Dad shook his head in annoyance and snapped off the stove with an angry flick of his wrist. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I had nothing that was mine but my clothes, wrist watch, and suitcase. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heart thudding to the point of pain, my wrist still smarting where it had been struck, I tried to grasp what had happened. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When his arm was as shiny as Mr. Davanzo's bald head, she started over, this time with the left hand, fingers, wrist, forearm, and again...elbow. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I click a tab and go back to the page with the coming-out video of the kid with the spiky bleached-blond hair and the row of rainbow bracelets on both wrists. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Here’s the surprising thing: It’s all in the wrists.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My wrist is numb where they struck me.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The sting of cold metal around his wrists pulls him back to reality. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She approached the egg crate using the correct Egyptian walk, which was done by walking with your shoulders sideways, arms held out from the body and bent sharply at the wrist. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the pain in my wrist had gone, with only a blue mark to remind me of the attack. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hedwig got his attention by nipping him sharply on the wrist. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

At the sight of Peeta’s bloody wrists, I dig in my pocket for the handcuff key, but he jerks away from me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I had Riptide in my pocket The magic shield/ wristwatch Tyson had made for me was on my wrist. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He grabbed her wrist, and the hammer skittered across the cement. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

With a flick of the chief’s wrist, one soldier walks up to a family. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am not one to press my company upon those who do not value it. If Dumbledore chooses to ignore the warnings the cards show —” Her bony hand closed suddenly around Harry’s wrist. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His spindly wrists extend from his over-large cuffs, his hands are long and thin, ragged around the nails, like mine. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wrist was swollen and a bit discolored, but what horrified me was a tiny, evil burn on the underside of the forearm: a cigarette burn, gouged deep and ugly in the flesh. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Its vibrant turquoise-blue kameez is decorated with delicate red embroidery around the neckline and wrists. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“My grandma’s just old,” I said, circling my wrist and lassoing the towel down by my feet. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She wore a long-sleeved leotard, with a big plume of peacock feathers fanning out from her butt area, studded with glittering blue and green sequins and trailing black-sequined feather boas from her wrists. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I pinched my inner wrist to ground myself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I’m free of the cuffs, he offers me a salve for my chafed wrists and then disappears into the back room. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was so heavy and so ungainly, it would be just like him to break a wrist or twist his ankle getting out of the way. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She puts her hand to her heart, and touches her wrists together. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The fingers of one hand clasped loosely around her other wrist. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Pedro Tercero proceeded to untie his bonds, which had been wrapped around his wrists to keep him from pounding on the door. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with that he unwound one end of the silver chain and slipped it around the girl's slim wrist. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She indicated as wide as her wrist and hand. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He fires, but my hands are wrapped around his wrist, so he doesn’t fire straight. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rattleshirt sat scratching at the manacle on his wrist with a cracked yellow fingernail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

You all line up and make an X with your wrists in the air as you pace along to the music. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

With a vicious lunge, he bit Omakayas above the wrist and jumped back, eyes blazing with cowardly triumph. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

We began the lesson with my tortured scales, but he interrupted to put his arm around me, to demonstrate, he said, the proper position of my wrist. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Squaring up required strong wrists and a fine degree of motor control, and Joe just couldn’t seem to get the hang of it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She beckoned to the children, and as they came on tip-toe towards her, she gave a flick of her wrist. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Dad, still sitting on the bench, grabbed Mom’s wrist, but she shook him off. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I try to grab her wrists, but she is too wild. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He’s so skinny that I have an inch around my finger when I put it around his wrist. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The earth had been hard, and she had been hurt—cheek, wrist, ribs, foot—but not nearly as badly as she’d expected. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The ice cube snaked down his arm and found its way to Marigolds wrist, where it promptly wedged itself under her Talent bracelet. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Sue-ellen made you soft. She still associate with that limp wrist Jonathan?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She leaned forward to grasp a microphone someone had put on a stand beside her; she had to reach with both hands, since they were bound together at the wrists. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

After a moment’s hesitation, he braced himself and gripped the man’s wrists. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She rolled up the poster slowly, securing it with one of the elastic bands she always wore around her wrist for tying back her thick, unruly hair, streaked here and there with henna. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But then he felt the strangest thing, and brushed the back of his right wrist across his eyes to find Pantalaimon’s head on his knee. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t go dreaming about a big white flower he’d put on my wrist, and him telling my father he’d bring me home by nine o’clock. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I bounce on my toes and shake my wrists out as I roll my neck from side to side. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, he was aimin’ right, but the gun, I mean, his wrist just wasn’t locked enough,” Genie explained. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

With extreme care he lifted one arm and was relieved to find his hand attached to his wrist. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They clamped the steel handcuffs on his wrists and led him down the hall. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He bound the stump of his wrist tightly with a cloth, and he walked beside the gods back to Asgard, and he kept his own counsel. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She held it up, and for a moment Chip thought she was going to hand it to his father, but she eventually placed it back on her wrist. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

Januka tilts her head to look at the man’s sooty wrist and says, “Oh!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It had been strung up, chained by its wrists and ankles so it made a kind of giant X over the tunnel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, when the sky grew dark, Sister Gladys gave her an injection to make her sleep and to lessen the pain of the broken wrist. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He touches the button on my wrist again, extinguishing my light. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was writhing in terror, trying to bite through the silk rope at her wrist with her teeth, but it was too strong. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing his tale, my heart swelled with pity, and I put my hand upon his wrist; but he shook it off. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Poppy gripped a waiter's wrist and introduced him around the table. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rubbing at the raw skin on his wrists, Cole followed. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

As he waited for it to pass, his eyes went to his left wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I lay flat on my back and the rushing winds tugged at the adinkra charms on my wrist. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A hand closes on my wrist, and piercing cold numbs my arm to the shoulder. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

My fingers drift away from my wrist, and Hideo’s fingers follow. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shay glared up at her from the ground, bloody teeth gritted, her eyes falling to Tally’s bound wrists. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I take the rubber band off my wrist and yank my hair into a ponytail. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

With every word, she put more and more pressure on the Assassin’s wrist, until the joint began to buckle and tears welled in the younger woman’s eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He grabbed my wrist and my body slipped into the familiar posture, head thrust forward, arm coiled around my lower back, wrist folded absurdly onto itself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

‘We could say that Salim got lost in the crowds, that he—’ She let my wrist go. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do not speak to me of his wrists. He was our hope.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

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

His arms were pinned behind him and someone had bound him around the wrists. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought coming home would help me feel better, but now all I could see was my mother’s bare wrists, Fozia’s frightened face, and a baby sister who would never know me. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She seized his wrist, but he broke away from her and walked to the edge of the water. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the headphones wide, hoping to drop them over Jason’s ears, but as my hands come close, his hair tickles the underside of my wrist and surrounds my fingers. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You pull your arm back like this, see? And you have to aim high, and at the last minute snap your wrist like this, see?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

His wrists were tied together behind his back, and his arms were lifted high behind him. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raise my wrist, show him the bracelets. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“We do those little golf claps,” Zach says, demonstrating with his hands stretched far out in front of him and his wrists pressed together. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Some of his men had reached for their swords, but with an easy flick of his wrist he motioned to them to stop. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled away, squeezed his wrist, and got on without a word and didn’t look back. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It had been a little small when she bought it and now the sleeves were high up Ben’s wrists and too much ankle showed between his cuff and his shoe. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn, my hands fumbling at the knots binding his wrists. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

George Atzerodt goes meekly into custody and is soon fitted with wrist shackles, and a ball and chain on his ankle. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She examined her hands, the useless, boneless things dangling off the ends of her wrists. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“What the hell are you doin’?” he demanded, seizing my wrist with one hand and the basket with his other. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Not by the water itself, but by the sheer power to be able to make it flow, and make it stop with the simple flick of the wrist. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Yishan shook his wrist to remove the string, and all watched as the released moon returned to its place in the limitless Heavenly Lake. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

One father wraps his eight-year-old daughter’s favorite hair band around his wrist. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Her long hair and her thin wrists and her green eyes. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She wound her bracelet around her wrist again, fingering the knotted red thread, the three sparkly silver beads. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I dart in front of him and the belt cracks against my wrist, wrapping around it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

As I stepped off the ramp, I tapped a keypad on my right wrist. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t been there when I brought Charles home, and she looked like she’d just got out of bed herself: tousle-haired, no lipstick, wearing a gray wool sweater that came down past her wrists. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She grabs me by the wrist, tugs me forward. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re sitting watching TV and suddenly you discover a wasp crawling on your wrist.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

"Wrap it around your wrist until you need it. Like that. There you go. But you've a pocket in your tunic, under there, see?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

An expensive gold watch hung loosely on his wrist. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He pulls out his palmphone—he’s not rich enough for one of those fancy wrist things—but strangely, there’s no service. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Daisy saw it and took me by the wrist. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A slimy white hand had gripped his wrist, and the creature to whom it belonged was pulling him, slowly, backward across the rock. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Milkman turned his wrist and looked down to see what time it was. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached up and grabbed his wrist with her hands. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

So he bowed his head and bit his tongue as the chains were fixed, wrist to wrist, wrist to ankle, ankle to ankle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Private Cudjo chafed the gentleman’s wrists so they bled, and then tied them fast, that it might appear he had been subject to all the indignities of martial harrassment. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Two arms clasp her and she is able to rest her cheek on her own shoulder while her wrists cross behind his neck. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held up the smooth, tapered stump of her wrist and said, “I don’t mind. Have an ogle.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She pushed her sleeve up to show her father the tattoo that was now visible on the surface of her scarred wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The gruff cop pointed first to a hairy stretch of wrist beyond his uniform's cuff, then to his pink, hairless palm. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Her arms were wrenched behind her, and iron shackles with heavy, rusty chains between them were snapped onto her wrists, holding them there. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she let go of my wrist, she looked up at me and said, “Thank you, Connor. You are a gentleman.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those with fractured ribs and wrists or serious head wounds were sent to Good Samaritan Hospital several blocks away. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple grabbed his wrist and pulled him across the street. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My mom reached over and touched me on the wrist and said, “You’re safe.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the sound of his foot walloping the ball, and then I felt it smack against my right wrist. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kelley would do a “cut down,” using his scalpel to cut quickly and firmly into the flesh at the wrist or ankle to locate the vein—without cutting through it—to insert the needle. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

In his chariot drawn by coal-black steeds he rose up through a chasm in the earth, and grasping the maiden by the wrist set her beside him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

While others wear orchids, the corsage on her wrist is a small sunflower. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward, ready to grab that same wrist, to shut the pig down cold, hard, and fast. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She looked very pretty indeed, in robes of shocking pink, with her long dark plait braided with gold, and gold bracelets glimmering at her wrists. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

His father called it the wounded duck but to Ben the hand and wrist took on the shape of a cobra prepared to strike. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the string in both hands, but still fastened to my wrist, I braced my feet on the slippery rock and leaned backwards. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their blond curls were all a fashionable tumble, and gold ornaments shone at wrists and fingers and throats. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He took one of the laces and wrapped it around his wrist a few times, and the metal points stuck together. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When he got up to it he saw that it was a human hand severed at the wrist. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Once they were gone, L looked down at my new wrist- watch. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he saw her — his sister, no shadow; her arms reached up the trembling car hood, the rough motor endowing her fine fingers, her knobby wrists, with strangely nervous life. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which I can't, they're numb and bloated from the rope cutting into my wrists, and finally I stop trying and just sit there letting my eyes open up in the dark. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fern looped the watch around her arm so the face sat on her wrist instead of dangling downward, like usual. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“That road,” said our mother, bemused, gesturing with a lazy bent wrist out the window. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles grabbed my wrist and pulled me out of the room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

You could see them in the bull-neck, in the big shoulders, in the thick arms, in the sinewy wrists and in the powerful legs. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Mrs. Croft had ever seen a woman in a sari, with a dot painted on her forehead and bracelets stacked on her wrists. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

His thighs became quite short A web of skin grew from his wrists to his shoulders, while his primary feathers burst out In soft blue quills from the ends of his fingers and quickly grew. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My wrist still hurt where he’d grabbed me, his grip was so tight. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I point to Dad’s left wrist, which is wrapped in an Ace bandage. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She clasped her hands in supplication to the heavens; she presented her wrists crossed, as if manacled. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the old man fell silent, Capricorn carefully pulled the sleeve of his jacket down over his wrist and brushed a speck of fluff off his arm. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I did as she asked, the cold water dripping off the tips of my fingers and running down my wrist. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Charles wiped his brow with the back of his free wrist. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I could still feel the tape around my wrists, see the smooth patches where it had torn the hair from my arms, and my groin ached when I took a deep breath. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He bared his wrist, and offered it to me: the blood was forsaking his cheek and lips, they were growing livid; I was distressed on all hands. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

So I yanked one of Needles's socks off his foot, and wrapped it tight around his wrist. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He could stand no more, but as she withdrew the water pot, he raised a hand toward her wrist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“But I like it,” she said, glancing at her wrist. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Plates of dark armor clip into place around my wrist, then cover my forearms, then creep up to my shoulders. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We each had him by one wrist and were holding him clear off the ground. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike the watch on his wrist, the pocket watch, he had explained to me, was set to the local time in Dacca, eleven hours ahead. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was muttering angrily in Polish and Yiddish, untying the strings from my wrists, her eyes darting toward the hall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Iron fingers caught her by the wrist before she could fall, and a deep voice rasped at her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Whatever had my wrist had the strength of Timothy’s arms. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a skinny little weak-looking guy, with wrists about as big as pencils. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I always play well when I start out in a bad mood, for some reason, plus I had been practicing so much that my wrists were just superquick. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two p tliccmen who sat to either side of him took his arms and locked his wrists to theirs. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm X said, glancing again at his wrist watch, “Make it half an hour.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to plead his case to the police officer as he closed the second cuff on Wes’s eight- year-old wrists. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Momma lit a match and grabbed Byron by the wrist and said, “Put your finger out.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She handed him the comics, then tugged nervously at the green ribbon wound round her wrist. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I carry one of Maya’s shoes, and the other one dangles from her wrist by the strap. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Her figure faults were gone, the too bony elbow having fleshed out nicely; the opposite pudgy wrist could not have been trimmer. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie was sitting on the edge of his bed, fiddling with something on his wrist. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Jon knocked his sword from his fingers with a slash to his wrist that brought a cry of pain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

This is such a familiar phrase that she should have it tattooed on her wrist, or maybe over her heart. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She lets go and I rub my wrist. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Ten prisoners were seated along benches that ran the wagon’s length, their wrists and feet shackled, black sacks over their heads. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Now he's got hold of my hand at the wrist, and he's shaking it up and down under the light. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“You think too much,” Kaede murmured, and she pulled Taisin’s hand from her hair and kissed her bare wrist, pushing back the sleeve of her tunic. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He shook Mr. Trepid’s hand, but, noticing the red rash on Mr. Trepid’s hand and wrist, the salesman cut short the handshake. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Fastened together in groups of six, the wrists, ankles, and necks of each captive were painfully connected to the person on either side. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teasing, tormenting, as cold as a dead hand closing on my wrist. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia shrugged and fiddled with the thin gold bracelet on her wrist. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Anyone with an elbow on the table might suddenly feel his wrist seized, raised and jerked downward so that his elbow hit the table hard enough to make the dishes dance. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She's applied lipstick and eye pencil, twisted a dozen golden bangles on each wrist, strung two necklaces around her throat, and selected a pair of dangly earrings. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her stepmother reached up and grasped Ash’s right wrist in a bruising grip and said, “Careful, now. Is that any way to treat your mistress?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Stitch in Time stood tall, snaking the yellow measuring tape over her shoulder and jabbing the offending needle into the pumpkin-shaped pincushion affixed to her wrist. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was bent at the wrist and held close to her chest. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I looked at my wrist even though I didn’t have a watch on. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He grabs the woman's wrist, yanking her forward so she loses her balance. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I seized his wrist before he could bolt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Aunt Lena had rich lines of multicolored rainbow thread wrapped around her wrists. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His hands felt like leathery claws as they slipped around my wrist like handcuffs. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I named you once, I think,” he said, and then strode to his house and entered, bearing the bird still on his wrist. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her chains were transferred to her wrists again, and the horses were refreshed and reloaded. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He automatically held a wrist out to each, wondering for a moment if they wanted to handcuff him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We start to cut across the parking lot toward our ragwort stalks when a guy about our age touches my arm, warm fingers closing just above my wrist. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Werfel almost tumbled off, but Spurge grabbed his wrist. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Mia shook the dish towel out with a quick snap of her wrist. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Where does Coach think you are this time?” he asked as he ran his fingertips across the bracelet circling her wrist. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

One of the women was holding her wrists. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Proclaiming her constitutional rights as the police seized her wrists that day, she had objected not just to the seating plan on the bus but to the overall injustice of segregation. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He reached a hand up and grabbed a thread, flicking his wrist up and throwing monster back in Ivan’s face. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She grabbed Mama by the wrist and pulled her toward the back of the house, putting all her weight into tugging her mother along with one hand. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The water moved from the center of his stomach to his legs, to his arms, to his ankles, to his wrists, to his toes, and to his fingers. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A dense swampy mist seeped out of the bag, and her wrists were bound with several loops of twine. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She's got narrow shoulders and slender arms with delicate wrists, graceful hands with long, thin fingers. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Philip would go up, his legs would come together beautifully, the arm and wrist motion was pure, but something was not there. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The fingers trailed after her leading wrist, and her little finger stuck out grandly from the rest. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two men stretched his arms out, as though about to crucify him; they placed a foot on each of his wrists, making them sink deep down in the snow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then, tilting his wrist, he watched the blood cross back, no thicker, no more vibrant, than that of a chicken. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spinning out wasn’t much worse than having your dad swing you around by the wrists when you were little. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I imagine him laughing, pressing quarters into our palms, pulling presents for us from his bag, thick gold bracelet flashing at his wrist. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Bast eyed the color of his cheeks, smelled his breath, and lightly touched his forehead, his wrist, and the hollow of his throat above his heart. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on his wrist, lightly. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches for them, but instead of taking the bag, his hand closes around my wrist. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The idea was that if you learned to land on tensed forearms and elbows, you wouldn’t hurt yourself—wouldn’t break a wrist, wouldn’t bang your nose on the floor, etc. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His little hands swiveled at the wrists, his fingers snapped, and his head swung side to side like a pendulum. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cramming the last bit of knish in my mouth, I took Yakov by the wrist and pulled him closer. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was staring at his wrist, the graceful way it came out of his sleeve. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed Twig’s wrist and we ran out of the bathroom. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He took his eyeglasses off and rubbed his eyes with his wrist. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I grabbed her wrist and yanked her away from the game. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Kamal reaches out at last and takes my hand in his, his thumb against my wrist, on my pulse. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes flashed silver, like the twists in her hair and the beads around her wrists and ankles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But that night, he grabbed her by the wrists and shoved her on the bed, only—he said later—to make her come to her senses. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex’s hand gropes across the space between them under the table, and the moment his fingertips catch on the back of Henry’s wrist, Henry’s hand is gripping his, hard. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Pong held his wrist out over the monk's chest. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Now, remember, keep your elbows a little bent and your wrist tight for the kickback. Aim at the can, and when you got it, squeeze the trigger.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He attacked again, stabbing this time, but she trapped his wrist with her knife and pinned his arm, slashing him once across the abdomen. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I held out the handkerchief and my wrists. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It went down to her mid-waist, and her wrists stuck out. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Just as I squirmed away, she grabbed my wrist. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ron, you’re making it snow,” said Hermione patiently, grabbing his wrist and redirecting his wand away from the ceiling from which, sure enough, large white flakes had started to fall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The moment I did, his free hand shot out, and with a speed that belied his bulk, he grabbed me by my wrist and held me with the strength of stone. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I got there, several debils were holding her down by her wrists and ankles. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry said, keeping a firm hold on Dobby's wrist to stop him from hitting himself with the water jug again. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Later, as he grasped the still-warm ankles and walked, with Harrison holding the wrists, to the shallow grave at the bottom of the orchard, he did not once look directly at it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

An oversize watch hung loosely from her wrist. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Joaquin brought his hands up to hold on to Jessica’s wrists, and she ran her thumbs under his eyes and then kissed the top of his head. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He just ran his thumb along the veins in her wrist. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It was several weeks later and Nhamo’s wrist had nearly healed, but she still had it bound tightly in a bandage. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was”—I glanced at my wrist—“nine hours and twelve minutes ago.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then he releases my wrist, takes the apples, and says, “Choose wisely, little girl.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She saw that he wore a bracelet of braided leather on his right wrist, and that his arm, bare above the bracelet, was sinewy and muscular. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they doubted the existence of Special Circumstances, Tally showed them the plastic handcuff bracelets still encircling her wrists, and invited them to try to cut the cuffs off. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Ronny shakes his wrist and turns his attention to the pot. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her hands closed tight on my wrists, colder than the snow, stronger than steel. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Holding her left wrist with her right hand, she lifted the left arm up in a J-movement, pulling away from the body. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She took the bottle with one hand and his wrist with the other and pulled him into the pantry. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His cheeks were pale and sunken, and bandages covered his wrists. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept telling myself not to think about the wrist, and I kept thinking about it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s dressed for work in a crisp shirt and tie, a fancy watch flashing at his wrist. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The watch had been replaced on my wrist, but it looked odd. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Because the moment the snag closes around my wrist, the line jerks me over the side and the next thing I know I’m flying out of the boat and into the water. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

For accessories, we got a black leather band for one wrist and about two dozen silver bangles for the other. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swung her around by the wrists and said, “Jeez, it’s like a movie. Can you believe we’re in London? Everything we know is on the other side of the ocean.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Escóndete,” she said with a half-hearted flick of her wrist, and the phone hid itself away in her drawer. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Coarse rope bound my wrists over my head, the fibers gnawing into the skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His knuckles weren’t scarred and swollen like theirs, but his wrists were marked and the palms of his hands were callused. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He glanced at his wrists, red and scabbing; his back was stiff; his legs were sore; his fingers were swollen, but not broken. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

With a heavy exhale, I grab at one of her wrists, and I notice that spots are dancing at the corners of my eyes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She clutched her wrist to her chest and struggled to her feet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

"Not much. Needles will be fine. His wrist is sprained and bruised pretty bad, but the bone didn't break, thank goodness," Kim said. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I grabbed her wrist and shook my head. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He holds his tray awkwardly, balanced on his fingertips since his wrists are shackled with a short chain between them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

If I were to give a bracelet to you, now, I would measure your wrist twice. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He then positioned the fingers of her other hand on the wood before lightly gripping her wrist. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I can see Beatrice, dear friendly tactless Beatrice, watching me from her partner’s arms, nodding encouragement, the bangles jangling on her wrists, the veil slipping continually from her over-heated forehead. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I brushed my wrist over my eyes so he wouldn’t see me crying. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I turn her wrist over and trace the veins. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I shift, and my arms rise to cover what I can, but Coop catches my wrists. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

In the midst of all this soft chiming, one girl held out her wrist to her friends, like a lady recommending a perfume. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I note the width of his right wrist, note that his fist is probably as large as my whole face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My wrists sting from the plastic tie the guard squeezed around them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I had a split lip and a bruised wrist, the latter inflicted upon myself when my swing at Kim’s shoulder missed her and landed squarely on the pole of the volleyball net. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the front porch, she grabbed my wrist and I almost jumped out of my skin. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Quincy reached up and grab hold of my wrists. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Unsteadily, his gaze locked on mine, he leaned over and caught hold of my wrist. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Two of them wore beaded headwraps, and the third had bead bracelets around the wrists and ankles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then Elnora made me remove my clothing, and she examined all my limbs and fingered the heartbeat in my wrist. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then at last he held out his thin, hairy wrist and showed him his watch. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’d begun to back away when he seized my wrist and folded it, curling my fingers and palm into a spiral. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As we walked, we examined the rope marks on our wrists and laughed about what had happened to avoid crying. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy took my wrist and felt my pulse. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The fingers of Pong's right hand wandered absentmindedly to his left wrist, the way they still did whenever he thought of his life on the run. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The mate had his wrist and banged his hand over and over on the rail, trying to make him release it, but they both held on. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Having never done things before, she was entranced by these small satisfactions; she was astounded when, pausing at the sink, a door of sun opening and shutting on her wrist, she realized — yes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found a chair against the wall, sat down, took a deep breath, and then slid the point of the needle under the skin on the inside of his wrist. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tied one end of the clothesline to the penguin’s fat throat and the other to his own wrist. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mitch: Dad found out that she broke her wrist and had a cut on her head that took three stitches. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dab on the wrists, a dab on the elbows, and a dab behind the ears. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Kayode said, “I’m coming,” and left to find out what was wrong, and in the new silence, Ginika fiddled with the metal bangle that encircled her wrist. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He arrived home with bone jutting out of his wrist, and I screamed and nearly fainted at the sight. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

His good hand was clamped tight around her wrist. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She wiggled both wrists like she was turning two doorknobs, excited. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The girls touch the beads around my neck, the red beads at my wrist, the shiny blouse, the soft anaco fabric, the ribbon wrapped around my ponytail. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A three-inch gash runs from the fleshy part of my thumb to my wrist. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

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

I put on the longest string of beads, which were blue, and a pair of blue bracelets, which exactly fitted my wrists, and walked down the shore, admiring myself. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the nifflers had suddenly leapt up and attempted to bite Pansy Parkinson’s watch off her wrist. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Jule stepped in and opened a perfume bottle, put some on, and rubbed her wrists together. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I get up to leave, but she grabs my wrist and squeezes, forcing my hand to open. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Papa and the judge made a seat by catching each other’s wrists. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knelt down and used the knife to cut the bonds on his legs, then the ones that held his wrists to the chair. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“How about the tattoos on your wrist?” asks Alyssa’s brother, pointing to the words peeking out from beneath my sleeve. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

How glorious it was, to be so wanted, and by this man with the rakish metal band around his wrist and the cleft-chinned handsomeness of models in department store catalogues. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And now, avoiding the red, oily nails I gripped her wrists and pulled her up, toward the door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He continued, showing her the perfection of wrist, ankle, neck, collarbone—all the thresholds he could reach. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My books dropped to the floor, and before I knew it I was holding on to her hands, gripping the wrists tight. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Dr. Fiona placed a gentle hand on my wrist and sighed. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She could do nothing as hands found her wrists and bound them together with a rope that chafed against her skin. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She flicked her wrist and a ball of angry red flame sprang to life. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They could hardly feel as much of each other as I had felt when Vivian had touched my bare wrist. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is your map glowing brighter? Maybe it works like a homing device...” said Mini, poking at the “sprig of youth” design on her wrist. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lydia snorted, grabbed his wrist, and pulled it back down to the handlebars. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Manman had taken my hand and pushed it into the river, no farther than my wrist. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He reaches his hand out to touch my wrist, and my skin comes alive. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His wrists were bruised and bloody where the chain cut into him, but the cuffs were too tight. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I convulsed, arching my body and ripping my wrist away from Shawn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The boatman nods to my mother and taps his wrist, to signal time to get off. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Davos stumbled across a muddy yard with his hands bound at the wrists. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Nina was twisting her wrist in a roiling motion, sending waves of nausea through the woman’s system. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I got my bayonet out and cut it in half, then scraped it off my wrist. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t put up much of a fight at first, but then she tries to wrestle me, so I grab her wrists and pin her arms with my elbows, and we kiss. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a miracle Vonetta made it from New Jersey to Atlanta without picking on Fern, and a bigger miracle that Fern’s watch still hung from her puny wrist. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He remembered how he had begun the journey, with his wrists bound and a hood pulled down over his head, and decided that this was a definite improvement. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The hands that held her wrists were trembling. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the strings of the bow guard unravel and the bare air blow across his exposed wrist. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He is a tall brown man with a watch on his wrist that says he could buy all of the art at this auction and not miss a dime. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I twirl the strap of Max's backpack around my wrist and pull so the strap presses into my skin. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As we head to the platform, I grip my wrist like someone has cut me with a knife. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He gave a fluid snap of his wrist, and the leather coil lashed forward with a fearsome crack, catching me across the back of the hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Osh pulled the rope taut and wound it next around one wrist and then, fast as he could, the other, cinching the two together, the rope surely burning and pinching as he worked. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But instead of giving it to me, she put it down and grabbed my wrist. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But then she looks at my bracelet-less wrist, and then her face totally changes. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Well, tell me what you do want, Dad. A new watch or—” “Mare, I do not consider something you stole off someone’s wrist to be new.” Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s good, Robert. You gave your wrist a bit of a twist at the end, though, which is why it went off-course. Try to lock it steady, like your elbow.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He stops talking, flexes his wrist, and grimaces. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Two types of the wrist shackles used on the Lincoln assassination conspirators. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The cap’n already had the woman shackled at the ankles and the wrists. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

His white hands lay palms down on either side of him, and the sinews from knuckle to wrist were tight drawn. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had by the wrist the kid Brandon, who was twisting and trying furiously to get away. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We lay them on Charlotte: on her wrists, beneath her neck, and on the top of her head near the small wound. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He remembered the feel of the gravel through his thin-soled shoes, he could feel it now, and the icy touch of the handcuffs on his wrists. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s for my heart, they would say, unstrapping sopped Rolexes from their hairy wrists. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diego glanced at my jeans, and I fumbled with them but couldn’t button them because my wrist was swollen and useless. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She pulled her forebear off her wrist and switched it from a shield to its normal hover mode. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I stepped inside his strike and grabbed his wrist, slamming it against the wall. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

One woman stuck her hand out of a carriage and let a man cut the bracelet from her wrist in exchange for a loaf of bread. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her wrist is broken, the bone jutting out against the skin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She hands me a cup of spicy cayenne tea and another sliver of chocolate, and adds a leech to each wrist. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She tested the chain about her wrist, but it was tight and fast, and she could neither slip from it nor break it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

On each of their wrists gleamed a heavy gold watch. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“We need to stamp the inside of your wrist with your ID number.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She held up her wrist; on it he made out a small dark bruise. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She sees it all—the red scratch on the underside of Kat’s wrist as Kat hands her the Meg Gillian book, the brown and blue shine of the cover. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

That night he cut his wrists with his razor and he was found in the morning by his landlady, his eyes staring upward with no light, dead among the scarlet sheets. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She flew back at him with both fists flailing and bloodied his mouth with a solid punch before he was able to grab her wrists and hold her still. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Curled up like a Polish sausage, a rope cutting his wrists, he laughed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll have to pardon Miss Bloom,” said Miss Peregrine as I rubbed at my chafed wrists. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The bracelets on his wrists and ankles jangled. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Finally, Tallow lifted her gun, looped her rabbit snares around her wrists and set out to hunt, now with more urgency than ever. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She reached over and gently held his wrist. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He gives me a bone-white corsage for my wrist, and Mom helps me pin a boutonniere to the lapel of his tux. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I pick up a stone and toss it into the street, trying to mimic his bionic wrist movement and after three pathetic tries, my whole thinking flips over. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She grabbed his wrists and pressed upward to release the tension. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

After a few rotations, Tally found herself being lowered to the grass by her wrists, dizzy but in one piece. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a magnificent pink silk wrapper with lace at the wrists and throat. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light was gone, but it had etched something onto her wrist that had never been erased, just hidden for years: the indigo ink of a Namwon tattoo. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Aru touched the image of the first key, the blossoming twig on her wrist. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

The woman found a neck, the man a wrist, and each made a quick backward stab with a heel. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Arcadio grabbed her by the wrist and tried to pull her into the hammock. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He pressed the back of his wrist against his bleeding lip and then held his arm out and showed me the blood on his wrist. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were nothing special to look at, but she could slip a bracelet from a woman’s wrist with a touch as soft as a breath. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He stroked the smooth skin of her wrists. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s lips parted, and his mouth, his chin, the veins in his neck, the joining of his bones, his shoulder and arm and wrist all turned into light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The policeman caught him by the wrist and led him back to the cot. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“A snare. Grab his wrist at any point during the game. It will cut through his security and expose his data for you.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he brought Nathan’s arm behind him and put a handcuff on his wrist. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

"This man . . . look at the wrist, it's all . . . crusty . . . dry . . . like . . ." Jon saw at once what Sam meant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“The left, then the right. Below the ankle. You will have stumps available to use within six months. Then your hands, at the wrist. They heal somewhat quicker. Five months is a fair average.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lourdes lifts her dead father’s gnarled hands, his papery, spotted wrists. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My wrist is killing me from writing all day,” she said. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They watched police officers haul migrants by the hair or twist their wrists behind their backs, the “manita de puerco, ” before throwing them into the back of their pickup trucks. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He had hold of my wrists, too, so I couldn't take another sock at him. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was a wonder she managed to keep that watch on her puny wrist. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She wrapped the dangling ends of the rosary around my wrist. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She held my wrist in the same place. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as soon as she did, my dad threw her wrists back at her in disgust. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

When he got to the top of the steps, Hickey turned around so the hangman could bind his wrists behind him. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, she has my wrist in an iron grip. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Silver chains loop around their wrists like bracelets, and jeweled collars tether them to high-backed chairs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He rubbed her wrist softly now and then with the pad of his thumb. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My mom would slap my wrist and tell me to stop fidgeting. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I tense and close my fists around his wrists, intending to hang on if he tries to throw me again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He took my wrists in his hands and pushed me away, and those were the words he said. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The last thing I remember is an exquisitely beautiful greenand-silver moth landing on the curve of my wrist. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He felt the tickle of her braids against his wrist and squeezed ever so gently, aware that she was so tiny he could strangle her with very little effort. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would go to the water fountain in the corridor and let cold water run over my wrists, chilling my blood, hoping in that way to keep awake. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tapped her wrist and her silver chains transformed— flattening and expanding into a huge shield. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

When we heard her screams and throes in the night, when her wrists were bound with ropes and stinging poultices pressed upon her, we named her in our prayers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She pulled the chain over her head, wrapping it around her wrist, and went to the closest door. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I could scarcely move, scarcely breathe, without breaking my own wrist. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As Katz raced past me, I seized hold of the rope tethering my wrists to the pipe overhead and swung myself forward, kicking out with both my feet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Tlie ruby on his wrist glimmered in the morning light like a dim red star. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I asked as I tried in vain to loosen the ropes at my wrists. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She lets her parrot hop onto her wrist and looks at it instead of me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She did, and a moment later felt the cold steel of the officer’s handcuffs on her wrists. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He slips around my wrist a tag, purple, on an elastic band, like the tags for airport luggage. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reads the ultraviolet barcode on the inside of everyone’s wrist and marks each internee as present, flashing our camp mug shots for a moment on the scanner’s screen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A smudge of paint on the back of one wrist. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As he grabbed it, he noticed the thin metal bracelet around her wrist. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Both also wore amulets dangling from one wrist, to protect them from khefts. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The sharp sound as the gloves snapped into place against his wrists seemed ominous to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He demonstrated, dangling it from his wrist by its drawstrings and swinging it in circles, childlike. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His actions weren’t his own, but his thoughts were, and as he moved to grab Minya by the wrists, he was surprised to find himself conflicted. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He grabs my wrist and wrenches me back. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He raised his hands and I saw that his arms were tied up with heavy chains that were dangling off of his wrists. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon flew high, and swooped back to her wrist in his owl form. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were shining as a twist of her wrist sent the glider dipping and then rising. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even with her eyes glued to the road, Dolores could tell that Marigold was spinning that red bracelet of hers around her wrist in the way she did when she was upset. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Which meant she really had to reach for his wrist, to pull his hand into hers. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Oh, to paint those symbols with a slight brush and a quick turn of the wrist and to make a clear black mark as fragile as a piece of a butterfly wing! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could still feel the bite of the fetterlings on my wrists. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The hard metal of her handcuffs dug into Finn’s wrist, but he just clutched her hand tighter. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She apparently thinks Annabelle might use the shears to slash her wrists or something, which might be an understandable assumption. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I run my fingers over the invisible barcode on the inside of my wrist. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

My free hand is clipped into the handcuffs that are still hanging off the other wrist. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

All I care about is getting the line off my wrist and kicking back up to where there’s air. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

From the slender wrists of these girls, tiny silver charms were chiming together. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My wrists were secured by a rope to one of them. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He freed one of his hands, released my wrist, only to gather it carefully into his other hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My wrist was definitely broken, and I probably had a concussion. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He releases my wrists, and the hurt look is back. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The little one was wearing the watch—it dangled around his twiggy wrist. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny had a black eye, a lame shoulder, a tom shirt, a bite in his wrist—that was the butcher’s wife’s mother; she had good teeth for seventy. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a tree had wrapped its roots around my wrist. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He says something and then reaches across and grabs her wrist. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. F didn't say a whole lot as she drove me to my dorm, but she made me promise to go by the infirmary and get some cold packs for my swollen wrists. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And she had held my wrist and said thank you each time, and one time she had not even bothered saying it out loud but had just lip-synced. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His warm brown hand wrapped around her wrist. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He makes a last effort by twisting my wrist. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The fetters chafed at her wrists and at her pride. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I kept pulling them up to my wrist, and tried to keep my fingers spread out so they wouldn’t slide back down. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Nor do they notice when it snaps in two within his fist, black ink seeping down his wrist. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I find her wrist and tap the bracelet. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She slipped the bracelet off her wrist and inspected it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It bunches on the curbstone, wrists crossed, and hides its smile under a wide-brim hat. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hand clamped around her wrist like a vise and yanked her through the doorway with such force that she lost her balance. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Adam touched her wrist with his finger, and her fingers moved a little in reflex. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled Nathan's other arm behind him and handcuffed his wrists together. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When he was certain that Uncle Jet wasn’t watching him, he tied the bow guard back onto his wrist and walked to the edge of the light of the light post. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He pulls four fluorescent orange wristbands from his vest pocket and fastens them around our wrists. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Sit up!” she’d shout, and clap her hands, and I would, with my little arms up in front of my face and my wrists curled down like paws. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped to his knees and checked the wrist for a pulse, then dropped the arm back to the ground. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She picked up my wrist to inspect my new bangle. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Not coming here in the first place— that seemed like an obvious choice—but my bare wrist, which makes it impossible for me to know how long I have been sitting in this room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I grab for his wrist until my hand finally closes around it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

With one hand he held her wrist, the bundle of bedclothes under his arm; with the other he beat off the clinging filmy spider webs that came thick onto his lips and eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He scratched the stump of his wrist nervously. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music morphs into another song, and Biker Lady turns to me and says, “Come on! Show me what you got!” and grabs my wrist and drags me out to the floor. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Even though white plastic circles my wrists, pulling my hands behind my back, tight, I keep my head high. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He held me by my wrists and moved away from me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were wide and terrified as the crazily rolling beam of light struck his face; the handcuffs slid back and forth on his wrists as he reached back for his older brother. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to make sure he still had his wrist wrapped up tight and that after he left the bathroom, he went right back to bed to rest up. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She extended a wrist towards Ifemelu’s father, her thin gold bracelet hung unclasped. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When she returned with the water, she had a red umbrella hooked over her wrist. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They put a bag-like hood over Shadow’s head, and bound his wrists and ankles with tape, and put him in the back of a truck, and drove him away. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Its face was much too large for her slender wrist “You were at choir practice,” she said matter-of-factly. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

A thick cuff of white string bracelets circled his left wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She stumbled and fell onto her back, where her weight stretched the cuffs painfully across her wrists. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Air wraps around my ankles and wrists as the wind gushes up, like a geyser. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The princess toyed with one of the gold bangles around her wrist. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then he made a cross with his arms, intersecting at the wrists. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Still lying on the floor, Candice ran her fingers along the thin, battered aluminum bracelet circling her wrist. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he drew it so tight about his wrist that it hurt. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than being grabbed by the wrists and jerked up from her seat with belongings flying everywhere, Rosa Parks stood up. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The woman was holding her wrist and timing the pains with a watch. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her hand shook a little, holding his wrist. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's no way to explain our street clothes, Max's wireless head, or why our security bands are in a drawer instead of on our wrists. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Axel hopes that when Byrd leans close, placing her hand on Frank’s wrist, she will say, “No, Frank, those are for my buttervore.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When I pulled their gags, they both shouted questions but I paid no attention, unrolling them from the wet sheets and unbinding their wrists and ankles. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her ankles and wrists were as thick as posts. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The size of her hands and wrists makes his head and back look giant. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to make it funny I told her that I had been hit in the leg and the wrist and now I was laying up getting fat. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pretended to check a nonexistent watch on his wrist. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He flicked his wrist impatiently, gesturing for Shin to hurry up and disappear into the woods. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It had lost most of its hair, and its hands were thin and overlarge on its wrists. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t wait until his wrist was big enough to wear it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He yelped in pain, and she grabbed his wrists and pinned his arms to the floor. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Tally pulled off one crash bracelet and rubbed her wrist. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

My pulse whacked a furious beat in my wrists and ears, I could almost feel my body bouncing as I sat there with my back against the tree. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He managed to raise his weak right hand to hold the wrist of my hand that was on his side. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

For a long time he felt the sharp pain of her fingernails biting into his wrists. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When they wanted him to go from one place to another, they caught him by the wrist and led him; he went without resistance, walking always with dragging feet, head down. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When it comes closer, I cut the tie around Caleb’s wrists with a pocketknife and keep a firm hold on his arm. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Strike these chains from my wrists, I beg you. Let me ride. I will attempt no escape.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

Benny opened the box and pulled out the corsage, then slipped it around Isa’s wrist. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Werfel put a warning hand on Spurge’s wrist—but Spurge continued, “I am a representative of the Elf King! His Majesty, may he live forever, is a direct descendant of King Degravaunt.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes to find a small gray mouse perched on his elbow, working its way toward his wrist. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Mum reached out and put a hand on Aunt Gloria’s wrist. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tapped his wrist where there was no watch. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Cole lay motionless as the skittish mouse ventured across his forearm and sniffed at his wrist, then inched onto his upturned palm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When Ole arrived he bobbled his cane from hand to hand before settling on the expediency of hanging it from his wrist. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I looped the bracelet around my wrist and studied the silver and gold charms. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The rope near the mouth bound the shark like a rubber band around a fat wrist, separating the head from the rest of the body. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He once again holds Lincoln’s hand, simultaneously using his index finger to feel for a pulse on Lincoln’s wrist. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Director went suddenly pale, stopped struggling and stood, his hands on her wrists, staring down at her, horrified. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave the Assassin’s wrist one last wrench and released her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Pick it up, I said. There’s no point to this . . .” The nurse reached under the cover for Shadrack’s wrist to pull out the monstrous hand. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I take Daddy’s hankie and wipe my forehead, press salted ice to my wrists. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“No two faces are ever the same,” Catherine said, her wrist moving quickly back and forth across the pad. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

In the darkness, her fingers found her wrist. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I remove the leeches from my wrist and Amber's, and pluck out the others in the jar. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Maria reached for it again, and he grabbed her wrist quite hard. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He buckled the watch onto his wrist and then returned to fitting on his shoes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The endless washing of dishes and scrubbing of floors and wiping of windows was the kind of repetitious work that aggravated the pain in her hands and wrists. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And in the warm water I cut my wrists. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She grabs my wrist and I yank away, pulling her off-balance. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He put the top half of the shackle on the man’s wrist and locked it down. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Molly,” said Mr. Jaggers, not looking at her, but obstinately looking at the opposite side of the room, “let them see both your wrists. Show them. Come!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

My wrists hurt from the plastic tie cutting into my skin. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And rainbows of ribbons on her wrists and ankles and neckle and in her hair. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

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

Biter was flinging himself against the chains, blood running down his arms from where the irons clasped his wrists. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Marie asks, wiping sweat from her forehead with the back of her wrist. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

They were small ashes, which at some time had been cut down and had sprouted up again into a forest of poles, none of them thicker than one’s wrist. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He put his fingers on Derek’s wrist, but couldn’t find the pulse—but when he checked his own he couldn’t find that either. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The edge of the black knife had snicked his arm, and then slid down to his wrist. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I pull my sleeve down over my wrist. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sure Wilcox, yeah, with a bust wrist, course I will.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The Lucy bracelet is still around his wrist. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He sighs and I realize he’ll never feel the thrill of breaking the surface, fist raised, mud dripping down his wrist. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that it would take was a touch of my wrist- watch. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I find a gun tucked under her hip, where she fell on her own wrist. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But often he would uncork the bottle of Agua Florida and touch the stopper to the lobes of his ears or to his wrists. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, something grabbed her by the wrists and yanked her up cruelly, spinning her in the air. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Werfel grabbed Spurge by the skinny wrist and yanked him up out of the trash. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She was shrinking back into her emaciated body, shoulders slumped, wrists limp. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

One thick, bluish hand grabbed Sierra’s left wrist. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He reached across the table and seized both of her wrists. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

That night, Nathan finished tying the bow guard on his wrist. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sefia tried to run to him, but a cold hand grabbed her wrist, stopping her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

His legs were securely bound, but his arms were only tied about the wrists, and his hands were in front of him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Hands grabbed my wrists and pried my hands from my face, compelling me to bend over. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of her wrists sagged to the table, followed shortly by the other. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Something better than “crawl through a slot that’s barely wide enough for your wrist.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I felt my left wrist begin to throb as I caught the throw from the catcher. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He fumbles to hold both my wrists in one hand. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” he said, on her wrist a moment later; “it’s Lord Asriel, and he’s lashing his dogs on furiously, and there’s a boy in the bade....” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I reach back and grab his wrist, but he’s too strong and my forehead smacks into the wall. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She slips her hand from his wrist, slides it back into her own lap. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I smiled and, keeping my arms raised, wiggled my left wrist. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

With my eyes I followed my right arm, top part, elbow, bottom part, wrist, hand. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Using her walking stick as a prod, she pushed the man away and wrenched her wrist free from his grasp. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if the adinkra bracelet tingling on my wrist was to be trusted, I’d need my people in my corner again real soon. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She caught Boots’s wrist and ran her fingers over the silky, light brown skin. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wiped my nose on my forearm and saw a ruddy streak from my wrist to my elbow. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

All four got down on their knees, pulling rope and knives, cutting a branch the width of a wrist, tying it and binding it for the long walk back. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the wrist snap he worried about most before a game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she speaks she wedges her hands under her legs and presses forward into them until her wrists turn red. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

T was the only one who knew the truth about how I broke my wrist in seventh grade. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sensing a trap, I’m about to let my arrow fly, hoping it finds his heart before the trident impales me, when he shifts his hand and something on his wrist catches the sunlight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Cold,” he said, pressing a finger to my pale wrist. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Heeding Myma’s counsel with the eager assistance of various young men, one of the simple lovelies suffered a nervous breakdown; the other attempted unsuccessfully to slash her wrists with a broken Coca-Cola bottle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they sashayed past us, the one wearing Vonetta’s watch snaking her wrist around and around like a baton twirler, except there was no baton. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I laughed, then used my robot’s right hand to tap the back of its left wrist, indicating the time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

She snapped her hand over the Assassin’s wrist and gave it a vicious twist. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The man wrapped the bow guard around his wrist and smiled. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to tie his wrists and arms together without first getting that arm out from underneath him. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doublet was black velvet covered with golden studs in the shape of lions' heads, the chain a loop of solid gold hands, the fingers of each clasping the wrist of the next. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“So what did you do? I asked, rubbing my wrists. “I always guessed what the teacher wanted me to do. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was a vision in cowries: they rattled from her wrists, were strung through her curled dreadlocks, and looped around her neck. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Brandon shushed everybody when they giggled, as he took a thick rubber band off of his wrist. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Emma held out a hand and flicked her wrist, but rather than producing a ball of fire her hand glowed a scintillating blue. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Will Solace, head counsellor for the Apollo cabin, put his hand gently on Clarisse’s wrist. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Blood flowed fast, and when a ghost grabbed for her wrist, the slickness made her hard to hold. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Rufus turns to me, his wrist spinning, encouraging me to go on. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her arm was out of the sling and she had a band of sticking plaster round her wrist. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then he pulled himself to his feet taking his weight on the wrists, and went to his duty. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong's right hand instinctively flew to his left wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

From the cut on his wrist the blood was still oozing. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretches one arm out in front of him, makes a dismissive gesture with a flick of his wrist. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

So I stood limply in his grip until the sirens came, and the policemen in their little black caps chained my wrists together and shoved me in the back of their car. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned his wrist to the sun coming through the blue curtains into his room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her bruises were long gone, but she still had scars where her manacles had rubbed her wrists and ankles raw. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I watched the delicate round bone at her wrist twist back and forth and felt blood pounding in my ears. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Otto bounced against my back as Songololo followed us, the stake in her hand so it wouldn’t tug on her wrist anymore. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Huffed, rolled his wrist, and muttered, "Go 'head, John John." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You’re going in,” Shawn says, and I feel the bone in my wrist crack. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was about to roll the door shut when she grabbed my wrist and pointed toward her gloves on the ground. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He lifts a heavy glass paperweight and brings it down on her hand, hard enough to break her wrist with a sharp crack. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It’s so heavy it bends my wrist back. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I sat by him and watched the throb of his pulse in the wrist of the marked arm. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Abuelita looked at the watch on her wrist, tapped it, put it up to her ear and shook her head. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

As each prisoner approached, the woman gripped his or her wrist. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ernst Somebody is shaking everywhere now, all the way down to his wrists and ankles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I dreamed of Shawn, of the moment my wrist had cracked in the parking lot. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I did, indeed,” Marco says, running his thumb along the inside of her wrist. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He gets up to leave, but before he can go, I grab his wrist. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I stand, pull Mateo by his wrists, and lead him to the monkey bars. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I tell him about the Exacto knife and the wrist, but not about the voice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tal's hand was severely deformed, with only three large fingers appended, and since his wrist was so thin, the malformation resembled a claw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

While he was tying the bow guard to his wrist, Nali entered his room. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Salvador grabbed Lupita by the wrist and pulled her out of the anteroom to the very edge of the dance floor. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She threw her baton up in the air and caught it with an elegant twist of her wrist. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

My hand rubs unconsciously at my wrist, where Hideo had wrapped the invisible noose. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he tried to stretch them out, they yanked on his wrists. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

His wrists were the wrists of a child. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finally saw that the skin from my elbow down to my wrist had been rubbed raw by the road. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I’m staring at the splash of sweat on my wrist. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The clean cuffs of his sleeves hung down past his wrists—below them his thin hands seemed lighter in color than the rest of his body and the palms were soft yellow. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A chatty doctor put four stitches in my scalp and a cast on my wrist. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mulch rubbed his wrists where the handcuffs had left red welts. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Olly begins dancing lightly on his feet, shaking out his arms and wrists like a boxer preparing for a bout. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers closed over the shackles that had bound his wrists. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Bigger flung his hands upward to shield his face and the impact of the ball struck his wrist. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had brought an atomic radio along, strapped to his wrist. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rubs a waxy perfume-stick behind my ears and along my wrists. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They forced his arms back, looped a zip tie around his wrists and pulled it tight. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Noodles finished off what was left of his meal, set the plate on the floor, and wiped his mouth with the back of his wrist. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Meir’s grip tightened around my wrists, hard enough to send pain shooting up my arms. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He grabbed her wrist and pulled up so that her eyes were level with his, pressed the dagger’s blade to her jaw, and... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I seized the wrist of the first man I came across, gripping on like a drowning sailor as he scowled in disgust and shook my hand away. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The next day Gogol sees his mother sitting in an angled bed, a plastic bracelet around her wrist, her stomach no longer as hard and round. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kwadzo, a young man known in the village as a fierce hunter, pulled angrily at his shackles, his wrists already bleeding as he fought their restraint. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The remarkable thing was a thin silver chain that ran from the young lady's wrist, down to her ankle and into the painted caravan behind her. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

My arm was in a cast from shoulder to wrist and there was a thick bandage over my ear. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

His wrists, legs, and ankles were tied with cords. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He lifted his wrist to look at his watch and remembered that Grace had not given it back to him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explored the long fingers, the shapely nails, the work-hardened palm with its row of calluses, the smooth flesh under the wrist. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Lyra lifted Pantalaimon close to her breast, and he became a black rat, whipping his tail around and around her wrist and glaring at Sir Charles with red eyes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cholly, frightened, was about to take his hand away, but she held his wrist so he couldn’t move it. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt as if somebody was putting a hot iron on my wrist, then dragging it through the flesh. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Mr. Subramaniam, retired Indian Police Service officer. And if you don't believe me, I'll just call one of my former colleagues, and they'll bring a pair of very fine bracelets made especially for your wrists." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Al reaches over the railing, and he’s so tall that he can reach Christina’s wrist. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The satyr touched his wrist and shook his head with a scowl. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Wrapping the unbound laces of her corset around his wrists, Marco pulls her down to the floor with him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

For a moment the candle flame flared high, illuminating the glen, and the girl, and the chain, unbreakable, that ran from her wrist to his. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Every inch of her, even her wrists and ankles, were wrinkled. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meryra would have a sorry and crooked bowl, he reflected, if he did not hold his elbow higher, and he must stiffen his wrist or that sharp-edged hammer would leave marks all over the gold. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Through the pads of his paws, along his spine, in the sensitive whiskers at his wrists. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A gauze bandage the size of a baby’s diaper was wrapped around her head, and her wrists were tied to the bed railing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carried his wrist down the page for a little bit. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I reached for his hand, pressed my thumb against his wrist, and felt the blood going through his veins. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Jaime raised his hands to cover his face, the chains around his wrists clanking. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Or how she got the scar on her wrist, right where a watch would go. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

My arms sweep past my hips and upward, inward, crossing at the wrists before my chest. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I pulled my hand out of the cast-iron fragments and looked with wonder at my wrist, painted a bright red, and then I saw a spurt of blood. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A ship full of food and luxury, her neck and fingers and wrists draped in gold and jewels, and a face more beautiful than anything he had ever seen. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A detached parry uses the wrist, snapping fingers, and the blade’s flexibility to deflect. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He reached for her and held her by the wrist and whispered again in her ear. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some shiny memory must be fighting for his attention, because his body tenses and his newly bandaged wrists strain against the metal cuffs. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I followed her across the room to the kitchen where she turned the brass faucet handle with her wrist and let the water run over her hands. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The ghost/prophet/inspector/angel was gnawing some kind of plastic strip off her wrist. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The only guns on the island are up high in the towers or the catwalks, because one flick of the wrist and a gun carried by a guard is a gun carried by a criminal. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She summoned her husband from his workshop by pulling vigorously on a ship’s bell he had rigged up for this purpose, unpinned her hair, and led him by the wrist to their bedroom. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red carnations and wrist corsages flashed as the line headed onto the practice putting green of the golf course. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

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

I hold it close to my face, then farther away, squinting, holding my wrist up to the fluorescent slants of light that pass through the hall. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He sort of snapped his wrist, and the cylinder of the gun popped open. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He turns away, throws a few pebbles rapid-fire with some kind of bionic wrist movement that causes the stones to skip effortlessly across the surface of the water. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My green suit’s coat sleeves stopped above my wrists, the pants legs showed three inches of socks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Nightingale leaned out of the hole and grabbed her wrist. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I slapped my wrist- watch and it spiraled into a bronze shield. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She stumbled away from it, and it wrapped around her wrist. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Nerves twitched, and the vein in one wrist began palpitating. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The bracelet must have come loose when I’d shaken it and dropped straight off my wrist. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Under the sleeves of my sweatshirt, I had two cuffs around my wrists, just like the superheroes sometimes wore in the comics. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Panic started to bubble in my chest until Ayanna grabbed my wrist. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

At last I pluck up courage to enquire of the guards—it needs courage, for they are in uniform, and have lathis strapped to their wrists. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi flicked a wrist over her shoulder as though she was throwing something. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I circle my free wrist to rid the phantom weight of the handcuff while one of the security guys pulls the bag off my head. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He balanced pennies on top of my wrists so I would keep them still as I slowly played scales and arpeggios. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur did, and the deputy calmly clicked a pair of handcuffs onto his wrists. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched as he rotated his wrists to look at his palms and then the backs of his hands, a few nicked scars marking his knuckles. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I dropped everything and drove to the airport and got on the first plane to Logan, where I found Francis in Brigham and Women’s Hospital recuperating from two razor-blade cuts to the wrist. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sheriff was taking out handcuffs, snapping them on Johnny’s wrist and his own. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heavy white silk and sleeves that fall from my wrist to the floor, and pearls. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her sleeve fell back, revealing her bare wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He put his hand on the dead boy’s wrist. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

How many times had I seen him, with any of his girlfriends, grabbing their wrists and twisting? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She slipped a scarlet bracelet in the shape of a small snake with its tail between its jaws onto her wrist. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s my left wrist, so this is plausible. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His wrists began to ache from grasping each rung too tightly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He winced as the cuffs closed around his wrists and the officer began to walk him out of the room. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She tried to grasp his wrist, though her fingers closed in the empty air; but he understood and sat down beside her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland felt his pulse hammering at his wrists and temples. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tucker stood there for a moment, running his hand through his black hair, fixing his glasses, spinning his watch around his wrist. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

His left arm was in traction, a pulley slung to his wrist. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yelps and bites hard at my wrist, then licks it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It bent back in a, way wrists weren’t supposed to bend, but I ate the pain, swallowed it down with blood, and became stronger. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Grandma Knife's bony fingers clamp around Mouse Girl's wrists like handcuffs. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Father Cham blessed and tied a dozen more bracelets around Pong's left wrist, plus a couple on his right to balance it out. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I stare down at my wrist, the one that looks fine, untouched by blood and gore, and I pinch as hard as I can. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Croy nodded, and they each took a wrist, dragging the woman along the slick floor at a trot, Tally’s grippy shoes squealing. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In Erickson’s hypothetical reconstruction, as many as a million people may have walked the causeways of eastern Bolivia in their long cotton tunics, heavy ornaments dangling from their wrists and necks. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She could still feel the cruel pinch of fingers on her wrist as she lost her balance and began to fall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her wrists and ankles were raw where the skin had been worn away, and insects swarmed around the oozing wounds. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has tiny gold balls in her pierced ears and a gold bracelet that says “Rosa” wrapped around her pudgy wrist. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Zooming past would-be customers, a mother dragging a young kid by the wrist shot toward my stand. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

They bound her hands and wrists, and one of them threw her over his shoulder as they plunged into a longboat they’d moored in the cove. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Besides Norm, some other people dropped by for “a minute” and then stayed: a baseball prospect with a broken wrist and some people that worked there—all kinds of people. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands were still tied, but I was able to reach out a finger to touch Nyame’s adinkra charm on my opposite wrist. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As I focused on my breathing, he grasped me by the palm and elbow, and firmly drew my hand back so that it was perpendicular to my wrist. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He tried to get free, to wriggle out of Kamau’s grip as his brother grabbed his wrists and pinned him down. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“This is every day from now until further notice. Hold out your wrists as Fauzia passes by and scans you in.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Almost every pro in the world says that he uses his wrist to roll the racket over the ball when he hits a forehand,” Braden says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Thank you. It isn’t what it should be, but you have improved it,” he added, as she snapped the silver bracelet on her wrist. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I half-expected to see two policemen come bounding out of the school to grab me by the arms and put handcuffs on my wrists. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twist my wrist from Haymitch’s grasp and head down to my old bedroom, locking the door behind me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The side of his left hand was smeared with black ink from his pinkie to his wrist. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Worn steel handcuffs bit at his wrists each time the small craft slapped into another wave. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

So I barely noticed the handcuffs the officer slapped on my wrists. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He tried to move his hands and found that they were shackled by strong bands of cold steel to white wrists of policemen sitting to either side of him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As I began to turn away, she seized my wrist. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Action number two: He grabbed my wrist then put his hand on my shoulder. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He had rolled up the sleeves of his shiny blue jacket, and I noted a zodiac sign tattooed on his wrist. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Joaquin reached up to hold Maya’s wrist in his hand, their skin and blood the same, and they drove home, the three of them together, just like they had promised. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She came to me at once, a strange rather ludicrous figure in her eastern drapery, the bangles jangling on her wrists. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the pain in her wrist, the Assassin’s eyes flashed at the challenge. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I love the way that the bells on my ankles and wrists keep time to the mathematical rhythm of the tabla drum. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

His thumb hovering over the pulse point in my wrist. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She was dressed severely in a dark dress with long sleeves, and the only contrast was billowing white lace at her wrists and throat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Baba clasps a gold wrist chain and neck chain on me, and even Alan wears a fine gold chain. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

His hand brushes my wrist, turning it over, and his thumb presses carefully against my pulse. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Exit here and head east on Fillmore . . .” I obsessed on the subject until the bangle on my wrist felt like an iron shackle from some medieval dungeon. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

When I reached down to loosen his collar he grabbed me by the wrist. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

I looped the cord around my wrist, using my teeth to knot it, and took a deep breath. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He brought them in front of him; they were caked with dried blood from the zip tie that had cut into his wrists. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Shawn dropped my wrist and again I fell. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no,” he wailed with a shudder, and he knocked the knife out of her hand with a sharp downward blow on her wrist. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He ran his trembling fingers around and around the frayed bracelets on his left wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

So Mom and I wandered around the mall, stopping every couple minutes so she could sit down and take deep breaths and squeeze my wrist so hard it left angry red marks. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uriah looks from me to the needle in my hand to the line of blood running from my shoulder to my wrist. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mine was too short at the wrists 'cause Mama had bought it the year before for me to wear on special occasions like school assembly and church. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Have you eaten?” he asked, placing a heavy hand on her wrist. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flinched away, but he grabbed her by the wrist, and even though she struggled, he was stronger. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

With a graceful movement of the wrist, a gesture so quick and small we never really saw it, only remembered it afterward, she tossed the bottle over the rail at us. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he meant to turn me in as a runaway...I dug the nails of my free hand into his arm and tore the flesh from elbow to wrist. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The trunk was packed with parts of human bodies—bloody arms, hands cut off at the wrist, severed heads with staring, sightless eyes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

A trickle of blood ran down the heel of her hand and dropped from her wrist. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Craster's sheepskin jerkin and cloak of sewn skins made a shabby contrast, but around one thick wrist was a heavy ring that had the glint of gold. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But I’d seen the way he winced and rubbed his wrists on damp days. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Two security men had rushed to the prime minister, who was clutching his wrist, blood dripping out of his hand. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Alex begged God’s forgiveness, and unstrapped the watch off the dead man’s wrist. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She slipped off Hugo so she could get closer to the automaton, but she kept hold of one of Hugo’s wrists. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The cuffs unclasped his wrists, the helmet went up. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No, medical care had nothing to do with the case I saw. This woman’s master strung her up by her wrists and beat her until the baby came out of her—dropped onto the ground.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne was biting his wrist, trying to pull one arm away from her mother’s throat and Karen was hitting his back with fists that could inflict no pain. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she reached across Tristran's sleeping form to touch the silver chain which circled the woman's wrist and ankle and led off into the bushes and beyond. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pinched my inner wrist as I sensed myself beginning to drift off, but it was as though lead ingots had been tied to my chin and eyelids. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

With a disgusted huff, the Governor let go of Nok's wrist and sat back in his chair. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Charlie kept his left hand in the air with his wrist bent for emphasis. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

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

I pulled back my sleeve, exposing my wrist. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

His bow guard thankfully was still tied to his wrist. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Lucky for her she didn’t, so I turned her wrists loose and drove on. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed him by the wrist and yanked him up out of that water and slung him toward Mama like he was a half-empty sack of corn. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held out his wrists, pale side up, exposing the traceries of veins so that Thyon would be sure to take his meaning. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Following behind them was Mrs. Meecham, radiant in a yellow dress, her red hair piled fashionably, and her finest jewelry glistening around her neck, above her left breast, and on her wrists and ears. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She released my wrist, and as she closed the front door I could hear her talking to the candles: “You hear that? He will be safe. I told you he would be!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The god’s wrists were shackled in icy manacles, with chains that ran straight into the glacier floor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I don’t—” I stopped and stared at her, then held up my wrist. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And then suddenly, my eyes are drawn to Garrett’s corsage on my wrist. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She put baby clear sky light to outwit the day light on her eyelids and touched bandit to her throat, earlobes, and wrists. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My thanks,” said the dwarf as he rubbed his wrists, but the knight only laughed and said, “Save your gratitude for someone who deserves it, Imp. You will not like this next bit.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This is the same wrist Patrice held tight to force in an IV. Those are the hips, now so sturdy and muscled, that once were covered in blisters. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I rub my wrists and bring my fingers to my mouth. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“If you hold it like this, your thumb is safe. The down side is that you lose a lot of the mobility in your wrist.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She placed my hands on her belly and held my wrists. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a silver watch with a large face on his right wrist—it looks expensive, a Breitling maybe. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a single black rubber band around his wrist and he pulls at it a few times before continuing. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boy started to raise his hands, but the man was already reaching over the stove, snapping handcuffs on the outstretched wrists of his father. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore a clinging green taffeta dress and high-heeled shoes, and when she danced dozens of slave bracelets clinked on her wrists. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And her wrists were so sore some days, she could hardly move them after work. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a fine suit; he wore watches on both wrists; and his hair, though quite wet as Kate had mentioned, was perfectly combed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’s got, like, twenty shiny bracelets around his wrists. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds, I’m confused about what I’m doing there, but then I look at my wrists and remember what I did last night. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She touches his forearm just past his wrist, and the memory of handcuffs overwhelms him even all these months later. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Clayton stopped wiping his face but he couldn’t stop rubbing his wrists. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

They stack their oranges into careful pyramids, then squat on thin legs, resting their angular wrists between their knees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my hands over his wrists, his palms still cupped under my jaw. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

The way The Taker’s fingers drop suddenly from her wrist—Annabelle knows it’s bad. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

With my teeth, I pull the hair tie off my wrist and whip my head back up, hoping that the redness is gone. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Who does he think,” he demanded, sniffing, spasmodically and wiping his nose with the back of his sturdy wrist, “he is, a cop or something?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Naima peeked at him from behind the curtain, fiddling with the white ribbon she kept hidden on her wrist under the long sleeve of her salwar kameez. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

As my fingers closed around the leather edge, he took my wrist with his other hand and leaned in closer. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As if a hand has grabbed my wrist, I am slingshotting upward as the whirlpool collapses around me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The wrist with my bracelet feels like it weighs a trillion pounds. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, she’s on top of me, pinning both my wrists above my head with one arm. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I waited for him to release me, fighting the urge to bite his wrist down to the bone. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, metal cuffs popped out of the armrests and closed over his wrists. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They all wore bearweed tied at their wrists and ankles and around their necks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a band of sweat around his wrist where the handcuff had been. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Her old bracelet was too big for her wrist, but after being away from it for so long, she refused to remove it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The boy attached a leather harness to his father’s chest, like climbing gear, with straps that ran from his shoulders to his wrists. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He looked at my wrists, and then at me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She slid the dagger from the sheath at her wrist. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I've been in trouble before, but somehow the gun pointed at my back and the heavy irons on my wrists make me think that this is much worse than stealing a pie from the kitchens. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I stare at the lash marks, and again hear the whistling of the whip, see his bloody figure hanging unconscious by his wrists. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A moment later, the intention craft began to move, and the hawk wheeled away to skim down to Lord Asriel’s wrist. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some even wore more than five gold watches on one wrist. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In Baba’s bus, I counted the miles until I’d see her sitting barefoot, arranging cardboard boxes of yellowed encyclopedias, her heels white against the asphalt, silver bracelets jingling around her slender wrists. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The lawyer put his hand on my wrist. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

First, we head into the bathroom and rub soap and hand lotion onto our wrists. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His father stood in the soaking corridor with Nita slung over his shoulder, gagged and bound at her wrists and ankles. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She rubbed her wrists, stood up, stretched, and only then noticed the condition of her clothes and hair. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He seized her wrist in midair and whisked her hand behind her back. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“That has nothing to do with it,” he said irritably, tamping the cigarette on the back of his wrist. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He took her swollen wrist in his hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stamps my parents’ wrists and then gives us seat assignments on the train and warns us not to sit elsewhere. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Aaron gets both of her wrists in one of his fists, fumbles off the cord belt of his robe, and starts tying her hands together with it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then a hand gripped her wrist painfully, forcing her to drop the blade. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He would feel it pop against his wrists, would watch it leap as he trotted easily to first. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Ouch,” I say, even though the slap hurts my ego more than my wrist. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

She put the finishing touches to Aurelia’s appearance, fastening a diadem across her forehead, a jeweled pendant round her neck, and gold bangles on her wrists. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The huntress wore a dark green shirt, the sleeves laced together with a brown cord from elbow to wrist, and brown breeches with shining boots, but she did not carry a mask. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His knuckles burned and a sharp current of pain ran through his wrist, up his arm, exploding in his shoulder. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pinch my wrist to keep from saying anything. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then he laid back, put his hand under his pillow, and pulled out a knife, which clicked open with a flick of the wrist. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to pull back, to look in his face, but his hand locked my wrists in an unbreakable hold. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Eleanor had pretended not to notice the bruises on her mom's wrist. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He made as if to touch my leg, but I grabbed his wrist tight in my hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The ruby on the wildling’s wrist darkened, and the wisps of light and shadow around him writhed and faded. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A guard came and caught Bigger by the wrist. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He grasped my wrist and thrust the penny into my palm. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I think it’s burned a hole in my hand and broken my wrist, but I don’t flinch. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She tried to veer aside, but the goddess grabbed Annabeth’s wrist and pulled her hard, sending her sprawling. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t been to see a doctor since I broke my wrist attempting a spectacularly unsuccessful front side nose grind off the Stokum library railing. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It hits all the spots in my body, and I feel the blood pressuring through me, my wrists, my fingers, my neck. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I watch his left hand, his wrist in back, in line with his head. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

As Wes hit the final stair, he looked up and saw his brother lying facedown on the floor, a police officer’s knee in his back, handcuffs being tightened around his wrists. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Her movements were restricted, since a piece of rope was around her wrist, leashing her to an iron stake in the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sam tore himself forward and away, and stood up, and then quickly he wheeled away to his right, pivoted on the wrist held by Gollum. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He wears his silvering hair short on the sides and has a rainbow friendship bracelet tied around one wrist. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The next time he missed, and the next, but finally the rap of the stone stung his palms and rattled his wrists. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Some­thing warm was running down my wrist. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She turned over the bottle of cold water and sprinkled the inside of my wrist. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The freshly cut twine fell away from her wrists. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

At first she holds me by my wrists, but then she pulls me close, embracing me with her wooden arms. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Another soldier touched the man’s neck and wrist to make sure he was breathing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jack removes his baseball cap with a flick of his wrist, using its bill to scratch the top of his head. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She saw her share of bare skin, too—brown, not blue—and watched the pulse of unprotected throats and tender, pale wrists. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Harry seized Ron’s wrist as he raised his wand; there were too many of them to Stun: Even attempting it would give away their position. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The spit on her wrist was cool and comfortable. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my wrist and stared at the charm. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Gods, I never thought—” Annabeth grabbed his wrist and flipped him over her shoulder. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I wrap my bare arms around his torso, the insides of my wrists against his spine. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The branches tightened around my wrist, as proof of what they could do, and then they loosened enough so I could talk without wincing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

At the end, a man slept on a chair with a leash looped around his wrist. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pepperhorn gestured to two of the Hill’s private security officers, who rushed over to put large iron cuffs on the Gran’s wrists. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I rub at the thin skin on the underside of my wrist until it turns red. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The handcuffs on the Gustano kids’ wrists clanked as they ran, and that suddenly seemed too loud. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I hesitated, but there was nothing else to do except run away screaming, so I grabbed what I thought were her wrists. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

Unable to control his grief, Makafui grabbed one of the leaders of the march and tried to strangle him with his wrist chains. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘The cutting of the bands on your wrists, that was smart work!’ said Gimli. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His wrists throbbed as he pulled at the tie, so he dropped his hands to his side. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Except that I’m not in my pajamas and I’ve got a bracelet on my wrist from the hospital. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Without looking, she ran her fingers over her left wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Down he sank then and within a finger snap he had his hand around her wrist. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

With a flick of Mama’s wrist, the willow’s graceful, slim branches jerked the magistrate, tossing him a few feet offshore. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I hold up my wrist to show my medical bracelet and realize it’s gone. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

With the slightest movement of his wrist he indicated that the other policeman should take the letter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She’d cried in torment while I’d removed the rope from her wrist and sat rocking for a few minutes by the edge of the pond, one hand in the other, staring into the water. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some people might have been embarrassed at being caught in a lie of omission by a crude cop with a tattoo of a goat on his wrist, but it didn’t bother me. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

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

She takes my wrist, her fingers cool against my skin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her wrist, I notice, is free of the Tribal braid tattoo that would mark her as married. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Captain Reed rubbed the sun-browned circle of skin at his wrist, the only empty patch of skin on his left arm. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Keep your wrist even looser,” was her reply. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She follows me into the hallway, looking small but strong in her hospital gown and with a fresh hospital security bracelet on her wrist. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She dabbed at her forehead with her balled-up tissue and I noticed an odd scar on her wrist. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I like your bracelet,” she said, shaking her wrist. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Without a word the two white-faced women grabbed Violet and Klaus by the wrists and led them into a dressing room. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

It did nothing to push him back, and she hurt her wrist. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The white column of her part, the sight of her bare wrists, pains Gogol when he first catches sight of her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She slipped off Hugo so she could get closer to the automaton, but she kept hold of one of Hugo’s wrists. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I’m no Spartan and hold up an anemic wrist to prove it. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Westley screamed then himself, in horror and surprise, and the Snow Sand gouged at his throat, for what he had grabbed was a skeleton wrist, bone only, no flesh left at all. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She held up her hands, strong, shapely hands, and surveyed them critically, drawing up her lawn sleeves above the wrists. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a miniature mountain range, large reddish weals upheaved across the white flesh of her wrists. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

As soon as he grabbed the Governor’s wrist, the raw light swirling in the Governor's right hand went out, throwing the bridge into darkness. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I asked her to push me really, really, really hard, and she did, and I fell and I broke both my wrists. It was funny, but not at the time. At the time it hurt.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

"I have. I know," he answered, and shot his arms out of his sleeves showing several inches bare above the wrist bones. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

And with a flourish, he pulled a thread out of his fraying sleeve and tied it around Pinmei’s wrist. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He stared at the wall when I spoke and then back at his wrists when I was finished, but he didn't say a word. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Which is more than I can say about myself,” Madam muttered, gingerly rubbing the violet bruises on her wrist. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry took the box from her and struck one himself; it flared up high and strong and she leaned close to it, one hand cupped around the flame and the other resting upon his wrist. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

With a flick of his wrist he opened them and put them on. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frustrated, I pull my hair tie off my wrist and resort to a messy bun in an attempt to look halfway decent for this video. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He grabs for me—one hand closing on my wrist, the other pawing at my dress and neck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She holds up her left wrist, where a device has been cuffed. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“May my hands fall from my wrists before I kill an artist like yourself,” said the man in black. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I want to believe the red ribbon around my wrist will keep me safe always. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He freezes with his hands still closed around my wrists. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Two men hustled Marti into the van, clinging hard to her wrists. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His hands are tied behind him with roughly woven rope cutting through the flesh of his wrists. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled a knife from her belt and, with a flick of her wrist, shaved off a chink from just above where her ankle would have been. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to pull away from him, but he grasped hold of the tzitzis that bound my wrists. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was magic in the way her wrist turned when she held a crayon. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four hours later, they emerged again as man and wife, bound together wrist and ankle with chains of yellow gold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Unseen, she gave the girl’s wrist a sharp squeeze. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Mom grabs me by my wrist, the rabbit foot flying away from me like some crazed infant squirrel, and she flings me across the room, the coffee table dancing behind us. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Having passed the point of no return, I slid my hand into her sleeping bag anyway, and she stifled a giggle as my fingers traced a line from her elbow to her wrist. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He recognized the colourful plastic bangles on her wrists that had dug into his back when she hugged him goodbye at the Wolf House. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Photographs of Bitter’s hands were strewn around as studies—she’d painted her own hands into the figure, painted crude stitches that grafted her wrists to its feathered arms. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He came up and grabbed my wrist, yanking my hand out of my pocket. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

My wrist tingled, and I lifted the adinkra bracelet and stared at the silver bead. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He’s got her wrists in his hands but she’s fighting him, fighting and kicking for all she’s worth, but her face is a thing so scared I can barely get my words out. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“And on her wrist she has the Yarmouth firefighter badge. Most firefighters in town have one.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Before they could regain their feet, I had picked the locks on the ankle cuffs, snapped them onto the men’s wrists, and bounded down the stairs. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The woman clamped her fingers around Nina’s wrist. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Guards clasp metal cuffs around our wrists and tug us forward. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The kautuka, a yellow woolen bridal thread, was fastened around my wrist. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

With a distinctly guilty look, Koffi tried to shove whatever it was back into her bag, but he caught her wrist. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Soon they stopped marching, and the kid began to loosen the knots on Roy’s wrists. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nok, Pong, and Somkit held on to one another, confused and awed at the light that still shone from their wrists. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The spool rolled in his palms, the tendons in his scarred wrists like rubab strings. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had Johnny’s wax model in his hands—delicate hands to go with such heavy wrists. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept glancing at his wrist watch, anticipating the arrival of Reverend Gal- amison. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She's wearing a black dress, a white scarf around her neck, and silver bracelets on her wrists. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This time Jon caught his wrist and bent his arm back until he dropped the dagger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She looks down at my wrist, up at my face, down at my wrist, up at my face, covers her mouth. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She put her hands and wrists farther forward on the table, and I remember wanting to do something about that enormous-faced wristwatch she was wearing—perhaps suggest that she try wearing it around her waist. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The next morning the baby doll was under the tree, a ribbon in her gold hair, and a bottle tied to her wrist. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The Amagqirha’s face had gone pale, and she gripped my wrist and tugged me to the door. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Sammy grabbed Ben by the wrist and pulled him behind a tree thirty yards away from the automobile. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could see stars flickering like violet eyes in the Martians stomach and chest, and through his wrists, like jewelry. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smile to myself, thinking of how Max swiped Nurse Eric's badge and the way we soaped the alarm bracelets off our wrists. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Sorry to hear it. You should try to swing more from your arm and not from your wrist.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The tattooing pen burned her flesh, leaving a trail of blue numbers in her arm above the wrist. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They're putting handcuffs on my wrists and my ankles and they're sitting on me and going, "We'll have to medicate him," and this one cop says, "With what, an elephant gun?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped his nose with the back of his wrist and stood waiting. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Most likely, someone had stolen it off her wrist. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the man shifted his arms around the load of books he was carrying before him like a dinner tray and revealed a bony wrist. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He catches my wrists in his and holds them against his chest. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Jule liked how his T-shirt lay against his collarbone, and the way his wrists moved against the fabric of his jacket. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tension poured out of Bast, and for a moment he hung limply as a rag doll from the wrist Kvothe still held, standing behind the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When someone asks me where I’ve been these last few days, I say, “Europe,” even though gossip travels fast and they can probably see how I obsessively cover my wrists with my sleeves and bracelets. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She was staring straight ahead, quite as pale as he was, her long blonde hair hanging down her back, but beneath the table her slim fingers closed briefly on his wrist. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The giant grabbed her thin wrist and began dragging Old Theresa out of town. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I could tell by her slender arms in her sleeveless shift and her wrist full of bangles. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Captain Smith is still in chains, though they have freed his wrists and only his ankles remain shackled. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The statue in the huge chair was just as detailed—a man staring straight ahead, his hands gripping the armrests, with bracelets on his wrists and anklets above his bare feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I know; the shell is like a cat’s claw,” I answered, remembering the numerous scratches I had gotten on my hands and wrists the year before. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And there in their midst was Sansa, dressed in sky- blue silk, with her long auburn hair washed and curled and silver bracelets on her wrists. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My cheeks burned and guilt coursed through me, the guilt of indulging myself at the expense of his ulcer, his black fingernails and aching wrists. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t need to glance at the jagged line that ran along the top of her hand, just above her wrist. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They tie nkisis of leaves around their wrists and declare themselves impermeable to bullets, immune to death. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My wrist throbbed, and I could feel the bump coming up on my forehead. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Rough hands pulled him down from his horse, untied his wrists, and yanked the hood off his head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I still feel the ghost of a stinging belt on my wrist. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He traced the blank circle at his wrist. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I tug my sleeves over my wrists and twist my fingers together. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But Amah’s bracelet gently pressed on Pinmei’s wrist with the weight of a loving hand. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He crossed his limp wrists in his lap and hardly seemed to be breathing as he sat with his gaze drooping toward the floor in acquiescent defeat. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Then why on earth didn’t you say so?” she cried, and so intense was her exasperation that she drove her sharp nails into the skin of his wrist. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

One night he dreamed that he’d unscrewed the bulb, broken it, and with the broken glass cut his wrists and ankles. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oscar stepped to a telephone pole at the curb, braced his left elbow against it, gripped his right wrist with his left hand, and drew a bead on the entrance to the little alley. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If you talk of strength,” said Mr. Jaggers, “I’ll show you a wrist. Molly, let them see your wrist.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

My wrist is puffy and red from the burn of hot liquid. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I want to grab him by the wrist and head back into the woods, tell these guys, sorry but I found him first. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pepperhorn’s security grabbed her wrists tightly, but when they reached Seven and Thorn, the Gran stopped. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then I heard the watch on Maxim’s wrist ticking close to my ear. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then he tied the string around Pong's left wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The skin around my wrist still stings, like the belt was real, but it is as pale as the rest of me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But I grabbed his wrist and helped him to his bed. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He dropped the stick and grabbed my wrists so tight it hurt. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Stop teasing me,” she said, but the red string did look nice, and her wrist somehow felt less bare. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

And I am now ashamed of the thought, ashamed of my fear, of the generational chains I tried to clasp onto your wrists. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Her wrists were thin as icicles, her eyes as clear as the moons and as large, steady and white. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw me cradling my wrist, touched the blood on my ear. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

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

He was holding on with one hand, gripping Annabeth’s wrist with the other, but the pull on her leg was much too strong. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But instead of trying to struggle free I got a firmer grip on his wrist and flung him off me, straight into Ant Little and Darren Croome. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“My wrist is aching, the weather is awful, and Penny has a cold,” he explained. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mother comes closer, the thing in hand, and I’m distracted by how thin her wrists look, how frail her arms are carrying the heavy gray machine. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

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

As though invisible strings were tied to Snape’s wrists, neck, and knees, he was pulled into a standing position, head still lolling unpleasantly, like a grotesque puppet. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He pointed with his right arm, and out of the sleeve came a round stick-like wrist, but no hand. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to wriggle past but Wilcox got a firm grip on my wrist and tried to pull me down. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Constance replied grumpily, sliding her tiny wrists free of the metal bands and slipping her head out of the helmet. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Buttercup rubbed her wrists, stopped, massaged her ankles. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The pill was cupped between my fingers and my wrist, and I felt the move. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I notice a woven green-and-black name bracelet tied around his wrist. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It’s pretty amazing that I can play “The Flight of the Bumblebee,” because you have to hit incredibly fast in parts, and that’s extremely hard for me, because I don’t really have wrists yet. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She handed it over to him and he unshackled his wrists as she rooted around in a box she’d brought over. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Lightly but firmly. Fingers—not the wrist and arm—help guide the thumb and index.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She puts one on my right wrist and the other on my forehead. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

About halfway through the movie, while I sold tickets for the next show, that girl came tearing out of the theater holding her wrist. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Eva Marie Olinski saw his arms hanging limply at his side, his wrists hanging below his cuffs like meter sticks showing how much he had grown since the jacket was new. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ginika said, gesturing, jangling the many silver bangles around her wrist. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You should come,” she said, but he did not respond, as he carefully snapped the bracelet around her wrist, and told her he had checked the water in her car. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

With one swift movement, the guard pulled handcuffs from his belt and clipped Cole’s wrists behind his back. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It came, but it would not light on his wrist, being put off no doubt by the girl’s presence. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

Once the dust settled, a cool breeze blew between his wrists, hovering just above the desert floor and carrying pink cactus flower petals. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You bit him on the wrist. And you ran.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I only gave my wrist a bit of a bang. Thanks, comrade!” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He was going to call out to Wind Being and then he felt the skin on his left wrist. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

Sheriff Clark fingered the nightclub that dangled on a strap from his wrist. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so common that out on the corner we had a sign for it, a shorthand, clapping your wrists together like you were being put in handcuffs. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He clasped her wrist; blood was pulsing there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Encanis’ body arched painfully at the sound then hung limply from his wrists as the ringing of the wheel faded. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After she did that he looped the phone’s safety bracelet around his wrist and lowered the phone into the water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let my breath out and stared at the faucets, then rested my wrists on the edge of the sink, bracing myself for Mom’s angry reaction. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Polly was just beginning to cry, not with fear, and not even because he had hurt her wrist quite badly, but with furious anger. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I tell Calvin, “Go on and pick. Twist of the wrist.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Her wrists chafed against her shackles badly enough that her eyes watered. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

For one second, before the metal cooled, the inside of his right hand, from wrist to fingertips, was coated with solid silver. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tied my wrists together in one of her strong hands, and beat me, again and again, raising welts on my arms, my back, the back of my head, my forehead, behind my ear. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The watch on the wrist of the first soldier says forty-seven minutes after eight. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Multicolored tattoos—of eight-pointed stars, lush-leafed vines, a hammer and anvil, a bird, a woman's eyes, scales—run from his wrists up his arms and into a black leather jerkin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They clicked the handcuffs upon his wrists and led him into the hall, to a waiting elevator. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Alex retired into the kitchen and shyly wiped his eyes with the back of his wrist. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her wound hadn’t clotted, and blood was still pouring down her wrist. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

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

Hatsue pushed the hair from her eyes with the back of her left wrist. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

This stranger's hand is still clenching my wrist. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I rubbed the towel over my arms, my wrists looked smaller, my freckled arms seemed gangly. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The shoulders drooped onto my arms a bit, and the sleeves hung past my wrists, but it felt nice. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Shackles on my wrists and ankles do not allow me to move much. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She gave Yishan a baffled look, but rolled the string off her wrist and handed it to him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The next round lifted me, and I felt something hit my wrist and tear into the flesh. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few moments he reached for her wrist and felt her pulse fade to nothing, like the rumble of a receding train. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He held out his wrist so the monk could tie on his bracelet. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I touched the Devil’s Shoestrings bracelet on my wrist. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He tackled me by the bleachers, and I fell on my wrist. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But brave warriors, we brush away fear with a flick of the wrist. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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 touches my hand, plucks at the skin of my wrist. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked into their busy, glittery eyes as they spoke, wrists jingling with bangles. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But his long hands formed manacles around my wrists as he spoke. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

To Ekon’s horror, several Sons of the Six were already standing there, surrounding a larger group of people seated in the grass with bound wrists. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There were no more moons on her wrist—and none visible in the sky, either. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Gales wrists are bound to a wooden post. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

That night, with a heavily wrapped wrist, I scratch out a journal entry. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He broke his wrists again just as the ball came in and threw a roundhouse swing that skied the ball and then curved it foul into the third-base trees. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She holds her wrist up to check the time, I guess, but there’s no watch there. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I twist the friendship bracelet back and forth on my wrist. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you’re a live one, all right,” she says, rubbing my wrists between her warm hands. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Abuela was tall and lean with very thin wrists and long arms that wrapped all the way around when she hugged. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the thin golden wire from above springs down at us, bunching in tangled loops and curls around our wrists. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could react, a rope was looped twice around his wrists and secured to the trunk of a tree. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But then,” Lazlo added, “if someone managed to steal it from you—” He looked to her bare wrist where no moon charms now hung. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A towel on my lap, he lays the packs on my right hand and wrist. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I took no more than two steps before she grabbed my wrist, pulling me to a halt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He produced a pair of cuffs, slapped one onto Rick’s wrist and the other around his own. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“For luck,” her grandmother had whispered, slipping it onto her wrist. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Stop resisting,” the officer warned as he cuffed my left wrist and roughly pinned down my flailing right arm. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I crossed myself about a hundred times, and was about to go tell the world the miracle I just witnessed, when Theresa grabbed my wrist. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He rubs his thumb across mine, tracing a path from knuckle to wrist. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Four lashes on my wrists for not finishing her mending. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

His fingers ground into my wrist bones as he struggled to pry my fingers off him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He used one hand to clamp together Clyde’s limp wrists while the other hand dug in his own pocket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Lazlo had given her the moon on her wrist, the stars that bedecked it, the sun in its jar on the shelf with the fireflies. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Kvothe gave him a long, searching look, then released his wrist. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The shadow lunged forward and grabbed her wrist, and every cell in Sierra’s body caught fire at the same time. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She keeps the watch face turned to the inside of her wrist. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stood still inside the tree for a few heartbeats, the Nightingale holding on to her wrist. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

With a flick of her wrist, it expanded, flashing and shimmering. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I took it out and snapped it onto my avatar’s wrist. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Nina flicked her wrist, and his eyes exploded in his head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Once they’d snuck into a rave in a disused warehouse down in the Flats and danced until three, glow necklaces ringing their wrists and their throats. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The first explained to me, “I beg pardon, sir. It weren’t our aim to slap the wrist of any pilfering hand.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It began to lick his hands and wrists, long and patiently, with its dry leaf-brown tongue. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I go for another cup, though, Lorena grabs my wrist and tells me to slow it down. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Without hesitation, he dropped the lantern and seized her wrists, slamming her hands together, making it impossible for her to use her power. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The guide hangs his cane on his wrist and rubs his hands together. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Black’s wand arm rose, but Lupin seized him around the wrist, gave him a warning look, then turned again to Pettigrew, his voice light and casual. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Morty!” she cries, reaching out a skeletal hand and clapping it around my wrist. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The headlong pace had left him puffing, and his wrists were chafed raw from the manacles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then Slim went quietly over to her, and he felt her wrist. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi sat up, ignoring the lurching of stomach acid and the slow roll of the wave of nausea washing over him, and grabbed her wrists. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I let him try to get in one last whack, but as his hand moves toward me, I grab it by the wrist. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He grabbed my wrist and folded it, bending my fingers downward so they reached uncomfortably toward the inside of my forearm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I kept pinching at his joints, asking if this hurt or if that hurt, to all of which Needles shook his head no, until I got to his wrist. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"Life is good," says a Dutch woman, "freedom is good, but starvation leaves its mark, like rough rope on your wrists, always rubbing, always making a nuisance of itself." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When the director’s wife slips on ice in the Place des Vosges and breaks her wrist in two places, the museum’s gossip machine explodes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her neck and wrists were bare, and her hair was a mess—a pile, an all-over glob of red curls. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But more than the pain in my leg, more than my wrist dangling in front of me, was the thought that I was going to die. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad takes my mom’s wrist, gently pulling her back to the table and her seat. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The charm bracelet Maddie had given me clinked on my wrist. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She rubbed the handcuff bracelets still encircling her wrists. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Thinking how harmless it looks until it’s wrapped around your wrist and you’re being dragged under. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Most of her awareness was with Lazlo: perched on his wrist, and pressed against the closed door of his consciousness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Pong kept his grip on the Governor as the Gold light flowed into his palm, down his left wrist and into his arm. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I push him away, hard, but he grabs my other wrist, holding our crossed arms between us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He handcuffed the case to his left wrist. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

With his wrist, he briefly blotted his perspiring upper lip, and then he began to use the orange stick to push back his cuticles. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Press your thumb and index finger against the grip. Thumb and finger control the blade. Not your wrist or arm.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The tinkerer sighs, running his hand through his hair, and I see the telltale glint of a bracelet on his wrist. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Until he grew much older, he was never known to pick up a restaurant check, suffering what a friend called “limp wrist syndrome.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jon's fingers were in the bucket, blood up to the wrist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Why the hell did you cut your wrists? You could have bled to death! Or did you cut them yourself?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I pinched my wrist to banish the thoughts and turned my attention back to the task at hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Blue Eyes came over and put a chain cuff around Pima’s wrist, then turned to Nailer. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She who had worn the coat then was tall, slim, broader than I about the shoulders, for I had found it big and over-long, and the sleeves had come below my wrists. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed that most of the dead gunmen and boys wore lots of jewelry on their necks and wrists. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

With a flick of her left wrist, she forced it open. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

With a flick of her left wrist, she bent the air in front of her, forcing Luna to her feet. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Don’t,” Byrd says, putting her hand back on Frank’s wrist, like she cares about calming him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Its high, somewhat stiff collar against my neck, the wide cuffs touching my wrists, the rich material against my skin excited a sense of strangeness and distinction; I felt like some nobleman, some Spanish grandee. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

My wrist is killing me, so I have to stop writing now, but thanks for hearing me out. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I folded his wrist onto itself and squeezed hard, trying to get his upper body to collapse the way mine had. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her hand and wrist were bathed in the emerald-green glow that was coming from the cover. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, thank you,” I replied as I rubbed each wrist with the opposite hand, trying to ease some of the pain of the metal handcuffs pressing against my skin. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He was placed between two policemen and his wrists were shackled to theirs. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His weather-beaten cutoffs had been bleached gray by the sun, and a dirty red bandanna was knotted around his right wrist. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Miss Peregrine dangled a gloved hand in my direction and, when I failed to take it, noticed the rope that bound my wrists. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She rattled her iron jewelry and imagined how pleasant it would be to step up behind Stannis and throttle him with the chain that bound her wrists. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They were walking in. the Egyptian manner—one shoulder forward, arms bent at the wrist—except from time to time when they had to chew off another fingernail. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She quickly brought her arm up and covered her wrist. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He grasped the blade be-tween thumb and forefinger, drew it back over his shoul-der, and threw it across the room with a practiced flick of his wrist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Hold still,” he says as a two-inch rectangular metal bar descends and presses into the soft flesh on the inside of my wrist for a few seconds. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There was nothing hanging from her hair or magpie-tied to her wrists. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“He used to measure out short lengths of fabric by wrapping them around his wrist.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Aru waved her hand like a pageant queen—rotating it slowly at the wrist—before the three of them ducked through the large gateway marked EXIT. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his smooth wrist on his white stubble whiskers. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball came back to me from the catcher, and my wrist hurt as I caught it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She wiped her mouth on the back of her wrist and said nothing to him as she exited the woods. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My bones jutted sharply at my wrists and elbows. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just as my fingers clutch around the plastic, his eyes open and his hand closes around my wrist. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the morning, her wrists were bruised and swollen. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Left arm is back and up at a right angle, the left hand relaxed at the wrist. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He held her wrist and put his ear to her chest. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I study the time on Mom’s old watch—she was wearing it when her car sailed off the cliff two years ago, killing her on impact—as it ticks around my wrist. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Turner grabbed the man by his tie and was ready to smack his stupid face with an open right hand, but another hand, one of some great strength, closed about his wrist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then she tested the digital watch she’d taken off the guard’s wrist. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He lifted the gun again, locking his wrists, then unlocking them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

With another twist of her wrist, the pole began to shudder, and a groaning sound came from the wood. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

If you steal, your hand will be cut off at the wrist. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The longer he sat reading—or re-reading—the more often and the less absently he used the back of his wrist to blot his forehead and upper lip. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

My finger catches the inside of my bracelet, twisting it like a tourniquet, hurting my wrist. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As Bast reached across the table his sleeve pulled back to reveal a bruise blossoming around his wrist. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was so cold my hand and wrist felt numbed. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then with a delicate movement of her wrist, she stubbed it out. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took his pulse and dropped his wrist in alarm at what she felt. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Sleeper flexed his wrists, and Mini and Boo slumped to the ground, unconscious. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He stretches out his wrist and puts it on. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Will squeezed Ama’s wrist and darted forward, watching the ground in case he stumbled, running fast and low. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Rings are pulled from her fingers, bracelets unclasped from her wrists. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He took hold of my arms again, his long fingers locked around my wrists. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the experience of feeling death without dying that came from watching a chicken leap about blindly after its neck had been snapped by a quick twist of my father’s wrist. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman then raised the pistol, aiming with a firm wrist at the cross of ashes, and she held the trigger with a determination against which there was no appeal. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Knowing exactly what he was doing and exactly what it would mean, he moved his hand from Lyra’s wrist and stroked the red-gold fur of her dæmon. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She flexes her wrists, then bounces on her feet and shakes out her arms. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was then that Reynie noticed that the men’s huge silver watches were identical, and that for some reason they each wore two—one watch on each wrist. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I waved halfheartedly, one hand dragging the other up by the wrist. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It was a soft blow, all in all, a little flick of the wrist, with hardly any force behind it It did not even leave a mark upon her cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He made her stick out her tongue and he felt her wrist. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt blood rushing through all the narrow parts of my body: the wrists, the throat, the backs of my knees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hyena let go of her wrist and expertly got to her throat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

With a flick of his wrist, Rajar hurled Archer into a chair and scooped the weapons out of the air before they hit the ground. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Gay’s new friend who knew a judo hold and tried to show it to Sparky and got his wrist broken when the hold went wrong. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised it slowly—toward the watch on his right wrist. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’d done all I could do to relieve the pressure in my wrist. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The support team was taping her now, running brown sticky tape around her ankles and wrists, and her blowers came on. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strapped to the stump of his right wrist was an iron hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But given the scene around me and my own tender wrist, I wondered whether his study wasn’t valid after all. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Butler wrapped the rifle strap twice around his wrist, pulling the stock into his shoulder. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Bend slightly at the knees. Shoulders back; loosen your wrist. Throw when you exhale.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I felt my knobby wrists rubbing together painfully, felt my groin ache and the hair on my legs yanked off when Coach Raskin removed the tape. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her wrist ached badly, and the torch had burned down almost to her fingers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers brush my wrists and neck as he unbinds my hands and pulls off my gag. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She grabbed her book and began to slide off her chair, but right before she was completely out of reach, Rishi grabbed her wrist. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Rat Kiley went through the kid’s pockets, placed his personal effects in a plastic bag, taped the bag to Kiowa’s wrist, then used the radio to call in a dustoff. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was a doctor who took my temperature and held my wrist. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

One clean sheet under my wrist and a pen in my fingers, I pour it all out to Philbert instead: the music, the dancing, the snap of my rag. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last Test had been javelin throwing on horseback, and a spot on her wrist was still tender. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Dunstan reached down to the silver chain that ran from her wrist to her ankle, and off away in the grass. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't think Unferth took Gren- del's arm. His wrists weren't strong enough to lift it down without dropping it and wakening us all. He was a weakling, in more ways than one." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

He redoubled his grip on the boy’s wrist. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They would know the three leaders because each of them would wear a white handkerchief about the neck and a red string about the right wrist. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

An elderly, preternaturally tanned man—the mayor, somebody explains—waits with a white handkerchief in his big sailor’s hands, a barely perceptible shake showing in his wrists. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then I became aware that my wrists were bandaged and throbbing—and I remembered what I had done. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We were tied to each other, wrist to wrist. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

They fluttered closed and his fingers softly released my wrist. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

Wilder glanced at her hands, the soft warm hands and the fine manicured nails and the tapered wrists. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sashayed and twirled her wrist and arm purposely so Vonetta could see her watch, and when Vonetta did nothing and said nothing, I got angry. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Cupping her hands over her mouth, she bent her head toward my wrist. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Below that, on her wrist, she had two sets of initials written in black script inside an anatomical heart. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It was knotted tightly, and her wrist was already bleeding from the chafing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He noticed a large spot of blood on his wrist. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Rosa flew at the doctor and raked his face with her nails before he was able to grasp her wrists. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman shoved her wrist in my face. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Snag whips around my wrist, fast as the blink of an eye. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“This haint here will tell us where they’ve hidden all their silver. I’m sure they have a strongbox as well,” the tall man said as he tied my wrists together in front of me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At worst I’d get a slap on the wrist for driving a car that wasn’t registered. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what you’ve done to your wrist,” Dad told me the next morning, “but you’re no good on the crew like that. You might as well head back to Utah.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Though her wrists were cinched with twine, she cupped her hands together; they bulged and pulsed, as if she had a fidgety mouse trapped between her palms, and white light leaked between her fingers. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Show your wrist,” an Exclusion Guard officer calls out. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The rope chafed his wrists raw and seemed to grow tighter as the night wore on. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She sits stiffly while the man flexes her hands up and down at the wrist. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the black iron fetter about his wrist, the ruby seemed to pulse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The other guard tied Ayanna’s and my wrists in front of us with strips of cloth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I promise I won’t hypnotize you, Z,” he says while gently taking my wrists and pulling me in. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His head butted the top of the hood and his right wrist came up against the red-hot exhaust pipe. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though her foot throbbed and her ribs and wrist ached, she fell asleep in the hay. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

His heart is pounding against my wrist; his heart, like mine, desperately doesn’t want to stop beating, especially not in chaos like this. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Pinmei hesitated, but looked at their expectant faces—proud, encouraging, daring—and felt the stone of Amah’s bracelet on her wrist, strong and smooth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He cradled my hands against his chest while Meir bound my wrists together with the braided cords. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’m scratching at my wrist, prying under the loop of line, but it’s way too tight. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

T was the only one who knew the truth about how I broke my wrist in seventh grade. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

His frame was delicate, his wrists as narrow as mine, with knobs of bone that looked like they could be broken off like hard candy. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The oldest of the boys—I guessed his age at about twelve—rocked back and forth, his gaze glued to my wrist. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled his hands to feel her wrists, where the plastic bracelets of the handcuffs remained. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have enough wrist or upper body strength,” he grumbles. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth went dry as Fedu’s fingers fettered her wrists, no different from the ropes that had once bound her hands, but she resisted the urge to wince. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Before Polly’s hand reached her pocket, he grabbed her wrist, leaning across her with his back against her chest. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He lifted my arm, checked the bandage around my wrist. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She shoos Ivy off with a flick of her delicate wrist. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Holly punched up a map on her wrist locator and set it to sweep for magical hot spots. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The hand that touches me is lumpy in its northern mitten, the skin of the wrist between mitten and jacket cuff brownish, like coffee with double cream. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I’m doubled over and my wrist is being folded back, bending, bent as far as it will go and bending still. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I should’ve seen the tiny flash of fight near her wrist. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Her hands were firm around my wrists, hurting me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her wrists look fragile and breakable, and her long, skinny braids seem too heavy for her small body. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I spun my bracelet around and around on my wrist, thinking. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I took off the glove, and Mr. Galanter poked and bent the wrist and fingers of the hand. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

All his attention turns from Byrd on his wrist to Daniel outside Ms. Dale’s door. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was just stalling for time as he tested the tightness of the cuffs around his wrists. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I felt his hands at my wrists, at my ankles. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Fetterlings snapped cuffs around their wrists and ankles and tugged them out the door. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I managed to get stung on my wrist while replacing a lid onto a hive box. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph knew that, even though he was wearing a nineteenth- century velvet suit, had a broken watch on his wrist, and had just eaten a huge meal in an ancient kitchen. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The guards surrounding them started forward but then pressed back in fear as the tattoo on Pong's left wrist began to glow. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He raises his wrist and frantically peels back his coat sleeve. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He held both of her wrists in one hand. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As she rose from her seat, the Governor reached out and grabbed her left wrist, pinning it to the table. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

With my arms flat against my sides like a soldier at attention, they mummified me from my shoulder to my wrists. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He used one hand to clamp together Clyde’s limp wrists while the other hand dug in his own pocket. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She drew aside the curtain and leaned her wrist on one of the crosspieces between panes, but, feeling grit, she removed it, rubbed it clean with her other hand, and stood up more erectly. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Aru flexed her hand and Vajra changed from a ball to a glowing circlet around her wrist. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The prisoner’s ankles are cuffed and his arms bound from wrists to forearms. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I use the fine material of my skirt to scrub my face of the snot and tears, the chains around my wrists digging into the soft skin. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She’d stopped by her room just long enough to throw some extra bangles around her wrists and beaded necklaces over her head, and that was that. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The sleeves had never been quite long enough to cover his brown wrists, and his huge weathered hands stuck out rather like the pinchers on a number one Jimmy. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gently trying her working parts — her elbows, her wrists, her knees — they decided they’d have their boy next time, who’d be a scholar, and maybe a millionaire too.... Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Candy laid the stump of his wrist on his knee and rubbed it gently with his hand. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s okay,” Call said, wiping the tears off his face with the back of his wrist. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wide silver bands that mark me as a slave adorn each wrist. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Pain shooting up my entire arm, I lay panting on the edge of the pool and gingerly began to feel my wrist. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion seized her by the wrist, pulled her to her feet, and threw a fistful of clothing into her face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her smile was a brilliant specimen and she wore the moon on her wrist. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She toddled over and held out her thin wrist. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peewee was trying to bum what was left of the leech off my wrist with a cigarette. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes landed on the red Talent bracelet around her wrist, now sticky with glue-water from its run-in with the dish towel. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Diana looked down at her wrist as if surprised that he’d noticed the bracelet. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The long sleeves slid down over her arms, all the way to the wrists. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

After a barrage to his face, Homer finally gathered her feet together and they got her inside, chaining her wrists to her old ring in the wagon floor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I stare at our hands, at my slim fingers entwined in his larger ones, at the veined muscles of his forearm, the slight bones of my wrist, the warmth of our skin meeting. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was already awake at 4:00 a.m. when the alarm on my wrist- watch began to beep; I’d been awake most of the night, struggling for breath in the meager air. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

One passenger was killed; another, a woman, suffered fractures of her jaw and both wrists. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He pulled, pivoting away, his wrist twisting in her grasp. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He bowed to Father Cham, who drew a braided strand from his robe and tied it around the young man's wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She closed the oven and put the back of her wrist on her forehead and closed her eyes, like she was checking her own temperature. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She smiled, and her arm was by 03-01’s side, as he was holding her wrist, making note of her pulse. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Maman circles her fingernail along my wrist, tracing the path of the vein there. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In solitary, Ian became a self-described "cutter"; he would take anything sharp on his food tray to cut his wrists and arms just to watch himself bleed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

With a twist of his wrist, it became a diamond bracelet. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Candy stood in the doorway scratching his bald wrist and looking blindly into the lighted room. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I backed up a couple of steps, went into a crouch, swung my gun arm up, straight out stiff, left hand clamping right wrist, like I saw on TV. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The man in the grey suit releases her wrist and she steps back, retreating into a corner and staring at her hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We both saw the trail of bruises wandering from wrist to elbow, decorating her pale skin like some sort of primitive tattoo. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She stood at the kitchen sink, rinsing, while I stealthily checked the scar she wore on her wrist like a badge. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He went to help his children unload the car, gripping the suitcase handles in his bony fingers, his bony wrists locked. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were through the entrance and ten yards down the corridor and she knew her left wrist could not hold up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I might not be able to reliably assess my faltering brain, but here was proof on my wrist. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Special pulled Tally’s hands together behind her back, and she felt plastic bite into her wrists again. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Pinmei placed her hand over the cold jade bracelet on her wrist, her fingers curling around it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He first took Mother’s pulse, then felt the skin on her ankles and wrists, then peered down her throat and under her eyelids. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrapped it around his wrist and waited until Tarik had found a firm footing on the riverbank. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She felt freed, and realized that her wrists were unshackled. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Bracelets of ivory and gold glimmered around her wrists, and her feet were sandaled beneath matching anklets. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When she still refused to move, the detective grabbed her by the wrists and pulled her to the back seat. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

All of them bore scars on their necks, wrists, and ankles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby clutched my wrist tight as we fell for what seemed like forever, dropping like stones through the whirlpool of fire. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Less benignly, he had pried up and swallowed three pieces of floor tile, and used another shard of the tile to make cuts across his leg and wrist and, apparently, “a blood-filled hole in chest.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby’s back was stuck to my wrist as if it were glued there as we continued to tumble down the fiery tunnel. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And then I saw my friends: Tyson, Grover, Annabeth, and Nico all tossed in a corner, tied up like rodeo animals, with their ankles and wrists roped together and their mouths gagged. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

With my knee against his back, I pull his wrists together and squeeze them into a plastic loop. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The officer reached down and, with a quick turn of his wrist, the cuff on my left wrist opened up. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And then, after all the world had taught them, not to recognize chains when they were snapped to their wrists and ankles. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When I awoke the next morning, my neck was bruised and my wrist swollen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The boys mocked him, bending their wrists as if they'd just shot a basketball and were holding the follow-through. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I cup my wrist and trace the veins there, wondering if I can do the same. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He released her, and as he bowed his head at Amah, Pinmei saw that instead of the red string, the jade bracelet was on her wrist. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Finally my uncle gently touched me on the wrist. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were made in varying sizes, and the Prince’s looked to be one of the largest, being wrist thick where it joined the handle. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“And in this dream”—he seized her wrist—“didn’t the ship land over in Green Valley, didn’t it? Answer me!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I caught Joe with his hand in my waistcoat, and snagged his wrist just as he began to take my pocket watch. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And when she sits up and pulls her hands out, I see she doesn’t have any mittens on—that they were dangling from her wrists. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I admire the way he controls his wrists. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There I was, standing in the dark, holding a kitchen knife to my wrist. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Crab held up a weird-looking fist to demonstrate what a tight wrist looked like, which, to Genie anyway, looked just like a “regular” wrist. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Some paper bills from a man’s pocket, a bracelet from a woman’s wrist—nothing too big. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

As the woman motioned for Rhonda to roll down the window, no one could help but notice the huge silver watches on her wrists. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I'll say it works! She did me wrist a couple of years back. Miraculous, it was. But the wife and I were sure she'd made you up.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then she made a tight bracelet around Maybeth’s wrist, ripping off the gauze with her teeth and tying it into a knot. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sister's hand flashed at his face, but he caught her wrist and bent it back until she cried out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He leans in and checks her pulse by pressing two fingers to the inside of her wrist. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It jumped on the bench and caught Or­ange Juice at the wrist before she could strike. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

My dad had said, “That’s what you think?” and clutched my mom by the wrist, sending her into a small spin in the middle of the kitchen. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A few buyers signaled with a finger, the twist of a wrist, or the wave of a painted fan. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For weeks I’d admired the ones that jingle lightly on her wrist. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

My back feels fine, meaning I’m not feeling it at all; even my wrists, damaged by carpal tunnel syndrome years ago, are issuing no complaints. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to imitate it, turning my wrists in the air. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Neville seized his wrist as Harry made to move on. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Uri tied me to his own wrist when we went to sleep, so I could not deliver food to Janina in the night. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Her hands shook as she first pressed a flat palm to his chest to feel for a pulse, then held up his wrist to check again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Letting go of his wrist, she pushed him back, grasped the end of the key, and turned it several times herself. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Crippled wrists and fingers make writing slow and laborious,” Jefferson complained. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He could kiss my wrist if he thought I was going to let him whip me up without a good fight. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The boy thought they were telling him to chain up Sounder, but then he saw that one of the men had snapped a long chain on the handcuffs on his father’s wrists. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So,” he seethed, holding tightly to her wrist, “do you want to tell me how you got it into your mind that this was a good idea?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"Take your hands off that or I'll take them off for you—at the wrists." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped my wrist a different way—the way an attacker might, he said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The catcher threw the ball back, and I winced at the pain in my wrist. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“The spike had to be an inch in diameter. Was clear through your wrist. There wasn’t much blood, just a trickle running from the wound to the curve of your elbow.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I change into some clothes and come back out to see Biddy near about to wring her hand plumb off her wrists. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The skin from his wrist to his knuckles was dotted with age spots, and it was loose, like skin hanging from a chicken soup bone. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flicks his wrist and his Stun Stick becomes a giant ax. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A moment later, one of the guards appeared and handcuffed Burns’s wrists together and fastened them to the cell door above her head. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A fading yellow bruise circled her right wrist like a bracelet. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strong hand grabbed my wrist and doubled my arm up behind my back, like a policeman arresting a criminal. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slumps unconscious on his knees, held up only by the ropes at his wrists. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It stung horribly, but then he felt the rough friction of a towel on his wrist, and something mopping the wound more gently. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gives her the shopping bags, watches as she loops them over her wrist. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She took his arm and traced a vein from his wrist to his elbow and slid a finger under his rolled-up shirtsleeve. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway out of his laboratory Katherine grabs my wrist and gives me a proper glare. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I pulled up the cuff of my shirt and displayed the quarter-sized disk of raised flesh decorating the inside of my wrist. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Letting go of his wrist, she pushed him back, grasped the end of the key, and turned it several times herself. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Dona Zaida, once a formidable matriarch who ruled her eight sons by a resolute jealousy, spent long afternoons watching novelas on television and perfuming her thickening wrists. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Akane brushes her hair out of her eyes, and I notice a small tattoo on her wrist. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I'm an accidental member of the resistance, and if I am caught, instead of slapping my wrist for black market beer, the Germans could kill me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were two Chinese characters tattooed on the inside of her left wrist and one on her shoulder. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her wrists suddenly free, she shoved her thumbs, into the corpuscule’s eyes and pushed. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

On narrow shelves made of wood, hundreds of naked men and boys lay chained together, wrists, necks, and legs held tightly by iron shackles. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pair of bangles was still singing on Mother’s wrist. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

She flung her arm down and her little silver watch flew off her wrist and hit the floor with a crack. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

But as I careen forward he steps up and catches my wrists, steadying me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to elbow him, but someone else had my wrist. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His thick fingers wrapped around her left wrist, pulling her forward. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Gunny?” said the other Marine, turning his wrist to consult his watch. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He cut the tape around my wrists and ankles, moved me into his office, and gave me a towel, but he refused to let me go home. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I turn to see Frank, still glowering at me and now tapping his wrist. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Fenrir closed his teeth gently until they held Tyr’s hand at the wrist without breaking the skin, and he closed his eyes. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

At this moment O’Brien glanced at his wrist- watch, saw that it was nearly eleven hundred, and evidently decided to stay in the Records Department until the Two Minutes Hate was over. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Instead of proper joints, the wooden parts were connected by golden hooks at the wrists, elbows, shoulders, neck, ankles, knees, hips, waist, and knuckles. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

His other hand was missing, severed at the wrist, the stump bound up in leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Olanna watched Father Marcel and another man carry the dead woman, by her ankles and wrists, out of the classroom and to the back of the building. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Soraya asked if he liked his room and I noticed that she was trying to avoid looking at his wrists and that her eyes kept swaying back to those jagged pink lines. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Candy leaned against the wall beside the broken collar while he scratched the wrist stump. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pinched my wrist to rouse myself, but it did no good. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They left us tied in the kitchen, our wrists and ankles lashed together. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

With a hard kick, she split a coconut, dabbing the sweet juice behind her ears and squeezing it between her wrists like perfume. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He flicks his wrist and sends his hat sailing into a corner. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In the moonlight I looked at my wrist. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll show you a wrist,” repeated Mr. Jaggers, with an immovable determination to show it. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

His joints seemed loosely attached, and the woven bracelet around his left wrist looked dirty. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She sighed and pulled up her sleeve, revealing a long scar from wrist to elbow. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She gasped as she watched an Ashanti grab her mother and try to put thick iron cuffs on her mother’s wrists. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clayton didn’t know if he meant quit crying or quit rubbing his wrists. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Gregor felt a blade cut through the ropes on his wrists. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Was Noodles looking after him, making sure the swelling was going down, and keeping that sprained wrist stable? When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Her sweater was pushed back beyond her wrist. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked down at his left wrist, bare now of any prison mark. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Heavy white silk with a low neckline and tight waist and sleeves that fall from my wrists to the floor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

One tried to encircle my ankles, while the other went for my wrists. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I said, making slurpy noises while I kissed myself up and down my wrist. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She wore a scapular with the images worn away by sweat, and on her right wrist the fang of a carnivorous animal mounted on a backing of copper as an amulet against the evil eye. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then something stirred behind her, and a hand reached out of the dark and grabbed her wrist. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

During his first day on the job we noticed he had a small swastika tattooed on his wrist. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With what strength he had he hewed at the crawling arm near the wrist, and the hand broke off; but at the same moment the sword splintered up to the hilt. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But now, as she was preparing to return to Lambert, it felt right to have it on her wrist again. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I need to talk to you about those oranges and the red ribbon around your wrist and that unbelievably large onion you’ve been carrying around for days now...” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The guards took hold of Matthias again, pulling the shackles from the wolf’s throat and clapping them back on his wrists. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I grabbed her wrist and dragged her back into the living room, where I made Dr. Agar explain everything again. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tongue wrapped around my arm, from elbow to wrist. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The third was the worst: Because of the McCoy ordeal and the school board looking to avoid any further mishaps, I wasn’t allowed out of the car without wrist restraints. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But as he scurried down the walk, Mr. Trepid glanced at his wrist. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She rubbed at her temples with the insides of her wrists. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Jimmy grabbed his wrist and yanked him toward the door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Marmeluc reached out his hand to Jacob, and they grasped wrists. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He glanced at the dive watch on the wrist of his free hand. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Rivera looked skeptical, she took Maribel by the wrist, leading her up to their apartment while I stood there in the spitting rain and watched them go. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The girl slid the gilded sandals onto her feet, while the old woman fixed the tiara in her hair, and slid golden bracelets crusted with amethysts around her wrists. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In the brief phosphoric flashes her taut wrists were white with exertion. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She flexed her wrists and wrestled the control column forward again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She had her hands in her pockets, but the edges of the purple mittens poked out around her wrists. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

The claws dug hard in Ogion's wrist; the barred wings trembled; the round, gold eye was dull and wild. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Again, she was sure he’d ask about her feet and her ribs and her wrist, and how she’d hurt them, or maybe who had hurt her, but she didn’t think she could explain that either. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The shoulder affected the elbow, and as the elbow engaged, it sent other movements in a chain reaction down into the wrist and, finally, the hand. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

You need a swift eye, strong wrists and a very quick pair of hands to play fives well, and it was a game I took to right from the beginning. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my dinners of Kraft macaroni & cheese; on my weak wrists and tubular ankles. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Give him some love,” Sean said, taking hold of my wrist and lifting it. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The shackles on her wrists shift down a few inches, revealing raw sores beneath them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I felt his warm, moist breath blow on my wrist. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fixed the head of the spear and the long string that held it to my wrist. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her finger slowly circled the bracelet around her wrist, and she held it as close to herself as possible. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

And then one morning a group of men came and caught him by the wrists and led him into a large room in the Cook County Morgue, in which there were many people. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My hands slide up his wrists to clasp his. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

His was only the life sign, ankh, a green-glazed cross with a looped top, tied to his wrist with seven knots to bind his spirit to his body. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She rubbed her wrists and couldn’t help but breathe with relief. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wooden hoops dangled from her ears, and when she waved a hand, the thick bangles on her wrist clacked against each other noisily. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Only I realize as I put on my one jacket—I last wore it at Grandma Sweetwine’s funeral—that the sleeves come closer to my elbows than my wrists. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I remember the belt stinging on my wrist in Tobias’s fear landscape and slip into the space between them, pushing Marcus back. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"My lord, my lord," he sang, tugging at her wrist, "here's the weasel who made the soup!" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My eyes were drawn again to his wrist wrapped tightly with white gauze bandages. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I thought he meant to abandon us here, but Frankie took my wrist and dragged me in pursuit of the man. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They formed a circle, swayIng their hips and flipping their wrists and taking tiny steps in intricate patterns on the floor. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, he reached over and pulled at the old silk scarf she'd tied around her wrist. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She grabbed me by the wrist so hard it hurt. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Touch his hand. The back of the wrist. Breathe too closely to his face. All marks of desire. We have found that aflection causes the pupil of the eye to dilate involuntarily.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A hand seized Tab’s wrist and another one grabbed Bridge’s elbow. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He undid her ankles and cinched her wrist chains to silence them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Could we talk about the way it feels to hold a snake in your hand and then it winds itself around your wrist?” asked Arthur Greenlaw. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

She is left-handed, and because she writes in pencil her left arm is silver from wrist to elbow. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Someone secured a necklace of large red oyster shells around my neck, and a broad bracelet of silver was pushed onto my wrist. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to give him any indication that I was going to the attic to reopen the tender new scar tissue at my wrists. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced down to where her hands were tugging at the edges of her shorts, moving so fast and frantic that I almost didn’t see the angry red marks that circled her wrists. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When they came for me, I lifted my hands to them, let them wrap the cuffs around my wrists. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I was remembering my father,” I say instead, gesturing at my wrist. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He grabs my wrist, looks at my watch and mumbles, “Four-fifty-one.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Arul wound your new doll’s hair around one of his wrists like a handcuff. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Ridgeway smiled as the men shackled his wrists through the wagon wheel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She marked the way the tight boards were chafing the hard brown wrists. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“You wear that on your ankle or your wrist, and one of these days, I’m sure you’ll find it helpful.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sula’s head rested on her arm, an undone braid coiled around her wrist. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Very small, on the inside of his left wrist, is my name, Isabella, penned in a really pretty cursive next to a small purple daisy. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I stick one arm into the sleeve, and the cuff lands well above my wrist. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their slim black boy wrists made G clefs in the air as they executed the tosses. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept writing until his wrist began to ache, and at six he finally called it quits. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Terrified Pippin lay still, though the pain at his wrists and ankles was growing, and the stones beneath him were boring into his back. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

See the loop of line snagged on my wrist. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was no hint of hesitation on Dr. Begbie’s face as she unstrapped my wrists and ankles. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You hold your fingers and wrist stiff. All the movement comes from your arm. You begin by rotating the flesh on your arm so that your pen will form slanting circles.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her wrist was wrenched so hard she could hear the bones snap. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two hands lifted her up, and four laid her on a cold, hard metal cot with springs that hurt her back, and bound her wrists and ankles with leather thongs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shot an anxious look at the freckled patch of skin on her wrist, where her red Talent bracelet with the shiny silver beads usually sat. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Bliss checked for Garfield's pulse at both his wrist and neck. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing tights and one of those short patterned dresses, and her left wrist is loaded with woven friendship bracelets. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

As I tie her wrist to the bedpost, she goes on. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Davos waited wet and dripping, his wrists chafing where the wet rope dug into his skin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The ladder was lowered, and the announcer sprang down, hauling Matthias to his feet and grabbing his wrist to raise his hand in victory. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing a scarf on her head, but there’s some hair showing in the front, like Thayee wears hers when she goes out, and she has bangles on her wrist like me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He clamps the irons roughly around my ankles and wrists. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Cool fingers circled Finn’s wrist and lifted his hand to the table in front of him, to the plate on top of it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

A long jagged gash showed in her left side, there was a similar one on her left wrist. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each flick of my wrist is met with a hushed whisper against the paper. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Could she trust it now, the hilarious freedom of the upward flight, the blind trust in the kindly grip of adult wrists, when the fifth person could so easily have been Robbie? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Every sage who took the vows was given a mark just above her wrist: a stylized symbol slightly larger than a gold coin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

On her wrist, the locator began to beep. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The armorer gave the offered wrist the briefest of glances. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Haymitch grips my wrist as if anticipating my next move, but I am as speechless as the Capitol’s torturers have rendered Darius. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He swiped the thick red stream away from his eye with the back of his wrist. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The handcuffs squeezed cold and tight against my wrists. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

They stripped the Suli and Kaelish girls down to their underclothes, then bound all the girls’ wrists and ankles with cords from the curtains and gagged them with torn pieces of their prison clothes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A file of men marched past in irons, clanking with every step; they carried spears and wore short swords, but chains linked them wrist to wrist and ankle to ankle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“What? Nah,” I said with a flick of my wrist while still keeping my arms locked firmly around my torso. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were similar to the iron bands on her wrists, except these fit around their necks! Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held out her arms in front of her—the bones in her wrists protruded. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her baggy gray pants did not look cheap, and the same went for the tight top that covered her from wrist to neck. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was a secret smile, as if she knew things nobody could ever know, and she reached out and touched my wrist and said, "Timmy, stop crying. It doesn’t matter." The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to really get that movement of his elbows and wrists, the way he knew how to wield a chain saw. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“What . . .” Marigold rubbed her wrist as the Owners car disappeared down the main highway. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

An amber eye, a delicate wrist with a silver-and-turquoise bracelet, eyebrows arched and thick as if inviting danger. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I hand the phone back to the woman in the bathrobe, I notice that she has a hospital band on her wrist. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

An alien stuffed a pair of boxers into my mouth, while another bound my wrists together with tape. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was wincing because the handcuffs were beginning to hurt my wrists, but I was also sincerely fearful about what was going to happen next. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

They were comparing details, like the way light struck a fingernail or a wrist bone, the look of a woven basket handle or a curl of hair. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Soft, dimpled elbows poke out from her lacy sleeves, and red beads wind up her wrists. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered the glasses and pulled down the cotton mask from his face and wiped his nose on the back of his wrist and then glassed the country again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She was up to her wrists in soapsuds and called out to us to be careful as we whizzed back outside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

One arm waving wildly, Bridge reached out with the other, grabbed Sherm’s wrist, and held it up. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I like your room,” I said, trying not to look at Sohrab’s bandaged wrists. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He could kiss my wrist if he thought I was going to beg him and say things like “I’ll do anything you folks ask me if you don’t lock me up in here all alone.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I withstood the urge to scratch my increasingly prickly rash, and instead dug some soft mud from the riverbed and wiped it on my ankles and wrists. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I felt him crawl over the back of my hand and start up my wrist. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another wolf snapped its teeth around his wrist, and they dragged him off, away from the fire, until I couldn’t see them anymore. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

At first, my wrists were rusty after more than a week off, but I gradually warmed up until I was playing blazingly fast and much harder than usual. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big one checked her toes and asked after her ribs and wrist, and then dashed off for work. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Styx stuck his hand down and grasped my wrist. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I laughed rather too loudly again, crossed my legs, and examined the inside of my wrist. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Only one wrist so I can turn the pages.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He had the window wide open and the sheets and blankets thrown back Mrs Helena Kingshaw drew the curtains across, the bracelets slipping and chinking down her arm, from elbow to wrist. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He grabbed my wrist and took my pulse. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He reached up and grabbed Styx’s narrow wrists. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Inside the tent Mrs. Coulter was talking to a man Lena Feldt hadn’t seen before: an older man, gray-haired and powerful, with a serpent dæmon twined around his wrist. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just remember next time,” Gram had said once the bracelet was safely around my wrist again, “that you’ve always got me, Emma. And with the two of us together, things can’t be too bad.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I hear Shelly’s muffled voice telling me to sit down, and I sink to my knees, letting my wrists rest on my legs. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You have time,” Nicholson said without first looking at his wrist watch. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She touched her staff to the raft, and the wood warmed beneath my wrists and ankles. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

Cal was silent for so long that Lee’s fingers began to creep a little, holding to his wrists. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took hold of my wrist, like I was a two-year-old about to dart out into the street, and gripped it. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

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

He pressed his elbow and part of his wrist popped open—a rectangular hatch in his skin. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A droplet of sweat falls from my chin and lands on my wrist. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He looked away from me as he carefully peeled the magnetic sticky patches that detoxified his cells off his wrists and slid them into a pocket. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not if the Klan has anything to do with it,” Stella replied, twirling the new bracelet on her wrist. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

She moved her hand to Hazel’s wrist and lifted her arm above her head, twisting it in a way it was absolutely not supposed to go. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He had used plastic cuffs, wrapping them tightly around her wrists. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her wrists were bound and his grip on her was tight—probably too tight—but he needed this to be convincing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She reaches back and pulls two stickers out, puts them on plastic bracelets that she has attached to her belt, which is like a nurse utility belt, and affixes them to my right wrist. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

She meets my eyes, then lifts her wrist and gives it a subtle shake. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

We made it another few steps before I tugged on Frankie’s wrist, stopping him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When the weary passengers finally boarded the giant jet at Kennedy Airport and it lifted off the runway, her mother clutched Liyana’s wrist hard. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now she tied heavy rocks to her ankles and wrists but still performed the familiar motions without effort. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Princess Nehemia lunged, slapping Dorian on the wrist with her sword. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon flew down to her wrist, and sat there glowing while Lyra composed her mind. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He flexes his right wrist and I notice that his hand is bandaged. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra relaxed a little, and allowed herself to feel the pain in her shoulder and wrist. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

My arms glided down the sleeves that stopped just over my wrists, like a coat sleeve should. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

"You'll have to go with him," Mr. Newman said somberly, and nodded toward the guard who had taken hold of my wrist. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She grabs my wrists and tucks my arms behind me as she pulls me up against her. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

One wrist twist and there was an apple. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hold my breath and place the creature on my left wrist. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She only had chains on her wrists now. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“His wrist wasn’t”—she looked at him—“locked?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But she says she feels lost without it, and she won’t get it fixed because her wrist would feel naked while the watch was at the repair place. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

What wolf waves the rest of the pack forward with its front paw as though it had a wrist? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’s got a small bandage just above his eyebrow and another around his wrist. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But in the darkness, Pinmei saw the faint red glow of the thread around her wrist. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He flicked his wrist and the string circle swayed, missing the moon entirely. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

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 checks the bones in my wrist, examines my ankle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Father took the bangle and put it back on Mother’s wrist. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

The lighted dial of Dudley’s watch, which was dangling over the edge of the sofa on his fat wrist, told Harry he’d be eleven in ten minutes’ time. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The memory of sirens, of me walking into the principal’s office where the cops were gathered, of Annie’s cuffed wrists, her tear-streaked face looking up at me in shock, comes back to me now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tanin leaned against the bulwark of the ship as if she belonged there, propped up on her elbows with her hands crossed loosely at the wrists. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Every single one gets a little slap on the wrist and goes right back into society, like it’s all good. Black folks or poor folks get on drugs?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Now, don’t forget that nice wrist movement we’ve been practicing!” squeaked Professor Flitwick, perched on top of his pile of books as usual. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She holds up her wrists, and even across the table I can see the scars. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I rolled on top of her and grabbed her at the wrists. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled up the bracelets, showing the blue mark on his wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Each minute action—each subtle turning of wrists—must be mirrored exactly by each oarsman, from one end of the boat to the other. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her bangles jangled about her wrists as she welcomed us back into class. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rang the bell and waved, making sure she saw the strip of white gleaming around his wrist. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

We just sit and wait, and blow on our fingers, and shake our wrists, and wait some more. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A man in front of us was getting a wrist tattoo, the needle scraping the skin. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The dreamer paid for them out of a silly sort of green brocade purse, and in the next instant they were gleaming at her wrist like a charm bracelet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She looked at the first child closely, his wrists, the shape of his head and die temperament that showed in his eyes and said, “Well Look at Dewey. My my mymymy.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And then those awful teeth came unlocked, its mouth reeling open to admit three wiry tongues into the air, each as thick as my wrist. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He taps the gold piece that stays on his wrist. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I open up a paper clip and scratch it across the inside of my left wrist. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

But when Old Theresa grabs your wrist and stares at you with those pale blue eyes... The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I try to stand and scream through the gag, straining at the bonds around my wrists. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She grabbed my wrist and dragged me outside. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was playing with his yo-yo, dancing it with short, tight strokes of the wrist. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The remaining rubber plug he then threw out of sight down the field, with a single lunge ending in a powerful downward thrust of his wrist. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the dead man’s head was a hat decorated with fox teeth, and on his wrists twenty-five ivory bracelets. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands of them dangled off the wall on nails in a morbid inventory of manacles and fetters, of shackles for ankles and wrists and necks in all varieties and combinations. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

All three wore a lot of fancy watches on both wrists. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Stella scooted closer to her mother, who very quietly slipped the purple bracelet onto Stella’s wrist. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The same one I remember on Haymitch’s wrist the morning I began training. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Instead the big knight carried him, hoisting him by the chain between his wrists. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It won’t be far,” I said as I stood rubbing the pain out of my wrists. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In any case, it was certain that he hadn’t intended to strike and hurt his wrist on the side of the washbowl. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I can see other blue veins just under the skin of her forearms and wrists. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I taped the front zipper of the suit, taped the wrists of my gloves to the suit, taped the cuffs of the boots to the suit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The muscles in his wrists are hard as metal. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We’d run outside to watch the caravan plod through our street, men with dusty, weather-beaten faces and women dressed in long, colorful shawls, beads, and silver bracelets around their wrists and ankles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I slapped Charlie’s wrists, not that I was strong enough to break free. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Come Sunday morning, Mrs. was dressed and ready for church, with a pinned-on hat, a shiny black purse, and black gloves that crawled past her wrists. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The woman’s hands were firm and smooth, long and slender, with broad gold bangles on her wrists. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He even slept through the day’s only excitement, when an inmate down the hall managed to cut both his wrists with the blade from a disposable razor he’d somehow smuggled in. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still another one swoops, flutters, and then lands on his wrist. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She held my wrist that held the match until she had sucked in enough fire for the entire end of her cigarette to catch. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped the cords off his wrists, and fished out a packet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“You’re sitting watching TV,” he continued, “and suddenly you discover a wasp crawling on your wrist.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

A small tattoo of an arrow sits below her wrist. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As she did so, the dog waddled forward and licked her wrist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Keep your elbows bent just a little, but lock your wrists,” Crab was saying. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He tried pulling himself up and felt a sharp pain in his wrist. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had looked at the young monk's left wrist as he'd walked away from her in the village, but it was completely covered with string bracelets. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z