His fingers brushed against her cheek as he stroked one auburn lock. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure my answer made sense to Ms. Faraci, but she smiled anyway, her round cheeks so high, they brushed the bottom of her glasses. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I quickly put my face back in the water to hide my reddening cheeks and practice the float for a while longer until I realize I’m not going to drown. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Then I compose myself and wipe my wet cheeks with the back of my hands. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“How is it possible?” cried Emma, turning her glowing cheeks towards him; for, while she spoke, it occurred to her that he might have called at Mrs. Goddard’s in his way. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Arabella sits on the bed and rubs a gloved hand along Charlotte's cheek. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Sea spray struck Reed’s cheek as he stood, testing the shifting sand with his toes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He touches my cheek tenderly, gazing into my eyes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In silence deep as the sea of their sorrow, they kissed twice on the cheeks, then parted. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

But I lose this battle with myself, and a tear falls down my cheek. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The crowd laughed until the tears rolled down their cheeks while the cymbals clashed—the dragon’s copper laugh—and the drums banged like firecrackers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My gaze was fixed without object upon the encampment, the dim figures who, an arm or a cheek caught in the distinguishing gesture of flame, huddled or moved about the mob of soldiery. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It was kind of amazing that more people didn't try to pinch her cheeks. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Then I have the same weird sensation on my cheek, like a mouse is dancing on my face. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Shut up,” Sierra said, giving Bennie a kiss on the cheek and extending a pound for Big Jerome. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He tucked the tobacco in his mouth, between his cheek and jaw. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I felt the smile start to creep over my face, stretching my lips and cheeks, an embarrassed and amused smile. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pushes his nose, his cheek into it, feels some of the tension sap out of Henry at the touch. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I turned my cheek for the usual kiss. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

His cheeks burnt with the rush of blood, the room swam and darkened before his eyes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not trouble to name her fool, but the cowbells on his antlered hat and the motley tattooed across his puffy cheeks made him hard to overlook. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know I was crying until I felt the tears roll down my cheeks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She goes in the bathroom and dabs some more rouge on her gaudy cheeks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I can’t even speak, and I know there’s going to be a puffy red handprint on my left cheek for a good long time. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was now sixteen and had grown to be almost as tall as my father, but his cheeks were hollow and his clothes hung loosely on his bony frame. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Flip, flip, flip—cushions reversed to show their pretty white cheeks, then bolt upstairs. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny stepped between the girls and got the scratch down his cheek. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks were bruised and nicked here and there. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then, as if moved by a sudden impulse, he lurched forward and kissed her on the cheek. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry, Mango,” I whisper over and over as the tears warm my cheeks and hands. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Doña Andrea was short and round and had a wart on her cheek. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

And of course as soon as the first ones spill onto his cheeks, Dad’s eyes open. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He pushes me away to look at my face, touches my cheek, and pulls me close again. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The gopher was fat and sleek and he had always plenty of food in his cheek pouches. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had wept in her dream, and the tears had turned to steam on her cheeks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I sure would,” I say, noting the scratches on his arms and the smudges of dirt on his cheeks. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time any guy had ever seen me without a bra or anything and my cheeks flamed. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She could not, she had thought as she bent to kiss the baby’s flushed cheek, have loved this child more if it had come from her own flesh. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Alma would say thanks, would show a slight expression of guilt, and would kiss her grandmother on the cheek. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The guard’s fingers passed over the spot between Kaz’s teeth where he’d wedged the baleen, then pinched and prodded the interior of his cheeks. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His voice was low, and the flickering firelight played across his tan cheeks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is racing, and I can feel a thick pulse in my left cheek. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Biting the inside of my cheek, I wondered, Will I raise enough money in time? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, there were tears streaming down my cheeks. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Ivy stared at the letter for a long time before she realized tears were running down her cheeks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Nora slides her hand into his back pocket, and he tries to focus on the comfort of her physical presence against his side, the familiar frizz of her curls against his cheek. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The girl’s hand was on his cheek, soft and barely there. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I hand him and Uncle Carlos a plate and get a kiss to the cheek from Daddy in return. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

St. John said these words as he pronounced his sermons, with a quiet, deep voice; with an unflushed cheek, and a coruscating radiance of glance. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I could tell by the high color in Mom’s cheeks that she was excited about the prospect of an adventure. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He is trying to grow a beard, and the soft hairs brush her cheek as he hugs back. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes as her cheeks flushed. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Ivy nodded, a blush rushing into her cheeks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He touched my cheek, his fingers grazing my skin, and I gasped. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She kissed me on the cheek, and then she smiled again. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Me and Cooter tried to keep our faces serious whilst Pa was talking, but tears were rolling down both our cheeks. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I walk over to Mrs. Patterson and she gives me a big hug and then kisses both my cheeks. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spoony ran over to our mom and gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She whipped back around, her cheeks stained pink. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He landed a glancing blow on the man's cheek, before finding himself facedown in the dirt, his face being slammed into the mud, with the wind knocked out of him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She even leans close and kisses me on the cheek. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I waited until they were down the hill to the road and then I followed, my cheek where my mother had struck me still on fire. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sahar, one of the younger cousins, leaned forward and puffed out her chubby cheeks. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks were flushed a bright crimson, sunburnt from our walk this morning. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She twisted in the vat, the rough pottery scratching her cheek, but she was rewarded by a good-sized crack at eye level. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

Two great tears ran slowly down her cheeks. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She’s cropped Nora out so it’s just the two of them, Henry sporting a wide, teasing grin under his sunglasses and June planting a kiss on his cheek. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He handed us his shirt, his pants, his socks, and his underwear, and then he turned, bent over, and spread his cheeks. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don't think you'll be needing this,” he says, his breath hot and rank on my cheek. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I look up, watching as a gentle flurry of snow starts to fall, landing on my cheeks and my eyelids and my forehead. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She wipes her cheeks with her palms and walks down the hallway. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Rachel shied away from the mirror, her cheeks pink with embarrassment. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could do anything, though, Carmen gave me a kiss on each cheek and turned to leave. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He kisses my cheek, hands me his umbrella, and heads back to the lab. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Coarse hair covered his cheeks and jowls and poked from his ears and nostrils. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Time was slow ’nough that I seent his nose flatten out and spread o’er his cheeks, looking like someone had slapped him in the face with a piece of brownish Georgia ham. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“You smell nice,” she says as she rests her cheek against my shirt. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“The blush on your cheeks is lovely,” he murmured. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

"How dare you suggest such a thing! What cheek! What infernal insolence! What's your name, boy? And stand up when you speak to me!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

So instead, she just nodded and gave her great-aunt a chaste kiss on the cheek. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She had an enormous scar on her cheek. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She was sweaty, her hair stuck to her cheeks and down her neck. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Frankie returned his foot to Whitby’s chest, the man glowered at him with petulant rage, his monocle dangling down his bruised cheek. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She kisses my cheek and brushes a lock of hair that fell from my bun behind my ear. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Baba’s jaw was set, and a muscle in his cheek was twitching. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The great yellow rolls of his flesh doubled over his breasts and over his belly and in the mountains of his cheeks his eyes were small and sunken as a pig’s eyes. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyelashes stood out dark against her cheek. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I received lots of wet lipsticked-kisses on my cheeks, which made me feel disgusted and loved as I turned to secretly rub off their marks. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was his father's skin that burst and blackened, his father's eyes that ran liquid down his cheeks like jellied tears. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Horatio takes my hands and his breath on my cheek makes me shiver. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right, Clarice, it’s not your fault,” I said, and she shook her head, the tears running down her cheeks. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Take care of the evil in the wind,” she whispered and bent low to kiss my cheek. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice gave way to the tears, as they rolled down her chocolate cheeks. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At the door of the auditorium, Mom kissed George on the cheek and searched for a seat. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I watch my words as they hit, piercing his eyes and ears and cheeks like porcupine quills. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flora went down the stairs and past Mary Ann, whose cheeks were glowing a healthy and disgusting pink. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I caught a glimpse in the hearth mirror of a girl with a mark on her cheek that trumpeted her shame. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My cheeks burn, and I brush past my uncle and climb into the backseat of the car without saying a word. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Though he was of average build, his cheeks had a plumpness to them; this, along with the eyelashes, detracted, he feared, from what he hoped was a distinguished profile. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

One slide I remember showed a beautiful laughing girl with a black mole on her cheek. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She leaned over the side of the crib and smelled the girl’s warm breath and let her nose brush against the girl’s cheek. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Feeling a stinging on his cheek, Calder wiped off some blood. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She had plump dimpled cheeks, happy blue eyes, and neat curly tumed-up hair. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She was young, perhaps fifteen or sixteen years old, her cheeks still chubby like a child's. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I bent my head and touched my cheek to the warm shingles. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much as I hated to let the boy see me weep, I could not keep tears from streaming down my cheeks. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you get smacked, Tris? One of your cheeks is bright red.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The lights hanging slack overhead, the soft ground underneath and the canvas wall that faintly blew in and out, like cheeks puffed with air, made for the feeling of a country fair. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Was that a birthmark I saw on your left butt cheek?” she says, smirking. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A lip of skin hangs from her forehead and the blood from it has covered her eyes, her nose and one cheek before it jelled. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His cheeks hung a bit more than they used to. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Archie kept that smile on his face until he felt his cheeks would crack. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she talks I watch the freckles on her cheeks, dappled like sunlight through dense leaves. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My cheeks hurt from all this fake positivity, but I don’t want to ruin it for them. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The second guard, a rotund fellow with a scar down his right cheek, nodded. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I drink tea and kiss Milla’s wrinkled cheek on my way out. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then in my dream, Pa is sitting next to me, his fingers caress my cheeks and face. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dany stood on her toes and kissed him lightly, once on each cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I kissed hundreds of cheeks, hugged total strangers, thanked them for their gifts. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Time to go home, Uhmma says, her face flushed pink at the top of her cheeks. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

My cheeks prickled as a sudden wave of heat washed over me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He moved his icy palm to rest it against my cheek. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And her cheeks, normally rosy like apples, have been repainted beige. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Bowen Marsh stood there before him, tears running down his cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She gave him a big kiss on the cheek and hugged him again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The sunken cheeks were covered with a thin scattering of fuzz; the hair was lank and matted. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just got quiet and it was only when we were walking away that I saw the tears rolling down his cheeks. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on his cheek, turned his face to hers, and stared him dead in the eyes. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She squenched up her right cheek in a vain effort to return his wink. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She walks over and places a hand against my cheek. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I can feel the heat of my cheeks and wonder if the shadows help cover it up at all. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

This is the market where gesture is all: a tongue’s lightning lick; a thumbnail grazing the split cheeks of a purple plum. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kisses my cheek and pulls back to study me with her X-ray/MRI/CAT-scan vision. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She gave me a kiss on the cheek. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Like that showing the other cheek thing. And like why didn’t Yesu fight the bad guys?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I reached up to scratch my face and squished the wasp that had been sucking sugar off my cheek. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She guffawed overjovially, and Dimple had to bite the inside of her cheek to keep from laughing at Seema’s frozen expression. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Just a hint of embarrassment gave them away, a tinge in the cheek for the fact that such a common item should now be so highly prized. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though he had been made with a great piece missing—one of May Belle’s puzzles with this huge gap where somebody’s eye and cheek and jaw should have been. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He eases his fingers across my cheek, up around my neck, toward the back of my head, and through the tight coils of my hair. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

On TV, daughters sometimes sit on their fathers’ laps and the fathers pat their backs and kiss their cheeks. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam felt the punches on temples, cheeks, eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was smiling, his reddish cheeks puffed out like a squirrel's. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the tips of her fingers, El touches my cheeks and, for the first time, I notice the sparse tears rolling down my face. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She clutched it, tears spilling down her cheeks again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But with her cheek pressed against the cool white porcelain she could swim through imaginary waters and sometimes fall asleep. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyelids are still heavy, but color is slowly returning to her cheeks. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She gives him a kiss on the cheek just as he heads toward the bus. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“No matter what happens,” she said, touching his cheek, “I’m grateful for the past six years here.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Her hair was swept back a bit more now, and I saw the edge of what must have been a pretty big bandage covering her cheek. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t have been older than twenty-five, and he had a white baby face with ruddy cheeks, sideburns, and a gold cross around his neck. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My mom leaned across the seat and kissed my dad’s cheek, which was kind of stubbly. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if his cheeks were badly chapped or if he was blushing. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ophie made her way back to Mrs. Caruthers’s room, scrubbing at her cheeks as the old woman howled for her afternoon tea, the racket enough to wake the dead. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He clears his throat, wiping his cheeks with his fingertips. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her best tile got a splash of water, which left a sepia tear on the Cupid’s cheek. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she sees Jamie, she starts to pet his head and then gives him a kiss on the cheek. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Towser was lean and angular and had fine blond hair so light it was almost without color, sunken cheeks, and teeth like large white marshmallows. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He felt the sharp jut of a gun- sight against his cheek. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lewis’s left eye is swollen shut and blood drips onto his shirt from a slash on his cheek, but he refuses to go to the hospital. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When I stood up I felt warm tears on my cheeks. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tears rolled down Sunjin’s cheeks as he followed the soldier quietly. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Papa was pleased with my tears; I still remembered clearly how he leaned toward me and caressed my cheek. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She rubbed her stomach with a circular motion, and puffed out her cheeks horribly as if she were chewing on a whole doughnut. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel my heart beat in my chest and Wishbone’s warm breath against my cheek. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He was missing an ear, and there was a hole in his cheek. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tears freeze upon your cheeks where they come from. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My head aches and I must have bitten into the side of my cheek in the night. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She had very bright, watery blue eyes, a fair complexion, and rosy cheeks, and was unusually tall and broad-shouldered for a twelve-year-old. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her arm tightened around his shoulders and she rested her cheek on his tunic. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pinkness drained away, down her forehead, her cheeks, her neck. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The skin on his cheeks was stretched tight, and its surface shone as though it were glazed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she got home, she kissed her grandmother’s cheek, walked up the stairs to her room, and tossed her book bag into the bottom of her closet. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

By the time Grace found her pen, her cheeks were bright red. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks have filled out a little bit, and her hair looks darker and longer. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When the doorbell rings, I pinch my cheeks and smile big so I look excited to see her, and when she smiles back and steps inside, I hug her like it’s been forever. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks turned a bright pink, and he was £fraid she was about to start weeping again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Slightly. It looks like someone sprinkled chocolate across your nose and cheeks.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We held him next to our cheeks and told him he was going to grow up to be a strong bird. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I nodded, trying to hide the blood rushing to my cheeks. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Liam stumbled back a few steps at impact, his wet hair clinging to his cheeks, longer than I remembered. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Our heads bump as he tries to give me a kiss on the cheek. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

As he turned aside his face a minute, I saw a tear slide from under the sealed eyelid, and trickle down the manly cheek. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Splotches of red cropped up across her cheeks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My face burned and the salt trickled down my cheek but I wouldn’t utter a sound. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The weight of her arm was wonderfully comfortable, and her gin-sweet breath was warm on my cheek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She gives Justin a ton of kisses on his cheeks, making him laugh until he pushes her away. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I hugged and kissed my grandparents, and Babou surprised me when he kissed me back on the cheek. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And being very tired and having nothing inside him, he felt so sorry for himself that the tears rolled down his cheeks. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He slapped his hand against her cheek over and over, trying to keep her awake. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Elisabeth paces in front of her office, her cheeks flushed, a hand in front of her mouth. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Sam and I roar till tears stream down our cheeks. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I had only meant to comfort him, but as I smelled his sweat and felt the spring of his beard against my cheek, an alarm began to clang inside my body. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then from nowhere came Stew Cat He rubbed dong my arms and up against my cheek, purring hard. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maia turned then, and with her hand lightly touched the cheeks of Jane and Michael. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Lola sat herself down on the edge of the bed and blew dramatically through her cheeks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The witch rested a long finger on her cheek and shook her head. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He walked across the room and leaned over to kiss his mother on the cheek. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He touches my cheek, right near the corner of my mouth. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Tears were popping out of his eyes and slipping down his cheeks. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He came over to me, and I threw my arms around his neck and kissed him on his left cheek. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My cheeks are hot, and my lips pulse with pain. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Sarai was tired and she wasn’t terrified, so she lay down in her bed, tucked her hands under her cheek, and slept. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As soon as they saw my swollen upper lip and the scratches on my left cheek, they knew what the note said. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As Grandma India said, turning the other cheek could be difficult, but for me, it was also beginning to be a lot of fun. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath, puffed out his cheeks and then whoof! The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if her cheek is still warm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was a short, round white man with red cheeks who could have been anywhere from fifty to seventy. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her mother brushed her cheek with the curve of her finger. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

If she wasn’t so brown skinned, I bet I would see a blush steaming up her cheeks. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes my aunts and uncles would look at me and gently slap their cheeks, awestruck by the fact that I looked just like her. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The receiver was jammed into my cheek and the rest of the phone was dangling off my neck and the whole elasticity experiment was beginning to feel a little stupid and tight. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She paused to cough, leaned down and coughed, and when the spell was over her cheeks were flushed and she was exhausted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward, close enough that my cheek was resting against his shoulder. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Lucy frets at the postponement of seeing him, but it does not touch her looks; she is a trifle stouter, and her cheeks are a lovely rose-pink. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks are bright pink and her skin is a fierce white. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

David nodded, kissed his finger, and traced one of the remaining scratches on her cheek. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He wipes his cheek with the heel of his hand and smiles wetly. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

His cheeks were sunken, his eyes were red, and his face was ashen. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was funny because his skin tasted of salt when my lips finally reached his cheek. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

At dusk Miguel arrived with ruddy cheeks, squirming in silent amusement to hide the present he was holding behind his back. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rubbing his cheek, he blurted angrily, “You need not fear. I have told no one about the wineskins—and what is in them—yet!” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The lion was so astonished at the hare’s cheek that at first he did nothing. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Tears stream down her cheeks, wetting the mesh. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She walks down the row of us and kisses each of our cheeks. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I put my hand to my cheek and press. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Impatiently she clicks the button for a station change, comes up with an aging bass baritone, his cheeks like emptied udders. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Trotter watched us gobble down the pie, her own cheeks rising in little, hard apples. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I loved the wind across my cheeks, through my hair. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then it found its way back to her eyes, cheeks, and mouth. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The left side of his face was slick with scar where an axe had cut off his ear and part of his cheek. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was a small maroon motor truck with the name in gilt letters on the sides and the man making preparations to wash it wasn’t Frank, the nice young man with rosy cheeks. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tears, like slender icicles, were frozen to his cheeks. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She pressed the back of her hand to his cheek and smiled, her face so close to his that he could smell coffee and makeup. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

There was dirt streaked in tear stains on his cheeks, but he was not crying now. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had two of the world’s rosiest, chubbiest cheeks, which no one could keep from touching. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sunken cheeks and blue-gray eyes, the wispy eyebrows and silver hair, the shoulders knotted around her ears. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They both were younger than Minli; she realized that they were twins — their round faces, dancing eyes, and pink cheeks were exactly the same. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Tears stream down her cheeks, and she does her best to wipe them away. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She lifts her head and strokes my cheek. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I walked so fast I was drifting along the streets, and the feeling that hit my cheek was a cool breeze out of the summer night. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I've put a tiny dimple in her left cheek to mirror my own. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A tear cleared a path down the girl’s dirty cheek. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It reddened his cheeks and stung his eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Seven pinched his cheeks before a test for an extra boost. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

As the past, present, and future became one, the droplets on Cole’s cheeks dripped to the ground, melting into the landscape to which they belonged. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The village hag, she was a tiny, stooped woman with a dull red mark on her right cheek and wayward hairs upon her chin. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Father brushes my hair from my face and touches my cheek. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Unless my imagination is messing with me, a slight flush colors his cheeks, too. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You’re alive,” I whisper, pressing my palms against my cheeks, feeling the smile that’s so wide it must look like a grimace. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He was cheek to cheek with her, his head under her wide-brimmed blue-green hat, which brought out the exquisite color in both of her largeish eyes. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lucile sat up straight and there was a red spot on each of her cheeks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lourdes waited patiently for him in the front seat, and each time he returned with an order she’d throw her arms around him and kiss him on the cheek. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desdemona stared down at her silkworm box, her cheeks crimson with the shame and fury she’d been suffering for the last thirty-six hours. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The elders are always pinching her chubby cheeks, making them pink, which they say is a sign of great health. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd began jeering at me and throwing stones, most of which I dodged, but one caught me on the cheek and made a good-sized cut. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Amari could see the pain on her face and the tears roll down her cheeks, but Afi did not utter a sound. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cal came close to him and hugged him and kissed him on the cheek. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She also had chubby cheeks, and like I said, she looked too old to be on the team, but she definitely didn't look old enough to be nobody's coach. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Ash was momentarily astonished, for the huntress had never done that before, though it was the customary farewell practiced by the people in that country, and her cheeks burned. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father strode across the room and kissed Mama’s cheek. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The cold air hardens my cheeks as I make my way to Danny’s house. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he does, but you get more positive points for helping the old lady who was so happy she cried and kissed my cheeks so hard she rubbed tears all over them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

By the time I get up to leave, the cuffs of my sleeves, used to wipe my cheeks, are damp, and my jaw aches. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I could see pink rushing into his cheeks and ears. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She kisses both of us on the cheek, sits down on the kitchen stool, and gets to work on her magical caption. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I tell myself this is a good thing and bite the inside of my cheek hard because my breakfast is threatening to make a reappearance. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He sat with his shoulders slumped, his hands pressed between his knees, his tears streaming steadily down his pale, soft cheeks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I stumbled a bit in the beginning, but even though my cheeks kept growing hot, I never froze once! Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I see,” the woman said, running a cold finger down Hazel’s cheek. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She kisses my cheeks, scolding me for taking such a risk, leading me into the old kitchen where they live. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

No wonder the high-voiced boys with smooth, hairless cheeks hated her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Deckard, you look awful. So tired. And god, your cheek is bleeding.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Phil glances away, and a faint red appears on his cheeks. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later the door swung open and the count saw the young girl exit with her cheeks aflame. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Xan waved her left hand dismissively while her cheeks began to flush from pink to scarlet. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“It wouldn’t make me feel real good to be the cause of your grotesque weight gain,” she said, and puffed out her cheeks in a chubby way. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Two years of his breath on my cheek. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He stroked her and held her tight against his cheek. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Again she kisses him on both cheeks, then begins to search for the keys in her purse. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the cut on his cheek, he thought. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

As Bailey lets go of Widget’s hand, she leans forward and kisses him quickly on the cheek, and Bailey can feel his cheeks flush. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“No big deal ” Sometimes I wanted to squeeze Colin’s cheeks until his teeth fell out. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I wipe tears from my cheeks with the heels of my hands and struggle to control my shuddering breaths. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Conner stopped walking, too, and when he faced me, his cheeks were kind of pink. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Yet it is the girl with blood on her face,” the colonel said, wiping away the soap from his chin and cheeks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could remember her blue velvet rocker, the cracks on her knuckles, her gentle cheeks the color of dark chocolate. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

His cheeks were fat and his mother’s blue eyes shone the same as they do now. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Anya nodded, even with her cheeks being squished by overly friendly hands, and her chin being swung left and right. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

At first I thought he was shaking with the effort, but fat, sloppy tears were pouring down his cheeks too. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Her mascara is streaked across her cheeks and her eyes are puffy and red, like she’s been crying for a long time. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I put my cheek against the cool glass. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Peachy wore flowery dresses and high spots of blush on her cheeks and she couldn't stand it that they were leaving. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tears were rolling down her cheeks, but she didn’t bother to wipe them off. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I love you, Grandma Caye,” I said, resting my forehead against her cheek. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Ms. Owens put her hands on her cheeks like the kid in Home Alone. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She plants a gentle kiss on Hiroshi’s cheek and slips past me like a deer. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Agreed,” Buttercup said, going to the door, but not before she kissed his cheek. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The tears streamed down my cheeks, and I felt desperately unhappy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Because you get dimples in your cheeks. How do you do that?” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He pulled his chair close and laid his dry palm gently against her cheek. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gay blotted her eyes, reached over, and tried to kiss my cheek. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Two tears slid down her fallen cheeks, in and out of the myriad coruscations of immolation and abnegation and time. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wipe my cheeks with the heels of my hands, frustrated. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Blood covered his forehead, his cheeks, his chin, his neck. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She looked down at the desk, her cheeks turning pink. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When our cheeks touched, and I breathed in his smell of tobacco, Vitalis, and whiskey, I realized he’d shaved for me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nicole had felt the comment like a crack across her cheek. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Grammy’s laughter over a big win calls me downstairs, and I plop down on the couch next to her and rest my cheek against her pillowy arm. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He kisses her cheek and shakes Daddy’s hand. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He would blow out his cheeks and furrow his eyebrows like a super serious chipmunk. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They smelled warm and porous when Francie pressed her cheek against them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Writing was as forbidden as dark rouge on the cheeks or a first date before eighteen. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She was gaunt, with these haunted, saggy cheeks, but her shoulders were still broad. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cecilia’s left hand was cupped above her cheek, presumably to exclude him from her peripheral vision. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She was concerned about a purple splotch on my cheek, thinking it was a port-wine stain. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Wash thought on it for a second, then puffed his cheeks out, lowered his eyebrows, and worked wrinkles into his forehead. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jay tapped his cheek like he was thinking. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

You ran a finger around the edges of what felt like a painful bruise blooming on my cheek. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Two spots of color burned on her cheeks. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The next day, when I come back from pasturing the cow, the Doctorita is in an unusually good mood, listening to music, waltzing around the house, her cheeks rosy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tilted her face to the sun, shook her head slightly, and as her hair grazed her cheek, it was almost like Deen’s hair, falling against her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I thought of our wedding night, gazing at each other’s reflec­tion in the mirror under the green veil, and how her cheeks blushed when I whispered that I loved her. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled and kissed my cheek, and it was like for a moment, the bad part of last night disappeared. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It made us feel surrounded on both ends—like we had a future and a past all bundled up in her round dark cheeks and loose curls. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

There were stitches across my left cheek, just under the chin, on the forehead just below the hairline. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I kiss her forehead and both her cheeks and then her forehead again, and before I’m done, Helena’s tears are drying and a smile is starting to sneak around her split lip. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Tm late ” He kissed his wife on the cheek and then touched Benji's shoulder briefly before leaving. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He always started with her face, the fullness of her cheeks and the ivory tone of her teeth, and then he imagined her arms around him, her body molded to his. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He comes to the side of my bed and kisses my cheek. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She gives him a big kiss on his cheek, joggles him up and down, tucks him into the carriage, snaps up the waterproof carriage cover. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ash felt the soft collar of her mother’s blouse beneath her cheek. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dead, the shirtman; a man of about thirty, now bleeding from the cheek. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They felt immense on his cheeks, as if somehow he were crying harder than was humanly possible. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Blood trickled down her cheek, and a wave of nausea sizzled up and down her body. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I let my hand drift to his cheek. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Chaol glanced at her ring, and she hid her smile as a faint line of color crept into his cheeks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She wipes it along her cheek, and it leaves behind a milky streak as a color guide for me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Marina laughed and wiped a tear off Anya’s cheek with a finger. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Pa planted a kiss on Big Ma’s cheek like he hadn’t driven all the way from Brooklyn with her earlier. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I laugh and look away, willing the flush rising in my cheeks to vanish. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I restore her skin color, add more freckles to her nose and cheeks, and deepen the brown of her eyes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I bit down even harder on my cheek and felt a rusty taste in my mouth. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And for a moment, we stay just like that—chest to chest, cheek to cheek. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He drops his hands, letting his fingers trail down my cheeks. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A bright bud of blood blossomed where his sword pressed into Mycah's flesh, and a slow red line trickled down the bby's cheek. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

How I stroke a spot on my left cheek whenever I’m feeling scared or lonely? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

As I talked, my sister went up to my father and gave him a kiss on the cheek. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Seated there in the midst of July, without a sound, he felt the tears move down his cheeks. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then glares at me through a red swollen cheek and her own puffy black eye. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Minutes later she returned, wiping wetness from her cheeks, struggling to keep a straight face. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“The guns’ll be real,” says Russell, still prone and firing, the stock of the toy gun tight against his cheek. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he looked up, Laila saw that his cheeks and brow had sunburned. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” he replies, even though I see a faint blush on his cheeks. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I slumped against the bathhouse, my hand to my cheeks as if it were glued there. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted her fingers from my cheek and held them. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks darkened a little, and her teeth worried at her lower lip. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My cheeks are hollowed out by bronze blusher. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I actually make it back to my floor before the tears start running down my cheeks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He felt the chill air on the growing fuzz on his cheeks. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watched his cheeks inflate like a balloon and then deflate. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He bought an ice cream cup and pressed the frosty paper container against his cheeks and temples until the fever in his face disappeared. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were tired, but his cheeks were flushed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he opened his eyes and raised his head, pouching out his cheeks and sniffing at the two rabbits beside him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab my cheeks in my hands and squeeze as hard as I can. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dimple wrenched her elbow away from him, heat flooding her cheeks. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Alex takes his hand, and Henry turns to face the chapel like a nervous postulant, his cheeks hollowed out in the low light, before pulling Alex into it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her eyes widen, and I hardly see her hand slicing through the air before the slap lands on my cheek, hard, angry, and stinging. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“They treated me like their daughter,” she said, tears rolling down her cheeks. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She kissed his cheeks, his lips, his chin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tanin pressed her cheek to the top of the Assassin’s head, her senses filling with copper. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Anya wiped away an errant tear that ran down her cheek as Zvezda leaned in and nibbled on the edge of the letter. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I press the heel of my hands to my eyes, pushing the tears out of them so they don’t fall on my cheeks where everyone can see them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Taking out my handkerchief I wiped from his cheek the remains of the spot of dried lather that had worried me all the afternoon. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I saw tears beginning to come out of her eyes and go dribbling down her cheeks. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He stood before the mirror and rubbed his cheek meditatively. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She reached over and ran her finger along my cheek, so lightly, so softly, I had to close my eyes and bite back a moan. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She smiles warmly at me, pats my cheeks, too, and exclaims something about my hair. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I circle them with my arms and rub my cheeks against their soft yarn fur. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He had whirlpools tattooed on his forehead and his cheeks. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena followed after her, unceremoniously stripping down to her underclothes and enjoying it far too much when Chaol’s cheeks reddened before he turned away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He could see blood trickling down Hagrid’s cheek from a deep cut under one eye, which was swelling rapidly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He pressed the leaf against his cheek until the cool went out of it, and then he rolled it carefully. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tilted his nose to the sky, letting the oil lap higher, up around his cheeks, closing around his mouth and nose. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

No gentle, tragic trails like the ones that painted Ruby’s and Sparrow’s cheeks. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He had been shot through the cheek yesterday but had not gone to the rear, had charged, had come all this way to the top of the hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went to the shed door, opened it, and though her face was tear-streaked now, she smiled at the eager, ungainly puppy who bounded forth, jumped into Matty’s arms, and licked his cheeks. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Ice gave Mtisha a peck on the cheek and went on to the subway. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I drink him in: rumpled hair, brown eyes, shiny, tear-streaked cheeks. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I turn the lock, and Max must have already been out of the bunker, watching from the window, because he comes straight out and kisses my cheek. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Turn your head.”The blood started to run down over his left cheek. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The other two were nationals, one with tribal marks on his cheeks, the other with marks on his hands just like the one my grandfather gave me to protect me from snakebite. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I can see Papa in her face, the way her cheeks drop sternly as she levels a familiar gaze at me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fresh wind whips my hair and cools my cheeks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She held the coat to her cheek for a moment, wetting it with her tears, before she came out to the living room with Mamá’s small sewing basket. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted to touch his face, to run my hand over his rubbery cheeks. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She could see through his missing cheek to his upper and lower molars, and the tongue glistening, and hideously long. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had bent over and kissed her cheek, and she had put her arm around me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gun’s metal mouth was cold against my cheek, and I felt someone weave a hand in my hair and give a sharp twist. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She leans over and puts her hand on my cheek, and it’s everything I can do not to cry right there in front of everyone. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Emma slid her hand into mine and squeezed, and I saw Miss Peregrine’s cheeks glisten in the firelight. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The cold wind numbed their fingers and stung their cheeks. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

A red spot burned in each pale cheek, as if she had been slapped. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was smiling, but his cheeks glistened with tears, too. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

In the doorway, she wraps me in her tan, muscular arms and holds me in the way only an aunt can, planting a kiss on my cheek that's both soft and firm. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He set about sucking the other cheek out. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunny flaps and reads, and the breeze she makes begins to cool my cheeks. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had a round face, with broad cheeks and a weak chin that made his thick lips seem to protrude even more. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

All round them it seemed, and they felt a fine rain on their hands and cheeks. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The touch of her lips against his cheek, against the corner of his lips. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

And he kisses you on the cheek and gets out of bed to stretch like nothing happened. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The exact green taste of the concoctions he boiled to cure me; the temperature of his hand on my cheek. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat there now, wearing his small, black skullcap and pecking at the typewriter with his index fingers, a thin, frail man in his fifties, with gray hair, gaunt cheeks, and spectacles. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Pressed against the coldness of a cheek, wet with shattered rain. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned forward and lightly kissed my cheek, right on the branding mark. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nuzzled her cheek with his harsh mustache. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here, the government can cheek not only act but thought. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The minute he said it, I felt my cheeks go red. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nancy Young suggested, only somewhat tongue-in- cheek, that Armpit might want to leave now, before he got stuck with the bill. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

My sister put her hand up to her cheek. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The jaw had rotted off her face, and birds had eaten one ear and most of a cheek. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And one who is loud, and pinches our cheeks, and makes great Hanukkah donuts. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Heat rose in her cheeks when she realized how alarmed she must have looked. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks glowed red and her bosom swelled over her tight bodice. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I scoop up a handful of snow and press it against my cheek, numbing a bit of the pain. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I realize that the mouthpiece in my cheek is still turned off. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Under him served four mates, freedmen all, and fifty slaves bound to the ship, each with a crude version of the cog’s figurehead tattooed upon one cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He presses his greasy lips against my cheek. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He ran fingertips over his bony cheeks, over lines around his eyes that looked like those of a man of middle age. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

From time to time, I felt tears at the ready that could, if I let my guard down for one second, spill over and roll down my cheeks. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Ma put some blush on the apple of Caroline’s cheeks and then applied some rice powder to her face. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Hideo, why haven’t you been feeding her? Make sure you give her a big bowl. It will add some pink to her cheeks.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tears ran down her cheeks and she took hold of the ax and tried to pull it out of her father’s hand. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He turned his head in fear and revulsion as the enchantress gave him a kindly pat on the cheek. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her smile fades and she touches her cheek. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She stretched out both hands to him and kissed his cheek. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old makeup rings her eyes and lingers on her cheeks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I bite the inside of my cheek in humiliation. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Eet was no trouble,” said Fleur Delacour, setting the tray across Harry’s knees and then swooping to kiss him on each cheek: He felt the places where her mouth had touched him burn. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The marks of the doctor's hand stood out red on her cheek. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“Enough,” she said, dabbing at her cheek with the end of her tokar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He only heard Sansa's gasp and Jeffrey's bellowed curse, and when he turned his head, the king was wiping brown filth from his cheek. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She patted my cheek affectionately, giving me peanut butter racing stripes. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She reached up and lay her hand on my cheek. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I know,” Marco says, wiping away her tears and leaving smudges of ink across her cheeks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He held her hand and listened to her so intently and smiled at her with this dimple in his cheek. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He gathers himself, stroking a finger up to Alex’s cheek before jutting his chin out defiantly. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My chest began to feel tight and tears leaked down my cheeks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She is close enough that I can see the small pink veins, like seams on the back of a delicate leaf, spreading across her cheeks, the downy fur on her jawbone, her bristly black eyebrows. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Streams of tears cool my cheeks, but my face still burns. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I almost hit him...I was about to… He had one cheek burned, purple, and I see: he understood everything, tears are running down that cheek. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

‘Instead of throwing him out, and clapping him in chains, Elrond goes and rewards him for his cheek!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The challenge was not to cry, for tears would run down my cheeks in tiny rivers, preventing the mud from drying well and giving it a bumpy texture. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Gregor felt more tears slipping down his cheeks when he thought of how badly you had to be hurt to lose the ability to cry. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tears spilled down her cheeks, but her eyes were vacant. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

So Zola goes away and returns later with the dolly that now has large round blue eyes with fluttery black lashes, a pink smalling mouth, and spots on her cheeks. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

She sat Aurelia upright and wiped her cheeks with the corner of her scarf. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

But it was too strange to lie on a mattress, to have silk caress her skin and a pillow cradle her cheek. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"So go," he said with his hands on her cheeks. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Mother opened the door, and I threw myself into the warmth, held the red flowers between my hands, and brushed my cheeks with their petals. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She lifts up a trembling hand and paints what I think might be a flower on Peeta's cheek. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The beard was the same as well, though the face under that thicket of white hair had thinned considerably, and there were deep lines graven in those ruddy cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Laila drew closer to him and rested her cheek up against his chest. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had small brownish eyes, and a rosy tint to his cheeks, like Rasheed, no matter the weather. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was covered in it—someone else’s blood was dripping down my cheeks and off my chin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He had a smudge of dust on his dark-brown cheek, and his lower lips trembled. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I draw the slow curve of my right cheek, sweeping down to my too-pointy chin, up my other cheek, over the top of my head, and back to where my line began. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blood runs from your eyes down your cheeks and refuses to coagulate. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flip my hair over and gather it into a ponytail so that he can’t see the blush spreading across my cheeks and down into my chest. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He moved a step closer and rubbed his cheek lightly against the soft skin. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I kissed them both lightly on the cheek and whispered goodbye. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I think you can skip a shave today, Winger,” he said, and wiped some menthol-smelling shaving cream on my never-so-much-as-fuzzed cheek. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As she whispered, “thank you,” Carney fixed a rusty junked look on her and pinched her cheek hard. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pinches all our cheeks in turn, then wraps Mom in a big hug. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

His cheeks were high and flat, and cut to his jaw with the abruptness of an ax chop. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He touches my cheek with his thumb, says, “It’s okay.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Her face glowed like a moon, and her plump cheeks dimpled. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There was still the cold touch of a wire against his cheek. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They kiss my cheeks and hold my hand and tell me how they won money in the kingdom's lotteries by betting on me to be named the favorite. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The credits on the talk show begin to roll and El wipes a few stray tears from her cheek. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I could take a lot, deal with a lot, and turn the other cheek. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I read through it as I chew absently on the inside of my cheek. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She walked over and touched her hand to my cheek. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tear surprised me by rolling down my cheek. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a bit uncomfortable—after the story I’d just heard—with the Callimachean epigrams having to do with flushed cheeks, and wine, and the kisses of fair-limbed youths by torchlight. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She looked away and combed her hair over the bandage on her cheek. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She blinks, and tears run down her cheeks. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Each time he obliges them and kisses his bride tamely on the cheek. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I lean my cheek against the cold pillar. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mom gently places her warm hands on my cheeks. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

A scream stops in my throat, and I fall, my cheek scraping the pavement. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She kisses him on both cheeks, then touches his bruises with her thumbs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“She told me to give this to the nicest girl I could find—and that’s you, with your twinkling eyes and rosy cheeks.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weary laid the spikes along Billy’s cheek, roweled the cheek with savagely affectionate restraint. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light played blue off his dark skin, and Jam patted his cheek, stroking a thumb over the razor of his cheekbone. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Once again she kissed her on both cheeks, but this time Ash kissed her as well, and she wondered when — or if — she would see her again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I said aloud, but the way she said “Ibti” made my cheeks burn. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There were tears streaming down his cheeks as he sang, louder and louder: Glory to God and Jesus, too, One more soul got safe. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emilika says, “Oh!” then kisses both our cheeks, says to keep going, and runs out the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My heart thumped, and I felt my cheeks go flaming red. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Laila examined Mariam’s drooping cheeks, the eyelids that sagged in tired folds, the deep lines that framed her mouth—she saw these things as though she too were looking at someone for the first time. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“He’s doing the pageant thing, too. It was sweet. And he kissed her on the cheek. More action than I’ve seen.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She was finally beginning to feel the sting of her stepmother’s slap across her cheek, and when she prodded at the corner of her lip with a careful tongue, she winced. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She placed the flesh in his mouth, her fingers streaking dark red over his lips, and she marked his cheeks as well with crimson slashes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t wait to see the baby’s face, to kiss their cheeks, to tickle their tiny toes. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then Megan stepped up to Joey and kissed him on the cheek, and I could see he kissed her back too, all suave and mannered, like he did that kind of stuff all the time. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her voice cracked, and tears rolled down her red and peeling cheeks. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sat back, stroking his cheek with his fingertips and watching me with one of his thinking stares. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“And they’d put me in jail for murder,” Mom cried, and the tears ran down her pale cheeks. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As he leaned down to kiss her cheek, their breath mingled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He touched a finger to her chin and her mouth, then rested his hand on her cheek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She put her elbows on the table and clasped her hands together and leaned one soft cheek on her hands and looked at me sideways. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I finally said with my cheek still full. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The floor was hard and cold, and it felt good against my cheek. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The tall one had a scar by his cheek. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I said that he often pats me on the cheek, which I don’t like. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Neither one of them has a bruise on his cheek or a black eye, so hopefully Max did not attack them. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Celia laughs and a curl of her hair falls across her cheek. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He cackled so hard a brilliant tear like a giant diamond rolled down his cheek. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweat ran down her thighs and between her breasts and in rivulets over her cheeks, where tears had once run. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I scratch his cheeks while I check my phone to see if Michael has finally replied. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Root’s cheeks glowed with the effort of restraining his anger. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then, one day, Kaz was crossing a bridge over East Stave when he saw a man with florid cheeks and tufty sideburns entering a gin shop. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He takes slices from the two cheeks, places them on our plates and smears them with mustard. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

An occasional tear rolls down Lainie Burgess’s cheek but she greets each mourner with a smile and thanks them for attending. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She bent a little and offered her cheek. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Tears slid down her cheeks and she backhanded them away. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her sister had married the ideal in masculine beauty, the thin scholar with the hollow cheeks and the long fingers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The summer wind turned sharp and icy against my cheeks. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She lets go of me for a second before grasping my cheeks and pulling me in through her front door. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He stood there for a second—belt in one hand, book in the other—tears and sweat running down his cheeks, facing down his father, who glowered at him, ruddy and panting. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

A glimpse of his chin and cheek is all I get as he's passing, but it's enough to recognize. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I looked him in the eyes with my cheeks puffed out. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I will tell her that at eighteen the prettiness drained from my cheeks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized she was crying, great big tears that flowed down her cheeks without making a sound. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if picking up on Ma’s pain, Geak kisses her cheek softly and caresses her hair. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this was not enough, they wore clip-on earbobs of various colored rhinestones and circles of rouge on their brown cheeks. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s hand flew to it and traced it all down the length of her cheek to her jaw. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Before anyone else can answer, I give her a hug and a kiss on the cheek, which—since we’re not a family that likes to show affection—leaves her looking alarmed. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Richard saw fear etched so deeply onto his face that it collapsed his cheeks and transfigured him into a mask that looked nothing like him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She knelt beside Lyra and smoothed the damp hair back from the sleeping face before bending low to kiss her daughter’s cheek. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Gregor pressed Boots’s fingers against his lips and felt scalding tears begin to slide down his cheeks. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You did, and there’s nothing more you could have done,” I say, and kiss him on the cheek. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His face looked gaunt, his bearded cheeks hollow. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I can feel my own cheeks grow pale as I understand his meaning. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The slime congealed on his cheeks and forehead, glistening sickly in the low light. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

His fingers brushed her cheeks where the scratches were almost healed, and ran fleetingly across her lips. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He had his finger in his cheek too. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She swipes a strand of hair from her cheek. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Not at the candy counter of Duggie’s where he first saw her and wondered if that, the peppermint she bought, was what insulted her skin, light and creamy everywhere but her cheeks. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lady with a deep tan, bright lipstick, and a pink drink at an outdoor table turned her cheek up to the sun. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I reach to kiss her on the cheek and give her a big hug, but she steps back. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A darkness covered Adam’s cheeks and for the first time his eyes seemed to see. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jones was solidly built and, when he reached adulthood, sported a pair of curly sideburns that covered most of his cheeks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Relieved, Blanca threw her arms around his neck and kissed him on both cheeks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly rubbed my hand across my cheek, and sure enough, traitor tears were there, betraying me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She looks just like the others—pale white skin, brown eyes, rosy cheeks—except she has freckles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He pushed his glasses up his nose, back into place on his golden-freckled cheeks. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Rivers of tears coursed down, crooked, across his cheeks, his stubble-covered chin. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Just like I thought, the phone was lying on her cheek. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He heard Dimple’s sharp intake of breath and looked to see her bite the inside of her cheek to keep from smiling. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A veteran of old skirmishes, bearded, scarred across his cheek and the bone stoven and the one eye wandering. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I try to catch it in my mouth, but it bounces off my cheek. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Hornet,pressed her cheek against the cold glass. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked across the table at my mother, who had a tear falling down her cheek, and asked her, in a whisper, what was wrong. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I can’t get my words out so I simply nod, tears running down my cheeks. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her rough palm moved across his cheek and then across his brow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

After while, Mae Mobley come over and press her cheek up to mine and just hold it there, like she know I be hurting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I prayed the darkness would hide the blush burning my cheeks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I bit the inside of my cheek and held on to my backpack strap a little tighter. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Lovely eyes they were, dark and almond shaped, with very long black lashes that swept the exquisite pallor of her cheeks. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw her gloved fingers unhooking something behind her ears, and then...then she caught hold of her cheeks and lifted her face clean away! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. de Vries comes in, her cheeks flushed, but otherwise unharmed. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Jam didn’t believe her, but the silk of Bitter’s nightgown was soft against her cheek, and Jam felt a wave of exhaustion drag over her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He smiled and wiped a tear from his cheek with the back of his hand. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Here were no gold-plated buildings or great cathedrals, only shabby rows of houses, cheek by jowl. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I turn my head and he kisses my cheek, leaving a slobbery wet spot. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled and rubbed her coarse thumb against his cheek. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Zooey kissed his cheek as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care what faction you chose,” she says, touching her hands to my cheeks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Their driver was one of the cousin’s slaves, a small man with a wheel tattooed upon one cheek, naked but for a breechclout and a pair of sandals. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A tic goes down one cheek; jerks the corner of his mouth. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry elbows him again, and Alex laughs and grabs his head and aggressively kisses his cheek, smashing his face into the pillow. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The knife scar on his cheek was a pretty strong clue that the men my grandfather was chasing were not model citizens. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t answer, and when Ivy looked up at him, a few tears made their way down his dirt-streaked cheek. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Of course he was right, she thought, but her cheeks burned. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And yet he notices that some color has risen to her cheeks, whether from the wine or from self-consciousness he doesn’t know. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She put her hand awkwardly on her mother’s cheek. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy pressed her cheek to his, and his skin felt really hot. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You should be,” he says, which makes my hot cheeks even hotter. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He burst in the door to the kitchen, his cheeks red, his eyes sparkling. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry my family is so nosy,” he said, a blush rising in his cheeks. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

My mom’s bright pink cheeks tell me it’s surprise time. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I patted her arm, her leg, her cheek, her hand. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moments later I felt his mouth and his wonderful cheek! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She tilted her chin so that one plume swept gracefully against her cheek, discreetly curled and uncurled her numb toes inside the kid slippers, and set herself to endure. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I feel my cheeks go hot as they both start to giggle. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She knew that her cheeks were flaming, but she held her head high under the feathered bonnet. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

His hand starts on my cheek, and then brushes over my side, fitting to the bend in my waist, curving over my hip, sliding to my bare leg, making me shiver. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She turned to the youthful sovereign, with tears streaming down her cheeks, and ... comforted him, binding up his long hair in his dove-colored robe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we walked back home, I saw tears on his cheek. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I scratch my cheek, look up at the ceiling, sigh. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I could feel tears on my cheek as we silently huddled together on the floor. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And the flush in her cheeks rises simultaneously with my—yeah, you get it. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I scrunched my cheek against the bark, shut my eyes. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jiichan filled his cheeks with air, looking for a moment like a round-faced doll. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His face was hideously swollen; splotches of deep, ink-black frostbite covered his nose and cheeks. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then I kiss the other cheek he presents, because what would happen if I didn’t? The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Lydia hugged him tighter, pressing her tear-stained cheek to his, but said nothing for several moments. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He wept quietly, and Abra stroked his cheek and wiped the flowing tears away with the edge of her skirt. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I can see the rest of her face more clearly, I notice my cousin’s unusually bright lips, along with eyeliner, and blush on her cheeks. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

They started on my forehead, spread down the sides of my face, and covered my cheeks and neck and ravaged me everywhere. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I caught sight of myself in a window on the way into the compound, and my cheeks and eyes were both bright, my hair tangled. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

Something glittered on her cheek, and he saw to his immense surprise that tears were flowing from her eyes. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the light, she had her first real close-up look at the baby, the tuft of dark hair, the thick-lashed hazel eyes, the pink cheeks, and lips the color of ripe pomegranate. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He placed his other hand upon my cheek, holding my face steady. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were deep hollows, and her cheeks were gaunt, but she wasn’t scary. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The tears leaking from her eyes are running down very pink cheeks now. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He stroked her back and she purred, and slid her cheek against his cheek, and kneaded his flesh. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I hope the darkness hides the rising color in my cheeks. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Fickle gnomes control the weather, and an air conditioner is powered by a team of squirrels, their cheeks packed with ice cubes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

"Shrug your shoulders. Puff out your cheeks. Touch your nose and then my finger. Stick out your tongue." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had a red nose and fat puffy cheeks. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t lie,” I whisper, right against her cheek. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last he was looking into her eyes, but still she kept her grip on his cheeks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her mother, inclined at first to attribute her complaints to moping, took a second look at her flushed cheeks and put her to bed. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The sugar-white sand felt cool against his burning cheeks, and he was very sleepy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull his hand up and lean my cheek against the back of it, taking in the faint scent of cinnamon and dill from the breads he must have baked today. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“O brave new world,” he began, then suddenly interrupted himself; the blood had left his cheeks; he was as pale as paper. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair is messy and slightly damp, color still high in his cheeks from exertion. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When Mom > picked me up in the faculty parking lot, she leaned over and kissed my cheek. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The roundness she remembered in his cheeks had gone, and the childish bow of his lips had become elongated and innocently cruel. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She kissed our father on his cheek, a gesture that never failed to embarrass me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tears streaming from my eyes were acid, burning my cheeks. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They have sweet little cheeks and tiny cries. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

At night, she fell asleep on top of her books and woke up with the pages sticking to her cheeks. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The big breeze generated by her muumuu slaps against my cheeks. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dylan crouches over me, flicking my cheek with his hand. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He is quiet for a minute; I watch a small muscle in his cheek bunch up and then he just stares at me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The dark red came up under her tanned cheeks. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head is jerked to one side, my cheek on fire before I even realize she's struck me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In my dream, the tears went up his cheeks and back into his eyes. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her father’s body was convulsing out of control, and red spittle dotted his cheeks and the snow-white sheets that were pulled up to his chin. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tears beat my anger and dripped down onto my cheeks. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When I leave, Marie kisses me on the cheek and we say goodbye. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He puffs out his cheeks, then exhales slowly, rolling away from me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Butter my cheeks and call me a biscuit, you were incredible last weekend,” she said, and sighed in awe. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Their little waists rose up tight and slender in the middle, and their cheeks were red and their eyes bright, under the wings of shining, sleek hair. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked out and my foot scraped his cheek. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Crouching beside his head it licked his temple, his scarred cheek, and softly his closed eyes. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

His cheeks flushed, his forehead flashed hot, and he got dizzy from holding his breath. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He is tall and pale as she is, with a mole on his left cheek identical to hers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up in the citadel, her tears dried on her cheeks. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Every ten minutes, Nana gave me a sticky kiss on the cheek and told me how glad she was to see me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He runs to me and kisses both cheeks. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her nose brushed my cheek, and the wool from her scarf tickled my chin. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Then he wiped a laughter tear off his cheek and said: “You know what I thought about, though?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sun streamed in from the windows behind him, and shadows lay over his face and accentuated the lines of his cheeks and jaw. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She pulled another tissue out and wiped tears off her cheeks. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dalton composed her face, and, with tears on her cheeks, answered, “When I was a girl, years ago. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His cheek flushed; he half rose; then sat; then rose again, straining to hear this new intruder. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Brian came back up the stairs, blood trickling down his cheek and onto his T-shirt and a pump knot already swelling up above his eyebrow. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

So common, in fact, that people ignore it, turn the other cheek, or go back to bed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He chewed on the inside of his cheek; his head shook. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rochester flung me behind him: the lunatic sprang and grappled his throat viciously, and laid her teeth to his cheek: they struggled. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had lowered her voice, but color still rushed to her cheeks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They kissed their mother on the cheek, then headed out the door. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I let the air in my cheeks fill and then slowly blow out. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He sat on the edge of his bed and sobbed, tears carving tiny paths through the shaving cream on his cheeks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When he introduces his wife, Eugenia, and his son, Jake, he is so proud, with cheeks rubbery smiling and eyes shining crinkly. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

George buried her chin in her shoulder and felt her cheeks grow warm. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

In the bright sun, the freckles on her cheeks were really noticeable. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I rested on her, my cheek so tight against her it was as if it were welded to her breast. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Through the kitchen window, I saw him give Lissa a kiss on the cheek. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I lifted my hands to my cheeks, inviting him to look upon what he had so often praised. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She tried very hard not to cry, but two tears trickled down her cheeks anyway. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Simon turned away, smearing the water from his cheeks. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He slammed all four feet into my face, claws tearing my cheeks. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

Mo grinned, despite the tears trailing down his cheeks. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

‘Four years with no monsters to fight, no battles, no stupid prophecies. Just me and Annabeth, getting our degrees, hanging out at cafes, enjoying California -’ ‘And after that. Annabeth kissed Percy on the cheek. ‘ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was white, with pink cheeks, a square face, and unruly dark hair. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She felt the pressure of him on her shoulders, the plane of his cheek on the top of her head, his hands holding hers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Laughter boomed all around him, and Jon felt hot tears on his cheeks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her eyes grey as the sea were hard and fell, and yet tears were on her cheek. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When his mother saw the table, she put her hands to her cheeks and nodded, her eyes brimming. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Chris smiled, thankfully with his trap closed, all the food stuffed in his cheeks. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Voldemort raised one of his long white fingers and put it very close to Harry’s cheek. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When Gay saw me wiping her kiss off my cheek, she said, “Okay, we won’t be showing this at family gatherings.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He kissed slowly down my cheek, stopping just at the corner of my mouth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The pink wool skirt she’s wearing brings out the color in her cheeks. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I started to rise up onto my hands and knees but a fist slammed into my cheek and shot the light out of my eyes. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She rubs the strawberry across Amber's lips, then tickles Amber's cheek with the flower. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I turn to him; the grass tickles my cheek. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Clutched him in a hug and planted a kiss on his cheek. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother lifted a cold hand to Ivy and brushed it against her cheek. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Up close I saw what I had not seen from the car: The man had a scar on his right cheek, as though he had been hit in the face with a sledge. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bartender’s smile was a crooked, wily thing that made the scars wrinkle in his cheek. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

That it was bad enough to have a million freckles and chubby baby cheeks. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My braids lightly slapped my cheeks each time I slowed or sped up. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

One put her arm around her waist and two others kissed her cheek. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tears cover my cheeks, and I know I’m acting ridiculous but I can’t stop. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Blessed be you, Oh God... Adonai... Blessed... Blessed be—” Tears are running down his cheeks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Martin was round all over; his cheeks drooped and his uniform shirt might have been a size too small, but he hadn’t started growing like the other kids in his cabin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Tanner’s mouth is suddenly full—like he’s blowing out his cheeks. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was still scrawny for his age, and his cheeks were still round and chubby, just like Pong remembered from Namwon, but there was something unfamiliar in Somkit's eyes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

This experience left me with the conclusion that our first president, besides having frizzy hair, a large red hooked nose, and apple cheeks, had a prissy, even old-ladyish mouth and a double chin. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before you could say doodly-squat, my arms had circled her and she had flung her arms around my neck, and I could feel her wet cheek against mine. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Layla curled a piece of wet hair off Ivy’s cheek, tucking it behind her ear. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Seeing myself, I remember lying, feeling my back burn and my cheek, cold. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

He could feel the sweet, sticky sap on his cheek. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My face stares back at me: smiling eyes, a Belle-bun full of camellia petals, a rosy blush set in brown cheeks, and the Belle-emblem stamped on my chest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She pats my cheek a few times before plunging her hand into her bag of cheese curls. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“My name is Dr. Han. I’m a soldier, like Corporal Reynolds, and a medical doctor. I’d like to take a look at your lip and cheek, if that’s okay with you.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Her breath was white as well... but her eyes were blue, her long braid the color of dark honey, her cheeks flushed red from the cold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now that I’m dressed, the hair totally works, and I’ve got the rosy cheeks thing and the smoky eye thing and the freckled shoulder thing all happening at once. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I bite the inside of my cheek and watch Four carefully. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I let the water run, dip my cheek into the ice-cool flow. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded and warm tears spilled down my cheeks. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His cheeks were red and burning, yet he smiled. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The tickle of blood dripping down on his cheek. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

My cheeks start to burn, and suddenly, I want nothing more than to be squeezed inside the dark guardhouse, hurtling through time. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The tinny sound of circuit-phones echoes from the other side, and I can feel small vibrations against my cheek. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I think I could burn this whole city down with my cheeks right now. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

His cheeks brushed red by steam and water. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood on her toes to kiss him lightly on an unshaven cheek. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His eyes seemed to overflow with the dazzling light off the treasure, and tears ran down his cheeks. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fresh haircut makes the dimple on his cheek stand out. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The tears run hot down my cheeks, cooling as they drip down my chin. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He takes my whole body into his hands and kisses my cheek. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But Petey swiped at her cheeks, reached into the shadows beyond the blanket, and pulled a worn canvas bag onto her lap. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when Amil slept too long in the mornings at home, I used to poke his cheek so I could watch his puffy eyes open for the first time that day. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His hands shift from my cheeks to my shoulders and then slide painstakingly down my back. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She dabbed at my cheeks with her handkerchief. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Eleanor's lips were soft and warm, and he could feel her pulse in her cheek. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He was shaking his head, and she saw the brilliance of tears on his cheeks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He bent down and gave me a peck on the cheek. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The floor was freezing at my back, but my entire focus was on the solid press of his shoulder against my cheek. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was calmer now, and his cheeks were pale again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tongue swipes my cheek, which is disgusting. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then she kissed me on the cheek and whirled off. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

It left a grimy smear down one cheek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She sees how the muscle in his cheek works when she unwraps the tape from her ankle and it makes the loud scriiitch. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I put my cheek down on the top of her head and smelled her hair. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks puffed out and at first there was only the sound of air rushing through her fists. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He brought his fist up to his face and poked his cheek out with his tongue. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph allowed the swollen flap of his cheek to close his eye again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Lady Isobel reached out and stroked her daughter’s cheek, answering, “No, my dear, you must look like a queen.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blade slashed open Seward’s cheek so viciously that the skin hung from a flap, exposing his teeth and fractured jawbone. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches over and pinches my cheek a little. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I want to bury my head in her shoulder and feel her hair tickle my cheeks. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I still felt the sting of his punch on my right cheek, the ringing in my ear. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Silly ran over to Grandpa, laughing, tears on his cheeks, unbelieving. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel his cheek near my shoulder. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She smoothed her hair away from her face and put her hands on her cheeks. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She had pressed roses from the blue cross-stitch counterpane on her cheek. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pot belly swelled under the tight white nylon shirt and his cheeks were round and ruddy as marzipan fruit. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sonny’s cheeks get a rosy tint to them. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She had been tapping her pen end against her cheek and stopped. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, thank you so much, Kasim,” she says, and kisses him on the cheek. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Also: The other girl’s chin was rounder, her cheeks were fuller, her gaze was a little too...peaceful. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Like entering a ghost town, images of Keav telling Pa she will survive, Kim’s swollen cheeks, my hand reaching into the rice container, earthworms writhing in a bowl float before my eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she smiled, with her short dark hair and bright cheeks, she looked like a kid herself, Dicey thought. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the corner of my eye, I catch her cheeks turning redder than her Reeboks. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“He says you don’t have to use the reins. He knows where we’re going,” Pita said, pressing her cheek against the animal’s cheek and smoothing down the tuft of hair at his forehead. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I cradled my slapped cheek in my hand. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She struck her face with both her hands, dug her nails into her terror-stricken cheeks, and then she scratched. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Tears run down her cheeks, over her chin, and down her neck and shirt collar. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I stared hard at Suzanne, at her perfect heart-shaped face and reddish-brown skin, feeling comforted somehow by the youthful smoothness of her cheeks and the girlish curve in her lips. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“S’pose it wadn’ his time to die but it was that trestle’s time to fall?” her sister breathed, touching my cheek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

His lip is split wide open, and it’s dripping blood to his cheek and shirt. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

My eyes are blurry from tears, and my cheeks and nose and chin are wet. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Her laughter snags Gabriel, and puffs of air fill his cheeks, and then in the next breath, Ethan and I are snorting, too, unable to maintain our scowls. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It’s the gust at my back whispering my name, the burning breeze at my cheeks. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There were purple shadows beneath her eyes, and there was a smudge of dirt on her cheek. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words have barely left my mouth when the boy leans closer and places his hand on my cheek. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

For a long time, I thought about Mr. Mikoyan, about his ruddy baby cheeks and the things he warned me I’d hear. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched her wipe a tear from her cheek. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod, biting the inside of my cheek. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Round cheeks, brown eyes, and soft red lips, almost puffy. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And all four had tears running down their cheeks when Beth died in Little Women. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The American, Mr. Pomodoro, is tall and linky with a rubbery face that moves his cheeks and nose and eyes when he talks and even when he doesn’t talk. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

She fills a handkerchief with the snow-coat mixture and I hold it to the weal on my cheek. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The smell and the feel of the slick wood against his cheek reminded him of his schooldays. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then he felt Joseph’s cheek with the back of his hand. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A crease appears between his eyebrows, and he touches my cheek gently. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The patches of white above the eyes, on the cheeks and around the mouth came off as finishing touches worthy of a Kathakali dancer. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His cheeks warmed with guilt as he fished the bottle out of the trash can. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The sword laid the in-truder open to the bone, taking off half his nose and open-ing a gash cheek to cheek under those eyes, eyes, eyes like blue stars burning. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Merry Christmas,” I said, and kissed him on the cheek. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t remember the freckle on her cheek. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was Croy, a cut over his eye bleeding down onto his cheek, one side of his face covered with dirt. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He faltered in the air as its pinions beat against his cheeks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He might not have seen because of the mask, but a tear coursed down my cheek. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She smiles and the scar on her cheek twitches a little. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I saw the way your cheeks got blotchy, saw the way you stared at the ground as if you could hold the tears in. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Martin was very quietly sitting in the chair, and a tear ran down his cheek.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me with terribly flushed cheeks, beaming as the lead singer winked at me while we played. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When Neville smiled, his narrow cheeks seemed to fold into themselves to make room for that great wide mouth. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He took me by the shoulders and kissed me on both cheeks. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The muscles of his cheeks stood out from clenched jaws, a man afraid who by his will held his fears in check as a great rider directs a panicked horse. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My cheeks got hot, and my eyes burned, even though this was only Twig, even though she hadn’t meant to say anything wrong. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"You . . . were not here," he gasped when the blade moved upward to his cheeks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She wanted to kiss his cheek and forehead, but didn’t. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Then in a spectacular leap that no one thought her capable of, Ester knocks her husband to the ground, pulls at his hair, and bites his cheek. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks are warm from food and good feeling. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The witch’s cheeks were plump and red; she had a vivid and passionate nature. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all had big shiny teeth and big shiny eyes and big shiny cheeks and big shiny smiles. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Gabriel’s rosy cheeks stayed pink, even when he slept. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

With his cheeks puffed and fists clenched, Sheed said, “Are you listening to anything I’m saying?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Put my hands on his neck and my cheek against his. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He worked tirelessly in the weight room, his red cheeks bulging and his body vibrating. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweat disappears from my brow, and the flush in my cheeks drains away. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The apples of her cheeks are pronounced and a little pudgy as she smiles, and she has a gap between her two front teeth. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They would have held each other and kissed and she would have tickled her cheek with his new beard. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If only I had not wondered about my sister Ulape, where she was, and if the marks she had drawn upon her cheeks had proved magical. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

After while he slowed down to bite off a plug of tobacco and move it into his cheek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It felt so cool against my cheek and I wanted to sleep some more. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned back to his book, and I kissed his cheek. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I lifted them up one at a time and pressed my face to their soft cheeks. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The way Apa takes his time, licking his fingertips to separate each page from the next, makes the blood crest under my cheeks. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I could feel my cheeks were hot, and not because of the stuffy room. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A head staring sightlessly up at a homed moon, cheeks ripped and tom down to bloody bone, pits for eyes, neck ending in a ragged stump. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The carpet feels soft and cool against my throbbing cheek. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Taking advantage of their brief moment of strife, Mr. Griswold swung his walking stick and whacked Barry on the cheek, then pushed past him toward the entrance to the lower level. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I realize that his cheeks are rosy too. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

His cheeks were flapping from the wind blowing against his face. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I hold my eyes open wide, scared that if I blink a whole river of tears will come splashin down my cheeks. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She focused on his scars, like four stars in his cheek. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of the competition, Fischer looked Abraham Lincoln-thin; his cheeks were hollow, and he had deep, dark circles under his eyes, all indicating that he might be ill. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I swallowed, it caused my burned cheek to ache. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly the vixen lashed at his cheek, although Pax noted she did not use her claws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The monkey raised her slowly to his face and ran his cheek softly along her emerald skin. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"May your voyage be attended by white birds," he said, tears trickling down his cheeks. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Kino raised his hand and touched Juana’s cheek, and she held her breath. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often on a cold day, Francie came in chilled and put her arms around the boiler and pressed her frosty cheek gratefully against its warm silveriness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never seen her more beautiful than she was that night, with her cheeks flaming and her eyes large and black with mixed anger and fear. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks up at him, lifting her hand to stroke his cheek. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

By the time we made it through the park, I wasn’t sure Faith could even see past the tears streaming down her cheeks and falling like fat drops of rain onto her long white skirt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Martin stares into space, grinding his knuckle into his cheek. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Her face would have been pretty except for her sunken cheeks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Olanna placed her cup against her cheek, to warm it, to delay the first sip of weak tea made from a reused tea bag. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t kiss me on the cheeks like a Persian. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I’m glad for the darkness that hides my reddening cheeks. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are glistening, her cheeks are shiny. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His scruff scraped my lips, he ran his hands up my back and across my cheeks and down the front of my pants so quickly, I could hardly react. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I could feel his breath on my cheek. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Grace took it gratefully, pressing it against her sticky eyes and cheeks. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His eyes are about an inch below where they should be on his face, almost to halfway down his cheeks. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I feel his heavy breaths against my cheek. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I took in their flushed cheeks and hands on their hips as their complaints echoed off the concrete walls. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If the brothers had soft flowy hair and nice cheeks and pretty eyes, people would assume his sister would too, so she’d get a bunch of callers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I apply another layer of the Egyptian rouge to my cheeks. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The eagerness he felt was so keen that his nose was too pinched to breathe through and his cheeks were scarlet. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Nathan wiped away the tears on his cheeks and walked to the source of the singing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She stared at Ivy and then back down at her drawing, and then suddenly tears were streaming down her cheeks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Lina could see that words were welling up in Clary now; her eyes were bright, her cheeks were rosy. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She snuggled close to his cheek and purred. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He turned his face toward her, laying his cheek against the top of the seat. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I kissed her cheeks, her eyes, her mouth. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He’s completely covered in clay except for the streaks on his cheeks from crying and the hellfire green eyes that are drilling into me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My mother's hand strokes my cheek and I don't push it away as I would in wakefulness, never wanting her to know how much I crave that gentle touch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But scarcely a moment later she glanced back as though she couldn’t help it, and Kaede felt a tremor inside herself as the blush on Taisin’s cheeks deepened. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Genie kept his eyes on his mother as she went over to the couch, bent down, and kissed Grandpop on the cheek. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He raised one hand to her face and his fingers curved over the gash in her cheek; it burst into fiery pain at his touch. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tears began forming in her big eyes, and slowly rolled down her cheeks, onto her nightgown. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

X-Ray had a large bruise on his right cheek, and he wasn’t wearing his glasses. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

His eyebrows are bare, his head is bare, his cheeks are bare as a baby’s bottom—but chubbier. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When he came close enough, she lunged, right between his legs, so hard that if her wooden sword had had a point it would have come out between his butt cheeks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Goddard nodded to the muscle-bound Scythe in orange, who then approached the young man, reached up, and touched his cheek. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The wind picked up, lifting her veil and lashing her cheeks with salt spray. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks were pink from laughing, and she was shaking her head. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fred said hello with his friendly smile to all his admirers and gave a few a sloppy kisses on the cheek. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She would have kissed her good knight on the cheek, but just then Missandei appeared beneath the arched doorway. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Dany clutched the soft cloth to her cheek and sat cross-legged on her sleeping mats. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She jumped and flailed, smacking Seth across the cheek with the back of her hand. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He's about four or five years old, with cheeks still round with baby fat. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It felt like only a few minutes before her mother’s hand drifted against her cheek. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A lock of blond hair falls from its knot and touches her cheek; “I love you.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He kissed her cheek where he'd struck her, to take some sting from the blow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Like this part especially . . . answered Julian’s voice. He put his fingers on the cheeks and eyes of his Darth Sidious mask. “ Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Some instinct made her lift her hand and cup his cheek with her fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Gregor touched his cheek and found that welts had formed where the webs had ripped off. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She put the tube in her mouth and blew, her cheeks puffing out with the effort, then took a breath from it and passed it to me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I push my way through the crowd, grab the secretary’s face, and give her a smacking kiss on the cheek. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

David wipes away the tears from my cheeks, then kisses each one. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His mother kissed him on the cheek and then pushed him toward the front door. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He had a camel’s head, drooping on its neck, with all the activity in the cheeks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I laugh as he kisses my cheek again. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Even when I’m punished and I’m convinced she doesn’t love me anymore, she still kisses me on the cheek. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Marco lifts his hand to brush a stray curl away from Celia’s face, tucking it behind her ear and stroking her cheek with his fingertips. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A sharp piece hit Nate on the cheek, an inch from his eye. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The snowflakes were melting on her cheeks, but her hair was wrapped in a swirl of lace that Satin had found somewhere, and the snow had begun to collect there, giving her a frosty crown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My cheeks are hot and wet with tears I didn’t feel beginning. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Penelope felt the healthy glow she had acquired during their snowy adventure drain from her cheeks. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“How did you get those bruises? There’s a bruise on your cheek, and another on your leg—has someone been knocking you about?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drew’s brow was furrowed in anger, and his cheeks were red. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I can feel his cheek lift as he smiles. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly her eyes glazed and her back arched like a spring and the blood started to her cheeks. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I dab a little mineral bronzer on my cheeks and run a reddish-brown gloss over my lips. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Laughing to himself, Tobias kisses my cheek and leaves the room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They do look so much like children, with cheeks so round and soft. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

As I sat before the looking glass brushing cochineal on my cheeks, a gypsyish-looking man with a high forehead and a mane of curly black hair came up behind me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was straw-colored and his cheeks were always red. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you can see Vinny’s cheeks with their pinkness of pride and you can see Signora Divino peeking out of the kitchen window almost shyly. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I feel my cheeks flush and were both quiet for a while. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But in spite of myself, tears streamed down my cheeks. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

His cheeks puffed out, the Colonel blew into the hole hard and long, his face turning red. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her skin was pale as water except for two flame-colored spots on her cheeks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took yet another gulp of gin and her rosy cheeks grew rosier still. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

For a second that contained an hour, I stared at my brother, watching the blood trickle out of his temple and down his right cheek, pouring over his ear and onto his white T-shirt. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was at the end of the aisle, pretending to look at bunion pads to hide myself behind the corner shelf unit, but I saw that the bandage on her cheek was not small. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The chain rustled as it slid between their hands; the stone warmed as the Queen’s papery skin became strong and smooth, and her cheeks bloomed pink as a rose. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I touched my hand to my cheek, tracing the scar lightly with my fingers. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She doled out sloppy cheek kiss-kisses to Sierra and María, and then settled into a chair at the table. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

A large tear rolled down her cheek and fell with a splash on the floor. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bran blinked back a tear and felt it freeze upon his cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas squeezed his eyes shut and was surprised to feel tears trickling down his cheeks. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The angrier, more powerful ghosts used the trolley to find new hosts: tired, unsuspecting bodies to possess for a little while, warmth to steal from cheeks and other exposed skin, and ill tempers to stoke. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I give the old lady a kiss on the cheek. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Are you canceling the show?” asks Martin, hands on his cheeks. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She raised his hand and put the back of it against her cheek. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Calder gulped a glass of chocolate milk, stuffed a cookie in each cheek, and set off at a run. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Liam offered to trade seats as soon as his face lost that familiar pinched look, and a healthy color began to return to his cheeks. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He traces the bone beneath my eye, my cheek, my upper lip, trembling like he did holding the viola. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The wind slapped against Naima’s cheeks and blew her hair loose from her braid. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

The tears went slowly down his cheek and the fire made them take on the colors of blue and green and red. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Frantically, Mother hovered over me while pressing Maha to her chest, and Basel and Muhammad shook me and pinched my cheeks until I woke up again. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The man shifted the wad of chaw in his cheek. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She pulled me down by my shoulders and kissed me on both cheeks, then let go of me to find Mamou. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Victor helped Bo up and wiped the tears off his cheeks. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cool breeze blows my hair across my cheeks, tickling them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flames had been tattooed across his cheeks and chin and shaven head to make a bright red mask that crackled about his eyes and coiled down and around his lipless mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“In my dream, I saw a man with a long beard and a mole on his cheek.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it was over, and Park's mom was rubbing something cold on Eleanor's cheeks. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I am crying now, but I am not ashamed of the tears shining on my cheeks or the thickness of my voice. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We walk to the door and I kiss her on the cheek. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She leaned over, really sudden, and kissed me on the cheek. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sohrab chewed his cheek and looked at me while we waited for the cars to pass. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Shireen was a homely child, made even uglier by the greyscale that had left her neck and part of her cheek stiff and grey and cracked. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Pain shot through my nose and across my cheeks. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

His cheek throbbed, but he wouldn’t give Luxa the satisfaction of seeing him touch it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He brushed by a gaunt, cadaverous, trustful man in a black raincoat with a star-shaped scar in his cheek and a glossy mutilated depression the size of an egg in one temple. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He bends his head so I can give him a kiss on his cheek. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

That’s when I notice a tear slowly working its way down Momma’s cheek. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Instantly, I felt the blood rise in my cheeks. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He sat in the physician’s office blank-faced, red in the cheeks. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Cool,” I tell her, and give her a kiss on the cheek before finally heading out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He kissed his mother on both cheeks and hurried out the door. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I take off another hunk, a whole corner, and the force of the hit sprays granules onto my goggles, into my exposed cheeks. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I stoop and stare at my face, my right cheek flattened on concrete. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

He just stared up at her, his bloody nose leaking down the side of his cheek. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His hair, still coal black except for touches of gray at his temples, was combed back, but his cheeks were sunken, and he had a thin beard. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She slides her thumbs across my cheeks like she’s wiping away tears. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Occasionally, young women would rush up and plant a kiss on the cheeks of the marchers.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bright air slides over my cheeks, hot and dry. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

His warm breath spread over my cheek like another kiss. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I hold his cheek and let my lips reintroduce themselves to his. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She had one arm in a sling and a nasty-looking gash on her cheek, but otherwise her encounter with the bronze bulls didn’t seem to have fazed her. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie nodded, a few shameful hot tears sliding down her cheeks as despair roiled in her belly. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He says, “Something smells good,” gives Rosemarie a kiss on the cheek, and sits down across from me, unfolding his napkin. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You’re the hero, sweetheart,” my mom says, and kisses me on the cheek. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were brown too, beneath a heavy shelf of brow, her cheeks smooth and flushed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I stuck my finger into the earth and, before she could stop me, smeared a streak across Chasca’s cheek. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It belonged to a scraggly guy with sunken cheeks who had been hanging around North Third Street recently. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He kissed them each upon the cheeks and told them of the honor that awaited them, though they did not understand his words. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s warm in the train, his cheeks are still red. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her hair is pulled back, and her cheeks are almost glowing. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She was too busy chewing gum, blowing bubbles bigger than her cheeks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember to duck in time before Hamid Uncle pinches my cheek, and repeat the words of farewell. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The scar on his cheek, you could hardly see, but it had stayed with him. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

They dripped from the corners of his eyes onto his cheeks, leaked through the folds of cloth at his neck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I add a small dimple—like mine—to her cheek as a bonus. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Marveling, he gazed at her eyes, her cinnamon brows, the perfect curve of her blue cheek, and that luscious lip with the crease in the center, sweet as a slice of ripe fruit. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

My lower lip trembled uncontrollably, and I bit my inner cheek to steady myself, to bring me back into the moment. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I poke his cheek, the same way he did when it came to Curtis. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Kainene’s mother came up and kissed his cheek; he knew she was drunk, or she would have greeted him with the usual frosty “How do you do?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Oh, Brother, Brother!" a woman's voice cried into my ear, "Little Brother!" and I felt the hot moist pressure of her lips upon my cheek. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent his face slowly to mine, laying his cool cheek against my skin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He stroked Nailer on the cheek; his pale eyes looked as bright and crazed as Nailer felt his own must be. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

His whole face turned red—cheeks, nose, the tips of his ears—the whole thing. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

A shadow of stubble is on his cheeks. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Ben began to swing and kick at everything until he himself was kicked in the solar plexus and he lay gasping for breath, tears rolling down his cheeks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papá took my hand and tugged on it gently, pulling me in closer to kiss me on the cheek and caress my hair. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Tell your daughter that she has a bright yellow flower painted on her cheek.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She licked her thumb and wiped a smudge of dirt off my cheek. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone shoved her way through the crowd—a gray-haired woman with a hooked nose and a scar across her cheek. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My cheeks grow warmer—he is analyzing my brain like he would analyze a computer or a machine. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Frau Elena: strands of hair stuck to her cheeks, maroon aprons under her eyes, pink rims around her nostrils. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Tyrion was underfoot amidships, so he climbed the forecastle and hunkered down, savoring the lash of cold rain on his cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He slides a hand up Henry’s chest to the side of his jaw, ghosting over his cheek with one finger. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Whenever I’m playing center field, I always keep a wad of seeds in my cheek and spit them at patches of grass, divots, pieces of paper, and dandelions. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

No words come to mind, so I take a bite and make banana-filled chipmunk cheeks. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Wow,” I said, biting the inside of my cheek, which is a nervous habit I have. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mom glances in the rearview mirror, and her cheeks lift to a smile. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked so perfectly like her grouchy old self that Sefia smiled again and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I pick it up and throw it back at them, watch the unidentifiable mush splash against the bars, messing the clean pressed uniform cloth and white ruddy cheeks. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her arms around me, and I felt the wetness of her tears against my cheek. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

We have dirt on our cheeks and twigs tangled in our hair. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It could kneel down and sip the blood from my right cheek and my lips. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The remaining distance it covered with a flicked tongue, mopped sloppily across Sheed’s cheek. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I leaned closer so that he could smell my rosemary-scented hair, and I put my hand to his cheek. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She gave her husband a kiss on his puffy cheek. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He had declined, driven her home, kissed her lightly on her cheek in the driveway, and then he never called her again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips were flat and drooping, as though they were too heavy to hold up, and her cheeks were sallow and dull. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Hope you had a happy birthday yesterday,” Bedi Ma'am greets me, a smile dimpling her cheeks. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She touched his face, left her hand resting on his cheek. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The other mother looked healthier than before: there was a little blush to her cheeks, and her hair was wriggling like lazy snakes on a warm day. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“No. No, you did not,” he said gently, staring at my right cheek. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his cheek along his forearm, smelling the acrid scent of salt and sweat and the staleness of dirt. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She kisses me on the cheek and closes the door after herself. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I too bent down and kissed her on the cheek. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I see the scar on Amara’s cheek stretch as she winks at me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

But Dimple caressed his cheek with a fingertip, smiling. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Just like I thought, his cheeks go extra puffy because he’s trying not to laugh and swallow at the same time. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Ash felt heat rise in her cheeks at Lore’s words and asked, “Why would you think that?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pax nosed his friend’s muddy cheek, pawed his flank. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We all look so young in it, our cheeks puffing out with baby fat, our uniform shirts untucked, Tiago’s sneakers untied. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Dad dropped his chin for a few seconds, then lifted his face and quickly whisked tears away from his cheeks. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I thought of how his jacket had felt against my cheek, the curve of his spine, and something calm and warm settled in my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When Jill walks out, he gives me a kiss on my cheek and makes a loud heavy breathing sound and Jill rolls her eyes and throws her hands up. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Bright light hits my eyes and tears pour down my cheeks. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

My cheek stings, and the ache of it vibrates beyond the handprint. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snake nuzzled her cheek and flicked its tongue. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She’d been crying, her tears frigid on her cheeks, her nose red with cold, and Nin had stood behind her, wrapping the folds of the bear-skin cloak around the two of them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes were cloudy and half closed, his cheeks damp. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Yossarian staggered backward out of range in a daze, clutching his stinging cheek with bewilderment. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He looked down at the bird, and his cheeks turned bright red with embarrassment. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She was standing with her head against Mrs. Weasley’s shoulder, and tears were still coursing silently down her cheeks. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

A flush of crimson crept modestly to her cheeks, and she made a depreciating moue.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The left side of her cheek is red and swollen with still-bleeding scratch marks. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My skin is so fair even the slightest flush to my cheeks makes me bright red—I was probably neon right now. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He sniffed it, closed his eyes as in puzzlement, then drank; his cheeks filled out like small bellows; he was rinsing his mouth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He whined a little, and Ivy did her monkey face at him, puffing out her cheeks and pulling on her ears. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When his cheeks trembled, he was about to cry. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Once she tripped and fell, and a sharp stick reared up like a claw at her cheek. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still feeling nauseous, and now hot, Briony pressed her cheek against the wall. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks were hollow, and she had big bags beneath her eyes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning over, I put my arms around her tiny shoulders and rest my cheek gently on her head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he arrived it was nearly six o’clock, and the sun was setting full and warm, and the red light streamed in through the window and gave more colour to the pale cheeks. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She didn’t look up, but I could see the edges of a smile creep onto her cheeks. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

There, so close that she could feel Pearl’s warm, milky breath on her cheek, she had marveled at this little creature. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mary had come out of one of the huts, her faded blue shirt, her stocky figure, her warm, ruddy cheeks both strange and familiar. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Busying herself until the heat in her cheeks subsided, she collected the lantern and rummaged around until she found oil to light it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The old cook got his kiss on the cheek from the princess, waited for her to leave, and began barking orders. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

As he shuffled back, those freckles got lost in the red rising in his cheeks. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nick glances at her, and his cheeks look sort of pink. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He looked around inside the engine for about ten minutes and then wiped his face absentmindedly, so that the grease stained his cheek. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clancy let me fall to the ground like a board, and actually stepped over me to examine his scratched cheek in a pot’s reflective surface. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just her dress and the beautiful way her face looked when she passed by the hatrack mirror and saw the red paint on her cheeks and the rhinestone tiara in her hair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The second nymph had large red hearts painted on her cheeks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A tear wiggled through a patch of dried salt on his cheek. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven could feel her cheeks going hot, and she looked at Valley and Thorn, who were standing just off to one side of them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

His cheeks got darker, and he seemed genuinely sorry for doing all the work. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The cuts on her face line her cheeks and forehead: little parallel slashes, three together in each place, with clumps of white skin on the ends where they’re healing. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Before he could respond, she stood on her tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I touched the spot on my cheek, trying to calm myself down. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He raised a hand and she hit it, and then his cheek, and then his knee. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He seemed close and real, like I could sit up and touch my fingertips to his cheek. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts his arm around her, lets her kiss his cheek. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We would stuff paper in our mouths and rub our cheeks to look more healthy,” said Jack. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, she stole a look at Rishi—and felt her cheeks heat when she saw he was looking at her, too. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A slight flush was working its way into her cheeks. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I kiss my parents on the cheeks and join my friends. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Root felt the blood pump through his cheeks. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I woke up with stiff muscles and frozen toes on her tarp one morning, her small form huddled under layers, cheeks pink with warmth and rest. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Images burned in her brain, a flush burned in her cheeks. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She turns and falls against me, pressing her wet cheek into my—August’s—tuxedo shirt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The hood did not suffice against that wind, and I wore a facial mask to protect my nose and left cheek. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now with two hands she was gripping his cheeks tightly, and with an effort she turned his face and drew it toward her own. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She got up from bed to show her and was startled to see tears gleaming on Mom’s cheeks. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches over to kiss me on the cheek, but I stop him. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His brown robe is rough against my cheek and there’s a smell of soap. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Cool white in the darkness, the freckles gathered on her shoulders and cheeks like cream rising to the top. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Ready or not, I peer into your soul and dive deep, splash-landing in a pool of pain as salty and familiar as the tears on my cheek. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma kisses my cheek and runs a hand over my hair. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, from behind Nicholas, she would catch Obinze’s eye and make a funny face, inflating her cheeks into small balloons, or pushing her tongue out of the corner of her mouth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He cups my cheek, leans down, and kisses me again, slow and steady. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m moved in. I’m home to stay,” she say, smiling so big her cheeks ’bout hide her eyes. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She wiped a tear from her cheek, turned, and marched off, leaving me alone with a trampled cap in the snow. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She stroked his face, marveling at what it had come to mean to her in so short a span of time—this crooked nose, these rough-cut cheeks, these rivercat lashes and dreamer’s eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I give him a quick peck on the cheek. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It makes the blood rush to my neck and cheeks and then down to my fists, but he continues to talk. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The sugar cube tucked in his cheek made his voice sound funny and his cheek puff out like a squirrel’s. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He lifted his cheek, in which could be discerned the imprint of a gun barrel. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Finished dressing, the Object stood before the mirror, picking at some dry skin on her cheek. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I barely saw Grandma’s hand come up to stroke her cheek. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Katz shifted, the edge of the blade sliced into my cheek. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She wiped her cheeks with the backs of her hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We tried to catch them with our tongues, and then Ryan's tongue found its way into my mouth, and I closed my eyes as the flakes landed on my cheeks. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks flush and she covers her mouth with a hand. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Marq Mandrake, whose pox- scarred face had a hole in one cheek where a slave’s mark had been burned away, wore a chain of golden skulls as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She cups my cheek in one warm, gloved hand, and turns me to face her again. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She could not move, she could not do anything but let the tears run down her cheeks and stare back at him, willing him back to her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Kendra brushed the tears from her cheeks and wiped her nose on her sleeve. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Bessermann with straggling hair and dirt running with the rain off her cheeks, a faded, filthy blouse hanging off one shoulder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I moved closer and when I got right next to him I could see boogers running out of his nose and tears running down his cheeks. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A witness, though sworn to secrecy, revealed that “on the fourth application of current, the prisoner’s eyeball broke and the aqueous fluid ran down his cheek.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand lingered, and she tentatively brushed the hair off my smooth cheek. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The warmth that had flooded through her when Kaisa had touched her twisted; she felt her cheeks flaming. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran the last length of the aisle and kissed her cheek. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Something about the way his cheeks puffed out when he smiled made him look like a jack-o’-lantern. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s up to you,” my grandma said, one hand cupping my cheek, the other one smoothing Adria’s hair. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I close my mouth, lodging the pill on the inside of my cheek. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The tears streaming down her cheeks gleamed in the flickering light. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Acne put a Tibetan amulet on the counter and tears streamed down her pitted, powdery cheeks. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He’s a tall man, gaunt, with deeply creased cheeks. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Pollard uncinched his saddle and walked up the track to a chorus of wild cheering, tears still flowing over his cheeks. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel blood rush to my cheeks and a sudden urge to tackle Bren. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He beams at us, his cheeks so flushed I’m afraid he might burst into tears. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Even dark as it was, I could still see the gray tracks the tears that had run down his cheeks left. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

My cheeks get hot again and mimic my heartbeat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

What skin the corpse lord showed was white, save for a bloody blotch that crept up his neck onto his cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He broke the ice in a basin and dipped his face in it with a grimace tike eating something sour, said A-a-ah, and rubbed his stinging cheeks vigorously with a towel. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held her and then touched her cheek, wiping her tears away. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She kept smooshing his cheeks as she said, “How was it?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I was surprised then when she walked up to him and gently kissed him on the cheek. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I felt my cheeks grow hot as I turned my attention back to my book. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His cheek and one of his ears is red, all the way to the point. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks are already warm from the heat of exertion and the April sun, but this is an actual blush. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I pause and lean on my shovel, calling to mind his sleep-composed face, the eyelashes that brush his fat cheeks, his red mouth that curves like the bow of Cupid. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

His eyes were soft and warm on her then, his hand touched her cheek. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blink, and the tears spill down my cheeks. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then she did the two things together, her tongue into her cheek, her nose scrunched; solemnly he did the same, and they both began to laugh. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My mother picks her up and kisses her cheek. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The father kept his cheeks puffed out because the third oldest burst into giggles every time she looked over at him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He lifts his hand to touch my cheek. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Her hair had become white and streaked with iron, and the flesh of her thin cheeks was wrinkled. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mom smiles at me and kisses me on my cheek. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I laughed and let the tears slide down my cheeks without even bothering to wipe them away. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I stand in front of the door to my trailer and press the ice pack against my cheek. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Tears welled up in my eyes and fell down my cheeks. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I chewed on my cheek until the fleshy part was raw, and went to pack my backpack for school, because today was just another day. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Back in his office, he wept; and when he finished weeping he washed the blood from his mouth and nose, scrubbed the dirt from the abrasions on his cheek and forehead, and summoned Sergeant Towser. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

By now, the heat in my cheeks is like fire, and my hands have begun to shake. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He passed his hand over his shaven brow and over his cheeks. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Lovely, lovely cement,” said Rita, lying down to press her cheek on the cool sidewalk. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She held Izzy at arm’s length, wiped her cheek with a fingertip, smoothed her hair one last time. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas occasionally glances down at me, and his cheeks turn rosy. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

My cheeks flush; I know I’m blushing, but I can’t bring myself to shut up. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

More tears leaked out down his cheeks and into his tangled beard. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks tinge an even deeper pink than normal. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Joaquin bit the inside of his cheek, waiting until he could say words again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Frank felt a bead of sweat trickle down his cheek. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And his left cheek was a kind of zombie blue. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

His eyes were closed, and his cheek was already beginning to turn puffy from where Milo had hit him. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He looked at her, twitching, tears running down his cheeks. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt has color in his cheeks again, and he is able to lead Sunday services for the first time in many weeks. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

My head is aching, and my cheeks feel hot. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He lifted his hands to wipe my cheeks and kissed my brow. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Tears of weakness and protest ran down Mercy’s cheeks as Rachel stooped to take off her oldest daughter’s shoes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She reached over and pinched my cheek like I was one of the kids. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He has bony cheeks, a long nose, and heavy brows. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t thought the guy’s cheeks could get any redder, but they did. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was deeply unhappy with the outcome, if the red in her cheeks was any indication. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Impishly, he wrinkled his nose and thrust his tongue into his cheek, making the funny face that Claire had taught him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Their helms were tiger’s masks, the faces beneath marked by green stripes tattooed across both cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now he dragged himself painfully to the curtain at the entrance of the tent, pressed his cheek against the cold ground, and tried to peer out. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Standing next to him at the monitor, Piper kissed him on the cheek. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But there was a brilliance in her eyes, a warm color in her cheeks, and a new sweetness in her manner. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

A blast of sweet, hot breath tickled my nose, followed by a furry smack against my cheek. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Six Aphrodite girls kissed me on the cheek in excitement. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He lay completely still on a plank, his cheeks hollow, his mouth agape. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When Larry held his wife in his arms, her cheek against his heart, he was tall enough to see the top of her head, the dark tumble of her hair. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were dilated, his clear cheeks flushed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She wipes my cheeks and tells me run along upstairs but I can barely see and I want to stick my face into an icy stream. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His cheeks and hands had been cruelly slashed; his bloodstained jacket was half ripped from his shoulders, and he wore no cloak. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

If so, do the tears feel cold upon his cheeks? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He lifted a hand to her damp cheek. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I took the pipe, gathered the glass, sweated — blew —my cheeks puffed out — the iron pipe banged my teeth —I blew like the Angel Gabriel sounding the horn for Judgment Day. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

And the sagging cheeks, with those purplish blotches. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The father blew out his cheeks and made a monkey face to show how much bigger. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Tears shone in his eyes, and he brushed a few off his cheeks. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

His cheeks are sallow, his skin looks gray and papery, and his eyes are bloodshot. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wear a beard and mustache but shave my cheeks; said beard, having a dark skunk stripe up the middle and white edges, commemorates certain relatives. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was worried about my sister, and my cheek still hurt. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lady with the cheeks and small glasses looks at you with a gaze of false but practiced kindness. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

His prison uniform felt the same—stiff against my cheek, familiar as daylight. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I bit my cheek, trying to push down that hope that was building inside me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A jagged line ran across his right cheek, and his eyebrows were crisscrossed with thin white scars. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks drooped toward her eyes and her hair pointed straight toward the ground, making her look like a dangling troll doll. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks are flushed from the walk up three flights of stairs. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Al’s eyes widen, and he crouches next to Will, tapping his cheek with one hand. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I sucked in my cheek and chewed on the side of my lip. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The Lord Steward was trotting down the column, pointing and fussing, his cheeks red from the cold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He poked his cheeks and forehead with his fingers. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her perfect cheeks and fingers were pink, just like my hat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

After a few moments, the dwarf puffed out his cheeks and snorted again. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I just—I was going to leave this for you,” I say, cheeks warm despite the cold. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Blood stung Archie’s cheeks and a pulse throbbed dangerously in his temple. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man looks at me, pushes his wad of tobacco deep in his cheek, and continues to address August. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks were pink and merry from our walk, her lips stained red from the capulis she had stolen from me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached up to my cheek, to the wetness there, and when I pulled my hand away, my brain finally connected that I had run straight through a spray of blood. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When she stepped in the room, her scent floated out to me, dark and spicy like the snuff she packed inside her cheek. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother jumped in front of the gun to protect everyone, and that’s when she took the first bullet, not in her leg but in her butt cheek. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A flush of heat rose in her cheeks, and she sat back, busying herself with stowing the canteen and dirty rag. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The tutor's cheeks, swelling with anger, almost unhorsed the small spectacles saddling his nose. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“With those chubby pink cheeks and bright red mop of hair.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A black pencil had made her eyebrows, and her cheeks and her mouth were red with the ink made from pokeberries. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

One passed so close that Dany felt it brush her cheek. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Not long ago, a little boy stood before my glass, tears streaming down his smooth red cheeks. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“What’s your name, honey?” she says softly, running the backs of her fingers up and down my cheek. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But at this moment, as I watched the tear slide down Connor’s cheek, I felt the true loss of not having arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He is bleeding from a graze on his cheek. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

One woman is shouting so loud, a sergeant grabs her red cheeks until his fingers press them white. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her lip was trembling, her cheeks were wet, her eyes were red-rimmed holes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now and then, his ear rubbed against her cheek, and she knew from the scratchy feel that he had shaved it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks were pink and she was happy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pat her helmet where her cheek is. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks were chubby and the skin under her chin was crepe. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mini hooked her fingers into her cheeks and pulled. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A breeze ran through the courtyard, fluttering the leaves of the young pea plants and blowing cool across my cheek where Madam struck me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tears ran down her dirty cheeks, leaving gray runnels. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over and over I’d slapped myself until my cheek was red and hot and sore. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His cheeks above his beard were pink where the sun had burned his Irish skin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bullet entered one cheek and exited the other. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His mustache tickled as he hugged me and kissed me on the cheek. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Roli arrives with the twins, who naturally grab two fistfuls of Goldfish crackers and stuff their cheeks like gerbils while they wait. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The girl raises her hand to her cheek. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

To make things worse, the air was hot and blistery, burning our cheeks as we drove on. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had blue eyes— at least a dozen of them—on his cheeks, his forehead, the backs of his hands. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then, careful to rest my hair over my right cheek, I headed down the slope. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She slid her arms under mine and rested her cheek against my chest like she was listening to my heartbeat. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He is pale and lean, his cheeks sunken in. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Everything turned shimmery and blurry; I realized tears, hot and furious, were rolling down my cheeks. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She looked into your eyes, her color rising fast behind the dark freckles that sprinkled her nose and cheeks, even in October. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe someday, after all this, after we find a new life, a new home, with plenty of water and food, then I could grow up and have full rosy cheeks and a soft round belly. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His cheeks were bright from the cold, and his eyes sparkled. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His black hair falls in opulent curls around his cheeks. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She looked red in the cheeks and not very happy. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I'm laughing, so hard that I fall onto the ground in a wild delirium, and my cheeks hurt with a delightful pain. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Like a perfectly shaven cheek is how you get to some perfect heaven. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The cheeks had fallen back to the ears and a solicitous mortician had put lipstick on the black mouth. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For a new start!” he says, with the happy rubber cheeks. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

My cheeks did not feel the warm, salty tears that began flowing down and splattering on his bloodied face. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kiss his cheek, because I need the photograph. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“The goal is set; will we win? We planned it all—cheek to cheek—facing the swelling power of the new moon.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She has a scar on her cheek, from a street fight, she says. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Once down, I lay there with the music going and my cheek pressing into the carpet and stared at the dust beneath my bed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

O golden rings That tap against cheeks of small magnolia leaves, O whitest so soft parchment where My poor divorced lips have written excellent Stanzas of kisses, and will write no more. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rested my cheek against the rough homespun of his jacket, knowing that my wish was a vain one. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Rojakke touched his fingers to the ugly bruise forming on his cheek, looking surprised and a bit betrayed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Charades at least might go over well, as long as the tableaux did not involve any reference to small, bushy-tailed animals that stored nuts in their cheeks. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I traced a finger against her soft nose, her cheeks, and her curved chin, with a dimple like Safa’s. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I gave her a peck on the cheek and headed for the crash zone. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was a moment of perfect silence as the sweet, sticky bun hit part of my eye and most of my cheek and then dragged, slowly, down my chin. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He looked up at her face, where some of the blond hair had escaped from the dark scarf she wore and lay against her cheeks. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I thought of a mean neighbor boy who had tiny pits in his cheeks, and it was true, those marks were the size of rice grains. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked so pretty, her big eyes blinking fast, her cheeks soft and round, and still the roundness could only remind me of Alaska’s thin face and her high cheekbones. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, she lets go of whatever she is holding and caresses my cheek until I meet her eyes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, stupid tears spill down my cheeks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Julian was fairly frantic now, clutching at the front of his shirt, while tears streamed down his cheeks. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He fell to his knees, trembling like a leaf in a winter storm, tears streaming down his ravaged cheeks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mark didn’t even wipe at the tears on his cheeks. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He was sitting up in his bed, the two spots on his cheeks redder than ever. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I grew tense and tears burnt my cheeks. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slammed the mirror down on the table so hard that it cracked, and when she saw the crack she reached out and slapped Ash across the cheek. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of me wants to reach out and touch that hair, grab a thick chunk, and brush it against my cheek. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Instead, my reflection is almost comical, with my sunken cheeks and bulging eyes, framed by this yellow-and-white halo. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then Mama pressed her palms on Hanako’s cheeks so hard it was actually uncomfortable. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As she leaned over to kiss Katie’s cheek in good-bye, she slipped a dollar bill in her apron pocket. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another one, a round-faced boy with pink cheeks, looks at me apologetically. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I threw it,” he said, and then there were tears on his cheeks, sliding down his throat, burning him all over. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There, she kissed Princesse on both cheeks as though they were meeting at a party. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Half torn away, the gash in his cheek showing his teeth, the hole where his nose used to be open and gaping, making him look barely human. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Kaltain pinched her cheeks as she emerged from the dressing room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Dimly they were aware of Grishnákh’s great head and hideous face between them; his foul breath was on their cheeks. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Both Mrs. Walton and I are cheesin' like two schoolgirls, though I’m sure the red in her cheeks is much more visible than mine. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Bull slid his finger between his cheek and his oxygen mask and sniffed for smoke. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Odom extracted herself from the embrace, but her cheeks were flushed with pride. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I lean my cheek against the cool chain, feeling like I can’t reach anything anymore. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mother kissed me on the cheek and walked us to the steel door that protected our rooftop home. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He razored his lip and chin as well, but kept his side-whiskers, two great thickets of wiry golden hair that covered most of his cheeks from ear to jaw. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was white in the flesh of his mouth and his cheeks and his hair was white and his eyes had faded, with white in the vague blueness there. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tired seemed to sit in her cheeks, make her face look saggy. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He picks up the photograph, pushes it to my chest, and sticks out his cheek. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I clear my throat, my cheeks turning pink. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The guy cupped his bloody cheek in his hands and screamed in short bursts, a high-pitched squeal and then silence, a high-pitched squeal and then silence. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like to think that someone might arise and see me still in sleep, perhaps with my cheek exposed. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I smiled back, ignoring the ache in my cheeks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He cornered me behind a massive steel ship propeller, leaning close enough that the heat of his breath fanned across my cheeks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Izio pushed the hair from my face and kissed my forehead and my cheeks. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He held her comfortingly against his cheek with one hand while he picked up the skirts of his robes with the other, running as quickly as he could behind the Foreign Secretary. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

At first he was stiff and somewhat taken aback, but his own emotions quickly triumphed and he timidly encircled her with his arms and left an imperceptible kiss on her cheek. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished, Fatima leaned up and kissed my cheek. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I said, rubbing my cheeks, hoping my voice didn’t betray the explosion of terror I felt inside. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The children put their arms on the table and their cheeks on their arms and watched the petitioners file by. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

A round-faced woman, her cheeks slicked yellow with sweat, handed me a barbecued beef sandwich. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angie’s mom, Doña Ramona, answers the door and gives me a wet kiss on the cheek. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Kino crawled quietly close to her and he put his lips near to her cheek. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

First he took a square of Brown Mule out of his pocket, bit off a plug, and settled it in his left cheek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Zach, the most openly emotional among them, keeps dabbing at his eyes, but he can’t keep tears from rolling down his cheeks. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I smile at my group until my cheeks start hurting and I have to stop. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks were very hot and she felt them with her hands. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was breathing hard, her eyes wild, her cheeks flushed, her hair held back only by a pencil she’d stuck behind her ear two hours ago and clearly forgotten about. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He looked long and tender at her, and kissed her cheek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She rested her cheek on the log and closed her eyes out of sheer exhaustion. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing I remember was the sun warming my cheeks, a seagull squawking overhead—and something moist splatting in my hair. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Every time I look at you, Kaede, I—” She stopped, breathless, her cheeks reddening. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The young nurse came around the desk and laid her hand against Stick’s cheek. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

No more cheek- pinching women who resembled Melina Mercouri in her later years. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In answer the witch queen kissed him on both cheeks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Two perfect circles color each of her cheeks and her too-bright lipstick is smeared across her front tooth. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I felt his fingers’ light touch run along the crown of my head, feather-soft as they came down to cup my cheek. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The fire in my ears spread to my neck and cheeks. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

His hands are always touching me, stroking my hair, my neck, my cheek, my shoulder; when they creep lower and his body moves closer, I duck away, find an excuse to leave. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That beautiful black hair was gone, shaved to the skin, and so were the fire in her eyes and the flush of her cheeks. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Heat crept up her neck into her cheeks. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’m not happy, since I know Petel’s not thinking of me, and yet I can still feel his beautiful eyes gazing at me and his cool, soft cheek against mine...Oh, The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I saw tears slick on his cheeks in the yellow light. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there was Arletta Paisley—her rounded cheeks lifted by an easy smile, blonde, with deep blue eyes, all soft and comforting. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

A splotch of rouge was so thick on one cheek it looked like a third eye. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Moss rubbed at his cheeks, and he didn’t know if he had ever felt so angry in his whole life. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She buried her cheek in the extra folds of his sweater and watched the paint curl as the fire consumed the blocks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My hand reached up to grab my cheek and I felt something creepy and prickly there. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her braids have dirt in them, and her once-fat cheeks are sunken. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

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

Eleanor reached into the toilet and felt tears slipping down her cheeks. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

His face rested against the bars and he felt tears roll down his cheeks. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I took Pita’s round face in my hands and squeezed her cheeks. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She felt the rough grating of his tongue on her cheek. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

My daddy kissed Miss Love on the cheek and then shook hands with Grandpa. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She hugged the three little girls and Aunt Pearl, then hooked her arm into Alfred's, kissed him on the cheek, and pulled him inside. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned against a column and let the stone chill my burning cheek. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The cook glanced over her shoulder to take in the newcomer, and before she turned away there was time to see the fury in eyes that cheek fat had narrowed to gelatinous slices. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Jessie closed her eyes again as more tears rolled down her cheeks. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It’s too rough on your cheeks and nose, so you use the white sheet instead. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Over the next half hour, Zafoona’s cheeks grew pale as she paced back and forth while Habib described what had happened. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The jarring landing sends me sprawling on the rooftop, gravel under my cheek. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth and then bite the side of my cheek to stop myself from saying something foolish. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The heat of the racing headlights burnt his cheeks, it seemed, and jittered his eye-lids and flushed the sour sweat out all over his body. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mikoyan was a short man with shiny, ruddy cheeks like a baby’s. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is the boy with the red hair—” Ralph loudly sucked the cheek out of a steamed fish head. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heavy, dark eyebrows, the curve of his cheek, the line of his nose, the hollow at the base of his neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and walked to her, and, bending, pressed the adhesive pad of sensitive grids against her deeply tinted cheek. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She hugged me again and then kissed me on the cheek and said: “I'm so glad you came. Your grandfather is too.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The slaves were all tattooed: a mask of blue feathers, a lightning bolt that ran from jaw to brow, a coin upon the cheek, a leopard’s spots, a skull, a jug. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His face, however, was the most distinctive: his left cheek was marked with a row of four star-shaped scars, white and puckered around the edges. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The mayor’s round red cheeks are puffing in and out. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

His cheek seems to sag on his left side. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Can’t believe how much I want to hear her just say my name or kiss my cheek at night. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She dressed like that often when she went after her sheep or helped one of her cows with a calving—all business and matter-of-fact—but the pink in her cheeks made me think of roses. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I have seen so many soldiers whose cheeks have had that sunken look, even though they were young faces. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips pulled away from his small teeth; his gray cheeks folded. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped short at the sight of Roza, the bloody cloth she held to her cheek. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

There had been three scratch marks down his cheek. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She longed to touch that fur, to rub her cheeks against it, but of course she never did; for it was the grossest breach of etiquette imaginable to touch another person’s daemon. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then, without warning, she grabbed my shoulders and double kissed me, one on each cheek. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks went red, realizing what she’d just said, and what the answer was. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The billboard shows a large picture of a pretty young woman with wild, messy hair and tears streaming down her cheeks. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know I have a flower painted on my cheek,” said my sister. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

My cheeks feel hot, and I’m not sure whether it’s from frustration or excitement. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A tear traced its way down her cheek. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

That’s when they saw the blood pouring from the sides of his mouth, down his cheeks, and into the grass. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She ran her hands down her cheeks and sighed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I threw up into the sink, onto the counter, and then slid down to the floor, let the blue and white tiles cool my cheeks. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her face turned tomato red, making the silver flowers inlaid in her plump cheeks even more noticeable. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I squeeze her arm briefly, move back before she can kiss me on the cheek. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

An extension of the click people made in their cheeks back home when they wanted a dog to follow them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might turn on the radio and dance cheek to cheek with my mother. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A damp streak of hair lay like a dash of blue paint across her cheek and her hand was wet with glistening drops as I took it to help her from the car. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Queen Hygd was beautiful and wise, with a creamy brow and poppies in her cheeks. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes tears roll down your cheeks at a blue sky. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Sumac rested comfortably, his cheek next to my head. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Tears rolled down Audrey’s cheeks, but I doubted she was aware of them. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her smile widened her mouth beyond her cheeks beyond her ears and seemingly through the walls to the street outside. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A streak of brown on Bristle’s white cheek caught his attention. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

He has my father’s dark hair and hooked nose and my mother’s green eyes and dimpled cheeks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go home,” said Charles, wiping a muddy smudge off his cheek with the heel of his hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It gives me a little frisson even now, walking past that house— butterflies suddenly swarm in my stomach, and a smile comes to my lips and colour to my cheeks. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Keav finished with my hair, she put red rouge on Geak’s lips and cheeks as Chou and I slipped on our new dresses and stood in awe of each other’s beauty. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But because two can play at this game, I stand on tiptoe and kiss his cheek. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

This time the current was left on for more than two minutes, during which witnesses heard the grinding of Kemmler’s teeth and saw blood drops from burst capillaries form on his cheeks. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to look at Bram, but he’s turned the other direction, facing Garrett, and I can see from his cheeks that he’s grinning. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Each time he dropped her off, he kissed her on the cheek, both of them leaning toward each other, and then pulling back so that she could say “Bye” and climb out of his car. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I developed a cough, and my cheeks burned the back of my hand. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Park felt tears on his cheeks, but he didn't want to touch his eyes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Why, hello, Will,” she said and put up her pink cheek for him to kiss. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bloom was gone from her cheeks and her drained face floated in front of me, green and sweating. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He drew her close, put his hand on her cheek, and kissed her. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And no doubt about the kid, taking off down the hill, tears spilling onto his cheeks as he turned away. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My cheek still stings from the knife handle, and my stomach burns from the policeman's kick. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Keenan leans forward, his eyes nearly black with intensity, his face so close that I can feel his breath against my cheek. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I watch the light of it illuminate his face, the tears on his cheeks, and try to ease that same pang in my chest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I rub my foot all on his cheek. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The solid weight of Carmine is in my arms, his hot breath, slightly sour and sticky from his morning milk, on my cheek. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her curls brushed his cheeks, and he felt that if he could just hold her a little longer, every wound, every hurt, every bad thing would melt away. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Clutching her mane, Bobby rubbed his cheek along Babe’s neck—something Nancy used to do. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse put his cheek down on the bare wood of the tabletop. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Abby tapes on my bow tie and pokes my cheeks, which is something she does weirdly often because apparently my cheeks are adorable. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Without thinking, he leaned down and kissed her cheek. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He sniffed piteously, wiping an imaginary tear from his cheek. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The boy and I lock eyes, and when he smiles, blood rushes to my cheeks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She reaches up and pats her cheek with one hand. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks dripped blood, making red polka dots on her tattered dress. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Our sofa, times eighteen, Rashid, times eighteen, Aunt Gloria, with her white sweater, her orange lips and pale cheeks, times eighteen. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Held back too long, the tears ran down his cheeks as he embraced his son. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could swipe it away, he brushed his finger across my cheek, close enough to my mouth that I felt a shiver of longing pass through me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her hair falls over her face just enough to obscure her cheeks. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Palmer ran his wet cheek along the silky feathers. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Beautifully colored, if this can be said, the blackness of her hair, the faint blush of her cheek, her lips. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This gave him a harsher, older look—until he smiled, of course, and the sagging cheeks gathered up like curtains. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laid his open hand on my cheek. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

My cheek stung, but I wouldn't let him see me with tears in my eyes. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the sweat running into his eyes he saw Aurelia, beautiful in her brave bright colors, standing now, her hands to her face, tears on her cheeks. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She gave him a daughterly peck on the cheek. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He had come from outside, Catelyn saw; his cheeks were red from the cold, his hair shaggy and windblown. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mom came over, put her hands on my cheeks, and lifted my face to look at her. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I touched his raspy cheek with the back of my hand. He shut his eyes, giving himself to my touch. “You mustn’t worry so. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wrenching away from each other, they slapped cheeks, shoulders, heads—she hitched her blouse up and croaked, “Hey, man, let’s get out of here!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A new patient had come to him asking what she could do about the spidery veins on her cheeks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Man stared back at Alaska like a bull at a matador, then raised a hand to his sagging face and slowly rubbed the white stubble on his cheek. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then, deliberately, he wiped his finger under his bloody nose and with two strokes stained my cheeks. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Badwa’s face was rounded, her cheeks full, as though she were on the verge of smiling. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His pale cheeks bore two spots of color, and his suit jacket had a few snowflakes here and there, revealing that he was most likely returning home rather than heading out. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

My tears have stopped and the air feels cold as it touches my cheeks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She could feel the blood washing down her face, a rippling red curtain falling across her brow and cheeks and chin, and she understood why the priest had made her close her eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The old women were Russian and the only Persian they spoke was the pinching of cheeks. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

There’s a smear of blood across her cheek, and more of it on the white of her headdress. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d watch her sprayed hair and her hysteria, and the tears she could still produce at will, and the mascara blackening her cheeks. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can't see the hook, but it must be in my cheek. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Instead, she waited with her burning cheeks and her own dumb smile until he slid her papers back to her, rough fingertips briefly brushing her wrist. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her damp cheeks glistened like the pumpkin-colored wood of the table where Pax’s humans ate their food, brilliant against the white of her sleek throat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then they look at my red, swollen cheek. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be home in no time; she’s waiting for you,” he assured me, and he tickled my cheek until I smiled. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

My cheeks felt like they were on fire. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He shook it, trying to clear it, and the moths on his brow and cheeks took flight and fluttered around his head in a corona. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He realized that he was grinding his jaws together so hard his back teeth and the muscles in his cheeks were starting to ache. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the darkness couldn’t hide the blush that colored his cheeks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He paused a moment, the camera flashes flickering off his cheeks. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took my hand and placed it against his cheek. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As they shook hands and kissed on the cheek, Mariam stood a few feet away. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The wind on his cheeks was blowing from the south, and the only banners flying above the remains of Moat Cailin displayed a golden kraken on a field of black. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was kneeling behind the fence, rubbing the dog's head, its tongue slapping the old man's cheek. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Tears fall off my cheeks and drip down my neck. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I bite the inside of my cheek, still not looking at Darius. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Other people slowly joined the group, and there were many hollow cheeks and deadened eyes. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She picked up Archer’s feather, gleaming iridescent green and fuchsia, and ran it along her cheek before tucking it into her hair. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Now Mrs. Tomolillo was sitting with her index finger on her cheek and her thumb under her chin, and her head tilted wistfully to one side. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Timidly, almost clumsily, the assassin strode over to the Crown Prince and kissed him on the cheek. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Kaisa lifted her right hand to brush a strand of Ash’s hair behind her ear, and she cupped her cheek in her palm. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

One boy had asked for face paintings on both cheeks, both arms, and his stomach. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Looking over at him, I notice his flushed cheeks and rabbity eyes, his droopy brown mustache and bristly eyebrows, the stomach that protrudes from the bottom of his vest like a barely hidden balloon. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She touched the faded scar upon her wrinkled cheek, where her tears had been cut away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The tears were sliding down my cheeks—runaways that escaped when I wasn't paying attention. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My cheek burned, but I fought back the hot tears and tried to swallow the lump in my throat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

With flushed cheeks and sweaty face, she at last looked up and grinned. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Heat rose to his cheeks—much to her delight. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Eleanor rolled her eyes and wiped her cheek with her pajama sleeve. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The perspiration was running down her cheeks when she was done, but she was able to tell him that he would get well and return to lead their pack. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her ghost hearts beat like real ones, and her cheeks flushed—all the habits of her living body taking root in her phantom one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Across the room from him his mother had pulled open a window, in spite of the cool weather, and leaning out with her hands on her cheeks, she pushed her face far outside the window. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother shrieked, Father cursed, and a thin line of blood appeared on his cheek and upper lip. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled myself up off the floor and lashed a hand out, catching the man’s cheek and raking my fingernails down as hard as I could. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He reaches over and brushes his knuckles quickly over my cheek, an affectionate gesture, a gesture that comes from the Van de Kamp family. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She put her arms around me protectively and leaned in to kiss my cheek. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, a frigid hand was tapping my cheeks. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another gently reached over and pinched my cheek. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She was blushing, her cheeks, even her freckled bosom, were bright red. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she touched each baby’s cheek and told her not to cry. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He says look in Central Park,” explained Dr. Carey, tucking another big wad of gauze into Mr. Clydesdale’s cheek. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Upon one cheek he bore a brand: a demon’s mask. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

By the next morning, she was racing to the creek, her cheeks pink, her little arms flapping beside her like wings. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“There goes that vermin, again,” a man with a hideous scar on his left cheek remarked, making an obscene gesture at the passing trucks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same eyes, the same cheeks, the same chin. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A warm wind brushed Dany’s cheeks, and above the beating of her heart she heard the sound of wings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I wake up feeling the wet bands of the lounge chair against my cheek. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kisses both of her cheeks, careful not to leave behind the bright purple rouge-stick he wears. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She was wearing lipstick, mascara, and a little blush on her cheeks, and her clothes were altogether unlike anything I had ever seen her in: a white T-shirt, blue jeans, and flat black shoes. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks puff up and her eyes squish and water comes out of them and her face looks a little bit like a sponge. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men chewed the insides of their cheeks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I think he’s falling asleep again,” he adds, looking at Gogol, whose cheeks are working methodically at his wife’s breast. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The walk was long and hard, and Alex was almost surprised that the tears he shed didn’t freeze on his cheeks. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

His whiskers were long and scraped my cheek. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear her laughing behind me as the blood swept back across my cheeks and all the way to my ears, like rain streaking over a windshield. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When Mother called us to eat and I said I wasn’t hungry, she laid her cool hand on my forehead and cheeks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms wrap around my shoulders and she kisses my cheek, my hair. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She shook back her wet hair, her cheeks glowing. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, just as one last, annoying tear made a path down my cheek. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

His mouth was soft and smooth upon her skin, and the kiss sent a red-hot line of fire up through her arm that singed her cheeks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And with that, she kissed me on the cheek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Less than five minutes later she stormed back down the stairs, with her cheeks all puffed out, and flung her apron on a chair. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

None of the teenage magazine descriptions of girls moping, one tear on each cheek like pearl earrings, applies to me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His cheeks have gone pink, and a red blotch unfurls around the collar of his T-shirt. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I knelt down and crawled under my table, pretending to pickup supplies, just in time to hide the first tears that sneaked down my cheeks. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Velia asked, reaching up to touch the ear pendant hanging against my right cheek. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dropping her into the closest seat, I pressed my hands against her cheeks, but her eyes couldn’t focus on me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I kissed Audrey on the cheek and asked her how she managed to get the night off. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

My mother smacked me several times on the cheeks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his wide girth, his cheeks looked hollow. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His ancient valet, Johnny Mitchell, bent over him, his tears falling onto Tommy’s cheeks as he gently sponged the mud and blood away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dell bit down on the inside of his left cheek and held his mouth closed until he could detect the taste of blood. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I like her big smiley cheeks and the way her pink hijab matches her manicure. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I squeezed again, harder, even though her cheek had a weak rubbery feeling I did not like. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slashed across his face, heard him grunt as my nails bit into his cheek. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The spark kindled on my cheek flared and spread through my entire body. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calder, wiping his cheeks on the sleeve of his jacket, pointed to the strand of pearls lying on the table. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks redden, and her normally cocky voice comes out shaky and uncertain. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The other sellsword—a stripling, hardly more than a boy, with fuzz on his cheeks and hair the color of dirty straw—scooped up Penny under one arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When we hugged good-bye, I felt her tears on my cheek. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Fruit and water and shade," Dany said, her cheeks sticky with peach juice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The tiny freckle upon his cheek moved upward as a smile spread once more. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Matilda de la Rosa, who lives by the tracks, recalls a migrant who came to her door with an eyeball hanging on his cheek. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The wrinkles in Roy's cheeks shifted as he rolled his mouth a few times. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And a few moments later there was a wonderful rush of cold air, a smooth ribbon running along her cheek. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

When he’d plucked all the pebbles from my cheeks and forehead, he took out his handkerchief and tried to stop my nose from bleeding. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Scarlet splotches glistened on his cheeks as if he had been made up for some grotesque stage show. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at him over my shoulder, wiping my cheek with the palm of my hand. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Then she kisses us each on the cheek and hurries out, overcome with either the emotional parting or the possible improvement of her fortunes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He had two, one on each butt cheek. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn't, at the last moment, felt like washing off the two diagonal lines of dried blood that marked my cheeks. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The skin around his eyes and partway down his cheeks was pink and healthy. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He breathed out and rubbed his jaw, feeling his cheeks heat up when he realized he was staring at her thighs. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She kissed Pauline on the cheek and went away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rupa was mopping her cheeks with the end of her sari. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Water and grime lapped around Nailer’s cheeks and jaw as he peered up through the gaps in the planking. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He laid his hand against his friend’s rough cheek. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She felt her cheeks, touched her eyes, traced the line of her jaw. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She had the makings of a bad bruise on her right cheek, where \\tt » someone must have elbowed her. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

My cheeks flush, remembering how easy Dylan said illusions are supposed to be for me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He nodded yes, which shook more tears down his cheeks. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Edmunds said, her hair brushing his cheek as she leaned over to look at it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I kept sneaking into the bathroom to pinch my cheeks and rub my eyes so I’d look right. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Mama cries when she is told I won’t be returning, but she is smiling with pride as the tears flow down her cheeks. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Sweat creeps along my brow, and my cheeks flush. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Before I’ve gone a dozen strides, my feet are swept out from under me and I’m facedown on the ground with a knee on my cheek and one of my arms twisted behind my back. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His cheeks and nose are red from the cold, and a thin layer of snow has collected on his wavy brown hair and the hood of his burgundy sweatshirt. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There was no answer except her sister’s cheek against her own, not even tears, for when most deeply moved, Jo did not cry. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a small man, bald, with a left cheek bulging with tobacco. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now her rouged cheeks and her reddened lips made her seem alive and sleeping very lightly. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her knuckles were pale and pressed to her cheeks, and her shoulders trembled. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They would have killed me, thought Montag, swaying, the air still torn and stirring about him in dust, touching his bruised cheek. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Connor’s cheeks were bright red as he shrugged and blinked his eyes rapidly. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The fire in my ears spread to my cheeks. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Corkers was a charmer, a vast ungainly man with drooping bloodhound cheeks and filthy clothes. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her red lips are purple and dry, her cheeks are sunken, there are deep shadows under her eyes, her porcelain white skin is brown and wrinkled from the sun. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom gave Uncle Frank a kiss on each cheek and held both of his hands. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He’s stroking his cheek like he might have just shaved for the second time today. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Sing to me, Mother Queen, sing me the song of the cave,” I chanted as the ear pendant quivered against my cheek. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Very logical,” said Tucker Mouse, munching with his cheeks full. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Cole’s laughter, hot tears escaped his reddened and angry eyes and flooded his cheeks. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He kisses her on the cheek before he leaves, not waiting for her to reply. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Dimple’s cheeks felt like they were on fire; she fell silent. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My hand massages my stinging cheek; I taste blood in my mouth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the tongues touched him on the cheek, and he screamed. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The swelling went out of her cheeks and the prettiness of convalescence came to her face. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hands through your hair. Pull your ears forward. Mouth open. Put out your tongue, pull out your lips and cheeks.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was pulling his cheek before the glass, looking to see if there were unshaved patches under the line of the jaw. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She pressed on her cheek, like she had a toothache. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jessie had sand in all the places where her skin rubbed together: between her toes, behind her ears, and between the cheeks of her bottom. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He stares out the other window, his cheeks bright red. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He pictured himself in a fancy blue jacket with red facings, white leggings, a beautiful new gun snug against his cheek.... The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She turned to him, her face round and her cheeks full and freckled and she leaned toward him, her lips pursed, and she kissed him on the cheek. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The big car was obedient under her one-hand driving, and she pulled on her Lucky Strike so hard that her cheeks were sucked in to make valleys in her face. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he came nearer still, leaning forward and pushing his face so close to James that James could feel breath blowing on his cheeks. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ruby stares at me, her cheeks going even pinker than usual. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

His hand trembles as he lays it on my cheek. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then the tall one reached forward, slow and easy, and touched the bruise on my cheek. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Her mom saved her work and stood up, patting Emily’s cheek. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A slight brogue has appeared in the Duchess’s voice and when I glance up at her, tears stream freely down her cheeks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In a minute I had my face under their bonnets, in contact first with Mary’s soft cheek, then with Diana’s flowing curls. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

On her mouth, her cheeks, her closed eyes, her neck. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Gaunt men with creased cheeks and women with dark red lipstick sat along the bar. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Had anyone—all right: any woman—ever murmured to him that way, or brushed crumbs gently from his cheek? Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She laid her cheek against my forehead and said, “I hope it’s not.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Once I calm down, she moves a few wet strands of hair from my cheeks. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world was still dark and blurred, but Koffi felt someone gently slapping her cheek and trying to force her upright. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Darius was leaning on the post of the stall, tickling my cheek with the end of my braid, while I smacked his hand away. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Esther kept on singing, but tears ran down her cheeks. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes had been outlined in silver paint, and the color trailed down her cheeks in wondrous curls of gleaming light. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Juniper wiped a green tear off her cheek. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I drop my head in my hands, feel the heat of my cheeks on my palms, reliving what happened in the woods with Fry and Zephyr last winter. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Before I could deny I was wearing makeup again, Jay had sniffed my face, then licked my cheek from my chin to my ear. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She kissed me on the cheek and walked away. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Georgia’s eyes filled with tears, and some escaped, running down her blotchy cheeks. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The inside of my mouth hurts, as though I’ve bitten my cheek, there’s a metallic tang of blood on my tongue. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She threw her arms around me and kissed my cheek. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“When I was a kid,” Orr replied, ‘T used to walk around all day with crab apples in my cheeks. One in each cheek.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“No, I don’t,” she said, but her cheeks were flushed and her eyes bright. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He touches my face, covering my cheeks with his hands, sliding his fingertips down my neck, fitting his fingers to the slight curve of my hips. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Planting a kiss on my cheek, she left. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Moss gave her a kiss on the cheek after pulling away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My cheeks heat, thinking of the way it had felt to wake up with his body stretched out beside mine. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her face was dirty, and her tears left pink tracks down her cheeks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He leaned down and touched the top of her head with his cheek. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

One year her mother had made her a fairy costume to wear, and Ash still remembered the smile on her mother’s face as she brushed silver paint onto Ash’s cheeks. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple felt her cheeks burning, and she looked down at her boots. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When everything had been checked one last time, Kaede’s father came to kiss her formally on both cheeks. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Wylan had scratches from the glass all over his cheeks and neck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Lyddie brushed back a curl that had escaped its plait and smoothed it against Rachel’s cheek. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z