Abuela just clicks her tongue as she sits down next to me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Sam blushed a vivid crimson and tripped over his own tongue as he tried to stammer out a courtesy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“The words speak—they have a tongue. Know all of you that my son laid violent hands upon my wife. O Poseidon, God, hear me while I curse him, and fulfill my curse.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was on the tip of Jo’s tongue to ask, but she checked herself in time and, with unusual tact, tried to find out in a round-about way. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Rolling Stones tongue sticker on the window pane'd resisted all attempts to scrape it off. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The cheeks and the tongue are quite delicious, but the eyes are disgusting. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He dropped the language of chivalry, falling into the simple tongue. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ammu put out her tongue and tasted it, in the hollow of his throat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Waggle your ears all you like. It’s your tongue waggling that makes the trouble.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Nattie keeps clicking a song with her tongue, now bouncing on and off the hassock on her knees. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jack awoke one night with pain in his lower abdomen so terrible, he had to bite his tongue not to cry out. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

It had deep-blue feathers along its back all the way down to its tail, which seemed to split in two like a snake’s tongue. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ages looked at him, examined his tongue, felt his pulse, and found a small red lump near his neck. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ged stroked this one, and it woke and yawned, showing a small brown tongue and white teeth, but it was not afraid. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I have the urge to dart out my tongue and lick the hood and see if it tastes like summer. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But the cherries themselves tasted like little bursts of summer on the tongue, and no one seemed to have any trouble polishing it off. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Their tongues lick blood and eat flesh while their innards writhe around them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Prince ran the words across his rough tongue. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

If you were close to her, you wondered if she was about to smile or was she merely shifting a straw from the baseline of her gums to her tongue. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She likes to say she was never taught to hold her tongue. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Or she sticks her tongue in the side of her mouth and changes the subject. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

He used ornate Spanish words that we assumed were scientific talk for teeth, gums, and tongue. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Loo only pointed at the inkfish, stuck out his tongue, and made a retching sound. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Again the priest offered interpretations, which were as meaningless to me as if he too were speaking in tongues. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sticks out his tongue and waggles his fingers in his ears. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Over the coming years I would find a crack in each of the therapists sent to train what Miss Samson now defined as my lazy tongue. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He landed on the cabin roof, so heavily that the Shy Maid seemed to rock, and roared a word down at them in a tongue that Tyrion did not know. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mesmerized when she said things like “slippery slope,” which, behind her lips, exposed the underside of her tongue. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Sam liked the spectacle of the human animal up close, as well as his access to the workings of the town, once the drink loosened tongues. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure that it was rather perceptive and incisive, whatever it was. I would imagine that it is rather difficult to comprehend her assaults upon the mother tongue.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I’d like you to try to tell people how beautiful you are with only a stub of a tongue.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt it in my tongue and lungs and liver. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Grendel tore his victim limb from limb, picking off arms and legs, lapping up the blood with a greedy tongue, taking big bites to crunch up bones and swallow gory mouthfuls of flesh. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last time I said Mother, I wasn’t even two years old, probably just forming words on my toddler’s tongue. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The Stormcrows know the Yunkai’i. Their tongues are worms that wriggle this way or that. The Green Grace will come back with worm words, not the captain.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When the corn was gone, the mule licked for the salt taste on his hand; the tongue was rough and wet, but it was also warm and precise across his fingers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I feel weird going upstairs with all of them down here, so I sit on the couch and lightly click my tongue until Riot comes out of hiding. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

"Same to you," Riccio muttered, poking out his tongue at Barbarossa’s back before making his uneasy way home. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He clicks his tongue and leans over to poke my shoulder. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The boy spoke like his tongue was too big for his mouth, spit flying everywhere. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

"The same age as Bran. Please, Ned, guard your tongue. The Lan-nister woman is our queen, and her pride is said to grow with every passing year." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The fire burns, the smoke rises, Manchee’s tongue hangs out in a stunned pant, till finally I say, “Viola.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“How about I just tell him that it’s the whole reason we came here in the first place,” I said, “and leave your tongue out of it?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Though both the husband and wife speak English fluently, they look at the man as if he speaks in tongues. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It tastes like a cloud that has floated down to earth, airy and sweet, melting on my tongue. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Zvezda limped up to her, bleating loudly, with his tongue lolling out of his mouth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“But in your grandpa’s case, because he is bilingual, he has lost his ability to speak English and has reverted to his mother tongue, as it is probably easiest.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The old woman’s voice had changed: her accent, her gesture, and all were familiar to me as my own face in a glass—as the speech of my own tongue. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

His tongue felt like it was being microwaved. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“One day you might be unable to control your tongue after all, and I’d land back in that ridiculous story again. No thank you very much!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And that thought made him the more thirsty, made his lips dry and his tongue stick to the roof of his mouth. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the girl’s throat was a necklace of human tongues. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second mine hits my lips, my tongue instinctively blocks its progress. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I tossed back the drink, not even letting the liquid roll across my tongue. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The realization gave her a queasy feeling in the bowels, but she held her tongue. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Don’t like how my tongue starts longing for chicken and gravy the way she used to cook it in the old days. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother runs her tongue over her dry lips and gasps for more lemonade. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And knowing Pita’s loose tongue, Mamá was bound to find out sooner or later. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Charles hated confrontation and controversy, but he could not hold his tongue about this. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’d only work a little harder on your native tongue,” she said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw a roof go up, flames licking at the belly of the night with hot orange tongues as the thatch caught. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The big dog was back up on his feet now, wagging his stub tail again and licking the tears off Arliss’s face with his pink tongue. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wagged his tail and flopped his tongue out of his mouth in a wide smile. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He reached into his mouth and felt his own tongue; it was dry and dead, the carcass of a tiny rodent. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But she would sooner have her tongue torn out than confess how bad she felt; limping, tight-lipped, trembling, she kept pace with Will and said nothing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I sprang off my bed and smacked the baked not-so-good out of her hand before it could touch her tongue. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The vintage tasted thin and sour on her tongue. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Or how my tongue would tie in the initial attempts, stiffen so, struggle like an animal booby-trapped and dying inside my head. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or you could twirl it into long strings and wrap it around your tongue. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Your tongue sticks out of your mouth when you draw,” Lil said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The girl clicked her tongue, and the dogs pushed their snouts into the boys’ bellies. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It sent long tongues streaming around me so that I could neither see nor hear. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before it jumps up and bites your tongue off. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

My mouth filled with liquid, bile and blood from biting my tongue, salty and corrosive and sweet. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the time I manage to hold my tongue when I’m annoyed, and she does too; so on the surface, we seem to be getting along better. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The taste was sweet solace on his tongue, so he lit a candle and poured himself another. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It also has black teeth and a milky white tongue. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

When I asked for a room, Elroy made a little clicking sound with his tongue. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old woman called out to the landlord in the tongue of Old Volantis. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She clicked her tongue against her teeth, but said nothing. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Nehemia replied in the common tongue, without a hint of her accent. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Ah, that I couldn’t say, of course. But I wouldn’t be altogether surprised if—” Parsons made the motion of aiming a rifle, and clicked his tongue for the explosion. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He unrolled his tongue down the whole length of the pizzeria, flicking it side to side and splashing stinking saliva over the walls. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The moment the pastille touched his tongue, the little wizard started vomiting so hard that he did not even notice as Hermione yanked a handful of hairs from the top of his head. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We ate snow when we stopped for the night, caught flakes on our tongues as we walked. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a laugh in his mouth, but it won’t get past his tongue, because he knows this is him helping Henry get through something. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Nothing to worry about,” I said, testing the words on my tongue to see if they felt true. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I tongue a seed out of the other cheek and spit it at the same dandelion, and once again, I bull’s-eye it. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Mmmmm” she began, her tongue turning to granite in her mouth. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He ordered the boy to press his tongue to a freezing rebar. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She frowned, squeezed her eyelids together, and touched her tender mouth with her tongue. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She wanted to tell him that she couldn’t wait to move to Nsukka either, but he knew anyway, and his tongue was in her mouth, and she felt a new warmth between her legs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He knew his tongue kept making the right answers. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desperate to avoid bad publicity, Crosby stepped between them and told them to hold their tongues. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words numb my tongue as if it’s been packed in snow coat. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He drinks his tea and tells us stories and shows us letters and words in the Daily News or he smokes a cigarette, stares at the wall, runs his tongue over his lips. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A sound I can't seem to find, even though it's on the tip of my tongue. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was a ticking like the sound of a clock, yet not quite the same, it sounded like a human tongue imitating a clock: tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

What had I meant by saying that I had become "more human"? Was it a phrase that I had picked up from some preceding speaker, or a slip of the tongue? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In another instant a dog was rushing toward him, giving tongue as he came. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The hobbits fell asleep to the sound of the soft singing of Bregalad, that seemed to lament in many tongues the fall of trees that he had loved. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The word felt clipped and unnatural on her tongue. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be so glum,” she said in the common tongue. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I long to share my stories with her, but discretion holds my tongue and silence feeds my loneliness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I could be back in Holkham, with the screech of gulls in my ears and salt on my tongue and a ghost train passing on the rusted track half a mile away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucy and Titania never spoke, the former because she chose not to and the latter because her tongue had been hacked out by a previous owner. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It takes all my control to hold my tongue. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She would say this biting back her tongue, so she wouldn’t wish for something that was no longer hers. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly it was as if His tongue spoke in my mouth. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I caught a glimpse of the small, white wafer, the risen Christ, and then I closed my eyes and felt the host placed on my tongue. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she threw her head back, rolled her tongue high up in her mouth, and began trilling wildly. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instant scalping. . . but dragons had no hair . . .pepper breath. . . that would probably increase a dragon’s firepower . . . horn tongue. . . just what he needed, to give it an extra weapon . Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even before he opened his eyes, a name formed on my tongue. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my God! Have they broken your legs? At least say something. They haven’t torn out your tongue?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trilling of our neighbors’ tongues set loose knives that cut the flesh from our bones and made us fall down with our shame and our love and our anger. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here, Mom, let me—” “No, stop. I can do this,” she interrupted, pressing two more buttons while half sticking out her tongue. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Junior, cat’s got your tongue? What do you think your mother will say, when I tell her her children didn’t want to see her?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed his tongue tentatively over his teeth and lips and heard far off the ululation of the pursuers. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wanted to speak, yet I was not able to open my mouth or raise my tongue. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Then he said, ‘Too bad it’s not the type where he shakes and his tongue falls out...’ Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I ate everything up, not quickly, but reveling in the taste, the flavors lush on my tongue. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Love to see an Episcopalian take up the serpent or speak in tongues. Signs follow the faithful.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Thomas looked back at Ben, who stared viciously at Alby, his tongue darting between his lips to wet them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I had to scrape my teeth with my tongue several times before the flavor dissipated into the familiar bittersweet oregano and garlic. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say, but my tongue was too heavy. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Adam could hear the singing lilt of his speech and yet could detect no word pronounced in a strange manner except perhaps in sharpened t’s and /’s held high on the tongue. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cordelia says boys put their tongues in your mouth when they kiss you. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the unsanitary presentation, the milk was ambrosial—fragrantly nutty, delightfully heavy on the tongue, unlike anything I had encountered before. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He studied it anxiously, running his tongue over his lips. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I had to bite my tongue to keep a straight face. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It reached the edge of the wood, where it paused for several minutes to lick its wounds with its red, red tongue, and then, purring like an earthquake, the lion slipped away into the forest. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was nothing but wet on her tongue, like any snow. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled his tongue from the mouth of the bottle with a thump and belched some Dr. Nut. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She can see that they Are boys who live Bv the sweet juice on tongues. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s going to cut his tongue on the glass.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s mouth was open, a little petal of tongue showing. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope he falls on his face and cuts off his tongue. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But she got the water hose and chased the dog away with the water, so it wouldn’t hurt its tongue. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was the great joke that I felt God had played on cats and dogs by making them lap their milk and water with their tongues. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It whips out a tongue and my grandfather dodges it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Larkin sat down, holding her tongue for the time being. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The tongue lay in its mouth as harmless as a sandwich. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Banging his knee against the golden lard bucket he used for school lunch, he contrived a good bass drum, while his tongue fluttered sharply against his teeth to fill in snare drums and occasional trumpets. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before, when our tongues touched, when I was on the other side of it, it felt like another form of intimate conversation. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I swallowed the two pills one at a time, the taste of chicken broth still on my tongue. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

Latin did not drive Norse out as the literary tongue. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its tongue protruded from its mouth and drooled saliva down its chin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take too big a sip and burn not only my tongue but a path all the way down my throat. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He made a sound like he was choking on his own tongue. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Soon Ho, stick out your tongue,” the guard said. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“They have cut off my hands and cut out my tongue,” he says in a hoarse whisper. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But Teresa, sitting next to him, was a study in concentration, her tongue sticking out the corner of her mouth as she traced lines up and down, side to side. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The healer’s tongue caught a drop of alcohol at the corner of her mouth. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But nothing could stop it from leaking past his teeth and swollen parched tongue. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He was not the type usually sent out to accompany violent cases and I was glad until I remembered that the only violent thing about the vet was his tongue. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl turned and poked out a red tongue at him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to force her lips to form the words her mother had told her to speak, but they sat like lead on her tongue. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His chess prowess and velvet tongue may have blinded some people to his despicable past, proving the adage that sometimes chess players make strange team fellows. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As if, despite their different accents, they had finally met someone who spoke their native tongue. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They would always find a reason to strike down a black man, especially one with a sharp mind and a dangerous tongue. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Back to me and Amil falling asleep with the taste of sweets on our tongues and thoughts of the things that happened at school that day. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We shared a common tongue, but my language was a different language from theirs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold your tongue,” said Ellidyr, “or you shall hold your head?’ The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, voices were speaking in a tongue he did not know. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He finished it in two days and started again, rolling the words round his tongue, memorizing some sentences: The slaves became as fearful of the tar as of the lash. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Coach shot an invisible jump shot, his tongue hanging out his mouth. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She felt it all right at the back of her throat, like a bomb—or a tiger—sitting on the base of her tongue. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It is in these moments that I wish for John Kwang to start speaking the other tongue we know; somehow our English can’t touch what I want to say. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sent its stealthy, suckered tentacles inching along the insides of his skull, hoovering the knolls and dells of his memory, dislodging old sentences, whisking them off the tip of his tongue. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next minute you’re turning us into tables and tongue depressors. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

From the moment that he raised his head and looked out over their faces again, his tongue was loosed and he was filled with the power of the Holy Ghost. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Smokestacks belching smog that can be tasted on the tongue. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

His warm moist tongue would caress the hand of his master. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I took it in, though, the very first bite slowly grew to a powerful burn on my tongue. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Realizing that this was one of those Smokey concoctions that burned your tongue, she sipped carefully. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s just,” I begin—but it dies on my tongue. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Together they had moistened Claire’s dry lips with water and her tongue had moved slightly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I froze, my words withering on my tongue, my face turned up in shock at my father’s expression. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the words slip seductively off his tongue, warm and honeyed, I can almost believe them. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole licked his numb lips, but the pain made him stop—he had bitten his tongue when the bear slammed his face into the ground. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Mama’s words, in contrast, were sharp and clear, sliding like daggers from her tongue. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

April had sat there a while-longer, tasting the tears on her face with the tip of her tongue and thinking how long it had been since she’d cried enough to taste. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I’ll think about it,” I tease, and she sticks her tongue out. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Jam shook her head, and Bitter clicked her tongue. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Corrupt, did you say,” Father stated, rather than asked, after locating where the cat had put his tongue. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take charge of him. You speak his tongue. See that he is fed and find him a warm place by the fire. Stay with him. See that no one provokes him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The timbers were fastened together by the mortice-and-tenon method; holes called mortices were cut, into which the tongues or tenons of other pieces would then fit. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

"How I have yearned to have that eunuch's tongue pulled out with hot pincers," Cersei replied. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“My tongue is on fire,” she tells everyone at the table. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Jasper stood by my feet dejected, his tail downcast, his pink tongue hanging from his mouth. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I sit back and cross my arms, biting my tongue on the hundred things I want to say in response. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The children she saw had all kinds of articulation problems, some because of physiological defects like cleft palates or tied tongues. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a somewhat loud check suit, a pink shirt, a flashy tiepin, and was rolling something round his tongue as he entered the dining car. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

You didn’t shove your tongue down my throat. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Behind them in the cavern the giant adder settled down to a leisurely slither, his tongue flickered wickedly. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The lizard looked back and a moist stiletto tongue darted in and out. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The taste of blood was on his tongue, and his ears rang to the song of the hundred cousins. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She closed her lips and ran her tongue hard over her upper front teeth, then took another look. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Zooey put out his tongue and gave a subdued, modified Bronx cheer. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

This milk is thick and creamy, and its taste sweetens my tongue. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

His tongue was wedged between his lips and he was frowning with concentration as he balanced a blue wooden triangle on top of a pile of square red blocks. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I was not good enough forAbnegation is on the tip of my tongue, but another phrase replaces it: I wanted to be free. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The hollow drove its tongues into the ground and sprang upward. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She shivers; she likes it; it’s like Aaron said: she likes sex; her tongue becomes a jittery dart flicking in and out of my mouth. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The fear of losing Joe’s confidence, and of thenceforth sitting in the chimney corner at night staring drearily at my forever lost companion and friend, tied up my tongue. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha sat absorbed, his eyes staring as if directed at a distant goal, the tip of his tongue showing a little between his teeth. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the end of each performance, my tongue felt more and more like it was made out of cardboard. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

God’s love! and began to cant in my own backward tongue: Evol’s dog! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello,” I said, in English, trying out the syllables on my tongue. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He repeats my name and it sounds different on his tongue, like a song. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But he hates this word on his tongue even more. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But no matter how hard she tried to position her tongue and her lips and her fingers the way Maestro Messina instructed, the notes still came out sour. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Within seconds, he perches awkwardly with his butt in her lap, tongue out and leg thumping. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She knew that she had hurt him, and that he was angry, by the habit he had at such a moment of running his tongue quickly and incessantly over his lower lip. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“A few weeks in prison will loosen your tongue.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He made a face and stuck his tongue out, and the girl began to cry. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The lines of fire became flowing torrents, file upon file of Orcs bearing flames, and wild Southron men with red banners, shouting with harsh tongues, surging up, overtaking the retreat. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And then, in his own tongue, with what seemed to Lazlo’s untrained ear to be slow and careful enunciation, he inquired, “And what can I do for you, young man?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I like how when saying it, my tongue touches the top of my teeth. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Words don't come to life until you can taste them on your tongue.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I actually think Ben’s tongue is like sunscreen,” she said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She poked her own tongue into her cheek, making a bump. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

An answer sprang to the tip of Meggie's tongue, but she swallowed it along with the last of her roll and took the book outside. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mother always said, “Sam isn’t really rebellious, just too quick with his tongue. If he’d only learn to stop and think before he spoke.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he watched me into the lift I thought of yesterday, Mrs. Van Hopper’s chattering tongue, and his cold courtesy. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I have to bite my tongue to keep those words from coming out of my mouth. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

High towers that people built, and strong places, and havens of many ships; and the winged crown of the Kings of Men was held in awe by folk of many tongues. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She lifts her bag up, sticking out her tongue like it really does weigh fifty pounds, and rummages inside for her sketchbook. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Just to be sure, I place a drop on the tip of my tongue. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I want to bite my tongue, but it's what T would have said. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

What little urine I've been able to pass is a dark brown, my head is aching, and there's a dry patch on my tongue that refuses to moisten. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When it came time for her to put him back, she’d sweetened his confinement by placing her last bit of sugar on his tongue. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

At least, she shaped the name, but she had no breath or tongue or teeth to give it sound. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The man with the wispy hair finished his tale about the Lady Delune by wagging his tongue and thrusting his hips. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I want to say something back but can't seem to find my tongue, and all I manage is a sort of squeak. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Then I had to open my mouth and stick out my tongue. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm too caught up in the memory to process what I’m saying, but the word “dad” feels weird on my tongue. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He sticks his fingers in both of his ears, crosses his eyes, and juts his tongue out of the side of his mouth. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Tried to stick his tongue in my mouth the other day.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She took a spoon and picked out an ice chip and placed it on his tongue. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mother,” Samuel cried, “here’s our chance to scratch our name in the First National Bank! Don’t throw the weight of your tongue in the path of fortune. Please, Mother!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Doesn’t that just roll off the tongue like poetry? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

"And what good would that do? They can't stop him, either, short of locking him up, or cutting out his tongue. All it will do is bring out me own part in this matter." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The creature stuck out a long black tongue and slapped the glass with calloused hands. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A maid without a tongue could never let slip any secrets. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Another flash of lightning lit her face for an instant and Winnie saw an expression there of deep concentration, tip of tongue protruding, brows furrowed. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lost in thought, Victor began to tickle it behind the ears until it started to purr and lick his fingers with its rough tongue. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the jars of pickled tongue is spoiled. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"He honors them constantly with the words of his tongue, the thoughts of his mind, and the acts of his body, for as long as he should live among gods-fearing men." Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He opens my mouth with his tongue, and I let him. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The city was, in the words of famed poet Carl Sandburg, “fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Across the bailey, long tongues of flame shot from the windows of the library. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s a waste,” Ava said, ticking her tongue against her teeth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

My tongue was twice its normal size, and I couldn’t make out the words. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Davos almost bit his tongue off when his teeth jarred together. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I pick up a small roasted bird, bite into it, and my tongue floods with orange sauce. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Reading aloud and translating as I read, I was glad to exercise my mind and tongue again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A thousand questions about who and what I am bubble up on my tongue, even though I know there isn't the time to answer them. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The Chancellor pushes a probe on Rubio’s tongue and stares down his throat. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mother clicks her tongue: Tears of an ugly fish. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He smiled, and licked his lips with a tongue bigger than a human pillow. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She puts the stethoscope in her ears and the thermometer under my tongue. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to remind Coach Mustilli that he was the one who thought I was full of fire, not me, but I held my tongue. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Be my good little baby bird,” she said quietly, and slipped the pill onto my tongue. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent most of the first game biting his tongue. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then she clucked her tongue at all the wastefulness. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Flossie swung her head to meet his, and Devine experienced a terribly powerful but undefined longing as they kissed, and he licked his own sperm from off her tongue. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raised her bottle of water to Coyotito’s lips; his little dried tongue sucked greedily at it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday he was beside himself with worry because his tongue was blue instead of pink. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know whether to be pleased or annoyed, but he clicked his tongue and the wagon pulled away, leaving her alone in her new life. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She could hear the shrieks of the Undying as they burned, their high thin papery voices crying out in tongues long dead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Chinese say “a ready tongue is an evil.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She clicked her tongue ruefully and, noticing the dandruff on her shirt, began flicking away the largest flakes with her thumb. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She wanted to shout, but she could not catch her breath, and her tongue was slow and heavy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

So all turned inland, leaving shore and ship, and Eurylokhos—he, too, came on behind, fearing the rough edge of my tongue. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

This afternoon he had eaten lunch there with some of the Tizerkane, including Ruza, who taught him the phrase “You have ruined my tongue for all other tastes.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And as the words roll off my tongue, I discover what the students are studying. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kate’s face burned bright red—she fairly radiated fury—but she held her tongue. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I struggled against the weight of their bodies, until it was no longer hands that held me, but wings of blood-gummed feathers studded with a thousand eyes and writhing tongues. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lyra’s tongue sensed it and moved to lick them, and then Mrs. Coulter let a little more of the liquid trickle into Lyra’s mouth, very carefully, letting her swallow each sip before allowing her more. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘Hold your tongue, boy. I thought misfortune had taught you patience.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zohra clicks her tongue against her teeth as she watches me eye a sparkly clip that I can picture in my friend Emily’s long blond hair. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Her Magnificence the Queen has consented to compensate each of you for the animals you have lost,” he told them in the Ghiscari tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His tongue worked soundlessly, forming the opening syllables first of one word, then of the other, over and over again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In his mouth, which seemed to rest in a permanent half smile, hid a long, sticky tongue that slurped up insects in an eyeblink. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The sweet molasses smell of brown sugar teased my tongue as I placed the bowl in the microwave. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Certainly the tongue, absolutely the brain, and, with luck, maybe a little slow walk if you nudge him gently in the right direction.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When she stands, she scoops a breast up to her face and slides her tongue around its nipple. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It burns my lips and tongue and my pink throat. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I have never seen one of the Erudite stick out her tongue before. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was ready, my pitch rolling off my tongue. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His tongue drilled into the doughnut and came out with a clump of jelly. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The more she practices, the sooner she'll be back into her native tongue, the aunts insist. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She wished now that she had held her tongue. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

This would certainly give them something to wag their tongues over. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Trickery is not my native tongue, but I may learn to speak it yet. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The sort of girl who spent her life in a perpetual flinch because the innkeeper had a temper and a sharp tongue and wasn’t afraid to show her the back of his hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The snake stared, its tongue a thin, quick flame. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I looked back at the telekinetic girl, pulling the blind brothers along by their hands while they clicked with their tongues. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But he was grinning at me, his tongue on his cold sore, his hand rising again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And Yo was running, like the mad, into the safety of her first tongue, where the proudly monolingual John could not catch her, even if he tried. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I was not speaking the tongue spoken by those who rule men, the kings, conquerors, dictators, generals; in that language there was no answer to his question. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It had to be nails driven through tongue and ears pruned away. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It lay across her knees and, with a perplexed frown, the tip of her tongue between her lips, the girl was studying the weapon curiously. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He opened his beak toward my face, and his small gray tongue probed the air. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He would hold his eyes shut so hard that his face tightened into a grimace, and then he would stick his tongue out as far as it could go. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

When me and Jay got up on Saturday, we shoveled hot Cream of Rice cereal into our mouths, then huffed and puffed to cool it down as the steaming grain burned our tongues. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"And he told all, I suppose? I should have had the man's tongue shortened along with his fingers." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Hold your tongue, you disrespectful old bird!” cried Polly, tumbling off the chair with a bounce, and running to peck the ‘rattlepated’ boy, who was shaking with laughter at the last speech. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean to imply that he won’t,” said I, “but it might make you hold your tongue about us and our money, I should think.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her tongue pushed through the trap of teeth and had Mammachi’s silver thimble fitted on the end of it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me communion and when his finger grazed my tongue, I wanted to fall at his feet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The beast flicked its forked tongue as it used its trunk to pick up the blade and examine it, two beady black eyes narrowing with scrutiny. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When he sticks out his tongue we have to hold in the laugh because we never saw a big purple tongue before. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I move through the house like an armored beetle, impervious to Mrs. Grote’s sharp tongue, Harold’s whining, the cries of Gerald Jr., who will never in his life satisfy his aching need to be held. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He could still smell her rose perfume in his nose and even in his mouth; the sharp flower scent rested against his tongue, as if he were tasting her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ethel had said, “I never heard it so quiet. No music, cat’s got Kate’s tongue. It’s like setting up with a corpse.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It sounds like a real winner, she wanted to say, but managed to chomp down on her tongue somehow. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But Sweets was fluent in four tongues, one of them High Valyrian. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Furrowing her brow, she fought for the right sounds, willing her tongue and teeth to work—the whispered consonant, the hiss. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The words left my mouth before I even realized it, the Hebrew sharp on the tongue, like splinters. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“She has somewhat of a tongue, doesn’t she? And she doesn’t sound like a member of the rabble.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mom clicks her tongue against the roof of her mouth. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Which means I have to get through the rest of this weekend, like a tongue trapped in a shut mouth. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I once saw a kid explode his tongue with a car battery, so I guess it was the kind of place where they value education. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

We kept bumping our noses, but when I touched her tongue with mine she trembled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The little door hung open, like a dog’s tongue. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I saved it for you because I know your mama likes tongue and I like your mama. You tell her that. Hear?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think she actually had to hold me up when she slipped her tongue past my lips. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You’ve done your best to kill yourself and acted like a complete fool. Now hold your tongue and sit down!” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He chewed the jerky as carefully as the mare chewed the grass, pushing against cords of gristle with his tongue, feeling the slippery fibers give way between his teeth. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The words came out before Harry had quite got his tongue around them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She plunked another big red one on her tongue. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both squirmed under the lash of the Chief’s tongue. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

That feeling became a physical part of me, something I could taste on my tongue or smell on my own breath. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He seized her and cut out her tongue. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other times I could hear the answer in a low whine or feel it in the soft caress of a warm flicking tongue. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She imagined that tongue as a warm, slimy mollusk, and she was overcome by a wave of nausea, but she kept her eyes open. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly the word for it was on my tongue, a word I didn’t even know I knew. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

My tongue felt so swollen that I couldn’t talk. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m not a baby,” Axel says sharply, the taste of anger still on his tongue. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He touched my hand with his tongue, but only once and then he was quiet and scarcely breathed. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had a fire on the beach that evening and steamed mussels so hot and chewy they burned their tongues on the tawny meat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished it could have been Zach standing next to me so I could lay the cake on his tongue. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blood on Conor’s tongue made him want to throw up. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He zipped up and pulled me by the back of the neck into another kiss, but it felt like he was trying to excavate my face with his tongue. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Jorgenson’s tongue flicked out, moving along the edge of his mustache, then slipped away. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crushed the berries against the roof of his mouth with his tongue and drank the sweet juice as it ran down his throat. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They shoot them,” he repeated, and the words were dusty and bitter on his tongue. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Is your audio output system damaged? What you English-speaking Earthlings call the tongue—is yours working?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the waist up, they were women with green scaly skin, yellow eyes, and forked tongues. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He just bit down on his own tongue, and judging by the dimple in his cheek going in and out, he was biting down pretty hard too. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

My tongue feels thick as I try to find words to explain. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

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

He fastened the tarpaulin and leaned back, exhausted, and let Asta explore the scratches on his face with a soft clean puppy tongue. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“This is not just facts. You have unloosed your acid little tongue on this man and said mean and hurtful things here.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Ekon bit down on his tongue hard as his Baba’s voice filled the meadow, echoing from every direction. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They watched her tongue turn green as it curled around the edges of the candy casing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Lon tested the word on his tongue, though the reverence in the old man’s voice kept him from saying it aloud. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He had a vague memory of the rough tongue and the warm flanks and the nipple that filled his mouth with sweet flowing power. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

One of the masters on the other side of the table chuckled and I bit my too-quick tongue. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was finally beginning to feel the sting of her stepmother’s slap across her cheek, and when she prodded at the corner of her lip with a careful tongue, she winced. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to control the way my tongue moves in my mouth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Normally, the rest rolls off his tongue as easily as his own name. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“But, sir,” I said, “even without my mother tongue, my average comes out higher than a second-class pass. So how could I have failed?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the others one smiled at us and put out her tongue and fluttered it up and down. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Smile,” I said again, and stuck my tongue out at her. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"And that's for not warning me. Next time, grow a tongue." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My tongue fumbled against the back of my teeth, trying to give shape and sound to what had happened, struggling to explain, when Maribel opened her eyes and said, “He died?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She rolls her tongue around in her mouth. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dalton paused, wet his lips with his tongue, and looked down over the small knot of men whose hands were busy jotting his words down upon their white pads of paper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The woman clucked her tongue and stepped back, taking her flowery fragrance with her. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He clicks his tongue to hurry this ceremony along. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He clicked his tongue again and shook his head. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The snakes flicked their tongues excitedly and turned their gold eyes in every direction, like dogs looking out the window of a car. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Müller is rather crude and tactless, otherwise he would hold his tongue, for anybody can see that Kemmerich will never come out of this place again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And now we ride,” the Tattered Prince proclaimed from his huge grey warhorse, in a classic High Valyrian that was the closest thing they had to a company tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As it was she felt an unwilling respect that made her hold her tongue and set to work folding and replacing the piles of clothing. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Philip is there, looking like he’s about to chew through his tongue, and Henry can’t stop fidgeting with his tie. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ritchie simply looked at me as if I was speaking in a foreign tongue. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Literally, I bite down on the tip of my tongue to stop the words that are about to roll off it. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He said, “My hand is better than my tongue. Let me win fighting and you may win talking.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made a face of mock outrage and showed me her tongue. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My tongue felt like it had been glued to the roof of my mouth, and as much as I tried, it wouldn’t unstick. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The black cat was huddled in the farthest corner of the room, the pink tip of its tongue showing, its eyes wide; Coraline went over to it and crouched down beside it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

My grandfather, accustomed to the multifarious conjugations of ancient Greek verbs, had found English, for all its incoherence, a relatively simple tongue to master. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Without even sticking out his tongue at me this time. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

My own blood is metallic against my tongue. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She tried to swallow as she neared him, but found her tongue to be leaden and paper-dry. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But he had shot me one of his smoldering Baba looks, and the words had vaporized on my tongue. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"The ones you need are hard to find ... so young, to know their letters . . . perhaps older . . . not die so easy : . "No. The younger are safer . . . treat them gently ..." "... if they kept their tongues . . ." ". . . the risk . A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Cook wondered, walking into the room, making a clucking sound with her tongue. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Each bite sent a sugary tingle along my tongue. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I take a sip anyway, and it burns my tongue. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

They clucked their tongues and felt my face for fever. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Florida leaned forward and lapped at the mush with her tongue. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“How did he know you speak his tongue?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It didn’t speak any tongue that she recognized; it was guttural and harsh, and grated against her ears, as if it sucked the very warmth from her bones. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“And it’s probably going to burn my tongue off, right?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I felt his tongue, soft at first and then stronger as he got worried, licking at the blood and tears on my face. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It melted on her tongue and left behind the delicate flavor of rose. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sucker-cups along its tongue, withered and reeking black smoke, hissed from its flesh. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I should cut his tongue out, see how funny he thinks that is, ’cause there’s sure nothing funny about being called ugly. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held his tongue until he was standing upright, facing Iorek directly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Prospers tongue suddenly felt too big for his mouth. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I got my mat ready for sleep, I still tasted the syrupy mango juice on my tongue. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His blood throbbed in his ears; his lips were parched and dry; he wanted to wet them with his tongue, but could not. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel the tiny tongue mopping the crevices of my left ear. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He has only taken toes and fingers and that other thing, when he might have had my tongue, or peeled the skin off my legs from heel to thigh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ants on my earlobes, my tongue, my eyelids. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembers the acrid odor of flames, the buzzing of flies, children crying, the taste of dust and blood on his tongue. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Their bestial faces looked weirdly hungry with their long tongues hanging out of their sharp-toothed mouths. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I catch his tongue poised on the precipice between his front teeth. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The next week I bit back my tongue as we entered the store with the forbidden candies. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy smushed his face against mine, then grabbed my hair and made my head bend sideways and stuck his tongue in my mouth. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She put her face to mine, pushed me just a little off balance, then darted her tongue into my mouth. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It's like, you're saying a cat jumped up and shoved its face in my mouth and bit down on my tongue? Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He asked her to open her mouth wide and saw that a membrane under her tongue caused the trouble. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

August and I wait outside, listening to passionate entreaties and tongue clicks. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her tongue peeked through her white teeth, stained like rust. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Tyson jumped back as Kampe’s hair lashed and hissed, and the vipers around her legs darted their tongues in every direction. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

After that, the four of us wander the mall, trying on purple lipsticks and eating sour apple candy slices crusted in sugar that turn my tongue green. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"Guard your tongue, Mormont, or I'll have it out. I am no lesser man, I am the rightful Lord of the Seven Kingdoms. The dragon does not beg." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Limping to their table, Crow heard Mrs. Wexler click her tongue. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at her tongue, felt her pulse, asked her a few intimate questions, and then tapped his lower lip. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His tongue would just hang out of his mouth with nothing underneath to block it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Brickz scuttles over to me and jumps up my legs, tongue wagging. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was on the tip of her tongue to say It’s okay, except it wasn’t, and he knew it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

I wish I could ask for a blanket, but I still can't get my tongue to do anything useful. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But we ended up with nothing but the taste of real things on our tongues. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

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

Kristen and Tiffany screamed at the sight of Dismay racing for the car, his mouth open and his tongue flopping everywhere. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She could see the yellow eyes and the saliva dripping from its tongue. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those things on your tongue are called papillae,” I said, and then I realized that maybe this wasn’t the best time to be sharing nature facts. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The zmeyok flicked a searching tongue in her direction, and its reptilian eyes focused right on her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Morales was not sure if the miracle would be of God or Satan, but she held her tongue while Mr. Rodriguez thought about it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There have been too many loose tongues as it is. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She hesitated, then ran a forked tongue over her green, leathery Ups. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

His r’s, instead of purring in the back of his throat in the French manner, rolled off his tongue in the Italian. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he was agreeable about the tongue and sometimes he wasn’t. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was always scared he’d poke himself in the tongue, so he only ever used spoons. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Grandma Knife isn't her real name, either, just what I call her in my head, because it fits with her sharp tongue. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

His forehead streamed with perspiration and he tasted salt on his tongue. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And if we find them here, I’ll cut your tongue out and feed it to my dog.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Laura put her tongue quickly to a little bit of the white snow that lay in a fold of his sleeve. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was my first year of school, my first days away from the private realm of our house and tongue. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stands up, looking down at me like there are a thousand more words on the tip of his tongue that just can’t be said. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His tongue had gone back in his mouth and he was making a tiny whining sound, but he was still laying on his side with his eyes shut. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

One’s thought patterns become different, he said, when forced into the confines of a rigid and unfamiliar tongue. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had ordered a salad topped with warm lambs’ tongue, a poached egg, and pecorino cheese, something she swore she would not touch but ended up eating the better part of. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I want to answer him but my throat closes up and my tongue is so dry, I can't hardly open my mouth. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Because they did not roll from his tongue like they had been practiced, I believed Hamlet’s words. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“It is not what you would call the Sight,” Mona said, clucking her tongue again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As he did, a forked tongue flicked out of his mouth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When she sticks out her tongue and allows me to treat her small maladies, I can see that every one of her organs has been compromised in some way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let Mother’s words sit like a tiny, sweet candy on my tongue. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“The deal is the deal,” she said in Kerch, the language of trade, a tongue that belonged to neither of them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His gentle lips, and his tongue that wets them every so often. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was a bother to be stopped on the road in a Free State when the lost property turned out to have a silver tongue. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Their true names were too long for human tongues, said Leaf. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I exclaim, a memory forming on the edge of my tongue. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Halfway across he looked down and stuck his tongue out at the roaring below. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Awfully, I feel her tongue trying to wiggle its ghastly way into my mouth cavity. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We tried to catch them with our tongues, and then Ryan's tongue found its way into my mouth, and I closed my eyes as the flakes landed on my cheeks. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Instead of the total confusion the human tongue actually turns out to be. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She clicked her tongue and he sped into a trot, crossing over the little bridge near the house, heading south to the archery grounds. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He weighed the sellswords with his yellow eyes, fticked his tongue across his yellow teeth, and said, “Five thousand silvers for the lot.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her bell rang softly, and Dany found her thoughts returning to the Palace of Dust once more, as the tongue returns to a space left by a missing tooth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the morning, as they were beginning to pack their slender goods, Elves that could speak their tongue came to them and brought them many gifts of food and clothing for the journey. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I would like to stay around for the speaking in tongues, should it occur, but the mosquitoes, worked into a frenzy by all this talk of His blood, are launching a full-scale attack. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brought his fist up to his face and poked his cheek out with his tongue. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I chew it and feel that it tastes good and rear my tongue back and send it down. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Whether or not they believed his wild tale of superhuman strength, no thane in the hall would attack him again and risk the slash of that mild, coolly murderous tongue. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It went up with a whoosh as swirling tongues of green and yellow fire leapt up crackling all along its length. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I remember overhearing my aunt and uncle talking about it one day when liquor had made their faces red and damp and their tongues loose. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was this man who held up the topaz and said four words in a long-dead tongue, words which hung on the air like the strokes of a huge bronze gong. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘I like to see you stick out your tongue,’ he went on. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course there wasn’t much tongue to the end. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flavor lingered on my tongue long after the plate was empty. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I rolled it over my tongue, savoring it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He licked his lips with a long pale tongue. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The slightest movement gives the impression I am engulfed in tongues of fire. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mi perrito rolls His tongue for the taste Of a dropped chicharrdn, For the jawbreaker That fell from my pocket, For a potato chip bag Blowing across a lawn. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That will come. It’s supposed to. Max said the tongue and the brain were shoo-ins and probably you’ll be able to move, but slowly.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I feel my eyes begin to burn and I press my tongue against the roof of my mouth to force my jaw to stop moving. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

For a few moments, until Sata turned back into the shop, their hands flew and their tongues were still. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then the Black Captain rose in his stirrups and cried aloud in a dreadful voice, speaking in some forgotten tongue words of power and terror to rend both heart and stone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He felt his tongue cleave to his mouth, and his heart labouring. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was founded in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1914, by rural and working- class Christians who believed that the Holy Spirit had moved them to speak in tongues. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And he started chanting joyously, teasingly, the master of his tongue again, “I love you, Dad. I love you, Dad. I love you. I love you. I love you.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, one learned when to speak and when to keep one’s tongue between his teeth. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s bitter on my tongue. I think of it as the Unseen City instead.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She envisioned her former master tangled in linens, purple tongue poking from his lips. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He’s pale and thin, but with bright eyes and a lively tongue that I never want to stop talking. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her tongue a little heavy in her mouth, her excitement a little forced. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We’re not Snape!” croaked Harry, before something whooshed over him like cold air and his tongue curled backward on itself, making it impossible to speak. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His tongue was dry and stuck to the roof of his mouth, as if he’d licked an entire jar of peanut butter. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

They were both superb creatures with pulpy, bright, pointed tongues and mouths like round warm plums, a little sweet and sticky, a little rotten. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They built churches out of plaster and wood and sat within them, reading books written in foreign tongues. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He prodded my chest with a wrinkled finger, and made a tsk noise with his tongue against his teeth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His words were slightly slurred, as if his tongue were swollen. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then her tongue rescues the streams on the side of the cone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then, right before she finally stopped, she poked her tongue out at me. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Clicking her tongue as if to say, What can you do? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, “red tongues of light began to shoot upward.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Elves spoke together in soft voices, and questioned Legolas in their own tongue. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Have the rest of you mislaid your tongues? Will no one talk sense to this frozen-faced fool?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My tongue swelled so much that it was difficult to breathe through my mouth, and I noticed that it was becoming harder and harder to think clearly. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped to my feet and made the mistake of trying to express my anger in the demon tongue. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thrust his tongue into his cheek, wrinkled his nose and creased his forehead. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Priscilla, her mother said, was too much fun to say, tripping off the tongue like a favorite song. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The cops came back, looked in, clicked their tongues and joined it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Valley began to write numbers on the side of the map, her tongue sticking out slightly, her brow furrowed in a show of extreme concentration. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

‘Stay, strangers here unknown!’ they cried in the tongue of the Riddermark, demanding the names and errand of the strangers. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She was wearing her culottes, her pink sweater, and a necklace of human tongues. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My anger loosens my tongue, and I drop my arms and bend down to grab my sword, gesturing at Bill with it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to speak, but I could not move my tongue. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment she stared incredulous, as if he had begun to gibber in an unknown tongue-"Stannis and Renly are fighting each other!" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She smiled back, her forked tongue flickering between her teeth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He sniffed carefully and finally ventured to touch his tongue to it, fearing all the while that it might be poisoned food. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

When he breathes through his open mouth, I can smell the night scum coating his tongue and the sunny-side-up eggs he ate for breakfast. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The altar boy held the gold platter under each chin, the priest mumbled something in Latin and placed the host on the tongue. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Python flicked his tongue out, slithered off the rock, and stretched out beside the pole. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a lady’s handkerchief and had a design outlined on it: a sitting Newfoundland dog with his tongue lolling out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could hardly find my tongue. ‘I’m not like her!’ Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny could feel herself crying as she swam, taste her tears, salty as the cold sea but warm on her face and tongue. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Yup,” said Laney, the tip of her tongue sticking out the side of her mouth. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I reached out and lifted a few strands of her hair, drawing them across my tongue, through my teeth, tasting her shampoo and the icy flavor of snow. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Save your lies for those who speak your tongue, Imp,” he said, when the Volantenes waved them on. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Right at the Balrog’s feet it broke, and the stone upon which it stood crashed into the gulf, while the rest remained, poised, quivering like a tongue of rock thrust out into emptiness. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I stick my tongue out and roll my eyes back like I’m dying. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I turned the idea over and over in my mind, like a lemon drop on my tongue. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pronounced it, as she thought, in the French way, monosyllabically, but without quite getting her tongue round the r. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Give that tongue of yours a rest unless you’d rather I tied it in a knot.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They did not speak much; the one, because he knew not our tongue; the other, because he did not have much he wished to convey. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was his custom to sit on the table, and his manner to repel anything but the greatest courtesy with a haughty and malevolent tongue. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She could have made an inquiry or two, as to the expedition and the expense of the Irish mails;—it was at her tongue’s end—but she abstained. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Use a language other than your native tongue. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Just as the taste of maple sugar faded along her tongue, she bent over, pushed back delicate leaves, and found masses of plump red little berries. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

On Em’s other side was Tab, sticking out her tongue and making peace signs with both hands. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

There, I had said it at last, the word that had hovered on my tongue for days. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“And be quick about it. If she’s not wet by the time I’m done disrobing, I will cut off that tongue of yours and nail it to the wall.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A meal was out of the question: the water was gone, and their mouths and tongues were so swollen with thirst that they could hardly swallow. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Friends,” she repeats, as if testing out whether her tongue can form the word. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The other girls watched, tongues flicking over their braces, tasting their lipgloss and testing the wind. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Did he have a tiny piece of chocolate to melt on his tongue? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I keep my tongue bit down, but I make little chuffing noises as I try to keep from laughing, and he looks up and notices. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A narrow tongue of land made a landing beach at the base of the cliffs. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Final the captain, more red than ever, and in more tongues tell him that he doesn’t want no Frenchmen—with bloom upon them and also with blood—in his ship—with blood on her also. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her tongue was close behind it, perched in the air like a pink slug gargoyle. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snake nodded, its tongue flicking with eagerness. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The dictionary had a picture of it, a long-tailed, long-eared, burrowing African mammal, which lives off termites caught by sticking out its tongue as an anteater does for ants. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a blinding crimson flare from the corner of the workshop as the fog began to catch fire, sending up strangely angular tongues of violent red flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was lashed to the tongue of the wagon so cleverly it never showed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next word tasted foul on her tongue. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Ramiro’s breath is slightly minty, and at first the kisses are soft and feel all right, but after a while, he spirals his tongue against mine, which totally grosses me out. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she had heard it, too, that soft, harmless ticking, nothing but a tongue clicking against someone's teeth. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He pushed his tongue nervously into the gap in his front teeth. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Voluptuous has a voluptuous give-and-take between the lips and the tongue, and titillating also gives the tongue a workout while titillating the ear with a coincidental but unignorable overlap with a naughty word. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I think about the spit you sometimes see, downtown, on the sidewalk; or cow’s tongues in butcher’s shops. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We caught it with our mouths and laughed at one another, at how ridiculous we looked, three bedraggled kids sticking our tongues out at the sky. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Again he tastes the dust on his tongue, sees the twisted train, the giant overturned iron wheels. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I kept the tip of my tongue firmly between my teeth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Pri slaps my back so hard that I bite my tongue. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As the blood spilled over the Queen’s tongue, Kaede’s world lurched. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When Arya flinched back, startled, he opened his mouth wide and waggled his tongue at her, only it was more a stump than a tongue. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I gaze back down at the tiny glass and stick out my tongue, but the sad image of me doesn't change. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He was tempted to say, “What is it? What’s the matter?” but held his tongue. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Greta, a stout woman with sallow skin and black hair that seemed to drip down her head like candle wax, tutted her tongue disapprovingly. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I was doing my vocal exercises. To be ready for the pageant. I do them all the time. Tane Ngatatatattannnnneeeeetane. Just limbers the tongue right up.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The manager sighed and started down the aisle to where Ignatius was mumbling, “Oh, my God, their tongues are probably all over each other’s capped and rotting teeth.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its white tongue lapped up the droplets of blood that leaked out of the wound. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I bite my tongue to suppress a cry of pain as one of them steps on my hand. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the wind blew the grass would sigh as the stalks brushed against each other, whispering in a tongue that only gods could understand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

She wanted to tell him that, but her tongue no longer obeyed her will. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to make her mad, and she was nearly always cross with Bess and annoyed with the twins—but then she’d fill with regret, moaning in agony over her own sharp tongue. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

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

Then I unscrewed the top, reached in with the eraser end of my pencil, scooped out the rest of the mustard, and painted the sneaker tongues and laces. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Instead, one might guess that they once had a more nearly continuous distribution, which became fragmented as speakers of other language families expanded or induced Miao-Yao speakers to abandon their tongues. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Crown Prince clicked his tongue and circled her slowly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He could feel the sharpness of Fenris Wolf’s teeth against his wrist, the wetness and warmth of Fenris Wolf’s tongue against his palm and his fingers. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He favored a pidgin of his lost African tongue and slave talk. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Her tongue went to sleep, but that did not stop them from spending a scandalous honeymoon. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Shall I tell my friend you will take another if she has one better than this?” asked Jo, unconscious of her little slip of the tongue, and emboldened by her success. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the witch spoke to Duny in a tongue he did not understand, and made him say with her certain rhymes and words until the enchantment came on him and held him still. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

A sour taste suddenly nipped at my tongue. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Pheoby held her tongue for a long time, but she couldn’t help moving her feet. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Mind your tongue, sellsword. You are speaking to a prince of Dome.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The bland bread was fluffy, tender, and dissolved on his tongue like cotton candy. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

This is the market where gesture is all: a tongue’s lightning lick; a thumbnail grazing the split cheeks of a purple plum. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gestured like a street hawker with the tear in his shirt flapping like a tongue. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She curled her tongue around the edge of the cone, scooping up a dollop of purple that made my eyes water. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It arcs through the air and lands in Rosie’s open mouth, sizzling as it hits her tongue. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to climb the church tower and cut the tongues out of those bells myself,” Eliza grumbled as she beat a dozen eggs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roza had said, “You have tongue like cow!” and laughed and laughed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The cow moved, heavy as a camel, turned her head and began to lick the calf, covering its face with her tongue, and sucking up the mucus and blood. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

On careful observation, I see his tongue has been pierced, too, and he wears a stud with a silver ball the size of a marble. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

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

When the car stopped, I ran outside, opened my mouth, and curled my tongue to catch snowflakes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I say, but I do close my mouth so my tongue doesn't stick out. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had a shallow little nose and on either side of the bridge lay those long lashes which could mock him as well as her tongue. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything,” I said, intending to go on, but my tongue only licked the backs of my teeth, tasting the word everything. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both wore rumpled suits and stuck out their tongues, but only one displayed true genius in such films as Booty and the Beast and The Three Stooges Meet Hercules. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They stare through the glass, they cluck their tongues, they frown while I watch my TV. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Old Dan washed her head with his warm red tongue while I massaged and rubbed her body. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She often wore her hair in cat’s ears, lots of piercings, lips, nose, eyebrows, tongue, her speech thick. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Then she had me hold the food tray so that she could serve the tongue and cheese. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I click my tongue and turn on my mike. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Working already? That’s a big responsibility for such a little thing,” she said, clucking her tongue. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you were wonderingI said with every bit of venom my troupe-sharpened tongue could muster. “Well maybe you can wonder a while longer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“He bit off half his tongue in his first battle,” Hungerford explained to her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Hopelessness had little chance against the discovery of the tip of the tongue. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

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

“Lime-juice cordial,” she said, sliding her tongue deliciously over her lips. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

On the march, through the hot days of early April, he carried the pebble in his mouth, turning it with his tongue, tasting sea salt and moisture. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sculpted my Mr Whippy with my tongue. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

"The ambulance is on its way, but the marathon's made a mess of traffic. Oh man, this isn't good! Put a stick between her teeth so she doesn't bite her tongue. Someone grab a stick!" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Thomas wondered what lay under the doors when the Box wasn’t there, but held his tongue. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Tobias hesitates, his mouth open like there are words waiting on his tongue. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The other mother reached up her hand and removed a small, brass front-door key from her tongue. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“The heat doesn’t seem to have damaged the gilding on your tongue.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mariam pulled the blanket off the baby, was horrified to find a second one beneath, clucked her tongue, and pulled that one off too. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Thin, white whiskers shimmered in the light, and a pink tongue poked out from above her white chin. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m scared out of my mind before I try to put my tongue in a girl’s mouth. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Anya’s tongue stuck to the roof of her mouth as she gazed at his eyes, then at his finger. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The glittering girls, the ones with split tongues and pinchy fingers, whispered. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I was fascinated by his pink gums, the tongue spotted with white, the lips almost the same color as the rest of his skin. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Reynie looked at Constance, who by way of answering Sticky was poking her tongue out. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Here was a superior tongue, a luminous language, the kind of English he heard on Master’s radio, rolling out with clipped precision. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Directly after he finished the interpretation, two other women began speaking in tongues too. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He danced on his front paws on the porch, his mismatched eyes smiling up at me, his tongue hanging out happy. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I chewed on my tongue, then pressed and twisted the lid off the bottle. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

It sounded like neither English nor his other, private tongue. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But I always fought back, and while Ambrose was intelligent and reasonably well-spoken, he was no match for my trouper’s tongue. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A stone would fly straight through him and strike the child made in his image, clipping out an eye or a tongue or an outstretched hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a moment of hesitation, and then her mouth opened against his, and her tongue slid into his mouth, and he was, under the strange stars, utterly, irrevocably, lost. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There! Now I have made you solemn again. I should put a curb on my tongue. Here, take the fig. That should cheer you.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Can’t repeat it—not fit for a lady’s ears. Not fit for Christian ears, neither. Pastor Tom would swallow his tongue if he could hear them boys talking trash on the rig.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I roll my eyes and stick out my tongue. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of his tongue played between his teeth, and in the clamp of his thighs he held two small ceramic basins. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I did not cut his tongue out, because since I left Estre I don’t carry a knife. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

My tongue is a piece of leather in my mouth, my vocal cords brittle paper. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He entered another stretch of time, and now, lying snugly on his tongue, was a sugared almond, whose sweetness belonged to another world. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The fumes of powder taste bitter on the tongue. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just turning away when one caught me, ran its tongue up the back of my body, and transformed me into something new. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

One of his boots has lost its lace, and its tongue lolls cannibalistically. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And when Mrs. Bannister held the cup to my lips, I fanned the hot milk out on my tongue as it went down, tasting it luxuriously, the way a baby tastes its mother. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The Sister knew, of course—but she held her tongue. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Then the dog licked Alex up one side of his face and down the other with that gigantic pink tongue. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’d wait to hear her voice return to soft-sounding Spanish, which assured me, as surely as did the clicking tongue of the lock on the door, that the stranger was gone. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tipped his glass again, letting the last drops of scotch and melted ice hit his tongue. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Why did the boy have to be so infernally smart with his hands—and his tongue? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment he opened his eyes and spat the chewed bark from his tongue. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It stared around with fixed eyes, tongue flicking out of its sharp little mouth. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The priest stopped right in the middle of the prayer and extended his right arm in the direction of my mother, who then started speaking in tongues. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tongue almost slithered across his face as it slid in and out, constantly repeating the dreaded name. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I hurried up and down the stairs with the remaining trays of soup, then the roasted tongue and mushrooms. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second tongue of flame shot from the wand and interlinked with the first, making a fine, glowing chain. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her beak is open, her tongue thrust out. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can taste salt on my tongue—I bet my tears somehow sucked back into my eyeballs and made their way down my throat. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He began striding up and down again, praying and prophesying, with his words sometimes shifting to an unknown, yet strangely powerful, tongue. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found his legs were weak and his tongue gave him pain all the time. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Instead, the tongue sloped down into the whale’s throat. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We'd occasionally pass the time examining charts on tongue position or reading childish 5-laden texts recounting the adventures of seals or settlers named Sassy or Samuel. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The cross was steady on the breast just below the panting tongue. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yedsha rounded the corner, and the words died on his tongue. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

His face is back to how it was when the crocs tore it open, peeled half away, his tongue lolling out the side of the gash in his cheek. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They would walk to the falafel place on Howe Street for hummus, and sit in a dark corner talking for hours, and finally emerge, tongues smarting with garlic. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Kainene would know exactly what to say and would not feel the awkward ineptness that she did now, Kainene with her sharp edges and her bitter tongue and her supreme confidence. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His tongue hung from his mouth, but only on occasion, and he was not panting. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lourdes lights a cigar, and rolls the dry, tart smoke on her tongue. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees even smell different, sending a sharp tang in the air I can taste on my tongue. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Poppy was always served after a feast: it clarified the mind and stimulated the tongue, and made for rich conversation. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Just because people have tattoos or pierced tongues doesn’t mean they’re crazy!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s your mouth that concerns me, not your legs. In fetters, you’re a slave. No one will listen to a word you say, not even those who speak the tongue of Westeros.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The salt stings my tongue, makes me thirsty. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Fleshlumpeater was speaking, she got a glimpse of his tongue. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally cleared some room for my tongue, I said, “You gotta come over, see my room. It’s almost as bad as yours. Oh, man!” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We knocked ourselves out trying to fit in but were ultimately betrayed by our tongues. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Speed, he thought, was the secret behind the enigma of why men would torture themselves by placing these raw quivering bivalves on their tongues. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It flailed briefly and died with its tongue protruding from its mouth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toes tapping anxiously two inches above the floor, the Owner brought the peanut butter to meet his tongue. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland moved his tongue precisely as though he clipped out his words with scissors. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Only the top half of its head was exposed above the ice; the rest of it, the dangerous parts, its open jaws and all its teeth and tongues, were all caught below the surface. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The flame flared high and blue, then shrank to a little orange tongue no bigger than a fingertip. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Her teeth cut her tongue and the inside of her mouth. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

P. T. was on him immediately, muddy paws all over the beige raincoat, and pink tongue sandpapering Jesse’s wet face. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Now her lipsticked mouth is coming at me, a gaping maw with tongue extended. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I was thirsty, my tongue a mixture of dry and moist patches, like a sun-baked pond bed, but I didn’t want to hazard drinking the wild stream water unless it was totally necessary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

As the other men argued about Parliament and letters of protest and counterletters and countcr-counterletters, Shabbywig stabbed at the last pieces of tongue on his plate and shoved them into his mouth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick plays it tongue in cheek, smiling self-consciously. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The boys locked arms and moaned loudly, their tongues clicking and eyes rolling wildly in their heads. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Cordelia sticks her tongue in the side of her mouth and frowns at the nucleus. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth was open, and he ran his tongue over his lips. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby peered anxiously at his face, and would have looked at his tongue, but in the dark room she could see no more than the dim outline of his head. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Upon inquiry, I found that English was the least of his languages, preceded by his own tongue and the speech of the Mandingoes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In the bushes, Sefia bit down on her tongue to keep from crying out. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then he kissed her neck, her jaw, her lips; under the pressure of his tongue, she opened her mouth and the gushing warmth of it overwhelmed him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Please do not lick the boat with your tongue! It’ll only make it sticky!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The days and hours began to speak now with a clearer tongue. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not my place to speak about His Highness. And you should mind your tongue, too.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let him bite his tongue off,” a short sergeant near Yossarian advised shrewdly, and a seventh man threw himself into the fray to wrestle with the ill lieutenant’s face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

You could almost watch them grow, pressing their fat green tongues up through the black earth. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was warm and soft against my skin, my tongue in her mouth, and she was laughing, trying to teach me, make me better, promising to be continued. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Taste every word, Meggie, whispered Mo’s voice inside her, savor it on your tongue. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Irene and I called it summer snow, and sometimes we’d squint into the dry glare and try to catch cotton on our tongues. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I again realized that we were not different people with separate languages; we were one people, with different tongues. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sweet vanilla flavor was still on my tongue and her reading was a wonder in my ears. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some suspect,” wrote Jolly Roger, “that Tom may have removed his tongue.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people couldn’t say his name right because you have to kind of roll your tongue to say the sound of the two r’s together. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I ran my fingertip along the hard line of his two-inch jaw, rough like a cat’s tongue. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“And she knows how to hold her tongue.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where the grass is cut with a scythe, where rooster combs and sunflowers grow in the yards, and pots of bleeding heart, ivy, and mother-in-law tongue line the steps and windowsills. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Something is going out; I can feel it pass me like a cold wind. I can hear, far off, confused sounds—as of men talking in strange tongues, fierce-falling water, and the howling of wolves.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They set his fur on end—that prickly, alert, thrilling sensation, a good feeling—and made his tongue drip. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I just want to let my tongue speak the way it pleases, let it be untamed and not bound by rules. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

D flats and A sharps licking at her like so many tongues of flame, here behind the knee, up here on the neck, right below the navel . . . the inventory filled her with shame. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Esteban Trueba, ever fearful of public ridicule, opted for a solution that would not provide material for malicious tongues, because he knew that his wife’s strange behavior was the target of local gossips. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when he brought a cupped hand to his mouth and felt die cold lake water trickle past his cracked lips and over his tongue he could not stop. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips were cracked and bleeding, her tongue swollen and sandpaper dry. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

"And keep that tongue to yourself or you'll get worse. No one asked your views." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He hears a priest with no tongue say, The keeper of the stone will live forever. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The murmuring silence gave, the crowd burst into loud chatter: it was as if the thought of food had loosened all tongues; and the pushing and thrusting became more violent. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I popped it into my mouth, I let it melt on my tongue. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

My tongue was stuck to the roof of my mouth. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Peeves clutched at his throat, gulped, then swooped from the room making obscene gestures but unable to speak, owing to the fact that his tongue had just glued itself to the roof of his mouth. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The voice was saying, “He can’t talk to you. He is invisible. His words are formed with an invisible tongue, they have no sound.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

At least I got my tongue back enough to introduce myself. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every Sunday we swallow quinine tablets so bitter your tongue wants to turn itself inside out like a salted slug. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mouth dirties it. It is a blasphemy upon your tongue.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His tongue stuck out of his mouth; he bit it over and over. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The snakes flicked their tongues and writhed as if they didn’t appreciate holding up the weight of a giant. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was on the tip of everyone’s tongues, in the misunderstood lyrics of her favorite songs, and stamped on the jewelry she’d owned for almost half of her life. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Laleh’s tongue was turning yellow, and it had clearly gone numb from the cold, but that didn’t stop her from carrying on a full conversation with Sohrab in Farsi as we walked home. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I desperately wanted to go, but I bit back my tongue. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surface of the tongue turns brilliant red and then sloughs off, and is swallowed or spat out. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Riccio pushed his tongue through the gap in his teeth and kept his eyes fixed on Scipio. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Minerva says, Mate, don’t listen to evil tongues. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spoke agaitx\\ I bite my tongue to keep from using it and scan my word choices, lifting Nutmeg to see what she’s sitting on. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its tongue was rough and wet and it liked the smell on my trousers and started sniffing them. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My tongue felt heavy and my lips raw. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They’d drawn for hours, and June was hilarious as she learned, pressing her tongue to her top lip in concentration and scrunching a hand into her hair when she got frustrated. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His gums bled at the slightest pressure of the tip of his tongue, and he seldom stopped experimenting; it was a little game he played, sometimes by the hour. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Often they appeared from the bush walking on stilts, towering above the crowd and screaming in different tongues. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

A tongue slipped out from under the darkness and into the light of the moon. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

You never have to worry about me biting my tongue if something I know as truth is on my mind. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at it, then pushed his own small tongue into his own cheek. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Whitby didn’t answer, on account of having his tongue pinned by Italian leather. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I thought that because of her sharp tongue and unloving ways, she would not find a welcome in her brother’s home. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

That poet she met at Lucinda's party the night before argued that no matter how much of it one lost, in the midst of some profound emotion, one would revert to one's mother tongue. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Mind your tongue when you speak of the dead, lest you bring them misfortune.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The big Greek’s smile grew very broad and he stuck out his fat, pink tongue. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I try to click my microphone on, but my tongue feels slow and covered with sand. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Through the night, each orange tongue of flame flickered from a wick at the top. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The woman in the oxfords clucked her tongue. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was slick with the moisture of tears and mucus, and once in a while she opened her mouth and extended her pepper-burned tongue to pant like a dog. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But there was no evidence that Lombardy, known for his acerbic tongue, was antagonistic toward Bobby. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the background, just audible, a woman’s voice was half singing, half chanting, but the lyrics seemed to be in a foreign tongue. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man was very relieved, and he was now able to walk about without people pointing at him and clicking their tongues in amazement. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He had no choice—he had no tongue. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She tried to tell him, also, how the pills tasted, the ones Dr. Patel brought, clammy like her tongue in the morning. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In countries that are not the British Empire, they cut out children’s tongues, especially those of boys. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everything is on the tip of my tongue now, ready to tumble out—but I stop just short of saying too much. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Like a baby, I stick my tongue out at him and make my way, life jacket and all, farther into the water. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wet her finger with her tongue and then moistened her dry lips with her finger. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Paqo said, “Strange how close the two names are. Micay. Millay. Beauty and horror just a click of the tongue apart. One moment in time, and a life veers off on a different path.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Big-legged women with pink kitty tongues roll money into green tubes for later on; then they laugh and put their arms around each other. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at her profile, his tongue clamped between his teeth. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I guess that’s because he supposedly has an eyeball on his tongue. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was chewing acacia thorns, and I could see that his long tongue was almost black. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She fell silent at once, as if she had swallowed her tongue. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Oh good. It’s you two. Close your mouths before your tongues freeze.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had written it in Sanskrit, which was his mother tongue, and he had encoded the even lines in the private cipher of the Emperor Augustus and the odd ones in a Lacedemonian military code. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Time came when she fought back with her tongue as best she could, but it didn’t do her any good. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The cubs dangled their tongues and let the scent of warm edible flesh enter their noses. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“In these woods and cottages there are no envious eyes, no carping tongues, no gossip or lies,” I said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Around the opposite sex, especially back then, my tongue twisted into knots even a Boy Scout would walk away from. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“No use to you anyway. Written in the old tongue.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

"From head to heels, every part of you is lovely. Yet just now the part that interests me most is your tongue." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was seized with shame: my tongue would not utter the request I had prepared. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She stuck her tongue out and I socked her in the arm. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He flexed his mouth, ran his tongue over his bruised lips. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I pass The kitchen, I pet the molcajete, The turtle-shaped stone That could snap Your tongue And make it wag Crowns of fire. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They swallowed, tasted their tongues, sucked their lips, and there was a far-away look in their eyes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its diseased tongue flicked out like a New Year’s Eve party blower losing air. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He put out a long pink tongue, rough and warm as a bath towel, and gently licked the children's cheeks. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

My younger brother, Roman, can't explain why paint melting on his tongue feels good. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Yet he knew that the moment he tried to put his feelings into words, his tongue would not move. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I bite my tongue and fist my hands to make myself stop. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then we sat in the shade of the álamos of the river and peeled the tunas very carefully because even on their skin they have fuzz spots that make your fingers and tongue itch. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learned that a pigeon isn’t very fussy about what it eats, because its tongue has only thirty-seven taste buds. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the upper left hand is a tongue of flame, a reminder that the universe, now newly created, will billions of years from now be utterly destroyed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sprawled across my bed, Sir Fig Newton paused his afternoon tongue bath. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The question died on my tongue as I took in my surroundings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I loaded his plate down with the last slices of tongue and set it in front of him before retreating to my corner. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no words find their way to my tongue, which is frozen like I feared it would be earlier. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

But Latin was also a dead language, a tongue foreign to most Catholics. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and folded his hands together on his stomach and started mumbling under his breath like he was speaking in tongues. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A slanting tongue of sunlight reached all the way to where she stood and illuminated her face and headdress. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The lies rolled off my tongue so easily, which made the pit in my stomach grow. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

That’s when they come, their long black tongues slithering up the outside of the glass, looking for a way in. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The sickness was on the tip of his tongue. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And so I hegan reading — without joy — my tongue sunken in my mouth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If that wasn’t enough, I later pierced my tongue and had the very blase “I don’t care about life” attitude. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He takes the cigar from his lips, looks at it, and then picks a piece of tobacco from his tongue. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They would suck the fruit-flavored air down their nostrils and roll it around on their tongues. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The dog’s gray tongue lolled in the dust and her rib cage pumped up and down. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Thick fat flakes, the kind you could catch on your tongue. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly with clear voices they spoke a courteous greeting in their own tongue. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They felt heavy when I said them, like I was taking a weight off of my tongue, but somehow, it’s as if they’re still lingering there. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was like switching from passively watching a film in a foreign language to actively debating in one’s mother tongue. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

My tongue work is particularly bad, I feel, but what can I do? I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

All he could taste was the pervasive and consuming despair, like soot on his tongue. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I probably couldn’t’ve said nothing no way, my tongue was too busy roaming ’round my mouth, checking to see if any of my teeth had got set a-loose by Mr. Leroy’s slap. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

With vindictive pleasure, she said in Fjerdan, “But you always liked the way I spoke your tongue. You said it sounded pure.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was great commerce and discussion between each dance, often beyond the scope of my understanding, the whole room a very Babel of rich tongues and alien conversation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Her long tongue lashes one of her golden eyes, making me take an involuntary step back. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was delicate and extraordinary, with a bulbous yellow tongue and maroon-spotted throat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ravens were the thickest here, muttering to one another in the murderers’ secret tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I could taste blood, but I wasn’t sure if it had come from my tongue or my lips or... The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her tongue felt like a little animal that had found refuge in her mouth and was now butting its head against her teeth. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The chocolate dissolves on my tongue, and I think about the pounds of the stuff we devoured in the lesson rooms. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then a thought came to him—vile, barbaric, but the one thing that might allow him to return to Hellgate with peace in his heart even if he didn’t have a tongue in his head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He can hear her wet the top of her mouth with her tongue. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You speak as if your tongue were a saw and English words were made of wood. You have a French accent.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I once praised my lord Hamlet, turning his name on my tongue like the bread of life itself. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Who’s to say this fancy rich boy could keep his tongue? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He opened his cracked bps and let rain hit his swollen, chalky tongue. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The girl with thick lips put out her tongue again at us. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Lamar stuck out his tongue at me, but of course the disciplinarians at the table missed it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Disappointment had put an edge to Judith’s tongue. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I probed with my tongue and found that two teeth on the right side were gone. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I look up at the camera that’s mounted near the ceiling and stick out my tongue. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Instead of jumping behind me like I expected, Fern threw her head back and laughed, all teeth and her pink tongue showing. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They sought each other with their tongues, as they always did, even though it seemed like a new invention, and fell kneeling as they kissed in desperation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And here, in my city, the Nazis slaughtered a family because of events that started with love and jealousy and a slip of the tongue. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The pot loosened my tongue, gave me the courage to be honest. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Noah, he says in that bone-melting way and my hands are in Heather’s hair, and I’m pressing my body against hers hard, drawing her closer to me, pushing my tongue deep inside her mouth... I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He trilled his tongue against the roof of his mouth and turned a backflip and a double spin in the air, accidentally knocking his head against the ceiling. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Her gift of tongues must be on the blink. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

"On the morrow, you shall feast upon peacock and lark's tongue, and hear music worthy of the most beautiful of women. The Thirteen will come to do you homage, and all the great of Qarth." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Independence is a complex word in a foreign tongue. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for my father to show the mayor the sharp side of his tongue, to explain the difference between mere traveling performers and Edema Ruh. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’s getting drunker by the minute, talking with two tongues now. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She leaned up and kissed Rishi, her tongue falling against his with a fervor that surprised her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Clever citrine eyes danced back and forth as Mama tinkered with the lock, and when the beast flicked his forked black tongue between the bars, a smell like smoke tinged the dry air. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“We’ll see what happens when the full moon arrives. I bet you’ll run through the forest with your tongue hanging out.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I was backing the mules into place on either side of the wagon tongue, here came trouble in the form of Grandpa Blakeslee. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When he awakened the sun was cooking the inside of his mouth and had dried his tongue to leather. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie bit back the answer on the tip of her tongue. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Grace Wexler dismissed the next heir with an audible tongue click. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was my turn to stick my tongue out at him. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Dismay nuzzled his cold, wet nose into my neck and slurped my cheek with his sloppy tongue. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope this fog finally gives up,” she said, sighing as the taste of the batter hit her tongue. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

My mom was smart and had a sharp tongue, but I was quicker in an argument. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

That Peeta’s tongue would have far greater power against the Capitol than any physical strength the rest of us could claim? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can almost feel it beating on my tongue. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The lawn ran out into a narrow tongue between bright margins: on the right and west the Silverlode flowed glittering; on the left and east the Great River rolled its broad waters, deep and dark. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I had anticipated long soulful tongued kisses and gentle caresses. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Has el gato—the cat—still got your tongue?” inquired the old man when Matt was at last brought back to the wheelchair. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

No breakfast at all, not today with his bitten tongue swelling in his mouth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Minerva drew her index finger across her throat and let her tongue hang out of her mouth. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened and kept my tongue from giving answer. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, man, what he sucking his tongue at me fo ?” Peewee’s eyes narrowed. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was shocking on her tongue, and when she looked up she saw a barren landscape around her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then Emma let go, too—Bronwyn and I being all that kept her from falling—and with her hands now free she reached down and clapped them around the tongue. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“No, not really. Just healing and speaking tongues.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“You speak my tongue. Can I sway you with promises, or are you determined to buy a lordship with my head?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His tongue was grisly, the throb and sting seeming to fill his head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Shielding her mouth from her mother with the fan, she stuck her tongue out at me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, I sat back and drank the fresh glass of tea he made for me, without milk or sugar this time, so that the leaves’ strong, earthy taste lingered like smoke on my tongue. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It came to him that he must testify: his tongue only could bear witness to the wonders he had seen. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

"Don't give them the rough side of your tongue. You'll get me whipped!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

She chewed loudly, smacking her tongue against the roof of her mouth. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The sheep drink And eat, their buds Of tongues Gathering up the wet world. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Duskendale had been his finest hour, yet the memory tasted bitter on his tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard my cousins say this, but it’s the first time that I’ve tried to wrap this curse around my tongue and I say it all wrong. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Latin’s great theatrical charm, its sacred power, was that it could translate human aspiration to a holy tongue. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been a slip of the tongue, because Starry would never hurt me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His Grace should have sent another man, a lord or knight or maester, someone who could speak for him without tripping on his own tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And if I roll the little brush with my tongue and chew it to a point and dip it in the muddy cake, the one in the little red box, will you teach me? The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he drank the tea anyway, frying the taste buds off his tongue, because he didn’t drink coffee and because he wanted to stay awake. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Drums had begun to beat, the fire was blazing fiercely, great long orange tongues consuming the fuel and thrusting upwards and sometimes outwards as if to engulf the watchers. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought someone had put a wood chip into my mouth, until I realized it was my tongue. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn't see it, but he could feel it—first with his fingers, then with his tongue. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He looks like he’s struggling to say what he wants to, like all the words racing through his mind have just screeched to a halt on the tip of his tongue. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as a dollop hit your tongue, your entire body melted into happiness. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was sweet and tangy—almost too sweet—but so good that he didn’t drink it fast, held it in his mouth and let the taste go over his tongue. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched him steadily out the window, smiling her peculiar downturned smile, and made satisfied clicks with her tongue against her teeth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, ‘Hills or Inlé, it’s all one to me where you go. You hold your tongue.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bigger man raised his eyes to gaze at the intruders in distaste and said something in die tongue of Old Volantis, too fast for Tyrion to hope to follow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I see your tongue between your teeth as you concentrate on finishing a bead necklace. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The grannies were chanting and murmuring and swaying back and forth, speaking in tongues. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

On one long operation, Allen was burning up with thirst, his mouth parched dry, his tongue swollen. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Dicey studied her map while her tongue made valleys in the ice cream and then smoothed them out. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is not hard to look at, Dany told herself, and he has a king’s tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“None, my lord,” I said, discretion guarding my tongue. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But as he drew nearer to the address he had been given, the other languages fell away and the familiar lilt of the Lithuanian tongue enveloped him. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When he clicked his tongue, the horse trotted forward and Anya almost slid right off its back. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mushroom soup, bitter greens with tomatoes the size of peas, rare roast beef sliced as thin as paper, noodles in a green sauce, cheese that melts on your tongue served with sweet blue grapes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The cat yawned slowly, carefully, revealing a mouth and tongue of astounding pinkness. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

"Will you take cold tongue or cold ham, Madam?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Grandpop spoke like his tongue was too fat for his mouth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His tongue swipes my cheek, which is disgusting. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not that he'd flip out and do something crazy, like bite his own tongue off and show me bloody teeth—even though, honestly, I would've rather seen that, than...that look again. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to yell at him to shut up, but the way I was getting tossed around, if I opened my mouth I’d bite my own tongue off. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She just opened her mouth and pushed it out with her tongue. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But her tongue feels as if it has been stuffed in her mouth like a rag to keep her quiet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She ran her tongue over her teeth, then tried to brush away the stains with a finger. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He catches the grasshoppers we throw in his box by whipping out his tongue like a slingshot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, you’ve got the words smooth on yore tongue. Well, you air ten now; I reckon that’s old enough to take on a sizable job.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She was good at that, and well known for her sharp tongue. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The language was generally Shona, but smatterings of other tongues cropped up when people became excited. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

How can such simple ingredients make my tongue feel like it’s dancing with warmth and smoke? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He spoke, as did Ged, in the Old Speech, for that is the tongue of dragons still. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, although he can understand his mother tongue, and speak it fluently, he cannot read or write it with even modest proficiency. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now she's got her tongue stuck, and you can see her swallowing in her throat, like her mouth is dry. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

His tongue was hanging out and he was wagging his tail. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Each morning I would wake up and expect to feel his shaggy presence at the end of my bed, or his big tongue licking my face—Comfort! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I never said anything to him, but it’s like a cut on my tongue that never healed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t argue or stick out his tongue or anything. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

My tongue felt the ragged edge of a broken tooth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My tongue searched my top row of teeth, scratching against my now sharp and jagged front tooth, while my mouth filled with blood. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When it blazed and man and woman were warming their backs, Roland asked her again, but this time in Upick, her own beautiful tongue. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The letter C. Crisp, slightly acid on the tongue, delicious. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking it, Albert had stuck out his tongue at her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Start by putting a good sized lump of sugar on your tongue. Brown sugar’s best. Right on the center of your tongue.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

I presented it between his lips; but the tongue did not move, and the jaw was without motion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

"A man chained hand and foot should keep a more courteous tongue in his mouth, ser. I did not come here to be threatened." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I stick my tongue out and race up to her. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I half expected him to lick his lips with a forked tongue. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Called it geo-something or other that made it sound like they were speaking in a foreign tongue. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

It means that your appendix, which is about the size of your tongue, and located right here, she says, pointing to the bottom of her stomach on the right side, has ruptured. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It sounded a little complicated to kiss with your lips and your tongue. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually a nurse led me to a small white room where she weighed me, took my blood pressure, and swabbed my tongue. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her arms were folded, her lips were pursed, and she seemed to be chewing her tongue, as though biting back the furious diatribe she longed to throw at Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger had uttered it as if the mere sound might scorch his tongue. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The sweat on my hands froze my fingers to the canister’s fastenings the same way a curious child’s tongue sticks to a pump handle in the dead of winter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The driver shouted something at his elephant in the local tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Say it again and I will rip your lying tongue out, kinslayer.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I ate the rabbit’s body, rolling my tongue over my lips to lick off the sticky bean paste. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe that meant, I love you too, in whatever tongue he was speaking. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Across the road, the girl was still crying, her high singsong tongue strange to Dany's ears. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Oh, God.You can see the froth on his lips and the blood that comes from biting his tongue. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had to hold his breath and bite his tongue to keep from crying out as he applied the salve. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

My father came only once, with blue flames curling from his eyebrows and tongue: Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Euron had sliced her tongue out before giving her to him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I looked at him, and I had to bite my tongue because I was going to burst out laughing. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He kisses my lips, pushes his tongue into my mouth. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head felt light, my tongue its normal size. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Matt struggled to say something but his tongue failed him so he jumped down off the porch and walked away as mad as he could be. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Frankie turned around and stuck his tongue out at me for calling him stupid. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Jonathan’s mouth felt hard and dry, his tongue thick. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Each member of the class then took a turn trying to say this tongue twister in an American accent. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Argus never spoke, probably because he had eyes all over his body, including—so I’d heard—at the tip of his tongue, and he didn’t like to show that off. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

At other times, two languages may come together, fuse, replicate, and give rise to nests of new tongues. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I was impatient to find out if Anansi was hiding below, I bit my tongue and let her do her thing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He ran his tongue along the inside of his lip to see how bad the bite was. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Your tongue betrays your birth with every word you say. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

“I can tie a cherry stem with my tongue,” Miss Ohio said and licked her lips. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

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

“Hold your tongue, you disrespectful old bird! And, Jo, you’d better go at once. It isn’t proper to be gadding about so late with a rattlepated boy like...” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of Roza, of her kidnapper, and bitterness sanded his tongue. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Can you smell the fruit, ser? The perfume of the Arbor. Taste it, my lord, and tell me it isn't the finest, richest wine that's ever touched your tongue." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A gentle kiss at first, lips pressed to lips, then their tongues were touching and she felt boneless against him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then he realized that it was a colossal skull, comprised of what looked like emerald stars, with a serpent protruding from its mouth like a tongue. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Gingerly, I tasted it, letting the coolness of the water sit on my tongue while I decided if it was okay to let the girls have some. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And Jasper lagged behind, weary from his wild scamper, his tongue hanging from his mouth. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The brazen mask beneath his arm was new—a wolf’s head with lolling tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I pinched the clean end tight with my lips to keep it from falling and clamped my tongue against the roof of my mouth to keep from choking on the pointy end. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She envisioned a grotesque creature stalking forward in the moonlight, tongue darting between serrated teeth as it eyed easy prey. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was, to use his own words, "an art of short, swift, and secret writing, by the which one may transcribe the spoken word as rapidly as it issues from the tongue." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Here she paused and licked her paw with one long, deliberate stroke of her thick, pink tongue. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Her tongue sticks out a little bit between her lips, and she smells sort of like vanilla extract and talcum powder. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mac makes a clicking noise with his tongue. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Garria’s tongue tried to pry open her lips while his hand pressed against her jaw until he forced it open. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking about her was the same as the hole you keep on feeling with your tongue after you lose a tooth. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Many shunned him; a few nodded, and handed him their weapons; he rubbed the unguent on the stock and muzzle, all the while whispering to the firearm coaxingly in some unknown tongue. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Harry asked Dumbledore, looking up at the green skull with its serpent’s tongue glinting evilly above them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"That woman was a food-taster. That young girl's tongue has been trained to detect over ninety-eight types of poisons to be found in our kingdom." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She clicked her tongue and checked their boarding cards, then she led him back up to the front of the plane, and pointed him to the empty seat in first class. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When he returned from West Virginia she ambushed him in the kitchen, and after she gave him a tongue lashing a second time around I knew he’d be seeing me next. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I jumped from the car and thrust out my tongue. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“She stood you up,” Moody went on, clucking his tongue. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Still it was not those illnesses or even the ice that marked the beginning of the trouble, that self-fulfilled prophecy that Shadrack carried on his tongue. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A man in an elegant red cardinal's robe and a high lace collar stood resting against an enormous Bible and now began to lead a hard-driving hymn which the congregation shouted in the unknown tongue. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half of him wanted to answer back, but he bit his tongue. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He pried his tongue between her lips, pushing her words back in her throat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Narrowing her eyes at me and clicking her tongue, she pinches the material. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Phyllis,” I tried again, though the coordination between my tongue and teeth and lips felt clumsy and strange. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There was the heart and the liver and the tongue, and the head to be made into headcheese, and the dish-pan full of bits to be made into sausage. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tongue flickers out like a snake’s as he tastes the jam. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When I asked cousins and other Chinese children whether their mothers had cut their tongues loose, they said, “What?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I roll the seeds on my tongue—they are hard and have no taste. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the next hour locked in my bathroom, staring at my tongue. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

That fellow was called Minotaur—a monster kept in a crazy maze by some fellow named, well, I couldn’t say that fellow’s name if it was tattooed to my tongue. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I look at Boomer and stick out my tongue like I’m gagging. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was skinny and pointy and wild-eyed, and she had this crazy, long black tongue kind of pouring out of the side of her mouth. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

At the candy counter, my father holds a toffee crunch above her flicking, disgusting tongue. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a rough and unmelodious tongue, a string of rattling, guttural noises, and there seemed to be two speakers, one with a slightly lower, slower voice than the other. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I look back at the horizon, click my tongue, and turn on my microphone. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I run my tongue over my own teeth and check my faja. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to swallow away the dryness, but her tongue stuck to the roof of her mouth and made it impossible. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden it was there, on the tip of her tongue, and had to be spoken aloud. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She clucked her tongue as all but one coin clanked into the tin with the rest of that week’s Booker money. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The word slipped off my tongue like I had said it before. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The tongue often makes an appearance, licking from the lips any stickiness imparted by the filter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I thought perhaps I overdid it when I stuck out my tongue.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dill had never manifested the gift of tongues. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Dany told him what she had done, in his own tongue so the khal would understand her better, her words simple and direct. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

You tried to cut off my tongue, but it didn’t work.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her tongue was on fire, and when she gulped a cup of wine the flames spread down her throat and up her nose. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mami was not one to hold her tongue when she was treated unfairly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When I tap it open, I see a picture of Edna crossing her eyes at me and letting her tongue hang out. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And jeans more normal than mine, and sneakers that look like Hollywood sneakers playing the part of sneakers: perfect bow-laces and perfect white edges and perfect uncreased tongues. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Killer headache,” she explained, running her tongue across her front teeth. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I fell off the Woody pig and bit my tongue. What could possibly be worse than that?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I grab the brain model and angrily peel back layer after layer on my own, the complicated names sticking on my tongue as I practice them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

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

The dragon Ladon was writhing now, a hundred heads whipping around, tongues flickering and tasting the air. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was an old-maid’s hand, or an old-fashioned boy's, sitting with his feet hooked round the legs of a stool arid his tongue out, writing carefully. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The faint taste of blood blooms on his tongue, and he smiles as he opens up to it, pushes it into Henry’s mouth, tugs at his hair with both hands. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He told Robin, too, of far countries: the Holy Land where crusaders had fought for the tomb of our Lord, and of Greece and Rome, whose ancient languages were the beginnings of many other tongues. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The excuse slips off my tongue almost before I’m aware of it. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Yes, they made it back here alive, but raving mad—unable to explain the horrors they’d seen, and not just because their tongues had been cut out. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I make a clicking sound with my tongue to turn off my microphone. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Their kisses are wet and sloppy, and you can see their tongues going in and out of each other’s mouths. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Odd too is the effect produced when he uses academic jargon—bubbles at the tip of his tongue: ‘Topos... negative capability... vegetation imagery in Shakespearean comedy.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to say something to him, but the words keep evaporating, vanishing off my tongue before I have the chance to say them. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ghost kept pace with them for almost half a mile, red tongue lolling from his mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It felt funny on his tongue and made him drool a bit. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Even though he did not speak it often, that other tongue flavored his English so he sounded different from everyone else. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The chicken was tough, the tongue too salty, and the chocolate wouldn’t froth properly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Likens, the principal, came rushing in and pulled her tongue out and then put a fold of notebook paper between her teeth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of tugging on his leash, Lumpy sat down and looked at me, his tongue hanging out. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I deem it to be a tongue of the Black Land, since it is foul and uncouth. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We waited, silently, tongues clamped between our teeth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You needs an ’ole world of friends and playfellows,” said the Bishop of Bath and Wells, wiggling his long tongue. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I could feel my tongue slowly begin to throb as the heat of the peppers crawled over it like an army of tiny fire ants. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I should’ve just gone while I had the chance, but the dogs had prehistoric fangs, deranged eyes, gammon tongues, and steel chains round their necks. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I feel his arms stroke my back, his hands tighten around my waist, his breath, and his smell, my tongue warm against his, a stirring inside of me that makes my tongue press farther. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

And I must always, always, whatever I do, hold my tongue, because not doing so, apparently, is how trouble starts. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I. .. own ... stores,” he roared, one word at a time, thick tongued. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mine was turning needle-sharp against my tongue, like a candy cane. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The cow swung her head up and around, looking at them, her tongue flicking. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She breathed in damp, wheezing gasps and cursed periodically, reverting to her unintelligible native tongue. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Eventually I’ll have to put one on your tongue too,” the Count said, “but I’ll save that for last in case you have any questions.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“They had best not say it in my sister’s hearing, or they will find themselves short a tongue.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"They want a race riot and I am against it. The more of us who are killed, the better they like —" "Ignore his lying tongue," Ras shouted. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tongue flickering like a warning, the black eyes watching her so carefully. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

At last, she looked up, and her tongue slipped from between her teeth. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The wolf groomed his chest with his tongue. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stuck, along with my tongue, to the frosted windowpanes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little Lois bit her tongue and studied her New England Primer. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

You are not worthy of one, Jon thought, but he held his tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then I work my tongue around in my mouth for about ten seconds, and I spit at the mirror. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loved the way the words being together felt on his tongue, like nectar. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The frightened animals bolted through a rail fence, overturning the wagon and kicking themselves loose from the tongue. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She clicked her tongue against her teeth once, and then fell silent again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Nicholson removed a flake of tobacco from his tongue with his fingers. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He saw Spitz run out his scarlet tongue in a way he had of laughing; and he saw François, swinging an axe, spring into the mess of dogs. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Trepid sat to one side clucking his tongue. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, her father spoke again, hesitantly, as if his tongue found it difficult to form the words. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They called out to each other in a flowing, sibilant tongue. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Still, it could take her minutes to make out the meanings of some words, struggling through the pronunciation, testing each sound on the edge of her tongue before stringing them all together. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But he could smell unfamiliar spices on the air, and hear men and women speaking to each other in a hundred tongues, and he gawked and gazed unashamedly. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No fair, I can’t defend myself,” I said, trying to dodge his tongue. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes, he was a good kisser, and there was tongue.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I swallowed its eyes and tongue with a gulp of water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had to think of something, and his tongue didn’t fail him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Soaphead pursed his lips, and let his tongue stroke a gold inlay. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well first of all, I'm speaking Vietnamese, which is not my "native tongue." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The tongue twisted away from her flame, then inched back like a snake preparing to strike. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I put the cube on my tongue and feel it dissolve. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, I slid my tongue into her mouth, shocked by the feel of her seashell teeth and then by the wetness of her tongue as it touched mine. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She pulled her tongue in, and her face went stony. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Down south, there was always someplace else to go you could step out into the rain and Grandma would let you lift your head and stick out your tongue be happy. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

When he answers her, I can see the effort he’s making to bite his tongue. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I could see Puny-Tail just ahead of her, that little twist of hair in the back of her head like a snake tongue. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He would sometimes taste the envelope flaps, knowing her tongue had been there. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you do not mind your tongue, I’ll have her use you for practice.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His tongue had earned him some stripes on the back in the beginning, but soon enough he had learned the tricks of pleasing Nurse and the noble Yezzan. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then she did the two things together, her tongue into her cheek, her nose scrunched; solemnly he did the same, and they both began to laugh. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It felt good, his tongue moving in my mouth. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a fire blazing in the hearth; the flames leaped up in long orange tongues, and the logs crackled and sputtered. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Wishbone seemed to love that, racing along beside me with his ears flapping and his tongue hanging out. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He could not call, for his tongue would not unlock, and his heart was silent, and great with fear. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He knew immediately that she was not Catholic since she did not raise her head at his words and push out her tongue for the wafer to be carefully placed there. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched dully as a brown lizard with a darting tongue scrambled across their blanket with its tail flicking. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

A warm puppy tongue caressed my sore foot I heard the stationmaster say, “They already know you.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the r after the s, that’s one you have to roll on your tongue, like a cat’s purr. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Lourdes’s mouth and tongue were like the mouths and tongues of a dozen experienced women. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My face was fried and my lips and tongue were swollen. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The closest thing Nathan could think of was an anteater with a long tongue that could slither down narrow crevices. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her jaw was pulled down and I saw her tongue was swollen and she was coughing to try to make it fall out. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drinkwater had a pretty face, a glib tongue, and a fine head of hair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He licked his lips, and in doing so, his tongue touched the suddenly chilled air. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were not allowed profanity or even obvious sarcasm, but Bailey looped his language around his tongue and issued it out to Mother in alum drops. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spew the berries from my mouth, wiping my tongue with the end of my shirt to make sure no juice remains. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Silently, I tested my mother’s name on my tongue, tried to commit its shape and sound to memory. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Gladys thrust the pillow from her lap into Henrietta’s mouth, to keep her from biting her tongue as she convulsed in pain. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The Afrikaner was traditionally hostile to Africans learning English, for English was a foreign tongue to the Afrikaner and the language of emancipation to us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

John's words threw themselves off the tip of his tongue like suicides. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Toady licked his lips with a disgustingly long and slimy tongue. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She could see through his missing cheek to his upper and lower molars, and the tongue glistening, and hideously long. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I frightened you away, didn’t I? I could kill my tongue.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Malachy bit his tongue and there was blood and the dog on the street had blood and he died. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He ran his finger around the patient’s tongue to clear the mouth of debris, sweeping out mucus and blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then Dad would look over at me and wink, or make a tocking sound with his tongue as if I were a horse and he was urging me on. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Katie gave Johnny a tongue lashing and said that he wasn’t fit to have children. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to pull my tongue from the roof of my mouth to say, “Pecola—she live here?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twirled a side curl around one of his fingers, and I saw his tongue dart out of his mouth, run over his lips, then dart back in. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘Now, you saucebox, you hold that tongue of yours. You’re not to go hanging ’round Cilia—giving her presents—and dear knows how you got the money. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He placed the gunk ball under Hazel’s tongue. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“A man with a brave tongue should support his words with courageous actions.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

What in the world?—but held his tongue, not wanting to remind them he was there. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” she said and circled his tongue with hers. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She can feel the touch of his long, curled tongue on the water’s skin, as if he were lapping from her hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore approached the wall of the cave and caressed it with his blackened fingertips, murmuring words in a strange tongue that Harry did not understand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A perfect tongue, smaller than a newborn kittens, reached out for the drops of milk on her lips. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thick wind filled my mouth and throat, flapping my cheeks and drying my tongue. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a snake, cold of eye, its tongue flickering, its fangs dripping with poison. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

"Shrug your shoulders. Puff out your cheeks. Touch your nose and then my finger. Stick out your tongue." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But the new words roll off my tongue and make me feel as if there is power in them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I concentrated on tying one of my cherry stems into a knot with my tongue. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The truth was on the tip of my tongue, dangling there, but if he knew, if he knew what I had just done to him... The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They laugh every day and Malachy’s tongue gets better with all the laughing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Angel sings, sticking out her tongue and crossing her eyes. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“I can’t make you no uglier, but I can cut your tongue out and I can gut you like a fish. You want me to do that, Ho?” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then, with a powerful snap, he bit off his tongue with his own teeth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

His tongue seemed to be stuck to the roof of his mouth and his throat didn’t work right. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just not so great at making his tongue roll an r. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She went waltzing out the kitchen and had the nerve to stick out her tongue at me. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I bit down on my tongue and closed my eyes and tried not to scream as they pulled out the splints along with the tissue that had grown over them. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Why did she ask you?” she demanded with a groan, and Mia bit her tongue and reminded herself that her daughter was, after all, fifteen. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was furious; she could see the muscles of his face taut beneath his white skin, and he roared at the fairy woman in their foreign tongue. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned in and kissed him again, tasting his lips, smiling when she heard the way his breath caught when their tongues met. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“When I give you the signal, place the strips of paper on your tongues,” Mr. Landau says. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then his big pink tongue unfolded from his mouth, and he licked my hand. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She recognized it as one of his moments, thought it over, and held her tongue. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Its tongue was piebald, and it protruded most pathetically from the unicorn's dead mouth. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

This is how it feels to run her tongue over her lips, to put her feet on the floor. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He blew some pocket lint off it, placed it on his tongue, and then swallowed without any water or anything. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Idiptu ran his long, disgusting tongue over his lips and face. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Yours looks all right. I’m eating mine even though it’s vile”—her tongue licked a speck of cereal off the corner of her mouth—“because I need nourishment to take charge on our journey.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Ernie got closer, Samantha stopped barking and just panted, her tongue dangling from her mouth like taffy, spit flying everywhere. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“But don’t dance around like that afterward. It’s not cool, Squint” Tally stuck out her tongue. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

One of the guys, the Indian one, caught her eye and made a creepy-gross gesture with his tongue, then burst out laughing when she looked away, heart thumping. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I nicked the tip of the sausage with the spoon and tongued it around before crushing it between my teeth. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then he slid the scope over Monet’s tongue and pushed the tongue out of the way so that he could see down the airway past the epiglottis, a dark hole leading inward to the lungs. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slurps again, and his tongue is red from the blood that’s cracked down my face. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I stared at him writhing, his tongue flicking in and out of his mouth, foamy spit at the corners, his eyes rolling in his head, his hands moving faster and faster. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She turns it over, runs a long nail across the palm and then stares me in the eye while running her tongue along the same path. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Ghost wrenched free of the other hand and crept away, red tongue lolling from his mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A tongue of flame flicked out of one of its cannons. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The cup was hot, and she pulled her tongue in again in a hurry. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He passed his tongue across dry lips and scanned the uncommunicative forest Then again he stole forward and cast this way and that over the ground. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But would the mild ale loosen his tongue? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember. I tasted a couple, and I couldn’t spit them out fast enough—so sour my tongue wanted to shrivel up and leave!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Theresa almost did not know; only later did she recollect that what he had actually done was run his tongue over her lips — he’d licked her. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dogs lay under trees, their tongues hanging out, pant, pant, pant. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He warred against it, but his tongue was a transient orator who, in moments of madness or in the dazzling half-nelson of a father’s arm, assumed a life and career of its own. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, he removed his mask and spoke to them, softly, melodiously, in their own tongues. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The beast started for Nhamo with its red tongue lolling out of its mouth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You, Potter, and Weasley are out-of-bounds, in the company of a convicted murderer and a werewolf. For once in your life, hold your tongue.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The sheep bleated anxiously, and then a long black tongue drifted through the glassless enclosure. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The next thing I knew I was flat on the ground with a huge paw on my chest and an oversize Brillo-pad tongue licking my face. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sheryl’s laughter travels from the audience to the stage, and I stick my tongue out at her. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I like to make mine last as long as possible, the rosewater syrup tickling my tongue. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They had not seen the Lord and Lady again, and they had little speech with the Elven-folk; for few of these knew or would use the Westron tongue. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They spoke to me in a strange tongue. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They gave me a tongue; and then stopped it up, so they would not have to hear it crying. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His mouth suddenly felt dry and gritty and his tongue thick. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s right. I promised to cut your lying tongue out and feed it to my dog. And I always keep my promises.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was familiar, gay, and easy on the tongue. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The jaw had $et open, he saw, and the vast mouth was a stiffened maw down which the dead man’s tongue had disappeared. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The profoundness of our lips touching and our tongues pressing and my hand cupping her perfect white cheek barred any thoughts of right or wrong or any memory of why “Yes.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

His throat was raw, and his tongue had forgotten how to shape the words. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Every time one of his children made a sound that was recognizably southern, Bull would expurgate that sound from his child’s tongue on the spot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lean back against the trunk of my tree, one finger gingerly stroking the sandpaper surface of my tongue, as I assess my options. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Instead she turned to stone, and her tongue stuck to the roof of her mouth. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Janelle stuck her tongue out at me and cracked open her history book, looking all disappointed. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run my tongue along the bite scars and swallow the memory like it’s bile. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The priest could get a splinter that would make his tongue swell to the size of a turnip and that’s enough to choke you and kill you entirely. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I stuck out my tongue when she took my picture with one of the display phones. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I draw a cartoon face with a big tongue on a sticky note, write YUMMY, EMMA! Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

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

I stared at a tree on the opposite bank, where the roots were exposed and twisted, and felt a metallic-dry taste rise from the back of my throat and slide over my tongue. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fearing youthful tongues, Ben and Mary Anne had not allowed the other two to participate in their bastardized version of the ball until this year. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her weapons would always come from her eyes and her tongue, from her face. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always there is something that is just beyond the tip of the tongue that could explain it all. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The minute he had exercised his tongue, it would have all been over. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His tongue was large in his mouth and all he could think of now was finding a drink. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A tongue the length of a stair carpet encircled the flask as he popped off the lid and tossed the whole contents down. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

Chhongba bowed reverently, spoke briefly to him in the Sherpa tongue, and indicated for us to come forward. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He whistled it, loud and shrill, by doubling his tongue behind his front teeth. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could touch her tongue to her nose. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

She’s dangling a cherry over her outstretched tongue while wearing this appallingly thin tank top with nothing underneath, and skimpy blush-pink lace underwear. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Every mouthful she ate was displayed to her admiring younger cousins, half-chewed, mulched, lying on her tongue like fresh vomit. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had come this close to telling them the truth when Rowan had delivered him to Abel in the ruins of the Burned Tower, but at the last instant he had held his tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Properly infuriated, the Laughing Man pushed off his mask with his tongue and confronted the Dufarges with his naked face by moonlight Mile. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Its mouth was open, and Stanley could see its white tongue moving in and out between its black teeth. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“A boot with a shoelace and eyelets and a tongue. With an inner sole. The regular kind.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Although the recipients may not know any languages of the Earth, we included greetings in sixty human tongues, as well as the hellos of the humpback whales. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cow’s pink tongue licked people from the blocks of ice: the first day only a man’s hair, the second his head, and the third day the shape of a whole man was revealed. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Lee dampened his tongue in the black brew. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finn beat them off as best as he could, but they tore at her arms and dress, their black tongues flapping and flailing. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Put three peppercorns under your tongue for good luck. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She stuck her tongue out and said no. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pushes his tongue into the side of his mouth and pulls a hand out to fidget with his neck. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They make fun of me all the time about my age, my size, my braces, and the way I stick out my tongue when I play. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His big pink tongue hung out of one side of his mouth, and as his head moved, it swung from side to side, flinging slobber. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Just as the elder opened his mouth, pink tongue waving, and said, “Great God of Mount Nebo,” Sister Monroe hit him on the back of his head with her purse. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes like she was smiling, her long black tongue hanging from the side of her mouth onto the rug. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Amma beams me a smile sweeter than the candy melting on my tongue. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

They remembered their histories with their voices and bodies, repeating them over and over until the stories became part of them, and the legends were as real as their own tongues and lungs and hearts. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

‘What kind of cat is it got her tongue? She walk around and don’t say a word. She not even greedy like she used to be. She getting to be a regular lady these days.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“And Henry, don’t forget to put your tongue behind your teeth when you smile; otherwise, you look goofy.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I try the joke out on my tongue like it’s a new language. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He moved his tongue silently over the name, feeling its shape. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The stranger had learned a great deal of the Incan mother tongue in the year since I had seen him. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Afterward he threatened to cut out my tongue if he ever again heard I wasn’t speaking Venda. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his tongue Mullet Fingers displayed the string that connected him to the bucket. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The onion knight took care to hold his tongue in Garth’s presence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At his step on the stairs, the rattlesnakes ran out their tongues and listened with their waving forked tongues. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If John doesn’t know anything about this nonsense, don’t tell him, and make Jo and Laurie hold their tongues. I won’t be deceived and plagued and made a fool of. It’s a shame!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips were so pale they were almost white, and his tongue seemed to flop around uselessly in his mouth as he spoke, as if it kept getting in the way. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Their tongues lolled out so that they seemed to smile mockingly. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

What peeks out is a large, flat grid of metal beams with thick wheels and a sturdy triangle at the front, the tongue, for hitching. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Nearly an hour later, Soon Ho, tears in his eyes, his mouth oozing blood, managed to detach his tongue. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Long ago, Lourdes had prepared a curse for him but today her tongue is flat and dry, an acre of desert. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells us we have to be careful to stick out our tongues far enough so that the Communion wafer won’t fall to the floor. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I have a ton of questions sitting fat and slimy on my tongue that I want to spit out. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The priest was blessed with a long, incriminating finger, which he used to point out sinners in public, and a tongue well schooled in arousing emotions. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the weeks that followed, we learned English much more quickly because we could not use our native tongue. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tongue lolling to the side as he watched me walk away. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The snake nuzzled her cheek and flicked its tongue. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Idly, she picks up the snake and flicks the forks of its felt tongue. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Vetch turned to him as if with a question, but he held his tongue and asked nothing till much later, when the two of them sat alone over the stone firepit of Vetch's house. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her tongue seemed to have trouble forming words, but oddly, she felt more like herself than she had for days. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes. My daemon’s tongue can taste probability, you know.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I burn my tongue on a cheese bubble and swig half a glass of ice water. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

There were so many questions they wanted to ask, but even Drave, the explosionist, felt the pathos of the moment and held his tongue. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Carmen spoke like the words were at the tip of her tongue at all times. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My father was unhappy, but, again, he held his tongue. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Our class robot,” I answered, and bit my tongue. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

The singer could keep either his fingers or his tongue. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

He opened his mouth so the clear air could bathe his tongue. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mosquitoes landed on his lips and tongue at will. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I saw the cud pulp on her tongue. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I have to bite my tongue to keep from making some sound. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then the entire camp, block after block, filed past the hanged boy and stared at his extinguished eyes, the tongue hanging from his gaping mouth. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Your tongue is strangely changed; but the name sounds not unfitting so. Hobbits! No report that I have heard does justice to the truth.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His long face floated before her, limned in tongues of red and orange, appearing and disappearing again, a shadow half-seen behind a fluttering curtain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The hollow bolted around the bend, using its muscular tongues like legs, its atrophied human limbs hanging useless. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Cora mashed the lumps with her tongue the way she did when one of Alice’s helpers had prepared the meal and not the old cook herself. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The double entendres, the two-pronged sentences, slid over his tongue to dart rapier-like into anything that happened to be in the way. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I saved one of the sleeves for myself; the few drops of water disappeared onto my parched tongue like they’d never been. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a battered bowler hat, pulled down low over his huge toadlike eyes, and he licked his wide lips with a tongue as thick as my arm. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Connor is gentle with his tongue, and something about the way he touches me makes me feel so wanted. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Sliced tongue at seventy-five cents a pound was only for rich people. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh”—he slipped another bite of cake onto his tongue— “everywhere,” he said, chewing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They spake to one another in a tongue Aina had not heard in long years; and I could tell that they related stories of places they had been as children. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

It was the sweetness of his tongue and the tenderness of his soul. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She clucked her tongue and blew the monster a kiss. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

This liquid roar in my ears, this taste of char on my tongue—this was terror and the overwhelming will to live and the potential to kill. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ignatius answered defiantly and stuck out his massive pink tongue. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held my tongue, for I felt to ask would be to offend him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clicked his tongue the way Mama Tataba used to, and told me, “Leba, the gods you do not pay are the ones that can curse you best.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can sing prettily in four tongues, Lord Steffon had written . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She clicked her tongue, and shook the reins, and the mules began to amble down the forest track. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

When she finished, she ran her tongue over her teeth and then made a series of short smacking sounds with her tongue against her palate as though she’d just eaten something sour. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

London speech no longer felt so foreign on my ear or on my tongue, and I'd learned to ignore the clamor of its streets. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And a detour sits on my tongue like an airplane waiting on the runway. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It coiled against his tongue as he bit it and started chewing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The company stood up to fling the tongues and a shower of wine over the flames, then drank their thirst away. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow took a sip, tasting an odd blend of sour and sweet on his tongue. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I chewed the chocolate thoughtfully, letting the fabulous peanut buttery-chocolaty goodness wash over my tongue. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I saw it in an Arab movie once! It’s like the tongue is trying to fly!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t seem to have any time for Effie Wilcox, whose tongue flapped at both ends, bin she had even less for newspaper reporters who think your business is theirs. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth was wide open, and his tongue was kind of hanging out of his mouth onto his chin. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

To his left, on a high shelf of rock, crouched an enormous wolf with golden eyes and lolling red tongue. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“He says that it is good luck to rub the head of a dwarf,” Haldon said after an exchange with the guard in his own tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Flapping her fabulous tongue way back in her mouth, she wailed and trilled. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His beak was wide open and his tongue was stretched out into a point. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His tongue would soon trace the oval of this rim and push into the hollow. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Put in your tongue, son, and go out and play with Frankie. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Marigold fought the urge to stick her tongue out at him. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

No, he told the judge, English wasn’t his first language; that would be Nahuatl, the Mexican Indian tongue. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my eyes shut and tried to ignore it, but the tongue bath he gave me was so slobbery and gross that I finally had to sit up just to rescue myself. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Felt his sniffing breath again, his warm tongue. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The dog looks at me, its tongue lolling. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

All I could think of now was the almost bitter taste of the bubbles popping against my tongue, the crunch and numb swallow of ice cubes, condensation accumulating on textured plastic until it dripped. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually I found my way with tongue, fingers, and breath. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that the best that they can do? What an absurd lie,” Ignatius said and with a flip of his tongue pulled in the last visible portion of the hot dog. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex imagines he demanded an explanation when Henry literally made them flee the country under the cover of night after putting his tongue in Alex’s mouth in the Kennedy Garden. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She caught back the swift words upon her tongue. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she's not looking, I stick my tongue out at her. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was right there, edging toward the tip of Ivy’s tongue, but she couldn’t get it out. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I blinked hard, over and over, and bit my tongue and thought of Cheetah, waiting for me outside the classroom. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood there with her mouth open and her purple tongue dangling out. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Still that was all he had and he helped the boy drink and put one of the capsules on his tongue. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Prosper wanted to say, just like your father, but he quickly bit his tongue. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe my mother was afraid that I’d say things like that out loud and so had cut my tongue. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to dislike Masvita—she was so good-natured—but Nhamo felt a little serpent tongue of envy wriggle inside because her cousin had crossed the river into womanhood first. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A warm, red tongue flicked out at it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spoke soothingly to him, spooning water onto his dry tongue. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He made a noise of disgust and regret with his tongue and teeth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It aroused him, that brief glimpse of pink tongue, more so because she didn’t seem conscious of it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, but somehow he made my butterflies disappear and my tongue shrink. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I marvel how the scrap of bread on her tongue fills Therese with a visible joy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Fred dragged his tongue across her face—all the way up to her eyebrows. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The hollow was alive and well at the base of the wall, and busy punching holes in the rock with its tongues. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Now, step a little closer and stick out your tongues.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck out my tongue and hissed at the python as I walked underneath it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And I’m sure it took every bite of the tongue to stop them from telling me I needed to fix myself up. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I have given you fair warning, Lannister. Guard your tongue or lose it. Kingdoms are at hazard here. Our lives, our names, our honor. This is no game we’re playing for your amusement.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He has a better ear than me, Tyrion was forced to admit, though I’ll wager my tongue is still more nimble. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Doc’s just sore because Willis Taylor strangled to death in Doc’s office the other day. The Doc killed him by checking his throat with a tongue depressor,” Hobie said pouring Bull a cup of coffee. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

How can I make you see it, this strange harsh light which pervades Homer’s landscapes and illumines the dialogues of Plato, an alien light, inarticulable in our common tongue? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her tongue was coated white, and her eyelids drooped. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She absently touches her side and then makes a clicking sound with her tongue as if out of habit. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Guenever looked upon the six lioncels passant regardant —they were marching along with red tongues and daws, winking pertly over their backsides and waving their flame- tipped tails. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, a snake stopped and raised its head alertly; the tongue slid in and out and then stopped when it located him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

As she beckoned, a wall of flames roared upward, licking at the snowflakes with hot orange tongues. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was so furious that I stuck my tongue out at them, right there on the street. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I let the last sip of hot chocolate sit on my tongue for a little bit before I swallowed it down, and then Mom and I headed home. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The French masters had separated slaves who spoke the same African language, so in secret they had fashioned their own common tongue in order to communicate more effectively. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She can make stones jump about like frogs and she can make tongues of flame go flickering across the surface of the water. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The young dog nosed his friend all over, his lips wrinkling at the rank bear smell, then attempted to stanch the wounds with his rough tongue. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nervously his tongue licked the corners of his mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

For years after that, I used to get nervous whenever I found a toothbrush bristle on my tongue. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks at me and runs her tongue over her upper lip. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some word formations are just too much for us to get our tongues around. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

All three kids stuck out their tongues at Fern. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I knew I was breathing hard, and my tongue wouldn’t stay in my mouth. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“School is over! School is over!” was on every tongue. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her bloodless lips were drawn back, and Jonathan could see her tongue. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Instead of coconut yam kootu, why not boiled beef tongue with a mustard sauce?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And each time I messed up, I was one step closer to understanding how fast this creature moved, how those jaws could pop out like a lizard throwing its tongue to catch a fly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

"Yes," she said, training her tongue to mimic the nurse. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“And these, too. But after church so it won’t matter if our tongues change colors.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Fern couldn’t get back at the Mouseketeers who had stuck their tongues out at her, but only one person separated her from Vonetta. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Grace had said, “I wonder what cat’s got Kate’s tongue. Don’t you feel good? Kate—I said, don’t you feel good?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then those awful teeth came unlocked, its mouth reeling open to admit three wiry tongues into the air, each as thick as my wrist. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Charley, always a dog for water, panted asthmatically, jarring his whole body with the effort, and a good eight inches of his tongue hung out flat as a leaf and dripping. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched a little girl in a blue dress catch one on her tongue like snow. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dismay went with me, his black tail swishing and his tongue hanging out of his slobbery mouth: I’m just so glad to be here! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth worked; her tongue came unstuck from her teeth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The martini went down hard, burning his tongue and throat in its passage. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at my tongue and turned back one of my eyelids. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mikey is still on his back, jerking and twisting around the yard.The ambulance takes him off to the hospital with a broken shoulder and his tongue in ribbons. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And Tom had cut Mollie’s tongue with his pocketknife and died in his heart when he realized his courage. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He could taste it on his tongue—dank, rotten, moldy—all the way to his stomach, as if he’d swallowed something that had begun to decompose. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The more common your tongue, the less likely you are to learn others. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Underneath he was all distracted and angry, his head full of other people’s politics and a lot of biting his tongue. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jane tried to speak to him when Mary Poppins was not looking, but he would not answer, and put out his tongue at her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

And he’s learned to keep his tongue inside his mouth, though that took him several years to master. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She is full of words and bites her tongue for no one. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I run my tongue over the gross gummy envelope flap. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even say hello when he saw me because he was too busy slipping his tongue into my mouth and putting his hands down my pants. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He carefully took the little bundle in his mouth and held it there on top of his tongue. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I sat frozen; I did not know that tongues could be Christian, too. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The woman’s name came easily now to her tongue. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted in his chair; with the tip of his tongue he wet his lips. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let it lay there and its torn white tongues were laughing because I couldn’t understand what they were saying. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even look at them without having to bite my tongue. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flicks his tongue at her, and she goes, “Boy, bye!” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

They’ll get their speaking in tongues and Holy Spirit and laying on of hands to heal the sick. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Much of the rest of it began to come to me in bursts of understanding, as if Patrice Lumumba were speaking in tongues and my ears had been blessed by the same stroke of grace. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth and let the drops tickle his tongue. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Its black tongue flicked this way, that way, and its mailed head with its gold-rimmed black eyes moved from Lyra to Will and back again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grimaced at him, resisting the impulse to stick out my tongue like a five-year-old, and looked away. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hanson added the sugar sack to the pile on the counter, then clicked his tongue in satisfaction. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When he’s directly behind Mr. Shunk, he makes a V with his two fingers and wiggles his tongue between them. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could feel the evilness flowing through my body and waiting, pent up, to rush off my tongue if I tried to open my mouth. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I faced the east, took a pinch of pollen from my pouch, and placed it on my tongue. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Char’s answer: “My tongue may wither from disuse here, but at least I shan’t lose words entirely while I still can write to you.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

George bit her tongue to keep from laughing out loud. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Much of the laughter had to do with her father’s sly wit and sharp tongue. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Now we were supposed to bite our tongues. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

One tongue traveled north up Jefferson, while the other headed east toward Lake Michigan. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mama had clucked her tongue at Daddy, but she hadn’t disagreed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

At six foot three inches tall, he intimidated both enemies and allies with his imposing stature and sharp tongue. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Grandpa makes a tutting sound with his tongue. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The language of the white skins was strange and fell heavily on her tongue, but she continued eagerly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

One nervous dart of my tongue, and I tasted it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Finally, the pulse grew weak, the tongue turned a dry brown, and the victim became depressed, confused, and delirious. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He had a quick temper, and a sharp tongue, and though he could’ve put Bunny in his place pretty much any time he chose, he was understandably apprehensive about doing so. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I ran it across my teeth and tongue like Mom had taught me to. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the squad took aim, the rage had materialized into a viscous and bitter substance that put his tongue to sleep and made him close his eyes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I held my tongue in times of dispute. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They were faces, as I recall, with tongues out or rapiers thrust through the heads. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I thought the tongue was the whole point, but she was the expert. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Inside the swirling calamity of our kiss, as we parted our lips and explored each other’s tongues, I turned completely inside out. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He opens his eyes to catch the boys who are giggling but he can’t say anything because he still has God on his tongue and it’s a holy moment. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Understand this, dwarf. You are the last and least of our company. Hold your tongue and do as you are told, or you will soon wish you had.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I let the pill melt on my tongue into a vague sweetness and waited for it to kick in. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Did you notice that slip of the tongue, doctor? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

If I feel like talking now, my tongue be too fat. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

From this he carefully unfolded a narrow ladder that made Bridge think of a tongue reaching out to taste the floor. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and stick out my tongue to show my disgust. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Hold your tongue, woman,” shouted her husband unexpectedly. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It had a hideously thick taste, smoky, and so hot it burned my tongue. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stuck her tongue out prettily, but there was a stiffness about her that belied a deep discomfort. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She never seemed to hesitate, as if she always had the right words waiting on the tip of her tongue. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dared he trust so much to another’s ears and tongue? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“CJ has good technique,” she says, her tongue stud flashing like a star in her mouth. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He tilted her face up, and trapping her against his ribs, kissed her eyes and parted her lips with his tongue. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s supposed to show where we taste different things, like salty on the side of the tongue, sweet in the front, bitter in the back. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I want a drink so badly, I can almost taste the wine on my tongue. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father loaned me one of his three moth-eaten, gaudy ties, with a tongue so wide it spanned the width of my waist. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her tongue cooled my lips and we tumbled in the waves for a moment. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

They pulled teeth like maniacs, barking at us in whatever their native tongues were while they yanked our heads back and forth like rag dolls’. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

You might think lips and tongues would run out of things to try, but they really don’t. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A little boy playing Tizerkane in an orchard would have loved the feel of them rolling off his tongue. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

One day my tongue lay like a lump of meat in my mouth, the next day it was articulating words that hadn’t been spoken in over a year. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I’m wondering what I taste like as her tongue slips into my mouth. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A dog was trying to get its tongue inside an empty sardine can, pushing it across a patch of concrete. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She ate the sandwich, oblivious to his jest, even though she had never been partial to hog tongue. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The commander paused and raised his eyebrow at her, twirling the ever-present toothpick on his tongue. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

In the flicker of time it takes a snake’s tongue to taste the air, he could taste revenge. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He looked down at me, panting, his face foolish, the saliva dripping from his tongue and his heavy jowl. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lydia was bid by her two eldest sisters to hold her tongue; but Mr. Collins, much offended, laid aside his book, and said: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

His tongue felt strange and thick in his mouth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I could feel it dying, the life draining out of it, its tongue loosening around my ankle. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

In its right hand was a blade like a stabbing tongue of fire; in its left it held a whip of many thongs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“They have the gift of tongues, just like the apostles in Jesus’ time.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sweep my tongue across my bottom lip. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Alex has always loved these parties, the sparkling joy of it all, the way champagne bubbles on his tongue and confetti sticks to his shoes. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Have mercy, should be the first lesson in this city, how to say the phrase instantly in forty signs and tongues. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pup squirmed in his grasp, licked at his face with a warm tongue. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Girl, you know I can’t eat those things—they make my tongue go thick,” she grumbled. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her tongue caught on the stiff English words. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It’s not a response I’m expecting, and any type of rejoinder dies on my tongue. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

"Why make me say it? When it's on the tip of your own tongue. Anthony Marston was murdered, of course." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

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

My tongue probes the ragged flesh and I taste blood. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But there was a delicious anticipation, like molded sugar on her tongue. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The children had now calmed themselves and were lapping water out of the faucet with their tongues. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

But I always hear myself displacing the two languages, conflating them—maybe conflagrating them—for there’s so much rubbing and friction, a fire always threatens to blow up between the tongues. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She felt his wet, warm tongue on her lips, and she drew back. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

A block away, I retrieve the napkin from my pocket, rip off my message, and place it on my tongue. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

A long, gray tongue popped out of his mouth and licked his right eye. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry,” Mom had said, laughing and pretending to try to catch his tongue before he yanked it back. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

His hot tongue parted my lips, and all I could think about was how he felt inside my mouth, the weight of his hands upon my back, the crisp scent of his cologne. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know, I’m sitting on a chair at the front of the room with my mouth open and a white paper reinforcement perched like a bull’s-eye on the tip of my tongue. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He ran, slinging his head and flopping his long tongue around, bawling like he’d stuck it into a bear trap. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tasted them on the tip of my tongue for a minute, hesitated, then spat instead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tentacle tongues shot out from beneath the rock, shivered, went limp. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He whined placatingly, squirmed and wriggled to show his good will and intentions, and even ventured, as a bribe for peace, to lick Buck’s face with his warm wet tongue. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words felt strange and foreign upon my tongue. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

A slew of furious demands, accusations, and complaints for him burned on the edge of her tongue. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Her tongue was thick in her mouth, her lips raw and chapped. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Kedry had been fluent in the tongues of all of the Free Cities, and even the mongrel Ghiscari that men spoke along the shores of Slaver’s Bay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Nor did he shine among them, for the words of any spell, even the simplest illusion-charm, came halting from his tongue, and his hands faltered at their craft. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

As he listened to them talking, Tristran was ready to burst with irritation and frustration, but he bit his tongue and said nothing. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to smile, but his tongue went instinctively to the gap where a tooth had just recently been. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then the shopkeeper could hold her tongue no longer. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a thick, slobbery voice, as if his tongue was too big for his mouth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If the wagging tongues of the people were correct, he had been exiled to our small place in the mountains by the Sapa Inca himself. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Normally I’d shoot back another weak retort, but this time I held my tongue. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Drinking raw tap water is like wringing out roadkill onto your tongue. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The same process was repeated with his fingers—the leather gloves were no match for the inferno that passed over and through them—then tongues of flame licked across his shoulders and chest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But my tongue kept getting in the way, like a huge obstruction, and my mouth was dry. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And the thing did, relaxing onto its hindquarters, tongue lolling from its mouth in a dopey grin. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The sound of his name on her tongue is even more intoxicating than he had imagined, and he leans in to taste it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

With his tongue against the roof of his mouth, he made the repetitive muted clacking sound of the shuttle, and then the whisper of the threads turning into cloth. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold your tongue! I have swallowed your insults to me for the sake of our quest, but you will not speak ill of another.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He bit down on his tongue until it began to bleed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Kaede flips through the bills with the hand on her good arm and tests one on the tip of her tongue. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

For days Malachy s tongue is swollen and he can hardly make a sound never mind talk. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the dead could speak to them in some secret tongue the living could not hear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He pantomimed death, clutching his hands around his own neck, letting his tongue hang out of his mouth, and lolling his head to the side. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Encanis screamed, and even as his skin began to smoke and char, his face was still hidden in a shadow that rose from him like a tongue of darkening flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even in the midst of his panic, Winston was too much taken aback to be able to hold his tongue. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I want to tell her I'll read her blog when she looks at my sketchbooks, but I bite my tongue. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He shoves two fingers down Lincoln’s throat and presses down on the back of the tongue, just in case food or drink is lodged in the esophagus. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Harry could see flaws in this plan; however, he held his tongue to give Mad-Eye the chance to address them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Freddie’s tongue could still lash out any string of words that would slip around and bite me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She knelt down as if there was nothing wrong with it, then opened her mouth to get that wafer put on her tongue like everyone else. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The sweet and sour flavors tickle my tongue. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He looked out across the lake and imagined the feel of his tongue against the truth. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, I bite my tongue. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Madame LePoint waved another fabric swatch in Penelope’s direction and clucked her tongue disapprovingly. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

"When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“She has the filthiest tongue of any woman in France. Burn her mouth clean.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He spoke with a hillbilly accent so thick it was almost as hard to understand as the tongues. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My tongue was still stuck to the roof of my mouth. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The city is settling around me, my words come fast now when I speak, the soft curl of the South on my tongue is near gone. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I was on two. The first was the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth,” I say proudly, rolling each syllable off my tongue. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The chaplain licked dry lips with a dry tongue and leaned forward in suspense on the edge of his chair. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I thought Mr. Lias would go on telling about his wife then, but his tongue had already burned out. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They kept their arms linked at all times, and every few steps, they made loud clicking sounds with their tongues. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

My tongue had swelled up to twice its usual size behind my clenched teeth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Jasper sloped in to join us, too warm in the sun, his tongue lolling from his mouth. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But this chunky, misshapen child-man was not pretty; the pink end of his tongue darted forth, flickering like the tongue of a lizard. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tongue tapped the backs of his teeth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps some lord with honey on his tongue might have swayed the Lysene pirate prince, but Davos was an onion knight, and his words had only provoked Salla to fresh outrage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He clucked with his tongue and the pony started to walk in a big circle, held in by the long rope. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Happily. Was he a good kisser? Was there tongue? Did you like it?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And if I told her something funny, then her tongue dropped away, her head fell back, her mouth opened wide, and there were her front teeth, riven and ascendant. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Already the heat blazed down on us with a vengeance, and we were so dehydrated our tongues felt like thick, dry parchments in our mouths. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The voice carried through the wall without Meggie having to strain to hear it, rasping like a cat’s tongue. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Fina tries to catch a snowflake on her tongue, and suddenly everybody—even Ruth—is laughing and clapping their hands like little kids. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“To be entirely honest, I consider it a rather unsophisticated and rural tongue. I wouldn’t even call it a dialect. More like a bastardization.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then he finishes an’ he says, Mary, where is the tongue? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then that enormous tongue poked out and spun clockwise around his face, squeegeeing the icing and cake away in one sloppy swipe. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was just there, at the tip of his tongue, as if he’d been waiting for me to say “Uzbekistan” all along. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Tally clicked her tongue, and the echoes indicated that it was a long way down. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When Nathan inhaled, some of the water touched his tongue and it was sweet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"I'd like to give you something," she begins, but the English words are hollow on her tongue. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was just a handle to wind up the tongue with. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Uncle Cotton swallowed whatever curse dangled on his tongue, and suddenly the smooth, polished smile was back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It began to lick his hands and wrists, long and patiently, with its dry leaf-brown tongue. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I let my spoonful of cherry chunk ice cream melt into a tiny circle on my tongue. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the danger we were in, I had to bite my tongue to keep from laughing. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

My throat was cold and dry, my tongue like burlap. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had a persuasion that I should be supposed mad, and this in itself would for ever have chained my tongue. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bulging tongues of ice had broken doors off their hinges, and through their splintered jambs I could see evidence of a raid: kicked- over furniture, drawers torn open, snows of paper on the floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She bought two dollars worth of delicacies: sliced tongue, smoked salmon, creamy-white slices of smoked sturgeon and crisp rolls. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we catch animals, we eat everything—feet, tongue, skin, and the innards. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. Lovers, to bed; ’tis almost faerie time ...” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Could hear their tongues pounding the stone floor, propelling them forward. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They carried it into the yard to cool it, and even before it was cool enough they began tasting it and burned their tongues. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her tongue felt too heavy for her mouth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

So hot, the dogs were tripping on their own tongues. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trip had the quickest tongue of anyone in the troupe, which made him the best man for the job of making sure no one tried to fast-talk or bully their way inside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Outside, strange voices were speaking in a tongue he did not know. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He tapped his breast solemnly when he reached the words that always moved him, even though spoken in the secret tongue of a dead language: Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would be a fabulous time to asphyxiate on my own saliva, except my mouth has gone so dry, my tongue is turning to dust. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Most people who are not dog owners, and even many who are, do not care very much for a tongue bath. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I would pretend to swallow while hiding the pill under my tongue. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He'd slid his fingers into my tongue and was clasping my throat and pinching the veins that take oxygen to my brain. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

We all sat and watched the fire eat the leaves, little lapping tongues of flame climbing up the branches. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She could see through the bloody cartilage into his mouth, and onto the back of his lacerated tongue. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I whispered, confusion and fear tying my tongue. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In the foreground, I can make out a teenage boy in a chocolate-brown coat sticking his tongue out at the soldier, in an unseen act of defiance. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As Stanley waited, he ran his tongue over the roof of his mouth and inside his cheeks. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the Ring gave understanding of tongues, or simply understanding, especially of the servants of Sauron its maker, so that if he gave heed, he understood and translated the thought to himself. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Saturday, and watch your tongue, young man, she says—I already told you, it’s Friday. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

My face feels like it’s on fire as I say it, and my tongue feels twice as thick. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They had taken his fingernails, his kneecaps, the lobes of his ears, his eyes and tongue. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Every sheep is born with a tongue that lets him go ba ba ba and there’s a great lack of tongue in this head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The hedgehog nervously pushed his tongue between his teeth. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tyler’s speech impediment kept him quiet, made his tongue heavy. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I almost expected her to turn and stick her tongue out at me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

By the time he had turned back to me, I had resolved to hold my tongue. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he started clicking his tongue against the roof of his mouth. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

His daemon flicked a lizard tongue at them from her perch on his shoulder. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The sharp flavor lingered on her tongue after she swallowed it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Make him speak the unknown tongue, the language of the future. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The face on the other side of the gorse bush crumpled into a gargoyle, tongue sticking out, eyes popping, then returned to girl. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I licked them and found my tongue had dried too. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Auntie had a tongue like hungry scissors eating silk cloth. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think my tongue has frozen and speech will be impossible, so I surprise myself by answering back in a steady voice, “Yes, I think that would save time.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the warm insides of the Rangoon splash onto my tongue, I’m in heaven. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He needs eight hours Of sleep To cool his shoes, The tongues hanging Out, exhausted. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And your teeth have obviously infected your tongue. Riddles and rot, that's what your talk is!" Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cannot stop remembering the sickly sweet taste of faerie fruit on my tongue, but instead of getting me deeper into character, I just want to throw up. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I say, my words garbled because I’m trying to keep the pills on the center of my tongue. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The sinister blunt head moved in a lazy rhythm, its forked tongue flickering endlessly in and out, the round bead-like jet eyes never leaving his for an instant. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I answer every question correctly and Maestra Eva looks impressed at how the words chlorophyll and respiration and nitrogen-fixing cycle roll off my tongue. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a show of unconcernedness, but her fingers twitched and drummed and she licked her lips with her scarlet tongue. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The greyhound yawned, her tongue rising like a hill in her mouth, then shook herself, sat down, and looked at Jeanne as if she, too, wanted to hear the story. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her answer should have been on her tongue as soon as he got the question out. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Oz, surveying the table, managed to keep his tongue in his mouth, but he didn’t look exactly pleased either. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His ears perk up, and his tongue lolls out of the corner of his mouth as he watches me leave. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He is lying on the rug, his tongue hanging out. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

We don’t kiss with our tongues, just with our mouths open. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z