He tapped the toe of one shoe on the sidewalk. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Laced leather boots that don’t pinch my toes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Madam Fowl would have been furious, if she ever put so much as a toe outside the attic door. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He was wearing flip-flops that exposed his flat feet and hairy toes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He leaped again instantly, bringing both legs up to either side in a split, touching his fingers to his toes before landing again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I hold my breath and try to pull my toes and knees closer to me and out of sight. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Cool,” I said, dipping my toes into the box and sifting through the books. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Kneel down and take my slippers off for me, Ella. My toes ache.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth scuffs at the floor with the toe of his shoe. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He wiggled his cold, damp toes inside his cold, damp socks. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He leans way back into the corner of the couch, shuffling the toe of one foot against the other, and I never noticed it before, but he’s actually kind of adorable. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He walked on his toes and sang to himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Standing on his toes and straining upward, he man-aged to pull & small dusty bottle off the high shelf. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His gaze flicked down over me, from head to toe and back up again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I step over them and find the next person’s finger, pressing hard with the toe of my shoe. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nina threw herself into a chair at the table and wriggled her feet out of her jeweled slippers, digging her toes into the plush white carpet. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It’s true thatI have pale patches on my face and neck and elbows and toes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The only thing I could say, really, was that I was stretched out, with my body in a straight line from head to toe. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt so jealous for a minute that she felt it go clear to her toes, which were folded up from the cold floor. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The ache of it filled my body from toes to ears. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I passed a satyr with a broken leg, a demigod who was bandaged from head to toe, and a body covered in the golden burial shroud of Apollo’s cabin. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I imagined us zipping across the California sand and planting our toes in the ocean. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I trace the perimeter of a tile with the toe of my boot. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I also learned to stuff the toes with crumpled-up newspaper to keep my feet from sliding around in them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the door, he touched his toes ten times before throwing it open and striding smack into Aunt Pearl. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach drops all the way down to my toes. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her toes flexed without her even intending to move them. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The old man squeezed tighter until Hugo was practically standing on his toes. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He forced his legs to work and sought purchase with the toes of his boots. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Alone in the hall I walked slowly, pausing with each step to let my toes sink into the carpet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He poked at Edward with the toe of his boot. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

The ground was rutted from past rains, but had hardened in the late summer drought, so they had to give up on sneaker toes and draw the line with a stick. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

My toes skim the fine sand below my feet, and I feel as though I'm flying. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

As I crossed the street, I had to curl my toes and walk on the edges of my feet, courtesy of a couple stubborn slivers of glass. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

If I’m not careful, she’s going to be able to see my toes tapping through my sneakers. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I sit there, scratching the dry mud out from between my toes and then looking up at the sky, wondering when more bullets will rain down on us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan pushed his big toe down on the gas pedal and didn't dare go faster than thirty-five miles per hour. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I start shuffling some pine needles into a pyramid with the toe of my shoe. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It was rumored that the Italians carried knives, even the girls, and that the morenos had brass knuckles in their pockets and steel toes in their heavy shoes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Maurice DuPre is six feet high, six feet wide, and has more fingers and toes than he has points on his IQ. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brian’s feet were in my face, so I grabbed him by the ankles and started chewing on his toes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His spread fingers gripped the mountain, and his bare toes found support through contact, and even his chest lay against the stone so that he would not slip. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thinks she is standing on her head, but the toes of her pink sneakers never leave the floor. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I visualized how I would stand on my toes, the sooner to see his face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The media makes a big deal out of a movie star breaking a leg or fracturing a toe, but if a man with as much wisdom as my father passes away, no one cares. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

On one day, Louise discovered that Louie had impaled his leg on a bamboo beam; on another, she had to ask a neighbor to sew Louie’s virtually severed toe back on. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

By the time I reached the top, I was muddy and scratched from head to toe. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Malik has the hairiest toes, and for the last few weeks, his right big toenail has been all black and blue and yellow because he jammed it doing a backflip. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She surveys the mess of toys littered all over the patio, poking some game pieces with her painted toes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I grip my toes, and with each heavy push, I move faster and farther than before, so that soon I’ve made another two loops around our yard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

‘I think you are just great. Why even your toes must be as big as sausages.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stone was shaped like a beetle, flat enough to be concealed by the grass but bulky enough to catch a toe if you hit it the right way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I look at my toes, feeling Brother Khoi’s eyes burn into my scalp. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The toes, the ball, and the heel were so clearly outlined as to leave no doubt that a woman had left the print. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Fadi stood on his toes and felt along the top shelf of his locker. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Fingers and toes, not to mention noses and ears, were numb. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I said you stepped on my toes. It hurt.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“No kidding. You know, you really charmed Mrs. Capone too. I mean, dropping your purse on her toe. What a nice touch!” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spinning on our toes as required, we stepped into Bloom’s office and then stood side by side at attention before his desk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On occasion, she had come home from her class with a broken toe, a bloody nose, or a black eye. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, she could only see his kindness, and intelligence, and maybe he was a tad arrogant, but...Celaena’s toes scratched Fleetfoot’s ears. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The eight toes of Cinnamon’s front paws splayed apart. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Wart looked quickly at Merlyn, ducked his head between his legs and had a look through there, rattled his feathers into place, and began to scratch his dun with the sharp talon of one toe. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father would marry two or three more wives, who would spatter cooking oil on our bare toes and lie that we were crying for naughtiness. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he drew a line in the snow with his toe about six feet from the fence. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I assume he has been puzzled by both events, as if they’re not something he’s done himself, on purpose, but things that have happened to him accidentally, like stubbing your toe. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As in Christian’s case, he knew he couldn’t step on toes or force his views on anyone, not without offending important people. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Their little toes were purple when we finally made them come in. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then she took off her own footgear and wiggled her bare toes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But just before the puke moved from anticipation to sensation, she shifted her weight and stood on one foot scratching the back of her calf with her toe. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He examined the toe for a moment, then he looked up at me and I saw something in his blue eyes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I kicked the toe of my tennis shoe against the metal flush button sticking out from the tiles behind the toilet. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Forgetting all decorum, I leap through the soft wet soil, careless of the seedlings underfoot, and rise on my toes to embrace him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She was ridiculously proud of them and kept looking at her toes as we walked to the pool. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

This, however, was something else entirely, and Ophie shivered as the cold stone leeched the warmth from her toes through the thin material of her house shoes. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

His feet seemed too big for his body, with cracked dirty toenails, eight toes on each foot But the top half of his body was the weird part He made Janus look downright normal. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I felt a deep heaviness in my stomach, like all my insides were going to come out through my toes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

All those except Yossarian reporting on sick call with temperatures below 102 had their gums and toes painted with gendan violet solution and were given a laxative to throw away into the bushes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Just as his toes made contact, a white hand shot out of the water and seized Mendigo by the ankle, yanking him into the pond with a splash. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The big one checked her toes and asked after her ribs and wrist, and then dashed off for work. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She spread her sneakers far apart, toes pointing outward, and squatted like a Balinese dancer. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of Alaska’s flip-flops clinging to her blue toes as we swung on the swing down by the lake. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I plucked at the strings with my toes for a second and adjusted one of them. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Appleby scuffed the toes of his shoes into the ground sheepishly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I feel dizzy, but I jump up, ready to meet him toe to toe. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

When a small barefooted boy was bitten by a rattlesnake, it was her duty to suck his toe to draw the poison out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed to show that she was teasing, and then went on, “I think I will put red polish on your toes.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up one white sock and begin to ease it over her toes and heel. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I tap my toe 3 times to make the numbers fade away. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pile of shoes to the side, so he toed off his sneakers, glad that he had worn clean socks, at least. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She was clothed from head to toe in white fur, and at her right hand a fairy no more than a foot tall hovered in midair, her wings fluttering like a hummingbird’s. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Shoes!” said the Magpie, seeing Meggie's bare toes peep out from under the hem of the dress. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Someday I will dance on my toes like this lady. I will be happy too!” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl went up on her toes and made a slow turn and danced through the smoke. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And not just beautiful, but hot, too, with her breasts straining against her tight tank top, her curved legs swinging back and forth beneath the swing, flip-flops dangling from her electric-blue-painted toes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

With Anya clasped to her side, Marina said, “Help your brother up, boys! We need to go warm these two up before their toes start to fall off!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Shahir, the left midfielder who frequently set up Josiah for attacks down the left sideline, had lost the nails of both his big toes because his cleats had been too tight. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Still, her toes felt like ice when they brushed his arm. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I poked at it with a toe, nose wrinkling at its faint scent of stale cigarette smoke. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The boots stopped, and a German toe prodded Helena’s side. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Someone shook me awake with the toe of their boot. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Standing on my toes, I closed my hand around it I confronted my father, whose face revealed his alarm and confusion. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She drops her small pink purse on Mrs. Capone’s toe. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nods and taps her toe impatiently, which makes the flesh of her calves jiggle. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt my way down the cellar stairs with my toes and heard the sound of laughter from Madam’s company. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flora’s heart thudded once and then dropped all the way down to her toes. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He stuck it carefully under his nose and stood on his toes to make himself taller. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fourth and final can he swung off the tailgate onto his toe. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

"Syrio says a water dancer can stand on one toe for hours." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

‘My heart’s right down in my toes, Mr. Pippin,’ said Sam. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mama and Mrs. Kluck are almost toe to toe, arms akimbo. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I picked up my fork with my toes and stabbed a big bite of turkey. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They were black leather, with steel toes and acid-green laces that ran from ankle to bony kneecap, where they ended in neon bunny ears. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A knee-trembler is the act itself done up against a wall, man and woman up on their toes, straining so hard their knees tremble with the excitement that’s in it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Not all of these guys were the toe stubbers who I had played with last week. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bottle makes a puckering sound as he squeezes a dark dollop onto the toe. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can take my fingers and my toes, he can put out my eyes and slice my ears off, but he cannot take my wits unless I let him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The toe was not broken because it was not breakable. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His father moved the buzzard with his toe. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Windy’s quiet, which sends a little shiver from my toes to my neck. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, she crossed one foot over the other and, looking down, aligned the toes of her shoes. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Eleven hundred kids took in the sight of a genuine middle school hippie—this tall, skinny, longhaired boy in tie-dye, toes poking out of those homemade sandals. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Her toes pressed into the back of my thigh. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Nate struggled to his feet and checked himself from head to toe. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

They grow up and they grow down and grab the earth between their hairy toes and bite the sky with violent teeth and never quit their anger. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he had gone a few paces his toe struck something hard and he reached down and felt for the handle of a suitcase on the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He eyes me from head to toe over the seat, and if I didn’t know any better, I’d say he was checking me out. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Seeing the awful end to Mr. Harvey’s life frightened me from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“We joked that the shrapnel was so sharp that if it hit your head it came out your toe,” said Manfred. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to go,” she said, and Theodora looked at her again quickly and then away, and touched Eleanor’s toes softly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The toes were starting to freak me out, too. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

First, you connect your heel to the ground, then roll the ball of your feet on the earth while your toes curl up painfully. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frieda came toward us, her brown stockings straining at the knees because she had tucked the toe under to hide a hole in the foot. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Head to head, toe to toe they stood. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie could have stretched out full length in front of it and her head and toes would have remained on the hearth with room to spare. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The soldier in white was encased from head to toe in plaster and gauze. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Sneaking out here to write didn’t seem to be helping her writing in school anyway, she thought glumly, tucking her toes under the hem of her nightgown. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Reaching the edge of the still-hot iron curls, Bailey stands on his toes to peer inside. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Koffi's toes curled in the grass, and from the cage’s shadows a beautiful creature emerged. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

After a minute, nearly asleep, she felt the odd cold little touch of the brush on her toes, and shivered. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at my worn gray Converse All-Stars and try to scrape off the dirt from one scuffed toe with the other. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw stood just outside the door, moving his toes about in the loose gravel, listening to the soft, rough sound it made. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

On my first day of field work, after only a few steps in the muddy water, my ankles and toes start to itch. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted the toe of her sneaker into the blacktop pavement. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She caught him right on the point of her toe and sent him flying. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to clear the shake from my voice, and it took me flexing every muscle in my body—even cracked my toes—just to keep the tears inside my face. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Ambassador Rahel looked down and saw that in her Bata sandals her toes were trying to disconnect themselves. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, I did forget about the leeches clinging to my toes, but I did not forget about my sister. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piggy took off his shoes and socks, ranged them carefully on the ledge, and tested the water with one toe. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Nudging the sack with the toe of his boot, he felt something hard inside. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I am so scared my toes curl into the carpet. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She was late and she had every reason to run, despite the shoes that pinched her toes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s the first time I’ve said the word out loud and it sends a hum all the way through me to my toes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Dr. Howard said I was right about the spots on my toes and around my elbows and also above my eyebrows. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lydia picked at the chipped polish on her toes. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

How beautifully she did mince now, as though her toes had been bound with fire-strips. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I was on the floor, and the mousetrap was on my big toe. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand on the tips of my toes, searching the crowd. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Kelvin and A’Leia, standing, keep trying to shove their toes inside like the boots are slippers. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

He crouched silently as if to touch his toes, then . Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I stood drawing lines in the dirt with my big toe, saying nothing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I curled my toes into tight angry balls in my shoes. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Every night, the water in the bottom of my shower turns brown for a minute as the dirt runs from between my toes. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I lay like that for a few moments, and might easily have fallen asleep if Tommy hadn’t kept prodding my knees with a toe. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The domovoi sat in front of the oven, his shoulders slumped, picking at the toe of his shoe. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Eyes are sweeping over me from head to toe. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was a relief to free her cramped toes. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I am double-jointed, and I can crack the knuckles on my fingers and my toes at will. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

One conductor stepped on my bare toe, crushed it, as he trampled past. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I straightened up, aching from toe to hip with the strain of bending over, hour after hour. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ben could feel a blush begin at the cuticles of his toes, rush through his entire body, and assault the very roots of his hair. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bounced a little on her toes, eager to get going. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"No bigger than the toenail on your little toe." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Apologized for almost clipping ankles or running over toes. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I squeeze my toes, imagining the slap of my sneakers on the sidewalk. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two giggling flamingos, one fair-skinned, the other light olive, test the water with one toe each. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He had to dig his toes into the crack between the wall and the bookshelf to keep his balance. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s how you feel about who you are that counts. Hummph,” she said, twirling around on her toes like a ballerina with bad feet. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every muscle ached; cuts and bruises covered him from head to toe. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was a stunted little man with knobby knees and a balding head and a nose like a used pencil eraser, and he was stark naked and slimed head to toe with sticky, translucent gel. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A kick, a slide, a tap of her toe on the tile. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He always wore black, practically head to toe. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

In 1987, forced to spend a night in the open while descending from the 28,169-foot summit of Kanchenjunga, he froze his feet and had to have all his toes amputated. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She stood on her toes and tentatively felt along the top of the cornice. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But not just her belly—her fingertips and toes, eyes and ears—lightning and thunder and bone-soaking rain and darkening clouds. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She pinches my big toe inside my sock, so I sit up and hang my legs over the edge of the bed. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Muck in the alleys, the hoarse shouts of work crews, the boys in their dormitory sleeping head to toe while their coats and trousers hang from hooks along the walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It gets all in my shoes and I walk ’round with cold, wet toes all day. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wiggled her bare toes and looked up at the sandstone cliffs where the swallows were inside their round mud nests, making high-pitched noises. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She rocks back and forth on her heels and her toes. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At least I tried dipping my toe in empathy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our clothes clung to us, and under our feet the dry dust of the courtyard softened into mud and squeezed up between our toes. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The only problem is that I can feel it just beyond my big toe. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I stand in the main gallery, black from neck to toes, with my third glass of red wine. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each wave lapped at my toes with a sound like a whisper. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Bright eyes, agile toes, a sharp, sharp mouth. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Below them, in Razorbill Street the birds were packed so close, and on such narrow ledges, that they had to stand with their backs to the sea, holding tight with long toes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “My toe must have caught on the rim of the tube. Just that one foot. But all the rest of me was heading downward. So...” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I was quick on my toes, and my saber sliced through the air. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Nike thrashed and grunted until Percy nudged her with his toe. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

There were no windows in the basement, so she groped her way among the chairs and toys that had once seemed so familiar—now riddled with the potential for bruised toes and dinged shins. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She holds half a cigarette between her fingers, but just before she leans forward to kiss him on the cheeks she lets it drop and crushes it with the toe of her sandal. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It scrapes at my toes and the edges of my heels. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stood on his toes and put his face up close to mine. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wave erupted from the creek, blasting into Thalia’s face and dousing her from head to toe. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s the tree of life,” Yossarian answered, waggling his toes, “and of knowledge of good and evil, too.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

No. Marigold tightened her bracelet more securely around her wrist and pressed on, stretching her toes to their tippy-tips and arching her arms above her head to figure out if her Talent was ballet dancing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Just a bit. You’re born with it, like fingers and toes and fuzzy baby hair. Some of us make use of it. And some do not.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I’m dangling from the scaffolding with my toes swinging in midair. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then he came back and sat on the edge of the bed and worked his toes together while he surveyed the wreckage. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl who lost her big toe in the mines at the age of eleven, Moon Sung Sim, was assigned to the textile factory. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Harry kicked it, achieving nothing but an excruciating pain in his big toe. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He burrowed his bare toes into the earth. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It might have been tapped in by a toe. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A burnt circle appeared right next to her toe. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

With the toe of my regulation black sneaker I nudged a single box from the tower’s foundation. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

If she had had little bound feet, the toes twisted under the balls, I would have jumped up and landed on them—crunch!—stomped on them with my iron shoes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drew out pins and thread and with little tucks here and there stuffed in the loose materials, then filled the toes of the shoes with tissue paper, until everything fit. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He remembers his father’s footprints in the sand; because of his limp, the right toe of his shoe was always turned outward, the left straight ahead. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He ate at odd hours, muddied from head to toe, and he did so in a corner in the kitchen, barely answering the occasional questions asked by Santa Sofía de la Piedad. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I carefully touch my toes onto the floor which is hard and cold. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sound gushes forth from somewhere deep, their toes or their souls. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

From the hall, I tap my toe 3 times and watch 4 kids go to the door. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he might have broken his toe; as he clutched it and hopped on one foot, the Invisibility Cloak slipped off him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Stella tucked her toes under the edge of her blanket. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Between each toe touch, she was reaching up into the air. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, our stomachs jellying and our necks burning, we listened, avoided each other’s eyes, and picked toe jam or whatever. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Guareschi took off my boots so that I could move my toes, and then found a blanket—who knows where—to stretch over me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe a toe here, a nostril there, or a mustache, floating like a little curl of seaweed among the other flotsam. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Curly counted the toes, just to make sure. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gram saying, “Now, that was the goat’s toe,” after a satisfying supper. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She looked at them all and they were just sleeping humans, so vulnerable with their slack mouths and their long pale toes poking out from under the covers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His toes seemed all right too, but that could have been phantom response, given that he couldn’t actually see them. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He had said he would teach her to feel with her feet, and after some time she became aware, amused by it, that even her toes were supple now. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mike was firing away, sogging Webb from head to toe, and Webb was standing there taking it, like the day he refused to have a water-gun fight with me. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The only sound comes from our feet and the pebbles that roll away from our toes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will send some men with you to toe edge of toe chase,” said Robin. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were debating whether or not Chubs had broken his toe against an exposed tree root when the wail of a truck’s horn shattered the silence. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And I wiggle my toes back and smile wanly at her, I will, I will, I hope I will. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her toes push against the rough concrete of the pool floor. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The girl standing, grinning in front of me wore jeans and sandals, had burnt-red nails and lipstick, painted eyes, finger rings, toe rings, hoop earrings I could put my hand through, hair... Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Fern planted both hands on her nothing hips and tapped her toe, doing her best Vonetta impression. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Meggie went over to the door and opened it with her toe. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

His toe nudged my broken leg and I heard a piercing scream. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I stubbed my baby toe! I think it’s broke!” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The man flicks the brim of his hat up and checks me out, head to toe. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She reached down to touch the hot, wet, moving mass, surely smaller than anything human, and could feel that it was human after all—fingers, toes, nails, nose. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something about this made Raymie’s soul even smaller and her toes even stiffer. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Covered from head to toe in slimy black mud, his left arm in a sling fashioned from an Executive’s blood-stained tunic, Milligan—wonder of wonders!—was grinning at Kate with joyous eyes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He detects patterns: one track is waffled, another has fine lines, and another is shaped like the pointed toe of a boot. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Who else had a nose made out of a toe? Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Seven,” her mom whispered as she wiggled one of her toes to wake her up. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I got chills on the back of my neck, like Fred was tapping his toe on my foot. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

My toes are against the tire now; I’m leaning my palms on the side of the hood, watching close. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Parisian walks in the same direction as the German soldiers, placing the heel of one foot against the toe of the other. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t do this, I don’t think I’d have any toes left come spring. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, technically I spun on my heel. I did most of the turn on my heel and not full relevé. Not on my toes like you coached me to, Uncle Robert.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He went on, feeling with his toes for firm footing before he put his weight down. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not everyone thought he was so wonderful, you know—he trod on an awful lot of important toes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My dad looks at me from head to toe, and I feel like the second-rate slacker he’s always taken me for. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But Chubs and I were perfectly content to sit by ourselves, watching, waiting, but not dipping our toes into the ocean. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then they carried her to the camp hospital, where her mangled toe was amputated without anesthetics and treated with salt water. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The ten toes tilted over, and I realized why they looked like toes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

‘Be quiet and bend over! Over there! And touch your toes!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have never known anyone who would even venture to stick his toe in its polluted brown waters, which seethe with sewage, industrial waste, and deadly insecticides. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up at dawn covered from head to toe in a living fur blanket. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He prodded the damp ground with the toe of his good shoe. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

James kicked up the toe of his shoe. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We passed countless people standing in the streets like statues, their toes bare on the stones, nightclothes blowing in the unnatural breeze, mouths agape. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk to the group and stop behind them, standing on my toes to see inside of the circle. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And we also get ants, searching for a bite to eat or a toe to bite. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It felt as though hundreds of tiny people were dancing a jig inside her and tickling her with their toes. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And look at you. My sweet daughter-in-law,” Grandma said with a little oomph in her voice while checking Ma out head to toe. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The mash squad were standing in one of the outer chambets of toe fortress like a circle of worshippers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankly, this one is toeing the line, but okay. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I'm glad to stand up, because the way I had scrunched up my legs under there was starting to make my toe hurt. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If so, then she was obviously a surprise to them, by the suspicion and downright hostility with which the deacons’ wives were surveying her from feathered hat to slippered toe. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Her brow crinkles, her head tilts, she bites her lower lip, and her eyes roam: up, down; left, right; shoulder to shoulder; head to toe. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Grace’s body twisted on the bed in a way that it hadn’t during her labor, like it was confused about where Peach had gone, and her toes curled and her hands flexed. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I make my way to the aisle, bumping knees and stepping on toes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The sand tugged at her toes, making her sink in. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He stubbed his toe and swore as he held his hands in front of him, trying to find the other door. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He isn’t one toe on the gravel driveway—not one toe—when he hears Ray’s bark. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

At dawn on Tet I tapped ?ny big toe to the tile floor first. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

My toes curl inside my shoes at the mention of becoming a young lady. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The bark was rough beneath her fingers, against her toes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A young kid stretched onto the toes of his Air Jordans, holding out four quarters. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I don't think stomping their toes provides quite the same satisfaction. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Shay dropped her arms and dipped her toes to bring the board to a halt. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The writer criticizes “today’s youth” from head to toe, though without dismissing them all as “hopeless cases.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He had to stand on his toes to pour the powder in. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I tap my toe 3 times before letting Pi jump free from the blanket and onto our living room floor. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But it was hard not to retch when she looked at Sciron’s toes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Your big toe?” she said, trying not to giggle. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was leaning in, and so all I had to do was stretch up on my toes to kiss his surprised, frozen lips with as much force as I was capable of. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I know you may not want to hear this, Mama, but I spit on his toes and ran back out to the road and walked by myself all the way home. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I removed the envelope and slid my toes inside. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The toe of his sandal touched against something hard. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I scowl at him, wriggling my toes as I feel the pleasant tingle of the splendor in my feet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But next moment his heart went down into his toes again. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

John, drowsing in the sunlight, put the toes of his right foot into his mouth and ran them along the place where his teeth were just beginning to come through. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The Patina girl was tall, and sprang up and down on her toes, rolling her neck and shoulders, I guessed to loosen up. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The blurry memory swims into focus, and I can see my dad standing next to me on the beach, the tide pulling at our feet, our toes digging into the sand. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I gave her another poke with my toe. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He stabbed another toe, cursed as a bead of blood welled up around the knife’s point. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her feet were swollen at the toes and bleeding at the heels. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to stem the flow of urine by pressing my thighs together, but I was too late; a puddle had formed about my feet, and I scattered it with my toes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hit the power button with my toes and waited for it to start up. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry,” Call began earnestly, “you wouldn’t have to—” at which point my bare heel slammed down on his bare toes. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not made freaks: not men covered head to toe in tattoos, not women who regurgitate wallets and lightbulbs on command, not moss-haired girls or men who pound stakes into their sinus cavities. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his feet with his hands and then drew his knife from its sheath and began paring bits of skin from his toes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, I’ve got a funny feeling in my toe, so we must all go and stand on our heads!’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all sashay, the toes of our heels leading our hips side to side, just like Lee taught us. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Dorothy walked to school on the other side of the street, toeing the invisible line that separated them. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It warmed him down to his toes and made him feel like his head was filled with tiny bubbles. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I toed my way tentatively forward, shuffling so as not to step on them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put a finger to my lips, she nods, and I run on my toes down the hall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Slowly Pong rose up on his toes and reached for the bridge railing. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then, just for good measure, he squashed the hunter to jelly between his toes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then I soaped my entire body, head to toe, and rinsed off by swimming around for a couple laps. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And suddenly Cal Price is standing in front of me, nudging my foot with the toe of his sneaker. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I tap my toe 3 times to stop the flow of numbers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

All over you from poll to toe cap. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He walked up through the vegetable patch, kicking his bare toes into the dust. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanders away from the group, muttering something about fingers and toes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Then they stepped away, and the first guard, the one who had warned him, aimed the hose and sprayed him, head to toe, with a substance Zeitoun could not immediately discern. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He has gentle hands, she mused, as warm fragrant oils ran between her toes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I lift myself up on my toes, and his face comes down at the same time. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He tied one end of a hawser to a pillar and passed the other about the roundhouse top, taking the slack up, so that no one’s toes could touch the ground. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wedged in the bottom left corner of the stairwell landing, standing on her toes, her green uniform barely visible. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The lady picked up toe falcon and began to go away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her toe had barely crossed the threshold when she heard a boom behind her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Of course, I had been walking on my toes because walking on my heels was impossibly painful due to my jump off the church roof. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Hafa asked, standing on her toes for a second and lowering her feet again. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The muddy bottom of the lake beneath my toes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Half Baked or Chubby Hubby?” she asks, bouncing on her toes. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The witch’s eyes moved from Scabbers’s tattered left ear to his front paw, which had a toe missing, and tutted loudly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She laughed as the teeny thing attacked her toes, but tried not to move too fast so that she didn’t hurt him, this brave thing, this new thing. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I pulled off my torn boots with the toe of the other stepping on the heel. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Who the devil is that?” he growled into the receiver while he rubbed his aching toe. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a heel would touch ground first, other times it would be a toe, or an arch. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point, a group of three girls walked up to me as I took a bite of my string cheese, carefully held between two toes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I stood on my toes and kissed the corner of his mouth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I said, watching him closely, aware of the hot silence and feeling tension race from my toes to my legs as I drew my feet quickly beneath me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

On June 13, Louie made quick work of another Olympic 5,000 qualifier, but the toe injured in training opened up again. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He left his clothes on the blueberry bushes and moved to the edge where his pale toes clenched the rock. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I felt weak down to my toes and warm all over. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You looked like you were walking on your toes down the aisles.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She focused on each move, placing each foot meticulously, feeling the surface with her toes, assessing the texture, shifting her weight before she took the next step. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The thought of his eyes on my work is making my toes curl. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

From there she could move it from toe to toe, under and over. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The bottom turned mushy, squishing up through my toes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we’d each taken our last puff, her toes were tucked under my leg. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Neel didn’t mind—he loved the tang of salt on his tongue and the squish of mud between his toes. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lightfoot, her toes curled tight around the branch, she walked a few feet, hopped down to a larger limb, then swung hand over hand through the tangle of leaves until she reached the trunk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If you had to pick, which would you prefer, muffins for hands or pickles for toes? Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

No more cumbersome pages; I could just slide my toe effortlessly across the screen to turn the page. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"To hear is to obey," said the Vizier, wriggling himself round a little so as to get his hinder parts further away from Rabadash's toe. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He is dressed head to toe in black and silver, the velvet of his doublet so thickly embroidered with patterns of crowns and birds that it looks as heavy as armor. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I thought the best answer was a demonstration: I took off my socks, held my bare foot up to the glass, and wiggled my toes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The time he tried to teach me how to fish immediately comes to mind—think fishing hooks in toes and ears and everywhere else except a fish’s mouth. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Snake Man laughs the way Mrs. Snake did whenever Aunty Cloud stumbled and stubbed her toes. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I toed off my Vans, and Sohrab stepped out of his sandals. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The Bomb shrugs her narrow shoulders and points a bare toe at the basket of globes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He rubbed with his toe at a smudge of blood on the floor where he stood. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strips of copper across the toes were so glittering bright that Laura wished she were a boy. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Willowdean,” he says, and each letter tickles all the way down to my toes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Up to the mailbox and back to”—I ran my sneaker toe along the edge of the driveway—“here.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I pull away the sheet from my left side, so she can have a look at how the cast stretches from my toes to my waist. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It waterfalls over my feet and slips through my toes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The second mouth emitted a different noise, a high-pitched squeal that made Anya’s toes curl. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I grasped hold of the rope, toes skidding across the floor before I regained my balance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I meant to sweep dramatically out of the room, but of course I caught the toe of my boot on the doorjamb and dropped my books. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I looked out and, seeing no one in the schoolyard, ran outside to climb the fire escape upside down, hanging on to the metal stairs with fingers and toes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sohrab dug the toes of his cleats into the doormat and chewed the inside of his cheeks. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Luke stretched his back and then touched his toes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Panic sinks all the way down to my toes, holding me in place. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I keep walking till I reach the gutter, pressing the toes of my shoes against the curb. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Rue poised on her toes, arms slightly extended, like a bird about to take flight. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“If I don’t do my routine...if I don’t sit-stand 3 times, or I don’t tap my toe 3 times when I stop walking, stuff messes with my head.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The dark, dusty world departs beneath me; and I look down and see my body cast, gleaming white from my waist to my toes, the way it did when they first put it on me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I rub the toe of my shoe over the spot till it disappears. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The metal flexed and bowed under his slender weight as he wedged the toes of his sneakers into the diamond shaped gaps. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The wind blows the eucalyptus trees, a buoy clangs, a boat horn toots, Natalie drags her toes. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Panic was rising up from my toes, through my guts, into my throat. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako could feel his eyes boring into her toes—her feet actually seemed to almost warm up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My mom crosses her legs and points her toes, examining her chipped pedicure. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He smelled pungent, and I could see impossibly long toes curled around my thigh, like I was a branch. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They had her by the ankles, then by toe hips. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I swing my legs around, jumping up, excitement filling me from head to toe. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

His face contentedly deep in fee pie, his toes curled inward and his bare soles together, he sits and chews and swallows while his daemon becomes a mouse and grooms her whiskers. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And the only pictures she posted online were of Kahlo, one of her cats, and her swollen toe after she stubbed it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Slowly,” Ignatius said, extending his big toe downward with great caution. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mother released her daughters’ arms and examined me head to toe. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I bend down and hold up my toes, stretching the backs of my legs. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I have my new moccasins, and I walk carefully, heel to toe, the way he has shown me, trying to be as silent as he is. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The Gypsy stared at him for a long time, from head to toe. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The foot had four toes, and two of them were partially joined together. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

You had only to look at Bolton to know that he had more cruelty in his pinky toe than all the Freys combined. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He steps closer, so that we’re toe to toe, and pushes his face closer to mine. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re the only one who calls me that,” he said quietly, digging the toe of his shoe into the dirt. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Their feet, however, did reach our end of the mattress, and sometimes I would wake up facing Mama’s and Papa’s toes. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The water is icy and shin- deep; her toes go numb in an instant. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Celaena eased farther up the pipe, her toes sticking to the metal. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t get his front hooves out of the way in time, and the toe of his hind shoe gouged into his right forehoof. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked around, he stood on his toes, he craned his neck, and then he cursed. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

My toes are cramped, stiff, but these are new trainers. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

His toe was now a deep and angry aqua, but the anger and much of the pain had diminished. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t need to start doing toe touches. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Patients who had a hand or fingers, or a foot or toes, cut off had the best chance of survival—the percentage of deaths being 2.9 percent and 5.7 percent, respectively. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Only then did he toe off his sneakers and lie down on the narrow bed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I scrub myself from head to toe, only stopping to throw up again right in the shower. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The exile knight looked from Dany to her brother; she barefoot, with dirt between her toes and oil in her hair, he with his silks and steel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My toes and fingers were numb before I deemed it safe to enter. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

His toes drag a little, but it’s not that—it’s in his eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even when his left little toe and the one next to it got sawed off by Doc without no kind of numbing and Pap hadn’t made a peep. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Look here,” says August, scrubbing the toe of his boot in the dirt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Nailer slid slowly along the wall, questing down into the murk with his toes, feeling for some bump or ledge that would tell him a door lay below. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ranofer dropped to the ground, staggered with relief and treacherously numbed toes, flung himself out the gate and closed it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

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

One of the Tripps who had held his hand came to stand on Turner’s toes. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t feel my toes or my hands, and I just wanted to lie down and sleep. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She worked at her dishpan for a while in silence; then she walked over and poked him a little with the toe of her shoe. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soft brown mud felt good between her toes and helped to soothe her blisters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I wiggled my toes in the cool water. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

“It’s the Arctic. My toes are freezing off.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

They all loved him very much, and revered him for taking thorns out of their toes, and came to him with their troubles at once. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked over to the van, stood on her toes, and lifted up the closest windshield wiper. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

This foot was covered with a blue and gray Argyle sock, and Mrs What-sit sat there, wriggling her toes, contentedly finishing her sandwich before scrambling to her feet. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got on his toes and reached up to push the doorbell. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I repeat my pleas as I nudge and step on their toes trying to get to the front. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

King Arthur had asked hh wife to be kind to toe young man. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Sonia takes off a sandal and dips her toe in the deep end. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He started unconsciously tapping his toe on my toe while he scrawled more notes onto the paper. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I started with my toes, imagining them moving one by one. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“So you gnawed it off her toe? How?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet looked old and had Band-Aids on the heels and toes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Oversized menus clutched in her arms, Grace felt the first proud stirrings of power rush up from her pedicured toes to the very top curl on her head. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

We're walking so slowly; Lev walks heel to toe with great deliberateness. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They used a long part of the bone from my amputated big toe to make a bridge for my new nose. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

At the school dances, I sit in the background, and I tap my toe, and I wonder how many couples will dance to “their song.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I step right in front of him—I even step on his toes—to show him where his Personal Space is. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had two bangles made of glass beads and some plastic toe rings, nothing more. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Again, her toes sought purchase, but only slid over the bricks. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The jacket was baggy and the trousers were too short, riding high above his chunky tan, square- toed shoes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He had no backpack, no money, and he was covered from head to toe in black slime. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He worried the footboard of the bed with his toes, wishing he had a beer. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mud was nice between her toes, and she liked to feel the earth underfoot when she walked. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

Each time she walked into their cemented compounds, she longed for sand in which to curl her toes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her shoes were a matching green satin with sequined toes and delicate ankle straps. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She tore open a toe stepping into a pothole and needed stitches. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I sighed as I wrote out a math problem, nimbly holding the pencil between my toes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We stood in silence as Cliff kicked at the dirt with his toe. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She could hold a pebble on her raised foot and then move it by concentrating on it until it was between two toes, then under. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“No, that is a hoof. A weasel has toes.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit came home third, drenched to the bone, covered head to toe in mud, and miserable. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It waren’t nothing but a old sock that someone had jammed stuffing up inside the toe part and then tied string tight ’round and ’round the neck to turn it into a head. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

They’d only make everyone feel worse, adding a whiny cherry to the top of this horrible sundae, so she stuffed her tears down, all the way down to her toes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. The whole form of the foot starts to blur. The texture fades away. You can’t even see the webbing between these two toes.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

After Dad had gone back upstairs to tie into Erma’s hooch and we kids were all in bed, Brian bit my toe to try to make me laugh, but I kicked him away. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A shadow-figure with arms outstretched and toes pointed, his body floating on the wind. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

My skin prickled as Hamlet told how he, too, beheld the ghost of his dead father, armed from head to toe. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, being soaped head to toe by her mother, Nel ventured an observation. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sheryl has stopped crying, but her toe is bruised and swelling up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Gripping the stony lip of the fall with his fingers he let himself gently down, until when his arms were almost at full stretch, his toes found a ledge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A wave roiled inside my stomach, and my fingertips and toes felt cold. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They have a hole through the toe that I tried to fix nearly a year ago, but my sewing skills are poor, and I wound up just making them ugly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, there in Alice Manfred’s doorway, she stood, toes pointing in, hair braided, not even smiling but welcoming him in for sure. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had little interest in running around in circles while drunk, brawny boys in leather trod on my toes. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran down the hillside in her bare feet, feeling the earth alive beneath her toes, her nightgown flying behind her in white linen wings. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can imagine the silk texture of that cool air, the smell of Congolese earth curling its toes under a thatch of dead grass. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used every muscle from his toes to his neck to heave the ball up. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to flex her toes, but they still wouldn’t work. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Alfred pressed down on his toes to quiet his knees. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now... we got to talk bout pay,” I say and my toes start wriggling in my shoes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby straddled the statue’s big toe like a horse and whooped with joy. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Fred walked right up to the edge of the line and stood there, rocking on his toes like a diver preparing for a fifty-foot drop. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This task was made easy for Mushie, of course, by his long arms and grasping toes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I consider the Navy the cheese between the Marine Corps’ toes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred stretched out on his back, putting his hands under his head and pointing his toes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only I could cover my face like I can cover my toes and elbows. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Penelope stood on her toes to whisper something in his ear, and he laughed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

In the touchy atmosphere of a country under embargo, you have to be careful not to step on any toes. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

My toes curl inside my sneakers, trying to grip the floor so I won’t get sucked out the window. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of guys from the soccer team were there, too, a couple of the toe stubbers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It bled and hurt, but my other ailments were already causing me so much trouble that I let this one slide, which was stupid of me, because now I’m walking around with an infected toe. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The doctor, a great Jewish doctor, a prisoner like ourselves, was categorical: “We have to operate! If we wait, the toes and perhaps the leg will have to be amputated.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm wearing my good pair of shoes—boots made of dark leather worn soft over time, with strong laces and steel toes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

So I just watched her for a little bit while she scratched up all the dirt with her toes and put her eyeball right down near the ground to check and see if anything wiggled. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Lynn—who I first met when she stomped on my toes in a Hancock building elevator—stands over me with raised eyebrows. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had diaphanous eyelids and very slender toes with rings on them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Ruby sighed and held her breasts, laxly rubbing the nipples until they grew stiff, letting her body flow and twirl with the currents, her toes stepping lightly off rocks, pressing gently along patches of sand. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, Otto was able to uncurl his long toes and teeter to his feet. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The most exciting part of his day was pricking his toes and fingers with a knife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She flexed her toes inside her tennis shoes. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

And he would smile and that warm, golden feeling would start at his toes and fill him all the way up to his smile. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slid carefully toward the front of the paired boards, the toes of one grippy shoe sticking out past the riding surface. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He tested the temperature with his toe and slowly walked down into the steamy water. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Move your big toe. Now all of them. And the foot, side to side.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Hooper was standing up on the bank, now, though still looking down at his toe. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Huge, enormous, beautiful to look at, from the salmon-pink feather on the tip of her hat down to the little rosebuds of her toes. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

So here I am, fingers and toes crossed that everything is calm at home. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I waited for my opportunity, impatient, unable to stop my toe from tapping. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As a Marine, and especially as a Marine fighter pilot, you’ve got to constantly keep ’em on their toes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feel with her toes for small ledges; they would help. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She wiggled her toes into the cold, wet earth, to get the grip, and then began to run. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I try to smile as big as everyone else as I tap my toe 3 times. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Fifty, sixty, and my toes are done throbbing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

Grandma warns me to take the dinner can directly and not be meandering, looking this way and that, kicking canisters and ruining the toes of my shoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Felt the warm buzz going in my fingers and toes and chest. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Now I swing my legs over the edge of my bed, toes curling silently over the floorboards. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Randolph’s toe hit a high corner, and he lurched forward. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The fur nestled her, and when each toe and finger was warm she peered solemnly out of her den. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a sudden urge to feel the ground beneath her, to curl her toes in that thick black soil. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you mean you put your toes on it?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I edged over toward the window and stood on. my toes. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The impact jarred me all the way through to my toes and punched the air from my lungs. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Their Invisibility Cloak didn’t stop them making any noise, and there was a particularly tense moment when Ron stubbed his toe only yards from the spot where Snape stood standing guard. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

What if I had a real injury instead of a stubbed toe? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the words were somewhere in her toes? Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I stay where I am, gripping the shaggy strands of the carpet between my toes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Not just a young man—a Candor, dressed in black and white from head to toe. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Anger sizzled my skin from my scalp to my short, stubby toes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

At last Herman E. Calloway came out and walked over to the side of the building and started nudging things around with the toe of his shoe. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

His right foot recovered, but on his left foot gangrene had set in in the toes. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

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

When I’m with them, I stand out like a sore big toe. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I turned to “Annabel Lee” and we walked up and down the garden rows, the cool dirt between our toes, reciting the beautifully sad lines. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had to stand on his toes to get a look. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When a wave reached the toe of my shoe, I stood up. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was sweating by the time I reached Camillo Junior High, but I figured that I would be warm and cozy through the tests, even if I couldn’t move my toes in my boots. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I scrabble to my feet and go to the window, open it and lean right out, then with just the very tips of my toes on the ground, I cry out for help. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost without thinking, she observed the dusty path below: Aunt Chipo’s footprints were short and wide, with the little toe tucked under. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I tap my toe 3 times to keep the numbers quiet and to keep from running out the door. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the new camp we had been working more in higher ground, and I thought the small cracks between my toes would heal. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped off his sandals and clambered up to them, gripping the bare stone with his toes, and he looked into the shallow caves. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Follow that line of tiles. Walk straight, toe to heel.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I waited for him to take it up, to unravel once again his tale of plotting statesmen and deluded public, his great joke, his private toe hold on the world. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flexed her toes in her little leather slippers, reveling in the familiar feel of them on her feet, bouncing on her nubbly rubber soles, fearless and eager. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

For a moment Seabiscuit stood still, perched on his toes, hind legs braced, ready to roll. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded slowly, as though Scott’s explanation didn’t really help her; she took me in, her gaze sweeping rapidly over me from head to toe and back again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your toes will be sorry. I’m not much of a dancer.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She came hard upon my heels and I scuttled into the back yard, running blindly in the dark, butting my head against the fence, the tree, bruising my toes on sticks of wood, still screaming. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was also wearing my lucky film-reel toe socks, but he didn’t need to know that. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Wart’s legs had fused together into his backbone and his feet and toes had become a tail fin. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I open one eye, pull my feet to my chest, and examine the white spots on my toes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Moisture from the tall grasses clung to her shins and shoes, making her toes uncomfortably damp. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Two teams full of clueless toe stubbers keep kicking it back and forth at each other, never going twenty yards past either side of midfield. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m standing on my toes and bouncing at the front of Ms. Washington’s class. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Cady kicked her toe against the oven door as the woman in the chefs hat continued on down the row. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She winked hard at me as she reached inside her bra and pulled out her other sock, knotted in the middle and bulging at the toe. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Out in the centre of the ring Romero profiled in front of the bull, drew the sword out from the folds of the muleta, rose on his toes, and sighted along the blade. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I toed one of the paper piles on the floor, trying to peek at what was written on it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As a child I secretly welcomed the first warm day of spring by yanking off my shoes and standing waist deep in the cordgrass to feel the cool mud squish up between my toes. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even now, a toe stuck out from the ripped front seam. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

First, while sorting Nancy’s clothes, Mrs. Elaine Selsor, her aunt, had found tucked in the toe of a shoe a gold wristwatch. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I gingerly test it with the toe of my boot, I find it has the consistency of a gel. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“There she is!” cried Michael suddenly, and he danced on his toes with excitement. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her fingertips and toes were losing their feeling, and she had the sense of falling into a deep, unending chasm. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

While she carefully unfolded it, I twirled around the room and stood on the tips of my naked toes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She manages to sleep through the morning racket—until Grandma Knife's big toe prods her, making her yelp. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

A pair of green suspenders, more decorative than useful, gave the finishing touch, for he was shoeless and there was a twig tucked between the toes of one foot. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Raymie could have ridden her bike, but she decided to walk so that she would have time to flex her toes and isolate her objectives. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

To have him this way, just walking on a beach for no real reason, just to feel the water between his toes—it was a side of him she rarely saw. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“What happens if an ant bites a lion on the toe?” said Eye. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

My parents had always taught me to tackle one small goal at a time—holding a brush between my toes, lifting that brush all the way to my head, running the brush through my hair. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At some point, I stopped feeling my toes, even after someone passed me a blanket to wrap around my legs and feet. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But in Bengali, a finger can also mean fingers, a toe toes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My plastic sandals let my toes wriggle, but there’s no space for toe-wriggling in these. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

They call the Witches The Three Wired Sisters; they call Cordelia a cream-faced loon, and they threaten to put eye of newt and toe of frog into her coffee. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The kids always slept this way, tip to toe, when they had a Care, with a pillow at each end of the bed. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I toe off my shoes and socks and leave them in a pile by my bedroom door like I always do, and I see the journal that Miss Joe gave me yesterday on my nightstand. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His foot is alive, warm, and he moves his toes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Father,” she replied, and looked down at the ground, staring at the toes of his polished black boots. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My spirits became all lumpy and dropped to my toes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A few secondhand mint-condition musical instruments like trumpets, trombones, congas, and tambourines were on display inside a glass case, their price tags sticking out like a tag on a dead man’s toe. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Sees that he is standing with his toes on Grandma’s linoleum. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The assumed shape of the Jupiter bird’s toe bone, as imagined by paleontologists, the caption read. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He probably broke every toe in her body. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She had bare legs and was applying bandages to her blistered toes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

“Gentle with the toes. Think of them as thin-skinned grapes, lad. You want to dry them without crushing them. Pat, do not scrub. Yes, like that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was as much a part of her days as stale bread and the blisters on her toes after a long day of walking the hard, rutted road. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I stood and walked to the water, let the waves run over my toes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

As I look down at the cars and bicycles below, a tingling sensation rushes to my toes, making them feel as if a thousand little pins are gently pricking them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought a fire was heating his toes, and out of the shadows on the other side of the hearth he heard Bilbo’s voice speaking. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We slip off our sandals, walk close to the water’s edge, and sink our toes into the cooling sand. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with the Olympic bell tolling in the background, he turned, rose on his toes, and touched the torch to an enormous bronze cauldron on a tripod. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The goatish goatherd clambered up the wall, toes in the chinks, and slipped through to the storeroom. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she even climbed the trees and danced among the upper branches, her toes gripping the limbs as she moved back and forth, teetering a little less every day as her balance returned to her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Toby toed the different pedals, unsure if he was happy when he easily touched each one. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He danced with his toes pointed in and rocked from heel to toe with beautiful rhythm. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing on my toes, I look at my reflection in a small mirror above the bed. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I slipped off my slippers and sank my feet into the rug and decided to keep them sunk in so that my toes would feel cushioned. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He takes me in from head to toe, and the look would be shameless if it wasn’t for the slight puzzlement in his face, like he’s seeing something he doesn’t quite understand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I focus on him and leap on my toes in his direction. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to one report, his boot was pulled off and his toe was tagged. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched it passively for a moment, until of a sudden he realized it was a female black widow doing her thing not three feet from his toes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m getting a hole where my big toe is. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Abby’s sitting on the ledge by the sinks, toes turned out like a ballerina, jelly flats peeking out from under her dress. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I rocked like a boat, my toes still sticking out of the water. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She washed her hands and inspected her shoes and stockings and wiped a dark spot from the toe of her right shoe. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Just a bit longer,” my father would say, his body covered in mud from head to toe. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

He toes off his soft leather shoe and puts one pale foot directly in front of me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My big toe smacked against something—hard—and Fig’s water bowl slid across the floor. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Have you ever stretched your legs or touched your toes and tried for too much? I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The monkey jabbed a toe at its owner. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he removed his boots he discovered incipient frostbite on several toes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I sifted through the papers on the ground with my toes, trying to make out the faded writing. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Lonna had pilfered the stone from Leon Leep’s sock drawer and had gotten it made into a snazzy toe ring for herself. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena dangled from the stone wall of the castle, her legs trembling as she dug her tar-covered fingers and toes into the cracks between the giant blocks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But then she gave him foot lotion and powder to sprinkle in his shoes, and that made his toes smell fresh like lavender or something sweet. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Uh, Grandpa said you could use some hep,” I offered, hitching my overalls and scratching my left heel with my right big toe. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The dust of the leaves covered him from head to toe and found its way into his lungs. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked the lock easily and nudged the door open with my toe. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

His left paw was injured, but the damage did not seem permanent; no toes or claws were missing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t feel my fingers or my toes or my face. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tilted her chin so that one plume swept gracefully against her cheek, discreetly curled and uncurled her numb toes inside the kid slippers, and set herself to endure. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

If I were wearing black tights, like Mom told me to, I probably wouldn’t have noticed the spot just between my big toe and my second. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I twirled around on my toes and snapped my heels together in a salute. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then that toe Got bigger Than my real Big toe, Like a balloon On its way up. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dug my toes down into the dirt to make Ma quit walking so’s I could get a better look. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He laughed and kicked and started chewing on my toes in retaliation, and that made me laugh. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Walk, feet, you walk, the ten toes, I walk with the feet, that one, and so we danced to it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My toes brush the ground, not quite reaching it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her toe stubbed on a loose rock in the street, and she felt a jolt of pain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I am sitting on my grandmother's lap when she tells me this, already so tall my legs dangle far down, the tips of my toes touching the porch mat. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

But I got an itch in the space between my little toe and the sole of my foot. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Well, anyway, he's a know-it-all and he walks on his toes, but he's the only boy around. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He twisted around and looked at his bare feet — they had become elongated and the toes were webbed too: It looked as though he had sprouted flippers. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Its triangular, speckled head angled up, jaws wide, stuck mid-hiss just inches from Mr. Reynolds’s toes. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He stretched his toe beans wide, with an expression of blissful calm. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Rising above the surface again, I feel the weeks’ mud dissolve and slide off my skin, my nails, the creases in my neck and toes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One wrong word could cost him another toe, even a finger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The long toes of Agravaine’s slippers were secured by gold chains to garters below his knee, and, as for Mordred’s toes, their chains were secured to a belt round his waist. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope they left on her toe ring. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I slide it across the floor with my toes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“A fine rich purple from head to toe! But there you are! That’s what comes from chewing disgusting gum all day long!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then I grab for my cloak, toe on my leather shoes, and am out the door, palms starting to sweat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He finished his dance with a bit of a flourish, landing on one toe on the center of Luna’s palm. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

There was no blood, but Otto’s toes had curled up and refused to straighten. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The ground was spongy, and my toes felt deliciously wet and cool in my flip-flopped feet. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His blood stops flowing to his fingers and toes, his hands and feet, his arms and legs, to conserve blood for the heart and brain. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

My heart pounded through my ears, down in my toes. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fat little maester hopped up on his toes but still could not quite reach. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I know about frostbite: your fingers and toes fall off, as punishment for drink. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I followed him, gathering up the blanket and shaking it clean, while he splashed madly in the waves and then sat in the shallows and scrubbed himself with wet sand, head to toe. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But every time I turn around, Nat’s stopped to rub her toe on the pavement. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not that he cries or gets sentimental, not at all, but he does spend a quarter of an hour—an entire fifteen minutes—rocking from his toes to his heels. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Mami stood on the threshold scratching one ankle with the toes of the other foot. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I tap my toe 3 times and look into the parking lot. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I go all the way down, until I'm pointing and flexing each toe, one by one. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I searched his feet and pulled out a long mesquite thorn that had become embedded between his toes. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she came up, she said she was feeling better already, and went down for another toe touch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When we lined up our shoes at bedtime, I could see from the way they curled up at the toes that we really did walk the same way. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“With those sharp toes you can kill cockroaches in corners!” he said, snickering. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Her legs were crossed, and a brown leather sandal dangled off her big toe. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He examined the gleaming leather with satisfaction, removing a scrap of charred paper from the toe of one boot. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She found herself face-to-face with a nurse, who was covered head to toe in a dirty gray burqa. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

His whole body suddenly shook, trembling from head to toe. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I stand on my toes to see what is in the blanket, but Apa is too tall. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Rachael kicked off her boots and unzipped her shorts; balancing on one foot, she caught the discarded fabric with her toe and tossed it across the room. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to give me your toe, dude.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

They spoke bitterly about guys who had found release by shooting off their own toes or fingers. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally you end up with your toes gently pushing you off the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything hurt, from his toes to his head, but nothing more than Benji’s ego. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Jamie spent a night floating in the North Sea and afterward had to have four frozen fingers and all his toes amputated. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He was shoeless; large, dirty toes were sticking out of the holes in his socks. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I could just drift, he thought, and sleep and put a bight of line around my toe to wake me. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt brisk strokes of his brush across the toe of my shoe. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I trimmed it with my toe, then crammed it back into the crevice. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I decided to wake before dawn and tap my big toe to the tile floor first. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Beneath Dad’s elbow, there stood a young, still-squeaky me, bouncing on my toes to catch a glimpse of my new baby sister. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I mean, who sculpts ten-foot-tall metal toes and sticks them in a junkyard? The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

After rain she could slide, standing on one foot, down the steep muddy path and stop herself at any point by pressure on her heel or toes. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Just the right size,” the owner of the black horse said as he poked Tidbit with his toe. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carter was easily fifty pounds heavier and he was used by the Coach to keep the freshmen squad on their toes. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Dad’s gone off, Becky gets up before Ma, and I fix her a bowl of Cheerios, put her sneakers on so she won’t stub her toes, and brush the snarls from her hair. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She halted in mid- rant and looked at Matt in such a calculating way, he felt cold right down to his toes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she brightened and bounced on her toes a little. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A large rodent appeared from behind an aroma tree and began nibbling the toes of her boots. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The timid, tucked-in look of the scratching toe—that was what Pauline was doing the first time he saw her in Kentucky. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pixie eased her sparkly toes right up against the fishing poles, where we’d left them lying on the shore. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It would be my pleasure,” said Dany, admiring the glimmer of the gold and the sheen of the green pearls on Cleon’s slippers while doing her best to ignore the pinching in her toes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He pushed at the bones with the toe of his shoe. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When we wear them week after week the holes grow so big we have to pull the stocking forward under the toes so that the hole in the back is hidden in the shoe. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

About a quarter mile away, a Hyperborean giant was sitting in the bog, peacefully picking mud from between his toes with a broken tree trunk. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His father scrutinized him from head to toe. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I walked putting heel down first, toes pointing outward thirty to forty degrees, making the ideograph “eight,” making the ideograph “human.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She yanked her toes free of the sand and fought the undertow back to the shore. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Her toes lost contact with the wall, and her stomach lurched as she felt the pull of her weight and the rope. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mouse mistook my toe for a mole crab, and I used the excuse to duck away and off down the beach to sit by myself for a while. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Gosh,” she says, squeezing my toe, “you sound like my shrink.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I wiggled my toes to bring some feeling back in them. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the teacher turned away, Hanako closed her book in defiance, slipped off the straw sandals that Baachan had made her, and looked under her desk and wiggled her toes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dad puts his heels together, toes pointed out. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The creamy toe of her bare foot scratching a velvet leg. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see,” Chandresh says, frowning as he looks the girl over slowly from head to toe. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But with Ma losing her toes and feet, helping out became straight-up taking care of. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I could move the toes and ankles, but the knees had turned to wood. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once even Eye stubbed his toe on a rock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I always sat at the bow, dangling my feet over the side, letting the water tickle my toes as we sped through the intracoastal toward the deep sea. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Thus far he had lost two fingers off his left hand and the pinky off his right, but only the little toe offhis right foot against three from his left. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He pushed his hands to the sides of the cave and dug his toes into the floor. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"Turn left at the next chance," he said, "and follow your nose 'til you wets your toes." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Will held up the knife, and had to stop as a racking bout of nausea shook him from head to toe. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“As long as there are ten finger and ten toe,” Ashima replies. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I am cold, then hot, and then I can’t feel my fingers or my toes. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

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

When the famous Dr. Johnson was told of Berkeley’s opinion, he cried, “I refute it thus!” and stubbed his toe on a large stone. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood on my toes and kissed him. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When I passed through the divider, I felt a tingling sensation from head to toe, and the scents of lemon, ginger, and fresh air washed over me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“You did that on purpose,” Char yells, as she gets up on her toes, up in Miss Saunders’s face. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

After a moment I edged forward a few steps, pushing up on my toes for a better look. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I drew a blobby version of me, a fraction of my real size, fingers and toes accounted for, stones in my belly, cute earrings, ponytail. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Their fingers, and their toes, just freeze on to rock; and they tear it up like bread-crust. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Mud gets all in my shoes and into my socks and in between my toes, and it feels cold and gross. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

"Is it pinching in the toe or rubbing on the heel?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The students and even the Director himself rose automatically to the tips of their toes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled aside the heavy drapes and stretched on my toes to push up the window. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like I was playing one of those impossible carnival games as I attempted to slip one of the keys, held between my toes, into the hole in the desk. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her skin, raw and bleeding in spots, stung as she found a crevice for her toes to squeeze into. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And I wanted to ask again why the women in our family have a split nail on our left little toe. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Expert marksmanship is a must because you always got to aim for fingers or toes, and them’s small targets.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Corcoran—leftover tears still rolling down his cheeks but his face otherwise composed—was looking with interest at a spaniel puppy who was gnawing furtively at the toe of his shoe. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We were sharing her umbrella, but my toes were still getting wet. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held Alfred's arms, stepped on his toes, pounded his kidneys. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all get shoes, and Ronan stares down at his feet like he’s grown an extra toe. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Her toes gripped the board, and she vowed to take the next turn more slowly. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Blue toes, blue legs, blue self reflected in the blue mirror, which wasn’t glass but only more mesarthium, polished to a high gloss. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I considered this as we set off for Tiburon, Rosaleen walking like she was on anointed feet, like her ruby toes owned the whole countryside. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, here at Base Camp—the mere toe of Everest—I was already higher than I’d ever been in my life. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I tap my toe 3 times and try to hold my breath. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her style didn't come from her clothes—leather boots, cracked all over the toes, a fraying shawl and faded sweater she hid under—but rather from the way she stared ahead with resolve. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rose hips were everywhere, yellow and red, and you could make strings of beads clear to your toes without stirring off the porch. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

With his eyes still closed, he felt again for the doorframe with his toes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tess bounced up and down on her toes like her father. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ugwu would continue to uncork bottles of beer and Coke silently, while feeling the warm glow of pride spread up from the tips of his toes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I crack my knuckles and bounce once on my toes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I grip my toes in my sneakers to hide the pain. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked to the front seat of the car and lifted a pair of shoes whose toes were covered by white sweat socks from under the seat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were weathered brown except for their toes, which shone like new pennies from all the times people had rubbed them for good luck. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem like there was any way to define myself other than by what was missing—my legs—and the strange extra I had: a nose made out of a toe. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

News cameramen pushed past us to the front of the barricades, shouting, "Coming through," as they tromped on toes and threw elbows. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

No one in Henrietta’s family ever saw a Hopkins doctor without visiting the Jesus statue, laying flowers at his feet, saying a prayer, and rubbing his big toe for good luck. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She’s leaning a bit forward on the toes of her shiny white boots like she’s about to take flight, like— Bam! Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the whole leg burned like wildfire when I so much as curled up a toe. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She picked a sliver of grass from between her toes and flicked it away and they watched it settle on the carpet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That just before he went and stubbed his toe, I was actually floating? Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There's still not a stitch in sight, and the harsh light illuminates her body from head to toe. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He could almost rest, letting his toes cling to it, taking some of the pressure off his trembling fingers. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at me from head to toe then turned back to her friend, swinging her long curls in the process. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The toes of my shoes scraped against the floorboards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dora’s girls had each one slipped off a shoe and held it by the toe. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah you," he goes, and he's doing his hippity walk, strutting along, he's got these fancy cool cowboy boots with metal toes. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

With my whole body supported by the railing I dare myself to look at my toes as they hang at the edge of the world. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm pretty sure there's no one," I say, curling my toes in my shoes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mario kept stepping on my toes, so I had to jump back every time he got creative. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Space for her feet to meet ground, and not my toes. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

But could they handle the pressure of playing in a hot and hostile environment where thousands drenched from head to toe in Maverick red would be screaming for their heads? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looks me over head to toe again. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He liked the oak brown of her eyes and the grip of her long toes on the rocky ground, the tilt of her head like a sail catching the wind. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He had three toes facing forward and one facing back, like a bird. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Ramsay had not been pleased, and the offense had cost Reek another toe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My left leg was even shorter and only had two toes. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We were little then, and a kid from school had punched me in the eye for accidentally stepping on his toe. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She wears yellow pajamas with red boats on them, and her toes curl and rub together. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Your toes are like the little pigs which went to market.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The missing toes on his left foot had left him with a crabbed, awkward gait, comical to look upon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then she gathered energy from all over her ruined body, even from her toes and fingertips. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wet sand squishes up between my toes as I walk. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but it’s just my luck to drop one of them balls on my toe. I got bum feet already.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

How peaceful it is, thought Kit, lazily stretching her toes nearer to the blaze. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He inspected her toes—one foot, the other—then stood. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Instead of just disposing of the foot, though, the doctors wanted to use cartilage from the toes to build me a new nose. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I missed my dog sitting in the closet with me, dripping his drippy mouth onto my toes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt Scrappy’s temper working its way from the tip of my toes to the top of my head. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I drank some And then pressed The icy glass Against my throbbing toe. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sure hoped that deer dropped on the poacher’s toes and that he would now go home. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get in the hall, I tap my toe 3 times. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, the little toe on my right foot got stuck in the vacuum cleaner. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It stretched into the tips of her fingers and all the way to her toes until it felt as though she’d been sitting in the sun for hours. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The bell had rung over a dozen times, and I was going up on my toes for a second turn when the door flew open with such force, the bell jangled all by itself. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Kyle half expected him to start scratching the toe of his shoe at the dirt, searching for chicken feed. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes travel slowly from my face to my toes and even more slowly back up again. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When there’s still no answer, I stand on my toes and look through the frosted windowpane in the door—the only window in the whole house that doesn’t have blinds over it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

An ant was carrying a bread crumb bigger than itself past his toes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I rubbed castile soap into my hair, under my arms, between my toes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The alley down which he led them sloped so steeply that Meggie kept stumbling, and every time Elinor stubbed her toes on the bumpy cobblestones she uttered a quiet curse. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He meets me where I am, and because of the downward tilt of the driveway, we are toe to toe, nose to nose. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His bare toes curled into the soft earth. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

There are fat black leeches all over my ankles, feet, and between my toes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Putting the toe of her left foot to the heel of the right, she pushed the shoe off. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had to stand on her toes and reach up as high as she could with a walking-stick in order to hook the hat off the peg, and even then she only just made it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wore pants that stopped high above the ankles and a cut-off T-shirt, and his bare toes wiggled in the sand. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Her toe catches on the tipped edge of the sidewalk, and down she goes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I stood on my toes, trying to see into the mass of people, but the angle had changed. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was covered head to toe in suds. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max kicks her toe at the pavement playfully. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Before I reach the plate, I stop and slowly bend forward until my cleats almost touch my toes. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Our march was wearisome, and my toes are prone to blisters. It is a curse.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We were just about to dive in after him when a pair of feet emerged from the water and the toes wiggled. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The delirious man with the fever and the crushed toes sank to the floor and wept in pain while other men tripped over him and hurt him more in their blind, milling, agonized stampede. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When he sits in the desk chair, the toes of Werner’s boots do not reach the ground. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He unlaced his shoes and lined them against the baseboard; a golden paste clung to the toes and heels, the result of walking through our damp, unraked lawn. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

My toes curl in my sneakers and I slide down into my chair. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

A slim woman dressed in the fashion of the time: long, loose chemise, narrow shoes with sharply pointed toes and high spiked heels. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The oddly shaped ones sat on top, and the tiny bones, like fingers and toes, went into her pocket with the gold ring. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I also learned that Marley had been a Rastafarian, and that Rastafari believe in a “whole body,” which is why he had refused surgery to amputate the toe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“From between the toes of dead deer,” he explained. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She wanted our heads bowed just right, our toes together and pointed, our elbows at the proper angle. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children would be glad and would kick their copper toes against the table legs until cautioned. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Andrew, of course, was never allowed outside the gate unless he went with Miss Lark for a walk in the Park, or with one of the maids to have his toes manicured. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I just stood there, my heart sinking to my toes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Rubbing one foot against the other, I remove the layers of red mud to expose my small, wrinkled toes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cady stood on her toes at the counter and pried the suitcase open carefully, wondering what about a piece of old luggage could possibly have made the Owner so furious. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She found him with his foot in the sink, the faucet running, and his upper torso bent forward examining his toe. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted my foot and opened the book with it, using my dexterous toes to turn the pages until I got to page twenty-three. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The one who had pinned me drove his toe into my side. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Hmmm,” Westley said, not as unhappy as he might have been ordinarily, because just then he began to be able to wiggle his toes. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Moments later, hundreds of voices reverberate around me, filling me crown to toe. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Here and there were the bumps made by the giant's toes or knees. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She even felt the energy tingle in her toes. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

His stereo sat near her on the floor, and she kicked her toe at the power button, turning it off. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Pinkie held his leg, and Leroy cut the whorl from the bottom of his big toe. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I steadied myself and made certain my toe wasn’t broken, I had so much adrenaline pumping through my veins that it was like I’d snorted a cup of coffee grounds. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I reach down and flick away a pebble caught between my toes. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“That would rock so much, I’d owe you something big. Like maybe an ear or a toe or something,” I say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Head up, toes down,” she called it as she kissed us good night and laid us out in the proper position. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later, walking on my toes and trembling terribly, I passed through the green baize door and entered the sacred precincts where the Headmaster lived. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jammed his toes into the desert boots and leaped as well as he could into the tweed trousers, which he could hardly button at the waist. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They named him Luken and they marveled at his tiny toes and his delicate hands and the way his eyes fixed upon their faces. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

My heart sunk down to my toes and leaked all over the rug. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And I have on my old sneakers, with the holes forming around my big toes. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The shoe man made them with brass toes. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My skin prickled, the sensation spreading up to my ears, down my neck and shoulders, all the way to my toes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In Bobby’s exhumation, a fragment of bone from his left small toe was extracted, in addition to seven tissue samples—enough for a binding test. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve scrubbed my toes so hard that little droplets of blood have started to bead between them. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Groaning, she wriggled her toes and began walking up and down. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Nok rolled a pebble back and forth across the dirt with the toe of her shoe, trying not to count the minutes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Let’s keep you on your toes,” she said cheerfully. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She tried to dig her toes into the ground, but they slid and she fell again and righted herself again. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I waited for more—I was desperate for more—but he only pushed his boot back with his toe when it started to slip and walked down the hall to shower. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He was really into death metal, so he usually came to school dressed head to toe in black. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I waded in up to my knees and stood until my toes felt as if they were in a snowbank. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look down, at my hands, at the tile, at the toes of her shoes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Capone looks down at her toe and then up at Piper in surprise. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A huge bear of a guy, clad head to toe in leather, swung off the motorcycle. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

One at a time I flex my feet at the ankles, extend my legs, and point my toes to check that the ribbons of my pointe shoes are tied and securely tucked. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the old days of his librarians’ slippers his toes would have been crushed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We look at earwax, or snot, or dirt from our toes, checking first to see that there’s no one around: we know without asking that such things would not be approved of. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan carefully tapped his toe on the surface, and multiple ripples disrupted the calm surface and went beyond the reaches of the light and kept going in the darkness. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Under the rubbery fake toes are layers of black carbon graphite that look nothing like a real foot, but the foot flexes with me and gives some bounce to my step. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The one dark red leg that they could see ended in a webbed foot and three powerful, taloned toes. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my toes, I scuffed at the crumbling concrete wall of the bridge. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

She looked again at the word she had written, then erased it with her own toes, stamped the sand firm, and tossed the stick into a pile of glistening kelp nearby. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Indeed I felt I had been cracked—I had a ferocious headache, I was hungry and exhausted, and for some reason my fingers and toes were stinging. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s unpredictable and it’s intoxicating and it’s fun, because Alex has never met a challenge he didn’t love, and he—well, Henry is a challenge, head to toe, beginning to end. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They hopped over his legs and chewed on his hair, chased his fingers, nibbled his toes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

My toes trembled, and it started to slip. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ruth drew a line in the dust with her toe. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cassie’s feet are hidden under a white velvet sheet, toes sticking straight up. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Bits of grit and gravel inside his shoes and socks were grinding the tops of his toes raw. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Sticking her toes in her snowshoes, she took a bearing on the constant star. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this time, instead of using a hand, he stretched out into the darkness with this toes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

My party shoes for the parties I don't go to anymore, with satin bows at the toe. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Might be what she wants, I thought, but instead said, “She’s just trying to keep everyone on their toes.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He spat out an empty shell and glanced at me as I struggled to toe my shoes off. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Recently, we have waded a little out to sea, enough to dampen our toes or, at most, wet our ankles. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It carried her lightly so that her toes just grazed along the garden path. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

His mother was on the sofa with her feet up and her carpet slippers dangling from her toes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I studied my feet as I walked, heel touching the earth, then the toe. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes later, on the way out the door, Jaimito is still asking me questions about oysters, when Nino Carlitos looks me over from head to toe, and says, “Virginia stays in the house.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Johnson touched the blankets where they covered my toes at the bottom of the bed. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My toes ache from the impact, and I hear a long, low groan. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His dance spreads to his arms, he lets go of my feet, but I hang on, my toes flat against his back. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A couple weeks ago. But there was only one then. On my left toe. And then a week or so later, there were a lot more. Or at least that’s when I noticed them.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Neither young nor old, dressed in land colors, head to toe. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had on a cream-colored suit, a wide-brimmed floppy hat, a black string tie, a silk vest, and narrow shoes that had weaving in the toes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

So you stand there, and you squelch your toes, and you raise your arms up above your head, and you watch the clouds get sucked back into ducts in the sky. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hooked the toe of his boot under Sigurd’s chest and kicked him onto his back. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I tried the eraser, but it wouldn’t even wipe out the first toe. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Fangs or no fangs, he crunched it up to the last bite and then lay licking his pads and between his toes. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She flexed her toes like Mr. Staphopoulos had taught her to do. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

By morning, the toe had turned purple and he diagnosed a fracture. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Dany had small feet, yet the pointed slippers mashed her toes together. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The child delicately reaches out her toe and squashes the spider. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of his knees were red and swollen, and his toes were almost purple, twice the size they should have been. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She put the whole works in the toe of a stocking, pushed the wad into a rubber overshoe, and stood it with its fellow in the back of her closet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ginny sat on the edge of the bed with her legs bowed out and her toes pointed downward. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Half the Pilates girls will be here, head to toe in Sweaty Betty, competitively stretching, manicured hands wrapped around their Starbucks. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He checked Kazi from head to toe, listened to his heartbeat, measured his blood pressure. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The other monkeys apparently grew angry at this and bit at the monkey’s toes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sisters would almost always be dressed in white from crown to toe. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Feeling the relief clear down to my toes, I sank back into bed. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

I looked down and touched a carpet stain with the toe of my shoe. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I broke my toes attempting to swing from a lamp fixture on the ceiling. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Emily is bobbing up and down on her toes like she has to go to the bathroom. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t hear—” A deep rumble shook me from my toes up. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

Vonetta only saw that she wasn’t being hugged and said, “What about me?” tapping her toe. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I stand in the middle of the living room, curling my toes into our plush but soullessly beige carpet. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Darin stands on his toes to unhook the latch when a scrape in the alley beyond stops him short. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She slipped a foot out of one of her square-heeled shoes, rubbed her toes on the back of her other leg. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I press on it with the toe of my shoe until it breaks like glass, making a star of thin lines. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But I’ve always wondered if the looming dark shadows gliding just under the surface might munch off a toe or two. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I inched one foot forward so my toes stuck out over the edge. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I was the first one of my sisters ever to break any bone but a toe. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grabs my big toe at the end of the bed, shaking it under the blanket. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He gazed at the crushed rose petals in her hair, at the pearl and sapphire choker at her throat, at the sparkly crimson polish on her toes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He cleared the crud from his vision just in time to see the boy run off, the rattraps clattering like castanets on the toes of his shoes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran up to its big toe and stabbed it with Riptide. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He dropped his socks beside them and pushed his toes deep into the sand. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Cyprus, Hoagland said, Jack’s captors decided they were going to break every bone in his body with a small hammer, from the toes up. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou scratched at a bite on her leg with the toes of her other foot, holding on to Adina for balance. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Tyrion yanked off one boot and then the other, peeled down his hose, squinted at his toes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He studied the musculature at length before turning his attention to details like the hand and toes. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

So easy: squeeze the trigger and blow away a toe. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She jabs the tiny brush into the coral bottle, wipes the excess under the rim, and expertly strokes it on her big toe, correcting the line with her thumb. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

"But it was chivalrous?^ Gawaine began to fidget with his toes. "It was silly," he said eventually. "It did no good.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She flopped onto an easy chair and melted into it, legs straight out, heels on the rug, toes up, head back, eyes closed. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I carefully turned the fragile pages of the sketchbook with my toes, and stopped on a sketch of a tarantula. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

By midday, during lunchtime, the effort of pulling the leeches out of my toes requires more energy than I have in me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know,” said John, playing a tune on his toes. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

His eyes look like they did when I stubbed my toe on his bed, all those years ago. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

My toes are pretty much in another time zone. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

"Yeah," Bit said, bouncing on his toes, anxious. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I tap my toe 3 times and use globs of hand sanitizer. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“A warm bath is the ticket for cold toes.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Their arms and legs are mere bones with fleshless fingers and toes attached to them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Constantine slept in an old-fashioned white nightgown up to her chin and down to her toes even though it’d be hot as Hades. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Stella did a quick, dancing sidestep, looking down to check her bare toes. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I would do the same to the other big toe, then to the ball of each foot, the heel of each. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rocked back and forth on his toes, then bent down to roll his pant legs up to the middle of his shins. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Stretching on her toes to reach his lips, she kissed the knight gently and said, "You are the first of my Queensguard." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She liked the sharp smell of the pines and sentinels, the feel of grass and dirt between her toes, and the sound the wind made in the leaves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Not think they can squash you with the toe of one boot. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He looked down at himself, and curled up his toes, feeling the cold leaves mulching between them. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Above all, don’t jump at conclusions too quickly, or you’ll surely stub your toes.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I tap my toe 3 times under my desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly I slid a quilt up over her pudgy toes, over those hands I’d held in mine so many times, and lastly over the top of her brown curls. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he would hold up his hand and halt them, while he went forward a little, crouching, testing the ground with fingers or toes, or merely listening with one ear pressed to the earth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Jinny memorized the feeling of the moment too—the grit of damp sand beneath her scrunched toes, the lapping of the surf, the salt on her lips. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Within seconds my toes were numb and I could hardly move my fingers. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Regular Communication Hey, Mom, I’m good, though my toe nails have grown so long that my hooves hurt bad. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sammy slapped his own forehead like he was thinking, “How come I didn’t think of that?” and stuck one of his toes out to test the water. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Before he left, he said, “Get some ice on those toes.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I watch as he creates a new cast for my right leg that goes from my toes to the top of my thigh. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

They paddled in the shallow stream that ran through the prairie, where tiny silver fish nibbled their toes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Hands twelve inches apart, elbows against your knees, fingertips splayed. Then slowly, slowly shift your weight forward onto your shoulders—get those toes off the ground—and then just push yourself up.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sea spray struck Reed’s cheek as he stood, testing the shifting sand with his toes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I will,” I promise, although I cross my toes inside my shoes. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They painted his toes purple, too, and forced a laxative down his throat when he opened his mouth again to complain, and then they sent him away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He stood on his toes and tried to turn it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Got my fingers crossed, and my toes crossed, too, hoping she won’t leak too bad. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Lenny plops down on the bed, lifts up one of his feet, and starts cleaning between his toes. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Soon she’d be without toes and have a bandage like the leper at the level crossing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heels were black, too, with a sling back and a sharply pointed toe. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After sprinting, the bus feels way too hot, but my big toe is happy that I don't have to run the whole way home. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nurse and a doctor look me over from head to toe. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The armed men frisked me head to toe, patted my legs, felt my crotch. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Alighting as gently as thisdedown, she curled under her toes to keep her talons from piercing his bare hand. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I lacked polish—the finishing details like pointed toes, knees pressed together, graceful hands, and full extensions through my arms and legs. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The ephemeral bloom of a sego lily peeks from the toe of a ninety-foot stone arch, and canyon wrens call back and forth in plaintive tones from a thatch of scrub oak. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I held the barre in the pointe-shoe store, I rolled up onto the tips of my toes, as my teacher had taught us. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bounce on my toes and shake my wrists out as I roll my neck from side to side. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The unforgiving night air enveloped my toes, turning them cold and uncomfortable. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Oh, I suppose I would buy everyone some new shoes, she says and looks down at my sneakers that pinch at the toes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Ranofer’s voice trailed off into a sulky mutter and he sat scowling at his toes and feeling miserable. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I didn’t exactly need my toes freezing off. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You’ll get the trophy, Karen. Just like a hunter who kills a deer, you’ll be able to hang Dad’s toe on your wall.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My cheeks grew hot, my mind dizzy, like I was still toeing the ledge. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Knew an old man back in Illinois who lost his toes to frostbite, walked like he had a stump for a foot. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted it with my toes and slipped it into my bag. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His toes, which peeked through leather slippers, seemed feminine, perhaps because they were so clean; they belonged to feet that always wore shoes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone piles out of the truck, Amar shivering in the cold and bouncing on his toes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

For answer, Lionel secured the headstrap of the goggles between the big and second toes of his right foot, and, with a deft, brief leg action, flipped the goggles overboard. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Kendra despised working on Nero’s feet the most, from the roughness of his cracked heels, to the smooth pads of his calluses, to the lumpy bunions on his toes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The painters painted the rest of him then, white and yellow from head to toe. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Christina isn’t wearing shoes; she curls her toes under to protect them from the cold. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stood at the front of the line, looking at the gleaming span of checkered tile between the PSF’s black boots and my mud-splattered toes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Inches from my toes, the umbrella landed in the sand like a giant dart. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s why she wears black all the time, you know. Anyway, she can’t find out we been in here. She’ll hang us by our pinky toes!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Then Min would shout or scold while Tree-ear stared at his toes in shame and, more often than not, resentment. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He wipes his mouth with the back of his hand and looks over at me, eyeing me from head to toe. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I ran and, not stepping off a cliff at the edge of my toes and not hitting my forehead against a wall, ran faster. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she lifted her toes, leaned back in the seat, and glided into the morning air. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Here was the kitchen and the table—she winced as she stubbed her toe on one of its legs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Why couldn’t the violinists and singers forget they ever existed and toe the line? The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

These girls don't know anything yet about the power of Anna Sen. Whirling, I give them my signature stare from head to toe. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I curl my toes, one on top of the other, to hide the dried-up, crusty skin surrounding each nail. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Full of weeds and darting eels and slow mud that oozed through toes like toothpaste. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The priest’s feet hardly touched the ground; he pointed his toes in an effort to support himself somehow. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I stand on my toes and look over people’s heads at all the soldiers moving the giant herds. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t want to fall into a pitfall many photographers fell into—shooting a subject’s entire body, head to toe. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Just for that, I stick my big toe in his ear. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Voxy clenches my hand tighter, and I get a toe on the river bottom. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then he tugged off one of his boots, stripped out the lining, and removed a tightly wrapped bundle of coins stuffed deep into the toe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They almost jingle as they hit the floor, and then roll, coming to rest against the toes of Tobias’s shoes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

One perched on the toe of my worn thin Chuck T. I tried to feed it from my hand, but it looked doubtful. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Hubbard raked his laces across Alfred's rope burns, and stepped on his toes, and rubbed his jaw against Alfred's, the stubble of his beard like sandpaper on Alfred's skin. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they carried me with my toes just barely ticking the asphalt, Miss Hall pulled up in her car. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

My arms bore the whole weight of me as the metal lurched beneath me and I had to stretch through my toes to balance. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She pushes off from her toes a little too hard, which sends her tiny body sailing past a headstand and into a backflop onto the hard floor. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He tapped his toes at the air, two inches above the soggy soil, as he finished affixing the sign to the Emporium’s door. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

The toe of her right boot can’t clear the snow, hence the dragging. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

You blow on your wet toes, little puffs. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It took all my strength to turn it, and it hurt the skin on my toes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had thrown a piece of scrap metal at the toes and hit one, making a deep echo, as if the column were hollow. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Baker is going to drive us. Can you move your toes?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Her right shoe slid toward the board’s edge until her toes were silhouetted against the trees. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Moon, his neighbor and classmate who later lost her big toe in the mine, had been knocked out. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I watched the spot as though compelled, just beneath the lower rib and above the hip-bone, as Sylvester measured carefully with his toe and kicked as though he were punting a football. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned over to touch her toes, letting her legs hang over the blanket so as not to disturb any of her brother’s grass. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Tufts of brown hair sprouted from each misshapen toe. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Many of the lakes were immense, and nearly all of them had probably never felt so much as a human toe. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jessie had sand in all the places where her skin rubbed together: between her toes, behind her ears, and between the cheeks of her bottom. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Her final act of spite was to fall at Briony’s feet and sting her toes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After cutting the dragon free, Minli’s knife was dull and the skin on her fingers and toes was wrinkled from having been in the dragon’s lake of tears for so long. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She shifts her sandaled feet, flicking the toe of one sandal with the toe of the other. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"Head to toe, he's Prince Brat," said Jemmy. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kitty, tell me quickly, how many toes does a hippopotamus have? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He could not resist poking me with the toe of his sandal and ordering me to get about the duties of a woman. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waterproof boots, a snowsuit that covers me from head to toe, thermal gloves. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr Tibbs looked down at his toes and his lips moved in silent prayer. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sits on a daybed at the O’Toole Boardinghouse, her feet propped up on a pillow, a pillow of cotton between each toe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She kicks up a pile of dirt with the toe of her sneaker and sighs loudly. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Penelope bounced up onto the toes of her feet in excitement. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and stared downward, studying the toes of her white sneakers. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She walked every inch of the little cabin, touching all the floorboards with her toes, feeling for a loose panel. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If I ever stepped on one in my bare feet I was sure it would chop my toes off with those big pincers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled his toes between my fingers, lost in the task. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her toes only brushed the ground as blood spurted from the wound at her side. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I smiled and walked up to him, close enough that we were toe to toe. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It splays across the hot cement and dangles near the toes of her sneakers. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

A long pale flame awoke, stretching upward like a girl on her toes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There were Muslim women who wore T-shirts and jeans and Muslim women who covered themselves head to toe. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

My bare toes wriggle, and the splendor responds as though it was only waiting for me to make the first move. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he walked, he rocked up on his toes, as if he was trying to fly but couldn’t get off the ground. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

On the way I stub my toe on a sawhorse, but manage to swallow the ouch. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Lizzie Griffin, who belonged to the toe, grinned at the crab’s frantic turnings as it tried to sort out claws and legs. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Jessie ended up getting more polish on her toes than on her toenails. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Dicey took a cake of soap and washed herself, head to foot, hair and ears, toes and fingers, face, torso. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He smirked and lightly kicked the bottom of Clarence’s boot with the toe of his own. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Dimple laughed and poked him on the knee with a toe. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The nervous slick of sweat that covers me head to toe. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he prodded Wez with the toe of his boot, the boy sat up and rubbed his eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I wore a loose, open bag around my neck so I could easily drop the rocks in with my toes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then I use the toe of my shoe to pull at the corner of the plank. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I would never step so much as a toe out of this house without one of my sisters with me. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Stella dug her toe into the muddy ground, but the fury she felt toward Dr. Packard flared up, and now there was no holding back. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Blood spurted everywhere, covering me from head to toe. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can’t go,” he mumbled, still kicking his toe in the dirt. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The sandals had blistered the arches of his feet and in between his toes. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A single ray of sunlight pierces the clouds like a spotlight to follow her, and her corroded, oxidized shell peels away, revealing shining copper from head to toe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

As bougie as Grandma wants to act, according to Granddaddy she’s just “one foot out the backwoods and one toe from ignorant.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The shoes were badly scuffed and worn through at the toes, but wearable. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It still squatted there until Jason poked at it with his toe. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean that big bully Karen hit the little biddy Marine on the big toe during war games?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Able to open water bottles with a single toe!” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She lifted her legs straight out to the sides and touched her toes in a move Gregor thought he’d maybe seen cheerleaders do. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was off-balance on my toes; the world swaying dangerously under me as his lips traveled to my cheek, to my jaw, to where my pulse throbbed in my neck. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I leaned over to give him a goodnight kiss and cracked my pinky toe on the side of his bed. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I extended my toes toward the fire to warm them and saw that they were pale and had begun to rot. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He emptied the last drops of rainwater from a gasoline container on the mushroom, wetting the bulging toes sticking out of his sons’ sandals, which were already coming apart around his endlessly growing feet. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

His foot and toes were swollen to twice their normal size. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carlos bows his head; his toes wriggle inside his sneakers. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Well, fine, I can go walk through a burnt field and get covered with soot from head to toe. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Little white girl say, ‘I got toes, you got toes.’ The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I tug my pants down, trying to hide my toes. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I sit down at the table, I stuff my toe under the table leg to make sure it doesn’t jiggle too much. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Their motto was supposed to be ‘Keep on your toes and smile.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Only one single dancer with six toes on his left foot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth was Ugly Foot because she could spread her toes out in the shape of a witch’s claw. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The toes of my shoes slipped over the concrete floor, struggling to gain purchase. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Gabe leaned down, slipped off one of the sandals he was wearing, and dislodged a pebble that had been rubbing against his toe. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her big toe was crushed and oozing blood. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then they turned round and swayed backward and forward once or twice, in order to get their weight on their toes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My limbs are frozen, head to toe, and I stand there with my power-up in my hand, unable to budge an inch. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I walked to the statue, my heels echoing on marble, and rested my hand on its big toe —the closest I’d ever come to praying. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

His shoes, twin pets That snuggle his toes, Are under the bed. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thin line of brown ants was crawling across his big toe, and he was trying not to giggle. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Greenstreet and Macklin also took off their boots and found their feet frostbitten, but they rubbed their toes until they felt the searing pain of blood flowing through their veins. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Carefully she carved out their ears and toes until they were running in single file, Kapu in the lead. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his bare feet he was wearing a pair of ridiculous sandals that for some reason had holes cut along each side, with a large hole at the end where his toes stuck out. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if that’s what it’s like for people born with eight toes or a weird birthmark; if you always forget you’re different until you see a photo of yourself. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Keep telling yourself that,” says the dice-eyed skull, “but when you wake up with a few less toes, you’ll know it’s been tasting you.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I woke up with stiff muscles and frozen toes on her tarp one morning, her small form huddled under layers, cheeks pink with warmth and rest. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The first two out began dragging their toes to make the finish line. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I woke up covered head to toe in chalk.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

As soon as the leather wore off the front, you would see the shiny brass toes. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out in the field nearby they were laying out bodies, row after row, the feet all even and the toes pointing upward like rows of black leaves on the border of a garden. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Folding his talons under his toes, he walked to an eyas and placed the morsel in her open mouth. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“No!” she cried, clenching her toes, cupping the air with her palms, anything to keep herself on board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

All the way down to my toes I knew I had made the right decision. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I’m going to start right now by moving my left toes. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m not getting married, Dad,” says Muhammad, stepping on my toes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It’s made for someone taller than I am, so only my toes rest on the ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie’s walking behind us with her head down, dragging her left foot on the edge of every step as if she’s marking it with her toe. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes you walk with a limp, like there are little fires blazing between your toes. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Irene was studying her bare toes, pretending like she hadn’t said anything important. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I curl my toes slightly and imagine walking—and with those double cues, my avatar moves forward. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Buddy Ray kicked me in the ribs with the toe of his cowboy boot. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The Queen swept her eyes over him from head to toe; he felt the hairs on the back of his neck rise. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I got you,” he said, shifting to stand in front of her, toes to toes, his palms still warm against her shoulders. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, mine are probably getting divorced,” Maya said, kicking at the wet sand a bit with her toe. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

This time the now tiny Wart felt his toes shooting out and scratching on the floor. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom takes a seat at the edge of my bed and pulls at my toes. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

You don’t see him roaming the streets kicking everything in sight till the toes hang out of his boots, oh, no, he’s a good boy, dancing for his poor mother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I strung deer hide crisscross through the loops. I made a loop of hide to hold my toe and straps to tie the shoes on. “ My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s not. That was such a jerky thing to say and —” He held her hand and she felt the warmth in her toes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I’m rising to my toes and my hands are on his chest and my eyes are closing and my lips are touching his. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Mama’s biting her lip and tapping her toe nervously. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He teased an ant that tried to run across a stick at his feet, blocking its way with the big toe of one foot and then the other, chuckling a little at his own mischief. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion gave him a sharp poke in the ribs with his toe. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Cobras were laughing because they figured the dumb, scraggly runt would get out of the East End in about as good shape as a bare big toe in a convention of snapping turtles. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined trying to eat a sandwich like that in the bathroom, everything ending up on the gross floor except a single slice of mayonnaise-y bread I still managed to hold in my toes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The first few minutes were sheer terror, her teeth clenched so hard that her jaw ached, her toes curled up inside her special new grippy shoes, her arms and even fingers spread wide for balance. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

As his toes and face turned purple, I questioned my wisdom. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The ill friend was lying under a blanket, his face covered and only his toes showing at the end. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Her toes are like tiny churros you want to nibble all the time. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ramsay had taught him that lesson, finger by finger and toe by toe, and it was not one that he was ever like to forget. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure they’ll be fine with it. I just said that to keep Ms. Gucci on her toes. Anything to save Sir Fig Newton, right?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

His stereo sat near her on the floor, and she kicked her toe at the power button, turning it off. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There were flat green slippers on her feet, and she tapped one toe against the tile floor. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seth moved forward in the direction the toes pointed, scanning the ground. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Dany stood on her toes and kissed him lightly, once on each cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He could have kicked himself in the shins with the stiletto toes of his flamenco boots. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Chat-ham sheriff tells me my little toe on my left foot was so chawed up that the doctor had to cut it offen me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Especially I do not like them to be hungry when other peoples give money to someones for painting their toes. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

The ulcers would heal, and someone had already treated the toe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In another video, Jamie got into the water, and even though he was covered head to toe in a stinger suit, there was just a tiny little part of his face that was exposed. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Each one is dressed from head to toe in the hottest fashion of the season. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Next came Professor Snape, drifting creepily along, his toes hitting each stair as they descended, held up by his own wand, which was being pointed at him by Sirius. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She hip-checked Dad out of the way with a smirk, but then she stood on her toes to kiss him on the temple. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Irene tried to scoop her toe along the patio and hook one of her flip-flops. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

For five solid hours of downpour we watched small red frogs with immense, cartoonlike toes squeeze in around the windows and hop steadily up the walls. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him not to mix them up; we didn’t want people growing hair between their toes. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other man, dressed in head to toe camouflage that did him no good lying on the ground by the small fire, seemed to be napping, his brimmed camo hat pulled down over his face. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Henry stopped to watch them at a distance, resting the ferrule of his umbrella on the toe of his khaki-gaitered shoe. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then I dipped his big toe in it. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He eyed Victor from head to toe and slurred drunkenly, “Midget? I am Ernesto Barba-rossa. I am an important man in this city. And who the devil, if I may ask, are you?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I emerged from the cafeteria today, he walked right up, face to face, stepping on my toes so I couldn’t move for a long moment. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about the shoes of my childhood, the brown Oxfords scuffed at the toes, half-soled, new-heeled, the falling-apart grubby white running shoes, the brown sandals with two buckles that you wore with socks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Noodles looked at him from head to toe. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Because she went barefooted, the soles of her feet were calloused, but the toes were straight, never having known the pinch of new shoes or any kind of foot covering. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The toes of his massive dancing slippers were cut away so that his snakes could protrude. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He noticed her fingernails, the shape of her toes, the hollow place at her throat. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He examined us from head to toe, and seemed pleased to find no bullet holes, shark bites, or missing limbs. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Staphopoulos believed that flexing your toes cleared your mind and that once your mind was clear, it was easy to isolate your objectives and figure out what to do next. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Mama pulls back and examines me from head to toe. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“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

He must have seen the media coverage of my big operation when I was four and known that the doctors had made me a nose out of a toe. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

A warm sensation ran over Benji from head to toe that he couldn’t explain. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you’ll be punished severely—perhaps a brand on your face or maybe the removal of a finger or toe. I have not yet decided.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had left his tennis shoes in the shelter and when he felt the sand turn to mud between his toes he kicked off the bottom and began to swim. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The toes of his boots dragged in the dust. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A girl with a shaved head stomps on my toes on the way in and doesn’t apologize. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I pushed him back a little and looked at him from head to toe. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Both chubby arms spread wide, one foot planted on my big toe, she laughed in her tiny voice. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“So you don’t stub your toe against rocks?” asks Jay. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I see the warm, honey glow behind your bedroom curtain, your shadow dancing on the wall as you gently fold your red sweater and bend to lacquer the small nails on your toes. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He walked with his head down, talking to his toes. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

With the salesman urging me on, I got another shirt, and a hat, and new shoes— the kind that were just coming into hipster style; dark orange colored, with paper-thin soles and knob style toes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am trying once more, toeing the line. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I reach with my toes as far as I can, taking up as much of the net as possible. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Scheisskopf turned white as a sheet when Major Major reported to him in California with bare feet and mud- caked toes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It is assembled from all the bits of leather that people cut from the toes and the heels when they make shoes for themselves, and throw away. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t too worried because I could see the toes of Miss Thomas’s shoes in the doorway. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in shades of beige from head to toe and wore no makeup and no jewelry except for the gold chain that held her glasses just above her full bosom. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She climbed onto the toes of the timid boy doing the Sisters’ daily chores—poor thing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then she touched her toes and wriggled her shoulders to take the stiffness out of her body. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My toes wiggled in my sturdy black shoes and my legs itched. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They criticize everything, and I mean everything, about me: my behavior, my personality, my manners; every inch of me, from head to toe and back again, is the subject of gossip and debate. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I eased my foot slowly out of my flat and ran my shaking toes over the engraved words. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had knee-high boots with steel toes that he wore every night for his little kicking game, and he used them on me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cal looked at the curling water and turned a round brown stone with his toe. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hemanaged to stay upright by leaning heavily on Ivan’s staff, but he was pitched forward on his toes and looked like he was going to fall over at any moment. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He tried, managed to move two toes feebly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked something hard and hurt my toe. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jule took her shoes off and stood still with her toes in the sea. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Palmer imagined—tumbled beak over toes to the floor. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The BFG changed into his famous top gear and all at once he began to fly forward as though there were springs in his legs and rockets in his toes. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I felt I had done all I could to prepare, I crouched and felt the chill sweep down through me from my teeth to my toes and waited. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He expressed his thanks; raised himself on his toes to even them out in too cramped a space, dropped back upon his feet, and said, “Now the big contest.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Olanna looked at him, from his halo of hair to his slender toes in leather sandals, alarmed that she could feel this burst of dislike for someone she loved. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“First just his toes. Then his heels. Finally the rest, both feet. Nothing I’ve given him—no tincture, no tonic—has had the slightest effect in curing him.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She’d broken it while biting a ring off one of her stepmother’s toes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winnie was concerned, and I soon learned that there were press reports that I was having a toe amputated. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I idly kicked a few more clods of dirt into the hole with the toe of my boot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A sketch where the skinnier performer took off his dilapidated boot and counted his toes over and over again, constantly losing his place, generated the loudest reaction. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Aye, name him Reek, he thought, and when he s bad you can cut his toes off and give him rats to eat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes the pain in my toe dies down a little, so I head for the third floor, slowly and limping a little. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On several occasions they would get into the pool to soap him from head to toe as he floated on his back thinking about Amaranta. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The Magic Marker smell of nail polish on your mom’s toes because she says she still wants to look nice so please just deal with it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She wears a long handmade dress that drags at the hem, and little heeled shoes that probably leave sores on her big toes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Obinze’s friend Chidi said he didn’t chase women in Abuja because he didn’t want to step on a minister’s or senator’s toes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I lie on my bed, stick my foot up in the air, and dangle the locket off one toe. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made little Elen laugh uproariously to watch and then try the same feat with her own chubby toes. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He wore only socks because his toes were still swollen from the rattraps. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She handed it back to me, and I twirled around on my toes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she aimed a shotgun at a point between her eyes and pressed the trigger with her toe. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a way with children and knew how to keep them on their toes. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look down at the orange carpet and stare at all the shaggy strands between my toes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I tap my toe 3 times and use my elbow to ring the doorbell. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The rain spattered my sandals, dripped between my toes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry laughs indulgently, and Alex closes the space between them, takes Henry’s baseball cap off and stands on his toes to kiss the ridge of his brow. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As for me, I sit in the sand, enjoying the gritty feeling as it sifts through my wriggling toes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Besides, I don’t think I could put into words the shiver down my back or the tingle in my toes or the thunder of my heartbeat while we watched.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I know I blushed from head to toe, but man, what I wouldn’t give to experience that moment again. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Grass brushes my toes and the back of my calves. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When it did, the sheriff felt his heart dive-bomb down to his toes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood on her toes, took my face in her hands, and kissed me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My loyalty to Mr. Smeath is similar to my loyalty to my brother both are on the side of ox eyeballs, toe jam under the microscope, the outrageous, the subversive. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His missing toes made him hobble when he hurried, and it would not do to stumble. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And as the three drew nearer on the road, Kino dug little pits with his sandaled toes so that he could leap without warning, so that his feet would not slip. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wiggles her bare toes on both feet. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted a falcon so badly, however, that I dug in with my toes and hands and started up. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she reached her feet, she saw how dirty her toes still were. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

To the Psi number that had been written on their canvas toes in permanent marker. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Deep in meditation he ran his forefinger between his long, crooked toes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This was toeing the line of confrontation land, and I was completely out of my element. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

He pulled the spear close to his torso, pointed his toes downward, stiffened his body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Lying faceup on the riverbank with water flowing over my feet and between my toes, I began to imagine that the Lazarus had swooped down and landed beside me on the mud. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The woman with painted toes shifts from one foot to the other. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stone was shaped like a beetle, flat enough to be concealed by the grass but bulky enough to catch a toe if you hit it the right way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

His toes showed, but he hadn’t liked it when Jehu had referred to him as ‘a boy with broken shoes.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

With this in mind, the sight of her bare blue toes curling into the river mud struck him with a deep poignancy. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He’s got on his moccasins, old ones he wears around the house, with holes worn under the big toes, and his V-neck maroon sweater with the ravels coming off the elbows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She drops her trunk and Marlena sits in its curve, hooks an arm around it, and points her toes daintily. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I could fit Geels’ brains in the toe of my boot, and Big Bolliger was his only source inside the Dregs.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mother stood on her toes, trying to look out onto the train platform for Papa. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

In my heart I’d hoped for manslaughter, and hearing the word murder sent a frozen rod piercing right through the top of my head down into my toes. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

And I do the little thing with her toes, but she can’t get to mine cause I got my white work shoes on. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Farther down in the tangle of wood and schoolbooks and concrete, he uncovers a bruised toe. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m here to say I’m sorry,” I said, and I smiled like I had just stepped on the toe of a three-hundred-pound gorilla. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her true language kept twirling into her head unannounced, replete with an arrogant dazzling laughter, boisterous, obscene, illiterate, tickling her mind on twinkle- toes of murder. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her left hind foot was flexed and resting on the toe, the way horses did when they had to stand in one place for a long time. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She straightens her knee slowly, her other leg pointing to the side, toes extended like a ballerina’s. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

So Sarai rose to her toes, erasing the last little gap between their flushed faces. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She brings her toes and heels together in a single dramatic click, overemphasizing a military way of standing straight. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I feel my heartbeat everywhere, even in my toes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They stood toe to toe in the center of the ring, whacking, slugging, thumping back and forth, flinging sweat, elbows, fists, knees, jab the middle one, hook the middle one. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jasper Jr. kicked me so hard in the thighbone that his big toe made a sharp popping sound. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As she spoke, the thousands of little bells and chimes which covered her from head to toe tinkled softly and, as if in reply, the telephone began to ring, too. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The girl pushes her chair back, and one of the black plastic wheels rides right onto the big toe on my left foot. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba kicked a wooden tennis racket on our tarpaulin spread with the toe of his boot. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She ran a steady race, her long ballerina legs graceful, which was ironic since she couldn't stop stepping on my toes during practice. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She gritted her teeth against the pain, her heart beating so hard and fast, she could feel it in her toes. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Thinking about outsides makes me remember the spot between my toes again, and I’m just bending to examine it when Old Joe appears by my side. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He lowered his right foot and pressed the toe of his sneaker against the well, then brought his right hand down to the next iron bar. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

In the water, the warm mud oozes itself between my toes and after a few steps, my feet and toes begin to tingle and itch again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a step closer so the toes of his sneakers brushed against the pile of leaves. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I shook from head to toe, even though the day was quite warm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rick, with his toe, pressed the emergency button on the floor of his car. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She looks carefully at my fingers and toes, my nose, my ear lobes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the train lurched to a start, Will tucked himself neatly into an overhead luggage rack and curled into a tight ball, doing his best to rub some warmth into his muddy toes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Watkyn, a towel. This water’s growing cool, and my toes have wrinkled up like raisins. No, not that towel, the soft one.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For newborns and very young children, speaking a rhyme and wiggling toes connects sound to a pleasurable and intimate act, as well as introducing the idea of rhythm and phrasing to newborns and young children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

A short while later, Helen Suzman was permitted to visit, and she inquired about my toe. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A year or so earlier these same girls had been porcelain figurines, gingerly dipping their toes into the disinfectant basin at the public pool. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

You won’t believe this, but there are peoples who pay money to other peoples to wash their hairs and even to paint colors on their toes. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

When they were solid she webbed them with hide, made loops for her toes, and put on her snowshoes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It crunched lightly into the sidewalk as he twisted the toe of his boot over it. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The man, furred from his toes to his ears, walks through the moon-and-snowlit woods, silent as an owl, huge bow on his shoulder, his eyes on the dark tracks. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like one of those ballerinas that dance just on the tips of their toes. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were, of course, too large for Lyddie, so she had to wait while the cook fetched two extra pairs of stockings and paper with which to stuff the toes. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Why must I suffer accusations every time some Stark stubs his toe? This was Greyjoy's work, I had nothing to do with it." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They were tiny but numerous; she took off her boot and then her sock, and filled its toe with the vegetables. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm wearing undies and a hospital gown that flaps open in the back, so when she asks me to walk, heel to toe, across the room, I sidestep like a crab. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As the gunshots fired off outside, I gently tapped my toes on the keys and hummed “Tumbling Tumbleweeds” to myself, thinking about what I should write. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She lifts a broad foot and scratches her head with a curved claw on the end of a long, narrow toe. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The queen looks me over from head to toe. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I stood with the petals on my toes and pressed my palm flat and hard against her heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dobyns had been dipping his toe into archival research for more than a decade, with results he found intriguing. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He watched as I carefully opened my bag with my toes and pulled out my lunch. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Break a rule in front of her, put just one toe out of line, and she’d whisk off for Filch, who’d appear, wheezing, two seconds later. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The Prince of Winterfell had been a graceful dancer, but Reek with his missing toes would be grotesque. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for asking, but I don’t think there’s one thing in here that could even fit my pinky toe, let alone my whole body.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her coat was pure white and went all the way down to her toes, even though it was only the middle of November and really not all that cold. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“He’s got stripes all over him except for his toes, which have some white places on them. He looks like he’s wearing spats,” he giggled. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Ralph sent his other wing tip to join the first, and toed one of his slippers besides, imagining his father being tortured. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She prodded one with her toe until he sat up groggily and said, "Eh? Whas?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I lean close to the wall, the open door sandwiching me, touching my toes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Now,” he says, “shift your weight forward just slightly until your toes come off the ground.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked a pebble on the sidewalk in frustration and stubbed his toe. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Wreathed in the smiles of paternity, he related, “She mainly buffet Shirley around in circles and step on her toes like a rummy dragoon.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I stood in my doorway the twenty-third of November dressed from head to toe in deerskins. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to paint the feel of the sand beneath her toes, the crackling of dry empty crab shells as she popped them between her palms. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

My toes curled at the thought of crossing the icy floorboards on a dark December morning. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This foot was covered with a blue and gray Argyle sock, and Mrs Whatsit sat there, wriggling her toes, contentedly finishing her sandwich before scrambling to her feet. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where else, after all, did the tide set a pale crab on your toe? Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

You don’t feel your toes or fingertips either. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I burrowed the toe of my sneaker into the teal-blue rug as if I could drill a hole right through the ground. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Princesse watched her own skin grow visibly darker as she sat near the open sea, the waves spraying a foam of white sand onto her toes. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Instead of giving the right time, Gen sat down with her legs stretched in front of her and grabbed her toes. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

A wave of blue and yellow exploded against Luke’s warriors, blinding them and splattering them from head to toe. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

All around the playing field were corpses, lying head to toe in neat rows with just space enough for one person to walk between. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She used her trained toes like fingers, feeling the way. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, you just stepped on my toes!” he shouted, hopping in pain. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

This time, he hit the toe of Jenny’s sneaker. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a purple bathrobe and pink slippers with floppy bunny ears at the toes. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Hideo’s bodyguards wait patiently at the edges of the room, and standing right next to him is someone who must be his trainer, decked out head to toe in padded gear. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

All the details of the surgery were spelled out, including the doctors’ wonderful ingenuity in making me a new nose out of my toe. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She saw that his shoes were battered and broken open at the toes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam stood up, touched his toes, and stretched. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Axel reaches up on the tops of his toes as his dad’s head drops down to meet his own. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But she was just moving her feet from side to side, staring absently at her toes. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I stubbed my toe and near cut off my finger whilst peeling an old, tough turnip. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment Amil and I were here with our crying, our bottles of milk, our little fingers and toes, you were gone. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He lost two of his toes and I jus’ lost one, but that do give us something in common. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

They carried Harley to the truck; his legs dragged behind him, wobbling and leaving long toe marks in the dirt. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was so tall now—I stood on my toes and still just came up to his chin. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She felt a storm fizzing into her fingertips and toes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I heard him yowl, heard his toes clip-clopping on the floor as he struggled to break free before the door slammed behind me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But today, I looked at my reflection and saw a different girl than the one I was before that first spot appeared on my toe. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He examined Lupita closely, scanning her carefully from head to toe. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She was bouncing on her toes, still smiling. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I dug my toe into the dirt and let him pull me out. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

She could sit for hours with her toes in the sand, letting the sea foam come up to her ankles. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They wants to put their toes in my curly hair, and get at my money.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dips and kicks and spins on her toes and crouches down to the floor with one leg behind her other leg. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted somehow to explain this to Mrs. Croft, who was still scrutinizing Mala from top to toe with what seemed to be placid disdain. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But now even my toes couldn’t find anything to touch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped closer to his electric heater to warm up my toes. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Anyway, it was a nice chance to sit, each of us on a swing, letting our toes draw lines in the dirt. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s as if Lorena just told him I had a sixth toe or something. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

After a lot of toe flexing, Raymie arrived at the Golden Glen and discovered that the door was locked. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The rats bit him when he slept, gnawing at his fingers and his toes, even at his face, so when he got his hands on one he did not hesitate. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I feel my toes curl over the edge. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Green and rubbery and bulky—one-piece suits that covered the strangers from head to toe. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I flexed my fingers and toes to make sure I could, then looked around. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Then each aunt, pulling my pink blanket back patting the crop of thick curls tugging at my new toes touching my cheeks. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The Assassin edged forward, toeing the pool of light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I tap my toe 3 times as she wraps me in a hug. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded, scanning me from head to toe. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

As Mabinty Bangura, I danced on my bare toes in the mud of the rainy season, disturbing the breeding mosquitoes, who would rise up in anger and bite me—bringing malaria. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The foot on it was angled forward like a ballerina’s pointed toes. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He looks at me from head to toe and licks his lips again. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When her voice whispered to me, I caught fire again, from my toes to my face, and I burned slow, like damp wood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face is close to mine; I concentrate on my dirty toes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He folded his arms and stared at the ceiling while massaging the instep of one foot with the big toe of the other. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The roof of the car was getting hot, and Trip stretched his legs down the windshield, poking the wipers with the toe of his flip-flop. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The least sideways glance, the merest toe stub, could pitch them into those creamy haunches spread wide with welcome. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then I stood on my toes and tried to twirl around the room, nearly tripping over the legs of the other girls. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Which of you”—McNamara bit back the words that'd lose him his job—“toe rags have the guts to insult me face to face? Right now?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He unstuck his feet from the warm linoleum and wiggled his toes. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Running, she could feel the sand between her toes, hot and rough. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was a park nearby that had giant banyan trees that you could lie under and curly grass that tickled your toes when you ran through it. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

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

“Perfect fellow for the job. Looks like a sandpiper, head to toe.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Biddy look shamed and started pondering her toes again. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“How about kicking your door with your bare big toe?” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rest my soles against the rocky bottom and let the water wriggle between my toes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

‘I shall claim full amends for every fall and stubbed toe, if you do not lead us well,’ said Gimli as they bound a cloth about his eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Most of the women had on headscarves and long-sleeved jackets, but some wore full chadors: big black robes that covered them from head to toe, except the perfect hole where their faces peered out. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I can’t wait to see the baby’s face, to kiss their cheeks, to tickle their tiny toes. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, I fall into a restless sleep but wake to something tickling my toes. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The old man made his way through the handcarts and fishmongers fresh from the sea, stubbing his toes on the cobbles and bumping into sailors on shore leave. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe tap your toe or hit your thigh as you sing the song in your head to find the appropriate tempo. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Two demerits here. Jesus has got toe cheese.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Staphopoulos had fur on his toes and fin: all down his back. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I trace a line on the linoleum with my toe. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of spite, she told the officers that he’d stolen a valuable toe ring from her jewelry box, and demanded that he be locked up in juvenile detention to teach him a lesson. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yank my dress over my head, kick my shoes away, and speed walk on my toes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Gangrene was spreading from Day’s toes to his knee; his doctor said his toes needed amputating, but Day refused. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I stretched my leg over and rubbed the toe of my shoe against her ankle. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Finally, I flipped over on my stomach and dug in with my hands and the toes of my boots. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mud oozes between my toes, and I visualize a million leeches crawling up my legs and digging their suckers into my skin. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It's like their toes be made of week-old cheesy bread or something. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Among them were the mighty water monsters, giant lizards whose toes were as thick as the trunks of fully grown pine trees. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Myna will return in a couple of hours with either a boy who’s ripe to be gator bait again next week or a few of his fingers and toes left over to bury.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second figure turned over the animal with its toe. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I toe a stone with my booted foot. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He tapped his toes a couple of times on the sidewalk and then stepped forward and curled up in the duffel. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He glances down, trying to hide his smile from me as he twists his toe in the gravel. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When I didn’t, Derrick kicked me hard in the ribs with the toe of his boot. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He bounced around on his toes like a boxer before finally settling down. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I gazed at Mary, wrapped head to toe in rusted chain. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to bring her to a real riverbank and let her sink her toes into the mud. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

With the steel toe of his cowboy boots, Jordan kicked Gerald squarely on his shin. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the backpack ahead of him and pushed it forward and used the tips of his toes to keep moving. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The disease had left Morrie without the ability even to wiggle his toes, yet he could still feel pain, and massages helped relieve it. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Er, no, first I tried to dig my toes in to keep from falling. And that’s when the shelf moved and I did fall.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He trained so hard that he rubbed the skin right off one of his toes, leaving his sock bloody. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

She saw two thick dirty toes with creased gray toenails. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I did have a hoe,” Nhamo added, wriggling her toes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shoes she had to buy with her own money fiercely pinched her toes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Lolo looks down at his feet and wiggles his toes, chuckling. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She had wound her swing so high that her toes barely touched the ground. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ms. Lewis drops her cigarette on the porch and puts it out with the toe of her shoe. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When she reached for her skirt, a carelessly raised foot revealed a patch of soil on each pad of her sweetly diminishing toes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was paralyzed with anger, his tiny fists still bunched as he stared down at his bare toes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And toe! And toe! And step, two, three!” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maribel darting across the street ahead of us, looking back and tapping her toes in mock impatience. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I scrunched my toes into my black flip-flops, and I willed this day to serve me, to have a grand purpose—to bring my dog home. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped my foot out of my flat, grabbed it with my toes, and tried to pick it up. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Was there really a world out there of stone triangles full of dead bodies and girls spinning on their toes? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dip our toes in first, and let everything evolve slowly. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

These two are a peculiar pair—she circumspect and reserved, he bouncing on his toes, humming with energy. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He looks me over head to toe from the La-Z-Boy and smiles. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then one brave little first-year darted up to her and prodded her backside with his big toe. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My comrades from ROTC, and because it was Friday, uniform day, they were dressed head to toe. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes my legs and arms are stiff from being in the same position all night, and sometimes my toes tingle. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I look at my brother and sister sleeping, their toes poking out from the blanket that barely covers them. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brushes away the thought, but then the responsible-person guilt collides with the burn in her legs and the ache in her toes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The most important medical task that faced them was Blackborrow’s frostbitten toes. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Sula stopped and with her toe pushed them into the bordering grass. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then he assaulted toe first boughs manfully, while the gentlewoman ran about underneath, talking about hawks and husbands and toe nice weather they were having. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not mine,” I say I scrape the toe of my shoe against the concrete floor. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And sure ’nough, it was a bunch of students all dressed up from head to toe, both colored and white. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

With his wisdom and calmness, his patience and organizational skills, his ability to lead and inspire without stepping on toes, Oliver was the perfect choice for this assignment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tide sucked at the sand beneath their toes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

James kicked up the toe of his shoe. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I hit my toe on a wooden monkey, and almost trip over some long ropes and cables. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jalil looked down, and, like an overgrown child, dug at something with the toe of his shoe. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say anything because people probably would have thought I was crazy, but once we were all suited up, I looked like everyone else, covered from head to toe. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

With a thumping heart, I carefully slipped the dress over my head and shimmied it down, tugging at the bottom with my toes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was covered from my temples to my toes in grime. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The thing was, though, I had picked out the socks, and my big toe poked through a hole in one of them. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But a goalkeeper has fallen, and a wing has toed the ball just enough that it rolls slowly toward the goal line. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I trudged back to the blanket, flopping down and staring at my toes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Every week she carefully clips the nails of his ten fingers and toes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The little girl peeped at the way she was wiggling her toes in the dust. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little girl wiggled her toes in her sandals. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A man chewing on a rug in the corner of his living room.Two kids throwing rocks at each other as hard as they could, bloodied and bruised from head to toe. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

George was slouching through the door in a bulky red sweater, white denims, and beige flamenco boots with slim-pointed toes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the warm sand on his toes and knees; he felt her body, and it was as warm as the sand, and he couldn’t feel where her body ended and the sand began. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he touched her with the toe of his boot, she rolled over, blinked at him, and yawned. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The woman—her mother?—behind her is covered head to toe in black cotton. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

By standing on his toes, little Charlie could just see inside it. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The stitching from my sandals is coming loose, my toes are crusty, and my knees are ashy. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It might be fast but if a car hit you on that light sucker you will definitely get a tag for your big toe. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But she had refused to, until he had replacements; and so he’d been caught in shoes that swooped up gaily at the toes, like a clown’s. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was barely able to touch the floor with my toes, Weylin ripped my clothes off and began to beat me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

His droughts went to his boot, to the mushrooms in the toe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Very obedient,” I mumbled while grinding my heel into her toe. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Other teams weren’t used to the thickness of the water, the feeling of lake weed tickling their legs, their toes slipping off the algae coating on our homemade turn boards, costing them precious seconds. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I stay close behind Uriah as I pass into darkness and my toe hits a step. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She was pacing up and down the patio, but as soon as she caught sight of me, she stopped, flicked her cigarette onto the paving stones and crushed it beneath her toe. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The toes of his loafers pointed so close to the tide, they turned dark brown. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It’s a mild spring day, but Ambrose is wrapped up from head to toe. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Raymie stood for a long time on the sidewalk in front of the Golden Glen, flexing her toes and isolating her objectives. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

And you grabbed the chopping board and you threw that and it hit my foot and broke my toes. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Addressing the mass meeting Malcolm X reportedly shouted: “I don’t advocate violence, but if a man steps on my toes, I’ll step on his.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only meat I'd shot was a squirrel that had practically run over my toes in its quest for acorns, but the animals would still be afoot when the snow buried my other food sources. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I leap across to the other table, and when I land, Theo and then Kareem try to grab the toe of my sock, but I jump out of the way. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Farid lowered his head and gazed inscrutably at his bare toes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She checked out Dad’s bare toes, but she stayed away from Mom, who was trying to soak the spot out of the rug with paper towels and that spray stuff she uses in the kitchen. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She led them quickly to an area where the ground they walked on was soft and squishy; water oozed between their toes as they walked. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Etienne stood on his toes, pulled the book off the shelf, and handed it to Hugo, who sat right where he was and opened it. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She stretches her right leg in front of her and bends over it to touch her toes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

By reflex, Tally tipped her toes forward so that her board would keep up. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He was without his boots and his bluish toes stank. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I give the special knock when I come back from the market, and when the chair scrapes away and Helena opens the door, she’s bouncing on her toes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Lazlo saw that hers were bare and that she was curling her toes into the pebbles and the soft mud beneath them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Salva stubbed his bare toe on a rock, and his whole toenail came off. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel it in her fingers and toes and heart. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I worked the wedges of ice from between his toes, and scraped the sleet from his body with my hands. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sassur’s thumbs were tied together to show that he could no longer work, and his big toes were also tied together so that his ghost could not return. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mom’s face pulled into a stiff grimace, as if she’d just stubbed her toe or something, but she shook her head. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Her mother’s boots clomped uncomfortably, even though she had stuffed the toes with old rags. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. Step on your mom’s toes for an hour, and that will be the last dance lesson you take!” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

They moved through t’ai chi to more ordinary exercises, such as running in place and toe touching. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

You had to keep your boyfriend on his toes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She went into a closet and returned with a pair of those fuzzy bunny-rabbit slippers, the kind with the big buckteeth on the toes and long ears you can trip over. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph stood on his toes and looked through one of the glowing windows. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When I made my body straight and stiff, even my toes rose out of the water. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a bright white embroidered blouse and shoes made of black velvet with square toes and a dainty string tying them to her ankles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hot pink and silver sequins glitter from her extra-large boobies all the way to her hot pink toes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I really don’t. As long as it’s healthy, ten fingers, ten toes.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’ll stand on the blocks hidden in the toes of my satin ballet slippers, pink ribbons sewn into my calves, and rise above up in the air: magical. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I stop where the water crashes onto the sand, foaming up around my toes, trying to suck me back out again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“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

Finally they arrived at the end of the big toe. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The toes are stiff, but after a while I can move them. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I peeked through my crusty eyes as a fungal zoo of a toe prodded my arm, and a grizzled, bearded face framed by ashy predawn light leaned over me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But it was the sharp toe of Weese's boot that woke her, as ever. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tayo stepped inside one that was half buried in the reddish blow sand; he hooked an edge with the toe of his boot, and then he let it slip into the sand again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

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 mushrooms jammed into the toe of his boot should be sufficient for both him and Penny. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And two delicate slippers with the softest leather soles and two giant pearls on each toe, to light her way to nirvana. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went down to the next bar and pointed his toe, to see if he felt the ground yet. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Beetle liked to watch the cat stretching in the sunshine, combing his belly with his tongue, chewing the burrs and stubble out from between his toes. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crouched against the wall, covered head to toe in thick, murky haint ichor. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

A short way farther on, they saw two little witches, barely older than Kevin, who were riding toy broomsticks that rose only high enough for the girls’ toes to skim the dewy grass. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Smith scrutinized the horse from head to toe. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It walked around him, its eyes scanning Nathan from head to toe. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

That night I dream that Christina hangs from the railing again, by her toes this time, and someone shouts that only someone who is Divergent can help her. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He has six toes on one of his feet, and that’s not even half the battle. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It traveled across the onlookers like the ripple caused by the toe, and when the mayor of New York City spoke it aloud, everyone sighed in agreement: ‘The Sixth Borough is moving.’ Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

From the doorway of a second-hand store he could see feet, toes poking through holes in the socks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I even got hair growing on my toes. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She felt the bones in her toes begin to buzz. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I think of gauzy skirts, high heels with stars on the toes, hats covered with fruit and feathers, lifted eyebrows, pencil-thin; gaiety and excess. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though her toes were numb with cold and she knew they needed to get out of there, she could not take her eyes from the horror glimmering toward them from across the pond. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Tiara dug her big toe into the sand. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He’d found a pair of workshoes and the boy was wearing blue tennis shoes with rags stuffed into the toes and they had fresh sheeting for face masks. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Bits of skin still peeled from his toes because of the two days he had spent in wet shoes and socks. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one with the tiny barrettes and toe rings? Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Crab headed for the house, bouncing on his toes like a crooked-tooth ballerina. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“This is Rebecca,” she told the librarian, bouncing on her toes again. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning, Lady Seymour presented me with a new pair of black leather shoes that did not pinch any of my toes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just once. A blue crab bit her on the big toe, and that’s all she wrote.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offered me one and I took it from him with my toes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He dared not spread his toes, lest the singing never stop. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wave of warmth filled Melissa from deep in her belly and out to her fingers and toes. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

My toes curl, and I shiver with pleasure. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Did nobody ever wiggle their toes out there? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Grandma looks at her from head to toe and purses her lips. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her toes — five stubs, like a little stub family, on each fat foot. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gingerly, he nudged the body of the android with the toe of his shoe. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Don’t know when my toes have ever been so cold, standing in icy mud, mid-November, in wooden clogs—thought so much of Jamie floating in the North Sea. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Mr. Jackson,” I said, rubbing the toe of one shoe nervously over the other. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

With astonishment she realized that she could perceive the smallest of pebbles—and pick them up, if need be, with individual toes. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was deep in thought, wriggling his bare toes into the gaps between the paving stones. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I bit my lip and curled my knees into my chest and stared at my toes. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We sit side by side on the edge of the patio, our toes in the grass. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel turned one of the stink bugs over with the toe of his wet tennis shoe and the shining black beetle strove madly with floundering legs to get upright again. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

You said it softly, slowly, like you were waiting for them to interrupt you, like you were dipping one toe into the ocean to test the water. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Scoob rolls an acorn around with the toe of his sneaker. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Rowan stepped on Citra’s toes on his way to the aisle. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Each time I take a step, I bring the heel of one foot parallel to the toes of the other. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Water dotted the scarf on her head and the white armband on her coat, and she was barefoot, her round, muddy toes sticking out from torn and filthy stockings. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She stuck her gloved fingers through the bars and pinched the monkey’s toe while she watched for any eye movement. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The toe Shrank back Into place, And on that day I began to think Of Kool-Aid not As sugar on The tongue But as medicine. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I marvel at how his toes and fingers grip the tree like a monkey. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So even if there hadn’t been a big closed sign on the fence, there was no way we were putting a toe in that water. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I spent hours stirring up the pond bed with my toes and a stick, gathering the tubers that floated to the top. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

June went very still, toeing the edge of one of the books. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her ankle started twitching and her bare toes tapped the carpet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Before Frodo could stop him, he sat down, swung his legs over the brink, and twisted round, scrabbling with his toes for a foothold. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I knew when I see Biddy look down at her toes, like she waiting for ’em to do tricks, that I be free of scrubbing. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I nudged the toe of her shoe with mine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I had come in for my foot, my missing toe, which was cut off by a piece of falling rubble. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My toes clutch the tiny blades, revel in the softness and the damp earth beneath my feet. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

A few students snickered; these the teacher went to with a grim face, cane in hand, and said in a deadly tone, “Get up and touch your toes!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was very tired, and fresh blisters had appeared on both her feet, including a matched set upon her pinky toes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even then he was clinging to the quality of her sugar-flawed skin, the high wild bush the bed pillows made of her hair, her bitten nails, the heartbreaking way she stood, toes pointed in. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I first walked in these shoes, I tripped on my toes and fell, but by the end of the first day I could walk from the tree to the gorge in half the time.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He folded his jeans neatly, stacked them on his chair, and then, dressed head to toe in black, walked over to Adrienne. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Raven feathers cover the upper half of his doublet, and his boots have excessively pointed metal toes that make me conscious of how easy it will be to kick me savagely once we’ve begun dancing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I think it will be okay,” Josiah said, poking at the dead flies with the toe of his boot. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop dreaming,” she ordered, and pinched my toe. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to leave her but was afraid to come closer, so I leaned against a mango tree and stared at my toes against the moriviví weed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He crept on his toes towards the ugly brutes. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Game one zips by G4 like a pronghorn antelope, fast and furious, and just when we wind the corner to a record thirteen-goal shutout our goalie goes down with a, get this, broken pinkie toe. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Take our shoes off and wiggle our toes in the sand. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Fig flipped onto his back and stretched his front legs long, toes spread wide. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He pushed against the floor with his toes and then he was finally able to grab the ledge! Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She pointed her toes up and jutted her heels down, praying this didn’t break her ankles. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I gave a sigh of relief and realized that I had at least one broken rib in addition to everything else, but I moved my fingers slightly, then my toes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was Papito who paid the rent and bought them their winter clothes and spoiled them once with an outing to Lincoln Center to see the doll-like ballerinas dancing on their toes. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

McIlroy took the scalpel from the boiling water and began cutting away the toes. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

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

She pictured her mother finishing them with lovely, soft toe puckers so the girls’ feet could twitch and dance. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Margo put her feet up on the dashboard and wiggled her toes to the cadence of her speaking. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I stood on my toes, leaning to the right to get a better look at what he was doing to the silver SUV parked next to the van. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I can’t see Nick’s face, but he taps the toe of his sneaker against her ballet flat. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She had really gross habits, like eating the green stuff in between her toes and sucking on her knuckles. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Beverly sat with her arms crossed over her chest, Louisiana looked out the window, and Raymie stared down at A Bright and Shining Path: The Life of Florence Nightingale and flexed her toes. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a spicy deodorant, or something, and standing too close, the toes of his shoes hitting my heels. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The water moved from the center of his stomach to his legs, to his arms, to his ankles, to his wrists, to his toes, and to his fingers. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There is a small scuff on one toe, but the laces are knotted in perfect bows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Silent tears rushed down her face as we stood there, our wet toes touching. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

All his blood drained to the tips of his toes. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Ralph crawled down around the bend to the toe of the boot, where he sat brooding in the dusty, musty dark. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The parapets were a bit too high and Arya a bit too short; she had to wedge her toes into the holes between the stones to see over. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z