| 单词 | upper |
| 例句 | An altar originally stood in front of the fresco, marking the transition between the upper and lower portions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He looked at me, and I noticed the left side of his upper lip lift once or twice as though he was about to snarl or cry. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in months almost no wind blasted the summit, but the snow on the upper mountain was thigh deep, making for slow, exhausting progress. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In the evening Hattie had me help her prepare for a ball, including plucking out the hairs that grew in profusion above her upper lip. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In the United States, only Florida, eastern Texas, and the upper Midwest seem–so far–to be almost entirely immune. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z We’re living in a larger place now, the three of us: the upper two stories of a red brick semidetached house with a sagging wooden square-pillared porch, on a side street west along Bloor. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “He coughed out water and started breathing air, but it forced all his flesh and blood to his upper body. That’s why his chest is so thick and his legs are so skinny.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She took the spiral staircase at a clip and raced onto the upper deck. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Smiling a polite smile that reveals a rabbity expanse of upper gum, she examines Milton’s complexion, his hair, his shoes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He rolls up his shirt sleeve, revealing the tattoo of my baby picture on his upper arm. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The morning light coming from the side window showed stubble on his chin and above his upper lip. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Like me, she has been raised on strategy, moves and countermoves, ambushes and upper hands. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Two thrones made of gold stood on the upper level of a towering stage decorated with silver. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She began to plan all sorts of refinements: upper platforms to store food, a rope ladder, a barrier of thornbushes, a thatched roof to keep out rain. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Lady Selyse was as tall as her husband, than of body and thin of face, with prominent ears, a sharp nose, and the faintest hint of a mustache on her upper lip. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Nailer’s eyes swept over the broken clipper’s upper decks, the pontoons and stabilizers and the cracked remains of the fixed-wing sails, all of it white, almost blazingly white in the sun. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z His letters arrived in light blue envelopes embossed with the head of Patriarch Benjamin in the upper left-hand corner, and on the stationery inside, his handwriting, like his voice, was feminine and neat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The upper edge of the circular cutout was now thirty feet in the air, the lower edge fully sunk into the ground and out of sight. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “I want to begin by thanking each of you for being here,” she finally said, her hands softly gripping the sides of the pulpit, the muscles in her upper arms flexing. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z One by one, wizards and witches in dressing gowns and slippers descended from the upper floors to leave the bus. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z My room is on the second floor—one of ten rooms on the upper level, along with an assortment of closets, bathrooms, nooks, and other small windowless rooms that seem to have no purpose. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The warmth of my breath closed around me, and when she tilted back to scan the upper story of my house, her face was featureless. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Go to your rooms on the upper floor, and take your women. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When she wrote on the board, her upper arm shook like jelly, just like Mamá’s arms. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The gargantuan monster trying to crush people on the upper floors looked around and let out a roar. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Beneath his weight the top of the door was pressed slightly outward and the upper of the two leather hinges gave slightly where the outer nail held it to the body of the hutch itself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “He and Nina went to search the upper cells.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Some friends were getting jobs, people who did not have his second-class upper degree and did not speak as well as he did. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She leaned her brow into her upper arm, calming her breathing, willing her body to ease. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A new inn had risen beside the landing, twice the size of the old one, with a lower story of cut stone and two upper stories of timber. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Unlike Fahim, he reached into it with painstaking care, sweat gathering on his upper lip as his fingers hovered over the snakes’ knotted bodies. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He left his upper body bare until he had heated water to bathe himself. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She’d probably have the upper hand, too, with all her training. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Donovan had inspected a jagged hole in the upper reaches of one of the walls by the light of his pocket flash. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z A wet place on the railing mirrored thin light coming through the upper windows. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z They were sitting in the upper bunk and I was in the lower one. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Other than that, he had those same narrow green eyes, that scar on his upper lip, that round face, that affable smile. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My friends and I had now moved to the upper school, and our friendly competition got even more competitive. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z His voice quiets to a whisper, and he gently wraps his fingers around my upper arm. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I peeked through the upper part of the couch cushion. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I folded his wrist onto itself and squeezed hard, trying to get his upper body to collapse the way mine had. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Whatever they faced, he’d have the upper hand as long as they were at sea. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The upper portion of it is open, with the night sky fully visible. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The upper lip he had so manfully ordered to be scraped that morning was now beaded with the sweat of nausea. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z His eyes seemed to bulge out of his head and to take up the whole upper part of his face, and they were shiny with sickness, intense and myopic. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tiny beads of sweat glisten on his upper lip. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Several surgeries to correct his lip have left a few scars around his mouth, the most noticeable one being a jagged gash running from the middle of his upper lip to his nose. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z One day before dinner at Patti’s, Jule stood on a street in upper Manhattan, holding an address on a scrap of paper. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But even with the errors, the machines processed the transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic flows and trajectory analyses in a way that surpassed the upper limits of human ability. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I combed my hair down with my fingers, squeezed a red sore place on my chin, and examined my upper lip to see if my mustache was any more ready to be shaved than yesterday. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The temperatures had fallen into the upper thirties, and it felt even colder out on the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z By the late 1950s, the main focus of the espionage war was moving from the streets of Berlin to the upper reaches of the earth's atmosphere. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z North Carolina's reaction was typical of much of the upper South. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z For other types of human groups as well, “a few hundred” seems to be an upper limit for group size compatible with everyone’s knowing everybody. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Dad and Luke were on the mountain, in the junkyard above the upper pasture, a quarter mile from the house. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I was not shut up, as I had thought, in a cellar, but rather in an upper bedroom. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Hugo bit Felicia’s breasts and left purplish bands of bruises on her upper thighs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his hand on my upper back briefly, as though he meant to pull me close or turn me away from the worst of it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z And it’s too embarrassing, smearing snot across my upper lip and struggling to hold my balance on one foot, while my whole family is watching. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It seemed to me that Mr. St. John’s under lip protruded, and his upper lip curled a moment. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Up until Mrs. Henry came along, I’d believed beauty college would be the upper limit of my career. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As the terminal shock and convulsions came over her, they inserted a needle into her upper abdomen and sucked out a quantity of liver. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw monsters patrolling the upper decks of the ship—dracaenas snake-women, hellhounds, giants, and the humanoid seal- demons known as telkhines—but we zipped by so fast, none of them raised the alarm. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Before then, though, I made my way quietly to the upper deck. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I quickly lizard- licked my upper lip but didn’t taste any blood. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He smoothed the handlebar mustache covering his upper lip. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Late in the month Mugs Stump crossed paths with Waterman on the upper Ruth Glacier. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Austin taught Fuller to take on the upper class in the black community with the same zeal and uncompromising spirit that he used in confronting the white power structure. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z When she looked down, she saw loops of cable closing over her, binding her upper arms tight to her body. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And on Hurlbut Street, my grandfather, Lefty Stephanides, took down the zebra skin, dismantled his underground speakeasy, and emerged once again into the upper atmosphere. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Scabs of dried blood molded to his upper lip came away satisfyingly whole. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Smokes were pouring from it, and while those that rose into the upper air trailed away eastward, great rolling clouds floated down its sides and spread over the land. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z ‘She intends to destroy the upper world, not give it to anyone.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She lifted her upper body from the tunnel lip, spun the noose, and let the rope fly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He showed him how they were drawn tightly to the upper arm of the harp by wooden keys which just fitted the tapered holes tightly enough so they stayed whichever way they were turned. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Scarlett Amber Perkins was fifteen, and, at that moment, sitting on the upper deck of the elderly bus, she was a mass of angry hate. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z You’ll see the conk worn by many, many so-called “upper- class” Negroes, and, as much as I hate to say it about them, on all too many Negro entertainers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Gently, he brushed his finger along his upper lip. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The As overwhelmingly came from the middle and the upper class. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z What Townshend didn't know was that the first bullet grazed Garfield's upper right arm, leaving a minor flesh wound. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It was said in the upper grades that Mrs. Myers had never been seen to smile except on the first and the last day of school. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z They had used a mosaic blur on the upper part of his face so that he couldn’t sue them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And the door at the end of the gallery opened, and Mr. Rochester advanced with a candle: he had just descended from the upper storey. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z From the bergschrund at 23,000 feet that marked its upper end, this great river of ice flowed two and a half miles down a relatively gentle valley called the Western Cwm. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He had taken a pencil and, for no apparent reason, was balancing it on his upper lip. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “For Gogol Ganguli,” it says on the front endpaper in his father’s tranquil hand, in red ballpoint ink, the letters rising gradually, optimistically, on the diagonal toward the upper right-hand corner of the page. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They said that Bridge should choose an animal to draw in the upper left-hand comers of her homework, and then they would be a club. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I smiled back, much less radiantly, keeping my upper lip down over a coal-black G.I. temporary filling showing between two of my front teeth. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Roy noticed a single jet-black hair sprouting above her upper lip. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She scaled the steps swiftly, following the curve around to the upper landing. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He was smiling a little now, and the upper part of his body was swaying slowly back and forth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He ducked down to the bowl, rinsed his face with cold water, put on some alcohol, and then looked at himself carefully in the glass, pulling down his long upper lip. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z He grimaced, knuckling the back of his thumb into his upper stomach. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The coroner walked close to Jan’s chair and leaned the upper part of his body forward and asked in a loud voice, “Do you believe in social equality for Negroes?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “And higher yet is the upper world, the future, home of the sky spirits, the rainbow, lightning, stars, sun, moon, and condor.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He pictured black horses standing all saddled in the shadows of the inn-yard, and Black Riders peering out of dark upper windows. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The only noise was the peculiarly bleak whistling of the wind through the upper branches. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrote down the words that were in the upper left corner of his card: Chase and Freedom. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z So it is alarming, upon returning to the upper middle class from a sojourn, however artificial and temporary, among the poor, to find the rabbit hole close so suddenly and completely behind me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The upper town was a rambling extension of the city below, a sprawling collection of shops, markets, and inns that served the guards and staff who worked at the Ice Court as well as visitors. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She did not open them again until a slight pressure on her upper arm told her that she might look again. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He has a spare upper lip and a full lower lip. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He covered his eyes and nose with his right hand and leaned forward, his elbow on the open Talmud, the upper portion of his body swaying slowly back and forth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The moment she touched him, his upper body seized like he’d been electrocuted. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Charlie doesn’t want me to pierce the upper curtain of the mind. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The girls weren’t so- called “tramps,” or “trash,” they were well-to-do upper- middle-class whites. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt a layer of sweat break out on my upper lip. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z As they rode out into the bustle of Riverrun's upper bailey, a naked toddler ran in front at the horses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Kira smoothed the herbal salve on their upper lips and wrapped cloth around their noses and mouths to filter the stench. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z She pushes the white upper teeth against the inside flesh of the lower lip. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma quickened her pace and caught hold of Muriel by the upper arm. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He seemed a druggist in name only; he more closely fit the prevailing ideal of the self-made man who through hard work and invention pulled himself rung by rung into the upper strata of society. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Maya hit one in herself, a beautiful, looping shot into the upper right corner of the goal. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They were either barefoot or their shoes were literally worn out from walking, the soles flapping, the uppers held on by string. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He puts up a hand to shield the sun out of his eyes and licks sweat off his upper lip. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z His head and upper body became hairy like a wolf But his lower body was still human. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Uh,” I said, trying to think fast, pacing back and forth, “I don’t seem to have my information handy right now, maybe you could just—” Then I noticed the number in the upper right-hand corner. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The top row thrust forward so enthusiastically that I had trouble closing my mouth completely, and I was always stretching my upper lip to try to cover them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His upper lip had gone white, the way it did when he was badly upset. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Without an orange frame, he fears, the upper part will appear cold. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It looked like I was lying inside a clearing in a forest of pale, hairy legs with white Burnt Mill Creek High School locker-room towels flocking their upper branches. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z But most riveting of all were slides of the upper body of a CO who’d been slashed all around the neck and face and back. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Of the three grimy windows, one has a jagged hole in the upper- right corner and one is seamed with spidery cracks. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Then she wiped her upper lip with her pointer finger. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But I didn’t want to upset the man, so I said: “What’s that?” and pointed at a blinking figure in the upper lefthand corner of the screen. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, he’s back there in his home office,” she said, indicating the closed door down the upper hall. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z There’s no choice involved: the letter has to be upper case. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The glisten of perspiration on her upper lip. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The blow to his mouth had split open his upper lip and broken six teeth, three of which were embedded in his lower lip, hideously inverting his beautiful smile. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They trudged on through the sand at the upper edge of the beach, hoping to see the shape of the log where they’d camped. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Soon, foam flecked upper lips of all eight men and thin lines of beer and saliva ran like threads of light from mouths to flight jackets. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Some prominent members of the community came to consult with my father, who had connections at the upper levels of the Hungarian police; they wanted to know what he thought of the situation. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Without a word, the Señora grimaced and out came a set of upper and lower teeth, which she then casually set on the music stand. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Like so many bullets, the particles slam into air molecules in the upper atmosphere, knocking off fragments that in turn strike other air molecules. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He just stands there with his upper lip curled as if he's smelling his own stank attitude. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z In the late nineteenth century, Irish and German immigrants served the urban upper and middle classes, then left for the factories as soon as they could. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z All the lower bunks had already been claimed, so I took an upper one in the far corner of the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And what force would be stronger than me and my admittedly underdeveloped upper- body muscles wailing on the trunk with random tools? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Fulfilling a woman’s request swayed emotions, giving a man the upper hand. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Leftovers from their new house in the upper development. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Then the firemen began to get the upper hand. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Each of the two upper tiers had been built so they staggered outward, reversed stair steps. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Not a full-fledged mustache: only a few darkish hairs above my upper lip. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They came to a patch of milkwort—a blue as deep as that of the sky—with long stems creeping through the grass and each minute flower spreading its two upper petals like wings. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood and wiped the milk off my upper lip. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was even darker out there, the emergency lights just a pale glowing fine running along the upper edges of the walls. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Beads of perspiration formed on my forehead and my upper lip and ran down my face. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It was still clear, but a thin, wispy scum of cirrus had spread across the upper atmosphere, and a dark line of squalls was visible just above the southwestern horizon. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see through his missing cheek to his upper and lower molars, and the tongue glistening, and hideously long. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Big Time wiped away a thin edge of sweat from his upper lip. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I crossed my arms over my chest and held my hands tightly under the protection of my upper arms. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. As she herself said, it is the handkerchief of a member of the upper classes.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I decide to take care of his upper body first, to alleviate some pain, before I tackle whatever damage Cato did to his leg. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Mariam struggled against him, mumbling, but he kept pushing the pebbles in, his upper lip curled in a sneer. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I slide a brown pencil along my upper eyelids and feather my lashes, apply Terra Coral lipstick, then blot my lips, apply it again, and tuck the gold vial in my purse. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z They had long, muscular upper lips which they could shape like the bells of bugles. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z An invisible humming engine shone a small spotlight onto one corner of her desk, to the upper right of the geometry text, and the triangles they were studying all looked like bread. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Five years later, Justin has a forest of his own growing on his legs and some fuzz on his upper lip. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The honeysuckle in the upper left-hand corner, for example, echoes the contour of the adolescent’s back, while the two straws are virtually parallel to each other. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Samira sounded confident, the way she always did, but I spotted tiny beads of sweat on her upper lip. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The upper edge of the moon had just begun to emerge over the lip of the horizon. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Hibiscus was still on the floor, his upper body held up by the wall Pet had hurled him into, his front teeth silked red with a bubbled film of blood. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Something rustled in the upper deck, and Brer Fox’s voice sounded above me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She gave Sosie a small, fake punch to the upper arm. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Soon the upper half of his body followed, all in one smooth flow, until he was in a sitting position. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z This would place us in the more noble ‘upper’ hemisphere. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Seated in the upper right, Dr. Strayer wore glasses, his neck slightly hunched. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The D score has no upper limit, while the E score tops out at ten points. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Our upper hallway is different from most people’s. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Joe, clutching a California jersey, bounded up the steps to the upper deck, beaming, looking around for Joyce. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “The thing is, I think they’re on an upper floor. Camilla said something about carrying bags upstairs. There might be fire stairs, but I wouldn’t know how to go about finding them.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Like something beavers might have erected if they had opposable thumbs and lots of upper body strength. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A fire in a subbasement chemistry lab was contained before it reached the upper floors of the college building, read the breaking-news bulletin. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Celaena’s upper lip pulled back from her teeth as the servant turned from the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Truth or dare,” Caroline calls from the upper branches. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The back of the collar and the upper part of the shoulders were gray with dust. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z For all their moving, the Links try to carry on an upper- middle-class tradition of volunteering and knitting community ties. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A vertical incision was made along the abdomena of the subject from just below the breasts down almost as far as the pubis, terminating at the upper expression of the pelvic cavity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The ladies were somewhat more fortunate, for they had the advantage of ascertaining from an upper window, that he wore a blue coat and rode a black horse. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z That’s the kind of thing his brother would do to gain the upper hand. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z At least theoretically, there is no upper limit for an earthquake–nor, come to that, a lower limit. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “No. You just switched to the upper class a few weeks ago—you can’t fall behind.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z A sheen of sweat glistens on her forehead and on her upper lip. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z And I had found a great new teacher in our upper- school headmistress Madam Maryam. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Once Wielaf was panting and wincing on the floor of the upper level, Anya gathered up her bones and lifted him to standing. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Somewhere outside, the flap and swish of air through cloud-pine needles and witch garments told that the witches were keeping them company into the upper airs. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z You glance at the time in the upper right comer of the screen and calculate what you’d be doing at school. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Beads of sweat dotted his upper lip like he was the nervous one. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The upper right screen is sometimes black, sometimes a stark and startling white. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z The Commander’s grip tightens on my upper arm. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Squinting through my camera’s telephoto lens at the upper Southeast Ridge, I was surprised to see four antlike figures moving almost imperceptibly toward the South Summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z By the time they descended into the Violet hall, the only people who hadn't peeled off to shop at the upper levels were the working classes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Westward the view was blocked by the base of the great turret that stood at the back of this upper court and reared its horn high above the crest of the encircling hills. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Meereenese of lesser birth crowded the upper tiers, more distant from the carnage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Penelope saw each member of the table react to the noise in his or her own fashion: Cassiopeia bared her upper teeth, and the boys grew alert and bright-eyed, ready to spring. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z His lower half was magically compacted into the wheelchair, his upper half dressed in a coat and tie. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Her felt her crop, the upper portion of the gullet where the food first lodges after swallowing. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A big round gray rock, like the upper half of an egg, poked out of the water about a mile from the stony headland. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Here, I was a teenaged girl with average upper body strength, hair like a signal beacon, and a mental condition that could make me think I was being attacked even when I wasn’t. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He treated a syphilitic child and pointed out to Mr. Singer the scaling eruption on the palms of the hand, the dull, opaque surface of the eye, the sloping upper front incisors. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Above there seemed to be another hallway, going the width of the house; she could see a wide landing and then, across the staircase well, doors closed along the upper hall. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Blanca was always calm, especially when she had the upper hand. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Many houses had their upper stories built so that they extended over the narrow streets, blotting out the sky. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It appeared to be a bundle of bed linens that had been cast out of an upper window, but then I saw a leg and an arm. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad built shelves all along the upper walls to store Mom’s art supplies. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “To have Provis for an upper lodger is quite a godsend to Mrs. Whimple,” said Herbert, “for of course people in general won’t stand that noise. A curious place, Handel; isn’t it?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Gino kept hammering penalty shots into the upper left corner of the goal while a tall kid in a gray sweatshirt retrieved the ball and rolled it back. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Viola comes flying down from the upper floor as we enter. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The cluster of bells thong-tied to the upper hinges of the entrance door jingled and a short, thin woman with a cigarette hanging straight downward from her mouth walked in. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z First she tossed her bundle of bones to the upper level, wincing at the dull clatter of bone against bone inside the cloth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The woman smiles and shows two teeth, one on each side of her upper gum. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z After a day in the sun, we’d go inside and compare our suntan marks, our upper arms and just above our knees. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Beads of sweat have broken through the layer of powder on his upper lip and forehead. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The rabbi continued reading, and I saw that he was now slowly moving the upper part of his body back and forth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z His upper teeth are small and splay out. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Vola had the upper hand in whatever was going to happen between them, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t defend himself. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Zooey went on looking at her for a moment, his face essentially expressionless—discounting a line of perspiration on his rather long and singularly Irish upper lip. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “We have the upper two floors. It’s a fine arrangement. Come on. They’re beginning to come in.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Those blinking lights were the exact same shade as the blood-red band the PSFs wore around the upper part of their right arm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She inclined her head and upper body slightly, acknowledging herself as the accused. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To regain the upper hand, the English set up a target made of steel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He clutched Mark’s upper arms, gripping his shirt to keep himself from plunging to the earth below. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z They breathed into one another, and she took his upper lip between her lips while he worked on the buttons carefully. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She glued brackets to them, then attached those to what she’d called the “lateral” to the right, and the “upper left cuspid,” which is that tooth that looks like a fang. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Sweat beaded across their upper lips and matted their sashes to their bodies. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The upper crust vacationed in Europe and worshiped an Episcopal God. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z We were a small tight group, clustered together, our bare upper bodies touching and shining with anticipatory sweat; while up front the big shots were becoming increasingly excited over something we still could not see. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The upper cabins are occupied by the privileged and the refugees have gladly taken to the mattress pads. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Her hair was gold and lovely; wide-set hazel eyes with upper lids that drooped made her look mysteriously sleepy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A great battle had been fought for the town but they had no idea who was taking it, who was defending it or who had the upper hand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The Man in the White Shirt thought of those people trapped on the upper floors, and of the firefighters who’d have to climb ninety flights to reach them. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Arching above him the ceiling and upper walls of his cave were alive with bats. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Editor White watched from an upper floor as the fire marched down the block toward the Tribune Building. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z He gripped her upper arm in his hand, hard, and jerked her toward the car. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They were making the turn at the upper end of the park. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z A forlorn plateau of bulletproof ice and windswept boulders 26,000 feet above sea level, it occupies a broad notch between the upper ramparts of Lhotse and Everest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z When I finished that I found a couple pieces of chalk and sharpened those down so that when I stuck the flat end up between my upper lip and gum they hung down like fangs. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve heard enough from Baltimore’s upper crust, and I aim to find my own answers. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “And all the former, the poor as well as the rich, belong to the upper class, and are respected and treated as equals.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z During the Depression, the studios, which were mostly run by immigrant Jews, turned out a string of formulaic fantasies about life among the Gentile upper crust. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Her hair was matted with sweat, and droplets of moisture teetered on the edge of her upper lip. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A group of boys milled around outside, glancing anxiously at the upper windows as if expecting a hideous beast to leap out in an explosion of glass and wood. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She found him with his foot in the sink, the faucet running, and his upper torso bent forward examining his toe. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His upper lip is bluish purple, split like a grilled sausage. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z At Camp Four, Lhakpa Chhiri and I shivered in the wind outside the tents, peering up at a tiny speck moving slowly down the upper Southeast Ridge. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Blood leaked from a wound on the upper arm where Robb had cut her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The stairwell to the upper level was just ahead of them, standing open. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I wedged my body down through the nearly solid sea of coils, forcing my legs deep into the cockpit and jackknifing my knees so that my upper body swung downward and inward. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I found myself on a campus with golden children of western America’s upper middle class. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Silently the lady made her way to her glowing upper chamber, there to weep for her dear lord, Odysseus, until grey-eyed Athena cast sweet sleep upon her eyes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His blade wedged in the wood, and she jumped toward him, letting the force of his own blow snap the upper part of the staff straight into his face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I’m about to ask her how soon I can come back when I notice there is an indistinct brownish-pink cloud around her upper body. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z A map was placed to my upper left, and a photograph to my upper right. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His next stab went into my upper thigh, and I buckled. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z "Up there? But—" His hand closed painfully around my upper arm. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He took out his handkerchief and blotted furiously at his upper lip, his freckles standing out like specks of dirt against his reddening complexion. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Only Katahdin, with its rocky upper slopes and startling muscularity, offers anything that looks faintly intimidating. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He lifted the mattress from the upper bunk bed, and pulled out the two envelopes that held keys for apartment 1 IF and apartment 14J. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He chews proudly, a huge smear of barbecue sauce across his upper lip and the tip of his nose. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You both do that scrunchy thing with your upper lip and nose.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Strong and ambitious, twenty-one or twenty-two years old, he lobbied hard to be allowed to work on the upper mountain as a climbing Sherpa. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The other two assassins come at me fast, and though I fight with both scims, I can’t get the upper hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He read broadly in philosophy, science, art, and religion and was known throughout Chicago’s upper echelon for his ability to converse on almost any subject and to do so with great wit. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He took off his shirt and splashed his face and upper body with cold water, then sprayed himself with Sploosh. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z People barter their belongings and a shoemaker and his apprentice repair shoes on the upper promenade deck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Come on, Jacob,” says Earl, taking hold of my upper arm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The upper lip and gum and teeth were gone. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Luke felt a surge of pride that he’d gotten the upper hand, that he had earned the right to decide what happened next. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I thought you were going to stay away from the upper decks. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Two nights ago, it killed a youngster he knew, a tall, skinny migrant with a cleft upper lip. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z "Women get these notions in their heads----" "Shall we take anything to drink?" called Daisy from an upper window. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Matty picked him up and carried him, then set him on the floor in the upper room where Leader was waiting at his desk. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He tightened a tourniquet around his upper arm and told me to fetch Mom’s sewing box. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I cycle faster into my freedom, tiny beads of sweat popping up on my upper lip and brow, first hot, then cooled by the wind. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Hence when the latter faction gained the upper hand in a power struggle, it stopped sending fleets, eventually dismantled the shipyards, and forbade oceangoing shipping. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He opened his green eyes wider and gave us his maniac look, and only the smirk on his wide mouth with its droll, slightly protruding upper lip reassured us that he wasn’t completely goofy. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z In the upper right hand is a drum whose sound is the sound of creation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When we get to the pier, Ruby makes a run for the upper deck overlooking the boats coming in. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z When poor single mothers had the option of remaining out of the labor force on welfare, the middle and upper middle class tended to view them with a certain impatience, if not disgust. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She turns just enough to avoid a fatal hit, but the point punctures her upper left arm. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z From the upper plains, the heat and aridity radiated across the country. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Out of the corner of his eye, Jesse saw someone coming down from the upper field. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z “A sobering reminder that none of us are immune to the dangers here, even when we imagine we have the upper hand. Let’s save the details for another time.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I took the feetfirst approach, and once I got my feet on the ground, I limboed my upper body out the window. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The chains holding Brer Fox grew taut, and then he was hauled up into the upper deck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I got the punting stroke down eventually — it was more of a pull with the lower hand than a push with the upper — and I was able to help Wello out more often. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But the true measure of upper class today is in the personal services indulged in. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z All his upper teeth had been savagely broken. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Farmer stood beside a bed, his arm resting on the mattress of an upper berth. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The Ancient gave his high-pitched chuckle, his one eye bright as enamel under the dark line of kohl painted on the upper lid. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And he would press his thumbs into the upper part of my arms, making me squirm with currents of pain. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I rolled one up and stuck it between my upper lip and gum the way Miss Volker taught me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He wiped away enough of it to see the upper half of his body there, and that awful feeling swept through him again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I can feel the beads of sweat form on my upper lip. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “After I got the wax off my fingers they were working okay so I folded some tissues into a wad and shoved them up between your upper lip and gum. That’s what stops a nosebleed.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Capuano believed these winds were caused by the movement of the spheres being transmitted to the upper atmosphere. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The slope was already in shadow when Campion came running down with the news that he had come face to face with Blackavar and Holly in the upper part of the combe. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam, holding the child by his upper arm, leaned over and poured whisky in both glasses. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The upper stage of the Saturn V moon rocket was converted into living quarters for three astronauts. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z From his upper left vest pocket he took an old-fashioned straight-edged razor. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The hand of the judge gently stroked his upper lip. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He and his men wanted to kill them, to gain the upper hand. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The friends looked out at us with the tragic eyes and short upper lips of south-eastern Europe, and I was glad that the sight of Gatsby's splendid car was included in their somber holiday. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I fished the handkerchief from my pocket and tried to tie it around my upper right arm. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z As we began to penetrate the thin upper atmosphere, the sky out our windows began to change from the black of space to a tunnel of light. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The upper edges rose into the light, a far land of wild mountains. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the glow of the bedside lamp, Ashoke notices a scattered down emerging on his son’s upper lip. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z FINN, a teenage boy, is lying with his face turned to the wall, undressed but wrapped in sheets on the upper of two bunk beds. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I found an unoccupied bunk on the upper level, shook as many fleas and lice as possible from the soiled mattress, and spread out my sleeping bag. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “The new Nigerian upper class is a collection of illiterates who read nothing and eat food they dislike at overpriced Lebanese restaurants and have social conversations around one subject: ‘How’s the new car behaving?’” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I heard what they were thinking,” he growled, his upper lip curling slightly back over his teeth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I heard Mother tell a room of devoted faces that sixty-five percent of Dad’s upper body had been burned to the third degree. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Wielaf said, “He made the debris to the upper level by blasting out some columns and stuff. He climbed it. Then left the way you all came in.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He squeezes his upper body through the hole, his shoulders scraping on the edges, his jacket tearing, hips twisting, and then he’s through. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Apa stands through all of this, his back stiff, a layer of sweat already glistening on his upper lip. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z No one pays attention to Danny, mask off, face sweating, head and upper back bowed. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In the upper left hand is a tongue of flame, a reminder that the universe, now newly created, will billions of years from now be utterly destroyed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A shadow now lay round the edge of sight, a dark haze above which the upper sky was like a blue cap, hot and heavy. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Their wealth is washing over the upper reaches of society as it did a century ago, bringing cultural and political clout as they take up positions on museum boards and organize presidential campaign fund-raising dinners. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And each day, I learned, in one or another way, of more support from non-Muslim Negroes, including a surprising lot of the “middle” and “upper class” black bourgeoisie, who were sick of the status-symbol charade. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Overall, 1 percent described themselves as upper class, 15 percent as upper middle class, 42 percent as middle, 35 percent as working, and 7 percent as lower. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And I entered the next room just as the upper deck fell with a groaning smash. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She reached inside and caught the monkey by the upper arms and rotated him so that he was facing away from her, so that he couldn’t bite her if he woke up. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Very few respondents called themselves lower class or upper class—7 percent and 1 percent. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The tules and grasses grew back, and willows straightened up with the flood debris in their upper branches. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Basta swore and threatened, giving me a nasty cut on my upper arm, but then, suddenly, the front door was thrown open and they both disappeared into the night, still reeling like drunks. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Licking sweat from my upper lip, I admit I like having Coach. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z At last, I stood at the bottom of the once grand flight of stairs that led to the upper floors. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Sometimes she even climbed the trees and danced among the upper branches, her toes gripping the limbs as she moved back and forth, teetering a little less every day as her balance returned to her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When the boys moved around to the front of the building, they found an enormous pair of sliding doors, the upper halves of which consisted almost entirely of windowpanes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Perspiration poured down from under his derby and the wax in the points of his mustache melted, causing the neat adornment to change into disorganized hair on his upper lip. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They followed the flats along the upper river among huge dead trees. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z When we were little when she’d get mad and couldn’t do anything about it her upper lip would begin to jump. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Rubber bands now hooked my upper and lower palates together. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But on this morning the temperature was held in check by a biting wind that gusted down from the upper mountain, creating a windchill that dipped to perhaps forty below zero. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z While the exact number of horses in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War is unknown, it’s safe to say that the total reached the upper tens of thousands. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z His hand is still on the upper quarter of my thigh and I find myself wondering again if he was like this with his fiancee, Patricia. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z So if this was a new object it must be located not in the heavens but in the upper atmosphere—it could not be a star at all. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For a few glorious days I had the upper hand. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Kaz sped through the upper cells, sparing brief seconds for a glance through each grate. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His mouth will gape: his upper jaw will reach the heavens, the lower jaw will touch the earth. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Slavery had been outlawed in Britain in 1807, but it still caused contention among some of the British upper class. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A moment later the door of the upper room banged shut. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The frantic thumping of several pairs of feet sounded from the upper level, along with the trumpeted cry of “A girl!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Absently, he took his left hand out from between the girl’s upper arm and chest wall. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She closed her lips and ran her tongue hard over her upper front teeth, then took another look. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z We alternately moved our right and then our left feet to the front and back, and simultaneously did the same with our arms, shaking our upper bodies and heads. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The man turned, pivoting the upper portion of his body—a middle-aged man, his dark beard streaked with gray, his thick brows edging into a frown of annoyance—and I saw his eyes go wide. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Then the principal came over the loudspeaker, dismissing all the upper grades and telling everyone to go directly to their homes. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z The upper teachers now punctually resumed their posts: but still, all seemed to wait. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He wanted to kiss her, her upper lip pinker and shinier with lip gloss than the lower, to hold her, to tell her how deeply, irrepressibly grateful he was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Janny Scott took as her map the newfound statistical evidence showing that the upper middle class lived longer and healthier lives than the middle class, which in turn did better than the working class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It was the main passage to the upper floors, and I would need to let through all the officers who had to pass, then lock it back up. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The upper middle class had never been so happy: they could buy as much whisky as they wanted, and automobiles on credit. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He wiped his forehead and upper lip as he pulled up the cloth covering one of the easels to reveal a colorful chart of the major food groups. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z "Here, I stole a macaroon for you. It’s so sticky you'll be tasting it all day; I must have six strands of coconut between my upper molars." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z This French map shows the great chain that blocked the Royal Navy from the upper Hudson. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Addie is perched on the edge of her seat, projecting her upper body at a sharp angle. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “The reflex-arc response taking place in the upper ganglia of the spinal column requires several microseconds more in the humanoid robot than in a human nervous system.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z While her upper half performed, her bottom half upstaged her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z From the side, he might have passed for human—until he turned, and Percy saw that his upper body was split into three different chests, each one dressed in a different-color Western shirt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He ran a finger over his upper lip. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He stepped off in the half-lit deck of the upper level. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Jessie felt her face grow hot and her upper lip start to sweat. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Violet places a comforting hand on my upper back. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I can read it in her eyes and a furious part of her upper lip. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He touched his upper lip where she pointed, and brought his hand away smeared with bright blood. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I intend to make myself necessary to the Derby family, while learning how the upper class lives. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Following her advice, I stop holding on so hard and sway my upper body with the movement of the cow. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “According to my readings, they were once quite popular among the upper classes, though I’m sad to say they’ve gone out of fashion in the last century or so.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She had been interrupted in a row, and was unable to adjust her expression—the mouth open, the upper lip slightly curled—as she took Briony in. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Across a low cement wall is the upper level of our neighbor’s apartment, whose glass doors also open onto the terrace. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking at the small firefights and numbers of enemy killed, de la O figured the United States had the upper hand. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z At this point another member of the kyorremy, the upper chamber or parliament that Estraven heads, pushes and squeezes a way up close to him and begins talking to him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The other horses were eating toward the upper end of the pasture, but Nellie continued to rub herself nervously against the post. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Aristotle, comets exist in the upper atmosphere. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There’d been a birch tree by the upper walls of the mill. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Rain drips through several holes in the ceiling, but Peeta has built a sort of canopy over my head an upper body by wedging the square of plastic into the rock above me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z My upper arms bear more worrying marks, dark, oval impressions that look like fingerprints. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As a commander he knew the power of fright, but once they had gained the upper hand in the initial skirmish the mice lost their fear and became bolder. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It wasn’t easy, because Hassan’s upper lip was a grotesque mesh of swollen, raw tissue. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And then Tab and Emily showed Bridge how they drew little animals on their homework, in the upper left-hand comers of their papers, underneath their names. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Estraven asleep looked a little stupid, like everyone asleep: a round, strong face relaxed and remote, small drops of sweat on the upper lip and over the heavy eyebrows. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z If you were in the upper quarter of the graduating class at Stuyvesant, you were virtually assured of being able to get into a highly ranked college. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She was a small skinny old hag with a moustache on her upper lip and a mouth as sour as a green gooseberry. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He filled the cotton with liquid, turned back to her upper lip, made a hideous face, and dabbed at her cuts. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z When the second stage, or upper half, of the Titan separated from the first stage, I thought we had blown up. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The way the big pink wart on her upper lip quivered, I couldn’t tell if she had seen them kissing or just lost her nerve. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They also interact with particles in the upper atmosphere to create the bewitching veils of light known as the auroras. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z With each word he raised his upper lip like a ravenous animal. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z For the next two hours we ascended an incline pitched as gently as a beginner’s ski slope, eventually arriving at the bergschrund that delineated the Khumbu Glacier’s upper end. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z White New York passed by like a movie set, then abruptly, when we left Central Park at the upper end, at 110th Street, the people’s complexion began to change. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Massachusetts State Penitentiary” was typed on the upper left corner, across from a waving American flag stamp. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z There being no chimney in the warehouse, we were obliged to open a window at the upper story to release the smoke, which also swiftly draws out the warmth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He wiped his arm across his nose and upper lip. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I followed him onto the upper promenade deck, taking a coat from a woman who was struggling with her life vest. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She had those two cigarette burns on her upper arm and a scar on one hand from a hot pan of cream-cheese brownies. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There was no movement about the house at all, and the pink garment hanging in no wind from the upper window. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The lower section—on the river—went to Benjamin Lacks; the upper plot—now known as Lacks Town— went to the black Lackses. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The muscles of their calves and upper arms were like cannonballs. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened the door of her locker and pointed to the row of boxes and labelled phials on the upper shelf. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The well-dressed patrons paid their admission to money gatherers, and mounted steps leading to upper galleries. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The milk left a moon crescent on the darkness of her upper lip, which she didn’t bother to wipe away. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He talks about them all the time and wants to be just like them, with their cool apartments in the upper air and their devices for hovering. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Descending from Camp Four after the storm, at 25,000 feet, Krakauer turned to look back at the upper reaches of the peak, where his friends Hall, Harris, Hansen, and Fischer had lost their lives. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Above the machines, wrapping around the interior of the entire station, was a vast mural that occupied, in four long segments, the upper half of the station’s main walls. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z His upper body was bent forward, as though to discuss some private matter. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A few more awkward minutes passed, and a light sweat formed on my brow, my upper lip. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “We need a mechanism for sealing off the upper aperture too,” Quentin said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The only thing that could possibly have made Mr. Nossik look more like Hitler at that moment would have been a toothbrush swath of black hair on his upper lip. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Bill Gates, who started off squarely in the upper middle class, made a fortune without finishing college, drawing three aces. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He robs the upper class but doesn’t have the ability to rob the extremely wealthy. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He pressed his upper right hand to his heart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The upper part of Aravis's face stuck out beyond the sofa, so that if anyone came into that room with a light and happened to look in exactly the right place they would see her. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Even after White detailed the overwhelming evidence against him, Hale seemed unperturbed, as if he still held the upper hand. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A farmer in upper New York State painted the word cow in big black letters on both sides of his white bossy, but the hunters shot it anyway. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, wheezing a little, she climbed to the upper landing, turned immediately right, and led him into a low-ceilinged bedroom. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then I rolled onto my belly, dropped my face over the side of the upper bunk and blurted out to Bobby Gene, “I don’t care what Dad says. I don’t want to be ordinary.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Pima found another dead half-man in the upper decks, strapped to the wheel and drowned. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Still wailing, the Penitentes rose to their feet, stripped off their upper garments and, with knotted whips, began to beat themselves, blow after blow. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was still bleeding and his whole upper leg was discolored and he could see that the cut was deep. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z No way to explain what happened “blows and scores” ago, but right now they had the upper hand. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And that is perhaps the first and most fundamental thing that all novice oarsmen must learn about competitive rowing in the upper echelons of the sport: that pain is part and parcel of the deal. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z My body vibrates with pain when I see that his upper body is badly burned. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A bond bigger than any crown pulses through the five of us, and, for the first time since the start of this pageant, I know it’s me who has the upper hand. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Now that we were in upper school, the subjects became more difficult. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She listens to me with a frozen, stunned expression and her lower teeth biting her upper lip, a habit I never imagined for Mirjam. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z His upper lip was flattened and his nose was sort of squashed, and through the throbbing blur of panic and noise and people, I felt like bawling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She looks cramped and uncomfortable, and also cold: I can see the goose bumps on her upper arms. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He did take the time to smear the mud on the upper part of the trail while his sister waited by the bridge. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Two mules were waiting in the upper bailey, saddled and ready. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I see a faint scar above his upper lip. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The longer he sat reading—or re-reading—the more often and the less absently he used the back of his wrist to blot his forehead and upper lip. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The hot February sun beats down on them, causing beads of sweat to collect on their upper lips. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Leaning against the railings on the upper deck, watching the panorama of the river, were the Hunters, returning from their long stay in England. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Auggie was walking down the hallways like some cool dude, getting high-fived by all the jocks in the upper grades. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Then we sped up the rutted dirt road and soon bumped to a halt at the upper pasture. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z At the upper end of the little valley was the grapevine sprawled over its man-made arbor. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned to the window and put his hands under the upper ledge and lifted; he felt a cold rush of air laden with snow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Mary Poppins was in the upper air now, floating away over the cherry-trees and the roofs of the houses, holding tightly to the umbrella with one hand and to the carpet bag with the other. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Much of the upper body skeletal structure was the same. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I glance down at the file sitting in front of her, the name jumping out at me from the upper left-hand corner. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The captain paces the upper deck, looking down on the crew, going on about the great importance of the mission, and the importance of this particular day. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The day had started out sunny and clear, but the wind remained fierce, and by late morning the upper mountain was wrapped in thick clouds. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It had the best upper register, the sweetest-sounding, the surest, and it automatically led the way. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Khaled sighed heavily, stretching his upper body as if his neck were stiff. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z In one upper pocket of his jacket was arrayed a variety of pens and pencils; in the other nestled a lily-white handkerchief whose presence was more decorative than utilitarian. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He jerked a thumb in the direction of the upper floor. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He went to New York City public schools in the 1940s, then to City College in upper Manhattan, and then to New York University Law School. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z We arrived first at the upper school campus, where Malia and I hustled past a gauntlet of news cameras and into the building, the two of us flanked by Secret Service agents. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He also didn’t say anything as they walked out of the castle and away from the city’s upper town and into the southern area. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I stand in front of the mirror and stick a furry mustache on my upper lip. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He went to New York City public schools in the 1940s, then to City College in upper Manhattan, and then to New York University Law School. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z A rattlesnake, coiled, as thick as his upper arm, prepared to strike. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Himmelstoss put these two so that one occupied the upper and the other the lower bunk. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He has to catch her upper arm and waist to keep her from falling. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z His upper lip smiled, but Starnes's jawless chin couldn't follow suit. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z He lay on the floor in one of the upper rooms, on top of a thick blanket, several other Gladers crammed in there with him, almost body to body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A maid began opening the upper windows of his house, appeared momentarily in each, and, leaning from a large central bay, spat meditatively into the garden. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Having lost their beasts of burden, animal and human, the conquistadors painfully cobbled together a crude boat and floated their guns and heavy equipment down the Napo River, an upper tributary of the Amazon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The once tight connection between race and class has weakened, too, as many African-Americans have moved into the middle and upper middle classes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z His left hand is all taped up, and it appears one of Jared’s hornets got him in the upper lip. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In the upper rooms were little rows of hard beds, and on every wall there was a notice and a list of Rules. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The pink wart quivered on her thin upper lip. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Nailer’s right shoulder and upper back burned with all the activity, and he was glad he hadn’t been forced onto light crew today. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The upper wind settled in the West and deeper and wetter clouds rolled up to spill their laden rain on the bare heads of the Downs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They went to Sardinia and Scotland and rode on the upper deck of a London airport bus as it skimmed below trees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The backs of her legs were mapped with dark blue veins, and her upper arms sagged like the flesh of a roasted eggplant. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Why, Maine extends northward almost to the mouth of the St. Lawrence, and its upper border is perhaps a hundred miles north of Quebec. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind was whipping off the lake, and she hugged her upper arms and stamped her feet as she waited for the door to open. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Worse, there’s a huge gash on his side and upper thigh. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z There is a sheen of sweat on his forehead and his upper lip, and he shivers as though with fever. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In Uther Pendragon’s time there had been no law to speak of, except a childish and one-sided kind of etiquette which was reserved for the upper classes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He had Dad’s razor blade in his hand and was shaving off the faint hairs over his upper lip and laughing at the same time. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Half of the inmates in the Box, as it turned out—all thirty on the upper floor—were not disciplinary cases but men under protective custody, of which there were two kinds. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We went out on some deserted farm road in the upper valley. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He wraps both his arms around my upper body while I wrap mine around his waist. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z With Roy anchoring his feet, the boy scooted himself forward over the rim of the pilothouse until his wiry upper torso was suspended out over the creek. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Although there was little wind, clouds now enveloped the upper mountain, and darkness was fast approaching. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The upper part has a couple of small holes in it, which is where the urine comes out. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z When it came to apportioning work on an aptitude basis, the smaller girls were assigned to dust the legs and lower shelves of furniture; the older girls to dust table tops and upper shelves. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z What with my busy night as a true spy, code word and all, and the heat in the upper gallery of Trinity Church, I fell sound asleep during the sermon the next morning. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z His upper body slams onto the trunk with so much force, he bites the inside of his cheek, and his mouth fills with blood. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Suddenly, I felt a hand grab my upper arm. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She strolled toward him, her bare upper body sleek and trim, without an excess gram of fat. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z In Mammachi’s time, Paravans, like other Untouchables, were not allowed to walk on public roads, not allowed to cover their upper bodies, not allowed to carry umbrellas. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His upper body rocked like a metronome when he walked, swinging his ponytail of ropes side to side across his back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Well, the woman was not pock-marked nor had she a split upper lip. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “I love you too,” I didn’t know if Audrey was drunk, but perspiration beaded her upper lip, and she sipped her vodka and Pop! through a Krazy straw. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Kino was not breathing, but his back arched a little and the muscles of his arms and legs stood out with tension and a line of sweat formed on his upper lip. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I caught a glisten of perspiration on Mr. Saboe’s upper lip. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The upper middle class and the economic right, who had favored the coup, were euphoric. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Actually, it refers to regional physiology of the upper extremities.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z But when Sister Ursula stooped to kiss her, Francie saw that she had a fine fringe of hair on her upper lip and chin. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She even had little burns on her upper chest. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z We’ll seal off everything except the upper storage room and the tunnels leading in the front and out the back. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She sat up abruptly and just missed smacking her head on the upper shelf. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At the window he stood watching her, his eyebrows pulled together into waves of compassion, his tongue fondling the worn gold in his upper jaw. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z So now Odysseus made his shirt a belt and roped his rags around his loins, baring his hurdler’s thighs and boxer’s breadth of shoulder, the dense rib-sheath and upper arms. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Six of the seven reached the top, but during the descent a severe storm struck the upper slopes of K2, pinning the climbers in their high camp at 26,250 feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Lamphere guessed that the information inside his boss's safe held the key to something big, something that might finally give him the upper hand in his years-long hunt for Soviet spies in America. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The eye is drawn to the upper left: in a bold diagonal slash in dark black ink, covering part of the word “Monsieur” and underlined twice, the letters are thick, the words urgent: “tres important.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The upper class, however, in whose hands were concentrated all the power and wealth, was unaware of the danger that threatened the fragile equilibrium of their position. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She could feel little pinpricks of sweat on her upper lip. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z His upper canines had never grown in, and the string of holistic dentists my parents had taken him to as a child had failed to notice until it was too late. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Of how fighters raided the caravans of the Martial merchant class, the Mercators, and assassinated members of their upper class, the Illustrians. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Two of them grabbed me, one with a hand on each of my upper arms, and walked me out of the room. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Ser Archibald drained the last of his goat’s milk and wiped the milk mustache from his upper lip with the back of a big hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It burns through my black hair as little beads of water collect around my hairline and on the curve of my upper lip. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In those days the upper classes hired champions to fight it out—which came to the same thing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Above her upper lip, in an example of the foreshadowing I will learn to identify in the coming year’s English class, is a mustache. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Only moss, grass, lichens, and a few hardy flowers take root in the thin upper layer that thaws briefly in summer. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He traces the bone beneath my eye, my cheek, my upper lip, trembling like he did holding the viola. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Prisoners were hopping down from the upper bunks, grabbing their cans and hurrying out the door. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The boy on her left tried to smile bravely, but his lower Up began to tremble and he bit it with his upper teeth and said nothing. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Then Mama raised her hands as it landed on her upper arm, which was covered by the puffy sequined sleeve of her church blouse. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The British magazine Chess relaxed its stiff upper lip, calling Bobby’s effort a game of “great depth and brilliancy.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I find a Clown Street in the upper part of town. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The older boys always took the dry center of the upper field for their ball games, while the girls claimed the small top section for hopscotch and jump rope and hanging around talking. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z An older boy, with fuzz on his upper lip, came up behind the one who threatened me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I towered over the guys in front of Freddie, and he looked up at me, a snarl in his upper lip, as if I'd bit him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He ran out into the upper hallway, which was still cloaked in darkness, something he could only hope would help them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Harriet Monroe’s Aunt Nettie sat on a step high on the dark upper curve of the stairway that rose from Root’s living room to the second floor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Vivian folded her arms across her blue sweater and hugged her upper arms. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The upper story is reached by climbing a circular iron staircase; at the top is Death Row. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman's stomach stuck up so high I couldn't see her face or the upper part of her body at all. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z His hand shook as he wiped sweat from his upper lip. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A is one dot in the upper corner. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The upper part of his body was floating but I knew his feet were dragging on the bottom. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “All is arranged. Yours is the upper berth, the number 7. We start in one minute.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Others were submerged, their upper branches barely poking above the floodwaters, their lower branches swarming with fish instead of birds. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I point to my own upper arm, to where the cut is on her. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The bosses maintained the upper hand by staying united, decade after decade. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Whenever one of the rabbits inside stood up and rested its forepaws on the upper part of the wire, the door pivoted lightly on the axis of the staple and the lower hinge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As the organ voices died, I saw a thin brown girl arise noiselessly with the rigid control of a modern dancer, high in the upper rows of the choir, and begin to sing a cappella. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His sparse hair was long and stringy; his nose drooped wearily above his upper lip, which in turn drooped toward his chin in a most mournful expression. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z On the other side of the fence, the upper part of the field was full of rabbit holes. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z This flag was white, with a red field in the upper left-hand corner containing a blue cross bordered in white and thirteen stars. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The long, lonesome hair on Miss Hennepin’s upper lip was even curlier and shinier than the last time Roy had seen her. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The upper story was plaster and timber with stone reinforcing the comers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His feet went last, so that by the time he’d moved his upper body forward he could watch the ground for exactly where his feet should land with minimal impact and sound. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It was the upper class version of buying drinks for the fiddler. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His upper body rippled with muscles, covered only by a Greek chlamys - a white wool cloak loosely wrapped and pinned at the shoulder. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He stares at her closed eyes and perfectly still upper body. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z I flinch biting into the banana, the scab on my upper lip painful even against the soft fruit. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Slowly, as if lifted on a magic carpet, the four of us rose to the upper reaches of the car’s interior. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His upper lip curled up in a sneer when he said those last two words. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Some of them had the beginnings of beards, straggly tufts of hair that stood in isolated clumps on their chins, jawbones, and upper lips. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Caught in a lush, green trap, Indian villages could not possibly have grown as large as he reported—indeed, Meggers once proposed an upper limit of a thousand on their population. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was as if electrical current shot through the ranks of bourgeois Negroes—the very so-called “middle-class” and “upper- class ’ ’ who had earlier been deploring the March on Washington talk by grass-roots Negroes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A bank of clouds had been building, and a massive thunderhead reared thousands of feet up into the still-bright upper sky. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the woman had got the upper hand. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He found it in my pocket without waiting for my answer and tied it around my upper right arm. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then together, they moved her to the girls’ bedroom, and lifted her to the upper bed. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Each tape has a dark blue number painted in the upper right-hand corner, possibly with nail polish. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He was about twenty feet tall—typical giant height—with a humanoid upper body, and scaly reptilian legs, like a bipedal dinosaur. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Though she could still see Calliope in my face, each feature seemed changed, thickened, and there were whiskers on my chin and above my upper lip. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Beads of sweat dotted his upper lip like he was the nervous one. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “You look pale. Some rest in one of the upper rooms will help.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Popper’s Performing Penguins, completely forgetting their discipline, fought to climb the ladders and get into the upper berths. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z I can see the pathetic hairs on his upper lip, not even made darker by the rain coming down. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Ghosh offered to take the upper berth, climbing barefoot up the ladder, his suit carefully folded away, so that Ashoke had the window to himself. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Frederick’s lip is curled and his upper teeth show and a string of drool swings from his chin and touches the paper. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Steam began to coalesce in a film of vapor on the upper reaches of the windows, closing the courtroom in a little, muffling the pale morning light. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Eras and his circle were respected members of the British upper classes, and Charles found it easy—and stimulating—to be with them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He addressed them in so low a voice he seemed to ignore Johnny standing at the far upper end of the long room. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Blood spilled from the bullet wound in his upper thigh, and a knife jutted from the right side of his chest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We'd be skimming the upper atmosphere, so our orbit would rapidly decay. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She had gotten halfway across on the tree bridge and now stood there grabbing the upper branches, terrified to move either forward or backward. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She looks at me and runs her tongue over her upper lip. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother shrieked, Father cursed, and a thin line of blood appeared on his cheek and upper lip. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her dæmon’s sharp nails were pressing into the flesh of her upper arms, and she gripped his fur for reassurance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Outside, on his landing, there was no moonlight, and he felt his way in the dark, first on the carpeted upper staircase, and then, for the last two flights, on the bare, polished oak. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Phil has one arm against her upper back and his other stiff at his side. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Through the speakers, the security is reassuring the crowd, saying, “A transistor sparked in the upper levels of the dome, but everything is under control now. Please mind your steps and follow the exit signs.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Larisa said, “The entire lower and upper starboard wing portions were pierced by the burst; you could see a straight black line formed by the shot-holes.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Ron snorted as he stared up at the underside of the upper bunk. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She travels in the upper echelons of Fenway High, and getting a hi from up there is good enough. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The light, as it grew, began to show the upper field, while the distant hedge and brook remained dark, linear shapes below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When he let them out beside the Imadas’ mailbox he felt that somehow he had gained the upper hand—he had an emotional advantage. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z With that, he reached to my upper arm, took ahold of the flesh, and pinched without cease. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then I woke up, pushed the boy aside, caught the unburned upper part of the draperies and pulled them down. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, staring at the shut door, I got my lower jaw to rejoin the upper. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He listened for movement in the upper rooms. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Her face was bruised, her upper lip bleeding. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z In the process they have overturned the old social pecking order in which “Episcopalian,” for example, was a code word for upper class, and “fundamentalist” or “evangelical” shorthand for lower. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The first time we were there we saw the hallway when we came in and the stairs that went to the upper floor—and the living room that was really lived in. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Her upper lip was thin, her teeth too small. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Now and then Miss Trixie’s tongue would flap out and sample a bit of cream from her upper lip. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Robin stuck her hand inside the upper jaw and nodded. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I was in the air for another second before sharp leaves raked my face as I hit the upper fronds of a bushy branch, sinking in until I stopped, panting, mired in brambles. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “You know. A makher. A boss. The Americans call them the upper crust.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Sweeping staircases lead to the upper level, which has a balcony and white wicker chairs. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He had Zero write a few more upper- and lowercase A's, and then he moved on to a capital B. This was going to take a long time, he realized. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Philby answers confidently, in the plummy tones of the English upper class. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Behind his glasses and striking outfit he possesses an imposing bald forehead and the huge, triangular upper body of a comic-book bully. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The growing economic power of the South has helped lift evangelical Christians into the middle and upper middle classes, just as earlier generations of Roman Catholics moved up in the mid-twentieth century. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z There was a pale green curtain, die same color as my gown, that could be pulled across the table, dividing my upper and lower halves. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Take the helm,” he tells me, pointing to the upper deck. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Then she opened her mouth full of cabbage and beef to show teeth and mimicked Miss Trotter’s strong and high-pitched voice: “Go on, young’ns. Run your finger ’longside the uppers and lowers.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z In an upper window of the house he could see a man drawing a bow on them and he pushed the boy’s head down and tried to cover him with his body. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z A black man nearby had hoisted his son onto his shoulders, and the son was laughing, his mouth full of milky teeth, one missing from the upper row. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z At that point, I felt an importunate tap, almost a punch, on my upper arm, from Charles’ direction. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z On our right is the outdoor theater—a Greek-style semicircle of stepped cement seats going down to a stage—an area that the upper classes tend to dominate during lunchtime. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z As soon as they saw my swollen upper lip and the scratches on my left cheek, they knew what the note said. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Gebu had frequently threatened to beat him insensible if he ever set foot in that upper room. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Twelve electric elevators would carry visitors to the building’s upper reaches. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I felt the blood run over my upper lip and then I could taste it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Large boats heading south on the Nile couldn’t go any farther than Juba because of the rapids and shallows on the upper part of the river, so that made my town a busy port. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The grinning uppers and lowers lay by my right shoe, looking empty and at the same time appearing to contain all the emptiness in the world. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Flocks of brilliant butterflies moved through like schools of fish, and the upper levels of the amphitheater were espaliered with jeweled fruit trees. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Maybe my eyes were deceiving me, but I swear the skin of his upper torso was covered with patches of green moss. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Twilight had fallen over the cornfield, for although long red rays still lit the upper down, the sun had set below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z All those unseen billions and trillions of charged particles, and possibly, she thought, of Dust, conjured a radiating glow out of the upper atmosphere. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Then I ran a finger over my own upper lip. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She dropped from the upper bow to the wide, horizontal girder. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I stuck my upper lip out for Dad to see. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He dragged her to a ladder that led to the upper decks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I was surprised to see disappointment in his eyes, as if I had had the upper hand all this time. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Mother smeared the salve over Dad’s upper body twice a day. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Geochemists say that certain elements on Earth’s surface cannot have come from the upper mantle, but must have come from deeper within the Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In late spring, Tall Andras had a plump newborn son, and there were lambs prancing in the upper meadow, their soft fleece warm in the changed, gentler weather. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In other words, it’s time for me to wear a beauty-pageant smile while keeping a very stiff upper lip. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z We watched from the upper bleachers as riders pounded past us at full gallop, yipping and yelling, foam flying from their horses’ mouths. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Ishmael, a native, could not understand how such transitory and accidental occurrences gained the upper hand in their view of things. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The walls were whitewashed, like the walls in the upper stories of the house, and there were just as many doors. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But when Joseph was ready, he stood by my bed, leaned his arms against the upper bunk, and looked down at me. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z I brush my teeth, curl my hair, manicure my nails and dab peroxide on my upper lip to bleach the black hairs—all this in less than half an hour. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z To take a break from this task, which required us to bend our upper bodies toward the ground for hours, we fetched cassava stalks, cut them into shorter pieces, and placed them in the holes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The stone facade of the upper school, where Jule was to work, stood five stories high. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Miss Effie Belle had a grim face any time, punctuated by a big pink wart that stuck out from the side of her upper lip like the feeler of a bee. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The empire encompassed every imaginable type of terrain, from the rainforest of upper Amazonia to the deserts of the Peruvian coast and the twenty- thousand-foot peaks of the Andes between. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Lindsey blew hair out of her face and then she grabbed Colin by his upper arm and led him out to the Hearse. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z We didn’t have an upper register, so to speak, but only the middle range of our shared experience and ways of behaving, of joking around. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z For these are the last remaining members of a race that flourished over four continents as far back in geologic time as the upper Jurassic period. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushed up the sleeve of his bathrobe, flexed his upper arm to display the muscles still visible under the old skin. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z His upper lip was so swollen he could hardly get his mouth shut. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A drop of water on her upper arm. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Now these are my basic rules,” she said to me, and taped them firmly to the upper corner of my desktop. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Jam rubbed her upper arm as they stepped outside after the movie; the theater had been chilly, and sometimes the hormone implant in her arm ached when she got cold. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He’s smiling a little, but the muscles in his upper body are rigid in anticipation. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The women Charles had seen in England had little exposed, but gowns, especially dressy ones, could have low-cut necklines, exposing the upper bosom. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the floor, a wrought-iron spiral staircase led to the upper levels. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Overnight we went from being a family desperately trying to stay in the middle class to one with hopes of sneaking into the upper, or at least the upper-middle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was as difficult at first for the black upper class to swallow this message as it was for the white leaders of Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z We lived in a split-level house with the den, my daddy's home office, and Mrs. Baylor’s room and bath on the upper level. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The school ran from kindergarten all the way through eighth grade, which meant that by the time I’d reached the upper grades, I knew every light switch, every chalkboard and cracked patch of hallway. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Then I saw in the corner of an upper shelf a small glass vial lying on its side. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He did two years of night school at City College in upper Manhattan—working during the days to make ends meet—signed up for the army, served his time, and applied to Harvard Law School. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The man they wanted was all the way at the top of the hill, in a huge house of timber and plaster whose upper stories loomed over the narrow street. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And was that a tiny coating of sweat on her upper lip? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I sat up and hung my feet over the edge of the upper bunk. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Then Brave Orchid worried over a daughter who had the mark of an unlucky woman; yes, there was certainly a girl with an upper lip as curled as Brigitte Bardot’s. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His neat pencil mustache divided his upper lip horizontally into half and ended exactly in line with the ends of his mouth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They also have the same strong jaw, distinct chin, spare upper lip, stick- out ears. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z By the time a carcass reached my spot on the line, the fluids had mostly drained out, everything except for dense clots of blood in the neck and upper chest cavity. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to white obstructionism, and bolstered by the black upper classes jealously guarding their segregated domains, North Carolina preserved its lily-white campuses until 1951, when UNC finally admitted five black graduate students. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He had told his body slave to give him his first, very light shave, just his upper lip where the dark down had begun to gather. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Even Warbeak was beginning to feel the effects of prolonged low nighttime fluttering, through the woodlands, around trees, over bushes; it was not the same as a clear, clean flight through the upper atmosphere. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A strong wind from the West was now driving the fumes of Mordor from the upper airs. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The girl is on her butt, too, sitting on the ground away from me, holding on to one of her upper arms with her hand, blood coming from twixt her fingers. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Lapp read the note, scanned it again, then wrinkled his upper lip, squinched his nose until the bridge was thoroughly grooved, and weighted down his entire prissy face with a formidable, puzzled frown. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t have enough wrist or upper body strength,” he grumbles. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Even as a six-year-old, I had such crazy upper body strength that it was always easy for me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z A digit changes on the clock at the upper comer of the computer screen. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Each unit has thirty single rooms spread over two tiers, one upper, one lower. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Now this tea shop was the only building in all that town which had an upper floor, except the Western Pagoda, which stood five stories high outside the West Gate. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Tiny bubbles of sweat popped on her upper lip. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z My lower half remains firmly anchored to the ground while my upper arms burn from the effort. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Coughing, chest heaving, he looked back at the devastation he’d just escaped: one tower continued to burn; smoke and flames still roared from the upper floors. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Biff pushed up the end of his nose with his thumb and shaved his upper lip. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Jane is small—I can see her upper arm narrow as she flexes her muscles. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z It would seem almost as though there were a cordon drawn round the upper part of these great peaks beyond which no man may go. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Jet pushed his upper torso off the bed and shot an angry expression at Nathan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Well, in the early night we crept down a long ravine into the upper end of the Wizard’s Vale, the Ents with all their rustling Huorns behind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Sweat beads plump up on my cowboy’s upper lip. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z As I rounded the corner on the upper promenade deck, I saw the old man and the little boy. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Then he saw the mustache of moistness on Brother Leon’s upper lip, the watery eyes and the dampness on his forehead. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing at the sink, filling the kettle, he looked up at the Riddle House and saw lights glimmering in its upper windows. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Stretched across the upper part of the doorway was a big spiderweb, and hanging from the top of the web, head down, was a large grey spider. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Boys are getting peach fuzz on upper lips. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The soldiers had punched a hole in one of the walls on the upper floor, through which you could see the street below. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He takes a long strip of colored paper and wraps it around my upper arm. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I’m hauled up by hands on my upper arms, my breath still a bit ragged from getting kicked. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z An ellipse of curly black hair is visible between the upper buttons of his shirt. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As some sociologists and marketing consultants see it, the commonly accepted big three—the upper, middle, and working classes—have broken down into dozens of microclasses, defined by occupations or lifestyles. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z At night die high singing of women’s voices and light laughter floated out of the upper windows and the sweet strumming of lutes struck delicately by the hands of girls. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Under the upper level of boards a second level had been constructed, and under that, a third. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Lark Creek Elementary was short on everything, especially athletic equipment, so all the balls went to the upper grades at recess time after lunch. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Feeling they had the upper hand and wanting to quit while they were ahead, Du Hai and Yang Fan picked up their schoolbags and swaggered off. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when the upper grades had to make recitations of the Preamble to the Constitution. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z An oxygen tube lies across her upper lip, and a large patch is pressed against her chest. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Her upper arms, which had served as her pillow, were wet. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And he began thinking, stroking his upper lip, where the moustache was going to be. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z No date in the upper right-hand corner, just a hasty, straight to the point Dear Dad. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They took patches of skin from my upper thigh and put them over the most badly burned parts of my stomach, ribs, and chest. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Similar upper body structure to an ape, but bigger than any primate Butler had ever seen. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Chuck asked, lightly tapping him on the upper arm. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I leaned forward, head between my knees, and the Colonel placed a hand on my upper back. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z To keep her family out of the projects and on what might be described as the upper rung of poverty, she had taken up with a man who worked handling baggage at O’Hare International Airport. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z My mom’s hand is a vise on my upper arm. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Another was of a disconcertingly calm young man whose upper body appeared to be swarming with bees. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Northeastern Indians were appalled by the European propensity to divide themselves into social classes, with those on the lower rungs of the hierarchy compelled to defer to those on the upper. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Their earliest tales seem to glimpse a time when they dwelt in the upper vales of Anduin, between the eaves of Greenwood the Great and the Misty Mountains. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I knew he meant the netherworld, but I was enjoying having the upper hand. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Silky strands of webbing stretched along the upper corners. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The boy was young, the bare scraps of a mustache on his upper lip. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When he laughed he lifted his upper lip and shook all over. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Ben and Mary Anne slept in hammocks on the upper veranda porch. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His left eye had a big black bruise that slashed down toward his cheek, and his upper lip puffed out like he’d been stung by a bee. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But in the crucible of the moment, another quite plausible definition of leadership was circulating in the upper reaches of the government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Therefore the materials in the upper and lower mantle must at least occasionally mix. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It’s not cold out, but I rub my upper arms. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The goat walked around the shed once, then jumped through the glass panes in the upper half of the door. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you sure it was done yesterday? It could have been like that a long time, with the warm weather. The upper sash, behind the shade like that.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He made doubly sure that nothing receded behind him wirhout his inspection; he kept his eyes weaving through upper branches, determined not to miss a trick. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I could taste the sweat on my upper lip. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The BFG’s head was level with the upper windows one flight up, and Sophie, sitting in his ear, had the same view. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Novel reading is a middle-class pastime, which is another reason that novels have so often focused on the middle and upper classes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He was having difficulty swallowing, and drops of sweat were forming on his brow, along the edge of the dressing and along his upper lip. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He commented upon Wang Lung as he shaved his upper forehead, “This would not be a bad-looking farmer if he would cut off his hair. The new fashion is to take off the braid.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z One of the short arrows of the Lamb Men stuck through the meat of his upper arm, and blood covered the left side of his bare chest like a splash of paint. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He forces Dad’s upper teeth into his mouth and can’t get them out again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Several hundred years later it reached the upper Xingu, a long Amazon tributary with its headwaters deep in southern Brazil. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Life became a race with the fire and the boys scattered through the upper forest. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z There were lights in the shop windows and we climbed the steep stone stairway to the upper street, then up another stairs to the station. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Old prisoners scrambled for the upper tier, the more desirable, since heat rises. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The light from his hut showed him bent from the waist with his upper torso completely swallowed by the mouth of the open window. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, while she waited for the water to boil for tea, she practiced the lifting of her legs, and the raising of her upper body as she lay flat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He swiped at a ribbon of sweat on his upper lip. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It floats just below the upper border of the screen. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Must be Calvin lives in that upper development. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z The band, sitting in an upper corner of the stadium to escape the rain, played its familiar marches, but the music seemed muffled and miles away. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z After he does this a couple times, I realize that he must have some sort of wound on his upper arm that stretches painfully whenever he reaches too far up or down. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Beside me, Ollie's gait is relaxed, but his upper body looks tense, and we speak to each other in gestures while ignoring the shouting I can still hear from a few blocks over. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z An incipient fuzz appeared on his upper lip. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He was smaller than the other basketball boys, skinnier, with dark fuzz on his upper lip and a few pink zits on his forehead. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The upper reaches of his property had been logged for the first time just a dozen years before. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As we entered the upper atmosphere, there was a five-minute period in which we were “blacked out”; that is, we couldn’t talk on the radio. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He patted his upper right arm, where the muscles were, with his left, scattering gray ash from the cigarette in his left hand. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The English spoken language—the upper classes, anyway—must have fewer words than the Eskimo. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I pressed it against Dad’s upper lip, giving him a ridiculous bumpy pink mustache. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Maybe if he didn’t look at her, she would go back to the upper field where she belonged. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He feels the lips of her vulva tight around his upper chest and back, constricting and enveloping him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Years ago, the schools on the other side of Levittown, the upper end, had substantial numbers of Jewish students, but I was one of no more than ten Jewish students in my graduating class. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z At the upper end of Odessa that week were the delirious fans of Permian, virtually all of them white, preparing themselves for that greatest moment of all, a state championship game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A small string at the upper end of the harp broke with a high-pitched tinkle and curled up like an ivy tendril. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z You see her hand-drawn illustrations of the human mouth, the tongue, the upper and lower palates, the uvula. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The plaster ceiling was bellied in great swags and the yellowed dentil molding was bowed and sprung from the upper walls. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Father laid his knife and fork crossways on his plate and took a breath, satisfied he’d gained the upper hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing startling about Dana’s appearance was a fat, scabrous upper lip that hadn’t been that way when Roy dropped off the letter at Dana’s front door. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The four representatives of the upper classes sat down wherever they could—there were only two stools—and stared at the holy man in receptive silence. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Passports are placed into hands, vaccinations administered to upper arms. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The only trouble was, the cold made my nose hurt, and right under my upper lip, where old Stradlater'd laid one on me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He felt as light as a hawk coasting the upper air over the oasis. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as he said the words, I felt like somehow he got the upper hand. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Five minutes later three men stood on an upper landing and looked at each other. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z But when I pushed my back against the tub and sat up to cool my upper body, I could see my breasts through my wet bra. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Their upper bodies were almost entirely submerged in feces. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Coin’s voice comes over the district audio system, thanking us all for an exemplary evacuation of the upper levels. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I pull her in closer and I can feel the weight of her upper body leaning on me completely. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z That’s a body blow to my whole body: the lower half that wanted this and the upper half that warned me about it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z NOTE: In some woodwinds, such as the clarinet , the upper "octave" may actually be the third harmonic rather than the second, which complicates the fingering patterns of these instruments. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Whilst he was talking, strings of dark brownish slobber gathered up in the corners of his mouth and was getting stretched from his lower lip to his upper one with every word. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z In frustration, she caught up the fleshy part of his upper arm between her fingers and pinched. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Trying to get to the upper decks meant climbing down into the sea. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Mom startled at the sound of my voice, looking down at where her nails were digging into the soft skin of my upper arm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z For example, singers may speak of the head register, in the upper part of their range, and the chest register in the lower part of their range. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z SD-03 then rolled out of the bunker and began to climb a series of ramps and staircases the Sixers had built onto the castle’s outer walls to provide access to the upper levels. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Roosevelt and the others couldn’t see them because the animals were hiding and blending in among the densely packed leaves that make up the upper level of the towering trees, known as the canopy. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “Check out these biceps. I’m getting a solid upper arm workout,” Sheryl says, flexing. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Band organization is often described as “egalitarian”: there is no formalized social stratification into upper and lower classes, no formalized or hereditary leadership, and no formalized monopolies of information and decision making. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He hardly spoke when he first came, skinny, pimply, beardless except for the babyhair on his upper lip and chin. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He had chosen it because one of the upper windows afforded a view down to the boardwalks, and also out to the ships. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The slave catcher got the upper hand, pinning the man to the ground. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The bottom floor was entirely flooded, and the place was caving in on itself, but the upper floors held a slew of squats. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Here I think I should remind you that my family is long-established in rather the upper echelons of the British aristocracy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The thick iron was cracked and splitting in three places, and the upper comer of the left-hand door looked partly melted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Some are permanent residents of the dark subsurface layers; some hibernate or spend definite parts of their life cycles in underground chambers; some freely come and go between their burrows and the upper world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The door Anya stepped through was on an upper level, near the ceiling. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He inspected us, squinting, his yellow upper teeth grimacing in a smile. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A shadow moved behind lace curtains on the upper half of the door. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And she rubs my upper arms with both hands. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z The bar slipped and its upper end crashed against his forehead. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z After a moment, a floppy appendage grew out of the upper half of its body and waggled in the air, almost like it was waving at me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Had there been horses or more tanks stationed in the upper town? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The bullet finally lodged in the upper trapezius area. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z In the upper part, between the outer labia, there’s a fold of skin that, on second thought, looks like a kind of blister. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He gives me a brief smile, squeezes my upper arm. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I felt my cheeks redden and for a moment I felt sorry for him until I touched my nose and there was a little smudge of blood on my upper lip. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And then he said violently, “At least, I will not have a woman who is pock-marked, or who has a split upper lip.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Now it was decelerating with metal efficiency in the upper Martian atmospheres. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Like many citizens of the upper South, Duke opposed secession. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Lying on the floor, blood from my split upper lip staining the mauve carpet, pain ripping through my belly, and wondering when I’d be able to breathe again. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The water has risen to the upper edge of the track’s groove and is beginning to spill onto the landing itself. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He is lying in bed without any clothing on his upper body. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Built of white limestone and pink Aswan granite, the Pharos had a tripartite structure based on a vaguely Pythagorean geometric theme, with a square-sided base, octagonal middle, and circular upper stage. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Twice a day, she lathered his face with a stiff bristle brush and with a straight razor expertly scraped the dent in his chin and the narrow space between his nose and his upper lip. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so weak, I had to rest my upper body on the vanity. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Almost before they could grasp that he was alive, he had recrossed the entire upper slope of the combe in a single dash and bolted in among them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was about nineteen, long black hair brushing his shoulders, a curling mustache, like a limp black snake draped on his upper lip, the ends dangling near his chin. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z You feel pressure on your upper arm, and when you look, your whole arm is wedged into the crook of a guillotine. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I don’t want you to be like me. Not in that way. In England they say, ‘Stiff upper lip.’” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Look beyond it,” she said, and extended her finger to point to a section in the upper right, where Forest opened and tiny houses were patterned around curved paths. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Stroke after stroke he dealt, until at last all the web within his reach was shattered, and the upper portion blew and swayed like a loose veil in the incoming wind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Even more amazing: We change the upper layers of our skin every two weeks. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Someone had replaced the glass in the upper part of the window with plywood, and wrapped tinfoil around the opening to keep the coal smoke from leaking into the room. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His quick defensive move had saved his life, but the blade sliced through his sleeve and into his upper arm. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I only shook my head and leaned over on her cool brown upper arm. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She was thin and sallow, with angular features and a black moustache, not quite droopy enough to hide a horsey set of upper teeth. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed his upper arm and he looked back at me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Its lowest limbs reached out over a hollow; its upper branches glinted blue with feeding jays. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As she stood concentrating in the dusty light that filtered through the glass roof and slanted down past the upper galleries, she didn’t notice that she was being watched. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the first half of the nineteenth century, owners of whaling ships amassed fortunes from oil and built the still well-preserved Federalist and Greek Revival mansions on upper Main Street. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Three days later, on a Saturday morning, as we were making breakfast, the camp learned that the firefighters had begun to get the upper hand. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z With his upper body bare, his shoulders were a broad square. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “I have two marks on my upper right arm,” said Immie. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Soon Percy had made a makeshift rope harness and strapped it around the whale’s upper body. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The machine we rent requires real upper body strength to operate, especially when it is attacking hard ground. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The thin man came up to Amari and lifted her upper lip, pinching the flesh with his long, bony fingers. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Up to now reason has always won the battle, but will my emotions get the upper hand? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Wide awake at once, he scrambled to his feet, and his eyes went automatically to the upper room. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z For the rest of the skirt I sewed the others along their sides so that the feathers ran one way on the upper part and a different way along the bottom. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But where its neck should be was the upper body of my Latin teacher, smoothly grafted to the horse’s trunk. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He shaved his pinched, pale face every third or fourth day, and most of the time he appeared to be growing a reddish- gold mustache over his skinny upper lip. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I turn back to my clay model, start caressing my mother’s shoulder into shape, her upper arm. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Now Brahe set about proving that the impossible had in fact occurred by showing, using elementary trigonometry, that the new star could not be in the upper atmosphere but must be in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z At worst, they function unabashedly as kleptocracies, transferring net wealth from commoners to upper classes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It opens on a wide white corridor lined with red doors, which look almost decorative compared to the gray ones on the upper floors. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He wipes away tears from his own eyes and then wipes a hand across his upper lip. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He slipped a gram of hash in my upper pocket. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z She could feel him and almost see him bucking around the room in the upper air. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z A large hand grabbed her upper arm and dragged her back. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His face appears over the edge of the upper bunk, or his silhouette presses binoculars to the windowpane. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z After all, Caesar’s latest victory made it clear that he had the upper hand, and it would not be in Egypt’s best interests to side with Caesar’s enemy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Her upper lip tucked into her bottom one. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z My dad reaches out to grab my upper arm with firm reassurance. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Face cards in a few categories may land a player in the upper middle class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I see the smoldering remains of the Justice Building in District 13 and just catch the black-and-white underside of a mockingjay’s wing as it flies across the upper right-hand corner. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Thereafter, except for a narrow band sprayed in 1956, the whole upper watershed of this branch was excluded from the spraying program. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The gold rooster logo crowed from the upper right-hand comer. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His upper body rocked like a metronome when he walked, swinging his ponytail of ropes side to side across his back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Starting in the upper left corner, she would have read down the first line of letters, then up the next line of letters. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He brushed his upper lip with his finger again before he began, slowly, to speak. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The problem so far with such an aerospace plane is that, in order to get into orbit, the plane must fly very fast through the upper atmosphere. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Bending close, he brushed furiously at the upper and lower insteps of the fourth stone. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Raven feathers cover the upper half of his doublet, and his boots have excessively pointed metal toes that make me conscious of how easy it will be to kick me savagely once we’ve begun dancing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He’d take P. T. for a romp in the Burkes’ upper field. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z A few of the younger boys drifted off to play King of the Mountain on the slope between the upper and lower fields. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She rose and left her glowing upper room, and down the stairs, with her two maids in train, this beautiful lady went before the suitors. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z From somewhere above came a bang and then a pained yelp— apparently Dana had delivered a ferocious upper cut to an aluminum bucket. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Draco was on the upper landing, pleading with another masked Death Eater. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In the copy of Les Miserables that he kept in the upper right drawer of his desk, he had underlined many passages. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z When Nana saw the bowl, her face flushed red and her upper lip shivered, and her eyes, both the lazy one and the good, settled on Mariam in a flat, unblinking way. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “I. Don’t. Care,” he said, poking her in the upper chest, punctuating each word. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z A fourth officer, Gotham, showed me around another day when I worked the upper floor of the Box. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 She leaned her body into mine a little and I could feel her upper arm against my ribs. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It spanned the opening to the port, a steel-blue pair of upper lips greeting the blackness. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Through it all, I only missed two days in the gym, although I only worked on uneven bars and upper body conditioning until the doctor cleared me to do more. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z A boy from an upper grade accused him of indiscretions. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There, in the upper corner, scratched into the wooden boards, were words. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z That’s when I noticed that just beyond the glass panels in the upper part of the door that led to the office clusters of students stood glaring at us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Boggs wears a flesh-colored plastic mask from his upper lip to his brow — I was right about the broken nose—so his expression’s hard to read. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Vonetta couldn’t take another excited minute of Fern jumping on the upper mattress. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Suburban homemakers could have been placed under surveillance and subjected to undercover operations designed to catch them violating laws regulating the use and sale of prescription “uppers.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And then another name, a sender’s name typed in the upper left-hand corner of a business-sized envelope, catches her eye. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The young girl cringed when they buckled the eyeless leather mask around the upper half of her face and blinded her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They swam along, Merlyn occasionally advising him to put his back into it when he forgot and the strange underwater world began to dawn about them, deliciously cool after the heat of the upper air. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The proposal was welcomed by all; and they sat down on the upper steps, dim figures in the gloom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to hear it, Odilia,” Mamá warned, her upper lip getting thinner and tighter as she spoke. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Her big ol’ eyes flashed straight ahead, and her upper lip was always tucked inside her bottom one. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z A series of sharp noises drifted down from the upper landing. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Frodo could see him now, sitting with Pippin and Merry at the upper end of one of the side-tables close to the dais. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z With his wrist, he briefly blotted his perspiring upper lip, and then he began to use the orange stick to push back his cuticles. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z If this was how the upper class felt all the time, no wonder they were all so cross. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Negra could always see an opening where she could get back her leverage, regain the upper hand. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Behind him the broken tower stood, its summit as jagged as a crown where fire had collapsed the upper stories long ago. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The upper shelf was loaded with unlabeled cans of a bewildering variety of sizes and shapes. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Two dementors appeared in the doorway of the courtroom, their rotting, scabbed hands clutching the upper arms of a wizard who appeared to be fainting. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They summoned Eurydice and gave her to him, but upon one condition: that he would not look back at her as she followed him, until they had reached the upper world. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The stone walls were lit with flaming torches like the ones at Gringotts, the ceiling was too high to make out, and a magnificent marble staircase facing them led to the upper floors. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Her upper lip curls into a little sneer. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When the ferry docked on the other side, we got off on the upper deck; which meant we had to walk down this long, curving ramp that looks like a poor man’s Guggenheim Museum. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z They dressed shivering and then climbed the trail to the upper river. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He had the entire tower to himself, though his chambers occupied only the upper level. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He noticed that Dana’s lisp had disappeared, along with the swelling in his upper lip. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary Lincoln and Lincoln’s slumped body are in the upper middle. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Audrey Hepburn smiles on the cover, no sweat beading on her upper lip. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Then shining cars bring the upper classes down: superintendents, accountants, owners who disappear into offices. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s just say they’re not very good husbands. Mom gives the wives proof, so they have the upper hand in the divorce.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The cruise industry, once associated with the upper crust, is another. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Bud Gleason sucked in a tortured gasp, shot up his eyebrows and lowered his eyelids, wrinkled his upper lip and twitched his nose, going “Ah . . . ah . . . aaah . . .” But it didn’t come. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her lower lids moved up over her eye and met the upper lids. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Among Navajos, some men may allow a little hair to grow on their upper lip—just as my uncle and my father did. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She might have had the upper hand then. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I looked in the mirror and the first drop was just sliding down over my upper lip. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He stops and pats the upper bar of the triangle frame. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Sweat covered her face and, breathing hard, she licked heads of it off her upper lip. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The picture as a whole seems to surge upward from the prone figures at lower left to the upper right, with its concentration of sitting and reaching figures. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z Basta led them straight to the big house, where more light showed behind three windows on the upper floor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z More upper gum flashes as Miss Marsh makes a notation on her pad. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She sat staring at it while Zooey—grinning but perspiring freely at his upper lip—went on using his orange stick. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z With a corner of her hijab, she dabbed at the moisture above her upper lip and tried to gather her nerves. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Neither side made enough progress to gain the upper hand. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I lay my sheet of plastic over my upper body and position my backpack to block the wind. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Fortunately he had a belt wrapped tightly around his upper arm cutting his circulation, or he would have been dead from an embolism. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z "Bread?" she asks when she hears me come in, her upper body buried in the pantry. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They were gliding quietly toward the upper floors of the castle.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z In the photo, his eyes were pointed toward the floor, and hair dotted his chin and upper lip, like he hadn’t gotten to shave. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Across the country, the upper middle class so dominates elite universities that high-income students, on average, actually get slightly more financial aid from colleges than low- income students do. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It is the largest room on the upper level, which makes the lone bed, desk, and chair seem small and awkward. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She itched to draw a small, round Martian in the upper left-hand comer. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z His fingers locked around her upper arm, and she jumped at the sudden contact. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z We were not admitted to the upper decks. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Her head was covered with a kerchief, and there were faint tufts of sand-colored hair on her upper lip. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z His nose is swollen and bruised, and his upper lip has a nasty cut. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I scampered to the upper deck and ran straight for the bow. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The water is almost to Mark’s upper thighs, and he knows the current is about to win the battle against all of them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Instead, he said, “That’s the best method, I suppose. And your salve has a nice herbal odor. We’ll rub some of it on our upper lips, so it will block that foul smell.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I rubbed my upper arms, hoping to warm them. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Behind me, the kitchen doors swung open, and my mom walked through, wearing her signature uniform: a bright-orange chef coat with Cari in fancy cursive on the upper left side. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A German measured Billy’s upper right arm with his thumb and forefinger, asked a companion what sort of an army would send a weakling like that to the front. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned right as if to make a move, and suddenly I felt an awful burn on my upper right arm before I turned to see him holding a smoking long gun. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “You had the upper or the lower berth?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Friday’s is at the upper end of places he proposes. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z But as I do, Faris, who has gained the upper hand in a fight with another of Helene’s men, starts to shake. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His upper body sways with the currents, but his pant leg is caught on some branches from the bank. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The “old woman with wood on her back” might be a ship with a high upper deck. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She clambered out of the hole and up onto the cant of the upper deck, scrabbling along until she found hatch access. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z An eagle owl called as it floated along the upper airs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Madam Maryam sent out a message to all the girls in the upper school: If they wanted to defy this new edict, she would open the school doors. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Rahel saw that Ammu had a film of perspiration on her forehead and upper lip, and that her eyes had become hard, like marbles. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The ground floor of the Wailing Tower was given over to storerooms and granaries, and two floors above housed part of the garrison, but the upper stories had not been occupied for eighty years. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 McDermott Elementary School, printed in the upper left corner in fat red letters. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z As the ferry pulled away from the dock, the band switched over to jazz tunes and some of the students poured out onto an upper deck and began to dance. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "The upper story was not hurt," Garfield said, "it was the hull." Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Ranofer’s eyelids were drooping and his head nodding when he heard the upper door suddenly open and footsteps come down the stairs. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z His straw hat shaded his eyes and made crisscross marks on the upper half of his face. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Our upper lips are stiff, and it is possible people are curious about us because we do not show them our hearts. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He paused on the upper lip of the hatch door and took a second to shine his flashlight around inside. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He was a youth of sixteen years, whip-thin, fearless, quick to laugh, with the faint shadow of his first mustachio on his upper lip. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The little scar on Jason’s upper lip seemed to glow white in the moonlight. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It’s not a bad face except that lately my nose seems to have grown longer, and my upper lip appears to have collapsed against my teeth. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The narrow upper way on which Sam stood leapt swiftly down by stair and steep path to meet the main road under the frowning walls close to the Tower-gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “A German staff car crossed on the upper bridge.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The upper rows were filled with several dozen ghosts and a few older veterans from the city, all in formal togas. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Lee looked at him and the brown eyes under their rounded upper lids seemed to open and deepen until they weren’t foreign any more, but man’s eyes, warm with understanding. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We found ourselves in a different compartment, where the water came up to my ankles and I had to crouch to avoid bumping my head on the upper deck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z My upper body floats easily in the water, pulling my feet up from the bottom. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Several times they spotted small bunches of mule deer moving along the upper meadow slopes near the tree line. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Jeff put his head under the faucet to rinse it, and wadded up a bunch of paper towels to wipe down his upper body. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Only when he looked from Naomi to the two little ones did he notice the similar shape of the eyes, a certain tilt of the upper lip. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Now we’re next to each other, thighs touching, forearms warm against each other, my shoulder pressing into his upper arm. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A dark shadow covers his upper lip, and his sweat suit is rumpled. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z They will make the upper world as dark as my realm! The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z No, Calliope was not surprised by the appearance of a shadow above her upper lip. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was no return address or sender’s name in the upper left-hand corner, the way a package or letter should be addressed. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z As they resumed their descent, a volley of grapefruitsized stones came whizzing down from the upper mountain and one of them struck a Sherpa in the back of the head. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He takes me by the bare upper arm and steers me forward. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He was trying desperately to cultivate a mustache on his upper lip and had filled in the empty areas with what looked like brown shoe polish. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He had a little fleshy knob on the center of his upper lip that drooped down over his lower lip in a sort of effeminate pout—the kind that children who suck their thumbs develop. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His upper lip was thin and tight, but the lower one was thick and it trembled. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Liyana realized she was staring at the subtle valley above his upper lip, the small elegant dip under his nose. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z His upper tunic was of white cambric, as fine as a handkerchief, so that the bright red tunic beneath it showed through. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to be anywhere near the upper mountain when those punters are up there,” he seethed. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Twas after dinner that Pomp came to tell me my presence was required upon the upper deck. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There was an instability in the upper atmosphere. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can make a case that the upper half lives as well as the upper 5 percent did fifty years ago.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Thus, he tried to get his upper body out of the bed first and turned his head carefully toward the edge of the bed. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z They were also encouraged not to settle for old-fashioned and “bourgeois” gender roles—“bourgeois” being a catchall term for the upper middle classes of Imperial Russia who’d aspired to wealth and luxury. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He found himself being lifted inside the upper room of a small house and the window drawn to. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z It’s now a matter of remaining calm and steadfast, of gritting our teeth and keeping a stiff upper lip! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z From the courtyard talk she'd learned that the upper chambers of the Tower of Dread housed three dozen captives taken during some battle on the Green Fork of the Trident. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Maya drilled the penalty kick, upper right, into the net, and we were up 1-0 in the first minute. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He poured a solvent on the cadaver’s upper body and set it on fire, then positioned the body on the floor in direct sunlight. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Petra started on the upper right and Calder on the upper left. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Two dark hairs, still short, were visible above my upper lip. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He raised his upper lip, giving himself a rodentlike face, and spit a thin stream of Coke between his front teeth. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z In the upper deck they spill over and dance on top of the scoreboard. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z She too could boast a god for lover, having lain with Zeus and borne two sons to him: Amphion and Zethos, who founded Thebes, the upper city, and built the ancient citadel. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The females have two breasts on the upper chest that look startlingly human, with pale nipples. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry and Ron edged out of the kitchen, and they, Hermione, and Ginny set off along the narrow hallway and up the rickety staircase that zigzagged through the house to the upper stories. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It might fall anywhere: on the crown, on the tip of the ear, on the upper arm, on the elbow— The elbow! 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “I’m only going to use six needles on you today. Two will go at your ankles, two at your hips, and two in your upper ears.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z When she had put forty miles between herself and her first home, she was over the upper Hudson River. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He tried the point and the blade again and again on his callused thumb-ball, and at last he tried it on his upper lip. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, once we’re in the empty hall in the upper level of the palace, I turn and press the point of my knife directly underneath his chin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Small and slight and who knew how old, Crane-man still moved his upper body with the ease of a young man; many were the times that Tree-ear forgot completely about the useless leg. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The hook was caught in its upper lip, and suddenly Winnie wanted to weep. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The lieutenant paused, thumbing one of the metal bands she wore on her upper arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Olinski hugged her upper arms and wondered if maybe it was nerves and not the quartering wind blowing from the ceiling vents that was causing her shivers. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z When he’s close enough for me to see the white arm hair, I shift my upper body to the left, legs sturdy, eyes on the blur that flies past me. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But the only steady source of illumination, though distant, appears in the upper right-hand corner. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z His forefinger stroked his upper lip and his voice was dangerously polite. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He walked quickly over to Wilson and standing in front of him seized him firmly by the upper arms. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z They crept along the wall and took the stairs to the upper deck to make sure it was clear. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Better pay,” I lie as I lean forward, practically laying my upper body on the counter. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z They had to lift him to reach the upper bolts. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The homes of these islanders might soon lie in drifts so that only the sloped roofs of the beach cabins would show and only the upper stories of the larger houses. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z From the upper pasture to the house is a distance of a mile—rocky terrain with steep, unforgiving hills, which Grandpa could not have managed in his condition. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The horses were being led by a strange man, an armed man pretty handsomely dressed like an upper slave in a great family. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Somkit stared at Pong, one nostril crinkled, his upper lip curled back, as if he were trying to locate the source of a bad smell. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She stares lasciviously down at the men, running her tongue across her upper lip. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Then I attempted to one-handedly maneuver my way back to the upper bunk. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Before going to bed, I would stretch it all the way around the entire set of my upper teeth. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They did not, as spirit mediums usually did, take messages from the upper world to common humanity. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He left the upper half of the Dutch door open. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Every man is aware of the heavy shells tearing down the parapet, rooting up the embankment and demolishing the upper layers of concrete. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It is still accepted truth within the household that Woolner’s status has given her the upper hand in the marriage. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I pulled out my mother's upper right-hand bureau drawer and slipped the blue jewelry box from its hiding place under the scented Irish linen handkerchiefs. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z This would give the Sherpas time to install fixed lines on the most exposed sections of the upper mountain before the clients arrived. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z On the upper left lung there was a bright place like a calcified star. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It fed upon Picassos and Matisses in the upper halls, like delicacies, baking off the oily flesh, tenderly crisping the canvases into black shavings. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z These people, whose origins lay in the salaried middle class and the upper grades of the working class, had been shaped and brought together by the barren world of monopoly industry and centralized government. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z |
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