单词 | wrap |
例句 | She had stood behind her father as he’d drawn it, watching as he crouched over his easel, a cigarette dangling from his lips, his shoulders wrapped in a black Kashmiri shawl. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They were safe from any trouble on the way, for Hera wrapped them in a thick mist, so that they reached the palace unseen. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was one of the reasons I, a lowly sophomore, was keeping my own game under wraps for the time being. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “What a gentleman,” she teased gently, wrapping it across her shoulders. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then he stripped off his dirty clothes and wrapped his bandages in plastic. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Ma packs my one pair of clothes, wraps my food bowl in a scarf, and ties it diagonally around my back. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrap some packing tape around them to close the package and to make a handle. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “But it’s not like you to get so wrapped up in local concerns,” Nan said, fixing me with her eyes. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Even though I tried to take more care with mine, some of my gifts disappeared into the tangle of wrappings. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He wrapped his arms around the boy’s thighs and squeezed while Newt put a knee on one of Alby’s shoulders, then grabbed at Alby’s hands, still clasped around his own neck in a chokehold. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Val waited by the gate in the predawn cold, wrapped up in a bearskin cloak so large it might well have fit Sam. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sleepers huddled all around her, wrapped in blankets and cloaks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He spent every minute with the horse, sleeping in the barn, watching him eat, personally wrapping his legs in stall bandages, but he wouldn’t let him out to work. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat up, dizzy, wrapping the blanket tightly around my waist. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He wrapped it up, and I put it under my arm and headed home, dreaming of the dinner that awaited me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Something wrapped itself about him, falling at the same speed he was falling, and then there was the loud flapping of leathery wings and everything slowed. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Look,” she said, “if you wrap the wool around your fourth finger like this, it’s easier to control the tension, and the stitches stay even.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Sager wrapped his hand in a rag towel and pried away Nicole’s hands. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I wrapped my fingers around the pill bottle just to bug her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And with that, the bronze threads wrapped around Minos’s face, making him a bronze mummy. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z And now...in some way he couldn't entirely wrap his mind around, she was...well...that was it, wasn't it? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He wore nothing but shorts, his whiter-than-white skin stretched across his bones like a sheet wrapped tightly around a bundle of sticks. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z Robin wrapped both her hands around the neck of the bottle and tapped it lightly on the frame—none of us was very sure about how strong the frame really was. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Lark asks, peeking out from the sheet she’s wrapped around her entire body, now only her yellow boots and round brown face are visible. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She has a present wrapped in funny papers in one hand and a juice jar filled with lemonade in the other. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrap my blisters in cool leaves, but they keep falling off. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Everyone is guilty of something, and everyone still harbors a memory of childhood innocence, no matter how many layers of life wrap around it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I could feel the weak legs wrapped around my belly tense and tremble. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, Mama moved to the edge of her chair, her fingers wrapped firmly around the armrests. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Nancy was amazed and proud, and her mother, often so timid and distant, had hugged and kissed him, insisting that he wrap up in a quilt and sit close to the parlor fire. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Steel cables shot out of .the front of his mechanical horses, wrapping around our back rail. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A second that felt like a century passed before it wrapped its trunk around the rest of the blade and turned away from them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Behind the ranger, Meera Reed wrapped her arms around her brother, to shelter him from the wind and cold with the warmth of her own body. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Amari said with fear tightening her voice as she carefully washed the child and wrapped her in the blanket. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The nurse pulled her to her feet at the end and wrapped her in a huge, absorbent sheet. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I cross to Peeta and wrap my arms around him, and for a while we all stay silent. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He put out his hand as if to shake hers, but hers were tightly wrapped around the handle of the bag. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The round belly that I once loved to wrap my arms around is caved in, showing his rib cage. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was something wrapped in a long somber cloak with a grinning skull, and bones for hands. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Pithy helps Chou wrap the rope three times around the pile of wood. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He perched in the stand, both hands wrapped around the head of his cane now, a tremulous and gangling old man. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Can we wrap up this discussion?” growled Moody. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Mothers wrapped their trembling arms around their children each time the gunshots intensified. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I get up and wrap my cover round her shoulders. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrapped herself in a matching towel and settled into the chair next to mine. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z There was something hard and curving in a corner, wrapped in a scrap of cotton rag. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Nan stood and wrapped me up in a hug even though I could tell it hurt. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z For some reason, they wouldn’t try to get the wrapped pennies. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The midnight air is hot and dry, but that doesn’t stop me from wrapping my arms around myself. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I tear strips of cloth off my shirt and wrap my feet. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Jenna wrapped an unraveling thread from her T-shirt around her index finger. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He wrapped the rat in a newspaper and went out of the door and down the stairs and put it into a garbage can at the corner of an alley. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, after we’ve dropped off the birds and volunteered to go back to the woods to gather kindling for the evening fire, I find myself wrapped in his arms. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Then he sat out away from the fire as he sipped soup and ate one of the baked potatoes that Cole had wrapped in aluminum foil and cooked in the embers. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z My wrapping job is not super neat, but I think it looks cool. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Lying there I listen carefully to the sounds that wrap round me like a shawl—the laughings, the cryings, the songs, the prayers of the many voices of the people bunched so close. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I tried to smile back, but my lips felt quivery, so I got up and took our plates to the kitchen, wrapped foil around mine, and put it in the refrigerator for later. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z But in my case, since I don’t have outer ears, they had to put the earbuds on this heavy-duty headband that was supposed to wrap around the back of my head. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Malcolm picked up the child and lay down with her in his arms and their dæmons between them and the blankets wrapped around them both. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z As the small door unlatched, something—some heavy rectangular thing wrapped in soft leather—fell out of the crack in the door. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z In her most embittered moments we wrapped her in shawls, washed her face from the cistern tap, and brought her glasses of yogurt and rosewater. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z They handed their wraps and coats to Sanjeev, who draped them carefully on hangers in the spacious coat closet, though Twinkle told people to throw their things on the ottomans in the solarium. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Then I use the white paper from my Cole’s Drug Store bag and wrap another one just like it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Nathan placed the egg into his backpack and safely wrapped it in the blanket. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “It is. So instead I took that, one of Carlyle’s caps with his name in it, and a photograph of him and two teammates, wrapped it all up tight, and stashed ’em somewhere safe.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z She wrapped her cape around her and pressed her hands between her knees. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I guess I should mention one other thing to wrap up the story. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam wraps his arms around Mom from behind, picking her up. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “You were kind of wrapped up in your own world.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He scraped from it a sliver as thin as a hair, wrapped it in wax, and added it to the pan in which the lead had melted. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept ’em hid under the floorboards wrapped up in a fancy piece of thick purple curtain that had beautiful gold tassels sewed on ’longside the fringe. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Bronwyn scooted next to her and wrapped the little girl in a bear hug. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Keav wraps the end of my scarf tightly over my nose and mouth to keep the dust out, and she tells me not to look over the side of the truck. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had my legs pulled up to my chest and my arms wrapped around in front of them and my head resting on the dark dry skin of my bare knees. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I tried again, wrapping both hands around the handle and knitting my fingers together. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dakota was wrapping himself in a long piece of red-speckled cloth —a toga. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She wrapped an arm around me, and her strength seeped through me and beyond. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Grunt came loping forward holding a package wrapped up with paper and twine. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I saw Sohrab in that Polaroid again, the way his arm was wrapped around Hassan’s leg, his head resting against his father’s hip. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In her pocket the wrapped Stately Homes of England suddenly felt as if it weighed as much as the houses it depicted, but in her pocket it would have to remain. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Half the Pilates girls will be here, head to toe in Sweaty Betty, competitively stretching, manicured hands wrapped around their Starbucks. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It took hold of me; it wrapped itself about me, dragging me deeper. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z My mother had packed a small jar of hot beans and some good, green chile wrapped in tortillas. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At the funeral, Gertrude, wrapped in black veils, followed her husband's coffin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “We’ll shoot the warehouse scenes tomorrow,” the director announced when the crew finally wrapped for the day. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z An improbably long patchwork scarf was wrapped around his neck, and a fur hat perched askew on his large head. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z A warmth wrapped over me, like I was being covered with a quilt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He wraps a crinkly silver blanket around me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She followed me to my room, where a large flat package covered in bright, flowered wrapping paper lay on the bed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z She yanked the jacket away from Paulette and wrapped it around herself. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The Uncle wrapped thick knitted blankets around them and gave them hot tea, although of the three of them, he looked the frailest and in need of a rest. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He was just about to wrap it up when Francie said in a trembling voice, “Oh, I forgot. My mother wants it ground.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He went away and brought them wrapped in newspaper, unwrapped them and, when I asked him to, drew the corks and put the wine and vermouth under the bed. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z From the waist down, he wore standard Greek battle gear—a kiltlike apron of leather and metal flaps, bronze greaves covering his legs, and tighdy wrapped leather sandals. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She paused, rubbing her wrapped knuckles, and wiped the sweat from her eyes as she waved to him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Swiftly he rips open the red-white-and-blue paper wrapping and hands it back. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z With that said, and then whispered back under his breath, he wrapped his arms around me and hugged me tightly. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Jam was fifteen when she told Aloe she wanted surgery, and her father sat and wrapped his arms around her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Even though my parents would tease me and pretend they’d forgotten, every other year I’d find a big box wrapped in red paper. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The sight of her and the scent of freshly peeled apples made me want to leap up and wrap her in the biggest hug. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He pulls me in and wraps his arms around me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A white towel, wet with blood, had been wrapped around his head. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I wrap my shaking arms around my legs, resting my head on my knees and squeezing my eyes tightly shut. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Not when he wrapped her in his camouflage T-shirt, tucked her hair into a clay-bowl helmet, and slid the stick into her hand as a rifle. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He pulls out a thin rectangle wrapped in red-and-green shiny paper. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He wrapped his fingers around the grip of his driver and said, “Yes.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The wind wrapped around our exposed thighs as cars drove by on our walk home from school. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z My father had wrapped a tarp around himself. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m having trouble wrapping my head around it, the size of the world,” he says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “That’s okay, don’t talk. We’re almost safe now—you, me, and the Lady,” Petra said soothingly She took off her jacket, wrapped Calder in it, and started quickly down the ladder to get help. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z With no more warning than the tightening of his muscles, Tobias lunges across the desk and wraps his hands around Jeanine’s throat. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She had dug up a bridal wreath as tall as Ben and wrapped it in burlap. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Our house might as well be wrapped in yellow crime scene tape—that’s how much of a big deal she’s made over the years about keeping people away. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z We bring my comforter with us, wrap ourselves up into a giant cocoon, and breathe in the crisp fall air, which makes me think of opened refrigerators again. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Momma had sobbed and Auntie Aggie had scolded her, wrapping me in a blanket and taking me down to the kitchens where she made me a cup of warm milk sweetened with honey. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I scooted over and wrapped my arms around my waist. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If Ivy could draw herself right now, she’d be wrapped in clouds and down blankets, pillows and pastel-colored rainbows. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A few minutes later she watched Jessie slowly close her eyes, lulled to sleep by the violin playing and the warm air wrapping around her from the radiator. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A hurried scribble on the wrapping addresses the package to Clay Jensen, so I pick it up and head inside. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He looks at her, watching as she undoes her hair, letting it hang loose for a moment over her shoulders before wrapping it thoughdessly around her hand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I had wrapped my cousins and aunt in white sheets after making a healing bath of herbs and Florida water for each one, and let them curl into themselves and cry and cry. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We get our wrapping paper at the Dollar Store. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “I’ve got to go out on a call, Mitchell. It’s time to wrap things up for today anyway.” Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled their wings off, throwing them away, and wrapped the fish in the now-consecrated fish blanket. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Mendez is a little lady with hair like midnight and a mouth that starts at one ear and wraps around her entire skull. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z His tongue wrapped around my arm, from elbow to wrist. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He returned a moment later with a couple of wrapped packages that he set on top of the coffee table. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Jinny would have to show her everything—the beach that stretched on forever, wrapping around to the other side of the island. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It’s about nine hundred degrees out, and my giant poofy brown gown is sticking to my arms like plastic wrap. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was thinking of using it to wrap myself up like a mummy for Halloween. Do you have any more?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Aunt Lena had rich lines of multicolored rainbow thread wrapped around her wrists. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z In one, they appear to me in baby form, wrapped in saris of pearl-hued silk and winged. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Now his mother wrapped him in a towel, carried him into a rosy room that was filled with sunshine. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrapped him in a hug that made Uncle Jet roll his eyes. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z When she came out a few moments later, she had two packages wrapped up in the brightly colored comic section of the newspaper. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Some of the slave women quickly daubed her leg with mud and wrapped it tightly with strips of cloth ripped from their own dresses. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z How many miles of guts were wrapped around him? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The quiet wrapped around him like a soft blanket. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat up with the dirty blanket wrapped around him and swayed to and fro. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z We lay silently, wrapped in our individual meditations. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The bath was like a large beer barrel, and her head was wrapped in a white turban. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He holds up a cylinder, wrapped in a turquoise label. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A trench coat is belted around his waist, a scarf knitted by Ashima wrapped at his throat, a tweed cap on his head. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When he finally returned, it took him hours to stop shivering, even wrapped in her arms. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I wrapped her mittened fingers in mine and she looked up at me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She was standing by herself, wrapped in a sheet, and very alone. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Each night, she wrapped them in whatever spare, dry clothing she could find. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was the middle of October, I’d been in school for a couple of months, and I was still trying to wrap my head around it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z When the bookcovers began to tear, he covered the covers with Saran wrap. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting in a big leather chair, all wrapped up in that blanket I just told you about. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z And then he freed his hands and took mine, stiff and icy cold, and wrapped them in his, which were warm. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I took a few bites of my sandwich, wrapped up the rest, and tossed it in my book case for later. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The entrance was a wooden door in the grass, and it shook and rattled against Ivy’s palm as she wrapped her fingers around the handle. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “And why do you have a dead animal wrapped around your neck?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Later, after he had gone, I found an awkward note of apology in my mailbox, wrapped around a paperback copy of the poems of Rupert Brooke and a box of Junior Mints. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I wrapped the scarf around my head and buttoned my coat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She sat on the faded brown recliner, wrapped in her shawl. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He had egg on his trousers, butter on his cap, gravy on his shirt, orange pulp in his ear, and banana peel wrapped around his waist. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z North and further north they ran, while the pallid noontide came and went and the twilight wrapped itself again around the world. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He stared at Cole, huddled with his arms wrapped around his knees. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z David and I spent most of our days going to the prison, taking with us packages of food carefully prepared and wrapped by my mother. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “I know what you mean,” Juanita said, wrapping her arms around Pita. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He was wrapped in a golden shroud without any decoration. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Marcus grabs for Izzi, but I shove her out of the way, and his arm wraps around my neck instead, choking off my air. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The meeting has wrapped up, and people are standing together in small groups talking. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She leans against his chest and he wraps his arms around her, gently stroking the back of her neck with an ink-stained hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I’ve heard my cousins say this, but it’s the first time that I’ve tried to wrap this curse around my tongue and I say it all wrong. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Ms. Hayes came rushing from her bedroom, her hair pinned and wrapped in a blue scarf with flowers on it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z At 21,000 feet, dizzy from the heat, I came upon a large object wrapped in blue plastic sheeting beside the trail. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Then, he found a box of old, torn-up shirts, took one out and wrapped it up carefully inside. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Sitting at the head of the table, drinking a chicken broth that landed in her stomach like an elixir of resurrection, Meme then saw Fernanda and Amaranta wrapped in an accusatory halo of reality. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Conversation with The Mac I brought you a gift, he says, handing you a box wrapped in gift paper. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z David wraps his arms around my waist and peppers my face with gentle kisses. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The tentacles were wrapped all around her, hundreds and hundreds of stinging cells clinging to her arms and legs and chest. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z All the crying, fear, and loneliness had wrapped a big, heavy blanket around him and told him to rest, so he had. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Aurora is wrapping Bryce’s legs up in a bear hug like it’s the only way to get out her need to squeeze something super tight with love. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z It's a letter from Lev, written on the backs of misprinted forms and wrapped in an envelope fashioned from a sheet of newsprint. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She is “the goddess with three forms,” Selene in the sky, Artemis on earth, Hecate in the lower world and in the world above when it is wrapped in darkness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In her letter, there were two twenty-dollar bills wrapped in foil, with a card that read “Buy yourself nice things for school.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She imagined a door to the Otherworld with a tether of light wrapped around its handle. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The twins pressed in close as he tore away the wrapping. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Little does Grant know that an adoring Washington, D.C., is waiting to wrap its arms around him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I lowered my head down onto my knees, and as my body began to shake uncontrollably, I felt a warm arm wrap around my shoulders. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z It was a good thing Miss Trotter had wrapped that pan well. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Oddly enough, Werfel noticed, the man’s own right hand was wrapped up in bloodied gauze. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He leaned into her arm as the bus took a turn a little too sharply, and she wrapped it around him, pulling him in close. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z So I wrap that book up in my arms, and I speak very slowly so that she can understand my every word. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Shivering, I wrapped my mantle more firmly around my shoulders. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The other ring has a whale that wraps around your finger. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z My little Korean Fire sat in the corner, wrapped in a big, happy Christmas bow, and I threw an egg at that one, too, but I missed. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “All right. I think that wraps it up. So back to our regularly scheduled programming.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z One by one she drew them from the paper wrapping, wrinkled and tinged with blood. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Together, the girl and her mother wrapped Debbie in their arms. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I wrap my arms around his shoulders, pull him in, and give Darius a deep, long kiss for what feels like forever. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z When her arms wrapped around him, his eyes clouded, like he’d been waiting for her shoulder. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Some of them sit on the tiered benches that wrap around the edge of the room, but there isn’t enough space for everyone, so the rest are crowded around the Candor symbol. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “And I can’t move fast in a saree. Yards and yards of cloth that you have to wrap around yourself! They look pretty, but I feel as if I’m wearing a big bandage.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z He cut off a length—about three-quarters of a yard—wound it into a sort of garland, and wrapped it up first in white and then in brown paper. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The glass windows I pass reflect a distorted vision of myself—face elongated, dark jeans stretched too long, black gloves, beat-up boots, faded red scarf wrapped around my black hoodie. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She'd clumped it up into a bun and wrapped it with a rubber band. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z A vaguely familiar face was leaning over her, and hands were wrapping her in a blanket. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the kind of wrapping that’s been carefully chosen, not the wrinkled tissue in a Christmas bag that Zach Oh might give. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It was tiring and frustrating, trying to wrap each ornament the way Mother likes, to get them ready for next year. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Lily wrapped her arms around her body and pushed herself closer to Toby, who was freezing too. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Every day now, for I didn't know how many days, I had spent the mornings and afternoons and evenings wrapped up in my white blanket on the deck chair in the alcove, pretending to read. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He walked over to the bed and helped Park's mom up, then stood with his arm wrapped protectively around her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z It looked like a miniature forest except for the little fence-looking things in the middle that the vines were wrapped around. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Malcolm pulled the blankets out after the child and wrapped them around her. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She wraps her hand around mine, which is wrapped around the vial. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The teachers are always trying to coax her out, but she wraps her arms around herself like she’s cold and keeps on rocking. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Once we pick up Rollie and Lillie, I wrap their leashes around my other hand tightly, and I lead all four dogs back downstairs. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z You don’t run into frost much in Florida—and I jumped up and down like I was stomping on bubble wrap. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I eat half the rabbit as I go, then wrap up the leftovers in my plastic for later. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Much of it has sunk into the paper napkin I wrapped it in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed a towel from the bathroom, wrapped it around myself like a cape, and flopped into a chair at the kitchen table, thinking about what Officer Parrelli had said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Ivy saw Layla hovering over their mom, who was on her knees in the yard, screaming and trying to wrap Aaron back in her arms. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And one day he brought home a baby girl, wrapped up inside his brown western-style greatcoat. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was coiled neatly and wrapped around her shoulder. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The ice cream came with a small wooden spoon wrapped in thin white paper. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She wrapped herself well in her quilt, which her mother had made before dying young. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The sticky tape kept wrapping itself around his thumbnail and Victor was cursing quietly to himself, when suddenly a tall figure approached him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Matty asked, his mouth full of the sweet muffin she had given him, as he watched her arrange a wrapped bundle on her back, criss crossing the straps that held it around her chest. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Nico wrapped his free hand around the rope and concentrated, a bead of sweat trickling down his neck. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “As ready as I’m going to be,” Rashid answered, wrapping the edge of his shirt around the handle on the door, turning it, and pushing it open. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I stepped forward and saw that the wrapping read “$10,000,” which seemed impossible, because the stack was so small—a quarter-inch high at the most. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Inside, the bones sat, safe and wrapped up. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Tuma scratched his beard and pulled the old quilt he had wrapped around him tighter. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He sets me down but keeps my arm wrapped around his shoulders. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She almost pitched forward into who-knew-what, but Percy grabbed her and wrapped her in his arms. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And then I crawled into his unmade bed, wrapping myself in his comforter like a cocoon, surrounding myself with his smell. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I start a small fire in the outdoor fireplace, wrap the primrose and artichoke in maple leaves, and clip some young shoots of a pokeweed. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s something hidden there that looks as though it’s wrapped in layers of that plastic wrap stuff my mom uses to cover leftover food in the fridge. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z She sat up abruptly and wrapped her arms around her knees. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z When I was a kid, my mom's old friends liked to wrap their arms around me, pet my hair. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z How could I have been so wrapped up in my own stupid criminal exercise, the thrill of it, my own anger at the aunties and Granddad— Fatima and Prince Philip, burning. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Babulya clutched the Torah, wrapped in its mantle, in her arms. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I was still watching Lester’s wrap job, wondering what sort of pulpy mess lay beneath the layers. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They slip phrases into their stew and wrap meaning around their pork before frying it. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Her head was wrapped in a bright orange turban. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He wrapped his grey cloak about him, hiding his mail-shirt, and stretched out his long legs. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They had wrapped him in a blanket, and it was August, but his teeth were still chattering. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z They let me keep the toothbrush and comb though not the paper they were wrapped in. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I wrap my arms around his neck and plant a kiss on his cheek. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z If they’ve got an inch or two to work with, the hairdresser will wrap sprigs of it in black thread so it stands up in little spikes, like Mama Boanda Number Two’s. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He wraps my long blood-red scarf around his neck, the one I wear myself during the day to tempt my suitors. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Mom was waiting impatiently for me with six casseroles wrapped in aluminum foil and packed into a shallow cardboard box. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Abuelo slept in a narrow metal cot with a thin mattress wrapped in white sheets. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z After the fabric is measured, cut, wrapped in brown paper, and tied with twine, I follow Mrs. Byrne down the street to a women’s clothes shop. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z A little above the hill’s foot they halted, and wrapping their cloaks about them, they sat huddled together upon the faded grass. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I point to Dad’s left wrist, which is wrapped in an Ace bandage. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Reaching in the back of the wagon, Toomer chose a bunch of wilted flowers wrapped in Spanish moss and said, “Give these flowers to your mama when she gets home.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, I walked out onto the balcony and looked up at the Riveras’ door, where bouquets of flowers wrapped in cellophane were piled at the threshold. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Kaede reached out and wrapped her fingers around one of the rings—it was as thick as her own wrist—and when she lifted it, the door swung open. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He put one end of it on the top of my hand, and pressed his finger down to hold the end in place until he wrapped the gauze around enough times to trap it down. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The ammunition came wrapped in little paper packets called cartridges. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Wearing long dresses and wrapped in shawls, they could have been mistaken for a group of grandmothers on a garden tour. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She pulled her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around her legs. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I felt the shock wave a split second after I heard the detonation and instinctively dropped to the floor of my hideout with my arms wrapped over my head. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They were wrapping around Blackjack’s legs, lashing down my ankles so we couldn’t move. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Whenever I brought a book to the job, I wrapped it in newspaper—a habit that was to persist for years in other cities and under other circumstances. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I would put into the box the dancers and music and the whole theater as if they are perfectly wrapped clothes and jewelry. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She took out of her handbag a neatly wrapped package and handed it to the principal. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z So Ah wrapped Leafy up in moss and fixed her good in a tree and picked mah way on down to de landin’. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I was on the verge of asking her to take it back and give me a refund when the clerk emerged from the back room carrying the puzzle box all wrapped in pink paper. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Adam wrapped his arms around his brother and hung close to him, sobbing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My legs wrap around his waist, and his hands are on my thighs, then my hips, then butt, lower back, bare waist as he takes off my dress. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The silvery pellawi-fur dried fast, and as soon as the wool of the facing was at least warm, if not dry, he wrapped himself in it and stretched out by the firepit. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I end up hunching over and slinking away, shame curdling inside me then reaching its fingers to wrap tight around my body. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She wrapped herself tighter in my jacket and slid beside me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrapped his tongue around the toothpick, swirling it from side to side. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She tucked three extra candlesticks into the pockets of her cape, which she wrapped tightly around herself. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then he turns and bends and wraps his arms around me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I pointed to the puzzle I wanted and said I would like it gift wrapped. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z It was too easy to get wrapped up in our own private, tense little bubble. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Well, yes—but I may use a few pages here and there to wrap a few drugs...” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I narrowly averted the missile, and when I reached to examine it, I found a golf ball wrapped in paper. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Bull pulled up his knees and wrapped his arms around the ball. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The toddler who ignores the birthday present and plays with the wrapping paper reminds us of how we lose our appreciation of objects as objects and think of them as means to an end. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She wrapped her fingers around his own and gave a tender squeeze. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The girl had accidentally knocked over a pot of boiling potatoes and was badly scalded, and Generose, too poor to afford a ride to a hospital, was left to wrap her daughter’s burns with leaves. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z When Cholly was four days old, his mother wrapped him in two blankets and one newspaper and placed him on a junk heap by the railroad. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z A lady, elegant in her bright pink-and-purple-printed African dress with a matching head wrap stands up, her body stiff with anger. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Beside her, wrapped in a pair of his old trousers, as the custom was in this part, lay his son. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z His mother, wrapped in a blanket and sitting in a rocker, was asleep, too, and Turner didn’t wake her. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z According to them, I’d fainted straightaway, and Miles had tried to beat the snake to death while it was still wrapped around me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z After several hours of confused shivering, he wrapped himself in a dirty plastic tarp he found on the street and waited for morning. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It wrapped around me like sheets of lead. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I remember Sanaubar came out of the hut holding her grandson, had him wrapped in a wool blanket. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I wrap my arms around myself tight, my emotions all over the place. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z My whole life was wrapped up in my dogs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This is when I notice he’s holding a knife, one Peeta was carrying earlier, I think, which is wrapped loosely in wire. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Before I go in, I wrap extra tape around my ankle, like this.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrapped up the casserole and put it in the fridge. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Five Golden Tickets have been printed on golden paper, and these five Golden Tickets have been hidden underneath the ordinary wrapping paper of five ordinary candy bars. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I'm wrapping yellow bowls in tissue paper and saying, I have these, too. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She wrapped herself, until that part of her, the bleeding part, was covered with a good thick inch of cloth. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Hollister jotted down the address on a sticky note and placed it on the wrapped book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We wanted to define her, to wrap her up as we did each other, but we could not seem to get past “weird” and “strange” and “goofy.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Eventually he realizes he won’t change my mind, and wraps some bread and an apple in a napkin for me to take along. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then he seized the rest of the wrapping paper in his other hand and pulled. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Then Park reached up and wrapped one of her red curls around his honey finger. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z "She helped me learn to wrap you and feed you. She brought me hot pads for my back." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The 160-pound dummy—a stand-in for a suicidal inmate—was next: I wrapped my arms around his middle and lifted him up to relieve the pressure around the neck. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Cal and Aron were assigned to the seventh grade because of their age, and they learned every shadow of its picture—Laocoon completely wrapped in snakes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Lloyd returned in a moment, bearing a small package wrapped in twine—the binoculars—and a loaded Spencer repeating carbine. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Axel looks at his own front yard, where just behind the fence, among the fallen branches, Byrd, Frank, and George are so wrapped up in planning that they haven’t turned to see Dr. Martin. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But before you could wrap your fingers around the slippery glass, I accidentally let go. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She's wrapped in the arms of a young man—legs, arms, and lips locked together. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Anthony would have wrapped it in a lecture on how it wouldn’t matter even if I didn’t stink, because no girl would want to come near me in a million years. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I want to charge into the locker room and wrap myself in the biggest hijab I can find. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Henry melts at the touch, wraps his arms around Alex’s waist and holds him there. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Kimberly anxiously stood at the bottom of the stairs while Don went up to present the gift, wrapped in sparkly paper. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A hand reaches out to me, my fingertips wrapping desperately around it as I’m heaved effortlessly out of the water. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z You remember when you told me the world was constantly spinning and I just couldn’t wrap my head around it? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Then he wrapped everything in one of the blankets and packed it into the knapsack and tied the other blankets across the top of the knapsack and shouldered it up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The cafe windows wrapped all the way around the observation floor, which gave us a beautiful panoramic view of the skeletal army that had come to kill us. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She gives him a box wrapped in tissue. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I ran to the rooftops and wrapped myself in my rag blanket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Dad wrapped the blanket around me and picked me up, then ran down the stairs, leading Lori and Brian with one arm and holding me in the other. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Genie started wrapping them with the toilet paper until the whole roll was gone and Ernie was left with two big mummified mitts. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She wraps her feet in so many bandages, it’s like she’s wearing snow boots. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I turn, ready to bolt out of the front door to chase her down the street, but Tom’s standing there in the doorway, Evie wrapped in a towel in his arms. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tess slowly lifted the box, and Genie slid his hands in, his fingers first touching the feathers, then wrapping around the body of the swallow. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She was clutching the plastic bag containing the book to her chest, her arms firmly wrapped around it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I wrap it around me, his too-big sweater with many holes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z On day two, I switched over from having my entire forearm wrapped in white gauze to what’s basically a giant Band-Aid. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Mom pulled me into her lap and wrapped her arms tight around me. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She nods toward a pile of washed blankets and gestures for me to help her wrap one of the sleeping babies in a pink flannel. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The woman I saw walking towards me a moment ago is just turning the corner; she’s wearing a deep-blue trench wrapped around her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There it was, wrapped in its blotched green cloth. said Doon. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When Chaol came to fetch her the next morning, he found her sleeping on the floor, wrapped in a blanket. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I got up to see if I could walk with the leg wrapped as tight as I had it, and I could. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Lumpy leaned against me, and I wrapped an arm around him. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z In one universe, they are gorgeous, straight-teethed, long-legged, wrapped in designer fashions, and given sports cars on their sixteenth birthdays. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I wrapped it in one of Stick’s shirts. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Mom and I walk her to the doorway, and when we get there, Fina wraps her arms around me in a big hug. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z A point when I stop wrapping my hands around the bars as if I could rattle them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembers the single wrapped gift that he had received, a toy that he’d picked out himself, his mother asking him to stand by the greeting cards while she paid for it. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Dimple sighed in perfect bliss, and Rishi's arms wrapped around her waist in response, pulling her body snugly against his. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z When flour was scarce, the boy’s mother would wrap the leftover biscuits in a clean flour sack and put them away for the next meal. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He held his hand out to her, and when she took it he pulled her close, wrapping them both inside his cloak. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The cemetery had a regal iron gate wrapped around it and took up the entire block. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I'm still mumbling the song as one of them wraps me in a dirty blanket and the other picks me up like a sick baby. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He pulls me into his arms and we’re wrapped around each other, his face buried in my hair and my face pressed into his chest, no daylight between our bodies. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Papa would lodge me between his knees or wrap me in the cream blanket that smelled of safety. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I’d been fighting the moment I left Thurmond, struggling against the restraints everyone wanted to wrap around me, kicking and clawing against the inevitable. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The trees wrapped around the monsters, strangling them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Large devilfish are dangerous if you are in the sea, for their arms are so long as a man, and they can quickly wrap them around you. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrap my arm about his waist, lay my head on his back. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z They had to stalk her, one on each side of the garden, and Nat finally dived full length under a bush, dragged the cat out, and wrapped it tightly in his own shirt. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Why she fell in love with my father was something I still couldn’t wrap my head around. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He cut up a great ox and wrapped the good eatable parts in the hide, disguising them further by piling entrails on top. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I didn’t get up in time to help you make the fire, Mama,” Stella said, wrapping her fingers around a hot mug of apple tea. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z As I look at their fancy chicken wraps, I decide that I don’t feel like eating a fried bologna sandwich in front of these two. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “That was so sweet of you to let those poor orphans with no fingers do your wrapping for you.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z As she laid him back into his wrappings and began to lace him in, his face crumpled in betrayal and he opened his mouth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Soon I would need rags to wrap round my hands. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to look away, but she was standing right in front of him, wrapping her arms around his neck. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Frankie wrapped ripped pieces of T-shirt and paper towels around the puncture wound to stop the bleeding, then told Diana to look for something they could use for splints. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Ropes sprang out of thin air and wrapped themselves tightly around Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The perfumed boys he wrapped in chains and threw into the sea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Space funk goggles wrapped around his dignified, long-jawed head, on top of which sat, or sailed really, the Spanish galleon of a velvet maroon hat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Breuer bent down and wrapped the handkerchief around the boy’s knee, knotting it gently with firm, practiced hands. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn on the flashlight, and David steps toward me and wraps me in his arms. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Lee took the second baby, washed it, wrapped it, and put it in the basket. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead of ripping the wrapping paper off she hunted around to find each piece of tape, then peeled it off real carefid. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The outside of the van is black, but it has a firebird painted on the hood, with wings that turn to flames as they wrap around the sides. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I wrapped Charley’s tail in red Kleenex and fastened it with rubber bands. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z When Moch resorted to that one, Ulbrickson said, “the boys get so hot they have to wrap asbestos around their oar handles to keep the boat from burning up.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Amelia had a New Year’s gift from her mother—a pair of woolen gloves, which she wrapped again in the paper they had come in and hid in her trunk. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I step forward and wrap my arms around him, though he doesn’t return my embrace. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Propped against the rock, wrapped in her sleeping bag, she ate some of the rough bread and the goat’s cheese, and then fell deeply asleep. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She’d wrapped it up in a piece of cloth and written on a card made from Adah’s notebook paper: For my beautiful firstborn child, all grown up. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Her jangling nerves relaxed, and as the clear low voice went on a contentment wrapped her round like the sunshine in the meadow. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He had managed to save one last piece of honeycomb and had wrapped it carefully in a leaf. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I needed to convey to the group a sense of my identity, while keeping a few of the basic elements of my character under wraps. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She put on Laura’s coat and mittens and the warm cape with the hood, and wrapped a muffler around her neck, and let her go. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He largely ignored her until she tried to give him a brick-size box wrapped in brown paper. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Flickering in the look Boggs gives me as he protectively wraps the blanket around my shoulders. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Sobbing, I climbed into the car and wrapped my arms around Trampita, who slept in the back seat. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He sighs deeply and wraps his arms around me in a hug. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When they made it to the corner, where Ms. Post was working, Canton wrapped his arms around his mother and squeezed. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Then she had settled down with him on her mattress, her arm wrapped around him, and she had read from his favorite book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Pot holders wrapped around that wide baking pan. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Their heads were wrapped with bright red and blue bandanas. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He quickly pulled off his jacket, wrapped the papers and sign tightly in his sweatshirt, and put his jacket back on. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Under a starry desert sky Lita wraps the blanket around our shoulders. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Still, fighting is not gonna solve anything,” Chantal says as she wraps a bag of frozen broccoli in paper towels for me to put on my forehead. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z In his lean body, about which he daily wrapped more tightly his loose girdle, there was a determination to live. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Baba follows, carrying a small bundle wrapped in filthy blankets. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z We wrapped them back up in the hide we’d found them in, and Rose pushed them into her pack, tears streaming down her dusty cheeks. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Something was wrapped around the boat, some tentacled shadow. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Some were already walking, wobbly on their unsteady legs; others were no more than a few days old, wrapped in blankets, held by their Nurturers. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z They came soundlessly into a palm-studded harbor, fragrant with the scent of blossoms, and happiness was like sunshine, wrapping her round and pouring into her heart till it overflowed. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z So they all came grandly down to the picnic: women with their heads wrapped in print cloth like birthday presents. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed a blanket to wrap around myself. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z We walked around the house wearing our coats and wrapped in blankets. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Next to him, a young white man with a pouf of dirty-blond hair stood with one arm wrapped around Lázaro’s shoulder. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The Augur ignores my barb, and though his voice is no louder than it was a moment ago, his words are wrapped in iron, weighted down in certainty. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He removes his hand from mine and wraps his arm around my shoulders instead. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Mark tried to push the guy away, but he was desperate and wild, climbing Mark’s body like a rope, high enough that his legs now wrapped around Mark’s head. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There were four badly wrapped gifts in all. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He snorted once as he quickly wrapped the book. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z His mouth feels warm and soft, and when he kisses me harder, I wrap my arm around his neck and kiss him back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She crashed into Mom and grabbed her by the face, kissed her on both cheeks, left-right-left, and then wrapped her in a hug strong enough to buckle a starship’s hull. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When he got to her, he wrapped the coat around her shoulders and, after a slight hesitation, pulled her to him and rubbed his hands up and down her arms. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z When I get into my trailer, I head straight for the bathroom, bent over, arms wrapped around my middle, like Corporal Reynolds instructed me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It wrapped around me and squeezed my body like a sponge, then tossed me into the choking air—and I fell headlong into a rope net filled with writhing fish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I press against him and kiss him, my hands wrapping around his arms. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z After the bone was wrapped and paid for, he sliced off a thick piece of liverwurst and gave it to her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite Sasuke’s protests, Hideo forces him to stand still while he wraps the blue scarf around his brother’s neck and tugs his collar up higher. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Quickly, he wrapped the head in the newspapers and used the wad to push the bloody trunk of the body deeper into the furnace. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He had a scabrous face, with a dirty cloth wrapped around his neck. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He reached into the plastic bag he’d been carrying and flung me and Vega each a wrapped gift. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He wraps one hand around mine and touches my hair with the other. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The woman wore a fashionable wrap, high shiny boots, and tapered pants; the man lounged in a rumpled shirt and stained trousers, giving an air of almost deliberate vulgarity. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Crumpled tissues cover the table like snow, and both Mama and Miz Rita have their hands wrapped around two mugs with steam coming out of them. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z He wrapped me in blankets, fed me, and when my fever showed no signs of breaking on its own, he used the money I’d brought to buy a bittersweet medicine. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The hook wrapped around the base of the pig’s wing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z There, the silence wraps around me like Caleb’s embrace did, calming me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She stood and reached behind her head to begin untying her black head wrap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I stared without blinking at the mist, looking for the curve of her back or the silhouette of her head wrapped in a pretty kerchief. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrapped my other arm around him and clutched his shirt. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she took out a plastic bag full of grapes, something wrapped in foil, and a folded-up piece of paper. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Aru felt like someone had wrapped sharp wires around her heart. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I wish I’d known she was making something to keep us connected to Nan, to wrap us in her smell and the good memories of our times together in England. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The next day when we came back from the Center, we found a radio in our room, the cord wrapped around its plastic body. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks up from wrapping the fresh bandage around my arm. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z On the day Seabiscuit settled in at the Detroit Fair Grounds, Pollard was in North Randall, Ohio, sweltering through August at a middling racetrack called Thistle Down Park, which was wrapping up its summer meeting. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Meme was so wrapped up in herself at that time that she accused Úrsula of having told on her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z His knees bent; he could feel the sea breeze wrapping itself around the cupola and leaning into it some, setting the frame to creaking cheerily at the familiar nudge. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I turn from the sink, wipe my hands on my jeans, and wrap my arms around his neck and whisper a thank-you. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She walked over to where he fell and he wrapped his arms ’round her legs like a drowning man holding on to a tree in a flood. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Just then, Zed walked in, a towel wrapped around his middle and a toothbrush in his mouth. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know if I should wrap my arm around him, so I follow his lead, placing my hands on my waist. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As I rolled the umbrella and wrapped the closure, I jumped when I saw a face staring at me from the puddle at my feet. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Caesar hid Travels into Several Remote Nations in the dirt under the schoolhouse, wrapped in two swatches of burlap. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Hazel wrapped both arms around him and pulled him into her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “That’s what I want for Christmas. All I want. To wrap this up. Wrap it up and sleep till New Year’s. Wouldn’t that be one hell of a present?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I quickly made my way back to the edge of the fire, wrapping myself tightly in my woolen cloak. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I crawl out my window onto the porch roof and wrap myself in all my blankets. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Once, he shot a bush pigeon down from the cashew tree with a small stone, wrapped it in leaves, and put it into his bag. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z So proud was he of his dead pigeon that he took it home, wrapped it in newspaper and hid it under his bed. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I lay on a blanket and I was wrapped in my cloak. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Supreme wraps an arm around me and pulls me close into his side. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z So we wrapped Harry in an old towel and put him in a shoe-box. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z It’s hard for me to wrap my brain around that. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She’s been caught up in pageant stuff, and I’ve been too wrapped up in myself, so Lucy’s room has sort of been sitting here. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I wrapped my dog in my old sheepskin coat and hurried for home. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrapped his arms around Grandma’s waist, pressed his head against her stomach, and slowly, drunkenly, painfully started sobbing. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She walked around the living room, picking up the small wooden sculptures that Eric had in many corners of the room, mostly brown Madonnas with caramel babies wrapped in their arms. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The soldiers wrapped Lincoln in an American flag. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z You wrapped one around a finger and twirled it so the beads caught the sunlight. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Then he reaches in his top drawer and hands you, get this, milk chocolate wrapped in shiny red and gold. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Mom had Evan strapped to her chest in the baby carrier and Aaron wrapped in a soft yellow blanket in her arms. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then with a swift movement, she wrapped the hair around her hand into a bun, which she pinned on top of her head again. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrapped the bottom of my Pittsburgh Penguins hockey jersey around it and tugged with one hand and turned the crank with the other. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But already Sam was more than half way up the base, and the plain of Gorgoroth was dim below him, wrapped in fume and shadow. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “And your mom? That orthodontist must be coming around to the idea of having sons by now. Your mother has always been able to wrap men around her little finger!” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I feel safe, small, wrapped in my illness as if in cotton wool. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I scrubbed her off as best I could, being gentle with her sore places, combed her hair, and let her wrap up in one of Mama’s leftover shirts. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She sat at the table as he ate, drinking more wine and asking how his day was, but eventually she went to the deck to smoke a cigarette, leaving Eliot to wrap up the leftovers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And Furlough found his brother in the library, standing on top of the great, open book, his tail wrapped tightly around his feet, his small body shivering. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He was wrapped in the heavy blanket and plopped down at the table, declaring, “I’m hungry! Hana, how come you didn’t feed me?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Laleh looked up at the sound of her name, and Babou gave her a handful of basil leaves from the colander, wrapped in a damp paper towel. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z June leaned into her mom, one arm wrapped around Dr. Somerset’s waist. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But Jiichan wrapped his arms around her and said, “No, no, not your fault. You cannot know. You were look for your brother.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z After Mr. Yukht wraps up the day’s lesson, we stand in line, waiting to high-five him on our way out. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z And Lovey wrapped her fingers around mine, and we both squeezed tight. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He called out in terror when he saw that the tendrils of the nightmare had wrapped themselves around his legs. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Before anyone could witness what had happened I shoved the loaves up under my shirt, wrapped the hunting jacket tightly about me, and walked swiftly away. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We’re going to wrap Edna into a human burrito using plastic bags, then plaster her with two coats of paper strips. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Both his arms are wrapped around me, and his leg is stretched out across my bare thighs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The hobbits wrapped themselves up, but their ears were strained for any sound above the creak of the wheels and the slow clop of the ponies’ hoofs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I wrap Papi’s sweater tight about me, the sweater with his scent. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z When I entered the living room she was sitting on the couch wrapped up in a large knitted afghan. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But when I turned the key over and examined it more closely, I saw that it actually appeared to be wrapped in silver foil, like a stick of gum or a bar of chocolate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “And wrapped in a shield I don’t recognize.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She sat back down on the bed beside him and wiped the shoes on the hem of the blue dress before she wrapped them up again and put them back in the trunk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He simply wrapped his left hand around the stump of his right and squeezed it as hard as he could, to slow the spurt of blood to an ooze. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z The carcass now sank down, and they disjointed shoulder and thigh bone, wrapping them in fat, two layers, folded, with raw strips of flesh. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason was still wobbly, so Piper encouraged him to wrap his arm around her for support. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He helps me up and wraps his arm around my waist. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I nod and try hard not to stare at the white fabric wrapped around Pri’s chest. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She bathed her hands in the basin and wrapped them in clean linen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He went to one of the baseball equipment bags and reached in, tunneled down to the bottom, and came up with another package, this one wrapped crudely in newspaper. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I slide in next to them so I can wrap them both up tight. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Liam sounded like he was having a hard time wrapping his head around that. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Byrd catches up to him in the field, but this time she doesn't hesitate, she wraps her arms around him, pulls him close. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Zipping it open, Tally saw that the magazines were still there, each one lovingly wrapped in its own plastic cover. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Deborah knew her mother’s cells had grown like the Blob until there were so many of them they could wrap around the Earth several times. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He was wrapped in one of the gray blankets and he would have been hard to see but not impossible. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z And now we were jamming clothes and jars of preserves wrapped in blankets into our duffel bags to move again. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Now he saw that her hands were wrapped around it: a solid silver bust of Christ, the head easily three times the size of his own. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “This has plaster of Paris in it,” he tells me as he wraps. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “It’s not really mind-reading,” Cain murmurs, and I wrap my arms around myself and lean away, though I know doing so won’t shield my thoughts any better. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She pulled a wrapped gift from her backpack. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z As he came into the bedroom, he saw Sula lying on fresh white sheets, wrapped in the deadly odor of freshly applied cologne. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The water hit Leo’s face like a brick wrapped in sandpaper, and he sank into darkness. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Dany wrapped her arms around her captain and pressed herself against his back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mama’s face still has a smile on it, and she wraps an arm around Charlie and pulls her close. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z I wrap my fingers tight on his arm. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Frank called it tech wrap and acted like this was one of the very last touches the house needed to be complete. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z "Maybe I'll put some of the burn ointment on it. I think it helps with infection anyway. And wrap it up?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He was intact, wrapped tightly around the leg of his female captor, head buried against her shin. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z We wrapped it carefully in newspaper and then in a second layer of blankets before we put it in the wagon in the little nest. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z There was one more order of business before Luma could wrap up her day. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I wrapped the other two around my shoulders and rested my back against the mast. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Ronneberg had wrapped charges around half the machines when the sound of shattering glass broke his focus. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z After a minute, I unlock the door and Abuela wraps me in a big hug that lasts too long and that I don’t return. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I tilt my head to see the snake tattoo wrapped around his ear. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The moment her eyes flicked to him, she was out of her seat and wrapping him in a hug. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z So he wrapped his arms around himself and stood back against the ledges, waiting. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I’d started to really shiver, even with my hands stuffed in my pockets and Mom’s scarf wrapped around my head. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He wraps the book with a length of fine wool yarn dyed a deep crimson, bits of it stained darker with something dried and brown. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I put out the fire, took the door down and wrapped up in it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She take it real serious, the unwrapping, letting me tell the story bout how it ain’t the color a the wrapping that count, it’s what we is inside. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He can’t keep secrets at all, so as soon as I walk through the door, he says, “I have something for you, but I haven’t wrapped it yet, so don’t go into my bedroom.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A pair of arms wraps around my waist from behind, and judging by how far above the floor my feet wind up, it’s Golly. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The night before my sentencing I wrapped my remaining hash, about two pounds, in plastic bags. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I twisted a bit of sandwich wrap around the end of my index finger, watching it turn grape red. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He sobbed in desperation and turned, but the thing pursuing him now stood in his path—a colossal being wrapped in shadows, its shape vaguely humanoid, its head almost scraping the ceiling twenty feet above. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They wrap them in plastic and tuck them into a shoe or slip them under a waistband. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He put his hand over hers and then wrapped her arm around his elbow, and together they promenaded down toward a secluded area of Coney Island beach by the edge of the water. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z On the table there, polished now and plain, an ugly case would stand containing butterflies and moths, and another one with birds’ eggs, wrapped in cotton wool. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was a white pastry box like any other, wrapped in white string. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I wrapped the crayfish in leaves, stuffed them in my pockets, and went back to the burning tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Although snow lay about and everyone was wrapped deep in their clothing, the appearance of the clouds made a body know deep down that spring was stirring. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I decided to wrap the can in a napkin—mostly so that I could slam the napkin drawer when I shut it. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The young nurse cleared my breakfast tray away and left me wrapped in my white blanket like a passenger taking the sea air on the deck of a ship. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Guards catch my hands before I can wrap them around her throat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then Ma wrapped each cheese in paper and laid it away on the high shelf. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Keepers drink real milk, too, not ground-up plankton, and they eat chocolates wrapped in gold paper.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It settled out of solution in a white “fibrous substance...that wraps itself about a glass rod like a thread on a spool.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in the manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulls up to a house that has three garage doors and a balcony that wraps around to the front of the house. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z One Charm Bracelet was bending forward, wrapping a towel around her wet hair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then she very neatly folded up the wrapping, though it was just cheap, ordinary material. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I’ve brought you some bread,” she said, and took the wrapped loaf from the basket she carried. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Once, in the middle of winter, someone opened a window while she was lecturing and threw ice water on her; instead of surrendering, Stone wrapped a shawl around her shoulders and kept talking. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I offer her an extra individually wrapped Clorox wipe. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z When the waiter was gone, Rishi wrapped a hand around Dimple’s on the table. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She wrapped her arms around her body and Luke wanted to pull her close—to make her warm. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Redemption and Hibiscus came in through the back door, the screen swinging, their arms wrapped around each other. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z In the morning Hari’s body was wrapped in a cloth and covered with garlands of marigolds. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Matthew left the room, and James turned the wrapped book this way and that. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The girl sits very still in the corner and wraps her coat around her knees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Legally, right now, there was no way to hang him, although prior to a trial or a hearing he could probably be kept under wraps. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They wrapped the body in barkdoth and buried it under a big tree in the forest. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrap my hand up in her hair, hold her head back. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z To make his story more believable, Powell carried a small package wrapped in paper and tied with string. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands fall to my waist, and I wrap mine around his shoulders. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z A Jeweled wine cup and a pair of silver candlesticks spilled out of the crimson cloak he'd wrapped them in and went clattering down the steps. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I wrap my arms around my stomach and double over in pain, falling to the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The moment she lifted me, I was wrapped in her smell. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She took one look at my hand, then pulled out a handkerchief and wrapped it around and around, holding it tight. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy pulled his knees to his chest and wrapped his arms around them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The rest, after they had supped, wrapped themselves in a cloak and blanket and slept. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I touch the cold glass, wrapping my fingers around it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Neewo and Ten Snow were wrapped in red blankets, then birchbark, and at last laid gently into their good mother, Akeeng, the earth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Mr. T wrapped his arms around me and gave me a huge squeeze. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z His arms were wrapped around the human-sized statue in Athena’s hand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She passed away two years ago, but when I’m wrapped in this quilt, it’s like her arms are reaching out to hug me when she knows I need it most. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I look over at her parents, her mom fast asleep on her dad’s chest, his arms wrapped protectively around her as his eyes slowly close. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Coming out again, he held the hose, like a lemon wedge wrapped in cheesecloth, over the flames, and prepared to squeeze . . . . . . when suddenly he stopped. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The porch wrapped all the way around the farmhouse. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Words of desire and longing wrapping around her waist, flowing down the train of her gown as it spills over the platform. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We let him wrap us in his arms and, for a brief insane moment, I was glad about whatever had happened that night. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The hair on her arms rose, and she grabbed a fur blanket from her bed to wrap around herself. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The ground fell away beneath him, the cage swung, and Tyrion wrapped his hands around the iron bars. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sally and I prepared tea and brought it up for the widow, Dr. Trefusis, and her old servant, Jacob, who was wrapped in blankets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I feel my body wrapped up and slapped on top of my spine. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Daft Donald held Matt firmly, and Tam Lin wrapped him in duct tape. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When I come out of the bathroom, wrapped in a towel, Finch has music playing on the old turntable. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I wrap my arm around his waist and swing his body around so he’s between me and the remaining soldiers. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Biddy wrapped up in her coat and didn’t say nothing to nobody on the bus. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And we are out here, and the city is there, all wrapped up in its own coat of a thousand colours. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he and his wife, whose name is Margaret Ann, wrap them in a refrigerated shipping bucket, which will keep the flowers hydrated. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He was dressed in his uniform—choking high collar, ill-fitting tunic, and wrapped leggings. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I rested the hand that wasn't all wrapped on one of Jazz's skinny brown shoulders. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z 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 But the scarf-like trail of blood, deep and red, still wrapped around her neck, undulating in an unseen wind, and she could see now the wound in her throat from which it ran. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She’d even wrapped it in a plastic bag, in case it rained. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z But up there on Lenox, in Violet and Joe Trace’s apartment, the rooms are like the empty birdcages wrapped in cloth. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I sink into a chair, wrapping my arms around my knees. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Like, holding holding her hand, their fingers tangled up instead of wrapped around their palms. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Kainene was on a sofa in the living room, her arms wrapped around herself, rocking back and forth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z See, normal hearing aids usually have a part that wraps around the outer ear to hold the inner bud in place. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z She would wrap her arms around me and apologize for leaving, and whatever reason she had—it won’t matter, because I’ll be with her again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z After she dried and wrapped her baby in a towel she hummed quietly while combing out the tangles and plaiting the damp hair. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For an instant, the deep red clouds that crowned the western hills reminded him of Rhaegar’s children, all wrapped up in crimson cloaks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The yellow striped cat purred and wrapped herself around his legs while he combed his hair. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I follow the strolling Saturday families of brightly wrapped Hindus and then the black-clad Hasidim, and step into all the old churches that were once German and then Korean and are now Vietnamese. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The bard wrapped himself in his own tattered garment and set his harp carefully on a gnarled root. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Ah, no, Harry, how come you didn’t spot that?” said Ron, grinning over from his own bed, which was now strewn with wrapping paper. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He wrapped himself in the sound and drowned in the warmth. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He went to the back of his house, and from a ledge formed by a projecting brick he took three packets of medicine, powders neatly wrapped in white paper. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I recognized Tyler Crowley from my Government class beneath the bloodstained bandages wrapped tightly around his head. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “You did a good job on these,” she said, wrapping the corn in a clean kitchen towel before putting it in the icebox. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He brought them all presents, including Joe—who got a six-pack of beer, disguised in wrapping paper. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Hey, look. I don’t want to fight either. I’m sorry. I just want to get this done and wrapped up. And then we can enjoy the party, okay?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Nathan squeezed his knees together and wrapped his arms around his neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z His cousin pushed him past the greeting cards and wrapping paper. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z They came now to my side, cloths wrapped about their faces to repel the contagion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It was Galileo who first wrapped everything up in one package. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The gods wrapped the huge chains around Fenrir and shackled his paws. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He’d been ambushed—that alone was hard enough to wrap her head around. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But we pretended we didn’t hear her, and I wrapped my arms around Jesse’s neck, and he kissed me like the world had fallen out from under our feet. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z We lie on the damp dirt floor, wrapped in mildewed blankets so rough they could be used to scrape bark off logs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I was on the tarpaulin, wrapped in a blanket, sleeping and dreaming and awakening and daydreaming and generally passing the time. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He stopped and watched me as I padded, barefoot and wrapped in my towel, behind him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Laney wrapped her arms and legs around his left leg and held on for dear life. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He went to the market, then, and bought two pounds of pork and watched the butcher as he wrapped it in a dried lotus leaf, and then, hesitating, he bought also six ounces of beef. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Too fast and the man would lose him, yet if he moved too slowly a black silk rope would wrap itself around his neck, taking his breath with it and all his tomorrows. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z We made our children gargle with warm saltwater and wrap mufflers around their necks. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I was sitting with my arms wrapped around my knees, side by side with one of the lads who’d escaped when I shot his chains apart. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Pop’s passed out in his wheelchair again, dead to the world with a beer can in one hand, Grandmom’s rosary beads wrapped around the other, and the TV remote in his lap. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Charlotte’s cousin won. She wrapped the fish up, then she ate him when she got good and ready. Spiders have to eat, the same as the rest of us.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z She wrapped a blanket around her thin shoulders and kept watch behind as he began to paddle. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Helena nods, kisses the doll, and wraps her back up. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She picked it up and wrapped it around herself, the weight of it comforting and solid. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the rolls were done, Naomi wrapped four in a napkin, scribbled a note about going over to Tommie’s, and headed out the door with her books. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When the food was ready, the cooks covered it with a silver cover and wrapped the flagon in a thick towel to keep it warm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was like trying to wrap a loose peck of potatoes into a neat four-cornered package. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A bandage was wrapped around his curly black hair like he was recovering from a concussion. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She nodded and came to her feet, blankets still wrapped around her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They wrapped their arms around her back, and Ivy’s fingers tangled with Layla’s. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Inside the box, a note, written in ink, lay on top of a small object wrapped in tissue paper. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Underneath it were seven gifts, six of which Naomi had wrapped herself—two presents for Cari, two presents for Beto, and two presents for Henry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She could wrap them around her fingers, and by the time she was done, she had extra-credit points without even having to do the work. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I’m outside of myself now, watching everything unfold, like an observer wrapped in someone else’s skin. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Not at all,” blurted a pirate with a perfectly shaggy haircut and a blue bandanna wrapped around his head. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I wrapped both hands around the handle and ground my feet deep into the soft, black dirt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It took just a few minutes to drop the sails and wrap them. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I get the plastic wrap and put it over one of the stuff tomatoes and wrap it ’round the plate tight. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I ripped off the wrapping paper and inside a box were a set of three cotton dish towels hand- stitched with my name on them. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She wrapped the wounds on his back and stomach while Annabeth pushed tiny bites of ambrosia into his mouth. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I dream that I’ve been given a head wrapped up in a white tea towel. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Maniac tried to picture it, the two of them, making their way across the trestle, tie by tie, arms wrapped around each other. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I crouch in the bedroom, in the dark, wrapped in Jon’s old sleeping bag, listening to the wheezing sound of Sarah breathing and the whisper of sleet against the window. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I backed away but only got two steps before I felt a giant warm hand wrap around my neck from behind. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z His voice, wrapped in the quiet, bounced off the walls, echoing the emptiness of the room. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He wrapped the bottle in an old T-shirt and hid it behind his seat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “With your permission,” he said and wrapped his razors in newspaper. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Dimple didn’t know where the courage came from, but she wrapped her legs around his waist, held his face in her hands, and kissed him until her lips were swollen and she couldn’t breathe anymore. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I watched them cruise in and around the cove in the Whaler, with Vern wrapped in a blanket as if he had already fallen in. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry. I’ve been so wrapped up in lessons that I forgot.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She felt them gathering their strength inside her, felt each passing second crystallize into a map of strategic striking points wrapping around Wick’s body. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I take the journal and wrap it carefully in the best wrapping paper I can find, in the bedroom with the Christmas decorations and my mother’s collection of cards. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And yet there was something about the little brown body wrapped in Mrs. McCullough’s long, pale arms that discomfited him as it had his mother. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Their shoulders were broad and bare, their hips narrow and wrapped in cotton shentis of purest white. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Some were missing limbs, and one had his face completely wrapped in bloody bandages. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Living under wraps seemed so unfair—and uncomfortable. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “It’s a five wrapped up in a one!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z He wrapped his legs around his dad’s back and buried his face in his neck and hung on like he’d never let go. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z We present my dad with the plate of food that Erin wrapped up and sit with him while he eats. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrap my scarf the regular way and return the earrings to Mom’s jewelry box. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He tried to wrap his arms around Mom but she jerked away. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Aru wrapped her hand around the glowing ball in her pocket. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When I’m done, I wrap all a Miss Hilly’s silver up in the blue cloth. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Just as evening came down he found a package wrapped tighdy in a garbage sack, tied tightly so the water hadn’t seeped inside. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I stumbled out, wrapping myself securely in a towel, trying to hold the heat from the water in so the aching shivers wouldn’t return. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And then she wrapped her hand around it and put it into her mouth. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z When Mom arrives, I have to fight the urge to run to her and wrap my arms around her and cry into her shoulder. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Otto got spooked at all the noise and wrapped himself around my skull. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I pause in front of the romance section, where they have a dozen books wrapped in brown paper stamped “Blind Date with a Book.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Something that might be considered valuable in a third-world country by a kid who had grown up in a dump—like a nickel, a piece of gum still wrapped, a book of matches. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z His voice quiets to a whisper, and he gently wraps his fingers around my upper arm. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z A squeeze machine wrapped in orange foam, the lightning bolt. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She’d made some cranberry-orange muffins that morning, so I brought a paper plate with six of them covered in plastic wrap. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z As panicked marchers scattered in all directions, Sheriff Clark’s mounted possemen let loose with a rebel yell and charged, swinging bullwhips and rubber tubing wrapped in barbed wire. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel him wrap me in my blanket and put me back on the sofa and I feel his arm around me as he sits next to me in the dark. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I was surprised to see the superintendent come forth with a package wrapped in white tissue paper, and, gesturing for quiet, address the men. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They wrap up the garbage in several layers of newspaper and tie it with string, and even so it drips onto the freshly waxed floor. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I wrap the two of them up as best I can and give them kisses and kisses and more kisses. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I hated to do this—interrupt Mr. Ali’s Sunnshyne roast—but I had wrapped up my homework half an hour ago and I was ready to get busy. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Sweet, gooey, and wrapped in green foil, her favorite color.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I wrapped my legs in heating pads, smiling through the pain. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He wraps his arms around me and Mom. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He reaches down and wraps his hands around one of Henry’s wrists, feeling the racing pulse under his thumbs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They’d wrapped their gifts in something Mama had bought for very cheap in the village: it was “cloth” that seemed to also be paper. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I step forward and wrap my arms around him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I sat, wrapped up with a handsome thief, an orphan boy and a newborn baby between us. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Zu put on a brave smile, wrapping her arms around my waist. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He lies down next to me, and I run my fingers over the flames wrapping around his rib cage. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He was white-faced, wrapped in a traveling cloak, his graying hair windswept. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Dolls with twists and dreads, pressed hair and hair wrapped in fabric with African print. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z She wraps her arms around herself and hunches down, her eyes barely visible. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It was a church rhythm, wrapped up in the blues. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I’d have to wrap him up in a gunny sack or an old coat and pry his claws loose from the butter. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Hugo did find one curious item, though, wrapped in a piece of fabric at the very back of a drawer. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I drop to my knees, sobbing, wrapping my arms about his neck. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He had a package in his hand, sort of square, wrapped in brown paper and string. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Mom knelt and wrapped me into her, and she smelled like a strange mix of old and new—like her flower shampoo and a newer, deeper scent of dark chocolate. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "I was thinking we could wrap this in your clothes," I say, and hand her the vase I bought for her parents. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “It’s abstract wrapping. You just don’t understand my art.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He wraps his arm around me like a shield against curious eyes and guides me to his Tahoe down the street. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I step out, wrap my shivering body in a towel, and head back into my room. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Newspaper vendors were running around in traffic with their papers wrapped in polythene bags. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She wrapped pretty scarves around her neck to hide the box, and somehow these scarves always matched her beautiful outfits. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He wrapped his leg around Moss’s and squeezed his hand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She laughs, her arms wrapped around his neck. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He wrapped Ash’s reins around the saddle horn. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Her hands are wrapped in white bandages with only her fingers poking through. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Jennifer had an order form pad from when her school had sold wrapping paper and her mother was the head of the PTA. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Marco had wrapped one arm around the railing and the other around George. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Some of the pretty wrapped chocolates went toppling from the shelves to the floor, and Mrs. Diamant laughed and laughed, mopping between the folds of her neck. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “I thought it’d be more fun to open if it was wrapped up.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He’s big and bulky, all wrapped up in a tattered jacket even though the central heating is on full blast. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Deep down I know I’ll always believe that I was so wrapped up in myself that I dropped the Mango ball. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z They still pained him, but it felt good to have the wrappings off. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then he took the scarf she’d used before and quickly wrapped it as secure as he could around the T-shirt and her arm. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Ben closes it like it’s an important thing and he wraps it inside a plastic bag to protect it and puts it in the rucksack. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I was wrapping up green glass earrings in tissue paper, hoping to make some small peace with my eldest child, while I tried to sponge the fire out of my youngest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the rocky coastline of the island came into view, I ordered one of the ropes to wrap around Annabeth’s waist, tying her to the foremast. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Her arms wrap around my middle, returning the embrace. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I saw wheels of ribbon and wrapping paper, stacks of colored construction paper, cardboard boxes of newspaper clippings, watercolors and cans of paint, a yellow stack of phone books. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z There were half a dozen newspaper- wrapped bundles inside. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they were clear, Malcolm pulled off the rusty wire and wrapped the roll of adhesive tape as tightly as he could around the paddle. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Then I wrapped myself in the blanket, pulled the room’s two chairs together in front of the fireplace, and settled in as comfortably as I could. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z As the class wrapped up, Ms. Bethune held up her hand for people to quiet down. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The zodiac is a band of twelve constellations seemingly wrapped around the sky in the apparent annual path of the Sun through the heavens. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I run a hand over my stomach and recall Michah's arms wrapping around my waist from behind, surprising me on my walk to practice, exploring my neck with soft kisses. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Once the reading wrapped, we were told to form an orderly line to get our books signed. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Freddie glared at me across the room, but I ignored him, wrapped a towel around my waist, and walked over to the showers. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z So she snuggled under the blanket, wrapped her body close to her mother’s, and held her tightly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Katherine appears in the doorway to the sleeping chamber, clutching her wrap tightly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The man wrapped the bow guard around his wrist and smiled. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z And I showed him: I stood like a mummy, with my feet together and my hands at my sides, and showed him how they’d wrapped me up. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z A glassine bandage wrapping danced across the area between the huts, flattened itself momentarily against the small, still body of a dead NVA soldier, and then flew off into the jungle. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy sat by the fire wrapped in a blanket watching him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z How she had wrapped a present for me and, smiling, said happy birthday. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He wrapped his arms around both their necks. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z At that price, the customers had to supply their own wrappings. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy wraps his arms around both of us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I watch as she wraps her arms around Dad’s waist. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Bailey came out in his robe and gave me a box wrapped in Christmas paper. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Sophia has her hair wrapped in a kerchief to protect her style from the wind. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside were a wallet of dark brown leather, two tampons wrapped in plastic, a pack of gum, and a lipstick. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z His meteorite bag is wrapped around his shoulder and their arms are crisscrossed behind them, his hand in the back pocket of her jeans and hers in the back pocket of his. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Dee’s arms are wrapped around me from behind like a blanket, and I feel myself relax. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Now the last of the mourners had paid their respects and the mosque was empty, save for the mullah unplugging the microphone and wrapping his Koran in green cloth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Where would I go, wrapped up like a silkworm?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Veteran hearts at this contained their dread while at your side the daughters of the ancient seagod wailed and wrapped ambrosial shrouding around you. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s enough light for me to make out that he’s mounted his mother’s seashell and strung it on a red ribbon that looks like the very same one I wrapped around Guillermo’s note to Dearest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I watched him cleaning his master’s woolen coat; he was wrapping wet scraps of brown paper about hot coals, and, with a tongs, dousing grease spots with the steaming paper. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But I wasn’t studying him while Papa wrapped up the liniment and made change. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z At night, Estha would stand on his bed with his sheet wrapped around him and say “ lEt tu, Brute?—Then fall, Caesar!’ ” and crash into bed without bending his knees, like a stabbed corpse. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I close my eyes, my lips parted, and soak in the warmth of his arms wrapped around me, his kisses trailing along my damp skin. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I sit down on the pavement and wrap my arms around my knees. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I wrapped my clean white shirts in road maps and tied the carton with fishing line. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrapped her own self in a woven blanket, sank into a nearby chair, and slept too. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The sewing kit wrapped in cheesecloth evokes the Byrnes’ grim home. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The prince watched her for a moment, then wrapped a blanket around himself and went to their horse, tied to one of the yew tree’s branches. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z As we waited for Dari to reach the bottom, Twig and I took each egg out of its protective wrapping and lined all of them up on the windowsill. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They are far too wrapped up in their own small struggles to worry overmuch about what others are doing and why. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z I could just imagine them getting home, folding this uniform, and wrapping themselves in pagnes before going to the market. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mamou wrapped her arms around me, a whole new dimension of light and warmth opened up between them. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He’d seized the rope when Lyra dropped it, and now he wrapped it around his left hand for protection against the knife. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at the sturdy cast drying, his foot safe inside now, wrapped in what used to be Vola’s quilt. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She started by wrapping the cloth around her waist, like a belt. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She was carrying a present wrapped in silver paper, for Ahmed’s baby. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The lieutenant bowed, came back with three pieces of chicken, hot and greasy, wrapped in a dirty white cloth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Water beside the road was frozen solid, and people moved about with shawls and sweaters wrapped around their ears. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, who are you?” he said to a dog, whose broken chain was wrapped twice around the hawthorn. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z When she once appeared before a group of reporters wearing a white shawl, some of the journalists joked that they would not write about suffrage unless she brought back the red wrap. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She put down a book and got out of bed with a sheet wrapped around her shoulders. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z She takes out a pack of frozen peas, wraps it in paper towels, and puts it on her cheek. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Maya wrapped the phone cord around her finger. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I leaned over and wrapped my arms around Mom’s waist, and we gave each other a big squeeze. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She yanks a blanket from her pile of belongings, turning her back to Alex and wrapping it around her. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The snowflakes were melting on her cheeks, but her hair was wrapped in a swirl of lace that Satin had found somewhere, and the snow had begun to collect there, giving her a frosty crown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I wrapped Little Ann in my coat and hurried into my clothes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He squeezes his eyes tighter, repeats the last words, chants them fervently, asThouwiltasThouwiltasThouwilt, until they wrap around him and the floating feeling comes. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Sounding amused, her mother told her, “I’ve wrapped quite a bit of garbage recently in newspapers with holes cut out of them. But I know the value of a secret.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z One arm up as if she was waiting for someone to grab it and arm wrestle her, and the other arm curved as if wrapped around the waist of somebody else. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z We folded the scarves into headbands and wrapped them around our heads. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z One of his legs was injured; it was wrapped up in splints and bandaged. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Hazel wrapped her small arms around her small chest and looked around at the great trees. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Sighing, Mini took the tissue and wrapped it around the branch. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Split bamboo, made by a Mr. Nishi, the ferrules smooth, silk wrapped. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z His thick fingers wrapped around her left wrist, pulling her forward. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The cold was shocking, but I was elated to feel anything other than the hollow’s tongue wrapping around my throat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Dad tried to wrap his arm around me, but I leaned away. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z In the dark, I practice whispering “Dee-troit” and trying to get my mouth to wrap around the word just right. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z These people seemed excited to see us, and they gave us each a little wrapped box with a gift of earrings. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z His cousin delivers fish wrapped in foreign newspapers, and he hears the Germans aren’t doing well in their war against Russia. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I wrap my towel around me, tight as I can. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Air wraps around my ankles and wrists as the wind gushes up, like a geyser. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I cut free a sleeve from my shirt, wrap it twice around his leg just under his knee, and tie a half knot. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Pilate stood up, wrapped her quilt around her, and with a last fond look at the baby, left through the kitchen door. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama gave him the look. and he wrapped his hands around his glass instead. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When I lifted him, Otto wrapped one arm and then the other around me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She wraps an arm around me and pulls herself across the cushions so she’s right up against me, warm and soft and pliable. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She had been too wrapped up in her own tiny concerns. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She wrapped shawls around her shoulders, draped herself with scarves, and struck silly poses like a model in a fashion magazine. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z All I had on was my underwear, so I kept the blanket wrapped tightly around me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z They were driving through a valley jam-packed with rows of houses wrapped around hillsides like serpentine belts. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I sniffed the letter again before putting it in the drawer with the others, then lay down on my bed and wrapped my comforter around me. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The assistant director picks up the bag and unties its throat and upends a wrapped bundle into his palm. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He sits with the milk and wraps his arm around it like he’s protecting it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z It is the misty driplets that come some mornings and wrap around the village so that all you can see around you is the white cloud. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z They wouldn’t let her keep the pork sausage, for it was wrapped in clean white paper and not cooked. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees held their protecting shadow right up to the walls of the house that rose among them, making obsolete the deep porch that wrapped around the first story. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She slipped her hand into her pocket and wrapped her fingers tightly around Wash’s ring. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Her braids, wrapped in otter fur, were legendary. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I try to wrap my mind around how much twenty thousand dollars really is. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I thought I was going to be able to settle back and just let him roll, but he wrapped things up pretty fast, then set his sights on me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z There was even a smokehouse for the curing of fresh bacon, ham, sausage, and all sorts of meat-based delicacies that would nowadays be purchased in a supermarket, uninterestingly wrapped in plastic. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z When we met he warmly wrapped me in a full-body hug, and then we started talking. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I was curled up in this ball, like doing a cannonball, but on carpeting, with my arms wrapped around my leg. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the waiters carried over two Prestige beers with napkins wrapped around the gold, sweating bottle. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Mr. Johnson wrapped a blanket around the shivering Peach. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Her leg was wrapped up in some sort of splint. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As usual, Dove was too wrapped in his own woes to think much of what was happening about him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole package disappeared in a few minutes, wrapping paper flying away in the wind. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He steps to the door and wraps his clammy hand around the knob. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The air was hot and dripping, as if the city were wrapped in a wool blanket just pulled from a boiling pot. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But after a moment she took it and wrapped it around herself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We acted like everything was normal, making our sandwiches and wrapping them up like we planned to eat them at school. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z She wrapped her hand around his and squeezed once before turning to Meeks again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Ryan pulls another piece of gum from his pack, but David has his arms wrapped so tight around me, he can’t take it. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare at my hands, which are wrapped around the narrow bar so tightly my knuckles are white. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z There were brightly colored wrappings, peppermint candy, and windmills. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Karl passed over a covered dish, wrapped in a towel, and one of the strudels. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “With a tree-sized hole in the side and wrapped in plastic?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z While Mama went to the kitchen, he quickly wrapped the kimono up again. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When Richard turned back to face Du Bois, he tucked his head into his shoulder like a bird wrapping itself in its own wing. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Then Loki wrapped the falcon cloak tightly about himself and, in falcon form, flapped his wings and rose, faster even than an eagle, and was gone, flying north, toward the lands of the frost giants. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z One wrapped a square leg around his; the other kicked him in the back of the knee; the third pushed him backward onto the cowboy, who was whirling in the vicinity. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She is wrapped in warmth that makes her heart slow, her breathing calm. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Then he registered the bloody wrappings on his hands. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I had basked safe in the knowledge that I was forever his favorite; I took his love on faith and wrapped it around me like a blanket. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z If she didn’t, he would walk home with his coat wrapped about him, a tang of salt in his mouth. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I watch in stunned silence as Hideo bids farewell to his trainer, then heads out of the room’s double doors with his bodyguards flanking him, his hands still wrapped in bloodied bandages. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It be like hiding sometimes, wrapped in puffy coat, too-loose dress, nothing clinging or low cut. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Deb takes her time with the wrapping paper, lifting tape. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “I thought I could wrap it in my cloak.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “How come those cups up on the sink in the bathroom are wrapped in plastic?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I was wrapped in an old blanket, stiff and spoked with hay. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I had wrapped this thread around my finger and was pulling on it as gently as I could, lest it break. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I saw her go out in the dusk, sari tightly wrapped about her. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrap my arms around her just as firmly as she used to wrap her arms about me when she’d tell me things were going to be okay. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z When I had her carefully wrapped up I put my shoes on her feet and then began very gently to wake her. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The geese furiously flapped and pecked and wrapped their wings around the robot faces, clinging to the RECOs like feathery masks, distracting them, blinding them. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I can’t remember the last time I woke up with a smile, Aunt Heidi’s long hair sweeping my forehead, my body wrapped in a hundred old blankets, swirled around me like soft-serve. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Until that time, I, like all the other boys in Qunu, had worn only a blanket, which was wrapped around one shoulder and pinned at the waist. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Shaggy like Chewbacca? Broken Roman nose? Barbarian eyes? Masculinity wrapped in cricket whites?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He wrapped himself in the sweater that Dustfinger had given him and turned his back to his companion. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Now he wrapped his arms around himself and swayed. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He was able to see beneath their black wrappings. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Galahad,” said Elaine, and she leaned over the wrappings, making the foolish gestures and meaningless sounds which mothers delight to use when their babies ate beginning to pay attention. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In the supermarket they let Gogol fill the cart with items that he and Sonia, but not they, consume: individually wrapped slices of cheese, mayonnaise, tuna fish, hot dogs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Greatly reassured they took the path Venus pointed out, protected, although they did not know it, by a thick mist she wrapped around them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the size of a brick, wrapped in foil. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We sat on the tire swing at midnight, our arms and legs wrapped around each other, lips warm against cool night skin. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z When I returned home later that day, she was sitting on the couch in the living room, a red-stained napkin stuck in one of her nostrils and my grandmother’s arms wrapped around her shoulders. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I handed her the loaf of brown barley bread wrapped in a piece of cloth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Arize walked from aisle to aisle, cooing, touching the plastic wrappings, picking out baby clothes, a pink pram, a plastic doll with blue eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he wraps up some sausages and tells her, Take these sausages for your breakfast on Christmas Day. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z From beneath the counter she produced a square cut from a newspaper sheet and laid it on the counter and wrapped a loaf into it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She has about twenty pounds of gold on her—at one point, when they are sitting face to face, their hands wrapped up together in a checkered cloth, he counts eleven necklaces. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She wraps her arms around herself and drops back a little. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He helped May Belle wrap her Wretched little gifts and even sang “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” with her and Joyce Ann. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She shook her head and stepped toward Dimple, and, smiling, Dimple stood and wrapped her up in a big hug. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The kitchen warmed up, and the smoky scent of chili wrapped around me like a blanket. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The other one she wrapped around her shoulders as she sat next to Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z While he gingerly applied the medicine, she cleaned and bound a series of smaller wounds and forced an uncooperative Vikus to let her wrap his wrist. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Isabella frowns, fists her hair together, and wraps it up into a big sloppy bun. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z She hunkered down behind some crates and waited, arms wrapped around her knees. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It’s not just one memory; it’s a million, twisting and twirling and wrapping together into something that looks like the pictures of galaxies in my science book. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “You didn’t have to do that,” I say, and hand her a wrapped Clorox wipe because I don’t carry tissues. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Annabelle wraps up a few bagels and muffins in napkins and puts them in her backpack. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Koffi stared at her hands, still loosely wrapped in the bloodied strips of cloth Mama had torn from her own tunic to help her climb the vines. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He wrapped his arms around me, and when he pulled back, his face was pale. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “The storm is definitely headed right toward Connecticut. Wilford is going to get hit hard. We need to wrap out of here by noon, head home, and secure the ranch. Okay, big guy?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He wraps an arm around Janae's waist, and she leans into him. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Mother wrapped Sekai in a blanket and thanked everyone for tea. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Laila reached across the suitcase, wrapped her fingers around the softness of her daughter’s arm. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A hand wrapped around Magdalys’s foot and she screamed, glancing down. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I bundle up in geeky snow clothes, wrap a scarf around my head, and plunge into a snowdrift. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Izio wrapped his arms around his middle, trying to hold in the laughter so he wouldn’t wake his mother. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Harry sat down on his bed and grabbed Errol’s package, ripped off the brown paper, and discovered a present wrapped in gold, and his first ever birthday card. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z After the surgery, Bitter painted a portrait of Jam reclining on their porch swing and wrapped in a blanket, her eyes tired but happy, her feet dangling in shimmering air. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Not sure what else to do, Gregor wrapped her in a blanket. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Giddily tall and straight, they have up to a dozen stalks, with a protective mat of spikes wrapped around the bottom of the tree. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We perched on a large rock beside the pond to watch night fall, wrapped up in layers of my clothing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘Oh, Leo . She really did burst into tears then. She grabbed him and hugged him, which was sweet until Frank started crying too and wrapped them both in his arms. That got a little weird. ‘ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Ged stretched out in the bottom of the boat to sleep, wrapped in his cloak of wool and fur. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He recalled his childhood, when she surrounded him with dark solicitude, wrapping him in debts of gratitude so huge that as long as he lived he would never be able to pay them back. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed me and wrapped her arms around me like a boa constrictor. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z "I'm tellin' it better'n I ever thought I could," he said, fishing in his pocket and removing something that looked like an oilskin tobacco pouch, from which he removed an object wrapped in a handkerchief. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrap my arms around him, pat him, run my hands over his ears, even kiss his nose. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In a poorly lit room that smells like hand sanitizer on a sorry excuse for a recliner with his wrapped foot propped up. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z He looked up from where he lay wrapped protectively around the little girl and saw Trina barreling her way toward him, pushing others aside, her eyes afire and focused on Deedee. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He picked up the leg and put it on Sergeant Dongan’s chest, then wrapped him in the poncho. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The line at Voodoo Doughnuts that wraps around the block. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A loose, raggedy shirt hung from his slender shoulders, and white cloth wrapped around his chest beneath it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Maybe she was too wrapped up in taking care of her little brother and sister this summer to write. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Women wrapped two pennies in a bit of newspaper and tossed them down. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked down at my hands wrapped around the lemonade bottle, not sure what to do now. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z In an effort to avoid conversation, I made a major mistake by wrapping my lips around the straw of a mega-sized Coke and guzzling the whole thing before the flick even started. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z One of the advantages of going to the quarry was that warders’ sandwiches were wrapped in newspaper and they would often discard these newsprint wrappers in the trash, where we secretly retrieved them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled Håkon into a hug, arms wrapped around him tight. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z With one nurse pushing her down by the shoulders and my arms wrapped around her leg, the nurse unravels layers of bloody bandages as the grandmother squirms and shakes to be free of us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrapped it around my neck, flinging one end over my shoulder as if I were a movie star. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Quickly, I reached for the stern line and wrapped it around a cleat to keep the motor straight. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The sounds are miffled, as if a big scarf is wrapped around the village. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “Finding them all ineffectual, I attempted to rouse the system by wrapping the whole body...in blankets dipped in warm vinegar.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I wrapped my free arm around her shoulders. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He wraps me up in a tight hug, resting his chin on the top of my head. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z That night, with a heavily wrapped wrist, I scratch out a journal entry. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The squirrels would be curled in their nests in hollow trees, with their furry tails wrapped snugly around their noses. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as things were wrapping up that one scythe stood up and loudly addressed Xenocrates. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The heat of the incinerator wrapped around Inej like a living thing, a desert dragon in his den, hiding from the ice, waiting for her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My palms were sweating on Sohrab’s box, smudging the wrapping paper. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He slid from the saddle, pulled the wreath of flowers from around Seabiscuit’s neck, and wrapped it around his own shoulders. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrapped his arms around my waist and just held me there, like that, for a moment. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Then she wrapped her arms around his waist and pulled him close to her, as close as anyone could get. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I stare at the flames wrapping around the fragments of wood that fuel them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I took the wood from the protected spots beneath the trees and wrapped it in my scarf to keep dry. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the wheel sat a giant of a man and behind him, hardly recognizable under the shawl wrapped around her head, was Ida Spavento. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Brandy’s gift was hard to wrap because of its shape—underneath is a clown. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Immediately, Roza wrapped his finger in a dish towel and elevated his arm. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The charred stick was wrapped carefully in three layers of cloth in his coat pocket, next to his heart. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Shivering, she wrapped her blanket tighter around herself and crawled over to the hearth to stir the coals. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then I focus on Ford, ’cause he’s smiling ear to ear as he tears through the wrapping paper on his gift. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The kimono was blue satin and it wrapped around her closely, outlining her hips and belly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A few moments later Papa came out coughing and clenching in his arms something wrapped in a blanket. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z They swarm, spinning a silk veil, one hundred thousand spider thoughts woven together until they wrap me up in a cosy shroud. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z On the table, under a wooden bowl to protect it from hungry rats and cats alike, sits a perfect little goat cheese wrapped in basil leaves. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As if that cast couldn’t make his foot any hotter in August, I had to wrap it in plastic. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She picked me up and covered my eyes with her lapa, the long, colorful scarf that was wrapped around her and lay across her shoulder. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z They lay serene and still, wrapped in thin veils of drifting mist. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The keys are wrapped in the note that Jane wrote me, the note from the Locker Houdini. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z She pitched the ball and glove away and crouched down to eye him, one hand wrapped around a clutch of feathers she wore on a rawhide strip around her neck. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was a temptation for her to be magical and dramatic, and to regard what she had witnessed as a tableau mounted for her alone, a special moral for her wrapped in a mystery. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Lily wrapped both her arms around her body like she was trying to keep herself from flying away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She tore up a sheet and wrapped it around and around, clamping it down over the wounds as tight as she could. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Bo started to chew his fingernails vigorously, until Hornet wrapped her arms around him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She shook her head and sat up, wrapping her arms around Otto and giving him a big kiss on the top of his head. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He watched Javier wrap a thick, heavy chain around his waist. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I cannot see their bodies, but earlier two villagers had brought out two small bundles wrapped in old black clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Our friends came and wrapped their arms around us. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “We had to wrap what was left of the remains in a blanket just to get her to the temple for cremation. It...wasn’t pretty.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She wrapped it around her fingers and concentrated on Matt; she pictured the laughing boy and sought some feeling of where he might be and whether he was safe. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had been wrapping our spices in a thin towel and crushing them with a rock. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The scent of him wraps around me, and I inhale. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Maraima held up a pack of the attachments in a see-through plastic wrapping. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His cold fingers wrap around my hot ones, and his face is close to mine. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z When they pulled apart, he was looking at her, with his hands wrapped tightly around her, like he couldn’t believe his luck. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Before he leaves, he walks behind my chair, wraps his arms around me, and presses a kiss to the top of my head. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the chipped crown molding wrapped around my bedroom. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Tom came out of the house wrapping a quart bottle in a towel, followed by Daisy and Jordan wearing small tight hats of metallic cloth and carrying light capes over their arms. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z This is the man who slid his belt out loop by loop and wrapped it around his knuckles. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I slept in just my shorts, wrapped up under the stiff blankets, surrounded by a barrier of dense pillows. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Its lid was wrapped in a leather harness. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Rosie wraps her trunk around some turnip greens and rips them from the ground. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Okay,” Maya whispered back, then kissed Claire again before wrapping her up in her arms. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Her dress is so cool—it looks like she’s wrapped herself in sparkling blue ocean. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He brought peeled oranges and water wrapped into tight cone shapes in plastic bags from his car. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I tried to wrap my mind around this new possibility. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I wrap myself in a towel and crawl onto the chair, draping the sleeping bag around me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z They were enclosed by glass and wrapped around the ship. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The tarp slowed as if it was wrapping around some vague shape for just a moment, and then it pushed through, scattering the dust into oblivion. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She would wrap me up in fur-lined coats and pants, so if it was bitter cold, no matter! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Audrey will never feel the arms of that kid, Angelina, wrapped around her neck or see the pieces of the mother all over the supermarket floor. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I realized I had not wrapped the tin of FTGFOP1 First Flush Darjeeling or anything. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Help me find something to wrap it with.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Then he kneels next to my chair and wraps an arm around me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z When I passed Dad my stack of carefully wrapped boxes, he protested that he needed and wanted nothing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Plastic is the new protector; we wrap the already plastic tumblers of hotels in more plastic, and seal the toilet seats like state secrets after irradiating them with ultraviolet light. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The old woman quickly wrapped one arm around the Iron Rod, clasping her grandchild protectively with the other. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The train delivered quite a crowd for Salinas, returning relatives home for Thanksgiving, their hands entangled in cartons and gift- wrapped paper boxes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Abuela sewed white towels together so he could wrap himself around his middle. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She came with presents wrapped in The Daily News. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Mama wrapped Rorra, my newborn sister, in a baby blanket, laid her gently in a crate next to the mattress, and kissed her goodnight. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Doha could see they were standing next to each other, his aunt’s hands wrapped tight around her husband’s arm. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “I shall marry Hizdahr in the Temple of the Graces wrapped in a white tokar fringed with baby pearls. Is there anything else?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Duke himself was sitting in a very cushy, very regal dog bed—his right front leg wrapped in a plaster cast. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Sweating in the equatorial sun, some of the researchers admiringly fingered the plump, pendulous green fruit, each the size of a baby’s head, wrapped in clusters around the trees’ sturdy trunks. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z My mother wraps her fingers around the bars of my cell. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes when I look at him I feel the ache of sympathy toward him, and sometimes I feel like I want to wrap my hands around his throat. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z We wrapped them around us, trying to add layers of warmth. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I’ve been so wrapped up in my own self, it hasn’t occurred to me that Aibileen might be as thrilled as I am that an editor in New York is going to read her story. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She wrapped packages and handed them across the counter and rung the money in the till. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z First, the collar on the pink robe is turned up; second, there's a bath towel wrapped around her head; and third, the real Aunt Ethel is about twelve hundred miles southeast of here. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He laughed and started toward the house, carrying the wrapped deer’s haunch. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Each brick consisted of 2,864 calories and was wrapped in wax paper and packed in tin boxes; the hold of the ship was loaded with them. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z A scarf wrapped around her head adds to her majesty—an African queen, and we’re blessed to be in her presence. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Outside, I spied the broken space in the latticework that wrapped around the foundation of the house. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She scooped Emma’s hair back and wrapped the rubber band around it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He looked into the little cabinet, and there he saw, neatly stacked, about ten packages wrapped in plain paper. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As the chorus plays again, I wrap an arm around Jupe’s waist and pull her down into the chair with me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z And then, wrapping around the walls, waist high, a long band. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z As it sailed out to sea, the flames leaped up and wrapped it in fire. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Theodora,” she said, and closed her eyes and tightened her teeth together and wrapped her arms around herself, “it’s getting closer.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I wrap my arms around my body, literally trying to hold myself still because my fight-or-flight adrenaline is in overdrive and I don’t know which way it’s going to lead me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He found the knife she’d left and wrapped his palm around its smooth grip. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z My mom had wrapped herself around him, and he’d come through without a scratch. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I give her the camera and my ball of ones, and she comes back with a little bag holding the jar wrapped in newspaper and the camera. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z With Geak on her hip, Ma walks over to me and wraps my scarf around my head to protect me from the sun. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman behind the counter has her hair wrapped in a red-flowered scarf. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z This was long before metal detectors and security checks, and I was carrying my pistol in a holster inside my jacket and the two hundred rounds wrapped around my waist inside my trousers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a feeble sort of evasion, a sad rag wrapped around his wounded word. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Momma rushed over and wrapped her arms around me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I blink and blink again, struggling to wrap my mind around what I’m seeing. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z All three were wrapped in coarse saddle blankets but wore no other clothing, not even shoes. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I wrap my hand around it and pull out my pendant, now tarnished black. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She leaned toward me for a hug, wrapping one arm around me lightly. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She would often have me help her make desserts: fruit rolled in pastry, wrapped in cloth, tied and boiled, then taken out of the cloth, topped with icing, and baked. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She already knew that last part—it had been wrapped with a bow and a card—but I still wanted her to hear it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Although it was a broiling hot day, Johnny peeled off his tuxedo jacket, knelt down and wrapped it around the child. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched him wind it around the wrapped book and tie a neat knot. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Personal gifts, some tied elaborately with ribbons and others wrapped in newspaper, were thrust into his hands. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z In the morning I would feel one of the staff members wrap a blanket around me saying, “This isn’t your fault, you know. It really isn’t. You’ll get through this.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z David drops to the floor and wraps his arms over his knees. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t wrapped in cellophane, like the ones you buy in the box. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z As we sat there, eating a snack of cold greasy manioc followed by the slimy leaf in which it had been wrapped, I debated what to do. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 Not hastily, as one would explore a hotel room, expecting no surprise, opening and shutting the desk drawers, the cupboard doors, unwrapping the tiny individually wrapped bar of soap, prodding the pillows. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrap my arms around her and hug even tighter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Harry wrapped his scarf over his lower face; the exposed part soon felt both raw and numb. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It had made sense to her, the decision not to marry, the need to preserve what they had by wrapping it in a shawl of difference. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I would run outside to the middle of the soccer field and rock back and forth, my arms wrapped around my legs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Trails of frayed odd ribbons and precious bits of gift wrap and other junks of the past. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There were tons of old people, arms wrapped around each other for protection from the nippy wind, probably on their hundredth date. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I stand on my tiptoes and wrap my arms around him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I swept it up from the kitchen floor and wrapped it in a plastic bag and hid it beneath the floorboards of my room. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Bloom caught Sunflower, wrapped a rope around the pony’s neck, and led her into the back field. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My father was propped up in his bed, his legs elevated and wrapped. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They can both hear it now, the sounds of bodies moving too close for comfort, wrapping up the night. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He was moving toward her, and his fingers wrapped around her shoulder as if to restrain her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She grabbed the blanket I was wrapped in, and pulled me back into bed. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z During the entire bus ride home I was miserable, wrapped in a rage I couldn’t explain or think away. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Henry,” she said, wrapping her arms around me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They lowered the TV into the hole by each clutching one end of the plastic sheet in which it was wrapped. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I sobbed and coughed, and she wrapped her arms around me. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood still, letting Zu keep one arm wrapped around my waist. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A path opened in their ranks and a woman, her arms wrapped around her old coat as if she were freezing, stepped through it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He begins to kiss her again, and she wraps her legs around him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Inside its jar, shrunken into a fetal position, wrapped in tatters, and accompanied by its wretched necklaces of teeth and a handful of rag dolls, the mummy looked like the pit of some exotic fruit. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow was coming down heavier than ever when they left the hall, with Lady Dustin wrapped in sable. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He slept in the bag all the time and probably felt safe wrapped up in his dark little cave. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I swept the floors and wrapped parcels and dusted the shelves, and Mrs. Diamant said I was a quick learner. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She turned the lump of gold over her in her hands, then wrapped her dressing gown more tightly around her and curled up at the end of the settee. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But having Mom there made it different, like walking down the street with a blanket wrapped tight around me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z There’s something in brown paper, the kind you wrap fish in, sitting on the dining-room table. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Stray dogs sniffed at the grime, and beggars wrapped in newspaper slept in the doorways. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrap myself up in the sleeping bag and clench my eyes shut. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z At restaurants, they ask to have the leftovers wrapped to take home. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I tore off the wrapping paper and popped open the little box. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Her green wrap dress hung loose on her slim frame. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She started walking, her treasure now wrapped in a leaf. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The giant was coming, wrapped in shadows, huge and heavy and bent on murder. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Ms. Kolbinsky peels back a bit of saran wrap and eases a few samosas out. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Even though the morning was warm, Otto was shivering, so I wrapped him up in a cardigan. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s John Jr., carrying in a tray of rice crackers wrapped in roasted nori, salted nuts, strips of dried squid. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In Mutiny on the Bounty, when people died at sea, they were wrapped in white sheets and thrown overboard with millstones around their necks so that the corpses wouldn’t float. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Carmen had read about a kind of snake that wrapped itself around its prey, choking it to death. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z In a moment I smelled cloth burning and knew he was holding the wrapped piece of wood toward the sky. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman fills our water keg with fresh water, serves us hard-boiled eggs from her hens, and gives Dayah a loaf of her bread, wrapped in a clean cloth, for the road. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I wrapped one leg around a skinny scrub pine in front of me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Years ago she’d broken away from me, run off with her leash still attached and got it wrapped around a branch while trying to tree a squirrel. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He wrapped his hands around his sledgehammer and pulled it from the floor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They sat down next to each other on the folding seats, two blankets wrapped around their shoulders. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I wrap the doll in butcher paper and hide it in the rafters of the storage room next to the toilet block. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z That fall Ruth had to fly back to Florida to sell her condo, pack her belongings, and wrap things up in general to prepare for this new phase in her life. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I want to wrap my arms around him tight so he can be happy again. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Tina was so little, Park could probably wrap his arms all the way around her and shake his own hands at her waist. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Their hoods were raised against the biting wind, and some had scarves wrapped about their faces, hiding their features. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hyacinth sat by the tree, adding flourishes to her gift wrapping. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Her posture was straight and formal; the only movement about her was the swaying of a long strand of wooden beads wrapped around her waist and extending down to her knees. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Dazed, bloody, a shining bandage wrapping one hand, the man kept repeating, “They couldn’t read. They were illiterate!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “He’ll do the actual work,” the Turk said, indicating the Sicilian, who was wrapping cloth around his cuts. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z E & J, by contrast, had a far more ornate bottle: more squat, like a decanter, with smoked glass, foil wrapping around the spout, and a dark, richly textured label. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Caroline wrapped her arms tightly around Ma as they posed for the pictures. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The girl knelt on one knee and held out the ball to Boots, but she kept her fingers wrapped tightly around it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Velia and Delia purchased piping hot ears of corn on a stick, wrapped in their own leaves and enveloped in newspapers to keep them warm. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Peeta walks me down to my room in silence, but before he can say good night, I wrap my arms around him and rest my head against his chest. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We wrap the sandwiches in tinfoil, I snap on my earmuffs, and we head for the elevator. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Her thin arms were wrapped around her body and she was shaking, gasping for breath. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I remember remembering,” she muttered, sitting down with a heavy sigh; she pulled her legs up to wrap her arms around her knees. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z We wrapped it in the bandanna and tied it to the stick again, in the middle this time, not at the edge. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The spider raced along and we were keeping up, but then we spotted a tunnel off to the side that was dug from raw earth, and wrapped in thick roots. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The day after my mother died, the priest and I wrapped her body in a gray shroud and carried her to the village church. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Sekani comes down next to me, then Momma on top of us, and she wraps her arms around us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z After supper I wrapped the toady-frog in the sweater Ma had been working on and put it in her knitting basket and ran ’cross the road to hide in the drainage ditch with Cooter. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Once a messenger on a bicycle came teetering up the jungle path bringing us twelve vials of antivenin, individually wrapped in tissue inside a woman’s jewelry box—an astounding treasure whose history we couldn’t guess. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I wrapped my arms around Jill, lay down by her side, and slept. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z And the vast house too, the silence of that echoing hall, the uneasy stillness of the west wing, wrapped in dust-sheets. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Underneath its arm, wrapped in a white cloth, is Cordelia’s head. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We needed to huddle to keep warm, and Dri forced herself to be wrapped in the sail and shiver with us. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In this way, wrapped in the colors of the nation that sought their death, they slept until well past dawn. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She reached up for her own throat and wrapped her hands around it as though she could protect it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He rose while the boy slept and pulled on his shoes and wrapped in his blanket he walked out through the trees. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Ostriches definitely have the right idea, he thought, as he freed himself from the blankets he’d wrapped around his body and went to the kitchen to get a hammer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z So I panic, and I wrap the towel around my waist, and I go to tell my mom and dad. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The spectral woman turned and drifted away, her ethereal wrappings no longer quite as flowing. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Rice explained that he had merely tested the wheel’s braking system, which consisted of a band of steel wrapped around the axle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Army blanket wrapped around his spindly legs to ward off a chill. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At least a dozen butterflies circle her head and shoulders, wrapping her in a rainbow veil. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I wrapped the blanket around me and stood at the window, my hair loose over my shoulders. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z His voice only shifted as he began to wrap it up. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I wrap a scarf around my neck to cover the K and lurch from my room. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His arms wrapped around her waist, cinching her to him, and she put her hands in his hair, feeling the silken strands between her fingers. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Grace returned with a little parcel wrapped in white paper napkins. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z With three legs wrapped in plaster casts, he wouldn’t be able to work on Dog Squad for at least a month. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Roberto didn’t feel like playing, so we sat on one of the rails, arms wrapped around our legs, foreheads on our knees. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Tammy answers in a head wrap, T-shirt, and sweatpants. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Looking relieved, Teashop Aunty pressed two large bananas into your hands and a few vadais, hastily wrapped in a banana leaf, into mine. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z In his life, Donald wrapped himself in a kind of quiet that, depending on the observer, signaled imbecility or a reservoir of mystery. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I wrapped my legs around Maud’s waist and pressed my face against her sunny yellow bust. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Trembling, she wrapped her arms around his shoulders. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I bought rubber bands and wrapped each hundred and thousand. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z We sat at a picnic table on the banks of the lake, just Baba and me, eating boiled eggs with kofta sandwiches—meatballs and pickles wrapped in naan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I wrapped my mother’s things in the falling-apart paper, tucked them back in the hatbox, and put the lid on it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry’s scar scorched again: For a moment the Room of Requirement swam before him, and he saw instead the dark earth soaring beneath him and felt the great snake wrapped around his shoulders. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They had been wrapped carefully in white tissue paper: shiny black leather with high square heels. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Hyacinth was the first one out of the school when the Vanderbeekers were done with gift wrapping. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I pulled myself up and wrapped my legs around the oar. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They wrapped around her, poured into her nostrils and became her blood, sanctified her spirit with their longing. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Vikus reached beneath the table and brought out a long object wrapped in very thick silk. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I catch the warm little trunk like a worm, and it wraps around my finger. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then Dona Ramonita emerged dressed in white, with a rosary wrapped around her waist and some beads dangling down her side. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Lastly we carefully wrapped all the dead animals in newspapers and hid their bodies in a garbage can. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Her recently broken ankle throbbed, though she couldn’t tell if it was still wrapped in spiderwebs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mr. Lucas had Ma Charles wrapped in her blanket, half leading her, half carrying her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It’s passed to me, wrapped up in a concise delivery system, but I pass it on. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z How wrapped up in my mind was I not to notice a car? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z In her apartment, she sank into her borrowed bed and wrapped herself in the quilt. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Finn nestled in close, wrapping his arms around her waist. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I don't even sit down on the giant leather couch that wraps around the whole living room where a wide chandelier hangs from the middle of the high ceiling. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I want to wrap my arms around him and press my mouth to his, but my body hesitates. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Then something changes, and the hum rises into a song that wraps around me with the sweetness of a mother's arms. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Jem wrapped his arms around the pulpit, leaned over, and said in confidential tones, “My, it looks good to see you all this morning. This is a beautiful morning.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z If you give her a wrapped gift, she takes it and puts it on her shelf that way. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m a cloud, congealed around a central object, the shape of a pear, which is hard and more real than I am and glows red within its translucent wrapping. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They open the back door of the ambulance and bring out the wheeled bed and slip me onto it and wrap the blanket around my legs. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Bernabe tore the floppy wrapping paper off the fishhead package, crumpled it in a ball which he left in the ashtray, then lugged the box out to his truck. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a white motel towel wrapped around his waist, but was otherwise naked. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He has one of those voices that you wish you could touch, wrap yourself up in like a blanket. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Frankie climbed up onto the table and wrapped one of the wires around his hand, then pulled as hard as he could. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z If she wants me to respect this guy, she should have kept that detail under wraps. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She handed Dad a light pink scarf over the back of the seat, and Dad wrapped it around Laleh’s head. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She stood in a man’s tank top, black sports bra, and red basketball shorts, her hair wrapped with bobby pins. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The ragged bandages Baba wrapped for me are shredded and filthy. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Miss Love held up the dummy head with the pink velour wrapping, turning it this way and that to get the effect. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They also have nothing to do with me, wrapped as I am in dense minor-key enchantment. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The first night, still in thick timber, he instinctively made a little snow cave, wrapped himself in a blanket, and slept warmly in his icy cubbyhole. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z M. Minkoff Later, his puckered pink skin wrapped in the old flannel robe that a safety pin held around his hips, Ignatius sat at the desk in his room filling his fountain pen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman says, “I brought something—” Even through its newspaper wrapping, Marie-Laure knows it is the model house; it feels as if this woman has dropped a molten kernel of memory into her hands. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Clumsy with fright and haste, he dropped the cotton rag three times before he was able to wrap it about the goblet as it had been before. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Scott will come and haul me inside soon anyway, he’ll wrap me in blankets, like a child. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched as he tiptoed over to the chest, raised the lid, pulled out a quilt, wrapped it around him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I watched as he carefully removed the wrapping. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Wynn took it, sat down at the table, and held it for a bit, smiling down at the wrapping. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z They sit on the kitchen table, wrapped together, gently moving and pushing down. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The children scream and sing and drink cans of soda wrapped in aluminum foil. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The state of her own hair is a mystery, since she always wraps her head in a dazzling cloth printed with peacock feathers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab the Pooh blanket, wrap him up in it, and head downstairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Mom throws an arm around Javier’s head, wrapping her hand over his mouth. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z My dad wrapped his arm around me and pulled me toward him in a half-hug, as if I might just answer, Great, Dad, I’m doing great. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z His cheeks were red, and he was wrapped in a heavy fur cloak that made him look ready for hibernation. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And my mom wrapped her hand around my wrist and said, “What? Quentin, what are you talking about? Slow down.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z She scraped the chopped onion bits into a bowl, which she covered with plastic wrap and placed in the refrigerator. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I wrapped my arms tight around her thin waist. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z So let’s wrap this up before he goes to bed. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z The wheelbarrow in front of me contains a dead body wrapped in white bedsheets. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z After what I know about that man, I can wrap him around my little finger. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrapped her arm around me and I started to cry. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z He paused and took three deep draws from tobacco wrapped in brown paper. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Either way, aside from the few lapses in sanity when I considered revealing my true feelings to Evan, I was mostly desperate to keep my love for him under wraps. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z They had wrapped the arm and put his coat back on and he did not show the injury. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Later in the morning, Doha’s mother packed a small wooden container full of food, including fruit, and tied it with a brightly colored wrapping cloth for easy carrying. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Mix some sugar with that flour, put it on her tail, and wrap it in brown paper. Tie it on and leave it for a week.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Then he pulled out a folded blanket and wrapped it around himself. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She would lie in bed with the baby boy, the two girls wrapped in quilts on the floor, thinking. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I wrapped one in a paper towel and brought it upstairs, sucking away the juice. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She just wrapped herself in her blanket and turned her back to us. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Once she had floured the dough, she wrapped it in a moist cloth, put on a hijab, and set out for the communal tandoor. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She wrapped her fingers around the door handle; to her surprise, it turned without protest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Those, of course, were nothing more than a family pack of hot dogs cut up and wrapped in croissant dough. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z They were both wrapped in Christmas paper with big red bows. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I drew Riptide and cut through the driver’s side window like it was made of plastic wrap. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Hazel’s cavalry sword was wrapped in a bedroll slung on her back. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He wraps his hand in the dish rag and tells Mam, Quick, quick, wipe the blood off the Pope before it dries. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z If they’re in a hurry the shop owners will give me the chips and a sheet of paper for wrapping. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He pulled the backpack he was holding onto his shoulders, and hoisted a thick wooden pole with barbwire wrapped around its tip. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The bag was way too big, but I just kept wrapping the drill around and around in it. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z They sat wrapped in the coats looking out the window. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She was clutching a spray of orchids wrapped in clear cellophane. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z I was left to wrap my arms around myself, think of my mother's embrace, and will myself to sleep. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Before we even got off campus, Lara was lurching helplessly whenever Alaska took hard turns, so I took Alaska’s advice and wrapped my arms around Lara’s waist. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z But before she could move any farther, Mama pulled Ophie into her side, wrapping her arms around her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Instinctively, Pita left our mother’s side and wrapped herself around me, as if I and I alone could protect her from the stranger Papá had become. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Sure, honey. School doesn’t start for a few months, so we’ve got a little time to wrap things up,” she said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Carefully he poked his hand into the front pocket and wrapped his fingers around something matted and fuzzy. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Clutching the bag in tightly wrapped arms, George slid to the ground. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I wrapped my fingers around the chain-link fence then and kind of bashed my forehead into it for a while. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t; they were all too strong and they had me wrapped too tight; and to cut them I’d have to do something crazy like admit that I wasn’t equipped for school. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Is she going to wrap that measure around my chest right here in front of him? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z We were all sweating, but Ashton kept the scarf he’d been wearing all day wrapped around his neck. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z How many had felt as though their world was wrapped in gauze? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I was so upset, I was shivering, so she wrapped her sweater around me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I asked again as I wiped my face, curiously watching my mother wrap what remained of last night’s porridge with old newspapers and put it inside a brown gunny sack. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He frantically searched for the cloth kitchen towel because he thought that would work better and found it wrapped around a pot on the stove. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Inside, I’m wrapped in a blanket, given water. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Time to eat,” Auntie An-mei happily announces, bringing out a steaming pot of the wonton she was just wrapping. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl is sitting on the guy’s lap with her legs wrapped around him. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z When she believes him it’s kind of funny because Calvin is still wrapped around that tube. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Then, under about a mile of bubble wrap, there it is. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z That evening, when Mrs. Muokelu brought the antibiotic capsules wrapped in newspaper, Olanna asked her to come inside and showed her a photo of Kainene, sitting by the pool with a cigarette between her lips. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Dicey showed Maybeth how to wrap a long vine around her arm and pull back on it, with all her weight, taking the strain in her shoulder. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But Lina dashed across the street, took off her shoes and socks, and wrapped herself around the cold metal of the pole. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z From the moment they had taken off, she had wrapped her arms around Aurora’s neck and closed her eyes to the world. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The girl was curled up near the fire, wrapped in a black woolen cloak three times her size and fast asleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I don’t shift my eyes from the scarred man, but I find the gun with my fingertips and wrap my hand around the handle. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The boys sat up, wrapped their arms around their knees, and watched the little girl stroke the dog. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It wraps me in its curving sides and smells of canvas and outdoors and heat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I'm in the down under, trying to get the stupid wrapping paper to cover the stupid presents I got for Gram and Grim, when this shouting starts upstairs. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z It was so creepy, I hid it in Charlie's closet until I was ready to wrap it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It's too much to wrap my brain around, which only leads me back to wondering why I’ve been chosen. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He tried to wrap his mind around Dill having this much darkness in his bloodline. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Suddenly, I fling myself out of my chair and wrap my arms around her. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I stared at him, trying to wrap my mind around the idea that Dionysus could be a caring father. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z They were wrapped in blankets and guided below, where they were given a hot drink and abruptly dropped dead—all sixteen of them. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The kind of contact she hadn’t had in years, wrapping around and around her like a bandage, until all the broken things inside her were held fast, secure in the loop of Archer’s arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Inside there’s a glazed lemon poppy seed doughnut wrapped in thin, white wax paper. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Nergal smiled, wrapping his fingers around my collar. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When she wrapped a hand around it, blood leaked through her fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She wrapped him in blankets, ran her finger around the crevices and sides of the lard can and stumbled to the outhouse with him. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Her hand trembled as her fingers wrapped around the polished door handle and twisted. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I lean into the hug, wrapping my arms around his belly. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I glance up and watch her walking to the sink, her hair wrapped in a ribbon hanging down to the small of her back. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Otto finally lost interest in the smaller bonobo and climbed on my back, wrapping his arms around my neck and barking furiously at the dead sister. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z And then my dad produced a very small gift wrapped in blue wrapping paper. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Somewhere in there, another nurse came in with a wrapped package about a foot and a half long, addressed from Samantha to me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to take the mummy wrap off my face. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z He wrapped a ratty blanket over his shoulders like an opera cape. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I take off my T-shirt finally, wrap it around my head to keep the sweat out of my eyes, and I keep on. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hyperborean was cradling a Native American totem pole wrapped in furs, humming to it like a baby. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He had shown Ugwu the small furry animal wrapped in fresh leaves. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The exhaustion that accompanied my personal choice to wrap a piece of cloth around my hair every day. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I picked my sheet up from the floor where Chas had thrown it and wrapped it around me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He’s standing in the doorway of room 315, holding a sketchbook in one hand and a charcoal pencil in the other, a white hospital bracelet like mine wrapped around his wrist. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z People are pointing and staring and whispering in my direction as Mrs. Walton wraps her arm around my shoulders and pushes me past the crowd. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I squeeze right into the stall and wrap her up in a hug. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z She twists the pieces into a braid and then wraps them up first in a towel and then a plastic bag over that. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The glare of the winter sun off the snow has played games with my vision, and I am so exhausted and wrapped up in my own hopeless thoughts that I don’t notice the signs. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When Will came back downstairs, she was standing with his breakfast wrapped in foil. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z By dawn, all that's left of the vigil is a pile of flowers, some wrapped in bundles, some tossed alone. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z My stomach was aching dully, and my head felt like it was wrapped in layers and layers of gauze. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He squeezed Pond’s rib cage with his thighs and wrapped his hands around Pond’s neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z In the fruit and candy store where he had bought the newspaper that afternoon he selected a basket of fruit wrapped in cellophane. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Go on. She wraps you around her Finger like wet spaghetti,” Eye said. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z At this hint, I served them up, wrapping a few in a napkin for them to take home. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Erika was pregnant again, I had noticed, with a big scarf wrapped around her neck. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He had to force himself to carry through every action: Now wrap your hand around the doorknob. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Marina also cried and had her arms wrapped around Mama’s shoulders. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Another wrapped around Piper’s legs and dragged her, screaming, toward the rail. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Osh had to wrap himself in a summer blanket while his clothes dried. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I find a man with a pushcart who is selling roasted peanuts, and I get a good bargain—he gives me two large cones filled with freshly roasted peanuts wrapped in newspaper. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z For lunch, I bought a pint of milk and a ready- wrapped bologna sandwich in a roadside store. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When I brushed the dirt from the lid and opened it, I saw first the whiteness of her gloves, then the photograph wrapped in waxed paper, just as I’d left it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrap my arms around my stomach, wanting to scream to the world. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the corner the old man, wrapped in an army overcoat, his feet covered with gunny sacks, his head in a knitted cap, was puttering with a stack of paper bags. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been trembling so much when he handed her the small box he’d wrapped it in. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Saying nothing, Chou takes her scarf and wraps it around my foot to stop the bleeding. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Carmen felt like a thousand snakes were wrapping themselves around her, trying to pull her down. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z The girls wrapped him, but still he couldn’t stand the sweeping chills and the ice that filled him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He wraps the head in newspaper, hands it to Mam and says, Happy Christmas. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Even John Henry held his right shoulder where his shirt had been torn away and a leafy bandage was wrapped in place. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The sense of dread wraps itself around me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She pulled a lap blanket from beneath the seats and wrapped it around herself. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The taxi driver comes out of the shower, wet, with a towel wrapped about his mid-section. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She help me and I eat alone; and then we wrap in fur and lie beside the fire, and I tell her to sleep while I watch. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Give me something to wrap myself in,” he said. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She opened the cabinet under the bar and gave George a package wrapped in brown paper. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z About five minutes passed, then she came in wrapped in a towel. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The bronze strands were still wrapping around him like a cocoon, tightening across his body. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I stepped into my woolen overskirts, laced my stays, and wrapped a heavy shawl over my bodice. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I could wrap my hands around her throat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked over to me and wrapped his arm around me, giving me a little squeeze. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z "I was wondering," I say as she wraps the first bowl up in tissue paper. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The indi-vidual portions were all wrapped up like presents and I didn’t have to share with my three sisters. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The falafel, wrapped in foil, is warm and messy in his hands. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she wraps her arms around herself, as if she needs them to hold her chest together, and begins to rock. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He spreads his arms, beaming like he’s wrapped in a garment formerly worn by Jesus. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It looks unfinished against the festive wrapping paper of the presents they brought, but I'm glad to have something for them. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Then he takes my hand again and wraps the trap around my wrist like a bracelet, the web of data glittering against my skin for a moment before turning invisible. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z With her ragged black hair and her black punk clothes, an old wool overcoat wrapped around her, she looked like some kind of huge raven, completely out of place in the white landscape. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He drained away the filthy water he sat in and laved fresh warm water over him from the pan and wrapped him shivering in a towel and wrapped him again in a blanket. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Sickedness, disgust, disbelief—it all wraps together in me like a ham roll. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Kaede’s eyelids fluttered as the scent of it wrapped around her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He walks toward me, reaching out, his arms almost wrapping around me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Becky wrapped it for me, but it stung to carry even an empty bucket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy and Frank both cussed like horses and held on desperately while Hazel wrapped her arms around Arion’s neck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The woman is wearing a bathrobe over her hospital gown, and in her arms there's a newborn baby wrapped up in a white blanket with pink and blue stripes. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They left Teresa home to look after Timothy, whom they had wrapped up and helped into a temporary sickbed in the living room. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z It was like they couldn’t wrap their heads around the fact that my parents didn’t raise their children in the exact same way as other Muslim parents. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z A few throbbing minutes later, when he opened his eyes, he found himself squinting at a small, unopened package wrapped in green paper. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I’m so wrapped up in the moment of him actually talking to me that at first I think he’s asking about Julia, because I had wondered the same thing. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He had fake snow and snow globes and stockings hung by the fireplace and lots of wrapped presents from Santa Claus. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Prosper was always amazed by the great care the bakers of Venice took over wrapping their cakes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Some prisoners were already awake, their hands and arms wrapped in rags sticking through the bars of the window. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrapped my arms around him and pressed myself even closer, gripping him tightly, feeling his body heat completely envelop me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She found room for the last little goat’s cheese wrapped in its vine leaf, smiled and bowed again, and took a last drink from the spring that bubbled up among the gray rocks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Better Joe is seized with horror, and walks with a blanket wrapped about him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Then lie down and wrap yourself in the furs.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z In separate bunks of seaweed wrapped in burlap, with life vests doubling as pillows, they tried to sleep, to get used to the motion of the ship, and to tolerate the smells. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was shaking and wet, and he wrapped his arms and legs around Eleanor like a monkey. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z "Individually wrapped," John John added, just because it was a detail Ms. CeeCee kept adding. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Sanders wrapped the thumb in toilet paper and handed it across to Norman Bowker. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she wrapped her afghan around herself and bowed her head as if it were the lowering of a theater curtain. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She was wearing a sand-hued wrap, a kind of sari, except it was looser than that, as if it had just been unwound and then only casually repinned. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The kids would run down to meet him and wrap around his legs like puppies. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A porter trotted at their heels, pushing a wheelbarrow heaped high with provisions: salt and flour, fresh-churned butter, slabs of bacon wrapped in linen, sacks of oranges, apples, and pears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The valet trotted up with the requisite fig leaf, and Woolf, smiling out of one side of his mouth, wrapped it around his waist, rode into the winner’s circle, and posed for the photo. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever so carefully, Sierra wrapped her fingers around a tarp that was slung over the crate beside her and pulled it to herself. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Aureliano saw her go by his room with a robe of soft folds and a towel wrapped around her head like a turban. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And how do you get inside someone’s head to help them when they’re wrapped up in fear like that? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z That one dodged his blow, then wrapped around his wrist and shook the axe loose while four other branches wrapped around his ankles, other wrist, and waist. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Eleanor's algebra book was covered with her handwriting, the lyrics to one song wrapped and coiled around the title of another. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I press closer to him and wrap my leg around him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z As we descend the stairs, I wrap the gauze tightly around my hand, sidestepping bodies without looking at their faces. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z They tripped him to the ground and started wrapping themselves around his arms, too. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He stood, wrapped in a dark cloak, in full view at the edge of the trees. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I wrap it around him like a skirt that skims his ankles and then secure it at the waist with a piece of string. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His forehead came down to rest against my shoulder, and I wrapped both arms around him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I wrap a tendril around a rod to give her the perfect coil, and mix two skin tones together—seashell white and a dark citrine brown. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He was bewitched by its beauty, but he did as she said and put it straight back into the box, wrapped it up, and thrust it into the bottom of the rucksack. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Here you go,” he said, and tossed me a gift wrapped in snowflake Christmas paper. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He falls asleep on the floor, wrapped in a blanket, while I hang his clothes up to dry and start on Siunek’s. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The rest of him was wrapped in layers of wool and boiled leather and ringmail, his features shadowed by his hooded cloak and a black woolen scarf about the lower half of his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her dark hair covers half her face, and her arms are wrapped around her chest like she’s cold. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “The Empire Strikes Back? The bald guy with the cool bionic radio-transmitter thing that wraps around the back of his skull?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Daddy wraps his arms around her and kisses the back of her head. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He gets up and, without disturbing Tess, deftly pulls a roll of white wraps from her pocket. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He shivered violently for hours, even when they cut him out of his sodden clothes, wrapped him in warm furs, and sat him by the fire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The vial of physician’s cure was still wrapped in its chamois cloth, tucked in her belt pouch. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Their prize possessions are scraps of paper, wrapped in plastic, often tucked into a shoe. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The wraps of garri he stood in line to receive, the thin soup scooped from a metal basin once a day, left him hungry. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He wrapped his arms around me without complaint, even as he kept his eyes trained on the man, crying in a strangled tone I hadn’t heard from him before. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z This time, as she wrapped herself in her old cloak and let herself out of the house, she knew what she was seeking, and it made her pulse quicken in anticipation. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He and Roberto wrapped the gallon water bottle with burlap and sewed it tightly to keep the bottle from breaking. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z George, who was wandering up Carondelet with an armload of packages wrapped in plain brown paper, heard the cry and went up to the gargantuan vendor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Another girl sat in a comfortable split on the floor next to her, with her hair wrapped in a high bun. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z One man tightly wraps the rope three times around the corpse’s chest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With the last of her meager salary she had bought her daughter small presents wrapped in brown paper with colored paper hearts pasted on. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I tossed in everything I saw and thought and felt during the day and wrapped it all up with book quotes and prison slang and bits of wild conversation, and anything I thought was interesting. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z And then her hand dropped and she began to cry, wrapping her hands around her own neck. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom wraps an arm around my shoulder. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Good morning,” she said, ducking her head under Luke’s arm and wrapping her arms around his chest. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The hobbits stood now on the brink of a tall cliff, bare and bleak, its feet wrapped in mist; and behind them rose the broken highlands crowned with drifting cloud. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I hadn't really wrapped my mind around all that. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She fell to the floor with the sheet wrapped around her and tried to crawl away on her hands and knees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the place where Capricorn sat, leaning back in his armchair with a contemptuous expression and wrapped in a silk dressing gown that shimmered like peacock feathers, was illuminated by a single lamp. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Last week’s Thanksgiving was artificially sweetened, enriched with tense preservatives, and wrapped in plastic. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z She would wrap her arms around me and sing me to sleep, her voice carrying me to a place where I could forget my misery. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She was starting to unravel the wrapping paper when a hand slapped the candy away. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z And in their place will be a national speech, wrapped and packaged, standard and tasteless. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His head pokes through, because the clouds let him; they don’t wrap him up. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He then took out the rhinoceros hide, wrapped the bird inside it and burned the whole thing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Mom wraps an arm around me and gives a tight squeeze. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z It seeped into her head wrap, soaking the black twists sticking out from it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He was trying to hold open a section of the net for us, but wherever he touched it, the golden threads started to wrap around his hands. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She yelped, then wrapped herself even more tightly around the strap. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Only now did I realize her left arm had white gauze wrapped around it. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Inside the bundles I found Gertrude’s prayer book and the likeness of my mother, both wrapped in my father's cloak. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His bones were clearly outlined and the wrap of his arms was flat, in a way that would be impossible if he had some flesh underneath the skin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As it wrapped me in its dry- ice blanket, I breathed it in and began to pray myself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But L.V. knew how much emotion and energy had been wrapped into Boobie’s senior year, how so much of Boobie’s life, as well as his own, seemed to hinge on it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She picked up her wraps and started for the front door. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The brick house with the pink vine wrapped around its forehead in the summers. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I walked across the kitchen and wrapped my arms around her. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He smiled and wrapped an arm around her waist. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Diego and I stood in my bedroom, the lights off, our arms wrapped around each other. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Thankfully, it’s fairly hard to sustain that kind of anguish, and the noisy drama wrapped up pretty quick. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She ran across the chamber and wrapped her sister in her arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mrs. Dalton looked like a delicate bird wrapped in a silk scarf, huddled up in a wicker chair on her porch. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I haven’t even begun to wrap my head around what this all means when we hear a rustling noise, followed by another. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The oligarch reappeared, this time naked except for a towel wrapped around his waist. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Still struggling to get my breath back, I wrapped a leg over the branch and tried to get my bearings. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Dicey wrapped the potatoes in seaweed, too, and baked them in the fire. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “My story can be very heartbreaking,” he said, wrapping up the session after about fifteen minutes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z And on top of the tinsel, popcorn, strings of it, ropes of it, wrapping around the tree like a mummy. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I wrap several sheets of tissue around my hand until it forms a thick rectangular shape. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They pulled off the tape wrapped around and around the brown paper. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I gave up on the idea of sleep quickly then, curling up into a small ball, wrapping my arms around my legs. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When the fire was lit, he wrapped cattail tubers and trout in two large may- apple leaves and placed them in the oven. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He wraps his arm around my shoulder, pointing me out to this tatted Latino guy who sits at the soundboard and a white woman with a ponytail. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Let’s wrap for lunch and regroup,” the director announced. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Felicia could be in there, wrapped in a fur coat, eagerly searching for a way to destroy him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrapped a thick arm around me, and next thing I knew she was tapping me awake. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Stitches lined one of his mother’s cheeks, and a bandage was wrapped around her head. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She then helped Mrs. Caruthers onto the seat, wrapped the old woman up, and laid another blanket on her lap for good measure. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She handed me two packages wrapped in tissue paper. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Amber and Clover flank Ashima at either side, both delighted when Gogol wraps a hand around each of their fingers. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Metal filaments shot upward, wrapping Nike in a bronze net. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He’d wrap himself in a blanket inside the sleeping bag, and that would have to do. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Under my mother’s glare, he gave Caroline a timid peck on the cheek, then wrapped his arms around me and gave me a bear hug. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Her gauzy curtains were torn, wrapped around twigs and green-leafed branches. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then he began to remove their oak leaf wrappings. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I go rigid as she wraps her arms around me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat there together on the floor, me wrapped in the towel and Kevin with his arm around me calming me just by being there. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I wade through a litter of discarded wrappings, broken glass, and bones to where I know I will find Haymitch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Grandma woke two mornings later and called Deydey to her side to talk, for she was so weak from hunger she could only sit wrapped in her blanket by the fire. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Elisabet was still modestly wrapping her pagne as she stumbled to the door, and four men entered with such force they shoved her against the wall. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It began in 1896 when Henri Becquerel in Paris carelessly left a packet of uranium salts on a wrapped photographic plate in a drawer. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Mama had preemptive tears in her eyes when she took it, peeled back the tape, and opened up the paper, careful not to tear the wrapping. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Take this necklace to Professor Snape at once, but be sure not to touch it, keep it wrapped in the scarf!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He then reached all the way to the bottom of the case and found the very thing I prayed he would not: a loaded revolver wrapped inside some of my clothing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z We wrap the labels in a little box with a bow on top. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Grease stains were beginning to seep through the wrapping—“there’s even dinner in it for you.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then Mom is there, wrapping me up in her arms and making calming noises. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Carefully, slowly, while the cub sucked the milk from his chin, Neel wrapped his arms around the tiny body. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I poked my head through the curtain and there they were, Mom and Mr. Stokely, wrapped around each other like a couple of tangled-up vines. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z His neck was wrapped up in white gauze, and there was blood on the gauze. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z And if I am ever fortunate enough to return to Mr. Bender’s garden, I wonder if the birds will see that piece of him that is wrapped up in me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Nathan leaned forward and wrapped as much of his arms as he could around the water monster’s broad neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Not even when my mom tries to wrap her arms around me to hug me, hush me, calm me down. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Just an eleven-year-old kid with a towel wrapped around his waist. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He wraps his hand around my elbow, his thumb pressing to the soft skin above my forearm, and tugs me toward him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Thorn was standing practically across the street, her arms wrapped tight around her own body, her face red as if she had been crying. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I wondered if anyone ever jumped from it with elastic lashings wrapped around their ankles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z So I tied my hair back, carefully reassembled myself—I didn’t like pinning my scarf in place, so I usually wrapped it loosely around my head, tossing the longer ends over my shoulders—and reemerged. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She wrapped her fairy wings around us, and for a few seconds, we came together in an awkward embrace that lasted a second too long and ended in more giggles. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z They describe the conditions on the ship, the lack of plumbing, how some of the passengers died during the 12,000 mile voyage and were wrapped in plastic and cast into the ocean. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They wrapped the cloth around him and quickly sewed the shroud shut with thick curved needles. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her arms were wrapped around a small bulging sack. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They made her head feel as though it were wrapped in cotton, and turned the periphery of her vision starry. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The principal, Erik Karlsen, wrapped a blanket around her shoulders and sat her down next to a steam radiator before going out to run his car engine. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Mama nodded and wrapped an arm around her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She wraps me in a hug, and she slides back out of my bed. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Because maize kernels are wrapped inside a tough husk, human beings must sow the species—it essentially cannot reproduce on its own. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A shimmering snail’s trail wrapped the enormous wolf, tying his legs, rendering him immobile. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Black squiggle tingles curled up my spine and wrapped around my eyes like a silk scarf. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z A length of oily- brown cassette tape was wrapped around his leg. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z They spilled out the front door, Ivy’s arms and legs still wrapped around her dad like a koala. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Finally she stopped sobbing and looked up at Gerald, who had wrapped his arms protectively around her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrapped her bloodstained fingers around his—they were cold. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z We were wrapping him up in some clean rags that Mama had brought along when here came Little Arliss. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z At the entrance to the cemetery, a tall man stood in shreds and patches, his face slackly wrapped in scarves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrapped up this saying in a pancake, bending the cookie with all my heart. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d plunged his hand into a pile of stinging nettles in one hole, and into a clump of mashed blackberries wrapped deceptively in a leather pouch in another hole. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The room is like thick black velvet wrapped around us. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z One of the boys wraps his arm around a girl’s shoulders, laughing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She whined in pain as she tenderly wrapped the bandage loosely. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I grab a nearby handful of moss and clumsily wrap it while I try to rouse him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "Life Savers, individually wrapped. Bit-O-Honey, Charleston Chews, Bazooka bubble gum, and..." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z She had barely noticed him until after the bombing, when he said, “The mud will stain your dress,” and helped her up, Okeoma’s shirt still wrapped around her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Magdalys narrowed her eyes and ran harder, slamming into the dactyl’s back and wrapping her arms around its neck like Bernice had said to do. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I only ate one of my chapatis and wrapped the other in a napkin. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She was fiddling with a loose thread on her uniform, wrapping it around and around her finger. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He wrapped a napkin around the paper cup and offered it to me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “When they’re not on location. They should be back there tonight. There’s a hurricane heading this way. The plan is to wrap early and send the dogs home to Jenny’s place.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Every morning before we start rehearsing, Met Bong wraps our fingers together with elephant grass. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z What he had was a little group of active and potential customers under wraps. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The white wrapping paper has a golden trim, and my mom would use this for Easter presents. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He held up a long pole wrapped in canvas. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The apron wrapped around her was covered in multicolored stains that strangely matched her red and white top. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Both her hands are wrapped in thick bandages—she must've cut herself on broken bottles or empty tins while cleaning out the trash cans around Union Station today. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She crashed into his back and wrapped her arms around his neck. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z We were sitting on the ribbed wooden floor, on frayed, stained blankets used to wrap furniture, feeling for one another with our hands. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Faramir had sent for this robe and had wrapped it about her; and he thought that she looked fair and queenly indeed as she stood there at his side. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In the dugout, the familiar mingled scents of leather, sweat, and stale bubble gum wrapped around him like a hug. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Mark had ripped a wide strip of cloth from the bottom of his shirt to wrap around his nose and mouth. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Then I took one more step closer and tightly wrapped my arms around her middle. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She wanted Great Ellen—her gentle touch to clean and wrap her wound, and her compassion. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She got up and carefully handed a heavy parcel to Prosper: the lion wing, wrapped in a blanket and tied cup with a leather strap. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “And that wraps up back-to-school night,” Mrs. Gardner finally says after answering Baba’s last question and ignoring him when he raises his hand again. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He crossed to the desk and took from a drawer a small package wrapped in black velvet. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She wraps her arms around her waist and shakes her head. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There was no Kvothe, only the confusion, the anger, and the numbness wrapping them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was thick and raised, wrapping around the bottom of his leg like an ugly bracelet. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Barack’s teaching duties at the law school had wrapped up for the semester, and I’d put in for time off at my job. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I decided to wear a green suit, for hope, like the handkerchief that wrapped Ma’s marriage proposal letter from Papa’s family. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The weapons wrapped themselves around the animals’ legs and brought them down to be killed by volleys of sling missiles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She wrapped her arms around herself and felt the chill of the early morning. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z One father wraps his eight-year-old daughter’s favorite hair band around his wrist. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “They are paper and clockwork wrapped up in fairly simple charms. You could do the same with a bit of study.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The miniature storm swirled and stood before us like a charmed snake, flicking our hair into our faces, wrapping it around our necks, choking us—stealing our breaths. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Tom Yew got on her and sort of jiggled there and she gasped like a Chinese burn and wrapped her legs round him, froggily. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She wraps her arms even tighter around Geak and squeezes her eyes shut, praying while the others beg for mercy. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In a separate tent other healthy subjects slept wrapped in blankets soiled by the black vomit of patients. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I say, wrapping my arms around her and squeezing. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “It should take you time to wrap your head around everything.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Enoch opened his slicker and pulled one of the wrapped hearts from an interior pocket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z We each picked up a mint, and Julian said, "I think it's time to wrap this up. Ethan," he said, "would you please see' if that pesky piece is still in the box?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He wrapped his foot in all the extra paper napkins in the cage, and the relief was immediate. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Quickly now he drew off the cloth, wrapped the stone in it and kneeling down, laid it back by the wizard’s hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Her hair was wrapped in black too, and from a distance, all they could really see beneath her face was the bright orange she was peeling. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “From the pages Dadi gave me. We can wrap it around a little rock and throw it near her.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The girl wrapped her arms around her knees, and her bells jingled again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Yes,” said Hazel, wrapping her arms around herself. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Dad had his arms wrapped around them both, looking ridiculous but somehow still radiating Teutonic stoicism in his light blue scrubs. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Maria had cut squares from her treasured gift-wrapping paper and used them to wrap Matt’s taffy. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Doctor Copeland took down the white china dishes from the shelf and began to wrap them in newspaper. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But once the person had died and stopped moving, the tree must have slowly wrapped itself around the body and digested it, the very bones leached of nutrients until they vanished. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Even now China wraps double binds around my feet. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I take the chicken, wrapped in butcher’s paper and trussed with string. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat huddled together wrapped each in a blanket over their coats and after a while the rain stopped and there was just the dripping in the woods. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She lies on the sofa with her turbanlike Sunday hat on, the afghan wrapped around her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The firelight glinted on the little scarlet snake wrapped as a bracelet about her wrist. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Each doll was about as big as my thumbnail, with cardboard limbs wrapped in colorful thread made to look like clothes. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He wrapped one arm over it and hung there, the boat rocking, while his other hand fished for the flashlight. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Her African costume was a colorful wrap; her sailor outfit made her look like a street rascal, with a tunic, trousers, and leather boots. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Frodo and his companions wrapped themselves in cloaks and blankets, and drowsiness stole over them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Adrienne stops your hand as you reach for the plastic wrap for the umpteenth muffin. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z In a new galley made by wrapping canvas around four oars stuck upright in the snow, Green kept the hot potato can stoked. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He had his scarf wrapped tightly against the January wind. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He’d always believed his childhood was sterile, but the knowledge Macon and Ruth had given him wrapped his memory of it in septic sheets, heavy with the odor of illness, misery, and unforgiving hearts. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas had a hard time wrapping his mind around the possibility. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z One mother was in a gorgeous red- and-green pagne wrap, her sons drowning in suits whose shoulder pads hung around their elbows. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Jinjoo wrapped the remaining six carefully with the cloth and tied them up into a little sack. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Something cold and brittle wrapped itself around my chest, forcing me back out of the haze of smoke once I confirmed Zu wasn’t in either car. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He bent down, and Petey ran over and. wrapped his arms around Luke’s neck. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He played “YMCA,” and the strawberry plants started going crazy, wrapping around our feet like they were trying to strangle us. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I ran up and wrapped my arms around him like I was five years old. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z A brand-new Mac laptop, wrapped up with a red bow, sat on the counter. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I reached into my pocket and wrapped my fingers around the stone. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Immediately, a wave surged up from nowhere and engulfed the boar, wrapping around it like a blanket. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z All around the Commons folks went on their business, soldiers rubbing the cold out of their fingers, women wrapped in long cloaks and thick shawls. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Underneath is a bra, I’m pretty sure—something made of mesh that wraps around her. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Dany settled on her bench and wrapped her pelt about her shoulders once again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Blackbeard’s men broke the tiki torches for the luau, threw herbal wraps into *the swimming pool, and kicked over tables of sauna towels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He struggled again, and I calmly wrapped him in a hug, trying to minimize the scene as much as possible. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Inside was a half a piece of bread wrapped in clear plastic. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It had arrived in the mail wrapped in heavy paper, with twine knotted around it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Vanessa gave another flyer to a woman eating festival food—shrimp sushi wrapped in lettuce. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The women were especially elegant in their beautiful patterned cotton skirts, dresses, shirts, and lappei—a big cotton cloth that women wrap around their waist—and extravagant head wraps. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The bone in Shae’s shin was exposed where the wolves had torn out her flesh, and Con had to hold her down while Taisin and Kaede wrapped her leg with a clean cloth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z All I can think about is wrapping my big, black hands around her scrawny, gray neck. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Even with my air conditioner on full blast, I could already tell that I was sweating through my wrap dress. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The patients were also packed and wrapped in wet sheets. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrapped the catfish in a piece of newspaper and tucked it under his arm. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I wrap my arms around him and bury my face in his shoulder. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I expect they were picturing Rachel wrapped in a pagne trying to pound manioc. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Gimpy was behind the counter wrapping a birthday cake for one of our regular customers—a cake that sells for $3.95. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The girl was carrying a bundle wrapped in faded cotton, which she laid at Mrs. Coulter’s feet. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He sat the boy down and pulled off his shoes and pulled off the dirty rags with which his feet were wrapped. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z And two years ago, it was Dylan who warned Moreau that VanQuish was coming to arrest him, giving Moreau time to wrap his former apprentice in an illusion so he could escape. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It was an enormous, echoing chamber, perfectly spherical, all smooth, curved metal, with a narrow walkway wrapping around its circumference. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z 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 In the Abbey kitchens, Cornflower carefully wrapped Matthias’s food in fresh dock leaves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Ralph wrapped his head in his arms, and hugged it, and wept. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached into the back, pulled out a wrapped stick of butter, frowned, and tossed it into the garbage. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He takes my arms and wraps them around his neck. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The rifle was wrapped up in the Japanese flag, right on top where Dad always kept it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I could tell it was a book, even wrapped up as it was in brown paper. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z At the corner of the building, four Twister mats have been pegged into the grass, and about a dozen kids are wrapped around each other, pretzel-style. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z While Mum and Aunt Gloria helped Salim to his feet and wrapped him in their coats, we looked out. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She is wrapped in a blanket, her eyes fluttering in sleep, her little mouth making sucking motions. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Ma has been wrapping and tucking the green silk sari around her slim waist. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I think of my dreams when I was a little girl, dreams of be- coming a rich indi'gena with long hair wrapped in a fancy ribbon. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Stuck through the pile at various points were long wooden poles wrapped with a bluish-white metal called cadmium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore nothing but shorts, his whiter-than- white skin stretched across his bones like a sheet wrapped tightly around a bundle of sticks. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Then we played some game where we had to wrap ourselves in strips of crepe paper like Joseph’s coat of many colors and race around an obstacle course. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z One was Dawn Madden herself, her legs wrapped round the other witness. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The spider quickly wrapped the insect in silk, broke it into pieces, and shot some kind of juice inside it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He passes dogs wrapped in towels getting facials and massages. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It looked as if she had one arm wrapped in a dirty sling. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Some of the people are arm in arm, drinking from beer bottles wrapped in small brown bags, not only men but women, too. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z So when she heard that he had died, she dressed in black, wrapped the shoes up in a newspaper, and asked Fernanda for permission to see the body. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But I don't trust my mind to stay in that redwood grove, and right now, outside and covered in snow, are trees I've never wrapped my arms around. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I will not be afraid, she vowed, wrapping the familiar words around her heart. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They sit on either side of me, trying to comfort me, but I’m already cocooned in invisible bubble wrap. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I feel something strange in one, something brittle and crumbly wrapped in paper. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Then she jumped down from the sill, onto the bed, where she wrapped herself into a curl of fur and went back to sleep, a circle of cat upon the old counterpane. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z From January on, she was wrapped in a wet sheet and rubbed vigorously for five minutes every morning, which was supposed to stimulate her nervous system and circulation. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And before I could squawk he also gave me the package that was wrapped up in brown butcher paper. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z So when they pull up to Minute Maid and the line wraps around the block twice, he feels beyond gratified. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I think of the picture with my father's arm wrapped around my mother as she leans into him. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He sees Libby walk across the room, wrap her arms around Gabriel’s neck, and squeeze him tightly. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She saw the hard cloth of his uniform and felt the ferocious hands wrap themselves around her neck; then without interrupting the kiss, the fingers began to tighten. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrapped his little fingers around her thumb and tugged. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But she did not say what she meant and so the memory was left unaired, wrapped in their shared privacy. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She wrapped it up carefully and put it in a basket. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside a mother and child, wrapped in the same torn shawl. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Reaching him, she wraps her arms around his head, pulling him into her chest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We wrap up our stage practice at Convention Hall, and Miss New Jersey announces, “I hope everyone packed their swimsuits! It’s pool time!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The rainbow rushed toward the cubs in a swirl and wrapped them in its misty colors. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He’d wrapped his arm and had used the weight of his body to keep his blood from spilling out. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Madeline pulls a quilt from the back of the chair and wraps it around her frail frame. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He took out two brand-new hoes, a knife with the hilt wrapped in copper wire, a length of dress-cloth, and a small amount of real money. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Must have been four, five feet long, just lookin’ for somebody’s leg to wrap itself around.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It could have wrapped its body twice around Uncle Vernon’s car and crushed it into a trash can — but at the moment it didn’t look in the mood. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Not even a towel to wrap around me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She wrapped up his ironed apron carefully in a piece of clean paper saved for that purpose. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When her husband called her attention to die children wrapping themselves into her curtains, she merely smiled and said, “Oh, let them be.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I want to cross the room and wrap her in my arms, but instead I leave, shutting the door quietly behind me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z One of his legs is missing from the thigh down and the other is wrapped in bandages. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe we’d be upstairs right now, in my closet, me wrapped in a blanket and drinking cocoa, Dismay sitting across from me with his big dog mouth panting, so glad to be alive. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She led me by the hand to a small alley where a girl was selling fried pork and plantains wrapped in brown paper. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Chess raced over and grabbed Finn, and his arms were long enough to wrap around Emma at the same time. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I’ll always remember that moment, the way my hair fell around my face, how it shook out, in long waves, as I turned, the hair tie still wrapped around my wrist. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He was white, with an impressive gray mustache that wrapped around his face to make a curious sort of beard. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z But he had a semiautomatic machine gun and a long belt of bullets wrapped around him. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I stopped breathing when I saw Fred’s hand wrapped around the huge snail shell, his thin wrist and bulky watch. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Pop took turns throwing me and Diego deep passes while we stood in knee-deep water with our shirts wrapped around our heads like do-rags. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Then he slowly wrapped his fingers around the needles, and my mother released her hands. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Carrying the Epsom salts and a piece of the baklava wrapped in cellophane, I came out of the house and walked along the portico past the courtyard and bathhouse to the guesthouse behind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z From the shoulders down she was wrapped in duct tape, her mouth gagged and her legs bound to the control console. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mom wrapped her arm around my shoulders and squeezed me into her, just as Dad said, “Natalie, why did you go there?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Some of the women had newborn babies too, teeny fawn-colored frowning things, which the mothers wrap up in great big bundles of cloths and blankets and even little woolly caps, in all this heat! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a time when she would sit beside Jam’s bed and read her N. K. Jemisin books until Jam drifted off, only leaving when sleep wrapped heavy around the room. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z We all just stood there, staring at those big white hands wrapped around Elsie’s neck. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z When I finish with the garments, I wrap them in the leftover paper Mother bought last Christmas. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The other has bundles of hot pink sparklers; the top half of each one is wrapped in dyed magenta-yellow-teal tissue paper and laced with a gold ribbon. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I wrap my arms around her in a spontaneous bear hug. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she wrapped cold towels around my feet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I used a type of cipher called the scytale. You take a vertical strip of paper like this, and you wrap it around a cylinder-shaped object.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z So the wrapping was cloth, but it was also paper. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Izzy wrapped up with a triumphant and brutal verse rhyming spastic, sarcastic, and less than fantastic, and the crowd erupted in thunderous applause. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z After cleaning out his stomach with emetics, she wrapped him in hot blankets and fed him egg whites for two days until his harrowed body recovered its normal temperature. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They wrapped his broken body in his blanket and slung him as gently as they could over the back of the remaining packhorse, redistributing their supplies across all the horses. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He was angular, gaunt almost, and not at all dressed for the season in a dirty, torn rubakha and leg wraps. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “This is awesome, man,” I said, and for a moment I forgot about everything and wrapped myself in the glory days of salsa. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z There was a white carnation with a small white rosary wrapped around it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The girls wore black T-shirts and bright, short wrap skirts to accentuate their butts, with spandex shorts underneath, stretchy and flexible for twerking. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She wraps the cuff around my arm bone. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The fish man hands him the fish wrapped in brown paper. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The mattress wasn’t as hard as he’d imagined, and he lay back, still wrapped in the blanket from the cupboard. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He stopped when he was knee-deep and wrapped his big arms around his black body like he was freezing cold. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Even though I harbored a secret crush on Jonah, I knew at the tender age of fourteen that it wasn't wise to get wrapped up in someone with a drug problem. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z That’s why it took her so long to wrap up four cookies. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He then produced a large chunk of bread from inside his shirt along with a slice of meat wrapped in paper. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “He used to measure out short lengths of fabric by wrapping them around his wrist.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We had taken a blanket to sit on, but it had gotten chilly, so we wrapped it around us and cuddled and talked until there wasn’t even a sliver of sun left over the ocean. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z She wrapped us in her arms, her pink robe like a cocoon for us to feel safe in. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Nick, on the other hand, wraps his arms around Abby, like he has to make up for the hour spent on opposite sides of a booth. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Mom grabs me and holds me, and Dad wraps one arm around both of us. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z She wrapped her arms around herself as if the memory gave her a chill. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z When completely cool, place the treats in a jar, wrap twine around the lid, and label the gift tag. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She kept them wrapped in cloth in the bottom of a trunk and made ready to feed on memories, waiting without despair. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She caught one of his wayward swinging hands and spun into him, wrapping his long arm across her chest. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I wrapped up the remains of the cooked pig in a piece of sackcloth, and Denna made a few trips with the water bottle and doused the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was sitting on his bed, wrapping his damaged leg in a tensor bandage. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He made sure Myrtle had her glasses well covered before hoisting himself out of the bath, wrapping the towel firmly around his waist, and going to retrieve the egg. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They had sent patrols out to investigate, but so far they had learned nothing: whatever it was that hung there had wrapped itself in impenetrable fog. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But the tube attached to his arm, and a different one wrapped around his ears with prongs stuck up his nose, and the hanging bag of clear liquid drip-drip-dripping beside his bed? Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z And his words, slipping in and wrapping around her heart before she could stop them: “You could have saved her.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I said no a lot because it made me happy to be wrapped in her formidable arms. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Kabuo had passed the preceding night wrapped in blankets—his concrete cell was especially cold— and pacing and shivering endlessly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Her breath burst from her in a huff, as if someone had wrapped his arms around her and performed the Heimlich. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I wrapped the mussels in leaves and sort of steamed them in coals. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s sitting up in bed finishing his fish and chips, dropping to the floor the Limerick Leader they were wrapped in, wiping his mouth and hands with the blanket. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Inside lies my mouse-bitten doll, her arms wrapped around the limp fuzzy body of his chick. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He wraps himself in a blanket, lies down on the floor of his apartment, and closes his eyes. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The cameras lingered on my family as my father wrapped his arms around my mom, kissed her on the lips, and rested his head on hers. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But because I knew this man would someday be my husband, I put these worthless trinkets carefully into a box, wrapping each with tissue. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z During a stretch of overcast Paris weather in February 1896, he shut away in a drawer his latest preparation: a uranium salt sprinkled over the wrapped plate, awaiting the sun’s reemergence from behind the clouds. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Tori wrapped her arm around her brother’s neck. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The Salvadoran stripped off his shirt and used it to wrap a tourniquet around the leg. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She wraps her arm around me like it’s second nature, and I lean into her and she leans into me until we make up one leaning person. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They wrap around her small, squirming body, until she's swaddled inside a pink chrysalis like a writhing worm. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Nest, eggs, and hens were all one package, wrapped in a vivid, slender twine of brilliant green. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They spent the afternoon sitting wrapped in the blankets and eating apples. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I picked up the phone and punched in Sookie’s number, wrapping the cape over my shoulders again. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I fix his sandwich and wrap it in waxed paper. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z With every bit of strength in his body, he’d pulled himself out of the water and wrapped his arms and legs around the trunk. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z He’s trying to wrap his fingers around my hand, but he can’t. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Clicking off my seat belt, I leaned forward, kissed her cheek, and she wrapped an arm around me in another tight squeeze. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I held out an arm to him as he came near, wrapping it around the solid warmth of his waist. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Moaning like a wounded animal, I let the gun fall from my hands and wrap my arms around my stomach. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I wrapped the loose string that had collected at my feet around the spool, shook a few more hands, and trotted home. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We say goodbye and hang up, and Ben wraps his arms around me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He found himself propped against a log, a cloak wrapped around him. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z As she folded back the leather wrapping, the chief mate grunted behind her, like he’d been punched in the stomach. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The silence stretched on as I struggled to wrap my mind around the concept of so many years. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Her fingers wrap around that skull for dear life. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z They were both wrapped in bandages that could be seen through the dark stockings she wore. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The prosecution wrapped its case on day thirty-six of the trial. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And through her stockings, faintly, could be seen the wrappings of elastic bandage to support the veins. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She wore the old black cardigan all the time now, even on warm days, and she insisted on keeping her legs wrapped up in strips of an old wool blanket. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I was so uncoordinated with the clutch; and the blanket wrapped around my legs didn’t make driving any easier. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Tee wrapped an arm around her girlfriend’s shoulder and sniffled quietly. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z June said, launching herself at Ivy, wrapping her in a hug. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Mom sets him gently in the pod, her arms still wrapped around him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She was carrying a plate of brownies loosely covered with plastic wrap. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I was in the bed in the cave, but I rose and wrapped a robe around myself and padded outside. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Mom wrapped herself in beach towels and released them all one afternoon when Dad and I were at the movies. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But Tally steadied herself, feeling Shay’s arms wrap tightly around her waist. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Many carry small Bibles, wrapped in plastic bags to keep them dry when they ford rivers or when it rains. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The round ball on the dragon’s head was the size of a small melon, just big enough for her to wrap two hands around, and she clutched it as the dragon began to move. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Someone had even cleaned and wrapped the mild abrasions on my hands and the knife wound from three days ago when Ambrose’s thugs had tried to kill me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z John scrambled up, then wrapped himself around me like he thought I could keep him from falling off. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Then he wraps up the rest of his sandwich and puts it back into his bag. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Joseph took the red woolen blanket and looked at it, then he wrapped it tightly around himself. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z He wrapped himself in his dressing gown and followed Rogers. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z And as Mig went singing down the stairs of the dungeon, there appeared from the shadows a rat wrapped in a cloak of red and wearing a spoon on his head. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z When I pull into El’s driveway, I find her sitting on her porch in her bikini with a towel wrapped around her waist. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The vine came after him and wrapped around him, as if it had a life of its own, as if it was a boa constrictor attacking its dinner. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z In the 1930s, not everyone could wrap their minds around the idea of a female boss. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He wrapped a handkerchief around the gash as Stromsheim climbed down into the room. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Gabriel, wrapped in his inadequate blanket, was hunched, shivering, and silent in his little seat. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z We each get hold of a whole army Ioaf and wrap it up in newspaper. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And she stretched out her arms and wrapped me in a hug. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I wrap my arm around him and he comes closer to me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z We wrapped ourselves in the extra pagnes offered to us as blankets, and settled down on the floor to sleep among strangers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The other they wrapped around their shoulders, the food and wine on the bench at their feet, and they watched the empty parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I wrapped the blue floral cape around me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He walked in and wrapped her in his arms, with a force and an excitement that had come through the door with him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Ugwu glanced at Baby, who was occupied with the newspaper wrapping. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “The woman was most distraught. She anointed and wrapped your body, while weeping copious tears. She did not suspect that you only slept.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He wrapped his arms around me as I sobbed. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “Oh, that. Well, to hear the Post tell it, we lynch ’em for breakfast; the Journal doesn’t care; and the Times is so wrapped up in its duty to posterity it bores you to death. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It had been laundered by the palace servants, and now she wrapped it around herself, the scratchy fabric a welcome contrast to the cold silk. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He extended a wrapped birthday gift to me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Gilgamesh wrapped up some cookies for us to take along. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Quietly I get up and nestle myself next to her in her chair and wrap my arms around her entirely. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He wraps his arms around me and holds me tight for a few seconds. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z So I pulled, and she pushed, and then I was up in the tree, my arms wrapped around the trunk. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctor prescribed a glucose formula, crushed aspirins in a mortar, and told them to wrap the child with quilts and covers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She remembers Gogol and Sonia helping her when they were small, Gogol’s hand wrapped around the can of crumbs, Sonia always wanting to eat the croquettes before they’d been breaded and fried. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Not ever,” I say, wrapping my arm around his shoulders. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Why you’re there, at the Bean Bar, wrapping day-old muffins, has nothing to do with a boy. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Jessie smiled at him, and Laney ducked under the counter and wrapped her arms around his waist. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I reached the raft, let out all the rope and sat with my arms wrapped around my knees and my head down, trying to put out the fire of fear that was blazing within me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The passengers in the truck, called a tap-tap, had been market women in head wraps, and they now sat by the side of road looking dazed. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z However, since I wanted him to go on talking quietly about himself, I hid my laughter, sat down on a cushion on the floor, wrapped my arms around my knees and gazed at him intently. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I grab a slice of orange cheese wrapped in plastic. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They each wrapped around Håkon’s legs, and one around his tail, and they held him in place, like he’d been mounted in midair. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Then he noticed a grubby little package wrapped up in brown paper lying on the floor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The smell of hairspray and cologne was like a physical presence, pressing itself between people, wrapping its arms around Dimple. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z When I reached his room I found him lying in bed shaking violently while Nigel tried to keep him wrapped in blankets. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Ivanito watches his mother put on her flannel nightgown then wrap herself in a frayed Chinese tunic embroidered with chrysanthemums, a onetime gift from his father. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z For socks, they had to wear portyanki foot wraps, squares of linen cloth like those used in the Russian army since the seventeenth century. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She handed him Booth’s package wrapped in newspaper. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When she is satisfied it is clean, the nurse wraps the ankle up again with clean white bandages. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Next day, by noon, I was up and dressed, and sat wrapped in a shawl by the nursery hearth. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I wrapped my arms around his feet and cried inconsolably. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The Polish girl knelt in front of me with snow wrapped in a handkerchief. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She tells me about the fight she had with a woman at work over wrapping paper. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There were two tiny wrapped chocolates on all of their pillows. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z In the yard, Aziza lay in a wicker bassinet, dressed in layers of clothing, a winter muffler wrapped snugly around her neck. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She wriggled out of the blanket and wrapped it around the two of them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They were driving through a valley jam-packed with rows of houses wrapped around hillsides like serpentine belts. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I tap my toe 3 times as she wraps me in a hug. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He handed her a small, oddly shaped package, wrapped in leftover Christmas paper. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “People who tried to find Anansi, got wrapped up in the web, and...” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Bread juice. Cool. I can wrap my head around that.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z A boy, about his age, wrapped in an outsized wool coat with the sleeves turned back. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She is carefully dressed, with gold jewelry at her ears and throat, a navy apron wrapped around her waist, gleaming black leather shoes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was Artemis, but she was wrapped in chains, fettered to the rocks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Johnny Lightbourne and I found a discarded Christmas wreath consisting of a red fuzzy material wrapped around newspaper, which in turn was wrapped around a wire frame. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “She did,” she says, sounding ready to wrap me up in her arms. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I offered to take it and wrap it, but he rolled it up and put it in his overalls. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z So that the companies can wrap themselves in some sort of official cloak, the names are recorded in books which are registered in the Library of Congress. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The Assistant began wrapping the things in coloured paper. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He still hadn’t let go of me; his fingers were wrapped around my forearm like a loose bracelet. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He was not gone long but he felt a strange unease and when he got back the boy was standing on the beach wrapped in his blankets waiting for him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She hugged herself, her arms wrapped hard around her stomacher. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We were wrapped up in each other, feeling happy and sad all at once, pretty much all the time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I put the broom down, wrap my arms around her, and tell her thank you. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z There’s a young woman with a scarf wrapped around her head leaning against her oxygen tank; others are wheezing terribly; some are disfigured or badly burned. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The child was lying between her feet, wrapped up so thickly that all Malcolm could make out was the top of her head and the brilliant butterfly Pantalaimon perching on her hair. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z My dad came running, and he wrapped his arms around her while she screamed and screamed and screamed. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Sausun, rocking back and forth with her arms wrapped around her knees and a frown on her face as if she’s experiencing menstrual cramps right in front of everyone, clips her Qur’anic answers in staccato. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z My hair is wrapped beneath one of her head scarves. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Jacqueline took a long piece of black cloth out of her bundle and wrapped it around her belly. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Some of the bodies were wrapped in ponchos, some weren’t. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I got up, pulled a blanket off my bed, wrapped myself up, and went to sit on his bed. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrapped his wings around them and together they fell, not toward the ground but away, into the depths of the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I can picture her sitting at our breakfast table, her hands wrapped around a steaming mug of green tea and her dark hair pulled into a ponytail with a few stray curls framing her face. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The wire was stiff and stubborn, and he couldn’t wrap it very tightly, but there it was: it was all he had. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I run back to the bedroom and frantically wrap the rope around myself, wind it around and around, and tie it to the bedpost. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She leans over and kisses me on my head, then wraps her arms around me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I wrap my arms around his neck and lean back on the couch, pulling him down with me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z My mom’s hand wraps gently around my arm as Julie puts the oxygen mask over my face. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Suddenly, I feel arms wrap around me from behind. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Victory was gifted to him wrapped and beribboned, on a silver tray. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she surprised me by wrapping her arms around Audrey and me and squeezing. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z On one occasion, Jose, a timid, quiet teenager, is threatened by a man who wraps a chain around his neck. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Dylan grabs a branch, wraps his arm around the trunk. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Let’s go, honey,” his mother said, wrapping her arm in his. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He lifted me up effortlessly, his large fingers wrapped around my neck. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z My uncle handed me a blanket from the truck and I wrapped the owl in it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She wrapped her arms around me and told me everything would be all right—and I believed every word. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Seeing her pupils shrink and explode back out to their normal size, it felt as though someone had wrapped a line of barbed wire around my brain and was tightening it with every passing second. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And hoping that when I come back, she'll be all dressed, with her head wrapped and beads and makeup and deep, joyous laughter. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z And the city women, who wrap their skirts only a little differently, come to bargain on feeding their families. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was insane, and I told him so as I wrapped my arms around him so tightly that nothing would ever tear us apart. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Say, why don’t you wrap a bandage around me for effect ?” “That sounds like a splendid idea,” applauded the doctor. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Aziza’s breath fogs the sheet of plastic in which they have wrapped her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Holding one up close to the fire until it was warm, I took it over and wrapped it around Grandpa’s foot. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been seen with a civilian cape wrapped about him heading for the Common. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And a large paisley scarf, also dusted with white powder, is wrapped a few times around his neck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He had his legs wrapped around the trunk of the top of a coconut tree. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Ana pointed to a photograph of Mabel wrapped in a white blanket, yawning. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Aloe wrapped his arms around both of them and kissed Jam’s head over and over. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z So Pa went to help them, while Laura and Mary and Ma, with Baby Carrie in her arms, went into Grandma’s house and took off their wraps. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z There's also a pile of fabric for anyone to use to wrap their heads. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z A tingly feeling ran through my body, like I had opened a gift covered in shiny English wrapping paper and bows. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I had an occasional flash of understanding, but then got selfishly wrapped up again in my own problems and pleasures. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I hadn’t so much as touched a bar of soap, but I got out, wrapped a towel around my waist, and sat down at the computer. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z A packet wrapped in brown paper and tied with a bit of calico proved to hold girlish bits of fabric. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z And the King wrapped himself in his own gown with great affection. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I think we’re going to kiss again, but instead she wraps her legs around my waist. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then I took off my own coat, wrapped it around him, and put my baseball cap on his head. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Amari watched, aghast, as a mother with her baby wrapped on her back tried to flee, but both mother and child were clubbed down into the dirt by one of the Ashanti warriors. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat at the end of the hallway outside my bedroom where no one could see us, and I handed her the square lumpy package I had wrapped. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Following a stone wall in the dark, wrapped in his blanket, kneeling in the ashes like a penitent. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I wrapped a skimpy towel around my waist and danced and pranced out of the bathroom and up the hall like I was a Union ship dodging Confederate mines. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He was naked except for a white towel wrapped around his middle. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I wrap myself in a towel and write Just be careful across the fogged-up mirror. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I would enter another zone, wrapped in despair. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He waded ashore shivering and coughing and wrapped himself in a blanket and sat in the warm sand in front of the fire with the boxes beside him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I am breathing hard and fast, and it feels like someone's hands are wrapped around my neck. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I felt ice-cold tentacles wrapping around my stomach. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Locke guides me away, stopping to grab up someone’s blanket, which he wraps around my shoulders. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As if on cue, the Burmese python slithered over to the chariot and wrapped itself around the right wheel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z If Miss Taylor undertakes to wrap Miss Emma up, you need not have any fears, sir.’ Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z From our vantage the only visual testament to Calakmul’s past majesty was its two great central pyramids, each wrapped to the shoulders in vegetation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Madeline Ryan stopped at a flower stall, bought a bundle of peonies wrapped in green tissue, the buds still balled in tight hard fists. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A thrumming heartbeat of danger wrapped in a muscular green. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A bit of a wail and a cry wrapped around each other. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It was a scythe—a six-foot-long blade curved like a crescent moon, with a wooden handle wrapped in leather. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Tristran contemplated making the rest of his quest wrapped in a blanket, like a savage aboriginal from one of his schoolbooks. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z His long locks were tightened and wrapped into a bun behind his head, and he wore a dignified blazer over a T-shirt and whitewashed jeans. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Last year, she had stayed up all night, cooking the turkey, wrapping surprises and hiding them all over the house for Gerald to find. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He balled up, wrapped his arms around himself. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The gods brought their net, and they wrapped it tightly around the fish and carried it between them. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She wrapped her arms around Bunny and buried her face in his neck. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z She could wrap her arms around it and bury her nose in its smell. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At first glance, the kitchen was better—it was bigger, at least—though the stove burners were wrapped in aluminum foil and bedsheets had been stapled over the lower cabinets in place of doors. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I said, wrapping my arms tightly across my chest. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Twinkling with colored lights, shiny balls, white doves, jeweled icicles, and miles of silver tinsel, it was topped by a brilliant star and skirted with gifts wrapped in finery. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z A squat Altaian woman wrapped in layers ran to the door and began screaming after the guard. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I reached for the towel and wrapped it around myself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Instantly, his whole body was wrapped in a sheet of fear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Things were stiff between us, and the apron still sat all wrapped up on the kitchen counter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z A black feather boa was wrapped around her shoulders, and on her head was a cloche hat that dangled onyx pendants over her plucked eyebrows. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Just in case,” she said, slipping in their simple food of rice wrapped up in leaves and salted boiled eggs. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He leaned down and wrapped one arm around my waist. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She wrapped her arms around her legs, then poked her own chinbone down into her knees. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Hermione was wrapped in a borrowed dressing gown, pale and unsteady on her feet; Ron put an arm around her when she reached him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I wrapped myself in the blanket and moved out of the wind as the snow turned to sleet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Grandfather disappears, returning a few moments later with a long package wrapped in black silk. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Smoothing my wrap and running my fingers through my hair to neaten it, I took a deep breath and released it slowly. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Tali’s body had been wrapped into his blanket again—the closest they could come to a shroud—and Con and Pol rolled it as gently as they could into the grave. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Celaena wrapped a hand around the hard metal of the amulet. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He avoids my eyes and wraps the towel tight around me so none of my skin is showing and then steps away from me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z After a moment Tom got up and began wrapping the unopened bottle of whiskey in the towel. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Bodega knelt down beside the old man’s body, now wrapped in the tablecloth. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I was allowed to lean my head on his chest and let him wrap his arms around me because it was a dance and that’s what you do at dances. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He sat on the edge of his pallet, staring down at his bandaged hands in their linen wrappings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She looked familiar some way, a solid sort of woman, with a very settled-looking hat and her neck all wrapped in a big woolly scarf. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z While the cameras were focused on Haley’s smile, Mrs. Daley wrapped up a couple of chicken kebabs in a napkin and slipped them inside her purse. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Now I sit on the train, my arms wrapped around myself, hands jammed against my sides to stop them from trembling, like an excited child caught up in an adventure. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He quickly helped Diana wrap Z’s shirt and paper towels around her legs while Z bound the makeshift bandages with duct tape. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z But mostly I could feel the way my hand was wrapped around Faith's and the gentle pull on my shoulder as she led me to the center of the dance floor. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Vines wrapped the pillars, and epiphytes clung to the ceiling like anemones, or roosting butterflies. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It even has a pink chiffon dupatta with little gold tassels that I can wrap around my neck or drape over my head. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Dad finished wrapping his stump and leaned back on his elbows. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z When the terrible itching that gave the disease its name started, Omakayas wrapped their hands with cloth, bit down their fingernails, anything to keep them from scarring themselves. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The guys have their arms wrapped about each other, holding tight like paper dolls. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z The door opened, a sliver at first, then wider, and there was my mother, her skin glistening from the shower, wrapped in a towel that was too small to cover her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The two telkhines shuffled forward and knelt, holding up the scythe on its wrapping cloth. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I felt bad that I’d been so wrapped up in my own troubles I hadn’t even thought about Dad. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Her other arm is wrapped in a tight cast. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Riddick was a compact ball of nervous energy wrapped in a suit. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She puts the rifle in my hand, which is heavy, and I cradle it against my chest because my fingers are not long enough to wrap around its stock. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was wrapped in dark purple silk, with gold bangles on both wrists and black pencil around her eyes. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z She wrapped the end of her sari around the milky vest. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The gifts he would carry were wrapped in colored tissue paper—and in addition there was a deluxe basket of fruits done up in cellophane and a crate of late-shipped strawberries. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The rider had its legs wrapped around the bat’s neck. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She reaches over to pull me into her chest, and I instinctively wrap my arms around her waist. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He took him to our garden and pulled several long stems, then wrapped Phiri’s head and elbows. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The moon was a wisp in the sky and the bees were sleepy and hushed, the hives wrapped in their own sheets of shadow. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I had to work extra hard because Pita was riding behind me, her arms wrapped tightly around my shoulders and waist, like a heavy backpack. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I clean the trout and wrap it in May-apple leaves, then dig a hole in the earth and build a fire. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I had one of those long Ace bandages to wrap around it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z She wrapped her arms around the trunk and pressed her face to die rough wood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She says even if you bought the Globe just for that reason, you’d save a fortune on wrapping. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Tufts of gray hair escaped from the braids beneath her beaded wrap, and more wrinkles than I thought humanly possible lined her face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I stood and wrapped the drill inside the second, unused leaf bag. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z In the evening she harvested small birds, which she gutted, wrapped in clay, and baked in coals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They pay a family friend to look after it, wrap the pipes, run the water. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was wrapped in Yazdi newspapers, same as his cleats had been. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When she came back with a plastic tray—her turkey sandwich and his veggie wrap lying beside two bags of baked unsalted chips—his head was bent to his phone. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He scooched up to the headboard and wrapped his arms around his head. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Emily wore a wrapped dress like Bridge’s, but hers had cutouts at the waist that showed triangles of skin. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I drew my shackles up and down my wrist; he wrapped his fingers in the lace of his sleeves and paced about the yard. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He'd brought a pear as well and had wrapped it in a plastic bag so that its pus wouldn't stain the clothing he had packed a day earlier but bought long before he was married. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z His business with Stanton concluded, Lincoln wraps his shawl tightly around his shoulders and marches back to the White House for his cabinet meeting. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Then he wrapped a towel around his waist and went into the bedroom next door. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z She threw on a thick winter coat, pulled on a knitted cap, wrapped a long scarf around her neck, and tugged on a pair of snow boots. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the wind is knocked out of me as a pair of strong arms wrap around my waist and drag me back toward the alley. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The wife, convinced that Bibi’s presence would infect the unborn child, began to wrap woolen shawls around her tumid belly. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The Iceman watched him go from the winner’s circle, a floral wreath wrapped around his shoulders, smiling his cool Gary Cooper smile as a mob of admirers cheered for him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Speaking of witches,” another boy said, and proceeded to tell a gruesome story about someone who wrapped herself in other people’s skins. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The boy was sitting on the back steps of the house wrapped in the blankets watching him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Later Abuela wrapped my hand in a white rag and tucked me into bed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z In the first one, Mrs. Smeath is wrapped up in white tissue paper like a can of Spam or a mummy, with just her head sticking out, her face wearing its closed half-smile. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In this case, just wrap it around one of the slats. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z My hair is a total mess, so I wrap one of Mom’s scarves around it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Then he spreads a tarpaulin out on the ground, underneath the chosen tree, wrapping it around the trunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She stripped the girl of the drenched, ripped clothing, setting it aside, then rubbed her dry with rough cloth, and wrapped her in soft wool. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A hot flannel is wrapped about my neck and chest. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to quickly wrap up my work and prepare for the seven weeks away from home—and possibly much more, if I decided to stick with the job and work in a prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew how to wrap her lifeless arms around his neck and to hold her pale chin high above the foam and spray. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It held ten discs individually wrapped in pink tissue. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She was wrapped up in her coverlet and sleeping; the blankets barely moved when she took breath. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time I got to Mr. Winston's class, he was wrapping up his usual theatrics and a weeklong lesson, explaining the final stanza of the poem. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I dried him with a fluffy towel and wrapped him tightly. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The shirt I was putting on had just been wrapped around the gun. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Farmer crouched down and wrapped his arms around the child. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z They are really corn wrapped up in more corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He turned her wheelchair around toward him, reached under her, wrapped his other arm around her back, and lifted her out of the wheelchair. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z She had been too wrapped up in homework, reading “The Black Cat” in hopes of figuring out what she was supposed to do next in Mr. Griswold’s game, and her family’s adventures. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Plus, she likes to wear these embroidered dresses and skirts, and wraps called rebozos. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She wrapped her blanket around Dragon’s arm, but it continued to slowly bleed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z It’s just my thigh, my knee, and a stump wrapped in a mountain of gauze. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I leaned over and wrapped my arms around her. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He took off his party clothes, folded up and wrapped in tissue-paper his embroidered silk waistcoat, and put it away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z By the time the well was tapped, the twins were asleep in the bed of someone’s truck, wrapped in borrowed blankets and snuggled in tight as puppies alongside Katie and Jean. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z His work-roughened hands wrapped around her pink shoes, anchoring her legs against his chest. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z That evening Miss Trotter filled a tin pan with sliced venison and wrapped it tightly, placing it in Vonetta’s hands to carry. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Dinner would be whatever strange thing we’d been able to buy at the side of the river, but breakfast and lunch were always limp cassava bread and fish wrapped in banana leaf. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z And the past few weeks, Annabeth had dreamed of spiders almost every night—crawling over her, suffocating her, wrapping her in webs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I can’t wrap my head around the fact that I’m living a day where I might need a bucket list.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He wrapped one leg around the tree, then the other. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z The palace enchanted a hand towel to wrap around her head. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Kaori wraps her arms around her little sister, but Gen’s freak-out seems to have disappeared just as quickly as it started. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I walked up to Dadi, stepping around the tub of water and wrapping my arms around my waist. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He sat across the dinner table from Somkit, whose day had just wrapped up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z When it was too dark to see they got the cart and stumbled back to the road and he got the blankets out and they wrapped themselves up and went on. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Trey wraps his arms around me and Dad, his head on Dad’s back. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Suddenly, he wondered if having a house wrapped around him wasn’t something he wanted a whole lot more. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He wrapped the few remaining in a paper and put them in the knapsack. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She grabbed Deedee from him, wrapped her arms around her tight.The little girl was sobbing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I quickly wrap the box in brown paper wrapping. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I just didn’t want this to happen, she replied, wrapping her arms around her body. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Each grieving father sent a small package, carefully wrapped, to the Imperial palace. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I wrap her up in my arms and squeeze her tight. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Mostly she just wanted to see the case wrapped up before Sasha left for college. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z 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 Lázaro wrapped around one of his pillows and snored quietly into it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She wrapped him in her arms and they cried. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He even took off the crude wrapping of clay and peered at the edges of the shard. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I feel like this is an important idea, one of those ideas that your brain must wrap itself around slowly, the way pythons eat, but before I can get any further, Radar speaks. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Five minutes later, I’m perched on a drum stool in Evas bedroom while Abby tucks into the desk chair, arms wrapped around her knees. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I tuck my head onto his shoulder, and he wraps his arms around me tightly. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I tore my blanket and wrapped it around my foot. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He is wrapping rice and little anchovies in my favorite kim, little flat squares of salty, crispy seaweed, and says “ah” to me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I huddle closer to him; he wraps his arms around me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I ripped away the rest of the wrapping paper to find an old hardback book, dog-eared and missing its dust jacket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I’d wrapped Declaration’s sandwich in two pieces of waxed paper so it wouldn’t go stale; the paper made a crinkling sound as I set the sandwich in the best flat spot. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When he was not ahorse, the only way to wear the thing was to wrap it around him several times, which made him look like a ball of striped fur. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He’s two years old and already the portrait of brotherly vigilance and responsibility—his arm extended toward mine, his fingers wrapped protectively around my fat wrist. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She takes one look at Mango, who is still twitching, and tells me to wrap him in a blanket and meet her in the car. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It’s like a gnawing, the tug of a rope wrapped around the end of my esophagus. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He wrapped everything up with a tidy conclusion. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z She held the pebbles carefully in her lap, and her candy heart wrapped carefully in her handkerchief until she got home and could put it away to keep always. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like a tree had wrapped its roots around my wrist. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z This body hates dragging around the chains they wrap around it. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I cried and my daddy wrapped his arms around me and held me to his chest. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The day she bought that book for Fredde: the bookseller took so long to wrap it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She put on her old clothes from the preceding summer, which were almost too small, wrapped herself in a shawl, and tiptoed out so as not to wake the rest of the family. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew about the revolver wrapped in a T-shirt and stashed in the back of the closet. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I wrap my octopus tentacles around both of them. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z He carried water in crockery jugs, wrapped in burlap, and stashed them in shocks to keep them cool. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But before Tyson could regain his balance, the snake wrapped around him and started to squeeze. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I don’t have anything new except for the coat, and a hand-me-down dress still wrapped in plastic. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She buried her head against Sairy, wrapping her arms tightly around her. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The surface was wrapped with thin brown strands of seaweed and encrusted with barnacles. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We hadn’t heard Doc come up from the cellar of the cabin; we were too wrapped up in our fight. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A new set of ropes leaped out from the top and bottom of the beds, wrapping around Grover and Annabeth’s ankles, then around their armpits. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It wrapped around trees and crept through bars of the playground. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Ollie Mae comes into the living room and starts cleaning up all of the crumpled Christmas wrapping paper and empty boxes that were left behind from this morning’s gift opening. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She handed me a couple, filled with what I guessed was food wrapped in aluminum foil like big silver boulders. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Through her tears, Molly watches Vivian replace the receiver on the hook, wrap her robe tighter and tie it, pat the silver hair at the nape of her neck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I tore the wrapping and bit off a hunk of granola bar. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Mom and Jack both wrap their arms around me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Miss Maggie wrapped me up in her arms, her poncho snug around me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z She turns to wrap her arms around his torso, and when she buries her face in his neck, his other arm slips around her waist. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Several days before, the worm had done a curious thing: it had wrapped itself up in a blanket of threads. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She handed the parcel to Mrs. Lawrence, who opened it immediately and pulled from the wrapping a tin plate upon which Emeline had painted a lovely forest. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I wrapped my arms around her and held her to my chest. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She undid the twist of vine that held him inside the beaded velvet wrapping. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z A corner of the wrapping flapped a little as she walked, the nose of the loaf naked. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the embers of each campfire, bundles of grass and twigs had been wrapped in blankets. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She needed time to wrap her mind around the idea of doubling the size of her family. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It was a straight piece of metal, with thin leather wrapping the grip. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It's wrapped with an obscene amount of Scotch tape. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “This is September. Harvesttime would be wrapping up soon and then there would be nothing till next spring. Most of the crop goes to the owner anyway.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t wrap my mind around the idea of stepping through our front door, sleeping in my own bed. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Deborah threw her black canvas tote bag onto the floor, tore the wrapping paper from the photo, then held the frame at arm’s length in front of her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He found that he was lying, well wrapped, under tall grey-skinned trees in a quiet corner of the woodlands on the west bank of the Great River, Anduin. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He was a bearded, quiet fellow in his twenties who carried a walking stick and had a bandanna wrapped around his head. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I’m wearing a black dress decorated with hot-glued glitter stars that I cut out of some old Christmas wrapping paper I found in my closet. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Dicey handed out the wrapped hamburgers and the parcels of french fries. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing he could wrap his brain around was going outside to play in the snow. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z He grabbed one of the vines and wrapped it around Alby’s right arm. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She bent down, took hold of the topiary’s long leafy tail and wrapped it around her arm, then closed her eyes as if concentrating. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I was too wrapped up in finding a way to ease the pain and depression—in making myself feel happy, at least for a while. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Alex smiles and leans back into the booth, making a show of wrapping wet lips around the bottle of his beer. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He walked forward to meet her, and she slammed into him, wrapping her arms around his neck. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Hyacinth wrapped Franz in a fluffy towel, then braced herself and knocked on the bathroom door three times. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Grammy saves up comics from the Boston Globe to use as wrapping paper. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She wraps me up in a frenzied hug. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z In her right hand was a bottle of cognac with a red ribbon wrapped around its neck, which she gave to Twinkle. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The shark swung over and the old man saw his eye was not alive and then he swung over once again, wrapping himself in two loops of the rope. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z My fingers were wrapped ’round the neck of the worstlooking snake in Canada West! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Miyax listened carefully, then he put her down and hastily packed her bladder-bag, wrapped her in an oilskin against the wild spray of the sea, and carried her to the boat. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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