She lifts the other whip and flicks its tip back and forth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The tips of her fingers were bloody, her fingernails shredded. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

As we stood watching, Miss Peregrine brought a silver flask to Miss Avocet’s lips and tipped it, and for a moment the elder ymbryne seemed to revive, sitting forward with brightening eyes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Sure. And probably tips on top of it.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day they could have fun with him for nothing and go around playing and watching him tip his hat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black lines of dirt rimmed the tips of my nails. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

And next time, remember, snakes work for tips. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled a smoke out of his precious tobacco stores and plucked a twig out of the fire with a burning ember at the tip to light it with. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

To see him toiling up the slope inch by inch, his breath coming fast, the tips of his hoofs clawing at the ground, and his great sides matted with sweat, filled everyone with admiration. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

She prodded the coals with the tip of a stick. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes popped open in time to realize that his basket was being picked up and tipped over the side. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Water lapped at the rubber tips of her boots. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of her tiny nose was black with frostbite. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The one time she tried to protect Nel, she had cut off her own finger tip and earned not Nel’s gratitude but her disgust From then on she had let her emotions dictate her behavior. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had his tip money from Wednesday night, more than usual, thanks to 12B, but that wasn’t very much. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

They stepped out amongst the tide pools and jagged rocks of the island’s tip. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Horace pretended to trip over a curb, then bounced up nimbly and bowed like a dancer, tipping his hat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The tips of my hair were wet; my scalp was raw. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Joe’s torch was huge and bright as the tip of one curtain in the window touched the flame. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when some older men tipped their cowboy hats, mumbling, “Buenos dias, como le ha ido, amigo?” it suddenly dawned on Herbie that maybe these people he had come to help spoke Spanish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their green sepals drew back a little and the white tips of the flowers rose delicately to meet the open air. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She pirouetted on the tip of a birch leaf. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Carrying people's suitcases and waiting around for a tip. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Flames tipped the tops of slim white tapers, illuminating rough walls muffled by tapestries and old portraits in which the painted eyes of their subjects glinted like chips of glass. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

With the tip of her painted fingernail, the dancer salesgirl showed the miniature castanets the doll was holding. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I sat astride it, on the rounded edge of the speared lifebuoy, my left foot against the tip of the prow, my right foot on the gunnel. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He waved a bamboo pole with long paper streamers fluttering from the tip. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

She touched the tip of her nose to the tip of his. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He strolled right past a group of policemen, tipping his hat like a gentleman. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

If her left hand failed, the stretcher would certainly tip. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes I notice her head is tipping to the side. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father must have had the same feeling because all at once he slapped the table, tipped his chair back, and began singing “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kitbag and Smile, Smile, Smile.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I use the tip of my finger to draw explanatory lines in the air. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

At the tip of my tongue is the question I bum to ask him, “How many different mothers?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch him watch her and realize Daddy is looking at Miss Fulton same way the men in the street look at her when they tip their hats. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I finish my cappuccino, pay for it, leave a tip for the imitation Italian waiter who served it to me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They tipped the dirty water away onto the base of a clump of snapdragons which, Nettle said, made him homesick for his parents’ back garden. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We were stargazing, except that whenever I tipped my face back to look up at the sky, I felt dizzy. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She did not pull away from him, and as he tipped her back and back and back, he watched the hollow above her collarbone and the lovely slope down to the neckline of her dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thirty' hazel sticks had been whittled and dried, tipped with sharp nails, carefully nocked. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he passed through the lavatory door he transferred it to his pocket and felt it with the tips of his fingers. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The hawk tipped its head to look, just like a chicken. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I had lost her, and with that knowledge I felt as if my heart had been tipped from its resting place in my chest to topple and fall somewhere deep inside me near my feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She just told the entire neighborhood and eventually someone must have tipped off the cops. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He tips my face up by the chin so I’m looking straight at him. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Mama closed her eyes and touched the tip of her tongue to her top lip—she always did that before she said something important. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the custom to tip in the ice-cream saloons except on special parties when you were supposed to leave a nickel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not me. My father. He knows a lot of detectives. He could drop a tip about the Civic, and if he asked them to keep it anonymous, they would.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She tipped the spout into each cage and poured a trail of gas through the room. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She ran her tongue in the whorls of his ear and nibbled the tip. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Next time he felt carefully in the way he’d learned, letting the tip search for the resonance that revealed a world where the ground was in the same place. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

About two years after Hunt’s offenses, a French ship wrecked at the tip of Cape Cod. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Slumping against the doorway, I tipped my head back and let out a sigh. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I picked it off and held it on the tip of my finger, then blew it away. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And the guards in charge of Camp 14, he expected, knew he had tipped them off. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Better than waiting tables in a restaurant because in a hotel there’re more ways to get tips. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He traced the patterns on the floor with the tip of his boot. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As it hopped along to take off, Jody caught its wing tip and pulled it down. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s so close that the tip of his boot is touching my foot. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arturo pulled his head out from under the water, heavy droplets streaming down his face, dripping off the tips of his mustache. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But portly and overfed though she was from living in the comfort of a zoo, even so she tipped the scales at barely 110 pounds. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was smiling, patting the tips of the longer strands we stood in. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

"Mo never stole anything. Not from anyone. He even shared his tips with me." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

That’s more than an hour away from where I live in North River Heights, which is at the top tip of Manhattan. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Backing from under the porch on his hands and knees, he touched the lantern and tipped it over. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She passed the beautiful wine cup to Telemakhos, who tipped the wine and prayed as she had done. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the middle of the circle of children, like the object of some arcane ritual, there hovered a bomb, its downward-facing tip seemingly balanced on Adam’s outstretched finger. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Sandalwood paste smeared her swelling hips, under her breasts were dark painted shadows which gave them sensuous depth, the nipples were tipped with red. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it is on the lookout, the meerkat has the peculiarity of standing perfecdy upright on the tips of its back legs, balancing itself tripod-like with its tail. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She ran her hand down my hair and tugged lightly on the tips. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I hand her my debit card, and when she comes back, I tip her triple the inexpensive meal’s cost. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

All of the Kappa Zeta girls dress like they just stepped out of a Gap ad, their nails are perfectly manicured, their hair perfectly curled under at the tips. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The blade’s tip has a life of its own. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Again she opens the model house and tips the stone into her palm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She gave a bit of a sigh, and the corners of her lips quivered, like the very tip of a snake’s tongue. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

My whole body sinks onto her bed, still with her comb in my hand and with the scent of cigarette smoke, alcohol, sweat, pain, and grief on the tips of my fingers. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I stroll through Roxbury all afternoon, tipping my new hat to every lady I pass. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had often tipped Sir Ector the wink when a raiding party was on its way from the Marches, and he never molested the knight or his fanning in any way. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of her rifle rose a few inches. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The color had faded from Mr. Curtain’s face so that it no longer looked like an eggplant with glasses; only the tip of his lumpy nose retained a crimson hue. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

After briefly occupying the cold northern tip of Honshu, Yayoi farmers abandoned that area, presumably because rice farming just could not compete there with the Jomon hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

This time, after a parry, the foil tip touches me, left lower side. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She thinks it over, but I can already feel things tipping in my favor. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He turns to me with his white glistening eyes and tips his hat. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The foaming waters touched the tips of her tail feathers, turning them white. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Margaret added the tip and signed, took the yellow copy, put it in her purse, closed her purse, and asked, “What are you going to do next?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With time, the outer petals would start to wrinkle, beginning at the tips. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They make the turn so fast that he actually hops on one leg for a few seconds, almost tipping over sideways, like in a cartoon. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A squiggle of turbulence, or a crewman walking inside the fuselage, would tip the plane off its axis. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The lawyer who escorts her to the theater refuses to explain despite the manager’s protestations, abandoning her as quickly as he can with no more than a shrug and the tip of a hat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Each weekend I put my wages and my tips under the carpet in the drawing room. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

And if she hadn’t seen the Master tipping that powder into the wine, she might have risked the Steward’s anger, or hoped to avoid being noticed in the busy corridor. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai gaped at her, and Granny laughed so hard her rocking chair almost tipped over. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

My marker squeaks as I write each huge red letter: D tipping forward, A leaning back, N shivery, C stretched tall, and the lines of E poking out at funny angles, the word itself dancing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a pink sunback dress and pink fluffy bedroom slippers with two bunny ears pointed up from the tips. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she puffed on the cigarette the tip glowed in the dark. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He tipped the contents of the goblet into Dumbledore’s open mouth. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He pushed it with the tips of his fingers and the hinges yielded with a mournful and articulate moan that left a frozen echo inside of him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the trees nested hundreds of long-shanked herons, blue ones and white ones with black wing tips. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several times the machine threatened to tip over, but it ground on relentlessly and righted itself. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The corner of Connor’s mouth tipped up a little and he barked. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A thousand women urging you to speak through the blunt tip of your pencil. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe it, By tipped the bag at me again! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I owe him some change and a tip.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third morning Caradhras rose before them, a mighty peak, tipped with snow like silver, but with sheer naked sides, dull red as if stained with blood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He tramped up the stairs to his room, went inside, and tipped his books onto his bed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

There was a cardboard name tag on the handle of the suitcase he carried; he could feel it with the tips of his fingers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned so close to the paper that the tip of her nose nearly touched it, and she inhaled its pulpy odor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Layla pressed the tip of the thermometer to his armpit and held his arm down. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The honeymoon suite had tipped from fridge to furnace. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A Circle Line tour boat is rounding the tip of Manhattan, optimistic as a wedding cake. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look away from her face, down at the ground; at her feet, the tip of her cane. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

You look a total wally if you dance too early, but after one crucial song tips the disco over, you look a sad saddo if you don’t. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I tipped the bag toward the light and saw that it wasn’t a pile of dirt—it was a pile of crumbs. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

There are enormous implications in Levanthal’s fear experiments and Wunderman’s work for Columbia Records for the question of how to start and tip social epidemics. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A question rises to the tip of my tongue. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Without pausing to think, Pong tipped the basket and climbed inside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The tip of his ring finger had begun to darken too, and when he touched it with the point of his dagger, he felt nothing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The flare in my chest reignited and spread like a rocket launch through my body, heating me from my scalp down to the tips of my toes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

A cigarette hung from the tips of her fingers, and her curly bleached hair was pulled back into a messy ponytail. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The iron tip was shaped like the nose cone of a rocket. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Annoyed, Harry uncorked the poison he had taken from Slughorn’s desk, which was a garish shade of pink, tipped it into his cauldron, and lit a fire underneath it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Beneath the hawthorn tree, the glass cover was tipped over on its side, the candle was snuffed out, and her father was gone. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guy offers the tablet and I grab it, messily signing the screen with the tip of my finger. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Lately, he does this thing where he looks down over the tip of his nose at me, and one corner of his mouth ticks up. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He moved his own fins anti-clockwise, gave the tip of his tail a cunning flick, and was lying alongside the tench. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I climb higher to get away from the seeking tip of the highest tentacle. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I opened the cap and squinted closely at the tip, unsure where to start, then set it gently against the inside corner of my eye and drew up, tracing my eyelid to the top. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Before his captors could stop him, he bit down on the tip of the CIA-designed device, breaking a vial of cyanide poison. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And I still have a little bit left from my tips from the week but even then it all only adds up to one hundred and sixty-seven dollars.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Wick tips glowed orange for a second, then turned black. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The shreds he let trickle gleefully off his hand onto the ground, then he smugly tipped his cowboy hat to Bernabe with his invisible arm and lurched jubilantly back into the bar. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the southern tip of Kyushu to the northern tip of Hokkaido, the Japanese archipelago is nearly 1,500 miles long. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped her eyes and began digging a little hole in the dirt with the tip of her boot. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And the van tipped, shuddering as the flow of the river pushed through the open side door. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It takes a long time, but a ruby-throated hummingbird finally descends and eats from the tip of my unmoving, sweetened index finger. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

At the extreme end of the street, like the dazzling tip on an arrow, the two boys could see a corner of the palace walls, stained pink by the sunset. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The van slid around and began to tip onto its side. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then, right in front of me, dim, but clearly visible, I see a pair of legs protruding from the point that marks the tip of the bow. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I may have e-mailed an anonymous tip to Principal DeShields from one of the phones in the Apple store.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

His nose was long and round at the tip. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

With the tip of the branch, she poked a round hole in each of her own toeprints, then laughed and scribbled the footprints away with the stick. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Meyers won on nearly every race but disliked to give tips because it brought down the prices. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It could only tip so far before it would fall. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The raft sank lower and pitched and rolled, the tips of the oars dipping underwater, but it floated robustly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai had always felt the narrow stroke of luck—like an ax blow passing close enough to shave the tips from the down of her cheek—that Minya had saved her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Eventually, in a movement so small it was almost imperceptible, I saw the tip of Mother’s ponytail dip as she nodded. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She tips a tall glass and pours beer slowly down its side, avoiding a foam head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Thomas followed, falling into line between Teresa and Chuck, hefting a big wooden spear with a knife tied at its tip. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As we pulled in front of my house, I reached up and gave the cabbie enough money for both of our rides, and the tip. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Kids were sitting on the stone porch rail, their cigarette tips glowing in the darkness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Effie Trinket makes it sound like Haymitch just has somewhat rough manners that could be corrected with a few tips from her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore moved closer to the water; Harry watched nervously as the tips of Dumbledore’s buckled shoes found the utmost edge of the rock rim. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her hands shone with the pungent juice and slipped around as she worked the tip of the blade back and forth. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was an enormous leap of faith to give them arrows, even if the tips were blunted. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“But take me along and you get Winnie in the bargain. Otherwise ...” The dresser pirouetted on one wooden leg, then tipped and crashed onto its side. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

You know how I’m making five dollars plus tips every Saturday? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And the nose has a high arch, a narrow bridge, a round tip. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore drew his wand out of the inside of his robes and placed the tip into his own silvery hair, near his temple. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Why did you forget to tip the waiter?” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The lion swiped the capsule and tipped it on its side, spilling the Hunters off the back. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She pulled her hoodie sleeves over the tips of her fingers, still not meeting his eye. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The owners were asking for tips on how to get it out. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Something in the arrow’s tip broke and spattered, and the flames caught the liquid. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She tipped her wings, banked, and started back. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Hoover's FBI men stealthily scoured the nation for Soviet spies; the FBI director was not eager to risk tipping off his suspects by exposing Bentley as a defector. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Papa would tip his cap at the ladies swishing by in their bright dresses. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeh, so how come he tip his hat to Sula? How come he don’t cuss her?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He tipped his head on one side as if he was listening to something. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Hiroshi presses his hands together like he’s praying and rests his chin on the tips of his fingers. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“This is a WG Panther. It’s an airsoft gun, which means it’s nothing but a toy. Look, the orange tip is colored black with a Sharpie.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They say the earth, the sea, and the heavens meet at the tip of it, and it is there that the moon rests. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They intentionally tip me ten bucks, which is my biggest intentional tip of the night. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He stood with the umbrella until we were in and I had tipped him. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

People turned their heads to look at her, and more than one lent an attentive ear to her utterances, hoping thereby to secure the elusive but ever-desired “tip.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tips of her breasts touched his coat, burning in like acid and closing his throat. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I asked as I bit into hot cheese and tomato sauce that burned the tip of my tongue. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She touched her glass rim with the tip of her tongue before she sipped. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She longed to march up and grab the glass and tip the contents, newt and all, over the Trunchbull's head. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I tip my head down to see his face. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

That may not be quite as moronically negligent as tipping hundreds of gallons of poison into a wilderness stream, but it is certainly in the right spirit. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Twice he vomited and then went on drinking until the earth tipped and swayed and the streetlight spun majestically in a circle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple tipped her head back farther and smiled up at him in a way that made his heart do some very interesting things. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I was ten. When my other friend died,” I say, staring at the French tips on my nails. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It had been a premeditated incident; someone had heard them talk, in class, about their plans to come after me, and tipped off Navid. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

From up there, one could make out the tips of the rusted blades of Gul Daman’s windmill, on the left, and, on the right, all of Herat spread below. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He gave a polite tip of the head, but his eyes sought his father behind him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’s twirling a string of hair around her index finger so tightly the tip’s ballooning red and bulbous like it might burst. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He took a silver key from his pocket and unlocked the chain around the golden monkey’s feet and hands, and carefully avoided touching even the tip of one golden hair. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even worse than being tipped out as the water fell would be being dragged below as it rose. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I could see Dusty’s goon guy sitting on the hood of his station wagon, the tip of the cigarette glowing orange whenever he took a drag. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I will make it so that at the very tip of my dagger will be Dray’s blood. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"Do you mean you actually willed the glass to tip over?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Still holding the broken tip of the sword in his bloody hand, the mercenary took another step toward Chronicler. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Herbie killed the motor, and they both remained immobile for a moment, grinning stupidly through the windshield at the lovely stream and at the golden sunglow on pine tree tips rising along the slope beyond. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His glasses slide to the tip of his nose and he looks out at me from the top of the frames. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Bengalis like Masjid learn early how to save ten minutes' worth of words by raising an eyebrow, wrinkling a nose, or tipping a head at a specific angle. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Brown, with a white tip on their tails and four white paws,” Nhamo said quickly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arm frowned as the boy screeched and tipped over a garbage can. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

His lips tipped up in a smile that made it seem he was talking just to me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Under the pew, I tapped his metal crutches with the tip of my blue canvas shoe. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

As if he were generally weary, or had just undergone some form of eyestrain, he rubbed his closed eyes with the tips of his extended fingers. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I wonder where the woman was taken—if that display was merely the tip of the iceberg. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was hard to look back without tipping off the log. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He gives Katherine one last tip of his hat before striding out smartly back toward his office, yelling for Bob and Bill. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He just kissed the tips of his fingers and said, “Because it is the most delicious meat. And there is nothing that tastes so good as boar prosciutto.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

‘Have some yourself!’ cried the BFG, tipping the neck of the enormous bottle towards her. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lets the curtain fall once he has entered, leaving them enclosed in darkness studded with dimly sparkling lights, the glowing tip of her cigarette the one spot of color amongst the dots of white. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A welcome relief spread through my chest, out to each arm and leg, to the tips of my fingers, even under my dirty fingernails. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The wind blew across the water, shattering the tips of the waves and shooting ice-sparklets north with the storm. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello,” he said to the bright-eyed bird, now showing the tips of his wing feathers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She opened her robe and drew out a pale, heavy breast, tipped with red. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Elinor would have tipped him off his chair if his companion hadn’t calmed her down. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I tip my palm at each of them—it’s at the level of the frills on his pants. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Josh was standing on a ladder, but he could not reach the tip of the tree. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And the kinds of contextual changes that are capable of tipping an epidemic are very different than we might ordinarily suspect. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its tail is tipped by an arrow-shaped spike and it has bat-like wings. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at my wand —” It had snapped, almost in two; the tip was dangling limply, held on by a few splinters. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The sun lights him up from behind like a saint, illuminating his hair and the tips of the grass and leaves. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he crossed the room to Hedwig’s cage and tipped the soggy vegetables at the bottom of the bowl into her empty food tray. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Frightful tipped one wing steeply, turned, and glided with the flow out over the valley. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then Izzy went down once, tipped over halfway down, and Mrs. Richardson refused to let her get into the sled again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He is of middle age, cloaked in excremental mud, crabbing slowly along the knife tip of a cliff, his thin hair uncombed and hanging wet across his face. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I leaned in, touched my scarred cheek to the stone, and looked up at its pointed tip. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The most oft-cited story was that an American consular official with connections to the CIA had tipped off the authorities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter at what point she cut, the tip would have been white, the mourning color. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doc tips his hat to dogs as he drives by and the dogs look up and smile at him. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My father used to slice open the tips of my fingers one by one until I could heal all ten at once,” Celia says, returning the dagger to its place on the wall. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Like saving up two weeks of pizza- delivery tips to take me to Yo-Yo Ma instead of just asking me out on a regular date. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me think of the caps that Santa’s elves wear, the same shape and color, the same fuzzy white tassel at the tip. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just tips his hat and walks out the market.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the grain bins were so full, in fact, that the tree trunks which served as their legs broke and tipped the bins to the ground. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

When their gazes locked, he flushed, the tips of his ears turning pink. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Soon, in the dim light that filtered in around his body, he glimpsed the tips of white whiskers. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

"No tips, Judge, please, not after all you've done for the wife and me." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tipped the flashlight up so that its glow spilled onto his face. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

In the end, Jak won the beesting contest, with sixteen stingers extracted, including one on the tip of his nose. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He tipped his head and sort of crinkled his brow. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Its ears tipped forward and its eyes followed me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His cheeks were tinted vaguely pink, as were the tips of his hairy ears, like he was embarrassed by this show of caring. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

This time, they waved to us and then tipped their wing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My thumb rubs over my ring finger, over the smooth skin of the missing tip. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her braid hung loose along the length of her back, the curled tip just touching the stone behind her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The moist tips of their little black noses wiggled and twisted as if trying to catch a scent. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Georgia Boy said to one of the islanders whose arrows were tipped with jagged pieces of metal that had once been shrapnel. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We parked outside Battery Park, at the lower tip of Manhattan where the Hudson and East Rivers came together and emptied into the bay. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When she did, she left a brownish-black smudge there, right on the tip. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Presently the wire tip melted and ran up into a bead. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And without thinking, I reach down and take her hand and lift it up so I can see it better, feeling the tip of her index finger with my thumb. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the cork, and tipped up the bottle and drank. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She pressed the tip of Seward’s boot, and the statue stood up, its quill and paper ready. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

So if you wonder why Americans are so obese, consider the fact that waitresses both express their humanity and earn their tips through the covert distribution of fats. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s on the tip of my tongue, like it’s trying to get out. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Each of his feathery feet was tipped with five gleaming talons an inch long. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Good afternoon, ma’am,” says the patch, tipping his hat and picking his way carefully across the ruined garden. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Daringly, they touched the tips of their tongues, and it was then she made the falling, sighing sound which, he realized later, marked a transformation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I turn back to see it sail ninety degrees the wrong direction and land right in the middle of Nat’s button box, tipping it into her grid game. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tips his head in so his lips are almost in contact with mine. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sam,” Bando says, pointing to the logs, “I need to saw these lengthwise—down the middle from tip to base.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Um, do you have an extra pencil? My tip just broke off,” I lied. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Not only had I flamed out as a housekeeper/ server, I had forgotten to give George my tips, and, for reasons perhaps best known to hardworking, generous people like Gail and Ellen, this hurts. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly she went over, all the way until the tips of her fingers touched the floor. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It can speak through snakes and order that a president far away, after all those pebbles were carried upriver in precious canoes that did not tip over, this President Lumumba shall be killed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was very careful with the bottle, to wipe down the tip with a wet paper towel when I was done and screw the lid on tight so no glue dried up. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged the tip of the umbrella over a drain. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A foot nudged my lute case, tipping it over. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His hat was tipped so far askew, Anya was sure it would fall off. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Those feelings I had within me were now found at the tips of my toes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She brandished a five-foot-long spear, its barbed metal tip flickering with red light. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Rainwater'd pooled inside but I tipped it out and had a go. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Frightful tipped her head and focused an eye on Sam. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

First run of the night is in the rich part of town—Potter Farms, where the houses are huge and geometrically pleasing to the eye, but the tips are not. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I come home to a note that says, “Pizza. 555-4892. Small tip this time.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He tipped his head back to look up at her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Besides, the tips of his fingers were slightly we find ’em. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Buckley laughed, bit off the tip of a fresh cigar, lit it and stood puffing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The spear tip was almost too heavy to lift now, as if the jagged white triangle of bone was trying to touch the earth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He did not think it had tipped; he seemed to remember that it was upright. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the grey suit tips his hat to Prospero and slips out the door and then out of the theater, moving like a shadow onto the busy street. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was slumped down in the seat so that just the top of his green hunting cap appeared in the window, looking like the tip of a promising watermelon. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pretty big tip for a Coke,” Abby says, and I bite back a smile. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The trellis creaks, tips, and, before my horrified eyes, drops with a deafening clatter to the flagstones. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I walk through Washington Square Park, pausing to watch a group of young acrobats perform for tourist tips. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

That’s a classically sticky advertising line, and stickiness is a critical component in tipping. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tips of Papa’s ears began to turn pink, and he cleared his throat. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I know I can’t ask her the first questions that jump to the tip of my tongue: Where is she? Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The waitress said, “Three hundred dollars plus tip.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Together, they tipped the spool sidewise and let it fall to the rusted deck with a clang. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I love how he tips his head back when he laughs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He nodded, tipped his cane at her, and continued on. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

With the power of her eyes alone she had compelled a glass of water to tip and spill its contents over the horrible Headmistress, and anybody who could do that could do anything. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He tipped his head politely to one side, letting the last of the cigarette drop from his fingertips. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is slim, nearly hairless, with a tuft of black fur at the tip. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Lead authorship of a landmark paper could tip the balance in his favor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

His fingers picked it up and felt its smooth belly and sharp pointed tip. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was on the tip of my tongue to ask, “Like what?” but I realized that was a question in itself. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was rewarded with an intense burst of euphoria that began in my feet and surged up my legs, spreading to my fingers and the tips of my ears. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

By 10,000 BC, humans already inhabited the most southern point in America, the island of Tierra del Fuego at the continent’s southern tip. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marching down the road was keeping Anya warm, with the exception of the tip of her nose. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She took a tentative step toward the door, shuffling forward until the tips of her fingers bumped against the wood. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pale boy, who I am supposing is named Mr. Gideon, stops and tips his bowler. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He had a square head, and the tips of his pointy ears flopped over. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Does he ever wiggle his toes or move the tips of his fingers?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A tip of his tongue hangs out, covering his bottom lip. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

When Helen and Theresa went down to Pete’s office to complain, they found it deserted, and his desk tipped over. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I deliver my last run, get a five-dollar tip, and stuff it into the bag behind my seat. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then he tipped forward, and seemed to lunge at her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He wore a ragged tweed jacket, a skullcap, and a pair of eyeglasses with one chipped lens resting on the tip of his nose. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I told him Ryan was joking, but that made it worse, because David laughed and laughed in that twisted position, and Ryan mimicked David, tipping his own head way over, laughing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a gold cross on top of the steeple, and from below it looked like the tip of the cross scratched the bottom of the sky. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bristle tipped her head to assess the sky and sniff the breeze, which carried the threat of thunderstorms from the south. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She knocks the fire from her cigarette, pinches the tip and lays the butt carefully into, the ashtray. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we watched, he ripped off the tips of his long fingernails one after another and placed them within the bowl, on top of the koka. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

At each stop they collected a generous tip. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every morning I got our position from the control bridge and marked it on the map with an orange- tipped pin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A tip. Money you give someone like a waiter,” my mom said. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It’s as if history can be no more than a mirror tipped up to show each of us exactly what we already knew. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Totally—there's a word in German for it. God, it's on the tip of—a...” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I pulled hard to the right, forcing a sudden lurch as Nergal shot past me, his spear tip shredding the side of the chariot. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Luckiest girl I know. New dress and bonnet, train ride, holiday with a handsome man ...” She took the cloth from Rachel’s hand, tipped up the child’s chin, and began to wash her upturned face. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

So he touched the pilot with the tips of his fingers, touched him on the chest and could feel nothing, no heartbeat, no rise and foil of breathing. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I inhale deeply, tracing the hard lines of his jaw with the tips of my fingers, pondering the winding paths that life presents—ends leading to beginnings and back again. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It kept tipping a little farther nose-downward, pulled by his weight as he hung in harness in the pit. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

With a swing and a swoop she arrived at Plum’s door and pushed it open with the tip of one crutch. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“He was always joking about calling the tips number in the newspaper, and the five of us splitting the reward money. Picking up the telephone. Pretending to dial.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He tipped the bowl up and drank down the last of the curry at the bottom of it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The tips of his fingers graze my jeans, searing imaginary marks in my skin. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The blood now drenched the sheets; his elbow had tipped the bowl so that the blood I had already let also stained his side. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

From tip of nose to tip of tail he took up over a third of the length of the ship he was on. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The air is cold in my lungs, the tips of my fingers are turning blue. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She traced a strand from top to tip. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I gave my suit and jacket and striped shirts and club ties and wing tips to a young guy who was looking for work. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

For a gratuity, the city recorder tipped him to freshly jailed fugitives and hurriedly signed them over for release. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Erastis, the Master Librarian, was tapping the chalkboard with the tip of a long stick. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I slide back, angle my torso, and the foil tip slips right by me. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I can almost taste it, soft and bubbly and sweet, like pink champagne on the tip of my tongue. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

With the tip of the eyelash, he then lifted a few damaged slices out of the water and wiped them on a piece of tissue paper to get rid of them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he pointed the spear tip straight at my heart. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t say what the tip was for, but it must have been pretty bad, or good. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My almost-black hair is flat against my head, and the tips of my ears poke through all the heavy straightness. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She wore glasses perched just at the tip of her nose, and she glared over them at me like I’d tracked mud on her new carpet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She tried brushing it first to one side, and then the other, but decided finally to brush it forward so that the tips of it fell just above Melissa’s eyebrows. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“So the object is to tip the scales in your favor?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The boys at the post office say I must have been having a great time with the shilling tip and Theresa Carmody. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Aru leaned hungrily into the water, the tip of her nose almost grazing the surface. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Maybe not,” said Mrs. Frisby, who could see beyond the tip of her nose. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

My mother reaches for my chin again and tips my face toward her. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would dance on the tips of her toes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned back briefly to airmail a kiss off the tip of her index finger to Dave, but he wasn’t there anymore. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, I hope he wasn't expecting a tip, because he didn't get a dime out of me.” Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Nellie held the rabbit out in front of her and looked him over from tip to toe. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Henry looks at him like he’s trying to choose between a million choice words, before tipping his head to the side and offering up a well-rehearsed laugh, putting his arm around Alex too. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dimarion tipped the wine into his mouth and swished it between his cheeks before swallowing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then I said, “Here, you need the earbuds,” and I proceeded to put nothing into each one of his ears with the tips of my freezing thumbs. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I hadn't even heard the door slam, but I nodded and tipped my hat when I saw her. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waited, scratching his head with the tips of her fingers, until his body got rid of the dark material that would not let him live. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

At the front desk, the clerk—an older man, now, with a tweed cap tipped over his face—says, “What can I do for you?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Grandpa pulled a cigar out of his shirt pocket, bit it, and spat the tip on the floor. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

At the hotel I paid the driver and gave him a tip. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The stool tipped slightly and then turned over, dumping Ignatius heavily to the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Dismay’s toenails clawed my legs and his thick coat crammed itself into my nose as my chair tipped sideways with me and Dismay in it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

You’re hunched over with your butt sticking up, your feet pressed hard against the pedals, your itchy palms raised, with just the tips of your fingers on the gritty track, waiting. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She actually felt herself tip sideways as they hit her. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The tip of my blade was an inch from his undefended chest. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I took out the notepad that the guard had given me, and dug around in the bottom of my backpack until I came up with a pencil that didn’t have a broken tip. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, Mom. We...I...tipped over her buttons.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their hair was straightened, curled at the tips like Miss Brown’s, or pulled up into a twist at the back with wispy curls and straw straight bangs over Cleopatra eyes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The tip of her cane shudders as it knocks against the runnels, finding every storm drain. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In his other hand, he’s carrying an empty goblet, tipped over absently, as though he’s forgotten he still carries it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hale’s lawyers promptly tipped off a reporter, who ran a story about Hale’s “perfect” alibi, noting, “He’s not afraid.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The guy waited for her to sign a piece of paper and then a bit longer for a tip. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Alfred yelled again, slowly pushing both pairs of sunglasses down to the tip of his nose and wiggling his eyebrows at me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The ball tipped over toward the middle of the rim slightly, which gave it a little speed. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I erase the tip of a petal and redo it with a softer sweep. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed, the tips of his ears tinged with a faint pink. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He used the tip of his knife to poke Derek’s hand, again watching the man’s eyes and there was, simply, nothing—even when he poked hard enough to draw a small drop of blood. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

She unzipped it and the tip of Paganini’s nose emerged. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He touched the side of her face with the tips of his fingers, then, without a word, he walked away. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

We put the white buttercream frosting into a plastic bag and cut the tip. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I pick up the photo frame and tip it over onto the carpet. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to clean the gunk out of my sneaker treads with the pointy tip of a stick. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He felt the tip of it, sharp to the touch. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She sat on the edge of her chair and looked at the tips of her shoes like a little girl. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The blunted tip glanced off his ribs and knocked the play book from his grasp. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I drew what I hoped looked like wing tips, I thought about the singer with the dark, dramatic eyes on the album cover at Spins & Needles. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

About that time he had begun to cultivate the black mustache with waxed tips and the somewhat stentorian voice that would characterize him in the war. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was crouching a little now and pushing his face still closer and closer to James until the tip of his long nose was actually touching the skin on James’s forehead. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

We’d stretched our hands out as far as the tips of our fingers could go, touching the wind, trying to reach heaven. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I washed out my bowl and stood in the doorway waiting for Osh, but he tipped his chin at me and said, “Go on home. I’ll be staying here.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then we studied geotropism by observing how our plant grew toward the ceiling, even after we tipped the plant on its side for a few days. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Roy poked the tip of the dead branch through the loose dirt, but it yielded no clues. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After one day of carrying luggage, I had made four dollars in tips. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I thought that’s what tipped things over, whether someone could see my freckles. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then she tipped the barrel and the fish plunked into the river. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Having said this he took his tail in his claws, and pulled the poison war spike from its tip. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The old man clutched his heart and tipped forward. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed and tipped his hat down over his eyes and changed the angle of his cigar and the expression of his face. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

When at last the tips of his toes touched mud, he forced his limbs to make swimming motions one last time. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room seemed to tip sideways and then right itself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She removed pots, wooden spoons, a drinking gourd, an old cloth Aunt Chipo once used to cover her hair, and a knife Uncle Kufa had hurled into a bush when the tip broke off. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, in 1488 Bartolomeu Dias reached the southernmost tip of the continent, which he named the Cape of Good Hope. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Not just her face, either; she colored to the tips of her fingers. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mount Suribachi was just the southern tip of Iwo Jima, but capturing it meant that we were on our way to winning. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And see the tip of a fin over the top edge of the boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Marty said sure, and Link said he had a tip for this great new site. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the nose began to tip down toward the mysterious high country forest where they would not be discovered in years. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the dregs that the ladle cannot reach are tipped out and thrown into the garbage tins. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Biff waited stolidly, his elbow resting on the counter and his thumb mashing the tip of his long nose. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The bottle tipped and poured a generous measure of honey-colored liquid into each of the glasses, which then floated to each person in the room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Madam wore a groove in the floor pacing back and forth awaiting news of the final British victory, her footsteps tipping and tapping in measure with the ticking of the clock. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then down from the clouds, over the feathery tips of the hemlocks, came Chup. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

And the Goblet of Fire turned red once more; sparks showered out of it; the tongue of flame shot high into the air, and from its tip Dumbledore pulled the third piece of parchment. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He tipped his drink to me and took a sip. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I watched her through the mirror, the tip of her tongue sticking out of her mouth, concentrating, weaving the hair slowly, trying her best not to mess up. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He falls into his chair, which tips back, but he grabs his desk, rights himself, and cheers for his own victory. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The HIV epidemic tipped in the early 1980s, in short, not just because of the enormous changes in sexual behavior in the gay communities that made it possible for the virus to spread rapidly. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t,” said Mr. Popper, tipping his Sunday derby. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This will make it stop, Professor,” Harry said, his voice cracking as he tipped the seventh glass of potion into Dumbledore’s mouth. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Celia grabbed at the burnt tips of her hair, her face contorting in rage. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He edged the tiniest bit closer to the tip of the rock and wondered how far away the Territories were. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He rubbed the tip of his nose and blinked out at the dazzling sunlight. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was a book review every week, a video-game tips column, a “Best of the Web” listing, and a “Best TV Movies of the Weekend” column. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The Dumbledore in Harry’s head smiled, surveying Harry over the tips of his fingers, pressed together as if in prayer. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I’d like to show the world the tips Mr. Hannon lets me keep, four shillings, and the shilling he gives me for the morning’s work, five shillings altogether. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Harry felt the cold tip of the long white finger touch him, and thought his head would burst with the pain. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The foil tip moves slightly left, then Josh lunges. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The metal shard embedded in the whip’s tip cut me nearly to the bone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a crunching sound and Noa cried out, but her other hand was still trying to grab Jule’s ankle, to tip her off balance. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Further soiled by me drinking all his free drinks, like a stupid freeloader, not even tipping him for all the expensive cherries he keeps throwing on top. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Made from the finest steel, its double edges tapered to a ruthlessly-sharp tip. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Thomas half stood as he watched the Glader crash down into his chair, tipping it over backward, cracking it in two pieces. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

PPS I asked Gregory if he had any tips on how to be an exceptional poultry farmer. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She also wore pink shoes that looked like the silk fabric I had once seen in the marketplace, and she was standing on the very tips of her toes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despereaux’s small heart sank all the way to the tip of his tail. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“If you need some tips on how to accurately judge a person’s character, just let me know.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Reveres news tipped and Dawes’s didn’t because of the differences between the two men. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t care if it messes up my hair, because I need to look a mix of crazy, disheveled, and apathetic to maintain the balancing act of getting good tips and not getting robbed. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

As the car tipped its nose down, the river appeared again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I remember this time I had grabbed his pencil while he was doing math, and pushed down on it, just hard enough to break the tip. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The tip of the cutlass broke off and fell to the flagstone walk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old woman rubs the trembling tip of an index finger across one eyebrow. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I made swords out of branches, sharpening the tips with a steak knife stolen from the kitchen. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I remember the tips because I read the article a bunch of times. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And it was his playing of the rumba that had made Tucker want to dance, and so tip over the matches. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was small, dark-haired and disapproving, a glint of red from the traffic light coloring the tip of his nose. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice sifted through the screen, little barbed-wire tips on every word. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is free,” he said, binding the fur to the tip of a brush handle. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Well, I do get a second kiss, but it's just a light one on the tip of my nose because Peeta's been distracted. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I tried that just now, it gave me enough force and leverage to tip the airlock and roll it one face toward the Hab. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

People were mingling, laughing and talking and exchanging more “in case of war” tips. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There are telegrams for the respectable people with maids along the Ennis Road and the North Circular Road where there’s no hope of a tip. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Officer Kelly flipped open his little notebook and licked the tip of his pencil. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Chalk,” the doctor said, stepping forward to touch a letter with the tip of his finger. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He tipped his fur cap and leaned slightly on the bar of his postage cart as he rolled it away from the Vanderbeeker brownstone and down the street. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She ended up tipping over and plunging, headfirst, into an overflowing bucket. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flip to a blank page and hold the pencil, its tip bouncing on and off the paper as the truck jostles us about. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Now,” he says, touching them with the tip of his knife, “what about these?” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

At zero, I touched the bare tips of the ignition wires to the battery. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped the tip of his sword and smiled with perfect ivory teeth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It had been on the tip of his tongue to say “Except the proles,” but he checked himself, not feeling fully certain that this remark was not in some way unorthodox. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The scim in his hand tips into the mud as he peers down at the blade emerging from his chest. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Rex tipped his head back and unleashed a long, serious howl. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He paused briefly in the center, the highest point, where he could see all the way to Manhattan, glittering like a jewel right down to its southern tip, which remained dark, and empty. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear was still doubled over in his bow, but out of the corner of his eye, he could see the tip of the cane as it was lowered to the ground. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He looked up, his head tipped to one side, watching me out the corner of his eye. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Disaster struck when I foolishly stubbed the tip of my nib into the top of the desk. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On the water they could just tip us over. On land we got a chance.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The cellos made the hills glow red, and the leaves and grass were tipped with a soft pale green as the violins began their song. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He dipped a finger into the dregs and very cautiously just touched the finger with the tip of his tongue. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

We each won a game and then, in excitement, because I was ahead in the third, I bumped the board and tipped it over. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced at Daisy who was staring terrified between Gatsby and her husband and at Jordan who had begun to balance an invisible but absorbing object on the tip of her chin. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Three days later, Nathan examined the green tips of the modern kernels, which were pushing out of the topsoil in the cornfield. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

However, the speech made Lili and Guy stand on the tips of their toes from great pride. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The leaves of the big cottonwood tree had turned pale yellow; the first sunlight caught the tips of the leaves at the top of the old tree and made them bright gold. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Still another factor tipping the balance away from hunting-gathering was the cumulative development of technologies on which food production would eventually depend—technologies for collecting, processing, and storing wild foods. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ghosh extended his arm out the window, flicking the glowing tip of his cigarette into the night. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His four rings, tipped with sharp canary diamonds, flashed in the sun. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The gulls on their wooden stilts at the tip of the bar miaowed like cats. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The white smoke rose from the deep hole left by a large maple tree that had been tipped over. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Why is it that some ideas and trends and messages “tip” and others don’t? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mack tipped his chair back against the wall and hooked his feet around the front legs. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Humbug shuddered down to his shoes, and Milo felt the tips of his fingers suddenly grow cold. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

He grabbed the edge of his green cap between his thumb and index finger and tipped it to them. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Noseless Ned, he was called; frostbite had claimed the tip of his nose two winters past. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“By the pond,” the boy said, steadying his basket as he tipped his chin to show her the direction. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

And there, Galya said, “I looked behind and saw that all were flying wing tip to wing tip. So Klava said: ‘Just you look at them; they’re flying like in an air show. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The crow dived again, and, as it rose, Kingshaw felt the tip of its black wing, beating against his face. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Her glasses are at the tip of her nose and she looks up at me over the rim. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She spat onto the tip of her finger and started to rub intently at a particularly stubborn stain on Mary’s chin. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was on the tip of her tongue to tell him, to shift her burden to him, but she was silent. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I look over and see her wrestling with the huge stockpot, trying to tip the contents into a large serving bowl. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

A fine crest of reddish-brown fur ran along its back from its head to the tip of its tail. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“In exchange, she swore to me that one day I would tip the balance of power. I would bring the minor gods respect. An eye was a small price to pay.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She’d burned the tip of a stick in the fire and was using it to draw ash figures on the floor, images of the monsters we’d seen. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I thought he was about to say he was sorry, but just when I expected his lips to part he grasped the tip of my toe and yanked. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Some tips of branches snapped past me and then I crashed into the water. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we’re both breathing normally again, I kiss the tip of her nose. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Piper’s cheeks and the tip of her nose are rosy. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simon and Bram are holding hands, sort of, but only the tips of their fingers are laced together. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The craft tipped its wings and zigzagged across the sky. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she tipped her head back and squeezed the leftover icing onto her tongue. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I recognize the broad band on the tip of his tail.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Styx tipped a shoulder and shoveled in more lettuce. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

So he set up his encampment at Yorktown at the tip of the York River peninsula on Chesapeake Bay. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The effect of the draught began at the toes, and rose steadily through every limb, bringing refreshment and vigour as it coursed upwards, right to the tips of the hair. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“May I speak with you, Elisheva?” she says, tipping her head down so she can stare at me disapprovingly over the tops of her glasses. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“You don’t say,” said Lee Scoresby, tipping more vodka into Sam’s glass. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This, I could see, was to tip the dancers. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She tipped forward anti back, and the pocketbook swinging from her arm pummeled their heads. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was the tip of a lead pencil, broken off and wrapped up and presented along with a card that said, “A gross of commas, to be used liberally throughout the year as needed.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, we rounded the tip of Manhattan and steered up the Hudson where, without incident, we docked at the 79th Street Marina. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He hands a towel to a guy, who takes it but doesn’t even tip a nickel. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am left, there on the southern tip of Beechwood Island. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

As for the mako, except for the tips of the tail and the mouth area, incongruously untouched, it was a half-eaten, butchered mess. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even one of the bank officers had to have been in on it, passing information to Hertzoon about their customers and tipping him off to newcomers from the country opening accounts. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you talking to that woman anymore, not for cleaning tips, not to say hello, you hear?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You lose half the water your way.”The demon girl pulled one of her pigtails over her shoulder in front of her so she could study its tip. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of the reporters tipped their chairs back precariously and sat with their hands clasped behind their heads, speaking casually to one another. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pearl caught her as she began to tip. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I love that feeling of brushing the tips of my fingers against a guy’s buzzed hair. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Oliver Wood kept hurrying up to him between classes and giving him tips. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Good day, Miss Burgess,” he says with a tip of his hat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Roger and I drove to the tip at the weekend to throw the old ones away. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully, with the tip of his tongue between his teeth, he was gouging his name in the wood of the dresser with his knife. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"But whatever happens, and I say it again, we must tread carefully from now on. I have not forgotten that strange and distant glimmer on your face after you tipped over the last glass." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wing tips gleaming, my hair still damp, I was flipping through the Frankfurter Allgemeine when she rolled her unthinkable bicycle in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We were on a ship that was sinking, huddled at the tip before it went under. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Clayton had once dropped the shaker, breaking the tip of one of its wings. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

And then the first drop of rain plopped precisely on the tip of her nose. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were together, and it made Ivy blush from the tips of her toes to the top of her head. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

All he could think of, as he headed back in, was what his father used to say about people lost in narrow, deadend specialties — that they had crawled into the tip of a bull’s horn. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we came out, Mr. Dubonnet tipped his helmet to her, but all he got in return was a dirty look. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai cracked first, tipping into helpless laughter, and Feral followed, and mirth worked its mundane magic, leaching the tension from Sarai’s spine and relieving the cold dread that had been pressing on her all evening. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She pulled the red-stained tip from her pocket, dropped it in his palm. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He untied the painter and hauled La Belle Sauvage up onto the grass and then tipped her over to let the water out. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then tipping wine they drank their thirst away, and one by one went homeward for the night. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A ball of sap landed right on the tip. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Go right on down to the tip of Manhattan Island that this devilish white man stole from the trusting Indians for twenty-four dollars! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She daubed some of the steaming liquid into the split, then closed up the wood, easing it together from the root to the tip. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tip my head back to down the gin in one swallow. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Cardan is lying on a blanket, his head tipped back and his loose white shirt unbuttoned. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They tipped their heads up and began hooting dismally. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Pause that refreshes,” he said, and then: “Let me give you a little tip about Henry, old man.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He put his hand up to the brim of his filthy hat, tipped it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When elephants walk through the cave at night, they navigate by their sense of touch, probing the floor ahead of them with the tips of their trunks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He extracted a book covered in rich green morocco leather handsomely tipped with gold. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He left two glasses for the bottle, and we paid him for the sandwiches and tipped him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Slowly, the girl’s legs strained upward until only the tips of her toes touched the sand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

All gave assent, then home they went to rest; but young Dawn’s finger tips of rose, touching the world, roused them to make haste to the ship, each with his gift of noble bronze. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason dives for it anyway, but the ball tips off the end of his glove. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He worked his line with the tips of his fingers, patiently, squinting out at his red and white bobber on the Rainy River. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other day he got hold of Floyd Chaceley's pencil case in the Maths room and tipped its contents into the quad. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

For two weeks he lay in bed delirious with fever, his teeth chattering, the tips of his fingers and toes black. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

When the Trojans had taken leave of their kind hosts and had successfully rounded the eastern tip of Italy, they kept on sailing southwestward around Sicily with all confidence in their prophetic guide. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press air from my lungs and tip the contents of the vial into my mouth. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

With the one tipping out of alignment, the whole elegant scheme had torn, frayed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When the tip reappeared, he pulled the root from his chin. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Elongated and narrow, like pieces of blackened leather, the tongues were threaded along a length of copper wire, one tongue overlapping the next, the tips curled upward as if caught in a final shrill syllable. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he tipped over his king—that meant he surrendered. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He went on poking, and then with the tip of the broom handle, he shoved the basket away—and out it came. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The smoke blower pressed my nose with the tip of his finger. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The second, and perhaps more interesting, fact about these explanations is that all of them are describing a very different way of tipping an epidemic. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That didn’t bother me because I heard that being a manicurist in a barbershop was easy and the tips were good. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see their wide, flattened, shovel-pointed heads now and their white- tipped wide pectoral fins. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How?” asked Basta, cleaning his fingernails with the tip of the knife. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

You could also hop on a bus, which would force the FBI agent to tip his hand by getting on also. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always just on the tip of my tongue. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

With deep concentration, Jet Stone Boy gently pressed the tip against the surface of the earth. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

About halfway I started to overbalance and swung my legs backward to keep from tipping over. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Cluny was the picture of barbaric power, geared for war from his poison tail tip to the frightening battle helmet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A white man had walked into my delicately balanced world and had tipped it and I had to right it before I could feel safe. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tad grabbed one end as Z grabbed the other and grunted as they tipped the thing over. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then I leaped to my feet and stood on the tips of my naked toes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd of protestors—tipped off by the rooftop observers—surrounded the car the moment it came to a stop. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Reynie hustled forward, sharpened his pencil—he felt all eyes upon him as he ground away, checked the tip, and ground away again—and hurried back to his seat. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Joseph once, briefly, when Joseph squeezed into the cab of the truck and the whole truck leaned so I thought it would tip over. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Only a handful of college students and dog walkers stepped up to his tip box and dropped in a few bills. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The captain screams for everyone to stay calm or the boat will tip over, but I do not pay attention to him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man stands beneath the projection screen and whisks the tip of a billiards cue through the grids. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sefia unfolded the leather case that held the lock picks, her fingers catching on the metal tips of Nin’s most trusted tools. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A charge shot through Clayton, from the blood beneath his skin to the tips of his toenails. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He drew the tips of his fingers over a dark gash. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He took the forks in his two hands and walked slowly, his arms out and stretched before him and the wand tip up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Put this on the tip, first," I said. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He backs away down the street, his dimples showing in both cheeks, and tips his hat. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Harry waited nervously while Dumbledore considered him, the tips of his long fingers together. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But when Klava tried to tip the plane forward to eject them, the control surfaces were so badly burned that they didn’t react. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

There on the southern tip of Beechwood Island. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

There was a rose in his buttonhole, and the tip of his handkerchief, folded into a triangle, peeped out of his breast pocket. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at me, his glasses clinging to the tip of his nose. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

This makes no sense, no sense at all, and everything feels like it’s starting to slip, like the world is a table tilted on its side and everything on it is tipping over. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Art tipped the ball to Pinkie, who snapped a quick pass to Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dries my face and hands, and kisses my eyes, the tip of my nose, my lips and each fingertip. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Take that one,” she suggested, and pointed the scuffed tip of her hard black shoe at a large book that was decorated with Egyptian hieroglyphics. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She stood and leaned over the table, making another grab, almost tipping onto the table as Travis leaned back in his chair, holding the phone still farther from reach. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, Mami has been bribing her with old clothes and tips and extra days off to keep her happy with our family. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Troops still had not called on Dr. Mudd to pursue his tip—because they still did not know about it! Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the treehouse, two girls stood facing each other, so close their noses were tip to tip. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The guard tipped his hat when he saw me and left the room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gilgamesh chewed the tip of his mustache, then gestured over his shoulder. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He pressed his sword tip against one of the eggs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It tipped and fell over spilling the tarp and blankets into the street. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She tipped, spread her flight feathers like fingers, and braced herself against two wires. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for the tip,” she replied briskly, and her head popped straight up and she tucked her smile away with one lizard lick of her lips. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Right where his belly button should’ve been, his T-shirt ripped open and he grew something like a horn—no, not a horn—the glowing tip of a blade. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Nolan, you know how Johnny and I done business. I gave him credit and he turned his tips over to me. Well, when he died, he was a little ahead.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tipped back my head and poured down a glass of Nuits-St.-Georges. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I want to give her a tip, only it would be rude to ask if she has change for a ten. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bouncing, rocking, tipping, Amarante rode his mammoth mechanical bronco across the wide and lovely mesa—jackrabbits fled for their lives. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worked faster when I salvaged alone, so one morning when Dad was in the northern tip of the yard, near the mountain, I headed for the southern tip, near the pasture. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her toenails were painted electric blue, the tips chipped. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Felicia carefully brought the blue flame to the tip of the rag. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d dabbed the prints with a damp cloth and, while the emulsion was wet, used the tip of a needle to scrape away the image, leaving a pin-thin white line. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But we need to remember that small changes in context can be just as important in tipping epidemics, even though that fact appears to violate some of our most deeply held assumptions about human nature. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right,” he said, and then I grabbed the sword’s tip and tugged, but Ben refused to relinquish it. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She traced its lines with the tip of her finger. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Moving suddenly, the woman seized Pantalaimon, and holding his mouse body in a fierce grip, she touched the tip of a spur to his leg. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Every time I opened my eyes, I saw the burning tip of Papa’s cigarette glowing in the dark; other times I heard the rattle of his aspirin bottle. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Celia’s hair had turned a strange, moldy mixture of yellow and brown, but it was still green at the tips. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I risked loosening die thermos cap a litde more, and a fresh burst of wind sent us rocketing around the northern tip of Virginia Beach into Chesapeake Bay. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Here’s a tip. That one’s smaller, but he's a fighter. I’m putting my money there.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know why Shin had tipped off the school’s night guard about the escape plot. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He was handsome, my dad, with a mustache that tipped down the sides of his lips like a scythe. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He and his father had walked to the very tip, across the breakwater, a string of giant gray slanted stones, and then on the narrow, final inward crescent of sand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The closest inhabited land was Cape Horn, at the tip of South America, 600 miles away. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He touched one of the crystals lightly with the tip of his little finger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was as if a car had hit her at full speed, in the tender place between the lower tip of the breastbone and the belly button. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Watching Nikhil sign the receipt, she feels cheap all of a sudden, irritated that they have to leave such a generous tip though there had been no real reason to fault the waiter’s performance. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I use magnets on the tips. Now they’re bracelets. Or necklaces.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Quintilian, even as he tips the hat to loci, expresses reservations—wondering whether, being so visual, it was quite so useful for memorizing ideas as it was for objects. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

She kissed me on the tip of my nose. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Next, I picked up my daddy’s letter opener and ran my finger across its sharp tip. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He didn’t stop looking at us as he filed a notch into the harpoon tip with the side edge of a rusty wrench. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lump was a massive bulge that jutted out from the top of my forehead and ran all the way down to the tip of where my nose should have been. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go ahead and stand up and tip us over.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He took the bucket and started to bail, tipping the water over the side where the canopy was still undone. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Dylan has hijacked the spotlight as he regales his “tale of a young man who flipped off Death” to Ethan and Arthur and gives them tips on how they can also “escape Death’s clutches.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

All of ’em got rainwater sloshing around inside, so I tip each one up and empty it out, then fix the cap down tight to make it watertight, or nearly so. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I gave him his tip, received his bow and realized that already he was far from me, distant as the Negro is distant from the white. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave him the money and a tip for running in and buying me one. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes the fog is so thick in the morning, all you see is the tip of the two towers poking through.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Since she tipped me off, it only seems fair to warn her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Back in my room, I plug in the kettle and pick up my yellow bowl from where it rests, tipped over to dry, from last night. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Any moment now the operator would send the car tipping into the coffin-shaped trough. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“The tip is a dragon’s tooth,” Mars said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His hat was tipped back on his head, and he wore a brilliant smile. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In épée, you score a point by compressing the tip of the blade of the sword anywhere on your opponent’s body, from the head to the toes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Now Mrs. Jackson would be tipping down her porch steps. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She does not know which ones, until they are on the tip of her tongue and it is too late, her lips swell, her skin itches, her eyes water with allergic reaction tears. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Just because you don’t appreciate my fashion tips, Piper, doesn’t mean the others won’t. I could do a quick makeover for Annabeth and Hazel, perhaps silk ball gowns like mine—” “Mother!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And I don’t want to complain or anything, but a tip would have been nice, since it was me, after all, who brought the god back to her. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At the station I did not tip the porter more than I should because I did not think I would ever see him again. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He forced the tip of the shovel between the dirt and the top of the metal case and tried to wedge it free. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I push him so hard, he tips over, laughing all the way down. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Giant put the tip of his little finger in his ear to clean out the wax. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Since the canoe is as round-bottomed as the trunk from which it was carved, the least imbalance in weight distribution tips the canoe toward the overweighted side. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Usually he tripped and fell, and the tip of the wave would wet him as it washed up the beach. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I balanced the handle of the pail on the jutting tip of the metal faucet and waited for it to fill; the pail slipped and water drenched my pants and shoes and stockings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, endlessly, we repeated what we had learned not to do around age two: tipped ourselves forward, bodies straight, feet still, until we landed with a bam. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the bear began passing the hat for tips. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Alex yells, waving him over, and Henry spares a second to look panicked before he’s tipping his chin up and buttoning his suit jacket and stepping out onto the stage. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There had been a phone hotline tip that Mark had headed up the mountain from Paradise. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Thomas approaches, then tips his hat at me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Snape was muttering incantations, pointing his wand at the wrist of the hand, while with his left hand he tipped a goblet full of thick golden potion down Dumbledore’s throat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I remember playing with the lounging chair when I was little, tipping the wooden handle and lying back. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

But as she spoke, the casserole tipped out of the cabinet and plummeted to the floor. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harpoon is lying along the seats with the tip out over the bow. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were all eating, holding their chins close over the basin, tipping their heads back, sucking in the ends. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Lita would tip the brown glass bottle, pouring rich liquid of the same color into her coffee cup. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The sinuous arms were gangly, the hands long and leathery, tipped with hooked claws. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I think I could give him a few tips from my own professional experience: his peach halves could be glossier, for instance. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked off my sneakers and reclined on my bed, trying to keep the bowl of ice cream from tipping over. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Yes, the confession you spent weeks practicing on Freddie Mercury and working up the courage to make just detonated on the tip of your tongue. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He tipped his head to the ceiling, and roared. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

People just cry and moan with the grief and they think they’re excused from the tip. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“A regular daisy. Hold up your dress and put your hat on straight, it looks sentimental tipped that way and will fly off at the first puff. Now then, come on!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gistan got me a job at another hotel where the tip was folding money more often than coin. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun turned the wave tips to sparkling jewels, and the fishermen filled their nets each day with their glistening catch. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The very thought of her lips against water—the tip of her nose touching its surface—summons up a biological craving beyond anything she has experienced. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He held the bottle out, tipped it over, and let the milk spill. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

We near the top of the tunnel, which means we are nearing the front tip of the mantis’s right wing. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The first time I took a taxi in New York I tipped the driver ten cents. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Little shards of steel clattered across the hallway and the big door tipped over and slammed into the opposite wall. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I was too exhausted to deal with him, and, frankly, none of the comebacks warring at the tip of my tongue at the moment were likely to win him over. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They were very long, wooden and battered, and had two decorative, old-fashioned knobs on their tips. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tips his hat at her, climbs up into his tractor, and rattles off. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It tipped forward, its snout dipping between its own feet until it was in an uncontrolled roll that hurled Mr. Flux across the room. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Besides, they were a dull colour, a sort of greyish brown, and the mottled white tips of their fins held no special attraction. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Accordingly, she backs me up when I get overpowered on the floor, and in return I give her a chunk of my tips or stand guard while she sneaks off for an unauthorized cigarette break. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It tipped slowly, still buoyed on the magnetic field of the east, west, and south anchors, but it had lost its balance, like a table with one leg cut away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Dew turned up on grass tips again, compliments of the night; dogs dared to bark; flocks of hummingbirds returned to Onofre Martinez’s gingerbread kingdom; life returned to normal. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He studies my expression again, and slowly, slowly tips my chin up. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Standard height, brown-and-black plumage with distinctive white tips, clean white legs and feet. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then I took the bundle out to the cistern, climbed up the ladder fixed to one side, tipped back the lid, and slipped the treasure into the water. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

In the distance, the morning rays were barely touching the tips of the sandstone mesas. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He tipped the glass of sticky coins into his jacket pocket, and then tapped the pocket to show, unmistakably, that it was empty. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Her skin is mottled and cracked like a scorched riverbed from the tip of her trunk all the way down to her wide feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Both of them begin to fall, tipping as if in slow motion, leaning toward the water below. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Well enough, in fact, so that we could tap out messages to each other by bouncing the tip of a fork on a butter plate. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun caught the ring in his ear and blazed as he tipped his hat to me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no time to count, but there were ten at least, a line of them, on foot, blocking the street, with longswords and iron- tipped spears. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A tip had come in that Cuddy found promising. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t poke me! And we won’t get caught. I”—we both froze as the wickedly sharp tips of three spears were leveled at our faces—“promise.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Don’t run. Hold on to the rail,” Farmer called in Creole to an elderly-looking woman about to tip over. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She collected Jungle Red and Youth Blend safely, but Sunny Glow, which had tipped completely over and lost its protective disk, exploded in light peach puffs under the weight of the raindrops. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

After tipping the doorman to get access to the dressing rooms, he climbed the stairs to the third floor. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Another stretch on The Beast and then, thanks to the tips of Beast Riders who have been here before, like a miracle here I am now. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Zarra’s opponent parries then touches the foil tip right above the heart; the foil bends like wire. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The way he said tips made me think he had some fun on his mind that he couldn’t tell me about in front of Mom, who was not looking real happy. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The tip of my sock is up against the line, but there’s no way Brayden can see that from where he is. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Deep within, I feel something like the touch of a finger’s tip against my soul, rekindling hope there. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Well-organized handwriting blocks note lady courtiers' names, their beauty services and secrets, and tips to tackling unforeseen treatment challenges, like stubborn moles and missing bones. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I tipped her upside down and—splash, splash, splash—I baptized that bird but good. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

You start to forget words: they’re on the tip of your tongue, but instead of eventually dislodging, they stay there. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Cluny roared with pain as it severed the tip of his tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Folks want to think they’re going to a family concern, somewhere they’ll be treated with respect by someone who’ll tip his hat to them if he sees them in the street.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I quickly tipped over the lard bucket so he couldn’t see its contents, then set out some refreshments. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She shuffles forward until the tip of her cane floats in space. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It can be the tiny tip of the iceberg or the whole hundred per cent. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the crime that tipped the scale and made our hate not only just but imperative was his actions at the dinner table. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear the sizzle of the lit tip by my ear. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Usually I had these plans on the tip of my tongue. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You may call me Rainer,” she said triumphantly, giving a tip of her cap. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I know you were getting a bit troubled when we first started off and I couldn’t get the hang of this paddle thing and nearly tipped us over a hundred times.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Chamberlin claimed later that this attorney had been so angry at having his recommendation rebuffed that he tipped Holmes to the fact the creditors were again leaning toward arrest. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Malcolm couldn’t keep the canoe steady: all he could do was stop it from tipping over and hope that they’d find a calmer patch of water near Broad Street and Jordan College. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was fifteen cents and as I felt for a nickel I took out another dime, thinking, Is it an insult when one of us tips one of them? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she stuck out her tongue—fat, pink, and three feet long— and pushed Olive’s tiara back on her head with its tip. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As in: If we get one C on our report cards, I’m afraid Mom will reach her tipping point and that will be the end of basketball. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

If they started to tip me over, I’d have to fight my way out quick. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth and poked one square- tipped finger in. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent over and picked up the tip of her nose, which now looked like the tiny end piece of a sliced banana. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the tip of the wire was a tiny scorched blade. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He touches his thumb briefly to the tip of each finger. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

All its feathers were spread out, and you could see how Audubon got their pattern down—three rows of long, overlapping dark feathers, tipped white at the ends. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

This, I think, helps to explain why the Ya-Ya Sisterhood tipped as well. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dug the tip of the knife into the wood, scoring it, chipping away at the curves of the letters, until the pale wood beneath showed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The goddess shook her spear, the tip rubber-banding into two points. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Rachel and Michael leave the wall, and we all watch it tip over with a ka-boom, exactly the way it has been threatening to do all night. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The tip of the hazel switch sang through its arc, leaves and stems flew apart, but the cheers of the crowds were harder to summon. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I went down and down, until the wing tips of the angels brushed my eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If I can jump over one of the tables and use it as a shield—no, I am too short to jump over the tables, and not strong enough to tip one over. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was hard for Nate to imagine that busy New York City was just a few miles down, on the island’s southern tip. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

Epidemics tip because of the extraordinary efforts of a few select carriers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The front of the car tipped upward on the bare beginning of the long hill. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The customers definitely left me bigger tips, but that could’ve been because I wasn’t staring at them like they were bugged. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Malcolm’s little finger was not very clean, so he sucked it hard first and then held it in the saucepan till the milk was warm enough, and tipped it all into the bottle. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The sweetness of the chocolate milk had coated George’s tongue, covering the words sitting on its tip. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Harry yelled, and lunging forward, he tipped the water clumsily over Dumbledore’s face. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We tip toward each other and hug, and we both start crying. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The walls were already starting to tip and shake by the time Captain Reed reached the seafloor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He chews proudly, a huge smear of barbecue sauce across his upper lip and the tip of his nose. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The ground was packed so hard, the tip of my shovel bounced off it like a pogo stick. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason summoned another lightning strike, but this time Porphyrion simply deflected it off the tip of his spear. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He swung the censer so high it nearly touched the tip of my nose. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It seemed like madness, but Frank let the spear tip drop. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe something in her voice had tipped them off. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I think he tips his hat at me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Pollard tipped back in the irons and Seabiscuit tugged on his hands, picking off six furlongs in 1:12X, marvelous time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s like everyone else in Limerick, ashamed of the TB, and she doesn’t give me a shilling or any kind of tip. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Rae doesn’t understand the purpose of such brazen self-exposure, but it does bring another question to the tip of her tongue.... Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I push my finger against the very tip of the mirror's handle, and the blood pools inside an indentation. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

As I'd hoped, the trailer nosed into the hole and tipped up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He answered angrily and then hung up even more angrily, having been told that the tip turned out to be bad information. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

A skinny moon lay tipped on its back. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Its tip was sharp as a screecher tail quill. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

As his car pulled through the gate, the president acknowledged the women by tipping his hat in their direction, but he did not smile. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He grabbed at the table but couldn’t hold it—all he did was tip it over and fall with a heavy splash beside it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

All I could see was the bristly tip of its back. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The boys at the post office tell me I’m lucky to get the Carmody family telegram, a shilling tip, one of the biggest tips you’ll ever get in Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her fingers were well manicured, the nails painted pale pink with white tips. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Basta’s knife was still at his throat, but just as the man was about to let the tip of it wander a little higher the Magpie seized his arm. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The tip of the lash was laced with wire. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wielaf crossed the first and middle fingers of both hands, touched the crossed tips in front of his body, and then swung his hands out. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He watches, as if in slow motion, as the cake leans, teeters, shudders, and finally tips. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“They don’t think it was a real tip. It sounded off. It was a kid’s voice. A boy.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I raised my eyes then, and saw Doreen's head silhouetted against the paling window, her blonde hair lit at the tips from behind like a halo of gold. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We found quail tracks in the dust, quail tracks in the sand and mud of stream beds, bits of quail-feather fluff in the dry tips of the sage. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of her cane just misses the toe of his boot. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The fan boat’s wake nearly tipped their canoe. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Together they tipped and the lemonade poured out of the top of the cooler. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He reaches out and the tips of his fingers brush against my shoulder. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Like other boys, he wore knee pants and heavy shoes with brass toe tips. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he felt sorry for me, that might just tip me over. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if the Soviets had been tipped off to the fact that the FBI was on to them. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His mother lowers her glasses to the tip of her nose, eyeing him over a pile of papers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Bridge never left less than a twenty percent tip. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He pours a bit into his own cup, leans back against his desk, and tips the cup into his mouth. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His high silk hat was tipped over an ear. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I’d learned way back as a shoe shine and behind the counter at Townsend’s—with white people, good tips come if you entertain them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boats were tipping over before they even came close to the beach. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she glared at the jam jar—which, I suddenly realized, had tipped over so there was no more water for her to drink—and... Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Far back, like the tip of my spine might burst if I keep going. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I rushed out before anyone could catch up with me and walked, not home, but across the length of the marsh on the one high path to the very southern tip of the island. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of that thin needle of wood was red with my blood. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of his nose touched the strange substance into which he was staring. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He turned me loose and took hold of my chin, tipping my head back, looking straight into my face. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The sensation inside me grows warmer and spreads out from my chest, down through my body, out along my arms and legs, to the tips of my being. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

We hear the crack of a bullwhip because its tip is moving faster than the speed of sound, creating a shock wave, a small sonic boom. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sammy, behind the piano, tips a pretends hat and says, “Thanks, kid.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Jules touched it with the tip of her finger, absorbing the sound into her skin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I put a five on the table—a 50 percent tip—and walk four blocks. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He flopped onto the couch, tipping his head back and closing his eyes. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother pushes the cup to Daniela's lips and tips it upright. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The tips of Tucker’s ears turned pink and he glared at her, but didn’t say anything else. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He bends his head, I tip mine up, and Al Green's pleading voice becomes the soundtrack to my first sweet, deep kiss. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She lit a new cigarette from the tip of the old one, which was, of course, chain-smoking and dangerous behavior at the best of times. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Instead, they made long wooden arrows without a blade on the tip to spear the fish. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I prop up a framed picture of Lidia and Christian that was tipped over. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’d never given the police any trouble, and when that black spy soldier had tried to tip me, I had waved it away, telling him I was just doing him a favor. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least eighteen hands tall, proud head, and black from his nose to the tip of his tail. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The shovel stayed up a fraction of a second longer, perfectly balanced on the tip of the blade, then it fell next to him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Gimpy had really made a mistake in ringing up the sale, and the half-dollar was a tip. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Nothing," mumbled Alfred, staring down at the tips of his sneakers. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We'll be enlisting you prentices for battle scenes soon. Your weapons will be blunted, but there will be no protective tips. So, lest you die too convincingly, you'll wear a metal plate." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the full moon comes over the tips of the hemlocks in the east and the sun goes down in the west, I climb down the falls and splash toward the bridge. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If not for that he might have tipped things in my favor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Right here,” said Orr, and took hold of something invisible with the tips of his fingernails and held it up for Yossarian to see. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When a woman approached, the older men tipped their hats; the younger ones opened and closed their thighs. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair, once an even curve from part to shoulder, was now unkempt and frizzled at the roots and tips, smooth only in the middle. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The award-winning poster included ten tips for running a successful lemonade stand, a profit-and-loss statement, business definitions, and a chart that tracked franchise profits. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I raise the knife, holding it in both hands, its tip poised two feet above his throat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We were tipping over into the second week of December, and I’d managed to keep some level of distance in place between myself and Ocean for as long as either of us could bear it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He carried a heavy spear tipped in iron, taller than he was, and a sword hung at his side in a leather sheath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I think she’s actually looking to me for tips, so I mouth to her: “Shake your hips!” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Now get out of here, and don’t come back until you’re full to the tips of your ears with magic!” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Imagined its tip glowing with all the fire of my heart. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he stretched up, and the tips of his fingers touched the perfect apple. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

His whole face turned red—cheeks, nose, the tips of his ears—the whole thing. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We need all the help we can get, and maybe...just maybe, with your help, we can tip the balance in our favor for once.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I swung wildly until the tips of my fingers brushed against a smooth surface and I heard the soft rub of cardboard on carpet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He feinted with the tip of his javelin and Artemis dodged. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

In between Coach's tips about form and all that stuff, my brain was kicking that question around. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“So Dad was right after all. Dusty is being tipped off.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Using the tips of her forefinger and thumb like a pair of forceps, she pulled at it and discovered a ten-ride pass for the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wade was indeed the event that tipped the crime scale. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“The corps is a body,” he explains, twirling a length of rubber hose so that its tip whirs inches from a boy’s nose. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I fling my rope, aiming to lasso the tip of its nose. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lifting out the warm viscera, she tipped back her head and popped them into her mouth. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Trip who tipped her backward onto the couch, knocking his book to the floor, who put his hands on, then under, her shirt. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The bird is connected to the ring only by its wing tips. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dad, who knew that Mother’s favorite poet was Browning and suspected where the Robert came from, nevertheless bunched the fingers of his right hand, kissed their tips, and threw his hand into the air. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s head lolled forward, his short-billed cap tipping over his lifeless eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I sat down, tipped my chair back and started to thumb through the index of one of the books. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been overworking you, and it’s not fair,” Mami said, stuffing a tip in the young woman’s pocket and practically pushing her out the door. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She tipped him and climbed behind the wheel, attracting looks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Acting on a tip, they combed the North Point neighborhood in Baltimore. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Dri put her thumb tips to my eyelids and lifted them and leaned close to look into my pupils. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes a cube of rodent meat, skewers it on the tip of a pointed stick, and lets it fall into the force field. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tasted them on the tip of my tongue for a minute, hesitated, then spat instead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Beside the main gateway there are six more bodies hanging, by the necks, their hands tied in front of them, their heads in white bags tipped sideways onto their shoulders. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, Mama,” Oliver protested, pointing the tip of his sword at the blue T-shirt poking out the top of the bag. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It could have been a neighbor, watching our car pull out from the driveway in the morning, acting on a hunch, tipping them off for a gold star on someone’s list. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wiggled the tip of the tree limb into the mouth of the can. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then something clicked in the back of Frank’s mind: Mars had said the tip was a dragon’s tooth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He tipped over the barbecue, and coals spilled everywhere. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

So I speed along, slowing only after I’ve gone around the tip and am on the island’s other side and back to a forested zone. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Under cover of the bedclothes, the old man opened the purse and tipped it upside down. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Guests at this hotel often insisted on carrying luggage to avoid tipping him. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

We stayed for hours, just talking, as one wave tipped into the next, as the sun dropped toward the horizon and the other beachgoers packed up to go home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Even as I turned to look, the leg gave way and the worktable began to tip. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The mercenary brought up his injured hand and grabbed the tip of the sword, moving with such sudden speed that the metal rang dully with the contact. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The plant’s petals looked more like pointy green fingers with red tips, different from the petals I was used to seeing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“She killed her overseer and twenty-three sentries before they caught her. She was a finger’s tip from the wall before the guards knocked her unconscious.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He had to hold his head slightly tipped forward at the front to keep it from hitting the top. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in bright red from the top of her elaborate turban to the tips of her polished fingernails, and an air of regal self-assurance seemed to travel with her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I stood at the side, staring into the water near the tip of the sandbar. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Pa looked at me and tipped his head toward my bedroom. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Banks was glad because, as she arrived by herself and did not hold up the traffic, he had not had to tip the Policeman. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Farquar spat on his own fingertip, rubbed the tip in dirt, and with the resulting mud—“Move”—made a mark on Palmer’s arm where Beans’s finger had been. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Nathan reached into it, expecting the tips of his fingers to feel the other end. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Next moment the ground tipped the other way. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Yup,” said Laney, the tip of her tongue sticking out the side of her mouth. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“He was tipped for the next Minister of Magic,” said Sirius. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden it was there, on the tip of her tongue, and had to be spoken aloud. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’d thought he might share a baking tip, but he didn’t say a word. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

"My father says cold water is the best way to wake up someone who's fainted," he said, and with that he tipped the entire contents of the jug over the Trunchbull's head. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bless him from the tips of his toes to the tips of his hairs atop his head. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"Right you are," agreed the policeman, tipping his cap. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She smiles when I approach and then rubs her eye, curling the tip of her trunk like a fist. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Than tips. Just the same here with the summer people. Cheap.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it cleared the tip of Manhattan and raced out over the harbor, the woman finally breathed a sigh of relief. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Back in his room, he tipped onto the bed, prone atop the quilts, and was asleep halfway through his second breath. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mostly they just watched, but every so often Mr. Stokely would give me a little tip. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know what, but as surely as one feels the sting of shards when an hourglass tips off a shelf and smashes, he knew that something was happening. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The very tip of the hat was knitted with a fluorescent yellow yarn. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She stepped forward so that she stood over them, and placed the tip of her wand on their linked hands. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We fell trees and make them into palisade posts with wickedly sharp tips. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her worry sometimes tipped over into a deeper anxiety that triggered an old temptation: drugs. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Like a pelican, it swoops down gently, slicing the tips of little wakes until its open bill is fully submerged, scooping nearly a thousand gallons—all within seconds. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Pearl tipped her head to one side, in a gesture that reminded Mia so strongly of Warren it made her catch her breath. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hanako knew that Papa had received ten American dollars as a tip one day. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My face is burning, but the tips of my fingers are cold, and they feel good against my sore lip. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

You flattened the ball into a perfect circle, concentrating, with the tip of your tongue between your lips. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The refugees sought shelter as “contraband of war” in the Union stronghold at Fort Monroe, located at Old Point Comfort, on the tip of the Virginia Peninsula. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He twisted his hand around her braid until her head was tipped back and she was close to him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I find myself stuck in those silences, with words on the venomous tip of my tongue. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Dimple sat on the lip of the bowl and tipped her face up to the sky, soaking up the sunshine and thinking about how she’d spend the next hour. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Just when I think I will tip over into a scream, she scoops out a little of the salve on her forefinger and puts it in my mouth, telling me to swallow. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was on the tip of everyone’s tongues, in the misunderstood lyrics of her favorite songs, and stamped on the jewelry she’d owned for almost half of her life. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once I saw Jenkins suspiciously tap one of the jars with his size sixteen wing tip, checking for signs of life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was about to tip over when he felt a sharp pinch on his butt. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I hurried past because we would both have been embarrassed if he recognized me, the kid he used to toss a dollar tip. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunlight enters the room, but it only creates a sharp beam that barely illuminates anything but the tip of the staircase. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” he said, and ground its glowing tip out. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

If you ever caught me reading one of those teen magazines, I swear, it wasn’t for the makeup tips. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He became one of my most faithful readers, and would go to the library to research the people in the column, then call me with tips. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed Mike’s hand and jabbed the spike into the tip of Mike’s middle finger. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The cart handles were wrenched from his hands, and the cart tipped onto its side. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Rafik said, “Let's hope the hat has shrinking powers, too, and makes you tiny, the size of a salt shaker. Otherwise that tray's going to tip.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It sniffed again, then butted the bucket with its nose, tipping it over. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

Jasmine huffed on her fingers and pretended to buff the purple-painted tips. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“And on that tip, I hope you aren’t distracting the American too much, Emma dear. It’s hard to keep a lookout for hollowgast when there’s a young lady’s tongue in your ear. ” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I saw them suspended motionless above me, then two floating off, first their heads, then the tips of their finlike fingers, moving dreamily from the top of the case. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their speed had certainly picked up now, and the breeze was flicking white tips off the waves far below. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tipped the dreams into the enormous jar he was clutching and as each one went in, Sophie caught a glimpse of a small sea-green blob tumbling from one jar into the other. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached out and tipped my candle on its side, forcing him to make a grab for his before it did the same and rolled away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To show who was in charge, Dad left the waitress a ten-dollar tip, but on the way out, Mom slipped it into her purse. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I perused the clothing and then, with the tip of my pencil, I picked up an item of ladies’ underwear. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head sadly, bending over the ironing board to inspect a shirt with the tip of the iron she holds in her hand. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the river’s edge during flood season are small trees inundated to the tips of their branches. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Working as lab partners, we had to separate the slides of onion root tip cells into the phases of mitosis they represented and label them accordingly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He stopped again, and lowered the tip until it touched ground again. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I pass Lucy’s closed door, I linger for a moment, letting the tips of my fingers brush the knob. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His face was in the pine needles where he could smell all the tree, from roots deep in the damp earth to the moonlight blue branches, the highest tips swaying in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

At noon all the big icicles along the eaves of the little house quivered and sparkled in the sunshine, and drops of water hung trembling at their tips. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rumor had it that Mr. Fitt had tipped someone off about Cammy’s raises, and that as a result the dean had been forced to take a leave of absence. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The angle of the climbing sun snuck a slash of rays under the edges of its wings, shining a jagged shimmer along the sharp tips of the huge metal feathers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Father playfully tipped his hat forward so that it shaded his eyes. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the period when the New York epidemic tipped down, the city’s economy hadn’t improved. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment I considered giving her a five-dollar tip, but I knew what would happen. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drove it forward at a man coming straight for him, thrust its tip into his stomach and watched as his clothes ignited. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He was looking down at the tips of his shoes and his scabby hands were trembling. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She holds the pool cue out, the tip of it touching my chest, her full eyebrows rising in challenge. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Fox-eyed Locke, standing silently behind Valerian, his expression schooled to careful indifference, has a chin as pointed as the tips of his ears. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For a second I think I might throw tip, and then I realize that no, I’m going to cry. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then we got a tip that they moved in with Johnny’s sister, Yvonne, in a project on the West Side of Chicago. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he quickly tipped backward and thumped into the soft grass. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He came closer, holding the barrel of the gun in line with the tip of Sr. Rivera’s nose. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

One hand cups my cheek while the other keeps me from tipping over. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A typical example was a raid on a bar following a vague tip that someone was gambling. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Skeptics, though, said the hat tip was just a trick Onofre had learned to do by wiggling his scalp. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each beast was larger than a house; the tips of their horns were capped with gold, and the courtyard stank with the sharp smell of their dung. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

This is where those special arrows tipped with gum come in. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom is home, too, since Friday nights are the best tip night and always go to the more senior waitstaff. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

My father tips Mango’s head back and breathes into his mouth and nose. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s just some tips to make our little island welcoming for the tourists.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wandered to the tip of the large island and got a surprise. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tipped the big five-litre bag up and squeezed it so the wine hissed against the back of his throat. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She plays with the tips of her hair like she’s checking them for split ends. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At breakfast on Thursday she bored them all stupid with flying tips she’d gotten out of a library book called Quidditch Through the Ages. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“You heard me. I saw you. You just tipped something into Ron’s drink. You’ve got the bottle in your hand right now!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Ben grinned and tipped his clay cup, pouring the last drizzle of beer out onto the earth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Its golden tip, a face twisted into a snarl, stared down at me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Dorian opened his mouth to reply, but the bag of candy tipped over and spilled across the table. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Nigel was the only driver who split the tips down the middle with Obinze; the others pretended not to remember to share. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Even the tips of his ears were red,” she replies. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Smearing the grease liberally on top of the third step, Foremole inserted the flat metal tip against the base of the fifth step. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He took a glass from the table, a glass that had once held mead, and he tipped the ice-cubes into the ashtray. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

His fingertips didn’t even reach the tips, which kept folding at uncomfortable angles. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s not my year, but I would’ve gone just to get some tips on the applications.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Ma tips her head back and laughs so hard her halo of hair shakes. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Even when Anemone and her brother went inside, leaving me standing out front like a delivery boy waiting for a tip. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hollister tapped a finger to the tip of his nose, contemplating, then turned and with his swaying shuffle led them deeper into the book maze. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Squirrels, having raced to limb tips, poise there to assess danger. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just had time to say, “Run!” when the doors of the stateroom burst open and there was Luke, flanked by two hairy, giants armed with javelins, their bronze tips aimed right at our chests. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He inserted it into the crack of Resthaven Gate, worked it around until the tip emerged a few inches up and pulled the needle out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

On it, the tip of a red bridge poking through thick fog. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some were cracked and tipped over, as if they’d been flung in there. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Nine-and-ninety ships had left the Stepstones in three proud fleets,.with orders to join up again off the southern tip of the Isle of Cedars. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On top of the table was the very end tip of a slice of pizza. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The driver was a colored boy who tipped his cap in a jaunty fashion. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Marie tips her mug back, empties the last drops into her open mouth, and then slams it down, shaking everything on the table. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

So now I’m just sitting here looking at the black water while the wind makes the tips of my ears go numb. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, he picked up one of his smaller jars and very quickly tipped the struggling thrashing trogglehumper out of the large jar into the small one. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finnick appears again when I’m picking up fishing tips, but mostly just to introduce me to Mags, the elderly woman who’s also from District 4. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Spoon Man said, tipping his hat to her again. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Billy bit the tip of Nellie’s ear with his front teeth. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reverently, he placed the tips of his fingers to his mouth and kissed them in honor of the Paqo. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I usually play my tips, which might be ten dollars or up to twenty-five on a good night. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the very southern tip of the country they grew oranges and lemons, which were shipped north to the Royal City during harvest season to be made into lemonade and orange punch. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, people got information on available jobs and education, and shared tips and warnings about avoiding trouble. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She tipped and teetered as she crossed the rocks, but kept right on talking and stepping as if she knew that no matter what, she would get across. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around: the corner of her eyebrow and the curve of her cheek, the wet shine to her eyes, the tip of her nose. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Most, however, were open to tips on how to navigate northern social norms. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then she picked up one end of the toy box and tipped all the toys in it out onto the carpet, where they grumbled and stretched and wiggled awkwardly free of each other. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Frowning at whatever he saw, Arwyl picked up one of my hands, pressed the tip of my fingernail firmly, and watched intently for a second or two. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The door opened quickly, S.Q. withdrew the tip of his foot, and the door closed again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Squeeze up your wrinkled face and seize the hangnail tip of a searing thought: Violence hacked this shack-filled hole in the woods where you play freedom games. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saved most of the money she earned, hoarding the tips she was given. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tipped his head to her bulletin board. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

After landing, Mars 3 may have made a few bounces, hit a boulder or other example of Martian relief, tipped over, lost the radio link with its carrier “bus” and failed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry jumps, and Alex almost tips his chair over, caught in the act. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He tips his head back, looking at me through dark lashes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for the tip,” I said, and once I started running I could not slow down. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I absolutely know what you mean. I’ve had to participate in my fair share of fundraisers and gala events. I can give her some tips on what to expect,” Maxine says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Water tipped out of the basket and trickled over my face. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her nails were filed in a perfect arc, just beyond the tip of her finger. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet she thinks I’m not going to tip her, but I’ll prove her wrong. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Nervously, he straightened it out and handed it to Mr. Dalton, holding it by its very tip end. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

You see, black people have a gene that makes them not tip, so please overpower that gene. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She tipped the last of the chocolate into her mouth. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear froze, completely still except for the tips of his fingers in the clay. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Armistead turned, called his aides, took off the old black felt and put it on the tip of his sword and raised it high in the air. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stream of brownish liquid in her clear measuring cup was not moving, even though the cup tipped well past the point where gravity should’ve emptied it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Its long tail whipped behind it as it ran; a row of spines stretched from its head to the tip of its tail, colored gold and reddish gold. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

"If it tips, can you launch before it falls completely over?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The studio begins to pulse, to rock beneath my feet, to tip over. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The boat tipped as her weight fell off Jule stumbled back, hitting her hip hard against the side. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As one man put it, Chicago “was alive to the tips of her fingers and the core of her heart and brain.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After all of his months of antics, after the weighing-in act that Cassius had put on, this calmness should have tipped off some of the sports writers who were predicting Clay’s slaughter. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped close to him, tilting his chin back with the tip of her finger. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When he tipped his hat she put her hand on her throat for a minute and cut out. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Between moves they tip their heads back, swirl blood-colored brandy in glass globes and watch it crawl down the curved glass in liquid veins. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Do you know, Sam,’ he said at length, ‘the beastly tree threw me in! I felt it. The big root just twisted round and tipped me in!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

By this time I was kneeling and I’d sort of tipped forward, and my head was at a horrible angle. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Can I ask her to give me some typing tips?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Over the roofs, I can see the tips of mountains way in the distance. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had tipped off the police about my whereabouts; they had known I was in Durban and that I would be returning to Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re quite right,” said Dumbledore serenely, shaking back his sleeve to reveal the tips of those burned and blackened fingers; the sight of them made the back of Harry’s neck prickle unpleasantly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then, as if it was being told what to do, the creature stopped moving, and its blind head tipped to one side. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It seemed a minor miracle he didn’t tip over with each step. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A girl tipping up a plane in a sheep field. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Remembering the warmth and love she had bestowed upon us on the hill, I reached up and caressed the Virgen’s glorious blue garb, tracing the embroidered stars delicately with the tips of my fingers. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Isa and Jessie supervised the decorating, moving ornaments around so the larger ones hung on the back of the boughs and the smaller ones hung from the tips. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She held the cane in her hand like a swamp man handling a snake and saw the ornament at its tip. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I order a venti black coffee and leave twenty dollars in the tip jar. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Even in those early days, he’d looked like a vigilant chick, head tipped to one side, two impossibly bright and focused eyes, searching the room for her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The tips of his ears flamed, and his face slackened as he realized what he’d just said. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The tip had been hammered flat, and a jagged blade, three feet long and rusty, had been welded into place. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Peach put his elbows on the table and pressed his fingers against his closed eyelids until the tips of his fingers turned white. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her teacup pets surround her—a monkey on her shoulder, an elephant in her lap, and a thimble-size rabbit perched on the tip of her scepter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I was holding the collar of his royal robes in one fist, and the tip of my sword was poised right over his face. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It stood on its end like it was about to tip over. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved the scratching sound of the match against the sandpapery brown strip when I struck it, and the way the flame leaped out of the red- coated tip with a pop and a hiss. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I came out front, Ma tipped the cookie jar at me again and I dug my hand right in. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Daisy's face, tipped sideways beneath a three-cornered lavender hat, looked out at me with a bright ecstatic smile. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Tossing in his name so that the kid would know who he was dealing with in the event he hadn’t been tipped off about Emile Janza. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tucker whipped off his glasses, bit the tip of the earpiece, and squinted at me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She could see its pink legs folded against the white underparts, and the red spot at the tip of its razor-sharp yellow bill. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Harry took a bite and to his great surprise felt warmth spread suddenly to the tips of his fingers and toes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“A nickel or a dime tip, just give ’em that,” Freddie said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before he left, he held out to me the six or seven dollars he had collected that day in nickel and dime tips. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Your tips helped me out of some really tough spots," I tell her. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He led her slowly up the narrow stairs to the kitchen door, his hand circling her waist and the tips of his fingers feeling the soft swelling of her breasts. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Focusing hard, he let his mind flow down to the knife tip, touching, withdrawing, searching, and then he found it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Outside, nothing but rain and darkness—the kind of empty countryside you get way out on the tip of Long Island. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpop tugged the tip of his nose as Genie came back into the kitchen. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She took the kugel pan, holding the edge with the tips of her fingers, as though it was hot to the touch or profoundly unclean. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Only tip him a nod every now and then when he looks off his paper,” said Wemmick, “and he’ll be as happy as a king. We are all attention, Aged One.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you think’s gonna happen if I tip that thing over?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled an arrow from his quiver and turned the razor-sharp tip so it glinted in the firelight. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

With one stroke from the brick, he punctures the can with the tip of the knife. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When he lifted it out, the tip was gone—broken off in the dirt. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She tipped her head toward the back door, which led out to a screened porch. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I say, “And a tip. You’re a buck and a tip short.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Any temperature below zero is dangerous. You can get frostbite and lose fingers and toes. I saw a man who lost the tip of his nose. Worse yet, you can freeze to death.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Denna tipped it when it passed her by as well, and there was some rosy color in her cheeks afterward. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That's what he asked himself when he tipped into the street, his hand up timidly as traffic slowed for him, and picked up the cracked halves of the skateboard. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The sanctuary program offers cash rewards to anybody who calls in tips about serious environmental crimes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She put the tip of the green quill into her mouth, sucked it for a moment with apparent relish, then placed it upright on the parchment, where it stood balanced on its point, quivering slightly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I would order him to start the car and then tip him a quarter or even a dollar from Dad’s pocket before driving on. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old fellow tipped his hat and smiled. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

However, pottery did not reach the southern tip of Africa until around A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When Dutch colonists landed at the southern tip of Africa over three hundred years ago, they encountered an indigenous people known as the Khoisan. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Better tips, I've learned, if the fabric hugs your hips and your cleavage crests between the buttons. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I asked, poking him in the chest with the sharp tip of my stake. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She stuck the tip of the knife into his chest just deep enough to break the skin, then dragged it down past his navel as Cheetah screamed, calling her crazy. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She opened the door, prepared to admit three neighbors; instead, she discovered two strangers—men who tipped their hats and flipped open badge-studded billfolds. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their small splintery edges cut into the tips of her fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was right there, edging toward the tip of Ivy’s tongue, but she couldn’t get it out. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As far as I knew, the Sixers thought I was dead, and I didn’t want to tip them off by showing up for my last few weeks of school. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A shoopere r always said the one thing guaranteed to tip a friendly discussion into a quarrel. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

From the tip burst three silver cats with spectacle markings around their eyes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

One of the cardboard donkeys kept tipping over and hitting Horse, this only served to make him more nervous. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom picked up some extra waitressing shifts, and my dad kept singing for tips. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She wiped her eyes and smoothed the tip of the feather until it was a sharp point. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

So I couldn’t be sure, not in any real way, but I thought I caught a hint of color flooding the tips of his ears. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He knocked off more salt and pepper shakers, then tipped over a table, yelping in fright, and, fangs bared, he repeatedly charged at the crazies gathered outside. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he brings it toward himself, touching the tip of the blade to his stomach. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He holstered the gun, and, shooting his three brown teeth at everyone from a wide grin as he politely tipped his hat to the onlookers, he walked outside and headed home. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He does this thing with his head where it almost tips right over to the side while he’s watching me and backing away from the table. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He tips his hat, steps gingerly onto the crate, and dismounts. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He answered, Thank you very much, just what I had on the tip of my tongue. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Donatelli was sitting on a folding chair, tipped back, staring out the window. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. His forum posts were what tipped them off. Sorrento said so himself.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I found them. They’re frozen solid. They’re nothing but white ice from the tips of their noses to the ends of their tails.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flipped the chart to show an enlargement of a dirty hand, the tips of the fingernails encrusted with dirt. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A sound I can't seem to find, even though it's on the tip of my tongue. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Laughing, he tipped back even further in his chair; then he looked up and saw me standing like an idiot in the doorway. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She deliberates—and just when I sense that I’ve reached that tipping point where her emotions and better judgment teeter ever so precariously, I give her the gentle tap that ensures which way she’ll fall. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And I find the arrow tip sinking to the ground as I lean in to watch, desperately, for some sign of success. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cops thought the person who had tipped them off deserved the credit, but the neighborhood knew better. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

They loved to share gossip and beauty tips. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I am,” Ophie said, but a powerful urge to cry choked off her words and sent her gaze to the tips of her toes. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Andrew Jackson tips his hat in the air. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I advanced slowly, lowering the tip of my sword. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He thrums the tips of his fingers together, smiles thinly, and says, "So you boys are here to do your duty as citizens?" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wished to use a sea elephant s tusk for the tip of the spear because it is hard and of the right shape. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I searched the room and discovered that one of the stalagmites protruding from the floor was slightly worn around the tip. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Smiling slightly at the look of delighted incredulity on Neville’s face, Professor McGonagall tapped a blank schedule with the tip of her wand and handed it, now carrying details of his new classes, to Neville. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

My fingers itched with a rust-colored powder, and when I licked them, a dry, metallic taste curled the tip of my tongue. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Julia hanging with her other friends trembles at the tips of my wings before twisting away into the wind. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Nyame clasped his hands behind his back and tipped his head for me to join him. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Someone tipped the Christ child over and it lost its head. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few years ago, some guy in cargo pants was caught tipping over one of the monument’s pillars. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

By the time they got to the southern end of the valley and found a cave that would fit all three of them, the tips of her ears throbbed and her nose was numb. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I insisted on paying for the whole thing: meal, drinks, and tip. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slid the tip of her knife into a poached egg and the yolk ran out in a golden puddle. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The whole thing tipped onto its side, and my mom and I jumped back. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Pinmei peered over his shoulder as he placed the tip of the knife against the taut tent. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The rainbow reappeared in the sky and then fell down to where Jet Stone Boy was holding the tip of the arrowhead. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She pressed the tip beneath her breast, between her ribs, an arrow to her heart. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Remember me? I cut off Maria’s nose tip and was sent to the big special-ed center and got a patch. Wanna see?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Harrison was in charge while her husband was away on business when a black janitor passed along a tip: Word on the street was that neighbors were planning to bomb the Harrison house. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His nose enlarged like a tremendous melon at the tip of his snout. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I walk down the hallway, my head down so far that the salt water drips from the tip of my nose. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

The tips glowed with blue light, and the water around it boiled with energy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her clothes were soaking wet, and water dripped off the tip of her nose. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Customers give him tips for his troubles and he keeps them for himself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Gran pressed the tips of her fingers to her mouth, then gestured at Seven: a blessing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly said and guffawed, tipping the whiskey bottle to her glass. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She handed the driver some coins, and when he tipped his hat at her and called her sir, she turned and gave me a smirk of satisfaction. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He tipped his glass again, letting the last drops of scotch and melted ice hit his tongue. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Amari took the sharp stone and cut each fish open from tip to tail. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tipped his ginger roots into the cauldron too, and wondered whether he ought to take a leaf out of Moody’s book and start drinking only from a private hip flask. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We both tipped our heads to the sky. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Dylan shakes out his hands and touches the Crystal Ball with just the tips of his fingers. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Remembering his manners, he tipped his hat, unveiling for just a moment a patent-leather hairdo, parted in the middle. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted the Coke to my lips, tipped the bottle up, and gulped, and gulped, and gulped. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Annabelle taps her thumb to the tips of her fingers, one after the other. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Kaz tipped the brim of his hat up with the head of his cane. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Meggie bit back the answer on the tip of her tongue. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Hollister tapped a finger to the tip of his nose, contemplating, then turned and with his swaying shuffle led them deeper into the book maze. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In the first weeks of the demonstrations, Woodrow Wilson actually nodded and tipped his hat to the women as his chauffeur drove him through the White House gates on his way to play golf. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Benny Maestas was still staring at his knife with the dried blood on the tip. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even see the tips of each wing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He spits it off to the side and tips the bottle up. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

As his snout was about to smack into the wall, he sprang up, pushed off the ground, and soared like a furry rocket over the pointy tips of the stockade fence. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I want to be alive when I’m fifteen and I want the shilling tip. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

James dropped his pen on the cipher work and tipped his chair back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

At least a rainbow gives you a tip about the weather. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And such a request might tip off the SIM that something big is about to happen. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Ninety percent of the time, they forget to tip me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for the tip you gave us after the Changing—to protect them.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But Yishan still looked like the same boy, tilted dangerously over the bridge’s railing, now with the tip of his tongue sticking out from the corner of his mouth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She looked at the boy with her head tipped sidewise as Johnny had seen other ladies look at silver teapots before they bought. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What about all this?" she then said, holding up an ashtray full of cigarette butts, red lipstick smudged on the tips. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

A similar tip leads police to room 228 at the National Hotel—Booth’s room—which is quickly ripped apart. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, when Levanthal redid the experiment, one small change was sufficient to tip the vaccination rate up to 28 percent. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Especially if the woman is looking for a good tip. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When I picked it up, I saw the tip of it had been whittled sharp. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I stroke the butterfly's wings with the tip of a finger. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, boy. I’m Seth, and this here is Jake. You might want to be sittin’ down, a bad bump could tip ye over the side.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His dark hair is all ruffled, and there’s a peculiar spot of dirt on the tip of his chin. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

One of the beads of light was quivering, inches from the tip of Voldemort’s wand. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The tip of a mountain hanging over New York City like a billion-ton asteroid? The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Parzival unintentionally tipped me off about the tomb’s location, too. I never thought to look for it on Ludus, either, until his name appeared on the Scoreboard.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She reached back and pulled out the small, pointed tip. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I stared at its pointed tip in quiet wonder. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Then I touch the tip of my wet finger to my tongue. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It felt as if the van might tip over. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The knife tip leapt on the rock under the massive blow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He could see the men in the boat next to his; one of them had lit a cigarette and the glow of its tip was visible, though he’d tucked it down inside his cradled palm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He reached into the bones with the mechanical arm he used to tip shrimp tanks into his collecting bin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She simply leaned as needed when they tried to tip the boat. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

All his blood drained to the tips of his toes. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The removal of the trunk has displaced the weight, and the carriage is tipping a little on its axis, He reaches in the door and pulls her out. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when I told Doreen about his curious behavior, she said, "You ninny, he wanted his tip." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Now get that little saucepan off the hook and tip them in,” he told her. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I made out the barrels, eight or nine standing, a couple tipped over. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t care about anything on this earth except the way her face was tipped toward mine, our noses just touching, how wide and gorgeous her smile was, like sparklers going off. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper saw the tip of a black wing, and Percy began to turn toward the sound. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He tips his head, waiting for some response from me that will tell him how he’s doing. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I stayed at Irene’s house, I woke with the tip of my nose cold to the touch. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a small burn blister at the tip of your nose.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I tip my weight forward just a little and fall, my jaw clamped around my screams, muffled and suffocated by my own fear. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They were alone, cold and wet as the wind nipped at their faces and the tips of their ears. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, tips are probably good up the Hill.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

All she saw, down in the cellar well beneath the stoop, was a light yellow feather with a tip of green. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That sounds like you. If you knew anything about your job, you’d be in bars tipping us off on people like those three girls we brought in last night.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried my key in the lock, but it didn’t go in past the tip. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie turned his attention to the unlit cigar and looked around, presumably for a cutter, before resorting to biting off the tip and spitting it over the railing. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Crew members in crisp white uniforms strolled the deck, tipping their hats to the passengers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The duplicate designs were: a circle with a large maple leaf in the center, the tips of the leaf touching the sides of the circle. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was almost twice as tall as I, with a flat surface and a pointed tip. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Are we allowed to tip a thousand dollars to a nice waitress?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sun showed flashes of the tips of guns and bullets traveling toward us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

If you go to eat in a restaurant, please tip generously. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Five carried rifles, but the last held a long pair of tongs with tips that formed a large black circle at the end. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They scented her with spiceflower and cinnamon; a touch on each wrist, behind her ears, on the tips of her milk-heavy breasts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He seemed utterly unconcerned as he turned back to Chronicler, still holding the tip of the broken sword in his bleeding hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At Yishan’s feet was a mussel with the tip of a soldier’s arrow in it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The guy doesn’t even look at me, and gives me a twenty and mumbles, “Keep the change,” which translates into a two-dollar-and-four-cent tip for me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Always had, ever since I’d stuck the tip of a dinner fork into the toaster to pry out an Eggo whole wheat waffle and got a little zap from it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The simplicity of the remark unhinged his brother who went by a wall and found something of interest in the skirting board which he worried with the tip of his shoe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I imagine the new owners of our house hitting that crack on trash day, their cans tipping and their garbage going everywhere. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They tipped out drops for the blissful gods, and drank the rest, and when they had drunk their thirst away they trailed off homeward drowsily to bed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever so gently she pushed the door with the tips of her fingers and heard only die hinges weep. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Several burned feather tips fell to the floor. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Jason tips his head down, looking under his eyebrows at me, like he’s expecting me to blast off on a wild, chatty detour. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

If,” he repeated, holding up a finger, its tip as large as the ball of a hammer’s head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I pulled it out and checked the tip. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within months of its introduction, on the strength of that catchy phrase, Winston tipped, racing past Parliament, Kent, and L&M into second place, behind Viceroy, in the American cigarette market. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I've known broads like that all my life. She wants to be artsy and has settled on being cheap. I can tell I won’t be getting a tip out of her." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She took off and flew over the tip of Florida. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Odd too is the effect produced when he uses academic jargon—bubbles at the tip of his tongue: ‘Topos... negative capability... vegetation imagery in Shakespearean comedy.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Reel is tipped on the beach here, but I don’t see any damage. And Captain Ahab is here to live another day of the eight lives he’s got left.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She turned the wood round and round in her hands, closing her eyes and feeling it with the tips of her fingers. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was a friendly, soft-spoken brunette who I assumed had been tipped off by the agents whispering into their wrist pieces behind us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He tipped over his metal-framed bed and started hitting the wall harder and harder. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Some things just don’t change,” Ruth is saying now, tipping forward to make sure we turn our attention to her. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

After a few anxious minutes, I saw the ship rounding the tip of the island. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pay was light, but the tips dropped in my palm fast as pecans in November. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cuddy agreed that the latest tip was probably another wild goose chase, but at least it offered a change of pace. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And Cade was there, struggling to pull himself over the roof of the van as the current tipped it toward him. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The stocky cop drew his nightstick and jammed the tip into Bucky’s stomach. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And, hands on her hips, tipping drunkenly to starboard, Nancy watched the tiny, confused birds flutter off helter-skelter into the night. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only hoped it wouldn't break the drill bit before it tipped the rover. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winky trembled and shook her head frantically, her ears flapping, as Mr. Diggory raised his own wand again and placed it tip to tip with Harry’s. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As they sped by, they stabbed the great beast with the tips of their spears. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tipped it against the page and started to write the date, but it came out a squiggly mess. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

They were spreading, tips touching opposite sides of the well, taking up all the space that he and Gulliver couldn’t manage to fill. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Soaring, tipping, circling at the top of the thermal was Drum. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The tip of a golden sword jutted through the front of Jason’s shirt, just below his ribcage. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My nails shimmer with a clear coat of polish and a small white line drawn at each nail tip. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Naomi tilted the doll back so that it closed its eyes, then tipped it forward again. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I used to hear Mom give her tips for getting the baby to sleep through the night. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking up from this angle, it’s like the world’s tipping inward: dizzyingly tall buildings and a bright fireball sun. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

A horde of outsiders, especially one of, shall we say, 'problem families,' swamping our school and our surgery would tip us into chaos! Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

PS I wish you could tell me if you have any tips. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

We felt this as little sideways jerks, like sometimes, when you first start out on a bicycle, you have to jerk the wheel back and forth to prevent tipping over. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also called teachers in other high schools who had sent students to the nationals, just to get some tips on how to prepare and present. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

While Mr. Das adjusted his telephoto lens, Mrs. Das reached into her straw bag and pulled out a bottle of colorless nail polish, which she proceeded to stroke on the tip of her index finger. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I see some men tipping their hats to her face, then turning to look at her behind as she walks past. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He kisses me between the eyebrows, and on the tip of my nose, and then carefully fits his mouth to mine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

So he rubs the side of Henry’s neck gently until his eyes drift back open, and he smiles softly, tipping their foreheads together. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

That's the equivalent of asking someone with a beer gut for tips on how to get a defined six-pack. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He turns my arm over and eases the tip of the needle into the tender skin on the side of my neck. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Tuesday, April 18, acting on what was now a stale tip, a cavalry officer decided to follow up on the information about the mysterious strangers who stopped by Mudd’s farm on assassination night. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Researchers tipped their hats to non-Western accomplishments in the sciences and arts. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As I jumped up out of my seat, shoving my books roughly in my bag, my uplifted expression must have tipped Jessica off. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Derby leaned back and matched his finger tips. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tipped the forebear forward and we hurtled down some more, and whatever protests I was going to make died in my throat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He claims I rode inside the canoe, at my own request, because the weight of the oddly shaped battery tipped the boat dangerously. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a tail—a leathery, scorpionlike tail that bristled with spikes at the tip. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The swallow pulled itself to its feet and clutched the green tips of the pine bough. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

If Billy was at the Coast Guard station when the sewage spill was reported, he’d tip off Dusty Muleman right away. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

When I didn’t respond or look up from my lute he reached forward and gently tipped my chin up until I met his eye. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I brought the raft as close to the lifeboat as the protruding tips of the oars would allow. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of a pole, the holster held a bronze trident, flickering with green light around the tips. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

His dæmon, gliding and circling above, tipped her wings and sped to the ravine on a billowing updraft. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stuck out one pretty boot so that the green leather tip pointed at the ceiling. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Bill raised the wine-skin and let the stream of wine spurt out and into his mouth, his head tipped back. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I did as she asked, the cold water dripping off the tips of my fingers and running down my wrist. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The bird pirouetted on one vast wing and tipped into a slow, graceful spiral. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Every exhaled breath burned the tip of her nose. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

But that disparity is just the tip of the iceberg. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I could boss him around, get him to do things the way I wanted, like tip outhouses for a Halloween prank. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They start at her fingertips and go all the way up her forearms and maybe higher, because I see the tips of them peeking out over her shirt collar. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the tips of her fingers, El touches my cheeks and, for the first time, I notice the sparse tears rolling down my face. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She takes the glass back from me and tips it to my mouth like I’m a little baby. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He gripped the pen so tightly it impressed channels into the tips of his thumb and forefinger. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They were past the Really Deep, only yards from the Other Side, when they collided with a floating log and the little boat tipped over. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Postage to America now cost fourteen Zim dollars—two weekends' worth of tips. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

There was no place to run to, no tip of the marsh where I could sit alone on a stump of driftwood and watch the water. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wheels churn, as if grinding this tip out, again and again. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sometimes thought of this bit of mountain as the tip of the iceberg of the rest of the world. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Nate thought of Slash, tipping his hat at the policemen as he strolled by. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

So when I saw the tip of that dirty red kayak break the surface, I was ready to cry with relief. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

A maid came by to tip a golden jug over their fingers into a silver bowl and draw a gleaming table up beside them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

David had never seen those, because Owen had always carefully checked the weather before taking him on trips, but he had heard of them: storm waves that tipped whole ships over and drove them underwater. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all red, except for their black pointed noses and their sharp black ears, and each one had a white tip on its long red tail. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was on his heels, tipping backward, about to fall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As it tipped forward the rear of the raft cut down into the water and came against tire submerged ledge. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side, and it stared at him with bright eyes. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She lines my eyes with two different kohl tips. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A few men and women walk to and fro, some tipping their hats to Hildy, most just staring at us. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The trough tipped up and then came down with a slap. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The man held up both palms and tipped his stone head. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

These were cleverly constructed baskets attached to the tips of reeds. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Joey from the pizza parlor and the guys he worked with there and the customers who made small talk and left small tips. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Puts it between two fingers and offers it to me as a tip. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

No answers provided as to what the arrows are tipped with to create such an astounding effect. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I suppose you three could stay,” the bartender said after pocketing Frankie’s tip. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The pocho cooks told Salvador that Linda made more money in tips than any of the other waitresses because she was the most popular. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

When the girl insisted he witness something, Rasheed tipped his chin upward and cast an impatient, sidelong glance down the blue-veined hook of his nose. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Zack loses his balance and tips over, almost taking Beth down with him. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Cyrus sighed and rubbed the tips of his fingers on the arms of his chair. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The silence was heavy while Rishi stood and left a hefty tip on the table so they wouldn’t have to. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She reached her rifle tip up and prodded Otto’s forehead, causing him to shriek and stare imploringly in my direction. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Giles lay down on his back and tipped his hat over his eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was a black sergeant who used to tip off Winnie as to what the police were doing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vortices of air spiraled out from her wing tips, sending golden hemlock pollen twisting in circles. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Distracted by other leads, many of them dead ends, Lieutenant Dana ignored the one tip that placed Lincoln’s assassin within his reach. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was on the tip of my tongue to ask his name when Jordan looked around and smiled. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Leah followed him like an underpaid waitress hoping for the tip. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite literally a tightening and a shrinking of the skin all over my body from the top of my head to the tips of my fingers to the ends of my toes! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

With two sharp clunks, the doors flew open and Harry felt his seat tip sideways: Next thing he knew he was sprawled on the damp ground. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He tipped the matchbox up and Chester fell out in Mr. Smedley’s hand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The corner of his mouth tipped up a little. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Circles with center other palm, then pincher-claw rubs with the tips of her fingers for optimal moisturizing. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Only twenty miles long and thirteen miles wide, it lies at the farthest tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

"Keep her then, but keep her safe. If these animals think they can use her . . . well, sweet sister, let me point out that a scale tips two ways." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My stomach twists as Mama explains that the people who attacked the mosque were a bunch of teenagers, seniors in high school from Sheboygan who were eventually caught, thanks to an anonymous tip. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Kenyon emerged, the aroma of her perfume filling up the tiny aisle, and lifted the book by the tip of its spine as if it were a hair clinging to my sweater. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The children looked at her quizzically, tipping their heads from side to side in a way that reminded Penelope of a cocker spaniel she had once seen staring at itself in a mirror. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Unrequited lovers were told how to win over indifferent hearts, and the poor left with foolproof tips on how to place their money at the dog track. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Martin picked at the sore with grubby nails until blood appeared and he licked it off his lips and the tip of his fingers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The tips were only fair, but the hours were good—she was home when the children got out of school. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Using the tip of her little finger, she rubs some of it on her lips after school. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I kept the tip of my tongue firmly between my teeth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was tipping the bottle side to side, watching the amber liquid slosh and wave. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“She ask me for cleaning tips sometimes. For the article.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He raps on the door at the end of the hall with the silver tip of his cane. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger was collecting his props: the two bottles he had used in Elinor's garden, the burnt-out torches, the bowl into which he spat and whose contents he now tipped carelessly out on the pavement. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The tips of her nails graze the back of my hand. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm going to faint," Mouse Girl says as a stream of sweat trickles down the tip of her pointy nose. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I tipped the concierge and read the message again. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

All the way down the ramp, I hold my breath, repeating stow, slow in my head like a prayer, so he doesn’t go too fast and tip or fall. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He listened carefully, his head tipped to one side. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Beat Box said, “Clay Bird was down with us. We made more tips with him. At least give him the hat.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She tried with all her will, but her arm would not obey her, and the knife fell from her grip to embed itself tip down in the mattress, just beside Sarai’s hip. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She had the adorable habit of letting the pink tip of her tongue protrude from her full, delectable lips while she concentrated. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

With the tips of my fingers, I reach forward and touch the cold metal pole. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

There was blood coating the tips of Valley’s hair and a gash on her hand. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I opened it and checked on the cash and five kilos of hash I had taken as a tip. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I slipped through a crowd of tourists strolling along the walkway, narrowly avoiding being impaled by the metal tip of a lady’s parasol as she bobbed it merrily about. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Zau ceased his work on the wing tip, examined it intently, and seemed satisfied at last. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The Turks tip their plastic sacks onto the sand: tire tubes and life jackets. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

On Long Island’s tip, we have had enough of that to be highly respectful. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The concierge stood there waiting for another tip, probably. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was a large bird with a pure snowy white body and wings that were jet-black at their tips and rear edges. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tips of the claw marks dug deep into the loose dirt. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A hasty diagnosis revealed that the hedgehog was suffering from a long jagged wound that ran from the back of his ear to the tip of his paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Dr. van Heerden tipped the bottle up over his red, sweaty face. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she inhaled the cigarette tip glowed, and he was able to see her face. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

‘What’d she do when he tipped it? Smile and give him a curtsey?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

If nothing else, the experience was good practice in the cop art of being stony-faced, of not tipping your hand. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her head was tipped back and she was laughing. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tips the contents of my handbag onto the table: phone, purse, keys, lipstick, Tampax, credit card receipts. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the stack, fold it into the tips pouch on my apron. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He had found it, a folded square of apparently blank parchment, which he now smoothed out and tapped with the tip of his wand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Where it kind of bounced, because of the rubber tip. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The tip of one horn had torn me to the knee. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

At thirty seconds before midnight, they light the tips of their arrows with small dancing yellow flames. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Cade found an old wooden pallet and tipped it up to the bottom of the doorway so we could use it as a ladder and climb up into the cell block. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

In other words, what the tetanus intervention needed in order to tip was not an avalanche of new or additional information. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just the dark tip of a much larger, much deeper, much blacker pyramid. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Stay awake, that’s the first thing. If the water goes down while the canoe’s still tied to the branch, we’ll get tipped out and left with the canoe halfway up a tree.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Bren knew how much Vanessa loved pastelitos, so he kept tipping his cards so she could see. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Only around the eyes where the tip of the iron couldn't get to were there wrinkles—from smiles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore illuminated the tip of his wand, so that it glowed like a torch, and smiled down at Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He stopped and began to move slowly sideways, the branch tip scratching a yard or so ahead. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The warmth moves from the bottom of my toes to the crown of my head and the very tips of my fingers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Before I can tip the meat out, his huge jaws chomp down on my arm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She lowered her hands quickly, embarrassed by her show of enthusiasm, but James gave her a half smile and Steve a “good job” pat on his tips. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

This was much different than fencing épée, where the tip of the blade had to be compressed on the target to score. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

James dropped his pen on the cipher work and tipped his chair back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, every so often, she would test its consistency by rubbing a pinch of it between her thumb and forefinger, put a little on the tip of her tongue, and immediately spit it out. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Those present were Mr. Gitney, Dr. Trefusis — who sat against a wall, his chair tipped back on two legs — and Mr. Sharpe, who rose as I sat, ready to begin a lecture, I perceived. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The icing sags and bunches out on one side like a slow-moving glacier, bringing tipping candles along with it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Riddle took off the lid and tipped the contents onto his bed without looking at them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Sal and I don’t talk much, but we lean into the turns the way we used to when we were little and actually believed that we could make the bus tip over. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He pulled the backpack he was holding onto his shoulders, and hoisted a thick wooden pole with barbwire wrapped around its tip. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The tip of my nose is icy cold. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was just able to grasp the tips of Mary Lou’s fingers. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He stretched his hand out across the side of the dory and reached over as far as he could without tipping the boat. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Every witness would like to be anonymous. But he already knows you saw him. He’s already said some things about you, young lady. And you,” he said, tipping his head at Osh and Miss Maggie. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Hubbard's hard body forced him backwards, Hubbard's shoe tips slashed at his ankles, knotty shoulders bumped up into his chin, and the bullet head ground into his eyes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom stood at the front door as the tourists filed out, and frequently collected tips. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will, holding the knife, felt only the slightest resistance as the tip of the spoon’s handle fell to the table, cut clean off. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what in hell’s name is a pint?” said the barman, leaning forward with the tips of his fingers on the counter. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He spoke rapidly to his son: “Telemakhos, one of the serving women is tipping the scales against us in this fight, or maybe Melanthios.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black cat was huddled in the farthest corner of the room, the pink tip of its tongue showing, its eyes wide; Coraline went over to it and crouched down beside it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Breezes from the sluggish river seem to inscribe her skin with metal tips. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fits of energy, tipping into rage and grandiosity, came often and more fiercely, and the sweeping undertow of grief that followed was just as strong. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The tip went out the other side and lodged in Eye's shirt, but beyond that was only a shallow cut. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out and brushed the tip of my nose with her fingertip. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Tammi took another step forward, but I leveled the tip of my sword at her chest “Get back.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He placed his elbows on the arms of the chair, the tips of his fingers together, and looked at me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nok glimpsed the tip of a staff peeking from beneath the jacket of a man who stood close by. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But then, suddenly and without warning, the epidemic tipped. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have to pull two tables together into one, and they would be throwing me two- and three- dollar tips each time I came with my tray. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of his finger grazes my arm, sending a spark skittering across my skin, and I jerk away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t know it was possible for the tips of your teeth to feel sensitive, tender to the touch. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I also got a good tip from Hank—I put antiperspirant on my stump. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I put the tip of my sword on his chest. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But they also sometimes tip when something happens to transform the epidemic agent itself. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi sat on the blankets with the tip of her braid in her mouth and her doll tucked under her arm. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He glows sapphire when he sits over his workbench in the evenings, humming almost inaudibly as he works, the tip of his cigarette gleaming a prismatic blue. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Dean caught sight of Jinx’s catfish still tipping the scale at ten pounds. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The gloved hand emerged from the deep folds of the cloak and in the moonlight Gabe could see that it now held a gleaming knife with a long, very narrow blade and pointed tip. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He pressed the tips of his fingers into his forehead again, concentrating. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The entire focus of my being zeroes in on that metal tip. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He gulped in a big breath and started picking up the rinds with the tips of his fingernails. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She kissed the tips of his ears, and then she left and Edward spent the day staring out at Egypt Street, listening to the tick of his watch and waiting. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She could only bound back, deflecting the blow with the iron tip of the staff. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I tickle the tip of his nose, and he scrunches his face. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Finally looking slightly bewildered at the lack of enthusiasm, Willie had the good sense to take the tip and leave quietly. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

James joined in the renewed titters, but the tips of his ears looked suddenly sunburned. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He could see the translucent cone with its dark mauve tip heading toward him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

My father has told me many stories about the small town of Mangochi, located on the southern tip of the lake, just near the mouth of the Shire River. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The “yes” is on the tip of my tongue, but it sits there a second. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The stem lengthens until the tip hits the platform, like a kite's tail. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Our rental cabin was on the south shore, way out at the tip of Long Island. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And then we reached the crest of the ridge, and there, across a wide river, was a huge island jammed tip to tip with skyscrapers, their glass glowing like fire in the setting sun. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

With the tip of the quill, he gently lifted the latch. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I felt the tip, imagining the pain it could inflict. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

My mother pulled back the dollar bills and counted out exact change, thirteen cents, and put that on the tray instead, explaining firmly: “No tip!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had tipped her seltzer into the hot tub by accident. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The man was on the verge of decision and anything could tip him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“If you didn’t feel the map pin I just stuck into the tip of your nose,” she said, “then you are ready. Let’s get this done.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There were demigod provisions, tod— bronze javelin tips, a quiver full of arrows, an extra sword, and a box of ambrosia. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of his blade ripped my sleeve and grazed my forearm. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning over me, he tipped my chin up and grazed his teeth against my lower lip, his kisses becoming deep and hungry. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Notorious for overcrowding and violence, the prison was known by its initials, LBJ, in a sarcastic tip of the hat to the president. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A memory tip: If you scarify something, you leave scars. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of my forefinger is sliced neatly across the top, and blood is dripping onto my jeans. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And without warning, Dumbledore swooped, plunging the tip of his wand into the seat of the overstuffed armchair, which yelled, “Ouch!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Guenever looked upon the six lioncels passant regardant —they were marching along with red tongues and daws, winking pertly over their backsides and waving their flame- tipped tails. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he twirls her around, I lean over and tip the contents of my scotch into a potted palm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Somewhere along the line someone decided that this activity is worthy of a tip, so you give the woman some change, though I’ve never known why. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They squeeze through Drake’s Passage, the gap between the tip of South America and the end of the Antarctic Peninsula, a distance of only 620 miles. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Becky looked down at the worn tips of her shoes, then turned away from me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tipped out the plastic jar of hardware and sorted out a bolt to thread into the fitting of the junction and then tightened it down. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Mam wants to know if I won the sweepstakes and I tell her people give me tips. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And then, far over to the right, he saw a tall monument, once no doubt imposing but now tipped slightly sidewise. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Summer let the glasses fall to the tip of her nose. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Thoughtfully Biff fondled the tip of his nose. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ralph started to whiz around in a figure eight when his tires slipped and the motorcycle tipped; He lost control and landed in icy, dirty water. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The tarp didn’t cover Werfel’s eyes or the tips of Spurge’s toes. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He raised the map, tapped it with the tip of his wand, and muttered, “Mischief managed!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Claudia was tired and cold at the tips; her fingers, her toes, her nose were all cold while the rest of her was perspiring under the weight of her winter clothes. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the corners of the room, dozens of yellow- spruce oars stood on end, each ten to twelve feet long and tipped with a white blade. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You nodded off and tipped right onto me. You didn’t even flicker a lid when I cussed you out ” Denna trailed off as she watched me slowly come to my feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Malcolm said no more, but swept up the shavings and the sawdust and tipped them into the bin next to the offcuts, from which Mr. Taphouse would feed the old iron stove the next day. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they are brown with white tips on the end. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He holds the hankie against the neck of the jug and tips the whole thing upside down. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Malcolm felt a shiver of fear that was almost audible, like the tip of a drumstick drawn across a cymbal. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They work in silence for a while, and then Frank stops and tips his white cap back. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered the thrust of Oomen’s knife, climbing the crates, people shouting as she dangled from the tips of her fingers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When the young Dawn spread in the eastern sky her finger tips of rose, the men and dogs went hunting, taking Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tips of his fingers were puckered, jet black. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She has money, and so she often pays for the things we do, but I’ve saved my tips so I can treat her to something nice for a change. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, she put on her gloves again, and we drew round the fire, and Wemmick said, “Now, Aged Parent, tip us the paper.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of Fang was missing, tipped back, lying flat on top of the safe, dark shelf. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

WHY was the man tipped to be Minister of Magic content to remain a mere headmaster? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Got the girls with you, I see. You all need some tips on archery?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly it runs lightly on the tips of its arms, as ferociously as a charging cat. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” Ignatius said calmly and paused to chew on the tip of the hot dog that was sticking from his mouth like a cigar butt. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a day when he had few customers and no tips, Raji would have no heart for books, but most of the time he was eager to learn. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The ferret gingerly touched the tip of his swollen nose. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I nodded, and she tipped four of them into my hand. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Judge Lew Fielding looked down from the bench with the tip of his left forefinger set against his nose and his chin propped against his thumb. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She tips her head to the side, waiting for my answer. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then they crawled into bed and settled down, tip to toe again, one head at each end of the bed. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Of course, I forgive you, Theresa answered, tipping the bowl to her mouth. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

His nails were yellow-brown, like the inside of a rotting apple, and some of the tips were curling, lifting. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I never tell them I stopped taking the shilling tip. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He tipped back his head, smiled, and blew smoke into the muggy sky. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they rocked back and forth, Gary tipped his head to the sky, and began singing in a hauntingly beautiful baritone. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

This idea of the importance of stickiness in tipping has enormous implications for the way we regard social epidemics as well. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sister Ignatia tipped her head to one side and gave him a searching look. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

As Kathy managed to nudge it forward, the wheelbarrow looked as if it would tip over, and the warders began to laugh. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she begins: The waitress with the big fat hips who pays the rent with taxi tips . . . says nobody in town will kiss her on the lips because . . . because she looks like Christopher Columbus! The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least, Onofre always insisted he used his nonexistent right hand to tip the hat, and it certainly looked that way, because his left and visible arm never swung up from his other side. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looks astonishingly like the White House in photographs, but larger and living, and beyond that, there’s the familiar tip of the Washington Monument, looking astonishingly like the Washington Monument in the books. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She leaned over and almost tipped out of the wagon. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She took a small dash of cream and began to rub it into her face with the tips of her fingers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We danced about a mile apart the whole time, until during "Auld Lang Syne" he suddenly rested his chin on the tip of my head as if he were very tired. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They were likely to be attractive, often received no hourly wages, and earned their money through tips and a small commission on every item they sold. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

She glanced skyward, seeing the tip of Cain’s chin before he hoisted her onto her feet and slammed her—face-first—into a wall of freezing, smooth stone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He would tip over the rock children and rock people she made of specially piled lake pebbles. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I tapped my lips with the tip of my finger. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The tip of a boot as it dug into my side, forcing me back awake. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As in: My dad says the tipping point of our country’s economy was housing gamblers and greedy bankers. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

He touched the tip of his little finger lightly to his eyelid. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Enough to cover the cost of the drinks plus tip—not too much, but enough to look like a big spender. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cracked the tip off a pod, pulled the string, snapped the casing open, slid her thumb inside the slithery shell, and added the peas to the mound in the bowl between her knees. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

"Any more than that and the MAV's in danger of tipping." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the tips of his ears go a bright cherry red. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It had been gnawed off near the tip and I knew it was from the arrow which had wounded the leader. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The line between hostility and acceptance, in other words, between an epidemic that tips and one that does not, is sometimes a lot narrower than it seems. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brushed the tips of my fingers across her tits. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I twist the tip of the faucet off and find a mesh piece inside. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Often, in her mind’s eye, she saw Neewo’s tiny makazins, forlorn in the firelight, as they sagged, tipped over when in his fever he kicked them off. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“And who is this handsome creature?” he asked, tipping his hat to the very pleased Humbug. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Niran and Parsa picked up their shovels, levered them under the body, and tipped it over the edge of the grave, where it fell with a dull thump. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The doorman tips his cap as I thank him. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But if you put it on the tip of an arrow and leave it, it gets hard. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

General Peckem lifted a wooden pointer and swept the rubber tip cheerfully across Italy from one coast to the other. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The cool porcelain was under the tip of his forefinger, and before the arguments could start around again, he made himself press it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Mr. Lemoncello, touching the tip of his nose and making a buzzer noise. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

However, even the most munificent of tips lose their effect when a director of the company is on board and issues his orders. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Malloy tips my chin up and looks me in my eyes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Malcolm helped with these guests too: looked after their horses, cleaned their boots, took messages for them, and was occasionally tipped. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He dragged the basket out into the floor and set the jars out of it and then tipped over the basket and tapped out the dirt. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

In the bunched muscles of his back legs and the straining line from his hips to the tips of his fingers, he was splendid. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tips the driver excessively and steps out of the car. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Crystal is showing the tips of her tusks in warning. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slashed off only the tip of her finger. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Never poisons unless they were on the tips of weapons. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He hadn't anticipated that it would rock and tip the way it was, but he spread his bare feet for balance. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There are a dozen of us in the room, with our hopeful, almost-new Bristol drawing boards and our black- tipped fingers; two older women, pight young men, another girl my own age, and me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Got to be on the house, but if Cory is watching, I'll end up having to put it in out of my tips. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Everybody was then told to dip the tips of their arrows into this powder and, when they had done this, to go down to the fields and wait for him to come. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Her hair was dyed fiery red for the part, and she wore a fake nose with a rubber wart on the tip of it. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Swarms of crane flies, one of the few insects that can survive the cold, darkened the tips of the mosses. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a green rasta-style cap, because when it rained his curly hair flattened and you could just see the tips of his horns. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of them could tip the scale at seventy pounds soaking wet. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I touched the pen cap to the sword tip and instandy Riptide shrank to a ballpoint pen again. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of it juts out and up like an ugly thumb and the serrashuns along one side spring up like gnashing teeth and the blade edge pulses like a vein full of blood. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But the mare stumbled and threw him hard against the saddle horn, and he realized how deceptive the moonlight was; exposed root tips and dark rocks waited in deep shadows cast by the moon. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Just a little tip in case you ever have anything to do with fairies. But I think it works only on the blue kind.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Emma was nervously fidgeting with her hair and chewing the tips. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

It was on the tip of Jo’s tongue to ask, but she checked herself in time and, with unusual tact, tried to find out in a round-about way. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed it up and felt with the knife tip for a snag with a different quality. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I touch it with the tip of my boot, and it dissolves into dust that is quickly carried off by the breeze. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I wipe the green lentils from Jaimito’s pudgy face and flick a piece of rice from the tip of his nose. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enraged timbre in Papa’s voice made my fingers cold at the tips. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

When it was away from the table, he tipped it forward. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger saw the shining tip of the man’s black shoes; the sharp creases in his striped trousers; the clear, icy glinting of the eyeglasses upon his high, long nose. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sliced the tip of his spear down Jason’s chest, ripping his purple shirt into a vest. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

So she borrowed a few more choice words from sayings coined by rickshaw pullers to insult riders who gave no tips. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe I only imagined I heard the bones crack, but her arm from her elbow down was facing the wrong way, and a slick red bone tip pierced her skin. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His brown leather boots were long and somewhat pointy at the tips. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Have a care,” said Morgant, with a lean smile that showed only the tips of his teeth, “that it will not be yours.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Wilcox has a habit of holding the tip of his tongue between his teeth. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then she went toppling to the ground, like somebody tipped that stack of stones over. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He put the tip of the blade into Gus’s shirt and then made an arc with his arm, as though cutting a circle. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And I think that all evidence and testimony in a trial that tips the jury off to the age or race or gender of the defendant ought to be edited out. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She takes the fellow prisoner's combined currency of camp money, ration tickets and an additional "tip" for the shoes—two cigarettes wrapped in a bit of newspaper. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It shone upon the rows of armored suits, the edges of the swords and axes, and on spear tips and a thousand other pointy objects designed to spoil your day permanently. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I never yielded to the temptation; I made enough on tips. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened it and exposed a row of little white sticks with pink tips. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Just the tip of his index finger, just a jolt; I jumped. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Press the tip of my pencil to the paper. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I resolve to give him all my tips that night, and to hell with the experiment in low-wage money management. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tips of his frozen hair would simply break off. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The inmate being ratted out was difficult and disrespectful, so I didn’t mind passing the tip along to a sergeant. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

People in the big houses have English accents and they don’t tip telegram boys. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps his father noticed his good intentions, for he did not disrupt Gregor in this motion, but with the tip of the cane from a distance he even directed here and there Gregor's rotating movement. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I had predicted, our tip consisted of a toothy smile and the ridiculous suggestion that we have a nice evening. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I remember an alley. Anyway, the bandits surprised Kvothe. They wanted his horse,” he paused and rubbed his forehead with the tips of his fingers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The distance from Rhode Island to New York was the same as the tip of my little finger to the first knuckle under it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Attached to the gun’s tip was a killing sword—a bayonet. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

After the half hour is up, Mrs. Walton rinses out the conditioner and combs some jojoba oil into my hair from the root to the tip. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Bors, left alone with the wind, picked tip the letter with curiosity. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came back and carefully made us each a flute with the tip of his penknife. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tipped the envelope up and found there was no address or return address. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Between them I put ten olivella shells, which were no longer than the tip of my little finger, and threaded them all together with sinew. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had just finished shining the tip of my left shoe and was scooping out a helping of polish for the right shoe when our door opened. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He kisses me on the tip of mv hip bone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, tipping wine out, Pheidon swore to me the ship was launched, the seamen standing by to take Odysseus to his land at last. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Dawn spread out her finger tips of rose I started, by the sea’s wide level ways, praying the gods for help, and took along three lads I counted on in any fight. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tip up a boulder and let it fall thundering toward him. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bud moved in with a gob of yellowish paste on the tip of his finger, but the manager waved it away. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie thanked him, then gave his ten dollars to the busboy as a tip, and the five of them left the place, humming and happy. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its flat end rested on my cheek, the edge cold as the tip of an icicle and even sharper still. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Old Cob pushed himself away from the bar, tipping his stool over as he backed away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Despite myself, I can’t help thinking of the guard who bit off the tip of my finger. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Me and Peaches, who are both on a conservative tip, were standing in front of my crib checking things out. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It tipped the balance of power across the world toward those advocating democratic, consensual, free-market-oriented governance, and away from those advocating authoritarian rule with centrally planned economies. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

His head became the bubble tip at the top of the playing piece. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

OHMYGOD, my brain shouted as I tipped my head back and took in those light-brown eyes, that thick lacy fringe of eyelashes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Something Tom once said tipped me over, sent me sliding. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked us over, prodding my shirt with the tip of his sword, poking Grover’s jeans. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She tapped the top of her hat so that it tipped lower on her brow, trying to keep the grit from her good eye. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I held my finger up in the air and it was only a little scratched up and bloody on the tip. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And her feet and her hands—the tips were as black as if she had dipped them in India ink. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was just rising, and the reeds and the marsh plants were all tipped with gold. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A tip of the hat to anyone who can come up with something better. to the manner born. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn't feel the tips of her fingers. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When Enrique lands an extra shirt or a tip about where to avoid the police, he shares. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He didn't answer but reached over and put his hand at the root of my hair and ran his fingers out slowly to the tip ends like a comb. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I watched them work the men for tips. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She even climbed inside a particularly large bubble and floated just over the tips of the grass. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

All day long he kept tipping back his head to look up at the citadel with new eyes, knowing she was inside it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The other men tip their hats to Dad. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The bathroom door opened, and her feet went tipping back to her room. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

We would rush up until we reached a snow-white crest in a burst of light and foam and a tipping forward of the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and left a big tip on the counter. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They do-si-doed around the dress like an offering dance and cheered as it filled up with water and tipped down to pour into the waiting coconuts. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She tipped the cookie jar toward Pa and he reached in and pulled out a cookie that had walnuts stuck to the top of it and sugar dusted all over it! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Bridge put both hands up and touched the rounded tips of her cat ears. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z