| 单词 | tops |
| 例句 | He traded them for tops just as marble season ended. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His shirt was full-sleeved and the loose-fitting trousers were pushed into the tops of high leather boots. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Rain had slicked the streets into shiny, reflective tunnels lined with skyscrapers whose tops disappeared into the mist. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The train cut through deep green pine forests where the ground was covered with the slick brown needles and the tops of the trees stretched up virgin and tall into the sky. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Lord had said to David that when he heard the wind moving in the tops of the cedar trees, he would know that the Lord was fighting on his side and he would win. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She rapped us all on the tops of our heads, one, two, three, and said, “Look at my young’ns,” as if there were an army of us. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It was immaculate; everything was done in plastics—the floors, the curtain, table tops of stainless burn- less plastic, lamp shades of plastic. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The tops of the trees were whipping in the wind. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A smattering of freckles colored the rosy skin at the tops of his cheeks. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z And I love the brief Queens sunlight at the end of the day, the warm lamp always reaching through the westward tops of that magnificent city. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he carefully stacked the notebook pages, squared them off, patted them, and looked at me out of the tops of his eyes in that significant way he had. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Two boys would set their peanuts twirling like little tops in the arena. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z To the left, the unmistakable shape of a church rose up, the teardrop tops of its towers glowing in the sun. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He looked up to see how much nearer the mountain tops had come. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The person had jaggedy brown hair cut close to its face and wore one of these blue undershirtlike tops with faded jeans cut off above the knees. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z From here, looking east across the rows of trained raspberry canes, the sea was visible beyond the tops of the cedars falling away along the hill. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z "Foundation, powder, eyeliner, eye shadow, mascara, lip liner, lipstick, blush. Eight steps, take you fifteen minutes tops." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The first few beams were hoisted to the tops of the walls using pulleys hung from the scaffolding. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z He hopped up into a nearby seat, sprang forward, and vaulted over the tops of all the other seat backs like an Olympic hurdler. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Aha,” he said, “then it is up to Santini to prove to his doubting Thomas family that he is the tops when it comes to choosing a house for his family.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Sudsy foam no longer flies from the tops of waves, which are now only sharp little peaks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The moon rose, heavy and round as a ripe squash, over the tops of the trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Trees will cover the sea bottom and seaweed the mountain tops before I cease to love Scylla,” he told her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Lupescu put the tops back on the containers and replaced them in the plastic shopping bag. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Sometimes, the train tops are packed with migrants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It was the same person they wouldn’t assign the job of gathering palm tops because he would eat them all for himself. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Also my tops were getting tight across my chest, digging into my armpits. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They showed me how to turn my T-shirts into halter tops. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z During a shooting drill, Luma was teaching the boys how to strike the ball with the tops of their feet when she overheard a Sudanese boy talking to the others. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The wind was still blowing outside up the lake and we could see the tops of the white-caps going away from us and up the lake. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z And the waterfalls might have been curtains of pale silk hung from the cliff tops, too numerous to count. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He looked at me over the tops of his glasses. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The air turned thick; sudden gusts caught the cedars at the edge of the fields and flailed their tops and branches. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z All the animals followed, crying out at the tops of their voices. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z A middle- aged woman, hands in her coat pockets, the legs of her jogging suit bunching above her boot tops, no more bizarre than most and easily forgotten. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There were sheets of ice binding the aspens to earth and cementing the tops of the hemlocks in arches. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents definitely questioned why Izzy felt the urge to show so much boobage when their daughters never opted for low-cut tops. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In any case, the facts of the matter were as clear as the moon sitting brightly on the tops of the trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z For a few days, I'll be able to function with unpleasant symptoms of dehydration, but after that I'll deteriorate into helplessness and be dead in a week, tops. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Past that, a wall of fog had swallowed most of San Francisco, leaving just the tops of skyscrapers and the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “When you were a young man we were all living in the tree- tops,” said the barman, with a glance at the other customers. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It whipped across the cliff tops, spiraled into the moonlit Channel. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I can see orchards in the distance, and I wonder if that’s where Rue would have worked, collecting the fruit from the slimmest branches at the tops of the trees. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z While she spun honey across the tops of a fresh pan of cakes, she explained to me in detail how the Assumption was nothing less than Mary rising up to heaven. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was just beginning its long summer afternoon journey toward the Manhattan building tops. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He turned his head and looked at the bright mountain tops. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of these people traveled in big trucks covered with dark canvas tarpaulins, but there were some trailers and a few camper tops like Rocinante. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt like it was going to snow, and the clouds hung down so low and white that I couldn’t even see the tops of the trees around me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I gestured up ahead to the slab of stone that loomed over the tops of the wagons ahead of us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I had to crane my neck to see their tops, but the sky was so bright and the sun was so high I started sneezing. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z We watched her pop the tops off the Cokes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Bronn drew his longsword, and suddenly the enemy was there before them, boiling over the tops of the hills, advancing with measured tread behind a wall of shields and pikes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z You could not see the tops of the mountains. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Beyond, the tops of the keeps and towers still stood as they had for hundreds of years, and it was hard to tell that the castle had been sacked and burned at all. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The sun had now risen high enough to look over the high hedge: it gleamed on the tops of the birches and lit the northward side of the dingle with a cool yellow light. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Mufakose thronged with a fascinating mix of food sellers and gamblers with playing cards and bottle tops. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They had also cut smaller sticks—limbs and the tops of the trees—some of them five or six feet long and two or three inches in diameter. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z He had seen the strands of magic skittering this way and that and launching in long threads over the tops of the trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They were soon engulfed by office buildings so tall Emily couldn’t see the tops from where she sat. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The soup that night was nearly the same as the first time: rice, carrots, carrot tops, and grasshopper. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z On his left he could see tower tops above the' inner wall, their roofs gilded by the rising sun. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He had no rope, only die bowstring and the other cut shoe-string in his tennis shoes— which were by now looking close to dead, his toes showing at the tops. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky was clear to the south, and a fresh-scented breeze was just lifting the twigs and stirring the pine tops. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We play a game where you're supposed to throw these little red plastic rings onto glass bottle tops, but all the rings keep bouncing off. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I looked up with the new prisoners to the tops of the brick chimneys, where a thick black smoke poured out into the blue-white sky. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Julian lowered his reading glasses and looked at her over the tops of them. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The tops of the striped tents are visible through the trees some distance away, a bright punch of white against grey sky and brown trees. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It is not cold outside, but Signora Mondopoco is wearing short boots with a fringe of brown fur sticking out the tops. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z And it was kind of amazing, since the original pizza-slice-sized store would have fit maybe ten people tops, and that would have been shoulder-to-shoulder. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He could feel the tops of his ears glowing red. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The school lunchroom was in the basement, and the grated windows near the tops of the tile walls let in little light. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Not because the conch call had felt weak, as if it couldn’t even reach to the tops of the mountains, let alone carry our message all the way to the sky world. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z His soft, reddish hair lay raggedly over the tops of his little ears. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “You have freckles here, too,” he says, sliding his hand across the tops of my breasts. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Those who will wear high boots tie sand bags round the tops so that the mud does not pour in so fast. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Wandering among the cardboard boxes, Vivian trails her fingertips across the tops of them, peering at their cryptic labels: The store, I960-. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Japanese snipers who had been tied in, high up among the palm fronds, were falling out of the tops of those trees like coconuts. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z When they left, I turned to Mrs. Parker and said, “I give them two days, tops.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z An empty row down the middle of the room is lined on each side with what looks like at least thirty white coffins with glass-domed tops. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z There were sounds of sweeping and cleaning out, and a moment later he appeared, his hands full of tops and marbles and old dusty kites and junk collected through the years. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He reached into the bag and pulled out clunky black leather numbers with metal bars across the tops. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z You'd walk by the garden, covered with snow, just the fence tops sticking out, and you'd try to remember it back in July. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We looked down at the tops of our desks. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The tops of his feet were so fat that once he got his shoes laced up, there was nothing left to make a proper bow. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end only the tops of the last high trees were lit, and they looked as if they were burning. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Then we sat in lawn chairs out by the garden and watched dragonflies flit over the tops of the marigolds. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Her eyes landed on Vivian, a girl with stick-straight black hair so long it reached the tops of her khakis’ pockets. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Look!” breathed Petey, and he glanced up and saw one of the shadows flickering, gathering scraps of moonlight and cloud to assemble itself into a vague shape that drifted over the tops of the stones. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Hair went flying and slowly falling to the tops of everything on the floor. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Frightful saw the clearing before her and the leaves on the bushes, even the shiny needles at the tops of the pine trees. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The cupcakes have oozed all over the tops of the pans and fallen on the bottom of the oven. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The tops of the sheer buildings slanted in weird, surrealistic perspective, and the street seemed tilted. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At Maple Grove, six three-story buildings sit close enough to the freeway that Aunt Pooh says they used to go on the roof tops and throw rocks at the cars. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It was about a quarter mile square, with earthen ramparts on all four sides, the tops lined with sharpened spikes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z From the sleeve of her gown Alyce pulled the parsnip tops meant for the cows and some cheese she had saved for the cat and fed instead the hungry boy. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There the last living things gave up their struggle; the tops of the Morgai were grassless, bare, jagged, barren as a slate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He grabbed the jars and unscrewed the tops. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I know enough guys who’ve gone up for burglary—the usual sentence is five, six years tops. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She twisted her head down to see their tops. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He took out tops for the boys and a small doll for Nell, toys he had made for them by himself. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I pictured the snow falling over it, two crests of snow rising on the tops of its wings. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Silver and black lightning bolts were being hurled at us by giant black stone towers with jewels at the tops, but that was no reason to panic, now was it? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The only exceptions were shorts with matching tops for summertime running around. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z We wear long wool coats with tie belts, the collars turned up to look like those of movie stars, and rubber boots with the tops folded down and men’s work socks inside. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The cliff tops were beginning to come into view. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I hope to catch a glimpse of the very tops of the tall buildings, but the car is moving too fast—with its fancy seats, too-loud music, and the scent of shiny new things. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Birds cried out merrily from the woods and the tops of the trees danced to rhythms all their own. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked like a boy playing tops who has just won everybody’s tobacco tags. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Tell you what. I’ll be here for twenty more minutes, tops,” he says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He’s in his fifties, Doctor Tate, and tops me by a good foot and a half. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Marly saw them trotting along the tops as if they thought the fences were their own special little highways. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Mama née Orleanna came over and kissed us on the tops of our heads, then shuffled back to her deathbed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His absence was everywhere, stinging everything, giving the furnishings primary colors, sharp outlines to the corners of rooms and gold light to the dust collecting on table tops. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “May I speak with you, Elisheva?” she says, tipping her head down so she can stare at me disapprovingly over the tops of her glasses. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Also, the dog-driver rubbed Buck’s feet for half an hour each night after supper, and sacrificed the tops of his own moccasins to make four moccasins for Buck. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z “All crosses had their tops cut and became T’s. There was also a thing called God.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the trees were cut in half, as though a huge pair of pliers had snipped off the tops. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I stared at the tops of my shiny new shoes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We were in the foot-hills on the near side of the river and as the road mounted there were the high mountains off to the north with snow still on the tops. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I could make out about fourteen beehives tucked under the trees in the distance, the tops of them postage stamps of white shine. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Men in baseball caps and tank tops played pool, clouds of cigarette smoke hovering over the green tables, swirling in the fluorescent light. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Just nearby, his Wellingtons were lying fallen on their sides, his football socks peeking out of the tops. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And it glared off the tops of a bunch more of Weed’s papers too. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He stared at white air, the rounded tops of smoky trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He clothes his ideas in the language of the Bible and tops it with the stovepipe hat of Abraham Lincoln. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The fog was rising, lifting to the tops of the trees. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The hem is a little shorter than could be considered modest, hitting me just above the tops of my knees, right where I like it to be. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A brisk October breeze stung the tops of his ears as his sneakers crunched over brown and yellow leaves. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It felt like it was going to snow, and the clouds hung down so low and white that I couldn’t even see the tops of the trees around me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The tops were fitted with a bronze rod that held silky white curtains. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I ran up the stairs and picked him up by his pajama tops outside her door. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All the Marthas are wearing matching outfits: navy corduroy miniskirts, striped tops, and clear plastic purses. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Hobie’s wife, Helen, was cleaning off the table tops at the back of the restaurant when the doctor entered. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And I peeled the tape off the tops of the little plastic bags. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z They packed outfits together, taking sad satisfaction in the ease with which they matched the tops and bottoms. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A gentle rain sprang from the fluted pillar tops, cooling the scorched air, falling gently on her. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The tops of his hands were baked in crusty red blisters. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Ahead, on the western horizon, clouds lay heaped and brilliant, riven with chasms of darkness, their tops drawn out in the high-altitude winds. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He faced me, and shifting around on his feet, he said, “I want you to know that I—” He stopped and looked up into the tree- tops. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z People were leaping up and down in their places and shouting at the tops of their voices in an effort to drown the maddening bleating voice that came from the screen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Papa plugged the holes in the walls with old newspapers and tin can tops. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Then the houses on the opposite pavement ran out, areas of flat lawn appeared in their place, and you could see, beyond the lawns, the tops of the beach huts lining the seafront. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, sharing a bed isn’t tops on either person’s list. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z We took ten minutes to open them, eventually hitting them against Aaron’s kitchen countertop edge, to work the tops off. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Some kids climb to the tops of buildings, hang over the edge spray their names upside down from there. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z The sun was brushing the tops of the trees when Ben finally drew in a deep breath and let it out in an explosive sigh. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She had to crane her neck to see where the tops of cypress trees protruded over them from the other side. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Other times, Bit, Francy, John John, and Trista would challenge people to quarter wars, which is when two people stand quarters up on a desk or a table and spin them like spinning tops. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z As darkness began to fall at five thirty, the wind shifted once again and quickly blew up into a gale, tearing the tops off the waves. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She took the boxes into the bathroom, lifted their tops, and emptied the contents into the toilet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Her breasts were pointy and large in the thin white sleeveless sweater she wore that squeezed each contour and flowed outward smoothly with the tops of her enticing hips. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As far as she knew, the monks had worked at desks with sloping tops in the scriptoria of their monasteries, but she kept this information to herself. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Ellsberg sat on the floor, cutting off the tops and bottoms of the pages. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Girls moved around in football huddles, the way they always do, wearing lots of makeup and spaghetti-strap tops and brightly colored pants and shoes that looked like torture devices. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z They could already see over the tops of the low hills which lay northward on their right; beyond those hills a great moorland sloped gently up and up to the horizon. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Black chimneys stood up in silhouette against the glowing sky, shooting flames from their tops, and the smell of burning flesh filled the air. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Whitecaps roiled among the capsized boats and caused them and the docks to surge and roll, and the tops of the cabins and drum reels and gunnels were loaded down with snow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he leaned forward and reached out with his long arms to pick me up, gripping the tops of my arms like I was a toddler. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She and I used to spend all day at the mall, wandering from store to store trying on crop tops and miniskirts that we were never allowed to have. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z A light wind was moving in the tops of the pines—cool sweet air, gentle and clean. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It contained a couple of plastic tubes with screw tops. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s gonna go to his nice house in the suburbs and forget this in a week, tops, while we’re still struggling. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I went from a training bra to a D cup, but could still wear tube tops without a bra. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Mark half expected them to be wearing crazy robes or be flat-out naked, but they wore simple clothes—T-shirts, tank tops, jeans, shorts, tennis shoes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It was still bright out, though the sun had shifted to the other side of the horizon, above the tops of the far line of trees. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “I can spare Levant to help you out for a couple of hours, tops. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Sula?” she whispered, gazing at the tops of trees. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And in the water, two tops of trees. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Through the window Chacko could see the tops of buses, luggage in their luggage racks, as they thundered by. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z With a heavy sigh she settled herself down on the porch steps, her sturdy calves poking out the tops of the oversized boots. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Suddenly, magically, I see shapes emerging from the tops of the cars, from the sides, from myriad hidden places. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t say anything; she was stepping carefully over the snow, which had drifted in some places deeper than the tops of her moccasins. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Jefferson Thomas was a quiet, soft-spoken athlete— tops in his class. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He hopped about the grass, gnawing one piece after another, eating the green tops along with the slices. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes turns, expecting to find her father at her shoulder but she sees only the dusk settling on the tops of the oak trees, the pink tinge of sliding darkness. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the stillness after battle I looked up at the mountain- tops; perhaps the old man and woman were watching me and would enjoy my knowing it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat without talking for a while, watching the breeze stir the tops of the cotton plants. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Behind us, the golden tops of three palace pavilions catch the moonlight. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They studied the night skies from the mountain- tops and listened to the winds at dawn. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Once he had the uniform, Jack was issued shoes with wooden bottoms and ankle-high canvas tops. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z To our left were the other bridges of Manhattan, arrayed against each other like alternating sin and cos waves, carrying a smattering of late-night trucks whose tops trailed mist. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “These mountains are also like the tops of other dragons’ heads,” the old people would tell me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull out a big bunch of carrots, the feathery green tops attached. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she gives me that glare over the tops of her glasses, seals the paper in an envelope, and hands it to me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z High wooden desks that sit two, with slanted tops and holes for inkwells, are arranged in rows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Strong gusts of wind growled and moaned through the tops of the tall timber. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A far rush of wind sounded and a gust drove through the tops of the trees like a wave. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z As I gazed up at its sheer cliffs, tops disappearing in a reef of ghostly clouds, the idea that this was a magical place didn’t seem so ridiculous. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I remember round tables with flimsy tops, plastic chairs with shiny metal legs. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Boobie was placed on the red players’ bench behind the sideline and his black high tops were slowly untied. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They were shouting and singing at the tops of their lungs that their team would never die. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Huge cars, magnificent cars, with the tops down. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Eventually you reach a height where you can see the tops of the topmost trees, with nothing but clear sky beyond, and your faltering spirit stirs—nearly there now!—but this is a pitiless deception. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I wished we could see the shore over the tops of the other buildings, to find comfort in the gentle surge of water onto the sand. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Those roof tops and that sea were mine no more. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She lined them up next to one another and pinched the tops together, then started braiding the six strands together. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z He wonders how many times he has written his old name, at the tops of how many tests and quizzes, how many homework assignments, how many yearbook inscriptions to friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He touches his fingertips together and keeps tapping the tops of his palms so it looks like a spider is doing push-ups on a mirror. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As I turned the car into the driveway I heard nervous, confused shouts echoing from the backyard through the tops of the trees. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I do this, looking at the tops of my overshoes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The tops of the pines tickle into a wilderness of blue and white, and all I need now is red. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I took off my glasses and rubbed the tops of my ears. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The steam started the job, and then the heat from the stove tops did the rest. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She cut four strips of rubber from the tire, then wrapped them around the crutch tops and grips and secured them with twine in silence. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She put the tops back on the boxes and placed the boxes on Wes’s bed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Soon after this the toilets were fitted with chains to hold the tops on, and when they overflowed it took a long time to get them open. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she sheared off the tops of the hedge that borders Phoebe’s yard. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Derek had said early in the evening, while the sun was still on them but low in the west, past the tops of the trees at the edge of the clearing. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z He cut big pieces of ham, and they stuck out from under the brown tops of the biscuits. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Although wingless, it can fly and has been known to seize unwary humans by the ears and deposit them at the tops of tall trees and buildings. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam throws a bunch of tank tops into her suitcase. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There was a bakery store to one side of it which sold beautiful charlotte russes with red candied cherries on their whipped cream tops for those who were rich enough to buy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Every Sunday morning, my once-Hindu grandmother swishes out of the apartment in a floral muumuu that skims across the tops of her tennis shoes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Reaching the top-right corner, David hunts for the second row of pieces, sharp- pointed roofs and the tops of trees. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z They were still a little under a half mile from the borderlands, but already he could see the tops of the Greater Jungle's oldest and tallest pines peeking above rooftops. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The sky was filled with stars and the moon was full and lighted the tops of the trees ahead of me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The sun was almost down on the mountain tops, and the shadows of the whole group fell long upon the snow. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Some fall asleep and roll off; others are thrown by the street gangs who control the train tops. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z And it was kind of amazing, since the original pizza-slice-sized store would have fit maybe ten people tops, and that would have been shoulder-to-shoulder. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He claims that if the two spheres had the same centre, water would inevitably cover the whole surface of the earth—except perhaps for a few mountain tops. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For the first time, she was aware of the breeze pouring through the tops of the trees, and this familiar sound unsettled her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Just below this spot another great branch, itself as big as an ordinary tree, jutted out over the tops of the pines, and on this at last Jeremy fluttered gently to rest. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “I give it five minutes tops before Fowl Manor rejoins the world at large.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The tops of its branches are above the sky. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z No one was saying much, just Watching as Mr. Tripp circled the raft, tightening a rope, checking the barrel tops, and trying to make it about as shipshape as Aeneas would have made a warship. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Piper could see the edges of walls and the tops of columns, but no monsters . . . yet. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The D score has no upper limit, while the E score tops out at ten points. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z As we drove, I pointed out the steady series of osprey nests, each at least ten feet in diameter, built along the tops of the high- tension wires. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I crane my neck, peering through the crowd, which has blotted out the paintings; only a few tops of heads are visible, a few skies, a few backgrounds and clouds. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Others are at the tops of the streetlights, while a bunch hang above the buildings. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Tiny flakes, just visible at the tops of the pines. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Opening her fingers, she cleaned the thread, then rolled it along her hairline and the tops of her eyebrows. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Lifting the tops off the boxes, she peered inside, swinging a tin bucket of smoke back and forth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t like the first seventeen tops he picked. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She held his hand in her lap and he could feel the tops of her stockings through the thin stuff of her summer dress. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z We used one tarp as our roof, tying its four corners to the tops of the tent pole branches with ropes the boys had scrounged up. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He tapped my sneaker with one of his doggedy high- tops. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s sitting at her desk, laptop open, in one of those thin-strapped tank tops—nothing underneath, mind you, and she’s got a good bit more going on up there than most girls our age. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z To either side of the bridge are the tops of trees, bare of leaves, with a covering of snow on them, as after a heavy moist snowfall. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A wind had come up during the night, and it moaned in the tops of the fir trees behind the house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She would climb to the tops, as nimble as a spider, and then send the honeycombs down in baskets on ropes for Xan to catch. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I could see the tops of ships’ masts, peeking over the rooftops like trees in the dead of winter. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he caught his first glimpse of the Wall looming above the tops of an ancient gnarled oak, Jon was vastly relieved. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Never again can you accuse me of hogging my muffin tops.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z They trudged past darter birds on the tops of trees, drying their sodden wings spread out like laundry against the sky. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Men in threadbare suits putting hands to the tops of their heads to take off hats that are no longer there. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I found that stabbing them through the eyes with the knife was a faster, less tiresome way of killing them than hacking at the tops of their heads with the hatchet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But can't nobody really see nothing anyway, because of the gates, the tops of the metal posts curling up into the air like witch fingers. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Mountains rose up on her right, tall enough that snow capped their tops even in the early autumn chill. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The girl wears a long shirt, which is an excuse for a dress; its frayed hem kisses the tops of her feet. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z His^ teeth were chattering, and the tops of his arms were bluish, and goose-pimpled. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z There are mirrors on two sides, and they skew my ability to figure out square footage, but I figure it’s twenty feet by fifteen feet, tops. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Claire could see, below her, that the tops of the trees were moving slightly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Dimple sighed and grabbed a few kurta tops hanging on the rail next to her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z All I could see were the spires and blocky tops of buildings. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then, suddenly, they were sinking again, and the building tops rushed up toward Magdalys as the two plaits Sabeen had braided her hair into that morning flapped behind her in the rushing wind. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The only light came from great flood lamps mounted on the buildings and at the tops of poles in the middle of the larger squares. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I shook the damp out of my legs and laced my boots back on, wrapping the tops in strips of fabric that tore as I knotted them. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Traffic lights blinked at the tops of buildings. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Pickers were scattered among tomato plants that rose up from the tops of furrows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Pants, long-sleeved tops, and cushioned jackets that snap beneath the crotch. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We’re issued small bottles of milk which we drink through straws stuck in through a hole in the cardboard bottle tops. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I stopped before a gray wall where high above me the headstones of a church graveyard arose like the tops of buildings. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As if a giant knife were cutting the tops off the swells and waves. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Hugo grabs a knife, hatchets off the tops of his eggs. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z His robe hits the tops of his gray feet. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z All around were the roofs of other houses and the green tops of trees. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Preferably use the tops of trees for this purpose, for hunters don’t look up. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer craned his neck to see over the tops of the trees and take in the mangled metropolis. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Dad said as he pounded the tops of the spools to show us how sturdy they were. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard to wear spaghetti-strap tops with a bra, so I don’t mind there being a rule against them, and no way would my parents let me wear short shorts—to school or anywhere. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z You can see the sun touching the tops of the buildings across the street, making its way through the neighborhood like someone whose attention you are careful not to attract. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The broken tables had been replaced, even if they were just wooden pallets resting on the tops of plastic barrels. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The warm sand came in over the tops of Laura’s shoes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The tops of her hands were roped with muscle and veins, but her skin was wrinkled and soft. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees seemed to have moved at their tops, leaning toward each other to create a roof across the path; they would protect him from rain, he realized, and perhaps that was a good thing. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He grabbed hold of my shoulders, his thumbs digging into the flesh at the tops of my arms, and told me to calm down, to stop behaving like a child. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Back on the quad, Alex raced across the cliff tops with the sun already sinking in the west. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He was wearing one of those green doctor tops and he gave me a big perfect smile. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Trotting around the track are a handful of girls in pink shorts and matching tank tops. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Bits of grit and gravel inside his shoes and socks were grinding the tops of his toes raw. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And there are soldiers in olive green and red, and old ladies in gray tops and pants that stop mid-calf. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Locke brushes his hand over the tops of cattails and bulrushes, looking abstracted. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I’m going to run away,” Yossarian announced in an exuberant, clear voice, already tearing open the buttons of his pajama tops. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z To create the drums, the boys stretched thick plastic bags tightly across the tops of the cans, securing the bags with rubber bands. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Soon the god’s shining boat would touch the tops of the western cliffs, and the working day would be done. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z In gathering wild yams, they cut off most of the edible tuber but replaced the stems and tops of the tubers in the ground so that the tubers would regrow. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “We have one hour, tops, to get out of these rat tunnels. You hear me? One hour.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He slept somewhere in the dark tops of the hemlocks all day long, unless he saw us start for the stream. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, the Mara Salvatrucha street gangsters, some deported from Los Angeles, always prowl the train tops looking for sleepers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Her back was thunderhead blue, her rose-tinted breast had the brightness of cloud tops. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I lay down a place mat and Alexa tops it with a plate. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Two pearl lighthouses with massive crystals on their tops stood at the end of each crescent point. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Frightful awoke as the morning sun brought color to the tops of the trees. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Inej ran lightly over the tops of the crates, making her way down the row, seeking her targets below. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Sometimes their tops get covered by snow, like the mountain’s laid a trap. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The tops of the fences appeared again, and Joe measured how much more of the posts he could see every day. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She looked over the tops of her tortoiseshell glasses, assessing Miranda’s complexion. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She bent down and kissed both Jasmine and TJ on the tops of their heads, the remnants of her day now hovering around them like hard-work halos. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Onions were made into long ropes, braided together by their tops, and then were hung in the attic beside wreaths of red peppers strung on threads. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He sits on the edge of the bed and pulls on his black boots, wrapping the long laces twice around the tops. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z In a few minutes they’d reached the crest, only to find that beyond it lay another one even higher, and beyond that several more, whose tops were lost in the swirling darkness. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Hints of pink, lavender, and gray appeared at the tops of the trees. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “I swear I’ll be there in forty-five minutes. An hour, tops.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “Because,” he said, his head tilted low so that he was looking at us all from over the tops of his glasses, “they have so many problems.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Some jeans and tops from a discount department store. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z She almost liked winter, the glittering coat of frosted ice on the tops of cars, the lush warmth of the cashmere sweaters Curt bought her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Just swamp is all I see, the tops of swamp trees, little clearings of swampy bits of water, the river eventually starting to form itself again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Enrique allows himself to doze only on trains farther north, where the gangsters no longer control the tops of the trains. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Tank tops with images of the Southern states as cast-iron skillets. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He brushed some bottle tops off a chair and sat down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Just look at you!” said Mary Poppins to herself, particularly noticing how nice her new gloves with the fur tops looked. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z She dusted the wooden-backed chairs, the table tops, the windowsills, the one bookcase which held a Bible and two rows of photograph albums. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The cane tops shake in breezes, but no breeze reaches down here. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Blond college girls in sundresses or short skirts and low-cut tops. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I could see their shoulders bulging from their tank tops, shining with sweat. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In another few seconds, all the witches had completely disappeared and the tops of the two long tables were swarming with small brown mice. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z They stopped just before the tree, the tops of their heads not even reaching a third of the way up its trunk. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There was another long table across the back wall that had a few fancy glass pitchers with mint leaf stems that jutted out of the tops. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z And if it hadn’t stopped snowing and the sun hadn’t come out and the sky hadn’t started to blue over the tops of the mountains, I might have said, “Forget it,” and headed back home. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The one lavatory was surrounded by a moat of urine, and we would race, as ships, bottle tops on its roily and reeking waters, rowing with our fingers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z His brown hair hung down over his ears and neck, scraping the tops of his shoulders. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He could see the tops of three huge trebuchets behind the Mud Gate. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The sky seemed as close as the tops of the trees, covered with still cloud and flushed on the morning side with a lurid, foxy glow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The tender tops against my hand felt like long eyelashes. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Minli and the buffalo boy pushed through the crowd as the sun burned the tops of their heads. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z My eyes drift to the tops of the trees I can see out the window. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “I mean he has some fantasy they’re all belly-button crop tops and low-rider Daisy Dukes. It’s moronic. He’s going to learn soon enough that all that eye shadow smudges like hell.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She emerged with her back to him, her hands over her head, the tops of her bare shoulder blades perspiring, supporting something still hidden from view. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I raided the supply of Finkle boxes my Mom had brought home before she was fired and I ripped off the box tops. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “I must examine the tops of the Cliffs of Insanity,” the Prince said, without bothering to turn. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Rooster Jim ducked his head and spoke to his shoe tops. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She pushes down on the tops of her knees with both hands and rises. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I was tops at St. Michael’s College four years in a row. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Their swaying tops hovered over her head like white cobras, one at either handrail. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I used blue painter’s tape for the diamond, flattened shoebox tops for the bases, and a balance ball for the pitcher’s mound. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I watched her out of the tops of my eyes to see what impact my declaration had made. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t bother picking out any tank tops or sleeveless shirts since Mama doesn’t let me wear those. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z ‘I - I don’t know what happened. You’ve got a few minutes, tops, before your zombies disappear.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Through it I saw the tops of trees. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The setting sun has lit the sky on fire, set the tops of the trees ablaze. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I liked the women who wore tailored slacks or shorts, pastel tops, trendy loafers, and quality earrings, like Mary Miller’s. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He felt as if he were standing on the edge of the sea cliff with the green waves roaring in and their yellow froth churning at the tops—and he was ready to leap. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The waves still break with foaming tops, the wind still chills damp skin, but with every rolling wave, I see the distant shore. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Downstream of the bridge was a line of poplars whose tops fluttered brilliantly in the last of the light. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He put out his leg, and the ball locked between the tops of the two players’ feet with a loud thwump. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Keisha leans in to smell them and runs her fingers over the tops of the flowers. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z We played mumble-the-peg or spin tops or play dude on the rock, which I usually won because I could run faster. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mirage-gray at the bottom of their granite canyons, the hot streets wavered in the sun, the car tops sizzled and glittered, and the dry, cindery dust blew into my eyes and down my throat. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The tops of the trees around me are all burning, and through the smoke to my left and right, I see walls of flames surging forward, igniting bark on every trunk. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They were heavy constructions of plywood, a sanded dowel for backstroke starts, puke-green carpet torn from somebody's basement stapled into the sloping tops for traction, and lane numbers spray-painted in orange on the backs. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z On three sides the woods pressed upon it; but eastward the ground fell steeply and the tops of the dark trees, growing at the bottom of the slope, were below their feet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There was froth at the tops of the bottles, and Lil could hardly keep from giggling when she took her first sip. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Some are in variously colored tank tops and short sets, and others are wearing helmets, strange big-shouldered shirts, and unnecessarily tight pants that stop at the knee. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “At any moment dancers will unfurl from the tops of the willow’s boughs, lip-synching a reminder that the sun will shine again.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z That window has the same view as my kitchen window: trees and the Square and the tops of houses. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I gestured again to the greystone peering over the tops of smaller trees by the roadside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When we pay, the cashier smiles at us in our identical tops. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z High up, almost level with the tops of forest-trees, there was a shelf under a cliff. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z All you had to do to enter the contest was send in ten Finkle box tops and an original poem about Finkles. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z There were illuminated stars on the tops of some of the oldest oil derricks, and across Main Street, spotlights shown on poinsettias placed on risers to spell “Merry Xmas!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I imagined myself in crop tops around town, or in a bikini by the pool, my belly ring catching the sunlight. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z There were perhaps a dozen cuts in all, most of them on the tops of his shoulders, a few across his back and along his arms. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A late winter wind blew the tops around, inducing in her a momentary vertigo. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z We knocked each other down as we ran and we wrestled each other off the tops. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The giraffes were following gravel paths, were pausing to munch sugar pears from tree- tops. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, as Finn raced faster than ever toward Ms. Morales, she suddenly screamed, “Watch out!” and police officers appeared at the tops of every fence and started dropping toward the street below. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z When he stared beyond the garden’s low walls, he saw the tops of every building in the city. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The boy listened to the wind passing through the tops of the tall pines; he thought they moved like giant brooms sweeping the sky. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At one time he had and used as legal tender at least forty-five tops of various sizes and colors, from the thick clumsy baby tops to the lean and dangerous splitters with their needle points. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was one display case featuring eight games with amazingly illustrated box tops. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Pajamas and tank tops and socks and flip-flops. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z These breeches reached to just below the knees and from there on down she sported green stockings with turn-up tops, which displayed her calf muscles to perfection. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z There’s a lot of screaming at tops of lungs for 7:00 a.m. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Yet as he began to match up tops with jeans, his excitement waned. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A low moaning sound could be heard in the tops of the tall sycamores. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s when I see soldiers running along the tops of the square’s buildings. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Then there were pennons floating from the tops of the tents, and sheaves of spears leaning against them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She came down and skimmed over the tops of the knapweed and grasses to scare up the prey. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She dove down and skimmed the tops of the trees. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The late-afternoon sun dances off the tops of the maple trees that are planted all along the parkway. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Straighten yourselves, so that I may see something besides the tops of your heads.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z If one argued that earth, water and air all rotated together, so that they were all stationary with regard to each other, then why are there always violent winds blowing at the tops of mountains? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A good high wind would pull them up and away and they would land perhaps among the tops of the trees. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Her breasts were not the hard little knots of other girls her age; they filled out the tops of her skimpy little dresses. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The next afternoon Parkhill did some target practice in one of the dead cities, shooting out the crystal windows and blowing the tops off the fragile towers. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, girl,” Nicole said, “I could never be a Muslim because I swear to God I am always hot. Plus, I look too cute in tank tops.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It was made in the Indian way of a circle of poles stuck in the ground with their tops bent together and tied. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun finished the last rays of its lingering good-bye, and the moon rose in awful majesty over the silver tree- tops, before he dared to stand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom pulled Layla and Ivy to her and kissed the tops of both of their heads. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Gradually it grew darker and darker, and then a pale three-quarter moon came up over the tops of the clouds and cast an eerie light over the whole scene. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z She was short and dark and wore tight dresses cut low to show the tops of her breasts. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He pulled down his glasses and looked at me over the tops of them. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It seemed as if the tops of the swells were flattened somehow. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Dozens of fans bristled over the tops of the steeplechase fences, leaving them teetering under the weight. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers who guarded them liked to rip the tops of the women’s garments so their breasts were exposed. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the window I could see the tops of other buildings, and I decided to get up and look around to see how high up from the ground we were. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She'll come right back, though, like one of them spinning tops. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “No. It looked more like one of those hats you get with cereal box tops.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Tools are tucked along the tops of my boots, too—sticks of dynamite, lock picks—and an assortment of knives are strapped to my right thigh. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And at the front, on a raised stage, were the first two baby grand pianos I’d ever laid eyes on, their giant hardwood tops propped open like black bird wings. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And as the wind picked itself up and wrestled with the tops of the swells, he rowed. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I squat, listening behind me for bears, aster leaves rough on the tops of my legs, then bury the toilet paper under sticks and bark and dried bracken. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Those are the smudge pots. Wait’ll you see them when they’re burning. Fire comes shooting out of the tops of them.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cantonese, village people,” she whispered as we passed women in knitted caps, bent over in layers of padded tops and men’s vests. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He set them ready on the ground, with their screw tops removed. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could see the tops of the trees.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z No house could be seen, although a circle of trees was visible beyond the tops of the corn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun is just hitting the tops of the trees when I find a well-marked trail to the big falls and take off along it. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He kissed the tops of our heads, before saying, “Go and pack your bags.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z There were windows, with glass, and through them she could see the tops of trees; the room faced the forest behind the building. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But now she frowns at a couple of short-sleeved tops I picked. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Sometimes the horses would try to rear back their heads and smash their riders with the tops of their massive skulls. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She undressed, put on her pajama tops, and sneaked quietly into the livingroom. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z One way of thinking of spin is to imagine the particles as little tops spinning about an axis. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There was snow on the tops of the mountains and the lake was a gray steel-blue. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I can stay for a day or two, tops, before the C02 filters from the rover and my space suit fill up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z From the tops of the branches she looked like an ancient queen of the jungle, presiding over her domain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Albert was cleaning out the teacups on the table in front of the sofa and laying tea strainers across the tops. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z From outside, only the tops of five -immense towers could be seen beyond the walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On the far side of it were huge blue things, lumpy but with jagged edges, and some of them with white tops. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z There it seemed to Frodo that he descried far off, floating as it were on a shadowy sea, the high dim tops and broken pinnacles of old towers forlorn and dark. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A long, shrill whistle blew, and the jackhammer men scrambled quickly to the tops of their lines. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Only the tops of the Gabilan Mountains flamed with the light of the sun that had gone from the valley. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I look across the glade—at the hills beyond the camp, the tops of evergreens rolling into the horizon. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Red giants find their outer atmospheres blowing away into space; planetary nebulae are the final stages of Sunlike stars blowing their tops. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The inside of the cottage is dusky as the fading light rests at the tops of the trees. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “I like it this way,” I said, patting the tops of overgrown carrots, their orange heads pushing through the earth as if about to be born. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z About fifty yards away, a miniature cyclone three stories tall tore across the tops of the sunflowers like a scene from The Wizard of Oz. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She sang quietly to herself as she cooked, in a voice like a thousand old women all singing at the tops of their voices at once. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z But saying “please” without actually saying it to someone you don’t want to say “please” to in the first place tops the list of hard. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The little boy was poking at the tomato again and glancing at Danny from the tops of his dark eyes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z A misty rain had begun to fall and dark gray clouds hovered over the tops of the mountains in the distance. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z When it came to apportioning work on an aptitude basis, the smaller girls were assigned to dust the legs and lower shelves of furniture; the older girls to dust table tops and upper shelves. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z You can see the tops of the trees—they were turning all different colors now. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z She looked around, scanning the tops of the forest trees and the branches underneath. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At the top it had rounded caps like the tops of tombstones. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The Athena Parthenos lay sideways along the tops of the columns like a nightclub singer sprawled across a piano. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She handed me a spatula to lift the tops from the rolling board onto the pies, which was easier said than done. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z For the rest, his ears were pale, and at the tops extremely pointed; the chin was broad and strong, and the cheeks firm though thin. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The maid lays pressed chicken on our plates, tops it with a perky dollop of mayonnaisey dressing, and we all smile, glad for the mood breaker. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He watched Matthew and Mark running in the sunlight, the tops of their hog boots thumping against their knees. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z They repeated the stories about good times in Oakland and San Diego; they repeated them like long medicine chants, the beer bottles pounding on the counter tops like drums. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he fooled Mole by running the tops of fences or turning around and going back over his own trail. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The tops of the pines and oaks rushed in. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The MS control the tops of freight trains operating north of the Rio Suchiate, where many migrants going to the United States begin their trek through Mexico. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The squall wind was in the tops of the palms and I could imagine how they looked in the night sky, thrashing against each other high over our little cay. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As the children tried to spin the tops on the lumpy mattress, Joseph joined us on the porch. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, the wind howled and sent the tops of the leafless trees casting back and forth in the night. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I knew that I could get away with not having a fresh shape-up easier than they could get away with not chopping that Sunday dinner off the tops of their heads. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The gravity-defying performances of those dancers, with their impossible leaps and lifts, and ballerinas who spun ’round tirelessly, like those on the tops of music boxes—well, that sounded well worth the trouble. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The path narrowed to a ribbon, the ground rising sharply on our right side and dropping away on the left, a carpet of green tree- tops spreading beyond it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Axel reaches up on the tops of his toes as his dad’s head drops down to meet his own. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It also made a kind of clearing—with die tops of the trees gone the sun could get down to the ground—and it was filled with small thorny bushes that were covered with berries. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Calder looked at the tops of the trees as if they’d been invited, too. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Then she and Kyle cracked up, remembering the box tops from their first puzzle in the Board Room on Saturday morning. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z They could see the tiny bright streets crossing each other, and the squares, little chips of light, and the dark tops of buildings. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I went out on the balcony, seeing the tops of their heads. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Each year, thousands of children cling to the tops and sides of trains as they journey north in search of their parents. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Cecilia went to Briony’s bedroom and rummaged in a drawer for the least girlish design—white, ankle length, with red and green strawberries around the tops. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Then I tried looking up at our Father, but I couldn’t see His Face for the dark smoke hiding the tops of those mountains. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A wide expanse of lush plains turns into a crystal-blue lagoon, surrounded by towering cliffs and smooth, steep rocks, their tops covered with vegetation. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When the half-moon rose over the tops of the trees, Salvador touched Lupita’s arm and said, “Come. We go now.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z She dared groups of children to climb to the tops of trees with her. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The chairs were large and heavy and had lions’ heads carved on the tops of the backs. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Then it was pop bottle tops, then cigarette cards, then sightings of license plates from different provinces and states. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I dumped in socks, five pairs of shorts, tops, a nightgown, shampoo, brush, toothpaste, toothbrush, rubber bands for my hair, all the time watching the window. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We cut them up in triangles and cut off the crusts and put little toothpicks with frilly tops in them. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z At one point, they passed a warm cave the size of a gymnasium filled with snake eggs, their tops covered with a layer of silver filaments like slimy Christmas tinsel. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z So he waited while Mr. Fantana gathered his lesson plans, put the tops back on his dry erase markers. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The wind came up and tossed the tops of the alders, and she felt the odd fall warmth in it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The light climbed on out of the valley, and as it went, the tops of the mountains seemed to blaze with increasing brightness. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can never accuse me of hogging my muffin tops,” I say. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z It cascaded over the shiny streets, drummed the tops of cars, and pooled in dark curbside gullies. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z High wooden desks that sit two, with slanted tops and holes for inkwells, are arranged in rows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Caw,” the crow said, swooping back over the tops of the trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Giant snores shook the ground and made the tops of the trees tremble. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She returned to the shops, where she bought a pair of boyfriend jeans, three cotton tank tops, a long flowing cardigan, espadrilles, and a white sundress. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Her legs are bare, her feet slim, her toenails, exposed at the tops of her sandals, painted maroon. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m actually a highly sought after director on this circuit. I specialize in goat sacrifices and masterful film school angles of aunties with muffin tops.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Men in turbans were busy heaving bundles and crates onto bus tops, securing suitcases down with ropes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Her eyes landed on Vivian, a girl with stick-straight black hair so long it reached the tops of her khakis’ pockets. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Across the tops of these the rats fastened strong, light bars of metal, probably, Mrs. Frisby thought, from the Toy Tinker’s truck. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z From the window she could see her boys in the yard, the tops of their heads as they sat in the grass beside the overturned wheelbarrow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Nouri ran water over the tops of her socks and called it a day. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The sky above and to the west was still dark with thunder, and lightning far away flickered among the tops of hidden hills. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “The tops are not nailed down. Be quiet. Don’t speak again till I call you. Pray if you want to.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Hank, a retired professor of classical archaeology, always brings a small volume of Greek poetry to read, his long sun-spotted fingers curling over the tops of the pages. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His mother’s flower beds were all covered over, and the snow was lining up on her holly trees and mulberry and frosting the tops of her rhododendrons. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z At first all that was visible was the tops of the eight main smokestacks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I hang out in the front of the shop, checking out some new tops. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I tried on a couple of different tops, not sure what to expect tonight. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She saw women wearing skirts that sat low on the hips and tops that tied like bandannas between their breasts. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Now women and children on both sides of the tracks are throwing bundles to the migrants on the tops of the cars. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The answer is that distant matter would be rotating with respect to directions that little tops or gyroscopes point in. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Hecate traced her finger along the tops of the fiery Apennines. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Most of my clothes, which are not many in number, are pants and jersey tops. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The tops of his feet showed the same healthy tan as his arms and face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The tops of hills are shaved off to make level warrens for the rabbits of the present. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire sent up wispy smoke messengers that vanished before they cleared the tree- tops. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The tops of the trees are barely visible, only a sliver of moon to light their edges. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “Brush along the gum lines. Up on the bottoms and down on the tops. Two minutes morning and night. Let’s see. Give it a try.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Kept looking, eyes running across the tops of the stones that had last names engraved in them. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Kids with kitchen duty appeared bearing trays of food, all covered with gleaming silver tops so that you couldn’t see what was inside, sparking wild speculation about what might be for dinner. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “So I can wear cute tank tops and play the guitar at the festival and not worry about everyone staring at me all the time.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z For a moment he is only conscious of the trees in the distance, across the highway, their green tops swaying. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z And her shorts have little pouches built in—I can see the tops of energy gels peeking out from both sides of her hips. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Salma aunty chatters happily as she rolls her dough out like pizza, but instead of tomato sauce, she tops it with special butter called ghee. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z They were soon engulfed by office buildings so tall Emily couldn’t see the tops from where she sat. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z My grandparents Hiddle were my fathers parents, full up to the tops of their heads with goodness and sweetness, and mixed in with all that goodness and sweetness was a large dash of peculiarity. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z LeVisqueux dumped the contents of his knapsack on the floor: a rope, some pinions, a pair of pulleys, and a stack of nylon tote bags with drawstring tops. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Iron spikes were set along the tops of formidable stone walls, and two fat round towers overtopped the keep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The sky fell to the tops of the mountains. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They’ve got huge green leaves at their tops, and their bare trunks curve upwards like fingers reaching for the sky. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Ahead of them, the woman leapt over piles of nets and slid, legs kicking, over the tops of wooden chests, squeezing between plump businesswomen and groups of confused travelers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Waiting for my teammates to arrive, I sat with my feet hanging over the abyss, staring across the clouds, looking down on the tops of 22,000-foot peaks that a month earlier had towered overhead. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z They watched as it flew straight down the length of the island, so low it seemed to barely skim the tops of the skyscrapers. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The second time I stopped to rest I saw the flaming sun go down over the tops of the cottonwood trees, and the thick, heavy shadows brought dusk. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z From wrecks far out on Sow and Pigs Reef, in currents that crossed and tangled to suck the drowning sailors under and spin the surfboats like tops. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z More like knee-length, baggy tank tops with pearls around the edges and funny-looking capes. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She found she could go fast enough to keep him in sight, except just over the tops of the hills. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z These heads are holding up stone entablatures, which look very heavy; no wonder the tops of their heads are flat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He moved around the last ring of desks, tapping their tops, counting them off even though everybody knew his twelve was more than good enough to carry him to the finish line. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I look at the two long tables in the middle with the bowling alley tops. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z All was silence: no sound of horses, no sound of people talking, no sound of anything but a hunt wind breathing in the tops of the hemlocks. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside of Greenwood, the sun cast patches of light and shadows across the cotton fields revealing a thin gray mist, unstirred by morning breezes, that clung to the tops of the cotton plants. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “By the way, do you ever see any birds at the tops of your poles?” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z She swung her attention out across the building tops, along narrow alleyways, and finally toward that familiar corner at the edge of her block. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Just white scabby dust on the tops of their feet, and all of them with those dark black sores and scars. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s right, after I won the Golden Gloves no one couldn’t tell me I wasn’t going to be middleweight champ within two, three years tops.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Flames tipped the tops of slim white tapers, illuminating rough walls muffled by tapestries and old portraits in which the painted eyes of their subjects glinted like chips of glass. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And since those decades were back in style during the nineties, we had a bevy of bell-bottoms, embroidered hippie tops, and flowing floral dresses to share between us. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I have six big bottles—cider jugs—with tops. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z We found an opening where the sun had begun penetrating, and we squeezed and spread our shirts on the tops of the bushes and sat in the sun to dry ourselves. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Over the tops of the roofs a column of smoke still rises, higher now than before. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z ‘But as he lowered his eyes, he saw far above the tops of the Misty Mountains, out of which the stream came. And he thought suddenly: “It would be cool and shady under those mountains. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They have humans who dangle on ropes twining from the tops of tents. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z “The other was two box tops from corn flakes. They send you twenty-five cents if you mail them two box tops with stars on the tops. For milk money, it said.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Paintings, drawings, pottery; all sorts of “sculptures” made from whatever was the craze of the day—bashed-up cans, maybe, or bottle tops stuck onto cardboard. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I sprint across the tops of its walls—the ones that act as guardrails—and when I make it without falling, I know Fm alive. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The machine gun opened fire once more from a black rise above the motor pool, and orange tracer bullets skimmed like low-gliding dashes over the tops of the shadowy tents, almost clipping the peaks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z With relief, he types his name at the tops of his freshman papers. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z You multiplied the tops of the equations and you got to minus X over six. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z They climbed to the tops of cliffs and threw their children off before hurling themselves onto the rocks below. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z There were high walls on either side, with the tops of palms and acacias showing above them. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Rays of sunlight grazed the tops of the trees. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Someone had also volunteered something called an “ultra-light” aircraft which swooped overhead, barely clearing the tops of the trees. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The Tilt-A-Whirl has these metal pods with domed tops, and there’s a metal wheel in the middle that you can turn to make your pod spin. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Thousands, shelter workers say, make their way through Mexico clinging to the sides and tops of freight trains. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He ran his tongue over the tops of his teeth; he’d forgotten to brush them that morning. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Miig sighed, looked around at the tops of the trees with his hands on his hips, and said, to all of us and to no one in particular, “Today’s the day.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They could see the rounded green tops of the great live oaks. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I remember the musty living room, full of those old Christ pictures, prayers woven into tapestries, statuettes of the crucifixion, other religious objects on the mantel, shelves, table tops, walls, everywhere. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a dull crack as her body hit the tops of the trees, and another as she landed at the bottom of the rocky ravine. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Their grandmother put the tops on the jars and set them into the canning pot. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Her wrapper was tied low, exposing the tops of drooping breasts. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They went on like the bright tops of wheels. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z His socks were slightly rolled at their tops, and he had on what looked like a sailor's shirt. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I watch them turn like colorful spinning tops. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It made a lot of noise, but it would get them back in ten minutes tops. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Their foil tops gleamed and twinkled in the early evening light that sifted through the half-closed blinds. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z After storing the plastic tubs beneath the counter, the man unscrews the tops to a dozen salt and pepper shakers, paying no attention to me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Now we hovered half in the sky and half in the midway—level with the bright canvas tops of the game booths. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Because I'm not the girl who wears crop tops and short skirts and looks like one of Taylor Swift’s best friends. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z |
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