I twisted his hand away and pressed in on the buckle to click the release. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like there was this grinning, twisted little demon following me around, and whenever I started to feel good, it would go, “Ah-hah! You’re forgetting!” and it would whack me with a two-by-four. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

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

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

Denton pulled Turtle to a halt by one of the streaming ribbons twisted in her braid. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She might have to make a large noose, he had told her, to whirl it over the crooked branches, then tighten it around the twisted trunk. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She twisted free from his grip and charged him so abruptly that he fell back against the vestibule wall. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some would flow blazing towards Barad-dûr down great channels; some would wind their way into the stony plain, until they cooled and lay like twisted dragon-shapes vomited from the tormented earth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

He twisted up in a lithe spring and grappled with Iofur, whose armor had been damaged by the collision and who couldn’t easily raise his head. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

It was a drawing of two loosely twisted strands of DNA. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a minute of the zeppelin’s hitting the ground it was a mass of twisted metal, a pall of smoke, and a few scraps of fluttering fire. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

Bent steel beams and the pulpy ends of impossibly twisted floors are all that remain. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The pain of it twisted me up inside until I cried. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

But in that instant, as he twisted, the opening was there. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He twisted harder at the handcuffs and winced at the pain. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

My mother stands up with her mouth twisted and starts to crease the letter carefully between two fingers, as if she’s going to tear it in three. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

“Well,” Fuchs began, his face twisted into an uneasy smile, “were you impressed? ” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The trek was rough because we stayed in the forests, where the understory is a jungle of hazelnut, viburnum, and twisted young hardwoods fighting for the sun. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I wake up my eyes are dry—my eyes are always dry—but my sheets are twisted around my body and drenched with sweat. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He usually does missionary work in other countries during the summer, but in May he twisted his ankle during a Spartan Race, so he’s keeping busy teaching us chemistry. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“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

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

She reached her hand to my face and I twisted away. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

She twisted him around, forcing him off balance. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the squadron knew that Kid Sampson’s skinny legs had washed up on the wet sand to he there and rot like a purple twisted wishbone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He twisted and turned his neck, like a waking cat. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Ash twisted up all the courage inside herself and said, “I was waiting for you.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted her head to the side to look at Pa, unwrapped the toady-frog, and it dropped smack-down in her lap. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The blotched and sagging face twisted grotesquely into the grimace of extreme grief. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mud was all over everything, and one of the paddles was all bent and twisted. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“In my exam today”—Julia twisted a strand of her hair—“this term I'm not totally sure about, ‘Pyrrhic victory’ came up. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

He twisted out of his brother’s hands and waved at Jam. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Instead of palms and flowers, there were only rocks and the twisted stumps of long-dead trees. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

The morning mist twisted and hung low over the field. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The magician clenched his fists, twisted his gown into screws, and began to shake all over. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Macondo would no longer be a burning place, where the hinges and door knockers twisted with the heat, but would be changed into a wintry city. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

They harboured a twisted fear and hatred of urban blacks; they knew nothing of black solidarity, relishing only the sense of raw power being a policeman gave them over their own kind. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 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

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

She twisted her whole body, from the hips to the waist to the shoulders, then unwound it like a spring, throwing her left foot around high and fast. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

When he could not, he gave a roar, twisted his head back as far as he was able, and spat golden flame at the wall behind him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Its golden tip, a face twisted into a snarl, stared down at me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She found his cloak on the floor, twisted up tight, the white wool stained by blood and fire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He pulled up his horse and twisted around in the saddle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three heads twisted from the doorman to the delivery boy. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

“Look,” Hagrid twisted his crossbow uncomfortably in his hands; there was a loud splintering sound and it snapped in two. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I like your drawings. Some are very realistic, but some, they’re, well, twisted.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it’s as if someone grabbed my heart and twisted it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

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

Mulch held his breath and twisted the dial, one cog at a time. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The three Hessians were upon the ground, their bodies twisted, their torn uniforms filthy with earth and blood. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

He watched the thick white smoke drift upward like a twisted ribbon dissolving into the sky. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I stumble again and with my one weak arm I cling to the huge twisted roots of an oak. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted his arms and legs, feeling the emptiness. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They were young and old, fat and thin, dark skinned and pale, surrounded by thick curls or bald scalps....But all of the faces were twisted in terror, and that made them all look alike. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

Father twisted in his seat to face me more fully. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I stand, silent, by her side, wondering if this is all we will ever be now, both twisted versions of who we once were. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It pained my insides to see, once again, the twisted, scowling white faces with open mouths jeering, clustered about my friend’s head like bouquets of grotesque flowers. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted my arm so it hurt and I got scared he was going to brake it like he said. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I always twisted mine open and ate the chocolate off first, one lick at a time. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Her smile was bright, her dark brown skin was luminescent, and even her twisted hair seemed to hold a slight, nearly imperceptible hint of gold in its depths. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

Holly twisted in the troll’s grip, but it was useless. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

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

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

The god twisted his mouth in a cruel smile. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Taisin heard him, and she twisted in her saddle to see Con trying to fight his way closer to the fallen guard. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His spear twisted a little in his hands and then he withdrew it again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

So he twisted and kicked and twisted again, but that hand wouldn’t let go; and since it was his right arm being held, he couldn’t get at the knife. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

And when I remembered that, something deep down inside, something that had been twisted into a tight knot, relaxed just enough so that I could take in a full and solid breath. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He went into the shed which was the kitchen, leaning against the house, and out of its dusk an ox twisted its head from behind the corner next the door and lowed at him deeply. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux shook his head with such extreme force it twisted his neck like a wet dishrag. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

In terrible pain, he took a staggering step off the track, twisted his ankle, then lurched back on. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

His lips twisted into a sinister little smile as Sinita bent down and untied me with her mouth. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A young man pulled out a bottle of cognac and twisted the cap. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

You could tell Cooter didn’t have no kind of answer, but something ’bout getting your ear twisted must make your mind work real clear. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

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

She twisted her graying black hair away from her face and left the ring of firelight. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Well that couldn’t have gone much worse,” the old man muttered as he rubbed at the shoulder of the arm the constable had twisted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

Eric’s false smiles, his artificial words, his twisted ideals—they make me want to be sick. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

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

She pushed uselessly at her disheveled hair in vague imitation of one of her mother’s gestures and twisted to see if her dress were torn. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Its gnarled roots twisted in and out of the earth like a nest of slow brown serpents, and hundreds of old copper pennies had been nailed to its huge trunk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His arms were twisted behind him and the tendons in his shoulder were on fire. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He twisted, and the strike that should’ve caught him direcdy in the spine was deflected off the end of his sword hilt. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

His stocky strength seemed striving for release and his fingers, as they twisted each other with nervous yanks, might have forced an iron bar out of true. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

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

The weight forced a side of the mattress down and Mother twisted her bed lamp to beam down on the book. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You got him! I’ve never seen a bird get . . .” I looked right at By and his face was all twisted up and his eyes were kind of shut. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Gitano rested his big twisted hands on the top rail of the fence. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

You could tell something was badly wrong by the way the woman’s smile twisted and her body sagged. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

At first, it was just an indistinct noise, but he twisted the earbud slightly in his ear, and then he could make out words. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A slender stream twisted back and forth in its broad bed of gray sand, and the water was not milky with silt but clear and pleasant. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His face twisted in disdain as he retreated from me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

He jumped up in the crib, smelled Little Ann’s foot, twisted around in the shucks, and lay down by her side. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A child stared back at him, holding a hand but walking twisted around so that he could see Tayo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted her hand in mine and looked down, hiding the roses blossoming on her cheeks. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Hermione twisted in midair and the thundering of the collapsing house rang in Harry’s ears as she dragged him once more into darkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

What happened next is a twisted braid of mixed signals, distrust, miscommunication, and conjecture. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She turned in the doorway and pointed a finger twisted with work and age at the boys. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

All of it, runes and words and glyphs, twisted together and grounded to the initial tree. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Shay twisted the handle again, and the ribs retracted. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

“I twisted my ankle. My boots are too big,” says Bonnie. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was leaning over with his face twisted up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dallas was twisted upside down in his sleeping bag. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

I twisted up to reach for my leg, and he was standing over me, smiling. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

She twisted the lighting wires onto the bomb's and taped them off. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother’s mouth twisted in her sudden smile. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

For a few moments Cal twisted the steering wheel and tried to imagine he was racing down the road. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His face twisted and strained to stay composed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

But before I could even get my fingers on the money, the cop had me knotted up in a submission hold, my arms twisted behind me, pain searing up to my shoulders. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He patted May Belles hair and yanked the twisted sheet up to her small chin. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

"He just wants a piece of the limelight. He too twisted to see that kind of attention ain't worth the air it traveled through." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

She twisted herself from side to side with irritation. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skin of his face looked tight and twisted, as though something were pulling it askew. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

The little puff on each side shone, too, and the ends were coiled and twisted neatly under the big knot in the back. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A storm of emotions wrenched his gut, twisted and pulled; he wanted to scream, cry, throw up. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

“One most of all. A tall and twisted thing with one black eye and ten long arms, sailing on a sea of blood.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Seeing the ship again twisted my gut into knots. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

My stomach twisted as I realized what he must have meant. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

One of the smiths knelt to inspect the object: three immense steel links, twisted together. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

“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

At the sound of her voice, he twisted out of the way—too late. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her face twisted in anger, and she slammed the piano lid shut. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

His face was twisted with pain and streaked with tears and dirt, but he wasn’t crying aloud. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

I said that, but my heart twisted at the thought of it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I twisted around so that I was facing her, because I wanted her to see my face—I wanted her to see how serious, how sincerely I meant it when I repeated myself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

It felt like a long screw was being twisted, slowly, into his kidney. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

DNA replication requires many more proteins than just DNA polymerase to unfold the twisted double helix and to ensure that the genetic information is copied accurately. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

Some twisted awkwardly, others looking as if they were just resting, their legs bent for comfort. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

In one motion he sprang up, using his gun as a staff, and twisted to look back. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

His stomach twisted as he imagined it, watching Ron and the others becoming wizards while he stumped around the grounds carrying Hagrid’s bag. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They limped about in crippled, teetering circles; on their backs they frantically scriggled paraplegic legs; on their sides, twisted into grotesque agonized shapes, they arched and jerked and quivered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Father cut the motor and twisted the rear rudder hard to the left, tilting the front rudders upward so that the wind lifted the right side even more. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I always have. But my gift doesn’t fix twisted things.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Ona twisted and screamed right along with the child, who still refused to eat and looked a darker shade of pink. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And when she had finished with these laments, she turned her complaints to me: a spot on my new dress, a tangle in my hair, my twisted stockings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stays close to the edge of the twisted metal while the archers take their places. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Many of those sitting around Yaxley looked impressed; his neighbor, Dolohov, a man with a long, twisted face, clapped him on the back. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Then, with every ounce of his strength, he twisted the foot around. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

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 corners of his lips twisted up, but he said, “Shouldn’t have taken so many guesses for that one.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She flashed a smile as my stomach twisted. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Celia came up behind her, and using the hair tie she always wore around her wrist, twisted Dimple’s hair into a messy-sophisticated bun, leaving some of her curls cascading down. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

The cord had twisted itself into a bit of a knot, and for a second or two I actually panicked, thinking it might be irreparably tangled. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

Grandma put her book down and then twisted around to peer out of the window. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He is a crude, twisted line, but no brushstroke is in vain. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our uncle returned his attention to his table, brushing aside stubborn gnats as he scraped bark from a twisted, blackened branch and put it in a jar. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Many years before my time, a terrible cyclone had ripped its way through the mountains, leaving its scar in the form of fallen timber, twisted and snarled. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

Everywhere she turned she saw faces twisted into monstrous inhuman maria. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was dying when I got to him, sprawled and twisted away from his skis that stuck up out of the snow, his chest half shot away. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Faye twisted around in her chair to reach a piece of brown panocha studded with walnuts. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

The outdoor plaza was covered with twisted metal and shattered glass and broken furniture. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She said, ‘Just so it isn’t Mother,’ and she twisted and yearned down into her small lover’s eyes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles’ face was twisted and the scar on his forehead showed dark. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

I hang by the twisted roots of an oak, looking down into immensity. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

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

He twisted his helmet until it was turned nearly sideways. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is a woman of muscle twisted around bone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He grabbed my right arm and twisted it behind my back. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was disoriented, as though my world were blurred and leaning to the left, like a photograph snapped from a twisted angle and out of focus. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted his fingers and looked at the strong reins, and prayed as best he could. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands were all twisted up with clear tubes, and something was taped across my face, under my nose. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

The guard thought the woman was resisting, so he twisted her wrist and yanked her forward. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

Dionysus picked up a playing card, twisted it, and it became a plastic rectangle. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if my entire universe had been twisted inside out. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

Several dark alleys twisted off from the main street, leading to deserted storefronts. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Hit don’t hurt so bad as long as I stay like this,” he said, his face twisted with pain. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

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 roof was made of the interlaced sprays of the yew tree, stiff twigs twisted in and out, over and under, hard as ice and set with dull red berries. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 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

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

Augustus puffed out his cheeks, balanced on his leg, and twisted his hips, throwing the prosthetic forward. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

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

He twisted one end of his handlebar mustache with patient amusement as the crowd quieted. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

Something twisted inside Jinny, at the question and the sight of the sad girl. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

The realization twisted in his belly like a knife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When the ankle had twisted, the searing pain must have made him unconscious. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not see anything ahead, for this new passage twisted and turned constantly; but he thought he was catching the two Orcs up: their voices were growing nearer again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

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

Red twisted and fought but every time he moved meat was torn from his body. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

And he was holding the kitchen timer, which is a big plastic tomato sliced through the middle, and he twisted it and it started ticking. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he twisted the combination lock and heaved open the steel door. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The 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

“Let me see . ..” An officer grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back, spinning him around. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“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

I twisted my wheel to get him back, but I bumped Clive Pike instead. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

She locked her legs around his waist, then twisted her cloak into a rope and pulled it across Orion’s neck with all her might. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Her face twisted into an unpleasant contortion that made it hard to see how beautiful she was. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

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

She twisted her wrist out of his grasp. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As Cliff talked, he stared at the ground and twisted his arthritic fingers, one over the other like he was crossing them all for good luck. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The anger coursed over her features, twisted her mouth, and her eyes were piercing. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I hoped Dad would sit on the end of my bed and stay because I wanted to tell him how twisted up I felt inside. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The witch reached out a gloved hand and grabbed me by the hair but I twisted free and jumped away. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Beatty flopped over and over and over, and at last twisted in on himself like a charred wax doll and lay silent. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

His waves are gone, and it looks like someone twisted the ends by hand. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I trotted back toward the house, but when I looked over my shoulder, Susie still stood in the middle of the twisted vines, almost like she was trapped and didn’t know how to get out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

“I twisted my ankle pretty bad. I could have sprained it.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Sissy grabbed Neeley’s arm, but with a raucous cry, he twisted loose and ran down the street. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps once they had been lions, but now they were twisted and grotesque. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He pulled and twisted bits off the trees, packing them in one hand while he picked them with the other, picking and gathering until he had a wad close to the size of a baseball. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted his head and tried to smile at her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He twisted the silver skull ring on his finger, the same way Reyna did with her silver ring when she was thinking. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He swayed back and twisted, took a blow on his shoulder intended for his face. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Various teams of Indians who had slipped across the twisted passes of the border undetected were working for Jean de Satigny. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

His fingers twisted her, the pinch cruelly hard through the rough fabric of her tunic. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

We passed the black, twisted skeletons of streetcars. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Ruby twisted, and with a simple serpentine slink she was in Feral’s lap. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They were still for a moment, the girl twisted in pain but grimacing to prevent herself from crying out louder, the man bent over her frowning like thunder. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Chess saw Natalie start to open her mouth, and just from the way she twisted her face, he knew she was going to say something like, But you didn’t know she was going to vanish! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he had a twisted criminal mind and that’s why he didn’t care. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Skidding down the slick slope and leaping sharp switchbacks that twisted among the trees. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Resting her elbows firmly on her thighs, she twisted round and stared at me in this incredulous manner. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

The roads on the map twined and twisted round each other, hesitating, then they rose up off the paper, no longer roads, but thick eels with amber eyes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Ekon’s stomach twisted in disgust, but he kept his face impassive. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Quick as a snake Shagrat slipped aside, twisted round, and drove his knife into his enemy’s throat. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

The cop twisted his head to the side, and a low groan left Moss’s mouth. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Next, she twisted the candles into the small brass holders, filled the font with stale holy water, put a small oriental rug in front of the altar, and positioned Michael strategically to the far left. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

“We’ve got water. And soda. And pink lemonade. All three of which are better options than this twisted form of torture you brought to my cousin’s house.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

Her face is twisted, punched, to the other side. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bracken cracked and rustled, as he twisted and turned. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I twisted myself around so my legs were facing toward him in the passenger seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Destroyed,” I clarify, raising my voice, so that for once my intentions can’t be twisted. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He'd probably twisted the story around so that Tyson and I were the bloodthirsty cannibals. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her face twisted with revulsion when she saw us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Their twisted trunks, roots, and vines wrapped themselves around the ruins like gigantic boa constrictors, crushing and swallowing the overturned stones. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Sigyn still waits beside Loki's head as she did then, staring at his beautiful, twisted face. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

All the twisted, crazy scandals in the news—that's other people. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

His right front foot was twisted and shriveled. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I saw an arm sticking up from the mound of rubble and the hand was twisted at an impossible angle from the wrist. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside her shelter she cut a long thread of hide and twisted it into a snare. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted around despite the pain in my neck and chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She twisted her head around to look back, trying to think of words that would explain. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He’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

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

The knight twisted away, gaining a few seconds, but the ogre was turning toward him. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They plodded upward, winding their way back and forth across the face of the mountain as the steps twisted and turned. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Jazz looked at me and twisted her mouth up. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

His clothes writhed around him until they finally twisted off. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

The alley twisted in a confusing way, and presently they arrived at a dark doorway. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sat studying the twisted matrix of routes in red and black with his finger at the junction where he thought that they might be. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

And the young man turned himself away stormily and made as though he would knock his brains out against a twisted pine tree that stood there in the court. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Mom slipped off her suit jacket and twisted it with a kung fu grip. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She said a sentence, and the water molecules twisted and morphed the sound, and when we both emerged, I had to guess what she’d said—had to find meaning in that garbled underwater language. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

She sat up and twisted her hair into a knot at the nape of her neck. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grew large and green until he shadowed over the whole forest, but most of his branches are twisted. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It was seven o’clock, the first day of school, and I was lying there twisted up in my bedding on the top bunk, alone in my O-Hall cell. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He tried to make out where they might be now among the fallen and twisted branches. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I followed the fence, and kept going, half-running, stumbling over twisted roots. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

The weeping willows were bare but still massive and threw up their twisted arms like women in grief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I mean, not a mark on them and not a lace twisted. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He dreamed it again and again, sinking and rolling with the light blue sheets twisted around his thighs and ankles, and the excitement of wet smells of rain, and their sweat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But what do I know? Your false father is a great lord, and I am just some twisted little monkey man. Still, I’d do things differently.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I remember her appearance at the moment—it was very graceful and very striking: she wore a morning robe of sky-blue crape; a gauzy azure scarf was twisted in her hair. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Now Alex brought up one leg, twisted his body around, and lashed out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

He was a real punk, twisted in the brain, but the little boys never could see that. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Confused, Pong twisted around and tried to get his bearings. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

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

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

A little smile twisted Snape’s mouth when she said his name. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

She twisted the word mother in her mouth as if it tasted bitter. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

She twisted the ring around and around her finger, glancing towards the car at the bottom of the drive. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas’s insides twisted; he leaned against the concrete wall of the Map Room. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

Each time he pushed harder or dug his nails into my arm deeper as he twisted it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

A length of twisted copper wire, gleaming dully in the first sunlight, was looped round his neck and ran taut across one forepaw to the head of a stout peg driven into the ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

That night she could not sleep but turned and twisted restlessly in her bed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

“Believe me, I wouldn’t use this for a cheap, twisted pickup line.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

When he let himself imagine her feelings this morning, his brain twisted away, as his body might from a lighted brand thrust into his face. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

He pushed past the beast, jumped down to the next step four feet below, fell his height, landed on his ankle, which twisted underneath him, painfully, and he dropped, heavily, onto the rock. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Her mouth twisted to the side and she looked at the table. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her mother, her hair twisted into the shape of a spiraling shell, sat at the King’s right hand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A moment later, my right arm is twisted behind my back, my feet hang over the edge of the open door, and I’m facing a line of trees that passes altogether too quickly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

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

He perched lightly on one of the twisted roots while I sat beneath him on the body of the tree. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jam’s eyes traced up the arms and to the twisted torso, the arched back, the chest turned up to face the top of the painting. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

Rot and damp and hopelessness and hunger and fear and anger twisted up in a clamp around my ribcage. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

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

His lips were yellow and malformed, twisted to one side. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

When she waded into the swamp, the reeds twisted themselves into a boat, and she climbed aboard, floating across the deep red of the algae coating the water. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

He arched his back, twisted free, and landed on all fours. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

He twisted his long hair into a ponytail with an elastic he’d had on his wrist. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

Even little Rachel twisted in her arms to look at her with alarm. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

Even if everything burns to the ground by some twisted magic, it will still be the last house standing. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I twisted my arm back and forth to see the bracelet from all sides. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Spencer twisted the lids off the pickle jars, while Mr. O’Brian passed out the colas. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She cut her hand; she twisted her ankle; she knocked her skull against a low-hanging branch and burned her leg in a boiling spring. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“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

He had known from the beginning, he always knew, though he twisted and turned in his mind, trying to get away from whatever drove him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

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

Then Wood pushed a fist slowly into Shadow’s back, just above the right kidney, and he twisted his fist, and the pain was worse for Shadow than the pain in his knee. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

Kneeling, she twisted to look up at the newcomers. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

It all got twisted up in nightmares in the days that followed, and embellished by Lazlo’s horror and regret. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

Garrett grabbed the collar of my shirt and twisted it into his fist, pulling me close. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

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

He raised and lowered it, twisted it right and left as though it were his, smiling all the while even as I cried. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Just the idea of being back there twisted my stomach. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She twisted around in her seat, smiling at me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

Maybe he twisted an ankle or even broke his leg. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between each finger was a blade, the points of twisted swords fanning out like talons from arms of the throne. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

While Cora twisted in her delirium, Ethel read from the Bible to speed her recuperation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I must have twisted it, and instead of being able to run away I tried to crawl, but by then another old farmer was on me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan plunged his hand into his cartridge case, took out a cartridge, and bit through the twisted paper end. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

She squinted her eyes and twisted her mouth, as if she was just now trying to figure out what to do about Rocket. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The tunnel twisted and turned for several hundred feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Yes, June. I twisted my wrist yesterday in a game of kivaball.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

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

Her mother twisted the three strands into a braid. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yowled in fear and fury, falling, falling, and twisted around while the ground rushed Up to break him . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It twisted his stomach and made his cheeks burn. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Bellatrix’s mouth twisted as though she had taken an unpleasant dose of medicine. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

Like everything between us is twisted together, friendship and love and family, so I can’t tell the difference between any of them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

The soldier was splayed out on his back, with one leg twisted in a way it shouldn’t be. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled and twisted and kicked, but the chief guard had her now, too. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

The devil just went into his head and twisted his thoughts around as he was walking toward the guy. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

“Now you tell me? After I almost twisted my ankle hopping all over the bridge?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

There were dozens of little folding snack-tables, all covered with twisted tubes of paint, most of them crusted dry like shriveled snakes, but some of them alive and oozing ribbons of color. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

When she closed her fingers as if she were making a pair of shadow geese bite, the string twisted together catching the little hairs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland twisted the bulb suspended over the table and the room was suddenly very bright. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Other branches twisted around one another, always creaking, always groaning, until they formed two long arms and a second leg to set down beside the main trunk. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Hanuman swept his hand over the screen, and images twisted beneath them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He stepped closer, his face all twisted by drink and anger. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Milligan ushered the children into a damp, dimly lit underground passage, where centipedes twisted away at their approach and other slithery creatures they heard but didn’t see retreated into the shadows. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She dunked the mop in the bucket and then twisted the water out. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The roadside hedges were gone to rows of black and twisted brambles. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Drogon twisted under her, his muscles rippling as he gathered his strength. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

I saw them, arms limp, faces sometimes twisted in anguish, mostly calm, and I was afraid of them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just kicked me across the deck if I be clumsy, laughed when I be twisted in the ropes and sliding pure froze in the water that washed aboard. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

Their twisted, giant trunks were bunched together like some sort of crowd...or guards. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She says religious people are all twisted and evil and manipulative and just want money. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Her spine twisted; in her dreams she twisted, turning toward that clearing again, again. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Otto beamed and twisted to his right side—his good side. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I labor to remember something: twisted roots, an abyss ... Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

At midnight, the bonfire is ceremoniously lit, having spent the earlier part of the evening standing empty, appearing to be a simple sculpture of twisted iron. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the dirty gray light, Barry saw jagged hunks of wood, shattered glass, a twisted bicycle, a refrigerator, a stuffed penguin, a mattress covered with a pink blanket. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

He twisted around and grabbed Ike by the shoulders. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

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

Moss turned to Mayor Trent, who now stared directly at him, his eyes glassy, his face twisted with concern. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

He twisted it to catch the light and saw a group of hieroglyphics enclosed in an oval line. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He did this thing where he grabbed the skin on my arms and pinched it between his thumb and forefinger and twisted hard. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She’d never twisted and stretched like this before; it felt good. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

Her head was aching and the hair at her temples, even though Aisha had not twisted too tightly, still caused a tugging discomfort, a disturbance of her neck and nerves. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

Like in a mirror or in a flat pond of water, I found that I could see her reflection if I leaned back and twisted my head. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Garikayi stumped on up the path, leaning on a twisted cane, until he was met by his two wives. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

The man's hands came together and turned and twisted uneasily. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

But the stories were wrong—and what truth they had was twisted and bent. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

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

The white, twisted bone angled out oddly from the hip. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

With all the ins and outs, someone must have brushed against it, and the picture has twisted itself back around. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I whipped the dinghy around, aimed it toward the channel, and twisted the throttle wide open. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jon twisted from the knife, just enough so it barely grazed his skin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

Then ripped the half in half and twisted it into a paper worm. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The entrance to a long, low open space that twisted through the foliage and led deep into the bank. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

In a panic he twisted the throttle and the johnboat picked up speed, but that didn’t help—Jasper Jr. was stuck on the end of my line like a moray eel. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

Jethro’s hand found a sharp stick, and he dug it into the earth, twisted it around and around, and stared at the hole he had made as if it had some meaning. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moushumi is horrified, in the banquet room, to see the tables wreathed with tulle, the ivy and baby’s breath twisted around the columns. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

“It’s twisted. I was born that way. They wanted to take me to the Field but my mother said no.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at a tree on the opposite bank, where the roots were exposed and twisted, and felt a metallic-dry taste rise from the back of my throat and slide over my tongue. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Woodchuck Lodge is small and rustic, with a sharply gabled roof and a porch railing of twisted limbs and branches. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

For miles, out the open door, Werner sees no sign of humans save the occasional railcar capsized beside the tracks, twisted and scarred by some kind of explosion. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His rage lends him a lion’s strength, and for a second he is every inch our mother, honey hair glowing, eyes blazing, mouth twisted in a feral snarl. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Scipio asked anxiously when he saw Prosper's face was twisted with pain. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could practically hear the twisted shout that was locked inside, waiting to be triggered, released. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Kote pounded a pair of nails into the wall, twisted some wire, and hung the mounting board firmly on the wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

She looked away from Kaede; she looked down at her hands; they twisted together as if she were trying to weave a rope around her wrists. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The right half of his body, all the way down his leg and partway up his face, has been paralyzed ever since, so he has a twisted and slow way of speaking. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Pain started in her foot and seared through her twisted leg. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That woman who lives over near the marketplace. You know the one? Her husband walks hunched over because he has a twisted back. He was with her but he didn’t go up for a trade.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Our furniture was lifeless: the glass tables did not shed twisted skin in the harmattan, the leather sofas’ greeting was a clammy coldness, the Persian rugs were too lush to have any feeling. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The face and body may be perfect, but if a twisted gene or a malformed egg can produce physical monsters, may not the same process produce a malformed soul? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

When he finally drifts off, our fingers are twisted together in the space between the beds. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

I leaned against the doorframe while my father twisted his face to shave down one side. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

We had to climb over a huge pile of broken stone and twisted metal to get inside. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

With flushed plump cheeks she twisted around in her seat. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

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

"The dwarf, the evil counselor, the twisted little monkey demon. I'm all that stands between them and chaos." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

A death tremor shakes his flanks, but he picks toward me, jerking his great twisted horns at air. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Once that was gone, I throwed up air whilst my guts twisted and jumped. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

"No, listen," Zero insisted, then he closed his eyes as his face twisted with pain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

More often than not they turned away without answering; one man spit on the ground, his face twisted with loathing. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

“How clever,” she said as she twisted off the cap. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

What looked like a long silver ribbon shot out of it, which twisted itself into a large figure eight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Now all three little girls, still in their sleeping garments, were giggling nervously in the small room where Bryn groaned and twisted on the bed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

His mouth was slightly open and the lower jaw twisted. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

As the trail twisted along the river, the patrol began to take on a nightmarish quality that would become all too familiar to soldiers in this war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“It was the most intricate braid I’ve ever seen, twisted in and about and around itself like a crown. Whoever gave you that braid was Talented indeed.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

My hands twisted against the pale bed sheets. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

It was a difficult trip back, with his belongings slung over his shoulder and the blackened, twisted remains of the automaton straining his arms and back. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Without a word, he twisted into his shadow with a gust of wind, and in the next instant he took off into the sky on Old Familiar’s back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Two twisted ropes of hair fell past her knees, one over each shoulder. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

The bag twisted and jerked as if it was full of snakes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Shay twisted one end, and four short struts unfolded from the other like the ribs of an umbrella. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

I yelped as one of them twisted my arm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Last of all came a straggler, all skin and bones, hobbling on a twisted foot. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“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

The hollow is bent and twisted, its tongues waving in the air, open jaws dripping black on the mat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She twisted herself into a kneeling position, getting several bad scratches from the acacias in the process, and pulled the clay pot back. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was wearing a regular shoe on one foot and I had the rabbit slipper from Mrs. Howard on the one that was twisted. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lurched toward the woman, but her leg chains got twisted and she stumbled. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

The running sores, the twisted legs, the mangled faces. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Satchmo's stomach dropped to his feet, his throat twisted like twines making rope. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The route there from the Smoke twisted in all directions, taking advantage of veins of iron, rivers, and dry creek beds, but they’d never had to leave their boards. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Her hair was twisted up and held with pins that she kept pushing in so they wouldn’t fall out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

He twisted about on the hard, uncomfortable step. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She dreams about a place to eat,” Mr. Rodriguez said finally, and twisted his face into a silly grin. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand hit something big and furry—a rat?—as the water twisted and turned him and dragged him along. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

She twisted her mouth wryly, as if she were tasting something she disliked. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She fixed her gaze on Mother, who twisted her handkerchief nervously, smiling at someone who was not yet there. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“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

Alex was twisted around in his school bus seat, talking to his two best friends in the row behind him. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then he squatted in the foyer floor and hooked his foot over the outside edge of the door and pulled it against the lid and twisted the jar in his hands. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

But the doors lay hurled and twisted on the ground. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Standing with her back to the mirror, she twisted her head. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Tally twisted her body to bring the board under her and across, cutting around the next flag. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Jon twisted like an eel and slammed a heel down across the instep of the boy holding him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sierra felt its solidity beginning to give way between her fingers, felt the twisted sorcery that held it together loosen. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

And still some of them lived, flopping drunkenly across the grass until a wringer grabbed one by the neck and twisted and that was that. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The entire forest area, the hundreds of tiny stitches in shades of green, had darkened, and the threads had knotted and twisted in odd ways. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

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

There were strong twisted wires running around the tree. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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 twisted piece of the Grasshopper still lay there. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It traced a line of fire all the way across Tyrion's face, and twisted a burning poker up his nose. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The twisted foot dragged in its familiar way. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

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 pulled and twisted and got my legs loose finally and turned around and touched him. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Its slender towers twisted ever upward, frozen flames dancing as they reached for the sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

Finally, I could see his perfect face, staring at me, twisted into a mask of indecision and pain. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

When he finally looked up, he cursed, twisted away, and took off in the other direction, sprinting like he was running a race. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was slow going; the steps were cut high and narrow, while his legs were short and twisted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Rivulets of moisture twisted down the back of his cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I suppose even a simple slogan can be twisted into whatever shape we want, like a balloon animal—we can even make it loop back around on itself, becoming a noose. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The rear vertical rudders twisted to the left and the wings curled slightly, as if they were alive. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

Then I put my Yankees hat on, pulled it down low by the brim, and twisted it a little to the left. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

His face twisted up strangely in a way I’d never seen before. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Summer flung the arm aside, twisted, and sank his teeth into the dead man’s neck under the chin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

The stony path twisted and turned, first down, then up, then down more steeply. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A jump from this height to the tarmac might have broken a bone or twisted an ankle, but the healing nanites in his blood would quickly release opiates and deaden the pain. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

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

The sheets are twisted and turned around the wrong way. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

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

The man grappled with her for a moment, then twisted her into a choke hold. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

Then I twisted off a ripe tomato and presented it to Susie. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I squeezed the twisted phone cord and thought of my new lipstick. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The tunnels twisted, leading in wide, unhelpful detours. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Which meant he didn’t have to play the scythe’s twisted game. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He rolled over to face the aisle between their beds, his blankets twisted around him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes rolled back into her head, her lips moved and twisted. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I yelled, seeing his eyes fasten upon a twisted iron bar. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged me off balance, twisted me around. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

One tiny snake twisted itself up and launched at Mr. Whiskers. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Catelyn twisted her head to the side and managed to get a piece of his flesh between her teeth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The blob of students became a twisted version of a line after ten minutes, and not long after that, there were only a handful of people left waiting to get into school. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

People were clambering over twisted struts and girders to get up to the bitter cold air. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“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

His armored skirt was made from thousands of blackened, twisted bones, woven together like chain links and clasped in place by a belt of interlocking monstrous arms. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He spent a moment adjusting the microphone and smoothing his twisted speech, then he cleared his throat and looked around at everyone. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

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

He saw twisted ankles with the bones sticking out. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

His head was twisted forty-five degrees to the right. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

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 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

She twisted, confusing them, and climbed swiftly out of their reach. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

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

The bike twisted in midair, then crashed down. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I get this pang in my stomach, like a little knot that’s twisted up tight, and I think—well, hope—that I’m still breathing. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

As the big tree had fallen, the roots had been tom and twisted from the ground. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A torso twisted all the way around, still furred, but the thick white was interrupted by a new bloodiness, intermittent streaks, as if the figure had made a mess while eating something. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I twirled the twisted phone cord in one hand. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

But everything is twisted in me—what he’s saying, what he did before, what my dad would think of me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

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

Arya saw the matted greasy hair, the patched, dusty black cloak that covered his twisted shoulders, the hard black eyes squinting at her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dorian ripped it open, and his stomach twisted at the long line of names. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He twisted around and handed her earphones, and showed her how to put them on and bring the microphone round in front of her mouth. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She twisted her face whenever she was removing a piece of glass that was buried deep in my skin. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

She went down first, but her ankle twisted on the last step, sending her sprawling over the dirt floor. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he’s a having a bad day,” I elaborate, not because I feel any obligation to defend the white race but because her face is so twisted with hurt. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Salvador’s old shirt clung to her, and as she twisted the vegetables from their stems, she felt her back begin to itch. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Yet on the whole they had worked steadily eastward, keeping as near as they could find a way to the outer edge of this strange twisted knot of hills. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

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

She grabbed its neck and twisted until she felt the bone snap. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Twice as large as any of the others, it had a human face, but one so twisted with agony, it was unbearable to look at. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

I twisted uncomfortably and, by accident, put pressure on one of my wrists. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

What hurt most—worse than the broke ribs, broke nose, banged head, and twisted knee all put together—was his pride. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She put the cap on the pen and twisted it shut. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was always that great moment when the wrapped bulk swung clear of the window and twisted dizzily in the air for a moment before it righted itself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The other twisted in midair and landed in a heap on the ground, shaking its head in confusion at Omakayas. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

His stomach twisted for different reasons, taking in all the little things that just weren’t right about this scene. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The girl whips her phone around, holding it to her chest, with her face twisted in confusion. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

Minerva, who had seen RiRi dangling from the man’s meaty grasp while her arm twisted at a sick angle, was frantic to claw past and into the clearing. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The worst for me was the painful aikido grip where you placed your thumb between victim’s pointer finger and middle finger, grabbed his thumb, and twisted his hand up under his armpit. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She might have heard Iorek Byrnison’s roar, but it was a long way off, and then she was jolting over rough ground, arms twisted, mouth stifled, sobbing with rage and fear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Wobbly with dread, I walked up the hallway and rasped up the twisted stairs, “Hello?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

After two hours’ clearing the runway of rubble and twisted metal, her manicure was in need of repair. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I’m telling you every single thing that went on has been twisted and turned in here. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A face floated in front of her, fat, bearded, brutal, his mouth twisted with rage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I twisted one of his hands into an ordinarily painful aikido grip, but Massey was oblivious. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The faces leering out at her from behind the shields and spears of the Poor Fellows seemed twisted, monstrous, hideous. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her mouth twisted at the irony of it and she turned to the three girls at the water pump. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She looked up from her lap and her twisted fingers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rosa’s head was twisted toward the window through which Clara was squinting, and her long green hair hung like a fern from the table onto the tiled floor, which was stained with blood. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

The others twisted themselves like corkscrews, their elbows raised, and leaned against the flanks of the bull after his horns had passed, to give a faked look of danger. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

Their faces in repose were twisted as though in anger, only it was not anger. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Three chains twisted about each other in a way that gave rise to a crystallographic repeat every 28 A along the helical axis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He sat high upon the immense ancient seat of Aegon the Conqueror, an ironwork monstrosity of spikes and jagged edges and grotesquely twisted metal. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

Where the high road twisted between two rocky outcrops, they came to the first strong point. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But it simply clamped its huge, flat mouth down on one end of the trunk and twisted its massive neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I twisted to see who was behind me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands tightened and twisted on the container, and milk spurted out onto her lap. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

It was Manny, sitting up in a chair, his mouth twisted open in terror, his eyes staring emptily into the darkness. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She notices the way his fingers are twisted above the first joints, stiffened haphazardly like branches. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the girl’s face twisted, and she was on all fours then saying she was going to be sick. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her grandson appears in the doorway, his pajama top twisted off his shoulders, his eyes vacant with sleep. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arms trembled as he twisted and pulled. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The thing twisted bonelessly until its one eye was again facing her. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

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

My questions have multiplied, twisted, taken on new form. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

She twisted the silver ring on her finger. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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 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

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

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

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

The hasp had broken; it came away bringing with it some twisted rusty screws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It might have been the mixture of twisted vlei bushes and peat she used for fuel. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead she thought: My mother might’ve looked like this if she’d let go of her anger, if Gaea hadn’t twisted her. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

It twisted and turned tortuously, over small hillocks, through hedges and across fields. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

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

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

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 looked at Omar, but he twisted the heel of his sandal in the dirt. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Redemption fell silent and twisted his fingers together, pressing and interlocking them over and over. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Layla’s old bike was in the grass near their gray minivan, the handlebars twisted the wrong way. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

From the center was the chandelier, and from the chandelier a twisted strip of sheet was hanging down. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petra’s mouth twisted strangely “You’d better read that book before you agree with me. You might not be as crazy as I am.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

But now, his face seemed twisted with shock somehow, eyebrows raised, the edges of his mouth turned down beneath that unruly mustache. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

As soon as we were alone, Abbey reached over and twisted the hair on my arm. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

His face, twisted into a hostile frown, was curiously ugly: greasy hair, watery eyes, pale, lifeless skin. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The place was a mess of twisted metal and busted boards and pieces of wall or ceiling. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The gods were careful not to get within reach of Fenrir’s jaws, but as they were driving the rock deeper, Fenrir twisted and snapped at them. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

She was wearing her pajamas and robe, her hair falling down from what was once a neatly twisted French roll. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I suppose you think I twisted your foot! I wasn’t even born when it happened.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was not killt nor burnt; I had not even twisted an ankle running from the flames. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

"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

“If you stop now, I can help you, I can—” Nita smiles a twisted smile. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My grandfather lay facedown in a bed of creeper, his legs sprawled out and one arm twisted beneath him as if he’d fallen from a great height. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

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

There was nothing there now but a massive pile of twisted, flaming metal. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

He twisted his body and tried to spin out of the mass, gripping the Transvice with both hands to swing it left and right to get people away from him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

The smaller silver Volkswagen was on its side in front of it, a heap of twisted metal that I barely recognized. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Kendra unconsciously twisted the sleeve of her shirt, a pained expression on her face. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I twisted my blanket in my hands and clenched my teeth, trying to shut out the low rumble of conversation punctuated by coarse laughter and quiet, hopeless sobbing from below. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In my mind, all I saw was Styx twisted. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The densest tangle on the island, a mass of twisted stems, black and green and impenetrable, lay on their left and tall grass swayed before them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Bannister's face twisted into a quick smile. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

One twisted metal vine veers to one side ending in a handle. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

Like a giant corkscrew, the stairway twisted through the darkness, steep and narrow and with no rail to guide them. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were all executed, and the aunt whose thumbs were twisted off drowned herself. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he heard the order, Ser Alliser’s mouth twisted into a semblance of a smile, but his eyes remained as cold and hard as flint. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was free when I rejected my mother's twisted way of thinking. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Bernard says, his mouth twisted into a knot. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Then have someone use that insecurity to satisfy their own twisted curiosity. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

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

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

Mr. Ray looked at his brother and twisted his mouth up in a sarcastic way, making it clear that Robbie’s question was a dumb one. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She twisted, trying to see what had happened. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Pity twisted her heart as she saw her mother, so soon to bear a child, sprawled awkwardly on her hands and knees. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled away from her and twisted around. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

To his surprise, the She Elephant’s face twisted with grief. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She carried something huge in her hands, something that writhed and twisted. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Håkon cried out and tried to grab for the gash in his arm, but the creature twisted his hand away. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I twisted about on my back, fighting something I couldn't see. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it rains in New York, the garbage cans at every corner are stuffed with the twisted bits of broken umbrellas. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

Adam twisted her hands from his arm as though they were wire. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Turning a hatch cover upside down brought a southwest storm, and bringing a black suitcase on board meant snarled gear and twisted webbing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

We climbed over a jumble of bricks and splintered wood and twisted pipe. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I twisted my hair with my fingers, walked around the throw rug in circles, the way a dog will do before it settles onto the floor. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was surprised by the young man’s twisted face, but not frightened. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Huge pines were twisted and snapped off, blown sideways. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of his life, when his ninety years had turned him into a twisted, fragile tree, Esteban Trueba would recall those moments with his granddaughter as the happiest of his whole existence. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one twist of his big black hands he simply twisted off the head and threw the bleeding-necked thing back at my mother’s feet. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carmen asked if she could be my protest partner, and I agreed even though I knew my stomach would be as twisted as a pretzel the whole time. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

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

But as he stepped from the hearth, one of his legs twisted beneath him and he fell heavily to the floor, knocking over a chair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“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

Putting the twisted paper to his mouth, Jonathan tore at it with his teeth. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

Another part of me hated how twisted up and sad John looked knowing he treated a pitch like a shovel and he’d made Pa mad enough to leave. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

I twisted the gold rod and the lead appeared. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

At first light he would creep into the thicket, squeeze between the twisted stems, ensconce himself so deep that only a crawler like himself could come through, and that crawler would be jabbed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They led their horses down a narrow tunnel cut through the ice, cold dark walls press-ing in around them as the passage twisted and turned. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I fell under his weight, and the fall twisted my club out of my hand, set it in just the right position for me to fall on. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Toomer twisted Red’s neck until the boy’s head was square up against the inside of the rubber truck tire of the wagon. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

‘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

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

Their roots bulked above the ground and the branches were twisted. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The passages twisted, turned and doubled back, but the ginger-haired Hunter, Phoebe, took the lead. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He grabbed her, twisted, flipped them both down to the mat, landing with her in the dominant position over him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Lancelot’s twisted mouth grinned at the word she had chosen to use. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Reek saw the way Ramsay’s mouth twisted, the spittle glistening between his lips. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Where it twisted or turned, he would run straight on, bawling up a storm. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blacktop twisted through a wooded area like a river and soon the sound of the highway had faded away behind them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the boy grabbed the man’s head and twisted. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He twisted, fell, and heaved his great shoulders. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

Her mother proud and small, her black hair twisted into a bun at the base of her neck, a silver star glinting at her chest like a sheriff. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Anya’s heart still hammered and her belly twisted with fear, and the first coherent thought she could dredge up was why the dragon hadn’t tried to eat her yet. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

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

They wore gold rings in their leather ears and in the wind their sparse and ratty hair twisted about on their skulls. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

First she twisted Savanna’s brain, and now she’s turning you into a pretty zombie just like she is. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She twisted her lip but fell in behind him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how she twisted and squirmed, she couldn’t get away from that hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Remembering what Ben had taught me, I put one hand on each side of it and twisted it sharply back into place. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

I twisted the woman so’s I was between her and the cap’n. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He twisted in the cockpit, desperate to see what happened. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ash twisted the window lock and pushed open the diamond-paned glass, leaning out into the morning. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My blade hit the base of Luke’s and I twisted, putting my whole weight into a downward thrust. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He fell with his leg twisted under him, and could hear the crack of bone. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Twice daily the maid twisted rags into buckets of water and wiped the floors. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Indeed I felt his hold on me loosen, so I twisted my body in a swift movement and slipped away. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

I twisted around in my seat to see Noah sneaking out of the tech booth and leaving the auditorium through the back. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

His motorcycle was broken in two pieces, the muffler dangled, the spring forks were bent, the handlebars twisted. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

“Nothing. I twisted my ankle a little in the cellar. It’s not a big deal.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Aunt’s Rose’s lips twisted in a smile, and she tapped the space on the bed beside her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He set his teacup down on the table and twisted it so that the design lined up with the teapot. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

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

Some of the Bible stories were interesting in themselves, but we always twisted them, secularized them to the level of our street life, rejecting all meanings that did not fit into our environment. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

His body was completely twisted, shriveled up into himself. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn and keep on following, my head still twisted back. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Angela twisted the engagement ring her mother made her wear in spite of the rash. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dip back down again — quickly —” They dropped back beneath the clouds and twisted around in their seats, squinting at the ground. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The second lord was thin as well, but twisted where the first was straight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Whatever was twisted or diseased in the human soul was present in that room. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

On her way back to the cottage, laden with newly washed clothes to spread in the sun, the midwife tripped over Walter the Blacksmith’s second-best pig and fell, left leg twisted beneath her. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The German officer pulled the necklace from my mother’s neck, and twisted her wedding ring from her finger. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I shouted something and then it twisted and was gone, shaking the brush and drawing Ricky’s attention. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Penny looked away, but Nurse grasped her under the chin and twisted her head back around. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With a shock he saw Mr. Grin standing in the hallway, looking hideous with his white face, his ginger hair, and his mauve twisted smile. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She has dark brown hair pulled back and twisted into a mess of a ponytail. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

The tree’s roots, thickly twisted and fanning out like huge, grasping fingers, snaked out from its base. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

Matt’s bare feet moved silently beside him, and the only other sounds were Kira’s walking stick, which made a muted thump with each step, and the dragging of her twisted leg. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It's like some horribly twisted form of Social Darwinism. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted the time around, personalized it into two and a half hours left for Fang to make good on my premonition. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Most of the huge rubber tires were punctured and grotesquely twisted on their axles. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He found a bottle of orange juice and twisted the top off. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He left the basket, the rigging, and the gasbag where they lay, tangled and twisted among the branches. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath her thrumming fear, there was some twisted satisfaction in having found what she was searching for. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

With Radar’s back against his face, Alex couldn’t see where he was going; he twisted his head so he could spot the curb beside them and then followed the sound of Nunu’s voice. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

Her face twisted, and her entire being went a brilliant violet. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

John thought for that moment that his father believed the words had come from him, his eyes were so wild and depthlessly malevolent, and his mouth was twisted into such a snarl of pain. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Neville had somehow managed to melt Seamus’s cauldron into a twisted blob, and their potion was seeping across the stone floor, burning holes in people’s shoes. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

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

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 leather hinge twisted and Bigwig nearly lost his balance. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the more I twisted the facts, the more they pointed to a single inescapable conclusion. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Every so often, her stomach twisted, threatening revolt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

Beneath it, a mass of tentacles covered with circular stingers twisted in the water, at least ten feet long. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Tears flowed as if a faucet had been twisted on full blast. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In a last, desperate effort, Jonathan twisted violently, butting his head into the old soldier’s chest. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I took advantage of his momentary distraction and twisted away from him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He twisted his end of the sheet to his right while she twisted to her right, and they watched as the water was squeezed out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Miles and I twisted to find them at the same time. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“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

Uh-oh, I twisted up my face to get ready for a kiss but instead she looked real close at me and said, “What’s this, baby?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was twisted into a half smile, like she was hiding something. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He again seized the doorknob and twisted it violently, but still it would not open. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

The masked figure grabbed the front of Goober’s shirt and twisted hard, pulling him forward. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

I told him Ryan was joking, but that made it worse, because David laughed and laughed in that twisted position, and Ryan mimicked David, tipping his own head way over, laughing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In those miles, along the twisted roads beside the steep mountain, I feared that I would never get back to America, civilization, English and wide streets again. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unbuckled my seat belt and twisted around. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

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

I pulled an Oreo out of my robe pocket and twisted it apart. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A spine of forested hills twisted down its centre. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It gleamed as it twisted in the sun. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Pike’s expression twisted and his face went a livid red. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

Pressing the jockey to the floor, he pinched his nose between his fingers and twisted it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It shuttles across debris, illuminates a fallen hunk of wall, lights up a twisted piece of shelving. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I twisted, letting out a howl, and it shot past my shoulder, just barely touching my skin. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 could see, too, that she was accustomed to her stick and twisted leg. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I left him frozen on the sofa, head twisted round, eyes bulging. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The bald man twisted in pain as he was carried off the truck. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

I stuck my verbal stiletto in him in just the right spot and twisted it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

He twisted around and blocked his assailant, breaking the man’s watch. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

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

Ma had to pluck many a hay bit from me when the fever twisted me about back in my bedridden days. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She noticed that his answering smile was a little twisted, as if with pain. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them had roots, clawing their way up out of the soil, thick and twisted and shiny. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And then the tunnel began to rise; moments later it twisted, and Crookshanks had gone. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Frightful,” I said as I turned and twisted and looked. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she stumbled over old grapevines, gnarled and twisted, thick as a man’s wrist, or became entangled in the tough, sinewy vine of the honeysuckle. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

We climbed through the broken panes and twisted metal and out into the park itself. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was all a question of the angle and radii at which the DNA strands twisted about the central axis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

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

He was, by turns, inflamed by anger, twisted by confusion, withered by sadness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

His hands were clamped into shaking fists at his sides, and his face was twisted with anger. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

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

Somkit took a deep breath and twisted his mouth from side to side. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Looking around, he could see a track leading down from the road that twisted up over the cliffs that surrounded them. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her gaze goes distant, her face twisted with the memory of some distant horror. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

His mouth was still twisted in a silent scream. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She smiled—a twisted smile, with a knot of pain at the center. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin twisted his head until he could peer at her from the shelter of his arms. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lovely woman with a tower of twisted braids smiled into the camera. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

There was a wicked-looking theatrical dagger, with a twisted blade that sank into the handle to make fake stabbings look real. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ana was behind her, and when she recognized Ash, her curiosity twisted into a look of fury. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three times Sam struck with all his force, and at last one single cord of all the countless cords snapped and twisted, curling and whipping through the air. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I think perhaps she saw the wide twisted mouth and embarrassed eyes of Martin Hopps on her and felt that in some way she was reimbursing him for his stolen life. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mark twisted his body and darted a quick glance at Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

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

She picks up her armband, which was twisted up like a snake on her bed, and starts pulling it through her fingers. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

The vines formed in a curtain of deep green as she twisted one of the stalks around her bare foot and used it to hoist herself up. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

I twisted a bit of sandwich wrap around the end of my index finger, watching it turn grape red. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

Taryn froze in front of the mirror over her dresser, in the middle of pulling her hair halfway up, an elastic band twisted around her fingers. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He twisted his lips and bugged out his eyes in a mask of fear. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

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

I twisted around just in time to see Gum Baby leap out the window, fleeing into the night with my pack, green light escaping from the slightly open zipper. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

Sometimes they were rain clouds, heavy and dark, and sometimes airy tufts of white that cast delicate shade and twisted into shapes like hunting ravids or castles in the air. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

Her hair is twisted into a messy bun, and dark circles paint the skin under her bloodshot eyes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He twisted his right foot into the sand. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

The barbed tail thrashed and twisted to be at him. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because no sooner had Fezzik’s great hands reached out than the man in black dropped and spun and twisted and was loose and free and still quite alive. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He must be awfully old, for his face is all gnarled and twisted like the bark of a tree. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“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

And then the hunter suddenly lurched and twisted as he tried to rip the rifle away from his target. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Johnny twisted and turned and brought the whistle to his lips. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 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

Her hair was twisted into a knot and held in place with a pencil. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I twisted it from his grasp, feeling a sharp pain stab through my shoulder. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robin twisted her body to look at the photo behind her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I twisted off the cap, gave it a sniff, and nearly fell over. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then she turned to stare at me with her sharp green eyes and twisted the parasol she always carried to protect her daisy-petal skin. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Poor Mr. Freeman twisted in his chair to look empty threats over to me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they found a friendly civilian technician and he twisted a rubber band around their arms, and they watched while he filled some tubes with their blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sound came out of my mouth, a twisted, pitiful moan. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her hair, half up and twisted with a fuchsia ribbon, fell in loose waves. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She put the key in the keyhole and twisted. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

But the more he pounded, the more the metal twisted and buckled, until, finally, the iron sprang from the tongs and fell to the ground. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

She twisted her hair up in a bun and checked my vitals, I guess just as a final precautionary measure. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Marigold Asher twisted her red Talent bracelet around and around her wrist. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She would pound the floor with her parasol and shout and wave her fist until her hat was twisted on her head and her churchgoing outfit was rumpled. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Her leg was ripped one way, and her arm twisted under her at the bottom of the steps. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

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

I have twisted the top into a thing that looks like a pumpkin stem. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“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

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

He found what was left of the sword a few feet away, the end splintered and twisted like a tree struck by lightning. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

Something within the twisted iron cauldron begins to spark. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her hair was blond, parted in the middle, and twisted into a roll on either side. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fort gently twisted his collar out of Charles Wallace’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

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

I was dreaming something bizarre and twisted, but I couldn’t wake up. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In spite of their twisted, ludicrous impressions of East Enders, the concern and the tears in their eyes had been genuine. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He shook his head, face twisted with anguish, and said, “I don’t...I don’t have any fool magic.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

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

The pastor said the magic word, and the final cube twisted into place. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She twisted herself round and pressed her bosom against him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Surely, because Hooke was a little man with a twisted back. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Some way down they found a few gnarled and stunted trees, the first they had seen for days: twisted birch for the most part, with here and there a fir-tree. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I twisted her beads so hard I thought they might snap. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

His hands are twisted up in his hair. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Unease snaked through her and twisted into an anxious, rustling coil. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

Mama’s hands twisted against each other as we watched. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

The stove was cold, so I twisted a length of grocery paper into a wick and coiled it in the firebox. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

They probably figured that my twisted criminal mind had made me do something awful again. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Women have just as good a right to interpret and twist the Bible to their own advantage as men have always twisted it and turned it to theirs,” she told a reporter. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We made wooden boats out of cigar boxes, devised wooden paddles to which we twisted pieces of rubber and sent the cigar-box boats sailing down the ditch under their own power. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

Diego took the clarity granted to me by the sluggers and twisted it around until I didn’t know what I wanted anymore. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He twisted the top back onto the bottle and picked up his glass. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The old man's eyes twisted in his face like the mad eyes of a bird of prey. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

He heard the twisted animal-machines come closer, so close, waiting on the stone blocks below. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

Liam twisted around to look at Zu when he said, “And go...for a hike?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

There was a broken spear in his belly, and his furry goat legs were twisted at a painful angle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

Revenge, in a twisted way, would have given me some sense of satisfaction. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

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

Her night-black hair was twisted back in two braids that she had pinned up around her head to look like a crown. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Grasping the pumpkin in one massive hand, he twisted and then fiercely uncoiled, hurling the pumpkin into the sky like a discus. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

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

Rain poured from the sky as if a gigantic faucet had been twisted on. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

We stared at our twisted reflections in the mirror maze, ate powdered-sugar-dusted elephant ears, banged out our aggression on the bumper cars, and got sticky fingers from cotton candy. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

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

He runs back to his car and comes back with a brown whip twisted around his fist. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Out of the broken, twisted, tangled mass streaked a brown furry ball. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The following morning Big Mary, chipped and soiled, stood over a landscape of twisted and blackened steel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

His mouth was half twisted, almost smiling—the red of the blood that had dripped out of his nose and mouth the only color left in New York. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I gave them each a package of cigarettes, Macedonias, loosely packed cigarettes that spilled tobacco and needed to have the ends twisted before you smoked them. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

His tie was twisted and his shirt was rumpled, and he walked with his hands in his pockets. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He twisted his own face, practicing, pushing his lips up against his nose, and then flapped his arms, the way the cloth of his mommet might flap in the wind to frighten away the crows. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Conspiracies and connections as twisted and sticky as a black widow’s web. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“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

His face suddenly looked incredibly distressed and twisted up, as if he might cry, and his eyes were very blurred. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I feared my wits had been melted by the flames, twisted and charred. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached up and twisted a few strands of his straight gray hair between my fingers. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Harry Potter,” said Griphook, and with one finger he twisted the thin black beard upon his chin, “but you are a very odd wizard.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Just when it seemed that a crash was inevitable, he twisted his quad and swerved off the path, up into the grass. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

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

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

There were passive Muslims, uncertain Muslims, borderline agnostic Muslims, devout Muslims, and Muslims who twisted the words of the Qur’an to suit their temporary desires and agendas. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

There was an edge to his voice, and his mouth twisted as if in exasperation. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are they sure?” said Tazviona, a large girl who had been born with a twisted foot. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clean-jawed spook reached down and twisted Shadow’s ear between finger and thumb. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The forest encroached on both sides, leaving the road ahead only discernible for a few meters as it twisted, serpentlike, around the ancient trees. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

Anything can happen to delay me—a twisted ankle, a storm, a trout waiting to be caught. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not figure out why they twisted and turned in the fire after they were dead. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Granddad twisted around, but it was Nana who placed a hand on my knee, and suddenly the pressure was gone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

His smile looks more like a grimace, twisted as it is by grief. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

It was made of rough, brown paper twisted into a tube, one end further twisted tight like a candle wick. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He twists the dial to the RRG, and as he listens, he grows angry all over again at its twisted lies. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now his face looked like the granite face of a cliff, twisted and sculpted by anger and hatred. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

His expression twisted to a sneer when he reached the back and surveyed the Negroes. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mami twisted and sprayed her hair, powdered her face, patted rouge on already pink cheeks, and spread lipstick over already red lips. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

My grandmother twisted in her chair to look at me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin, crazed with pain, smelling his burning flesh, twisted away from the heat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

My thoughts were hazy, still twisted up in dreams and nightmares; it took me longer than it should have to realize where I was. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

At her words, my stomach twisted in excitement—because as much as I was still trying to Manage My Expectations, I couldn’t help it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Jenkins’ face was white and twisted as he struggled to look down at his wound. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That he was twisted, crooked, wrong, but not so broken that he couldn’t pull himself together into some semblance of a man for her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

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 cartilage in his nose was twisted—it’d been broken by the lash of a wayward logging cable in the winter of 1915. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She twisted away from him and ran back through the people. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The moist tips of their little black noses wiggled and twisted as if trying to catch a scent. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were tears in his eyes, but his mouth was twisted in hate and anguish and confusion. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

I gritted my teeth and twisted hard, harder than I ever turned anything in my life. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The passage twisted round a few turns, and then began to descend. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

From these twisted creatures, the Scholars learned to trap the jinn with salt and steel and summer rain still warm from the heavens. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

I twisted my mouth up to hold in my anger. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Koffi twisted her mouth to form a half grimace she hoped would suffice. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

What if someone got all twisted because Esperanza joined him later? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The man’s lips twisted into a wicked grin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

On Christmas Eve, Cole sat alone in front of his twisted little tree as the wind outside moaned through the treetops. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He wrapped their coats each in turn around the trunk of a small tree and twisted out the water. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

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 had al-ways known she would not marry—her twisted leg made it an impossibility; she could never be a good wife, could never perform the many duties required — but certainly she could manage alone. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a few twisted shapes of metal remained, rising above the trees like skeletal fingers grasping at the air. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Jon reached back for his sword, but one of them grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Earlier, farther down, she might have recovered from a falter or stumble, might even have bound up a twisted ankle and continued on. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She had twisted round in the chair, and, with one hand holding a pigtail, she was staring at him with round eyes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

My stomach twisted around a little red knot of fear. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The young man and his opponent twisted in the grass. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

They gave the all-clear, and everyone rode farther upriver, to a place where the river’s course twisted closer to the ruins. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

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 looked back at me, his face twisted in rage, and then he turned the camera in my direction. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

She hated the idea, but she was sure Hecate had set this up as some sort of twisted challenge. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She smiles a strange, twisted smile, and adds, “I love you, you know.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

It twisted like a snake, and he took hold of it with both hands and smiled at Rebecca and put it round his neck. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

High John danced between the iron monsters, tangling them up as they lunged at him and leaving them twisted in rusty knots, juicy targets for my hooks and uppercuts. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

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

A smile twisted my mouth, a sweet and sad one, like remembering summertime during the winter. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Out there by the pasture gate, she quickly took the pins out of her tousled hair, pulled it back, twisted it into a knot at the back of her head, and pinned it tight. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Ahead, where the black road twisted out of sight between black trees and gray sky, was the mountain. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Tucker twisted the dial until a steady, soft stream of music was coming out. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

He looked at me, his face twisted with the pain of it. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Faded streets signs, some twisted and bullet-pocked, still pointed the way. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was twisted in an ugly expression, and Ophie clambered to her feet just as the bedroom door slammed open. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I twisted the shirt around and cleaned my goggles again on the back of it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

He kicked an empty cigarette packet with his sprained foot and his face twisted up in pain. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mama twisted the faucet so the water flowed more gently. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

She reached distractedly into the pocket of her skirt and took out the music box and, without thinking, twisted the winding key with trembling fingers. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach is twisted into a knot that might never uncoil. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

None of the fierceness twisted her features, either. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

An illustration of a twisted, half-decayed face grinned at her, flesh falling from its bones. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There he crouched and twisted his face into a fierce expression. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It came up with several angry soldiers attached, and Nhamo expertly twisted off the abdomens and ate them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hamlet slowly shook his head from side to side, and a look of great anguish twisted his features. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

As Kvothe spoke, his expression twisted, as if each word he spoke rankled him more and more. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

My insides twisted, erupting with a lava flow of pain. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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

He laughed, a twisted up laugh that made me shiver inside and out. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I see nothing but squeezed eyes, twisted mouths. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

Crushing her with his body, he twisted her down onto the floor. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the revised form the phosphate atoms were twisted 45 degrees, thereby allowing a different group of oxygen atoms to form a hydrogen bond. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

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

Nina twisted her hands in the air, and the guard’s neck broke with an audible snap. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Dr. Carey twisted the tooth a bit and racked it back and forth. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was still twisted around the branch of the crab apple tree. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

Her head is twisted unnaturally to the left, chin raised and held in place by a large pair of white hands. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He sprinkled the aku, fried to twisted crisps, and the peppers on the leaf and then rolled it up. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Blind, his nose full of river, choking, sinking, he kicked and twisted and fought to pry the clutching fingers off his arm, but the stone fingers were unyielding. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Emery nods, her fingers twisted together in her lap. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His left hind paw was twisted to one side like Tazviona’s foot. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, she twisted enough to pull her head and arm back inside, then raced across the room. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

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

Mark twisted his body around so that he was facing front, gripping Darnell by his shirt behind him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

My leg twisted under me and there was pain. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

In the Old City, Baba points out the fine mansions and covered souqs, the ancient caravanserais, the mosques and churches—everything burnt and broken and twisted. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Her right foot twisted inward, pulling the entire leg with it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then, compelled, I reached down and twisted the tourniquet, feeling the blood warm upon my hand, seeing the pulsing cease. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Inside, the ribbons have fallen from the ceiling and lie twisted on the floor. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The man smoothly twisted his head, as if it were on a pivot, and looked at Mario. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her plump face twisted with anguish and her eyes brimmed with tears. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Natalie’s face twisted and untwisted, like she was trying to decide. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

It was a long journey for Kira, dragging her twisted leg. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It twisted and turned, but there were no more side tunnels. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And even she was more complicated than I thought, keeping a secret that she thought was too terrible to reveal, out of a heinously twisted protective instinct. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He always gets the knot twisted around his finger and spills water all down his shirt and has to start over, and I can always tie mine no problem. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Not only was she dead, she was rotten, and the badger’s face twisted with disgust. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He and I had a good time finding limbs that were twisted and bent by the wind, the sun, and the ice. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Kaede twisted back in her saddle and stared at the bare trees behind her, trunks the color of ash. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

There were actual balloon arches and twisted garlands of pastel crepe paper festooning the walls. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A dark shape started emerging from the concrete of the parking lot, a massive form of twisted ink and ice. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

He twisted his head, wincing at the grate of sliding vertebrae. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

‘So the thing is,’ Leo said as his hands twisted wire, ‘Zeus is already P.O.’ed at you, right? If you help us defeat Gaia, you could make it up to him.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

At other times she twisted a handkerchief in her hand as she paced the hallway. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

All the trees were bowed and twisted by the weight of ice they carried. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

Kicking and growling, I struggled against the person’s confining hands, twisted around. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then his legs buckled, the room twisted, and he fell back into nothing. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Still, that afternoon, that moment, when that first molecule pierced her skin, was the beginning of our connection, one that led me into a darkness that was as twisted as it was sublime. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

After your visits, I twisted my blinds shut every night. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The tongue twisted away from her flame, then inched back like a snake preparing to strike. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

Between the edge of the burned forest and the mountains, a rocky slope of heavy boulders and scree was littered with scorched and twisted metal: girders and struts that had belonged to some complex machine. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

Even the gods couldn’t devise a fate so twisted. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She twisted and knotted a handkerchief, using it from time to time to wipe the beaded sweat from her forehead. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

An ache inside of me that expanded and twisted, turning me to stone. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

He lets me cry for a while, but it must bore him, because the dazzling smile disappears and now his lip is twisted into a sneer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why is this life so twisted and broken? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

There were cracks in the hallway walls, wet floors, and twisted lockers. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Yet no matter how he turned and twisted this, the old knight could find no honor in it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

“Not until you agree—” Something twisted in Koffi’s stomach, another sharp pain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

Ana had twisted her ankle and couldn't manage the stairs. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robin laughed and twisted the ring on her finger. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Afterward, he comes back into his own body in increments—his knees, still dug into the mattress and shaking; his stomach, slick and sticky; his hands, twisted up in Henry’s hair, stroking it gently. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Unbuckling my seat belt, I twisted between the front seats and threaded my legs through them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But I look at all the dark and twisted roads ahead and this is the easy one, the obvious one. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

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

He twisted around to study his face to be sure. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

He twisted in the saddle, scanning the street behind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

He was twisted sideways in his chair, his arm resting on his head. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a weekday. Don’t you have practice?” she asked as she twisted the combination on her locker. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I 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

It seemed never to have been in the sun, and its hands were twisted like claws above the straps that held it down. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group of female Finnish pirates invented it back in the fifteenth century, and named it the Devil’s Tongue because it twisted this way and that, in a most complicated and eerie way. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

Georgie hadn’t hurt himself, but the bike’s front wheel was twisted and the tire was flat. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Kaira picked out some kind of twisted pastry that was big enough for them to share, then took her coffee and pastry and went looking for a table. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her black hair was braided into a pigtail that twisted under one ear and fell on her breast. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

My stomach twisted at the sight of the gun, recalling the waste pit and how Mr. Katz had looked at the end, with blood guttering from the crevice of his throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

She turned to him, horrified, not knowing why, and cheerfully he twisted his own face into a mimicry of the mommet. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Adam’s face was twisted into a tight frown. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

Bobby insisted that most of the article had twisted what he said and used his quotes out of context. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted her mouth and squinted her eyes, making one funny, mean face. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

"They fired question after question at me. They took my words, twisted them, and used them against me. They wanted to know what adults were involved." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The devices took various forms, but basically they used twisted metal coils to detect an electrical signal. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

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

Her face was twisted into a grimace; her eyes were glazed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

Each emblem contains a chrysanthemum twisted inside the symbol of their high house to represent their relationship to the royal family. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The king's mouth twisted in a bitter grimace. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The words on those pages twisted and seemed to move in front of his eyes. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or else she makes wall hangings out of toilet paper twisted like rope, braided and woven with reels of outdated girlie movies, the kind that used to be called “art films.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Miyax smiled at him as if she did not understand and put a twisted spruce log on the fire. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A faceless, spiny sea creature twisted and revolved in its liquid home. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Taisin saw the creature’s bright orange and emerald wings flutter as she twisted in midair to look down, and Taisin reeled at the sight below her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His battered face twisted with what I thought was supposed to be a smile. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As Cecilia gripped him tighter, he twisted his whole body away from her, and they seemed like wrestlers as she reached up and tried to turn his head toward her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My gut twisted when she said those words. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Too stunned to answer, Calder twisted around to see who had shoved him. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The clay face seemed to be twisted with pain. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey has never considered the rows of short, twisted trees lovely. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Trevor staring at me, his face twisted in confusion. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The wagon road had twisted down into a shallow coulee. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

And here things still grew, harsh, twisted, bitter, struggling for life. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Jaimito twisted around in his seat, ready to throttle this reckless man. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He started to laugh the way you’d imagine someone with a twisted criminal mind would laugh. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

I love seeing her, her dark skin the kind of brown that can’t be found anywhere else in nature, only on her, and I love seeing her twisted locks piled up onto her head. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

She was usually either singing or crying, but now her face twisted up with fury. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Bet he killed them all himself, he did," Gared told the barracks over wine, "twisted their little heads off, our mighty warrior." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The city man looked faint, but Honor and Hunter had not only watched the common and counted-on birthings farm people see, but had tugged and twisted newborns from all sorts of canals. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as his face twisted, turning his narrow nose up in disgust. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

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 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

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

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

The man twisted around to glare at me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Is this some kind of twisted suicide note? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The door opened and he came in looking like he’d been hay jumping—leaping from the hay loft into a mound of hay—all mussed up hair, hay bits, and twisted up clothes. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She removed one of the cloth flowers from her bouquet and twisted it into the top buttonhole of his green suit. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The steer was down now, his neck stretched out, his head twisted, he lay the way he had fallen. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

Powell seized the ears and twisted the head. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

And the young man twisted over and reached for it at once, but Will flung himself on his back and seized his hair. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m beginning to think you’re a twisted human—or no human at all.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

She twisted her hands into a bundle, bit her bottom lip, and shook her crossed legs. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Naomi raised a hand to her hair, which the twins had twisted and pinned up. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

His face was twisted in rigid pain; his mouth gaped over the chipped front tooth. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It twisted and turned gracefully, a rectangular dance with surprises in scale and mood. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

His face was a twisted mitt of hate. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Lana twisted up her coral lips and tried to imagine who had tipped off the police. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman lay twisted in agony, her mouth open to scream, her arms thrown overhead. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Be still, it said, and then the room twisted into a red-and-black circle, and Jam’s stomach turned inside out. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Their twisted boughs, stooping to the ground, were overridden by a clambering maze of old briars. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He twisted his head towards the door of the living room to observe the women as they came back They had not allowed themselves very much rest and were coming back right away. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Her mouth twisted up like she had sucked on the lemon she’d put in my water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

On the warm stone walls, climbing roses were just coming into bloom and great twisted branches of honeysuckle and clematis wrestled each other as they tumbled up and over the top of the wall. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Or would they have twisted the truth around to make themselves look good? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was calm even as her parents’ emotions spiked and ebbed, twisted and spat. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

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

“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

In one move, Finn wrenched the knife from Junior’s hand and twisted his arm behind his back. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

She twisted each curl around her index finger and gave it a final brush. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

They were bent and neatly tucked against its twisted torso. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted his face into a mask of suffering. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop in my tracks and look at Beatriz with my mouth twisted to the side. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The edge of the last tropical storm of the year had twisted up from the south and was drenching the Schoharie Valley and Reservoir. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

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

Mother was sitting with a damp handkerchief twisted in her fingers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

This girl’s got a twisted side that very few of you know about. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t, I’m going to cry,” and her face twisted appallingly in preparation. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

When the elevator stopped again, one of her ankles twisted painfully under her weight, but she managed not to fall. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

Snow has stolen him from me, twisted him beyond recognition, and made me a present of him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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 was just about then that Kalo had accidentally stepped in an owl burrow and twisted his ankle. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Frodo could stop him, he sat down, swung his legs over the brink, and twisted round, scrabbling with his toes for a foothold. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

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

He wedged the corner of the blade under it and pried it up and then knelt and took hold of the lock and twisted the whole thing loose and pitched it into the grass. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Gregor twisted around in the air, trying to position himself so he wouldn’t land on Boots when they hit the basement floor, but no impact came. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Whatever demonic force moved Othor had been driven out by the flames; the twisted thing they had found in the ashes had been no more than cooked meat and charred bone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The boys twisted their handlebars away from the beast, stood on their pedals, and pumped. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She twisted her head down to see their tops. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden my insides felt twisted, like I wasn’t sure whether I should be happy or sad. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

The white folks surrounding them had red, twisted faces. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not Gollum himself could have twisted more quickly or more fiercely. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Words, dimly familiar but twisted all awry, like faces in a funhouse mirror, fled past, leaving no impression on the glassy surface of my brain. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

He twisted the silky bedspread in his fist as a sense of weary hopelessness settled over him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

Dad frowned as he twisted around to check his back seat. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The starfish were twisted and knotted up, for a starfish loves to hang onto something and for an hour these had found only each other. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a terrible face, its mouth twisted, its eyes flaring and full of hate. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When she disappeared, the room twisted around me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

His body was twisted like a doll's, his waist and legs bent improbably to the side. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the flickering lamplight Father gently twisted the golden bangle over Mother’s outstretched hand. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Under that hawk's beak of a nose, her wide mouth twisted in a mocking grin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then the strands got twisted tighter and tighter until it became a line and then an arrow. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that very moment in the world of Cittàgazze, the assassin-priest Father Gomez was making his way up a rough track in the mountains between the twisted trunks of olive trees. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

“But in the end, the form of the citadel might only have been a twisted joke. Whatever they were, the Mesarthim weren’t seraphim.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She twisted free and darted into the doorway. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

At this Nyame’s face twisted into anger for a brief moment. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He twisted his body and the woman plunged over the rail. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

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 prisoner had folded and torn and twisted and fringed paper into thousands and thousands of paper birds, of all shapes and sizes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Great trees, bare and silent, stood, rank on rank, with tangled bough and hoary head; their twisted roots were buried in the long green grass. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When she opened them again, her face twisted up in a terrible way. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It feels dangerous, like the trees may start talking with gnarled wood mouths and reaching for her with twisted branch arms. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

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

Her mouth was twisted up at the corners. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I moved, twisted myself somehow, from my stomach onto my side. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on the couch, twisted to look at me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

But then a quarter of a billion people, a whole subcontinent, rallied behind Gandhi—and they twisted the British lion’s tail! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drunkard was an ash tree, twisted sideways by centimes of wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His captor stared at his face, squinting, his mouth twisted in suspicion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She did not see that I twisted my nose bouncing forward on a crowded bus in San Francisco. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Sefia twisted a couple of locks of hair in her fingers and looked to the book, where it lay in the nest of rope like an egg, ready to hatch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

From there, I ducked, clambered, and sidestepped my way farther and farther into the ramshackle mountain of twisted metal, until I reached a small open space at the rear of a buried cargo van. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

“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

“I’m glad Tazviona’s foot is twisted,” she said to the dark hut, but almost at once Mother’s voice whispered inside her head, You don’t really think that. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twisted downward toward the ankle sheath with him still on top of me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

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 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

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

The sound echoed queerly from the comers of the room and twisted like a worm inside their ears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Here thick black trunks crowded close together while twisted branches wove a dense canopy overhead and misshapen roots wrestled beneath the soil. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

In one particularly twisted incident, the settler troops slaughtered a Delaware boy who had been bird hunting alone. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I do want this to be foolproof,” Joe murmured as he twisted a tiny screw into whatever he was building on the floor. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mae’s fingers, laced together in her lap, twisted with the tension of remembering. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its twisted roots went down into his own being. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Now they twisted out from under Weary’s loving arms. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Once upon a time there was a wealthy man and wife with only one daughter,” Nhamo said as she alternately twisted and chewed the mupfuti bark into rope. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s about time!” she said with a twisted smile. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z