I walked over, my heart beating out of my chest, until I was standing right in front of him and somehow, this seemed to surprise him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I clutch the screen to my chest, eager to get back to the dormitory and tell Tobias about my mother. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Shawn carried Emily and laid her on the back seat, then Mother placed the baby against Emily’s chest and covered him, creating a makeshift incubator. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The feelings pile up, threatening to crack my chest wide-open. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he felt the blood trickling down his neck and, onto his chest, the old man shuddered, and the last strength went out of him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The words Get away from me and Don’t were stuck in my tight chest, wedged between terror and want. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was an unrestrained, happy sound that came leaping straight from his chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hazel tried to avoid eye contact, but she caught Octavian at the head of the First Cohort smirking at her, looking smug in his plumed centurion’s helmet with a dozen medals pinned on his chest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Move that chest at the end of my bed,” she ordered. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Perhaps. Some of my ancestors have been heroes. Some have been villains. You saw the ghost with the gunshot wounds in the chest?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Blood drenched his chest and the right arm of his shirt. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pet made a clicking sound in its chest and leaned in slightly. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

"I," he said dramatically as he punched himself hard in the chest, "have an anger problem." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And there goes the warm thing in my chest. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He saw the holster, and the anxiety threaded into his veins, pulsed from his chest up to his throat, and he couldn’t breathe. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He brought the bird to his chest, trying to warm it from the heat of his body. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He grins cheekily, crosses his arms against his chest, and calls out a challenge to the other team at the opposite end of the game world, which makes the audience go wild. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My heavy heart rises; pride keeps it from falling right out my chest. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my God,” Conor said again, his heart beating nearly out of his chest. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

For exactly three seconds, he was keenly aware of their chests rising and falling against each other. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He caught her in his arms and pulled her into his chest. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Madam’s linen chest, the one that she had fussed about when we arrived, was in the middle of the library floor, the top thrown open. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since Halloween, I’d noticed that taking my revenge on other people would do something to that rock I’d been feeling in my chest. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Your voice was hoarse, but you grabbed your bag of beads and hugged it to your chest. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The blue girl’s ghost gathered itself and perched, bereft, upon the spearpoint-tip of the projecting finial, just an inch above her own still chest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Bill sighed suddenly, as if he were very tired, and leaned forward as he sat on the side of the bed, letting his head fall close to his chest. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took my tags in hand, lifting them off my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Mules are too slow. We have pack horses, we’ll shift the chests to them. Duck, attend to that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Koffi's heart hammered in her chest as she spun around, eyes searching the grounds of the Night Zoo until she found who she was looking for. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Holding me to his chest, he strokes my hair and kisses the top of my head. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

All Cole could do was curl his knees up to his chest and try to cover his face. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The sharp ends of the stiff blades stabbed and stung my arms and chest as I grabbed them up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had traded his elegant evening suit for a breezy white nightshirt, the collar unbuttoned to reveal the smooth muscularity of his chest. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

One deflected off a car shield with hardly a dent, but the other caught a Laistrygonian in the chest, and the giant went down. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I'm still catching my breath, still feeling the pressure on my chest, definitely still holding the knife way out in front of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I took my other hand and placed it on top of hers, and she moved her free hand on top of it, so we had this black-and-white stack of hands resting upon my chest. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His great weight was pushing, chest to chest, against Bigwig’s. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held on to his kid self until Otto buried his face in the time traveler’s chest and cried some more, no longer embarrassed. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I held it low in front of my chest and took a picture of my ugly reflection in the mirror. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As I read, I feel my heart breaking into little pieces that go knocking around my chest like coins being rattled in a cup. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

My chest felt like it had just been hit with a battering ram, but I managed to get to my feet. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

For its size there was a disappointing amount of flesh, only a little on its chest. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes only dared to venture as far as his chest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And I hugged the package, which I’d cleaned off with a bottle of water and a handful of napkins from Mama’s glove compartment, tight to my chest as we moved through the hallways. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He held me firmly against him, my left side against his chest; my heart had already begun to beat faster, but there was more to come. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He ran the sword, which was about as deadly as a laser pointer, through Frank’s chest a few times. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Lancelot’s room had one coffin-like, metal-bound chest Apart from that, and from the bed, there was nothing to be seen—except his huge sword which stood against the wall, its straps hanging about it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stretched one hand toward the pilot, saw that his fingers were trembling, and touched the pilot on the chest. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rage formed in his chest and tore through his throat, released in a scream so loud he didn’t know he had the strength to create it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Right on Victor's chest, however, with his knees pressing into his sides as if the felled detective were a stubborn horse, sat Scipio, smiling mockingly. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I let Dad hold me, like that tiny potato-sack version of myself, sleeping on his chest when I was a baby. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

My strength peaks, and I shove at his chest. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The huge high bed Auntie Venus had occupied for so long without complaint had gone, and so had the carved trousseau chest and the green silk sofa. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They all wore the same tie-dyed T-shirts with a bizarre emblem on the chest. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“What... ,”Mark said, relief like a bursting cloud in his chest. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He said it as easily as he could, but his heart was thudding in his chest. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Marcus wore a wolfish smirk, which caused something savage to rumble in my chest. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I ran to my parents’ room, dropped the brown paper bag on the bed, and plowed my head into Mama’s chest, nearly knocking her over. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She raised her head, keeping the Madonna lodged against her chest as she forced a brave smile. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Dr. Martin crosses her arms over her chest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He’s a skyscraper, impossibly imposing with his arms crossed now against his chest in a battle stance, studying me like I’m a new life form. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I leaned back until I was resting against his chest, nestled between his knees. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His right eye turned bright white as he puffed out his narrow chest, sucked in a mouthful of air, and blew a stream of cottonseed-filled air at the door. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

King Hamlet seemed like a giant to me with his vast chest and great beard. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He does, laying his head on the pillow gingerly—I know his side and his chest must hurt—slowly sliding his feet beneath the blanket. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence, me leaning against the tree, Sohrab next to me, knees to his chest. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kenyon had built the chest himself: a mahogany hope chest, lined with cedar, which he intended to give Beverly as a wedding present. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Ruth May was exempt from hope chest, but was allowed to lie in a hammock with us and make cat’s cradles out of yarn if she promised not to run off and break something. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had the gun pointed at Henry’s chest. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

An overwhelming sensation crushed my chest so that I could barely breathe. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She and Mamou started whispering in Farsi, while Babou sat in the driver’s seat with his arms folded and his chin on his chest. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He sounded as if there were a fire in his chest and he was doing everything possible to contain it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I said, reaching one hand out and clutching my chest with the other. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A huge sand flea, heavy as a pebble, jumped first onto my chest and then onto my cheek, and I lurched upward, batting it away before it could bite me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I fingered the ends of my long, tangled hair, and was surprised to feel some of the tightness in my chest ease up long enough for me to take a deep breath. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He folded his arms across his chest, squinted his eyes, examining my face as if he knew it would crack at any moment. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hugged him to her chest, whirling and laughing aloud as his claws raked at the front of her leather ierkin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of face that gives you a bad feeling because I thought everything would be okay now that we’re working on the chest. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My chest felt like it was filled with lead. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

During the operation, the muscles of the chest and abdomen were severally exercised. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, really? I didn’t see you,” she said, her two long black braids scraping her chest. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I hope that these stains about the chest are ketchup rather than blood. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I leave, the concrete in my chest has loosened, melted down so I can breathe for a few days. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He listened, but his chest was heaving so much that she was sure he couldn’t hear anything but the blood pounding in his ears. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he held it to his chest and the flashbulb popped. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my back, I catch my breath, my chest rising and falling, and see blue sky and clouds shaped like huge pancakes. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Comments that upset you so much, you stooped even lower than usual, so low it looked like you wanted to hide your head inside your chest. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

My heart pounds out of my chest, both nerves and anger and grief. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We make out for a little while, which feels pretty nice, and then Erin lays her head on my chest and says, “Did Coach take you to meet a new player?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cried, trying to release the great pressure that was swelling inside his chest, but he got no relief from crying any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two in the chest, three between the eyes. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

P. T. jumped up on his bed, and he slept all night with P. T.’s body curled against his chest. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He opened the tansu—a chest of drawers in one corner of the living room. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Quarter-cut oak just means the way the oak tree is cut into boards for Mission furniture like Devon’s Mission chest. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here. Pay him no mind,” says Walter, shoving a bottle of whiskey against my chest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He dragged his chest protectors alongside the old man’s mat and lay down, and only then, when he closed his eyes, did he cry. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Purr laid himself down, tucked his front paws under the white spot on his chest, and looked at her with his gooseberry eyes. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moments later, Reed heaved himself onto the deck, dripping with seawater that made his shirt cling to his chest, revealing the landscape of musculature and black ink beneath. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Black spot—about the size of a dime,” Mom said, poking her index finger at his chest. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“God, you scared me,” I said, holding a hand to my chest as if to stop my heart from fluttering out of it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The icy fog runs from my chest through my back and up my neck. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Then I pretend to read People en Español so I don’t have to look at her measure his chest and waist. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Her heart still thumps along in her chest. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He is sorting through a chest that contains— believe it or not—more toys, when I see them: two old-fashioned wooden stick horses, one black, one gray, that sit forgotten in a corner. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I gasp, the air catching in my chest. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

His arms were folded over his chest and a frown creased his face as he looked at me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The woman gently places her hand on my chest. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

At each pause, he pecked his head over his chest like a turtle coming out of its shell, but his eyes didn’t move. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball caught Tyson square in the chest. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

With my heart hammering wildly in my chest, I scoop up the other Edith’s box and scrabble down the ladder. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like someone actually hits me in the chest. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I curl into him, arms tucked under his, legs pulled up, my head against his chest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I tucked it into my T-shirt and patted it against my chest, nodding to Miig, then ascended. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

There was no hunger in the glassy chest. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strangely, Grandfather felt no distress from the heat, even with his full white beard tumbling down his chest. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Corso sat at the desk, his legs open wide, straddling the entire thing, as if his crotch was the mouth of a giant whale, and had his arms crossed across his chest. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Captain nodded, tightening his arms across his chest as he had earlier. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zooey put a hand on each side of the washbowl and leaned his chest forward a trifle, his eyes on the general background of enamel. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The arms looked like normal arms, but there were so many of them, all tangled together, that his chest looked kind of like a forkful of spaghetti somebody had twirled together. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A chill that had nothing to do with the iced champagne was stealing through Harry’s chest. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Zola presses her dainty hands to her chest. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Momma puckered up her Ups to squeeze down a smile and crossed her arms over her chests, Joetta giggled and me and Byron scrunched our faces up. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Norton's head lolled upon his chest as though he were drunk or dead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I—I can’t believe all the people who came out today,” I said, holding the Team Apptitude shirt tight against my chest. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then she crossed her arms over her chest. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

From there they moved on to the chest of drawers. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“Already sent for. But Marse Tom is having bad pains in his chest.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Other times her eyes clear up and she realizes they are dead, and screams, beating her fists on her chest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I nestle into Lita’s chest, I don’t want to go back to my sleeping cell. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He dragged it with him as he slammed into her chest and knocked her over backward. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The dizziness amplified tenfold as she clutched her left forearm—the one with her birthcut on it—protectively against her chest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I was playing with two teddy bears from the Hineses’ toy chest. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She moved her hands up his stomach and chest and over his shoulders. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They attacked him from every direction—Leo shooting fire at his legs, Frank and Piper jabbing at his chest, Jason flying into the air and kicking him in the face. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I let her cry a minute on my chest and then I take her face into my hands again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Big Time felt his chest hit the edge of the other roof and his legs go over the side. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on a wicker chest and patted the spot next to her for me to sit. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Looking over at him dizzily, I see the hilt of my knife is sticking out of his chest. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A warmth crept up from my chest over my neck to the top of my head. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then he laughed without sound, without moving his lips; it was three short expulsions of breath forced upward through his nostrils by the heaving of his chest. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

If Day hit Metias’s shoulder, then how did the knife end up in my brother’s chest? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The closer they got to Greece, the more dread settled in Jason’s chest. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Marigold stepped out of the car, clutching the museum book tight to her chest. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But no man with an infant sticking out of his chest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Ona lay on one of the planks, peaked, the baby crying on her chest. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Slowly I get to my feet, holding my right arm against my chest. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo looked back into the surprise and awe of her friends’ faces and felt her chest puff out in importance. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I sit bolt upright, coughing, my eyes filling with tears as a blinding pain shoots across my chest and all over my body. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The ache in my chest expands, and my eyes are suddenly hot. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The president began complaining of occasional chest pain. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Newt stepped up, lightly placed a hand on Alby’s chest and pushed him back. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and bring my knees up to my chest. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Another white man with a golden star upon his chest walked over. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Redemption folded his hands against his chest, gathering nerve. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I crossed my arms over my chest and glared at Jay. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They threw him upon the bar, stretching him out with his arms folded across his chest like a corpse. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She presses a hand to her chest as if she's holding in the answer to my question. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

On his black doublet, an emblazoned gold rendering of the royal wyvern occupied the entirety of the chest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Ray races over to him, places muddy paws on George’s chest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He had a neck and shoulders like a bull, and coarse black hair covered his arms and chest so thickly that there was none left for his head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Look at those muscles. Look at that chest.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doc listened all over his chest and his back, too. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I have to turn sideways as I pass a big chest of drawers and a desk. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cut away the material over her chest, revealing the four deep puncture wounds. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She gestured at the huge chest, no more than a third full, and at the clothes that were scattered all over the room. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Despite the pain pills, his whole body felt raw, the horseshoe in the center of his chest etched in angry purpling bruises. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He points at my chest to show me I’ve got it. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His pudgy chest was heaving and his face was slick with sweat. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had clawed at his throat and his chest as if to rip them open. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Parry, frontal attack, reach high, risking my chest. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The cruelty smarts; my chest aches for him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Eberechi’s aunty had a white scarf tied around her head and a soiled wrapper around her chest and she spoke so quietly that Richard had to ask her to repeat herself. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Pffft,” I said, crossing my arms over my chest and leaning back against the seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The sound of my name knocks into my chest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I cry until my chest is sore, and then I breathe and breathe and breathe, and finally I’m not crying anymore. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Stone gasped, holding his hand to his chest. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor pressed her cheek into his chest, and Park hugged her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I drag my eyes away from his chest and up to his face. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chuck had ended up in another room, and for some reason Thomas pictured him huddled in a dark corner, crying, squeezing his blankets to his chest like a teddy bear. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But his eyes kept darting around, his jaw was clenched, and his arms were folded across his chest. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His form was horrible—elbows out, knees straight, ball held chest high. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Day wanted Henrietta to be presentable for the funeral, so he’d only given permission for a partial autopsy, which meant no incision into her chest and no removal of her limbs or head. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

From the waist up, he was a shirtless man with an exceptionally hairy chest and a pair of pointy horns above his forehead. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I smile, arms folded on my chest, and wait, but nobody comes to kill me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

His bulk takes up half the bed, but I’m tempted to lie down in the space next to him, to put my arm across his chest, to comfort him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realize I’m still frozen with my hand plastered to my chest and my mouth open in surprise. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Good. Very good,” Reb Saunders said, smiling and nodding his head, the black beard going back and forth against his chest, the earlocks swaying. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Cady tried to soothe the ache she felt in her chest, dull and worrying, whenever she thought too hard about leaving Miss Mallory and the orphanage for good. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I let go of my hands and dropped them in front of my chest and shoved JP back toward the water’s edge. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had a fleeting urge to pick it up and give it to him, point first into his chest. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his cigarette hand, Selena’s brother tapped the left side of his chest. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

My chest relaxes, freeing a breath of air I didn’t even know I was holding. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Anya made it one street with her arms curled into her chest before she desperately regretted fleeing without her coat. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He looks like something soft and downy Alex wants to sink into, and he realizes the knot of anxiety in his chest has finally slackened. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Boys keep back!” barked Professor Grubbly-Plank, throwing out an arm and catching Harry hard in the chest. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The clay woman climbing out of the clay man’s chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I move to Gale, press my forehead into the body armor where his chest should be, feel his arm tighten around me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I look over at her, frowning when I notice a bulge in the front of her coat, on her chest. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Ivy crushed her pillow against her chest, tracing her finger over one corner of her notebook. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His towering image stood tall against the cement wall, arms crossed over his chest, his name written in bubbly letters across the front of his favorite hoodie. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The hallway was so narrow that though Lefty had his back against the wall, he had to draw his knees up toward his chest. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I locked my arms around him, digging my head into his chest. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

There stood Grandpa Sorenson, wearing a flannel shirt and work boots, arms folded across his chest. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

His purr rumbled against my chest and I buried my face in his soft, sweet fur. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He leaned back as well, folding his arms across his chest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Pet reached into its chest and picked out the razor blades that Bitter had embedded in the canvas, dropping them to the floor in tiny clatters. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He let it fall back to his chest and lifted his bottle to his lips again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I smirk, and we cross our arms over our chests. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The cotton stands as tall as my chest, puffy, white, and soft like the clouds, but I can actually touch the cotton. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just thinking of Amah cut into her chest, but she knew her words were true. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

This new white knight was not so tall nor comely as the old one, but he was bigger across the chest, burlier, his arms thick with muscle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He placed the stethoscope on her chest and murmured ndo as she coughed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My chest heaved, and I could barely catch my breath. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Her bones felt thin and brittle, and her breath rattled in her chest. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But the weight of the crash bracelets and knapsack pulled her down fast, and panic welled up in her pounding chest She thrashed in the water, climbing up toward the flickering lights of the surface. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I step into a yawning cavern of darkness, flashing lights, and a pounding bass that shakes me deep in my chest. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I grasped it against my chest with both arms. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water pressed at his chest, demanding that he part his lips. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Like somebody had backed the cement truck up to the honey house, swung the pipe over to my chest, and started pouring. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, taking a deep breath for courage, I plunged into his chest. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her free hand dabbles in the blood on her chest, making the tiny swirling motions she so loved to paint with. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Okay. Jack…” She felt like someone was scooping out her chest. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She stabs him again, this time in the chest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The effort to recall was too great; it loosened a knot in her chest that turned her thoughts again to the pain. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And though Sagan has exponentially more stars, they twinkle the same here as they did in the New Mexican desert, lying on her black-and-red striped blanket, my cheek resting on her chest. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And then, almost immediately, a rash on his face and chest, a sore throat, a high fever, and another doctor with another black leather bag. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Greg kneels down and rubs some ointment in her armpit, right in front of her strange gray breast, which hangs from her chest, like a woman’s. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There it was, as usual: the flat chest, the nothing hips, the forked, mosquito-bitten legs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She took a few seconds to speak, and the thump in my chest slowly began to fill the quiet. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

With each pound of the piano keys, a sharp stab was driven through my chest. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Hanako’s chest felt so hot that she slipped a hand under the pajamas to feel it: it felt normal. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He hooked the toe of his boot under Sigurd’s chest and kicked him onto his back. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The last surface on which Harry spotted a candle was a bow-fronted chest of drawers on which there stood a large number of photographs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There I stood, pressed to the wall, trying to recover my breath, which seemed to have been squeezed from my chest. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Otto climbed into my lap and started punching my chest; I didn’t know why, and he probably didn’t, either. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama,” Isa said, rubbing her chest where her heart lay underneath. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He spread out his arms to Shasta, his face lit up, and he cried out in a great, deep voice that seemed to come from the bottom of his chest. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

As he let his shirt fall, as he watched Dimple’s eyes rove over his chest and stomach, with her small hands following haltingly close after, Rishi wondered if he should be hesitating more. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His entire chest and face were badly bruised. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Pet approached him, a low rumble coming from its chest, air vibrating around it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Bianca crossed her arms in front of her chest and raised her chin the way she used to do when she was six and was about to cry. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I held her while she buried her face against my chest, and I wanted to stay with her like that for as long as I could. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

His eyes lowered, he pushes my hands up, over his abdomen and over his chest, and holds them against his neck. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I said Hail Marys, Our Fathers, remembering my intention by thinking of the old man’s hat, held against his chest. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that was just the top layer of treasure in the very deep chest. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Medals chime on his chest as he paces. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He had some books in his hands and he put them in front of his chest when I walked up to him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sigurd lifted a foot and kicked Kin in the chest. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I think about his bedroom even though the door is shut and his bike leaning against the back of the house and his chest in the corner of the living room. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctors would simply find some more spare cartilage and I’d end up with a scar on the left of my chest, just like the one I had on the right. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were closed, and her breathing sounded like there was a weight on her chest. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“The only dragons that I know are yours, and magic swords are even scarcer. I will gladly bring you rings and crowns and chests of gold if that is your desire.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Dobby is going to buy a sweater next, Harry Potter!” he said happily, pointing at his bare chest. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I love you present tense,” I whispered, and then put my hand on the middle of his chest and said, “It’s okay, Gus. It’s okay. It is. It’s okay, you hear me?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I sat on my bed, knees pressed to my chest, and listened to them shout. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I straighten, desperately pulling in one more short breath, knowing deep in my chest that it is the last breath I will ever get. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

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

The wandering boy ran in, chest heaving beneath his life vest, tears streaming down his face. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I could feel my chest tighten as the wheels got closer and closer to the ground. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He brought the sword back up between them, pointing at the man’s chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Yedsha held Marina close to him, and she rested her head against his chest. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I take the baby and hug it to my chest. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

All of the sudden I felt my chest clench up. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Others were more patient, holding the gun across their chest at parade rest until the first bird was released. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Shh,” I say again, cuz my chest is starting to rise, my Noise starting to buzz too loud to be of any use at all. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The more I look at the chest the more I start turning it from a sharp-shaped sheet into something soft. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little head he had pressed protectively to his chest had left an invisible imprint there that called insistently to be filled. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She wore a gunmetal one-piece with a gold hoop at the chest and a deep plunge. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I raised Riptide, but before I could even defend myself, Thalia yelled, and a blast of lightning came down from the sky, hit her spear like a lightning rod, and slammed into my chest. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Maya felt the pressure in her chest go straight into her heart, bursting with a sudden, vicious love for him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But her heart hammered in her chest, and she trembled as she went to light the campfire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My heart began a wild beat in my chest; no one at school knew about my Life Notices but Declaration. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt soiled, as if his gaze had branded my naked chest. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But the panic is stirring inside me, a big black moth of scaredness flapping around inside my chest that can’t get out. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

And it burns in my chest that she thinks Jude’s like her and I’m not. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He mustered all the strength he could—from deep, deep down—and took a large breath that filled his chest like a balloon. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

All the tension in my chest unravels, and I sit down, heaving a sigh. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The woman gathered it to her chest like a lost child and sighed with deep satisfaction. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The females have two breasts on the upper chest that look startlingly human, with pale nipples. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I turned and stepped out from between the buildings, heart hammering in my chest. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it was nothing,” she said, thumping her chest as she cleared her throat. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My face and chest felt like they had caught, too. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I asked her, feeling my heart twisting painfully within my chest. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

There being no immedi­ate threat, my breath slowed down, my heart stopped knocking about in my chest, and I began to regain my senses. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watched his chest go up and down and matched my footstep counting with his slow breathing, counting three footsteps for every breath in and three more for every breath out. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I hugged his journal to my chest, and he grinned. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Ivy’s lungs seemed to have stopped working, and she knocked a fist against her chest to get them started again. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She carefully set herself on the walnut chest in question. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on my chest and leaned back, rolling her little head like she was stretching her neck, and sighed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Freya’s cats mewed and hissed, and they fled beneath a chest of furs and would not come out. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Moss shuddered and remembered: the feeling of Javier lying on his chest, on the couch, in his arms, a body somehow cooler than his own. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I pick up my papers, clutch the folded fabric to my chest, and the man opens the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Makes my chest warm when I hear it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Henry blinks, then folds his arms over his chest, back on the defensive. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Two black girls about their sister’s age walked past them and up the steps carrying books against their chests. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think you’ve slept long enough?” he huffed, crossing his arms over his chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“It’d be cool to change things up. Maybe have a lion or a grizzly on the uniform,” I said, spreading my hand across my chest. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When she reached out with her rough-skinned hand and touched the dark hair that dusted his chest, he let her touch. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In his chest, like beating fists, was a surge of joy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hurried over to him, stopped ten feet away, and hugged my chest so he wouldn’t see me shaking. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I glanced around wildly, my heart lodged somewhere between my mouth and chest, but no one seemed to have noticed my slip. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Still, the vision was close enough to the real thing to bring her hands to her chest, to fold them as if in prayer. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She yanked the dagger back, pulling it out of Håkon’s scaly chest with a wet smack. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A ringing, scooped-out sensation starts behind his molars and rolls down his throat, into his chest, down to the pit of his stomach. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was a strange brew of mercy and madness that had my thumb moving from the birds chest, had both thumbs moving to its neck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I am sitting, knees to my chest, on the ledge from which the boys jumped. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Every hour I soak one of my father’s handkerchiefs with that and rub his back, chest, arms, neck, and forehead. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Seven’s heart felt heavier, her chest tightening with anxiety and worry. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I stab my wooden stake high into the dummy’s chest, feeling it puncture the body and hit the tree. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a funny way, my tower collapse seemed to ease me up a bit, soften my chest rock. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He leaned back against the recliner and folded his arms against his chest. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When he said open up, I pictured him ripping open my chest and exposing all my organs, like a dead frog on a lab table. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He stood and walked around the desk, sitting on the edge of it directly in front of me, arms across his thick chest. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes I lie on my back, and Mango drapes himself across my chest and starts purring loudly. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He wanted so much to believe it he felt like Hannibal the elephant was standing on his chest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I could feel deadly poison racing up to my chest. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Will this heaviness in my chest ever go away? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He had to let that puny chest of his know who was boss. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Tally’s breathing slowed, and her heart gradually stopped trying to beat its way out of her chest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The redhead flexed his chest muscles and slowly took his seat, glaring back at us. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss wanted to feel Javier’s lips on his again, and the thought was a lance through his chest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He put his hand to his chest, surprised by the sudden sadness he felt. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mikayla stopped in front of us and crossed her arms over her chest. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Because I can tell you do by how you refuse to look at my torso like the whole sun is sitting on my chest. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Finn shifted on the gurney, trying to ignore the sting of his cuts and scrapes, and the dull ache that bloomed in his chest with every beat of his heart. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Something cold and brittle wrapped itself around my chest, forcing me back out of the haze of smoke once I confirmed Zu wasn’t in either car. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My heart beats and beats, hard against my chest. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My ears turned so red, they matched the stripe across my chest. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He rested on his knees, his chest heaving. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The beast slammed into my chest like a truck, sending me tumbling again. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He hugged the rock tightly to his chest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The cat clawed her face and chest in an effort to right itself, then leaped nimbly to the floor. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Harry!” he panted, massaging his immense chest beneath his emerald-green silk pajamas. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He had his knees pulled up to his chest, and he was wiping at his face with his good hand. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She just smiles and clutches the envelope to her chest. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Butler continued the swinging motion, driving punishing punches into the chests of two more fairies. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She kissed the letter, hugged it to her chest, and murmured, “Oh, Miro.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

My father put a hand to my chest, and we flattened ourselves against the wall in the shadow of an apartment building. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I know I’m in summer school, I wake up with that FML tightness in my chest every morning. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The blade touched Khione’s chest, and the goddess exploded in a miniature blizzard. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I could hear her and feel her chest going. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benny started to choke, his chest heaving up and down with his coughing. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he slowly chewed his breakfast, she sat opposite from him with her arms crossed over her chest, watching. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There is a familiar desperation in me, a rising panic that beats loudly in my chest, pounding out each thing I owe. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he hemmed, “if it’s a toy, you won’t mind putting it away in your toy chest.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She put a hand up on her chest. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She could feel the desire burning in her chest. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

When she saw the guardsmen on the third pier, in grey woolen cloaks trimmed with white satin, her heart almost stopped in her chest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the cedar chest again. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long, Enrique will meet a man whose chest is pockmarked with cigarette burns. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Too soon it was over, leaving me with a tender feeling in my chest and a vague prickling in my eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Xavier’s chest cavity had been split open and his vital organs removed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then one bear dove at her legs, and the other clawed at her chest. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

One shines his flashlight in my face as the other jumps onto my chest, pinning my arms. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God,” I said with a laugh, pressing a hand to my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was heavier than she expected, and he clung to her, his legs wrapped firmly around her hips, his head resting against her chest. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps it was just that she sounded too calm, while his heart hammered in his chest. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

TimeStar puffed up his chest and made a show of cracking his knuckles, but when the childlike Clock Watcher’s bottom lip began to quiver, he backed down. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

His room is empty but for a bed and a chest of drawers. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Embarrassment flared up in my chest, but he grabbed my hand before I could pull back and tucked it under his chin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Just the wet on my cheek, and neck, and chest. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I can't help feeling a little grateful since the last thing I want to do is strip down Haymitch, wash the vomit out of his chest hair, and tuck him into bed. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Is that a—” Celia clutched the floaty dress/shirt contraption to her chest and rolled her eyes to the ceiling, in a remarkably on-point imitation of Mamma. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I count at least three different hats stacked on top of his head, which he keeps tucked in close to his chest. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Dr. Hamid is there, a stethoscope pressed to Stella’s chest as she listens to her lungs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

His voice reached children inside the houses, reached inside the children’s chests. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to take my arms off the trunk and fold them to my chest like a mummy, loosen my thighs from their grip, and fall in a backwards swan dive to the bottom. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then Father had cut Black Dog across the chest, laying open the shirt. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the fever we put ice on his face and chest; for the pain we gave him lobelia, blue vervain and skullcap. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The strange triangular eye was gleaming on his chest. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She held it to her chest, remembering his words. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He reluctantly rolled his chest and head to sit up straight, face forward. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I looked down my blouse at my chest. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu looked at Curt’s pale hair and pale skin, the rust-colored moles on his back, the fine sprinkle of golden chest hair, and thought how strongly, at this moment, she disagreed with Wambui. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The singer has a passionate voice that reaches right inside your chest and clutches your heart. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I threw my duffel bag over my shoulder and ran, Otto bouncing against my chest. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Deftly, with a delicacy surprising in such a big man, he began to scrape away the black leaves and dried blue mud from Drogo's chest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She looked at the chest with a dreamy expression and gently laid her hand on it. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My seat belt feels like it’s pressing hard against my chest, and I have to pull it away from me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

For the first few months, the staff would use their own judgment in evaluating chest pain, the way they always had. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Fear prickles inside me, in my chest and in my head and in my hands. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She had been through most of the items in the toy chests, but she could always double-check. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Reb Saunders put his glass down and folded his arms across his chest. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Can we really do that?” asked Fadi, a hope flaring in his chest. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

That when they take off their shirts, you can see their lungs moving inside their chests. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Arcadio barely had time to put out his chest and raise his head, not understanding where the hot liquid that burned his thighs was pouring from. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

As it kicked at the dog, the horse caught the woman in the chest with a glancing blow. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

On cue, Bull punched Cecil in the stomach, and drove his shoulder into his chest, knocked him over a table, and onto the floor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deep in his chest he felt the rough jostle of the wheels. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My parents danced together, her head on his chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The foyer is formal, with flocked burgundy wallpaper, a large gilt-framed mirror, and a dark, ornately carved chest of drawers. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was just good to talk to another person even if she was using me to get a load off her chest. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

August looks down at the finger sticking into his chest, pauses a few beats, and then takes it daintily between thumb and forefinger. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her hands and feet were gnarled from arthritis, her back so bent her chest nearly touched her knees unless she propped herself up with an elbow. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He took his hand and rubbed his chest, just where his heart was. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Adah did weird, morbid things for her hope chest, black borders on cloth napkins and the like, which exhausted our mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beaver ponds are never more than chest deep, but the water is cold, and as we slosh forward, our feet chum the muck on the bottom into a foul-smelling miasma of decomposing slime. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brought his arm closer to his chest. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Stone Fox knelt down and put one massive hand on Searchlight’s chest. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laila buried her face in her hands, a bubble of dread filling her chest. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

My chest is chapatti-flat and parts of me that should be getting hairy are still waiting for the first sign of a follicle. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And the girl sent the bullet spiraling back into the man’s chest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Instead of throwing a punch or kick, I shove him square in the chest to give myself space, then leap into the air. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She’s watching me, and I’m sure her heart has stopped dead in her chest. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I try to rise, to fight back, but the next thing I feel is Sophia’s hands on my chest. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jay was in front, running up to the tidal pool, with Doc close behind holding a big jar close to his chest. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Across his chest was a gleaming black warhom, banded with silver. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I push back through the crowd, my heart pounding in my chest. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Funny, the way some things turn out in the end, except it’s the sort of funny that makes my chest ache. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Goose bumps stood out on his chest and arms. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It felt like something had reached through his chest and squeezed his heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When the boat stopped spinning and hovered in the trough, and my arms stopped whipping around, I was able to put my hand to my chest to unclip my life-vest strap. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

By 1839, so many of the Chinese were addicts that China’s desperate government destroyed twenty thousand chests of opium. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My chest hurts and I feel like crying. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She crushed the parchment to her chest and whispered the words to herself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Whenever the fist that beat in her chest became that pointing finger, when any contact with him at all was better than none, she stalked him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I was digging through the doll bin for a Black Barbie, he had his eyes on this raggedy chest with half the leather cover missing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Poke my chest with my thumbs to call them over. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Before he did not seem to breathe, but now his chest heaved with the breath of life and the pallor was gone from his face. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He makes much noise,” said the queen distastefully, her front legs moving across her chest again. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chubs crossed his arms over his chest and looked away. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I learned to drown out the sound during the day, but at night it screamed through the hole in my chest. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s a navy hoodie with a tiny embroidered yellow jacket on the chest. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Everything in Ivy locked up, and her heart felt like a brassy gong in her chest. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I slowly sank to the floor, hugged my knees to my chest, and closed my eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I gulped and folded my arms over my chest. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The keys clanged as he walked, and the more noise they made, the more he stuck out his chest and lifted his chin. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

My chest feels so tight it could burst. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Her chest fills with anxiety, same as a sinking ship fills with water—it rushes in and then rises slowly. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The ramp door closed on the pilot’s chest. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

George kneels on the ground next to his best friend and stroking his soft ear and whispering his words, finally looks at Ray’s chest too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A slight breeze blew the nauseous stench of the river away, and Matt collapsed with his chest heaving. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The newt clutched desperately at the cotton smock where it covered the great chest and there it clung with its little claw-like feet. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I open one eye, pull my feet to my chest, and examine the white spots on my toes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He moved closer and saw the snakes emblazoned on their chests: Slytherins. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

One of the short arrows of the Lamb Men stuck through the meat of his upper arm, and blood covered the left side of his bare chest like a splash of paint. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She grabbed the archer around his chest long enough to get balanced, then released him quickly. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Hazel could feel her heart lose its solidity and diffuse slowly in her chest. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She then ignored the ghost on her chest and chanted her lessons for the next day’s classes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dropped my bag on the floor and felt something in my chest expand as I stared at him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her teeth gnashed together at the same time something jolted in her chest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When he pulls his face back to look at Henry, the feeling comes back into his chest: an ache in answer to the curve of Henry’s top lip over white teeth. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The pressure that had been building in my chest left no room to breathe. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His eyes were urgent, intense, and she could see the up-dowii chest movement of his heavy breathing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I lean my head back against his chest. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled her books against her chest and wrapped her arms around them. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

For instance, it was Toby who suggested that they march around the altar, beating their chests and sprinkling their heads with ashes and wailing. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart lies on top of mine in my chest, and I’m not about to give it back to her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she spied Gendry, his bare chest was slick with sweat, but the blue eyes under the heavy black hair had the stubborn look she remembered. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And as Miss Mallory did so, she felt yet another tug in her chest. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He leapt forward but Black caught him around the chest and threw him back. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It hit true - right in the middle of the giant’s chest. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They put Spender into a silver case with waxes and wines which were ten thousand years old, his hands folded on his chest. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had wanted to keep it, to have something to remind him of what it felt like to be cradled against Javier’s chest, but it wasn’t right. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There’s this clammy feeling in my chest—which is just how it felt when my dad left, right before my mom broke the news. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Ophie’s heart thumped painfully in her chest, once, and then again. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

His eyes are closed and his arms are folded across his chest. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

He pressed his badge into his chest, and the message upon it vanished, to be replaced by another one, which glowed green. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The height and the swaying dizzied her, so she bent down and let her breasts graze his chest. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He put his foot in her chest, and she dropped the pan. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled the edges of my woolen cloak close under my chin to keep away the outside chill and hugged Sumac to my chest. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I remember going through my fear landscape with her, our bodies pressed together in the wooden box that enclosed us, my palm against her chest, feeling her heartbeat. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My chest was about to explode, hurling matter and antimatter out until they annihilated everything nearby. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Major's arms were folded across his chest, and Hollis' lips were pulled back in a buck-toothed grin. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held her trembling body against his chest. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

"I thought so," Whit replied, folding her arms across her chest. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Seven crossed her arms in front of her chest and leaned against the door, Valley-style. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

She went to him, placing her damp toweled arms about his neck, sobbing into his chest, soaking his shirt. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

My pants are on backward over my head and pulled down to below my shoulders so that the belt is around my chest. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Axel swallows hard, forcing all of his sorrys back into his throat, then into his hammering chest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Because I need to get something off my chest. You sit there and listen and eat cupcakes. Mindlessness, that’s what you need now.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Annabelle feels these things right now, right this minute—the thump of her heart in her chest, her feet driving her forward. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Ms. Banks pressed a lucky hand to her chest. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“You’re safe here,” I repeat, and I pull him back into my chest. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Between them, the contents of the broken treasure chest lay exposed in the sand: The mallet and brass disc had gone green with age, half-corroded by time and salt water, but the gong was unmistakable. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My breath caught like I was plunging off a cliff, and my heart started to slam against my chest. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her chest was tight then, and she couldn’t stop thinking of what Nava had asked: Are you going to marry my brother? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

One of the blue beams is fixed on my chest. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

So much so that he paid little attention to the warning light embedded in the center of his chest, which had now begun to flash bright red. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He held the two pieces of required reading for the introductory course in biology against his chest. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I force it into my lungs in big heaps, but it doesn’t clear the clamp­ing feeling in my chest. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The soil landed on my feet, then on my dress, then on my chest. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

My heart was breaking in my chest at the thought of tiny, eight-year-old Sahil realizing people were so much more adoring of his brother. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I ran all the way from the library to the tube station with my handbag clutched against my chest to hide what I could. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I inhaled it into my own being and held it deep within my chest, where it tingled warm and magical. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

While he was trying to get up, clawing at the sword in his chest, Percy hefted the head of the statue. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It hit me in the chest, the grease instantly staining my T-shirt, and if my insides really were black, at that moment they were definitely turning red. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I scream, dropping flat and pressing my chest against the wet ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he tried to turn her over, she put a hand on his chest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I want to rub my face hard in his chest and feel the hair cut my skin. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

White dress shirts with soggy collars from all the neck sweat and faded red splotches on their chests from the ketchup that missed their mouths. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She was still wearing a zip-up hoodie, but we’d managed to get other clothes off underneath, and she scooped them all up and clutched them to her chest. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She came out soon, with a wrapper tied casually around her chest. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped off my bike and knocked Calvin down with a solid fist to his chest. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was shirtless, and his tanned chest was covered with sweat and dust, a change from the last time they’d seen each other. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I rolled myself onto my chest to push myself up, but the board beneath me was loose. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Belén crosses her arms over her chest and shakes her head. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Father laced his fingers together in front of his chest, then tapped his lips with his knuckles. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

If he were, Lydia would have asked him why he looked as though he felt like his heart was being pulled from his chest, fiber by fiber, cell by cell, molecule by molecule. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She closed her fists and went from slapping me in the chest to throwing roundhouses and jabs at the side of my head. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He moves his lips down to Henry’s chest, and he feels under his mouth the beat Henry’s heart skips at the realization of what Alex intends. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I look down and see rope wrapped around my chest, my arms, my legs. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There’s something about her voice when she talks about being an artist that always makes me feel like the whole sky is in my chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Carole, a member of Girl Scout troop #264, pinned the numerous badges she had earned to a long sash that draped across her chest and proudly wore her uniform to school. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He thumped Alfred's chest and back, and placed the cool round end of a stethoscope over his heart. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re only a trainee.”Ton-Ton managed to reach the water, but he spilled half of it on his chest when he tried to drink. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded her arms over her chest and watched. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

It fit him snugly, emphasizing how muscular his chest was. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Your Majesty,” Minli breathed, and her knees could feel the thumping of her heart in her chest. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The flesh of his chest was as smooth as the rest of his skin. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liam’s shoulder rammed into my chest, knocking the air out of our lungs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Anger bubbles in my chest, and bursts from my mouth: “Stop it.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then he pointed his wand at the man’s chest and said, “Rennervate. ” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The giant put his huge foot on the horseman’s chest and raised the javelin. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was something amiss; Ophie knew it, but the dread in her chest shifted to bone-numbing fear, and she couldn’t stop to think about what was happening. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I want to pound on her chest and say, Please love me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She buried her face in his chest and broke down in tears. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And as the good Lord is my witness, when that first drop of blood lands on its thick chest, he changes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

My head was getting lighter and my chest felt tight. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, he lays the book on his chest and says, “You remember Sir Patrick Moore.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There are Violas, too, frightened and looking to me for help, and Spackles with my knife sticking outta their chests and there’re all talking at once, all talking to me in a roar of voices. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I feel this prickle of warmth in my chest for him. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My chest tightens like there's a monster trying to stuff its hand between my ribs and squeeze my heart until it bursts. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The sound I heard on the hill near Trebon was not a lion’s roar, but I felt it in my chest the same way. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One was piled high with chests and crates and sacks, provisions for the journey. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Minerva always says writing gets things off her chest and she feels better, but I’m no writer, like she is. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ropy plant dug into Thomas’s flesh— his chest felt numb. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There were those stupid ads for having your pants pulled up like around your chest. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw himself forward, toward Hull, and was met with Mr. Jacobs’s open palm against his chest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Beasts chest was full of warm and life-giving compassion. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

We knock into each other, and he spirals away from me, lifting his hands to. his chest and making a face. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was twelve years old at the time, small for my age, and it was startling to find myself locked in a windowless room with a man who barely reached my chest. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Tad’s hesitation kicked the air out of his chest. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He started to protest, but she put her hand on his chest. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Ivan cradled one arm against his chest, face wet with tears. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Dad was about to say more, when he started to cough and grabbed his chest. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Together, he and Harry looked down at the silver hilt of the knife protruding from the elf’s heaving chest. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She said this touching her hand to her chest, as if she were referring to her style. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand is against his chest and I’m pushing as hard as I can, but I can’t breathe and he’s so much stronger than I am. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The number 85 jersey around his expansive chest nicely matched his earring with the numeral 85 embossed in gold. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam’s chest rises and falls, and there’s a deep rumble starting in the back of his nose. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Fierce bands of love tightened around his chest until he could barely breathe. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One corner was curtained off for Hazel, where she kept her mattress and storage chest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The shirt was silk paisley, unbuttoned halfway down his hairless chest. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

A flicker of appreciation ignited across my chest, yet oddly the spark fizzled out. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I open the door quickly, turn to blow another kiss, head out, and run right into Jeremy’s chest. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Besides that, he was powerful: wide across the chest and real muscular. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lying on my back, my back ribs pressed into my chest. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then a tall, thickset man in blue presses his palm against my chest and he’s pushing me back out through the doors, his wedding band cold on my skin. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘All the top of your hill is full of tunnels packed with chests of gold and silver, and jools, by what I’ve heard.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When she said that, it felt as though a giant hand were squeezing her chest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Celia reaches up and feels a lump in her chest, compact as a walnut. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blinding stream of white light shot from the weapon and into the man’s chest, quickly turning him into a wall of gray, then an explosion of particles that disappeared. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He slipped into the earth, up to his chest. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I slowly sit up, stretching, the pain from my surgery pulling at my side and chest. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The blue of the bird came up over its head and eyes like a hood, but under the beak and all along the chest the feathers turned reddish-orange. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He harangued the others in a braying voice and punctuated his statements by poking them in the chest with a finger. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dim green glow from the Mark, Harry saw Dumbledore clutching at his chest with his blackened hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I found it hard to breathe, the weakened field having caught me in the chest. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wedged my hands between our chests and tried to shove Marcus away. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

By that time he’d gotten most of the window closed, but there was still a small gap at the level of his chest. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, I woke up with a string of drool connected from the corner of my mouth down to my chest, and some other show was on. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His chest rose and fell and rose again. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

My heart was thumping so wildly I thought it would burst in my chest like a red balloon. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mother announced that now we girls could use our idle time to build up our hope chests. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large chest of polished latoun had saints and angels enamelled in the panels. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer kneels on the dirt floor and takes the man’s pulse and blood pressure, then puts a stethoscope to his chest. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

His ugly spotted dog stood on his chest, lapping at the blood pulsing from his neck, and every so often ripping a mouthful of flesh out of the dead man's face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It’s that hiccup you get in your chest. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

And then that loose thing in her chest made its way up her throat and into her eyes, and suddenly she was crying. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I told you, I’ll kill them,” he said, drawing the cage to his chest. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Stared at the black tar, his chest like someone blowing up a balloon inside him, then letting the air out, then blowing it back up, then letting the air out. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Then he pulled out a handgun and shot me in the chest. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Miss Love was sitting on the blanket chest that Granny’s angels had come out of. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I pick it up and hug it to my chest. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe a chest? A crate? I don’t know. But I’m sure we’ll recognize it when we see it.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She put her right leg over the sill and scrunched her head down onto her chest to squeeze into the opening. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was matted against her neck, and she brushed it away with one hand, while with the other, she held the covers up to her chest. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She felt against her chest, rather than saw, her cousin nod, slowly, reflectively. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He sat on one of the stools bolted to the floor in front of the big front window and watched me with his arms crossed over his chest, his hands tucked under his yellow-stained armpits. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Her chest was tight, and she couldn’t look at her mama where she knelt over Penelope. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Time slows, and my heart slams against my chest. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I pushed between them and drove the heels of my hands into JoJo’s chest. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel my own heartbeat in my chest, my own weak lungs trying to fill with air from my mad dash through the hospital. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

From his position on the second log, the top of the third came almost to the middle of his chest. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

You crossed your arms over your chest and stood where you were. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The memory of her words warms me from the inside out as the sting of missing her swells inside my chest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We turn the corner to our landing and my chest falls. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom reached across me to swat at Dad’s chest. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She’s in her peach robe, cradling the phone to her chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The bird remained still against my chest, except for occasionally letting out a squawk and stretching out his right wing as though to see if it was still sore. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I held Maisie to my chest and whispered in her ear—there’s none of them can sing so sweet, my singing bird, as you—trying to silence her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He sprinkled some powder on the wound and taped a square bandage to his chest. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat crew landed the scales and a money chest, and carried them to the square. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra glanced down from the scaffolding to where Manny the Domino King stood with his arms crossed over his chest. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I decide I need to know some answers for myself and, after taking a deep breath, ask the question that has been sitting on my chest like a lead blanket for the past week. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Grandfather puffed up his chest and crossed his arms. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ironman who came for them was a squat thick-bodied man with a coal-black beard that covered half his chest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I could feel her breasts against my chest, and she moved slowly on top of me, her legs straddling me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The blood from my chest has seeped through my shirt, skirt, and sweater, and is now pooling like paint drops on the virgin snow. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laid my head on her chest beneath the bunched-up T-shirt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I dropped my arms from my chest, needing to swing them instead to keep up with Audrey. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t fly without a map,” Maddie corrected prudently, playing her cards close to her chest. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Grammy eats from a tube of saltine crackers; the crumbs on her chest remind me of the sand I just left. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He looked down at the golden arrow that had just pierced his chest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Anger rose even higher in Conor’s chest, thumping his heart against his rib cage. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I could feel the heat creep up my face and across my chest. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Every step formed another word, thick like yellow pitch oozing from a broken pinon limb, words pressing inside his chest until it hurt: don’t leave me. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A sharp pain sprouted on the left side of my chest, just above my heart. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She balanced her weight on the banisters with her hands and planted her boots against Wylan’s chest, kicking him backward into Jesper. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They each had a string of bullets worn across their chests. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Roses, thorny as orcs, sank their teeth into my chest and face. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It had been over a year since she'd first seen a small dimple on the left side of her chest. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He stopped once because of a sudden sick pain in his chest. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s about six years old, in a plaid jumper dress, white T-shirt, bobby socks and shoes, her hair loose from its braids, right hand gripping something against her chest. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Xan could feel a little rattle, deep inside the young man’s chest—the precursor to loss. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Actually,” the man said, puffing out his chest just a bit, “I am looking for my daughter, Isabel. Have you seen her?” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

My chest felt warm and wet, and I knew I was badly cut. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke slowly, in a whisper, clasping his chest. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Still, a tiny balloon of hope fills my chest as I look around at the others. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

My chest and stomach ached, but still I couldn’t tell her. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

We look down as my chest starts to slowly expand and fall, expand and fall, over and over and over again. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He prodded my chest with a wrinkled finger, and made a tsk noise with his tongue against his teeth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She ran upstairs and brought back the red woolen blankets from the hall cedar chest. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I yank my hand free and press the boxes of napkins, utensils, and condiments close to my chest and brush past him. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her hands grip the rifle tightly to her chest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crossed his arms over his chest and shook his head. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam fought the surge of heartbreak in her chest. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I try to take in as much as I can, hungrily making my way up and down her body, gazing at her legs and her chest and her hips. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It was as though freezing water were rising in his chest, cutting at his insides. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Beside it was a large wooden chest, covered by a faded tapestry. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I grin at the fierce burn in my legs, in my chest. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I touch my chest to feel my heartbeat, to try to steady myself. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Rashid ran back inside and looked at Kaitlin, expecting to see that she had stopped breathing, but her chest was still rising and falling. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The girl was seated be-hind, both arms tight around the Hound's chest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His face less crazy but his chest still heaving in and out and heaving in and out and heaving in and out. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She pulled the white cotton in tight, pulled her legs to her chest, made herself as tiny as possible. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Like when I asked Dad and Devon when the chest would be finished. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crossed her arms across her chest, rubbing her hands up and down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He is carving initials into the top of the chest. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Even inside the tree, there was a heaviness in her chest. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was thumping hard in my chest. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His arms were not burned and neither were his shoulders or back, but a thick swath of gauze ran over his stomach and chest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His chest and arms were thick and roped with muscle, testament to the athlete he’d once been. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It builds and builds all day, tightening my throat and chest, and sometimes I feel it in my face. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When he’s sad like this, I get this horrible ache in my chest, and my face gets all hot around my eyes, and my head starts hurting. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A pain in my gut and chest, like I got kicked in the stomach. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I'd seen it hit his shoulder, so far from his chest that it couldn't possibly have killed him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Diamant helped each other to the ground to sit, chests heaving. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He folds his arms across his chest and leans back. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Despereaux found the king in the Peas room, sitting on his daughters bed, clutching the tapestry of her life to his chest. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The shorts just barely cleared her underwear, and the fabric was stretched so tight over her chest, the seams were starting to pop under her arms. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I grabbed his arm, regret pinching in my chest. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His daughter, Hypsipyle, a leader among the women, had spared her father and set him afloat on the sea in a hollow chest, which finally carried him to safety. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is Nutmeg,” I say, cradling her against my chest. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sat on a packing chest watching Happy Days on my portable TV. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When it faded away, she dropped her head straight down onto May’s soggy chest. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tilted the bucket and poured green paint on my chest and legs and arms. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The sound of a door opening stopped my heart dead in my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then his chin dropped down on his chest and it ’peared he was out cold, ’cepting he didn’t fall in a heap! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I stopped trying and stood there in our apartment’s kitchen, glaring at him, crossing my arms over my chest. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Lines of women waited before each closed door, old, young, medium, some alone, some with friends, some with children, one with a tiny baby that rode in a pouch on her chest. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she looked at me with her big brown eyes, the inside of my chest felt like it was made of warm, gooey burnt marshmallows from campfire s’mores. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She was clutching a shoebox-sized mahogany chest that Frank had never seen before. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It burns hellfire through my chest and head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then I went upstairs to my parents’ bedroom, and from my father’s chest of drawers got a pair of flannel pajamas. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I waved him off, trying to quiet the small, ridiculous buzz of happiness in my chest that came with his words. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Coarse black hair covered his thick chest and muscular arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

To draw life-sustaining oxygen into the lungs, Leale pressed Lincoln’s chest and ordered two men to manipulate Lincoln’s arms like levers on a water pump. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found himself huffing, his lungs thinning and burning within him, his chest hurting. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He closed the book and held it against his chest. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He folded them and placed them in his pocket, then brought the sword down in a sweep across the front of Hickey’s chest, neatly slicing off the buttons from the traitor’s coat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had fallen from his horse on his hands and the hands still hurt him but the pain in the chest was not bad at all. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was pressed so close to her I felt her heart like a small throbbing pressure against my chest. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knelt by him trying to unbuckle his harness, alarmed by the way he sprawled there, passive except for the great gasping rise and fall of his chest. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The queen put a hand to her chest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Now I had to face the possibility that we really could lose her, and my heart felt like a soft, damaged place in my chest, like a bruise on a peach. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rebecca made an X gesture over her chest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Discomfort turns to distress until each breath sends a searing pain through my chest. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Liam was suddenly standing next to me, his own arms crossed over his chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Dr. Martin is already handing him off, though, moving him from her safe chest out into the open space between her and Axel. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I hid them in a piece of cloth and tied it around my chest, under my dress. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speaker’s hands were folded benignly on his chest. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Diamant slumped down in his chair, too stunned to smoke, and I had a great bleeding wound somewhere deep inside my chest. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My insides cave in, shoulders collapsing into my chest. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I could feel my heart beating in my chest. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His left arm grew out of his left chest, and the same on the right, so he had two arms, but four armpits, if that makes any sense. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t stop what I’m doing, though my heart races in my chest. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She crossed her arms over her chest, an unreadable expression on her face. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My chest compresses into a tiny, pulsing ball. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The wind dragging the whole way down his arms, across his open chest, over his face and into his hair. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The ride spun faster, so fast that gravity squatted on my chest and pushed the air from my lungs, and then faster still. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When the pain dropped a notch and I could breathe again, I pulled the blanket to my chest and waited for Armand’s pills to work. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Johanna walks over and plunks down on my bed, sending spikes of pain shooting across my chest. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Someone having chest pains by the hot dog stand. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Soon the coach was trussed like a rodeo calf and dumped with the other loot—crates of food, extra weapons, even the magical ice chest from the mess hall. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I slowed the car as I saw him turn to face the men, his cane held at chest level as he shortened the pace. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the drawers in the clothes chest stood open and empty. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Who with a beating heart in her chest scoffs at a picnic?” she exclaims. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

There was not enough room; he crouched, hunched over with his chin on his knees, and waited, his heart nearly bursting through his chest. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I apologize deeply for this indignity,” Werfel said as he knelt on the newcomer’s chest. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t recognize the form looming over me until my palms slammed into Frankie’s chest. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Bobo is lying in the corner of his den, with one arm stretched out over his head and the other resting on his chest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Amanda stands at the door with her jaw dropped so low it melts into her chest. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Byrd takes one of her big, deep yoga breaths, lets her chest rise and fall. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Something heavy and winged took off from his chest. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Just the thought of her freckly cheeks being all pink is making me smile really hard and feel this strange warmth in my chest. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I look from corner to corner, at the cameras, and fight the scream building in my stomach, chest, and throat, the scream that fills every part of me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped over several pairs of shoes on the way and in three seconds I was out in the corridor, still clutching the precious bottle to my chest. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“He’s in Heaven, with Papa Dios,” Abuela said behind me, startling me out of the brooding sorrow that pressed against my chest. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A few feet before the end of the corridor, Minho pulled up, holding his hand out over Thomas’s chest to make sure he stopped, too. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then he tried to push her away, but she wouldn't let go of his jacket and kept thrashing at his chest. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Blocked by the giant chest of drawers, the tapestry still rippled in a phantom breeze. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Another wave of bullets slices across the chest of her yellow coat, staining it with red, knocking the girl onto her back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She stared at me, evaluating, then crossed her arms over her chest. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The white-haired doctor who comes to examine me puts a cold metal stethoscope to my chest, listens thoughtfully for a few moments, and announces that I have pneumonia. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I pounded my chest till it was covered with bruises. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A crushing blow struck my chest — I felt myself flying backward, and then heard the crunch as my head bashed into the mirrors. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The doctors had diagnosed her with a serious chest infection, but the good news had been that it could be cleared up with a series of powerful medications. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The water splashed over his chin and neck and chest. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She crossed her chest with such a solemn look on her face, I thought she might be suddenly sincere. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She runs a finger down the center of Justyce’s chest and hooks it into the waistband of his pants. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I gripped the sides of the truck, fingers digging into metal, the giant in my chest growing larger until it seemed I would explode. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

His chest and lungs still felt tender and the taste of oil lingered in his mouth. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then the great muscles would flex in dreams of the hunt, and the mighty chest would give off the muffled whisper of a bark. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought she was dead, but when I stared hard at her chest, I saw a faint rise and fall. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She would suck in her chest, look startled, and then shake. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Charlie laughed, and so she began to laugh, though it was the kind of laughter that caught like briars in her chest and felt very much like pain. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph looked at Frankie, who took off her cap and held it tight against her chest. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I felt the question boiling up from my chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the sight of his quizzical, kindly face—so sweet, so agreeable, so glad to see me—something wrenched deep in my chest. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Instead I do a nice, loud chest beat, and after a moment the doctor retreats. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He pulled me against his chest, softly, naturally. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I pull my arms tighter across my chest. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

His chest rose and fell as he took a deep breath. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It made my chest ache to think of my grandpa down there, lost and looking for his wife, searching their familiar places for memories of her. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Miles laced his fingers together on his chest and stared at the ceiling of the gym, not answering. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

His other arm crushed the air right out of my chest. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doubled over, his life spilling down his chest, mingling with the rain that still fell, unceasingly, from the sky. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

By this time Mango has climbed up onto my chest, and I pet him while he purrs loudly. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He told me that the annual fall chest X-ray showed he had caught TB and he was going off on a scholarship for medical students who caught TB to a TB place in the Adirondacks. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Keav, who is fourteen—the same age as Davi—sat holding her knees to her chest, her eyes misted over, her shoulders heaving visibly. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My chest feels tight, like my ribs are a real cage, squishing my lungs and heart. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She touched his neck, then drew a line down his chest. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It was the truth, and it came out of Jule’s chest, loud and plaintive. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her feet squished in damp grass as she crossed to the statue, thoughts of treasure chests in her head. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He wanted to buy them both wings from the wingsmiths so that they could fly away, with a stash of blood candy in a little treasure chest, so that they could live forever. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His hands were refolded across his chest almost, as it were, before the clap was out. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’m wringing my hands, and my heart feels like it’s going to burst in my chest. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He spent a few quiet moments with him, his arm thrown over his neck, the horse’s head by his chest. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And yet. And yet. I wonder: the middle of the night. Might you perhaps have . . . ?” I look at him steadily, my heart pounding in my chest. “ . . . misconstrued?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Below, she could see Geels’ chest rising and falling with panicked breaths. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Liam tried to take another step forward, but I pressed back against his chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Your heart bleeds into itself; the heart muscle softens and has hemorrhages into its chambers, and blood squeezes out of the heart muscle as the heart beats, and it floods the chest cavity. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abra looked at his sunny hair, tight-curled now, and at his eyes that seemed near to tears, and she felt the longing and the itching burn in her chest that is the beginning of love. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I found the pop chest easy enough and picked out an Orange Crush and the meat loaf sandwich. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Let them laugh if they wanted to; he would not move until his heart left from under his chin and went back down into his chest where it belonged. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hug my knees to my chest and try burying my head behind them. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

As I pressed my knees against my chest, I realized that despite the fact that I had followed her order to the letter, she still hadn’t spoken a single word to me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She ran back to Lancelot, where be had sat down on a chest and was staring blankly at file floor, with his head between his hands. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The squirrel didn’t know, but he held the crumpled ball of paper to his chest and tried to comfort himself. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Just picked an urn made from the same type of wood as G’ma’s treasure chest. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

They took Eric and Derrick up to the fourteenth floor and started hitting Derrick in his chest to terrorize him. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has a spattering of moles across her chest. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He’s got a puffed-out chest and a strut like a peacock. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

His chest heaved and his body seemed to droop. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think about that very last breath. Sucking for air. Pulling and pulling and getting nothing. I think about my chest muscles ripping and burning, absolutely useless. No air. No nothing. Just black.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“You’re so gentle. You never push. . . She trailed off again, resting more heavily against my chest. Then she roused herself. “You could, you know, push more. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He will wade in a tide pool up to the chest without feeling damp, but a drop of rain water on his head makes him panicky. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The crack of his skull vibrating up the hammer, up your arm, into the hole in your chest where your heart is supposed to be.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever was happening in his distant body now, he could not change or stop; his chest heaved, his laughter rose and bubbled at his mouth, like blood. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She arched ecstatically, then sprang into his lap, pushed herself up against his chest, and touched her cold nose to his. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, the ache in my chest lingered, and I felt lonelier and sadder than I had ever felt in my life. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

There were pictures on a small wicker chest. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the longest time, it felt kind of like my chest was cracking open, but not precisely in an unpleasant way. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

You let your family down too, Josh, he replies, still holding his chest. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

He stopped, hearing his own breath heaving in and out of his chest. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a bulging feeling in his chest, as if something were trying to escape. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It’s the warmth that fills my chest when I think about you. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lancelot took the old gentleman by the shoulders and sat him down on a chest “Look, Uncle,” he said with determination. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she finished, she clutched the book to her chest and said, “That General Maldonado is a real scoundrel. I personally can’t get enough of him.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The scim in his hand tips into the mud as he peers down at the blade emerging from his chest. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But thinking that way puts pressure on my chest. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caul screamed, “Stop! Stop this!” as his face contorted in pain, the ice racing up his chest and over his shoulders. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I clutch my pillow to my chest and bury my face in it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Under black wool, boiled leather, and mail, sweat trickled icily down Ion's chest as he pressed the attack. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He placed his hand against his chest, and ran into the Gutshot General Store. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He planted the palms of his hands against his attacker’s chest and pushed, straightening his arms until his muscles strained against the struggling figure above him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mary Alice stood by, sucking in her own small chest, hoping to help. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I yanked the seat belt around Maddy and me, strapping her tight to my chest. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

First she went to the chest of drawers, opened a drawer and shut it again after a moment. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

In Frank’s chest, a hard knot of anger and resentment—a lump of grief he’d been carrying since the funeral—finally began to dissolve. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ekon held his brother’s gaze, ignoring the tightness in his chest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Clustered around this lady were six men, wearing tunics with padded chests, their puffed sleeves lengthened to cover half their hands. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I press both palms to my chest and rock back and forth to free the tension in my chest. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go over and touch Papa- Nnukwu, touch the white tufts of hair that Amaka oiled, smooth the wrinkled skin of his chest. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The team leo on his chest now read: am leo. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"Wait—" I stop and put a hand on his chest. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There was a table, a chest, a bedstead with a faded quilt, a spinning wheel, and a small loom. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He's grinning at me and he taps himself on the chest and says, "You're looking at it, boy. I am the light, and don't you ever forget it." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Skinny with a small but well-formed chest, long back, straight hips, and tall legs. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Spurge looked around wildly and clutched at his chest. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He had great difficulty breaking them, not being able to pull much with his arm or chest muscles, but finally got enough to keep the fire going all day and into the night. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shoulder to shoulder, we hid with our backs against the wooden slats and our knees tucked to our chests. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the darkness and silence he turned over on his back and crossed his hands upon his chest. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster, so that I have to put my arms across my chest because it feels like it’s going to burst out of my rib cage. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

As she struggles to free herself, I bring my knee up to my chest. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is a small thing, but it transforms his entire face and lightens the weight on my chest. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I pressed a hand to my chest to make sure my heart hadn’t given out on me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Strong arms close around my chest, dragging me back, away. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The cat, a tabby with white chest and paws, was at the further end of the little yard, walking slowly and deliberately along the side of a pile of logs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s laughing now, arms coming up around Alex’s shoulders to squeeze him to his chest. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She turns, holding up a multicolored necklace the size of a magazine page against her chest. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But she looked the same as she always had, only calmer somehow, asleep in the hay next to Bronwyn, her small, feathered chest rising and falling softly. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He held her tight, feeling her heart pound against his chest, hearing her breathing rapidly, furiously. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

All that coarse dark hair on his chest made him look more beast than man. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I feel a longing in my chest when we pass Apá’s abandoned childhood home. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Dimple nodded, biting her lower lip, her heart thundering so hard she was sure her chest was jumping with each beat. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Yeah! Murder! They’ll send us all to reform school—J.T., me, and you, too,” he railed, thumping me on the chest with his finger. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He held the little child against his chest and self-consciously kissed her forehead. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Sergio put a hand on either side of the turnstile, pressed down, tucked his knees to his chest, and in one smooth motion lifted himself to the other side. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

One day some archer will put an arrow through his chest, or ten men will fall on him with spears and swords and axes, ten would-be heroes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There were two gaping holes in his chest. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then the pain in his legs and in his chest would stop, and he wouldn’t have to ever worry about himself or his mother or his friends anymore. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She caught one of his wayward swinging hands and spun into him, wrapping his long arm across her chest. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

A cold draft buffeted against my chest, and the shadows resolved into the silhouettes of many wings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I took Libby in with me, put her on my chest, her head just under my chin.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a pang in my chest and remember a line from a poem I read a long time ago about terror being the beginning of beauty. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The larger man came through the living room from the pantry with Hisao’s shotgun seized in one hand and four boxes of shells against his chest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I understood now why she had pounded her chest the first day of class. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Lydia’s hair cascaded across his chest, forming tributaries and estuaries. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

With the sweep in California, recent victories in Poughkeepsie, and now talk even of future victories in the Olympics, any Seattleite could suddenly stick out his chest and crow a bit. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Scott socked him in the chest, but Evan defended and knocked Scott's cap off. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

His hands are slow and gentle as candle flame, and the warmth in my chest spreads up through my collarbone and down to my fingertips. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The blasts erupting from beneath the Eldorado’s hood might have been emanating from Milton’s own chest. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He saw that the metal chest was ringed with coyote prints and something had tried to gnaw the latch. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time Rachel leaned over to dig in her purse she kept one hand on the chest of her linen jacket and it still made a small clinking noise. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled a small brass key out of the chest pocket of his shirt and handed it to me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She felt like her heart was about to pound its way out of her chest. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I hurried toward her with my mouth suddenly dry and my heart beating out of my chest. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She held Florence Nightingale very close to her chest, as if the lady with the lamp could protect her from whatever it was that her mother was getting ready to say. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn't answer him; I was busy drinking it all in, busy trying to understand the stirring in my chest. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

All my anger had fled, imploding back into my chest, slipping down the event horizon of the churning supermassive black hole inside me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

There was a pounding in my chest, in my ears. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“It's where I keep my heart. It's too dangerous to keep it in my chest, what with the sharp edges of bones so easily broken.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It bursts out of me, and my chest heaves as I try to get words out. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

That Taisin had emotions that the present-day Taisin—the one clutching her cloak to her chest in the King’s palace—couldn’t relate to. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Gasping for air, Cole tried to roll to his side, but pain tore at his hip and chest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I brought my hand down to my chest to feel what the kid had dropped there. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Instead I get the distinct impression that my heart will burst out of my chest any minute now, and I grab his arm to steady myself as I walk up the front steps. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I felt my chest, my legs, my head. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Ms. Banks settled her load of literature onto a nearby shelf, crossed her arms over her chest and leaned up against the book stack. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She shut the chest, turned the lock, and hid the key inside her skirts in another secret pocket. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One of the knots in my chest loosens. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It covers my two legs and reaches to my chest, the same as before. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I picked up the book and clutched it to my chest. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved closer, so now I could see the heart on her chest. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had made land; they were safe from the sea, but they were still in the chest, with no way to get out. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rushed to the chest for the brand and threw it into the fire. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

My chest compresses, my insides gnaw at me, eating away at my sanity. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart squeezes so painfully in my chest that it takes my breath away. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

That year, a young dentistry student named Walter Noel presented to his doctor in Chicago with an acute anemic crisis, accompanied by the characteristic chest and bone pain. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It felt like a boulder had been lifted off my chest. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Ms. McCrea took all the quizzes and held them to her chest like they were her teddy bear. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The squatting man had one end of a stethoscope to his ears and the other pressed on the chest of the man in the hole. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Wrapped my arms around my own chest and looked up at the light coming in through the opening of the cave. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She reached her hands into her shirt to massage her chest as if trying to exorcise the pain from her heart. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel the jolt when I tripped forward and slammed into the cornstalks and clods of dirt with my chest and bounced right up and kept going. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others died, sharp steel points ripping through their chests. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With a hint of annoyance, he said, “Mandela, take a look at your chest.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his ear to Garfield's chest and heard a faint flutter. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

This close, the buckshot rips through his chest, sending him to the ground, his rifle clattering to the floor. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She is slumped into the comer with her knees up against her chest, crying a little, too drunk to move. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that couldn’t come close to the pain burrowing in my chest. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Ocean was leaning against the doorframe, not quite in the room and not quite outside of it, a gym bag slung across his chest. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He shot himself in the chest with a pistol and the bullet came out through his back without damaging any vital organ. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Working quickly, he straddles Lincoln’s chest and begins resuscitating the president, hoping to improve the flow of oxygen to his brain. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was always stroking his stomach or his chest. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He blinked as the light vanished, lowered his head to his chest, and curled up on the straw. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Reaching him, she wraps her arms around his head, pulling him into her chest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, looking as deep into her eyes as the pressure in my chest allows. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Grandpa put his forefinger on Mr. Crummy’s big chest. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They were such as I had seen by the town walls: armor on their chests and rusty metal caps on their heads. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Trepid rushed to Joey and breathed into his mouth and pounded on his chest while Mrs. Trepid phoned the doctor. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The guilt of it stabbed at my heart as I considered all these new facts, and I felt a great pain in my chest. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His new medals felt cold against his chest: the centurion’s crescent, the Mural Crown. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When the story ended, the old woman studied my mother for a long time while she wrapped and rewrapped her faded blue pagne over her flat chest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rose let a grin flash over her face and folded her hands over her chest. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I think I made some sort of noise in the back of my throat, and I vaguely remember my fingers, curled tightly closed, resting on his chest. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hug my chest, rocking back and forth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They swam in the pool and helped with cookouts and laughed hysterically, clutching their chests. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I put my hand to my chest where I wore her scapular and she nodded. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mother yawns, baring her yellow teeth before she nuzzles her head against the baby on her chest. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He lowered his horn until the point came to rest lightly against her chest. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Tammi took another step forward, but I leveled the tip of my sword at her chest “Get back.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She took it and pressed the flat of my palm up against my chest, over my beating heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had chainmail over their chest and arms, and steel codpieces sewn into their pants, but only leather on their legs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The old man held his daughter against his chest and nodded. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When his paws were cleaned, he curled them up under his chest to wait. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She threw her arm across his chest and exploded a kiss in his ear. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sensed Hector was telling me more than I needed to know, but that these were things he wanted to get off his chest and couldn’t admit to his men. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I rinse out the chest and fill it with ice cubes from the freezer. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I listen for the birds and feel my fear as a distant thing, a hammering heart and a squeezed chest, but not something that exists in my mind. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

All that Úrsula took along were a trunk with her bridal clothes, a few household utensils, and the small chest with the gold pieces that she had inherited from her father. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The maroon goblin cavorted around the room in a feral tantrum, tearing down bookshelves, upsetting toy chests, and snapping the horn off the rocking horse. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Farther on, two spearmen faced each other across a little trickle of a stream, practicing their thrust-and-parry in the fading light, their chests bare and slick with sweat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s okay to wander around without the swoop swoop of your heart rising and falling in your chest and your wings stretching over water if you’ve never had it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mom and I leave; I hug the stack of books against my chest as I follow her down the sidewalk. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When he spoke, a new spurt of blood drenched the coarse cloth across his chest and sleeve. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma heaved a sigh and hugged me to her chest. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

No. I felt like the ice itself, suddenly shattered, with cracks spiraling out from where she had touched my chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He felt his chest swelling with emotion as he got in the car and drove off, his parents waving like mad in the rearview mirror. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My heart was thudding so hard it felt like it was taking up my whole chest, but at least I’d gotten him away from Maribel. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Through the pain and his nausea, he saw Janza’s chest and stomach unprotected. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved closer to her, confused by the jealousy bubbling in my chest. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Athena gave a chest in which she had put the infant to the three daughters of Cecrops, forbidding them to open it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little seed of panic sprouted inside Mark’s chest. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She pressed her hand to her chest and felt her sorrow—the merciless density of it, like a black hole in her heart, swallowing the light. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

First, Tony got shot in the chest during a botched drug deal. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She had an arm crossed over her chest, and she wouldn’t make eye contact with him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She sat bolt upright and put her arms across her chest to cover up, still holding the cigarette. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ekon’s own chest ached at his mentor’s disbelief, but he went on. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“And don’t get any silly ideas: The boy will keep his knife pressed at your bookworm friend’s chest until you’re back here with us.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to throw my arms around his neck, snuggle into his chest, and smell him. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the floor of the attic, Molly lifts the pieces out of a cedar chest one by one, Vivian perched on a wooden chair beside her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It made its way up her knees, her hips, and when it reached her chest, she stiffened. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I kept my ear pressed to his chest, my eyes closed. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The guy that got there first started giving him mouth-to-mouth and the other guy started pushing on his chest. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The man placed his foot on my chest. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

His chest felt tightly squeezed, and as if sharp knives pierced him. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Her arms were crossed over her chest, but through her tears, she stared at Jinny, unblinking. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He puffed out his chest a little, hoping that made him seem older and better prepared for whatever Natalie was going to say. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

As far as he could see there were blue-coated white men with bright silver stars shining on their chests. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled his knees to his chest and buried his face in them. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

How would we even be able to kiss when my face barely went up to his chest? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He had to use both hands and carry it across his chest. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They froze into contorted shapes, with their chest cavities spread wide and their intestines hanging out and dripping red icicles. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt like if she put her hand against his chest, his heart would be beating a thousand times a minute and so would hers and maybe they’d both explode. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The Captain fetched the pole from the kitchen, and after he had handed it in to me in the stern, he climbed in and sat down facing me, his arms tightly folded across his chest. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what to think, but what I felt was magnetic and so big it ached like the moon had entered my chest and filled it up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sh—!” The wind was knocked out of my chest by my seat belt, but I fought against the natural turn of the wheel long enough to get us heading straight again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His chest rose and fell with angry breaths. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Eric took his forearm off my chest but kept hold of a shoulder, digging his fingers deep into the muscle while slapping my other shoulder like we were pals. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Shyly, I pointed to one with red feathers woven across the chest, in honor of Sumac. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

His chest would be crushed by the weight of the mower, a broken rib would puncture his left: lung. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Slumming it?” he says directly to my chest, then takes a slug of beer, wiping his mouth sloppily with the back of his hand. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A minute later he came back, shivering, caked in sand, a red stain outlining his chest. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He breathes deeply—I watch his chest rise—and, as he exhales, accepts the knife. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I remembered blood and the smell of burning hair and felt a deep, sullen anger burning in my chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I have to go around with my shirt open so that I have enough room for my chest.” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Meggie just had to teach herself how to decipher the black marks and open the treasure chest. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t hear what they were saying, but his grandma was pretty ferociously jabbing her finger toward his dad’s chest. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I'm not a superstitious person, but when I wake up from this dream, this painfully clear memory of John, I have the most horrible feeling in my chest. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Then I notice there’s two of everything—sofa bed, chest of drawers, desk. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Aaron pulls his smile wider than his face can really go and he pushes his chest out to me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I paint a woman who steals hearts, but none of them fit the hole inside her empty, black chest. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The shrill sounds hit me in my chest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His heart felt tight and crunched inside his chest. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes a moment for everything to reorient around the fixed point in his chest where last night settled. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He felt snow in his face and eyes; his chest heaved. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I am not in a good mood, okay? The last commenter on the Facebook page was selling weight-loss powder, and the one before that was a middle-aged predator dude with chest hair.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It built a stone of guilt in her chest, and Jam added it to the pile that had been forming there since she told Pet to stay. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But if I concentrated on counting the cars it stopped me from thinking about my A level and the pain in my chest. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His face turned away from me, my ear pressed to his chest, listening to his lungs settle into the rhythm of sleep. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I felt a weight lift off my chest as I finally regained my breath. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

I’m rising to my toes and my hands are on his chest and my eyes are closing and my lips are touching his. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The dress was snug across her waist and chest, but the slip kept anything too revealing from...being revealed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Zane batted at her wildly until she skittered down his neck, across his chest, and buried herself inside the suitcase of loot, where she promptly became entangled in the pricey headphones. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Hazel hugged her chest as if to keep the piece of firewood from jumping into the hearth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He developed chest pains around 1:05 A.M. and was rushed to hospital. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The son and his parents touched only arms, not chests; he might have given his mother the briefest of kisses. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled Hazel into her and clutched her against her chest. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Every time he thumped his chest or made a brief, halfhearted wail, he felt his ears get hot; and from time to time he announced to nobody in particular, “Sheesh! I feel like a kook.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bucked against Mom’s chest, and his face scrunched up like a raisin. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

With a grunt, I swing my legs up and tuck them close to my chest. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Hope flies from his chest, flutters around the room, beats against the window. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

My chest burns as I try to control my breathing, trying desperately to look tranquil while my body yearns for air. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I saw the skins of tigers flaming in his palace on the Grand Canal; I saw him opening a chest of rubies to ease, with their crimson-lighted depths, the gnawings of his broken heart. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He placed Urim and Thummim in the chest. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I had much of a chance to think on it, something ’bout me tolt her I was trouble and she squozed the bag to her chest and done a quick look ’round. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I could not speak for the pain in my chest. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But Mom said my idea was too time-consuming, so all we ended up doing was straightening piles of paper into stacks and stuffing dirty clothes into the chest of drawers. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he’s almost to my chest, I say, “Stop. I’ll step around you.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was gracefully done, but even so, she had to reach out a hand and steady herself against my chest, lest she stumble into me due to her sudden stop. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Swinging behind a tree he shouted “Hah!” triumphantly and giggled crazily, sobbing, laughing, panting with his chest tight and stricken with pain. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hope chest was securely hidden away and guarded. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Turning the comer onto the main street, I threw out my chest. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred pushed it away, twice, when Major pressed it against his chest. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blew out his chest to soak in the sunshine. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I had been hit in the chest. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She covered her face and her chest started heaving and I realized she’d driven all the way home thinking I was dead. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A tightness constricted in his chest as he looked around. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

That cold stare behind his glasses seemed to bore a hole through my chest. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but—” She points to a spot on my chest. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She didn’t like having the gelding behind her, and with no warning she leapt forward, thrusting her weight onto her front legs, and with her hind legs kicked Bud full in the chest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Hey, man, come celebrate with us and quit wasting time with her,” Drew slurred, slamming a can of beer against my chest. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Ah. So that’s what this is about,” I say, crossing my arms over my chest. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She placed her hand on her chest, letting her heart beat against the stone of Amah’s bracelet. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Dr. Humphrey and Dr. Campbell have white coats and things hanging from their necks which they stick against my chest and all over. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Pong winced as if someone had punched him in the chest. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

How at work one morning, standing on the pig line, 1 felt something break open in my chest. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my eyes still shut, I saw my father appear before me, wearing his green shirt with the bulging chest pocket covering his heart. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Did this chest hold anything of my past? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I could feel the altercation-ness creeping up in my chest like a new kind of lightning. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The very word was like a blow to her chest. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth smirks, juts one hip out like a model, and waves a hand down the front of her chest. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I stood up and faced him, my gun leveled at his chest. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She began to run across the playground laughing and clutching the ball to her chest. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

A bigger wave breaks right into his chest, knocks him over. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But Bellingham would not listen, not after the incident with the linen chest. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you ever need a set of sheets and there ain’t none to be found, just check one of the cedar chests. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And I remembered the death threats hanging over me like Shylock’s knife hanging over Antonio’s chest. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I sit on the sofa and look at his chest. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the shirt was stretched across my chest, and the shorts kept riding up my butt, I felt very Iranian when I emerged from the stall in my borrowed kit and cleats. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“There are more chests on the ship,” said the Russian. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

His back is straight, his chest puffed out. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I grab the small stuffed animal and hold it against my chest. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A woman with a baby slung over her chest in a fabric sling stood up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

One was clutching the Book to his chest, under his crossed arms, as if trying to press it into his ribs, until his lungs filled with letters and his heart became a pulsing paragraph. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When his eyes landed on her face, she made the shape of a heart with her fingers and held it to her chest. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The air around them had frozen: Harry’s breath caught and solidified in his chest. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The dread in my chest grows bigger with every step I take. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her big long breasts lay flat on her chest like they’d been pressed down with an iron, but she did seem heedless of it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clutched his tunic to his chest with both hands and hunched down in the saddle, half-afraid that Roose Bolton might command his guardsmen to tear the clothes off him right there in the street. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Felt the warm buzz going in my fingers and toes and chest. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The same process was repeated with his fingers—the leather gloves were no match for the inferno that passed over and through them—then tongues of flame licked across his shoulders and chest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the pain in my chest had nothing to do with my ribs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She held the dog pressed against her chest like something precious. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was merely giving to them just the start, like other people get an inheritance, a hope chest of what they would work hard for in the rest of their lives. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The left side of Pollard’s chest was crushed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a gown to hold them up, they sagged against her chest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I turn the phone over and curl onto my side, pulling my knees up to my chest. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She pushed the plunger, the poison flooded the animal’s chest around the heart, and the monkey jumped. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m just leaning over the sofa to pull the curtains shut when I see a woman, her head bent to her chest, scuttling along the pavement on the opposite side of the street. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twice in his chest, inches from his heart, once in his thigh, and once in his calf. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m sure he can hear my heart pounding in my chest. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He flings a saw-toothed dagger at my chest, and I only just deflect it with my scim. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I kept Dismay’s collar at my chest so Mama couldn’t put her arms around me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He held his hand to his chest and ran out the door, leaping over the woodpiles and the logs on the floor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya clutched the bones to her chest and turned to where the cold wind came from. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Putting my arms around his waist, I laid my head on his chest. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Magdalys glanced over; Mapper was making the V and C signs over and over on his chest, mouthing out the letters, and wiggling his eyebrows like a fool. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. V sets Penny back down, Penny pokes her lips out, throws Doodle on the floor, and wraps both her arms around her chest. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She holds a tight fist to her chest. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Charlie pouts and crosses her arms in front of her chest, all attitude. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I would sit on his lap, the air conditioner in the window blowing on us and my head resting back against his chest as Theresa Brady pulled off her latest scheme like a boss. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His long, fluffy white beard hung down his chest, and a prayer cap covered his bald head. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Mary Lincoln lays her head on the president’s chest as Major Rathbone uses his one good arm to yank away the music stand blocking the door. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was waiting by the front window of her home, and when she sees me walk up the street alone, she drops her head to her chest. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We bathed and swaddled her and kept her pressed to our chests. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My chest tightens as I think about how, on the Victory Tour, Peeta and I will have to present ourselves as lovers again. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ran over to his dreaded tool chest. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was Speedy or nothing now, and the knowledge of that constricted his chest. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The realization of what I have done comes as a fog in my chest, cold, dark, and spreading. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Now, I knew that something had been done to Jeffrey’s chest in Philadelphia; I had seen the two lines of stitches and the round bulge under the skin of his ribs. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed a jacket, half jacket, glove, and a chest protector. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The space is so narrow that Four has to pull his arms into his chest to fit. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And Twig made that soothing egg-cracking motion down my back, and my chest tightened. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Desdemona, weeping, takes off the corset, folds it back up, and returns it to the hope chest. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Gratitude surges in my chest, warm and a little like an ache. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I brought one hand up to stroke his jaw, his chin, his chest and, without even thinking about it, moved even closer to him. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her hand grabs her chest as she coughs out blood. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One hand clutches his book against his chest; the other is clenched in a fist at his side. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Hodor lifted Bran as easy as if he were a bale of hay, and cradled him against his massive chest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He looks up to me with this forlorn, bewildered look, as if I really had blown a hole in his chest. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He’s got on the white robe with the circular red and white cross patch on the chest, and he even has the pointed hood with the eyeholes cut out. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I stroked her fleece and felt her chest a hundred times, to see if she was breathing. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was a thing he did with me a lot, pressed my hands against his chest, and I wasn’t sure why. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He held her wrist and put his ear to her chest. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A hockey chest pad, lying in the dirt, cracked through the center, peppered with holes. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Why?” she said, watching the emaciated chest rise and fall beneath his sheets. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Matt opened A History of Opium, one of the books Tam Lin had left him in the chest. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A ghostly woman slumped over the bat, pressing her hands to her chest to stem the flow of blood. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was suddenly aware of her body, her lungs, the ache in her chest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He folded his arms across his chest like a dead man. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I am headed for an enormous landfill, as if my chest were being pulled from the sky to the ground. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A pang of longing shoots through my chest. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Alex gritted his teeth and began going through his parents’ chest of drawers. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

His toes, hands, elbows, chest, legs, all ached. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A pulsing beam of white energy shot out of my forearms, striking the Mechagodzilla in its chest and knocking it backward. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He tried to push his way through and the pain went all the way up his arm and into his chest and shocked him stiff. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held his left hand to his chest. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

There's a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes me want to let him open doors for me. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Most especially, he loved for her to play with the medals on his chest, taking them off, pinning them back on. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His chest is in the bottom right corner. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then 1 saw her clasp her hands to her chest, and she said in a wondrous voice, “See, it’s because we were watching the wrong direction.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with a press of Enoch’s thumb against the clay man’s tiny chest, he came to life. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Her hand retracted, and she wrapped her arms around her chest and hugged herself. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Ekon’s heart thundered in his chest like a war drum as he watched the monster turn its head slowly to the right. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But there’s this sunburst of anger that starts in my chest. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I sink to my knees, wrapping my arms around my chest. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

You can actually see his chest swell up. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why had Tam Lin given him a chest full of supplies and maps? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben grins up at me, his eyes landing first on my face, then my chest, then the wadded-up button-down in my lap. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He went on jerking with flames on his chest until another soldier shot him again. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards pointed to a woman who carried a scrawny newborn secured to her chest. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The old fox curled his forelegs under his chest. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A warmth of calmness spread through his chest, and for the first time since he’d found himself there, he didn’t feel like the Glade was the worst place in the universe. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It felt good to move, to have her lungs ache and her chest heave. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I glance at the house across the street and fold my arms across my chest, as if I just opened up my shirt to reveal my sports bra too. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her arms was crossed o’er her chest with her hands holting on to her neck. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The words would just sit on his chest, pressing down on his lungs, pulling the air out of him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She started eating, but you just stared at your food, your hands crossed over your chest. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The rock would just sink dead into the center of my chest, right into my heart. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

When you say a terrible thing, it should be like a weight lifted off your chest, but giving voice to this thought has only made the weight heavier. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then I drew my knees to my chest, laid my head on my arms and cried, all huddled up on the bare floor. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Still, I have to insist: to Desdemona periphescence felt like a lake of warmth flooding up from her abdomen and across her chest. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She got on her knees and shuffled back to the painting, peering at it without the vertigo of standing upright, cradling her hand to her chest. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I watch the swans until they start spreading their wings and my heart goes heavy inside my chest. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“We’ll have to take the helicopter,” I say, panic building in my chest. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Her hands shook as she first pressed a flat palm to his chest to feel for a pulse, then held up his wrist to check again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Pushing a finger into his chest, I continued. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Since the visit to Berlin, a great dread has been blooming inside Werner’s chest. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The man pointed a rifle at his chest. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was a soccer/non-American football jersey, with a green stripe across the shoulder, a red one across the chest, and the lightly drawn outline of a cheetah’s head on the stomach. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The judge then gave the key of the chest to Philip Lombard and the key of the cupboard to Blore. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

His left arm flops limply across his chest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Citra’s heart beat so violently, she imagined it bursting out of her chest. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The bullets have torn into Baxter’s chest, spraying red mist everywhere and knocking him onto his back with a hard thud. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“You thought of me,” Joaquin said, trying to keep from laughing or crying or whatever that reaction was that was bubbling up in his chest, pressing down on his lungs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When I finally got his body—twice my size, chest still as stone, eyes slung back—to shore, and to revive, I was so furious at him I almost rolled him back into the surf. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Then he fixed the stems of his glasses once again behind his earlobes and folded his arms across his chest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The man in the white coat bent down and looked closely into Winston’s eyes, felt his pulse, laid an ear against his chest, tapped here and there; then he nodded to O’Brien. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Naomi laid her forehead against his chest and then turned to press her ear against the steady beating of his heart. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Redbeard, whom Lac had seen less than an hour before, lay on the dock, blood at his ankle and at his chest, staining his scraggly beard a deeper shade of red. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Z looked at the terrifyingly slight, almost imperceptible, rise and fall of Kaitlin’s chest. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He guessed that was the signal to advance and sped away again, till his chest was like fire. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Hearing him talk about his mother, about his intact family, makes my chest hurt for a second, like someone pierced it with a needle. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I jabbed Geryon in left chest, but he only laughed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He might as well have shot me straight through the chest; I felt all of the blood leave my heart as one of his hands came up to clutch his dark hair. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I leaned my head against my uncle’s chest. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I swear I could actually see my heart thumping in my chest beneath my sweater. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That box inside his chest had come down and crumbled away, and he could feel his heart beating between his lungs—a hot, fluttering thing. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he’s up there right now, wondering what he should do. Shoot me? Shoot Holst? Or maybe I got to him, too, and he’s getting ready to blow a hole in your chest, Geels.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Arms folded across his chest, he waited for me to answer. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The tightness in her chest abated only slightly when she couldn’t find Cain’s face among the revelers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Now, watching him stare at that gun...Something had tickled at the center of my chest again. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I smile a little and wrap my arms around him before he finishes, pressing the side of my face to his chest. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Every time one batch of angels left, another batch came out of the chest. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When they got back to Alfred's stoop, James started jumping up and down, pounding on his chunky chest and howling so loud people leaned out of their windows to watch. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrapped her arms around her legs and pulled her knees to her chest. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

One arm was hanging almost to the floor, and with the other arm, she was holding her baton close to her chest. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt as if that bubble of air in his chest had burst, releasing toxins into his body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I feel my cheeks and my chest and the back of my neck go warm. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

His attention was firmly fixed on Bob, who had just leveled the point of his spear at Hyperion’s chest. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Me and Mr. Leroy jumped off and once things inside of me quit shaking, I patted Jingle Boy’s chest. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I kept my body on him so he couldn’t set himself for the leap or blocked him out with my elbow in his chest. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But then, as we made it back to the top, chests heaving, a long flash of lightning lit up the night and I turned and saw it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She spun and gave Rowan a powerful kick to the chest that almost took him down. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Like Matt, beating his chest with bravado and pasting it thick with swamp grass that he called a manly pelt? Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yo screams as the hooked beak rips at the man's shirt and chest; the white figure on the lawn is a red sop. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The syllable bounces around in my chest and I like it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Alicia put one hand on her chest and took a deep breath. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Tess’s mom popped each plastic glove at the wrist, then folded her arms across her chest. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

There was another coal stove, a bed, a pullout couch where Mom and Dad could sleep, and a chest of drawers painted fire-engine red. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Arms folded across her chest, mouth knotted up, she watched me go to it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I pull the phone away from my chest. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Those words carved an ache into her chest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Did I fall asleep?” she asked, and Ophie patted her hand awkwardly as Richard and one of the other men pulled the chest out. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin strode off to the metal chest, leaving Matt open- mouthed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took Baboo back to my room, and I laid him in my bed and taped the little note to Mom on his chest. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Yet he strutted about as if he were a giant, with his plump little legs spread wide and his plump little chest puffed out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With a rough finger she scratched at the tight homespun across her chest. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She’d been glaring at Briares, but Tyson got her attention as soon as he nailed her in the chest with the pole, pushing her back into the wall. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Dimple pulled away, coughing, and let go of the camera so it bounced back down against his firm chest. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I put my hand on my chest to stop my heart from racing. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He looked at my small chest for a long time, and then he smiled knowingly at me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s a headpiece for Rosie,” she says, pinning it to her chest with her chin and spreading the rest of it across her front. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I turn around and lay my head against his chest. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I grabbed her hand, placing it under mine and over the hole in her chest. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The chest was filled with beads and bracelets and earrings of many colors. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rose slowly up the side of the centaur; when she was level with its chest she reached into the branches for the ball, but it was stuck deep inside. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And nobody could chest beat like my father. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Then he presses lightly against Mango’s chest with two fingers. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

My father hit his chest with his fist. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tom passes his hand over his mouth and leans back against the kitchen counter, folding his arms across his chest. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laugh, but I can’t ignore the achy feeling in my chest. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It had been six months since the Spirit Bear sank its teeth into his hip and arm and raked his chest into hamburger. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A feeling of dread started to build in my chest. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And he looked over at the alarm clock ticking away by the chest of drawers. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

His partner was a bulldog of a man who moved as if his chest propelled him down the street instead of his legs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I felt my chest cave slightly, wounded by his tone. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She scowled at me, her arms folded across her chest. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his chest, saw the blood. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first step was to steal the goblet out of the chest.... The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Accident,” she whispered, then rubbed her fist to her chest, palm down, an apology. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The driver yelled something derogatory about my mother as his horse’s flank brushed my chest, leaving hoof prints and a wheel track just inches from my toes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Madam sat back on the wooden chest and looked calmly at her husband, as if nothing had happened. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear my breathing, could feel the rise and fall of my chest, gases seeping across nothing boundaries. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Unable to carry a heavy chest, he put it on a mattress and dragged it up the stairs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He thumped his chest so hard, it hurt. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

By slowly feeling her way around—and scrambling back onto shore when a large wave came through—Nhamo staked out a sizable area where the water reached no higher than her chest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the taxi stopped in front of the building flying the South Korean flag, Shin’s chest felt heavy. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then he glanced about at the bare furnishings, the hanging ropes of garlic bulbs, the bed straw, the chest of stolen goods. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Colin prepared by shaving and wearing that Wild Rain deodorant she liked so much that she'd nestle up against his chest to catch its scent. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She held the crying girl to her chest, amazed at how strong her own arms were, at how light Ess felt in this moment, even heavy with her drenched clothes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Artemis tried to quell the excitement rising in his chest. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Just when I thought I couldn’t go any farther and my chest felt like it was going to explode, my head broke the surface. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Shoulders square, rows of medals adorning the left side of his chest, the old man walked in and out of each bedroom, taking life yet sparing honor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In what must have been an excruciating effort, he had pulled a neat white dress shirt and tie over his ravaged chest. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when he slaps his big hand on my chest, I cry out, “I wasn’t doing anything! This is a free country!” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The blade stops about an inch from the 8TH JUROR’S chest. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In it were a dress and a coloring notebook of Ruth May’s, pieces of our hope chests, my bow and arrows. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hug it ’gainst her chest and didn’t say nothing else. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He clutched an old saddle blanket to his chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She should be hurrying to join him—but a sadness held her back, like a heavy stone in her chest. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I point to the chest of drawers by the wall. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She stared at the phone, and then at the bills on her table, a tight, suffocating pressure rising inside her chest. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I clutched my blanket to my chest, sweating. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Sekai radiated contentment when the Praise Singer brought her in, nestled in a baby pouch strapped to his chest. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She hugs Geak tight to her chest, as if trying to push her baby back into her belly to spare her from the pain. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my ear on his chest and listen like I used to do when I was little. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I remember holding my breath, my lungs screaming for air, Momma's hands on my chest. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Later, he would describe it as a one-legged fat man wearing a stiletto heel standing on the middle of his chest. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Roger clutches the empty leash to his chest in a tight ball. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He tore her blouse open, just ripped it, and put his face against her chest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knot in my chest eases when Tyrell catches up with her. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

After a pause, Dimple lay down and put her head on his chest. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His mouth opens like he’s about to say something, but then his chin drops to his chest and his body relaxes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I press my fingers to my chest to massage some of the smarting tension away. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you know about this?” she says, swatting Coop’s chest with the back of her hand. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

A deep, low laugh rumbled through his massive chest. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was a long time before he walked past the chest to bed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Would you describe it as supersonic?” he says, and Alex groans and slaps him across the chest, and they both dissolve into messy laughter. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Excitement was building inside my chest like a sunburst. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Last night when I visited Signora Mondopoco, she was in her bed, draped with a soft blanket, her hands gently crossed on her chest. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I waited, as she sat beside me on the couch, resting her head against my chest, but the panic didn’t come. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It grunted again, deep like rumbling thunder, and I felt it in my chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A welcome relief spread through my chest, out to each arm and leg, to the tips of my fingers, even under my dirty fingernails. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Valley pulled her hand away and crossed her arms in front of her chest, a smug smile on her face. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

With her left hand she held the end of her sari to her chest, so it would not slip off her head. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Lin had given him a chest full of maps and food for that very reason. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost as soon as we drop down into the tunnel, Veturius pulls fatigues and boots from the bag across his chest and begins tearing off his Tribal clothes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her right false bosom was in the center of her chest and the other was nearly under her left armpit. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Now listen. You need to let me know if you feel any heaviness in your chest, or have any trouble breathing. So long as neither of those things happens, you should be fine.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Uncle Will had taken it from the chest. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I can still feel it in my chest. It’s like it’s ready to tighten up any second to stop me from breathing.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I felt my heart beating against my chest. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I pick it up and hold it to my chest. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He removed his hat, pressed it to his chest, and looked up at Tristran. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, Vermont,” he said, breathing deep and slapping his chest, like Oliver Douglas in the opening sequence of “Green Acres.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I smiled, and my chest still hurt, but I felt a little lighter. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There was a bed and a chair and a radio and a chest of drawers. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Her stuffed animals were still there, sitting against her pillow, and Hazel lay down next to them and put her hand on the bear, then grabbed it and pulled it into her chest. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

My heart was pounding so hard that my chest felt like it had stopped pumping blood and was pushing those red beads I put in Maddy's hair through my veins instead. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I feel like thumping my fists against his chest, like a child throwing a tantrum. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the covered chest in the corner. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got to my feet, my chest tight, my legs weak. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“How much hair does Mrs. Muokelu have on her chest?” he asked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The chin rest is Papa's shoulder, Papa's chest, the hollow of Papa's collarbone. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The man who ran it was named Herman, a big, burly black man with a wide chest who was mean as the day was long. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, get whatever it is off your chest. Don’t carry this around all day.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We both look at the chest in the corner. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found clean clothes in a cedar chest inlaid with lapis and mother-of-pearl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The goddess’s claws raked across his chest and stung like boiling water. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He took great pains to keep his stomach in, and often tripped over his feet because he could not see them over his chest He was generally making his muscles ripple, which annoyed Merlyn. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was off balance, but he fell, not into the stream, but with his chest across May Belle’s legs, his own legs waving in the empty air above the water. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Now, now, no need to panic, I ain’t going to kill you. I reckon that leak in your chest is going to do that.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He came closer and extended a hand until his fingertips nearly touched her chest. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Instead he swung his pole, slamming it into the stone man’s chest and knocking him off the boat into the river, where he sank at once without a sound. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The whole point of chest pain prediction is to make sure that patients who end up having major complications are assigned right away to the coronary and intermediate units. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been waiting for ages,” she said, lifting her hand to her mouth and fake-yawning—but her cheeks were flushed and her chest was rising and falling. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The sense of surreality had turned into an odd flutter in his chest, making him feel almost outside himself. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He had bulging calf muscles and one hundred forty-six straight black hairs on his chest. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finnick’s hand comes up and hits me so hard, so squarely in the chest that I go flying back into a nearby tree trunk. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday, two minimally supervised medical students removed my chest tube, which felt like getting stabbed in reverse and generally didn’t go very well, so they decided I’d have to stay until Thursday. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” she said, her chest going up and down as she reached the window. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The secret of Madam’s linen chest was the only key I held. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yanked it away from him and clutched it to my chest and felt, for a moment, truly horrified. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She turned Fern around in my arms so that her back was against my chest and her face was toward the dance floor. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Wedged among mattresses, bed frames, chests, tables, and stacks of cardboard boxes, a big golden dog panted and lurched around, excited by the smells of the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I could not free myself of that mass weighing down my chest. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The finger he waved in the air was meant for Papas face, but it only hovered around his chest. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He reached out and poked Thomas in the chest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I picked up the pitcher in both hands and hugged it to my chest. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I think about the thick, knotty hair on his chest, and the two big swells his breast muscles make. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

With their leg muscles burning and chests heaving, the boys finally reached the top. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I jumped on top of him, my knees on his chest, he couldn’t ask for anything better. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted the dead raptor and held it against my chest. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Something heavy pounced onto my chest as I slept, and my exhale whistled like Gran’s teakettle. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He pointed at Thomas’s chest, almost tapping it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Every breath took more effort, as if her chest was filled with Styrofoam peanuts. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She took in a deep breath, and it ratcheted slightly as it went in, like there was something heavy in her chest. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He touched his chest, feeling a stuffiness there. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had another two tucked under her arms, and one held between her chin and her chest. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

At the hut, the clay water container stands as tall as my chest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rolls over me, spreading herself against my chest. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smoothed his beard down over his broad chest. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I duck beneath his scim, intending to wrap my arms around his chest and slam him to the floor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Alex laughs, but still, he reaches in and plucks up something deep down in his chest. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pull my arms in to my chest, close my eyes, and try not to panic. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I followed the tube poking through bandages on my chest to a container half­filled with columns of water. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She made the kid who was hiding in the back corner leave, like Annabelle had an explosive device strapped to her chest. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We got into the lobby and there was a guy standing there with no shirt on and blood dripping down the front of his chest and onto his stomach and the front of his pants. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the center of these changes stood Ethyne—all reason and possibility, and a hot cup of tea, with a baby strapped to her chest. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Something warm bloomed in my chest, even as my breath hitched in my throat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Instead of thinking, I picture a body of water and me on my back floating, still and peaceful, no movement except my heart beating in my chest. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It might be days before he found another, it might be weeks, and meanwhile the goblet would have to stay in that room upstairs, hidden in the chest. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Something struck hard in Ekon’s chest, coursing through him like an invisible current of energy as the words sank in. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Every time her mom came home, Aru would stand off to the side, chest puffed out like a blue jay, waiting for her to notice. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the silence that followed, Jonathan felt an intense, suffocating pressure in his chest. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

One rope ensnared Grigori around the chest as he lunged for me, yanking him back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was like a stone pressing down on my chest. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Pain surged in my chest and traveled across my arm. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Eye gaze just above the road, undistracted by the small life that darted toward its hooves, heaving its great chest forward, pacing to hold on to its strength and gather more. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hare puffed out his narrow chest and stood with paw on heart, his eyes closed and ears standing straight up. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She said nothing, but snuggled into the hollow of my chest. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He could chop open tea chests all night, and ride all day. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw her chest was heaving up and down in an angry way. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull myself to his chest and cry into his shirt. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She was always scowling, and walking with her books pressed to her chest, like a shield. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

My heart jumped into my throat and my stomach dropped, leaving a gaping void in my chest where vital things belonged. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When she lifts the eaglet to her chest, the crying stops. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I do not venture to say whether their hearts are as stalwart in our support as their chests suggest. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He scratched his chest, and his fingers made a soft rustling sound on his cotton shirt. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And again there are mornings when ecstasy bubbles in the blood, and the stomach and chest are tight and electric with joy, and nothing in the thoughts to justify it or cause it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She finally came over to him and laid her head on his chest and wept uncontrollably. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head stays bowed, his chin almost touching his chest. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl stood up, again fitted her chest back into her blouse, gestured obscenely at the car, and angrily retrieved her pack and guitar from the rear seat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my eyes on the empty doorway, I told her about the lacquer chest. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I could feel my heart like a hand making a fist in my chest. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“More comfortable,” I mumble but my chest is thumping. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid she’s one of a kind,” Bronwyn said, and she took Miss Peregrine down and hugged her to her chest. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I had my legs pulled up to my chest and my arms wrapped around in front of them and my head resting on the dark dry skin of my bare knees. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then he made a fist and pounded his chest, his face fierce. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The other hand he planted on my chest, keeping me at a distance. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I settled in alongside him so my head rested on his chest. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a horse coming down the ridge: great black horse with blood all over the chest, blood streaming through bubbly holes, blood on the saddle, dying eyes, smoke-gray at the muzzle: Garnett’s horse. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The liquor stoked a soothing warmth in my chest. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The beast came up as high as his chest now. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She tucked it under her chin and displayed it over her flat chest. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then I would lay on my back, staring into the dark with my chest aching and my breath coming hard, knowing deep inside that nothing would ever be right, ever again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She paused, her chest rising and falling rapidly, the color high in her cheeks. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Bast put a hand on his chest and began to protest his innocence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His hands were clasped together over his chest, skeletal fingers curled about the hilt of some longsword, but they were not Ned's hands, so strong and full of life. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He himself was left for dead, with a pistol bullet in his chest and a saber wound in his pelvis. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It’s a big book of art, so I hold it close to my chest, put my bag down, crouch down on a stepstool near the corner, and get lost in its pages. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He put his ear to Derek’s chest and heard the heart thumping. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he sits with his bag pulled up to his chest, clumsily trying to make knots in a short length of rope. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As if finishing its attack, the Spirit Bear placed its huge paws on Cole’s chest and gave a single hard shove. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Me too,” I say softly, leaning into his chest. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The most important part is the nkiyeu, or chest area, because it holds the heart. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like someone had crushed my chest in a vise, spinning the handle until every ounce of air and courage had been squeezed out of me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I followed him into the middle of the room, put one hand on his waist, the other against his chest. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was opened by the giant, the chest gave off a glacial exhalation. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“She saved me,” she said, burying her face in his chest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He removed the finished pages from his satchel and stowed them safely in the heavy wooden chest of drawers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I look out the window and see the sun getting lower and the mountains in the distance getting yellower, and I feel this sharp pain in my chest like someone just shot me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Fidelito looked so fierce with his scrawny chest thrust out and revolution blazing from every pore that both Matt and Chacho broke down with hysterical laughter. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like a treasure chest, since she throws nothing out. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Several sharp pains stab me as she presses her fingers delicately against different parts of my chest. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

With his free hand, he’d squirt the bird’s chest with alcohol, and plunge a syringe needle into the chicken’s heart to draw blood. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I try not to let my chest rise, but it’s really, really hard not to. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Bottom: An X-ray showing the bullet lodged in Roosevelt’s chest. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Now, on the witness stand, he held his hard-billed captain’s hat between his fingers, crossed his arms over his barrel chest, and pointed his cleft chin at Nels Gudmundsson, who wavered unsteadily before him, blinking. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I crossed my arms over my chest, and Dad looked up and frowned. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then there’s the back room with his bed, a rug, a chair in the corner, and a small chest of drawers. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It always caused a tiny jump start in my chest, me thinking that my own mother had stared at this same picture. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something in my chest breaks into pieces as I survey the room. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then he locked his arms across his chest and turned back to the drunk again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She clutches her purse to her chest, then puts it in her desk drawer and locks it with a key. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Joaquin turned, his chest heaving as he tried to catch his breath. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He wonders what he’ll do when he puts his head to her chest and hears nothing. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She handed Claire a dry cloth and together they dried and tidied the dead woman, folding her arms finally across her gaunt chest. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I cranked up a grin while I rammed my elbow back into my best friend’s chest. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I lay my angry head on his chest under his red beard and listen to his voice resonate. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Jesse sat with his hands clasped between his knees, the seat belt tight across his chest. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She pushed her dirk into a northman’s chest through fijr and wool and boiled leather. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I sit with my arms crossed over my chest, my lips a tight line. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Kit drew a deep breath, and sitting on the floor, her knees drawn tight against her chest, she waited for William. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She grips her water glass in both hands, pulls the glass close to her chest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Garrett turns away from me, brings his knees to his chest, pulling himself into a ball. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Howard closed his notebook and hugged it to his chest. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

There, at the back, was the large cedar chest. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

A sad tremor lives inside my chest, and my arms and legs buzz with the memory of not being chosen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A burning pang began in the center of my chest and spread to my limbs. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Here I was able to get some comforts for Magwitch,—Provis no longer,—who had received some very severe injury in the chest, and a deep cut in the head. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I hold the dream inside my chest like a breath I never want to let out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Max gasps, his hand clapping over his chest, and stumbles back. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He feels so warm, the muscles of his arms and chest firm underneath his clothes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Scrimgeour limped toward Harry and jabbed him hard in the chest with the point of his wand: It singed a hole in Harry’s T-shirt like a lit cigarette. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And her own heart, which had been beating much too quickly, slowed inside her chest. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I couldn't see her face because her head was hanging down on her chest and her stiff blonde hair fell down from its dark roots like a hula fringe. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I realize that we won’t fit with all this space between us, so I turn and curl into a ball, my spine against his chest. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Typewriter and adding machine safe in black chest in private office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Lissa drew in her breath and crossed her arms across her chest as if she were cold. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She went to the chest under the window and looked inside. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She clutches the child to her chest, steps over me and hurries away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went on rocking and crying, but my thought burrowed within, concentrated in a point deep in my chest, where there was room for only one truth: I must save Char. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of a chest plate, he wore a vest of tawny fur, and a broad and battered sword belt from which hung two long blades. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Her legs dangled in the air until she pounded a foot and a stump against the hunter’s broad chest, leaned back, and pulled on the rifle with all her strength. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s a lot, but”—she slaps the jacket against his chest—“you give people hope. So, get back out there and be Alex.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“And we”—he pressed his chubby pink hand to his chest—“we are from Earth. Right, men?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thrust the bundle deep into the chest and with shaking hands scattered the shentis and headcloths over it, shut the battered lid and sprang for the stairs. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The sun shone hot on his open, glassy eyes and flies hovered over the dried blood that covered his chest. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The man pressed the receiver to his chest. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fangburn puffed out his chest, proud that the fox knew his rank. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Right then, Wynn came out carrying two glasses of lemonade and wearing a black shirt with blue embroidered flowers winding their way around his chest. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Flora bent over Ulysses and put a finger on his chest. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

If there were no blood vessels, no rib cage, no muscles holding up my heart to where it beats in my chest, it would’ve fallen out onto the floor. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His chest was as wide as an oven. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie bent over, trying to catch his breath, his chest burning. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The thought flashed through Moss’s mind, and he felt a determination spread in his chest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“He could always get you to sleep. No matter what. Even when you were teething, a few minutes on his chest and you were out like a light. You loved it when he held you.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She wanted to see his ugly face, to wrap her arms around him and press herself against his chest, but she knew that if she turned around Ser Jorah would be gone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Lying there beneath him, his shirt opened to reveal the broad expanse of his chest, the ripples of muscle across his stomach, she wanted him. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He plucked at my chest and my belly, but I could feel him in places his hands were nowhere near. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed the statue against her chest as if to reward the Madonna and then, suddenly, broke down and began sobbing herself. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Over Hermione’s shoulder Harry saw him raise his wand and point it at Lupin’s chest. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

So he touched the pilot with the tips of his fingers, touched him on the chest and could feel nothing, no heartbeat, no rise and foil of breathing. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke had a bloody slash across his chest and his pale face glistened with sweat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I feel the trademark symptoms of fear: sweaty palms, racing heart, tightness in my chest, dry mouth, a lump in my throat, difficulty breathing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I felt something flutter onto my heaving chest, and then he was gone, too, his footsteps joining the others disappearing into darkness. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Peeta has only just stepped from his car when I slam my palms into his chest. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I tied my wrapper around my chest, over my pink-and-white flowered nightgown, and padded out of the room. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’d come from school to find his father napping on a sofa in the den, arms folded across his chest. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Archer tapped his chest, over his heart, and smiled sadly. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I thought that the burning pain in my chest was Deborah. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Each wave covered the chest deeper until it was completely hidden. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lie back on the bed and drop my hand to my chest. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I see his smiling face, and I feel the pain in my chest again. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He put the candles on the lid of the Limoges chest, so that they would be behind his back when he opened the door. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My chest hurts. I think I broke a rib. How are you?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whip and burn marks scored his chest and arms. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

A little hiccup of excitement leaped in her chest. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The entire way home, my chest thumped like a volcano ready to erupt. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My arms go around her, the wires propping up her breasts dig into my chest. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then my chest didn’t hurt so much and it was easier to breathe. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve barely stepped out of the car when my mother throws her arms around me, crushing me against her chest. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Jason managed to avoid the prongs of the trident again, but the giant swung the other end around and smacked him in the chest. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She was shaking me then, grabbing me by my shirt collar and rattling me like she wanted to loosen the last breath out of my chest. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dad wheezes from his corner and hammers his chest with a fist. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

When she rounded the corner, she saw Ivan sitting against the outer wall with his knees drawn up to his chest, the staff on the ground next to him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His chest and stomach turned to molten metal and a redness glowed in his head behind his eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But my chest felt tight, and it was hard to breathe. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boy pulled his knees to his chest and wrapped his arms around them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But this time the ball hit the right post and came bouncing back at chest level, right across the mouth of the goal. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miig pointed his finger to his chest and then towards the front of the van, and gave the international hand gesture for turning a key. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Mala rose to her feet, adjusting the end of her sari over her head and holding it to her chest, and, for the first time since her arrival, I felt sympathy. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He stood taller, puffing out his muscular chest even more. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He settled into a tiny room off the pantry, into which a narrow bed and chest of drawers just fit. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Over there!” the voice shouted, cutting into the night air as well as Pinmei’s chest. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I answered, but my voice was caught in my chest. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

His robe flapping around his spindly legs, Dallben made his way to a huge chest, unlocked it with an ancient key, and raised the lid. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

His skin shone dark as bronze in the ruddy light from the brazier, the faint lines of old scars visible on his broad chest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I rest my head on his chest and think how lucky I am to have such a father. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bundle of old clothes such as he had found in the chest last night? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He straightened it so that the yoke was in line across her chest. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

His voice fills the room and makes fear prickle in my chest. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Caught my heart as it fell out of my chest. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Their wings sprang from their shoulder blades, and their backs and chests were deeply muscled. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry, Alby, he thought as he unraveled the thick vine from his chest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“You can count on me,” Nathan said, puffing out his chest. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her heart was pounding in her chest, and she awoke abruptly, her breath rasping in her lungs. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world around Seven began to spin, and she felt a heavy weight on her chest, making it hard to breathe or even move. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You better put that treasure chest away, before the pirate comes home and finds it.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Nat stood on the chest and stared up at the tower masts of the ships, and the bowsprits, like long beaks, slanting into the air above him. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crossed her arms over her chest and stepped into the room. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I watched, astonished, as the centaur’s huge arm bent at the elbow and reached into its own chest, plucked out the ball, and tossed it back to the cheering kids. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Between the waxy hands, folded across his chest, lay her mother's silver cross. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I decided against it, lowering the barrel to his chest: always go for the sure target. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When they hugged, he felt her chest push into his. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The male figure’s on his back now and it looks like the female figure’s wrenching herself out of him, climbing right out of his chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He flipped through the Rolodex while he tried to fill his lungs with air, but they felt like concrete blocks in his chest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Koffi's heart began to drum fast and hard in her chest, and she silently swore as two men entered the study. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I climb into the top half and pull my knees to my chest. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

She put her hand around the empty glass on her chest to steady it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It was such a strange tormenting feeling when your daemon was pulling at the link between you; part physical pain deep in the chest, part intense sadness and love. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

They found the father with a knife in his chest. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow at him. I have seen dead men with more humor than your Ser Alliser." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Brown raised his staff and pointed the end of it at Tristran's chest, nervously. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I look for the perfect spot on the underside of the chest and I carve in big letters on his chest just like Devon did for me: SCOUT. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A warm sensation fills my chest, like when you drink hot chocolate on a cold day. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was a little dizzy—I laid my cheek on his chest. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I stare out the window, watching the afternoon winter sun slowly near the horizon as the steady vibrating of my AffloVest thrums away at my chest. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Her chest rose and fell with animal breathing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It hit the man in the chest, propelling him backward in an awkward cartwheel. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She took it solemnly and clasped it to her chest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He puts his cut-up hands to the opening of his robe and pulls it apart enough to show his bare chest. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The tin soldier was still asleep, with his head sunk on his chest. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She grabs the cigarettes, clutching them to her chest, only now realizing I don't have to give them to her, that she could be left with no cigarettes at all. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Bernabe gasped, all out of breath, his heart thundering so hard he thought his chest would explode. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the cat, sitting smug on Shotgun Cheatham’s breathless chest, who’d batted at the gauze the way a cat will. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Matty tucked him inside his jacket, curling the ungainly legs and feet, and the puppy nestled there against his chest. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She stared at the floor, rocking violently, her chest rising and falling fast with each breath. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The following day they met in the street, and after a flurry of gunshots, Little Bob Turner lay dead with a shotgun blast to the chest. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Hands, softer than he had been expecting, touched Harry’s face, pulled back an eyelid, crept beneath his shirt, down to his chest, and felt his heart. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I take it down and hold it to my chest. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The muck seemed to climb me, rising up my arms, my chest, collaring my throat like a noose. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I try to pull my arms to my chest again, but I am not strong enough. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Mother took the child from me and laid the bundle on the woman’s chest. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Grace was trying to gulp in air and the necklace shifted against her chest, making her physically ache. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The music filled Bod’s head and chest with a fierce joy, and his feet moved as if they knew the steps already, had known them forever. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

My new teammates called out their names as I gave each of them a quick dap, an informal greeting of clasped hands and bumped chests. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The man was leaning against a tree, his chest heaving as he took in short bursts of breath. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His hands slide up under my shirt, and he trails his fingers across my chest. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He pulled the pistol out and crossed his arms so that the pistol set against his chest. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was beating so intensely that I expected it to pop out of my chest. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hicks began shooting bullets into the chest of the recruit, firing in a calm synchronized salvo that had a violent harmony to it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other audience members sat calmly, as if in church, while my father snapped his fingers and bobbed his head low against his chest. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

‘Yes . Orion’s gaze became unfocused. Reyna could tell, because the laser targets disappeared from her chest. ‘I ended up on Delos, where I met Artemis. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My mother began beating my chest vigorously while applying pressure to the area below it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pat bends over, picks up Eugene and holds him against his chest. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’d pinned Otto’s arm under me as I fell, and I sensed from somewhere remote as he pulled his arm away and crawled onto my chest, staring worriedly into my eyes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The thought puts a warm feeling in my chest, but it also makes me miss him terribly. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The man slammed an elbow into Stick’s bony chest. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The commander came close and rubbed it between his fingers before letting it fall back against Chronicler’s chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No report cards, no baptism certificates in the chest of drawers. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then he closed his eyes; and exhaling sharply, a hand to his chest, he fell back in his chair as if he’d been shot. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, almost all of them had colds to some extent, and Don Hume’s seemed to be settling into his chest, becoming some-thing more worrisome than a case of the sniffles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The straightness in her back made the stiffness settle in my chest for a second. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her father carried his work bag close to his chest, as if it was very heavy. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The youngest, the one who had come in from the outhouse, walked, painfully slowly, over to a high and ramshackle chest of drawers, and bent over. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s lush. Three cheeses. Put some hair on that frail little chest of yours!” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She runs a warm, slow finger down the skin of my chest and stomach, all the way to my belt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

T. Ray stared at me, clean-shaven, wearing a white short- sleeved shirt with chest hair curling through the neck opening. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dragged the chair from her dressing table over to the cedar chest and sat down facing me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something is jabbing at the side of my chest. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple sighed and leaned against the wall next to the pictures, crossing her arms over her chest. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes again and she whispers a prayer, her hand touching my forehead and then passing across my chest and shoulders. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I remove the other Edith’s box from my art chest and place it on the floor between us. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A hot rush surges through my chest, spreading outward. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rush of coolness burst through her; it streamed along her raised left arm, past her chest and down to her right hand. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Black hair covered his arms and legs and chest, even his back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

No, because at the first hint of a complaint, Mrs. Baker folded her arms across her chest and stood still, staring at whoever had started to rebel until all rebellion died. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The girl watched from the floor, her bruised knees drawn up against her chest. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She grabbed me around the neck and yanked my head down onto her chest, clutched me to her. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The little dog lay motionless against his chest. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He felt a heavy weight mashing on his chest. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The realization rose inside my chest like fire, burning everything in its path. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She softly pulls my hand down and onto her chest and holds it with her two hands. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath, and I got the feeling that he felt both relieved and ashamed that he had gotten that off his chest. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Charles came from behind the counter, propped himself up against the ice chest. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

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

He could snap chains round his chest simply by taking a big breath, and bend iron bars that it took two men to lift. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull out her arms and cross them over her chest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He hit her in the chest and stomach, trying to get her to move her arms, which were now defensively covering her head. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Facing the stern of the boat, each boy began with his chest bent over his knees, his arms stretched out in front of him, and both hands gripping the handle of his one long oar. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I hold it against my chest but it’s damp and when the newspaper begins to fall away everyone can see the head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

My fists clench with the strength of an army ten thousand strong, hopes flying sky-high, anxiety drowning in my chest. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I let the camera drop back to my chest and pulled my sweater down and zipped my coat back up. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He poked his own chest with a pudgy finger. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I get to my feet and grab my overnight bag from under the bed, go over to the chest to grab some clothes and catch sight of myself in the mirror. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam nodded and stepped back into his chest to hug him. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

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

I look at all the days laid out until graduation and freedom and I feel a strange clutching in my chest. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I immediately run over to Dad and bury my face in his chest. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She picked up Evan and dipped him under the nursing sheet, cradling him against her chest. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Celaena grunted as she pushed the chest to the side and folded the tapestry back from the wall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The terror in Jam’s chest paused at the sheer...awkwardness of the thing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He was tell and thin, and wore his coats padded, which gave a fictitious breadth and depth to his shoulders and chest. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel seized a great atlas from the map chest and flung it open, looking for the pages that showed the Himalaya. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Luke Messenger just sits back in one of the red padded chairs of Big Chuck’s with his hands folded across his chest, calm as the setting sun. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The chest was as neat and tidy as the cabin had been cluttered and dirty. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He leaned back into his headboard and pulled her hand to his chest. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I just sat at my desk with my arms crossed over my chest, grumpy, and said, “You don’t count on a calculator. You add.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

A hot flannel is wrapped about my neck and chest. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi looked at her, his gaze sweeping from her eyes to her lips to her collarbone to her chest, her waist, the curve of her hips. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His eyes were closed but he’d stopped sleeping in his vampire pose, with his hands folded over his chest. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The image of her looking more and more lovely every day made my heart tighten in my chest and I had a moment of sisterly, almost maternal, pride. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The next thing I knew, my knee was planted on Hades’s chest. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He woke, hot across his chest and throat, uncomfortably aroused, and briefly confused about his surroundings. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The javelin grew a heavy spear point just as it caught the driver in the chest, knocking him against his teammate and sending them both toppling out of their chariot in a backward somersault. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still, if he was going to be a fugitive for the rest of his life, it would help to have some money, perhaps a treasure chest full of money. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The nights of soft dreaming of her were suddenly locked tight in his chest, and his heart beat fast. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The key thumped against Anya’s chest with every step she took. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He sticks his forearm flat against his chest in disgust. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But his chest ached at the thought of them out there, killed by the horrendous creature he’d seen through the window his first morning in the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The night dragged on, the heavy sense of anticipation like a weight on his chest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Gabriel’s head nodded, after a moment, and fell against Jonas’s chest. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I’d remember that the turkey didn’t belong to my family because I didn’t have a family I’d feel that stabbing pain in my chest again and I’d start to cry. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raises his hands to the front of his chest. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

When he says this, the tension in my chest dissolves. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Matthias flipped him onto his back none too gently and started pressing down on his chest with more force than was strictly necessary. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My chest was so tight I could barely breathe. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

TaShon is drawn tight to my chest and I hop left, wobble. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Her heart felt too big for her chest. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He heard noises above—voices—and fear squeezed his chest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When the woman turned around in fury, Doha whipped another one at her chest. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I think maybe he needs it, too, but then he sits up, pulls his knees into his chest, and rests his elbows on them. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Leeches clung to the inside of his arms and legs and dotted his pallid chest, long translucent things that turned a glistening pink as they fed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But my chest was on fire, and my lungs constricted, stretched tight and useless by the pain in my ribs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He put his hands to his own face, to his chest. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of it all, deep in the center of my chest, a piece of me burned in anger like a forge coal fanned red and hot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The water pushed at her, whirling and swirling around her knees and then her waist and chest. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

And fear, buzzing like an alarm in my chest. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In two days when they came out upon a road he set the bag down and sat bent over with his arms crossed at his chest and coughed till he could cough no more. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

With each donation the warm tingle that had started in my chest at Tamika’s house spread down my arms, until it tickled my entire body. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“The gentlemen took some with them, but Lockton placed the rest back in the chest. Then I was sent to fetch more wine. The chest was gone by my return.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment hope rose in my chest, then fell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Matt leaped on his father’s chest trying to drag him off the bed by attacking Bull close to the center. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z