Jon twisted his fist to examine Frightful’s breast, then her back and wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The young woman began deliberately to write on a pad of paper, and he could not restrain himself from twisting around to see immediately what was being written about his friend. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then spinning as they ever did, twirling the distaff and twisting the thread of destiny, they sang, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

James twisted in his seat to argue with her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We’ve led one another, blindfolded, through the twists and turns of the forest. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But when Bloom twisted his wiper knob, nothing happened. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young man in the black hat was looking at her gravely, and all at once his lips twisted in spite of himself. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The ankle twisted under him and he went to his knees, but he got up and plunged into the crowd on the sidewalk, pushing through. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was feeling more like a jelly donut, but the twist looked fresher. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I twist his arm a little till he drops to one knee. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I go to shove her, but Lara twists and pushes me down instead. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

While candies are still hot, place the stick at one of the ends; gently press and twist so both sides of the stick are covered. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Annoyed, I twisted the lock and threw open the door. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a crackling in the undergrowth, and a man burst from the trees behind them, his round face twisted in anger. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I lace my fingers through hers, and they look like twists of butterscotch and vanilla. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He twisted his foot as if he was digging in the sand. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

They’d bent them and twisted them around and through each other to weave a wooden lattice, then hung it high above a deep pit filled with logs, leaves, and kindling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After the final dial twist, he fired a brilliant red flare into the sky. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

His mouth was twisted in anguish, his hair was burnt, and his face was black and smoking where the molten gold had run down across his brow and cheeks and into his eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Concealed. by woods, but using the tracks for guidance, they made it to the outskirts of District 12 two days ago, where they were forced to stop when Bonnie twisted her ankle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My father’s arm looked like it had been twisted out of its socket My mother was lying facedown across my father’s body, and her tongue was sticking out of her mouth. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Your words twist a knife in my heart, Ghalib. I have to listen to them. I have to hear my family.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Put it down or what I’m doing to him will be a gentle ear twisting compared to what I’ll do to you.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She can’t stop his words, which come in rhymes sometimes or jumbled together like twisted yarn. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss heard footsteps behind him and twisted to see Mr. Jacobs sprinting toward them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The prince lay abed, staring at his ceiling, dreaming without sleeping, remembering, imagining, twisting beneath his linen coverlet, his mind feverish with thoughts of fire and blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“A twisted experiment where he wants to check how well we can teach ourselves.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He held the scaly body well away from him as it wound and twisted in the air. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Lauren was there, angrily twisting Oreos open and scraping out the cream filling into a bowl. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I saw how it momentarily twisted his face and forced beads of sweat to pop up on his forehead. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Bran felt his stomach twist at the smell of him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My Noise is so ugly and my face so twisted she hesitates a little but then she takes another step forward. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He gave the blade a quick twist and then withdrew it again before the wretched boy had had time to disentangle his head from the towel. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he tried to kiss me again, I twisted away, my knee accidentally catching him squarely between the legs. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

There was a twist of incredulous amusement in Sarai’s voice, and while she spoke, she reverted to her true color, her skin flushing back to blue. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She looked tense and nervous, and Harry noticed that her hands were twisting in her lap. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Biddy had her face all twisted up like she was puzzling something out, but when I said that, she seem like she understood what was wrong now. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My shirt is twisted around his arm, and our kisses become desperate. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The trunk twisted like the arm of a dancer, and below, on the lip of dirt, the base widened. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck his little finger out from his glass and haughtily twisted his mustache. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ivy twisted her fingers into the hem of her borrowed shirt. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

By this time I couldn’t help seeing the humor in the whole twisted situation, and I started to wave at the onlookers and my mom started laughing at my dad flailing around on the street. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

These ways twisted and turned in every conceivable direction, with no logic that I could grasp. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The officer twisted Armpit’s arm extra hard as he unlocked the handcuffs. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Want us to think about his ugly, twisted death as if it were our own. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to get the soap on her fingers but she twisting and turning and she snake right out my arms. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The man had two horrendous scars, one on each side of his mouth, twisting up all the way to his ears. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was close enough now that I didn’t need a lightning flash to know where it was; the twist in my gut was enough. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Mother had twisted off one of the two gold bangles she always wore on her wrist. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Fireworks streak across the night sky, creating the emblem of the Belles—a golden fleur-de-lis, with a red rose twisting around its center like a ribbon of blood. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He had not seen me and was passing not more than ten yards away when the dog twisted about, raised his nose, and curled one paw up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He landed heavily on flat stones, legs twisted under him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

But she went on smiling, twisting a stray hair into place beneath her hat. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The water flowing beneath was silent, and it steamed, but the vapour that rose from it, curling and twisting about the bridge, was deadly cold. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My wet hair is sectioned and combed through with a cinnamon-scented hair cream before being twisted up into a Belle-bun. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

There are old, broad fir trunks with knobby twists in their bark. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her hands dropped, then lifted again to twist her braid nervously...but it was gone. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I twisted my hand, tried to get it away from him in sudden anger. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The stabbing, twisting pain in her muscles, where she had wrenched her arm climbing down the glacier wall. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You can twist what I say as you will, Sam Talcott,” said Matthew in steely anger. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The man tried to smile, but there was a mournful twist to his mouth, the glistening of his clear-water eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I twist and kick back, my heel hitting him in the leg. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He twisted his head to the side and looked at me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Staring at thick, twisted tree roots, I scan upward, seeing green extending higher, glowing against craggy granite and rock. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Ash struggled in her stepmother's grip, trying to twist away from her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The course is extremely tortuous...twisting and turning in every direction. The boatmen have some strenuous times in getting the boat around some of the curves,” Cherrie wrote in his diary. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

She opened her arms for Lefty, who twisted around, chafing his knees and elbows, dislodging oars, nearly setting off a flare, until finally he fell into her softness, swooning. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Remora twisted the dead bolt and tugged the door open. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He twisted her palm up and pressed his fingers down on her wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But over the summer his encroaching dementia had taken a cruel twist. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He pulled a nail from his pocket, reached up, and twisted it into the soft, crumbling wood of the tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tucker stood behind him, his face twisted with that awful pity. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The reality of the situation struck me at once, with a sharp twist in my side. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Bitterness twists my lips and a hard feeling settles over me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There’s a crowd lined up behind them, twisting and turning their heads and sucking their teeth, waiting to leave. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I kiss him back so hard it hurts, and twist my fingers into his shirt. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

"And I bet you're going to be famous now," she tells me with her head tilted and her mouth in a smart twist. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The big fellow twisted round, grinning with enthusiasm. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion blinked up at the dripping girl twisting in the air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He kicked, pounded, twisted, pushed, using his lack of size to confound and exasperate Elisha, whose damp fists, joined at the small of John’s back, soon slipped. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She raises the volume on Chubby Checker and we twist in celebration. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Snape’s face was twisted with fury as he dropped his robes quickly to hide his leg. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The figure stood over Mrs. Caruthers with a look of rage twisting her features and a pair of scissors gripped in her hand. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mae reached out to her, but she twisted away, her hands over her face, and gave herself up to weeping. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother sighs, twists her brows to no effect. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was a cruel twist of Fate that gave them to her this way. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees draped in Spanish moss were even spookier, the brambly bushes thicker, the hairy vines more twisted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The certainty that he was finally fighting for his own liberation and not for abstract ideals, for slogans that politicians could twist left and right according to the circumstances, filled him with an ardent enthusiasm. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

His closeness would have been thrilling, if not for the fear that wreaked havoc on my nerves and twisted my stomach into knots. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He shot a glance at his mother and her face was unrecognizable, swollen and battered and twisted into a grimace of pain. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She glanced down at his hands, and Nico realized he was twisting his silver skull ring - the last gift Bianca had given him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I pushed away from the Gemini gently, hoping that my right and left hand had each exerted exactly the same pressure, so that I wouldn’t twist sideways. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tab started winding up her swing the way they did when they were little, turning herself with her feet so that the chain sides twisted together above her head, pulling her up inch by inch. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I twist the cord tighter, my fingertip turning purple with backed-up blood. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Still, as my feet crunched the ichu grass, my mind went back to the twisting trail and the man who followed it to fulfill his right and true path. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Charles twisted the top off a cranberry juice and took a sip. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Shattered links were strewn across the floor of the pit amongst the blackened bones—twists of metal, partly melted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There were no twisting passages once she reached the top, but rather one straight hall that seemed to lead on forever. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And by lunch, Slim—whose real name was Salem—had twisted the story, told everyone Ty kissed him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Hatsue, sitting on her ankles, twisted the salt water out of her hair so that it dripped along her arm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Basta's lips twisted in a scornful smile, but he lowered his knife and, for a moment, Meggie even thought she saw a hint of fear in his eyes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was twisted and her eyes were half closed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Instead you got your sweets twisted up in a small piece of newspaper which she tore off a pile of old Daily Mirrors lying on the counter. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Amari twisted to escape, she found herself face-to-face with Clay Derby. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Will kicked again and again, and some of the kicks connected and some didn’t, and all the time he was pulling, jerking, twisting, shoving, and still the grip held him fast. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zion, legs outstretched, twists and bends his back. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I grabbed his thumb and twisted it backward. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He caught her by the wrist and twisted it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a twisted way, she kind of made sense. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t break my skin, but I was going to have to be careful of her sharp baby teeth and those twisting tusks. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Then he twisted the skinny screwdriver a few more times. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ahead of us, cleared and revealed by the same vast sweep of the wind, lay twisted valleys, hundreds of feet below, full of ice and boulders. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” exclaimed Werfel, twisting around to see where Brangwain Spurge pointed. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She wiggled and twisted and once she barked at me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the dead man’s head between his hands and with some effort—the ligaments of the neck were extremely rigid— twisted it to the left. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

James twisted his computer chair back and forth as he thought. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And though she writhed and twisted, swung her fists, and kicked her feet, she could do nothing to stop them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He shook me angrily and twisted my hair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His face had a strange elasticity: It would be slack and expressionless one minute, only to twist suddenly into a gaping, oversize grin that distorted his features and exposed a mouthful of horsy teeth. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twist the end of my ponytail round and round. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Here, twist the fruit just a little, push it up toward that stem, and there you be!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

By now Father had hung huge models of the flying machines—some up to six feet in wingspan—from the rafters, and these would twist and turn as if they were giant captive moths. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was born all broken and twisted, and he was born mad. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was trying to do what I was, so we twisted and moved constantly, a mass of humanity jostling in a never-ending quest to avoid freezing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The kettle beneath which Tyr and Thor were hidden was lifted, and they found themselves staring up at an enormous face, its features twisted into a sulky scowl. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The pain took my breath away * and I tried to twist to look at the leg. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dirty wind purled them away and there was only the screaming, the hateful twisted faces, and...the truth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The boy had his father’s round moon face, his pointy stub of a chin, his twisted, seashell ears, and the same slight frame. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And when his audience grew bored, he would spring into the air and do a back flip with a half twist. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The whiplike scar along the side of Rajar’s face twisted as the word left his lips. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The canyon ended, and the bats headed into a large tunnel that twisted and turned every which way. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We cut across the island to get back to the harbor, twisting and turning down the rabbit trails, until we reached the bluff overlooking the dock where we’d landed. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

His version of the story may be better than mine because of its bareness, not twisted into designs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I arch into him, reveling in his strength, his fire, the alchemy between us twisting and burning and melding until it feels like gold. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

His mouth twisted like he’d just slammed a car door on his thumb. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was another classic karate blow, this time twisting his body around and driving his elbow into the side of the man’s head, just below his ear. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But that crown wasn’t anything to sniff at—twisting spines of diamonds that looked like branches glowing with new frost. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

More straw was cleverly twisted and woven to form the sides. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It made my gut twist and my teeth ache. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Harley twisted and rolled on the ground; his hands and feet seemed to be tied. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I twist out from under Blackie’s knee and am halfway to my feet before something crashes into the back of my head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I lay turning, twisting, holding my eyes closed and trying first to think, then not to think. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazi Party used propaganda, which was a powerful weapon, allowing them to twist the truth or outright lie to support their agenda. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Halfway down the street, he slipped into a building with grimy windows and a swinging metal sign overhead: a frothing mug surrounded by a circle of twisted rope. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I looked at John crumpled and twisted in the corner, the roller skates pointing every which way. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her mouth twisted as pain lanced through her face. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In response, Caroline only twists her face up in a sneer. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sweet... warm... sleep Suddenly, falling, twisting, head hitting against the wall. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

James twisted in his seat to argue with her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“They’ll be talking about this one for years,” he said hoarsely, “a really unexpected twist, that. . . . shame it couldn’t have lasted longer. Ah yes. . .. yes, I owe you . . . how much?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He held the book up to Emily, twisting it to show all sides. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The branches twisted and grated against each other like broken teeth. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Volkheimer’s technique, apparently, is this: he crouches beneath the buckled ceiling, panting, holding a piece of twisted rebar in one hand. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In a classic spire-fighting move, she gripped his wrist in both her hands and twisted his arm back. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Her mouth twists into what might be a smile if it didn't appear so joyless. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Fort gently twisted his collar out of Charles Wal-lace’s hands and came over to Meg, lying down beside her and putting his head in her lap. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted her hair as if the question made her uncomfortable. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then Georgie twisted in her seat and snapped a picture on her phone. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He forced a smile, but it twisted, out of his control. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Grandma, tobacco, a big twist of it, golden brown. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Anya twisted to look back at Alfhercht while she kept her hand on the key, as if letting go of it meant it would vanish into the keyhole. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“No. Cool,” Abbey said, “in a really twisted way.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

His face twisted at the sound of my words. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A flight of sparrows dropped into the dust and scrabbled for bits of food and then flew off like a gray scarf twisting in the light. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bed bounced as I twisted to face Mom. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Mom’s face twisted in annoyance as she went to open the door. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He fought and twisted away, and started running, in the midst of them, toward the exit. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

His fingers came up, twisting and shaking, and his face was all wonder and joy and incredulity. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shrug and twist my mouth and look around for Colin. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You have no faith in my sister’s abilities to twist things to suit her desires.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shriek, twisting my forearms around and out, breaking his grasp. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

That extra half twist meant I’d have to master a very tricky blind forward landing, but it would put less stress on my calves. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She twisted away from him like a startled child, but he took her arm and led her to the table and held her chair for her. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many times have you found out that what you’ve been told isn’t true?” she says, backing away from me even farther, her face twisting. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And so it was that the overwhelming stench of despair and hopelessness and evil was not at all discernible to her, and she went happily down the twisting and turning stairs. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The man with the clippers grabs my thick chestnut hair, twists it into a clump, pulls a pair of scissors out of his pocket and cuts the whole of it off. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and pinched the back of my hand, twisting the skin until my eyes watered. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But he cut that too, and inside the smallest little bit there was all the Specters packed in, twisted over and folded up so tight they took up no space at all. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy’s in the fields and Mother’s at a doctor’s appointment in town, so I stretch the black, twisting phone cord to the kitchen table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Her lips twist when she mentions Pastor Snyder, and she lowers her voice. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I’m twisting, turning, restless in my sleeping bag. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I twisted away from him and fled for the exit. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And the wild roses seemed to twist just slightly on their vines to get a better look at me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Something twisted in her gut at the thought of all those slaves she’d left behind in Endovier, all those people doomed to suffer until they died. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Flora Baumbach appeared even smaller and rounder than she was as she sat twisting her napkin with hands accustomed to being busy. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty-two more steps and they were at the subcellar, The tunnels here were cramped and crooked, black wormholes twisting through the heart of the great rock. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then she pinned him to the floor, his arms twisted behind his back, his face buried in the carpet. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The other one grabbed me from behind and pulled my arm up so that it twisted in the socket. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

My empty stomach twists so hard it hurts. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

A scar clung to the side of his face like a giant worm, and a cruel smile twisted his mouth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Fourteen hours later we swayed sleepily in a car that wound down a twisting road back to Seffner, where Ms. Jamison deposited us on Paula and Milton Pace’s doorstep. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Nok twisted the hem of her tunic as she watched Dee walk away, taking their imaginary future friendship out the door with her. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I played with one of my shoestrings, twisting it around my little finger. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It is “right-handed”—twisting upward as if driven by a right-handed screw. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

For a long way they stayed to the trail, following its twists and turns as it snaked along the side of the mountain, upward, ever upward. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on the sand, with her feet out straight in front, arranging short willow twigs into bundles, tying them with fluffy cotton string that she had twisted by hand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He groaned and tried to curl into a ball, twisting his foot so hard that it sprang free from his captor’s grip. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It is crowded with gray-faced women twisting their wedding rings and watching the doors for a familiar doctor. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The skeletons of the green trees curved under the elegant weight of the snow, bowing and twisting like ribbons in the wind. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When I do drift off, I toss and turn and my dreams are a twisted, unhappy jumble. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

People were lined up with their towels, socks, underwear, and any canvas bag that was supple enough to be twisted and tied. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

A huge pile of twisted metal, wooden planks, and crumbled bricks lay in front. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

My lips twisted out of shape, into some kind of surprised-terror combination. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Something twisted inside him when he thought of his father. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I stayed up late, twisting my hair into knots as I tried to wrest meaning from the textbook, then lying in bed and brooding over my notes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And then the frantic morning winds began to twist along the ground, and a chill came into the air, and the poison oak turned red. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

His twisted foot stumbled against Mother’s jar, and he fell with a shriek over the edge of the platform. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Clara trailed off she flickered a little, her expression twisting suddenly into one of rage and her outline going purple before she was back to her usual half smile. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He twisted and saw a small bright-eyed snake, crimson in the fire's glow, with its fangs sunk deep into the back of his leather boot. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her brows twist like laundry being wrung dry. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And after a couple of twists and turns he spun around, anxious, and hissed, “Listen!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Moss twisted the chain around, and the scraping on the pole reverberated up his spine. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The sunlight seemed wrong, twisted out of shape, like the Boss’s neck. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There, among more grain silos and a just-passed threat of a tornado, she twisted her ankle and tumbled onto the road, bloodying her palms and knees. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My stomach twists even tighter at the thought of having to explain all this to my parents. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The dream has weakened me, leaving my stomach bubbling, twisting, moaning. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He struggled to escape, twisting and flailing like Nero when he didn’t want to be held. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Then you twist it, like this, so it don’t come out.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She ran to the perambulator and rocked it gently, crooking her thin, twisted, old fingers at John and Barbara until they stopped crying and began to laugh. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Besides all that, his right knee was bad twisted, and he was sore and bruised all over. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He shoved her into a doorway, thrust dirty fingers through her hair, and gave it a twist, yanking her head back. "—not a smart boy, that what you mean to say?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I had my fingers twisted in my father’s hair and my legs were hooked around his chest. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

A blue-gray cat with round copper eyes posed on the cover, his elegant stance twisting his husky frame. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

A wind twisted Frightful’s silky pantaloons of pinstriped feathers, which hung down over her enamel-shiny legs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The big boy was twisting plastic strips into sandals. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father’s friend lay upon the ground, his legs twisted under him, eyes open wide, arms flung to either side, his sweaty blouse red with blood. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

His face twisted up into that perfect crooked smile. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Please, Todd!” she yells back, pulling and twisting my arm. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her long, pale blond hair was pulled up into a twist, with a strand of hair falling down each side of her face. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

They glinted with scavenge jewels, with steel necklaces and copper twists on their biceps. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena watched as Cain struck, twisting his body so his right side was wide open. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She's wearing yoga pants and a loose shirt, and her auburn hair is twisted up in a high bun. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’ve been walking around and playing things back in my head—he said, she said, temptation, release; if only I could settle on something, choose to stick, not twist. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His forearm muscles bulged from clenching his fists, and his lips were twisted into a snarl. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

My sleeping bag was wedged between my legs in a sweaty twist of polyester and anxiety. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The poles were all even—unlike Anya’s crooked and twisting poles at home—and lashed at the corners with more colorful ribbon. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

As I hold my breath for what seems like forever, twisting with the force of the water, I hold tight to the tiller. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Nico turns to me with his mouth twisting in all kinds of directions, and I stifle a laugh. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I twist the knife in my hand a time or two but then I reach behind my rucksack and put it away. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

My wrist was folded, my arm twisted behind my back. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Jam watched her father’s face drift into a twisted but soft sadness. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Ben turned and saw the blade glint with a pale, slim hunger as Palmer twisted it back and forth in the light. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shaggy beard covered his cheeks and neck, but the hair would not grow over the scar, so a shiny seam of puckered, twisted flesh divided his face like a crevasse through a snowfield. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They grew and grew, twisting and turning toward me, and too late I realized they were slender branches, thin itchy switches with barbed hooks. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then she pushed the tiny key into the fabric of the mirror, and she twisted it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He felt a rush of panic, his guts twisting. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She dreamed that she was perched on a boulder overlooking a twisting path in the heart of the Wood, and below her she saw the huntress walking. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was piled on top of her head and twisted like a cone of butterscotch custard at the Dairy Dip. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The girl twisted one of her red braids and looked at me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Haggo shattered his wrist with a single, sharp twist of his huge hands. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He looked over their supplies, and they were good human-trap-making supplies, but...“The way Mr. Flux twisted and stretched when he was fighting the stranger. That seem human to you?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I twisted the knot until the blood flow stopped. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s Pippi with a Mexican twist. To remind me that I shouldn’t let others decide who I can be.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Nunu giggled and twisted as her daddy rubbed his head on her tummy. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Perhaps there was some sort of twisted wisdom in the decision to have one of them gleaned by the other. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I twisted until I was pointing straight up and then began kicking. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I eased the door shut to avoid waking the others and twisted the lock. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The boy finally got control of his arms and pressed them against the sides of his head, twisting this way and that as if he were trying to screw the thing right off his neck. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Quinn House was an irregular mark near the bottom, and there was the meadow, and the path from the meadow that led to the twisting line of the river. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bookshop was narrow with tall bookcases creating tunnels that twisted and turned. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Gasping, I kick him in the ribs and twist his wrist to the side as hard as I can. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Thin, snakelike cords burst from the end of Snape’s wand and twisted themselves around Lupin’s mouth, wrists, and ankles; he overbalanced and fell to the floor, unable to move. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

With a twist of his wrist he slips a hood over her head and tightens the drawstrings with his teeth and free hand. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yoren had a twisted shoulder and a sour smell, his hair and beard were matted and greasy and full of lice, his clothing old, patched, and sel-dom washed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The meekness of the wire hangers, with their twisted throats and bent heads — they waited too patiently, too neatly, every one a spinster. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heat was so intense that his leather hat began to twist out of shape. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I knew their twists and turns like the streets of Przemyśl. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Leibowitz brings her soup and funny bread that is twisted. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She leaned over the table, twisting Daryl’s phone so she could see. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It twisted and Basil fell heavily to the ground. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As the ball floated in the air, Penelope twisted her hips and back and swung her right arm back over her shoulder, coiling like a really pretty snake. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man was turning and twisting in the white men’s hands, trying desperately to free himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She starts combing my hair out the way my mother used to do, twisting it into these giant rollers, spraying it with Final Net. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“No, of course not! It’s his idea of a sick, twisted joke! And he’s coming for us. For me. And he’s bringing the Maafa with him.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

His nose had healed, but it would always have a strange twisted appearance at the end. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Timmy, who was watching the black leather lout twist and dump eager partners, sighed, “How fun.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the poor fool knew nothing, and only she smiled and twisted her bit of cloth as she smiled. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Especially the way when he’s thinking about something, he’ll twist the ends like he’s trying to unscrew them. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Julius, who had been beating his head and twisting from side to side in his anguish of mind, became perfectly still. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He twisted a green spigot on a gas tank. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The puzzle pieces twisted and turned in her head. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The thought of saying that out loud makes my stomach twist. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He had her arm twisted up behind her back, and a large, wicked, boning-knife at her neck. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I snort and Connor twists to peer up at me, his eyes brown and sweet beneath a dark fringe of lashes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Alex twisted around, expecting to see Mr. Grin, but it was Nadia Vole who hurried in, closing the door behind her. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

And he hated that, because the pants twisted up around his legs and made it next to impossible to even bend his knees and sleep on his side, which was the most comfortable way. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I twisted up the curtain in my fingers and held on. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then he flung her body into the air, twisting her head the other way. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“A man bought them, you say? Paid money for our twisted armrests and crooked chair legs?” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she showed us how to slide a knife in the side of the shell, then twist. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Each minute Ann waited, a snake of worry twisted inside her. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She stood up suddenly, then ran, twisting through the stones, leaving Turner alone beside the grave. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But mentally…my mind was twisting in so many ways. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

His lines were confident and sure, the emerging picture comical and twisted and breathtakingly mesmerizing all at the same time. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Above me the lines between the ceiling tiles warp and twist into monstrous creatures. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted off the cap and guzzled a big gulp. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

People were not supposed to be twisted bone and tubes that popped out at crazy kid’s-toys angles. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heavy hand slapped back and forth across Ranofer’s face, almost negligently, yet with a force that twisted a crick into his neck and set his ears ringing. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

All at once, I remember that day when he taught me how to tie my shoes, two rabbit ears twisting together, those chapped fingers guiding mine. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Some women who had been walking along the road ran too, looking up as they did, twisting their necks. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Looking Chronicler full in the face, the mercenary twisted his hand sharply and the sword broke with a sound like a shattered bell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I raise my left arm and twist my neck down to rip off the pill on my sleeve. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Luxa was rising up along the web spinning and twisting at a dizzying rate. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But all that lay there was a splintered peg and a twisted length of wire. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sharp currents of wind could be seen in whorls of snow twisting like miniature tornadoes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It looked as though somebody had been building long, low walls all over it that twisted and crisscrossed in every direction. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her fingertips, numb from the damp, chilly air, weren’t able to twist the stick fast enough. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since my mother isn’t here, I want to grab her little lips and twist them myself. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A lithe shadow darted across the kitchen counter, twisting through the dirty pans and empty milk cartons: Jesus, I thought, is that a rat? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He blew on his hairy fingers and twisted the combination dial. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

MoMo’s body twisted into unnatural shapes as he moved around the room. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She was twisting a bracelet around her wrist. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She would wiggle and twist, cry and whine, and pretty soon she would figure it out At first they were afraid of water. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s only then that I can see her hair: thick locks, twisted and braided together and piled onto the top of her head so high it’s a wonder they don’t snap her neck! Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

All the muscles in his body were tight, wound up, like twisted wires about to break. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He viciously twists my arm behind my back. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted and swung his elbows, felt both of them connect with bodies, heard screams. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But just as she had done to him, he hooked the dull edge of his knife over her wrist, trapping her arm, and twisted. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When the wind blew off the lake, the nearest corpse twisted on its chain, ever so slightly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He had a dark and ugly face and a mouth twisted with brooding. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Your rules are twisted. Besides, Elias wasn't the only one who violated your instructions. Marcus was supposed to kill me, and he didn't. You still made him Emperor." An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lyra cried out in alarm, and then in fear and pain, as Pantalaimon twisted this way and that, shrieking and snarling, unable to loosen the golden monkey’s grip. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The thick mustache with twisted ends accentuated the sharp angles of his cheekbones. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I could feel my stomach twisting and turning, and my hands and arms were shaking like they’d never shaken before. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But it was his right hand, more than his face, that drew stares: each finger was frozen in its own pose, some curled, some bowed, twisting together into a gnarled claw. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“That’s a shame. Sheep would run into a river and drown to outrun a wolf, but I can’t see that many sheep twisting themselves up in wire no matter what’s chasing them.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I shifted and twisted until Laleh got annoyed and leaned against the window instead. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Her hand trembled as her fingers wrapped around the polished door handle and twisted. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Saruman’s face grew livid, twisted with rage, and a red light was kindled in his eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Her hair is twisted together on both sides, and she is huffing and puffing like we had to run two miles. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

A branch, a twisted scarf, I don’t know. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She held her leg out, twisting her ankle to get a better view of the shoe. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Caleb’s face twists for a moment, then he nods and touches my shoulder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I heard about that boy and his sister, it made something in me twist up. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Ropes of fog, twisting and creeping like white serpents, had begun to rise from the reeking ground. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mom picks up a knife and thrusts it into his gut, twists. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Pecola turned to find the front door and saw Jesus looking down at her with sad and unsurprised eyes, his long brown hair parted in the middle, the gay paper flowers twisted around his face. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of his legs was twisted unnaturally and the splintered bone showing through the skin was very, very white. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the same time, the blades tend to slow down, so you have to twist your left wrist to add throttle, to keep the blades turning at the same speed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as she spoke, a face—if you could call it that—lowered itself to the doorway, and I shivered at the twisted mouth of splintered wooden planks and knotted chains. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Shut your mouth!” she said again, her free hand clawing at the ground, her face twisted with rage and anguish. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Marco follows her as she explores, taking turn after turn through the twisting pathways. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She put hardly any effort into it, just a twist of the hips and a flick of the shoulders, but the steel screamed against stone as it cut halfway through the solid marble column. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her face twists then, like the last secret is wrestling its way out of her. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As we follow him through the twists and turns of Special Defense, he explains about the chair. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Sam twisted and the obscene word shot out of him. "-dance?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He twisted the blade and as the shark slid loose he said, “Go on, galano. Slide down a mile deep. Go see your friend, or maybe it’s your mother.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took a long time to pull, tug, and twist two of them loose. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, loving the twist of horror present on his face. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Briony had heard her mother and sister analyze the latest twists and outrages, charges and countercharges, and she knew her cousins' visit was an open-ended one, and might even extend into term time. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Grandpa stopped to move a little and his face twisted with pain. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Between me and Lewiston was the treacherous road with its hairpin turns that twisted back and forth down the mountain. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The boys took turns refereeing, winning, losing, being beaten, twisted and torn, from dropkicks, the flying clothesline, and the ever-impressive flapjack spine crusher. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The backbone twists on the outside, forming a spiral. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I looked up and saw my mother, her face twisted as if she’d bitten something sour. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps the evil he kept summoning seeped into his soul and twisted him into something he was not.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He sticks them into the lock in the center of the guardhouse door, and after a few twists of his wrist, the lock clicks open. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Moss made a high-pitched whine and twisted away from them, darting out of the kitchen. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He twisted the cap off the gascan and he made a small paper spill from one of the seedpackets and poured gas into the bottle and put his thumb over the mouth and shook it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Cas looked out the window again, twisted a lock of her long black hair around her fingers, and studied the school in the distance. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When he walked, they would twist and jerk under the skin. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My gut twisted when I realized she was crying. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She twisted her heels again, then took two ground-shaking steps back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He felt like he was splitting open, like his body was twisting apart. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

One of the English boys had got Dove down and was twisting his arm, making him swear allegiance to his Britannic Majesty, gracious George the Third. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted his body and tried to yank himself out of the officer’s grip, which loosened but didn’t let go. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Bernd twists his face away, panic in his eyes, and tries to examine his leg. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He pulls a piece of twisted black metal from inside his robe. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They kicked him, twisted his arms, slapped his face, and muffled his mouth. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

So I stayed in his room after school and waited for the other twisted criminal minds to come join me for ninety minutes of forced study. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There, beneath rotting wood and twisted splintered branches, she found her hidden sword. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Now it was like a small jeweled serpent twisting and twining for him alone. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She fought all the way, jerking and twisting, but it was nothing, and soon he had her hand outstretched before him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He continued to add pressure until I twisted slightly, wrapping my arm behind my back to relieve the strain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I am swollen with excitement, bloodlust and joy and a strange fear that mingle in my chest like the twisting rage of a bone-fire. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost every afternoon, knowing that I was on the tennis court, he would fretfully twist his head away from his work to see the polynucleotide backbone unattended. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Her arms are wrapped around her head and her wool blanket is twisted around her midsection and her pillow is jammed into the crack between mattress and wall—even in sleep, a tableau of friction. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Even as Davos spoke, he thought, This world is twisted beyond hope, when lowborn smugglers must vouch for the honor of kings. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Its forehead was wrinkled by the wide cuts, which made it looked puzzled, and the eyes squinted above the twisted nose. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The tinfoil suns and moons and stars dangle and twist and reflect the sun’s rays back out into the bigger universe. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

What, in his twisted brain, will that achieve? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she twisted in her seat so that she faced both of us, giving each of us a hard look. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Manuel asked while Chubby Checker's song told us all to “come on and twist.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

All the Eyes must know about it; they’ll have squeezed it, crushed it, twisted it out of enough bodies, enough mouths by now. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched it twist one of its tongues into a hole it had made, then hoist itself up and begin making a second. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Cole feigned surprise as if he had made a horrible mistake, then twisted at the handcuffs again. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Sheriff twisted his hat in his big hands. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was a little knotty-headed boy with lips that stuck out like he was pouting, and skinny black legs that twisted oddly away from his body. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the ropemakers walking backwards as they twisted the fibers into yarn, the yarn into strands, and the strands into rope. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted her arm like a wet rag. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The way the mists threw back the shifting light made their features seem bestial, half-human, twisted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She thought of Mama twisting her hair, of the sound of Jabir’s laugh. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Them that sits and twists their curls, They just leaves them, calls them "girls." A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple realized she was twisting the envelope as she spoke and forced herself to hold still. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was a gruesome mosaic of bones and gems—human femurs, hip bones, and ribs twisted and fused together into a smooth surface, dotted with diamonds and rubies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He was halfway home before he realized that the twisted tennis shirt was still in his hand. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella twisted away but held on to that arm. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Outside, the world had become a formless, swirling mist with no shapes or shadows behind it, while the house itself seemed to have twisted and stretched. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He cried out with shock and twisted away at once, but the grip was tenacious. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The body shook and quivered and twisted in wild contortions; the sharp white teeth champed together till the lips were cut, and the mouth was smeared with a crimson foam. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I stood and watched while they twisted around in the hay making their bed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Solomon looks up, twists his head from side to side, and resumes eating. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

His breath showed in the crisp morning air, and a tight knot twisted at his gut—he needed food. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The wet gray flakes twisting and falling out of nothing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Will twisted his fingers into the young man’s thick, damp hair and wrenched back as hard as he could. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterwards, he knew for certain now, it was to be the destiny of his life to deal with every way of twisting decency by threats of Power. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helmut waited, car lights on, until I had disappeared down a narrow, twisting path that led into an unpaved street bordering Alexandra to the north. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted my braid, tugging till my sore scalp hurt. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I shouldn't be surprised—she never shows up—but I can't get rid of the empty, twisted feeling in my stomach. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It crashes down through the lower branches, snagging temporarily on a few but then twisting free until it smashes with a thud on the ground. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Taylor nods and twists a strand of hair around her finger. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

My heart twists every time I look at him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Unused to the taste of live flesh, Pax retched and twisted away. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My body moved on its own, twisting away from the mirror as mechanically as clockwork. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He suddenly lurches forward, grips the boy’s wrist, and all in one motion, twists his arm behind his back. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Day and night women twisted rope, since they could sell as much as they made, and traders waxed prosperous selling their goods to the workmen. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Japanese lanterns with candles in them hung on bamboo sticks at the corners, and red crepe paper twisted in scallops from the center to the corners to give the effect of a tent. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing two or three necklaces, old fake pearls, like Park's grandmother wore to church, and she twisted them while she talked. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Then, in one swift movement, Finn grabbed Jinx, twisted him around, and shoved the gun into his back. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“They call it the Dementor’s Kiss,” said Lupin, with a slightly twisted smile. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Angel’s face is twisted up like she’s ’bout to laugh, but I don’t even care. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Then he raised his wand once more and ropes flew out of it, ropes that twisted themselves around Barty Crouch, binding him tightly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be hundreds of twistings and turnings, and many other pipes that opened off the main route, but Tucker Mouse knew his way perfectly— even in the dark. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surrounding the main drawing are detailed sketches of twisting branches, capturing several different angles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Luke had been twisted and evil long before Kronos possessed him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Bongo returned with a small piece of twisted metal. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“What?! No! Where on earth did you get a twisted idea like that?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A heavy feeling of shame twisted inside Anya, and she got up from the table. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Martin Addison’s wardrobe choices make a twisted kind of sense. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She follows the honey, making twists and turns across the room until she gets to my bed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the mothers close on my heels, shouting their threats, the twisted maze of the hallway seemed even more menacing. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Any joy that grows here is quickly choked by weeds. I am not some monster who destroys out of a twisted pleasure. I sow salt because the choice is between weeds and nothing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The boy stopped in front of a tavern and waited, his mouth twisted in irritation. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weight twisted the sword to one side, and knocked Julius to the ground. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He put wood on the fire and fanned it to life and they lay in their blankets watching the flames twist in the wind and then they slept. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She reached up and started twisting some of her loose braids back together. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to pull away but one of the boys twisted my wrist and I gasped, “No.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t wanna wake up from the dream world,” I said, and midsentence my voice cracked, and the words twisted and turned in my mouth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both the boy and the monk twisted to look at her, startled. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Even the twisting stairs held no terror for him, because he had learned to place the crutches carefully and swiftly where they would hold and balance him. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I picked it up into a French twist and looked at myself from different angles. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Loki screamed and contorted, writhing and twisting in pain. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It began to roll and twist, lengthening and thinning, until it looked like a long black cord knotted at one end. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I lift my walker, twist it a couple of inches to the left, and plunk it down again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I twisted my mouth and caught my hand in the knots of my hair. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sheet was twisted around her, half on the sofa and half on the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

To have my hopes raised and dashed again, it’s like cold steel twisting in my gut. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twists his mouth every which way to try to come up with an explanation for questions that only require a yes or a no. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“People who live in harmony with the laws of this world instead of twisting them for their own gain.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The mouth, twisting up at one corner, the nose and forehead wrinkled in distaste. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The khal's mouth twisted in a frown beneath the droop of his long mustachio. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If I twisted her leg and ran, I might be able to get away. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

While Ron kept watch he tugged and twisted, and at last, after several tense minutes, the paper came free. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The man went down with a loud grunt and twisted away awkwardly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once inside, one would go endlessly along its twisting paths without ever finding the exit. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brushed a lock of hair behind her ear and then brought it out to twist and twist it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The streets rioted in all directions, twisting around in a confusing way. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Benny knew,” Isa said, avoiding Mrs. Castleman’s eyes as she twisted the pen around the string that attached it to the clipboard. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I’ll make sure you’re nice and comfy before—” Mark sprang to life, screaming and kicking out as he twisted himself to jerk free from the pilot’s grip. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Tyrion twisted until he could feel the links digging into die flesh of the man's fat neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The tunnel through the Wall was narrow and twisting, and many of the wildlings were old or ill or wounded, so the going was painfully slow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They twisted gold wire and inlaid interlacements of the wildest complexity on the crosiers of the bishops. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They twisted, merged, formed a single image: Hassan’s brown corduroy pants discarded on a pile of old bricks in the alley. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted his legs around and clambered down awkwardly from the chair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he gave a long, twisting, corkscrew leap and his golden outer skin lay on the floor, and in its place he was wearing a new coat of shining silver. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

That well-paved world appealed to him, and he missed it as his feet fell on uneven clumps of hardened dirt that threatened to twist his ankles. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

And now she was flying, twisting and rotating in the air, seeing sky, then earth, then sky, then earth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I did, he pulled a twist of rope from his sack, and to my alarm proceeded to tie my hands behind the tree. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I twist to the right and push down the elastic band of my underpants. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The shriveled and twisted calf and foot he had been born with made sure of that. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Scott twisted his fork into a pile of mashed potatoes. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I saw him twist violently to the left in his hip cradle, trying to turn even farther to the left, away from the hill. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking his time, tilting his wrist, all while my stomach twists and I can’t breathe. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It strikes me that the silent generation is my grandparents, and the idea of losing them causes a painful twisting in my heart. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The principle of twisting and winding hadn’t caught on in their world, so all the cords and ropes were braided; but they were strong and flexible, and Mary soon found exactly the sort she wanted. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The dragon twisted violently in the air, wounds smoking, the girl clinging to his back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Foaly twisted a tiny cylinder into the thick tufts of hair growing from Mulch’s ear. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I sprang out of my chair and twisted the knob on the stove and the flames doubled in size. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I reach under my seat and feel around for the cold glass, and when I find it, I slide it between my legs and twist the metal cap off. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to twist the little metal dial to those mysterious numbers that would magically open my locker. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

We then rolled each pile into the middle of a piece of oilcloth, tucked the ends of the cloth over, and tied the bundle with plenty of wire twisted with fishing line. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I just stare ahead at the woman right in front of me whose back is to me, so all I can see is her twisted hair pulled back into a bun. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Angel's head snapped backwards, his face twisted with surprise. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted off the lid to my thermos filled with iced tea. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

All its feathers were weird too—they twisted in every direction, like they’d been blown around in the wind. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

As he came closer she saw that his face was red and wet, his mouth twisted. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She pushed her twisted leg into a more comfortable position for the night. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cripple’s voice was a hoarse, grating whisper that came out of a mouth forever twisted to one side, leering out of a face that was half scar tissue, “You’re late, Steve.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

No longer human, they shared the skin of animals, and their faces resembled the beasts of hell—twisted devil birds and demons howling in anguish. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

He tries to twist his legs through mine to get closer and closer again. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted the key and the pistons coughed, then stopped, but she instantly filled the silence. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The first blow broke the beak sideways and black blood spurted from the twisted, leathery mouth corners. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Downtown San Francisco became alien and cold, and the streets I had loved in a personal familiarity were unknown lanes that twisted with malicious intent. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His images are all twisted together and overlapping, like when I hear music with a lot of different instruments. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mom poured more batter and twisted back to me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He sliced a few more chilies, and I twisted and pressed the pestle into my coriander powder even though it was fully crushed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her head twisted around, her eyes locking on mine, their expression still strangely blank. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She twisted her face up as if it tasted nasty, but it didn't. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Around back, above the garden, was a twisted iron balcony, and the windows above were lighted. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

As darkness fell around us, the road twisted through dense forest for several miles until it came to a short, narrow bridge with room for only one car to pass. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But as the servant lifted the fish, it writhed and twisted, jumping out of the servant's hands. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The trail climbs a hill beyond the uppermost pond, then rejoins the twisting, rocky creek bed before ascending again into a jungle of scrubby vegetation. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart felt like it was being twisted into a knot. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A corno looks like a tiny chili pepper, but it’s a small, twisted red horn, meant to ward off the evil eye and any curses to your manliness. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She cannot tell how far it stretches, the size of the tent obscured by cascading willows and twisting vines. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Septimus looked down, one last time, on the twisted, still-warm form he had once inhabited, and at the expression in its eyes. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Abruptly he left the bench, twisting and wringing the bag of gold scraps. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

My mouth twisted as I pictured myself climbing in beside her and putting my head against her breast. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s in front of his cabin in the shade of the big slippery elm tree, contemplating a twisted limb. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a twisted tree on the rock. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

A steady flow of oxygen hisses out as I twist the knob. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Across the aisle from Rahel a woman with chapped cheeks and a mustache coughed up phlegm and wrapped it in twists of newspaper that she tore off the pile of Sunday papers on her lap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The constable grinned and twisted the old man’s arm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I twist in my seat to get a better look at the truck bed through the rear window. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

My stomach twists in knots, and I can hear my voice getting louder and my breath faster. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When everyone had taken a swig of antidote and the various swellings had subsided, Snape swept over to Goyle’s cauldron and scooped out the twisted black remains of the firework. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He was twisting the hair he held and hurting her, but she stood her ground. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The roses twist and reveal their message—BLOOD FOR TRUTH. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I twist from the filthy grasp of one, only to be snared by his comrade, his grip as fierce as my dog Guapo’s jaws. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I watch him, the smile that twists his lips but never reaches his eyes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Her one good foot made hard, bony sounds; the twisted one whispered on the linoleum. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Genie got downstairs, there Grandpop was, just as Genie suspected, sunglasses on, disassembling his gun again, twisting the screws, yanking and pulling at the revolver. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He grabbed her shoulders; his mouth was twisted open and the breath was hot and short; but it was his own body, not hers, which shook. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed the blade deep into the folds of skin and twisted it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The shot would have killed her if she hadn’t twisted out of the way. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He stood on one thin leg like a stork and twisted the pink lace curtain into a pole, staring at Chacko with his mother’s eyes. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its berries, its bark, its leaves, its sap, its pulp, its wood, they all thrum and burn and twist with life. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The night became less dark, light enough for them to see, or half see, shapeless drifts of fog, curling and twisting as it rolled over them and passed them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He studies each movement as Gimpy rolls out the dough into a long roll, breaks it off and twists it into a circle, pausing now and then to sprinkle it with flour. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

A flash of blue-white light erupted from both wands; for a moment, Scabbers was frozen in midair, his small gray form twisting madly — Ron yelled — the rat fell and hit the floor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

His right hand slides up, he grabs hold of my hair at the nape of my neck and he twists. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few trees twisted out of the side of the hill with leaves as hard as thorns. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But I see how it could look like a brain, like if all roads were twisted neurons, pulling your emotions from one place to another, bringing the city to life. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was held together with wires, two of which had been twisted into handles at either side. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I watched the headlights twist with the curves of the road. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The thought twisted my core into hopeless knots, tight enough to carry me to a place where I could see only action, no consequences. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Boards twisted and realigned, and I threw my hands out to keep my balance, nearly falling when the planks caved in at my touch. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I twist the pieces together, reminding myself to be grateful to have a free trombone. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Even faces twisted with fear, I recognized every one of them. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her fingers twist into her hair as she speaks. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The effect was to make his heavily scarred face look more twisted and contorted than ever, but it was nevertheless good to know that he ever did anything as friendly as smile. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her knife eased off Tanin’s neck as she caught sight of Rajar, his dark coat splaying out as he raised his arms, hands twisting and pulling at the air. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He twisted my arm so hard, I gasped. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

None of us could read English, but I learned later that those curving marks that twisted like worms were the letters of the man’s name: Mr. Reamer. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night she and her father wind up the twisting staircase and go to bed side by side on the same lumpy bed in the same sixth-floor bedroom with the fraying silk wallpaper. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You could twist it a lot and make them similar, but...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There weren’t as many palm trees there as I remembered, and some of the homes had been reduced to roofless walls and piles of twisted clay. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The snakes were still twisting and turning in his hands. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I tried twisting out of her grasp, but she wouldn’t even look at me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Tris’s face twists, and she touches a hand to her forehead, as if rubbing out some brief and inconvenient pain. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He tramped steadily back and forth beneath the twisted paper and the Christmas bell, hunched, his hands clasped behind him. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Thorn’s mouth twisted with distaste when I said the name of my old enemy—a former friend who’d tried to kill me several times. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She saw his mouth twist and wondered if he was nauseous or if maybe, possibly, he was trying not to laugh. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I want to take it in my hands and squeeze and twist as much as I can from it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He looked at the dry grass where it moved and at the dark and twisted trees in their rows. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He twisted my ear to make me be quiet. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sweater’s fallen off her shoulder and a magnificent tattoo is twisting out of her dress and around her entire arm, a red-and-orange fire-breathing dragon. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I twist the knob from right to left, from left to right. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Johanna’s digging something, I guess the point of her knife, into my flesh, twisting it around. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The supply guy had a long face and his mouth twisted oddly when he spoke. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1993, we had invested an immense effort in illuminating how poverty twists the lives of children. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was as if someone had slid a blade into her and with one quick twist hollowed her out, leaving nothing inside but a cold rush of air. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The mercenary let go of Kvothe and laid both hands on the arm that circled his neck, trying to twist away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hector takes the dove and swiftly twists its neck, ignoring his daughter’s cry of protest. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Alive he may have been, but considering the fact that his neck had a one-eighty twist on it, he’d never so much as walk the dog again, not to mention rescue his sister. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then he leads them single file down two twisting staircases and along several corridors and stops outside an iron door with a single keyhole. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The street twisted and straightened again, and then I crashed into Emma, who’d been walking in front of me but had come to a sudden stop. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He yelled and screamed and grunted with every thrust, slice, and twist. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Only the evil was left, like a twisted natural force. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nick twisted in the air and somehow got the ball against the backboard. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

We twist down a few streets and finally arrive at a small house at the edge of the road. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, trying to forget the twisted angles of his bloodstained teeth. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

To get there you went out the back entrance, and down the narrow twisting path, pushing past the overgrown bracken that, in the early autumn, would still be blocking your way. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond was a flight of wooden steps, steep and twisting. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The lever never budged, though Donovan’s face twisted appallingly with exertion. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

But the tiny mouth remained open and twisted, and the crying was so shrill she wondered if it hurt the tiny body. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He cried out in pain and tried to pull his hand away, but her jaw was set and her head twisted and turned, mangling his hand the way a terrier worries a sack. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted and craned to catch an Excellent, Very Good, Good, or Satisfactory on someone’s paper. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He dropped to his knees and wriggled through the tangle of stunted, twisted trees that hid the opening beneath the huge rock. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rufus’s face twisted in pain as he was lifted, and he cried out as he was lowered into the wagon. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Reznak set the head on a satin pillow at the king’s feet, then scampered away, his mouth twisted up in a moue of distaste. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Frightful bobbed her head and twisted it as she stared at the box in the hemlock. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I jerk my arm, and he twist it up harder. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Father Nicanor took advantage of the circumstance of his being the only person who had been able to communicate with him to try to inject the faith into his twisted mind. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray inched his jacket sleeve up just enough to see his watch, which he twisted around so that the gold face was on the top of his wrist. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

From her bag she takes a black tube and twists off the top. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They had to slow up at the gorge, inching slowly down along the narrow, twisting road, pulling over twice before they hit bottom to allow other, wood-filled pickups on the way home to pass. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were walking over the deep sun-baked mud-tracks of the lane and you had to watch where you put your feet if you didn't want to twist your ankle. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now there were woods, twisting rivers, and dark green hills. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He leans forward to scratch his ankle, and my heart just twists. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

David twists toward me as far as his seat belt allows, his eyes flashing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winnie freed herself from the twisted quilt and went to a window. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was just sitting there, looking down, twisting his varsity ring around and around on his finger. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scabbers began to squeak without stopping, twisting and turning, his tiny black eyes bulging in his head. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

After the deliveries the next Saturday, I decided to see if the Marysville Free Public Library had a back door, in case someone with a twisted criminal mind was waiting for me out front. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As he stared at it, his face twisted in confusion. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Werfel played with the doorknob, twisting it backward and forward, listening to the click of the latch. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the Nazis added a secret twist to the tables, which further confused the code breakers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He tried to jab at my stomach, and I locked his sword hilt in mine and twisted. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I fumbled with the rusty wire on the back of the horse picture, twisting it back in place. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She retreats but then stops, small hands twisting together. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Watching my friends try to twist their mouths to say these words, I laugh as much as my cousins do when I try to say American curse words. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The shadows of the branches warped and twisted, and the horned toad disappeared. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I squeezed the little gnome in my effort to resist, and he yelped and twisted in my arms. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nel twisted the knob and rapped a little on the door at the same time, then listened a moment before she opened it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Emperor’s arm was still extended, but as the people’s chanting roars battered him in waves, the sinews twisted, the fist slowly reversed itself. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Madam brought the broom down on the small, twisted body. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

His joints are swollen and twisted in painful angles, and he's got a hacking cough that proves he spent years in the mines. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Somebody tried to jam a cigar into my mouth, but I twisted out of the way. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I twisted, so did the furry critter in the mirror. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead she wrote a note on the corner of her notebook, and twisted it so I could see. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He turns to the camera and twists his fingers so they resemble a K and an L. “Cedar Grove Kings, baby! Crowns up! Addi-o!” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She slowly, almost lovingly, combed the section of hair she was about to twist. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I think he really cares about Mama, in his own twisted way. He seems like he’s trying to do right, and he doesn’t bother me anymore, so we’ll just have to wait and see.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. But way after that we were chasing down one of those dumb birds and I fell backward on my butt and my arm got twisted between April’s big fat thighs.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The moon and stars looked down upon their struggle, their pale light filtered through the tangle of bare limbs that twisted overhead. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He held down his head so that she could reach, and she, stretching up backward with a white arm, twisted his forelock round her finger. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squirmed and twisted, trying to push him away, but there was nowhere for either of us to go. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

They sat in silence for a while, Bennie twisting and pulling away as Sierra tumbled the past two days around and around in her head like a load of laundry. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Joseph twisted around so he wouldn’t hit him, but he had to go back to do the run again. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Like a lion tamer she tamed twisting vines and nurtured bristling cacti. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large knob-knuckled hand was laid on each of their shoulders, and they were twisted round, gently but irresistibly; then two great arms lifted them up. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They come with the waves and twist and turn on the sand as if they were dancing. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twists in his chair and stares at me, his eyes wild and wide, like prey faced with a predator. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I remember taking my eyes off the twisting road to glance at him, but he was just sitting there quietly, gazing straight ahead into the night. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man with his braids twisted into a neat bun points and smiles. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The bright sun was warming the fields and meadows, creating a twisting and invisible bubble. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I twisted a long strand of hair around my finger. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

They can twist me into a slave for their hateful and perverted designs. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked and twisted, whimpered like a dog and wept like a child, but the Dothraki held him tight between them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I pull my pants back on and twist my body to get up. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Compared with the rest of them, I get off easy: “naive surrealism with a twist of feminist lemon.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They knew how to dodge their pursuers with twists and turns and disappear in the woods. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He understood how grief can twist a heart, how passions drive good men to folly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’s not the least bit like that old drunken king, she had declared, angry and unknowing, and the simple truth of it had twisted inside him, cold as death. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She felt a hand an her bare breast, twisting her nipple. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Cate’s hand come down, as if she was going to rest it on my back, but I twisted away again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But Jonas’s ankle was twisted, and his knees were scraped and raw, blood seeping through his tom trousers. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she saw the falsehood there, she leaned upon the spear, twisting it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The raging current had tossed and twisted him, almost tearing him to pieces. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms hung down limp and her legs were twisted loosely about each other. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Each morning before school, my mother would twist and yank on my thick black hair until she had formed two tightly wound pigtails. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought he was going to twist them off. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Destiny is not a single path, but many, Ekon. Some are as straight as an arrow, others twist and tangle like thread. Our duty is not to question them but to follow them.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She twisted the hook a few times, then dangled it up in front of Genie and Ernie. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Bob twisted his head sideways and stabbed his beak at the piece of bread. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She tightened her hold and twisted her body away from him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And with those words Dona Berta fell back on her pillows, her mouth twisted, her eyes bulging like a hanged man’s, and died. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would Aquilla smile as innocent men and women twist at the end of a rope? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I twist my fingers together and pull them apart. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

One lean finger touched her cheek, and then his hand went under her slightly twisted neck and his fingers explored her neck. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t fall asleep unless I twist the ring and count circles. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The knife slipped from his hand, yet his arm remained twisted behind him, wrapped in the oilcloth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She gestures at the towering bowl of twisted metal that once held the bonfire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Tyrion plucked at one of the twisted blades that sprang from the arm of the throne. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“On one leg is a spiraling black snake with a 666 in its open mouth, and a devil’s tail is twisting around his other leg.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mark was completely frozen, staring at Jed’s body lying in an unnatural twisted position. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Yet, here she is, my mother, who I left at home that morning in her bathrobe, with pieces of newspapers twisted like rollers in her hair. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Grace twisted the charms around and around, tangling the chain around her neck. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Using a pointer, he pokes languidly at the twisted intestines of a dead salt-and-pepper milk goat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We learned that if you could get hold of an inmate’s hand or wrist, several inventive ways of twisting it would drop him to the floor with you on top. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that moment of trivial misunderstanding and profound insight, I felt my throat twisted by unsounded grief. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Do you know, Sam,’ he said at length, ‘the beastly tree threw me in! I felt it. The big root just twisted round and tipped me in!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Estha gave her a Chinese Bangle, twisting the skin on her wrist different ways with each of his hands. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My ruptured flesh fought back, twisting and pulsing. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She looked at his beautiful face, twisted now with rage and frustration, and suddenly she changed her tactics. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could see her head twisting from side to side. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would just fit and he twisted off the cap and laid it on the bench and sniffed the can. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t act on his own, but he was great at twisting the minds of mortals and even gods to do his dirty work. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He's twisted all the way around in his chair, watching the door, and he smiles when he sees me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

His mouth twisted oddly; if that was a smile, it was the queerest she had ever seen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He twisted his hand around her braid until her head was tipped back and she was close to him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Edwards was essentially a simple man, but even a simple man has complexities which are dark and twisted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled at Twig, but I felt a twisting in my stomach—like my hypothesis was wrong and the world didn’t work quite like I thought it did. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And so with a last abrupt kick, the sea breeze twisted around and left him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you ever come back to this jail, Dacus. Don’t you ever come near me,” Palmer spat in the half light of the anteroom, a wantonness twisting his face. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yoren turned away with a twist of his crooked shoulders, and spat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Kneeling beside the bed, Bast looked down at the dark shape Chronicler made, twisted in his blankets. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He paused before lifting the rock and slowly stretched his body, touching his toes, reaching for the sky, twisting at the waist, and leaning backward. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Then, to my amazement, the bark on the tree roots near our feet began to twist and swirl. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He inserted a pocket knife into the joint of the shell and twisted his wrist to the right. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through a walkway of twisting trees, I see cliffs forming around the shimmering dark water ahead. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

In one of those trees, in a new nest they’ve built, just along the twist of the creek. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I draw my scim and shove it through the creature, twisting, hoping steel will kill the thing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then a wisp of acrid smoke twisted upward in the air, the metal sizzled, and a jagged hole appeared. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

One bump, one twist, and he could lose his ability to walk forever. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like somebody’s twisting something inside me,” I hazarded. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When I arrived, Kilvin was in the process of bending a twisted length of iron rod into what I could only assume was a more desirable shape. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No one could ever get too annoyed with her, though, because she usually came bearing her prize jalebis, the twisted, sticky orange treats that would lure anyone to the door. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I swatted and twisted till I was sure the spider was gone. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those twisted dendritic legs get stuck in the pitch, and the stuff begins to pull me down like I’m a dinosaur in tar. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Then she leaned forward and looked out the windshield, twisting her neck to gaze up at the sky. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She turned her chair around to face the table and occupied herself with her water glass, twisting the stem around, making damp links on the white cloth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The hissing sprinklers are actually snakes in disguise, and he’s training them to eat all the neighborhood pets—which makes some twisted sense, because I’ve heard him complaining about barking dogs. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I can almost see Gram beside me, twisting her parasol overhead, wearing one of her old-fashioned long dresses and a frown on her lips that doesn’t quite match the mischief in her eyes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He told everybody he was going to demonstrate a disarming technique: how to twist the enemy’s blade with the flat of your own sword so that he had no choice but to drop his weapon. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And no one was considered to be even remotely beautiful, privileged because of a random twist in their genes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She examines her hands next, bloated and twisted as driftwood, but she cannot reclaim them. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nergal thrust his spear at me, and I twisted right before it went through my shoulder blades. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Now riding on her knees, gripping the board with both hands, Tally twisted into the next turn, dropping to skim just above the cracked dirt of the dry creek bed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Now, by a twist of fate, a rotting log gave way and a large section bulged forward under the added strain. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted meat off the bone and stuffed it in my mouth like nothing was wrong. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

There’s something on my shin, twisting my foot! The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Stick and I exchanged a glance at this unexpected twist—Dr. King's wife calling to see if we were okay. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I imagined spiderwebs in my bones and turned my palm towards the moon, watching the ballet of bones between my elbow and wrist twist to make it so. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The horn was as warm and smooth as the dusky woman’s thighs, and so shiny that he could see a twisted likeness of his own features in its depths. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ramsay twisted, reached behind him, pulled something from his saddle, and flung it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It twisted awkwardly in the air, and when I grabbed, there was nothing in my hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She twisted her father round her little finger, and she’d have done the same with her mother, had she lived. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At first the road took me by open areas, but soon it led me into a forest of densely twisted trees that allowed neither moon nor starlight to seep through. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She said, with an oddly twisted smile, “It’s for some stupid, noble reason, isn’t it?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I gasped and stepped backward and so did she, her face twisted in fear. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

A big agitator twisted back and forth, making the entire machine dance around on the cement patio. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The voice changes, twisting and layering as if there are three Darins all talking at once. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He caught her eye, and with a twisted smile, kissed the blade of his knife. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Among the rocks near the south cliffs I found a part of one canoe, buried in sand and twisted kelp. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I twisted the steering wheel and forced the accelerator to the floor I was controlling Mexico, and might and aloneness and inexperienced youth and Bailey Johnson, Sr., and death and insecurity, and even gravity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right? I’m—” She hesitated, the words stuck in her throat, and she looked down at her hands, twisting the cloth into a knot. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The bakery reels; he is being caught in spiderwebs; they twist around his wrists and thighs, crackle like burning paper when he moves. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As if he could read my mind, he twisted my wrist further; my body was coiled tightly, my face scraping the floor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He sweated a little, twisting this way and that, and reaching his left arm round behind him, to try and unhitch the string. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He twisted his body, getting ready to throw the net again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He looked at me, and his face twisted in confusion. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He twisted Charles’s arm behind his back—Charles fighting, thrashing wildly about—and, nosing the pistol into his spine, shoved him away from the door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her fingers wove the sweetgrass in her lap, twisting and tugging the strands into perfect place. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Nobody’s going to twist her words around! I told you, we want the truth to come out too.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I twist to look at the sea, the scattering of people struggling out of the water, the wreck of our little dinghy. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The passage twisted and wound, and Celaena found herself descending a narrow set of stairs. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Today the coastline was strewn with large chunks of twisted, gnarled driftwood. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Or watch first light with the sadness left over from finding Rose Dear in the morning twisted into water much too small. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then her expression twisted and she bared her teeth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Dad twists the cap off a bottle of orange juice. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Slow? But he’s all twisted. He can’t walk any other way,” the blind man said in surprise. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Around his neck and on his chest was a big wreath of twisted garlics. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The path they’re on begins to ascend, twisting steadily to the left. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Jones was unwrapping yet another peppermint, her black eyes seemingly fixed on the twist of paper in her hands. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He was an older, friendly man with a twisted little grin on his face. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The tall imp twisted Seth around, grabbed his upper arms, and hoisted him into the air so they were staring eye to eye. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He twisted the bottom of his T-shirt, shifting nervously on his goat hooves. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, okay,” I said, pretending he had twisted my arm. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Her tone twisted the bland words like a knife in my heart. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As near as Percy could figure, he was dyslexic, because words got twisted around when he tried to read. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When he tried to take a step, he almost twisted his ankle because he could not bend his foot. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The goblin twisted his beard around his finger again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed two large black garbage bags, full and twist- tied, behind the couch. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I try to keep track of the staircases, lifts, and shop names, but the corridors twist and turn with no orderly pattern. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Erma, still on her knees, twisted around and glared at me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The serpentine steps twisted ahead, striped by bars of flickering light from the narrow windows above. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And the stage contorts and trees rise as the dream twists into something else entirely. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The twisting crunch that totaled Mr. Costello’s van had only lasted a second. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was actually his blue ribbon that I had used to hold both notes twisted in my braid. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a minute or so, he looked down at Harry again, a cruel smile twisting his snakelike face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Ivy smiled and nodded, that pinch twisting harder. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Luke held Jack-Jack at arm’s length as the boy twisted, contorting his body back and forth like a wild animal. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The rope bridge twisted and writhed under his feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Essentially, he was uncoiling the cyclotron that years earlier he had conceived by twisting Rolf Wideroe’s linear accelerator into a spiral. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

His neck stretches into tight cords as he screams, "See how the Jew twists my words? See why Jews can't be trusted?" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

It crunched lightly into the sidewalk as he twisted the toe of his boot over it. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ann concluded with an expert twist of the white Southerner’s tail: she observed that black cooks might be spitting in the stewpots and their white bosses would never know it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I can see each twisted vein in her hands as if light flowed through them, rivers of light. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My gut twisted at the sound of impact. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My stomach felt as if it was twisted up in knots. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mom grabs an inch of my flesh, twisting it. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And I creep over to the door, slowly twist its knob, and quickly step outside. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I set up my stand, cover Finway’s bowl, and twist together my trombone. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

His neck twisted at a broken angle, a fleck of bloody foam on his lips. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She pushed her hair over her shoulders, her fingers twisting through the curled black strands. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

But he must have a remarkable memory or reliable instincts, because he leads us up through a maze of twisting staircases and increasingly narrow halls. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wash fallen into a grave, his ankle twisted. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now he wasn't the only one who twisted words to the people in charge. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be trying to twist round, so as to go legs first, when suddenly with a shrill whistling shriek he fell. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Derek lay still, though his body had moved, twisted sideways on the raft. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

She showed them how the hot syrup went suddenly sticky in the snow, and how they could take a stick and make an all-day-sucker by poking it in and twisting it around. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

This made him think that the DNA molecule was a compound helix composed of several polynucleotide chains twisted about each other. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I twisted and squirmed until I was on my back. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I got on the chopper and twisted to help the next guy on. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We owed the bank money,” Dad says, his face twisting in discomfort. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She grabs her braid and twists its end in her hand. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every time he made a point he twisted my ear to make me understand better. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t actually see the rocket hit the jet but I saw the jet twist in the air, hesitate for a long moment, and then start down. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sea breeze found him and twisted around him like a cat asking for a bowl of milk. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She saw how they dodged Jon’s young falcons with twists and turns. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The pain in his chest was worse, as if someone were slowly twisting a dagger. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Bruto!” she howled at him in hysterical fury as he bent her arm up around behind her back and twisted gradually until the potato peeler dropped from her grasp. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Roza's audition is rusty, but technique will come with practice, and even with her twisted fingers, she'll find a way, I can tell. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He twisted his head away from the bodyguard’s arm and vomited. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted the copper contacts together on the top of the orb, and a beam of soft Gold light shone out from his hand. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

A twisted, pale figure writhing in agony, chest bare and hideous. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And each time the joyful bark that trembled in Buck’s throat was twisted into a savage growl. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

The corners of his lips twisted up right before I walked away. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He pushed it against the mountainside and began to twist. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Butler curled his fingers around the knob, twisting gently. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Mulch twisted the end in the seconds before it became completely rigid. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I twist, and my fist connects with her jaw. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Though, on the one hand, he was taken by surprise, on the other he knew, had known, with an ancient instinct, that one day History’s twisted chickens would come home to roost. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hibiscus grabbed her wrist with his other hand and twisted it, and Jam cried out, feeling Pet’s presence push through the air at the same time. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She wore a tattered dress of black silk, and her face was twisted and ravenous, like a demonic grandmother in the mood to kill. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I brought a couple of plain white T-shirts, and Cap showed me how to scrunch, twist, and tie them up, securing them with rubber bands. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I saved the cobwebs, twisting them around a rag and storing them by our pallet in the cellar. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The warhorses feared the flames and fought to get away, injuring themselves and other horses as they twisted at their lines. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One of me, the hardest, angriest part, would stay with these monsters and slowly find herself twisting into their shape. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Even in his sleep he whimpered, twisting and turning endlessly, permitting no one to rest. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do we have here a twisting of the truth? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I reached as deeply into the hole as I could, twisting my arm around to feel with my fingers, but I felt nothing. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Concentrating, she looked at every twisting grass blade and bobbing seed head. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

When the ant finally came out at the other end, the thread, of course, was running clear through all the twists and turns. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pinmei twisted again to see him gazing bleakly at the shadows on the icy lake, looking, she thought, as if he were seeing his own life of endlessly serving the emperor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

His clothes writhed around him until they finally twisted off. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The roots were everywhere, twisting through earth and stone, closing off some passages and holding up the roofs of others. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ahead of me, at the foot of the twisting path that leads up to the Commandant’s house, sits a small crumpled figure. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ruby twisted, and with a simple serpentine slink she was in Feral’s lap. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Celia walked uncertainly, twisting her ankles on the hard, uneven surfaces, and for a brief moment she itched to go barefoot, to feel the padding of fresh earth beneath her feet. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then all the great squeezing twisting that was inside her would be over. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But Hugo just kept twirling and twisting and heaving, a violent ballet that sent as many imps as pounced on him careening across the basement. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then I, too, went down the steep twisting path through the dark woods to the beach below. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the cool, clean hands bending his fingers, twisting his thumb until he gritted his teeth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I allow him to use my hands and arms to twist around, but my feet stay firmly planted on the ground. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Making a sort of squinched, twisted face, Nancy flopped back onto the couch in the living room area. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spun twice around in the air, my body fully extended, and added another half twist before landing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Soon all three men were watching the light grow, the flames twisting higher. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha wandered along a strange, twisted path of this last and most base declivity through the game of dice. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Water now reached the kitchen through a hose with a nozzle that opened and closed with a simple twist. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I lean back and sigh and twist my body toward her. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

We were now flying through clouds and mists and in desperation the pilot descended and followed a twisting road through the mountains. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face twisted; he no longer looked like the stranger who had arrived in Asgard a season before, placid and even-tempered. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Celia twists the ring, sliding it down her finger so he can see the matching scar. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Just the idea of being back there twisted my stomach. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Ash twisted the window lock and pushed open the diamond-paned glass, leaning out into the morning. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the mirror of the bright shield he could see them clearly, creatures with great wings and bodies covered with golden scales and hair a mass of twisting snakes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between the point, worn away into a little hole, and the pink lips of the mouth, lay eighteen inches of shell with a slight spiral twist and covered with a delicate, embossed pattern. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Th e good news: the left tunnel was straight with no side exits, twists, or turns. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She paused, thinking, her hand twisting one of the knots on her head. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It flapped its gray wings in the red mud, twisting and flailing. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I did a quick scan of the room, then twisted my way through tight rows of desks and stood in front of him, hoping he’d notice me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She twisted, lost her footing, and the axehead crunched against her temple with a scream of steel on steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His mouth was slightly open and the lower jaw twisted. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

These barren women spent their fury on other women’s children in a twisted authoritative manner. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a boy about my size behind the dogs, holding the twisted leashes in one hand and trying to keep a grip on the banister with the other. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

This may be the crudest twist yet in high- stakes testing. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“She's got you so bewitched that one of these days I'm going to see you twisting around with colic and with a toad in your belly.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the other room the woman twists the dial, and voices sermonize from the speaker. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Zarra stands at her mark, her braids twisted with ribbons, facing a girl with straight brown hair. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He had been peering through the doorway, the shadows under his eyes darkening, twisting and tugging on his curly hair. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I always twisted mine open and ate the chocolate off first, one lick at a time. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Before long the ground ahead of the column was blanketed in white, concealing stones and twisted roots and deadfalls, turning every step into an adventure. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He wished he could reach out and twist the sky and bring victory to Biafra right away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her body and face was twisted to make you think demons had grabbed holt of her. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

They weren’t anything special—the kind with ruled lines and the twisted wire holding the edge—and each of them was numbered. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The man twisted in his saddle and glanced down at my hand clutching the frame. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No doubt...” the girl said, her lips twisting a little. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He quickly fumbled with the keys until he got the right one and twisted it, locking Winya inside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Surely, because Hooke was a little man with a twisted back. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Vortices of air spiraled out from her wing tips, sending golden hemlock pollen twisting in circles. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

La Chilindrina always wore a red sweater twisted in the back—like she couldn’t figure out how to dress herself—thick, black-framed glasses, and her hair in two ponytails. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I watched as his face twisted, turning his narrow nose up in disgust. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Confused, Pong twisted around and tried to get his bearings. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

His arms were twisted behind him and the tendons in his shoulder were on fire. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was facing the attic’s entrance, and now it’s twisted around in the wrong direction. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My sentences tangled and twisted together, every word I said had my father looking more startled and more confused, until finally I just pulled the list from my drawer and shoved it into his hands. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Somkit twisted his mouth side to side, the way he did when he had something to say but didn't want to say it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Shay twisted one end, and four short struts unfolded from the other like the ribs of an umbrella. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He could break his head open, suffer a broken arm, twist his ankles, bones sticking out, all that. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He was still irritated at the monster’s story, from the cheating and twisting way it went, none of which was any help at all. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I stand up and start pacing the tiny room, twisting the ends of my hair around my finger. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The sound is off, and for some reason, it’s scarier, watching the silent twirling spiral twisting on the screen, inching across the blue water, coming closer to New Orleans’s shore. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The rear vertical rudders twisted to the left and the wings curled slightly, as if they were alive. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind twisted a strand of her hair, and as she stood on the wolf hill she felt the presence of the great animals she had lived with: Amaroq, Nails, Silver, Kapu. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twist and lash out with full-blown fury. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a long and tragic story full of dark alleys and twists and turns and many unexpected happenings,” I said. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The basketball court bobbed under a ceiling of pink and white balloons, twisted streamers and blood-red hearts. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She had done something with her hair; it was no longer bushy but sleek and shiny, and twisted up into an elegant knot at the back of her head. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The knight's leg was trapped, the arm he'd used to break his fall twisted at a grotesque angle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The barbed tail thrashed and twisted to be at him. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s thrown a rope with weights at either end right at my legs and they’ve twisted round and caught me, expert, just like a hunter after swamp deer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Thomas’s insides twisted; he leaned against the concrete wall of the Map Room. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The film would not just reflect but in many ways define the still nascent but increasingly twisted Nazi my thos. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Patronus, he was sure, was Umbridge’s, and it glowed brightly because she was so happy here, in her element, upholding the twisted laws she had helped to write. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I swallowed the scream working its way up my throat, and smiled right back at him, my insides twisting. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The passage twisted round a few turns, and then began to descend. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She is waiting in a flowered shawl by the fountain for her lover, her Spanish lover, the lover before Jorge, and her hair is twisted with high combs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

First they were all separated, exploding into different directions, but then they swooped back toward each other, like family, and became one big black wave, twisting and sweeping up through the trees around them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was, she knew, the simplest kind of love, the purest form, untainted by Mind, which twisted everything, as Mrs. Shigemura, ironically, had preached. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

At that same moment a beam of light found him and illuminated a face twisted with madness. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They left the alley and headed north along the twisting streets, making a few accidental detours and wrong turns that Lac hoped no one else noticed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She is twisting and bending in such a way that it seems both horrible and elegant. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you to look like you did just now. You had a twist to your mouth and a flash of knowledge in your eyes. Not the right sort of knowledge.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Bannister's face twisted into a quick smile. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He twists Henry’s wet hair around his fingers. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Redemption fell silent and twisted his fingers together, pressing and interlocking them over and over. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The beads of the rosary, which were twisted around the waist of her sky-colored habit, rustled as she moved. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“How could you?” she says out of clenched teeth and makes her own exit, her hair twisting and winding angrily across the floor behind her. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

His smile looks more like a grimace, twisted as it is by grief. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She heard her own echoing cry of “Go!” and felt the terror bearing down, cleavers and meat hooks and the face of her own grandmother—Azareen’s grandmother—twisted in unfamiliar hatred. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The twisting streets were full of demigods and nature spirits and minor godlings bustling about, riding chariots or sedan chairs carried by Cyclopes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She's applied lipstick and eye pencil, twisted a dozen golden bangles on each wrist, strung two necklaces around her throat, and selected a pair of dangly earrings. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then, with every ounce of his strength, he twisted the foot around. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"As long as there's light we're brave enough. But then? And now that thing squats by the fire as though it didn't want us to be rescued-" He was twisting his hands now, unconsciously. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Mantell’s twisted spine remained on display at the Hunterian Museum for nearly a century before being mercifully obliterated by a German bomb in the Blitz. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Roach grins, which twists his whole face up even more hideously. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When she tried to knee him in the groin, he twisted away and forced her legs apart with his knees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I need to see it, she thought, as she twisted her body to face the door, to open it slowly. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The monkey was unscrewing the clasp, and the President, his face a mask of grim exultation, was twisting wires together. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to Dr. Philobosian that the twisted body he stepped over in the street belonged to his younger son. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Grief can twist people in ways they’re not supposed to twist. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Oxygen-rich air was sucked into the column at the base, where it mixed with the burning fuels and also rose, twisting and whirling around as it did. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were starting to slip out of the twists, and Father Amadi ran his hand over the loosening braids, in gentle, smoothing motions. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet were sore, her tunic was sticky, and she was sure the twists in her hair were unraveling, but she set her jaw with a new determination. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Its slender towers twisted ever upward, frozen flames dancing as they reached for the sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His head twisted involuntarily as his vertebrae slid into their niches, and strength returned in a rush as magic reproduced the three liters of blood lost through his chest wound. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He runs back to his car and comes back with a brown whip twisted around his fist. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She twisted, trying to see what had happened. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then have someone use that insecurity to satisfy their own twisted curiosity. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And Favell began to laugh, the laugh of a drunkard, high-pitched, forced and foolish, and all the while twisting Rebecca’s note between his fingers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Often Katrina had told Kira the story of her birth — the birth of a fatherless girl with a twisted leg—and how her mother had fought to keep her alive. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her red-leather jacket had a subtle design to it—twisted branches of an apple tree populated with skeletal birds. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He twisted it around his good arm and hauled, the two of them handling one end of the skiff, shoulder to shoulder as Pima made the knots fast. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Think of the classical tradition of rhetoric as a river: as it flows forward to the present day, it takes several twists and turns, and in some places it plunges underground. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

His face twisted up strangely in a way I’d never seen before. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Before I’ve gone a dozen strides, my feet are swept out from under me and I’m facedown on the ground with a knee on my cheek and one of my arms twisted behind my back. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“We will only be in Germany for a few months,” someone says, and the word goes twisting down the line. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It twists and turns past bundles of trees with wet, snowy branches whipping at my face. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You’re crazy, old man,” Cole said, twisting free of Edwin’s grip. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

There was a nasty hissing noise as Filch swelled with fury; Mrs. Norris had arrived, unseen, and was twisting herself sinuously around Filch’s skinny ankles. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

So I watched her hands in her lap: slender and beautiful, with bright pink nail polish, her fingers twisting in a way I’d never seen them do before. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was an edge to his voice, and his mouth twisted as if in exasperation. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes flashed and the shadow of a grin twisted on his face, the intrigue of the old Deydey who’d never been sick. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He yanked down on the steering wheel and twisted away as his wing mirror exploded and a spray of bullets slammed into the windshield and door. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

A tiny white speck of a car came singing down the wet road from town, far away, twisting with the black curves and growing larger by the moment. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It takes some twisting to work half the flowers out of the fancy ribbon, but I put some muscle into it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She looked at me curiously, and began twisting the handle of the door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The world was spinning, twisting tighter and tighter around her skull. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There’s a tattoo of Sagittarius on his left bicep and what looks like a Franz Marc blue horse on his right shoulder that twists all the way up his neck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Shay twisted the handle again, and the ribs retracted. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Inside, the ribbons have fallen from the ceiling and lie twisted on the floor. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

It was one of the most considerate things anyone had done for me, and that twisted my stomach into knots. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But then came Bigwig, twisting in and out of the branches, his mouth full of berries. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t, I’m going to cry,” and her face twisted appallingly in preparation. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

If my stomach was twisting before, then now it's a straight-up tornado. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her hair was caught up in a complicated twist, and there were gold bangles on her arms. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

All the trees were bowed and twisted by the weight of ice they carried. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But when its teeth met the gnarled roots and twisted branches of the scrub trees, it was a different story. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Hedges of honeysuckle—twisting, strangling vines—had grown over what must once have been a split rail fence between the house and barn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My right leg was twisted beneath me and when I tried to move, it felt as if sharp needles were shooting all up and down my leg. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It seeped into her head wrap, soaking the black twists sticking out from it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then he leaped, headlong, sensing his body twisting in the icy air as he hurtled. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He unsteeples his fingers and twists the ring around his finger. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I gritted my teeth and twisted hard, harder than I ever turned anything in my life. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His face was twisted; spit was flying from his mouth. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She was surprised by the young man’s twisted face, but not frightened. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Coach swallowed something, like bitter air, twisting his face up. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Amar presses his palms together and twists them back and forth, to illustrate. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Some norns give people good lives, and others give us hard lives, or short lives, or twisted lives. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

His posture was twisted and hunched, as if Tartarus’s breaking the spear had broken something inside him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Jazz looked at me and twisted her mouth up. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

His hands are folded on the tabletop, his fingers absently twisting his wedding band. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

‘It is screaming just like you would be screaming if someone was twisting your arm right off.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra was twisting and struggling, and Pantalaimon was chirruping like a frightened bird. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was twisting something around in his hands. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

No strip of leather held by only one broad-headed nail at each end can stand up for long to repeated twisting. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss felt the baton over his back, but it only grazed him as he twisted away, his hand in his mother’s. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux twisted beneath the stranger in ways a normal person could never manage, stretching like he was made of taffy. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You twist its hat and the pepper comes out of his beard.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She snapped upright, twisting it into a turban. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She remembered the knives inside her, twisting and ripping. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Seeing him lying there like that, his mouth and eyes open, had grabbed something inside my chest and twisted it hard. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry twisted the dial and went through a quiz show, an amateur hour, and a play about the Deep South before he got what he wanted. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worst of all was his head: a helmet of twisted rock and metal with no particular shape—just jagged spikes and pulsing patches of magma. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Shady Brook was on a narrow road that veered off sharply from the highway and twisted along for many miles, over bridges, past farmland and horse pastures and fields. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“His father wasn’t one of the Allens, was he?” she asked, her stomach twisting at the thought. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He tried to twist this way and that, but my teacher and I both held him tightly as we chanted to the gods. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I watched the delicate round bone at her wrist twist back and forth and felt blood pounding in my ears. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A large, bulbous creature the size of a cow but with no distinct shape twisted and seethed along the ground in the corridor outside. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Wylan asked, pausing in front of a peddler’s cart laden with wreaths made of the same twisting branches and silver ribbons. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I twisted uncomfortably and, by accident, put pressure on one of my wrists. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Its twisted roots went down into his own being. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

They climbed up four flights of stairs, twisting past closed doors. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason turns a page in his communication book, and my insides twist. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sit in dark corners and braid their hair in new shapes and twists in order to control the stiffness, the unruliness, the rebelliousness. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

There was no twisting away from the repercussions that the angels brought, justice rising like a sun over the hill in a loud morning. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was dead and more of an old snag than a tree, with limbs that were crooked and twisted. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is a woman of muscle twisted around bone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I whipped the dinghy around, aimed it toward the channel, and twisted the throttle wide open. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Finn whipped around, scanning the endless waving, twisting bodies, a vast sea of faces, searching for the pocket of stillness. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Anthony DePalma, a veteran foreign and domestic correspondent, spotted an important twist in the destiny of immigrants, who loom so large in the great American myth. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Maxim’s grandmother had bowed her head to avoid the sweeping branches of the trees, and the horse had trotted down the twisting drive where I now walked. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I saw her reach back and slap her hand against the knobs, twisting a dial until the smell of gas disappeared. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The Lord flew effortlessly, twisting his body in curls and spirals the way a skilled dancer can take a twenty-foot ribbon and make it form graceful designs behind her. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His nose is long and twists fully around, before bending back toward his face like a scythe. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Trees with old and twisted roots hung over cliffs, and piled up behind into mounting slopes of pine-wood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And she dropped her eyes and fell to twisting a bit of the bedding where a thread was loosened, and she waited patiently as one who scarcely expects an answer. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The sheets are twisted and turned around the wrong way. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Moonlight silvered the hills as he followed the twisting ribbon of the kingsroad. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The kitten that leaps through the air from Poppet’s hands to her brother’s suddenly twists in the air, landing on its back rather than its feet and rolling toward Widget with an indignant howl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mark twisted his body and darted a quick glance at Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The only flaw in her imitation was an occasional rapid twist of her head. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked right past him, her face twisted in tears, the moaning spilling out of her again. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was twisting to look at something, and she followed his gaze, understanding and suddenly curious too: what had happened to the dead men’s daemons? The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted her mouth and squinted her eyes, making one funny, mean face. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I turn and keep on following, my head still twisted back. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She twisted free and darted into the doorway. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They only look at each other without speaking, but the gesture is so intimate that Bailey glances away, looking up at the twisting branches of the tree. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

No matter how many twists and turns they take in the underground labyrinth of filthy, sweltering hot passages, they can’t lose the man on their tail. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I stare at the murky haze sinking to the planet’s surface in the distance, my stomach twisting with dread. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He makes his way toward the twisted iron, moving as close as he can to the empty cauldron. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My belly twists and my heart races, because time has slipped from me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We could pull a chain for light; the twist of a knob brought running water. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He remembered Shae, and the way the golden chain had glimmered as he twisted it tighter and tighter about her throat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He grabbed my ear and twisted my head until I had to look at him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A quick move at the top of the key, drive through the middle, leap, leap, twist, and jam the ball through the hoop. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caesar glanced continually from side to side, nodding acknowledgment of the crowds, and Marcus, trying to imitate him, twisted his head, grinning with pride and excitement and almost bouncing as he walked. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her black hair was twisted up in a haphazard knot and the dark circles under her eyes were more pronounced tonight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Two crewmen pushed the burning raft away from the ship, and Jules stepped forward, twisting her cap in her hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She put the cap on the pen and twisted it shut. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chess’s stomach twisted, as if someone had grabbed it and tried to squeeze it down to nothing. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My guts are all twisted up over Kristina and her stupid lie, and Dee and her pressuring me, and Mom and our lack of meaningful conversations. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Isobel sits in a rarely occupied armchair in the corner of Marco’s flat, a rainbow of silk ribbon twisted around her fingers as she attempts in vain to form it into a single elaborate braid. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I half jump, half twist to the side to dodge the crack, and I trip over my other foot. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I saw Father twist his hips to the right, and the wings began to curl and the rear rudder curved to the right. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we were alone, Abbey reached over and twisted the hair on my arm. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

When they finally got permission to go in and looked in at him in the cell, he was twisted up in a corner badly beaten and dressed in nothing but extremely soiled underwear. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her spine twisted; in her dreams she twisted, turning toward that clearing again, again. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook his head, mouth twisting into a shadow of a smile. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She lunged for the sword, her left hand wrapping around the cool hilt as she twisted in the air and swung. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Seven years ago, in the month of storms,” the Ghost says with a twist in his mouth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

I twirled the twisted phone cord in one hand. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

On the way home from the ice cream place, Jamie, with his chocolate-peanut butter twist, and Bridge, with her banana caramel, walked a few steps behind their parents. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It flailed awkwardly and crashed to the sidewalk, hellhound and serpent twisting and thrashing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

My head spun like a carnival ride, but I twisted myself out of his grip and pushed him away. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A twisted thing it was, six feet long from end to end, gleaming black and banded with red gold and dark Valyrian steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She did not report happenings truthfully, but gave them color, excitement and dramatic twists. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was about the time the first pains began to twist her hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In some twisted way, if he hadn’t found out about Uncle Max, he wouldn’t have these two little babies. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After a queasy moment in which I imagined some twisted cannibal leaping from the shadows with knife in hand, I realized they were only coats rotted to rags and green with age. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And while this party didn’t make me barf, just being near it—just hearing it—twisted my stomach into knots. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Then you would zoom upward into the sky, and look up at the clouds, and the rope would twist and you would twist and turn with the rope. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

They sit sipping their newly warmed cider, looking up at the twisting black branches reaching toward the top of the tent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She twisted in the vat, the rough pottery scratching her cheek, but she was rewarded by a good-sized crack at eye level. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The wagon road had twisted down into a shallow coulee. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I twisted around to see myself in the washstand’s oval mirror, but all I could make of the rash was a stain a shade darker than the surrounding skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Would they have been happy, out in the wild, or would the dark, twisted sadness between them have grown up even without the Capitol’s help? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Zu, in particular, as she twisted her hips and threw her arms in the air—at least until she ran up to us and began to tug on our arms. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His waves are gone, and it looks like someone twisted the ends by hand. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She executed a perfect double back-flip, twisting around at the last moment to face Gregor’s direction, and landed on the ground as lightly as a cat in front of Boots. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was crowned with a knot of old and twisted trees, about which lay a broken circle of boulder-stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tyler had twisted his upper body so that he was practically climbing into the backseat, his eyes bulging as he took in every cut, every bruise, every pair of wide eyes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They turned and twisted and wound their coils around his body, but he held them fast. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was watching a dry leaf swirl and twist in the wind and she suddenly appeared. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Alex twisted the accelerator and yelled out as the machine rocketed away, almost throwing him backward off the saddle. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I unbuckled my seat belt and twisted around. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She moved her hand to Hazel’s wrist and lifted her arm above her head, twisting it in a way it was absolutely not supposed to go. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I retreat into the imaginary world of Soledad, inventing more twists and turns to her story, eager to write it all down before I forget. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the elder daughter knew nothing of anything, but only sat in the sun against the wall of the outer court, smiling and playing with her bit of twisted cloth. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I lunged at her with the knife and she grasped my hand and tried to twist the knife loose. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, there was a pain in his chest, and his leg hurt as if he had landed on it first and twisted it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He sat in front with Rufino, twisting his cap in his hands. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She holds a bunch of leaves in one hand, twists the wire around the stem—one-two—hides the wire with ribbon and hot-glues the acorns into place. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The door squeaks and I twist at the waist to see who’s come in, then twist back to chop an onion. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Our area is cordoned off with a silky twisted scarlet rope, like the kind they used to have in movie theaters to restrain the customers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

His right leg is short and twisted and when he walks he does a little twirly dance and you never know when he’ll fall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She twisted about so that she did not have to look at the laser tube; the beam would enter unperceived. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She surged forward, her arm coming down again and again, twisting and turning, loving the smooth ache within her shoulder as the blade slammed against his. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She had pulled her hoodie up over her ears and twisted around in her seat so that she was staring over the top of it, out the back window. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In a wave, the Candor below twist and fire upward. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Their faces were twisted hideously as they grunted their way to the stage and began spooning the mushroom soup into their mouths. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odin, father of the gods, held on to his staff with knobby, arthritic fingers, blue-veined and twisted. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I grabbed at her hands and twisted my body underneath her to turn over so I would be on top, but she pushed her whole weight down on me, grunting. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Eddard Stark sat upon a rock beside the deep black pool in the godswood, the pale roots of the heart tree twisting around him like an old man’s gnarled arms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He convulses then, jerks and judders, jolts and twists and writhes, so much that the whole earth shakes. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He sits staring at the door, twisting the silver ring around his finger in anxious circles until the knock comes early the next morning. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I pulled and twisted and got my legs loose finally and turned around and touched him. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I twist the lid sharply and it comes flying off, pills showering down onto my med cart. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Smart boys make useless men,” he says, twisting his gripping hand. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When she opened her eyes and twisted to face him, he asked, “What you thinking on so hard, then, if you’re not listening to my excellent joke-telling?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Few and short as were the streets of Thwil, they turned and twisted curiously among the high-roofed houses, and the way was easy to lose. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then ripped the half in half and twisted it into a paper worm. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

They drove around the edge of the village and back inland, down a lane that twisted between strangely bumpy fields. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

His body was twisted and his hind parts and back legs still lay along the ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yank my hand back, twisting so that he won’t be able to hold on. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She jumped up and started walking round and round the kitchen, twisting her fingers together. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He twisted the silky bedspread in his fist as a sense of weary hopelessness settled over him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“You’re lying,” she said with a wry twist to her lips. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And for some crazy reason, I became absolutely certain that it had been Ali’s right leg—his twisted polio leg—that had finally betrayed him and stepped on that land mine. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Ah, it's Sunday. Don't worry about it," he said, twisting the cap off the bottle. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I squeezed the twisted phone cord and thought of my new lipstick. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The fallen torch was on the floor, guttering, making every shadow leap and twist in a monstrous mockery of the dead man’s shaking. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was scarcely taller than Ranofer, but he looked as if he were made of twisted wire. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was her turn to twist her face up. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He twisted in his chair and gasped for air, terrified, overjoyed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach twisted at the thought of asking exactly how many miles we were from Thurmond, how far away the past really was. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

This whole twisted landscape—the dome, pit, or whatever you called it—was the body of the god Tartarus—the most ancient incarnation of evil. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At the sound of her voice, he twisted out of the way—too late. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Putting the twisted paper to his mouth, Jonathan tore at it with his teeth. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, Emily Webb didn’t go on until ten minutes into the play, so the girl handling hair and makeup had time to put Via’s hair up in a twist and do a quick makeup job. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He twists his body sideways and digs at something in his pocket. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The leaves twisted and writhed in the flames, and a pungent smell tickled my nose before the smoke was lost to the sky. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The poplar trees in front of the schoolyard were nearly bare, but in the evening wind a few yellowed leaves still twisted down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no spiral of lazy blue smoke twisting from the rock chimney, no white leghorn hen chasing a June bug, no horse or cow standing with head down and tail switching. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one last violent effort, Ben was finally able to twist his neck in the circle of leather so that his whole body turned to face the Gladers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The words on those pages twisted and seemed to move in front of his eyes. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The buck burst up, his back twisting and snapping. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We plummeted without slowing one bit, spinning and twisting at dizzying speeds. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

In the flickering lamplight Father gently twisted the golden bangle over Mother’s outstretched hand. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even if he got in bed, there would only be twisted sheets and damp pillows as he thrashed and sweated out all the hours of the dark. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Father twisted in his seat to face me more fully. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Jimmy tripped, falling over the twisted plane’s carcass. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She has never looked more out of place, with her gray slacks and gray jacket buttoned at the throat, her hair in its simple twist and her face placid. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was nothing like Tar- bean with its twisting alleys and garbage smell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Frightful,” I said as I turned and twisted and looked. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And her fingers knew exactly the best way to twist skinny green clover stems together to make a long chain to stretch across the street to stop cars. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her twisted fingers looked like the rough old roots of a tree that had grown around a clay brick. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I twisted up to reach for my leg, and he was standing over me, smiling. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Great trees passed by like ghosts, thrusting their twisted thirsty roots through the mist down into the water. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Two twisted ropes of hair fell past her knees, one over each shoulder. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Over a winding and twisting trail, we followed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twist under the scratchy blankets, thinking about Olga and worrying about what will happen to me if I miss too many days of school. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The thing twisted bonelessly until its one eye was again facing her. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She could feel the fear in her tummy, twisting and pinching, worse every day. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The monkey heard and twisted in midair as if with astonishment, though he was hardly as astonished as Will himself. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I know he’s being as careful as he can, but the moment his arm sweeps behind my legs to hoist me up, the pain turns black and twists through me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her face is twisted, punched, to the other side. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every drop of blood, every vein twisting under his skin. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The guard thought the woman was resisting, so he twisted her wrist and yanked her forward. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He twisted his body, craning his neck to look at the man who clung to his back. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

So he stopped trying to twist about and looked straight forward. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Suddenly falling... twisting... everything out from under me and my head cracking against the wall. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was learning under fire how the press, when it wants to, can twist, and slant. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twisting of the locks and the clanking of the chains vibrate through every wall of the apartment. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He had by the wrist the kid Brandon, who was twisting and trying furiously to get away. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He twisted around and pushed himself up toward the surface, only seeing at the last second that the jellyfish had drifted above him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible face, its mouth twisted, its eyes flaring and full of hate. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In a while he stood up, took off the white mundu he was wearing, squeezed the water from it and twisted it around his head like a turban. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It dried stiff as a board, and I had to chew, rub, jump on it, and twist it to get it soft. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world around me and my past seem far away and distorted, as if time and space were taffy being stretched and looped and twisted out of shape. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He moved his fists as if twisting a wet towel. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s good, Robert. You gave your wrist a bit of a twist at the end, though, which is why it went off-course. Try to lock it steady, like your elbow.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The jumper had landed funny, his body twisted around, and Kevin was finding it difficult to pull his shoes off. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was true that he had just heard, from his wife’s soft mouth, words that set his mind to riot; she might as well have twisted knives in his ears. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled onto my side, trying to twist away from the PSF’s reach. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He saw a covering of brown kudzu over three winter-dead trees, twisting them into strange, almost human shapes: they could have been witches, three bent old crones ready to reveal his fortune. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The top had a decoupage portrait of a nineteenth-century princess twisting a pearl necklace, which Phil had altered by substituting my face. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Penn shrugged, nodding, with her mouth twisting skeptically and her eyebrows raised. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

And here things still grew, harsh, twisted, bitter, struggling for life. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He followed her mentally as she left the reserve, swam across the wide waterway, reached the island’s shore, climbed up the bank, crossed the path, disappeared through the trees, and padded beside a twisting creek. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was probably as long as three fishermen stacked end to end, though it twisted as it was raised above the crowd, tied in three places. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I see his body twisting to look around. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Some younger girls had joined them and the line was twisting and turning to the rhythm of the song. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twist my lips back and forth for a moment before sliding it into my pocket, trying hard to play it cool in case he’s somehow watching. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His face looked just as Piper remembered - green as bile, with a twisted sneer, his seaweed-coloured hair braided with swords and axes taken from dead demigods. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There was burst after burst in the dirty air, yellow lightning shattering the ground, splintering rock, ripping limbs off the great trees and sending them twisting swirling dancing along the ground, along the ridge. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My finger catches the inside of my bracelet, twisting it like a tourniquet, hurting my wrist. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I twist my hair around my finger, stalling. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wobbly with dread, I walked up the hallway and rasped up the twisted stairs, “Hello?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

In the black hour before dawn, they stopped to let the horses drink and fed than each a handful of oats and a twist or two of hay. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her crinkly gray hair had been pulled back into a thick, braided knot, with leaves and flowers growing out of the thin gaps between the twisted plaits. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She looked down as she went to twist her wedding ring and realized it wasn’t there. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Her hair, half up and twisted with a fuchsia ribbon, fell in loose waves. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In the centre of the crowd stood an empty, makeshift throne of twisted scaffolding and stone blocks apparently yanked at random from the ruins. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Her hair was pinned up as usual, but not in the signature French chignon twist she’d been wearing when Maddie had left her last night. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He was a two-ounce mouse alone in a dark, twisting dungeon full of rats. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Faye twisted around in her chair to reach a piece of brown panocha studded with walnuts. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kicking and growling, I struggled against the person’s confining hands, twisted around. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Together they spent a good hour brushing and twisting and parleying as if I weren’t even in the room. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Crushing her with his body, he twisted her down onto the floor. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room crackled with energy, and a deep fear twisted in Ophie’s middle, stealing her breath for a moment. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

While waiting for his opponent to serve, he rapidly twisted the racket, bounced from foot to foot, and swayed his body, always ready to move to either side of the court. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Root nodded, twisting a thick cigar into the hole beneath his nose. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Through the twin whirlwinds she could see the sun and the river, the river twisting in circles, the trees upside down. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair lay close to his skull in gray twists, and his chin tilted slightly heavenward. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But every good story has a turn and a twist. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It twisted and turned, but there were no more side tunnels. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Alec twisted and pulled the Transvice up so that its business end— that strange little spout coming from the long bubble—was pointing straight at him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She was black as she could be, twisted like driftwood from being out in the weather, her face a map of all the storms and journeys she’d been through. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

While my twists are clipped and drying, Mrs. Walton has me try on the ivory princess gown we got from Bamberger’s. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

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

The lord’s words were accompanied by a faint rustling of wood and leaf, a slight twisting of his head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It is quite possible that the mousehole branches and twists about, and that he has lost his way.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Food made me want to throw up, blankets and clothes scratched and twisted, every light blinded me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And every turn he took through the twisting striped pathways led to more tents, more signs, more mysteries. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The burning snakes twisted horribly and some crawled burning across the floor of the grotto to illuminate its darker recesses. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She was absentmindedly twisting her ponytail around and around one thumb. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

But now the feelings were twisted, tangled roots, and all the names for the source of this growth were buried under English words, out of reach. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Every time Luke’s head twisted because of a falling plate, a shrill voice from the kitchen, it grated on Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In the back of his mind, he saw a girl’s face, and his stomach twisted slightly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He was so heavy and so ungainly, it would be just like him to break a wrist or twist his ankle getting out of the way. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Streaks of golden paint shimmer and twist into beautiful shapes on her skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I was furious that she was twisting my story to save her skin, but now she had caught me in her trap. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then Sargon leaped away, twisting in the air to land sure-footed on the marble floor among the fallen armor. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She lay in the mouth of the cave and wearily chewed and twisted the bark strips into twine. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted her head around to look back, trying to think of words that would explain. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He was such a wonder, Gay was—the little mechanic of God, the St. Francis of all things that turn and twist and explode, the St. Francis of coils and armatures and gears. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted around in her seat, smiling at me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It shook itself, twisting its head at a tiny figure hanging from its face. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I pressed the pen between my hand and Miss Volker’s twisted palm and together we managed to slowly scrawl her name, letter by letter, as if we were receiving it from a Ouija board. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the courtyard outside my recovery room window is ablaze, the entire space filled with the twinkling holiday lights from the park, twisting around the lampposts and the trees. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The tower was steady and unmoving under the weight of twisted steel and plastic. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Even from the car she could see the padlock and the chain that was twisted around and through the bars. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Knitting supplies were mixed with quilting supplies, a scissors display was smack in the middle of a rack of corduroy, and the aisles turned and twisted rather than running in straight lines. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I do, my head twisting in every direction trying to see everything at once. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Rivulets of moisture twisted down the back of his cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A year before, my coaches had been convinced that not doing the two-and-a-half twist had taken me out of the running for the national team. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She had a twist of lime that was all her own. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The figure twisted in its dim bed with a movement of remembrance, but froze as the pain shot through its skull. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

His body was twisted like a doll's, his waist and legs bent improbably to the side. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ali never retaliated against any of his tormentors, I suppose partly because he could never catch them with that twisted leg dragging behind him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He twists his face at me and says “’Kay, Boss,” unplugging his phone and holding out his hand. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He’s not the kind of person who wants to twist your arm. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, to me, there was a fire—a huge fire, and I continued twisting to duck red hot planks hurtling from the ceiling toward me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, his lips twist in a wily smile. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned away as Angeline caught each struggling, flapping bird and broke its neck with one quick, strong twist. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

In a fraction of a second Baruch had leapt on it, and Balthamos was twisting to free his wings. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

People and animals looked out at me from inside the semitransparent walls, their horrified expressions lining each side of the hallway like twisted portraits. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I twist my wrist from Haymitch’s grasp and head down to my old bedroom, locking the door behind me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I twist around and see he's just reached the tail, and the mutts are right on his heels. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her hand twisted the knob of the third-floor door, and she slipped inside and stood in the middle of the long, gold-carpeted hallway. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I figured she must have had trouble finding a babysitter if she was asking me, the brother of the twisted criminal mind. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

This causes the rotor blades to twist slightly and grab a bigger bite of air, and up you go. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes rolled back into her head, her lips moved and twisted. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Pain started in her foot and seared through her twisted leg. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see, too, that she was accustomed to her stick and twisted leg. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

His face was twisted with amazement and anger to the likeness of some wild beast that, as it crouches on its prey, is smitten on the muzzle with a stinging rod. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then the boy grabbed the man’s head and twisted. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You're graduating from college next year; why don't you cook a meal for a change?” she points out, twisting the cap back onto her bottle of nail polish. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Morgan catches my eye and murmurs something to Anna, who twists around to smile at me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Lee left the room and shortly returned, carrying a small ebony box carved with twisting dragons. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I read, the words twist twirl across the page. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He twists around in his seat until he can see, through the rear window, the motorcade’s second car, see inside it: “The tough boy!” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembers his mother, her long hair pulled back from her face in an elegant, no-nonsense twist at the back of her head. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They haunted the laundry lines and pub doorways of Coal’s twisting lanes, drooping like wilted flowers, eyes flicking toward us and away again. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I left him frozen on the sofa, head twisted round, eyes bulging. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

An illustration of a twisted, half-decayed face grinned at her, flesh falling from its bones. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She hated the old woman who had twisted her so in the name of love. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The trail twists and turns back on itself, treacherous as the shifting dunes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It looked almost exactly like mine: parted in the middle with a Goody elastic on each plump, twisted ponytail. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

At first they just hurtled through a maze of twisting passages. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He was dressed for batde in an armored shirt made from tree bark and twist ties, with his wooden cudgel and his reed pipes hanging from his belt. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Communists who doubted my motives did not know these boys, their twisted dreams, their all-too-clear destinies; and I doubted if I would ever be able to convey to them the tragedy I saw here. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take, a quick shower and towel dry my hair before twisting it into a sloppy bun. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She’s overdressed for a day spent with toddlers, maybe a bit too professional-looking in her pale yellow skirt and white cotton blouse, her thick, dark brown hair twisted into a low bun. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The warmth that had flooded through her when Kaisa had touched her twisted; she felt her cheeks flaming. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had felt like there was a hot needle twisting around inside him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I grab the edges of my hoodie and twist the fabric in my hands. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I could have challenged Ruth, told her she was twisting things, that even if I might have laughed, it wasn’t in the way she was implying. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

By deftly lifting and twisting the claw, they could slip it out of the hole, and then they used their trunks to examine the wheel all over, cleaning the rim, checking for cracks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But I fumble and twist at the lock anyway, then fling open the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

These require constant attentiveness if you are not to twist an ankle or sprawl on your face—not a pleasant experience with fifty pounds of momentum on your back. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sheed knew Grandma had “ailments,” and his stomach twisted thinking she must be having a spell to be standing so stiff and talking so low. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

His arms trembled as he twisted and pulled. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It looked like a tractor trailer had driven through the trees, leaving behind the twisted metal in its wake. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I said to him, my sense of strain departing, as the car crept away down the twisting narrow road. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He got his hands underneath himself and pushed off the floor, twisting to the side, throwing the attacker off. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t stand them another second. I fell off the chair and cracked my side on the coffee table and twisted my ankle on the way down.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Even when I’m having lunch with Hannah’s Nana, I can still remember his shout and the ugly twist of his mouth as he said he wasn’t coming. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She felt herself shudder, the words twisting in her like a knife. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I twisted downward toward the ankle sheath with him still on top of me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all righ’, Harry!” bellowed Hagrid, now thrown flat onto his back by the surge of speed; nobody was steering now, and the sidecar was starting to twist violently in the bike’s slipstream. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The possibilities were endless, and the variety of stuff available seemed to grow more twisted every day. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The realization twisted in his belly like a knife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was usually either singing or crying, but now her face twisted up with fury. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Pastor twisted his elbow from my hand and took a couple of steps back. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It tried to twist away from the agony, a shower of blood and viscera poured down over Tyrion's face, and the horse fell like an avalanche. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I twist one arm free and punch, hitting someone in a shoulder or a chin, I can’t tell. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

At the end of the service, the congregation stood, and Deborah’s mouth twisted as she fought to scream. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

With a shaky hand, I twisted the cap and took a long, sweet, burning gulp of whiskey, one that would have made the Polish widow proud. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was twisting and whipping in a way that waren’t one bit normal. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Ugly monsters twist themselves around dark spaces filled with angry green eyes. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The cameras pan away from him to Scott, sitting hunched and uncomfortable, blinking in the light of the cameras, his face a twist of anguish. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke to one of the black brothers, an old man with a twisted back and a tangled beard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her mouth twisted to the side and she looked at the table. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She peered into the eyepiece, positioned the telescope to look through a windowpane, and began twisting the focus knobs. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Caldwell throws her pen in the air, her mouth all twisted up at me like I’m wasting her time. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But just as his salty tears touched the stone, the fish began to wriggle and twist. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“He says he is feeling too ill to teach today,” said Snape with a twisted smile. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Everywhere she turned she saw faces twisted into monstrous inhuman maria. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tears flowed as if a faucet had been twisted on full blast. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He twisted and turned his neck, like a waking cat. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then he twisted the combination lock and heaved open the steel door. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The line twists and turns around the corner. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For everyday work, Kira helped in the weaving shed, picking up the scraps and leavings, but her twisted leg diminished her value as a laborer and even, in the future, as a mate. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The direwolf must be a prickly beast," said Little- finger with a sharp twist of his mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I got the idea from them,” said Malfoy, with a twisted smile. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She draws twisting white skyscrapers, complicated bridges, flocks of figures beside a river. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

"I hope so," she said, twisting the edge of her scarf. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Dad yawned and swung around doing trunk twists. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He let Roy Baty fire once; he held his own fire until the laser beam had passed by him as he twisted out of the way. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I twisted my head to the side and retched up water. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I twist in my seat, looking out the back window. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

On its face, it was an accident, but there was a twist, one that really bugged Baird. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Spires of smoke twist up and disappear into the sky. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Which was really awkward, since Mom and Dad still refuse to sit anywhere but the second row and I kept having to twist around to see the rest of the congregation. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Tendai was terrified they would have a tug-of-war, but Kuda twisted his body around and pounded the She Elephant’s face with his fists. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was a single pilot at the controls, and something on his instrumentation must have told him that the door was open because he suddenly twisted around. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The bookshop was narrow with tall bookcases creating tunnels that twisted and turned. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She dunked the mop in the bucket and then twisted the water out. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But this twist effectively marks the birth of a new philosophy of science: a scientific principle is now an hypothesis that has survived the test of experience. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I wish there weren’t so many huge junk piles for things to hide behind, or all that rustling dead grass, or the weird twisted trees. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He lowers himself onto the sidewalk, twists the bottle of water open, and pulls out a chocolate chip cookie from the package. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Cecilia asked innocently, her face twisted into an indignant expression that was too fake to be effective. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She twisted herself round and pressed her bosom against him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A faceless, spiny sea creature twisted and revolved in its liquid home. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

In a final twist, when federal agents later raided her family farm, they discovered a huge still, which was producing gallons of illegal whiskey. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The terrific acceleration of the saucer as it left Earth twisted Billy’s slumbering body, distorted his face, dislodged him in time, sent him back to the war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She grabbed its neck and twisted until she felt the bone snap. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They've got too much makeup on and their hair is up in curls and twists, and I can see the lean, hungry look in their eyes, for Michah. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

One of them reached out to her, and her fingers resembled roots twisting up from them ground. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He twisted round like lightning, all wet and slimy as he was, wriggling like an eel, biting and scratching like a cat. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She can twist a one-syllable word in a way that seems to give it layers of meaning. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I imagine that the loops and twists are perfectly calculated equations. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The story about his father was a lie, too—he’d twisted it all round. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The manservant, Rogers, had been moistening his lips and twisting his hands. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Travelers had placed little stones, twisted straw, and dried flowers at its base to ensure a safe journey. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I twisted around as far as I could, hunting wildly for her shape on the cliffs, but there was nothing, or, rather, there was everything but my mother. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twist the loose wire from the spine of my notebook around my finger. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t stop wondering why he had been born and thinking about all the twisted events that had brought him to this moment. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Then the demon tried to kick Father, but Father caught his leg and gave it a vicious twist. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of a hundred moments in the woods, lazy afternoons fishing, the day I taught him to swim, that time I twisted my knee and he carried me home. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The letter R was the last to go, it twisted in the flame, it curled outwards for a moment, becoming larger than ever. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The man with the twisted face pointed and his closest companion, a podgy, pallid man, started forward, but a moment later they had relaxed into their previous state of inactivity, looking frustrated and disappointed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A pair of hands reached out and seized the back of my uniform shirt, twisting the fabric for a better grip. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was too late to ask for help, and he waited to die the way smoke dies, drifting away in currents of air, twisting in thin swirls, fading until it exists no more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Denton pulled Turtle to a halt by one of the streaming ribbons twisted in her braid. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It gleamed as it twisted in the sun. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was pretty that night, with her sparkly earrings and her long, sandy-colored hair twisted up on her head. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I twist the phone cord around my finger. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The edge of the lake a riprap of twisted stumps, gray and weathered, the windfall trees of a hurricane years past. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She had not entirely believed herself while with him—happy, handsome Curt, with his ability to twist life into the shapes he wanted. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

So he kills me and gives it a twist. . . how can he taunt me so? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I had pulled up my braids and worn them in a twist on top of my head, instead of straightening my hair, as black women often do for a formal event. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She twisted her hands into a bundle, bit her bottom lip, and shook her crossed legs. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But then he has Roamer’s arm twisted behind his back, and he’s plunging his head into the water and holding it under. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Naomi raised a hand to her hair, which the twins had twisted and pinned up. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But after a series of switchbacks, twists, and turns, they stood in front of a three-story redbrick building, tucked behind the Science and Engineering Library. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I did not wait for her answer, I twisted and turned in front of the mirror, I frowned, I smiled. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The door was made of wire netting on a wooden frame, with two leather hinges nailed to the uprights and a hasp and staple fastened with a twist of wire. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The belt was a crude twist of sisal. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And Iorek fell away, dislodged, and with a screech of twisting metal Iofur stood up tall, straightening the steel of his back plates by sheer strength. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The human face that he’d been so upset about dissolved, and his red, scaly, dragony face popped out, complete with twisting horns. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He pushes and twists the socket, and when he’s sure it’s okay, he pulls the leg off and says, “We’re going to use a suspension sleeve to hold the leg in place.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

A few had ivy twisting around their bases. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Beautiful,” said an older, female voice, and Celaena pivoted, the yards of cumbersome fabric twisting with her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

All round, for as far as I could see, hanging in the air, were the twisting and turning roads of a great suspended city. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

My second month, I found one old lock that was so flimsy I could almost twist it off with my hands, but not quite. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Won’t be that way for long, he thought with a queasy twist in his stomach. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

My stomach twists as soon as I see it. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Flickering torchlight danced across the walls, making the faces seem half-alive, twisting them, changing them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I followed the boys through the twisting streets until I saw them turn a corner and scurry down a flight of stairs into the basement of a burned-out building. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The room sways, and then twists, and I lurch to the side, brushing my fingertips on the ground to steady myself. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then his lips twisted, and, that time, I knew just what he was doing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He saw twisted ankles with the bones sticking out. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It is shaped like a ladder twisted into a helix, the rungs available in four different molecular parts, which constitute the four letters of the genetic code. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Pantalaimon fell, trying to twist away and make for the boat and Lyra’s desperate arms, the black things kept driving into him, droning, buzzing, and murderous. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We were led through another twisting passage before arriving at the TB department: a series of cells crowded with infected inmates. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

His spear twisted a little in his hands and then he withdrew it again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he could stand on his head, twist himself into unlikely permutations. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They were twisting and turning and pointing their beaks toward the sun as they took their readings and plotted their courses south. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The running sores, the twisted legs, the mangled faces. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark kicked and twisted his body, trying to turn and face his attacker, but strong hands gripped him under the arms and yanked him off the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The two of them looked similar—shoulder-length black twists, broad nose and full mouth framed by a heart-shaped face—but there was something else about Mama tonight. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As he twisted and turned the car through Tijuana, Lupita could hear noise and she could even see the dim colors of the traffic lights overhead through the canvas. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She’s really into it, stepping and twisting, throwing herself into every move I lead. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled and twisted and kicked, but the chief guard had her now, too. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The delivery room had eight beds, on which women moaned and twisted, tended to by fully covered nurses. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The flowers all start to swim together, the blues and the pinks and the whites all twisting and turning and blurring together, the colors coming off the page and reaching toward me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Bobby’s attempt to find some deeper, perhaps religious meaning to his life took a wide and twisted path. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Both of us turned, watching as Chubs twisted around in his seat and settled back down, still fast asleep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He threw himself against the walls of the maze, again and again, leaping up, twisting over backwards and falling, and throwing himself again. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nat twisted his head the inch or so that the boards allowed him and stared at her without the slightest recognition. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Kira shifted her weight, resting her twisted leg, remembering the story of her birth, and wondering if she would have an opportunity to tell it here. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dorian ripped it open, and his stomach twisted at the long line of names. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Here,” Osh said, pulling a twist of oil cloth from his pocket. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Out of the broken, twisted, tangled mass streaked a brown furry ball. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed, a twisted up laugh that made me shiver inside and out. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi twisted her mouth to form a half grimace she hoped would suffice. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She rose and drew about her her loosened garments and fastened them closely about her throat and waist, fitting them to her body with a slow writhe and twist. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Aisha resumed twisting, a sly smile on her face, and then asked, as if Ifemelu could not possibly understand how things were done here, “How long you in America?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

These good souls worked with people whose legs were swollen to the size of tree trunks, whose numb limbs had become as twisted as jungle vines. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robin twisted her body to look at the photo behind her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I force her bones to twist and the cartilage to fill in. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The drunkard was an ash tree, twisted sideways by centimes of wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He looked back to his friend, whose leg was awkwardly twisted up and behind him, rigid against the side of the metal detector. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Clance said that the western gate is the one that used to give them the most trouble,” I said, twisting to look up at him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He twisted his lips and bugged out his eyes in a mask of fear. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The basilisk’s head was falling, its body coiling around, hitting pillars as it twisted to face him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

A spasm of pain seemed to twist him, and he turned away, peering back up towards the pass, shaking his head, as if engaged in some interior debate. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I bowed my head and twisted my fingers in my red scarf. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully, I twist the doorknob and push the door open. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her body turns and twists and bends and arches facelessly over every inch of the walls in the studio. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She slid her arms around his waist, twisting to see if she could catch a last glimpse of the dancing circle, but there was nothing there. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slytherins up and down the table were sniggering, twisting in their seats to see Harry’s reaction. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He watched the thick white smoke drift upward like a twisted ribbon dissolving into the sky. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The arm motions required to prevent twisting were complicated enough, but would mastering them enable me to prevent twisting, rolling, and tumbling all at once? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pin my worm at either end and make a slick vertical cut; the worm twists as they do on fishhooks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One wrist twist and there was an apple. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brangwain Spurge put down his apple with a sour twist to his mouth. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The man grappled with her for a moment, then twisted her into a choke hold. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

His twisted leg was pinned to the ground with the heavy wood on top of it. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

With a smooth twist and jerk of the knife, he pried the glass from its frame and caught it in the palm of his left hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then one of the soldiers grabbed a clump of my hair and twisted. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

David’s so big he doesn’t fit on Mom’s lap anymore, and they look twisted, an awkward tangle of elbows and knees, arms and legs. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yanked her down and grabbed the front of her vest, giving the knife in her side a sharp twist. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A puff of wind came and the sheet tore out of my hands, went twisting round the mast. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At home, I would borrow a burning twist of paper from a neighbor when all the fires in the house were cold. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted his neck to see what he had done to himself. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other dogs watched in amazement as Reginald grabbed hold of the bathroom doorknob with his mouth, gave it a twist, and shoved the door open. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When I came to his nose, he let out a sharp hiss, but he didn’t try to twist away until I brushed his swollen split lip. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Of course not,” I echo, but something hard and brittle twists inside my chest as I say goodbye. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Remora twisted the dead bolt and tugged the door open. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She’s shooing me out so she can keep up her charade, so twisted it’s like kudzu. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

At the very top of the bookshelves stood Nali’s collection of ye’ii figures, which were carved out of twisted branches of cottonwood. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was common knowledge that Snape wanted the Defense Against the Dark Arts job, but even Harry, who hated Snape, was startled at the expression twisting his thin, sallow face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her plump face twisted with anguish and her eyes brimmed with tears. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Tangled in her blankets, she twisted this way and that in the cold dark room, but whichever way she turned, she saw the faces. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now, without instruction or practice, without hesitancy, her fingers felt the way to twist and weave and stitch the special threads together to create designs rich and explosive with color. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Then I am not a dwarf," the dwarf said with a twist of his mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Couples coming together to hold each other, to sway and twist. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He could leam to pound, roll, twist and shape the dough into the small round forms. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted his body and the woman plunged over the rail. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She threw her baton up in the air and caught it with an elegant twist of her wrist. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

There were strong twisted wires running around the tree. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much of what he found was relatively intuitive—albeit with a twist. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He twisted his body until he got his feet in front of him, then tried to hold his hands out to slow himself down. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then she unbuckles her seat belt and twists back to meet my eyes. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She lets me go and walks back to the kitchen door with a smile, a twist of her mouth that is all bitterness and no mirth. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The dagger in my heart twists, round and round and round. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Omar, but he twisted the heel of his sandal in the dirt. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was twisting her Gryffindor scarf in her hands and looked upset but determined. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When Marina and Yevdokia organized a search party the next day, they found the wreckage of the Po-2s and the broken and twisted bodies of their pilots and navigators. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Her hair was twisted into a knot and held in place with a pencil. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Twelve o’clock has a box of clear plastic bags and twist ties. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

A spine of forested hills twisted down its centre. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We passed the black, twisted skeletons of streetcars. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

There was a brick walkway and the twisted and wiry shape of what once had been a row of boxwoods. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

But polio had left Ali with a twisted, atrophied right leg that was sallow skin over bone with lit­tle in between except a paper-thin layer of muscle. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Girding his brows was a red-gold crown with points like twisting flames. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mom exhaled and then twisted around to grab a paper towel from the kitchen counter. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He saw nothing ahead except the endless ribbon of road unfolding in twisting narrow curves. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I twist my head around to find Caleb in the crowd of Erudite behind me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I can turn doorknobs, but I can’t insert and twist a key. I can’t use a key card, either. All I’m saying is, it better be unlocked.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

All they discovered was a strange, sweet smelling spoor that led twistingly into the fen. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eric’s false smiles, his artificial words, his twisted ideals—they make me want to be sick. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They twisted in the air like sacks of flour and limped off in pain. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Marlena twists her fingers awkwardly and lets the sentence go unfinished. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He twisted the cup into the sand beside him and cushioned the folded blanket under his sweaty head and covered him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He knows we fear him, or at least his “consequences,” so he can afford to show a sort of twisted benevolence by letting us have certain freedoms in the camp. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He twists the end of the gun and ties it in a knot. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The whole floor was covered with toys: bowling pins, balls, swords, a whole herd of rocking horses, dolls in every shape and size lying around with their arms and legs twisted. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It only felt like being spaghettified because the more we tried to avoid the pain, the more it stretched, twisted, and burned, trying to get our attention. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I had half a second to get the hell out, and I took it, twisting the handle of the door so hard that the lock popped itself out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When she tries to pull away, I continue to hold on, twisting the broken arm behind her back until I see the blood drain from her face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Sarai had sworn to herself that she would never again serve Minya’s twisted will, and now...now she was powerless against it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Another guard tried to handcuff him, and he started twisting and turning to thwart the process. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The hero leaned into his spear, using his weight to twist the point in deeper. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A few wisps of smoke still rose from the blackened stones of Hazdar, twisted like ribbons by the wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She twists around in my grip, lunging for me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It looked scraggly and freakish, permanently stuck in its twisted, tortured position, and it made me think of how some adults tell you not to make weird faces because your features could freeze. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The white man continued to stare, his mouth twisted with loathing as he turned his head to watch me move away. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Muscular thighs; long, lean limbs and fingers; and a strong butt come in handy for all those twists, bends, and squats. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone’s eyes are upon me now, their faces twisted in disgust, as if killing a dinner guest, shambler or no, is a terrible faux pas. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He’d gotten out of it in the night and crawled in headfirst and then twisted the opening around his feet. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Also ... the plan sounded exactly like the sneaky, twisted, ridiculously annoying and noble sort of thing Leo Valdez would do. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He twisted onto his back, pulling her on top of him as she struggled to rip the Transvice out of his hands. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She twisted and turned and grimaced at the pain while squeezing her chest through the gap in the doorway. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He was still twisting the note between his fingers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Scowling, Mr. Jones moves deliberately, twisting, turning to avoid my gaze. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

What if someone got all twisted because Esperanza joined him later? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Enormous it looked, its sprawling branches going up like reaching arms with many long-fingered hands, its knotted and twisted trunk gaping in wide fissures that creaked faintly as the boughs moved. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The banner streamed from an iron mast, shivering and twisting as the wind gusted, like a bird struggling to take flight. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was wearing my school uniform pants, my belt, unbuckled and twisted halfway around to my back, and a wrinkled T-shirt. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My insides twisted, erupting with a lava flow of pain. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Her stomach twisted as she stemmed two different kinds of pain, refusing to let either consume her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then it started twisting in the other direction. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Rita twisted her hair around her finger so hard she almost pulled it out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Our city is not governed by a mob which twists this way and that, but by one man. How can the ignorant crowd wisely direct a nation’s course?” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flames twist, lick the air, stretching miles high. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was at that moment that she heard the far-off sound of a car approaching, and Daddy’s face shifted, a combination of rage and sadness twisting his features. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The entire momentum of her body went into a sharp twist, literally forcing Stubble Chin into trying a backflip. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

No sign of Haven ahead neither but we’re at the flattest point of the valley and can’t see much past the twists in the road either before us or back. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mud was all over everything, and one of the paddles was all bent and twisted. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

As soon as he saw big telltale bubbles indicating that his uncle was about to emerge from the sea, he grabbed the tail boldly in both hands—and twisted it as hard as he could! Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

This very grief that had twisted her into a curve on the floor and flayed her would be gone. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled—a twisted smile, with a knot of pain at the center. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Brutal, bloody Cato who can snap a neck with a twist of his arm, who had the power to overcome Thresh, who has had it out for me since the beginning. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It went faster that way, and the story developed surprising twists and turns. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My mind ticked, twisting itself into knots with all the possibilities. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She could feel him twisting the point, flushing it into her throat, and she almost closed her eyes again, but then she remembered. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Kropp seizes him just in time, twists the hand sharply behind his back and holds it fast. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl whips her phone around, holding it to her chest, with her face twisted in confusion. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I had naively supposed that I would have much in common with them, but I found them preoccupied with twisted sex problems. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Number of additional ankle twists on the rocky grounds of North Dakota’s hills and buttes: four, maybe more. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her mind was whirling, storming, funneling into a twisting tornado. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He would peer at their miniature opaque housings, twist them around in the light, and he was always holding them up to his ear and shaking them, as if trying to rattle loose their secrets. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing the ship again twisted my gut into knots. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He patted May Belles hair and yanked the twisted sheet up to her small chin. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was twisted into a half smile, like she was hiding something. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The passage twisted and turned, more like the burrow of a giant rabbit than anything else. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her face twisted in anger, and she slammed the piano lid shut. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The canals that ran through town twisted and turned and eventually dumped out into the bay. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He had only to look at Sansa's face to feel the rage twisting inside him once again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Father took out a hose and attached it to the nozzle at one end of the tub and then, twisting a knob, called forth water that filled the metal can to overflowing. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Moss saw that she was twisting one of her thick dreads in her hand, something she did when she was anxious. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My stomach started twisting up with nervousness and excitement and fear and weirdness. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His hands are twisted up in his hair. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He twisted about on the hard, uncomfortable step. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of this in his mind, of course, as he tossed in his bed, the sheet twisted around him like a shroud, suffocatingly. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted to search the cliffwalls again, but still my mother wasn’t there, and my laughter grew fierce. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The young man and his opponent twisted in the grass. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t I just love to twist this little witch's nose until it's pointing the wrong way around!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When she disappeared, the room twisted around me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He heard the twisted animal-machines come closer, so close, waiting on the stone blocks below. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Ugwu disliked the sly twist of his lips; he always visited at mealtimes and then said “Oh! Oh!” in exaggerated surprise when Olanna asked him to join them in “touching their hands to their mouths.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I twisted her beads so hard I thought they might snap. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The flames twisted, and embers sparked but didn’t fall to the ground. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Breastworks were going up, twisted sticks, small, very far away. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face twisted with anger, and for a moment, Alex could see the madness, alive in his eyes. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I feared my wits had been melted by the flames, twisted and charred. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the naphtha lamplight there was a gleam of dark gold: it was a lock of hair, and the President was twisting it between his fingers, turning it this way and that. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her shiny black hair twined and twisted about her neck and shoulders, as if it were blowing in some wind that Coraline could not touch or feel. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Cas’s stomach twisted as she tried to come up with a funny or interesting response that wouldn’t make her sound like an idiot. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The old man's eyes twisted in his face like the mad eyes of a bird of prey. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nine balconies rim its perimeter, with gilded rails and oil-black spindles that curl along each floor and twist into the shape of Belle-roses. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Abby steps aside, so I can twist in my locker combination. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The bald man twisted in pain as he was carried off the truck. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The bomb was an exact copy of the American implosion bomb tested at Trinity, and the rising, twisting, pulsing ball of fire looked just the same. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a mass of vines and blooms that twisted sinisterly in the flame but sat, docile and domestic, in the moonlight. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Pete had been twisting and screaming all get-out, but those men seemed to double their strength when they seen the lynching rope coming. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be okay, just a bit of a twist. And my wife, well, she’s just a complainer. First baby and all...” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It’s not just one memory; it’s a million, twisting and twirling and wrapping together into something that looks like the pictures of galaxies in my science book. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

All through dinner I twist in my seat, checking the clock to make sure I do not miss the hour of magic numbers. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Simeon hops, twists, like the ground is on fire. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

The tunnel twisted and turned for several hundred feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

His pain seemed to increase and he twisted his body as though to move away from it, then untwisted quickly and lay panting. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I should never have let John write the first chapter because he always has to twist things subliminally. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now they twisted out from under Weary’s loving arms. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just past midday she came upon a bush growing by the stream, its twisted limbs covered with hard green berries. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But his words were carried off by the stiff wind, and the others, tugging and twisting at the coarse ropes, didn't hear him, didn't reply. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It hurt, but the second thrust of the elbow missed as she sidestepped, grabbed that elbow, and twisted it behind Donovan’s back. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Taken by surprise, he lost his balance and fell, remembered the trip wire, and tried to twist his body to avoid it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The stairway turned and twisted; at one point, the darkness was such that the companions lost sight of each other. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The stranger twisted about impatiently and, grasping the back of my tunic, hoisted me up behind him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m so sick, oh, I’m so sick,” Carol moans, twisting her body on the bed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, through the twisted half-drowned trees and wide wet streets, he glimpsed the silvery sheen of sunlight upon water. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And on the rare nights when he could arrange his body around the springs, he still woke up sore and twisted. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“How could we have seen anyone? The lights were out,” said Nammy Proggs, a tiny old woman whose back was so bent that she had to twist her head sideways to look up. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mike knocked on the door, waiting for the “Come in,” before daring to twist the handle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I walked farther down the line to the photos from the necropsy, the shark twisted into the rocks like a huge white sea monster washed up from the pages of an old story. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I would drive hard through my other routines, exploding off the apparatus and gaining enough air to do multiple sequences of flips and twists. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He traced it back into the canyon with his eyes; the gray banks cut a winding track, its curves and twists the print of a snake’s belly across the sand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was walking along singing my lungs out when they came tearing out of the underbrush, wiggling and twisting, and tickled to death to be with me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took it, tossed it up for a quick catch to see if it came apart, and then he began twisting and turning the colored cubes. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

They squeezed it, twisting it at the ends until it regained its natural weight. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The Old Man reached beside him for his walking stick — a bent, twisted wood stick — and tapped it on the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She thought it was a figure of speech until Lola twisted her shoulder to reveal, high on her arm, a long scratch. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He twisted around in his seat, and for the last time, Alex saw the hideous smile that the circus knife had torn through his cheeks. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She takes his offered arm and they walk together along the twisting pathways, through the dwindling crowd of patrons. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He twists his visor to the side and nods thoughtfully. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As we pass the lake and twist around the S curves that lead up the mountain, I push thoughts of Charlie out of my mind. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger looked at his dusty boots, at a twisted iron bar lying among the stones, anywhere but at the cat. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was twined and twisted and twined again around his right ankle, and she saw she would have to cut through it three times to get it off. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The heirs watched helplessly as the invalid's thin frame was suddenly torn and twisted by convulsions. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted him around, forcing him off balance. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I jam the vicious twist of the corkscrew into his neck. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My questions have multiplied, twisted, taken on new form. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

With a terrible, twisting pang, she imagined Adiah being led to the city’s square like a sacrificial cow. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were shining as a twist of her wrist sent the glider dipping and then rising. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trey twists his sweaty hair into a ponytail. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The head rose out of the twisting arms like a giant stalk. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went back to work, making calculations on her notepad, her face scrunching into all kinds of twists, strains, and contortions. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The scene, or a tiny portion of it, was visible to Robbie Turner through a sealed skylight window if he cared to stand up from his bath, bend his knees and twist his neck. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Just a few years before he was born, in 1983, Time magazine did a twist on its person of the year feature and instead named the personal computer its “Machine of the Year.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Just the sound of his voice twists my stomach into a knot of unpleasant emotions like guilt, sadness, and fear. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because far be it from me to doubt the wisdom of the centaurs, but Bane is an extremely angry centaur and . . . it’s not beyond him to twist the constellations for his own ends. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

She can run in them if she has to, jump curbs, traverse the buckled, faulted sidewalks of Brooklyn without twisting an ankle. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted it at the ankle like I’d seen them do at the wrestling match. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it came to the latter, it was our job to translate the intricate plot twists and romantic entanglements. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I twist my hands together so he can’t see how they are shaking. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Some were old and broken down but most had been wrecked and they looked it—bent, arched, twisted, the impression they gave was of crumpled paper, not steel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Look at that, Charlie,” I say, pointing to the girl twisting dough into the shape of a pretzel. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

"Who said anything about doing nothing? That's what drives me nuts about talking to you sometimes. You twist everything around and run it through a grinder, and then shoot it back at me." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted the shirt around and cleaned my goggles again on the back of it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice came from behind him and Alex twisted around to see a man coming down the last of the stairs. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I have to set these watches exactly right,” Zack explains, busily twisting the watch dials to match the time on my synchronized clocks. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Adam’s face was twisted into a tight frown. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I twisted my ankle pretty bad. I could have sprained it.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

One twist—one little twist and the engine caught and labored and faltered and caught again. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed to the small opening and by squirming and twisting, he got through. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No need to get your pant...or whatever in a twist. So what do you fairies eat?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

At seven thirty, I walk downstairs, and everything inside me twists and clenches. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Her gaze goes distant, her face twisted with the memory of some distant horror. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When she glanced up, June was twisted in her seat, eyes fixed on Ivy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Nina was twisting her wrist in a roiling motion, sending waves of nausea through the woman’s system. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I see nothing but squeezed eyes, twisted mouths. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She twisted her graying black hair away from her face and left the ring of firelight. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z