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And so Gogol goes sightseeing, alone, while Moushumi is off at her conference, or as she sits at the table in the apartment and puts the final touches on her paper. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
She lifted her hands to touch her curled and pinned hair. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
It looked like a black dragon devouring everything it touched. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
I reach out and touch my father’s hand. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
She began to touch herself again, this time with the memory for company. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
It is encrusted with mussels and barnacles growing a foot above the waterline, coming almost close enough to touch the scarecrow’s work boots. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
They’ll be something to see, if she hasn’t lost her touch. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z
The open vistas distressed me, the sense of being adrift in a crowd of people pressing in on all sides, wanting to touch me, greet me, wish me well. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
He walked up to a black knight and put his hand out to touch the knight’s horse. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
“The police got in touch with me. I was one of the last people he talked to before he died.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
Mama’s no-nonsense voice was so tender, it made me cry, but I would not let her touch me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
Angry stories come out, of white men who’ve tried to touch them. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
I found him by touch and brought him close, helping him slide out of his jacket. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
They would touch my hair When I showed Them my library: The fish making jeta, The globe that I dropped, The birds fluttering Their wings at the window. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Ah, Robert," he mur-mured as his groping hand touched a cold stone wall, his leg throbbing with every motion. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
He led the way out of the hall, smiling and waving at the many hands that reached out to grasp his white tunic as if touching him would heal them of an illness. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
A tingle runs through me at his warm touch. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Large old trees lined most of the streets and had grown so tall and wide they almost touched. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
It traveled in blood, and the bleeding victim did not touch very many other people before dying, and so the virus did not have many chances to jump to a new host. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
While you were logged in, you could walk or run in any direction and the sphere would rotate around and beneath you, preventing you from ever touching the wall. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
She bent down to touch Lyra’s forehead, but the child was fast asleep, with no fever. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
His hair, still coal black except for touches of gray at his temples, was combed back, but his cheeks were sunken, and he had a thin beard. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
An evil presence seemed afoot, and my skin prickled as if touched by invisible ghosts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
“Crab,” Grandpop called, getting up from his seat and inching forward, swinging his arm low until it touched the bottle. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
I touched the handle, tugged on it cautiously. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
Nobody's touched the fire door on his bus since that day. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
“He leaves it near the phone in case Mama wants to get in touch with him.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
She had been bathed and changed and while she was still warm to the touch, Dulcet promised him the illness was not serious. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
Fingers in her hair, he pulled her head back and she felt the cold touch of his knife at her throat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
Tristran did so; as he touched the ends of the silver chain together they knit and mended as if they had never been broken. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
For the first time in what felt like forever, the touch of his rough hand was gentle on my chin. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
And when Emma lay in bed with her, the baby reached out to touch her mother. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then our hands were pulled behind our backs until our elbows touched, making our chests tight from the pressure. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
“Did he touch you, even in the slightest manner?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
I did manage to get in touch with George Toley, my coach at U.S.C., and he’s indicated a willingness to help. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
She could see what they could see, and hear what they could hear, and smell and taste what they could, too, and even feel whatever their wings and feet and feather antennae touched. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
They fell about him with a series of hard thumps and he was not touched. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
When he spoke about Robbie, which wasn’t often, it was with a touch of self-righteous vindication. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
A hand touched Z’s shoulder, and he opened his eyes to see Rashid’s looking at him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
Deprived of antennae, any termite can become a group termite if touched frequently enough by the others. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
He came closer and extended a hand until his fingertips nearly touched her chest. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
I touch its screen; there are no new notifications. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
I want to touch her, to lay my hands on that rough, warm skin, but I can’t bring myself to wake her up. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
He'd been brought up with the touch of a human hand and he seemed perfectly happy to get back in the company of a man with possible access to canned food. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
She wouldn’t touch any of them, not even to give Tidbit a hug. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
When he left, we never expected to hear from him again, but he made a point of staying in touch. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Biddy, dear, could you please not tap your spoon like that? I have a touch of headache,” Lizabeth say. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
Martin’s sweaty palm touched the spot where my neck met my shirt collar, giving me a light squeeze, and that was it for me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
I went back and milked out her strutted bag and she didn’t offer to kick me one time, just flinched and drew up a little when I first touched her. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z
I don’t wipe it down, but I don’t touch it, either. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
Harry got toast, coconut, baked bean, strawberry, curry, grass, coffee, sardine, and was even brave enough to nibble the end off a funny gray one Ron wouldn’t touch, which turned out to be pepper. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
She touched it, and her fingertips came away wet and red. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
Dell has to talk louder now: "No one touches the red rocks." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
The skin of his arms was pale and dull, as if it would crumble if Anya touched it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
He was unsociable, and his mother said that even as a child he would not let anybody touch him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mom and I used to spend all our time in here, touching and smelling the flowers, talking about life, and soaking up sunlight. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
Bailey walks around to face her, reaching out tentatively to touch her hair. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Jean Louise had lost touch with nearly everyone she grew up with and did not wish particularly to rediscover the companions of her adolescence. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
He touched the stupid tooth around his neck and then turned his attention toward the TV, focused on another rap video that had started. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
They rambled over my growing body, they touched the plumping of my chest, the mound of my belly, and on down. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Inconsistent with the scheme of the other nests, but a nice touch.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
They wanted to allow time for me to fall on my face and show that the former prisoner hailed as a savior was a highly fallible man who had lost touch with the present situation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
My fingers touched Ice’s fingers in midair as the ball floated over him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
He touches the edge of his cap politely. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
Sometimes I liked to touch it just to know that it was there, like the pepper spray I kept in my pocket. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
I touch her hand and say, “Seriously. Thank you.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
I picked up a french fry, thinking how his hand had touched it and now I was putting it to my lips. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z
A bat flittered through the trees and out again without touching a twig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
When they had finished and were curled up together, naked skin touching skin, whispering endearments, then Bolverkr sighed mournfully. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z
I know that Annie had touched me before—how could it be avoided? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
He dipped a finger into the dregs and very cautiously just touched the finger with the tip of his tongue. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z
I pointed to my head, afraid to touch it for fear of making contact with the hair dye and spreading more green. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
Their touch, combined with a touch from me and/or Sheed, can unstick a person, permanently freeing them from their frozen state. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
There was one key factor they hadn’t considered: how Ernie was going to get this dead bird out of the cage without having to touch it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
When she moved, her feet touched the ground gently. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
I touch it, and my fingers find glass, cool and smooth. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
She felt that her husband would surely be killed by the wild and barbarous rebels, and she prepared herself to get in touch with him in what she called the beyond. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
It had been twenty-one years since I had even touched my wife’s hand. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
She reached up with her hand, already encrusted, and touched the excrudescencies gingerly. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
It’s been a while since anyone touched me with anything approaching tenderness. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
“They are so awful I can scarcely stand to touch them.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z
He kisses her softly on the forehead before letting her go, staying as close to her as he can without touching. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
“Unclean, unclean! I must touch him or kiss him no more. Oh, that it should be that it is I who am now his worst enemy, and whom he may have most cause to fear.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z
It touched down on the road next to Jason and took the form of a horse—a misty steed with lightning flickering through its body. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
The tallest slugger touched my forehead, and I ignited like a sparkler on the Fourth of July. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
She reached over and touched the raised and blackened letter on Amari’s shoulder. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
He couldn’t leave them in, they had to come out, but just touching them made the pain more intense. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
Sheed leaned his bike against a plank, and the rotting wood broke from his slight touch, falling into the cluttered yard. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
“Both inside and outside have a sour painful feeling. Too tender to even touch!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
“But how will Thomas and I keep in touch?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
“Our concern,” said the youth, with a touch of humor, “is that he shall not eat you.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z
Just a mere touch to his leg caused unbearable pain. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z
Henry puts an arm around him, touches the hinge of Alex’s jaw with fingers that smell like smoke. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
While I do so, he moves to the chair nearest mine and sits down at my side so that his knees are almost touching mv thigh. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Out of nowhere, a rock touched down in the water close to the raft, startling the boys. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Mama Ya-Ya is touching the TV screen as if her palm can stop the storm. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z
He tried to pull her from Tom, and she shrieked, “Don’t touch me! I don’t want to think about it!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
He shrugs, a small smile touching his lips. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
When he comes to, I say, Try to touch me again, buddy, and there’s another rock with your name on it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
She leaned in until her nose was touching Hanako’s, and then she rubbed back and forth a couple of times. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
His shirt and pants were scorched from the electricity, and his skin was black where the wires had touched him. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
Jay sighed and touched the set of paints. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
The house is a shrine to the War Between the States and I wonder what it must’ve been like for Stuart, growing up in a home where you can’t touch anything. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
When the man finished the number, he reached out and touched the collar of her dress, smoothing it down gently. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I touched her arm, but she didn’t hear me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
“So how is Olga? We didn’t keep in touch after I moved to Texas. I come back every once in a while. This is my cousin’s party.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
She told him, “Don’t touch me,” in a voice that I’d never heard from her. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
Every person, black or white, has five senses: taste, touch, sight, hearing, and smell. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I mean, you'd open a closet door, and there, in the corner behind your shoes, would sit a jar of something wicked that you weren't supposed to touch. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
Cardan’s cruel mouth is surprisingly soft, and for a long moment after our lips touch, he’s still as a statue. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Robin invited us to touch her serrated teeth and examine her snout before Ray removed the jaws. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
Hazel also knew that the instant her own concentration wavered and that darkness touched her, she would collapse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
I scattered them with a stick and timidly touched them with my fingers: they were cold. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
She made a loop with her arms, fingertips barely touching. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
Running so effortlessly that he couldn’t feel his feet touching the ground, he took the lead and kept pulling away. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z
She touched two wires and got a small shock. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
“Welcome to the quietest place we know,” Dad whispered, and lifted me up to touch the lion. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z
Though there was nothing in his mind but horror and fear of its touch, the cold black pain that drained his life away, yet he waited, unmoving. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
And this touches me, somehow, even more than the presumptive lie about his assets: that this place he has described as so morbidly dysfunctional could amount to a real and compelling human community. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
I leaned over, touching my forehead to his shoulder, begging him to stop. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
His slick hands touched the wall, slipped off. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
He bent and examined the mare’s hoof with a gentleness of touch which surprised Taran. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z
He kneels in the center of a thick mass of people, everyone touching everyone because one of the laws of nature is that theater people love to be touchy. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
But he can’t stand to touch her—she doesn’t bother to clean herself, and there’s always a kid hanging off her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
Instead she scooted closer to him, their ears almost touching. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
I tear a dagger from my chest, and my blood roars as my fingers touch the cold hilt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
Belle whinnied in surprise, then took off with the touch of my heels—she felt left out of the fray and wanted to catch up. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z
Matt was touched by her offer, although he knew there wasn’t a chance of it happening. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I took my seat, nervously, my feet barely touching the floor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
The touch is so gentle he has to once again remind himself not to care too much. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
Waiting for Uhmma at Johnny’s Steak House is better than “Please do not touch that” if we wait at Gomo’s house. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z
Bottled and sealed, standing on a table near the head of her bed, so they’d be the first thing she would touch in the morning when she woke up. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
She touched one with a bare foot, as if the plait were some sort of unknown animal. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I like my ears, she said, touching the earrings Dad gave her for their anniversary. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
Whatever he was, he became the one person I wanted to stay in touch with after junior high. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
He fainted even before the man touched him. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
I shuddered as I bent over to touch him, and every sense in me revolted at the contact; but I had to search, or I was lost. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z
And the lady said, “Are you OK?” and she touched my arm so I screamed again. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
She stood there in the dust, one hand reaching toward Besa, but the distance between them had become so vast that she knew she could never touch him again. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
All we have to believe with is our senses: the tools we use to perceive the world, our sight, our touch, our memory. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
Briony wedged herself in, with her back to the books to show them how her sister was positioned, and saw the first mid-blue touches of dawn in the panes of the library’s high windows. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
He was touched that a mouse he had known only a few minutes would share his food with him. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
They believed he was secretly a Communist, and perhaps even in touch with Soviet agents. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Still I wanted more, for the touch of his lips on mine was pure delight. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
He draws closer, touches my chin with one hand, and guides me into a kiss. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Jack touched the letter in his coat pocket, the one with the Nazi stamp on it. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z
“A rake,” she said finally, with a touch of amusement. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
High-Tech produced a bar of green soap and lathered Ugwu’s head and shaved it with a razor blade until it was smooth and soft to the touch. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Or have I touched some deep fear within her, some wound or scar? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
Bianca was standing near the door of the roof and she touched me on the arm as I went by her. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
It was a secret smile, as if she knew things nobody could ever know, and she reached out and touched my wrist and said, "Timmy, stop crying. It doesn’t matter." The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
He shook hands with each detective but paused and raised his eyebrows when he touched Arm. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
Which was nice except I don’t really like it when people touch me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
Mist curled around the giant, hissing and bubbling as it touched his skin. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
“But for you we could touch, kiss,” they would say. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
The clay was cracked and slightly soft to the touch. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
“Well, if you don’t get in touch with him, I will,” he said finally. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
I need time to process the data, but we can touch on it in the morning. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
He touched her cheek, real tender, and said, “I’m tired, Mary Willis. I thought maybe you and me could go to bed early tonight.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
He let go of me then, but we stayed almost touching, side by side again, our backs to the car. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
If he touched the rail, his hand would freeze and shatter. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
Its fur, as it rushed past him, would have felt exactly like a bodiless Something touching him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
“Snuff Washington,” Minny say, “Lolly Jackson—heck, Lolly go on your list and two days later she pop up from her wheelchair like she touched Jesus. Everbody in Hinds County know about that one.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
I nodded, the touch of his lips still warm against my neck. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
The master of ceremonies asked people to say what they thought the function of the novel might be in modern society, and one critic said, “To provide touches of color in rooms with all-white walls.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
They had taken away a book they weren’t supposed to even touch. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z
When she handed it to her, she took care not to touch Kaisa’s hand with her own dirtied one. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
One touch from the unsmiling chauffeur and the Mercedes would leap forward. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z
Taisin slid the chain around her neck, and when it touched her skin it was cold for only an instant, and then it felt as though she had always worn it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
Flickering light touched the stones underfoot and brushed against a long procession of granite pillars that marched ahead, two by two, into the dark. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
The water deepened under her hull, until their poles could not touch bottom, but still the current pushed them downstream, until... A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
“I’m the only one who touches him. Isn’t that right?” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
He turned to Bailey, touched the top of his head with the pointer as if he were bestowing knighthood. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even on weekends, he comes to watch Erin and me practice, but he never once touches a basketball and he never really says anything of consequence to either of us. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Well, those are not the reasons I'd have given, but . . ." He had touched her cheek, his thumb lightly tracing the line of -a cheek-bone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
At his touch, my skin comes alive as if warmed by the sun. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
He touches my cheek, his fingers pushing into my hair. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
I touched the place on my shirt where I’d stuck the black Mary. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
In return for shelter, the ants attack anything that touches the tree—insect, bird, unwary writer. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
No one could touch that puddle and live. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
“That was just a cover story,” Poulsson now informed them, touching the match flame to his pipe. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Instead, he sat quite close beside me, our arms almost touching. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
She touched the cat ears carefully with four fingers. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z
All swinging slightly, from when I touched them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
As the night air touched her face, Ma thought of Minli, bit her lip, and sighed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z
Looking back the way they’d come, he used his free hand and touched his forehead to the Fates and prayed they would be all right. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
They had a very long way to go still, but they flew without pause except for essential maintenance, and the commander, the Afric King Ogunwe, kept in twice-daily touch with the basalt fortress. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
Dad hugs Mom, his cheek touching her hair. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
But I take those last few steps, laying Helene down against the tower and reaching out a hand to touch the stone. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
It landed on Butler’s arm, touching the bare skin. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
That touch of the baboon all babies have. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
“They’re all very upset,” said Abby, touching her temples with both hands to, once again, amplify her powers of mental telepathy. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
‘It is tidings more grievous than any in this land can understand, though it may touch them sorely ere the year is much older,’ said Aragorn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
But he didn’t touch her after that, and in the morning there was no acknowledgment of what had passed between them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
I thought of the guard who touched me and all the things I should have done—slapped him, kicked him, screamed in his face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
Mothers and grandmothers were floating among the tables with smiles on their faces as they touched and picked up all the fun things on display. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
He no longer smoked or touched alcohol, so what was the use? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
He did not sit or attempt to touch his own injuries. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
I want so much to touch his face, but I don’t. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
How I miss being touched—Nan stroking my hair, Darin arm-wrestling me and pretending to lose, Pop squeezing my shoulder good night. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
The cliff is pocked with knobs of jutting rock, some of which deteriorate as soon as I touch them. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
If I could get Opportunity's radio working, I'd be in touch with humanity again. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
But the actual touch, the realized touch ... it was all wrong. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
He knew that it would fade, so long as he wasn’t touching mesarthium, and return as soon as he did. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Charlie put out his hand and touched the screen, and suddenly, miraculously, the bar of chocolate came away in his fingers. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z
Her fingers dig and reach; the drops of rain touch the back of her neck, the backs of her hands. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
But at that touch Frodo stirred and cried out softly in his sleep, and immediately Sam was wide awake. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
He often prowled through junkyards touching old cars and buying old alternators and carburetors just for the joy of cleaning them up and making them work again. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
She would as soon have touched a lion. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z
“Well, if it isn’t Wheeze and Cough,” he said, smiling widely and touching the bill of his cap. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The saplings shuddered with every tug he made, and they all grew taller and thicker, doming inward, until they touched at the top. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
The sun is touching the hills and spreading its red guts all over ’em. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
She touches the bodice of her blouse with a flat hand, gestures toward me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
“Human touch. Our first form of communication,” she says, her voice loud and clear. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
She thought that he ought to be grateful that he was allowed on the factory premises at all, and allowed to touch things that Touchables touched. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
It seemed that there was not room enough for him to pass without actually touching her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
The touch sends a shock through my body, and all my insides burn like his fingers ignited them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
He touched the blank of the face, tenderly it seemed, planted his chisel at the forehead and was about to come down on her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
Even though I was small, he put no restrictions on what I could touch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
She tries to touch his arm but he jerks away and doesn’t even look at her. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Sobbing old women swarmed through each other frantically around the slow-moving truck to touch Milo’s shoulder or press his hand. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
She could feel the buzz it was making before she touched it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
“Stand on that red bookbag until someone hits the ball, then run like mad to touch the blue one. Got it?” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z
Someone he can talk to and touch and kiss and everything else. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
I touch it tentatively, and then stroke it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
You can touch the hard, smooth surface all you like. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
They become hostile, and don’t want to be touched. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Pecola stretched her hand to touch the pan, lightly, to see if it was hot. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not only does the Crystal Ball glow brighter when touched, but rarer abilities start popping up. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
She gets up and we go to the middle of the floor and shake our hips at each other, never touching, never talking, just smiling and keeping our eyes locked. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
They felt as though they could smell the warm scent of the children’s scalps, and touch those scabbed knees and hear those far-off voices. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
She pushes the cards around on the table a bit more, touching one and then another, though Bailey is no longer paying attention to which card is which. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
The evening meal was distributed, an especially thick soup, but nobody touched it. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
But her mother smiled and touched Omakayas’s hair gently and shook her head. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z
She touches the bench like an invitation for them to sit in this new place together. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
I knew from the first touch: they’re always going to be cold. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Stained? What are you—is that why you send others to do your dirty work for you? You won’t touch us normal people?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
One touch of a fingertip would destroy it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Tillermans had just drifted through his life touch in, touch out, and gone without a thought. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
"I'll let you get back to your studying, but I have one thing to add to what your father said. I think they can’t take what’s here”—she touched her forehead — "or here.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z
From my position flat on the floor his head appeared to touch the ceiling beams far above. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
His eyes meet mine when I say his name, and I reach up a hand to touch his mask. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
I’m still trying to piece it all together when an unsettling feeling creeps up my neck, like the greedy touch of a ghost’s fingers. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
But before she could say anything else, Esteban started talking and I touched her hand to shush her. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
The hand that touches me is lumpy in its northern mitten, the skin of the wrist between mitten and jacket cuff brownish, like coffee with double cream. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
I thought he would smack her, but he didn’t even touch her. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z
The girl was now very nervous and moved away from the man’s touch. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z
She’s really out of touch, he thought as he donned his white work uniform; even if he hurried he’d be late to work and Mr. Sloat would be angry, but so what? Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z
Facing the sharp edge without ever touching it, she took whole vegetables between her hands and hacked them apart: cauliflower, cabbage, butternut squash. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
It was Amanda who first put her in touch with the priests. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Sometimes I thought that I had dreamed him or that he was merely a doll I was not supposed to touch. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
"Thank you," I said, shifting my weight on my feet and touching the door knob, little moves, polite preliminaries to closing the door. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
We start to cut across the parking lot toward our ragwort stalks when a guy about our age touches my arm, warm fingers closing just above my wrist. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Father Olufemi touched the candle to the pipe again and nodded. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
His brown hair was salted with white now, his face chiseled gaunt by time, yet the years had not touched his pride. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
He noticed one or two yellow leaves and a faint touch of bronze here and there in the green boughs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
He still hadn't managed to touch Eleanor anywhere below the chin or above the elbow. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
I find them jumping on the trampoline, daring each other to see who can touch the branches of the ceiba tree. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
You’ve got just enough time to finish a few special touches, like eyebrows and a wisp of hair on top of the baby’s head. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
Anything to touch me, as if it’s their way of wishing me luck. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
I turned back and touched my hand to the dirty glass. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The last touch of powder, the instructions from Plutarch as I’m guided to the front doors of the mansion. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
She touches my face with the back of her fingers. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
Secretly then, as though he were afraid he might be caught, he straightened her hand and touched the little cushion pads on the fingertips. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
He felt something hard at the corners of his lips and touched it with his fingers; it was frozen saliva. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
With great love and care, Methuselah was putting the final touches to his repair of the tapestry. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
George touches the wall behind him for stability. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
I groped into the dark room and fumbled for the bed; I had the illusion that if I touched it I would encounter the dead boy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
As she touched the dirty rags, her stomach rose in her throat. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
“Just think, Jamie, Michelangelo himself touched this. Over four hundred years ago.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
He held her and then touched her cheek, wiping her tears away. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
“He said no. Apparently it’s a ‘security risk’ if someone other than him touches it.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
ALBUS: The potion spilt and the blanket was covered in it and I happen to know for a fact Mum hasn’t let Dad touch that room since I left it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z
I too reached out and touched Ruth on the shoulder. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I don’t want to go,” she said, and Theodora looked at her again quickly and then away, and touched Eleanor’s toes softly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
Running where the waves touch the beach makes it feel like I’m running faster than I am. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z
“Are you going to have to touch it?” said Sul Ross. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
There was something about it that touched him, or as his wife Mary put it, “They say when you get the sand in your craw, you never want to leave.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Billy touched gloves and went back to his corner. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
"They wouldn't dare touch a hair of my head. I've got friends here that would cut their ears off, and they know it." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
They wore their love like a heavy perfume, exuding a transparent commitment, touching each other, referring to each other. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
I touch parts of him I have never had cause to touch before. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
Jam lay them out on her parents’ bed, then started back downstairs, but as soon as she touched the banister, she paused. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
She skimmed her paint-crusted fingers over the water’s surface, and the stream seemed to skip at her touch. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
“You look exhausted,” she said, touching his cheek. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
“What we saw was enough for Doctor Phillips even to make the identification alone without me. It was straightforward, simple. There was no trace of what I’d done. The bullet had not touched the bone.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
Quietly she wished he might one day again spend as much time holding and touching her like a little harp as he did his incredible books. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
I wasn’t crazy about the idea of holding something that had touched Chet’s sweat, but I’d already littered the woods with my mother’s old bowls. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
I touch my finger to my lips and beckon for her to follow me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
I sit, in the dark, touching the necklace, feeling the love inside it heating my skin, warming my heart. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z
Like feeling the buffet of the first shadow fingers of cool air touch your wings, as the storm cloud you’ve been trying to outrun begins to catch up with you. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
She'd let me reach out to touch it, but when I was about to put my finger on it, she'd yell, “Boo!” making me jump and sending me into giggles. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
They moved through t’ai chi to more ordinary exercises, such as running in place and toe touching. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
She finally made herself admit the fact that it was her own letter that had driven Courtney to get in touch with her mother after a silence of thirteen years. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z
Luke was not still for a minute, but moved back and forth across the shadows, filling glasses, stirring the fire, touching the marble cupid; he was bright in the firelight, and restless. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
What had touched him was only a cat. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z
I raised my arms and touched his face; he remained still. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z
“You’re striking the keys like they’re conga drums. This is a very delicate instrument. The touch has to be light, light...” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
I try to reach out and touch the corner of an Arabian newsmagazine. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
We’ve passed it dozens of times, daring each other to touch it, but the night bloats its evil. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
“People ought to know better than to touch wee little fragile things like these.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z
He worried most about his shooting, that his touch would desert him, that his fingers would stiffen, and that the coach’s eye would fix on him every time he missed a shot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
And as it touched the surface of the pool the water boiled and churned. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
When they arrived, they stood patiently at the verge and let the wheeled creatures move slowly through them, checking, touching, counting. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
One of the daughters touches nothing, and clutches her money to her breast. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
He touched the sword tip, and Riptide shrank back into a pen. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
The phenomenon fades when the stones are immaculately cleaned, vanishes when they are heated to furnace temperature, and reappears when they are simply touched by the hand again before being struck. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
A few touches more; buttons; then quiet, quiet, listening to be sure they weren’t waking his sister. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
I wonder if there are other tubes, hidden ones that I might accidentally touch or break. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
Bran could feel the flakes on his face, melting as they touched his skin like the gentlest of rains. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
Only when his elbow grazed against the opening of the pouch did Nathan finally touch the other end. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
Where the rain touched my forehead it began to smart my hand came red away streaking off pink in the rain. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
I take the bottle, and when our fingers touch, I pull away quickly. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
She leans over me, so close that her lips touch my ear and I can feel her breath against my skin. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
Her words touched something in me, though, started me crying silently. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
“I have no worries about you and Lee. Twice a week you meet already! What more can you ask? Tell me, you touch each other?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
I knew that nothing could touch him to have mercy once he decided a Negro should be “taught a lesson.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
I moseyed toward my desk and lightly picked up a cookie, afraid that its very touch might bruise my skin. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
Mama hesitated, then all of a sudden smiled and, clasping her hands together, raised them and touched her thumbs to her forehead—a way she had of showing when she was happy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Odenigbo pulled her down and they lay side by side, not touching. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
He put his hand underneath his shirt so only the fabric would touch the doorknob. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
He promises this gladly, and attends wearing mostly red with a touch of black, a reversal of his usual attire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
The foaming waters touched the tips of her tail feathers, turning them white. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
Putting his hand on the wagon, close to Fayge’s hand but not quite touching it, he addressed her father formally. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
“So close I could touch him. It was Reynolds all right.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
She’d just been touching the anchor and bore no trace of it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
I can feel the terror and exhilaration in his trembling touch. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
“I will give you one more chance, but don’t ever touch anything in this house unless you are permitted. Do you hear me?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
His mouth will gape: his upper jaw will reach the heavens, the lower jaw will touch the earth. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z
There was no boundary he couldn’t touch, no field off-limits, no end to what was possible. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
It was the surrealist touch that got me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Its warmth didn’t reach me strongly, but I imagined it was day and that Inti was still with us, touching me with his long golden fingers. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
When he was a little child he always wanted to pet a deer, and he daydreamed that a deer would let him come close and touch its nose. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
“Not a touch of applejack? I’m tired from driving, I’d like a spot myself.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
“It is good whether you have been touched by the Green Tiger or not.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z
I was so touched that Caitlin would send me something so special, and I wanted to return the favor—but wasn’t sure how. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
As she picked the apple up, her lover panting and almost winded touched the goal. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I haven’t touched a drop since that night...” he broke off suddenly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
At Thurmond, we weren’t allowed to touch one another, and we were beyond forbidden to touch one of the PSFs, but it didn’t mean that they couldn’t touch us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
No one had ever worried about germs in empty space, but now we were going to touch the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
She touches the textured pattern of my gown. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
Dallas and Florida tried to be quiet and they tried not to touch things, but sometimes they forgot. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z
You look without touching while it vibrates on the kitchen counter: your mom’s work number. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z
And then it leads me, unexpectedly, back to a place where I can almost feel my fingers touching who I used to be. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
We sauntered through all the big department stores, touching expensive things without the white clerks giving us a second look. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Bigger watched her fingers tremble through the air till they touched Mr. Dalton’s shoulder. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
The man, in an almost deliberate provocation, reached out and touched the fence. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
Everything she felt for him was too hot to touch. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
“Best not to touch it yet,” she said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
She knelt down in front of him and bowed her head to touch his left forepaw, the stronger, for bears were left-handed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
He had the feeling that if he simply touched that red oblong mound with his finger it would cave in and Mary’s body would come into full view, unburnt. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
And in that touch, response of recognition, there would be union, identity; there would be a supporting oneness, a wholeness which had been denied him all his life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
There’s never been another ballplayer who touched people as Jackie did. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
They opened the front door the moment her dainty little foot touched the first step. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Or maybe I could give one of the younger boys a penny to touch it for me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
He stays inside, working in his asylum studio painting self-portraits and touching up older canvases. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
Other board games, such as Trouble and Sorry, were also problematic: If a touch of bad luck stymied his plans, he became angry and would abandon the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
There was something brittle about her, and he feared she would snap apart at the slightest touch; she had thrown herself so fiercely into this, the erasing of memory, that it would destroy her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
I looked up at where her mouth must have touched the trunk. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
He touched a cream-colored pillar nearly the circumference of RiRi on the mantle. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
“Hmm, I wonder . . .” He leaned in slowly; the beeping noise accelerated wildly before his lips even touched me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
If the world of white men had never touched the Congo at all? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
My mother always teased me about how I didn’t understand what sand was, and how I was afraid to let it touch my feet. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Gold bangles and a beautifully crafted flat gold chain that she touched from time to time, reassuring herself that it was there and that it was hers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
As soon as they are removed from the group, and the touching from all sides comes to an end, they become aggressive, standoffish; they begin drinking compulsively, and abstain from touching each other. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then considering what would happen if he absentmindedly touched his lips—then absentmindedly licked his lips—Sticky dusted them again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
The thought shivered him—as if he had almost touched a whale.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
My cheeks and shoulders hurt like someone touched them with a hot iron. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z
He took a white handkerchief out of his pocket and touched it to Reuven’s bloody knee thoughtfully. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
They were careful not to touch it, for the sap was poison. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Instead I take the lead, Tobias silent at my side, and though he does not touch me, he steadies me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
“You’re getting so broad and lovely,” she said, aloud, and reached out to touch the small of his back. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z
“You want to hear about my crushes? You want to know why I kept in touch with Caitlin?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
I used to know a nephew of his, but I've rather lost touch. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
She struggled not to compare Curt s touch to his. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
I put my ear as close to the door as I can without touching it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
She touched one, curious, wondering if it was real. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
One soldier almost caught it, his very fingertips touching the page, but another sudden wind burst through the air and stole it away. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z
He came toward her and touched the black stone with a gentle finger. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
In this one, I’m flying just above the water—my stomach almost touching it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z
Then, with a sudden touch of steel in his tone, he added, “In fact, I’m certain of it.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
He touched their hands and eyes and hearts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Her lip went up in the middle and touched her nose. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
“That’s good, but there’s a whole world out there waiting for you. Don’t you want to touch the leaves on the trees? Feel the sun warming your back?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z
His long arms and legs moved flowingly and flawlessly, his body floating as if his feet weren’t touching the ground. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Stole some stuff. We got in touch with his mother. She says it’s not her fault because he hangs around your place all the time.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ma touched my hand with a pressed smile. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
I touched each of the familiar pictures taped there: the Grand Canyon, the Milky Way, Victoria Falls, Table Mountain. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
She and Jaime used to dare each other to climb into their cage, and once she worked up enough courage to slip her hand between two bars and touch one of the great tawny beasts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
But there’s a place where we touch, where we connect and are just the same. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
His silhouette begins to form, close enough to touch. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
Then he kisses two of his own fingers and touches the phone, before slipping it in his pocket. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
As we round a curve, the floorboards jerk beneath us, throwing us together so our shoulders touch. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
Upon pressing Maurice, I learned that the jigs for the molecular models had not been touched after arriving at his lab. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
‘This is my card, with my direct phone number. I’ll leave it here on the mantelpiece. If Salim comes home or gets in touch, or if you have any further thoughts, call me.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mama had always been squeamish about lizards and snakes and bugs and things, and you could tell that it just made her flesh crawl to have to touch this one. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was as though his disdain of human contact had converted itself into a craving for things humans had touched. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Chalk,” the doctor said, stepping forward to touch a letter with the tip of his finger. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
The boy spoke with a touch of impatience. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Instead, it brought the scent of a perfume he knew well, and the touch of a kiss—a kiss that came from far away, slowly, slowly, until it rested on his lips. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I crouched against the wall and watched them injure each other without touching each other, hurling words that had the same effect as acid on metal. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
She ran her fingers through my hair and then rested ’em on my shoulders and then touched my cheeks and then slowly pulled away and just looked at me grinning. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
“Nobody can touch it, not even your mother. You’ll get it when you turn eighteen.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
She felt it go out from her like something that could touch him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
I was seventeen, in a red jeep, and a boy I loved had just touched my hand. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
"Well, Miss Honey, I didn't touch it. I never went near it." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z
But he didn’t know how to say the other thing, and it was the main reason he didn’t want to touch the object in front of him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
The touch of those small fingers on his face—tracing the furrows and ridges of the scars—made Antairis heart constrict, just a little. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
A new book, that had not been touched. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
He returns his gaze to the sketches, touching them now like he wants to peel them off the page. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
The Feeling was shifting inside me, and being touched while it was happening made it harder to interpret; interrupted its development somehow. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
She had not been allowed to tend it properly penned up in this cell, but even unwashed and tangled it shone where the sun touched it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
She stops walking, and I resist the urge to touch her hair, which blows across her face. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
She said, “Hold still. I’m going to clean round it, but I won’t touch it.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
If he touches me, she thinks, I will tear out his eyes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
Her head felt lumpy when she touched it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
I looked down and touched a carpet stain with the toe of my shoe. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
She felt like a pervert, she so badly wanted to touch it, to stroke it, to caress it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
She put her hand to a tree and touched the lichen growing dark green upon brown, and it felt like old cork, dry and crumbling. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stuck my hand in my pocket and touched the tip of the feather. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Looking like he belonged in our house, he sat right next to Mamá on the couch, their hands almost touching as they answered questions about our disappearance and return. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
She took Kaede’s hand in hers and put it on her skin, and gooseflesh rose at the touch of her fingers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
He set her down quickly, though, and the whole family huddled in a circle, their heads leaning forward, touching. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
That day I sat through the congress sessions, but what I heard did not touch me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
I dive for the gun, but before I can touch it, he grabs me and wrenches me to the side. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
“You got rid of it? You traded it for lipstick? It’s my radio and I need it, and you had no business even touching it.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
She touched the skin around her eyes with her fingertips. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
There were also others, people we’d never met, who had been touched, and they were in the wards, too. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
When she found one she made a tight face, touching the bare skin softly with her thumb. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
My last whispered instructions were from Viola: “Don’t touch that hair. I mean it.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
I wanted to heal him somehow with my touch, to save him from feeling that he had let us down. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
“Yah!” said Wemmick, touching me on the breast with his forefinger; “you’re a deep one, Mr. Pip! Would you like to have a look at Newgate? Have you time to spare?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z
The two people I need to get in touch with, the two people who most need to hear this most horrible news, are not here. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
On one, he carefully wrote out his address, and they promised to stay in touch. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
Chandresh does not touch his wineglass again, and it is still full when it is cleared at the end of the course. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Her smile is so broad that I have to touch her face. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
Tess slowly lifted the box, and Genie slid his hands in, his fingers first touching the feathers, then wrapping around the body of the swallow. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
For any point along a smooth curve that flows through space, there is a line that just grazes the curve, touching at exactly one point. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
When she reached out with her rough-skinned hand and touched the dark hair that dusted his chest, he let her touch. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
I was pretty sure the only female lips Sean Russell Flaherty had ever touched besides his mom’s were flickering images on a computer monitor. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
And tonight—Tomas shoved a hand into the wind outside the truck—tonight you could almost touch Time. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
I take extra care not to touch anything in the kitchen, afraid of the noise, afraid of what could happen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
She stepped forward, she touched him on the shoulder. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
Had my play, like Hamlet’s that touched on the king’s murder, been a dangerous folly? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
I had never seen a sunset like that: a bright orange flame touching the water’s edge and then fanning out, warming the sea. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
Footsteps crunched on bits of gravel and glass, and another gun touched the back of my head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
Soon, the water will touch our feet, our bodies, our clothes. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z
I sat with her in the front pew, our thighs touching. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
I felt his fingers’ light touch run along the crown of my head, feather-soft as they came down to cup my cheek. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
It seemed a kindly gesture and Briony was touched by her sister’s capacity for forgiveness, if this was what it was. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
It felt suddenly very heavy, as if either it or Frodo himself was in some way reluctant for Gandalf to touch it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
Then the prince seeing her beauty, though her face was pale and cold, touched her hand as he bent to look more closely on her. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
When he spoke, everyone at the desk stirred slightly, then grew still, like leaves touched by the wind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
We tried to rewire Operation with a giant battery so you'd get electrocuted if you touched the sides. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
Gabriel smiled at him, a strange smile—strangely, she thought, loving—and touched him on the crown of the head. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z
It was filled with some kind of heavy, sandlike stuff which yielded wherever you touched it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
She could touch her tongue to her nose. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
Holding out little gifts he had made for her, flat on the palm of his hand so that she could take them without touching him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
I never had a gift but one, to know when the great wheel gives to a touch, to know and act. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
She was still wearing the braids Cecile made and they were beginning to unravel, but she wouldn’t let anyone touch her head. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z
She had touched with the hand she held up to us the cool limbs of the marble boys, and those short blunt fingers had been shot through with artistic talent. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
She touched his arm, and a tiny electric shock passed between them. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
I felt that I could almost reach out and touch it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
“So, all I have to do is touch the water?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
Slowly, his feet hardly touching the floor, Matthias traveled a long corridor. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
At Twig’s touch, the rest of Dari’s face turned as red as the welt, and he cleared his throat. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
I couldn’t extract him from the shrubbery without pulling on him, and I didn’t want to touch him. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
“Don’t touch them,” Ollie snaps as one reaches for his papers. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
I didn’t much like touching snakes, but I picked up the pad and the stylus again. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
Even his sisters’ squabbling about when presents were to be opened did not touch him. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z
By touch, he finds his case filled with woodworking tools. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
Milkman swallowed as her thought touched his mind. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I was just kidding,” Annie said, reaching over and touching his shoulder. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
The cousins played jumping from stump to stump without ever touching the ground. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
Isa’s eyes followed Jessie as she walked slowly around the basement, running her fingers through thick, nubby carpets hung on the wall and gently touching delicate silver stars strung above. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
But Dasch bitterly maintained that he had always planned on betraying the mission before his feet ever touched the sand in Amagansett. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
I touched the river skin by my lip. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
Grudgingly, we sent him cards on special days, copied out our best compositions, stayed in touch, knowing it was all show. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
She does a lap around us, touching the most luxurious pieces of furniture, then waves a hand at the servants. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
It glowed hugely in front of her, like something she could reach out and touch. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z
“We’re in touch. He has a child with an American woman.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
She felt fingers running along her arm, touching her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
We sit with our shoulders touching, our breaths falling into the same rhythm, and we don’t say a word. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
His fingers touch points at Peeta’s neck, run over the bones in his ribs and spine. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
Before summoning the serving men to carry him away, she knelt and felt his face, tracing the line of his jaw, brushing her fingers across his cheeks and nose, touching his hair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
They're sitting next to each other at the beach, shoulders touching. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
As they drove back toward Ravenel, the sky was beginning to loosen up in the east, fingers of pink and mauve light touched the rim of the earth, enlarging imperceptibly with each moment passed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
The girls’ names are in most regards diverse, though with a fair share of literary and otherwise artful touches. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
She smiled, then came close to me and reached out with the comb and touched my head. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
As fond as he had grown of the girl, it still made him uncomfortable when she touched him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
I tried to devise some strategy that might allow me to casually touch them, just like Julia had touched my arm. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z
I touched my fingers to the palm of my hand. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
‘I dare touch one. I lifted one out, once.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
It was warm to the touch and seemed to buzz with a gentle electrical charge. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
In the blue twilight, he reaches out and touches my hair, then takes me in his arms and lightly presses his lips to mine. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Don’t touch me, godspawn,” he snarled, and snapped at her hand like an animal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
She squeezed his hand again and gently touched his face. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z
“It’s very nice, Harry. I tasted it. No poison, I promise. Chicken with orzo and a touch of cilantro. Malcolm made it. I just found it in the fridge.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Nurmi was touched by his apparent need for companionship: that his behavior was unlike that of any other cat she attributed to his foreign appearance. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
"I like the way you look," she says, reaching out to touch my cheek. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
Davos touched the little pouch that hung from the leather thong about his neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
It wasn’t exactly Hepburn and Tracy, but it was strangely touching nonetheless. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
She joins me on my bed, close enough that our arms touch. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
The fingernail-delicate tiptoeing up and down the keyboard, each touch a new sound. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
She put her hand, still feeling his touch, into her pocket. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
He didn’t kiss her, didn’t let his face touch hers, but placed it close enough so that he could feel the moistness of her breath and smell its faint curdled scent. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Occasionally she is touched by something in our past. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
He touches his jaw, lightly, testing the skin. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
The health department says that once something has been served on a tray, it has to be thrown away even if no one touched it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z
He had never seen a wizard work things out like this, simply by looking and touching; but Harry had long since learned that bangs and smoke were more often the marks of ineptitude than expertise. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
“That would be nice,” she said and touched my head. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
That afternoon, my mother had to explain to me that I was not allowed to touch people without their permission. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
Brightbill touched the smooth surface where his mother’s foot used to be. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
Somehow he charmed her, charmed her away from her family, with whom she lost all touch. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
Meggie could see his face before her so clearly that she might almost have reached out to touch it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
I hated him touching me, but I knew better than to pull away. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not only would she not touch it herself, but she resisted its enjoyment by anyone else. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
She had on her sparkly fancy dress that Gerald liked to touch. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
He purposely touches my hand and tiny, sharp things travel all up and down my skin. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
I reached forward, without thinking, to touch his folded hands, but he slid them away minutely, and I pulled my hand back. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
“I heard Crouch’s confession, and I heard Harry’s account of what happened after he touched the Triwizard Cup; the two stories make sense, they explain everything that has happened since Bertha Jorkins disappeared last summer.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
I put out my hand and touched the brushes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
There’s another foot before the tree will touch the boat. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z
But invariably the grinning Nines, who in technical violation of the rule had been practicing secretly for weeks, would mount and ride off in perfect balance, training wheels never touching the ground. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
I reached up to touch the boards above my head. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
No one liked Cal very much and yet everyone was touched with fear of him and through fear with respect. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
Nathan touched the bow guard and could no longer understand what the singers were saying. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
But the slightest touch and I was right back to being a teenage boy with the biggest crush in the world. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
And he put the little card into an envelope so he had to touch it as little as possible, and put the envelope into the inside pocket of his old gardening jacket, beside his heart. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
"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
“Geez, her touching the crystal is trending at number one! Can you believe that?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
One nice touch about Christy’s discovery was that it happened in Flagstaff, for it was there in 1930 that Pluto had been found in the first place. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Therefore he had a sense of touch, and the thing against which he lay existed too. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
Sansa touched her bps to the metal, thinking that she would kiss any number of swords sooner than Joffrey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Both of my arms were flung out on the mattress, touching nothing. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
Whichever arm you lead with is half-bent out there, your hands are giving that little pull, that little push, touching her waist, her shoulders, her arms. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
That’s when I knew for sure that there was this thing about touching me at Beecher Prep. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
I touch the lacy sleeves of my tunic. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
She had gasped when he touched her, and her eyes had flown wide. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Mrs Who wafted over to her, tiny feet scarcely seeming to touch the ground, the lenses of her glasses glit-tering. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You know I won’t go,” she said gently, wanting to reach out and touch her mother’s perfect skin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Just as I touched it, Faro, his nose in the entrance, whined, and at the combination of the noise and the touch, he opened his eyes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
I touch a wavering hand to my forehead. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
She would say that some are touched by God’s incandescent light and that it shows on their faces. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
I wanted to touch her face, the one that looked like mine. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
She knelt down near it and put her free hand on the stag’s great head, touching it with a gentle hand, and closed her eyes and whispered something that Ash could not hear. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
He reaches out a hand to touch it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
I lay back limply, enjoying the touch of her fingers, and let myself be cared for. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
You, no, Madam Mina; for crime touch you not—not but once. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z
Ma was putting the final touches on her own gown for the wedding. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
It was warm to the touch, but thankfully not hot the way it had been when the Sleeper had shown up before. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
For his sake and because she was touched by his thinking of her, Katie ate the salad. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
He thought she was sleeping, so he touched her arm, saying, “Dale, time to get up.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
I wanted to reach out and touch its back, which was covered in denticles, V-shaped scales that were like teeth all over the shark’s body. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
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
Her lips smiled faintly and she lifted her hand and touched his face with her fingers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Enrique, silent, pushes away from the table without touching his food. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
He touches my cheek and then tilts my head back down. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
“I could feel it die,” she says, and she touches her body in a place that her liver might be. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
“I don’t want one of you falling into the lagoon,” she said, and I shuddered at the thought of touching that dirty water. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
The wind blew gently, like the calming touch of a healer. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z
Finally I’m back in the arena, my own tongue as dry as sandpaper, while I try to reach a pool of water that recedes every time I’m about to touch it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
He touched the side of his face and then reached down and wrenched the twenty-four-footer into gear. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
She’s always touching your hair or fiddling with your buttons when she asks you something. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
In the end, the four students made an agreement to ask permission before touching each other, even in play. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
One man touched him, another patted his back. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The natural world is incomplete without the human touch. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
It was a strange sensation to float in the total darkness, suspended by a cobweb’s light touch, with no pressure anywhere on my body. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
One hand wandered up to the spot where Alfhercht had touched him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
Ghost boy touches my arm and I’m surprised that I feel him. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z
If it wasn’t a parent complaining about a child who had to stay after school, it was someone from the school board trying to get in touch with Mrs. Chatham or Mrs. Granger. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
She had two of the world’s rosiest, chubbiest cheeks, which no one could keep from touching. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
With a touch of luck, she and I may be homeward bound by the time you receive this card. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
I couldn’t believe I was touching these things that the great man had also touched. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Aunty Uju had steadied herself into her new life with a lightness of touch, more consumed by The General himself than by her new wealth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
If I didn’t know better, I’d say his touch was reverent, but I do know better. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
The condemned pilots, with their lust for the life and love which is probably to be lost so soon, touch the hearts of young women, or possibly call up an answering bravado. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
After a flicker of a pause, the puppy reluctantly sank to the floor and touched the rug with his small nose. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z
Every night, before I fall asleep, I touch the pictures hanging on my ceiling. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
“Don’t even touch her if you can help it.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
The other tiger kept creeping closer, belly touching the ground, eyes down, making a low, singsong sound. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z
Briony put out her hand to touch her cousin’s face and found her cheek. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
They kept the Colonies in touch with each other through secret correspondence and later would help make united action possible. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
I touched my heart to be sure the medal still hung there. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
Father Gorey is touching me with oil and praying in Latin. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
According to the house slaves, Master James was more upset that his brother had touched his property, and before so many witnesses, than with Chester and Cora. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
And when I got into the car, I still had the glow of that feeling and 1 touched his hand and said, “Harold, I love you.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
Places like Mudge Rose and the other establishment firms on Wall Street would not touch those kinds of deals. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
In October, with the messages nearly solved, she got in touch with the Mounties again. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
For a moment things got riotous, with everyone shouting and mimicking touching electric fences. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
He stepped up to the rock again, and lightly touched with his staff the silver star in the middle beneath the sign of the anvil. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
He ran a hand through his hair, but it just flopped back into place like he had never touched it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
Now I could see she was returning to herself, looking like an all-weather queen out there, like nothing could touch her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
A breath of wind ruffled his hair, if it was not the touch of her hand, and then he was, he knew, alone on the bench. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
Again a whitish object gleamed before me: it was a gate—a wicket; it moved on its hinges as I touched it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
They had fallen out of touch at Cambridge. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
I quickly touch my favorite charms: Star of David on my left wrist, then Union Jack flag, teacup, and blue police box on my right. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
I pushed my feet down until they touched the water. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
Bare seconds later, it had slammed into the prisoner, pinning him to the ground as he screamed, its poison dripping over his face, leaving smoky trails wherever it touched his skin. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
If she was really there, he’d touch her, their reflections were so close together, but he felt only air — she and the others existed only in the mirror. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
A girl like me simply shouldn’t be touching these luxury linens, eating this expensive food, sleeping in this room larger than any home I’ve ever been in. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
She pulled and pulled, and with her great strength was able to angle the beam downward until the broken end was nearly touching the rubble below. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
After that I never so much as touched or mentioned Lilly ever again. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
She moved closer, and it touched her on the breast, where she had pointed, and she heard her voice coming back to her from the creature’s throat: “Merry.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
Everything was so strange and I thought maybe I was dreaming, but her hand on my arm felt like a real touch. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
And most of all, I love it when our lips are touching and our mouths slide open and my heart’s a mile a minute, and breath becomes something we share. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
The giant kissed his right forefinger and touched it to Lyra’s head before handing her back, very delicately, to Malcolm. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
She directs his hands, moves his head from left to right, in complete control of his every touch and kiss. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
It was good to touch something good again. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z
I think he touched it, but I could not feel. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z
He touches a metal cylinder with a sphere stuck on top. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
Tally touched her friend’s shoulder, and instead of pulling away, Shay turned back to her, her expression almost hopeful. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
“Your father never touched his supper,” fretted Rachel. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z
Her mother would step into the fissure and touch that horrible spire—and she would be absorbed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
“I won’t have my daughter gone for most of the summer without a reliable way to keep in touch.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
It unfurled like it did that day he held it up for me and didn't let me touch it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
Her eyes misting, she touched my face with her wizened hand. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
“How can I help you? Oh Diana, I been so blind—” She touched Lyddie’s cheek lightly. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
A few days later, the biggest tornado ever spotted in the Hudson Valley touched down only fifty miles from Yancy Academy. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
It looked as if a tornado had touched down right in the middle of the room. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
She cried for a long time, and no one, not even Ultima, made a move to touch her. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wilse hesitated a moment, his eyes on the plate of food, which he had barely touched during the last few minutes. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z
Her fingers touched a soft bandage that had been clumsily applied to her slashes. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
The touch of the iron hilt seemed to unstick her feet from the floor at last, and she moved through what felt like thick mud toward the monstrous child. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
It feels like there’s static inside my brain when I touch Maria’s hand. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
For Joseph, this was the first Christmas tree he’d ever had, and when he looked at one and touched its branches and smiled —number five, sort of—it didn’t seem right to argue. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z
I reached down to touch the grass and breathed deeply to smell the earth. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
He touches my cheek with his thumb, says, “It’s okay.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
Gingerly her fingers touched the screen, as if trying to feel whether it was real. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
Then he crosses the room in two long strides and touches his lips to mine. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
You lost touch with the world—an island was a world of its own. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z
I think about touching her shoulder, but I'm afraid she'll pull away. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
She lunged for me and touched my cheeks with her chubby fingers, like it was just any other day. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
Mother jumped back to keep from being touched by it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
I still went to the gym every day, but I didn’t touch the uneven bars. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
I put the ribs together with their edges almost touching, and standing so that they curved outward, which made them impossible to climb. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
I didn’t know what it was, at first—a wad of dull gray cloth—but when I touched it I realized it was silk, so I took it, in case it was important. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
He said the best thing would be for me to contact a certain important person who would put me in touch with someone reliable who would find me a decent and safe place. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
How do they keep from touching all the time? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
What she wanted, what she desperately needed, was touch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
I remembered so much—surely I would have recalled if he touched me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
I sat in the front seat but didn’t dare touch the radio. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
Each leaf that touched her skin left a tiny wound the size of a paper cut. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
I didn’t touch my boot money for there was no way of knowing how far that might have to carry me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I know that several teachers, Professor Slughorn amongst them, suggested that he join the Ministry of Magic, offered to set up appointments, put him in touch with useful contacts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
I close my eyes and feel her fingers touch the top of my head then slide down to the back of my neck. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
Very seldom did any Archipelagan ship touch at the Hands: songs made a hundred years ago were news to those villagers, and they craved to hear of heroes. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
I was afraid to touch anything because I might break something. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
He looked at his palms, touched two of his fingertips together. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
I clean it thoroughly, and painfully, with alcohol swabs, careful not to touch anything that might infect me, then redress the wound. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
The door touched down and the noises ceased. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Some of the mice pulled away from Despereaux in disgust, and others, thrill seekers, reached out to touch him with a whisker or a paw “The princess put a finger on him. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z
They are small touches, but the effect is that I feel like my clothes are smudged with dirt. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
Then he said: “I thought you said you couldn’t get in touch with them.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
He had been in touch a few times after the storm, and then nothing. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
She touches the braids, the red lips, and moves the doll’s arms. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
At her touch, Malfoy put his hand into his robes, withdrew a wand, and passed it along to Voldemort, who held it up in front of his red eyes, examining it closely. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
A small handcar rested on the tracks, its iron pump waiting for a human touch to animate it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
It infiltrated Xerox machines and worked its way inside personal computers and inside the cushions of chairs and fingered down into the floor drains until it touched pools of lingering bleach in the water traps. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
She flinched when he touched her and tried to pull away, but Frankie held tight. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
Again the smell of the warm rain came in, and a burst of wind, so that a little breath seemed to move across the statue, and light touched the colored walls. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
Today Matty admired the books, as he always did in Leader’s homeplace, but he didn’t linger to touch or examine them. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z
She reached out with her other hand and grabbed the first thing she touched, the belt she'd hoped to give him, a heavy chain of ornate bronze medallions. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
She touched the raised pattern with a knobby finger. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
Sorrento said, finally breaking his silence as we touched down and the ramp lowered. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
In the storm, flying so low she was afraid her wing might touch the ground if she turned, Zoya found herself over a German camp instead of the Soviet one she’d been heading for. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
Lee looked up slowly, focused, slowly smiled, put out a hand, touched Longstreet’s arm. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
No other part of her was touched by this paralysis. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
The warm water and soap helped to rid her hands of stains, and it was vital that her hands be clean when she touched the robe. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
It is the “cosmetic touches” that the videos emphasize and that Ted, when he wanders back into the room, continually directs my eye to. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
This shield was impenetrable and indestructible and could vaporize just about anything that touched it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Mr. Grote comes closer, then touches the raised heart, the clasped hands, with his dirty finger. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
Mary watched one day as a zalif examined the hole in her front wheel, touching here and there, lifting her trunk up in the air and back again, as if sampling the scent. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
“Oh, Mother, if I’m ever half as good as you, I shall be satisfied,” cried Jo, much touched. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
Fadi added a few finishing touches to his drawings of amoebas and other single-celled micro-organisms, which the class had been reviewing. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
I feel touch in ways I never did before. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
The stones were so cold that touching them, we felt that our hands would remain stuck. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
Will stood back and held out the knife, searching, touching the air with the most delicate movements, until after a minute or so he found a point at which he could cut. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Amil looked like a very young child when he slept, and it made me want to touch his cheek. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
You can almost reach out the window of that room and touch the el tracks. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
I tried to get in touch with headquarters, but again I was unable to reach anyone. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Moving suddenly, the woman seized Pantalaimon, and holding his mouse body in a fierce grip, she touched the tip of a spur to his leg. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
For just for a moment, his eyes touch mine, and I know it’s time to start lying. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
“He’s no match for us, Edward. He won’t be able to touch her.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
Con pulled his horse to a stop and slid out of the saddle, but when his feet touched the ground he felt unexpectedly shy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
As the door closed behind Jamison, she stroked the cloth, seeking its solace, but it seemed to withdraw from her touch, almost as if it were trying to warn her of something. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“What's more," my grandmother said, speaking with a touch of relish, “to a witch you'd be smelling of fresh dogs' droppings." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z
Comer touched the ball ten times, Billingsley four, Hill three, and Brown one. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
“That’s where her father washed her leg with carbolic acid where that man touched her.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
I can tell you’re thinking about it, too, because you keep touching your hem. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
Peris reached up and touched her cheek, which smarted under his fingertips. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
Mr. Wise flips through the stack and licks his finger before touching my paper. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
He got up, then squatted beside the kayak, touching two of the holes before he looked at me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
I reach out to touch it gently, feeling the weight of the bag in my palm. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
I touch the wheel just enough that it lifts off the roof. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
I wanted her knee touching my knee not to mean anything, but it did. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Why do you say that?” said Sif touching her bald head frantically, as if the fluttering touch of her fingers would make her hair return. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z
They gaped at him, pushed at him, touched him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
Still heaving to get his breath, Mark touched his sore neck. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
A few more steps and Mo would only have to reach out a hand to touch him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
Luciana touching the same wood, feeling the same vibrations, hearing the same sounds. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
A few of the other women prisoners walked out into the yard, their chins nearly touching their chests, their shaved heads sunk low on bowed necks. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
“It’s not possible to give birth without touch,” she said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
If angels guided her safe through the woods and she made the north edge, she’d have to get past the guards watching over King’s Bridge, where New York Island touched the rest of America. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
Sometimes a heel would touch ground first, other times it would be a toe, or an arch. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ash knew she could not conceal her fear; she felt a prickling sensation along her limbs where the fabric of the dress touched her, as if there were fingers prodding her to move. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
But the thing about soccer is that you can run around a whole lot and never, ever touch the ball. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
She reached up and touched the tip of his nose with her index finger. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was a lot of space, but somehow it was awkward, and she didn’t want to touch him, nice as he was. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
“All shiny they were, and sticky to touch. I did not even know them, but I loved them so much.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
But Turner saw that the pines sidled awful close to the left-field line, and he could spin a ball to make it touch in fair, then scoot off into the trees. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
I hear his accent, the touch of India in his English. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z
He halted his horse in a burst of dirt and dust, removed his hat, and with a great sweeping gesture bowed until his head nearly touched the horn of his saddle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
I tell Ryan we can only ever be friends, and it’s just as well because he doesn’t want to touch me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
My hair barely touched my shoulders, though part of that was how it curled away at the ends. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
Ever since our foreheads had touched, looking at Colin made me feel strange. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z
Ma rushes over to him and gently touches his wounded face. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
He touched the molten gold that was creeping down his face, and smoke rose from his finger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Liam’s hand came out toward me, and the sheer panic at the thought of his touch had me jumping back, trying to put as much air between us as I could. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
I could see that the baiting did not touch him now. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
She tried to follow me, dragging Laleh, who skidded across the tile floor on her rubber soles, but the officer held up his hand, careful not to touch her. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
When I touched the edge of the landing, I laboriously sat up and levered myself down the stairs one at a time, too weak to walk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
I touch the light stubble on her chin and cheeks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
I didn’t want to touch that mushy-hard thing again, and I didn’t need him to hold me any more. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Oh, everything reminds her of a story,” Yishan said mockingly, but also with a touch of pride. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
Right outside the window, so close I could touch her if I stretched my hand through the window, is a Candor child, a girl,' holding a gun that is as long as her forearm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
They actually barely touch each other in school, probably because people are prehistoric dickwads about gay stuff. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
I’m trying not to let it touch me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
I lay awake longer than even Chi-Boy that night, long enough to see him slip the white trapper hat under Wab’s pillow and linger to touch her long hair as she slept. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
The operator in Decatur was a woman who displayed a precise staccato touch. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
The first dish was a boiled swan, head still attached, which he would not touch. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
Something else—slimy and cold—touched my face, just above my mouth, and I couldn’t free my arms to brush it away. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
Now it was right in front of him, close enough to touch. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
And when he leaves the room and walks past his wife, he touches her. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
A hand touching his shoulder awakened him from his trance. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
She touches her hair, ensuring that each strand is secure. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
I enjoy my victory silently; I take pleasure in it almost as much as in his touch. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
She touched up her left eyebrow and put on lipstick. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
In the work’s only avant-garde touch, a thick wire extended from Miss Baker’s head, at the top of which hovered the object of wonder: a hummingbird. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
But I could see the light was fading, the shadows of the forest beginning to touch us, and I sighed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
And he will handle hundreds of us today, carry us to the tent, touch our skin and clothes, breathe our miasma. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
He was the first person other than Bugs that I’d ever let touch the rocks that my momma had give to me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z
At the touch of my hand, he jumped and screamed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
He touched the tank top and shorts on my bed. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
Jule touched her hand to their venomous mouths, feeling fear skim through her. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
Here was the touch of Kaede’s fingers on her skin, and there the soft insistence of her mouth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
Genie asked, gingerly touching the corner of his eye. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
But if the agent touched living cells, Nancy’s cells, it would come alive and begin to amplify itself. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
One front leg did not touch the ground. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was no way, he said, that he could be replaced by a computer, because salesmen need that human touch, that twinkle in the eye. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
For a while we just sat like that, half-submerged, thighs touching, speechless. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
She was surprised that his touch could feel so comforting. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
She floated back over to the old man, touching him tenderly. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
Curt touched Ifemelu’s shoulder gently, asked if she was okay, before going back outside. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
He got up and headed out of the cabin and down to a cluster of trees whose thick branches touched and tangled together to make a dense overhang. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
It felt as if I could reach out and touch it, and I wanted to. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Emily snapped back inside, fearing Ms. Lee would pop out and yell at her about touching the neighbor’s building. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
I take extra care not to touch anything in the kitchen, afraid of the noise, afraid of what could happen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
She touches her hand to her own heart. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
A hand touched the front of her legs, and she stepped up onto it as Sam had taught her to do. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
When she touched the symbols, the stone seemed to shimmer as if there were something living within its depths. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
The supper was baked beans and broccoli and two slices of ham and they were laid out on the plate so that they were not touching. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Try to touch your feet to the ceiling. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z
I was free now to be with Maxim, to touch him, and hold him, and love him. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
“Just get whatever Dr. Cable wants. And don’t you dare touch one of those hoverboards.” she said, and snapped the fingers of both hands as loudly as she could. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
I inch closer to him and our elbows are touching. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
She touched my neck, and it was hung so heavy with jewels that it took all my finishing school training to keep my head up. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
Piggy was helped to his food and found some by touch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
All the meridians of energy that ran across the Great Wood buckled beneath her touch. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
Her voice sounded as brusque as usual, but it had another note in it, too—a touch of guilt. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
She stood over one, raised her left arm, and touched her right hand to the picture. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
Young boys throw stones at dogs because they are najis and shouldn’t be touched. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
He touched the sagging flesh on his own face with amusement. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
His eyes were red and a little swollen, but there was still a touch of wonder in his voice. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
The image is alarmingly near; it touches me before it dissolves in the light of the next star-shell. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
I wrapped myself with the blanket and curled up on my side in such a way that no part of me touched the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
And then, in full view of all watching eyes, flagrantly disregarding ancient rules about women and men touching in public, I take Amit's hand and walk away. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
The bow of the American boat had touched the line in 6:25.4, six-tenths of a second ahead of the Italian boat, exactly a second ahead of the German boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
“I welcome you today like a chief. Your feet may touch the ground when you lose your chieftaincy, which begins now,” my uncle said, laughing, as he set me down. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
If he had once touched the Stone, or spoken to it, he would have been utterly lost. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
She touched my cheek, and my heart rose. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Beating on a little girl! If you ever touch her again, you’ll be out of here so fast your head will spin.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z
The widow made no move to touch them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
If he touched her he couldn’t talk to her, if he loved her he couldn’t leave, if he spoke he couldn’t listen, if he fought he couldn’t win. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
“So, you guys are going to stay in touch?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
I reach over the back seat, touching her hair. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
I considered every interaction I’d had with a boy, every glance, every touch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
His fingers, barely touching the wood, were arranged in a graceful arc. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
“Hurry! But don’t you dare touch the rifle.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
And the hand reached out and gently touched him and he said, 'Now, you must take on the burden. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
It makes you realize how little in life we touch one another’s eyes. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
With some vague misgiving that she might get upon the table then and there and die at once, the complete realisation of the ghastly waxwork at the Fair, I shrank under her touch. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z
Artemis knelt and touched the ground as if looking for tracks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
They had put aside similar childish amusements too recently to be able to watch them now without a touch of contempt. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
I touch up the gray in her hair and skin as a bonus. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
He shook his head, touched his ears to make Ruza understand, and his fingers came away wet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
We’re sitting among piles of T-shirts and markers and fabric pens, knowing other bands are already putting the final touches on their outfits. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
Perhaps he was healing her with his slime—for all the fishes are said to go to the Tench for medicine—or perhaps it was by touch or massage or hypnotism. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s cool to the touch despite being nestled against my skin, and I know that danger is near. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
Our horse reared in fright, and I struggled to keep my seat, till the giant reached down and touched the beast gently on his muzzle. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
Now he wanted to touch the whole landscape in front of him, because it was too wide to take in through his eyes alone. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Lying down in the blackness of the room, I reached out to touch Janina. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z
When, finally, Diana stood back and told the girl to pull the lever into place, Lyddie touched Diana’s shoulder. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
“My dad’s only rule is always touch it with respect.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
The only place in Mount Pitts that hadn’t been touched by her was now hers. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
Tries to keep running when his feet happen to touch on the ground. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z
I freaked out when my boyfriend touched me, but—“Nope. Nothing.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
He did not want to touch the pilot, did not want to reach for him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
Soon as he touched the ball with both hands I get up in his face. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
The girl went up to one of the burnt-out torches and touched its charred head. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
After the first spear or two no one touched it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
Stephanie and I had been in touch all weekend, collecting information to back up my hunch that Noah was the cyberbigot. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
Her daughter Etty later said that Emma’s piano playing clearly reflected her character: She played with a fine, crisp touch, with intelligence and simplicity. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
What I do not say is this: No one could touch those ears and believe they were made by anything other than nature. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Part of me feels like leaning into her embrace, but there’s a part of me that’s angry, too, so I stiffen at her touch. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
She sat on a corner of the bed beside him, reached out, and gingerly touched his shoulder. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
I said, going stiff, shrinking from the cotton’s touch while still wearing it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Their only way of keeping in touch was by writing letters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
All of us wanted to use it, but Dad wouldn’t let anyone touch it but himself. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then each aunt, pulling my pink blanket back patting the crop of thick curls tugging at my new toes touching my cheeks. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z
It was a rare compliment in a world of very few such words of praise, so it balanced being touched by the dry fingers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Stay with her. I don’t care what happens, no one’s gonna touch this girl. Swear your lives on it.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
I carefully touched the star and felt the five gold points. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
His mustache bristled, and his eyes looked so alarmed it touched Meggie’s heart. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
When she raised it, his white night-robe was stained with blood where her lips had touched, and where the thin open wound in her neck had sent forth drops. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z
He comes up to me, touches my cheek. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
And he said, “Why would I want to touch you?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
She’d forgotten him, maybe, but we didn’t touch him — no good interfering with Her. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
Mama tugged at her ear and touched her diamond stud earring. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z
I am delirious with longing and the fulfillment of that longing, the desire to touch his warm skin, trace the sinew and muscle just under the surface, pulsing with life. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
This time, after a parry, the foil tip touches me, left lower side. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
A touch of theatricality for the already festive evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Wait for the rifle barrel to touch his temple. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
He touched the head of the sickly and felt their heat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
She unclipped herself and reached up with both her hands and touched her thumbs together, and made football goalposts around Quendy’s face. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I rubbed my back, touched the several long scabs to remind myself that I could not afford to make mistakes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
He looked ridiculous, but there was something about it that touched Mark. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
She wanted Great Ellen—her gentle touch to clean and wrap her wound, and her compassion. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Each rung he touched dissolved behind him, leaving no more than a wisp of silver smoke. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
There was a point in the far distance where the sky almost seemed to blend with the sea, stroking the surface the way two people’s lips would touch each other’s. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
She knew what he had done—what he had been made to do—but she couldn’t forget how tenderly he had touched those other hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
Frantic, I hit the back arrow at the top of the touch screen and scroll down to our thread of messages. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
Computer: “You touch the cave wall. It is moist.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
This part of me that does not know me, has never touched me or lingered at my side. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
“It’s not a fence, it’s a sensor wire. You get within twenty meters of it and the Specials will know you’re there. Same goes if you touch the ground inside it.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
She doesn’t know about the touch on my ankle, the holding hands, the almost-shared breath. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Well, good luck,” he said as I touched the handle. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
That morning I was an antipersonnel mine, a butterfly bomb, unexploded and ticking, and he touched the fuse. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
He smiled and leaned back against the headrest, his forehead almost touching the ceiling. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
I felt a need to touch the wall with both hands to make it still again. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
"So what? The woman was lonely and wanted some attention, so she did something about it. And quite creatively, too. Those painted crutches are a touch of genius." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Stay well, my dear, and do well. Write to us. Make sure you keep in touch.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
He kissed me once, gently, and lingered there, our lips still touching. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
For a little while, it seemed like everything I touched turned to gold. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
She and Caleb sit just slightly closer than friends would, though they do not touch. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
The more she touches me, the more frightened I become because I know I must never touch a girl. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
For me our reunion has been a rediscovery of a part of myself that was lost—a part that I longed to be in touch with. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You know,” he whispered, and touched her breasts and buried his face in her neck. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z
“I’m not touching you. I am sitting here, having a conversation.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
I reached down and touched it with my fingers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
This was the kind of visit space that movies and television made out to be the norm, with partitions, windows, and telephone receivers, and with both parties anguished because touching was impossible. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
His shoulder had begun to throb and smart from the goldsmith’s touch, like a sleeping devil roused to angry wakefulness, but the greatest pain was in his mind. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
Slender they looked, but strong, silken to the touch, grey of hue like the elven-cloaks. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
The immigrant touches, of course, weren’t around the house because of Tessie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
She listened for a moment to his slightly raspy breathing, then softly touched his cheek. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the saddle, he rode unbowed, as though he had gained new strength and the weariness of the journey could no longer touch him. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z
Of course—he didn’t like to be touched. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
He put a hand on my arm and pointed to a model overhead with a silver picture on it of a swirling twister, just about to touch down. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
He touched her shoulder lightly as he left and there was something in his eyes, something both tender and sad, that made her tell herself that she had been wrong to sense reluctance from him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Barry had worked for three hours on those flames, mixing orange and red and yellow with a bit of blue until they looked like they would burn your fingers if you touched them. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z
Cain had touched a nerve in her today—when he had mentioned her parents, she’d lost control entirely. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
The light cast a warm orange glow on everything it touched and left a few corners cloaked in shadow. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
Only Lyra knew that he wouldn’t be able to touch the other man, and certainly the other blinked and stared for a second, but Will saw that he hadn’t really registered it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I worship your nipples, from which the milk of life flows. Your kiss is honey and your touch scorches like fire, and I worship it.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
The polished metal was cool, and her touch left little patches of shrinking condensation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
The people were touching and pointing and shouting, excited by the strange objects from so far away. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
Mom rubbed Ivy’s back, but her touch was uneven because she kept moving around and adjusting Evan while she nursed. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
A crease appears between his eyebrows, and he touches my cheek gently. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
Then he walked solemnly around the table, and between the dishes of food, inspecting everything with the greatest interest, though he touched nothing. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z
Calvin walked with Meg, his fingers barely touching her arm in a protective gesture. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
A label below the symbol said: Virus VC321xb47 Highly Contagious 24 Darts, Extreme Caution Mark suddenly wished he hadn’t touched the thing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
“Some people have suggested that Mirabelle will lose touch with her birth culture,” the producer said. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
This history of persecution and wandering had left them, on the whole, poor, deeply traumatized, and out of touch with the modern world. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
She took my hand once again, her touch still deathly cold. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
Galton’s talk might not have generated the effusive endorsement that he had expected—he later groused that his audience was “living forty years ago”—but he had obviously touched a raw nerve. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
They stood together on the back porch, as they had done so many times, but now, for the very first time, there was a gentle touch in Lizzie’s hand that Turner had never noticed before. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
Earlier, my mother gave me a glass of water, but I didn’t touch it, worried she hadn’t boiled the water first. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
He touched his upper lip where she pointed, and brought his hand away smeared with bright blood. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z
Leah can get weird about touching, and it’s this unspoken thing that I don’t really touch Nick. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
The touch of Alice’s cold hands woke me briefly as she carried me to the bed, but I was unconscious again before my head hit the pillow. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
He scootched over just a little, just enough to keep their legs touching. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
"Thanks. Me too. And I'll get back in touch if there's any news." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“But there is nobody to touch you for baking with gooseberries Even those of us who’ve never had a taste have heard. Word gets around.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
“You see what a dull place the world would be without color?” he said, bowing until his chin almost touched the ground. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z
There are whispers that without Lucera, the murals that are touched with shadowshaper magic will eventually fade and the connection to the spirits will be obliterated. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
Sure, they’ll try to stay in touch at the beginning, but it won’t be the same as seeing each other every day. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
“No one touched your book box. It’s still under the bed. Elinor looked.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
“I wouldn’t even touch you, you little tramp.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Frederick’s lip is curled and his upper teeth show and a string of drool swings from his chin and touches the paper. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
But now we're on the third floor, and Mabel and I reach for the gate at the same time, and our hands touch. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
There was an audible click as it touched the pink. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z
Then she touched me, and then I did stop dead. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
I touched my locker door and it popped open with a soft metallic click. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
The moment they touched them, the whole of that dreary world vanished from their eyes. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z
His touch was gentle, the water warm and soothing."This is like to sting some," the maester warned as he wet a cloth with wine that smelled of crushed herbs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
A booming voice spoke behind us: “Ah, how touching.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
She reaches out a hand to touch me, but I push it away. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Don’t try any funny business. If I see you touch that panic button, you can kiss your tonsils good-bye!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
I think he’d like to be able to express himself as easily as I do; little does he know it’s his awkwardness that I find so touching. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
He opened his eyes and found himself staring into the long face of a horse; its nose and lips were almost touching his. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z
But there are unique touches of District 4. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
But you have the blood of the Luna priest, they persisted, but touch our foreheads and we shall be saved! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
He walked close beside me to the door, still careful not to touch me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
She turns to me and touches my arm. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
When the mercenary’s hands touched him, Bast’s face became a tight mask of pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Through the windshield he watched as Ronny circled around the goat, touched it quickly on its side, then trotted back to the car. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
Just as our canoe touched the shore, he smiled. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z
I touch the scratch, still pink along my arm. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
“It was not corporeal, to be touched like you or me,” he said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
He had goosebumps where the handcuffs touched his skin. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
The work was tough, especially for black men, who got the jobs white men wouldn’t touch. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
“We should leave it at our foreheads touching and our noses touching and your hand on my leg and we shouldn't, you know.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
The moment my feet touched the floor, I checked under my mattress where I’d tucked my mother’s things—just a temporary hiding place till I could bury them back in the orchard. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“It’s been in a demon’s hair for who knows how long. How’d she even get it there if everything she touches turns to ash?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Flames of abnormal size were pursuing them, licking up the sides of the junk bulwarks, which were crumbling to soot at their touch. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
They were touching me, patting my arm, congratulating me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
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
There’s Jenny Leech’s wall of text about how Jesse touched her life in ways he didn’t even know, despite the extent of their relationship being the one class they shared in tenth grade. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
“But I can still feel where it touched.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Keep your hands off me! No one touches the dragon without leave:" Dany glanced anxiously up at the high bench. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
Then I saw this turtle swimming to the top and his beak was eating my tears as soon as they touched the water. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
She bent down to touch the pale crystals, then rubbed her cold fingertips over her lips. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
When I touched her shoulder she stiffened and trembled, but I pulled her toward me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
While Stevenson was with them, a boy was accused of witchcraft after a twelve-year-old girl he had touched died from a seizure. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
Arnold had bought a bunch of phones and given one to each of the crews and to me so that we could keep in touch throughout the day. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z
The wheat was still mostly bright green, with touches of yellow at the top. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
Hanging over the mantelpiece was his grandma’s prize clock, which no one but her could ever touch. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
He bends down and touches my cheek, then kisses me softly. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
“Is it your real hair?” strangers would ask, and then reach out to touch it reverently. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
The others began to eat their soup, but I could not touch mine. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
With each braid, with each touch, I begin to know and understand my dear cousins, my sisters from another mother. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
She looked down at the tobacco, touched it lovingly, and asked the spirits for protection against the cold. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z
He said nothing, didn’t touch his coffee either. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
Lupita put out her hand and touched Salvador’s arm for reassurance. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z
It was touch and go for a moment there. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Just then it seemed my chamber-door was touched; as if fingers had swept the panels in groping a way along the dark gallery outside. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
The Governor closed his fingers over the light in his hand and touched the glass orb. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
When it turned I reached for its hind flipper, but as soon as I touched it I recoiled in horror. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
As far as I was concerned, he might as well have been another white man, a Boer preferably, for he seemed so hopelessly out of touch with reality—my reality, his reality. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
The jellies exhibit, below the touch tank, where the rest of my seventh-grade class flicked water at one another, was nearly empty. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
I approached my cheek to her lips: she would not touch it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
Claudette lost touch with her friends, stayed home, and turned inward. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z
Showing me where I could touch Ray to let him know I was with him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
I reach out to touch her shoulder, but my hand passes right through it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
“Not too bad,” she said, touching the ankle gingerly. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
They sat on leather sofas that felt cold to the touch, and talked in low voices, until Aunty Onenu appeared. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
I sigh and touch his back with just my fingertips. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
She reached up to touch one as they crossed a street. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z
But—reaching out to touch the rough metal of the plane—safe. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
But then I feel like a statue, like I am not really here at all, and so I touch his waist, hesitantly. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
I knew one day I would go back into the parlor when no one was around and touch the Lady’s heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I wasn’t a germaphobe, but even without the warning, I didn’t want to “touch” anything. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
Interestingly, Dave had the presence of mind not to touch Nicole, even before she stopped screaming long enough to weep, “It burns!” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
And she juts hers up at him, eyes directly pointed into his, and says, “If you touch me, I will call the police and they will put you in a cage.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
But this time the sun don’t touch the fog. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
Although we were near enough to reach out and touch her, we could do nothing but watch. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z
I could see he didn’t want the old man to touch her. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
I felt her stiffen away when 1 touched her. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
Our faces got closer until finally our foreheads were almost touching. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
They passed under where the water touched the ceiling, and then Ivan pulled threads to close the ditch of air behind them, forming an oblong bubble around them instead. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
Fascinated, Fadi pressed his nose against the glass, feeling as if he could reach out with his hand and touch the cool water. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
By the time the sun touched the wall, he was in its grasp. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
She stumbles on a cobblestone and I reach out to catch her, steadying her with a light touch to her elbow. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
Reaching into the pocket of the borrowed dress, I touch my knife, still stained with Valerian’s blood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Translation: Come on, Hannah, all I did was touch you with no indication that you wanted me to touch you. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
She tried to tell Day when Galen touched her in ways she didn’t think he was supposed to, but Day never believed her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
Marco holds out his hand and Bailey reaches to touch it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
He came over to me, touched me tentatively as though he wasn’t sure I was real. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
One time Li’l Man come up from behind and touch me on the leg and I near bout jump out a my work shoes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
No matter where he walked, shadows hid his face, and scorpions that stung him died of the corruption they had touched. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
He lights a match and touches it to the candle by Mam’s bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
Lightly touching the string in most places will result in no sound at all. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
The sense of safety brought by the touch of my father’s hand when he rubbed my back to comfort me, just as he did when I was little. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
Archer touched his temple with his fingers and held the blades of his hands together, opening and closing them like the covers of a book. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
Anne was touched by this show of slavish devotion. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
We were all the time touching other people—lined up at roll call, at work, in line to get food, in bed at night. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
I laid two blankets be­neath me, carefully folding them so that they didn’t touch the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
He touched Garfield's arm to speed him along to safety. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
He was making the sign of the cross on my feet with oil; the oil smelled like onions, and even his light touch hurt. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
And then he’s there at the foot of my bed, his hand reaching out to touch me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
I know how irrational that must seem, given what I saw happening around me; but until that evening I had thought I had a special immunity, that somehow the violence wouldn't touch me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
She felt a peculiar sensation on her face, and it wasn’t until she touched her own cheeks that she realized they were wet with tears. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
Without giving a thought to the inevitable result Midas wished that whatever he touched would turn into gold. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
But he was an abysmal experimentalist; he lacked Mendel’s instinctive touch. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
Then, as the bell rings for us to go inside, someone touches my shoulder. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
Swords would not touch him, spears would not pierce his flesh. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z
But Hamlet was in no mood for such a mild touch. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
Anya touched his threads of fear, rolling them between her fingertips. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
“I can look after him,” she said, “as well as his own mama. She already gave him to me. Look: I’m holding him, aren’t I? I’m touching him.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
I’d called Kathy Anderson, the university’s press officer, and sent her the magazine piece, asking if she could help put me in touch with the admissions people. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Spoons of stew touch lips before bottoms hit the seats. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
His hand twitched like he wanted to touch my cheek but was fighting the impulse. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
Hers was the only hand that had ever touched me, if I didn’t count Osh or those who came before him, though I always did. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
For a while it was touch and go, hut within a week he was on his way back home. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z
Jonathan, stealing glances at his father, touched his fingers to the glossy butt of the gun, liking its burly satin finish. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
She wouldn’t let dinner dishes touch the sink on their way to the dishwasher, once even taking a plate Conor was still eating from. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
On this particular Christmas, I was overjoyed to find a place where we belonged, where we could touch the merchandise and behave as though we were free and equal. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
The bit about the ghost trying to look at itself in the river of death is a subtle touch which is quite characteristic of him and quite unlike any Greek writer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
A Black student who says, “No, you cannot touch my hair.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
She came to the tower, held so tightly in the embrace of the house, in the straining grip of the house, and walked slowly past its gray stones, not allowed to touch even the outside. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
He touches the border of the shrubbery with the rim of his racket and sets one or two wild irises nodding. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
I was knocked out right until the plane touched down in Brazil ten hours later. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
“I want to rip my face off and replace it with one that’s never been touched by that swine.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
This flattening process is happening at warp speed and directly or indirectly touching a lot more people on the planet at once. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
"Lord have mercy, look at y'all," she said, touching the top of my head as she walked behind the couch. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
Anyone who accidentally touches August has only thirty seconds to wash their hands or find hand sanitizer before they catch the Plague. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
At last he stood still and all the creatures whom he had touched came and stood in a wide circle around him. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z
It was the scent of jasmine, she remembered, and night-blooming roses that had never felt the touch of a human hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Frank,” she said, “you know who I am. I’m Pluto’s daughter. Everything I touch goes wrong. Why would you trust me?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
Somehow, Hazel’s power to revisit the past had found the one event that connected both of their lives—where Leo’s time line touched Hazel’s. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
“Are you afraid to touch me?” he said. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
Too many of the willow’s branches didn’t touch the water anymore. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
The key itself was marvelous—the oldest I’d seen in Sing Sing, thin and short, with two circles cut out of the grip and the edges softened by a million touches. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
When Armpit realized who she was, he couldn’t believe she was sitting right next to him, her leg almost touching his. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
One day I asked Nofaleyyah if she would let me touch her sixth finger. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z
To my surprise, I felt the weight of an ear pendant on my right ear even before I reached up and touched it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
We're hanging on to him from either side, but even if one of his arms were available, he wouldn't touch Ma. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
It feels dangerous to me, as if just by touching it, I could hurt someone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
I tried to pick up my hand, to touch my head, to reach the ear pendant. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
Then one afternoon, maybe about a month after I’d started, I came up to his room and found him at his school desk, carefully going over a drawing, his face nearly touching the paper. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
My cheek stung, and I touched my jaw while she glowered at me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
No one knew that a killer was already moving through their streets with them, an invisible stalker that would go house to house until it had touched everyone, rich or poor, in some terrible way. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
I turn the TV off, then bounce on the bed, so high my fingers touch the ceiling, and it feels, for a mo- ment, like I am flying. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
I close my eyes again and she whispers a prayer, her hand touching my forehead and then passing across my chest and shoulders. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
When it seemed almost real enough to touch, and very beautiful, it vanished abruptly; for the tundra was even more beautiful—a glistening gold, and its shadows were purple and blue. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Very slowly, inch by inch, as the boy struggled not to sink, she crept out until the tip of the branch nearly touched the water. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
I touched it, drew it out from the case, put it against my face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
Tenderly, Mrs. Derby touched the infant’s velvety brown face. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
But Morrie, who was always more in touch with his insides than the rest of us, knew something else was wrong. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
He yanked away and touching his bruised face lightly, chuckled. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
As though a human would ever touch her for any reason other than to kill her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Never did they want people, especially white peo- pie, to think that their lives were so much touched by anything so dark and brutal as Bigger. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
The clothes shimmer as they touch my skin softly, making me feel nice and light—transformed! First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stretched my hand across the table again — ignoring him when he pulled back slightly once more — to touch the back of his hand shyly with my fingertips. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
Then he stretched and touched his toes to take away the night stiffness and went to the bathroom. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
No previous touch to cover up the feel of his hand against my arm, lightly clutching. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
“Perhaps. We actually had a lot of photos. Had them all touched up and hung in the old sanctuary right after we converted it to a community center.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
I kept in touch with her for many years. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ruth May was now getting rashes all over her back and was hot to the touch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
That if you tried to touch or kiss it, it would swallow your breath away? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
His touch was feather-light, stroking my skin with a kind of reverence, but the instant his lips found mine again, a single thought was enough to rocket me out of the honey-sweet haze. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
But his touch was fatal, and the something he gave her filled the matrix of her agony with death. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
On the concert stage or over the airwaves, the transcendent quality of her voice touched her audiences deeply. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z
He swung the censer so high it nearly touched the tip of my nose. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
It touched his pride that this matter might indeed be called out before the village. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z
Her father touched his own scarred face again. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“If ee-yew ever touch me again, I’m going to scream and get you kicked out of school.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z
Garcia swept the leaves away with his hands and sat down beside her in the gazebo, so near that their legs were touching. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
I touch it, so real and long, not knowing if I will have another chance to touch golden fuzz. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
“I’m sick, but I never killed any enemy. I never even touched them.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
Knowing I could reach out and touch him—if he ever came down from the roof. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
He touches the screen again, and the screen changes, but it remains just as confusing, a web of lines, tangled threads of numbers. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
She’d try to walk home alone after work, but Galen would usually pick her up along the way and try to touch her in the car. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
“I mean,” Colin said, “it was dark and our whole faces were touching except our lips. She just brought her head against mine all of a sudden.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
It wasn’t until Nina pushed one of their hands away from her chest and told them sharply, “Don’t touch!” that they realized, with surprise, she was a woman. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
So, before we broke up into teams for a little touch sevens, I asked Coach M if I could talk to him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
The thought of the white cottage in flames, his memory of Dallben’s beard, and the heroic Coll’s bald head touched him all at once. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z
Its branches touched the high roofbeams of the hall, and on every twig of every branch a golden apple shone, each a sun, for it was the Year-Tree. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
“My mother will never let you touch me again!” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I turn to him and touch his shoulders lightly. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
We climb in, folding into Cs, Madge squirming to get comfortable, her feet almost touching her head in a full circle. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z
They hadn’t been attacked since they had touched the water, but the sea seemed different. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Just a fairy, his wits, and maybe a touch of magic. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
She touched the things inside one by one. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
“I just saw her for a couple of minutes when I went back to get something to eat. But she would hardly let me touch my food.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z
He never touched a drop of alcohol, even on New Year’s. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
This little redheaded girl was touching a metal head while her mother watched her. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
She studies the picture, then touches my hair, squeezing it as if she’s testing out the softness of a pillow. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Under the touch of his hands, Jonas had found himself suddenly in a place that was completely alien: hot and windswept under a vast blue sky. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
She takes a breath that’s sharp, touching her side as she speaks. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
Amari lifted her arm up and touched one of the welts on her back. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
I looked at every competition as an opportunity for the unmatched feeling of exhilaration when I scored the perfect touch. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Mrs Who wafted over to her, tiny feet scarcely seeming to touch the ground, the lenses of her glasses glittering. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Well you found someone,” he said easily, touching my arm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
She touches her hand to her ankle and laughs nervously. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
At any moment, Beatty might rise and walk about him, touching, exploring his guilt and self-consciousness. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
When I stayed at Irene’s house, I woke with the tip of my nose cold to the touch. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
He sat down beside her on the bed and began to stroke her cheek with the same half-mocking touch he had used on earlier occasions. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
She touches my arm as I walk out. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
Smith spoke to the horse in nearly inaudible tones, calling him Son and touching him lightly when he needed him to turn. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
There is no touching this girl, I thought. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
"He had planned to take your dragon's eggs, until I warned him that I'd cut off his hand if he so much as touched them." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
“Don’t touch the back of your head while walking, or someone in your family will die,” said a boy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
Instead, he brushed against me and managed to touch my hand for a second. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
We have evolved with a tendency to link causality to things we can touch or feel, not to some distant or difficult phenomenon. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
“No scissors,” Elizabeth reminded with just a touch of satisfaction. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
Maesters and septons alike agreed that children marked by greyscale could never be touched by the rarer mortal form of the affliction, nor by its terrible swift cousin, the grey plague. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
The maddening part was, Eleanor wanted Park to touch her again. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
The second log they found, beside the first on the beach, so close to the first log they were almost touching, was a log of elm wood. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z
It was not fear touching his heart, but the wordless sorrow of dry leaves rushing desolate before the wind. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z
Mom touches my shoulder and leans in to whisper, “So thoughtful, Edie.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
To know she was out there and not be able to touch her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
It wasn’t cold, because he had no ice, but it felt a litde cooler to his touch than the air. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
Fabric that feels as soft as velvet beneath your hands parts easily when you touch it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
To touch her braid was to remember her mother. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
It disintegrated into dust before ever it touched the shining god. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z
A second cold, wet hand touched Anya’s other arm, and this time she nearly choked on her own tongue, still unable to make any appreciable sound. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
I don’t want to touch that swollen, unnatural flesh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
Her body was still warm to the touch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Here, I felt, was drama\\ Who will be the first to touch off these Bigger Thomases in America, white and black? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Jay touched my shoulder and I flinched away. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
“They say man lived in trees one time. Somebody had to get dissatisfied with a high limb or your feet would not be touching flat ground now.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
And perhaps cry out and stare or simply reach down her hand and say, “What's this?” and hold up the hidden book with touching innocence. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
Her black lace bra pushes her breasts up so high that they almost touch her chin. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
Sometimes you touched a man like this and it was the last time, and the next time you saw him he was cold and white and bloodless, and the warmth was gone forever. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Inside the Waystone, the light fell across Chronicler’s face and touched a beginning there, a blank page waiting the first words of a story. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I was afraid to have him touch her, but I was also afraid not to have help. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
Even though he had not been in touch since Mauve had left him angrily in the dunes—“You have a vicious character,” Mauve had said to him—his death saddens Vincent greatly. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
If you toddle over to the hot stove and touch it, you burn a finger. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
He finally acknowledged that what he carried in his arms was not Sarai but only a husk, empty now of the mind and soul that had touched his in their dreaming. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
It seemed as though they wanted to touch you to make it certain. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
She saw that he touched the scar on his forehead very often, rubbed it, and drew its outline with his fingers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
“It’s a free country,” he said, words which touched off a ripple of laughter. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Park felt tears on his cheeks, but he didn't want to touch his eyes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
She herself had zero patience for dudes who wore their baseball caps backward and always talked about “getting girls,” even though Maya was pretty sure that they had never even touched one. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
She touched the gold cross hanging from her neck. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
And while her father played another song, a song about the deep purple falling over sleepy garden walls, the princess reached out and touched the top of the mouses head. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z
“No trouble at all, miss,” he said, nodding and touching the brim of his hat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
None of the bugs was actually touching her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
That evening your skin was warm to the touch, and I was overcome with guilt. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
He took a deep breath, then walked the last fifty yards to the giant precipice and touched it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z
And now at dinner, he barely touched the food on his plate. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
I didn’t see how keeping time was going to help a whole lot, but I was touched that Tyson was concerned. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
He touches my cheek and I blush into his hands. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
She says, “Senses tell you everything. See, touch, smell, feel. Trust your senses and you’ll never lose your way.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z
She knew he was working in low light, by touch alone, in those cursed leather gloves he always insisted on wearing, but Inej didn’t think that was why he seemed so agitated. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
A feeling that touched his eyes and made him blink. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
I managed to cram my piano punishment in before dinner, playing with a light heart and a sure, spirited touch, if I do say so myself. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
She would touch it, just knowing it was hers. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
The boys made little dives in and out, to touch something and leap away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Fine example. However, I’m now going to let you in on a secret about myself which is true. It's a touch embarrassing, so please don't spread it around at breaktime...” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
I tense up—he hasn’t touched me since before our fight—and he releases me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
I had been curled like a shrimp on one of the cramped seats, but at his touch, I bolted out of it, knocking my head against the window. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
She hadn’t let him touch her, because he looked really creepy to her, so she stood way far away. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You should make yourself warm,” she whispered to her, touching her lightly on the elbow. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
One of his broad palms flattens over Alex’s hip, and Alex inhales sharply, either at the touch or at hearing Henry finally say it out loud. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
It felt soft and warm to her touch. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
Once gently it touched him over the heart, once on the lips, while Nemmerle whispered. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
Below was a small, shallow cut, barely through the skin, bordered on both sides by a white area, very sore to touch, which was going to be a bruise and turn black-and-blue. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
The word left my mouth in a thin breath that barely touched my lips, because I couldn’t believe he was really there. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
A basilisk didn’t look like much - just an arm-length serpent with yellow eyes and a white frill collar - but it moved fast and could kill anything it touched. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
“I haven’t touched them since we moved in. So that must be—” “Twenty years.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
Very gently, the men bent the medium’s body forward until his lips touched the beer. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
She reached out to touch his face when his eyes snapped open. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
She trailed off, then touched Ruth on the shoulder again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Despite himself, however, he was involved in a relationship with Amanda that he had desperately wished for in his youth but that no longer touched him deeply and he felt incapable of sustaining. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I didn’t mean to touch a nerve,” Denna said, taken aback. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Showers of petal snow sifted down when the wind touched the green branches, and the blossom scent drifted upon the air. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
I lifted the picture gently from the mantel, afraid that it might fall apart with a mere touch of my hands. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
I saw their weapons come flying straight at me, saw them touch my fur and drop quietly in the grass. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z
His front tire tilted high; he imagined wings sprouting from the handlebars and jet fire shooting from his seat as his back tire touched down on the opposite side of the creek. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
“Definitely adequate,” Henry answers, grinning, and he scoops Alex up against his chest greedily as if he’s trying to touch all of him at once. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
His touch was firm and warm, his reaching out somehow unextraordinary. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
I reach out to touch his cheek and he catches my hand and presses it against his lips. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
He stroked the red cover with a finger and then touched the pages inside. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
How his hand had touched the small of my back to steer me through a crowd of rowdy frat guys in the dining room. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
The woman asking the questions touched her ear. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
Her foot touched one and she saw this and pulled her foot away. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
He said for Mama to remember that if the least little thing went wrong, she was to get in touch with him right away. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z
Kirke regarded me, as there I sat disconsolate, and never touched a crust. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the distance, the morning rays were barely touching the tips of the sandstone mesas. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
Lyra watched with aching eyes as Will took the knife and began to search the air, touching, withdrawing, searching, touching again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
Some people didn’t like to be touched, and I figured animals might feel the same way. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
He touches the side of my neck, my cheek, my lips. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
His hands are always touching me, stroking my hair, my neck, my cheek, my shoulder; when they creep lower and his body moves closer, I duck away, find an excuse to leave. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
He touches his hands to my face and leans his forehead against mine. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
I had not only been out of touch with the situation on the ground — since 1984 I had not even been able to communicate with my colleagues in prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Traffic is controlled, each vehicle or caravan being required to keep in constant radio touch with checkpoints along the way. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
“Do not ever touch Gregorys rope again, or you will be sorry. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z
In the quiet, I notice that the spots where the fog droplets touched my skin have scabbed over. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
“After tonight, brother, no one in this neighborhood will touch you or my sister ever again. I promise you that.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
What a cold, loose touch, he impressed on my fingers! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
I smile back at her, then touch her face. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
“Don’t touch him, Ugly One!” he warned as he backed out of the wasi. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
Praying that she would not fall off and disgrace herself, she gave the filly the lightest and most timid touch with her knees. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
Even those family members who continue to live seem dead somehow, always invisible, impossible to touch. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
She never left the house without touching up her mascara. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
I found a spot near the navigator’s panel that was just wide enough to allow my body to stretch out, with my arms over my head touching one wall and my feet another. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
It feels as if everything I touch will turn to harm. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
Ambling out of the parlor, he came over to me, grinning, and touched my shoulder. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Which he only discovers when G’ma touches his leg and he jerks awake so hard, both arms fly into the air and he squawks like a startled chicken. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
“To you,” I said, touching my cup to his. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
“You have to infer the whole dragon from the parts you can see and touch,” the old people would say. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
But Jody touched him on the shoulder and rubbed his high arched neck as he had always seen Billy Buck do, and he crooned, “So-o-o, boy,” in a deep voice. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
I close my eyes and the world cannot touch me. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z
“The Loathsome One will not heal my brother! I won’t let her touch him with her filthy—” “Enough!” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
I open the box and touch each item, then close it and put it away. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
They scented her with spiceflower and cinnamon; a touch on each wrist, behind her ears, on the tips of her milk-heavy breasts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
The metal groaned as he bent the two ends until they were touching once again. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Fifty feet high, a swirling demon of green flame danced upon the river. lt had a dozen hands, in each a whip, and whatever they touched burst into fire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
The hag skin was a smooth blue color against the brown fabric and felt cool when I touched it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
But Frank did not have to sit in the morning-room as I did, every day, and touch the pen she had held between her fingers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
They weren’t surprised that she was frozen mid-step, one black-and-white-striped stocking and a black clog shoe stretched ahead, not quite touching the ground. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
Its windows and doors were also metal, and, as we stepped in, I touched the wall and burned my fingers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
The beloved instrument, seldom touched now had not been moved, and above it Beth’s face, serene and smiling, as in the early days, looked down upon them, seeming to say, “Be happy. I am here.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
"I'm not supposed to touch a girl I'm not related to, you know." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
He didn’t respond to my voice or touch. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
She squeezes my hip, and I put my right hand up her shirt and touch her through her bra and then slide my index finger around her waistband. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z
Miss Rachel would not touch Dill, but waved him on with her switch, saying, “March!” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
If I could just get out a little farther, let the branch go and take one more step, I could almost touch the cloud. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z
Turner moved his hand to his face, hesitated, and then gently, gently touched his nose. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
Gat kisses me on the lips, and touches my cheek. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z
Without touching him I be feeling those ridges on the tips of my fingers. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
In one way or another, he had touched all their lives. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
She removes the lid but doesn’t touch the baby inside. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
I touched two fingers to it and looked at ’em and for some reason seeing my own blood like that made me calm down some. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
“There’s something very strange and touching about humans. An android would never have done that.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z
They were chatting each other and we couldn’t hear them, but they kept laughing and touching each other’s faces. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I hope you don't want me to do that. You know how I feel about touching other people,” “He told me to stay out the cold as much as possible.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
We both look at the spot where I touched him, like we expect his arm to explode. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
Jonathan put his hand to the man’s face, touching it with shaking fingers. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
More than anything, she wishes she could take her gloves off and touch the keys and the wallets and the loose change. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
Late in the night Mitchell Sanders touched my shoulder. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
When he touched it, he and his mother and Taisin shone for an instant as long as one blink—and then Taisin was clutching at the child’s fists, which were firmly clasped around the medallion. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
Sometimes they even look at life with a touch of humor:— Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
She stepped into it and it closed around her, sealing shut just as tiny smears of yellow touched the sky. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
The great taboo against touching another’s dæmon was not instinctual but learned, then. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
"It's been a long time since we practiced," she said, crawling toward me until our noses touched. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
But he’s touched the hand of every kid who walked into the room. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
As a matter of fact, all five of us can see them sitting at the dining room table, giggling and touching each other’s hair and examining each other’s nails and complimenting each other’s best features. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
Dylan shakes out his hands and touches the Crystal Ball with just the tips of his fingers. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
There was just a touch of colour in it, a pale sea-green, soft and shimmering and very beautiful. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Again and again he felt her eyes on him, and tried to decide what look had come into those eyes when he refused to touch the Stone, whether it had been disdain or hurt. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
But now her eyes shone and her cheeks were rosy; it was possible to believe that if she touched his arm again, he’d get an electric shock. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
Distracted, I touched a wrong note and there was a burr in the music. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
“We have seen,” Terman concluded, with more than a touch of disappointment, “that intellect and achievement are far from perfectly correlated.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
Bigwig stared at Holly for a moment and then crouched before him and touched noses. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Jaja and I touched the crystal shaker, my finger brushed his gently, then he let go. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
No one but the mother and midwives could touch it for several days. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
Only my Bledsoe-trustee inspired compulsion to read all papers that touched my hands prevented me from throwing the envelope aside. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Just walking down the block with him, I knew couldn’t nobody touch me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
“You saw her. And I picked her up,” Lyra said, blushing, because of course it was a gross violation of manners to touch something so private as someone else’s dæmon. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
The Earthman touched a button and a square section of the wall flickered aside. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
He put the beautifully curved instrument on his shoulder, barely touched the strings, and a long, lovely melody filled the air. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z
He made me touch it and it didn’t burn me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
When I put the toaster back down in its familiar place, I catch my reflection in it—even if it is a touch filthy My eyes are uncertain to the point of being injured. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
The overpowering craving to touch him also refused to fade, and I crushed my fists safely against my ribs until my fingers were aching with the effort. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
I stared at her not believing, not wanting to believe...I touched her and her flesh was cold and hard. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
We used to hold hands all the time, but he hadn’t touched me all summer. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z
There was a week of reading Siegfried Sassoon’s war poems and being deeply touched by them. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
He touches my cheek tenderly with his calloused fingers, leaves them there. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
There are a hundred $100 notes in the stack, and the bills are brand new, they rustle on touch and stick to one another. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
He had felt the tiny, even stitches often before, because he went to it and touched it when he was missing her. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z
“It looks like our chain should touch the floor soon, as long as you guys can give me another great day or two,” Mr. Terupt said. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z
"I hope you'll forgive me, but I was very anxious to get in touch with you." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z
But there were other times when he became alive and animated, like a child gingerly touching the edge of the ocean before plunging in, displaying a curiosity unique among kids who lived in Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Don’t you ever touch anything of mine again!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
His straw-blond hair was matted from perspiration, and his forehead felt hot to the touch. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Named 1991 BA, it was noticed as it sailed past us at a distance of 106,000 miles–in cosmic terms the equivalent of a bullet passing through one’s sleeve without touching the arm. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Before I get a chance to look around, Kasim’s arms are around me and his lips are touching mine. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
I wanted to touch knees under the table. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
Impulsively, as if to, see if he was real, Jonathan reached out to touch him again. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
The orange drips turned to red, like blood, and made terrible sizzling noises when they touched her skin. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z
They lay on the moss, not touching, in silence, Hatsue with her hair coiled over one shoulder now, Ishmael with his hands in his lap. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
But just then she reached out one long finger, and touched the bridge of his nose, between his eyes, and he found he could not say anything at all. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
The individual soul touches upon the world soul like a well reaches for the water table. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
“I’m sorry, little baby girl,” my mother said in bed, touching her belly and already speaking to me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
When her mother’s feet were no longer touching the floor and things got quieter, Jam knew that Bitter was in bed, and so she swung her legs down and snuck out toward the studio. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
Tiller touched the piece of wood Florida had been whittling away at. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z
I feel like all my nerves are too close to the surface, and the slightest touch will make them fire. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
Shandra only touched the ball once, when Dolly kicked it back to her. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
His blocky hand reached past her face and touched the back of her head. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
Harry said, touching the blood on his forehead. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
With a single finger, you touched the lip of my bag and tilted it down just enough to peek inside. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
He had a craving to touch her always, to remain always in physical communication. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
Nobody liked to touch it, but everyone looked. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z
The next week he touched my hair for what might have been five or fifty minutes. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
He touches my arm—more knuckles than fingertips. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
Judith laid the cloak thoughtfully on a bench and reached to touch Kit’s glove. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z
Our lips touch, and I try to keep my eyes open for as long as possible. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
Before putting his late friend on his shelf again, Wemmick touched the largest of his mourning rings and said, “Sent out to buy it for me, only the day before.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z
A sudden warmth and gladness touched his heart. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
You didn’t want to touch anything that you didn’t have to, or pull on anything. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
It seemed the most stupid thing he had ever done, to go into that room and touch anything. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z
Lena slipped her pale hands on either side of Håkon’s red face and touched her forehead to his. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
He had seen that expression many times as the animal responded to his mother’s touch. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
This touched Celia, and she wrote a special note to Irinita encouraging her to keep up her Spanish and promising to teach her how to swim. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
D’Ath rose from sleep to follow after, but Robin touched his head and whispered a command for him to stop. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z
Her voice was barely a whisper when she said, “You told me you wouldn’t touch me.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
The dog-bats dropped, one by one, from the ceiling and began to circle the room, coming close to her but never touching her. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z
"You never touch this stuff," he said now, holding up the bottle of whiskey. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
While Mother carved and served the plates—Dad sometimes carved wood for a hobby, but he never touched a carving knife at the table—Dad would shout out problems in mental arithmetic for us. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
When Otto and Sheed touched her too, she rocketed into the air, twisting into a somersault that propelled her clean over the boys’ heads. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
But I’m sure it wouldn’t have been the same if the astronaut had said “The Spider has landed” when they first touched down on the moon’s surface. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z
He’s weird about touching in front of our friends, but now that they’re gone, there can’t be an inch of space between us. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
“If you touch me when I’m sleeping, I’ll kill you,” I told her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
The mark allowed how he was being interested, so Black said he would tell his friend and they’d get in touch with him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
I started thinking about the world loaded with disguised Marys sitting around all over the place and hidden red hearts tucked about that people could rub and touch, only we didn’t recognize them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
She touches my face with her floury hands. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
As she walked, she touched the trees one by one as if she were marking the path, as if her handprints left glowing traces on the bark. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
She tried to keep track of her and Keith’s once comfortable savings, which she had hoped to not touch until later but now was forced sometimes to dip into. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
She nods, touching my head gently before heading out the door. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
A trace of the smell of sulfur touched the foul, damp air. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
"I'm sorry, madame, but we can't furnish it--it's far too hot to touch this noon!" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
He doesn’t speak, just runs his fingers over the bruises on my neck with a touch as light as moth wings, plants a kiss between my eyes, and disappears. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
“Stand out in the middle of the room. Stand back to back. Clasp your hands behind your heads. Do not touch one another.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
I touch my cheek, my lips, the puckered scar above my eyebrow, and am just running my fingers through my silken hair when I freeze. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
He calms his breathing and is thankful he can feel the touch of Trina’s hand on his back. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
So you see, there may have been a touch of sanity at the end.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I barely touched him,” Will protested as he retreated to the back of the line and dropped to the gym floor. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
“Do you think she was waiting all that time for the thief to get back in touch with her?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
You touched the lip of my bag, saw the note, and reached in. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
I wasn’t quite sure we had stopped until he reached back and touched my hair. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
The electric thimble moved like a praying mantis on the pillow, touched by her hand. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
I touch my cheek with my fingertips as fireworks pop in my blood. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
As soon as they touch you, all the strength goes out of you. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
Park touched her hands like they were something rare and precious, like her fingers were intimately connected to the rest of her body. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
I touched my face and it was wet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
The roots began to move, digging deeper as they touched the earth, anchoring the oak until it looked like it had stood in that spot for centuries. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
There are seven ways for a foot to touch the ground, each with its own particular power. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
I reached a hand out but paused just before I touched her. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
"I beg your pardon," said Mr. McKee with dignity, "I didn't know I was touching it." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
It melted away at his touch and they slipped outside: Harry glanced back and saw that it had resealed itself at once. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
I woke him by touching his arm with one finger, softly at first, then harder and harder till I was jabbing into his flesh, marveling at how hard it was. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Joseph had never touched a cow’s rump before. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z
“You stay away from her. Stay away. I know who you are. You’re Dillard Early’s son. You don’t touch my child. Got it?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
“Well, if you touch it, the magic will pop!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
They’d touched on this conversation so many times over the past month, and every time, Rishi had put a stop to it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
I want to reach out, to touch him. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
“Open it and inhale, but be careful not to touch.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
Like the touch of the brothers’ distant God. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
A slender, shining silver thread stretched across the ravine, and the moment she touched it, it triggered something deep in the large cave. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Dawn’s pale light now reflected on its smooth surface like glass, so perfectly still she almost felt bad for touching it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
Tilly licked my hands, and I touched her on the head before letting her out the back door. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
The two men—one was the newcomer, Bucklin— touched their caps and wished him “morning” and grinned and pointed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the days that followed, Blanca waited for him to get in touch with her, according to their timeworn pattern. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
The ANC, they claimed, was a “terroristic” Communist movement out of touch with the aspirations of blacks, who were perfectly satisfied with the way things were. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
He looked at his hand, still touching hers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
“But those things don’t touch the fundamental problem involved here. This boy comes from an oppressed people. Even if he’s done wrong, we must take that into consideration.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
His hair fell from beneath his helm in a heavy braid touched with hoarfrost, and the blacks he wore were so faded they might have been greys. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
They used to play with me and let me touch the stars adorning their uniforms. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
One arm reached up and touched its featureless face, as if it was adjusting something. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
He turned and in doing so touched his own desk. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The photograph of the birthday party is sticky in my hand; without meaning to I've left fingerprints all over it, touching the faces of these dead and disappeared girls. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
But once Ernie unlatched Michael Jackson’s cage door and saw the bird—a stiff hunk of feathers—he decided that his skin couldn’t touch a corpse. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
They began to kiss and touch each other, but the emptiness she felt pervaded it and she found she couldn’t put her thoughts away. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
When the cold wind touched her skin, she shivered violently. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Somewhere upstairs a door swung quietly shut; a bird touched the tower briefly and flew off. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
Helen had never seen the children run so much, touch so much, shout so much. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
I wanted to reach over and touch her. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
And just as she thought that her breath was breaking, that the blood might burst through her ears, Jinny felt her feet touch bottom, and she let herself collapse. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
I had asked her what the boy had done—if he had kissed her, if he had touched her, if he had hurt her—and she shook her head no. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
Or like the Blob— when it touches you it sucks you in and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
I write her a note, as an excuse to touch her shoulder, to pass her some words. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
Anyway, it’s a terrific letter, very personal and touching. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
What Furlough saw was the princess touching the top of his brother’s head. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z
Some of them just wanted to touch my clothes, like I was a celebrity. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
He stooped, waiting to hear the bottom of the trunk touch the concrete floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
So he touched the pilot with the tips of his fingers, touched him on the chest and could feel nothing, no heartbeat, no rise and foil of breathing. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
In fact, every time I touch it, I’m careful to avoid the leather strings. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
It touched something round and hard and smooth: a green apple. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
"Well, I can touch you now. I don't have to apologize. Plus, I'm dreaming." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
Given a choice between traditional discipline—which would probably have meant Saturday school—and participating in a restorative justice circle with the three girls he’d touched, Jeff chose restorative justice. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
El’s not the type of person who can read something that’s made her cry and think it was good because it touched her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
I stepped over the ferns and sat carefully, making sure my jacket was between the damp seat and my clothes wherever they touched, and leaned my hooded head back against the living tree. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
She touched my left side and rested her hand on my rib cage, midway down the line of the surgery scar. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
Serving men cleared away the swan, hardly touched. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Robbie touched her arm and she turned, and for the first time since the library, their eyes met. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
I reach up and touch the small pewter claddagh Celtic cross I have worn since I was six, tracking the grooved outline of the heart with my finger. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
Occasionally—in fact, better make that often—her old-fashioned ways touched him. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
She puts her hand to her heart, and touches her wrists together. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z
Where it touched the horizon, an enormous explosion took place. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Another touch and it was an inky blue. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
She fumbles through her purse and touches the back of her neck. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
Tobias touches the small of my back, guiding me to the edge of the meeting space, behind the Abnegation. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
Me shrinking away from his touch embarrasses me in a way I don’t entirely understand. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
Gently, she touched his brow, swallowing the fear that wanted to choke her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
It was so undignified, but I lowered myself and sat next to her, our shoulders touching. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
The part I liked to practice best was the fancy curtsy: right foot out, touch the rose on the carpet with a pointed foot, sweep to the side, left leg bends, look up and smile. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
And Amy, the dignified, tumbled over a stool, and never stopping to get up, hugged and cried over her father’s boots in the most touching manner. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
I touch her cheek, sliding my fingers into her hair. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
He put out his hand and leaned toward the trucks, as if he was trying to touch the Americans. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
Overhanging trees tried to touch my head with their fingers. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
I touch the small packet of letters tucked in the pocket of my dress. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
"It seemed like an easy way to get that issue settled. And I really do have my cell phone, so there's no excuse for you not keeping in touch with me." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was feeling nine ways at once, and they all ended up at the touch of her hand on my ear—until Kevin reached over and yanked the same earlobe. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z
“I will not touch it,” he said, eyeing me steadily. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thalia cried a warning, but before I could react, Prometheus’s index finger touched my forehead. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
As the first stroke landed and the pistol-crack sounded, I was thrown forward so violently that if my fingers hadn’t been touching the carpet, I think I would have fallen flat on my face. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
She wrapped her fingers around his and touched his palm with her thumb. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
Both are variants of Holmberg’s Mistake, the idea that Indians were suspended in time, touching nothing and untouched themselves, like ghosdy presences on the landscape. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
But when I found myself strolling past the boiler hut about half an hour later, I saw the magazines hadn’t been touched. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
He touched the side of her face with the tips of his fingers, then, without a word, he walked away. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
A swoop and a slow, and they touched down on the desert floor with a thump. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
She touched his neck, then drew a line down his chest. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
They even kept in touch and had a couple of reunions in Moscow after the war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
When I say run a company, I mean keeping track of inventory, staying in touch with customers, recruiting, project management, product development, scheduling, budgeting, and human resources. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
He touches the bandages on my feet lightly. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
Macon paused again and touched his cut lip as though that were where the pain that showed in his eyes was coming from. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ash began to turn toward the buffet table, but Lore touched her arm and said, “No, come and sit with us.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Everything here feels wrong somehow, everything about this room—as if it’s all an illusion that will shatter if I reach out and touch it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
Her hair, unburned, was wild once more, still crackling with the fire’s kinesis, and Sarai knew that if she touched it, it would feel like a bed of coals, and so would her bare skin. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
He slipped out of bed and shivered as his feet touched the cold floor, then he tiptoed to the window and saw that it had snowed. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
I could have reached out into the water and touched the holy fish! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
The rumbling of the crowd is loud, so I don't notice Haymitch until he touches my shoulder. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
Carla touches my arm and I force all the images ruthlessly from my head. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
But it didn’t hurt when he touched me, like it normally does. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
“People maybe could touch them a little bit,” he said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z
He rubs his chest where the touch, too hard, bruised. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
I pulled him back before he could touch the glass. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
All seated at our table so small our elbows are nearly touching. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
She touches the section of hair where my nose just was. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
The huge tuning fork was cylindrical, silvery smooth, and cold to the touch. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
The snails were the size of my thumbnail, and their swirling, multicolored shells were soft to the touch. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
That morning an apple and a glass of milk were enough for him; because he touched neither coffee or tea, he was accustomed to begin the day on a cold stomach. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
His hair was a tufted brown crew cut, as if his mother, Regina, or his sister, Joan, had clipped it one day and a comb hadn't touched it since. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
It’s still cold to the touch, even so many weeks later. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
The tunnel was high and wide, so wide that, though the hobbits walked abreast, only touching the side-walls with their outstretched hands, they were separated, cut off alone in the darkness. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
Scythe Curie touched him on the shoulder, he turned, and their eyes met, but only for the slightest moment. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
The fabric is raspy against my skin, so unaccustomed lately to being touched. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
Luke put out a tentative finger and touched the marble cupid gingerly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
“I never touched them,” I said, though no one was really listening. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
“Oh! When they touched this stuff, they unfroze it like we did with Grandma’s forks and our bikes, but just for a second.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
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
His hand was cold and greasy to the touch. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Her mom reached out and touched Eleanor's shoulder, just for a second. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
“I don’t care what faction you chose,” she says, touching her hands to my cheeks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
I began to make my way towards the doors, but before I could reach them, M. Dupont touched my arm. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
Another one stretched out her hand and touched the cut over my eye. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
He touched the bandage on his head as he entered the precinct to see the sergeant, who had summoned him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
One foot almost touched down onto the roof, but Tally was pulled up again, still barreling forward with the momentum of her leap off the hill. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
He wouldn’t touch anything I’d touched, whether it was a doorknob or a faucet, and he winced whenever I blew my nose. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
He did not know how to get in touch with Kehaar again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
While everybody laughed, Grandpa walked up so close to Mr. Clem they just about touched stomachs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
‘But come, you shall look and see what you may. Do not touch the water!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
Everyone knows he dreams of touching the same ground where Bruce Lee walked. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
It's hard to tell by just touching, but I think my big toenail is tom up. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Such suffering for both of you, how he must feel it all, how touching about Zundert, together on one pillow.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
She moved over a fraction so he was no longer touching her. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
The light touch tickles and makes me smile. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thus my thoughts, dazed and confused, injecting pain where there was numbness; and my mind, furtively touching the edges of realisation, then fleeing from it in terror. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
Barack had met the two of them at a conference and become a member of their board, eventually suggesting they get in touch with me regarding the job. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
“Like Percy said, don’t touch anything. This is the junkyard of the gods.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
He kept on examining her, discovering the miracle of her intimacy inch by inch, and he felt his skin tingle as he contemplated the way her skin tingled when it touched the water. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
He was shocked to find her skin was hot to the touch, almost feverish. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
Cole forced his hand forward until his fingers touched the bear’s moist white coat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z
"But I guess it’s okay if you touch the sleeve," I added. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
She put a hand up to her hair and touched it gingerly; her head felt much lighter now. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
They passed through the lane; but hardly had Frodo touched the ground when with a deep rumble there rolled down a fall of stones and slithering snow. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
The scent touched him deep behind his belly, and he could feel the old anticipation stirring as it had when he was a child waiting for the first snowflakes to fall. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
The season of plenty in southern Illinois had not been touched by the war. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was smeared with blood from when I had touched the side of my face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
It was worth almost $200,000—and it hadn’t been touched. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z
They were the only things in the room that looked as though they’d never been touched. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
Briony touched her shoulder, and was groping for her hand without success. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Kapugen’s huge, black, frostbitten hand seemed small as it touched the great body of the whale. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
So today he stood by her locker and only thought about touching her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
I was the only one he trusted to touch the treasure. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
Ophie pulled the handkerchief with the cookies out of her apron pocket and spread them out on the dresser, careful not to touch Clara. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
After we got to the two-lane winding road to the summit, she touched her hand gently to Harold’s shoulder and softly said, “Ai, tire squealing.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I didn’t say nothing ’bout you touching it; I said look.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z
The warder balked at touching trousers worn by a black man, and finally the commanding officer himself came to my cell to pick them up. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
We walk slowly, carefully, until my hand touches the rail, leading us to the attic door. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z
Everybody put one foot forward, just barely touching the line. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
Maybe it's the way she smiles or the way she touches her daughter's head. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
That was the only time I ever touched that guy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
They must not touch the seals, she said. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
I wished Miss Love would touch me again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
‘Player’s Navy Cut. It’s the best there is. These Norwegians use all sorts of disgusting scented tobaccos, but I wouldn’t touch them. ’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
His face startled me — his expression was torn, almost pained, and so fiercely beautiful that the ache to touch him flared as strong as before. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
But I wasn’t going to touch her if she didn’t touch me first. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was a touch of fire across the sky, and an instant later the auxiliary rocket landed beyond the camp. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
They are arranged in a semicircle around a scrubby grass expanse where the youths play softball, touch football, soccer. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
Together we kneel and she carefully touches each stone. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z
I reach out to touch one, and they both skitter away. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
But I wasn’t really going to touch it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
I placed my hands on her enormous belly, and she didn’t flinch or move away from my touch at all. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
His touch sends waves of emotion through me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
I touch my pencil to the paper, willing myself to focus, to follow the ripples of light across the water. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
He could still recall the touch of King Aegon’s sword upon his shoulder, light as a maiden’s kiss. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
I touch the wound at my neck—a few inches more, and I’d have been dead. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
She reached out and touched the screen, rubbing her finger from one cell to the next. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
Though the brief exchange over the Mecklenburg Declaration touched on these significant differences of opinion, the diplomatic imperatives of the dialogue ruled out full disclosure. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
As I’m putting on the finishing touches, I look up to see Ms. Singh staring at me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
“Don’t you ever touch my sister again,” Qareeb said with extra grit in his voice. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
She starts to pick up Daddy’s plate, but he touches her arm. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
She swam and reached the other side of the bank where she could touch bottom. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
“I have touched it. I have spoken to it, and heard it speak. It does me no harm.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
Her touch moves me to speak truth at last. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
“I can always tell, Wormtail! You are regretting that you ever returned to me. I revolt you. I see you flinch when you look at me, feel you shudder when you touch me. “ Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
Pearl took it and examined the problem, keenly aware that their knees were touching. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
At first I don’t understand, but when she trembles and rises to my touch I realize what she’s showing me and want to cry with joy at the knowledge of it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
She nodded and touched my arm, then turned away. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
Dad begins, but Mom gently touches Dad’s shoulder to stop him. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
She shrank again from the touch before she saw it was one of the young women who tended the looms. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
Ugwu touched his head, with the odd tufts of hair that the jagged glass had missed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
As the designated shooter, I wasn’t allowed to touch the ball until the end. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
If Robbie could make it to that window and have a few seconds of safety to touch the mural, he could ignite the whole thing with spirit. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
And then when I reached up and touched Mong’s tooth necklace I just stood up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
And it was about then that Lyra felt the first distant lurch of nausea, pain, and fear that was the unmistakable touch of the Specters. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
He knows and he knows that I know, and he thinks that I cannot touch him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
He tied one end of a hawser to a pillar and passed the other about the roundhouse top, taking the slack up, so that no one’s toes could touch the ground. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Amari refused to think of Clay any longer, for she knew his evil spirit could never touch the love she was already beginning to feel for the child within her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
As the buzz of touching her faded, he was starting to realize that Eleanor hadn't actually done anything to touch him back. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
Chicho lets go and I extend my arms and touch the empty space around me, imagining him still there. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z
When he touched his hand to a sore spot on his forehead, his fingers turned gooey with blood, and he understood. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
Curtis was putting the finishing touches on a bunch of signs. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
He reaches down and puts both hands on Henry’s hips, and Henry instantly tenses under the touch. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
Then I allow my hand to tentatively touch my head wound. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
After she left the dress department, Mrs. Trepid wandered around the store, touching purses and scarves and slips. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z
He yelled, “Jerks!” and the boys all cracked up, but no one else touched him. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z
“Loo?” she whispered, reaching out to touch his arm. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
The only time they touched upon the subject was when Ron told Harry about a meeting Mrs. Weasley had had with Dumbledore before going home. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
“Those old men have ways, Lorraine. Sometimes they touch you, and you may not even notice what they’re doing.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
But then again, he hadn’t tried to kiss me; he’d only touched my face, which is not even sexual. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
He did not drink his tea or touch the yam slices Ugwu had warmed up from the night before. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
He tries to beat my blade again, advancing quickly, but I slip my blade beneath his and score an easy touch. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
She toddled around, standing on tiptoe to touch the ceiling with her fingers. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
When one of her fingers touched me, I bit it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z
This one also felt hot to the touch, feverish. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You do that. Then come back in the afternoon so we can touch base again.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Well, that’s the least of our worries. We’ll find a way to get in touch with her when the time comes.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
“Gabriel,” she said, “I been praying all these years that the Lord would touch my body, and make me like them women, all them women, you used to go with all the time.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z
His eyes were soft and warm on her then, his hand touched her cheek. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
Master picked up the paper and folded it, so that one edge touched the other, leaving a hollow between. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
His short stubby fingers were touching the instrument with what looked to Coram like the tenderness of a lover, as if he thought it was alive. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
It just barely touches the ledge beneath one of the window spaces. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
I wanted to touch him like he was a bunny, a kitten, something so special and soft your fingertips can’t leave it alone. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z
Incredibly, she touched my arm one more time, then she went back to her seat and her friends. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
Granny kept nodding and smiling, like greeting folks at church, and reached up like to touch somebody. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
I reached out to comfort him, but he tore away from me with a low moan, as if my touch had burnt him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
Sean grabbed his stethoscope and touched it to the left of the mark. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
“The night of the Black Moon Ceremony, my baby brother touched the hat,” Seven said in a daze. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
Ralph felt his knee against something hard and rocked a charred trunk that was edgy to the touch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
A hand touched her shoulder, and she looked up. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z
“Now, if you children will excuse me...,” said Dr. Zinchenko, touching her Bluetooth earpiece. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z
But when he touches me like he can’t bear to take his hand away, I don’t wish I was any different. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
He began complaining that we were all getting too soft, too dependent on creature comforts, and that we were losing touch with the natural order of the world. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
It is the being touched that counts, rather than the act of touching. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
He went to stand at her side but he didn’t touch her. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
She touched her fingers to her eyebrow, like I was a mirror or something. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
I wander through the aisles of carefully pruned plants, looking but not touching, because I have learned the hard way how deadly these beauties can be. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
‘I am touched by your concern,’ said the goddess. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
He reached out and touched his fingers to the cave wall, and then leaned back again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
She touched his face and then put her hand over her heart. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
The envelope, now brittle with age, felt dry and cold to the touch. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
She touched the wall, and her hand came back covered in cobwebs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Staring, Harry put his hand into the basin and attempted to touch the potion. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
“We saw,” Mama said, touching the edge of Stick’s bandage. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
“I have been out of touch with everybody for a year.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
His touch hurt, and I shook him off. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
Those are very tasty... sweet and hot... yet he never touched so much as one himself... A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
She almost touched him, almost, so close it made her grin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
A chimpanzee shudders and grimaces when it touches a big black spider, like you and I would do, before squashing it angrily with its knuckles, not something you and I would do. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
Lee said, “I’m going to tell you. And it’s a fairly long story. Will you have a touch of ng-ka-py?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
I would hold my laugh, bite my tongue, grit my teeth and very seriously erase even the touch of a smile from my face. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
The son and his parents touched only arms, not chests; he might have given his mother the briefest of kisses. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the semidarkness we could stretch out our arms, when the Aunts weren’t looking, and touch each other’s hands across space. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Jubi, you look beautiful,” she said and touched one of my dark curls. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
Instinctively, he touched his clothes and found—to his surprise—that they were perfectly dry, and that, in fact, the place where he’d slept had remained entirely dry thanks to the leaf overhead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
I’m still smoldering a little, so it’s with a tentative hand that Caesar reaches out to touch my headpiece. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
His hand had been warm when he touched me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
“How’s Dad supposed to get in touch with us? Or us with him?” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
She laughed childishly, and moved closer to the bed, almost touching it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
She sat perfectly still before the piano, not touching the keys, while Robert carried her message to Edna at die window. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z
The kids in that story were afraid they’d catch the cooties if they touched the old moldy cheese on the basketball court. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
“I swore I’d never touch one again, but here I am.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
My foil bends over the top of Alan’s sword and touches! Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
Moss found haircuts to be soothing and figured it was related to the fact that his head was so sensitive to touch. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
Ugwu was about to pour the cold Coke into her glass when she touched his hand and said, “Rapuba, don’t worry about that.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Except for one time, I’ve never seen Pop touch the suitcase. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z
How to clean a tool, properly, so that no trace of what had touched it remained. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
She was one of the few things abhorrent to him that he could touch and therefore hurt. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Maybe even to try to get in touch with Nathan—if they were back together. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
He was going to touch her hair, to comfort her, but Bodega knocked his hand aside. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
I sometimes reach out and touch her hand with mine. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
She touched Thalia’s pine tree, then allowed herself to be lead over the crest and into the mortal world. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
I sat down next to her with my legs crossed and our knees touching. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
Even his horse had understood and borne Golden Gray along with just a touch or two of the whip. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
She stroked it, murmuring, “I have not touched silk in many year.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
With all that was in him, he was willing me to touch the temple and be saved. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
“Beatrice,” he amends, and touches his lips to mine. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
“It was a miracle. I wouldn’t touch it now. Don’t you think it looks kind of wonderful?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
The river, still dark and mysterious, was spanned by bridges that were turning coldly grey, with here and there at top a warm touch from the burning in the sky. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z
It did not matter that she had no idea of what to do or say to the Presence— after the wordless knowing and the soundless touching, her dreams disintegrated. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
She touches me—and ha-ha, don’t even get thinking about that, because I’m talking about on my arm. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
The right hand felt icy to the touch. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
I dab on her lip gloss and silver eye shadow and a touch of blush. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Those eyes, in some strange way, were touching a part of me that was deep inside, everyone was waiting for my reaction. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
She puts a pair of shorts and a shirt on my bed that are warm to the touch. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
It seemed impossible that only two nights ago, Deen had been sitting in that same spot, with his knee touching Jinny’s. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
She sighed and raised a hand: a blue flame flickered about her fingers for a moment, and then, as she lowered her hand and bent down to touch her chariot, the fire vanished. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
Then, just before he would have touched me, he vanished. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
Riemann imagined a translucent ball sitting atop the complex plane, with the south pole of the ball touching zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Then one of his hands touched the back of her neck, traced the slender chain there, down to the cold, hard metal of the pendant. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
The fleeting warmth of Rajiv’s lips on my skin brought it all rushing back—Phil’s touch, his lips, his fingertips and a feeling that is not so fleeting after all. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
Sometimes he would come out of the water by catching the dangling limbs of a leaning birch and climbing up, never touching the bank. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Slowly, he reached out and lightly touched the door. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
“My name is Sophie Biyoya-Ciardulli. When you get out of here, please get in touch with my dad and tell him that I’m okay and that I’ll call him once all this is over!” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
Grace could tell that he was being very careful not to touch any part of her, and for some reason, that just made her sad. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
He touched the book, his voice trailing away. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
“I can’t believe you let all those people touch you. I kept expecting you to make a break for the door.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
“Oh, nothing, nothing, Nancy, thanks. Can’t stay too long, really. Just wanted to come over and see if there’s any way I could get in touch with Joe.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Sight and feel, smell, taste and touch, they were just the threshold of her gift. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
I touch the river of his stomach, his chest and shoulders. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
When Sister reached over and touched me on the shoulder, I jerked. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
I went over and reached out to touch his arm. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z
It’s like Boy21 has never touched a basketball in his life. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
She had a plaintive way of saying, “When Papa was rich we did so-and-so,” which was very touching, and her long words were considered ‘perfectly elegant’ by the girls. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
I touch The ash, and the snake crumbles And won’t bite. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
“No, no, don’t touch me!” she said forcefully. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
It was still my habit to be careful: to wait for everyone else, touch no food unless I was asked, and to serve myself last. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
He lifted one of the tassels, touched it to the scroll, kissed it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
The old woman looked toward the closed door of the bedroom and touched the brooch at her neck. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z
He kissed her again, on her right cheek only, delicately as a feather’s touch, and the librarian pushed a cart past their aisle, not even glancing in their direction. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
And if you do have to touch the ball, you can kick it away before anyone comes near you. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
As I put the final touches on the East-West blockade, Cade thumped his way through the door bracing a heavy, sloshing cooler against his knees, and said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z
Min closed his eyes as he touched his fingertips to the contents of one bowl. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z
“Fish-horse magic, I guess. I remember the green guy touching my head with the point of a dagger. Then I could breathe.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Special tactile feedback pads covered both palms, allowing the gloves to create the illusion that I was touching objects and surfaces that didn’t actually exist. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
I touched her with my right hand, and I was missing her already, I wasn’t having second thoughts, but I was having thoughts, “It’s not vain?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
He broke prevailing rules of casual intimacy: He stood too close, stared too hard, touched too much and long. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Grover touched a tiny scratch, and it became a Greek A. The mark of Daedalus glowed blue, and the stone wall grinded open. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
“I’d rather not touch a dead body if I don’t have to.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
Chinwe walked as if there were a hot object underfoot, raising each leg almost as soon as her other foot touched the floor. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
The floors are polished wood, dark, and the walls, covered in sheets of bronze, gleam where the light touches them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
Besides, the mails kept them in touch and the train let him send them anything he felt like sending. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I could do without the crown,” she said, touching the golden circlet on her head, weighty as the anvil on which the blacksmith hammered the horseshoes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
“Why,” said Snape, without preamble, “why did you put on that ring? It carries a curse, surely you realized that. Why even touch it?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
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
This meant that she was in a good mood; she would not spend the day howling, for reasons known only to herself, allowing no one but her mother to touch her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z
His two black laborers walked the rows, touching the tender flowers, fingering the soil and trying to puzzle out the sky. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
If he could touch it, he swears the skin would be warm. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
“Right here,” he says, touching a spot on his neck with his fingernail. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
When Baba and I arrived in the U.S., he and Rahim Khan kept in touch. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
I reached into my pocket and touched the horn-handled jackknife, then waved again. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
I made more snares and set these again, but while the wild dogs came close they would not touch the fish. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
Abby glanced at me for a split second, touched her mouth, and blinked. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
He had ears so long that they were touching the ground. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z
I touched his waist, tentatively, ran my hands up his back and I felt something break open inside me, something that felt like surrender. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
By touch alone I fitted bones together and fused them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
For four years his force wandered through what are now Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana, looking for gold and wrecking most everything it touched. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
“May I?” he asks before carefully touching the fabric of her skirt. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
A tremulous smile touched his face as his hand groped for hers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
Now he touched his gloved fingers to where the sleeve of his coat covered that mark. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
This is a new kind of information, for me, and I regret somewhat that I cannot be in closer touch with my mitochondria. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
One of the most educated ones touched my arm. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
As she left yesterday, Madame Rubenstein touched my shoulder and said, “You have real talent, my child. Treasure it.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
He twitched when I touched his arm to stop him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z
She knelt forward, putting her ear to the grate, her forehead nearly touching the floor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Even though I didn’t have anything on my hands, no sticky stuff, Grandma snapped, “Don’t touch anything.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
He does not try to touch me or hug me or cling to me like a magnet. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
And just like dancing, like being able to move with each other without actually touching, in one smooth motion I handed the baton to Krystal. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
She stood with one hand lightly touching a banister and the other held in mid-air. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
I don’t know what came over me, but I almost reached up and touched his face. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
I didn’t want this place to touch him except through me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
After another few seconds of sniffing, touching, and whisker twitching, curiosity overcame wariness. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
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
I wanted to understand these two sets of people who lived side by side and never touched, it seemed, except in violence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was for her father a touch that distinguished his own family from the people among whom they lived. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
They tried to get close to him for a rubbing when he went into the barn and stretched and bleated for a little touch on the nose. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z
Natasha and Daniel try to stay in touch, and for a time they do. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
He flew upside down for her, touched her feet. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
He touched the spot, finding it still sticky. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
“Felward’s Falling,” I said with something that touched the outward boundary of respect. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
As I say, that was about the only time Tommy and I touched directly on his theory that spring. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Soon, she would be holding Luna’s hand for the last time, touching her face for the last time—speaking her words of love in the hoarsest of whispers. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
If she had reached her hand through the bars, she could have touched it. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was hot—alarmingly hot—to the touch. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
Instead I ask, “What are you afraid will happen if you don’t touch your nose twice?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
Christina and Uriah sit close enough for their shoulders to touch, but they are looking in opposite directions, more like strangers than friends. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
I touched the scar Tom Weylin’s boot had left on my face, touched my empty left sleeve. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
“She has long brown hair and sad eyes and she touches everyone’s stuff,” I say as a way to describe her. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
“We should turn ourselves in,” Pita said, touching my shoulder from behind to get my attention. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
I was never able to get in touch with him to interview him for this book. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
“I had no intention . He touched his hat—the aluminum stove-pipe hat in which he carried his wireless receiver and transmitter. “Excuse my not taking it off,” he said. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
I grasp my mother’s armlet, but touching it makes me feel worse. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
She felt Nehemia’s hand on her shoulder, but she shrugged it off as she took another step toward him, close enough for the curls of his breath to touch her face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
He hasn’t stopped touching me since we left the office building. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
Lips i bat touch wine Will never touch mine. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
A tremble went all the way down the tentacle as its flesh blistered under Leo’s touch. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
“We have to get in touch with my mom,” I said as the radio whizzed through varieties of static. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
They take up only a handful of space, and yet their touch fills me in immeasurable ways. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
It was Saturday morning and her parents, still in pajamas, their heads almost touching, were absorbed in an article in the Chicago Tribune. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
“You think you could swim all the way out there and touch it?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
She was a Communist and knew her brother was in touch with the Soviets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
A postmodern touch in our domestic cinema, pointing up artifice, calling attention to mechanics. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
I slid closer to him until our sides touched. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
She touched his shoulder and mumbled softly, “May the Good Lord keep you on your journey, Son, and may He watch over you.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
He gave the price of twenty oxen for her, kept her as kindly in his house as his own wife, though, for the sake of peace, he never touched her. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
But he’ll touch you all right, if I have any more of your mouth.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
They do not even need to touch the lines to be killed. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
I scooted closer to her until the sides of our bodies touched. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
He sprinkled the pages with cider to make them more inflammable, touched a match to them, and a little jet of flame curled upward. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
I touch my chest to feel my heartbeat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
I want to hold Ramallah the way one holds oneself when there is no one else to touch. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z
“Worn. The leather soft and supple, lovely to the touch.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
I remembered the thick, solid wood falling to pieces when I touched it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
He touches the back of his neck instead. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
“It just needed a woman’s touch!” she yelled sweetly. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
When he’s tired of being touched by strangers: Come back to me when you’re done being flung through the firmament, you lost Pleiad. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
And after the first five minutes, he didn’t touch the ball at all. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
Conner reached out and touched my arm, then dropped his hand. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z
The cop said, “Drive carefully,” and he touched the brim of his cop hat the way a cowboy in the moving pictures does. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z
Then her mom leaned in close, her mouth touching Eleanor's ear. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
I was in defiance of nature just by touching it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
And humans had the cassava roots all to themselves, since pigs, porcupines, and other animals wouldn’t touch them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
I reach out to touch Phil’s elbow, but a terse voice makes me drop my hand. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
In the first days of September, some unknown person who probably lived somewhere to the south of the Ebola River perhaps touched something bloody. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
He saw the girl bending down to the sleeping dog, who, at her touch, opened one liquid eye, matted in the corners with what looked like green glue. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
I touched one carefully, wishing I had on Gilgamesh's gardening gloves. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
She leaned over Ulysses and reached out a finger to touch his ear. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z
Her face seemed to bum as the light touched it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
Then she touched it to the wick of another candle. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
Positioned above the top railing of the bridge, but so her feet are not quite touching it, is a woman dressed in black, with a black hood or veil covering her hair. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
He stared at me, first confusion and then hurt touching his eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
A few students snickered; these the teacher went to with a grim face, cane in hand, and said in a deadly tone, “Get up and touch your toes!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
Careful not to touch the injured leg, I pushed the fork in until it touched the ground. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
I went over and touched the wood, feeling the bumpiness of it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
The sun was up, and the world was normal-size again, but the wheels had not yet touched the earth. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
When I touched it, it stuck to me; when I manhandled it, it turned leathery. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
He was shaken by a sudden shame and fear; and he felt a great reluctance to reveal the Ring, and a loathing of its touch. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
She brushed as much soot off herself into the hearth as she could and then crept out of the fireplace, through the dining room—careful not to touch anything—and out into the carpeted hallway. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
And she touched a spot just above the outer curve of one cinnamon eyebrow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
I ran for the boiler room hatch, when suddenly my feet weren’t touching the deck anymore. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
At night we’d lie close, noses nearly touching, whispering and giggling. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
The armband on my left arm touching the one on her right. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
“You act like he hits you all the time. Today was the first time he’s touched you since he’s been home. He’s been excellent until today and even you have to admit that.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Inigo stretched his right leg as far as it would go and managed to touch the handle. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
The boys were dashing in their crisp, new sailor suits, and the addition of the straw hats provided the perfect finishing touch. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
They leaned together so that their foreheads were touching. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z
Chronicler raised a hand to touch the back of his head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Bertha said good-bye, but for some reason she and the agent had never touched, not even to shake hands. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
I walk over to her and try to touch the back of her elbow, but my touch is too soft and I only get her coat. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
She touched Jam’s cheek and gave her a soft, worried look before leaving with the serum, and Jam sagged with relief as soon as the door slid closed again. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
Right or wrong, I never again got in touch with Sister Irma. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z
Like a child touched by tragedy, who grows up suddenly and abandons his playthings, Chacko dumped his toys. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
He loved the feel of springy muscle beneath her skin everywhere he touched her the only time she’d let him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
Lori, who was still living in her apartment near the Port Authority, was more in touch with Mom and Dad, but she, too, had gone her own way. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
Sophie wished she could see into the room, but she didn’t dare touch the curtains. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
He began to put his glass on a table, and the maid robot managed to slide a coaster under it before it touched the wood. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
When she did not seem likely to go away, she leaned in until her mouth was almost touching his ear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
But when he touched the skin of her elbow, she lurched from him, stumbled. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
My tears have stopped and the air feels cold as it touches my cheeks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
I took one of Muthu’s palms in my own, but he didn’t respond to my touch. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
Her hands were bony, and there were veins so close to the surface that it looked like you could rupture her skin if you touched her too hard. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
I could almost touch the heat she gave off, the faint sweaty smell of her anger. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
Then she reached toward me with her deformed stumps and touched my face and at that moment I yelped out loud and dropped over dead. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Finally, with some misgivings, he touched the apprentice’s elbow. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
Reaching out for the wall to keep myself oriented, I touched an inmate’s shirt and recoiled. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Park couldn't imagine what his face had looked like when he touched Eleanor. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
She touches her fingertips to my scalp and squeezes lightly. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
I lay my palm on the cool, smooth face of the door and pushed, hoping against hope that it might swing open to my touch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Miss Benson touches up the edges of her lipstick with her finger and walks off humming. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z
Cole’s fingers sank into the bushy white hair until he touched solid body. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z
The chairs were placed so close together that the arms touched. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z
I nodded and touched his forehead in case he couldn’t see me nodding. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
I touched the side of the coffin one last time and returned to stand by Raheem. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
He had often imagined that his own head was filled with cogs and gears like a machine, and he felt a connection with whatever machinery he touched. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z
I bring one hand up to touch her hair, let my fingers slip to her shoulder. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
She touched on silver lunch trucks and designer labels and enchanted places, and when she said her best friend gave her pet rat a ride on his shoulder, tears came to my eyes. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z
It was strange to the touch, like water woven into material. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z
She was touched, sitting across from him in a cafe and feeling between them the warm affinities of something shared. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Matt put out his hand to touch the scorpion, and Maria grabbed his arm. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
That finger had touched my mother in tender ways I did not fully comprehend. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
One other man, I don't know his name even, come touch me on the shoulder. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was mean, but all the boys still wanted to play touch football with Troy at recess. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
But the operator in Quincy, he had a firm, steady touch. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
It was another instance, and not the last, of Cavendish intuition and resourcefulness outplaying labs with more soaring ambitions, superior resources, and, perhaps, a touch less vision. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
I think they were afraid that some of us would try to kill ourselves or something because they looked very tense and one of them kept touching his beard. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
I told Maya I thought that was really dumb and she agreed, but she still wouldn’t touch a ball that August just touched, not if she could help it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
They look soft and fuzzy, but you know if you touch them, tiny spikes will get stuck in your fingers, hurt like crazy, and be impossible to get out. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z
I gazed at my father for a moment, touched his forehead slightly, then withdrew my hand. in my opinion,' Mrs Mortimer said, 'he's suffered a stroke. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z
Finally my uncle gently touched me on the wrist. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
The hard expression she wore a moment ago melts away, and she touches my shoulders, lightly. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
“Albert, is it true that if you touch a butterfly’s wings, you keep it from flying ever again? Basically, kill it?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z
I felt him come up behind me and touch my shoulder. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
I want his face to look the way it did a minute ago when I touched his stomach, his chest, when he brushed my cheek with his hand. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
People—grown-ups—hovered over me constantly, touching me, feeling me, dressing and undressing me, eyeing me, poking me, bathing me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z
When I woke, I wanted to touch myself. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
“Yes. We got back in touch when he moved to England last year.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Rojakke touched his fingers to the ugly bruise forming on his cheek, looking surprised and a bit betrayed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
When I didn’t touch it, he opened the box and withdrew a string of milky pearls. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
She wasn’t used to touching boys, and she wondered if all of their hands felt this dry. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
The moment the war touched her life, at the first moment of pressure, she had failed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
I touch his chest, lean into him, feel his sigh singing in my bones. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
She walked close to Gatsby, touching his coat with her hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
Often he chafed his master’s hands and feet, and touched his brow, but all were cold. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
He touches his thumb briefly to the tip of each finger. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
It was hard to the touch and he knew that inside the embryo was solidly frozen. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
The light was there, but it was far away, like a cloud he couldn’t touch. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
“So what happened now? Honestly, I couldn’t believe it when he said you guys were not in touch. Ahn-ahn! All of us were just waiting for the wedding invitation card o!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Cressida has us sit in the nook in the rocks, where it’s impossible not to be touching, and coaxes us into talking about hunting. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
"Love you? I simply turn all to jelly when you touch me." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
No one brave enough or kind enough to touch him. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
His cold fingers touched her warm flesh, and sought still warmer and softer flesh. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
When it touched the moon, it caused a light on the instrument panel to light, so that Neil would know he was just about to touch down. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
“We are a family-run business, and the neighborhood loves us. Being extra-attentive will remind people of how special our place is. It’s just the right touch.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
Back in the darkest corner of my heart it lay, so well pressed that its fragile edges might chip, break off, even disintegrate if I tried to touch it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
“I don’t know, but don’t touch it. You don’t know what might happen.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
Bobby Moch reached under his seat and touched Tom Bolles’s lucky fedora, a few extra ounces of weight in exchange for a lot of luck. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
As he put down the small creamer, his hand touched mine. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
A hand touches my shoulder, and I fling a fist out, hitting something solid but soft. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
He touches her lip to remove a bit of something there. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then the ball goes over the line for touch. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
Our top-down, goal-directed system wants to keep in touch, make connections, form relationships, forge partnerships. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Then I hold my breath and wait for the plane to touch down. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
Mr. Freeman touched up the dark roots on the head of a lady school board member and asked if Principal Principal needed help. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z
The heat had not seemed to touch him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Oh my God! You let him touch you where?” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
She knew he didn’t want to, that he touched her breasts because he would do whatever she wanted, whatever would make her better. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
He picked up a golden vessel and held it toward me, not letting me touch it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z
She had barely touched her sandwich or fries, or much food at all, for that matter. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
His head hung so low that his nose almost touched the straw of his bed. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
I touched his waist, my hands moving around his torso. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
She took the glass and sipped a little from it, trying to keep the ice from touching her teeth as she looked at him over the rim. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
Tomas felt his head touched, but no hand had touched him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
Miss Lilian smoothed her dress, touched her hair, wrung her hands nervously. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z
“What are y’all ashamed of, recruit?” the drill instructor yelled at me, leaning down so that his nose was almost touching mine. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Poor horses only touched their lips to the water, but a fine spirited beast put his whole nose and mouth under, and only left room to breathe. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
‘And did you allow the girl human, the princess, to touch you?” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z
She reached out a hand and touched one finger to the spine of the closest book; a warm shiver passed through her finger and up her arm, and it settled in her heart. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
‘We are near to the mountain-marches of the traitor Saruman. Also we are on the very edge of Fangorn, and it is perilous to touch the trees of that wood, it is said.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
He had learned well how to stack similar-sized vessels into a tower that could touch the sky if need be and never topple. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z
He, at any rate, was the one who loved her enough to touch her, envelop her, give something of himself to her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’m also sure that Mother never touched a man before she met Father. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
I reach for my mother’s tarnished armlet, wrapped around my bicep, and touch the familiar pattern for strength. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
The king touched her cheek, his fingers brushing across the rough stone as gently as if it were living flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
“I told you not to touch my stuff, all right?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
I kept one hand touching the wall as I walked carefully around to each of the views. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
“The corn muffins are the same ones from last year. Never, never touch the rice pudding.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z
I wanted Violet to be uninsane again, just a person who would touch my face. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
She was asleep the minute her head touched the thick wool of Tommie’s skirt. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
He couldn’t touch her without shattering her, and so—as Lazlo had told Sarai—he had made peace with the impossible. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
She took his hands in hers, and for the first time she felt him warm at her touch. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Talk here! Stop where you are, and I swear I shan’t touch you!” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
The surrounding mountains were huge, dark living things that reached up, up, up, and touched the tiny, bright flecks of light that lived in the night sky. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
Taking out his pocket watch, he squinted to read it, then touched the bridge of his nose as if searching for something. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
I took good care of my money, keeping train fare in a different boot and being slow by nature to touch the rest anyway. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Rohin leaned over the sketch pad, so that his tiny chest and shoulders almost touched it, his head tilted to one side. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
I dived many times without again touching the hard shell that meant langosta. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
I touch the seal again before jerking my hand away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
Armistead held to watch the horse go by, tried to touch it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
You touched his cheek with a tired hand. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
Some of the weight on my chest lifts now that he isn’t touching me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
That was a stark, powerful reality that the gentle conveniences and luxuries of this house, of now, could not touch. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z
“No. Not a ghost. She was solid. It was her. She’s dead all right, but it wasn’t any kind of a ghost. I touched her. She kissed me.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
It hadn’t touched me, but I could feel the heat of its metal skin. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
There, on Ninetieth and Columbus, were a dozen men playing touch football. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
The Royal Air Force plane carrying six former POWs from Korea touched down at Abingdon Airfield in England in April 1953. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
She didn't move, so he thought it was probably okay to touch her face. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
But when the western sun touched the clouds with orange and gold the vaqueros got in their trucks and headed home, and my father was left to drink alone in the long night. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
‘Now,’ said Merry, ‘if only we had our legs and hands free, we might get away. But I can’t touch the knots, and I can’t bite them.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
Her hand appeared atop her head, mashing down the curls, moving forward until it touched the tip of my nose. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z
The nail on her pinkie just barely touched the wound behind his ear. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z
Jason touched down on the deck of the Argo II. Thankfully, Leo had done his part. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
He took a step back and touched a palm-sized digital video camera balanced carefully on top of the stereo. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
Grown-ups were kneeling down by them and the adults’ hands fluttered down toward the little girls, then, before they touched anything, fluttered back up, over and over. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Every drop of rain that falls on her evaporates instantly, sizzling into steam as soon as it touches her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
I reach out to touch her but quickly pull back my hand. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
She kissed her fingers and then reached down to touch it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
I touched the last string and tuned it too, ever so slightly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
He touches his forehead and lets his hand drag down the side of his face. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
“And I added a touch of honey to the milk. For sweetness. And just a pinch of spice,” he adds. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
Theon was bent over a wooden bowl finishing the last of his own portion of pease porridge when a light touch on his shoulder made him drop his spoon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
“Thank you, thank you,” said Mr. Lemoncello when his feet finally touched down. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z
They were not touching, but it seemed to him that he could feel Julia’s body shaking. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
I want to touch them all at once. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
When he touches it to his mouth, I say, “Be brave.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
I decide that the policeman's face and the touch of his hand—and just his way about him—are good enough to trust. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
“I woke up with a cold sweat. And fever. And three different types of cancer. And a touch of rabies.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
A few days later, we wrote a piece about truckers in general who insisted they needed to text while driving to stay in touch with dispatch. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Will they give her a bath, strangers touching her skin? Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z
Rishi reached out and casually tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, and without meaning to, she sucked in a breath and leaned in to his touch. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
“Ah,” he says, more quietly, his accent fading, the faintest touch of dread returning to his voice, “here we are. Home.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
He rose, clearly uncomfortable with her touch, and walked to the hearth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
The kind of freedom that comes from feet not touching the ground. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z
He bellowed, “If you ever...how...why...If you ever touch him again I’ll...” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
I reached for the glass and bottle, and carefully, on my knees, with bent head, crawled to the farthest wall Cobwebs touched my face with the softness of moths. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
The machine has a huge touch screen, kind of like the world's biggest tablet. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
The man in the grey suit nods and pulls a handkerchief from his coat, picking up the ring without touching it and placing it in his pocket. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Isa took down her violin and found herself reaching out to touch his arm. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
She wandered in and out of the low buildings, idly touching necklaces and postcards. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
She said the word with a notable touch of respect. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
As I touch her scribbled handwriting, I imagine she's not really gone—that she's just out for a few days, visiting an old client that moved from court to the Gold Isles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
When we were with him, I could almost touch that place too. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
Biff stood up and touched the arm of his chair to still its rocking. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
"Yeah, she's really anxious about us staying in touch. It would be cool if this phone did something besides make calls and take pictures. I'm pretty sure dinosaurs used more advanced technology." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
Instead of falling to the ground, they stayed in the air and rotated at his will, with only the smallest touch and encouragement of his fingers. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
It had never let any but Ged touch it, but it came to Vetch now, and climbing up his arm cowered on his shoulder, its great bright eyes always on its master. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
Across the extreme tip of his middle finger, he saw now as he lifted that hand, a faint sixteenth of an inch of black tread where tyre had touched in passing. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
They both sat down in unison like string puppets, the lady right on the edge of the chair so that her short feet could touch the floor. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z
Almost all of the shorties we talked to were touched in some way by the case. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
As a kind of finishing touch, Liyana blurted, “I have hope for the peace, do you?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
His smile falls, and he reaches out to touch the monarch butterfly on the cover. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
Annabeth started considering ways to pick the lock, but as soon as she touched the pull ring, a fiery shape burned in the middle of the door: the silhouette of Athena’s owl. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Briony leaned over Jackson to touch Pierrot’s shoulder, all the while keeping her eyes on Robbie. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
He leaned into the RV and touched her chin. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
The touch of his hand would have thrilled her once; now it made her flesh crawl. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
Ms. Blinny will touch her heart with her hand and say, “Sorry. I’m not allowed to keep you forever.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z
“Poor darling. You touch me all you want.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
“You’re educated, and I’m so tired of people touching iron and tipping their beer as soon as I mention the Chandrian. I’m just reconstructing a story, not meddling with dark arts.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
We were like three separate spheres jittering through space, not touching, not talking, for fear of knocking our little red capsule off course, having it crash, ignite, burst into flame. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
For years I thought a girl might get pregnant if you touched her breasts. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
At first we had just stood around, bashful about touching his things. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
The past felt so close, I could reach out and touch it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
After the IV drip, I carefully slide on a pair of bright-blue gloves, making sure to keep my B. cepacia germs far away from anything Stella will touch. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
Her worried sisters stood up, one at each arm, coaxing him like nurses, another touching the small of his back as if he were a feverish boy. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
Mr. Lemoncello touched his ear once more and continued, “‘And now, it’s time for the addendum.’” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
Within a few hours, the earthquake had brought her face to face with violence, death, and vulgarity and had put her in touch with the basic needs to which she had been oblivious. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
She touches my arm, lightly, but doesn’t say anything. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
“I touched my old foster sister’s phone once. Big mistake.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
Dell felt the fur touch his ankles and he shrieked like a startled child. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
She touched the side of her face, tentatively, almost as if she was worried about what she’d feel there. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Petra was touching the tile on the counter, running her fingers over the cobalt glaze with obvious delight. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
I saw them clearly when they passed me, bawling every time their feet touched the ground. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
But they couldn’t touch him, he told Clevinger, because he had a sound mind in a pure body and was as strong as an ox. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
“I see your touch everywhere. You’ve made this a real home away from home.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
He pauses, reaches into the den, and touches fingers with the chimp before shutting the door. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
The sun climbing over Mong’s big blue house behind us and touching warmth on the back of my neck. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
Jason and Leo touched down in a big piazza lined with white marble government buildings and outdoor cafés. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
Claudia pretended that she was blind and had to depend upon her senses of hearing, touch, and smell. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
If you touch the sides with the tweezers his nose buzzer buzzes and you don't collect your surgeon's fee. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
She felt his hands take her face, his thick fingers touch her ears and neck. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Caleb’s face twists for a moment, then he nods and touches my shoulder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
Before I could step away, the point of a sword touched my throat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
When his skin touched mine, I prepared to fight that primal need to push him away, but it never came. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
Arianne touched the pin that clasped his cloak, with its quarreling swans. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Helmuth must put the finishing touches on his final paper, his thesis required for graduation. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z
They had touched upon something deeper than protest, or religion; though now images of all the church meetings of my life welled up within me with much suppressed and forgotten anger. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Her lips were deeply reddened, her cheeks rouged, her nose powdered; there was even a touch of something under the eyes to make them brighter. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
He shoved everybody back, said anybody who touched me would have to deal with him. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
The only time I can remember him vaguely touching upon mathematics was when he whisked a square of tissue- paper out of his pocket and waved it around. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
As soon as Park touched her waist, she'd sucked in her stomach and pitched forward. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
I lunged for a yellow coin lying on the blue design of the carpet, touching it and sending a surprised shriek to join those rising around me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then I stepped next to her and braced myself on one knee—holding up my hands—and touched the cold, heavy clouds. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z
Lucy frets at the postponement of seeing him, but it does not touch her looks; she is a trifle stouter, and her cheeks are a lovely rose-pink. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z
“Shut the book, Joseph. You’re only to touch what I tell you to touch.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
The bed leaves lay within, dry and noisy to the touch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
She raced, her feet melting the stone wherever they touched. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
This time Roadrunner ran ahead into the trees, far faster than I could, and I wasn’t too sure whether Henrietta’s feet were touching the ground. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z
I ended with a rise up, and then fell forward into a handstand, only to arch my back and let my legs curve behind me, never touching the ground. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
Remember Tyshal Yet when his fingers trailed lightly over one nipple, it stiffened at the touch, and he could see the mark on her breast where he'd bitten her in his passion. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
He could not find the courage to touch her. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
For a second, when I first touched them, small and cold, I thought she might pull back. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
It was really touching to see how happy these few words made him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
She repeatedly circles back to check under the blanket, touching the feet, the hands. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
He reached out to me again but didn’t grab me, just kind of touched my shoulder, like he wasn’t sure what he was doing. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
A few people gasp, some keep turning their heads back and forth while others reach out with their hands to see if they can touch anything. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
He was so out of touch with his sons that every conversation he had with them ended in a shouting match. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
And while moments before you were so close to your fellow circusgoers that you could have touched them, now you are alone as you feel your way tentatively forward through a mazelike tunnel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
I could touch the stones the old woman wore—its bone marrow. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Silent tears rushed down her face as we stood there, our wet toes touching. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
We sat there awhile, holding hands, reveling in the strange new sensation of actually touching one another. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
My finger was reluctant to touch the trigger. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
For a moment, I think he purposely touches my hand, because he smiles a little. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
The dogs were humming and she touched their heads. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
When it touched the ground, it instantly made for the tree. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
Tía turns to me and touches my face. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
They speak mainly with their eyes and with their hands, which never stop touching. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
He touches his fingers to her bare arms, cool in spite of the warmth of the kitchen. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
She had a touch of ketchup on her face. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
Her mother smiled at her, her hand touching her hair. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
The elevator doors spring open when he touches the button, and I follow him in, still not steady on my feet. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
Inej moved aside a bucket full of cleaning supplies that she’d placed there precisely because she knew no one in the Slat would ever touch it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
He slipped and the exposed part of his body touched her bare leg. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
“This is no punishment, Ophelia, but a blessing,” she says, touching my belly again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
“No! I should not have touched you, nor kissed you. God forgive me,” he murmurs, his face turning scarlet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
She could have touched him with her fingers, but she didn’t. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Sometimes when our little vessel slipped between two small islands, the channel was so narrow we could almost touch the rocks on either side. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Yaba warriors hadn’t even been able to enforce the usual dress code; people from all over the city had gathered to lay eyes on him, to touch him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
Joe’s torch was huge and bright as the tip of one curtain in the window touched the flame. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Jajas eyes shone as he talked about the hibiscuses, as he held them out so I could touch the cold, moist sticks. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
But they all paddled furiously, hoping their feet would soon touch land. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
The girl smiled at Celaena and reached to touch the assassin’s forehead. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
When she touched it with her finger, ropes of slime pulled away from its surface. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
And he touched the cool, wet, perfect smoothness of whale. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
Most of our time was spent putting the finishing touches on what Jupiter referred to as the Año Viejo doll. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
They moved more and more slowly as they climbed, and when the sun touched the mountain rims and they saw a little valley open below them, they decided to go no farther. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
I touch the skin on my arms, my face. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
I tap the roll at my waist—the grains give at my touch. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
The gesture seems to touch her in some way. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
From a distance you can’t tell they have on anything at all, but just the faintest shadow of snow-white hair as if Jack Frost lightly touched down on their heads. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
I reach out and touch the green rail, running my thumb across a ridged section where the paint is chipped and flaking. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
He had to touch her and lift her and put her in the trunk. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Paul stood, his head nearly touching the doorframe. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z
They will lose touch, run out of energy, and die for lack of current. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
If the wrist failed him, then the touch had fled and he would be forced to challenge the tall men who dwelled beneath the basket with swift drives that they would quickly move to intercept. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
He touches my cheek and, even though we’re in a room full of people, crowded by laughter and conversation, slowly kisses me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
Ben knew that the exile was almost over, that his term of loneliness would be shortened the first time he touched the ball in practice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
I can't touch her face, even though I want to, because I'm wearing gloves. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
At first he begins touching my shoulder more often, and then lets his hand linger there, longer each time. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
When Park touched her, it felt better than anything she'd ever felt in her whole life. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
The penetrating call touched Frightful’s survival instinct, and she flew off the eggs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
She touched the flame with the head of a torch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
She even touches Jimmy’s face on the photos, and I see what it is to love someone like Milla loved that man. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
She touched her chin with the flower, laughing. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
Stella’s own parents couldn't stop touching her shoulders, smoothing her hair, brushing off her dress. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
We got to touch the male chicks, because nobody cared about them. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
After this one, he touches my solar plexus with his outspread hand, adding, “What slumbers in the heart is what slumbers in the stone, understand?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
Were they all so busy dismantling operations that they didn’t have time to get in touch, or were they all mad at me and did they never want to talk to me again? Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
I want to kiss her but I’ve never seen her like this, and I’m not sure what she’ll do if I try to touch her. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
The touch of the policeman’s hand was still there—a touch that made his flesh jump like the tremor of a horse’s flank when flies light on it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
When I touched my forehead with my ungloved hand the fingers came away red. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
As soon as my feet touch the earth, I run. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
The library windows were open wide, and when we did not talk or touch one another we looked at the dark dull sky. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
Henrietta spent hours taking care of those nails, touching up chips and brushing on new coats of polish. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
The lights of the first part of the room barely touched it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
All she has to do is touch it, turn, and swim back. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Eyes wild and spit flying from his mouth as he repeats this line over and over: “Nobody touch Mexico! Nobody touch Mexico! Nobody touch Mexico!” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
Matty saw the blind man touch his daughter’s face, to learn her, and he watched in silence as they mourned Kira’s mother together, their hearts connected by the loss. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z
She arched ecstatically, then sprang into his lap, pushed herself up against his chest, and touched her cold nose to his. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
Then, for whatever reason, she let down her guard a touch. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
The rest of us were holding our knees so that our feet wouldn’t touch the ground. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
His head flew back and she yanked the front of his T-shirt and yelled into his greasy ear, “I’m not yours to touch!” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
Standing in the field, waiting for his friend, the elephant also had his head lowered, his tusks almost touching the ground. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z
We touched the two glasses as they stood side by side on the bar. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
I step closer to him until our bodies touch. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
And we both watched as he managed to stick on the stamps without touching the envelope. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
Then touching the shackle gently with his index finger, he said, "Very well. When do you intend to leave?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then she bent down and touched me as mothers of the church “lay hands on the sick and afflicted” and I quieted. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
Another woman might have looked on that first moment Grover touched Helen — bumping a thumb up her spine — and felt comradery. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
Last year for the earthworm project, he’d been stuck with some kids who didn’t want to touch worms and another kid who kept trying to force everyone to eat the worms. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z
With a start of fear, she opened her eyes and felt herself gently touch down right where she was, in her own body, here. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z
His feet didn’t seem to be touching the ground at all. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z
“Ah,” she said touching the book, “he is my favorite, too.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z
I know how they would feel if you touched them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
I felt around the bottom of the bag and touched some keys on a ring, resting in a pile of dirt, or maybe crushed leaves. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z
They didn’t want us to fight, so we had to get in line, and when our turn came, people handing out clothes would put their hands in a bag and pull out whatever they touched. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
He walked right up to where he could almost touch his nose to hers and stood there, wagging his stub tail. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z
You want to know why I kept in touch with Caitlin? Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
After plannings and more plannings by El Alacrán and the rest, dodging bands of police and border patrols, I Manuel Flores, shivering with fear and cold, have touched the earth of the United States. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
“No,” said Harry, still wondering how he could appear to touch the Snitch without really doing so. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
She longed to touch that fur, to rub her cheeks against it, but of course she never did; for it was the grossest breach of etiquette imaginable to touch another person’s daemon. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
One flight landed her in jail when she touched down in Ecuador with a military bomber meant for Peru. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z
But the only snow I got to touch was on the roof of my mom’s Mercedes rental. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
The first time in her life a man had ever touched her, and all she’d done was fret about her brother! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
He was adding finishing touches to his name—little curlicues on each letter. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z
The girl made no move to touch the cup. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Seemed harmless enough, wasn’t even after the reward—we had an undercover approach him with a phony check, he wouldn’t touch it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
The sting did not touch her, she accepted it as a pleasantry. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
He touched it gingerly and drew his hand away smeared with blood. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z
The cilantro and carrot curlicues were my idea, from a magazine I read, and Don Walter agreed it would be a nice touch. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
“But what if it does?” she asks, touching my shoulder. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
And at once, thin ink lines began to spread like a spider’s web from the point that George’s wand had touched. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
Quickly after each group was locked into a cage, they were warned about touching the fence. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
He wishes her to go into a convent, but she won’t hear of it, and after a touching appeal, is about to faint when Roderigo dashes in and demands her hand. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
I took a step back and quickly touched my nose. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Yedsha stood near a sword, inspecting the handle so closely that his nose nearly touched it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
His fingertips nearly touched mine as I woke up. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
Even though she would never have put the cookie in her mouth now that he had touched it, she added, “You can’t just steal other people’s stuff!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
After a minute, nearly asleep, she felt the odd cold little touch of the brush on her toes, and shivered. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
But if he touches me I’ll explode, so a date is out of the question. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z
He rests a hand on my shoulder, patting it affectionately, and his touch nauseates me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
He took a step forward and touched his fingertip to my cheek, to the bone that curved just under my left eye. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
The Garretts’ dogs heard the noise first: the sound of metal touching metal, of one hundred hooves sending vibrations through the earth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
As soon as the water touched my legs, my muscles turned to jelly and I fell face- first into the current I submerged completely. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
“Mama,” said a small child, “look at that bunny. I want to touch him.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z
A net woven from long grass that covers the couple during their vows, the touching of each other’s lips with salt water, and the ancient wedding song, which likens marriage to a sea voyage. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
A coil moved and faintly touched his leg. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
Lena Feldt tried to swing her bow up, but a fatal paralysis had touched her shoulder. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even I was tempted to touch her, but that might have made Pi jealous. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
I had been advised to have massages, but I never liked them: I hate to be touched by mercenary hands. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ritchie tucks the pain a touch deeper inside and gives us his usual, easygoing self. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
“I see that breakfast has not yet been touched,” Penelope commented. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
They seemed to realize the impossibility of touching tar without being defiled. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z
Joaquin froze when she touched him, but Birdie didn’t let go. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
On Highway 61, the pavement grew warm to the touch, then began to crack and settle, rendering the road unusable. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
She touches my shaking hand and I pull it away. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
Without actually touching anything, he'd pretend that he was driving, and driving fast, along the curves of an empty road. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
The woman’s hands were warm and wrinkled, touching hers with a tenderness so much like Amah’s. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
‘But still I am afraid. And yet, as you see, I will not touch the creature. For now that I see him, I do pity him.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
She doesn’t seem to realize how she keeps touching me, grabbing onto my forearm and my shoulder. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Yes; though I touch it, it is a dream,” said I, as I put it down from before my face. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
He couldn’t say it—Did the Scare Crow touch you? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
Or perhaps the person touched a crushed insect, or perhaps he or she was bitten by a spider. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
But a newspaper reporter, instead of holing up in isolation, was in touch with the rest of the world. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
He reached forward and touched its sleeve, rubbing the fabric between his fingers for a moment. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
Then we lie down next to each other on the floor, shoulders touching, staring at the same patch of white ceiling. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
She touched my arm, her eyes full of sympathy. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
She was smiling, and when people wanted to touch her gown, well, let them, and when they wanted to brush their skin against hers, well, let them do that too. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
“Hours later, when you emerged, I didn’t want to touch you.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
I reached out to touch the mikveh’s walls, but there were only even greater depths and the bitter taste of salt flooding my mouth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
There was a touch of admiration in Koffi's voice as they drew closer. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
Warned not to touch, Kira had watched, marveling at her mother’s skill, at her ability to choose just the right shade. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Again his “chup” back. touched some deep peregrine memory in her, and she followed the daring tiercel. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
Who said it was okay for the white folks to have permission to touch everything whenever and wherever they wanted? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
When the alcoholic vet touched him with his unsteady, inept hand, I saw the look of veiled contempt in Charley’s eyes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stared at them, impressing them forever on my mind, wondering why they had the power to touch me, to sadden me, as though they were children that did not want me to go away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
He reached down and touched the edge of the knife. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
He held out one for me to touch. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
Pecola touched the scratched place on her face and felt tears coming. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
They gathered around the pod and touched it delicately with those powerful, flexible trunks, and she found herself interpreting the soft chirrups and clicks and hoots they were making as expressions of disapproval. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
As long as I kept my eyes on the spire, I almost believed he couldn’t touch me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
One by one they put their arms around my neck and touched their lips to mine. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
I turned around and touched his face, loving the familiar first. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
The gun lay under Johnny’s pillow for a month and was never touched. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’d smile at the stranger, and Char’s heart would be touched. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
“No touching,” she said, smiling but not smiling. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
They walked for four hours in all, up and over three hillside towns, across fifteen miles of beach, before they were finally close enough to the rock to touch it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
They did not think the visit would last long, and there were many other offices to touch before nightfall. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Grace, skipping in the middle, turns around, touches the driveway, kicks up one foot sedately, smiling her little smile. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
It was cold but its touch was clean, and as he went on and it mounted to his knees, he felt that the stain of travel and all weariness was washed from his limbs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
My fingers caress the wood and the pegs, which time and touch have worn smooth. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
He wished he knew how to get in touch with her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
“That one looks like it really hurts,” she said and touched a fingertip to the huge purple bruise on my back. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z
The set looks perfect—June and I stayed late tonight putting the finishing touches on everything. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
“We shall observe our likenesses in this mirror and reflect on our sins,” she said, touching the book lightly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
I do the same when I don’t want anyone to touch me. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z
He guided me through the shouting crowd, hands continuing to touch me as I stumbled along. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
When the sunlight touched her, it lit up more shades of tawny-brown-leaf-hazel-com-gold-autumn-mahogany than Lyra could name. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
“If you ever managed to find out where your daughter is, would you want to get in touch with her again?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Wickersham had already been in touch with the Box and had reserved a cell for my assailant. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“They liked you to touch your cap to ’em. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
Then she touched his arm and said, “Don’t worry, if he put the manuscript in a box, it will be safe from termites.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
He then explained this affectionate apostrophe, by touching his brooch representing the lady and the weeping willow at the tomb with the urn upon it, and saying, “Had it made for me, express!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z
At the point where they touched the thatched ceiling, they became a line of ants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
She was hanging upside down from the top bunk to see if her hair would touch the floor, but her golden-blond locks came three inches shy, as she had suspected. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
Of him touching my back fat and my overflowing waistline, it makes me want to gag. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
And he touched his hand to his cap. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
And while the size of the system alone might suggest that it would touch the lives of most Americans, the primary targets of its control can be defined largely by race. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
Life here was tough, and for the first time I began to appreciate my mother's masterful touch. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ainsley’s at the mirrors, touching up her makeup—packing her arsenal of cosmetics into a designer tote bag. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z
I touch her cheek to slow the kiss down, holding her mouth on mine so I can feel every place where our lips touch and every place where they pull away. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
Seeing Daddy’s jaw tighten and his eyes narrow, Grandma touched his hand to stay him. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Your thumb touched the bottom of my bra and your pinky touched the top of my underwear. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
“What, punk? You gonna write on me? You touch me, and you are going to jail forever, you understand?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
The diagnosis alarmed me, and I abruptly told him that I did not want him to touch me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“It’s my own special touch,” I told him. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
“Like, I might write, ‘Note to self: Do not touch a habanero pepper, even if your best friend dares you to.’” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
I reach for the doorknob, but David touches my hand and shakes his head no. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
Adam darts around, eager for closer looks at everything he can touch. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
“Yes,” I say, closing my eyes and sucking in a sharp breath as the Duchess uses a light touch to spread the salve over my back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
I guess, correctly, that Justin’s parents are used to him being out of touch and missing dinner. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
He’d heard there were sharks in these waters, but he knew they wouldn’t touch him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
Beth kept her face hidden on her mother’s shoulder, but Amy stood like a graceful statue, with a most becoming ray of sunshine touching her white forehead and the flower in her hair. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
He’s messier, and he is leaning into the other man, his right knee bent toward the other man’s leg, his right foot forward, touching, or almost touching, the other man’s left foot. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
Fern kept touching Vonetta’s crown, where the braid was fat and flat. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z
She remembered Mama's face, touched by golden morning sunlight, and she remembered Mama’s body in a pool of blood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
At her gentlest touch he will preen, stretch, and open his mouth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
She stretches her legs but she cannot touch the sandy bottom. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Mini touch her diamond bracelet. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
I touched the tuxedo that was over his chair. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
A few drops of root beer spilled, and Tantalus tried to dab them up with his fingers, but the drops rolled away like quicksilver before hie could touch them. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
And a nurse touches my shoulder and tells me it's over even though I can already see it by the peaceful stillness of him. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
But as he was sulking far too furiously to touch the supper and had spent the whole night stamping and roaring and cursing, he naturally did not now look his best. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z
I remember this stuff, because when we were children, Auntie An-mei didn’t let us touch any of her new furniture except through the clear plastic coverings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
Seven crouched down near one of the flowers and touched its petals softly. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
I touched my hand to my cheek, tracing the scar lightly with my fingers. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
The thin layer of loose dirt on the flat rock floor was cool against his palms, and his head touched the jagged rock ceiling. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then, with a most distressed look on his face, he turned to Milo and gasped, “Would you kindly fetch me a glass of water? I seem to have a touch of indigestion.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z
Was she wiping my touch away or pressing it close? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
He touches my cheek, right near the corner of my mouth. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
Miyax touched the lichens on the top of her frost heave. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s such a shame he still has a touch of dishonesty in him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
She could no longer feel the Giant’s feet touching the ground. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Baba looks up from his plate, eyebrows threatening to touch his hairline. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
Here Uncle Turu imagines that he will turn his head and lean in, as if touching the side of his face to a large rock. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
It was impossible to hit the cue ball now without touching the pink. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z
I hope I’ve got at least a touch of that insight, and that I’ll find an occasion to put it to good use. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
Rain had a checkbook, but I never saw her touch it. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z
"I've got the oven on, too. This old thing could heat the house on its own—just be careful not to touch it." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
I bring the gun to Garrett’s head, but not close enough to touch, because I don’t want him to know. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
The only flesh I touched was dead flesh. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
Snowy gulls hover with wings spread, low enough to touch. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
Remembering the turquoise necklace, Nathan reached into his pocket and touched it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
The woman touched my hair, shook her head, and turned to Sizwe. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
It got so hot that Byron didn’t even keep a sheet on himself to make sure I didn’t accidentally touch him in the night. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
My noon had come, to dine, I, trembling, drew the table near, And touched the curious wine. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
Lately I’d rarely felt touched by Father’s enthusiasm, and never by God. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
It touched parts of you that were small and frightened and wanting your mommy. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Any fears I had about the resiliency of our friendship in the real world had vanished by the time our jet touched down on Og’s private runway in Oregon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
The only feminine thing about her was the huge pair of silver earrings, which hung so low on her thin, elongated earlobes, they touched her shoulders. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
“Rubber, cereal, tripe. Who knows? I wouldn’t touch one of them myself.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Then how do you get in touch with him?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
As she spoke Mrs. Dalai kept track of the necessary items by touching her thumb to the pads of her fingers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
“They had some, Tommy. Oh, never mind. It was a sweet idea. I’m really touched. It was a great idea. This is Norfolk, after all.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
A wave drew back, like a hand, then advanced and touched my foot. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
Chaol Westfall stopped short when he found the assassin dangling from the beam of the bedroom doorway, repeatedly hoisting herself up to touch her chin to the wooden bar. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
I can remember him smiling at me, touching my hair. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Baloney, he’s never touched a girl in his life,” Bull said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
He touches the flask in his inside coat pocket. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
When she passed Ash, frozen in the hallway, she briefly touched her shoulder as if to reassure her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
But so thick were the pines that the morning sun barely touched the ground. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z
He squints and touches the probes to a different pair of contacts inside the controller. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Filming began the moment Bobby touched down in Copenhagen, with a camera in the sports vehicle that drove him, Miyoko, and Saemi to Sweden, en route to Iceland. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Pima shuddered in Tool’s grip, but she didn’t flinch as Richard touched her cheek with his blade. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
I reach up to touch my pendant necklace for comfort, but then I remember that it's no longer around my neck. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
It was very difficult, while he was touching me, to frame a coherent question. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
And my hand automatically reached up to touch his tooth necklace, and I thought how it totally could be. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
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
She reached over and touched Stanley's face with her fingers. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z
He touches his forehead to mine when we’re finally close enough. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
“The end of which month?” the teacher said with a touch of sarcasm. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
She was standing under an apricot tree, partially hidden by a bushy canopy of gnarled limbs sweeping so close to the earth the slender leaves touched the ground in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
The hand shifts awkwardly over my hair, and I remember my father stroking my hair when he kissed me goodnight, my mother touching my hair when she trimmed it with the scissors. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
Montag walked but did not feel his feet touch the cement and then the night grasses. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
His fingers touched my lips lightly, making me shiver again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
I had touched each one, planted each one in rows. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
He had probably been in that cage the whole time, with nothing warm to touch. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
The stallion responded to this new touch on the reins with mighty bursts of speed, so much so that Lluagor could barely keep pace. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z
“It’s tender to the touch. It turns red if you touch it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
He touches my face, his thumb skimming my cheekbone, and his eyes are on mine, intense and insistent. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
“Lord, where do I start? I guess by sayin’ how bad I feel for keepin’ out of touch the last ten years or so.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
My heart soars quickly at the touch of his hand. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You are beautiful, too, Frightful,” I said, and I touched the slate gray feathers of her back. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mark started searching; the walls were cool to the touch. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
The touch of it sent a shock through her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
I never touched her bare breast, and her hands never got lower than my hips. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
The graze of his fingers sends a ripple through me, along with the realization that I've never been touched like this before. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
He set his teeth and started to climb, finding the holds by touch. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
It was our system of staying in touch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
I squat down and touch one of them, and I hear the patio door clunk behind me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
‘Be quiet and bend over! Over there! And touch your toes!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
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