging her tight, oily hair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The body gave a sound like a kitten squeezed too tight, a kind of windless yelp. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She covered her ears like Georgie used to, but I pulled her hands away and held them tight. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He pulled the cape tighter around his shoulders. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They drank until their little tummies were tight and round. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you cover dinner? I know these last few days of the month are tight. And Hector’s been pretty fussy today. I think he’s teething.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The women of his family gathered into a tight hug, surrounding him with love. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I dip my head down and rest it on top of knees that are pulled tight to my chest. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“A Dauntless Ferris wheel wouldn’t have cars. You would just hang on tight with your hands, and good luck to you.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Addison is this really serious-acting black woman with tight gray hair in a bun and these suits that make her look like she works in a bank or something. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She gives me my coffee and then she just stands, staring out the back window with her jaw set tight. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She looked at the marble floor, her chest tight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when a coughing fit was particularly bad, she squeezed Edward so tight that he was afraid he would crack in two. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Finally the captain looks up, the impress of his loupe a tight pink circle around his eye. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Miyax put her needle away, rolled her ground skin into a tight bundle, and tied it to the bottom of the pack. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These bandages are so tight. Will you loosen them for me a little?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But then my hand closes around it tight, and then I’m running as fast as I can. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the limb, and held him tight. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I squeezed it tight so I could press down hard, hard enough to feel the snap of hollow bone, the last beat of unsung song. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I lock the door tight and head back upstairs. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

When we were finished, I rolled the cloth into a tight bundle and gave it to him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to send for Father Goubeaux—I said first thing tomorrow I’d make him Spanish rice—but he just held my hand tighter. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like rolling around with other dudes in tight outfits. But when it comes to, like, matters of the heart...” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Gherland thought as they walked, tendrils of worry curling around his heart, cinching into a hard, tight knot. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He hugged her tight again, as if he worried she'd run off. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

"I'm a little tight, you know. I wouldn't ask you like this if I weren't. You're sure you don't mind?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The triangle knot had been pulled so tight that undoing it was like trying to unravel a rock. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He held the phone tight to his ear so she could whisper sweetly into it. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hurts to hold my head up, and my stomach is tight. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Like my brain is not hanging on so tight to the way it all was. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

In the tight trunks he seemed very naked. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Once I knew the place was clear of cops, I pulled the silver shoes out and slipped them on my feet, lacing them up tight. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Jay’s voice was strained tight with fear, and it cracked on the last word. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was carried on to the platform with my arms and legs held tight by many hands, and I lay there suspended in the air, facing the ceiling. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to make my dad smile when he looks at my report card, instead of clenching his jaw tight. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He raised Longclaw over his head, both hands tight around the grip. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my hands into fists so tight I may have drawn blood. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mummy, her face tight, asking, “The black pearls?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I roll over and kiss him on the lips, my eyes tight shut, trying to suppress the guilt I feel for going to the police behind his back. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the faces for a long time, and when I’m sick of them I shut my eyes tight and let my imagination take over. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The handcuffs squeezed cold and tight against my wrists. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

All the families who lived around the Tracks were tight on cash. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He acted more important than ever, pulling his gloves tight up over his sleeves. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I gripped my covers a little tighter, because I hadn’t actually gotten dressed after my shower. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I picture his head, his tight blond curls. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

With two jobs, things were already tight at the end of each month. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, Minerva stood far back from the ladder, arms across her chest, kerchief tight around her fat face. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The man’s ragged out, he gets down tight on their case. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Quiz tomorrow on identifying subatomic particles. Just hang tight until it’s time to go.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Lashing my right hand is much harder, so hard it brings tears to my eyes, but I finally manage to pull the knot tight with my teeth. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Will slid the knife into it and buckled it as tight as he could with his clumsy hand. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her other issue is shirts that fit tight. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I wanted to make sure he still had his wrist wrapped up tight and that after he left the bathroom, he went right back to bed to rest up. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I pulled myself into as tight a ball as I could. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You did,” Moss said, and he felt Eugenia squeeze him tighter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I squeeze her tight, set my chin on her shoulder, and sigh. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I would have pointed out that she hadn't exactly answered my question, but then I noticed how grim her mouth was, the way all those tight lines radiated out from the edges of her lips. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I stepped back so Jules could slide over between me and Javi, and I wrapped the three of them in a tight hug. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing a tight white T-shirt with a smiling cupcake emoji on it and the words sweet Stephanie’s in sparkly silver font. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I feel like a fat sausage in this tight and tacky dress covered in frills, ruffles, and sequins. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I take my hair out of its tight braids and kneel in front of him while he gently picks through. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I stared at my father's photograph—his thin face stem, lips latched tight, his eyes peering permanently to the right. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In that case,” the sheriff says with a tight smile, “please leave us to conduct our business.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

You curled up in a tight ball again, and I threw my arms around you. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Holmes did not think her so clever as to feign coma, but he held tight just the same. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They wrapped it tight with a big roll of gauze and handcuffed him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, what it meant was their parents were tight, hard up, squeezed, strapped. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She had awakened when Lazlo did, then collapsed back on her pillows, squeezing her eyes tight shut to block out the sight of the mesarthium walls and ceiling that hemmed her in. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Through her tears, Molly watches Vivian replace the receiver on the hook, wrap her robe tighter and tie it, pat the silver hair at the nape of her neck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He ran with his tail clamped just as tight as the roan bull’s. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one arm around Maybeth’s shoulders, holding Sammy’s hand tight, Dicey led her family back to where the young man stood waiting. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn't pass. Nobody in my session did. To tell you the truth, I think the only reason they let me stick around was because I helped Old Yellow Suit out of a tight spot.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

With a tight throat and chugging heart, I looked out to the audience, trying not to telegraph my panic, searching for the safe harbor of my mother’s face. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He holds me tighter and kisses the top of my head. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She gave me a tight smile and slid behind the wheel. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The tight little crawl space under the floorboards suddenly felt like a coffin, like I was already dead and buried. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

To see the clues and secrets and truths that he’s locking away behind his tight jaw. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The crow sped toward her, flying in a tight, fast twist, all black feathers and black beak and panicked cawing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Senate race and was locked in what would become a tight race in the general election. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Grampa, swearing and slapping his hand on the dashboard every time traffic got too tight, directed me to a back street a couple blocks from the square. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The water inside the bathrooms was not potable and was separate and sealed in the rooms by tight doors. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I wrap my arms around her and hug even tighter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

All my organs start to feel tight and cramped, as if there's not enough room for them. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There’s a few, but no friends I’m real tight with, so I can’t cut or anything. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He could not even see which two were gripping him under the arms as they marched him rapidly between the two tight singlefile columns they had formed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

As I brushed my hair into a tight ponytail and arranged my hijab, my phone beeped again, alerting me to another text message. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I might pay two in a tight time, but ten is robbery.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They fit tight, like an extra layer of skin. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Fastening the other end to the doorknob behind her, she pulled the rope tight, knotted it securely, and climbed up. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She suddenly turned and looked straight at me from under the bangs of her tight bob. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Marcela walked with them to the track apron and watched them go, her hands tight on the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hugged good night, and when I was just about to let go, he held me a little tighter. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold tight. Now, before we go, say...” and she made a high screeching noise. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I held tight as I took each step and pulled myself up onto the dock. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The throbbing head, the swollen eyes, the tight, contracted throat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His gripped his dagger tighter, then signaled for Koffi to take the other side of the tree. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His eyes were shut tight, but if he opened them there would be no difference. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mom chased after me, her housecoat pulled tight against the cold, and caught me just in time to hand me my brown-bag lunch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you sit tight and let me take you?” she says, planting both hands firmly on the arms of my chair. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He kept his arms at his sides, his ears open, his silver blues harp tight between his left thumb and pointer finger. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

When the door opened, it was not the woman in white but another one wearing red, her hair cut so short it resembled a little gray, curlicue swim cap pulled tight over her scalp. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I buried myself in Faith's sweet, rosemary scent and held on tight. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Security was tight, and its location was to be kept a secret. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the water’s lapping around the high marks on the pilings, I give the winch a couple of cranks until the line goes tight. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z