| 单词 | clip |
| 例句 | That night I send the video clip to my friends, and by the time I get to school in the morning, the video has made the rounds, and Stu Papadopolis is expelled. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She chooses cute heels, too, clips her long hair back. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It’s quiet in this area, there isn’t a lot of traffic, you can hear things like that very clearly: car motors, lawn mowers, the clipping of a hedge, the slam of a door. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I sent a clipping of that story to Malcolm X in Cairo. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z That shelf would have the tea glass and the tray with paper clips and rubber bands, because literature has not been the focus of this dynasty. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z A stone would fly straight through him and strike the child made in his image, clipping out an eye or a tongue or an outstretched hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We went through a narrow hall and a drawing-room crowded with furniture to a verandah facing a square clipped lawn. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Anya pressed her lips together and reached out to put the backpack over Germogen’s wings and clip it around his chest. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z And that was George Theodorakis, all right, dancing with her in the society page clippings. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl has long black hair clipped back with a silver barrette. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z We’re in his classroom, and I watch as his strong, graceful hands sort stacks of papers, clipping them into groups as he thinks. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “I’m making a trip to the dump tomorrow afternoon. I’ll bring back a magazine clipping if I can find one.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The bell had rung a few minutes earlier, but a straggler clipped us. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “Okay, team. I think that’ll work. Come on. Let’s go fold some paper and use our paper clip.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z To keep track of his whereabouts, they clipped an electronic bracelet on Dad’s right ankle. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I clipped a plan out of a magazine for building a small one. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The grimy walls were festooned with cobwebs and clippings of various tribal chiefs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She clipped it fiercely—now wasn’t the time—but she could still feel the faint stone of guilt in her chest as she continued with the story. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I keep walking at a good clip, putting space between myself and the point of the drop. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was glowing orange now, clipping the mountains’ purple crests. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z She clipped the leash to Plath’s collar, and we started walking back toward the road. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I made up names for them and clipped their wings and before long they were as tame as their parents. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I slowly scanned my face, wiping away the hair clippings from my chin and nose. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z When we got home last Saturday, she made a big fuss and made me clip a leaf off the aloe vera plant in her front window so she could smear the gel on his blisters. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She took the spiral staircase at a clip and raced onto the upper deck. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She sweeps my hair up into a high bun and clips it tight with a banana clip. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I brought out a little piece of cloth, unwrapped it, and found the clipping of moonlace. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Then, too abruptly, the clip ended and we were suddenly back on T Wharf with Sookie and the newscaster. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Whenever she didn’t like my tone, she would clip the crown of thorns violently, scattering a spray of leaves and red petals in the air. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Corporal Grub giggled, and got an immediate clip on the ear for himself. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The one clipped his baton back into his belt. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She loves those things, and every night when we're eating dinner, she sits on our couch in the living room and watches one while opening mail and clipping coupons. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z After that the rocks seemed to be growing impassable so they sat for a time, letting their rags dry and watching the clipped outlines of the rollers that moved so slowly past the island. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z He handed Grace a tape measure, which she clipped to her jeans. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z He asked that friend if he’d be willing to trade him a cheap ballpoint pen in exchange for the paper clip. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I read the note one more time before I ripped it out from under the metal clip and shoved it in my mouth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Joyce Ann wouldn’t care that he only had a hair clip for her. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Ivanito steadies the ladder as his mother clips an armful of flowers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The kid clawed at the paper clip and ripped it out of his neck. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She wears shimmery clips in her hair every day. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “We showed him that clip of you singing ‘The Hanging Tree.’ Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A little puff of dust rose from the bedcovers as she sat down to read the clippings. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I put down the binoculars and removed the ammo clip on the sniper rifle then aimed it toward the screen where I could just make out the small images. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He looked exactly like his photo in the newspaper clipping, but less gray. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And just like that we’re rummaging through a box filled with newspaper clippings about Chuck “Da Man” Bell and torn ticket stubs and old flyers and . The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z All the vases and baskets were stuffed with broken pens, dried-up gumdrops, sprung paper clips and smudgy erasers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Miss McDaniels stops clipping a few browned flowers when I come in. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It was thinner, without Jesse’s rounded cheeks, and paler, and his hair was almost straight, clipped neatly below the ears. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls were covered with yellowed clippings from the local paper, angling competitions, soap box derbies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “It was a clip from an interview with your mom.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z My difficulty arose from the fact that the clips were utterly overwhelming. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z One day a clipping came from the agency he employed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In the company of men, Smith was clipped and bristling. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, well, Henry, Richard, here we are. Lovely. Fine. Thank you so much—beautiful lunch—well, toodle-oo, yes, yes, goodbye—” The door slammed and he shot up the walk at a rapid clip. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’m not mad at Billy,” he corrected in a clipped voice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z And our belts, newly laden with batons, had begun to spring key clips and latex-glove holders, though no one had told us to put them on yet. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Fishing in her apron pocket, she pulls out bobby pins and a hair clip. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Tail docking and beak clipping would disappear overnight. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Pris clipped off another leg, restraining the spider with the edge of her hand. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z My shoes made a sharp clip, clip across the creaking floor, which sounded important and made me smile. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then, without consulting her, he clipped the other end to his own harness and began to pull. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Dude clipped a chain lock and rode off on some little girl’s banana seat, handlebar tassels all blowin’ in the wind.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z As the fight raged by they would clip a man on the head with the spike heel. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z All the clips on my hips change my figure. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Reaching for a pile of newspaper clippings, Kurnakov showed Hall an article about a new type of missile being developed by the United States. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z An electrode is clipped to each sticker, which “reads” the electrical activity of his heart and prints out the pattern on a sheet of pink graph paper. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The police held a press conference last night, they’re showing clips from it on Sky News. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And all that’s in the dressers are underwear, slips, and newspaper clippings.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z That newspaper clipping was burning a hole in my lap. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Gosh, thank you. It’s perfect timing. I’m putting together something important, and I could use some clips.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She was all clipped into the seat so she wouldn’t float away if she jerked. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Gay helped me write the speech that explained everything Mary Miller had done for me as my Guardian ad Litem, and Phil edited a video clip that illustrated my journey through foster care. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z There were sheets of unlined paper and old magazines Dad had given me, an uncapped purple glue stick, and a folder so fat with clip art that papers spilled out of the opening. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The edges of the grass were clipped very short and neat around the gravestones, and the hedge was straight. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z My mother put the clipping down and looked out the window. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But this was not one of those nailbrush moustaches, all short and clipped and bristly. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z My shoes were stained green, I couldn’t smell anything but fresh-cut grass, and I dreamed about endless lawns and enormous piles of clippings. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z Since the race, he had been going around with pockets full of clippings about Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Half the lords in the realm could not tell taxation from tyranny, and would bolt to the nearest usurper in a heartbeat if it would save them a clipped copper. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “So, what’s going on in the alley?” he asked a young woman in cargo shorts with a walkie-talkie clipped to her belt. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Then came brick houses set well back from the street, fronted by yards edged in shrubbery clipped into smooth cones and balls of velvet green. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to memorize these hormones and what they did and I hadn’t been able to make flash cards because I was too busy clipping newspaper articles. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Her junk drawer is full of pens, paper clips, scraps of paper, receipts, old notebooks—nothing even remotely interesting. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z With a serrated knife, she clipped the fins, then turned the fish over, its underbelly facing her, and sliced it expertly from the tail to the gills. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z All the clips on my hips change my figure. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Peewee had been in there to get extra clips earlier and thought he might have lost his comb there. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The coyote spun and snapped, just clipping Bristle’s back foot. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Can’t have my best man getting clipped by some island thug.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I stopped off in the bathroom, slicked the clip with soap, headed back to my locker and dug at the gum. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “The bell rang,” she said in a clipped voice. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Among the papers were news clippings, a letter to the press, and the unsent letter he had written on June 16 in which he justified his actions to the American people as “a political necessity.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z You and Molly are wearing matching barrettes at the front of your hair, clipped just so. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Instead of using clip art, we made our own versions out of random things we found around town. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Miss Parkinson,” said Professor McGonagall in a clipped voice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He tries to pick up his speech by moving on to the bombing of a water purification plant, when a clip of Finnick talking about Rue replaces him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When he surfaced, one of his eyes was closed and the other filled with the delicate silver of a moon small as a nail clipping. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The drawing was still there, propped up against her neat stack of books, one corner drooping from the weight of a paper clip. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Yet I went at it again, reviewing every picture, clip and comment for anything I might have missed. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It was now clear he’d been the driver of the car that clipped the Saturn. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z These remarks were lost to the class because the girls, bored with the scuffle discussion, were waving their clippings from the Cucaracha Voice. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z As she clipped on my microphone, the head librarian told me that some of the officers had arrived two hours early. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember him particularly well because his name, Henry, was embossed on a tag clipped to his shirt pocket. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My free hand is clipped into the handcuffs that are still hanging off the other wrist. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z They both had electrodes and sensors clipped to their fingers and ears, which measured things like their heart rate, how much they were sweating, and the temperature of their skin. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Finally she decided to mail it with a note of her own attached—urging caution and directing daddy’s attention to a clipping from Opportunity Magazine. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I stalked back to my room, ate another square of chocolate, and returned with a paper clip. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z In the stories after the war, all the resistance heroes were dashing, sinewy types who could construct machine guns from paper clips. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z As the house lights dimmed in the Apollo Theatre, the flickering images of black-and-white photographs and film clips on the screen chronicled my father’s life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how kind the Matsikas were to him, they would awaken one morning and find him missing from the heap of grass clippings he preferred as a bed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A middle-aged white man with a clipped, sallow face stood looking up at them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z This was the first time I ’membered that right after the ax clipped Pap, I’d took a fast-fast look at his face and the wound. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He gently clipped one onto a flap of metal sheeting that he'd fused to the switch on top of the orb. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z After I did that about ten times, June reached into her pocket and pulled out a clip. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The third time through the clip, there was a knock on the doorframe. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Scientists can even grow corneas now,” I told him, reaching into my bag for an article I’d clipped from a newspaper. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He attached it with film clips and hung it up to dry. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He still wore a pair of mechanical pencils clipped to his shirt pocket, just as he had in his professor days, but now he wore a white apron too, and a brown pot holder. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z At a nearby waiting area, I noticed a television running a news clip of a beach full of people holding up cameras and phones. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “It appeared that Bill Hale’s lawyers—just as his friends predicted—had clipped the government’s tail feathers good,” one writer observed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Mother’s letters said, Say your prayers and Don’t wear heels because they make you too tall clipped to a check for thirty-five dollars. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “These ain’t Mother’s Day cards I’m sending ’em,” Ben replied toughly while sliding a clip into his automatic. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Francis drove at a reasonable clip—he was a careful driver, unlike Henry, who drove fast and often recklessly and whose eyes were none too good besides. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I got behind a tree and took clips from my belt. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The other boy took a swing at Frankie, clipping his shoulder and sending him staggering back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I saw your husband out here last night. And the cookies. And the rose clippings,” she said, talking faster as Aunt Rose’s indulgent smile melted into a disapproving frown. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The mile marker clipped by, and the tote board flashed the fraction: 1:36%. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It had to be the thrashing of kitchen hands for the crime of churning butter at a leisurely clip. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Dr. Zinchenko consulted the very advanced smartphone clipped to the waistband of her bright red pantsuit. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “Ho, ho, don’t think that ends it,” Bando said, and reached in his pocket for another clipping. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She was blinking them back when a clip of Claudia James, the lady who taped the whole thing, came back on the screen. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Daddy clips some roses at the kitchen counter. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Tally pulled on a jacket, clipped her sensor to her belly ring, and opened the window. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Then, half a paper clip just popped out of the kid’s neck. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Instead factory farms clip the beaks off their laying hens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z A brass money clip with an elephant pressed into its face, all of it a crusty green. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Dad clipped a dripping photo on the line. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He spoke into it in English, then clipped it back on and said, “I’ll head over there now.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He had all of these clips that he had checked round by round, and he was taking it all with him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Fiona came into my room and handed me a newspaper clipping. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z His dad pulls a cigar from his pocket, clipping it and lighting up in the careful ritual he’s done for years. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Paper clip donations began to pour in from all around the globe. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It had been transformed into a headquarters for the invasion, the long tables filled with portable work- screens manned by Specials, its usual quiet replaced by a buzz of clipped exchanges and commands. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Security was achieved not by roping myself to a teammate but rather by clipping my safety tether to the fixed line and sliding it up the rope as I ascended. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z They’d clip Mark within seconds and either tear him to pieces or rip him from the rope. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Yet prison censors went through each of those newspapers every day with scissors, clipping articles that they deemed unsafe for us to see. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because it was the whole reason why you came here in the first place,” Hideo says, his tone clipped. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As soon as we were in the living room, Mrs. Hull handed my mother a clipping. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Gusty looks down at himself, his shoes covered in grass clippings. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z And old press clippings of my dad winning the big game when he was a sophomore. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He read the clipping quickly, gave a very forced laugh, and handed it to Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z To help them make sense of a number like six million, they set out to collect six million paper clips. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He riffled through and extracted a group of clipped pages. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When he didn't show up she scolded him, prompting Dell to clip his toenails down so close it hurt to even put on his socks. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z There was a worn clipping in the purse, a poem she had torn out of an Oklahoma newspaper. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Those kids are celebrities! People wrote books about the paper clips project. They made a movie.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z There is plenty of junk and stacks of newspaper clippings about people and places I will never understand. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Ms. Simon shows a video clip of the diversity trainer the school has hired. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Their feet and hands had been shackled, and they all wore iron collars that had been clipped to hooks in the wagon’s roof. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Zohra clicks her tongue against her teeth as she watches me eye a sparkly clip that I can picture in my friend Emily’s long blond hair. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The pills were in a tiny clear bag clipped on top of my real medical chart. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They were at the breakfast table, Mrs. Eberhardt carefully clipping articles and photographs from the morning newspaper. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Liyana noticed she wasn’t keeping her ponytail pulled back neatly in its silver clip as she usually did. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Castle was on a pair of stepladders clipping his hedge that divides his front garden from ours. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z His neatly clipped silver hair and tailored suits and unmitigating stare of eyes and trim old body said it all over in simple, clear language: Chief Executive Officer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z These blowzy women with their little hats and their clippings hungered for attention. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The zip line doesn’t take any skill or work—you just clip and soar. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Emily picked up the scissors and leaned across the counter to clip the twine. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z As his rapid, clipped footsteps died away Cockerell, who had been sitting on the steps, laughed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z One rock clipped the wolf on the hindquarters, another on the back of the neck. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Just then I spot two women with name tags clipped to their shirt pockets. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z With clipped wings, they couldn’t fly far but they could still fly a little. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It doesn’t help that she looks obnoxiously cute—striped shirt tucked into a red skirt over tights, hair clipped back with bobby pins. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Usually we only watch when it’s mandatory, because the mixture of propaganda and displays of the Capitol’s power—including clips from seventy-four years of Hunger Games—is so odious. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Charlotte had her web almost finished when Templeton returned, carrying the newspaper clipping. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Instead, a clipped military voice was reading out, with a sort of brutal relish, a description of the armaments of the new Floating Fortress which had just been anchored between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I stopped asking the bush to give me gardenias but continued watering it and clipping its branches. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Maybe collecting thirty million paper clips was the only way for those guys to get their teachers to stop tolerance education.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He has been pondering this ever since the review was placed on his desk, neatly clipped and labeled by his assistant. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Yes, my daughter created it,” I hear her boast, trilling her “r” ’s, clipping her vowels even more precisely than usual, as if her accent were partly responsible for the painting. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The clip that had made the rounds on the Sunday morning news shows, and then went viral. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Boy21 was quoting verbatim whoever was announcing the launch on the YouTube clip—all the talk about harmony for the heavens and gateways. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally there is also a well-coiffed mother in the picture, clipping a rose from the garden. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A tiny white-gold brooch of the Republic seal is clipped on its bodice. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I had also learned from a newspaper clipping that a Special Branch officer broke into our Orlando house while Winnie was dressing and she reacted angrily, pushing the officer out of the bedroom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would you care to see the clippings from the papers? I’ve got them all in my room.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I start a small fire in the outdoor fireplace, wrap the primrose and artichoke in maple leaves, and clip some young shoots of a pokeweed. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked exactly like his photo in the newspaper clipping, but less gray. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Now, a ballpoint pen is slightly more valuable than a paper clip, but it’s still not worth very much money in the grand scheme of things. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I went to the bed and rattled it, so that a bunch of the pins and paper clips fell off. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z On The Best of Donahue the studio audience watched a clip from a film in which a black busker was singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” in a subway station. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I flip my sketchbook open to a fresh page, clip my father’s photo to the corner, and get busy. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She bundled The Gold-Bug with her notebook and the news clipping. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Tucker leaned against the counter and clipped his mechanical pencil to the frames of his glasses. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “A group of children were seen along the road this morning,” the wight said, his voice clipped, accent obscure—not quite English, not quite German. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Had he clipped into the rope with his safety tether it would have opened under his body weight and sent him tumbling down the Lhotse Face. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Had he not been clipped in with a jumar he would have certainly fallen to his death. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Newspaper clippings that mentioned Father’s name; the earliest ones, from back when seeing his name in print was a novelty. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The gardener was clipping away at the bougainvillea, taming the flowers that defiantly stuck out of the leveled top. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Each landmark date is accompanied by a clip showing throngs of shoppers, swarms of associates, or scenes of handsome new stores and their adjoining parking lots. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z What I could see was that a group was passing newspaper clippings back and forth and reading them aloud with little squeals of delight. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I open up a paper clip and scratch it across the inside of my left wrist. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “He never cleaned his mustache clippings out of the sink.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We walked beneath a huge billboard with a larger-than-life picture of a woman decked in gold jewelry—not just bangles and necklaces and earrings and nose rings, but even golden hair clips. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Snakes. Bears. Worms in apples. Toenail clippings. Floods. I could tell you dozens of things.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There was a lake of perfectly clipped grass and, across the lake, an ivory-tinted building I vaguely recognized as Greco-Roman. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Miss Lumley brings newspaper clippings about the Royal Family and sticks them to the side blackboard. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z With one swift movement, the guard pulled handcuffs from his belt and clipped Cole’s wrists behind his back. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z His father had sent him a clipping about the grant printed in the campus newspaper, with a photograph of his father standing outside the engineering building: “Prestigious grant for Professor Ganguli,” the caption read. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I look for the pink receipt, which she usually clips to the dash. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I buttoned the braces on to the trousers, six buttons in all, then I put on the trousers and adjusted the braces to the correct length by sliding two brass clips up and down. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had settled in, Joyce’s mother pulled out a clipping from the local newspaper and showed him the headline: “Joe Rantz Makes First Crew.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The next clipping showed a picture of my mother and brother and me grouped together in our backyard and smiling. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He quickly bent a paper clip in half so the two prongs stuck out—we called those “wasps.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z She smacked the phones from the hands of the kids who were clipping me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z It had a storage room with stacks of long sheets of paper with numbers on the margins and boxes of pens, pencils, staples, and paper clips. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z With Pollard sitting motionless in the saddle, they reeled off rapid fractions, clipping under the wire after six furlongs. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Peel a dollar from the stack that Jenkins gives each of us in the morning, the bill clipped to an envelope so they can send in their name and address and family and occupation. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Odd vowels, clipped words, and always a hiss on the letter s . . . no wonder it's impossible not to mimic them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She tried to measure all his talking and stops in that same interval, so if they ran a clip of him on the news they’d be pressed to play the whole thing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I read a set of news clips sent by my staff each morning and knew that Barack would be obliged to absorb and respond to every new development. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Other links connected to the hashtag were of the news clips. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z If Vogel used too much force, the shock of it would pull the tether free from Beck's suit clips. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “All right. I want two extra clips and a box of cartridges.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Then I stick a paper clip that I’ve unbent through a hole in the center and spin the wheel. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Sure, there are a few cranks who think the idea is stupid, or that we ripped it off from the paper clip school in Tennessee. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The stack of clippings is thick with grainy photos of Mom in her crown and dress. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When I joined him at the man-hoist, he showed me how to clip a lamp battery pack onto my belt and the lamp on my helmet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He promised to send her the clippings in the Westing file as soon as he was shoveled out. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Shining my headlamp on a dime-store thermometer clipped to the parka I’d been using as a pillow, I saw that the temperature inside the cramped, two-person tent was seven degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Taking a claw clip out, I shake my hair side to side in slow motion as if auditioning for a Pantene commercial. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Look at those old American cars. They’re held together with rubber bands and paper clips and still work better than the new Russian ones. Oye!” she calls out to the bystanders. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z If he used too little, the tether would run out before they matched speeds, then jerk to a hard stop at the end, which would also rip it out of Beck's suit clips. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the small plastic compass clipped onto the zipper of my backpack I was now heading northeast. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z On one occasion I had to clip her toenails. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Nel’s plea was clipped off by the slam of the bathroom door. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There was a tiny china duck, a thimble, a strange little brass coin, two paper clips and a stone with a hole in it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I clipped out flowers from cans of Carnation milk and pinned a wreath around cutouts of the little girl under an umbrella from the salt box and of Mr. Quaker from the box of oatmeal. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Finally I say, “Look, can you just call Vanessa over? I’ll apologize, even though I really don’t see how her clipping a hurdle was my fault.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I nodded and clipped closer to his scalp. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Wes opened the box, grabbed the gun and clips, and threw the empty box on the floor. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z They rolled, teeth clipping at tender ears, hind claws digging for purchase in soft belly fur. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Ob said as he looked over Cletus’s shoulder at the newspaper clipping that had been pulled from the famous suitcase. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I clip the pin I bought onto the collar of my shirt and fall asleep, picturing the Miss America crown being placed on my head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Someone had taken film from my roughly forty-minute talk and edited it down to a single ten-second clip, stripping away the context, putting the emphasis on a few words. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Another shell passed close, fifty yards to the left, clipped a limb, ricocheted up through the leaves. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My elbow flew up and clipped him under the chin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The note was clipped to our divorce papers, along with a check for ten thousand dollars, signed in the same fountain-pen blue ink on the note. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When he is, their talk is clipped and anxious. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Judging from the clips, it seemed like everyone was pretty confident the war, if it happened, would go well. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Jockeys say there is a small, bright sound when hooves clip against each other, a cheery portent of the wreck that is likely to follow. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaned over to study the torn news clipping. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They still have the programs and newspaper clippings on display from when he starred in A Raisin in the Sun. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The fizzy bath bombs and hair clips are from Tía. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Turns out, somebody has already asked the security office to keep an eye out for his money clip. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Shielding his eyes with his hand, he fired the full clip in his automatic toward the sound of the Laughing Man’s heavy, sibilant breathing. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z My gaze landed briefly on the stack of clippings Mama kept atop Father’s file cabinet, then I returned my attention to the wall. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “I’m using paper clips to make the chains for the swings, and I’m going to cut pieces of rubber tire for the seats.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Somebody posted a link to a news clip. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Malfoy came back a minute later, holding what looked like a newspaper clipping. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Some nights I sneak downstairs to watch the YouTube clips, just to convince myself that it’s not a dream, that I really am going to be able to run. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z A candle burns in the corner, and I see all sorts of newspaper clippings, New York Times write-ups about Aw Shucks. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Stella set the clippings aside and began flipping through a couple of pages of the notebook from school, frowning. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Maxie looked really good in the yellow dress she was wearing, with her hair pulled up in a clip. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Little made him a pair of ice skates out of two paper clips. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Every week she carefully clips the nails of his ten fingers and toes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Celia tells Felicia that her job is still waiting for her at the beauty shop, but that she’ll have to start from the bottom again, sweeping hair clippings and doing shampoos. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She remembers when she returned from her honeymoon in Soroa with a white orchid in her hair, one that Jorge had clipped from the terraced gardens high above the sulfur baths. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon, we pull up in front of a big house with a yawning front lawn of grass that, even in the dark, you can tell is neatly clipped. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Go make clips to fit those purlins. I don’t want you coming near this thing again.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It makes him seem even more intense than he already is, with his burning eyes, rapid-fire clipped speech, and slight lisp. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I start clipping the wires as close to her scalp as possible. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z For years she had read The Welch Daily News only for the obituaries and black-bordered memorial notices, clipping and saving her favorites. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Lyra heard the snap of metal clips and a hiss as air rushed into a vessel, and then there was a silence. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Lexie perched at the counter, inelegant in sweatpants and a tee, hair clipped in an untidy bun, picking sesame seeds off a bagel. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Make sure your fingernails are clipped and groomed.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He was a neatly dressed man well along in years, with a Greco face and fine wind-lifted white hair and a clipped white mustache. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They were profiled in the New Yorker, and they clipped reviews and answered enthusiastic letters. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The little raft swung above roiling seas, dangling from a pair of drop clips. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Back downstairs, she joined me at the kitchen table, clipping coupons. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I haven’t been in the emergency room since I got clipped by a sled and knocked myself out in the park in grade school. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I find Henry and I explain about the sunflowers and losing my clippings and I ask for advice. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The centaur clipped a small cylinder into the accommodating groove on Holly’s helmet. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He stepped closer to me, pointing the metal clip right at my chest. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z There were boots going down the alley at a sharp clip. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Pens, pencils, paper clips, a box of matches, a pipe. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I noticed a clip of blazing diamonds on her dress as I tried to stand aside for the others, but Brother Jack pushed me ahead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She clipped the receipt for the box of chalk to her ledger book so that she could list it in the column of itemized deductions that always accompanied her income tax returns. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They flew to the quarter pole, still sustaining a fearsome clip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Grub clipped him on the elbow with his buzz baton and a thousand volts spread across Butler’s chest. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Another carriage passed on the street, the horses clip- clopping slow. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The clip of boots against the pristine tile forced my eyes up, away from the doctor’s face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Despite how careful I am, my shoe clips the edge of the fat computer monitor. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t look very different from any elderly man, close to, and had a clipped gray beard and his coat buttoned all the way down the front. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The left corner of the Nova’s rear bumper clipped the chain-link post, taking the gate with it and knocking down a good part of the fence. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Two news articles about his “suicide” were linked at the bottom of his dossier, along with an unlabeled video clip, time-stamped on the day he’d died. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The chain straps of the dress were as light as paper clips against her collarbone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z That day they made the grainlands of Lakedaimon, where, as the horses held to a fast clip, they kept on to their journey’s end. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I clipped it on to Beau’s collar, next to his tag. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It could be old clips, it could be faked. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at the lines fanning out from her eyes, the simple knot she has pulled her hair into, and the hastily placed clip that holds it together. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z With the Hillary Step finally clear, I clipped into the strand of orange rope, swung quickly around Fischer as he slumped over his ice ax, and rappelled over the edge. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z If I lock it up, it’ll just stay there at the side of the bridge, as evidence, and they’ll clip the lock or saw through the chain after a while. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z His sandy hair, which used to be so unruly, was now clipped short. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Then I untie the black collared shirt from around my waist and put it on, buttoning it up all the way to my neck and clipping my suspenders over it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The major had a little toothbrush mustache overhanging small, tight lips that clipped his words briskly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Tally clenched one in her hand as she stood at the edge of the river, wearing nothing but the sensor clipped to her belly ring, shivering in the cool breeze. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z There was usually some mention of him and his cousin in the folds of the daily paper, some new clipping to collect. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He pinches his lips shut for a long moment, and when he finally speaks, his words are clipped and cutting. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z With a frustrated groan, Bongo let the paper clip fall to the ground. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The word felt clipped and unnatural on her tongue. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I saw a clip. Not the whole deal.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z He tossed the paper clip onto his desk blotter; now he stroked his beard some more. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice was suddenly clipped, terse, as if what he was about to say made him angry. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I never ran out of ammo, because each time I fired a round, a new round was teleported into the bottom of the clip. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The fat policeman makes a show of unlocking Dutchy’s handcuffs and clipping them to his belt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He thumbs through newspaper clippings, pulls one out. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “Nope,” he said—clipped, final, soft, as though he regretted it but could never permit such a thing. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom makes food only people in Ohio eat, like Jell-0 molds with miniature marshmallows or recipes she clips from Family Circle. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She yelped in surprise as the bow began to shrink, and became a hair clip shaped like a crescent moon. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As the carriage clipped along, it passed men and women running crazily in all directions. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z June was when our house got so quiet I could sometimes hear Dad clipping his fingernails a room away. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The clipped items and slips were turned over to the paster who affixed the clippings to the slips. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the fading light, the trees along the banks were slowly losing their dimensions, flattening into silhouettes clipped from black paper and pasted to the paling sky. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z My arm is clipped by bag nine and it nearly knocks me off balance, but I’m just barely able to catch myself. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “My mother had to clip her lashes with sewing scissors.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z "Yes, Your Highness," I say, keeping my answers clipped. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z One of the gardeners saw that her pile of grass clippings was all spread out. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But on the other hand, I thought about what my mom had said in the TV clip. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I had about two dozen, which I had clipped onto a huge key ring that was attached to the outside zipper pocket of my backpack. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z We bend low beneath the neatly clipped bush, listening for the footsteps of concealed security guards. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then she goes in the backyard, starts clipping the rosebushes and digging the tulip bulbs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z David had dark hair and olive skin, and spoke in quiet, clipped tones. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z One day, after I finished my shift, a deputy superintendent gave me permission to look through two manila folders in which he kept a lot of old newspaper clippings and prison memorabilia. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The day they took the magazine picture I wore neatly plaited braids clipped with plastic barrettes trimmed with rhinestones. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I would have left the godforsaken industrial-strength hair clips in Alice’s drawer where I found them if I thought I could get away with it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z She clipped on his new badge as he stood beside her, beaming. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “Her son, she said, who was in the army. How friendly such things make strangers feel, don’t they? She talked away all the time the man clipped, and diverted my mind nicely.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they had it free and the nurse clipped through the belly band and removed the heavy node. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She clipped my fingernails smooth where they had broken every which way while I was grabbing at bushes and trees and Listening Rock. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Delphine had a grown sound like it was waiting for me to slide into it, like a grown woman slides into a mink coat and clips on ruby earrings. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, at the very least, the small fan clipped to my bunk seemed suddenly unnecessary. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z His neatly clipped black hair, silvery about the temples with scant patches of grayness, reminded me of my father’s head ten years before, those dense shines of hair. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Two hundred and fifty-one thousand notes!” she says at a loud, rapid clip. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His mustache in the photograph was clipped and narrow, his chin was chiseled, and his eyes were sharp as thorns. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As soon as Winston had dealt with each of the messages, he clipped his speakwritten corrections to the appropriate copy of the Times and pushed them into the pneumatic tube. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The gyro had widened; The Great Chain of Being had snapped like so many paper clips strung together by some drooling idiot; death, destruction, anarchy, progress, ambition, and self-improvement were to be Piers' new fate. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The dense bushes along the fences, where many birds lived, had been clipped. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “No wonder you can never find a paper clip when you need one,” Jordie comments when the bell rings and we’re heading for the door. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The clipping had clearly come out of the wizarding newspaper, the Daily Prophet, because the people in the black-and-white picture were moving. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She played with a paper clip that the man at the desk gave her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z In the end, those kids collected five times as many paper clips as they needed, and founded a world-renowned Holocaust museum. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Migrants clip labels off clothes from Central America. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I clipped Wishbone’s leash to his collar and we set off down the road. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Okay, so every video clip of Tupac is from back in the day. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Perry looked through old letters, photographs, clippings, and selected from them those mementos he meant to take with him. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Stooping to gather the dropped clippings, she was confronted by the face of Sam Westing. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “During World War II, the people of Norway wore paper clips on their clothes as a protest against the Nazis,” Mr. Brademas puts in. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I hollered as a stone clipped my shoulder. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Without any real expectation I reached underwater for the distillate pouch that was clipped to the round buoyancy chamber. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The rest is a blank, or would have been if not for the fact that everyone with an iPhone clipped me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z "Gigantic clouds of flies," she said, showing me a video clip on her phone. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He was hoping he’d be some kind of protection after the naked man showed up, but he’s so old he’s bent up like a paper clip. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A web search for classical music from a particular country may turn up some sound clips. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I remember seeing that on television, in news clips filmed in one city after another. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab two giant alligator clamps that I’ve seen the tech guys wearing on their shorts, kinda like hairdressers with their hair clips. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He had a clipped, vowel-flattened way of speaking that told me he was from somewhere else but faking a British accent, though not particularly well. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z So he asked a friend if he could have a paper clip. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He had peered up my nose with a telescopic flashlight which looked like a thin pen that clipped into the top pocket of his white lab jacket. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I take the clippings inside, and place them in a water glass. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z On the dresser, she found a pile of soiled handkerchiefs and a scattering of dirt-crusted fingernail clippings. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Henry clipped the article, folded it into thirds, and mailed it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Her words were cultured, exquisite in her mouth, clipped and close and precise. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The Current of Faith was clipping along at tremendous speed, smooth as silk through the water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He reached into his pocket and took out a paper clip. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z As I waited at Camp One on April 13 for my teammates to join me atop the Icefall, a pair of climbers from Scott Fischer’s Mountain Madness team strode past at an impressive clip. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Like how to clip a barrette to the front of my hair so it looks cute-but-not-babyish. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Everything feels shocked, like the time I stuck a paper clip in an electric socket just to see. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The screen behind her shows clips of each kid in action. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z My unruly, long curly hair was pulled back and secured by some kind of clip. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She clipped the wires to the lemons by attaching one end to a nail on one lemon and the other end to a penny on the next lemon. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Miss Lumley brings newspaper clippings about the Royal Family and sticks them to the side blackboard. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Someone dropped a clipping, and before it was picked up, Ralph was able to glimpse a picture of himself looking small and frightened in the goldfish bowl. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z I walked over to my files of newspaper clippings and pulled out a manilla folder, the one which has all the newspaper clippings about the auction and the museum buying the statue. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw wheels of ribbon and wrapping paper, stacks of colored construction paper, cardboard boxes of newspaper clippings, watercolors and cans of paint, a yellow stack of phone books. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He read the yellowing press clipping framed at eye-level, with a photo of Jack and two alligators. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Maxine holds a handful of braids and clips the ends with the scissors. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I clipped out the fist and kept it for the several months it took me to read all of the titles. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “So what exactly are you going to do with all this stuff you’re filming? I’m asking because if you’re putting it on the Internet, I want to make sure the clip goes viral.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “If only I had a pair of scissors. One clip, and you would be handsome. Now go downstairs. Let Nicoletta get ready.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He inserted a pair of scissors into the monkey and clipped out part of the spleen. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Marcus McCoy had called me Space Boy so many times that I knew by heart the way his faint Southern accent stretched out the a and clipped the y, but doubt lingered. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I went out into the cold, annoyed both by his lack of surprise and by the short, clipped manner in which he'd spoken, but I started out, taking my own time. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He unhooked a pair of handcuffs from his belt; they were clipped on next to his gun. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z His English was clipped by a faint accent I couldn’t trace. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Other bills clipped, bills taped, money falling out to the floor. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The walls were plastered with posters and newspaper clippings and photographs, bombarding me with scenes from the life of the Panthers. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z If something or someone dis-pleases him, his eyes narrow and his speech becomes clipped. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I hate that there are things—trivial things, like why she needed a newspaper clipping about a cookbook author who’d be visiting the library—that I never knew to ask Lucy about. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He clipped his white tail and made Rabscuttle nibble his fur short and stain it with mud and blackberries. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He stripped off the bloodied gauntlets, loading a fresh clip into the handgun. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Inside, there’s a stack of documents held together by a paper clip. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z She almost forgot her belly sensor, but clipped it on just before she left. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I somehow managed to hit myself in the head with my racket and clip Mike’s shoulder on the same swing. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The clip made the TV news the next morning. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Well?” said Malfoy impatiently as Harry handed the clipping back to him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z One clipped the side and tumbled into the grass. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Then, almost at once, she made for the living room, at a clip that scarcely gave her leave to call back over her shoulder, “Change that shirt, young man!” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z When they walked, their stride quickened; all the peasant hesitancy of their speech vanished as their voices became clipped, terse. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Kami, being young and cocky and inexperienced, didn’t think it was really necessary to clip into the rope. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, somebody had clipped me at the stables. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The gravelly voice spoke her name like a native Spanish speaker would, a light roll of the Rs leading into the clipped A. It didn’t matter. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Park turned to walk away from the house, but the little brown truck whipped too fast into the driveway, jumping the curb and nearly clipping him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit shook loose to win, clipping two fifths of a second off the track record. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The handcuffs clipped to his belt were as shiny and unscratched as the day he joined the force, almost two years earlier. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He reaches up and unlocks one of my hands from its chain, then clips it into the handcuffs. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He’d readied himself for a comb, a mirror, a change purse, maybe some paper clips. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Soon as you fire off a clip put a new one in, ” he said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the black pages are filled with articles clipped from newspapers, but there are also handwritten letters, the dates ranging from only a few years previous to more than a decade ago. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Over the next day or two, as more casualties trickled in, she learned how to clip an artery and pump up a plastic splint and shoot in morphine. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z So Matt described the brown-clad men and women who toiled endlessly over the fields and the gardeners who clipped the vast lawns of El Patron’s estate with scissors. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He lumbers out and removes the little scissors hanging from a clip on his waist. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The Chevy clipped the side of the Saturn on the driver’s-side door. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Yes, dear. Now, I think you could do with some more hair clips, don’t you?” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z A boy on top of a wooden board—this flying T with tricycle wheels in the back—rumbled by and managed to clip me good. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We move at a pretty good clip, one manning the coil, the other keeping watch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I think maybe the surfboard fin clipped it.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z With a pair of scissors she clipped the fins. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He thinks about his mother clipping an older woman’s bangs and asking her about her husband, who is in a nursing home. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Her coat was newly clipped and she wore a scarlet ribbon round her forelock. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z She hands me a small silver rectangle with a clip on one side. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He enclosed an old press clipping to prove that she had been legally informed of the divorce action by publication. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I left the ax where it lay, clipped the rope, and followed Stuart down the steep flank of the Geneva Spur. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The poles clipped by, blurring in the riders’ peripheral vision. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Her head looked like a garden, with the flower clips attached all over it. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It was stuffed with newspaper clippings about the secret documents and the man who had leaked them. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The rabbi texts him audio clips, and Link follows along on papers with the Hebrew blessings spelled out phonetically. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Two pieces of paper fell out — a letter and a newspaper clipping. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She hammered at their spool’s securing clips, releasing it from the winding spindle. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Laney had discovered a box of flower clips under Isa’s bed and was attaching each one to her ponytail. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Our darkest fears were confirmed the next day when Father went to empty the stove and discovered the clip, used to fasten it to a pocket, among the ashes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I pulled out pictures, grade cards, newspaper clippings, childhood drawings, and school papers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z As I peel the cover open, an avalanche slides out: newspaper clippings. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z As she opened the envelope, a yellowed newspaper clipping fluttered to the ground. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z My curiosity, in the case of Prince Jones, opened a world of newspaper clippings, histories, and sociologies. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z His grey hair was clipped close and he had a neatly trimmed white moustache. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z By the time I got to Mrs. Caperdeen’s class, and by the time she taught the lesson about Aaron Douglas, I had collected like a thousand Family Circus clips. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She lifts a piece of hair from my face and pins it back with a silver hair clip, the way Erudite girls do. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Then he unrolled and clipped together four small cylinders of paper which had already flopped out of the pneumatic tube on the right-hand side of his desk. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z A wealth of combed and clipped mustache gave him the appearance and attitude of a French rake of the nineteenth century, and incidentally concealed his crooked front teeth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “You want me to clip the Doorman for you?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z As I clipped into a fixed rope and prepared to rappel over the lip, I was greeted with an alarming sight. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z As he clipped his safety tether onto the fixed rope he tossed his ice ax down, then left it lying on the rocks as he embarked on the first rappel. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The judge returned to her desk to study the newspaper clippings. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z And a note, clipped to a business card: Anita will sell these for you when you need money. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The other guy swerved around us at the last second, but not before he clipped our rear fender. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z "Did you read my letter on Monday?" he asks in rapid, clipped words. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The microphone clipped to my lapel is slipping. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Both kids ducked, and Petra hit Calder in the nose with her hair clip. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z But the way I see it through my Adah eyes it is a flat plank clipped into pieces, rectangles and trapezoids, by the skinny black-line shadows of tall palm trunks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve imagined their reaction to the newspaper articles, the TV clip. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had bicycle clips and tatting shuttles and Mah Jong sets. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z To assess his hair color, the man snips a lock of hair from Werner’s head and compares it to thirty or so other locks clipped to a board, arrayed darkest to lightest. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In art class, his favorite hour of the week, he carves his name with paper clips into the bottoms of clay cups and bowls. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They split into teams and had debates, and they put a whole new layer of clippings and cartoons and news photos onto Mr. Larson’s bulletin boards. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z At a livelier clip they took the river road toward Baker’s Mill. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Angela found one video particularly interesting, a YouTube clip posted Friday night. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z They showed a video clip of volunteers sifting through the wreckage for human remains. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And a group of small birds chatted with some clipped formality in the pines on the other side of the clearing. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Very conscientiously, he parted the canes and clipped one in the middle, holding the shears at a careful slant, taking care not to injure a larger cane adjacent to it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I’ve dropped some paper clips on the floor and I’m crouching under a desk to pick them up slowly. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “That is freaky,” she says after seeing the clips. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “I read that portfolio of clippings your brother’s lawyer sent. Must have been a great old gentleman.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The rain came almost at the exact spot where the crack was that had clipped her the day before. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Gritting her teeth, Sefia got to her feet, clipped the padlock back in place, and tapped him on the shoulder to let him know they had to go. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Here was a superior tongue, a luminous language, the kind of English he heard on Master’s radio, rolling out with clipped precision. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Inside a small compartment was a rolled-up tube of paper with a yellow card clipped to its end. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z After I got sick of making the paper clip chain, I checked the rest of the drawers looking for something else revealing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “You and Aunt Florentine were such a pair,” said Mama, straightening up and repositioning the clip in her hair. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I won’t say we bounded up, but considering that we had almost 4,500 feet of climb in a little over three miles, we walked at a pretty steady clip. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z "Copy," Beck said as he hastily latched the front of his suit to the front of Watney's with tether clips. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It could be a whipping, a clipping of the ear, imprisonment, or a cut-off hand. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The owner of the gun took the clip out and handed the gun to them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She took down all of the Vermeer posters and all of the newspaper clippings. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Sausun, rocking back and forth with her arms wrapped around her knees and a frown on her face as if she’s experiencing menstrual cramps right in front of everyone, clips her Qur’anic answers in staccato. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He had a buzzcut like his dad, and was using a paper clip to scratch into his desk. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z "Judge Ford thought her clues were an insult, and she said something about playing a pawn in Westing's game. And she had a clipping of the obituary on her desk. This obituary." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaned over to study the torn news clipping. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I can’t stop thinking about those six million paper clips at that school in Tennessee,” I say. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Plates of dark armor clip into place around my wrist, then cover my forearms, then creep up to my shoulders. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Pasted inside the front cover, surrounded by an elaborately inscribed tree, Celia can barely make out something that must once have been a newspaper clipping. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The filmy enchantments of mirage could not endure the cold ocean water and the horizon was hard, clipped blue. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “But our bears have developed an intolerance for dogs. One of them might demonstrate his prejudice with a clip on the chin, and then—no dog.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them are old clippings, and show Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose, in Girl Guide uniforms, making radio and other speeches during the Blitz. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Their carbines were clipped to the frame of the bicycles. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Victor and his gang piled out of the bus and took off at a fast clip toward the field. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I love the symbolism, Daniel, but it isn’t practical. Paper clips don’t rot; berries do.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I went out into the cold, annoyed both by his lack of surprise and by the short, clipped manner in which he'd spoken, but I started out, taking my own time. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Apologized for almost clipping ankles or running over toes. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Barb helps me clip the last strap into place. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z One of its chains clipped a guard, and he fell screaming to the floor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Maybe she was hoarse, or maybe it was the way she said her words, with both a drawl and a clip. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought for a moment that the tenor of her voice sounded like mine in those many months of our trouble, clipped, almost dead. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z An older man sat on the edge of his bed, oxygen tubes hooked under his nostrils as he struggled to clip his fingernails in Room 415. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Mom looked real again, with her long strawberry-blond hair clipped back and her hands coated with dirt. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The unmistakable, clipped cadence of Martial voices carries down the tunnel. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z John clipped to a Loyalist and forced to march. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I returned to the newspaper clipping and my journal, where I’d written as much as I could of what Uncle Jack told me. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Dub had mowed the yard that morning, and clippings still littered the concrete carport. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In the corner there was another clipping, this one from the New York Times. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The Mellower sat up and brushed grass clippings from his hair. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I noticed a clip of blazing diamonds on her dress as I tried to stand aside for the others, but Brother Jack pushed me ahead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He was walking toward me at a brisk clip, hunched beneath the considerable weight of a six- foot log balanced across one shoulder. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was sung at a faster clip than the usual one in the C.M.E. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The judge returned to Sunset Towers with clippings from the newspaper's files. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The warrior ducked and avoided the brunt of the projectile, but it clipped his helmet and sent it tumbling off his head. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I moved down the wall to see some of the college clippings. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “The paper clip idea was great,” I offer. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Someone’s foot clipped the edge of the gun, sending it skittering away. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z They milled around, casting quick glances up and down the sidewalk, like they were waiting for someone, all of them so nicely dressed, wearing ties with clips on them like store clerks and bank tellers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Freddie tapped the lockers with the metal pen clip he had used to etch the graffiti. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Through my contact lenses, the entire main intersection of Shibuya is alight with hovering screens, rotating through each wild card’s photo and showing clips from past drafts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I glimpsed the back of Mom—she had her bathrobe on, her hair caught up in a big clip—and heard the clink of dishes in the sink. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The object looked like a silver pen, clipped to her pocket cuff. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Emily picked up the scissors and leaned across the counter to clip the twine. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z A gunshot from the SUV clipped him in the chest and sent an explosive spray of blood into the air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He heard the robot gardeners clipping the grass along a walk. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The browning grass had recently been clipped short, and the brick path leading to the graveyard was swept clean. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The table clipped her backpack, knocking the gas tank clean off. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Nailer clung to the rail, clipped to his safety lines and out of the way of the feverish work as the crew fought their ship forward. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Dell takes out a pair of fingernail clippers from his pants pocket, and while Quang-ha flips through the channels, Dell pulls off his socks and clips his toenails. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Nailer took his knife and hacked Bapi’s light crew code above the place where he had clipped the wire. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Some were thick, and some were so slim that only a clip was needed to hold them together. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He reached in his coat pocket and took out a newspaper clipping. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “If someone were to be texting and clipped your father while he was driving and was—and your father was killed,” he asked, “would you want accountability?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Big Ma had me help her clip their wing feathers, which neither the chickens nor Fern appreciated, but clipping their wings made it easier to keep track of them while they strutted about the yard. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Nothing will convince him that his fortunes might not suddenly reverse, reducing him to a diet of fingernail clippings or soups made from fallen leaves and seasoned with flashlight batteries. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Her thick shoes shushed her through the grass toward us at a surprising clip. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Some evenings he'd sit clipping coupons for the cereals we liked and the laundry detergent Mama used. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z The machine gun opened fire once more from a black rise above the motor pool, and orange tracer bullets skimmed like low-gliding dashes over the tops of the shadowy tents, almost clipping the peaks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He slipped the boy’s knapsack straps loose and set the pack on the floor behind him and he put his thumbnail under the aluminum clip on the top of the can and opened it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I watch from the passenger seat as they clip their little alligator mouths somewhere in that mess of engine and battery parts. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z It’s a clip of him dressed in a flawless tuxedo, leaving a charity ball with a young woman on his arm, his coat draped around her shoulders. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I’d clipped her right wing and she screamed in rage—or maybe it was pain. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “The power is in your hands,” Balekin tells him in a clipped way that leaves the “for now” heavily implied. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They would clip the article for a scrapbook of reviews, quote it for references and referrals. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “You ever hear about the guy who turned a paper clip into a house?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I was lifted from the cage and felt the plastic collar clipped around my neck. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She inserted it into one of the strong manila envelopes that the Bureau used to mail clippings in. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Lelia had already left the apartment for a freelance job, though she’d clipped a note to the front page of the paper: You don’t have to go. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z To Bush, the sequestering of knowledge and policy authority had one special virtue: it clipped Lawrence’s wings. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I’m afraid the bedroom is going to be full of sex stuff, but the grossest thing we find is crumpled tissue on the floor next to the bed and nail clippings on his dresser. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I clipped the leash on her collar and headed back outside. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Rosie follows at a fast clip, her trunk curled high in the air. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The history program brought the battle of Port Stanley to life with music and video clips. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The beast was going at a good clip, and it was no small animal; it was an adult male that looked to be about 140 pounds. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Who said we were scared?” she shot back at him with a clipped little sneer. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He piled research material, hate pamphlets, news clippings, letters and other items on my bed for me to study at night. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sweaty and covered in dirt and grass clippings. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She thought about the clippings in the cigar box—and shucks, even the papers on the wall—and thought, maybe...maybe... Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z If not, T can play clips from other songs or have them sing other short songs to reinforce the concepts of major and minor. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z His mouth went to the microphone clipped to his shoulder, saying he needed assistance. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Heavyhearted, Ralph pushed his desk back against the wall, shut the curtain, clipped together his equations and charts. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Doctor Copeland moved his tongue precisely as though he clipped out his words with scissors. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z There's a loud ring, and Officer Khan pulls his cell phone off a clip on his belt and presses it to his ear. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Varney entered the ready room a few minutes before 0500 and went immediately into the clipped, faintly Oxonian accent that scraped across Bull’s eardrum like a nail. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, I met my friends in the bathroom and I bought a .22 caliber with a clip. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z "Get up, Uncle Tom," he said, and I clipped him. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But the toe of my right cleat clips Jason’s shin, propelling me into a midair flip. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Then she picked up the kitchen shears that her stepmother had left on the table and clipped away the uneven ends of her hair. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She also kept postcards and letters from the trip, as well as newspaper clippings about the plane crash. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Ibises, with wings clipped to keep them from flying away, stalked through papyrus grass and hunted frogs under the lily pads. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned wildly and our tires squealed as we nearly clipped a mailbox, and when I straightened up we went along a curvy road lined with maple trees. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There was a clip at the end of the lanyard, and onto this I hooked the key ring. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Her sample drawings were clipped, rather subordinately, to her photograph. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She slipped the newspaper clipping back into the envelope and stuck it between two books on her bookshelf. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She bundled The Gold-Bug with her notebook and the news clipping. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Excellent,” she said, handing him a dead rose and a binder clip. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z His hair was a tufted brown crew cut, as if his mother, Regina, or his sister, Joan, had clipped it one day and a comb hadn't touched it since. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Looks like someone made him out of paper clips and Scotch tape. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Lon slowed his voice and clipped his words in imitation of the Master Librarian. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Great salesman, considering he’s blatantly lying about a bill in the clip. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The first clipping showed a big, blown-up picture of a girl with black-shadowed eyes and black lips spread in a grin. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Lee went in to Adam and found him trying to open the box that held the clippings about his father. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He was in his fifties, I guess, with short gray hair and a clipped gray beard. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I’d be tending my herb garden, clipping sprigs of fragrant leaves or replanting tender roots, then all of a sudden, a single tear would fall down my face without my awareness, surprising me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z After my parents leave, Rachel shows me a binder filled with pages of different kinds of furniture sets clipped out of magazines. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He looks at me with homeless-person eyes, like I just popped out of a manhole and offered him valuable paper clips from the moon. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Kyril Montana watched the chopper start, lift jerkily off the meadowland, and rise at an awkward slant, then whizz down the canyon, almost clipping treetops. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z While my twists are clipped and drying, Mrs. Walton has me try on the ivory princess gown we got from Bamberger’s. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The friend gave him the paper clip for free, because it wasn’t worth much. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They said their hellos, but conversation was clipped. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Kamau’s words were clipped as he looked down his nose at the man with only thinly veiled disgust. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z L.V. carefully kept the clipping, just as he carefully kept a pile of other glowing clippings about Boobie from the Dallas Morning News and the Odessa American his junior year. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z One summer when his fur grew matted and mildewed I clipped him to the skin. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She clipped my hair behind my ear, then left her hand on my cheek for a second more. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There were clips suddenly circulating from both the Milwaukee and the Madison speeches, focused on the part where I talked about feeling encouraged. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Not long ago, I found an old clip of his injury on YouTube. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Ashima’s initial glimpse, before the cord is clipped and they carry him away, is of a creature coated with a thick white paste, and streaks of blood, her blood, on the shoulders, feet, and head. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “It pushes us back at the same rate the wind pushes us forward. We sail at a fine clip, yet go nowhere.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She's on her back with a pair of pale green tubes running from a clip under her nose to a panel on the wall. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There's an ID badge clipped to the open zipper. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z On entering, they found index cards with each student’s name pinned up on the walls around the classroom, with clips fastened below them. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he said something so rapid, throaty, and clipped that neither of us understood it, turned quickly and strode off across the quadrangle. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He'd seen the clips all over social media the night before. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Her blond hair is pulled back into a tight bun, and the button clipped to her yellow tie reads “Rae.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Some of them are old clippings, and show Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose, in Girl Guide uniforms, making radio and other speeches during the Blitz. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, from each conversation, she selected two ten-second clips of the doctor talking, so her slice was a total of forty seconds. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The book fell open to a place Mr. Curtain had marked with a paper clip, and Reynie saw that the pages were covered with handwriting. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The video clip opened with a shot of Sorrento’s avatar standing outside the front gates of Castle Anorak. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Funny though: somebody posted a video clip of Tupac from back in the day. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Butler laid in the rest of the automatic’s clip in a ten-centimeter diameter between the troll’s eyes. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I went to the office and asked the secretary for a paper clip. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Jessie gathered four lemons and six pieces of wire that were connected on each side to small alligator clips. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He had Seabiscuit’s heavy winter coat clipped off and took him to the scales. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There were clips of panel discussions, where preachers and community leaders sat around arguing for me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I folded the clippings and slipped them in my pocket. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Never mind,” his voice clips as quick as a paper cut. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Then the guy took the paper clip and went to a different friend. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I said, brushing down my dress and adjusting the clip in my hair, which was coming loose. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z ‘A man came to pick our dates and guavas. Another clipped hibiscus. Yes, there I tasted life. Here I eat my dinner from a rice pot.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Everybody sat there, then everybody screamed and shot even more paper clips at each other and Brandon Goff pinned me down and shoved spitballs in my ear. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z A newspaper clipping, formerly hidden beneath the worn brown thing I came up here to take. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z She swung, scattering one of them into nothingness and clipping the other. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The book had clippings, cut out in ninety-degree angles as square and true as in an architectural rendering, of every story written about the Permian team that year. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z That was a video clip I sent to my friends, and they sent back emojis of shocked faces. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “Jim’s car was clipped by a Tahoe that had crossed the yellow line and sent it into oncoming traffic,” an officer told her. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Pi jumps and runs in circles, making it hard for me to get him clipped in. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It is chin- length, black, and pinned back with silver clips. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z At the police station, he is strip-searched, and an unlikely collection of items, including cash, a compass, a pocket- knife, and a newspaper clipping of Lincoln’s second inaugural address, are found in his pockets. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Other people took theirs out too; some, like Harry, had belted their book shut; others had crammed them inside tight bags or clamped them together with binder clips. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He loaded it with a cartridge clip, and told me that all I would have to do then was squeeze the trigger release. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Jem clipped invisible pince-nez to his nose, cleared his throat, and said, “The text for the day, my brethren, is from the Psalms: ‘Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, O ye gates.’ Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But they are unprepared, and Beetee, apparently anticipating he would not hold on to control, has an arsenal of five- to ten-second clips to work with. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He answered questions from Linton and Judge Willmore in clipped language, polite on its face, but distant and just shy of hostile. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Studying the recipe collection that May clipped from magazines and kept taped on the refrigerator. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was out of earshot, Annie turned to Toby and Luke and gave them a clipped smile. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She clipped one end to Moss’s collar, then snaked the cord behind him and put the transmitter in his back pocket. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z According to the clippings, they were going on a trip all the way around the world. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The mold was made from the hair clippings of himself and friends. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Dylan teaches us how to clip, tether ourselves to the harness and wire cable. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The horse had run a mile at nearly a world-record clip, and injured or not, he had to be cooled out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The day she clips her way out of her cocoon, the only sound she plans to hear is a deafening cheer. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As he clipped, hair fell on my shoulders, pricking me like needles. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He held the shears with both hands, above his head, clipping away. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z We might be almost as famous as that school in Whitwell, Tennessee, and their paper clips project—and somebody made a movie about them. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He reached up to the top shelf and pulled out the shoe box that held his 9mm Beretta and a few full clips. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The senators read newspapers, jumped up and down opening and closing doors and windows, gazed at the ceiling, sharpened pencils, clipped their fingernails, stretched, and yawned. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I have a paper clip in my collection. I’ll give that a shot.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z One evening while Father was out and Shirley was pasting clippings in her Dodgers scrapbook, the lights suddenly went off. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I had a book around my neck, fastened by a clip to my pressure suit, which contained procedures for eighteen different types of rendezvous that I might need. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a key ring from his pocket and walked over to Newcharlie, undid the handcuffs, and clipped them to his holster. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Over the next week Maddie pieced together the pilot’s story in a storm of newspaper clippings with the mental wolfishness of Lady Macbeth. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A shot took off the limb of a tree nearby, clipped it off cleanly, so that it fell all at once, making a sound like a whole tree falling. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They interviewed people and showed clips from films of the time, black and white, and still photos. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The clipping is a theatrical review, an article carefully removed from the London Times. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I buy Carmen a gold hair clip with little fake diamonds. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s a junior like me, and he carries a double-spaced copy of the script clipped into a giant blue binder, exploding with pencil notes. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I felt a shoulder moving, perhaps mine, reversing clips I had taped together. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In Lucy’s nightstand, I find more newspaper clippings, but these are mostly of Mom. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z A common accident was “clipping heels,” in which trailing horses tripped over leading horses’ hind hooves, usually sending the trailing horse and rider into a somersault. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z News clip after news clip fills in holes and at the same time creates new ones. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “I’m wearing hair clips,” I point out.“Okay, well, they’re invisible.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He wandered over to a pile of grass clippings and lay down. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I clipped on a microphone and stepped to the lectern. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave me a pair of surgical scissors, which I used for clipping pictures out of magazines. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I probably have my best start, getting out of the blocks fast and clean, and I don’t clip a single hurdle. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z More than the video clips they make me watch. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Using his left hand like a vice, he held my head still and clipped away with his right. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The eaves of the Forest behind were clipped, and trim as a hedge. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Now, she was an astronaut clipped from her vessel, floating endlessly in endlessness, with no possibility of ever returning. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z While Dozer and Duke bickered, Big Tony reached in and clipped a leash to Duke’s collar. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z There’s a box of clip lights, and he arranges them around the workbench. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z One Saturday, I reblogged a bunch of Fresh Prince GIFs and clips. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He clipped the stem and buried the top in a thick strand of his wife’s hair. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z In another was a collection of little clips and fasteners of various sizes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Shoto opened a window and played this video clip for me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Something clipped Kendra’s shoulder and sent her spinning to the ground. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “We don’t bust, yet they blame us for murder” brings on news clips from when that boy was killed last year. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Across from us there was a bulletin board with newspaper clippings about former students. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Egypt,” he says in a clipped voice, and it’s the first word I’ve heard him say that he sounds happy with. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Holding a cigarette at his hip like a riding crop, he walked with clipped steps into the store. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He fished some liver out of the jug, clipped a few bits off it, and fixed the bits in plastic. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When Oppie called to tell him he would rejoin the Berkeley faculty after all, Lawrence responded, “Good, I can clip your wings a little.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I still clip a hurdle sometimes, but I haven’t fallen again—at least not at a meet. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z And under the clip was a little folded piece of paper. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If Pollard tried to take it, it was highly likely that he would clip his right leg on Wedding Call. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And there, clipped to the door in a spring-clamp, was “Handle H.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She cleans them clunky things off and clips them on my ears without even asking me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Allys sits up straighter, and her words come fast and clipped. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z With Mom and Dad’s farewells still resounding in our ears, Alice took out her Swiss Army knife, with all the gadgets on it—from screwdriver to scissors—and clipped a broken nail. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian charged out of his tent for revenge with his .45, ramming a clip of cartridges up into the grip and slamming the bolt of the gun back to load it. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The air had a sweet burn of frost, and Charley, moving ahead, saluted in detail a whole row of clipped privet, and he steamed as he went. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle made me a beautiful wooden box in which I placed her chewed-up pencil, a lock of her hair my mother had cut, her toenail clippings, and other really sacred items like that. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The bike slid round so the back faced front, clipped the Boer War Memorial, and Ross Wilcox got cartwheeled over the crossroads. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z As I put the things back in their folders, a clipping fluttered to the floor. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The last person they passed was a sturdy old gaffer clipping a hedge. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Tell your mother that we found the Glasgow Empire press clippings we were telling her about. She seemed very interested when Miriam mentioned them to her.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z We watch all kinds of clips full of family in different places, but always the feeling’s the same: of love, of home. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z A couple minutes later, I was clipped into a full suit of goalie pads and hunched down in the net. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z You certainly wouldn’t expect them to uphold their 80 percent clip. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The quartet of horses blazed down the stretch at a terrific clip, with Seabiscuit a half length in front. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mack hit him a clip which is still remembered and discussed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Wash brought out the newspaper clipping from his pocket and handed it to Lewis. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Why had he risked his life for a few headshots and clippings? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z By stringing the fiber along a gap in a stretch of wire—a bent paper clip worked marvelously—he hoped to diffract X-rays and obtain images. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Boy, this sure is overdue,” he said as he began to carefully clip the hooves and peel away the old layers. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Well,” he said, “at least this isn’t a photocopy of a clipping. Odds are he did this at the library, from the school’s copy.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I’ve got lots of clips like these that I’ve recorded over the past few weeks, but it doesn’t feel like enough. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z The jesses were held in the fingers or clipped to a leash to keep the birds from departing. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Using a pair of blunt scissors, she clipped wedges out of the liver and pressed them on glass slides. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, at the end of the afternoon, the mirage subsided and the horizon became level and blue and clipped as the sun declined. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It clipped a wine steward on the serving hand, so that his pitcher dropped with a loud clang while he fell backward, cursing, in the dust. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat down on the chair in front of a table where there were nurses’ reports hung on clips at the side and looked out of the win-dow. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “So your pelo loco, like clippings of grass, will not disarrange this house,” she says. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z When he sees her, quick he busies himself clipping a sorry-looking hedge. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Someone down the road was burning grass clippings. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A comb with a fountain-pen clip protruded, familiarly, from the right-hand pocket of his olive-drab shirt. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z And the policeman takes off at a fast clip down the sidewalk. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He got a thick stack of clippings from the file box of the most important client. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Me and Major Major,” he boasted, in the same tough, clipped tones of the night before, “can beat hell out of any man in my outfit.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Vietnamese music plays continuously on the radio as women snip and clip at their customers’ hair. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He rode back and forth along the line, watched Devin’s men digging in, heard bullets clip leaves above him as snipers crawled closer. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him the story as I understood it, from the newspaper clippings, from the questions my father answered. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Francie phoned the only other clipping bureau she knew of in New York and asked whether they needed a reader. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I switch over to my videos, and it’s a million clips of Ethan singing. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Two days later, when Don Walter sees the article in the paper, he clips it out and posts it above his desk. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer only cared about the light stuff—the copper wiring, the aluminum, the nickel, the steel clips that could be sacked and dragged out through the ducts to his light crew waiting outside. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z With great effort, she managed to slide the straight end of the paper clip into the knot. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He was a thin man who could have been any age, dressed in a drab and tattered business suit, and he was holding a pencil and a sheaf of papers held together with a clip. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Jefferson began to gather, from relatives and newspaper clippings and other records, bits of information about the murder—an endeavor that spanned two decades. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The Friedmans clipped the article and saved it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And all because one day, years before, he’d asked a friend for a paper clip. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It's a wonderland of palace buildings with golden turrets and glittering arches, fountains full of crimson and ivory fish, topiary mazes of clipped trees, shrubs, and bushes in every possible geometric shape. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But then I found a video of her online, a clipping from a news show about her work. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z After he has gone through all the forms, he leans forward and addresses Apa in a clear, clipped voice. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I attached one of the video clips I’d retrieved from the Sixer database to the message—the video camera footage of Daito’s execution. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The newspaper clip in Mr. Ray’s basement—the one separate from the rest. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The pistol clicked empty and I put in another clip. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z There were coins, gold nuggets, jewelry, paper clips, foil wrappers, cufflinks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I clipped a chain and the cops came along and caught me red-handed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z One bored docker resorted to timing Smith as he walked down the track, catching him at a clip of thirty- five minutes for the half mile. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Joan rummaged in her open suitcase and came up with a fistful of clippings. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Oscar switches to clipped English, making an excuse about discussing a bill, then says to Luna, in Spanish, “Just think about it.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Everyone sat in rows, holding coupons they'd clipped since printing began. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He was handsome, his beard clipped and short, his brow broad and clear, and his nose straight and sturdy. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Another half second, and we would have clipped it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z A clipped, insinuating voice spieled words whose meaning I couldn't catch and I was about to pass on when I saw the boy. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Ambady cut the clips back to five seconds, and the ratings were the same. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I closed the box and brought it into the living room, where my dad and Aunt Susie were emptying a drawer full of coupons, clipped but never used, into a ten-gallon trash bag. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z When the bombs rain down on the roof, I bury my face in my pillow, looking up again at a brief clip of me at the end, after all the victims are dead. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It slowed to a moderate clip once they reached the island’s shore. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There’s a thick wad of cash clasped inside a sleek silver money clip sitting right there. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Only the television and the sounds of Dell struggling to clip his shockingly wiry facial hair. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Then he dropped them on a pile of grass clippings. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I can hear his shoes clipping on the stones, and I can tell he's trying to walk slowly enough to buy me a few extra seconds. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Kerns had his phone out, clip in progress. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “I found an old clipping about the Carmichael family,” Miles Umlatt said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Reynie, for saving me from that dart,” said Mr. Benedict with a wink and a clipped version of his dolphin laugh. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Tally touched her belly ring, where Shay had clipped the little sensor. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I'd forgotten about the hair that Uncle Harm clipped before Baba's cremation. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He kept all the booster club programs and the newspaper clippings from Dallas. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "Looks like a bent paper clip on a string," I say, and Freak tells me to shut up and follow orders. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z There was no warning, only a leap in like a flash, a metallic clip of teeth, a leap out equally swift, and Curly’s face was ripped open from eye to jaw. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z If you can call it talking, these clipped whispers, projected through the funnels of our white wings. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom used to put a glass jar on its ledge with clippings from the hydrangea bush next to the garage. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I threw on my khakis, put on a button-down shirt, clipped on a red-and-blue tie, and slid my feet into a pair of loafers. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z One by one, every paper, pamphlet, document, book, notebook, letter, magazine, and clipping that the police had accumulated in the last three years of searches was produced and numbered; twelve thousand in all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe looked relieved to have an out, and he nodded, grabbing the cell phone clipped to his waist. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My mother looked at foreign magazines and clipped out pictures of dresses she liked, and then she went downstairs to discuss with the tailor how such a dress could be made using the materials available. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My mind kept replaying clips from all those slasher flicks I’d rented. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Who cares if his feet are clean and his toenails are clipped just so? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z He came toward them at a self-important clip with an attache case under his arm. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Instantly she was surrounded by excited children, waving clippings from the Cucaracha Voice and trying to talk at once. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “I hope this isn’t another wild-goose chase, Butler,” he said, his voice soft and clipped. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It was an immaculate and friendly house, grand enough but not pretentious, and it sat inside its white fence, surrounded by its clipped lawn, and roses and catoneasters lapped against its white walls. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She wore a ferocious smile and pushed her way through the milling people, holding a fistful of clippings high in her hand to keep them from being crushed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She picked out a pair of clustered pearl earrings with padded back clasps, clipping first one and then the other to her low-hanging lobes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z There were several pieces of paper clipped to the inside back cover, but I ignored them and flipped it open to the middle. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It’s related to annoy, so think of it as a clipped form of annoy some. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Remember how I was always touching your hair, combing it all the time and clipping pretty bows to it? Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I’ve read that newspaper clipping from the trunk more often that I can count, and spent time at the public library in the archive of “periodicals”—such a strange word. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “You’re a caged bird here, Ghalib—this camp clipped your wings. You have much to offer the world. Go and fly.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z |
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